Chris Harrison: Omitting The Bachelorette's Lincoln Adim from Men Tell All was an "easy" decision

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"Team Bachelorette made Lincoln disappear," as Kristen Baldwin put it. Lincoln's name wasn't even uttered on The Men Tell All special following last month's revelation, weeks into Becca Kufrin's season, that he has just been convicted of sexual assault and battery. "First of all, Lincoln was not invited and not welcome here," Harrison tells Glamour. "What he did was illegal and against the law, so that is a very easy call. There was no chance he was coming here tonight, no chance I wanted to talk to him or hear his side, because there is no side. What he did was commit a crime. That’s a very easy answer. As far as dealing with it, we wanted (Men Tell All) to remain about Becca, about the guys, and about this journey. And going there...this wasn’t the time or place. There really isn’t much to explain about Lincoln other than he lied, he deceived, he committed a crime, he’s not here, and he’s removed from the show and the franchise." Harrison was also asked whether Garrett Yrigoyen's Instagram controversy would be mentioned during next week's finale. Harrison responded "that people need to stop putting Lincoln and Garrett in the same sentence. That’s something that kind of pisses me off. What Garrett did is something you disagree with. That is different than what Lincoln did. Lincoln broke the law. That is a very, very different thing than liking something you don’t agree with on Instagram. I have no problem with you disagreeing with what Garrett did. I have no problem if it makes you angry, if it makes you sick to your stomach, but just remember it’s something you disagree with. It that wasn’t something that’s against the law, which is what Lincoln did. Just don’t put them in the same sentence. But if Garrett made you sick, that’s fine too. Will we talk about it? Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. It really depends on the situation in the moment."