The Bachelor Controversy

Psych Legal Pop Podcast

Tess & Brooke Brigham

Relationships, Tv & Film, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.2 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we discuss the controversy surrounding season 25 of the ABC Bachelor franchise with Bachelor Matt James and contestant Rachel Kirkconnell. Former Bachelor host Chris Harrison lost his job after a disasterous interview with former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsey about Kirkconnell after disturbing social media posts related to her college days surfaced during the airing of the season. Harrison is trying to make a comeback with his new podcast "The most dramatic podcast ever" which we discuss at length. We also talk about the Bachelor franchise in general and its problematic aspects. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the Psych Legal Pop podcast.
0:06.0	This is a podcast where we discuss popular culture through the lens of an attorney and a therapist.
0:12.0	I'm Brooke Brigham. I'm the attorney.
0:14.0	And I'm Tess Brigham. I'm the therapist.
0:17.0	So today we are going to talk about the ABC long-running franchise, The Bachelor.
0:26.0	And Bachelorette.
0:27.1	Bachelorette.
0:29.0	Now, this came up because I saw that The Bachelor was coming back in January.
0:35.9	Oh, it is?
0:36.7	A new season. Oh, I know that. January. End of January. And it it is? A new season.
0:37.5	Oh, I know that. That's okay. January. End of January. And it's the Bachelor. And, you know,
0:44.1	the Bachelor's gone through some stuff in the last couple of years. It's been in the news.
0:51.5	I mean, I've been on for 20 years. And we're going to talk later just about the franchise in general. And but before that, what also got me interested
1:01.5	in this was that Chris Harrison used to be the host of The Bachelor and basically the face of the
1:07.9	franchise. He has a new podcast out, of course.
1:14.3	And it's called the most dramatic podcast ever, right?
1:18.5	It's a play on the, where he would always say,
1:21.0	in the most dramatic bachelor finale ever, you know,
1:25.6	most dramatic rose ceremony ever. So he's put out two episodes. I guess
1:32.6	ultimately he said the podcast is going to be about relationship. Yeah. And that is insane. The first
1:39.3	podcast was just him talking. And then the second podcast was him with Lauren Zima, who is his fiance.
1:44.8	Right. And I don't know, I guess they wanted to talk together. And I was actually, I listened
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