Chris Harrison apparently can't decide whether he'd like to see Kaitlyn Bristowe or Britt Nilsson become the next star of The Bachelorette.
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"I think Kaitlyn would be a mix between [Jillian Harris] and say if Michelle Money had been the Bachelorette. She has a great sense of humor, a quick wit, she's smart, I think she'd be very good. I'm torn because I think Britt would be phenomenal too," Harrison told TV Guide.
"They would be very different seasons, but both very good. And Kaitlyn does have that emotional side people don't give her credit for because she carried a lot of the 'funny' this season. But there's a lot more to her which you saw on Women Tell All."
During Monday night's The Women Tell All special, Bristowe experienced mixed emotions. She doesn't seem over The Bachelor star Chris Soules yet, and while she's clearly sad about what happened, she's a little angry too.
Bristowe, a 29-year-old dance instructor from Vancouver, BC, wished Soules had eliminated her during a private conversation rather than blindside her at the Rose Ceremony following their overnight fantasy-suite date.
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"I thought Kaitlyn was very articulate and good about making her points, but I don't think she got the closure she wanted. Again, Chris is not the best wordsman. A woman doesn't want to hear that picking them was like throwing darts. This is an issue every season when you get to the Final 3 because very rarely is something wrong with one of them," Harrison explained.
"But often when you watch the show back you can see what went right [with the others] and think, 'My relationship doesn't compare to what he has with [who he ends up choosing].' In past seasons like [Sean Lowe] and [Catherine Giudici] or [Andi Dorfman] and [Josh Murray] you could see what they had was very different."
However, the circumstances didn't play out the same for Bristowe this season. Soules had such a hard time deciding whom to send home out of his Final 3 women that he admitted to basically flipping a coin.
"With this you don't see a magical storybook romance with [Whitney Bischoff] or [Becca Tilley], and Kaitlyn thought her relationship was just as good and it's confusing and watching back isn't helping," The Bachelor host said.
The Bachelor's Season 19 finale will air Monday, March 9 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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