Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome back to Bacheler Happy Hour.
Speaker 2: I'm Joe and I'm Serena.
Speaker 1: We are here today with each other for the first
Speaker 1: recap of the new season of The Golden Bachelor, Mel season,
Speaker 1: and we are off.
Speaker 2: We're so excited to be back. We took a little
Speaker 2: break from recaps during the season of Bachelor in Paradise.
Speaker 2: There was just too many incredible contestants to chat with.
Speaker 2: So we are back now with The Golden Bachelor, and
Speaker 2: we are going to be doing interviews and then also
Speaker 2: a recap every single week, and we're so excited to
Speaker 2: share our thoughts with you guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, too many incredible cast mates, I mean majority of
Speaker 1: imort Dale, Cat and Jeremy who we had them on
Speaker 1: the whole season. Okay, yeah, let's right away, and I
Speaker 1: kind of expected this to happen, but we're immediately Like, Okay.
Speaker 1: Mel went on a podcast and said what he said
Speaker 1: about like, I don't want a woman with our official
Speaker 1: hips and I'm looking for a woman in her early fifties.
Speaker 2: I think he said like forty to sixty.
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, paraphrasing there. Anyways, he said that he got
Speaker 1: a lot of heat, rightfully, so and the show's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: we're not gonna we're not gonna shy away from it.
Speaker 1: This is what he said, mel let's talk about and
Speaker 1: he's just like I said it. I regret saying it,
Speaker 1: like it was stupid. That's not really what I meant.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to meet all these women. I don't
Speaker 1: care how old they are or if they do have
Speaker 1: artificial hips. Bring on the hips, Bring on the hips.
Speaker 1: And his point, I think was he was trying to
Speaker 1: just get across that he wants somebody that's vibrant and energetic,
Speaker 1: and if you do have a fake hip, that doesn't
Speaker 1: mean you can't be vibrant and energetic. There's a lot
Speaker 1: we could do with fake hips these days, tell him Joe. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So we kind of we get that out of the
Speaker 1: way and we get a few limit entrances where, of
Speaker 1: course people are gonna call him out on that, but
Speaker 1: I'm glad it was only a few women.
Speaker 2: So I was like, okay, like, yeah, like, I'm all
Speaker 2: for beating a dead horse sometimes, but we're like really
Speaker 2: getting close to beating a dead horse. I think that
Speaker 2: it was a great way to open the show. You know,
Speaker 2: let's just hit the nail on the head with what's
Speaker 2: going on here, Let's get it out of the way
Speaker 2: so we can move past it.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I thought the couple digs from the women was cute
Speaker 2: and necessary, and I think him addressing it in his toast.
Speaker 2: I think his apology was genuine and we can move
Speaker 2: forward comfortably. We get his intro package, which is obviously
Speaker 2: kind of important because we don't really know a lot
Speaker 2: about this guy. He hasn't been on the show before.
Speaker 2: We see a lot of football photos, and then we
Speaker 2: find out that in twenty twenty, his dad passed away
Speaker 2: during COVID and his wife filed for divorce as she
Speaker 2: had found someone knows, and he is now the committed
Speaker 2: father of two boys. Yes, so yeah, great to learn
Speaker 2: a little bit more about mel and his backstory and
Speaker 2: who is as a guy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, life, because his two boys, they're they're not little
Speaker 1: boys or like eighteen and twenty eight. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: one just graduated high school, the other ones in high school.
Speaker 2: They both medium boys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they both see me athletic. I'm sure they get
Speaker 1: it from him. He played on the Los Angeles Rams
Speaker 1: for I think ten years. He's also an attorney. We
Speaker 1: did interview him, and I did ask him about his wife,
Speaker 1: and he basically said, like I'm not talking, like he didn't.
Speaker 1: He just kind of like shut it down.
Speaker 2: Very very short answer, very you know, one word answer
Speaker 2: about the wife. So I'm curious to see if we
Speaker 2: talk about her more, learn more about her. Also, I
Speaker 2: get like divorces sensitive and maybe he just wants to
Speaker 2: out of respect, like leave her out of this, which
Speaker 2: I also understand. You know, it's the mother of his kids.
Speaker 1: Do you think he's going to be able to get
Speaker 1: vulnerable because one of the ladies said it to him.
Speaker 1: I think Roxanne said it to him on this episode,
Speaker 1: and I know you were like, uh no, you're not.
Speaker 2: Mel doesn't strike me as someone who is getting vulnerable
Speaker 2: on the rag.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: I'm sure that when he's comfortable with his people, with
Speaker 2: his kids, maybe with his partner, he can get vulnerable.
Speaker 2: But he doesn't strike me as someone who's like diving
Speaker 2: deep emotionally with all of these women every single week.
Speaker 2: You know. I mean, maybe I'm I'm going off like
Speaker 2: the athlete stereotype here, but I'm also going off the
Speaker 2: interview that we had with him and kind of what
Speaker 2: we've seen of him. So far, and he seems to
Speaker 2: be a little bit more of a closed off guy.
