“I understand why you feel this way, and I may have agreed with you had I not… sealed my own fate,” she penned.
“However, I do agree that unconscious racial and cultural bias exists in this game where my authenticity or honesty or the ways in which I choose to express myself look suspicious to people who are unfamiliar with people like me.”
The actress had formed a close bond with Mr Grant from the outset, only to switch her vote against him at the last moment. Before his departure, she winked at him, which led some of her castmates to question where her loyalties lay.
Despite acknowledging the role of unconscious bias, Ms Herrold was firm in her defence of the celebrities she competed alongside. “I’m not saying it’s right, I’m not saying racism doesn’t exist, but I do have to defend my dear friends on this show who in no way consciously put bias on me because of my race,” she wrote.