Disgraced ‘Bachelor’ Host Chris Harrison Is Ready to Talk in Dramatic New Podcast: “I Think About This Every Day”

If you thought you’d never hear from Chris Harrison again, you thought wrong. Whether we asked for it or not, the former host is ready to speak about what went down during his exit from The Bachelor in his new podcast, The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever — and judging by a newly released teaser, the tea is piping hot.

Speaking in the trailer for his first podcast, which will premiere in early January 2023, Harrison is heard admitting to his fiancé, Lauren Zima, that he’s “nervous,” before telling listeners in his introduction, “I think it’s time we talk.”

“I have not spoken publicly for two years about this, and I have a lot of thoughts,” he said, referencing his controversial departure from the reality dating series. “I think about this every day. Truly, every day of my life, I think about this and what I want to say, and how important it is that I speak to everyone for the first time.”

He added, “It’s heavy. It’s really heavy. We’ll see how it goes. We may scrap this whole thing, to be honest, I don’t know. But I think it will be cathartic. I’m looking forward to getting this off my shoulders, and repairing this, moving forward and letting everybody hear from me.”

Harrison has been fairly silent since stepping away from The Bachelor during Season 25 of the show, 19 years after he first started hosting. He first came under fire for defending contestant Rachel Kirkconnell when racially insensitive photos she had posted from an Antebellum-themed college party resurfaced during Matt James‘ historic season as the first Black bachelor.

While he alludes to the scandal in the teaser, the logline for the iHeartRadio podcast doesn’t mention the show by name — or anything about his highly-publicized departure. Instead, it says, “For two decades, Chris Harrison saw it all. To be honest, maybe too much. Seriously, there are things he just can’t unsee.”

The description continues, “But his nightmares, his lessons, and all that wisdom are now your gain. That’s right, your greatest podcast dreams have just come true! Chris Harrison is back. Who knows what he has to say now?”

Hopefully, it’s something worthwhile — but we won’t get our hopes up.

The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever… With Chris Harrison is set to debut on Jan. 9, 2023.