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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Several "Bachelor" stars have responded to backlash after receiving coronavirus relief loans.</li><li><keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword>, <keyword id="8938789" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="colton-underwood">Colton Underwood</keyword>, and <keyword id="4982725" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="arie-luyendyk-jr">Arie Luyendyk Jr</keyword>. all received loans over $10,000.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paycheck-protection-program-extended-what-owners-need-to-know-2020-7">Paycheck Protection Program loans</a> are meant to help keep small businesses afloat amid the pandemic.</li></ul><p>"Bachelor" stars Tayshia Adams and Colton Underwood have responded after coming under fire for receiving <a href="https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program">PPP loans meant to keep small businesses afloat</a> during the coronavirus pandemic. </p><p>In a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/06/28/bachelor-stars-colton-underwood-tayshia-adams-received-ppp-loans/">statement to TMZ</a>, Adams' representative said, "As a business owner, television and podcast host, and brand ambassador, Tayshia obtained a PPP Loan that enabled her to hire an employee, to whom she offers market-based pay and benefits."</p><p>Adams' rep corroborated their previous statement in an email to Insider.</p><p>"Tayshia used the loan to hire someone who was previously unemployed by a media company and has continued to offer them market rate with benefits after using the loan in full on said employee," they wrote. </p><p>Underwood's representative offered a similar response to TMZ, telling the outlet that it was Underwood's nonprofit (the <a href="https://www.coltonslegacy.org/">Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation</a>, which supports people with cystic fibrosis) that applied for the loan, following the cancellation of fundraising events during the pandemic. </p><p>"None of the PPP went directly to Colton," the statement to TMZ said. "In fact, Colton has never received any form of payment from the foundation, all of the proceeds go directly to people living with cystic fibrosis." </p><p>Representatives for Underwood didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for additional comment.</p><h2>Several 'Bachelor' stars came under fire for receiving <keyword id="9789072" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ppp-loans">PPP loans</keyword></h2><p>Adams and Underwood, as well as former "Bachelor" Arie Luyendyk, Jr., his wife Lauren Burnham, and "Bachelorette" alum <keyword id="11538914" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="dale-moss">Dale Moss</keyword> received backlash after <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o8r42y/arie_and_lauren_received_20k_in_ppp_loansyikes/">"Bachelor" subreddit members</a> discovered that the stars had applied for PPP loans. </p><p>Per the US Small Business Administration's <a href="https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/paycheck-protection-program">website</a>, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were designed to help small businesses keep workers employed during the pandemic. </p><p>Reddit users <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o8r42y/arie_and_lauren_received_20k_in_ppp_loansyikes/">discovered Monday that Luyendyk, Jr. and Burnham received over $20,000</a> in loans for their LLC, Instagram Husband. </p><p>Redditors also realized that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o8sw4q/tayshia_received_a_20k_ppp_loan_for_influencing/">Adams</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o9ai1c/looks_like_colton_got_a_ppp_loan_too/">Underwood</a> had received similar loans as well. Moss also <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o97b7r/dale_received_a_20k_ppp_loan/">applied for a $20,000 loan</a>, but his funds don't appear to have been disbursed yet.</p><p>Representatives for Moss and Burnham didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. Luyendyk, Jr.'s representative declined to comment. </p><p>After news of the loans began spreading on social media, fans and other "Bachelor" alums weighed in. </p><p>Jason Tartick, who appeared on Becca Kufrin's season of "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>" and is currently engaged to franchise alum and host Kaitlyn Bristowe, broke down the significance of the PPP loans in <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQru3vqHoAF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">an Instagram video</a>. Tartick said he almost applied for a loan himself, but didn't end up going through with it because he believes it's "not fair." </p><p>"Bachelor in Paradise" alum Chris Bukowski wrote in an <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/thebachelor/comments/o9w4zj/chris_bukowskis_comment_on_a_post_about_the_whole/">Instagram comment on TMZ's post about the PPP loan controversy</a> that the system was "broken."</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-nick-viall-felt-pressure-to-find-love-on-show-2021-4">Former "Bachelor" star Nick Viall</a> addressed the story in a tweet, writing "What's legal isn't always right." </p><p>"Applying for a PPP is both savvy and sh-tty," he concluded.</p>

'Bachelor' stars respond to backlash after receiving thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief loans meant for small businesses

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10289066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="catherine-lowe">Catherine Lowe</keyword> told Insider that she supports <keyword id="9837040" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clare-crawley">Clare Crawley</keyword>'s decision to leave "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>" early after finding love at first sight.</li><li>"Clare knows what she wants, she's not trying to waste no time," Lowe said. "She's not trying to play games. Clare did what she wanted and more power to her." </li><li>And Lowe said she doesn't believe that Crawley and Dale Moss communicated with each other before filming began on "The Bachelorette" as many fans suspected.</li><li>The mother of three also revealed that it took eight weeks before she knew she was in love with Sean Lowe on his season of "<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>." </li></ul><p>"The Bachelor" franchise is no stranger to wild love stories, sparking successful marriages — and <a href="https://www.insider.com/biggest-bachelor-bachelorette-controversies-2019-2">some scandalous last-minute switcheroos</a> — over the span of its 40 seasons.</p><p>But even many of the series' biggest fans were shocked when <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-chris-harrison-dodgeball-date-controversial-2020-10">"Bachelorette" star Clare Crawley</a> ended her season after just two weeks <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">to get engaged to Dale Moss</a>. </p><p>Many still believe that the couple's story was too good to be true — that it was indeed love at first sight and that they must have communicated before filming began. But Catherine Lowe has Crawley's back. </p><p>"Clare knows what she wants, she's not trying to waste no time," Lowe told Insider while promoting <a href="https://ivory.com/kindness/">Ivory's Acts of Gentle Kindness Initiative</a>. "She's not trying to play games. Clare did what she wanted and more power to her." </p><div type="image" title="Clare Crawley Dale Moss &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1500" width="2000" msid="79270932" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wants-a-bachelorette-to-propose-2020-11">The newly-engaged couple</a> sat down<a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wouldnt-put-his-wedding-on-television-2020-11"> with host Chris Harrison</a> during the most recent episode of "The Bachelorette," and Crawley said she had been hurt by accusations that she and Moss secretly talked before filming started. <p>"I can wholeheartedly attest to this on my dad's grave: There was never any ounce of contact, communication, through friends, through outlets, through phone numbers, through any sort of source of anything," she said. </p><p>"Here is something that I finally found that makes me so incredibly happy like to my core," Crawley continued. "To finally feel this type of love that I have been craving and wanting, I just wish people could be happy for us." </p><h2>Lowe says unlike Crawley, it took her eight weeks to fall in love with her now-husband, Sean Lowe</h2><div type="image" title="Sean Lowe Catherine Lowe &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1333" width="1777" msid="79270935" hostid="261"></div>Lowe admitted that she and Sean Lowe — who starred in "The Bachelor" back in 2013 — took a little longer to fall in love during filming than Crawley and Moss. <p>"It took us probably eight weeks," she revealed. "It was like one week before the proposal and I think our show is nine weeks of filming." </p><p>But Lowe said it was worth noting that due to the pandemic, Crawley and Moss were working under very different circumstances. </p><p>"I think they're honest in saying that they didn't communicate before, but they also had this weird, unprecedented time to kind of look each other up," Lowe said. "She got to do research on the contestants for four months, so she saw what he was doing on a normal basis, which was something that was very attractive to her." </p><div type="image" title="Clare Crawley Dale Moss The Bachelorette" height="3000" width="1998" msid="79270936" hostid="261"></div><p>"So when she saw him in person and it was the exact same person that she had been looking at, I think that's super fair to say that you can fall in love and know that that's your person. I think it's really cool to watch." </p><p>But as Lowe said, Crawley admitted that being able to see Moss' Instagram account beforehand did spark some early attraction. </p><p>"I followed a lot of guys on the down low to see how they spent their time and what they were doing," the now former Bachelorette told Harrison. "Dale was the one that was being a strong man, but opening up and being vulnerable." </p><p>"I understand that it was fast-paced, but this is the first time a 39-year-old woman has sat up here and been chosen to find the man of her dreams," Crawley added. "I know exactly what I'm looking for and exactly what I want. I've done nothing but respect this entire process and I cannot reiterate that more. Whether it took one day or 10 days, two weeks or two years, this man makes me happy." </p><h2>Lowe said she has loved watching Crawley change up the status quo on 'The Bachelorette' </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="79270938" hostid="261"></div>Despite how fans have reacted, Lowe said it's empowering to see a woman go after what she wants — even if it means forging your own path.<p>"It's been a really cool thing to know that, hey, if you want something, get it," Lowe said. "You don't have to play by the rules as long as it doesn't hurt anybody." </p><p>"I think it was fine with the guys because the only person she had another connection with was Jason," she added, referring to contestant Jason Foster, who quit the show after Crawley left early. </p><p>Lowe said she's already been having a blast watching <a href="https://www.insider.com/clare-crawley-new-contestants-men-the-bachelorette">Tayshia Adams, who replaced Crawley, take over as "The Bachelorette."</a> She's even picked Brendan Morais as the frontrunner. </p><p>"Brendan is so cute," she said. "I know he's the first one-on-one and we see more of him than we have of most of the other guys, but they're so cute together. So I'm going to say Brendan for now." </p><p>"He's so nice and even Sean likes him," she added with a laugh, referencing her husband. "Obviously there's so many other guys to see, but he's somebody I'm so excited for. He's so cute!"</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wants-a-bachelorette-to-propose-2020-11">Chris Harrison wants to see a 'Bachelorette' star get down on one knee and propose</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-chris-harrison-dodgeball-date-controversial-2020-10">Chris Harrison knew Clare Crawley's strip dodgeball date would 'stir up debate,' but believes Yosef Aborady 'owes her an apology'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">Clare Crawley and Dale Moss are engaged — here's every couple from 'The Bachelor' universe that's still together</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wouldnt-put-his-wedding-on-television-2020-11">'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison said if he gets married again, you likely won't see his wedding on television</a></li></ul>

