The Bachelor creator fires back at Kelly Ripa for saying the show "disgusts me"

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"Easy, Kelly Ripa ... #TheBachelor franchise pays your salary!" Mike Fleiss tweeted after Ripa called The Bachelor "that gross, gross show" on Tuesday's Live with Kelly and Ryan. Ripa was responding to Ryan Seacrest announcing that current Bachelorette Hannah Brown will be coming on the show. “You guys, you know how I feel about the show. It disgusts me” she said, referring specifically to The Bachelor. "I can’t stand the idea of 25 exceptional women fighting over one ordinary fella, in my opinion,” she added. “You know how I feel, ladies, we are too special to be arguing over a guy... Having said that, all of you women watch that gross, gross show.” Host Chris Harrison also weighed in, tweeting: "Look out #BachelorNation ⁦@KellyRipa⁩ is coming after you and your 'disgusting' Monday night habit."