The creator of “The Bachelor” has determined to unhitch himself from the favored actuality TV courting present after 21 years.
Mike Fleiss, who created “The Bachelor” again in 2002, introduced on Tuesday that he’s parting methods with the ABC franchise and its numerous spinoffs, based on Selection.
The announcement got here in the future after the present’s present bachelor, Zach Shallcross, proposed on air to Kaity Biggar, although sources mentioned Fleiss hasn’t been day-to-day on the present for the previous decade, based on The Hollywood Reporter.
Claire Freeland, Jason Ehrlich and Bennett Graebner will probably be taking on the present, all of whom have long-term ties to “The Bachelor” franchise, based on Selection.
In an announcement to the media, Fleiss congratulated Shallcross and Biggar and praised the folks changing him:
“Before everything, congratulations are to ensure that Zach and Kaity. I want them an extended and joyful life collectively.
“I need to thank WBTV and ABC for 21 extraordinary years. They’ve discovered the right inventive workforce for me to entrust ‘The Bachelor’ franchise and preserve this lightening in a bottle daring and shifting ahead. Let the journey proceed.”
“The Bachelor” debuted in March 2002, with Alex Michel as the primary man to hold the title.
Though he didn’t get married to his last alternative, runner-up Trista Rehn turned the primary star of “The Bachelorette” when it debuted in January 2003.
Fleiss has additionally govt produced different spinoffs, together with “Bachelor Pad,” “Bachelor In Paradise,” and “The Bachelor Winter Video games.”
He additionally had his personal private dramas.
In 2019, his then-wife and former Miss America Laura Fleiss accused him of verbal and bodily abuse and mentioned he demanded that she get an abortion.
The Los Angeles Instances experiences she dropped the costs after getting a $10 million divorce settlement.