Former 'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe says she believes Clare Crawley and Dale Moss didn't communicate before 'The Bachelorette'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12217400" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clare-crawley" source="Orion">Clare Crawley</keyword> said she was sexually abused by a Catholic priest when she was a child. </li><li>The "Bachelorette" star shared her story on "Red Table Talk: The Estefans," which aired Thursday. </li><li>Crawley said her parents sued the church, but they just moved the priest to another parish.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/facts-about-bachelorette-clare-crawley">"Bachelorette" star Clare Crawley</a> said she was sexually abused by a Catholic priest when she was a child. </p><p>Crawley shared her emotional story on the Facebook Watch series <a href="https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalkestefans/">"Red Table Talk: The Estefans,"</a> which aired Thursday. </p><p>"I believe I was right around 5 or 6 years old - when I was in first grade," she told Gloria Estefan, who hosts the series with her daughter Emily and niece Lili. "I grew up going to a Catholic school when I was a victim of a predator." </p><p>Crawley said that she was a "painfully shy" child who would rather "pee my pants instead of ask to go to the restroom." Her parents went to a Catholic priest at the school - who acted as a counselor to the students - for help. </p><p>"I don't think there was any counseling that was done," Crawley said. "It was one-on-one time to be a predator." </p><div type="image" title="Clare Crawley on Red Table Talk: The Estefans" height="1126" width="2000" msid="86666921" hostid="261"></div><p>Crawley said she had to learn very quickly to start speaking up at school. </p><p>"I knew enough to know that I didn't want to sit alone in a confessional with him anymore," she added. </p><p>Crawley didn't tell anyone in her family until three years later. When her parents found out, they sued the church. </p><p>"The church essentially said we will do whatever it takes to keep this quiet, we will move him out of the church," Crawley recalled. "But when the church said they had moved him out of the church, they had moved him to one church over. He did it to more children and the church allowed him - knowing he was a predator - to perpetuate what he was doing." </p><p>Crawley first revealed that she was a sexual abuse survivor on an Instagram post in July. </p><p>"As a child of sexual abuse, my young adult years were spent in unhealthy relationships feeling unworthy of the good ones," she wrote. "It was a vicious cycle, because the more I chose the wrong men who treated me poorly, the more I believed I wasn't good enough." </p><p>Crawley said <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-catherine-lowe-clare-crawley-2020-11">Dale Moss - who appeared with her</a> on the episode - helped give her the courage to share her story.  </p><div type="image" title="Clare Crawley and Dale Moss on &quot;Red Table Talk: The Estefans&quot;" height="1234" width="2202" msid="86666923" hostid="261"></div><p>"I remember sitting on the bed and telling my fiancé Dale, I want to share this, I'm ready to share this, but I'm scared," she recalled. "And he told me, 'That's even more reason for you to share it."' </p><p>Moss, <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1304016/the-bachelorettes-clare-crawley-and-dale-moss-break-up-again-after-brief-reconciliation">who reportedly split from Crawley</a> just two days before the episode aired, told Estefan that he's always wanted the "Bachelorette" star to feel "safe, secure, and protected." </p><p>Crawley told the Estefans that speaking out was her way to "take the power back." </p><p>"For so long, the weight that I was carrying was shame, embarrassment, feeling not worthy of the church standing up for me," she said. "And now I thought, you know what, this is not my burden to carry anymore. What I'm going to carry is being a survivor."</p>

'Bachelorette' star Clare Crawley said she was abused by a Catholic priest when she was 5 years old

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This season of "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>" has seen contestants open up about serious topics, including bulimia, addiction, and suicide. </li><li><keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword> told Insider that she believes staying in one place during filming due to the pandemic helped the men feel safe and open up more. </li><li>"Being in one location where you're kind of able to just be comfortable and come up with a routine... kind of allowed them to have a little bit more time to just personally think about everything that they were feeling," Adams said. </li><li>Adams also believes that spending months in lockdown might have made her men more willing to let their walls down when they came to the show. </li></ul><p>Any proud member of Bachelor Nation would likely agree that this season of "The Bachelorette" has been the most vulnerable we've ever seen. </p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">After Clare Crawley made the fastest departure</a> in the show's history to get engaged to contestant Dale Moss, the men she left behind opened up in a big way <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-biracial-clare-crawley-2020-12">to new star Tayshia Adams</a>. </p><p>While contestants have shared tough stories from their past throughout the franchise's 18-year history, this season has seen topics that have never been discussed on a "Bachelor" season before, including suicide, eating disorders, and addiction. </p><p>Adams told Insider that she believes one of the reasons her season saw so many candid conversations is because<a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-chris-harrison-lauren-zima-2020-10"> the cast were able to "set some roots"</a> at their resort in Palm Springs, California due to the pandemic, rather than jet off every week to a new destination - the show's norm. </p><p>"Being in one location where you're able to just be comfortable and come up with a routine, it's not just constantly packing and doing this and that, allowed them to have a little bit more time to just personally think about everything that they were feeling and what they wanted," Adams explained. </p><p>"And, in turn, that showed up in their conversations with me," she added. "And I think it did benefit us to be honest with you." </p><h2>Adams also believes that spending so many months in lockdown might have made her men more willing to let their walls down</h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ivan Hall &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="79885539" hostid="261"></div><p>Along with the show not filming in various locations due to the pandemic, many contestants, including Adams, were coming out of their own quarantines. Adams said being self-isolated could have had an effect on how they showed up on the series.</p><p>"I feel like not having human interaction for quite some time does take a toll. And I think that there's a need and a want to find love and interact with people and just be vulnerable," she continued, "and I think maybe they felt safe enough to open up and talk about it with me, which is great." </p><p>"But I also feel like those are real conversations," she added. "Those are real things that people face every day. And the fact that we're openly talking about it, I think it's amazing." </p><h2>One of the men<a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-ben-smith-eating-disorder-2020-12"> who surprised Adams the most was Ben Smith</a>, who opened up to her on the show about his eating disorder and past suicide attempts </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ben Smith &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1128" width="1504" msid="79885545" hostid="261"></div><p>One contestant, Ben Smith, told Adams that he had struggled with bulimia for 15 years and felt "completely lost" after he broke his back and was forced to leave the Army. </p><p>"My life was very dark," he said during the episode. "And I didn't know how to say that I needed things."</p><p>Smith added that he had been "very intentional and aggressive" with his therapy, and credited his sister with saving his life. </p><p>"The only thing that got me through that was her and she has no idea," he said. "I owe her everything." </p><p>Adams told Insider that Smith was "a completely different person" after he had opened up to her on the series. </p><p>"It was like a weight had been lifted off [of] his shoulders," she said. "I think there were a lot of men that grew before my eyes, and grew before their own, but Ben was someone that really surprised me." </p><h2>As the heart-to-hearts continued throughout filming, Adams found herself <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">falling in love with multiple men on the show</a> </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1335" width="2000" msid="79885548" hostid="261"></div><p>With the series finale airing Tuesday night, many are wondering who Adams will chose to spend her happily ever after with. Adams told Insider that she's "leading with my heart" with many contestants on the show so it won't be an easy choice.</p><p>The bachelorette admitted that it was an "interesting" situation to be in, falling in love with multiple people at once, adding "it's not normal."</p><p>"As you've seen with how many vulnerable conversations I have, it's hard not to start investing in a lot of feelings and start falling for these men because they're amazing," she added.</p><p>And while she's had some incredible adventures on both "<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>" and "Bachelor in Paradise," Adams said she wouldn't have wanted to do her season of "The Bachelorette" any other way. </p><p>"At the end of the day, I'm a really simple girl," Adams said. "Sure, I like the whole helicopter thing and the fun...but what I'm there for is to find my partner, you know? It's not an adventure buddy." </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-biracial-clare-crawley-2020-12">Tayshia Adams was worried that she wouldn't be 'The Bachelorette' contestants' type because she was biracial after Clare Crawley's sudden departure</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-ben-smith-eating-disorder-2020-12">Tayshia Adams says Ben Smith was the 'Bachelorette' contestant who surprised her the most after revealing his 15-year eating disorder</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe said she thought her husband Sean wouldn't be attracted to her because she's 'a different race'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-catherine-lowe-clare-crawley-2020-11">Former 'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe says she believes Clare Crawley and Dale Moss didn't communicate before 'The Bachelorette'</a></li></ul>

