“Logo Text the ShowRunners of the Bachelor Are Set to DEPART IN THE LATEST BEHIND-TO-SEnes Shakeup at the ABC Reality Franchise. Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner Are Set to Leave their Positions, Whoy’ve Held Since Series Creator Mike Fleiss Left The Show in 2023. Their Exits Come in the Wake of Allegations”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The ShowRunners of The Bachelor Are set to depart in the Latest behind-the-seedup at the ABC Reality Franchise.
Claire Freeland and Bennett Grabner Are Set to Leave Their Positions, Whoy’ve Held Since Series Creator Mike Fleiss Left The Show in 2023. Their Exits Come in The Wake of Allegations “TOXIC” AND “HOSTILE” Workplace On The BachelorClaims the pair have denied Through their attorney.
Warner Bros., WHICH PRODUCES The Bachelorand abc declined to comment.
The Hostile Work Environment Claims Against Freeland and Grabner Emerged in A February Deadline Story in WHICH A Dozen Current and Former Staff Members On The Bachelor Acused the ShowRunners of Creating A Culture of Fear and Secrecy at the Show and Cited Incides of Verbal Abuse. The Acusations Came to Light Soon After ABC Announced It Wuld Not Air The Bachelorette In the Summer, Leading to Layoffs for the Show’s Crew. (Deadline WAS ALSO FIRST TO REPORT THAT FREELAND AND GRAEBNER OF SET TO EXIT.)
“My Clients Are Well-Respected Professionals With A Long History in this Business. They Frankly Stunned and Sadded by the Things they Hearing Now for the FIRST TIME, ”Michael Weinsten, Freeland and Graebner’s Attorney, Sayid in A Statement
In Early March, Bachelor Co-Executive Producers Michael Margolis and Kely Booth Departed the Show After Offering Their Resignations. Margolis is married to freeland.
Following Fleiss’ DEPARTURE, FREELAND – Who Previoously Ran The Canadian Version of The Bachelor -WAS BROUGHT IN AS CO-SHOWRUNNER ALONGSIDE Grabner and Jason Ehrlich, Who Had Been With The Franchise for MOST OF ITS EXISTENCE. Ehrlich left in 2024 After Running The First Season of The Golden Bachelor.
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