He's gone.
Out.
No Final Rose.
After 19 years as the HOST of ABC's Bachelor franchise, the CHRIS B. HARRISON is officially OUT as host of the reality show.
Don't cry for the former sportscaster, oh no... He's reportedly leaving with some BANK - as in - a BIG ARSE PAYDAY... and by the way, don't ask how much he's getting to walk away... the settlement is reportedly completely CONFIDENTIAL according to Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.
Harrison got into some trouble during an interview earlier this year after he defended Rachel Kirkconnell, the front-runner of the Bachelor's Nemacolin Resort, Pennsylvania season, which featured Matt James, who, in a historic first, was the show's first Black Bachelor.
Kirkconnell had taken part in some racially offensive behavior in the past which came out during the course of the season of the show. His defense of Kirkconnell's actions sparked a backlash, resulting in Harrison's stepping away from the franchise, spawned two different social media apologies and an indefinite hiatus from the show.
The hiatus, it seems, will now never end, because, to paraphrase Hall and Oates... "He's gone..."