The Bachelorette star Georgia Love has spoken for the first time since the 'casual racism' scandal that saw her removed from on-air duties at Channel Seven.

The former newsreader, 34, made headlines for the wrong reasons in late 2021 when she posted a video asking whether a cat was on the menu at a Chinese restaurant after seeing the animal in the window.

Georgia, who opted to stay silent in the wake of the scandal, finally spoke to to Stellar magazine this week to call out cancel culture while also apologising for her actions.

'I hate the term cancellation. To think that we have the ability to cancel somebody – whether that means from their industry, their job, their family and friends. We don't have the ability to do that,' she said.

Georgia said cancel culture is unfair because people aren't afforded the opportunity to defend themselves in the 'heat of the moment'.

The Bachelorette star Georgia Love, 34, has spoken for the first time since the 'casual racism' scandal that saw her removed from on-air duties at Channel Seven

Georgia also lamented about the fallout from the scandal, telling the magazine: 'I had my dream job. I felt so lucky every day to be doing what I loved and what I had dreamed of for so long.'

'So to have lost that on-air job – I stayed working at Seven, but I was taken off air in the fallout – was probably the hardest thing for me, because I've always put a lot of emphasis and focus on my work and my career.'

Despite this, Georgia said she never meant to 'purposely upset or offend anyone', and is 'deeply sorry' for the upset it caused, adding: 'I've done a lot of reflection. I've learnt a lot.

Georgia, who opted to stay silent in the wake of the scandal, finally spoke to to Stellar magazine this week to call out cancel culture while also apologising for her actions

Georgia posted the controversial footage in September 2021 while she was visiting a Chinese restaurant in her Melbourne hometown.

Filming a cat sitting behind the window of a the eatery, Georgia wrote: 'Shop attendant or lunch?!'

Critics claimed the footage was offensive and perpetrated a harmful stereotype about Chinese people.

Georgia sparked backlash in September 2021 for sharing footage (above) of a cat behind the window of an Asian restaurant and writing: 'Shop attendant or lunch?!'

Georgia deleted the post and apologised after being called out by 'influencer watchdog' Instagram account Aussie Influencer Opinions.

The same account later discovered another of Love's posts from February 2013 in which she made a similar joke about domestic pets and Asian restaurants.

Love's 2013 post showed an 'animal hospital' next to a restaurant called 'China Chef'.

Below the photo of the two storefronts was a cartoon image of a dog, alongside the text: 'That's suspicious...'

Instagram account Aussie Influencer Opinions discovered another of Love's posts from February 2013 in which she made a similar joke about pets and Asian restaurants

Love captioned it at the time: 'Best.'

Love had previously apologised for her cat video, but denied there was any racist 'insinuation' behind it.

'Earlier I posted a video of a cat in a restaurant window. I meant for this to be a joke about an animal being in a restaurant at lunch service time,' she said.

'I meant absolutely no insinuation about the type of animal nor the type of restaurant, but I see that my post did not come across like that and was offensive.

'I sincerely apologise for the oversight and offence I have caused. Thank you to those who called me out. This is what we need to make sure we are all accountable and do better.

'Again, I apologise from the bottom of my heart for the offence caused.'