Chris Harrison does not get a rose, is leaving the Bachelor franchise
The longtime host has officially left Bachelor Nation.
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It’s official: Chris Harrison has been booted off the Bachelor franchise. Deadline broke the news, confirming the longtime host’s exit is permanent this time. Deadline’s Dominic Pattern writes, “Having fronted the Mike Fleiss-created The Bachelor and all its lucrative ABC spinoffs since 2002, Harrison will receive a rose of his own in the form of mid-range eight-figure payoff and promise to keep his mouth shut, I hear. The usual platitudes are expected to be exchanged for public consumption when the agreement is made public later today, but there is certainly no romance in the air behind the scenes.”
Pattern also reports that Harrison’s reps had been involved in “increasingly intense negotiations” over the past few days, until ultimately reaching a settlement with the Bachelor producers and distributor Warner Horizon. However, neither ABC nor Harrison have released a statement on him leaving the franchise yet.
Harrison’s exit isn’t very surprising. The host received plenty of backlash from fans for defending contestant Rachael Kirkconnnell after it was revealed she’d participated in an Antebellum South-themed party that hearkened to plantation life. The backlash only got stronger after Harrison gave an interview with first Black Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay on Extra, where he claimed that dressing up like Kirkconnell did for a party wasn’t problematic until the Black Lives Matter movement came to the forefront. After pissing off too many people, Harrison issued a formal apology, saying, “What I now realize I have done is cause harm by wrongly speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism, and for that I am so deeply sorry.”
Since then, ABC decided to instead have former Bachelorettes Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe guide new Bachelorette Katie Thurston through choosing her suitors. It was also recently announced that David Spade and other comics would be taking turns hosting Bachelor In Paradise.
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I’m sure the quality of the show will remain the same after he leaves. And by that i mean it will continue to be a terrible show but hopefully a better experience for people of color that decide to subject themselves to this.
Oh absolutely, I’m sure he was screaming epithets and burning crosses backstage.
I’m sure they’ll find another Dudeguy McHedgefund-looking type before long.
This is what you get these days for publicly saying, “Hey, maybe we shouldn’t destroy a woman’s life over something she did as a teenager”. What an awesome time to be alive!
Christ in a handcart I wish I could get a ‘mid range 8 figure payout’ for being an asshole on TV over the course of nearly 20 years.
Ms. Tenreyro, it’s been over a week and you still haven’t publicly apologized for your irresponsible, dishonest reporting on Ellie Kemper. Why do you think you should just be able to keep reporting as if nothing happened after writing such a shameful piece? You hurt progressive causes with your careless writing and now it’s time to be an adult and take responsibility for your actions.
Just be happy she didn’t go with her original headline idea for this: KKKris Harrison Fired
Just call him Paramount Plus, because he is canceled! (necessary background: I just canceled my free trial of Paramount Plus.)
“Chris Harrison does not get a rose, is leaving the Bachelor franchise”
Good.
“Harrison will receive a rose of his own in the form of mid-range eight-figure payoff”
Oh. So…
If we stop writing or talking about it, can The Bachelor franchise just go away?
There will always be a market for shows that make mediocre people feel superior. Alas. ETA: Viewers. Not “contestants.”
While having sexual fantasies about the people to whom they feel superior. That’s “they,” not “I”, hear me?
Ew. Ick.
You seriously underestimate Bachelornation.
pretty sure cancel culture DOES exist, and this is it
8 figure cancelation sounds nice
How dare someone be ignorant or uninformed on national tv and then learn from it later!
That if you make racially insensitive comments you’ll get an 8-figure pay out?
Please cancel my ass for >$10 million!!!
Chris, I’m sorry. Take a moment, say your goodbyes.
Pathetic
I wouldn’t say this is exactly a win for humanity, given that ‘The Bachelor’ will still exist, but at least some people who unironically love antebellum-themed events will REALLY get pissed off about this, so that is at least a small victory