'Bachelor' Host Attacks Kelly Ripa
by EG
After Kelly Ripa shared her dislike of The Bachelor on her talk show, Live with Kelly & Ryan, the dating competition series' host and producer took to Twitter to attack Ripa. While Ripa's criticism's of The Bachelor made sense, the response pretty much didn't. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Kelly Ripa feels “exasperated” by “The Bachelor” “morons” following their Twitter tirade at her.
Ripa — who has never made it any secret she hates “The Bachelor” series — was stunned when both host Chris Harrison and show creator Mike Fleiss launched an attack at her online.
She shared her thoughts about the ABC reality franchise on her daytime talk show, “Live With Kelly and Ryan,” telling the audience Tuesday: “You guys, you know how I feel about the show — it disgusts me.
“I can’t stand the idea of 25 exceptional women fighting over one ordinary fella, in my opinion. You know how I feel, ladies; we are too special to be arguing over a guy.”
It wasn’t long before Harrison and Fleiss took to social media to gripe.
“Look out #BachelorNation @KellyRipa is coming after you and your ‘disgusting’ Monday night habit,” Harrison tweeted, while Fleiss wrote: “Easy, @KellyRipa … #TheBachelor franchise pays your salary!”
However, a source close to the star told Page Six: “How dumb can you get? Kelly’s salary is paid by ABC Syndication and ‘The Bachelor’ brand is produced by ABC Entertainment, they’re two separate entities, they have nothing to do with each other.
“And why make this so personal — Kelly’s said way worse about ‘The Bachelor’ in the past — the joke is that this is the least offensive thing she’s ever done. This just seems desperate.”
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