Tayshia Adams thinks quarantine helped her 'Bachelorette' men become more vulnerable with her this season

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After weeks of speculation and growing unrest among contestants this season, <keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword> was finally revealed at the end of last night's episode of "The <keyword id="392424" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="bachelorette">Bachelorette</keyword>."</li><li>Though we still don't know exactly how the switch from current lead <keyword id="9837040" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clare-crawley">Clare Crawley</keyword> to Adams unfolds, this was the first time the show acknowledged Adams at all.</li><li>On social media, fans went wild over the reveal.</li><li>Adams will be the second Black Bachelorette in the show's history. Her casting comes after a push from fans for more diversity in the franchise.</li></ul><ul class="summary-list"></ul><p>Though many <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-to-know-about-the-bachelorette-season-16-2020-8">"Bachelor" fans have known for a while</a> that Tayshia Adams would be stepping in for Clare Crawley mid-season as the newest Bachelorette, they were still thrilled to see her pop up on screen for just 9 seconds at the end of the episode on October 28.</p><p>As the episode progressed, Crawley's contestants grew uneasy and frustrated at Crawley's attraction to Dale Moss. It even ended with the men discussing "just walking out" if Crawley was going to continue focusing on Moss without giving them a chance.</p><p>Chris Harrison, creator Mike Fleiss, and producer Rob Mills had teased the "last 10 seconds" of the episode, claiming it was one of the biggest twists in the franchise's history. Still, the reveal, which showed Adams emerging from a pool, was jaw-dropping.</p><p>Even though we still don't know the details of how the switch unfolds, it was long overdue for "The Bachelorette" to address Adams' arrival. <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/the-bachelorette-new-season-clare-crawley-colton-underwood">Many were frustrated about spending time following</a> Crawley when there was no reason to get invested.</p><p>Adams, for her part, had been quiet about her involvement in the show until after the episode, when she posted a single Instagram photo with the caption, "You rang...?!"</p><p>Adams' comments were quickly flooded with support and excitement, and Twitter reflected fans' joy as well.</p><p>Adams was first seen on Colton Underwood's season of "The <keyword id="37633" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="bachelor">Bachelor</keyword>," where she made it to the final three and established herself as one of the most mature and thoughtful women on the season. She next appeared on "Bachelor in Paradise" and was in one of the most delightful relationships on the beach with John Paul Jones, though they didn't last much longer than the season.</p><p>Her casting is also part of the show's efforts to include more diversity with leads, contestants, and production after <a href="https://www.change.org/p/abc-a-campaign-for-anti-racism-in-the-bachelor-franchise">the Bachelor Diversity Campaign</a> went viral in response to the events of this summer. <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">Harrison spoke with Insider</a> about the show and its plans to more accurately reflect the world we live in.</p><p>He said that fans will see more diversity in both this season's casting and the cast for future Bachelor Matt James' season. "There's obviously a lot of things you won't see behind the camera — hiring practices in crew, producers, [and] people being promoted. A lot of steps that won't get as much limelight but are as equally important," he added.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/what-to-know-about-the-bachelorette-season-16-2020-8">Everything we know about this season of 'The Bachelorette'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">Chris Harrison says 'Bachelor' franchise can 'do better' in terms of diversity, on and off camera</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/clare-crawley-new-contestants-men-the-bachelorette">Meet the 31 men competing for Bachelorette Clare Crawley's heart</a></li></ul>

Tayshia Adams was finally revealed as the newest star of 'The Bachelorette' and fans are thrilled

