Family of SJSU trans athlete scandal victim breaks silence after Trump admin verdict

The parents of former San Jose State University volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser made their first public statement since the U.S. Department of Education determined the school violated Title IX while Slusser was enrolled. Slusser emerged as the central figure opposing the university during a 2024 scandal involving trans athlete Blaire Fleming. 

Slusser filed a lawsuit against representatives of SJSU and the Mountain West Conference after she allegedly was made to share a bedroom and changing spaces with Fleming without being told of Fleming’s biological sex. The Education Department concluded that the trans athlete conspired with an opposing player to have an SJSU teammate, presumably Slusser, spiked in the face during a match. 

Slusser’s parents, Paul and Kim Slusser, provided a joint statement to Fox News Digital addressing the crackdown on the university. 

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“We’re thrilled that the Trump administration, Secretary McMahon, and the Department of Education are taking action on the issue of men in women’s sports—something the last administration did not do! San Jose State University completely failed its female athletes, and it’s about time they’re held accountable,” the statement read.

“We’re watching closely to see how they respond, and our next step is to fight for justice in court. San Jose State and the Mountain West Conference betrayed the volleyball team, and they will have to answer for it.”

The parents had to watch their daughter endure an eating disorder and an academic setback as a result of the trauma from the scandal. 

“I went from around 160 to 128 [pounds] in that one semester. It definitely isn’t healthy for someone of my size to be that weight, and I ended up losing my menstrual cycle for nine months. So it was definitely severe,” the 5-foot-11 Slusser previously told Fox News Digital.

After the 2024 season and fall semester ended, Slusser’s parents saw the physical impact the situation took on her, and demanded she come home to Texas. 

“As soon as the season was over, she came home for Christmas, and we were like, ‘You’re not going back,'” Paul Slusser previously told Fox News Digital, adding that he told his daughter, “You can go get your stuff next summer when your lease is up, and stay here.”

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Once winter break was over, and what was supposed to be her final semester began, Brooke attempted to complete her courses online.

Her parents said she began online classes, but dropped them shortly later. As a Division I scholarship athlete, dropping the classes resulted in her losing the scholarship, and her family had to pay for the full semester’s worth of tuition and her housing out of pocket. 

“We had to pay, basically her mortgage and her apartment for the rest of the semester. So it was a pretty large financial burden on us when that happened,” Paul Slusser said. 

The Education Department gave SJSU an ultimatum to comply with a series of agreements or risk “imminent enforcement action.” The deadline is Feb. 11, 2026.

The terms include:

• Issue a public statement to the SJSU community that SJSU will adopt biology-based definitions of the words “male” and “female” and acknowledge that the sex of a human – male or female – is unchangeable;
• Specify that SJSU will follow Title IX by separating sports and intimate facilities based on biological sex;
• State that SJSU will not delegate its obligation to comply with Title IX to any external association or entity and will not contract with any entity that discriminates on the basis of sex;
• Restore to individual female athletes all individual athletic records and titles misappropriated by male athletes competing in women’s categories, and issue a personalized letter of apology on behalf of SJSU to each female athlete for allowing her participation in athletics to be marred by sex discrimination; and
• Send a personalized apology to every woman who played in SJSU’s women’s indoor volleyball (2022–2024), 2023 beach volleyball, and to any woman on a team that forfeited rather than compete against SJSU while a male student was on the roster—expressing sincere regret for placing female athletes in that position.

SJSU responded to the ultimatum in a statement.

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“San Jose State, a member of the California State University system, received notification from the federal Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights regarding its investigation into athletics participation on our past women’s volleyball teams. The Department informed the University of the outcome of its investigation and its findings. The University is in the process of reviewing the Department’s findings and proposed resolution agreement,” an SJSU statement said. 

“We remain committed to providing a safe, respectful, and inclusive educational environment for all students while complying with applicable laws and regulations.”

