Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acko has been tapped to host exclusively after “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” Chris Harrison stepped down Amid controversy over the pretext of alleged racism.
Show announced change On your instagram account Saturday night – and 30-year-old Acho could hardly contain his excitement.
Dallas-born Bruiser Wrote on twitter. “It has been a great season and this episode will be one of the most storied shows in its history. Empathy is needed and change is coming. See y’all again!
The “After the Final Rose” special is set to air on March 15 after the season 25 finale.
Acho is expected to sit alongside Matt James, the first Black Bachelor in the show’s history, and his three pioneers: Rachel Kirkconnell, Michelle Young and Bree Springs.
Eko was drafted in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, a brief stint on the New York Giants’ practice squad the following year. He ended his NFL career in 2015 with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Now a Fox Sports analyst, Eko Hosts a web series Called “an uneasy conversation with a black man”.
NFL Commissioners Roger Goodell, Matthew McConaghie, Chip and Joanna Gaines and Rachel Lindsey – the first black “bachelorette” in 2017 – have all appeared on the show.
The move comes after Harrison allegedly defended Kirkonnell amidst a photo he allegedly liked of a racially insensitive post on social media and was photographed at a Plantation-themed party at a college in Georgia.
It was rumored that ABC would replace host Michael Strahan or Robin Roberts Harrison. He may be unfamiliar with Bachelor Nation, but he was Lindsey’s favorite pick.
“We think Emmanuel Eko would be awesome.” Told People magazine This week. “[He’s] For social justice, racial injustice is very clear, and it has been said that ‘I can have these uncomfortable conversations, and people trust it.’ Who better to lead it? [He’s] Someone who is not involved with the franchise, no connection, no prejudice – I think that would be great. “
Some people at Bachelor Nation did not rejoice at the change. Lindsey Delete her instagram Account on Saturday amid criticism.
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