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Host Chris Harrison is giving “Bachelorette” Emily Maynard a little advice before the big finale. “I hope she picks Arie,” Harrison told “Extra” before quickly adding, “or Jef!”

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Since announcing a separation from his wife of 18 years, Gwen Jones, "The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison was asked if he would be the next "Bachelor" on his hit ABC dating show.

It was rumored that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was approached to be the new "Bachelor" on ABC's hit reality TV show, but this one won't score.

ABC denied the rumor, saying, "We have not approached Tim Tebow about being the next Bachelor. This started as a joke by Chris Harrison and then took on a life of its own."

"The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison does not want to make the same mistake he did on Ashley Hebert's season of "The Bachelorette."

Harrison told People.com he had warned Hebert about bachelor Bentley Williams, whose deceit about his intentions eventually led to heartbreak, but felt he could have done more.

"I felt like I didn't go far enough in talking to [Ashley] about Bentley," Harrison said. "Yeah, I warned her and I took some steps. But I don't think I went far enough."

A drunken 22-year-old aspiring actor, Jimmy Whittemore, was arrested for breaking into David Letterman's Ed Sullivan Theater on Sunday. Whittemore apparently kicked in the glass doors, trashed the box office and lobby, and turned over garbage cans.

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On Monday's episode of "The Bachelorette," Ashley and her suitors traveled to Phuket for some adventure and love.

Ashley took to her blog, featured on People, and wrote, "I look back at the beginning of this week in Phuket, and remember how I was still thinking about his [Bentley's] departure. However, at the end of this week, I found myself being able to see the difference between real, genuine relationships and the one I had with Bentley."