Chris Harrison sets the record straight on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s friendship

Reflecting on the experience, Kaitlyn shared how the “benefit of hindsight” showed her that Chris’ silence had “nothing to do with me.”

“I didn’t think what you might be going through,” Kaitlyn continued. “It wasn’t about me, you were going through so much at the time.”

Acknowledging that Chris “probably didn’t even know” what to say to her at the time, Kaitlyn added, “You’re not like me. You react with logic. I react with emotion.”

As for Chris, he noted that he just wanted a friend to check on him at the time. Describing himself as a “father figure” to many people he met while hosting The single person And the bachelorette, Chris said: “This time I just needed a flip: ‘Hey, how are you? How are you?’ Not, ‘Are you okay with me taking the show and you’re irreplaceable.'”

Telling Kaitlyn he “appreciated” her reaching out regardless, Chris added, “At the time, I didn’t have the bandwidth to handle all of this. By the way, I wasn’t really, really not worried at all about who was hosting and who was the next mentor or what the show was going to do.”