NYPD bodycam shows officer shooting man with knife as Mamdani calls for no charges

The New York City Police Department released body camera footage showing the moment an officer shot a mentally ill man who was allegedly charging him with a knife amid calls from Mayor Zohran Mamdani for mental health treatment instead of criminal charges.

Jabez Chakraborty, 22, was holding a large kitchen knife and charged at officers who responded to an emergency call from his family in Queens on Jan. 26, according to the NYPD.

The footage, released by the NYPD on Tuesday, shows an officer entering the living room of the home, where Chakraborty was allegedly brandishing a knife. Officers are heard attempting to de-escalate the situation, repeatedly ordering him to “put the knife down,” but Chakraborty continued to move toward the officer, according to the NYPD.

A woman is seen in the footage attempting to block Chakraborty with her arm, but he continued to step forward while carrying the knife. The footage shows the NYPD officer repositioning himself in the home’s vestibule and closing the door between himself and the living room.

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According to the NYPD, Chakraborty then pushed through the door and stepped toward the officer with the knife.

The officer discharged his weapon, hitting Chakraborty four times. He was taken to the hospital, where he remains in intensive care in stable but critical condition.

The clip released by the NYPD begins with audio of a 911 call from “a civilian witness” reporting that Chakraborty was experiencing a mental health episode and had thrown a glass against the wall. The caller requested EMS, not police, asking for an ambulance so that Chakraborty could be taken involuntarily to the hospital.

The incident is being investigated by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, with preliminary reports suggesting prosecutors are looking at potentially seeking an indictment for attempted murder.

Mamdani, however, said at a news conference on Tuesday that Chakraborty should receive mental health treatment and not face criminal charges.

“In viewing this footage, it is clear to me that what Jabez needs is mental health treatment, not criminal prosecution from a district attorney, and we are talking about a family that is enduring the kind of pain that no family should and an individual that has lived with schizophrenia for many years,” the mayor said.

“A person experiencing a mental health episode does not always have to be served first or exclusively by a police officer. It is important for us to have all of the options available,” he added.

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Mamdani said he met with Chakraborty’s family, who had criticized him for his initial response to the shooting. The mayor said hours after the shooting that police had “encountered an individual wielding a knife,” and that he was “grateful to the first responders who put themselves on the line each day to keep our communities safe.”

Chakraborty’s family released a statement Wednesday accusing law enforcement of causing the situation to “escalate quickly and unnecessarily.”

“Rather than de-escalate the situation, the officer instead further escalated by drawing his gun and yelling orders at Jabez,” the family wrote. “Within a minute of NYPD’s arrival, Jabez was shot multiple times and almost killed, while he was calmly eating food just minutes earlier.”

The family called on the Queens DA’s office to “drop the prosecution against our son,” and for the NYPD to release additional body camera footage from the incident.

The family argued that police officers should not be responding to medical support calls.

“Given our experience, and that of many other families, we call on the Mayor for systems where we can call for responders who are not police,” the family wrote. “We call for changes where the needs of families in the aftermath of such incidents are centered rather than further traumatized over and over.”

Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the body camera footage “makes it clear that these police officers walked into an unpredictable, fast-moving and dangerous situation.”

“There was no time or space for them to de-escalate the situation before they were forced to act,” he added. “They did their job professionally and with restraint under terrible circumstances.”

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Minneapolis mayor stumbles when pressed by CNN on Obama immigration policy

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey avoided answering why he opposes a federal immigration measure once used by President Barack Obama and now pushed by President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN on Wednesday.

Frey appeared on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt” to discuss the Trump administration’s recent pullback of 700 federal agents from Minneapolis after two deadly shootings last month involving federal officers.

The mayor continued to push back against what he called “coercion” from the Trump administration regarding immigration enforcement, but Hunt pointed out that some of the policies supported by conservatives were previously implemented by the Obama administration.

