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Bachelor Host Soon to Be a Bachelor

Chris Harrison and wife Gwen ending marriage

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2012 9:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Could the Bachelor host be the next Bachelor? Chris Harrison is ending his marriage after 18 years and two children together, his rep confirmed yesterday. Harrison, 40, has hosted the ABC dating series and its spinoffs since it first came on the air in 2002, the AP reports. "Though we have made this incredibly difficult decision to separate, our love and mutual respect remain, and we look forward to sharing in the lives of our wonderful children," the couple says in a statement.

Host Chris Harrison and wife Gwen arrive for the Season Launch Party at Pearl September 22, 2003 in Los Angeles.
Host Chris Harrison and wife Gwen arrive for the Season Launch Party at Pearl September 22, 2003 in Los Angeles.   (Getty Images)
The Bachelor television show host Chris Harrison and his wife Gwendolyn Harrison pose for a photo on May 27, 2011 at the NK Hurst Bean Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Bachelor television show host Chris Harrison and his wife Gwendolyn Harrison pose for a photo on May 27, 2011 at the NK Hurst Bean Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.   (Getty Images)
Television personality Chris Harrison, right, and his wife Gwen arrive for the 10th annual Tiger Jam at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Saturday, May 26, 2007.
Television personality Chris Harrison, right, and his wife Gwen arrive for the 10th annual Tiger Jam at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Saturday, May 26, 2007.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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USLady
May 6, 2012 9:28 AM CDT
yep,he got too wrapped up in the glamour with teary eyed drunken beauties,wanting true luv! right! You know what i say to him! stay with your wife and kids! there will never be a replacement for them! work it out! but do not walk out! Get your marriage right,leave the show if you have to,The show needs to have someone hosting that is not married. Married men should not host a show like this That may be why his 18 year marriage may end,the kids need a dad!
Deleted
May 4, 2012 11:32 AM CDT
"our love and mutual respect remain, and we look forward to sharing in the lives of our wonderful children" I nominate this for the PR trophy cup of the year.
Moon
May 4, 2012 9:55 AM CDT
How convenient for him!

 
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