The tv persona’s sudden departure got here as a shock after his depart of absence. Harrison infamously confronted intense backlash in February 2021 for his obvious protection of controversial season 25 contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, who was beneath scrutiny after 2018 images surfaced of her attending a plantation-themed get together.
“The woke police is on the market,” he stated throughout a follow-up interview with Rachel Lindsay. “And this poor lady Rachael, who has simply been thrown to the lions, I do not know the way you’re geared up when you’ve by no means accomplished this earlier than, to be woke sufficient, to be eloquent sufficient, to be able to deal with this.”
Harrison later issued an apology for his selection of phrases within the interview, explaining his remarks have been with out malice.