{"id":181882,"date":"2023-01-09T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chris-harrison-podcast-episode-1-bachelor-host-on-controversial-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:54:59","slug":"chris-harrison-podcast-episode-1-bachelor-host-on-controversial-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chris-harrison-podcast-episode-1-bachelor-host-on-controversial-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Harrison Podcast Episode 1: Bachelor Host on Controversial Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Harrison knows where the #BachelorNation bodies are buried, and he appears ready to dish and tell.<\/p>\n

In the opening minutes of his debut installment of Harrison’s The Most Dramatic Podcast\u2026 Ever,<\/em> released on Monday, the embattled ex-Bachelor<\/em> host issued a stark warning to the industry that quasi-cancelled him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure there are a lot of people that are sitting in Hollywood right now that are nervous as hell that I am doing a podcast,\u201d he mused, before cryptically adding, \u201cMaybe you should be, because you probably know that I<\/em> know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harrison found himself in hot water back in February 2021 when he defended The Bachelor<\/em> Season 25 contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, who was spotted in photos from a 2018 Antebellum party. Believe Extra<\/i> interview with Rachel Lindsay \u2014 The Bachelorette<\/i>‘s first-ever Black lead \u2014 Harrison denounced the \u201ccancel culture\u201d that he felt had targeted Kirkconnell and suggested that her attendance at the party simply looks worse through a 2021 lens, despite Lindsay’s attempts to explain why Kirkconnell’s actions were problematic and reinforced racist stereotypes from the pre-Civil War era.<\/p>\n

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Harrison later apologized for \u201cwrongly speaking in a manner that perpetuates racism,\u201d and four months later he announced that he was stepping aside from the franchise. He was eventually succeeded by Jesse Palmer.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 of The Most Dramatic Podcast\u2026 Ever<\/em>The Harrison went on to detail the difficult months that followed his tumultuous exit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was heartbroken,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI was gutted. I was embarrassed. I was mad at myself. I was disappointed in myself. The last thing in the world I ever wanted to do was be an agent of anything negative \u2014 whether it had to do with race or anything. The fact that I had a big part in this\u2026 I was sick to my stomach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost 20 pounds,\u201d he added. \u201cI didn’t sleep, I didn’t eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Harrison says he stands by the point he was trying to get across in that now infamous Extra interview, he acknowledges, \u201cThe way I did it was messy and disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n