Could Chris Harrison break up with “Bachelor”?
Amid speculation that the veteran host of the ABC franchise could leave after nearly 20 years, Page Six found out exclusively that Harrison was building a house in a wealthy enclave in Austin, Texas – a long way from LA, where the show usually boxes.
Rumors have been circulating this summer that Harrison has given up after Variety reported that – for the first time in the long history of “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” – he will miss a few episodes of “The Bachelorette” and be temporarily replaced. of season 12 competitor JoJo Fletcher.
He explained to viewers that he was just taking a break to take his son Joshua to college and that it would take some time for the COVID procedures – which allowed the spitting change show to continue to film despite the pandemic. – asked him to be quarantined before returning to work. (Production is filmed in a “bubble” at a resort in Palm Springs, California).
But now we are told that Harrison is building a new place for himself and his girlfriend “Entertainment Tonight”, Lauren Zima, in the Barton Creek area of the fashionable southern city.
His son goes to school at Texas Christian College in Fort Worth. He’s originally from Dallas.
It seems that Harrison and Zima started meeting in August 2018.
Representatives for ABC declined to comment, and a representative for Harrison did not return.