‘The Bachelorette’ Gets New Hosts To Replace Chris Harrison After Racial Controversy

By: CATHERINE WHELAN

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Tayshia Adams presents the award for favorite female soul/R&B artist at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Chris Harrison won’t be hosting the upcoming season of The Bachelorette. Harrison — who has hosted The Bachelor franchise since 2002 — announced in February that he would be “stepping aside for a period of time” after defending Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s past racially insensitive behavior in an interview with Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette.

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