During the “After the Final Rose” special, he revealed that he had broken up with her after the controversy came to light. It's tough to judge whether Harrison's absence had any impact on the “After the Final Rose” ratings, because ABC hadn't done one of those specials since 2018. CBS won the week in the ratings, with an average of 4.5 million viewers in prime time. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 6.1 million. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” ABC, 5.67 million.

Former athletes have a pipeline to advance into sports media as commentators, and many popular shows feature a Black man or woman as a host. Instead, it turned into a forum for players to express their feelings about racial and social issues after practice was canceled. Brown added that athletes who speak out need to be articulate, informed and mindful that their words have staying power. For Rose, the era of athletes sticking to sports is over in part because President Donald Trump hasnt been shy about criticizing NBA and NFL players who disagree with him. If hes acknowledging NFL players who are kneeling and he says, They deserve to be fired, that now becomes a sports topic.

Chip and Joanna Gaines are looking to raise their five children with awareness of racial injustice. The former Fixer Upper stars appeared on the latest episode of Emmanuel Acho's new headline-making video series, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man. Throughout the video, topics of raising kids with "color blindness," progress, and people not identifying as racists are all discussed. "As a white man becomes an adult, he won't be able to decipher the difference between a black man who's a threat and a black man who's just black [if he's been taught color blindness]." The gaines family is listening.. https://t.co/5JfUZ3z6j0 Chip Gaines (@chipgaines) June 3, 2020Chip also praises Emmanuel for his informative first Uncomfortable video in which he discusses race and racism that's embedded into society.