The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise, Chris Harrison is stepping aside. It’s unknown when or if he will return. This announcement comes shortly after the former host made racist comments in an interview with former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay. Lindsay was the franchise’s Bachelorette in 2017 and has since become a television and radio personality. In the interview with Harrison, Lindsay raised concerns about the racist actions of current Bachelor contestant Racheal Kirkconnell. Kirkconnell had participated in an antebellum themed party at a plantation back in 2018, among other racist behaviours. Harrison offered up offensive comments as a rebuttal, including claiming that Kirkconnell’s actions should be excused because they took place in 2018 and spoke disparagingly of what he called the “woke police.”