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“I take your point about the voting rolls for sure, but it is worth noting that during the Obama years, the Hennepin County Jail actually had a policy where they let an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ICE agent keep an office there and allowed them to talk to immigrants,” Hunt remarked. “So the policy has clearly been under a Democratic president what now the Trump administration is asking for.”

She continued, “I mean, big picture. Do you think it’s good policy for the jails to follow an ICE detainer and hand someone over if they’ve committed a crime? And again, this only happens after they’ve served their time for whatever crime they may have committed against the people of Minnesota.”

“I mean, look, you’re asking all the right questions here,” Frey responded. “And while I don’t have full expertise in how the operations at the jail are conducted, again, that’s not our jurisdiction.”

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He added, “What I would say is that there are mechanisms to do this lawfully. You know, the federal government could seek some form of federal warrant. That warrant could run part and parcel with the warrant that already exists at the state level. And if they were to do that, there would be a legal mechanism for detention after bail has been posted. And so, again, we’re getting pretty technical here. But what we can’t have from a legal perspective is a second detention after the obligations under the first detention have been met.”

Frey’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

In an interview with NBC News Wednesday, Trump clarified he did not “want” to pull officers from the blue state but described a trade-off for the release of illegal immigrant prisoners.

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However, he added that his administration could take a gentler approach when arresting illegal immigrants.

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“I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough,” the president said. “We’re dealing with really hard criminals. But look… I’ve called the governor [Tim Walz], I called the mayor [Jacob Frey], spoke to [them], had great conversations with them. And then I see them ranting and raving out there, literally as though a call wasn’t made.”

Hillary Clinton requests public showdown with GOP over Epstein files after ‘games’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., to allow her and her husband to have a public hearing on the Epstein files Thursday.

Clinton issued the challenge in a post on X, saying Republicans have ignored her and former President Bill Clinton’s previous testimony on the topic.

“For six months, we engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith. We told them what we know, under oath. They ignored all of it. They moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction,” Hillary wrote.

“So let’s stop the games. If you want this fight, Rep. James Comer, let’s have it—in public,” she continued, tagging the committee chairman. “You love to talk about transparency. There’s nothing more transparent than a public hearing, cameras on. We will be there.”

BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON FACED ‘SURPRISE’ FROM DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR EPSTEIN TESTIMONY, SAYS REP COMER

Comer announced on Wednesday that the former first lady will sit for a closed-door transcribed interview on Feb. 26, and the former president will appear on Feb. 27 under the same terms. Both interviews will be filmed, Comer said in a press release.

The Clintons were both facing contempt of Congress votes in the House this week if they did not agree to come to Capitol Hill for in-person interviews with the Oversight Committee.

Those votes were likely to succeed as well. Late last month, nine Democrats on the House Oversight Committee joined all Republicans in voting to advance Bill Clinton’s contempt of Congress resolution to a House-wide vote. Three Democrats voted to advance the resolution against Hillary Clinton.

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A contempt of Congress vote would have referred both Clintons to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution.

“Republicans and Democrats on the Oversight Committee have been clear: no one is above the law — and that includes the Clintons. After delaying and defying duly issued subpoenas for six months, the House Oversight Committee moved swiftly to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings in response to their non-compliance,” Comer said in a statement.

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“Once it became clear that the House of Representatives would hold them in contempt, the Clintons completely caved and will appear for transcribed, filmed depositions this month. We look forward to questioning the Clintons as part of our investigation into the horrific crimes of Epstein and Maxwell, to deliver transparency and accountability for the American people and for survivors,” he added.

Ex-convict allegedly murders mom bar owner after she handed over cash

A suspect described as a “monster” was arrested following a manhunt for the killer of an Illinois bar owner who authorities say was murdered in an “execution-style” shooting Monday.

Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47, was taken into custody on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale, the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department said.

Drysdale was killed just before noon Monday inside The Line, a local bar she owned in rural Momence near the Illinois-Indiana border, authorities said.

