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Chris Harrison‘s apology isn’t reading as sincere to everyone.

The longtime host of The Bachelor, who has been called out after he defended The Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell against claims that she had been racist in her past behavior, apologized for his comments once again.

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“I am an imperfect man. I made a mistake and I own that,” he said in an interview with Michael Strahan on Good Morning America.

“I believe that mistake doesn’t reflect who I am or what I stand for. I am committed to the progress not just for myself but also for the franchise.”

Michael said afterward that “his apology is his apology, but it felt like I got nothing more than a surface response on any of this.”

“Obviously he’s a man who wants to clearly stay on the show, but only time will tell if there’s any meaning behind his words.”

During a previous interview with Rachel Lindsay, he said that the “woke police” was out to get her and that there is a difference in how one behaves in 2018 vs. in 2021. Find out how he apologized for those comments.

Bachelor Nation has put out an official statement following the online hate directed towards Rachel Lindsay.

If you’re unfamiliar, Rachel has been on the receiving end of uncalled for comments by The Bachelor fans as she continued to call out racism on the show, and behind the scenes of it.

Rachel had even disabled her Instagram account amid the ongoing discussion regarding racism surrounding the show and Chris Harrison exiting the franchise after a series of controversial remarks.

Now, during tonight’s airing of The Bachelor, the show has spoken out about the situation.

“Rachel has received an unimaginable amount of hate and has been subjected to sever online bullying,” the statement read. “That is totally unacceptable. Rachel has been an incredible advocate for our cast and we are grateful that she has worked tirelessly towards racial equity and inclusion.”

Some fans, however, are not impressed with the statement, which comes two weeks after the hate messages towards Rachel started to heat up.

“Two weeks is a long time to craft this luke warm statement. I’d love to hear what steps are being taken from the ep’s to prevent further harassment and/or how you’re being more inclusive in all aspects of the show,” one fan wrote.

Another added, “Their lack of response for years is inexcusable…..”

The Bachelor producers have aimed to make the appropriate changes since the controversy. Here’s how…

Former Bachelor contestant Taylor Nolan is speaking out after insensitive tweets from her past have resurfaced.

The posts, which date back to 2011 and 2012, circulated on Twitter and Reddit after Taylor condemned Chris Harrison for his controversial comments regarding current Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell.

In the posts, Taylor insulted Jewish individuals, Asian Americans and Indians. She also used several homophobic and fat phobic slurs.

Taylor apologized for her comments in a 30-minute video on her Instagram.

“My tweets from ten years ago are s–tty, they suck, they were wrong, and are hurtful,” she wrote in the caption. “I want to be clear that they don’t take away from the work I do today, they are literally how I got here to doing this work.

“To my fellow BIPOC community and the other folks who I harmed in those tweets, I see you, I hope you see me, we are in this together and I’m sorry I didn’t always stand with you,” Taylor continued. “I’m sorry I centered my whiteness and the whiteness around me. I’m sorry I wasn’t better then, but I am here now and will always be.”

She also added, “I hope you can consider giving me some of ~grace~ you push so hard for white bachelor alum to receive for things they have in the recent past or present time said and done that were harmful…for the work I’ve been doing the last ten years and currently to unpack internalized racism and fight against things like fat phobia and white supremacy.”

Taylor competed on the reality show during Nick Viall‘s season in 2017.

She called for host Chris Harrison to be fired after he defended Rachael Kirkconell‘s decision to attend an “antebellum plantation themed ball” in an interview with her former castmate Rachel Lindsay.

Chris said that he will be “stepping aside” from the franchise in a statement on his Instagram and it was announced he would be replaced for The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special.

Rachel recently deleted her Instagram amid the controversy.

Emmanuel Acho is heading to The Bachelor!

AbC has announced that the 30-year-old analyst for Fox Sports 1, author, and former NFL player will be hosting The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special on Monday, March 15.

Emmanuel will be sitting down with this season’s Bachelor Matt James immediately after the finale to talk about his “season, his final decision and where he is now, as well as cover the current events about the franchise,” according to a press release issued on Saturday (February 27) via People. “Acho will also speak with the final three women, Bri [Springs], Michelle [Young] and Rachael [Kirkconnell] during the one-hour special.”

Shortly after ABC made the announcement, Emmanuel took to Instagram to share a statement.