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword>, who replaced Clare Crawley midseason on ABC's "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>," told Insider that she feared she wouldn't be some of the "Bachelorette" contestants' type because she's biracial. </li><li>Crawley left the hit ABC dating reality competition series after falling in love with Dale Moss in just a few short weeks.</li><li>"In the back of my head, wondering if I was going to be someone's type was definitely a concern I had," Adams admitted. "Just because Clare was the original Bachelorette and Clare and I are very different women."</li><li>"Bachelor" contestant Sydney Hightower also told Insider how difficult it was to be biracial on the series. Hearing comments from viewers about her appearance was particularly painful.</li><li>"It was absolutely awful and the brunt of it was about my outward appearance," the mixed-race retail marketing manager recalled. "Oh, your lips are too big, your nose is too wide, and also just calling me the n-word. They go for the lowest they can." </li></ul><p>The "Bachelor" franchise has faced criticism almost from the beginning for its lack of <keyword id="61889" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Diversity">diversity</keyword>, causing stars and contestants alike to worry about whether they'd be accepted while trying to find their true love.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">Catherine Lowe, who is half Filipino, recently told Insider</a> that she had worried Sean Lowe wouldn't be attracted to her on the show back in January 2013 because she was a biracial woman. </p><p>It's been seven years since Lowe's season, but <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-ben-smith-eating-disorder-2020-12">Tayshia Adams</a> had similar fears before she stepped in to take Clare Crawley's place as the star of "The Bachelorette." Crawley abruptly left the hit ABC reality dating competition after falling in love and later becoming engaged to contestant Dale Moss.</p><p>"In the back of my head, wondering if I was going to be someone's type was definitely a concern I had," Adams - who is African-American and Mexican - told Insider. "Just because Clare was the original Bachelorette and Clare and I are very different women. So yeah, it was definitely something of concern."</p><p>While Crawley became the first Latina "Bachelorette" in the show's history, Adams was the second Black woman and second Latina woman to star in "The Bachelorette."</p><p>But Adams said those thoughts disappeared once she began having conversations with the contestants. </p><p>"Once I talked to the guys, I don't think that was even a thing anymore," she said. "I think just being confident on my own was always like, a thing I've had to do." </p><h2>Adams has been vocal this season about her experience growing up biracial in a predominantly white community </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ivan Hall &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1335" width="2000" msid="79729846" hostid="261"></div><p>Adams is from Orange County, California, where <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/orangecountycalifornia">71% percent of the population</a> is white and only 3.6% identify as being multiracial or biracial.</p><p>In a rare moment in the "Bachelor" franchise, she spoke about her biracial upbringing with Ivan Hall, who is half Black and half Filipino.  </p><p>"Being in Orange County, surrounded by a lot of people that don't look like me, being the only person who looks like me, I'm realizing that I've been trying so hard my whole life to blend in because I knew I was different, you know?" Adams told Hall.</p><p>Hall revealed that he could "100% relate" to her experience, as he had gone to college in Lubbock, Texas, where <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lubbockcitytexas,lubbockcountytexas/PST045219">80% of the population is white</a>. </p><p>"There weren't many Black people there," he said. "[I] remember those things like randomly walking down, next to my campus and being called the n-word. It happened to me all the time in college. And that's just not right."</p><p>The reality star admitted that it was a necessary conversation to have with cameras rolling, especially in terms of their courtship.</p><p>"That's a real conversation that two people generally would, and should, have if they're looking to find a relationship," she said of the onscreen moment with Hall. "Regardless if the show has talked about it in the past or not, if it's something that you feel and it's something that's important to you, it should be talked about." </p><h2>Biracial contestants in Bachelor Nation have also spoken up about how hard it is to appear on the show, including Sydney Hightower</h2><div type="image" title="Sydney Hightower Peter Weber &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="2500" width="2000" msid="79729850" hostid="261"></div><p>Along with Adams, "Bachelor" contestants also told Insider that it's not easy being biracial in Bachelor Nation.</p><p>Sydney Hightower, who competed on the 24th season of "<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>," starring Peter Weber, told Insider that hearing comments from viewers about her appearance was particularly painful. </p><p>"It was absolutely awful and the brunt of it was about my outward appearance," the retail marketing manager, whose father is African-American and Dominican, recalled. "Oh, your lips are too big, your nose is too wide, and also just calling me the n-word. They go for the lowest they can." </p><p>But Hightower said she thought it was important to discuss her biracial identity with Weber, who is half-Cuban, during her time on the show. </p><p>"Peter would not have been able to understand me and why I am the way I am," she said of why she opened up about her identity on the show. "The steps that it took me to get where I am, and the things that had to happen to me to build myself up to the strong woman that I am now, I had to share those things with him." </p><h2>Longtime 'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison told Insider that the franchise is continuing to make changes <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">in both its casting process and behind the scenes </a></h2><div type="image" title="Chris Harrison" height="1340" width="2000" msid="79729852" hostid="261"></div><p>Despite the challenges that come with casting diverse stars and contests on "The Bachelorette" and "The Bachelor," producers behind-the-scenes continue to make efforts to diversify who we see fall in love on TV weekly. </p><p>Host Chris Harrison, who is also <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-behind-the-scenes-bachelor-bachelorette2020-10">an executive producer for the show</a>, detailed the changes the two ABC series are making.</p><p>"There's obviously a lot of things you won't see behind the camera - hiring practices in crew, producers, [and] people being promoted," Harrison told Insider back in October, "a lot of steps that won't get as much limelight, but are as equally important."</p><p>But Harrison admitted that the series still has a lot of work to do.  </p><p>"At the end of the day, 'The Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' have always been above love and relationships," he added. "You want to see your love represented on screen, and to not do that is a failure. And that's something we aim to be better at and do better at." </p><p>Lowe said she believes the producers are "definitely more aware of the demands for a more diverse cast every season."</p><p>"There's so many people out there and being exposed to other kinds of love stories is really important for our society," she added. "I think it's going in that direction and I'm excited."</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-ben-smith-eating-disorder-2020-12">Tayshia Adams says Ben Smith was the 'Bachelorette' contestant who surprised her the most after revealing his 15-year eating disorder</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe said she thought her husband Sean wouldn't be attracted to her because she's 'a different race'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">JoJo Fletcher says 'Bachelorette' stars are better at finding love than the men on 'The Bachelor' because of 'women's intuition'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">Chris Harrison says 'Bachelor' franchise can 'do better' in terms of diversity, on and off camera</a></li></ul>

Tayshia Adams was worried that she wouldn't be 'The Bachelorette' contestants' type because she was biracial after Clare Crawley's sudden departure