The 30-year-old mother was opening the bar when the suspect walked in, brandished a gun and demanded money, WGNTV reported, citing the sheriff’s office. Drysdale complied with the demands, but investigators said the suspect shot her two times “execution-style” anyway.

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Detectives recovered surveillance images from the bar that showed a suspect wearing a bright yellow jacket, a hat and glasses, and driving a white BMW.

The suspect tried to remove a video recording device from the bar before he fled to Indiana, according to authorities.

Burkes was apprehended as he was leaving his residence in Hammond, Indiana, about 26 hours after the murder, the sheriff’s office said.

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Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey thanked the public for supplying numerous tips, along with federal, state and local law enforcement officers who worked together to capture the suspect.

“We hope that in some way the apprehension of this monster will bring some sort of peace to Courtney’s family, friends and community,” the sheriff’s office said.

Court records obtained by WGNTV showed that Burkes has a criminal history spanning decades, including allegedly breaking into the home of an ex-girlfriend in December. He was reportedly out on bond for that case at the time of Drysdale’s murder.

The documents showed his criminal history included a 2014 battery case to which he pleaded guilty. He was placed on 12 months of supervised release, which he completed.

In 1995, he pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder when he was just 15 years old, the outlet reported. He was sentenced to 37 years in that case, though the outlet noted his role in the crime was unclear as records detailing the incident were not immediately available.

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Burkes is being held in Indiana, where he awaits an extradition hearing back to Illinois.

Trump explains why he won’t sleep mid-flight: Looking for enemies

President Donald Trump quipped during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he is unable to sleep on planes because he’s busy watching for “enemies.”

“I don’t sleep on planes. I don’t like sleeping on planes. You know. I like looking out the window, watching for missiles and enemies, actually,” Trump said on Thursday, drawing laughter from the crowd. 

Trump joined the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, which pulls together bipartisan lawmakers, business leaders and foreign dignitaries to reflect on faith and prayer for the nation. It was the sixth time Trump has attended the event since his first administration in 2017. 

The president has long been known to avoid sleeping while flying on Air Force One. His quip about looking for missiles came as he recounted first meeting Daniel “Raizin” Caine, who now serves as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about defeating ISIS during his first term.

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Caine told Trump that an area had been prepared for him to nap during the 20-hour journey, which Trump refused so the pair could discuss strategies to wipe out ISIS.

“I said, ‘what’s your first name?’ ‘Raizin, sir. They call me Raizin.’ And I say, ‘what the hell kind of a name is that? Right?’” Trump joked.  

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“He’s brutal. Just ask Venezuela. Ask Iran. They’re negotiating now. They don’t want to. They don’t want us to hit them. You know, we have a big fleet going over to Iran. But so Razin was there at the bottom of the plane,” he said. 

Trump continued his speech by taking a victory lap for the strength of the U.S. military under his second term, including capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and striking Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“Two years ago, you couldn’t get anybody to go into the military. They laughed at you and they said they didn’t respect our country. They didn’t respect our president. They thought he was a joke. They thought our country was a joke,” Trump said. 

“Other countries laughed at us and took advantage of us with tariffs. And we weren’t allowed to charge, and they were allowed to charge. But we are allowed to charge, and I hope we get that Supreme Court decision, because we have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars of money.”

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Trump also reflected on his faith and administration’s mission to protect religious liberty. 

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“They declared that all of us are made free and equal by the hand of our Creator,” Trump said of the Founding Fathers in 1776. “A lot of presidents refuse to say that. They refuse to say that. … Some refuse. Some major politicians refuse to say the word God. They don’t want to say it. I say it, that we are endowed with our sacred rights to life, liberty, and not by government, but by God Almighty himself.” 

America is the sole superpower again. How Trump surprised the world

There’s one superpower that dominates the planet again, and it’s the United States.

