Rachel Lindsay.
Rachel Lindsayhas officially said farewell to theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast.
“You know, I talk about why I’m leaving, but I’m not saying ‘thank you’ enough,” Lindsay said to co-hostBecca Kufrinon the special Tuesday episode. “So I want to say thank you to you, I want to thank Warner Brothers … the franchise.”
“We know I have this love-hate relationship, but I am thankful for the opportunity to do this podcast, and it has been so great and so much fun,” she continued. “I feel like you and I have made an impact inBachelorNation, which is something we both stand for and we always wanna do.”
“And I just want to thank all of our listeners and the fans of the show for your support,” Lindsay added. “Sometimes you hear the negativity louder than the support, but there is so much overwhelming support and so I just want to say ‘thank you, thank you, thank you’ to all of you before we get all into this episode in case I forget. I want you to know how much you mean to me and how much I appreciate you.”
During the show’s99th episodeat the end of last month, Lindsay concluded the podcast with a message to her fans announcing her departure.
“I’m going to make this short and sweet: All good things must come to an end and I feel like certain things run their course and for me I have run my course when it comes to the podcast,” the reality star said at the time.
“You know we started off this podcast talking about how much fun it is, and it is, and the community that we’ve started and we’re already here with 100 episodes and I’m proud of it and what it’s become and it started off with Ali who’s fantastic — I feel like I don’t give her enough praise,” she continued, referencing original co-hostAli Fedotowsky.
“Then Ali had to go and you came in and you like didn’t miss a beat and that’s been a lot of fun to see our friendship grow through the podcast, just to have fun with all the new blood that’s coming in from the show to work through hard moments, to come here and vent when we’re going through something like that’s what the podcast gives you, that community,” Lindsay added to Kurfin, 31.
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Lindsay — who has been outspoken about calling out racism within theBachelorfranchise over the past year and had todelete her Instagramat one point due to harassment from fans — then cited her mental health as a reason for leaving the popular podcast.
“But for me I’ve been struggling, that’s no secret,” she said. “And it’s been really, really hard for me lately and a lot of the things that we talk about on this podcast are also about taking care of yourself and finding your peace and protecting that peace and protecting your mental health. And so for me, I just feel like I’ve come to the end of doing the podcast and I’m glad that I’m leaving on a high note where it’s the 100th episode, it’s such a big milestone.”
She continued: “It’s just time. It’s just time for me to move on, and I will be supporting you from a distance.” A new co-host is set to be announced at a later date, according to a press release.
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During Lindsay’s last episode ofBachelor Happy Hour, theExtracorrespondent also paid tribute to Kufrin before they ended their final show together.
“The beauty of our friendship is that it doesn’t end when we finish a podcast episode, or in this case, that I’m leaving,” Lindsay told Kufrin. “I have gotten to know you in a way that I hadn’t even before we started this podcast.”
“You are such a light, you are so positive, you bring so much joy,” theMiss Me with Thatauthorcontinued. “I’m hoping that even though I’m not doing [the podcast], that our friendship will continue.”
Also in her farewell message, Lindsay told Kufrin that she is the “only person” who “could make me come back to this podcast,” clarifying “as a guest.”
“I’m just so proud of what you’ve done with this podcast and where you’re gonna take this and all the things that are coming for you, and they’re going to happen for you,” she said. “I’m going to be supporting you from a distance with the podcast, listening from afar. You might be the only person who could make me come back to this podcast as a guest … I can’t wait to see what you continue to do.”
source: people.com
