Chris Harrison's 'Bachelor' exit is official months after racism controversy
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Updated: 9:35 AM PDT Jun 8, 2021
Stephanie Backus
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Updated: 9:35 AM PDT Jun 8, 2021
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you've hosted Bachelor in Paradise. Bachelor Bachelorette, listen to your heart bachelor pad, which I still miss. By the way, has there ever been a favorite season of yours or one that you wish we could recreate? Exactly? Like what's been your favorite moment so far over the 18 years you've been doing this? Well, the cool thing is, and you know, much to my dismay, I've gotten to see a lot of my old shots from 18 years ago. People are finding these old episodes, you know. Ah, lot of our audiences, young. Now they're in high school or college and they jumped in during Colton season or during Sean Lowe season. There was a whole lifetime before that. And so I love that people are finding the original episodes. They're finding Trista Rehn that first season of the backs around. When all of that started, You know, Andrew Firestone in one Pablo season, go back and watch that before Claire becomes the bachelorette. So, um, it's kind of cool that people are finding the old footage, But now that I've seen what I looked like back that, it's kind of scary. It's not. What you look like is more what you're wearing, though, Chris, to be fair, you look the same. You look good. Come on. Now. There some scary outfits. We took some fashion risks along the way, and some of those clearly did not pan out. I gotta ask, you know, every time, your problem in the new season, you always say it's going to be the most dramatic season ever with, you know, huge moments. What has been the biggest jaw dropping moment for you? I mean, on a grand scale in any I don't know if it's dramatic, buttressed his wedding is something that I always remember, just as that was lightning in a bottle. It's for me and my heart and soul. And I think for our fans, and whether you watched it or not, that legitimised our franchise. It showed us. This works. This is a crazy concept. We're all still trying to figure it out because that was early early days. But this works and there's an appetite for this. Now you go on to crazy moments like Jason and Molly and Melissa and the Switch and Ari and what happened there and even cult and jumping the fence. There's been those those moments. But to me, it all goes back to that wedding We were onto something. But that wedding we thought this works. This really works. Yeah. I remember that moment vividly from my childhood. So it brought it all together. Has there ever been any moment that you were that you can think of that? You were disappointed, maybe. And how relationship ended or what went down for sure. Um, it was our first pilot, Jake Pavelka, and his break up. In that moment, I we had this interview that I think people have seen many times over now. But I was trying to get them not to get back together, but just amicably say, Let's just, you know, my bad, my bad. We're gonna go our separate ways if it just dissolved. And I still wish I had that moment, I don't know what I would change, but that one I didn't love that moment on the show, and it just kind of broke down on TV. Are there any bachelor of bats aretz that you don't keep in contact with any more? And you try and keep up with all of them? Yeah. I mean, I I try, but yeah, there's some that have just, you know, I haven't seen Charlie or spoken to Charlie O Connell in a while. Lorenzo Borghese. I haven't spoken to one, Pablo. Believe it or not. Uh, it's OK. It's OK. He's okay. But even the 1st 1 Alex Michelle. I would love to sit down and talk to Alex. Michelle, I I don't even know where he is anymore. But I would love to sit and talk to him just about the old days of what it was like for him. But what was what was going through his mind? Because he was the first. We didn't have roast ceremonies. We didn't know what all that was. So he was the first guy that went through that wall and I with love to have a conversation to see. What's your perspective on all this, right? I mean, decades later, decade plus almost to what has changed the most. And what do you regret and stuff like that? I would love to see it. Listen, Chris, I know your time is precious, but before I let you go, I gotta ask, Will this first season of listen to your heart be the most dramatic first season ever. I tell you this for Batter Nation. It's gonna feel familiar. You're gonna like it. But there's also something different about it. There's gonna be this eccentric cool twist that's gonna also feel really good. And yes, there will be tears. There will be laughter and will be love. And there was You've done this before Christmas. So much for joining me today. I cannot wait to have some bachelor nation content during quarantine. It is what we all needed. Thank you so much for chatting with me today. You're you guys. Stay safe. Stay safe, people Don't forget to catch the batch of presents. Listen to your heart, Premiering tonight at 87 Central on ABC