Can Chris Harrison break with the ‘Bachelor’?
Amid rumors that the veteran host of the ABC franchise could leave after nearly twenty years, Page Six learned exclusively that Harrison was building a house in an affluent enclave of Austin, Texas – a long, long road from LA down, where the show usually tires.
Rumors circulated this summer that Harrison was quitting after Variety reported that he – for the first time in the long history of “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” – would miss several episodes of “The Bachelorette” and temporarily replace them with Season 12. word. participant JoJo Fletcher.
He explained to viewers that he was just taking a breather to take his son Joshua to university, and that it would take a while for him to return to the series, because COVID procedures – which spit-swapping- show made it possible to continue shooting despite the pandemic – requiring him to quarantine before returning to work. (Production shoots in a ‘bubble’ at a resort in Palm Springs, California).
But now we are told that Harrison is building a new place for him and his girlfriend ‘Entertainment Tonight’, Lauren Zima, in the Barton Creek area in the trendy southern city.
His son attends Texas Christian College in Fort Worth. He’s originally from Dallas.
Harrison and Zima reportedly started dating in August 2018.
Reps for ABC declined to comment and a Harrison representative did not get us back.