Warning: This article contains spoiler's from Monday's episode of "The Bachelorette."

On June 2, "The Bachelorette" aired its last episode with the late Eric Hill, who died in a paragliding accident after being eliminated from the reality show. According to host Chris Harrison, however, the footage almost didn't air.

Hill was eliminated from "The Bachelorette" after getting into an argument with Andi Dorfman. Afterwards, the episode showed a special interview with Dorfman discussing Hill's death.

In an interview E! News, Harrison said that "The Bachelorette" producers were "carefully and respectfully wading through this, trying to do the right thing." At one point they considered leaving Hill's elimination out the show. Originally, producers edited Hill's departure from the episode's ending and finished it with the standard rose cutting and cocktail party.

"We all sat down and watched it, and it just didn't feel right whatsoever. And it seemed inappropriate and a little insensitive," Harrison said. "We adjusted according to just the mood in the room from all of us watching it."

This is the first time "The Bachelorette" has faced such tragedy during one of its seasons.

"Nothing's been abundantly clear throughout this entire situation and the tragedy with his death," Harrison said. "We've really been playing it as we've gone and have made a lot of game time decisions with respect to how we feel and how everybody feels at the time and what we feel is right."

Harrison said that he is not sure if "The Bachelorette" will show Dorfman and her suitors learning about Hill's death.

"We shot several things as it happened just to have it because once you move past that. You can't go back and reshoot those types of things," he said. "You can't reshoot that moment, so we shot things and captured it not knowing what and if we would use anything."
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