Bryan Abasolo Slams Chris Harrison After Disrespectful Interview With Wife Rachel Lindsay

American TV personality Bryan Abasolo called out Chris Harrison for his disrespectful interview with his wife Rachel Lindsay that took place on Feb. 10.

Abasolo revealed that he was "very disappointed" after watching the unedited 14-minute footage of the interview on the latest episode of Mike Johnson's "Talking It Out" podcast on Monday.

The controversy began when the longtime "Bachelor" host defended a contestant, Rachael Kirkconnell, who came under fire for her offensive and racist actions, Vulture reported.

While Kirkconnell apologized for being "ignorant," Harrison tried to defend the contestant by saying that the "lens of 2021" should not be applied to an incident that happened in 2018.

The 49-year-old host soon faced public outrage and he took Instagram on Sunday to apologize.

However, the apology wasn't enough for Abasolo that he bashed Harrison on the former "Bachelorette" contestant's podcast. "Chris Harrison is someone that I respected highly and I'm not gonna lie, I definitely lost respect for him after watching that interview," he said.

Abasolo further mentioned that what Harrison said during the interview was irresponsible, hurtful and "flat-out unacceptable." He admitted that contestants "come and go" on the show but Harrison is the face of the franchise, People reported.

"We're talking about the face of this franchise, 20 plus years of this man being on our television screens on a show that's been needing a diversity makeover for years, I don't think anybody's going to deny that," Abasolo added.

According to Abasolo, he thought the franchise was already evolving when his wife was chosen as the first Black Bachelorette in 2017. "And then 2020 happens, and there's this mad scramble to finally get it right, which may have been a knee-jerk reaction to get it right," he continued.

The TV personality praised the franchise's decision for choosing Matt James as the first Black Bachelor and Tayshia Adams as the Bachelorette in 2020, following George Floyd's murder that ignited protests against racism across the country. Johnson chimed in and said that it was an "opportunistic reaction."

Abasolo also reflected on Harrison's apology and expressed that it felt weak. Abasolo then said that if Harrison could show his face while making the comments on air, he should do the same thing while making his apology.