The venerable host-pimp of ABC’s guilty pleasure reality franchise says he deeply regrets what unfolded on Ashley Hebert’s season of The Bachelorette.
Chris Harrison learned a key lesson from the Bentley Williams debacle and that’s why he’s intervening in a big way on The Bachelor tomorrow night.
Bentley’s deceit about his intentions, not to mention his being a complete d!ck, eventually led to heartbreak for Ash. Chris takes part of the blame.
“I didn’t go far enough in talking to [Ashley Hebert] about Bentley,” he says. “I warned her and I took some steps. But I don’t think I went far enough.”
Sometimes a pimp’s gotta step up to the plate and reprimand his employees.
Tomorrow night, Harrison takes firmer steps to prevent a repeat with current Bachelor star Ben Flajnik, as teased in a preview of this week’s episode (below).
Harrison arrives in Panama City, Panama, where Ben is wooing the remaining women, to drop a bomb that evidently leaves Casey Shteamer bawling.
“There’s something that happens with Ben in Panama, where I got to kind of, you know, rectify that situation and do the right thing,” Harrison said.
“In that speech to him and the girl that’s involved, I actually said, you know what, I made a mistake [last] season, so I’m not going to do it here.”
The Bachelor spoilers we’ve read have hinted at this for weeks now, but it looks like the show is full-on admitting it early. Its Facebook page teases:
“Soon it will be revealed that one bachelorette still has a boyfriend … Who do you think it is?” We’re gonna guess Casey S. Just a thought …