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Chris Harrison Speaks Out After Stepping Back From 'The Bachelor' | Celebrity Page
Chris Harrison gave his first public interview after the controversy that caused him to step away from The Bachelor in an interview with Good Morning America's Michael Strahan.
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What Caused This
<iframe src="https://www.rebelmouse.com/res/scraper/embed?type=mp4&adapt_to_iframe=1&url=https%3A//abcnewsvod-a.akamaihd.net/playback/abcnews/2021/03/210304_gma_strahan_0740_700.mp4&thumb=https%3A//s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/210304_gma_strahan1_0740_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg" id="4f3ea" frameborder="0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="87d2a46818731349e0b637d505a81cbb" expand="1" height="480" width="100%"></iframe><p>Harrison's remarks came in an interview with previous contestant <a href="https://celebritypage.com/tag/rachel-lindsay" target="_blank">Rachel Lindsay</a> after evidence of current season frontrunner <a href="https://celebritypage.com/tag/rachael-kirkconnell" target="_blank">Rachael Kirkconnell</a> attending an Antebellum themed party leaked on <a href="https://celebritypage.com/tag/tiktok" target="_blank">TikTok</a>. </p><p>After the interview, in which Harrison had several inflammatory remarks, Lindsay took to her podcast to discuss the interview, in which she said, "his privilege was on full display". </p><p>When Lindsay said Kirkconnell's photos at an Old South antebellum party were offensive, Harrison retorted, "Well, Rachel, is it not a good look in 2018 or is it not a good look in 2021? Because there's a big difference."</p><p>"It's not a good look because she's celebrating the Old South. If I went to that party, what would I represent at that party?" Lindsay replied. </p>Harrison Walks Back
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="80423e82753f96c30b21f47c27e1a1cb"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bm7bBO-Ruxs?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p>Strahan asked Harrison several direct questions about his comments, to which Harrison walked back on all accounts. Specifically, Strahan asked him if there's a difference between celebrating slavery in 2018 or 2021. </p><p>"There is not," Harrison replied when asked about the . "Antebellum parties are not OK. Past, present, future, knowing what that represents is unacceptable."</p><blockquote>"I am saddened and shocked at how insensitive I was in that interview with Rachel Lindsay. I can't believe I didn't speak against antebellum parties, what they stand for," said Harrison. "I didn't say it then and I want to say it now: those parties are not OK, past, present, future. And I didn't speak from my heart. And that is to say that I stand against all forms of racism, and I am deeply sorry to Rachel Lindsay and to the Black community."</blockquote>
What Now?
<p>Whether or not an apology is enough remains to be seen. Harrison expressed his desire to return to the show, a desire that's been rebuffed by many fans who feel like his comments represent the franchise in a bad light. In the short term, the latest season will be continuing without Harrison on <a href="https://celebritypage.com/tag/abc" target="_blank">ABC</a>. </p>
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Amy Poehler serves as both director and actor in her new comedy-drama film Moxie, and we got to hear all about it from the star herself.
<em>Moxie </em>tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who is fed up with her high school's toxicity and sexist status quo. She finds motivation to fight back through learning about her mom's rebellious and nonconformist past. Correspondent Rachel Smith sat down with Amy to discuss the importance of this empowering, <a href="https://celebritypage.com/search/?q=coming+of+age" target="_blank">coming-of-age</a> high school drama. We asked the comedian what her favorite similar movie was while she was a teen:<blockquote>"Well I loved John Hughes, I loved Molly Ringwald, I loved that character... She represented this girl that was kind of in the middle who wasn't too much of anything but was really paying attention to her world and feeling a lot of feelings."</blockquote><p>Amy, who plays the main character's mother, went on to explain the importance of young adult films and the depiction of teens within them:</p><blockquote>"And the YA genre does a beautiful job of having really big themes and big feelings, and I think we all agreed that we wanted to make something that didn't condescend to young people because what they're feeling is very important to them; it's not funny or a joke or easily dismissed, so that was I think one of our intentions."</blockquote><p>We also sat down with <a href="https://celebritypage.com/search/?q=hadley+robinson" target="_blank">Hadley Robinson</a>, who plays Vivian in the film, to ask if it could get any better than working with Amy both as a director and as an on-screen mother:</p><blockquote>"No it does not. I peaked and it's all downhill from here."</blockquote><p>If you can't wait to see this movie, which adds to list of incredible movies this year made by female filmmakers, you can stream <em>Moxie</em> on <a href="https://celebritypage.com/search/?q=netflix" target="_blank">Netflix</a> now!</p>
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