The Bachelor shows off contestant's bare butt in thong bikini in new trailer after fans slam show for 'censoring' bodies

THE Bachelor has shown off a contestant's bare butt in a new season trailer amid backlash over censoring bodies on the ABC show.

The dating competition has faced criticism in the past for using a black box on-screen to cover exposed body parts.

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But it seems that the tides are changing after a new trailer was released on Monday night following the most recently aired episode.

The Bachelor shared a preview of what's to come for the rest of season 27 in a shocking new video compilation.

In the teaser, the ABC show included a clip of the frontrunner, Zach Shallcross, and one female contestant jumping into the ocean from a massive red pirate ship.

The girl's rear end was exposed in a nude thong bikini as she screamed on the wild dive.

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The shot came as a huge surprise, after years of The Bachelor censoring body parts to the dismay of fans.

'TARZAN IS HERE!'

In September, viewers were left traumatized after a contestant appeared on screen completely naked, covered only by the signature black box.

Jacob Rapini, 28, ditched his clothes altogether as he introduced himself butt-naked on the season premiere.

Making one of the boldest entrances in Bachelor Nation history, the mortgage broker from Scottsdale, Arizona, ran down to the beach where numerous other contestants had already arrived.

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Wearing nothing but a leaf covering his crotch, he beat his chest and yelled loudly as he sprinted down the sand.

The unexpected outfit caused Bachelor in Paradise producers to censor his bare butt and groin with a black box.

"Tarzan is here!" he announced.

FAN BACKLASH

However, many viewers did not like what they saw.

"Jacob is such a turn off to me," shared one on Twitter.

Another wrote: "I'm going to vomit."

"Jacob’s entrance traumatized me," agreed a third.

SEASON CONTROVERSY

Season 27 of The Bachelor has already faced complications as many fans have labeled it as the "worst ever."

During Monday night's episode, Zach Shallcross canceled three dates and sent two women home over Zoom.

The star of the season came down with Covid-19 while filming, causing issues with his dates.

The reality star was forced to host his cocktail party over video chat which many fans deemed as an "awkward" encounter.

Despite not meeting with the girls in person, the TV personality decided to send two home, Kylee and Mercedes.

FAN COMPLAINTS

Fans were appalled by the episode, taking to Reddit to slam the show as "boring" and claim that Zach was "faking" his illness.

"He can’t be upset about the sales comparison when he’s doing the rose ceremony like a business zoom meeting," one ranted.

"Turns out zach has long covid sorry ladies heres the zoom link for next week," a second joked.

A third remarked: "I am not a fan of Zack. He is kind of a d**k. Honestly I'm shocked some women haven't been like 'eh, I'm gonna leave I'm not impressed.'"

"This had to be one of the worst episodes in a while. ABC really couldn’t delay filming a week and reset?? So they give us an episode largely full of nothing. Charity doesn’t get her 1 on 1. Kylee and Mercedes get no time with him before being sent home. Pretty rough," a fourth claimed.

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"So Zach has Covid but no one else is concerned about Covid? Shouldn’t at least gabi get tested?? For the record, I think Zach was faking it," a fifth predicted.

"I am so confused by this show," a final complained.

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