Photo: Chris Harrison/Instagram Chris Harrisonis celebrating another year with Lauren Zima. In his first Instagram post since his controversial exit fromThe Bachelorfranchise, the 50-year-old television personality honored his 33-year-old girlfriend on Saturday with a message and a carousel of photos showing their relationship. “Another incredible trip around the sun with this beautiful woman. @laurenzima I love you for your wisdom, strength, vulnerability, theatrics, compassion, advice, laughter, grace…your love. The only woman that can remain chic as s–t while doing a Voldemort impersonation,“he captioned the post....

Chris Harrisonis speaking out about hisdeparturefrom theBachelorfranchise. Harrison confirmed his exit from the hit ABC reality dating franchise after nearly two decades as host, saying in an Instagramposton Tuesday that he is “excited to start a new chapter.” “I’ve had a truly incredible run as host of The Bachelor franchise and now I’m excited to start a new chapter,” he wrote. “I’m so grateful to Bachelor Nation for all of the memories we’ve made together....

From left: Chris Harrison, Lauren Zima and Dr. Phil McGraw.Photo:Eric Anthony/Merit Street Eric Anthony/Merit Street Nearly three years after hisabrupt exitfromBachelorNation,Chris Harrisonis returning to television with two new shows onDr. Phil McGraw’s new network, Merit Street Media. Harrison will host a morning show alongside his wifeLauren Zimaas well as a new dating series, according to a press release from the network. “Not only do I get to return to television, I get to do it with the woman I love,” Harrison, 52, toldEntertainment Tonight....

Chris HarrisonandLauren Zimaare engaged. The formerBachelorhost, 50, announced the news onInstagramMonday. “I love you @laurenzima,” he captioned a slideshow of photos from the proposal, which took place at Brand Napa Valley in California. “The next chapter starts now!” added Harrison, who wiped his Instagram account clean. Zima, 33, also shared the news on her account. “We tell each other this all the time, and we said it again in an unforgettably beautiful moment this weekend: I didn’t know love could be like this,” shewrote....

BachelorettestarHannah Brownmay have discovered a condom in contestant Peter Weber’s car during hometown dates, but he likely didn’t need to supply his own when it came to their night together in the windmill. “[Condoms] and the STD test – easily the biggest expense,” said Harrison, 48. “Easily the biggest expense.” The revelation came in response toThe Big Bang Theoryactress and fellow guestKaley Cuoco, who asked the host about the show’s condom budget....

Chris HarrisonandLauren Zimasaid “I do” — twice! “As much as we wanted an intimate weekend for our wedding ceremony in Napa, we also wanted to celebrate getting married with all the great friends we have — hence this bigger party,” Zima tells PEOPLE. “Doing the second event in Austin [where the couple lives full-time] gave us the ability to include all of our friends, and also made sure that we didn’t leave our wedding feeling like we didn’t even see any of our loved ones — a story we’ve heard before....

Chris Harrisonand more members ofBachelorNation are mourning the death of one of the franchise’s “biggest fans.” In a heartbreaking Instagramtributeon Friday, the longtime host, 48, shared that superfan Kim White had died after a long battle with cancer. “I told her that year if she was healthy enough I’d like to have her as my guest at the After the Final Rose special. She made it that year and I told her as long as she had the strength, from then on, she had a seat in the front row,” said Harrison....

From L to R: Tayshia Adams, Chris Harrison, Kaitlyn Bristowe.Photo: getty images (3) Chris Harrisonwill not be hosting the upcoming season ofThe Bachelorette. Two fan-favorite former Bachelorettes,Tayshia AdamsandKaitlyn Bristowe, will be taking Harrison’s place, Warner Horizon and ABC Entertainment said in a joint statement to PEOPLE on Friday. “Chris Harrison will not be hosting the next season ofThe Bachelorette,” the statement said. “We support Chris in the work that he is committed to doing....

Chris Harrisonhas broken his silence about the allegations againstThe Bachelorcreator Mike Fleiss. Sitting down withEntertainment Tonight’sLauren Zima forThe Ringer’sBachelor Partypodcast, the series’ host opened up about the situation, contrasting it to thepreviousBachelor in Paradisescandal in 2017. “I won’t get too deep into this, but I will say as far as those two situations, they’re very different,” Harrison told Zima, who is also his girlfriend. “BecauseBachelor in Paradise, that was a production situation, something that happened on our set, having to do with our show, was relevant to our production — so that was my concern as far as production....

Chris Harrison previously said he’d be attending the couple’s January wedding. PEOPLE Nowairs live, Monday through Friday, from the Meredith offices in New York City. source: people.com

Sorry,Tyler Cameronfans, but evenChris Harrisonmight not think thatHannah Brown‘s runner-up would make the best next Bachelor. Noting that Cameron is a young, handsome, eligible man — not to mention he just went through a tough breakup with Brown — Harrison posed the question, “Is he out playing the field, is he out having a good time?” Harrison’s comment comes after Cameron was reportedlyspotted with supermodel Gigi Hadidin New York over the weekend — just two days after he was seenleaving Brown’s residencein Los Angeles....

It’s been over a year since a sex scandal temporarilyshuttered productiononBachelor in Paradise— and even hostChris Harrisonis surprised that the show is back with another season.In June 2017, asexual encounterbetween contestantsCorinne Olympios, 26, andDeMario Jackson, 31 — both of whom weredrinking heavilythat day —briefly shut down theBachelor/ettesummer spin-off, which places franchise alums in an elaborate game of romantic musical chairs in Mexico.Warner Bros. subsequently launched an internal investigation into “allegations of misconduct,” later determiningnothing improper had occurred....

Could theBachelorette’sfan-favorite contestant Mike Johnson be the next Bachelor?Chris Harrisoncertainly thinks there’s a chance.AfterHannah Brownsent the San Antonio, Texas, portfolio manager home on an episode of the ABC dating show that aired earlier this month, fans startedcampaigning on Twitterfor Johnson to be cast onTheBachelor.“Of course he’s a contender [forBachelor],” Harrison, 47, tells PEOPLE. “How could he not be a contender with that smile? He’s one of my favorite people we’ve ever had on the show....