Chris Harrison called ‘total jerk’ by Rachel Bloom, Matt Rogers
Chris Harrison is in the line of fire again.
The former host of “The Bachelor” franchise was called “a jerk” and “a piece of sh-t” by comedians Matt Rogers and Rachel Bloom on Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast that he hosts with Bowen Yang.
On Wednesday’s episode, Rogers, 34, explained that he met Harrison, 53, when he appeared on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in 2017. Rogers, who won $5,000 on the game show, said the host “did not like” him.
“I got on a second episode. I had to come back out and I guess I messed up my entrance, and he didn’t like that because it was the end of the day and so he wanted to go home,” Rogers claimed.
“He did give a very ‘I’m over this, very tired’ energy. He was doing the job but like, ‘I’m half awake and I’m Chris Harrison,’” the “Fire Island” star added.
Rogers also said that Harrison “pulled” his hand, rather than shake it, during his entrance on the show.
“You can actually see in the video me, like, come off my feet a little bit because he was trying to do, like, a male dominance [thing]… Like, ‘Don’t mess around,’” Rogers explained.
“He was a jerk. Total jerk,” the comedian added about Harrison.
Rogers also revealed that Harrison made no effort to talk to him during the commercial break.
“He literally did that thing of like, ‘And now is the part we pretend to talk,’” Rogers said. “You know what, everyone’s allowed to have a whatever day, but that was my experience with him.”
Bloom, 37, pointed out that celebrities shouldn’t “be mean” because their behavior can be exposed on podcasts.
“I had that experience, whatever, and then, like, a few years later, he said all that whack s–t when ‘The Bachelor’ was having a lot of conversations about race,” Rogers noted of Harrison. “No one needed to expose him for being whatever way because he kind of unveiled himself as a little bit of a jerk.”
Harrison left the ABC franchise under a veil of controversy in February 2021 after he was criticized for defending a past contestant, Rachael Kirkconnell, who was accused of racism after being shown in photos attending an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity party in 2018. He was replaced by new host Jesse Palmer.
“Everyone knows he’s a piece of sh-t,” Bloom said on the podcast about Harrison after hearing Rogers’ story.
“I have to believe, and this has been proven numerous times, that if someone is mean to you in the industry, you do not… the world will figure it out,” the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star went on.
“If they’re mean to you, you’re not an isolated experience. You don’t have to go on a public tirade against them.,” said Bloom. “They are going to out themselves. And that has now happened numerous times, where I’m like, ‘The world will take care of them.’”
The Post has reached out to Harrison’s rep for comment.
Harrison hosted “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” from 2015 to 2019. The show is now hosted by Jimmy Kimmel with celebrity contestants.
After losing his job with “The Bachelor” franchise in 2021, Harrison returned to the spotlight when he launched his podcast, “The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever,” in January 2023.
