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Chris Harrison says narcissists don’t star in ‘The Bachelor.’ They create it
1 year, 8 months ago

Chris Harrison says narcissists don’t star in ‘The Bachelor.’ They create it

LA Times  

According to former “Bachelor” host Chris Harrison, stars of the franchise were rarely narcissists. On Sunday’s episode of his “The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever,” Harrison joined former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Meghan King for a far-ranging conversation about how narcissism plays into parenthood and relationships. He replied: “The creator of the show was — severely.” Harrison continued: “One …

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‘The Bachelor’s’ crisis over race runs deeper than its creator
1 year, 8 months ago

‘The Bachelor’s’ crisis over race runs deeper than its creator

LA Times  

Michelle Young’s love story on her season of “The Bachelorette” did not end in happily-ever-after. She become more upset with the franchise’s failure to address the revelation, during the 2022 season of “The Bachelorette,” that contestant Erich Schwer had posed in blackface for his high school yearbook. Whatever Fleiss’ precise impact on the franchise’s problems with race, he leaves as …

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‘Bachelor’ creator responds to report of racism investigation: ‘I had more good days than bad’
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Bachelor’ creator responds to report of racism investigation: ‘I had more good days than bad’

LA Times  

“The Bachelor” creator Mike Fleiss, who announced earlier this week that he was leaving the hit ABC reality franchise, is pushing back against a report that he was being investigated for racial discrimination on the dating show at the time he stepped down. The statement came in response to a report in Variety that Fleiss’ exit from “The Bachelor” and …

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‘Bachelor’ creator Mike Fleiss exits reality TV franchise
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Bachelor’ creator Mike Fleiss exits reality TV franchise

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Mike Fleiss, the creator of “The Bachelor,” has exited the reality TV franchise more than two decades after the iconic dating show launched. While Fleiss has been the face of the “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” and other spinoffs since the shows’ inceptions, trade publications report he hasn’t led day-to-day operations in around a decade. Fleiss described the …

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