Chris Harrisonthinks the latestBachelordrama surroundingMadison Prewett‘s virginity isn’t so different from a past incident in the franchise — even if fans’ reactions are.
During Monday’s episode ofThe Bachelor, Prewett, 24, toldPeter Weberthat she was saving herself until marriage and felt uncomfortable with him sleeping with other women on the show. A similar situation occurred last season onThe Bachelorette:Luke ParkertoldHannah Brownheexpected her to refrain from being sexually intimatewith the remaining contestants — which resulted in his 4th place elimination and severe backlash from viewers.
Harrison, 48, compared Prewett and Parker’s situations during an interview with former BacheloretteRachel Lindsayon theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast
“Say what you will about Luke P. last season, at least he was who he was from day one,” Harrison said. “Then it was up to Hannah to decide, ‘Is he misogynistic?’ Is he all those things that people realized later? But hey, he was like that from day one. He didn’t change.”
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“I will say this, I said it to Luke P, I don’t have have a problem with you,” he added. “I don’t have a problem with your faith or anything. I know a lot of people were jumping on the bandwagon of, ‘Well, Hannah is sex positive and go girl and all this.’ ”
“Well, is it the same?” Harrison asked. “Is Peter going to be treated the same, and is Madison going to be villianized the same way Luke P. was? It’s not completely dissimilar.”
Although Parker apologized to Brown, 25, face-to-face, the two seemingly did not make up, and she even gave an apology toBachelorNation for keeping Parker on the screen for so long, declaring, “The Luke P. show is canceled.”
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On Monday’s episode, Prewett felt nervous about Weber, 28, potentially sleeping with one of the other women during the Fantasy Suite dates. The foster parent recruiter finally let Weber know about her virginity, but the pilotadmitted he had already gotten “intimate”on his Fantasy Suite dates.
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Despite Weber pleading with her to stay in tears, Prewett excused herself, telling him, “I just feel really hurt and I can’t change who I am.”
The Bachelorairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