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On the most recent episode of "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>," Tayshia Adams and Ivan Hall had an emotional discussion about the events of this summer, including the protests related to George Floyd's death.</li><li>The "Bachelor" franchise usually shies away from current events, but this season's COVID-related delays made it impossible to pretend the show exists outside of reality.</li><li>For many viewers, the conversation was a welcome change — part of dating in the real world is discussing issues and making sure your priorities align.</li><li>Additionally, as Tayshia is the second Black lead ever, her conversation with Hall was one of the first times many fans were able to see themselves represented on screen.</li><li>The conversation, as well as the show's decision to finally let reality in, signals a new era for the "Bachelor" franchise.</li></ul><p>"<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>" and its adjacent spin-offs claim to provide people with fairytale endings — and they do. At the end of almost every season, someone gets down on one knee and proposes marriage after knowing the other person for around two months. It's essentially the timeline of a Disney movie.</p><p>But that's not necessarily the bedrock of a stable relationship. While there are couples from "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" who are still together, the overwhelming majority of winning couples have broken up. For "The Bachelor," just <em>one </em>of the leads is still with his original final pick (hi, Sean and Catherine) out of 24 seasons. "The Bachelorette's" stats aren't much better: Out of 16 seasons — and 17 leads — four women are still with the recipient of their final rose.</p><p>The idea that <a href="https://www.etonline.com/bachelorette-jojo-fletcher-jordan-rodgers-reveal-many-near-splits-how-they-stayed-strong-exclusive">their real relationships actually begin</a> after they're engaged and living off-camera is a common thread among "Bachelor" couples. But the franchise's insistence on keeping their leads and contestants inside this perfect bubble might finally be starting to waver, and that's a good thing.</p><h2>The contestants are finally able to speak about real issues</h2><p>After Clare Crawley departed midway through the current season with her fiancé Dale Moss, Tayshia Adams was brought in to "save" the season, and during the November 24 episode, she was part of one of the most emotional and honest conversations in the show's history.</p><p>Adams, who is Black, discussed issues with one of her suitors, 28-year-old aeronautical engineer Ivan Hall (who is also Black), that had never before been raised on the show. Hall explained his younger brother had fallen into addiction and been in prison for four years, and had even missed the birth of his daughter.</p><p>The discussion then shifted to current events — namely, the death of George Floyd, the national protests his death sparked, and police brutality towards Black Americans. Both Hall and Adams discussed the effects Floyd's death had on them, how they had both experienced racism in their hometowns and at college (both subtly and overtly, as Hall shared he had been called the N-word in college), and how they felt connected to each other through these shared experiences.</p><div type="image" title="tayshia ivan" height="1273" width="1697" msid="79499729" hostid="261"></div><p>This conversation about major issues in the real world — not "Bachelor" fantasy-land — was met with emotional reactions from Bachelor Nation.</p><h2>This summer, it became clear that the franchise needed to change</h2><p>The conversation between Tayshia and Ivan took place against the backdrop of the summer's events. People across the US and the world were forced to reckon with their own implicit biases and relationships with race, and "The Bachelor" was part of that reckoning. The show, over a combined 39 seasons of television, had only one Black lead before Adams: former "Bachelorette" star Rachel Lindsay.</p><div type="image" title="rachel lindsay" height="751" width="1000" msid="79499735" hostid="261"></div><p>Lindsay has spoken at length about how she hasn't felt protected by the franchise, and that she feels frequently put-upon to educate other members of Bachelor Nation simply because she was the only Black lead in the show's history. During an episode of her podcast, "Bachelor Happy Hour," Lindsay <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a32814191/rachel-lindsay-becca-kufrin-racism-bachelor-podcast/">spent a significant amount of time and emotional labor</a> trying to explain racism to her white co-host Becca Kufrin. She also made it clear that if things didn't change within the franchise, she would distance herself.</p><p>Many former contestants and fans supported Lindsay, and a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/abc-a-campaign-for-anti-racist-casting-and-hiring-in-the-bachelor-franchise">petition to make the show more diverse</a> and explicitly anti-racist organized by the <a href="https://bachdiversity.com/">Bachelor Diversity Campaign</a> has over 163,000 signatures.</p><p>Even Chris Harrison, the longtime host and godfather of Bachelor Nation, admitted to Insider that the show can do better in terms of race.</p><div type="image" title="chris harrison tayshia" height="1392" width="1857" msid="79499737" hostid="261"></div><p>"At the end of the day, 'The Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' have always been above love and relationships," the host <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">told Insider's Anneta Konstantinides</a> in October 2020. "And the whole point is you want to see yourself represented. You want to see your love represented on screen and to not do that is a failure," he added. "And that's something we aim to be better at and do better at."</p><p>Insider also spoke to another member of Bachelor Nation, Mike Johnson, earlier in the year. Johnson was <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/ehisosifo1/mike-johnson-next-bachelor-the-bachelorette">one of the favorites to be named the Bachelor</a> instead of Peter Weber, which would've made him<em> </em>the first Black lead in "Bachelor" history. How did <em>he</em> think the show should become more diverse and representative of the "real world"? "By just doing it."</p><p>The show finally appears to be doing just that: Matt James will become the show's first Black lead in 2021.</p><h2>As well as discussing racial inequality, the conversation between Hall and Adams also reflected a more 'real-world' relationship</h2><p>The conversation between Hall and Adams could not have happened on any other season: There's never been an opportunity for two Black contestants to have this space. And that's including Lindsay's season — she's spoken about how she waited to have conversations about political and social issues until after the cameras were turned on, and multiple <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/205005/bachelor-show-contestants-politics-trump">former contestants during Nick Viall's season spoke to Refinery29</a> about how producers steered them away from speaking about politics. (ABC has yet to respond to Insider's request for comment.)</p><p>By failing to allow contestants to speak about their real, lived-in experiences or political beliefs, "The Bachelor" is doing its own contestants a disservice. Just look at Kufrin and her (<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-alt-right-troll-garrett-yrigoyen-won-the-bachelorette">controversial</a>) final rose recipient Garrett Yrigoyen.</p><div type="image" title="becca garrett bachelorette" height="835" width="1114" msid="79499740" hostid="261"></div><p>The two <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1175650/the-bachelorettes-becca-kufrin-and-garrett-yrigoyen-break-up-after-2-years-together">called off their engagement this summer</a>, after it became clear that their opinions regarding police brutality, politics, and other issues were not compatible. Over the summer, Kufrin posted <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7-vmVhTbw/">pro-Black Lives Matter content</a> while Yrigoyen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBmniwBkqo/">posted a "Thin Blue Line" graphic</a> supporting the police and <a href="https://i.redd.it/bnk73qh0eqw51.jpg">Instagram stories endorsing Trump</a>. While they both stated it was <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/becca-kufrin-claps-back-at-idea-she-and-garrett-split-over-politics/">not due to one specific issue</a>, Kufrin became more vocally opinionated after the break-up, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQED75BMlc/">posting pro-Biden content</a>.</p><p>If Kufrin or Yrigoyen had been given all the information — or had engaged in these frank discussions before getting engaged — they might've saved themselves this heartbreak back in 2017.</p><h2>'Knowing where your partner stands on crucial political ideology is incredibly important, and should be a deal-breaker'</h2><p><a href="https://drmonicaoneal.com/">Relationship expert and clinical psychologist Monica O'Neal</a> told Insider she was "thrilled" to see the conversation on "The Bachelorette," and expects we'll see more of these types of conversations going forward. And that spells a more stable future for the relationships on the show.</p><p>"Knowing where your partner stands on crucial political ideology is incredibly important and should be a deal-breaker," she said. "The issue of racial justice and Black Lives Matter has become something that really is more of an indication of personal values and beliefs around equity and justice."</p><p>She added, "Those things are crucially important when it comes to raising children and thinking about the kind of ideology that you foster in your home. Therefore, it's important to have a clear understanding of where your partner stands on these issues before you go forward with the relationship and building a family."</p><p>Between the franchise choosing four back-to-back POC leads (Crawley and Weber are both Latinx, Adams is Afro-Latina, and James is biracial, as well) and breaking the fourth wall in terms of current events, it's clear the franchise is changing ever so slowly to be more reflective of 2020.</p><p>Hopefully, this <keyword id="2835" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Reality-TV">reality TV</keyword> behemoth will continue to let <em>actual</em> reality in.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-thats-wrong-with-the-bachelor-according-to-experts-2019-7">Everything that's wrong with 'The Bachelor,' according to therapists and psychologists</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe said she thought her husband Sean wouldn't be attracted to her because she's 'a different race'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">Clare Crawley and Dale Moss are engaged — here's every couple from 'The Bachelor' universe that's still together</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">Chris Harrison says 'Bachelor' franchise can 'do better' in terms of diversity, on and off camera</a></li></ul>

After a summer of turmoil, 'The Bachelorette' finally let reality in, and it points to a promising future for the show

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>" star <keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword> told Insider that Ben Smith is the contestant who has surprised her the most during her season of the hit ABC series. </li><li>In last week's episode, Smith told Adams that he had an eating disorder for 15 years. </li><li>Adams said Smith was a "completely different person" after he opened up to her. </li><li>"The things he was trying to not bring to the surface, they were big conversations, and I think that's why he was holding back so much," Adams said. "It was like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders." </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">"Bachelorette" fans</a> were in for a roller-coaster of emotions last week as multiple men opened up to <a href="https://www.insider.com/tayshia-adams-bachelorette-everything-you-need-to-know-2020-11">Tayshia Adams</a> about the struggles they had faced in their past. </p><p>But Adams told Insider that no one has surprised her more this season than Ben Smith, the 30-year-old Army veteran, who has become a fan-favorite. </p><p>"I think there were a lot of men that grew before my eyes and grew before their own," she said. "But Ben was someone that really surprised me." </p><h2>Last week's <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-chris-harrison-dodgeball-date-controversial-2020-10">group date was all about</a> revelation as the men were instructed to paint self-portraits</h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ben Smith &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="3000" width="2000" msid="79633753" hostid="261"></div><p>Smith literally bared all during the date, disrobing so that he could "figuratively and literally let my guard down," he told Adams. </p><p>But the personal trainer revealed even more when he sat down with Adams at the cocktail party that night and revealed that he had an eating disorder for 15 years. </p><p>"The life I've lived is different than what you might assume," Smith said. "I found out what girls were when I was 15. I realized they don't like the fat kid. So I stopped eating. I started working out all the time, lost like 70 pounds, and had <keyword id="87651" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="bulimia">bulimia</keyword> for 10 years when I was in my 20s. It's hard to hide something for so long. I kept it from everybody." </p><p>Smith said the only person who had known about the disorder was his sister. </p><p>"She saved my life," he continued. "I'm finally at a place now where I feel safe and comfortable with the people that I live and work with. I care a great deal about this. It's just hard for me to let it out."</p><h2>Adams said Smith was 'like a completely different person' after he had opened up to her </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ben Smith &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1498" width="1998" msid="79633756" hostid="261"></div><p>Adams told Insider that she eventually realized why Smith was so guarded during their filming; it's because he was carrying this big secret, she recalled.</p><p>"The things he was trying to not bring to the surface, they were big conversations, and I think that's why he was holding back so much," Adams added. "I think once he finally opened up, it was just a completely different person. It was like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders." </p><p>"It did take us a hot minute to get there," she continued. "I knew there was so much more to him." </p><h2>This season <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">has also seen candid conversations</a> about drug addiction, absent parents, and the Black Lives Matter movement</h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1335" width="2000" msid="79633757" hostid="261"></div><p>Adams said that she believes the pandemic may have played a part <a href="https://www.insider.com/clare-crawley-new-contestants-men-the-bachelorette">in her contestants'</a> willingness to open up this season on "The Bachelorette." </p><p>"2020 could definitely have been a reason for all that," she said. "Not having human interaction for quite some time does take a toll and I think there's a need and a want to find love and interact with people and just to be vulnerable. And I think maybe they felt safe enough to open up and talk about it with me, which is great." </p><p>During the season, the contestants have opened up about many tough issues, including drug addiction, absent parents and even the Black Lives Matter movement.</p><p>"Those are real conversations. Those are real things that people face every day," she added. "And the fact that we're openly talking about it, I think it's amazing...People are putting those walls down." </p><p>And Adams revealed that viewers can expect even more personal revelations from the men in Tuesday night's episode. </p><p>"It's a really good one," she said. "Have a box of tissues next to you!"</p><p>"The Bachelorette" airs Tuesday nights on ABC.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-catherine-lowe-sean-wouldnt-be-attracted-to-her-race-2020-11">'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe said she thought her husband Sean wouldn't be attracted to her because she's 'a different race'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">JoJo Fletcher says 'Bachelorette' stars are better at finding love than the men on 'The Bachelor' because of 'women's intuition'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-catherine-lowe-clare-crawley-2020-11">Former 'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe says she believes Clare Crawley and Dale Moss didn't communicate before 'The Bachelorette'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wouldnt-put-his-wedding-on-television-2020-11">'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison said if he gets married again, you likely won't see his wedding on television</a></li></ul>

