Chris Harrison exits Bachelor Nation
 

Chris Harrison defends a contestant from the last season of The Bachelor asking to show compassion and understanding and he's now officially out as the host of all the Bachelor shows. I honestly hope this is the end for all the shows and its not right as a franchise of reality tv dating shows bent over backwards to please the woke mob and I hope they pay the price for this.
https://www.etonline.com/chris-harri...ihdSV_e5EOfGZg

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I'm surprised he's leaving. It was a dumb thing he said, but I didn't think it would rise beyond the level of a heartfelt apology. I haven't watched the show in over 15 years but I know he was the constant and while I don't think it spells the end for The Bachelor, it is a huge loss for the series.

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I'm done since they turned an apolitical show political and bent over backwards to please a racist lunatic like Rachael Lindsay. I hope ratings nose dive.

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I wouldn't mind reality dating tv shows ending, but it has nothing to do with the "woke mob" as you put it (and which is the primary reason he got in trouble, for saying "woke police"). I'm sure it was a great gig but a mid 8 figure buy out makes it hard for me to feel too bad for him. :)

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You actually watched these shows?

I'm not going to defend or condemn the decision to release him, but one could also say that the way Harrison handled things made it more political than it could or should have been. A good host should be able to diffuse a controversial situation, not make it worse. He failed at that, but as already stated, it's hard to feel too bad for him considering how much money he's walking with.

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I think they will have former leads host the show going forward

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Well Tayisha and Kaitlyn Bristow are hosting the Bachelorette right now and they're supposed be rotating hosts for Bachelor in Paradise. I'd say if any former cast member would become the permanent host of The Bachelor it would probably be Ben Higgins.

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I'm not going to talk about Chris Harrison -- I have my opinions and I'll keep them to myself. That said, this whole 'Bachelor Nation' bullshit is what really irritates me. These people get a chance to go on a dating show, they are mostly assholes, they screw up time and time again on social media and use same social media to make more than most of us as 'influencers'. Then when the host says something controversial, they attack and use the same goddam platform to skewer him for the things they've done time and time again. I wonder how many people affiliated with that show, to any degree, are free from any eyebrow raising moments in their life? Bonding under the #Bachelornation shouldn't grant them any more rights to cast stones.

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Has he been replaced with a LBGT POC yet?

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Would you cry if they did?

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I only put Bachelor Nation in the thread title because it’s in reference to all the Bachelor Franchise shows. I find it annoying too.

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No, I don’t watch this shit but it’s the new normal.

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Name one

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name one what? Instance where people whined over social media and got someone fired?

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I'll laugh if they make Colton Underwood the first gay Bachelor and then cast the show with every stereotype out there among the gay community.

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Let's be clear about this : Chris Harrison wasn't fired because he's a straight white male. It had nothing to do with that or with wanting more diversity.

Anyone who seriously cares about whoever the host of The Bachelor is really needs to turn in their Man Card.

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I liked Decker's comment, even though there ain't nothing wrong with a man watching these shows.

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"Is it [not] a good look in 2018? Or is it not a good look in 2021?" he replied. "Because there’s a big difference."

What happened between 2018 and 2021 that made it unacceptable?

I mean, that's three years ago, not thirty, forty, fifty, or sixty years ago.

That's a weird defense.

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It's not even a defense, it was straight up white privilege in the extreme. I found the statement pretty shocking, and the fact that in his apologies he doesn't acknowledge where that statement came from means he still doesn't really get it.
/rant

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The Neighborhood just lost its White Male creator and show runner for…a POC Female show runner. Just this week.

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Every day people lose their jobs because of social media justice. Mostly Men, of course.

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I don't notice if some show biz person is replaced by some other show biz person. It's how they run the business. People have zero job security.

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Yep. And the fact he still doesn't get it makes him more of a liability as a host as well. Don't they do live shows, too? I can understand why a network wouldn't want him as a host.

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He should not have been fired but does he really offer anything to the show people will miss?

I thought of him as this Ken doll with no personality.

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I'm sure you notice all the time but don't know it - i.e. "this season sucks!" which could be because of a show runner switch, creator left etc.
Best example is Community when Harmon was canned and Season 4 was different people.

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^^ Sounds like an all-around great group of people. Not surprising... between the re-take scenes to capture the right 'moments' and the fact that you're literally plucking horny 20 - 30 somethings off the streets to find 'love'. It's pretty morally corrupt I'm sure. That said, it always made for an easy, turn-your-brain-off hate-watch for the wife and I.

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Creator and producer Mike Fleiss got in trouble a few years back for allegedly attacking his now ex-wife because she refused to get an abortion. I wanted Chris and his lawyer to unveil all the "dirty laundry".

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Too bad Jamie Gillis is dead. He could be the new host.

Hell, I'd probably start watching it...

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He technically has been. Tituss Burgess is hosting a week of Bachelor in Paradise.

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I don't know if it is possible but Mario Lopez seems like a good choice for a new host.

He has the looks and charisma to probably host that show.

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Jamie Gillis would be ideal. He had a lot of experience in taking pretty 19- to 23-year old women with no acting experience and making them popular for one season.

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Mario Lopez does not fit the Woke bill. NEXT

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Let's be honest, if this show were really subject to the "woke police" or whatever it would have been cancelled long ago, just from the basic concept of it, forget the host...

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But he is Latino and that would fit the diversity bill plus he has the talent for hosting this type of show and he has the looks of a bachelor contestant.

It is a no brainer to me.

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Mario is in the NBC camp now though (Access Hollywood, the new Saved By The Bell), so they may not allow him to do a show on ABC. Also, he does a lot of Hallmark movies so he's pretty busy as it is.

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They replaced the White Male host on Dancing with the Stars with Black Female (Tyra Banks), so I assume Bachelor will do something similar. They want to say they are “diverse” and “woke”.

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I have no idea why they changed hosts on DWTS, but can a minority ever be hired where it doesn't seem like "they" want to be "woke?"

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Realistically, the short answer is probably no.

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No, not today when they typically make sure to mention the hire is to be more "diverse" and other crap like they to add in to be very woke.

Just look at ABC who passed on promising pilots because they were not "inclusive" enough for them.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...nough-4165849/
"50 percent or more of regular and recurring characters to come from underrepresented groups and the same percentage for the actors who play those parts."

So pretty much, either change characters to not be white or shoehorn them in. Reverse-racism at its best.