Chris Harrison reveals he got sick and lost 20 pounds after ‘The Bachelor’ exit

Chris Harrison spoke for the first time since his unexpected exit from The Bachelor franchise on his podcast The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever with Chris Harrison and revealed how his departure from the show impacted his health negatively, according to Fox News.

Chris said that leaving the show made him 'sick to the stomach' and that he couldn't sleep. Moreover, he lost his diet and lost 20 pounds of his body weight.

Chris said, "I was sick to my stomach. I lost 20 pounds. I didn’t sleep. I didn’t eat. I was scared to death, not of my job but of my family – my fianceé [Lauren Zima]… I worried about my kids…"

He further added, "I’m a bit of an empath, and I am very loyal to a fault, and I am a team player. I was embarrassed. I was mad at myself. I was disappointed in myself. The last thing in the world I ever wanted to do was be an agent of anything negative."

Chris Harrison opted out of The Bachelor franchise in June 2021 after he was accused of defending "Bachelor" winner Rachael Kirkconnell for attending an antebellum-themed party in college.