‘The Bachelor’: Chris Harrison chides Juan Pablo Galavis for Clare Crawley behavior
How about this for yet another “Bachelor” surprise? We don’t know exactly what it is, but Chris Harrison has been extra stuffed full of opinions this season. Maybe “pervert”-gate has allowed him to be a little more candid … though we’re also sure that Juan Pablo Galavis being the most-unlikable Bachelor in quite a long time contributes to that. The man flip-flops on his opinions so much, you would start to think that he is also a politician.
The latest example of Harrison’s candidness? This new interview with TV Guide, where he actually calls him our for his treatment of Clare Crawley. After all, he started off the day being more than accepting of making out with her in the ocean, and then turned around and acted like they had done some egregious thing later:
“When she showed up he was fully into it like this is awesome and sexy and she was as happy as can be and then he turns around and treats her like all of a sudden she did something wrong and broke the rules. It was not only confusing, but it was borderline rude. We even told him as much, but he didn’t see it that way. Even though he apologized later I don’t think he really understood how cheap he made her feel. In my deliberation I said, “You’re not getting this, you really hurt her feelings, you need to fix it and apologize.” But there are cultural differences with him and things do get lost in translation and how it’s interpreted. It’s his perspective; it’s not right or wrong. So it made for interesting conversations and I had to learn to stand back a little bit and respect that.”
The part of this that makes the least amount of sense to us is that even the next day, Juan Pablo seemed to be more than okay with what happened. It was only when he got around to the cocktail party that there was some sort of problem.
What do you think about Harrison’s commentary here about Clare? Do you feel like he is going slightly over the line with calling out Juan Pablo, or is it justified? Share some of your thoughts below! Also, be sure to visit the link here to read our full review of last night’s “Bachelor” episode. Also, sign up for our CarterMatt Newsletter if you want to get even more TV updates from us.
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