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The Bachelorette: Is JoJo Fletcher Still "Bitter" Over What Happened With Ben Higgins?

Exclusive: Chris Harrison dishes on the ABC reality hit's new season, premiering Monday, May 23

By Tierney Bricker May 16, 2016 4:18 PMTags
Watch: Was "Bachelorette" JoJo Bitter About Bachelor Ben?!

The bar has officially been raised in the Bachelor franchise. 

JoJo Fletcher's season of The Bachelorette premieres on Monday, May 23, and while fans know she had her "heart broken" by Ben Higgins during The Bachelor, host Chris Harrison assured E! News she is ready to find the one, and isn't at all "bitter" about Ben choosing Lauren Bushnell over her. 

"Obviously she had her heart broken with Ben," he told us at KIIS FM's Wango Tango over the weekend. "You know what's really cool? I haven't really talked about this at all yet, the fact that the wasn't really bitter about what happened with Ben. And she actually kind of used that as a bar that was set of this is what I'm looking for, I know this exists."

Talk about seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. (See what we did there?) 

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So when JoJo walked into the mansion to meet her 26 suitors on the first night, she was very clear about what she was looking for, Harrison previewed.

"She was very particular and very specific about this guy is going to have to be pretty phenomenal, as good as Ben was, to capture my heart," he revealed. 

Among JoJo's 26 men trying to capture her heart and prove to be as great as the "Perfect Ben"? A hipster, a Canadian, a former NFL player...and a former Bachelor?!

But does JoJo find love? Watch the rest of our interview with Chris Harrison above to hear what else he had to say about the new season.

The Bachelorette premieres Monday, May 23 on ABC.