Chris Harrison does not quit ‘Bachelor’ Franchise despite moving to Texas

Chris Harrison will be on your TV sets for the foreseeable future and presenting the ‘Bachelor’ – he’s not going anywhere, despite a move to Texas.

Rumors are circulating this weekend amid news that the longtime ‘Bachelor’ host has packed his bags and moved with his girlfriend, Lauren Zima, to Barton Creek – just outside Austin. People heard it and thought … the man could leave his role at the franchise forever.

However, this is not the case – production sources with direct knowledge tell us that he is NOT leaving the show … he is simply moving, in part due to a recent partnership agreement he concluded with a local brewery. He’s also from Texas – once from Dallas – but when it comes to work … we’re told he will commute.

NBD, many stars do it these days … one included Ryan Seacrest, who is now living almost bicoastal because of his NYC-based hosting concert on ‘Ryan & Kelly’ along with his ‘American Idol’ in LA. ‘Same idea for Chris, and in fact his commute is much shorter.

Another reason why people thought he was hanging up his tux is because he was MIA for 2 weeks and JoJo Fletcher took over the hosting duties. We are told that he was absent because he took his son to university – in Texas – and had to be quarantined for two weeks before returning to the set.