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For the entire 10-year run of The Bachelor, the show's host, Chris Harrison, has been a married man.
Now that he will soon be single (Harrison and his wife of 18 years announced their split to PEOPLE exclusively Thursday), we couldn't help but wonder whether he'd consider swapping places with his suitors.
Perhaps the first Bachelorette (and perhaps the most beloved cast member of the series) Trista Sutter could play host, navigating Harrison, 40, through the dates, rose ceremonies and on-air dramas.
Tell us:
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The Bachelor host Chris Harrison and his wife of 18 years, Gwen, are announcing their separation "after much heartfelt consideration," the couple tells PEOPLE exclusively.
"Though we have made this incredibly difficult decision to separate, our love and mutual respect remain, and we look forward to sharing in the lives of our wonderful children," they say in a joint statement Thursday.
The couple live 35 miles from Hollywood with their kids Joshua, 9, and Taylor, 7. Harrison, 40, coaches both kids' soccer teams, and is "an amazing father," Gwen told PEOPLE in 2010. "He's very loving and involved."
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Los Angeles vs. San Francisco. That's the debate between The Bachelor's Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson regarding where they'll live.
"It goes back and forth, back and forth," he told PEOPLE Saturday at Pure Las Vegas, his fiancée by his side.
Flajnik lives in San Francisco and "loves" the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles. Robertson lives in Santa Monica and "loves" San Francisco.
"We most definitely talk about it," he tells PEOPLE. "We're trying to figure out how it's going to work and when it's going to happen. One thing we do really well is communicate. If something's bothering me or bothering her, we squash the bug really quick and move on."
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So far, so good.
After adjusting to a long-distance romance, Ben Flajnik and his controversial fianceé, Courtney Robertson, are enjoying what The Bachelor couple calls "engaged dating."
"We're still getting to know each other and taking it slow," Flajnik told PEOPLE at a Mark Zunino for Kleinfeld fashion show in New York recently. "[Things] are working out really well."
Robertson says she still has a lot to learn about her new man.
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Becoming reality TV's most eligible Bachelor came with perks for Ben Flajnik – like finding fiancée Courtney Robertson. One major downside? All the jet-setting has separated Flajnik from his dog, Scotch.
"Oh, God, yes, I miss him," Flajnik told PEOPLE at the Mark Zunino for Kleinfeld runway presentation in New York on Monday. "I don't even want to start talking about it. That's the hardest part about traveling."
"[Scotch] is the screen saver on [Ben's] computer," Robertson offered as a kind of confirmation.
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Over the course of 10 years, 23 Bachelors and Bachelorettes have looked for love on ABC's hit reality franchise – each one of whom was white. And that, a lawsuit alleges, is no accident.
"This is a civil rights issue," attorney George Barrett said Wednesday in Nashville after filing a class-action lawsuit in federal court.
"ABC has engaged in conduct deliberately excluding persons of color."
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The Bachelor's Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson are still a happy couple – but their relationship is, for now, still a long-distance one.
"We're taking it slow," Flajnik told PEOPLE at SVEDKA's Night of a Billion Reality Stars Bash at Supperclub in Los Angeles Thursday. "We haven't decided on a date when she's going to move up to San Francisco yet, so she's got a lot of trips planned. It's nice to get away from the noise and spend time with each other."
Added the reality star: "We're happy."
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She may not have captured Ben Flajnik's heart, but The Bachelor runner-up Lindzi Cox is still going home to a loving male: horse Token.
"He's a thoroughbred, and I've had him for like 12 years," she tells PEOPLE.
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Will Courtney Robertson, who got engaged to Sonoma winemaker Ben Flajnik on The Bachelor season finale, bring her winning streak to the ballroom?
Sources tell PEOPLE that the Ford model – whose antics annoyed her fellow Bachelor contestants – is in talks with Dancing with the Stars producers and that it's possible she could make an appearance on the March 19 season premiere.
When asked about the rumor, a show rep said simply, "We do not comment on casting rumors. You'll have to tune in Monday and see."
Although she scored the first impression rose and remained drama-free throughout the season, Lindzi Cox, 27, was the runner-up in the race for Ben Flajnik's heart. The Seattle-based business development manager spoke to PEOPLE Tuesday about how she bounced back from The Bachelor. "I'm so glad I did this show," Lindzi told PEOPLE. "It was such an awesome experience." And though she admits that she was in love with Ben, who "turned out to be a great guy," she believes the show "ended the way it should have." And now, she's ready to date again. "I'm excited to see what else is out there," she says, "The Bachelor was such a good experience for me to learn how to date that I realize in the past I wasn't really good at it ... I think I'm going to be a pretty good dater now."
Watch the video above.
Later, Lindzi spoke to reporters about her "call me" comment in the finale and whether or not she would do The Bachelorette or Bachelor Pad:
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