Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s friendship with Chris Harrison ended abruptly when she was tapped to co-host The Bachelorette.
After all, Chris was ousted from his longtime function on the fact TV love-focused sequence again in 2021 following accusations of racism. And amid all of the s**t that went down as Harrison walked away from the presentit appears like he misplaced at the very least one main friendship alongside the best way, too.
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As Perezcious readers will recall, Harrison confirmed a really poor response to then-contestant Rachel Kirkconnell‘s notorious outdated plantation-themed social gathering images when they have been revealed throughout her run on MattJames‘ season of The Bachelor. shaper bachelorette Rachel Lindsay referred to as him out over it, and he flubbed that response, too. Quickly sufficient, Chris was pushed out of the internet hosting function he’d held for twenty years. Kaitlyn was shortly introduced in — together with Tayshia Adams — to host season 17 of The Bachelorette that includes Katie Thurston.
Now, in a brand new interview, Bristowe is recalling what occurred nach that tumultuous time for the fact TV sequence. The 37-year-old actuality TV veteran was a visitor on Tuesday’s brand-new episode of the always-popular Not skinny however not fats podcast. When host Amanda Hirsch requested Kaitlyn about her internet hosting come-up, the Canadian-born star revealed it really got here on the expense of her formerly-close friendship with Harrison!
Recalling how she and Tayshia first acquired attached with Katie’s season, Kaitlyn defined she did not count on to interchange Chris. Quickly, although, that is precisely what ended up occurring:
“They provided me the place to return in, and what the Bachelor franchise stated was to mentor Katie. I would not be changing Chris. Then, all these articles began popping out saying, ‘Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe Changing Chris Harrison.’”
Alarmed on the information, Bristowe took to social media to succeed in out to the 51-year-old Texan. As she advised Hirsch, it was her intention to easy issues over with him, and make it clear she was NOT gunning for his job:
“I messaged him like ten instances with out him responding, and that’s so not like him to me. And I do know it isn’t about me. I simply needed him to know that I believed he was irreplaceable, and I did not wish to step on toes.”
Kaitlyn admitted she felt “icky” on the considered changing Chris on the sequence. That basically weighed together with her, and Harrison’s lack of response solely doomed her additional.
Bristowe recalled how upset she acquired over being left on learn:
“He did not write again after which I used to be like, ‘OK, effectively now I am panicking. Why did not you write me again?’ After which he did not write me again and I used to be like, ‘I am on my interval. Am I being emotional? However, like, do you hate me?’”
Ugh!
Months later, Kaitlyn noticed Chris together with a ton of different Bachelor Nation individuals at present fave Wells Adams‘ marriage ceremony to Sarah Hyland. When she noticed the now-ex-host, Kaitlyn went proper as much as him:
“I used to be like, ‘OK, he hates me. We have been finest fiends and now he hates me.’ After which I noticed him at Wells [Adams] and Sarah [Hyland]’s marriage ceremony and I walked as much as him and was like?, ‘I miss you.’”
To her shock, she claimed Chris stated, “I’ve at all times been right here.” However that wasn’t true! Not from Kaitlyn’s perspective, at the very least!
The jilted pal replied:
“No you have not! You have not responded to me in eternally!”
Rattling!!!
After all, as Bristowe admitted on the podcast, Chris was “going by means of a lot in his life” concurrently she and Tayshia have been rising to internet hosting duties. So it makes some sense Harrison wasn’t targeted on responding to her.
Nonetheless, the fractured friendship has weighed closely on the influencer ever since. Summing up the unlucky missed connection, Kaitlyn confessed:
“I bawled my eyes out about it. That friendship simply felt prefer it went down the bathroom.”
Oof. That is positively very unhappy for her, and for Chris, and the friendship they as soon as shared.
By E! Information, Harrison’s rep has not spoken out but in response to Bristowe’s new interview reveal. What do U make of it, tho, Perezcious readers?? Share your tackle Kaitlyn, Chris, and this Bachelor Nation buddy breakup down within the feedback (under)…
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