The Best Parts of The Bachelor's Season 20 Trip Down Memory Lane Had Nothing to Do With Love

Billed as a Celebration of Love, Sunday night’s special Valentine’s Day episode of The Bachelor was, as you may have guessed, many things—an excellent promotional opportunity for the show, a preview for the rest of this season, a chance for one couple to have their wedding paid for and their 15 minutes to continue.…
Why Can't The Bachelor Let a Redhead Live?
On Monday night’s premiere of The Bachelor Season 20, there were few surprises, except that Ben Higgins was sexually appealing. That was crazy. But otherwise, it was pretty standard: Chris Harrison was tan, a Fox News employee got the first impression rose, someone brought in a mini-horse, and the redhead got sent…
Meet Reality Steve, the Man Who Spoils the Bachelor, and the Best Journalist Who Isn't One
Steve Carbone, the man best known as Reality Steve, emailed me back no more than a minute after I sent him a note asking to interview him. “Sure. No problem. How do you want to do this?” the email read, sent from his iPhone. Carbone is nothing if not plugged in, and as the man who famously spends his days “spoiling”…
Chris Harrison on The Bachelor-Inspired Show UnREAL: 'It's Terrible'
Fresh off the latest season of The Bachelorette that yet again delivered some solid ratings (up from last year!), someone’s a little bizarrely defensive, and that someone is franchise host Chris Harrison.
Chris Harrison, Don't You DARE Give Bachelor in Paradise an After-Show
ON THE HEELS of an EARTH-SHAKING casting announcement (bad lipstick Juelia! Two crazy Ashleys! “My name is” Carly! FREAKING TANNER WITH THE SEXY ROSACEA, #TEAMTANNER, HELLO!), Bachelor in Paradise host Chris Harrison has made the VERY CONTROVERSIAL decision to do a weekly after-show called After Paradise, effectively…
The Perfect Letter Is Chris Harrison's Boring Idea of 'Mommy Porn'
Chris Harrison wrote a romance novel. It took him a couple years and lots of late nights, but given that he’s spent his adult life advising sort of adults how to find love, and given that he’s divorced and has shown no real readiness to settle down again, it seems like that developing this side hustle was time…
Can You Judge a Bachelor By His Photo?
ABC has announced the cast for next season of The Bachelorette, and their biographies are as delightful as ever. Their favorite music. The favorite movies. Their biggest fears. Their heroes. Every single thing about every single bachelor is perfect. But before reading the bios in full, take our quiz to find out if you…
The Bachelor Finale Tells an Uncomfortable Truth: Love Is Boring
It was fitting that the only mildly interesting moment of Monday's finale of The Bachelor didn't actually happen during the two hour finale. It didn't happen for the first 45 minutes of the After the Final Rose special either. The excitement of The Bachelor finale actually had nothing to do with Chris and his chosen…
Bachelor in Paradise Reenacts Affair Cast Member Had With Boom Mic Guy
What's the point of a reality television show if you have to use fake footage to get your point across? That's a question that was brought up on Monday night's episode of Bachelor in Paradise when the show tried to explain the mysterious exit of cast member Michelle K., who was secretly doing something with a crew…
The Bachelorette: Why Did You Make Love to Me If You Weren't in Love?
Call it televised heartbreak, call it televised slut-shaming, call it whatever you want, but to speak in Chris Harrison-approved superlatives, Monday evening's episode of The Bachelorette provoked more response than any moment on the show ever. And all because the contestants talked what they're not supposed to talk…
In an unprecedented move, The Bachelorette host Chris Harrison revealed that producers told contestants of Andi Dorfman's upcoming season that their friend Eric Hill (who had already been eliminated) had died while the show was still taping. Usually during filming, contestants are completely cut off from what's…