“IT’S OFFICIAL: I’ve accepted the Rose and am honored to be hosting the @bachelorabc After the Final Rose this year,” Emmanuel wrote. “It’s been a pivotal season, and this episode will hopefully be one of the most storied shows in TV history. Empathy is needed and change is coming. Share the news! I’ll see y’all then! 🌹 ❤️”

The announcement comes a few weeks after The Bachelor host Chris Harrison said that he was “stepping aside” from the franchise after he came under fire for defending Rachael amid her racism controversy. He also said that he would not be hosting the After the Final Rose.

Days before ABC announced Emmanuel would be the host of the special, former The Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay actually suggested him as the host.

“[He's] very outspoken about racial injustice, for social justice, and has pretty much been the person who said, ‘I can have these uncomfortable conversations, and people trust it,’” Rachel said of Emmanuel in an interview with People. “Who better to lead it? [He's] someone who’s not involved with the franchise, no ties, no bias — I think it’d be great.”

The Bachelor: After the Final Rose will air on Monday, March 15 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, immediately following the season finale of The Bachelor.

Rachel Lindsay is stepping away from social media due to harassment from Bachelor Nation.

The former Bachelorette has disabled her Instagram account amid the ongoing discussion regarding racism surrounding the show and Chris Harrison exiting the franchise after a series of controversial remarks.

Rachel’s Higher Learning podcast co-host Van Lathan addressed her departure from social media in a video posted to his Instagram.

“She did it because that’s how much hate she’s getting from Bachelor fans who are spamming her with all kinds of rude and hateful things to say,” he shared.

“Y’all have got to get a f–king life. Seriously,” Van added.

Earlier this month, Rachel interviewed host Chris Harrison and they had a 14-minute conversation about current The Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell and the backlash over her past racist behavior.

Chris defended Rachael‘s decision to attend an “antebellum plantation themed ball” in 2018 and undermined points Rachel was making throughout the discussion.

He apologized on Instagram for his remarks and later said that he would be stepping away from the franchise.

Rachel also announced that she would be leaving Bachelor Nation as soon as her contract was over in a recent episode of her podcast.

Rachael Kirkconnell is once again addressing her racism controversy.

After issuing a written apology a few weeks ago after a photo resurfaced online of her attending a plantation-themed party, the 24-year-old The Bachelor contestant shared a new video on Thursday (February 25) where she said that moving forward, she will dedicate her platform to sharing anti-racism resources.

“Over the last few weeks, since I put my statement out, I’ve gotten a lot of messages,” Rachael started in a video posted on Instagram. “I’ve got a lot of people asking me, well, what have you done to change since then? And I’ve also had a lot of people message me saying that they aren’t understanding why people are so upset. But they want to, and they’ve asked for resources, which I think is great.”

Rachael then went on to condemn the people that said that she didn’t do anything wrong by attending the party or dressing up as a Native American at another party.

“But then there’s also people messaging me saying ‘You know, you’ve done nothing wrong, don’t listen to people,’” Rachael continued. “I think that the first big step in all of this is white people stepping up and taking accountability. Things will never change if we don’t all work together in working towards this racial progress and this unity that we want.”

Rachael also told those people that are defending her to “please stop.”

“If you are in my comments or defending me anywhere telling people that I did nothing wrong, that there’s nothing to be hurt about, there’s nothing to be angry about or offended about, please stop,” Rachael said. “That’s not our place to tell people what they can and can’t be offended about. That’s wrong and that’s part of the problem.”

“So please stop saying that I did nothing wrong. That’s not true,” Rachael said, adding that instead people should “encourage others around you to do better.”

Rachael‘s video comes a few days after current Bachelor Matt James spoke out about her past racist actions as well as host Chris Harrison‘s decision to step away from the franchise after he faced backlash for defending Rachael against the “woke police.”

ABC also recently discussed the future of theBachelor franchise amid the ongoing racial controversy.

Things are going to be different going forward with the The Bachelor.

Amid the ongoing racism controversy that is happening behind-the-scenes during Matt James‘ season of the reality show, an inside source says ABC is working to make “appropriate changes” to the franchise.

“A lot of work is being done behind the scenes to make the appropriate changes and proper moves going forward with the franchise,” the source shared with People.

For those that don’t know, Rachael received backlash after photos surfaced of her attending a plantation-themed party. People also discovered that she “liked” photos that featured friends posing in front of Confederate flags.

The Bachelor host Chris Harrison then gave an interview in which he defended her and he said some really terrible things, which led to him stepping away from the remainder of the season.

The source also added that, “there are talks happening regarding Chris Harrison and his future with the show.”

Earlier this week, Matt finally broke his silence on Rachael and Chris‘ controversies while also talking about his experience as The Bachelor.