The Bachelor host Chris Harrison certainly isn't holding Juan Pablo Galavis' hand after the show's star was attacked by a group of women on Monday night's The Women Tell All special.
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"No, I didn't feel bad for him at all. He's a big boy and has made his own bed. Juan Pablo can be his own worst enemy. Whether [the show] was a good fit or not or the best decision, I feel like he's fought [the process]," Harrison told TV Guide.
"For me, he gets really defensive and short and that's when he says, 'OK' or 'perfect,' whereas normally you'd have a response. He either gets defensive or goes into dad mode and he talks to [the bachelorettes] like they're his daughter, and says things like, 'Don't be sad,' and touches their hair."
Harrison suggested there's rarely been a time this season when Galavis showed any real passion for something.
"There are so many times he's just cruising along and there's no depth," the host said.
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Harrison also tried to explain Galavis' now-overused line, "I'd rather not be appreciated being honest, than be appreciated not being honest." The Bachelor has seemingly tried to justify any of his rude words or controversial behavior by claiming he's just being honest.
"Basically he is saying, 'I'd much rather hurt someone and be considered an asshole than not be fully honest.' It's like look, 'I'm going to end up hurting them anyway, so why not just be honest right away?' But it's really just making him feel better [about] doing what he wants and I wish the women had been better about bringing those issues up," Harrison explained.
"I've had this discussion with Juan Pablo -- I've had 1,000 discussions about this -- you'll never permeate his way of thinking. He'll placate you, and you can tell he doesn't care about your point of view. He's set in his ways."
While many of Galavis' bachelorettes complained during The Women Tell All he didn't care enough about finding a wife to get to know anyone very well, Harrison reluctantly admitted The Bachelor star didn't care to ask questions to the girls he wasn't truly interested or invested in.
"I think [Andi Dorfman], [Sharleen Joynt] and [Renee Oteri] had a good point and defended him because they did have a relationship with him. I hate to say this to the other girls, but he just didn't want to have a relationship with them. There's no nice way to say that," Harrison said.
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The Bachelor's eighteenth season has winded down to Galavis' Final 2 bachelorettes -- Nikki Ferrell and Clare Crawley.
Crawley was fairly well-received at Women Tell All for her late-night ocean swim with Galavis compared to a similar villainous character, Courtney Robertson, who had been slammed by her fellow bachelorettes during the special for skinny dipping with former The Bachelor star Ben Flajnik during their season.
"The Courtney and Clare situations were just so different. Courtney did things, it appeared, out of spite to the women, whereas with Clare, right or wrong, she was doing it for her and her relationship. I found it interesting... they felt bad for her when they saw how she was treated. I think if it had gone well maybe they'd think differently, but he really blew that and he made her a very sympathetic figure," Harrison told TV Guide.
The show's host also claimed he had predicted the season's Final 2 way back when.
"Yeah definitely. There were five including Sharleen, Andi and Renee I would've predicted. These were definite favorites," Harrison explained, subsequently teasing next week's finale episode.
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"I don't know if we get a full [Jason Mesnick cry]; it's not that kind of a finale. This thing ain't over yet! I can't wait to get to the After the Final Rose special. One thing about this season is I haven't been able to be a big prognosticator of the fans' reactions. There is such a wide variety of feelings, so I just can't wait to get the feel of the room to see if people are happy, disappointed -- I just don't know where it's going to go."
The Bachelor's eighteenth-season finale airs Monday, March 10 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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