Tayshia Adams says Ben Smith was the 'Bachelorette' contestant who surprised her the most after revealing his 15-year eating disorder

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10289066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="catherine-lowe">Catherine Lowe</keyword> told Insider that she didn't think her now-husband Sean Lowe would be attracted to her on "<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>" because "of what [she] looked like." </li><li>"But I was probably prejudiced against him too. I was hoping he'd be attracted to a different race. And, gladly, he was," added Lowe, who is half Filipino. </li><li>Back in June, Lowe revealed that she thought she was cast on "The Bachelor" to "check a box" as a woman of color.  </li><li>But Lowe told Insider she believes the show's producers are "definitely more aware of the demands for a more diverse cast every season." </li></ul><p>Catherine and Sean Lowe are among the <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">biggest success stories of the long-running "Bachelor" franchise.</a> They've been married for six years, have three adorable children, and remain the only couple <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">from the original series that is still together</a>. </p><p>It was a future that Catherine could never have imagined when she first appeared on Sean's season back in January 2013. </p><p>"I didn't think he'd be into me because of what I looked like," Catherine, who is half Filipino, told Insider while promoting <a href="https://ivory.com/kindness/">Ivory's Acts of Gentle Kindness Initiative</a>. "But I was probably prejudiced against him too." </p><p>"I was hoping he'd be attracted to a different race," she added. "And, gladly, he was."</p><div type="image" title="Catherine Lowe Sean Lowe &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="79389823" hostid="261"></div><h2><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-catherine-lowe-clare-crawley-2020-11">Catherine has spoken candidly</a> about the franchise's <keyword id="61889" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Diversity">diversity</keyword> issue, revealing that she always thought she was cast to 'check a box'</h2><p>This isn't the first time Catherine has been outspoken about race and "The Bachelor," which has come under increased scrutiny over the past several years.</p><p>"When I was originally cast, I was very flattered but somewhat grounded by the fact that I would be one of the faces that represented people of color," Catherine wrote in an Instagram post in June. "I knew that one of the reasons I was probably chosen was because I was Filipino. I counted myself out to be his fiancée because of what I assumed Sean liked." </p><p>"I thought I was there just to check a box, but I ended up with so much more. I became present with the process and as he started noticing me for who I really was, I allowed this experience to open myself up to the possibility of being fully loved and appreciated for all that I was." </p><p>"Don't count yourself out," she added. "You are destined to do bigger things than just check a box." </p><div type="image" title="Sean Lowe &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1228" width="1638" msid="79389824" hostid="261"></div><h2>Lowe's post came while 'The Bachelor' faced its own reckoning over the summer</h2><p>Diversity in Hollywood and beyond came under a microscope as Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country last summer. More than 160,000 people, including many of the show's biggest stars, signed a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/abc-a-campaign-for-anti-racism-in-the-bachelor-franchise">Change.org petition</a> demanding that a Black lead be cast in the next season.</p><p>Shortly thereafter, it was announced that <a href="https://www.insider.com/matt-james-bachelor-first-black-lead-reactions-2020-6">Matt James — who was initially cast in Clare Crawley's season of "The Bachelorette"</a> — would become the next star of "The Bachelor," becoming the first Black lead in the show's 18-year history. <a href="https://www.insider.com/tayshia-adams-bachelorette-everything-you-need-to-know-2020-11">Tayshia Adams, who took over</a> after Crawley left her season early, is now the second Black woman to become the "Bachelorette" in 16 seasons. She follows in the footsteps of Rachel Lindsay, who became "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>'s" first Black star in 2017.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-behind-the-scenes-bachelor-bachelorette2020-10">Longtime "Bachelor" host Chris Harrison</a>, who is also an executive producer for the series,<a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10"> told Insider that the franchise has been making changes</a> in both its casting process and behind the scenes. </p><div type="image" title="Chris Harrison" height="1340" width="2000" msid="79389825" hostid="261"></div>"There's obviously a lot of things you won't see behind the camera — hiring practices in crew, producers, [and] people being promoted," he said back in October. "A lot of steps that won't get as much limelight, but are as equally important."<p>But Harrison admitted that the series still had a lot of work to do.  </p><p>"At the end of the day, 'The Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' have always been above love and relationships," he added. "You want to see your love represented on screen, and to not do that is a failure. And that's something we aim to be better at and do better at." </p><h2><div type="image" title="Sean Lowe &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="79389827" hostid="261"></div>Lowe said she believes the producers are 'definitely more aware of the demands for a more diverse cast every season'</h2><p>While Catherine told Insider that she thinks "Bachelor" producers are "doing a good job of continuing to think about ways to diversify the series, it also starts with the women and men applying to be part of the process.</p><p>"I'm just hoping that now that there's a more diverse cast, I'm hoping that more diverse people apply to be on the show," she explained.</p><p>"There's so many people out there and being exposed to other kinds of love stories is really important for our society," Catherine added. "I think it's going in that direction and I'm excited." </p><h2>When it comes to their own post-show success, Lowe believes the couple's decision to stay out of the 'Bachelor' bubble has helped their relationship thrive</h2><p>While many "Bachelor" stars make the move to Los Angeles after appearing on the hit ABC series, Catherine moved to Dallas to be with Sean after he proposed and the couple remain there today.</p><p>And while they share plenty of their adventures on Instagram, you won't catch the couple appearing at every "Bachelor" wedding or spin-off. Catherine credits staying off the "Bachelor" grid to their relationship's success.</p><p>"A lot of the show's 'success stories' are like that," she said. "And that's why they've been successful because they're more normal and just kind of getting on with their lives."</p><p>"We still love the Bachelor Nation and all the people who have worked on the show, but if you ask any of the married people, or the people who've been together for a long time, I think that's kind of the case." </p><p>But that doesn't mean Catherine would stop her kids if they wanted to be on "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette" one day. </p><p>"Sean says no, but I'm like why not?" she said with a laugh. "We raised them!"</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">Chris Harrison says 'Bachelor' franchise can 'do better' in terms of diversity, on and off camera</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-catherine-lowe-clare-crawley-2020-11">Former 'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe says she believes Clare Crawley and Dale Moss didn't communicate before 'The Bachelorette'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-bachelorette-stars-are-better-at-finding-love-2020-10">JoJo Fletcher says 'Bachelorette' stars are better at finding love than the men on 'The Bachelor' because of 'women's intuition'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-wouldnt-put-his-wedding-on-television-2020-11">'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison said if he gets married again, you likely won't see his wedding on television</a></li></ul>

