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Chris Harrison’s girlfriend says he was ‘wrong’ for ‘excusing’ racism
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nypost.comtook a leave from the show this week for “excusing” a contestant’s past racist behavior.“What Chris said was wrong and disappointing,” Zima, a correspondent on “Entertainment Tonight,” wrote on Saturday. “Defending racism can never happen.”“Accountability comes first, what’s next is learning and growth.”Earlier on Saturday, Harrison, 49, announced that he’d be stepping away from the show, which he’s hosted since its inception, and would not be part of the “After the Rose” special at the end of the current season of “The Bachelor.” “By excusing historical racism, I defended it.
I invoked the term ‘woke police,’ which is unacceptable. I am ashamed over how uninformed I was. I was wrong,” he said. Uproar surrounded Harrison this week after he.
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