‘The Bachelor’: Chris Harrison Reflects on His Dramatic Exit 4 Years Later

Four years after stepping down as the host of ABC’s The Bachelor franchise, Chris Harrison has no regrets about his decision.

“It feels wonderful, and thanks for asking that, because I wasn’t sure it would,” Harrison told People in an interview published on Monday, October 27. “You know, when you do something every single day for two decades, and it’s so popular around the world, there is a pressure to that, and there’s a spotlight and a microscope that you don’t even realize you’re under until you kinda get off that merry-go-round.”

Harrison noted that he felt “angst” when he first departed the series, but “falling in love” with his now-wife, Lauren Zima , and moving to Austin, Texas, “helped” with the transition. “[I realized,] ‘Wow, there’s a whole other world out here to di