‘The Bachelor’ Producers Freeze When Asked To Answer For Franchise’s History Of Race Issues
deadline.comThe Bachelor producers were faced with a tough question about the franchise’s history of issues surrounding race during an ABC panel at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour. “Why does it seem like The Bachelor has such a hard time dealing with racial issues?
And have you learned anything from these past scandals that have led to the departure of Chris Harrison?” Eric Deggans, a TV critics and media analyst from NPR, asked executive producers Bennett Graebner, Jason Erlich and Claire Freeland.
Freeland, who joined the franchise from The Bachelor Canada last year, took on the task of answering. “I mean, I can speak to where we are now.
Our goal is to represent the fabric of the country, not just with respect to diversity and ethnicity, but also ability, body types… I think so far we are putting our money where our mouth is,” Freeland said. “So hopefully, audiences are feeling that, because it’s something that we’re always working on.
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