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"Despite having hosted The Bachelor for eight years, Chris Harrison says the latest scandal -- that a contestant of the upcoming season had an affair with a show producer -- was one of the most &amp;quot;uncomfortable&amp;quot; he&amp;apos;s ever seen.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It was embarrassing for us ... incredibly unfortunate, [and] horrible decisions were made,&amp;quot; he said on Valentine in the Morning on 104.3 MY FM Monday. &amp;quot;This is something that we took very seriously and it&amp;apos;s something that we couldn&amp;apos;t just sit by.&amp;quot;\r\nHarrison -- who confirmed that the producer had been fired and the female finalist was kicked off the show -- said that &amp;quot;they found time&amp;quot; to have &amp;quot;relations&amp;quot; while filming last fall.\r\n&amp;quot;With things in the past, we&amp;apos;ve been like, &amp;apos;Let&amp;apos;s just let the Bachelor or Bachelorette find out for themselves.&amp;apos; We usually toe that line,&amp;quot; Harrison said.\r\n\r\nHowever, they decided not to let Bachelor Jake Pavelka stay in the dark.\r\n&amp;quot;In fairness to Jake and for the other women, [we decided to] nip this in the bud and take care of it. And that&amp;apos;s what we did,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s train wrecks in this show where I&amp;apos;m like, &amp;apos;Oh, it&amp;apos;s going to be great. Let&amp;apos;s let them have it.&amp;apos; But ... I felt bad for everybody, and it was an uncomfortable deal.&amp;quot;\r\nAlthough Harrison normally gets little direction from the control room in handling the show&amp;apos;s wilder moments, he said The Bachelor producers were particularly careful.\r\n&amp;quot;This was the rare time that before I had to go talk to the girl, Jake and then the women, I had lawyers, psychologists, producers, executives saying, &amp;apos;Okay, these are the words you can say,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It was intense. It was a wild night.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSo, did the unnamed producer get caught or come forward?\r\n&amp;quot;It was a little bit of both -- then he came forward,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Eventually, stepped up to the plate, and we were like, &amp;apos;Well, okay.&amp;apos; There was a barn storm. There was a fire!&amp;quot;\r\nHarrison said he didn&amp;apos;t know if the two were still together.\r\n&amp;quot;Would that count on our tally as one of our couples?&amp;quot; he joked.\r\nThe two-hour season premiere of The Bachelor airs tonight on ABC."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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