'Bachelor' winner Catherine Lowe said she thought her husband Sean wouldn't be attracted to her because she's 'a different race'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>There will be two seasons of "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>" in 2021, in addition to "Bachelor in Paradise."</li><li>After two back-to-back seasons, the thought of three more "Bachelor" shows this year is exhausting.</li><li>How can the show expect to improve on its mistakes if <keyword id="6369596" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abc">ABC</keyword> just doubles down without a break?</li></ul><p>Even the most dedicated fans of "<keyword id="274607" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelor">The Bachelor</keyword>" need a break from the show.</p><p>In the last 12 months, Bachelor Nation witnessed the end of Peter Weber's season (<a href="https://www.thecut.com/2020/04/bachelor-peter-weber-calls-out-madison-prewett-podcast-interview.html">disastrous</a>), <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-shocking-moments-bachelorette-2020-11">Clare Crawley quitting her season halfway through</a> to leave with Dale Moss, <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark finding love</a> (but no "After the Final Rose"), and - to top it off - <keyword id="255497" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-James">Matt James</keyword>' season ending in host <keyword id="242810" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Chris-Harrison">Chris Harrison</keyword> stepping away and James, the first Black Bachelor, <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-matt-james-rachael-kirkconnell-finale-2021-3">picking a woman</a> who had been <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-rachael-kirkconnell-matt-james-complete-timeline">photographed at a plantation-themed party</a> in college. </p><p>Just writing it is exhausting.</p><p>With Harrison, who is the face of the franchise, out of commission, a pandemic that keeps the show from traveling, and loud cries for a complete re-haul, you might think that ABC and "The Bachelor" would take a beat, re-evaluate the show, its producers, format, and host, and disappear from TV screens for a while.</p><p>Instead, "The Bachelor" is doing the exact opposite. During Monday's finale, it was announced that <keyword id="10954195" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="katie-thurston">Katie Thurston</keyword> would be the next star of "The Bachelorette." Her season will air from May to July, which was the show's normal slot, pre-pandemic.</p><p>But that wasn't all. After the sixth season of "Paradise," which will air from August to September, there will be <em>another </em>season of "The Bachelorette," starring <keyword id="10954194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="michelle-young">Michelle Young</keyword>. This will air from October to December, the slot used last year due to the pandemic.</p><p>To understand why they may be doing this - and why it's a bad idea - we need to head back to March 2020.</p><h2>Peter Weber's season started a chain reaction, and we're still feeling its effects</h2><p>Weber, a fan-favorite from Hannah Brown's season of "The Bachelorette," turned out to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-seasons-stars-ranked-2019-1">one of the worst leads in recent "Bachelor" history</a>. He was indecisive, immature, only listened to the person right in front of him, and ended up dating three women from his season - the winner, the runner-up, and the fifth-place contestant.</p><div type="image" title="Peter Weber Bachelor" height="1161" width="1549" msid="81578876" hostid="261"></div><p>He also had women competing on the show who did not seem in it for love. His season was filled with in-fighting, as well as a controversial contestant who was photographed wearing a "White Lives Matter" shirt with a Confederate flag - <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/02/16/bachelor-contestant-victoria-fuller-apologizes-white-lives-matter-controversy/4779005002/">she claimed it was about fish</a>.</p><p>During the "Women Tell All" episode during Weber's season, Rachel Lindsay, the franchise's first Black lead, was given a platform to <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/bachelor-recount-racist-hateful-messages-left-by-fans-this-has-to-stop-1203519399/">speak about the cyber bullying and online harassment</a> she experiences as a Black woman in Bachelor Nation. It was heartbreaking.</p><p>Shortly after, COVID-19 put "The Bachelorette" on hiatus - but that gave members of Bachelor Nation time to reflect on the season and stew for six months about the larger issues inside the show and its community.</p><h2>The Bachelor Diversity Campaign highlighted the systemic issues inside the show</h2><p>The death of George Floyd led members of the "Bachelor" community to reckon with the franchise's issues with diversity and race. The <a href="https://twitter.com/bachdiversity">Bachelor Diversity Campaign</a> (BDC) was created by fans and alumni of the show to push for change inside production, including more diverse producers and casting, better screening of contestants, and the first Black Bachelor in 25 years of the show.</p><p>The BDC created a petition pushing for a Black lead in 2021, which garnered thousands of signatures and encouraged the fan base to think more critically about the show and its place in culture. Rather than publicly address any of the issues behind the scenes, ABC picked Matt James to be the first Black Bachelor for season 25. He was the first lead in years to not have been on a "Bachelor" show before becoming the lead, and people like Lindsay posited that he was chosen as a "<a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/rachel-lindsay-matt-james-bachelor-casting-knee-jerk-reaction-1202958198/">knee-jerk reaction</a>" to the franchise getting called out.</p><p>While this was happening, she was also pushing for more diversity behind the scenes, but was continually met with racist bullying and harassment online, which she detailed on her social media and podcast appearances. Most recently, <a href="https://www.etonline.com/rachel-lindsay-deletes-her-instagram-after-harassment-from-bachelor-nation-161328">she left Instagram for a few weeks</a> after getting vitriol from fans.</p><h2>There was only a week's break between Tayshia Adams' and Matt James' seasons, and his season was exhausting</h2><div type="image" title="Matt James &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="967" width="1290" msid="81578877" hostid="261"></div><p>There are usually four months - from September to January - between the end of "Bachelor in Paradise" and the beginning of a new season of "The Bachelor." But due to the pandemic pushing back production, Adams' season of "The Bachelorette" aired its finale on December 22 and fans had just a week to process it before diving into a "historic" season of "The Bachelor" on January 4.</p><p>The week turn-around was just too quick. Usually, fans have months to decompress, but with just a week in between, <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-bachelor-matt-james-diversifying-audience-0125-20210120-5qwzprxof5dxvdzuhhjlsqt4kq-story.html">viewership was down</a>, and it <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-monday-march-15-2021">remained low the entire season.</a></p><p>"I needed a break after the [Adams] season, and this one started a week later. That's why I stopped watching," a co-worker told me.</p><p>That James' season was filled with <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/01/26/bachelor-recap-victoria-anna-matt-james-bullying-hits-unbearably-mean/6698342002/">bullying</a>, problematic (at best) and racist (at worst) contestants, <a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/01/10277845/brittany-escort-the-bachelor-anna-sex-work">the shaming of sex workers</a>, and <a href="https://people.com/tv/the-bachelor-rachel-lindsay-comments-on-matt-james-dad-conversation/">stereotypes like the absentee Black father</a>, only added to the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-12/the-bachelor-abc-disney-chris-harrison-matt-james-rachael-kirkconnell-rachel-lindsay">pain and frustration of BIPOC fans and contestants</a> alike. </p><h2>Instead of reflecting on what could be fixed, the show is doubling down on producing more content and superficial change</h2><div type="image" title="Chris Harrison" height="1161" width="1549" msid="81578878" hostid="261"></div><p>After the <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-contestants-chris-harrison-franchise-racism-2021-2">now infamous interview between Harrison and Lindsay</a>, in which Harrison asked everyone to "show grace" to Rachael Kirkconnell, and repeatedly talked over Lindsay as she tried to explain what the issues were with Kirkconnell's past behavior, Harrison announced he was stepping back from the show and taking time to learn. This might not have happened if fans and members of Bachelor Nation themselves weren't at a breaking point with the franchise already.</p><p>He was replaced with Emmanuel Acho for "After the Final Rose," and then later by Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe for "The Bachelorette." But there wasn't <em>actually </em>radio silence from Harrison. A few days after his departure, he appeared on "Good Morning America" <a href="https://t.co/WsbF7G2oZk?amp=1">with Michael Strahan</a>, who said he felt like he got "nothing more than a surface response on any of this" from Harrison.</p><p>Fans, for their part, also criticized Harrison for taking just a few days off to "listen and learn" before speaking on the morning show.</p><h2>'The Bachelor' franchise needs time off to truly reflect on its disastrous past year, and what came before it</h2><p>All this is to say, it's a good start to have Harrison take time off from the franchise. And Young is a great choice for "The Bachelorette," as the third Black lead in two years. But her season is coming after Thurston's (who is white) and as the sixth "Bachelor" show in 18 months, when there are normally four seasons in that timeframe. You have to wonder if ABC is once again trying to placate cries for diversity behind the camera by bringing in a Black lead immediately after a white one.</p><p>There have also <em>still been </em>no public, meaningful changes behind the scenes, as far as we know. The show has made no announcements highlighting what they're planning to do. ABC did not respond to Insider's request for comment.</p><p>Producers and casting directors are the people who shape seasons. They are the ones who choose what drama to highlight, which people to give good and bad edits to, who even appears on the season at all. Until the show is forced to reckon with its problems and improve its environment, no number of BIPOC leads or host changes will matter - and shoving content down fans' throats will not silence them.</p>

