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Lauren Zima is addressing the racism controversy surrounding boyfriend Chris Harrison.

The 33-year-old Entertainment Tonight host took to her Instagram Story on Saturday (February 13) to share a short message after the 49-year-old The Bachelor host announced he was going to be temporarily stepping down from hosting the dating competition series.

“What Chris said was wrong and disappointing,” Lauren wrote. “Defending racism can never happen. Accountability comes first, what’s next is learning and growth.”

Chris‘ decision to take a break from The Bachelor comes after he faced major backlash for defending current contestant Rachael Kirkconnell against claims that she had been racist in her past behavior. He said that the “woke police” was out to get her and that there is a difference in how one behaves in 2018 vs. in 2021.

In his apology, Chris said that he was “deeply remorseful” for what he said and apologized for his “ignorance.” You can read his entire apology here.

If you didn’t know, Chris and Lauren started dating in 2018.

Lauren Zima is one of the hosts of Entertainment Tonight and an avid fan of The Bachelor…oh, and she’s also dating longtime Bachelor and Bachelorette host Chris Harrison.

Lauren tweeted out a message during last night’s episode of The Bachelor, which seems to indicate that Peter Weber chooses…. Hannah Ann Sluss.

Fans captured a screen grab of her tweet, which you can read embedded in this post.

Then, Lauren offered up an explanation as to why she deleted the tweet.

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Hannah Brown is pretty in pink as she strikes a pose at the 2019 TCA Summer Press Tour Carpet Event held on Monday (August 5) in West Hollywood, Calif.

The 24-year-old Bachelorette star was joined at the event by How to Get Away with Murder‘s Jack Falahee, Amirah Vann and Conrad Ricamora, Modern Family‘s Nolan Gould and Jeremy Maguire, Grey’s Anatomy Kim Raver, and Bachelor host Chris Harrison and girlfriend Lauren Zima.

Also in attendance to represent their shows were mixed-ish stars Tika Sumpter, Christina Anthony, Gary Cole, Arica Himmel, Mark Paul Gosselaar and Mykal-Michelle Harris, Reef Break‘s Poppy Montgomery and Desmond Chiam, Tamron Hall and Schooled‘s AJ Michalka.

Cobie Smulders and Jake Johnson also made sure to hit the carpet in support of their new series, Stumptown!

FYI: Hannah is wearing a House of CB dress and Adornmonde earrings.

Chris Harrison is going public with his new relationship!

The 47-year-old The Bachelor host and new girlfriend Lauren Zima cozied up on the red carpet as they arrived at Entertainment Weekly’s Pre-SAG Awards Party on Saturday night (January 26) at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

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Chris and the Entertainment Tonight host have been dating quietly for the past few months, but have been teasing their relationship on social media.

Back in July, Lauren took to Instagram to wish Chris a happy birthday writing, “Happy birthday to the man, the myth, the #BachelorNation legend, @chrisbharrison.”