‘The Bachelor’ host defends SU alumna; New Radicals reunion; more: Buzz
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Ashley Iaconetti Haibon, center, appears on The Bachelor with host Chris Harrison, left, and season 25 star Matt James, right in a Jan. 18, 2021, episode on ABC.ABC/Craig Sjodin
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‘The Bachelor’ host defends SU alumna
“The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison is defending Syracuse University alumna Ashley Iaconetti Haibon, who was first introduced to “Bachelor Nation” as Ashley I. on farmer Chris Soules’ season 15. E! News reports Ashley will appear on Monday’s episode of the show to help current lead Matt James find love. When Harrison posted a photo of the trio together, a fan said the “poor thing so desperately needs to stay relevant.” Ashley, who also hosts the “Almost Famous” podcast and appeared on three “Bachelor” spinoff shows with her now-husband Jared Haibon, wrote back: “Yeah I begged the producers to have me on
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New Radicals’ Gregg Alexander (second from left) and Danielle Brisebois (second from right) with members of their touring band (Mick Hutson/Redferns via Getty); Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty)
A lot of Democrats would probably like to go back to the late 1990s to change a few things (namely spending just a liiiiittle more time in Florida making sure people know how to fully punch through their 2000 presidential election ballot). But there seems to be another reason Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, wants to party like it’s 1998: the New Radicals. Our nation’s soon-to-be first First Gentleman handpicked New Radical’s “You Get What You Give” as his walk-on song during rallies ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Now the band is reuniting for the first time in over 20 years to close out the Biden-Harris administration’s virtual “Parade Across America” event on Wednesday,
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