Fans need a break from 'The Bachelor.' ABC is giving them the exact opposite.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Bachelor" star <keyword id="255497" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Matt-James">Matt James</keyword> has been open about his Christian faith on the show, leading his contestants in prayer during the very first episode. </li><li><keyword id="10601999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ivan-hall">Ivan Hall</keyword>, who appeared on <keyword id="9837039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tayshia-adams">Tayshia Adams</keyword>' season of "<keyword id="914894" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Bachelorette">The Bachelorette</keyword>," told Insider that it was good James did so early on because it "let the women know where he stands." </li><li>Adams — who is a practicing Christian — broke up with Hall after the aeronautical engineer revealed he was nonreligious during their off-camera fantasy suite date. </li><li>Hall told Insider he wished "Bachelor" fans could have seen their conversation because many people "are affected by interfaith relationships." </li></ul><p>"<a href="https://www.insider.com/matt-james-star-of-the-bachelor-raised-by-single-mom-2021-1">The Bachelor" star Matt James</a> has been open about his Christian faith on the show, even <a href="https://www.insider.com/matt-james-contestants-the-bachelor-2020-12">leading his contestants</a> in prayer during the very first episode. </p><p>And Ivan Hall - who was eliminated from <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-biracial-clare-crawley-2020-12">Tayshia Adams' season of "The Bachelorette"</a> after revealing he's nonreligious - told Insider that he believed it was a good move by James. </p><p>"At the end of the day it's really Matt's season and that's something that's important to Matt," Hall said. "So the fact that he brought that up early on, I think that's great. That's great to let the women know where he stands." </p><h2>After the limo entrances, James walked into <a href="https://www.insider.com/nemacolin-resort-where-bachelor-was-filmed-matt-james-photos-2021-1">the 'Bachelor' resort</a> and told the women he wanted to 'pray for everybody' </h2><div type="image" title="Matt James &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1610" width="2146" msid="80290258" hostid="261"></div><p>When James offered to pray before getting to know more ladies, it was met with positive feedback and smiles from the contestants.</p><p>"Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing us all together healthy," James began. "Give these women the courage to get through these next few months."</p><p>"You said that you work all things for the good of those who love you and are called according to your purpose, Father God, and I feel like that's why I'm here, and I feel like that's why these women are here Lord," he continued in part.</p><p>"That was so beautiful," one of the women said after James said Amen, while another yelled, "OK Reverend Matt!"</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> </em><em><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-quarantine-helped-men-open-up-2020-12">Tayshia Adams thinks quarantine helped her 'Bachelorette' men become more vulnerable with her this season</a></em></p><p>James then explained to the women why prayer was an important part of his life. </p><p>"What you'll get to know about me is anytime I'm feeling nervous, I'm just constantly shooting up prayers just to put myself at ease," he admitted.</p><h2>Hall told Insider that he believes James' prayer will 'fuel some conversations about religion to happen sooner' </h2><div type="image" title="Matt James The Bachelor" height="1470" width="1960" msid="80290260" hostid="261"></div><p>Hall said he wished his bachelorette would've introduced her Christianity faith, and the fact that it was important to her, sooner during their season, which just wrapped last month.</p><p>"Hypothetically speaking, if Tayshia had done that same move, maybe it would have sparked that conversation about religion a little bit sooner," Hall added. </p><p>The topic of religion didn't come up for Adams and Hall <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-quarantine-helped-men-open-up-2020-12">until they had off-camera time</a> during the fantasy suite date late in the season. And, even then, Hall said the pair still didn't have enough time to discuss their religious differences. </p><p>"Tayshia and I didn't have that much time together. She had the least amount of time out of any Bachelorette ever," Hall said, hinting that Adams replaced <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-shocking-moments-bachelorette-2020-11">Clare Crawley who abruptly left the show</a> after finding love with contesntant, Dale Moss.</p><p>"That could be a conversation for a few days, or a couple weeks here and there, and questions can be answered and there can be a back and forth. We only really had one night, and probably like 45 minutes at most because we had to move on to other topics," he said, later adding that it led to confusion.</p><h2>While Adams is a practicing Christian, Hall identifies as nonreligious and agnostic </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ivan Hall" height="1500" width="2000" msid="80290262" hostid="261"></div><p>When Adams broke up with Hall during the rose ceremony after the fantasy suite dates, she brought up her faith. </p><p>"There are some things that kind of posed concern," Adams said. "I wish I could say that there were a lot of red flags prior to this week, but there haven't been. At the end of the day, religion is part of my morals and my beliefs."</p><p>The brief scene perplexed viewers, as the couple's religion conversation had been off-camera. Hall said he wished fans had been able to see their discussion. </p><p>"Knowing the impact of the show and how many people are affected by interfaith relationships, and how religion can impact a relationship, I do think that talk that Tayshia and I had could have been very valuable for a lot of people and a lot of people could relate," Hall said. </p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-tayshia-adams-ben-smith-eating-disorder-2020-12">Tayshia Adams says Ben Smith was the 'Bachelorette' contestant who surprised her the most after revealing his 15-year eating disorder</a></em></p><p>"Unfortunately it wasn't shown, but I do think that would have been another groundbreaking thing we would have been able to accomplish just by us navigating our own personal relationship with each other," he added. </p><p>Hall told Insider that he identifies as agnostic when it comes to his religious beliefs.</p><p>"Agnostic to me just means somebody who says they don't know," Hall said. "When people ask me questions like 'Is there God? What comes in the afterlife?' I just say, 'I don't know,' because I don't think anything's been proven to me yet to be true. And that's the way I look at it." </p><p>"One of the benefits of having that mindset is, going forward, I try to allow myself to be open-minded to change," he added. "If something ever proves itself to be true to me then I'll be 100% on board with that." </p><h2>Hall said he understands why Adams decided to send him home over their religious differences </h2><div type="image" title="Tayshia Adams Ivan Hall &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1335" width="2000" msid="80290264" hostid="261"></div><p>Still, Hall doesn't hold any hard feelings with Adams over making the best decision for her life and her heart.</p><p>"Going into that rose ceremony, I was confident in my relationship with Tayshia except for that one thing. I knew we had left that conversation open-ended," Hall said. "If she had given me the rose, she would've been open to the idea. Since she wanted to date somebody who is religious, she sent me home." </p><p>"I fully respect her decision to send me home because that's what she believes," he added. "And that's what a lot of people who are religious believe in. They can do whatever they want to do and whatever they think is best for them, and I can't have anything but respect for that. </p><p>While Hall said "it's very strange" everyone now knows he's nonreligious, he's also glad that he got to discuss his beliefs on national television. </p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.insider.com/nemacolin-resort-where-bachelor-was-filmed-matt-james-photos-2021-1">'The Bachelor' filmed this season at a lavish resort in Pennsylvania - take a look inside the 2,200-acre property</a></em></p><p>"It's something a ton of Americans can relate to," he said. "And I'm sure there's a lot of people going through the same types of feelings that I've gone through in my life." </p><p>Hall hopes that as the "Bachelor" franchise continues to work to <a href="https://www.insider.com/chris-harrison-bachelor-diversity-cast-producers-2020-10">increase diversity on its shows</a>, those efforts will encompass religious diversity as well. </p><p>"Diversity doesn't just mean race to me," Hall said. "I do think religious diversity is an important part of that. To be able to get those nonreligious stories, or Jewish, or Muslim, or whatever else instead of just Christian, I think would add a lot of value and bring a lot more audience members in that maybe haven't tuned in as much, or maybe felt a little more alienated that their love stories weren't being told on TV." </p>

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