In just one year in office, President Donald Trump has catapulted the U.S. from a country that seemed on the brink of inevitable decline, into the American colossus that’s put the other great powers — especially China and Russia — in the shade, and now determines the tempo and direction of world events.

What happened in Davos should set aside any doubts. In 24 hours, President Trump turned worldwide panic about possible U.S. military intervention in Greenland into worldwide relief with a framework for peacefully securing the giant island for generations to come.

We were the world’s “sole superpower” twice in the 20th century, right after World War II and again after the Cold War. Now, thanks to Donald Trump and his administration, it’s happening again in the 21st century. It’s important to understand why and how, and what it means for the future.

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There are three components that make a dominant world power: military strength, economic strength and bold leadership.

Military power: By taking out the Iranian nuclear program and by snatching the Venezuelan dictator in the middle of the night — both without losing a single American — Donald Trump demonstrated that we have a military with an unparalleled global reach and effectiveness. Meanwhile, Russia is bogged down in a World War I-style stalemate in Ukraine, while the last time China’s army fought a real war was in 1979 against Vietnam — a war China lost.

Economic strength: This year will mark the start of an economic boom triggered by the Trump tax cuts and deregulation, that may see the U.S. economy grow by 5% or more (China will be lucky to hit above 4.5%). Trillions of direct foreign investment dollars and a revived American industrial landscape means we will have an economy geared toward making things again, not just spending money. At the same time, Trump’s use of tariffs has redirected the flow of world trade to America’s advantage and China’s disadvantage, as we leverage our power as the world’s biggest and best customer to get other nations to play fair in the trade game.

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The global management company Teneo’s annual CEO and Investor Outlook Survey shows that 73% of global CEOs expect the global economy to improve in 2026, in large part because of the coming U.S. boom. 

Bold leadership: Just a year ago, America was still feeling the disastrous effects of an enfeebled president who surrendered world leadership to China, Russia and Iran. Joe Biden and his team had all but crippled the American economy with rampant inflation and declining productivity, while their obsession with “climate change” came at the expense of one of the country’s most important economic assets, our oil and natural gas industry.

Along comes Donald Trump, and suddenly what seemed like problematic areas of the U.S. economy — AI, cryptocurrency, oil and natural gas production, manufacturing — leap into the forefront of administration policy for making America great again. Instead of weakness and impotence on the world stage, the United States has retaken the lead, from ending the fighting in Gaza and reshaping the future of the Middle East, to starting to push interlopers like China, Russia and Iran out of the Western Hemisphere — whether it’s Venezuela or Greenland or the Panama Canal.

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Most importantly, for the first time in a very long time — perhaps not since Ronald Reagan was president, — we have a president who is unapologetic about flexing American power and influence around the globe, and who sees world leadership not as a temporary transition phase, but as America’s birthright on its 250th anniversary.

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Leadership doesn’t mean being globocop. It does mean acknowledging moments like the one last month, when Venezuela’s Maria Machado handed over her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, in gratitude for supporting the democratic resistance in her country.

The moment tells us that, under President Trump, America has re-assumed the moral leadership, as well as military, economic and technological leadership, of the planet.

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These “sole superpower” moments can speed by. The first after World War II faded with the rise of the Soviet Union, and died in the jungles of Vietnam. The second, after the Cold War, was dissipated in military spending cuts and an orgy of “peace dividend” spending, which facilitated the advance of Communist China. Russia and especially China remain formidable adversaries — and nuclear-armed ones. Trump and his administration need to take full advantage of America’s current sole superpower status before some unforeseen event, or failure of judgment or nerve, triggers its demise.

In the meantime, enjoy being the dominant power on the planet. It’s a great way to start America’s next 250 years.

Puka Nacua responds candidly to questions about Sydney Sweeney and his personal life

SAN FRANCISCO – It does not sound like Puka Nacua and Sydney Sweeney will be getting together any time soon.

