BACHELOR In Paradise fans praised David Spade as a “better host” than Chris Harrison but are outraged the show’s iconic theme song was cut.
On tonight’s season premiere of the Bachelor Summer spinoff, the famous comedian took over for the longtime face of the franchise as the men and women from past seasons unite for raunchy romance.
After Chris, 50, stepped down from the show following his racism scandal from Matt James’ season earlier this year, ABC announced Bachelor In Paradise will have a rotation of celebrity guest hosts.
Just minutes into the show, fans declared the Joe Dirt actor as the superior host between him and Chris.
“‘Wanna see me chug that s**t?’ David Spade has in a half hour become more relatable than Chris Harrison ever was lol,” one fan praised the host.
A second praised: “Why did we put up with 200 years of personality-of-a-golf-club-Chris Harrison when we could have had David Spade cracking dad jokes and lil Jon us up this whole time.”
“David is making this season fun to watch. Chris had no personality so he’s definitely not missed,” a third wrote.
One more fan insisted: “David spade is already 10x better than chris harrison sorry.”
A separate Chris critic tweeted: “20 minutes in and David Spade is already a better and funnier host than Chris Harrison ever was.”
However, fans were outraged the popular theme song and 1980’s classic, Almost Paradise by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson, was not included in the episode.
Someone wrote alongside a crying gif: “Wait.. are we not going to get the theme song.”
“My biggest complaint of this seasons BIP thus far is not having the theme song,” an outraged fan wrote.
Another said: “If we never hear the theme song again I will flip a table!!!”
