{"id":26437,"date":"2019-07-03T08:41:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1054106"},"modified":"2019-07-03T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:41:26","slug":"bachelorette-host-chris-harrisons-relationship-with-girlfriend-lauren-zima-started-yes-with-a-dm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/bachelorette-host-chris-harrisons-relationship-with-girlfriend-lauren-zima-started-yes-with-a-dm\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelorette Host Chris Harrison&#8217;s Relationship With Girlfriend Lauren Zima Started, Yes, With a DM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.578238341969\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019027\/rs_634x1024-190127072414-634-Chris-Harrison-Lauren-Zima-Pre-SAG-LT-012719-shutterstock_editorial_10074379al_huge.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Chris Harrison, Lauren Zima, Pre-SAG Awards Party 2019\" alt=\"Chris Harrison, Lauren Zima, Pre-SAG Awards Party 2019\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">AFF-USA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"24.511652542373\">\n<p class=\"p1\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1026679\/the-bachelor-celebrates-17th-anniversary-see-where-your-favorite-couples-are-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly two decades<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;hosting <em>The Bachelor<\/em> franchise,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/chris_harrison\">Chris Harrison<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;has&nbsp;picked up a thing or two about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1039913\/what-it-s-really-like-to-be-a-contestant-on-the-bachelor-or-the-bachelorette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">romance<\/a>. But, at the same time, he&#8217;s also learned when to ditch the grand gestures and just play it simple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In fact, as it turns out, the 47-year-old asked out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1008749\/bachelor-s-chris-harrison-and-host-lauren-zima-make-red-carpet-debut-as-a-couple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now-girlfriend<\/a> <strong>Lauren Zima&nbsp;<\/strong>through, yes, an Instagram DM. Though his relationship with the&nbsp;<em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em> correspondent had&nbsp;previously&nbsp;been professional\u2060\u2014&#8221;I never looked at him and ever considered where I found him attractive,&#8221; she said\u2014Zima revealed something changed over craft services at a tell-all taping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;He just gave me a different vibe,&#8221;&nbsp;she admitted on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_viall\">Nick Viall<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041509\/nick-viall-gets-candid-about-finding-closure-with-kaitlyn-bristowe-after-being-really-pissed-at-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Viall Files&nbsp;<\/em>podcast<\/a>. &#8220;It was fairly<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;overt. H<\/span>e mentioned something about picking his kids up or something. He somehow brought up being single, I think. And then I said something like, \u2018I&#8217;m single now,&#8217; and he was like,&#8217; Oh.&#8217; But I said it in a more eloquent way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>Afterwards, she sent him a friendly&nbsp;direct message about bumping into him\u2014&#8221;I didn&#8217;t say, &#8216;Hey, I couldn&#8217;t be more single and I know how darkly alone you are,&#8221; she joked\u2014and, from there, Harrison took&nbsp;matters into his own hands. &#8220;I opened the door and he walked through,&#8221; Zima explained. &#8220;It all worked out really well and it was also the perfect amount of time. We had a little bit of messaging and he said let&#8217;s grab a drink and have real person talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"50.289029535865\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.1434599156118\">\n<p class=\"p1\">And despite&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1022780\/the-actual-most-dramatic-season-finales-in-bachelor-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most dramatic journeys<\/a> shown on the ABC love hunt, their relationship is anything but.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I sort of feel like I&#8217;m reaping the benefits of someone who&#8217;s worked on this show and learned how to talk to women for so long,&#8221; the&nbsp;journalist&nbsp;raved to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/883448\/the-bachelor-s-nick-viall-admits-being-single-kinda-sucks-one-month-after-vanessa-grimaldi-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/883448\/the-bachelor-s-nick-viall-admits-being-single-kinda-sucks-one-month-after-vanessa-grimaldi-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bachelor<\/em>&nbsp;alum<\/a>. &#8220;He is so communicative. He&#8217;s so thoughtful. He&#8217;s so clear with his feelings and a good listener&#8230;I don&#8217;t expect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1025852\/go-behind-the-scenes-of-hannah-brown-s-season-of-the-bachelorette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bachelor<\/em>&nbsp;dates<\/a> from him, but I will tell you he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/727886\/the-most-ridiculous-date-concepts-on-the-bachelor-ranked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken me on a helicopter<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37.384057971014\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"16.507246376812\">\n<p>Still, that&#8217;s about as over-the-top as they get.&nbsp;&#8220;I could have fun with him anywhere,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I have such a great time with him. I have so much fun and I&#8217;m so happy with him if we&#8217;re scanning through movies to find something to watch on&nbsp;TV or if we were in the helicopter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harrison and Zima made their red carpet debut in January at <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/26806\/sag-awards-2019-pre-award-show-party-pics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-SAG Awards party<\/a>&nbsp;at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood.&nbsp; She&nbsp;later posted&nbsp;an Instagram Story that saod Harrison &#8220;is great at parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;ABC host&nbsp;was previously married to his college&nbsp;sweetheart,&nbsp;Gwen, with who he has two children,&nbsp;Joshua&nbsp;and&nbsp;Taylor. After 18 years of marriage, they split in May 2012.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1054106\/bachelorette-host-chris-harrison-s-relationship-with-girlfriend-lauren-zima-started-yes-with-a-dm?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFF-USA\/Shutterstock After nearly two decades&nbsp;of&nbsp;hosting The Bachelor franchise,&nbsp;Chris Harrison&nbsp;has&nbsp;picked up a thing or two about romance. But, at the same time, he&#8217;s also learned when to ditch the grand gestures and just play it simple. In fact, as it turns out, the 47-year-old asked out&nbsp;now-girlfriend Lauren Zima&nbsp;through, yes, an Instagram DM. Though his relationship with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-11 03:44:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}