Sure, Sweeney has long been rumored to be dating music manager Scooter Braun, but that did not stop the Los Angeles Rams wide receiver from making a move last week.

Sweeney talked about her type of man in a recent interview with Cosmopolitan, saying he should be “athletic and outgoing and funny” and someone who needs to “go skydiving with me.”

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Nacua is obviously athletic, but he tried to make a play for Sweeney, saying on X that he “love[s] skydiving.”

Nacua was asked Wednesday if he believed he had a chance with Sweeney, but he actually let out the truth.

“I have an actual fear of heights, so it’ll be interesting,” Nacua said.

Another reporter asked Nacua who the last person to slide into his direct messages was. After pondering, he gave the answer.

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“The NFL is the last verified DM I had because they told me I didn’t get tickets to the Warriors game, and I was pretty sad,” he said.

Nacua and Hallie Aiono were in a long-term relationship before a highly public breakup. Aiono later became pregnant and underwent paternity testing to determine whether Nacua was the father of her son, Kingston.

She filed court documents in June to determine the parental relationship after testing confirmed Nacua was the father.

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Sweeney and ex-fiancé Jonathan Davino called off their engagement in March 2025. She has been seen with Braun since the breakup.

Chris Harrison’s return to TV divides fans with ‘traditional marriage’ show concept

Chris Harrison sparked controversy Wednesday for a seemingly innocent request posted on social media.

The former “Bachelor” host shared a casting call for his followers on Instagram that included a few specific requests. 

“A prominent streaming service is casting single men and women (21+) who want a traditional, marriage-minded partnership built on commitment and shared values,” the casting call read. “We’re looking for singles who believe in clear roles, long-term commitment, and building a life together – and who are dating with real intention.” 

Critics flocked to Harrison’s post with questions and criticism about the premise of the new show, where he boasted, “It’s time to help people find love again.”

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“The fantasy suite: the bachelorettes give up their voting rights, credit cards and dignity,” one user wrote, while another noted, “I’m sorry this is giving MAGA.”

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“Traditional marriage????? Why are we reverting back to 1920?” one fan asked. “This is really icky,” another Instagram user simply stated, while one follower asked, “So do you not like gay people or just women’s rights?”

While many were outraged by the casting call, a number of followers supported Harrison’s new quest.

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“It’s so weird to me that people are so triggered by the concept of a traditional marriage,” one user wrote. “Husband and wife loving each other, staying true to each other, having children, enjoying life together. Oh no, so terrible. We can’t have that.”

“It’s really sad how many people in these comments do not know what a traditional marriage is and how wonderful it is,” one fan said. 

“LOVE THIS!!! Everyone hating in the comments is just deluded into thinking traditional marriage is oppressive when it’s truly the most freeing and joy-filled union,” another user quipped.

Representatives for Harrison did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Harrison’s return to television is years in the making. The reality TV host led “The Bachelor” and a handful of spinoff series for 19 years before he was ousted from his role in 2021.

The father of two left the show after he was accused of defending “Bachelor” winner Rachael Kirkconnell for attending an antebellum-themed party in college during an interview with Rachel Lindsay, the franchise’s first Black bachelorette.

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Jesse Palmer stepped in as the new “Bachelor” host that September.

Two years after he left the show, Harrison broke his silence on the unexpected exit from “The Bachelor” franchise. 

During the premiere episode of his podcast, the former dating show host revealed how his departure deeply impacted his health. 

“I was sick to my stomach. I lost 20 pounds. I didn’t sleep. I didn’t eat. I was scared to death, not of my job but of my family – my fiancée [Lauren Zima]… I worried about my kids…” Harrison said on his first episode of “The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever with Chris Harrison.”

“I’m a bit of an empath, and I am very loyal to a fault, and I am a team player.”

He added, “I was embarrassed. I was mad at myself. I was disappointed in myself. The last thing in the world I ever wanted to do was be an agent of anything negative – whether it had to do with race or anything.”

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