Jillian diminishes The Bachelorette in favour of EMHE

From People magazine, June 14, 2010


Jillian Harris Says Extreme Makeover Gig Will Come Naturally



As an interior designer, Jillian Harris used her expertise to help rebuild a home on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Now, the former star of The Bachelorette says she’s going to bring something else to table when she joins the show’s team in its new season — heart.

“I grew up in a really small town, with a mom who always taught me to give back, that it was our responsibility to help others,” she told PEOPLE Friday at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville.

Her new job, she adds, is a far cry from another reality show she participated in. “Bachelor was just something that happened to me. It wasn’t anything I was looking for or wanting. It was a fluke, a lark. It was fun to do,” the Vancouver native says. “I got to travel around the world, work with great people who are still friends, and kiss five guys in one day! But it’s not really who I am.”

She did, of course, get to do The Bachelorette and meet her fiancé Ed Swiderski. Still, Harris insists, “Extreme Makeover is much more who I am.”