Speaker 1: My take a Mel is I think he's I think
Speaker 1: he's actually very sensitive.
Speaker 2: Maybe yeah, closed off and not comfortable with vulnerability doesn't
Speaker 2: mean you don't have emotion, you're not sensitive. I think, like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you might be right, maybe both are true. But I'm
Speaker 2: excited to kind of get to know more about him
Speaker 2: through the season. I feel like this episode really shined
Speaker 2: a light on these women, and I think, you know,
Speaker 2: over time, we'll get to know more about mel too.
Speaker 1: Okay, so who is Let's just go right now, jump
Speaker 1: to first out of Limo. Who's first out of them?
Speaker 2: First Atlemo was Cindy. She came out in a beautiful
Speaker 2: blue dress and did a bit of a Cinderella entrance,
Speaker 2: like come find me before midnight. Stunningly gorgeous. Honestly, Cindy
Speaker 2: and a lot of these women, if not like all
Speaker 2: these women are giving more like hot ants than they
Speaker 2: are golden grannies.
Speaker 1: It's definitely a different it's definitely a different show for
Speaker 1: feeling younger.
Speaker 2: Golden Yeah, it's feeling younger overall.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean, I like anyone that wants to
Speaker 1: debate that, like, let's debate it, because well, there's.
Speaker 2: No debate, Like there's data. We have the ages of
Speaker 2: every woman that's been on the cast so far, and
Speaker 2: I would say Gary season Gary was seventy one. His
Speaker 2: season was objectively skewed a little bit older. Mal Is
Speaker 2: I think sixty six. His season skewed a little younger.
Speaker 1: Sydney in in Cindy, Sydney, I have a heart tend.
Speaker 2: I know you're Cindy.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know if it's the N and the
Speaker 1: D next to each other, but I struggle with it.
Speaker 1: My take on her is she's somebody I can already
Speaker 1: tell is falling really hard, really fast, and she's going
Speaker 1: to be a facted this whole season.
Speaker 2: I know. I feel so protective of her and I'm
Speaker 2: scared for her.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think she's going to be there a while though.
Speaker 2: I think so too. I think they had like instant chemistry,
Speaker 2: like coming out of the limo, I was like, oh,
Speaker 2: I feel little something something between these two, and so does.
Speaker 1: She because she said it, Yeah, she thinks she's gonna
Speaker 1: marry Mel.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so too. I think she came in
Speaker 2: feeling that this could very well be her person. Yeah,
Speaker 2: so I'm nervous for a potential heartbreak Parks. I think
Speaker 2: it's gonna really hurt if it.
Speaker 1: Comes any any other limo standouts.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's run through just a few of them. We
Speaker 2: got Carol Baseball Assistant to.
Speaker 1: Baseball Icon baseball assistant baseball managing manager.
Speaker 2: Sorry, sorry, Carol.
Speaker 1: She's an assistant to the game of baseball.
Speaker 2: She is what's the line from the office assistant to
Speaker 2: the assistant of the regional manager or whatever.
Speaker 1: Carol is fred They mentioned it multiple times, but Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman plays for the Dodgers. He's one of the best
Speaker 1: baseball players in the league.
Speaker 2: Emml's a fan. He says that.
Speaker 1: He's a fan. She is his aunt and also his manager.
Speaker 1: But I like Carol.
Speaker 2: I like her, and I think that her interest in
Speaker 2: sports is intriguing to Mel because he's also interested in sports.
Speaker 2: I think that's an easy, like common bond, like common
Speaker 2: thing that they've shared that they can bond over her.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think she's attractive, and I think she's
Speaker 1: She comes across very.
Speaker 2: Youthful, yes, and confident.
Speaker 1: And confident, Yes, very confident, And that's maybe that's what
Speaker 1: it is. I think her whole. Everything about her is
Speaker 1: just she's very confident, and that's that's working in her favor.
Speaker 2: So I agree.
Speaker 1: If Carol goes home early, I would be torn apart,
Speaker 1: just devastating. I would be pissed it's over. Honestly, if
Speaker 1: she would have went home at the second row ceremony,
Speaker 1: I would have I would have actually been mad.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well it would have been really shocking too. I'm
Speaker 2: glad she didn't. Then we've got Diane. She's seventy one.
Speaker 2: She's a hockey player, super fit lady, like her arms
Speaker 2: are a music.
Speaker 1: She's like the sweetest woman ever.
Speaker 2: Yeah, she's giving teacher vibes. She said she was a teacher.
Speaker 2: All adds up.
Speaker 1: She lives. She lives in Alaska where Oh yeah, you're like,
Speaker 1: she seems like she could be a family member in
Speaker 1: the proposal. Yeah, but yeah, I mean she's just she
Speaker 1: just was like the nicest, sweetest lady of all time. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: and like such a positive, good energy.
Speaker 2: Yes, let's run through a few more of these. We've
Speaker 2: got Debbie. She's a personal trainer. She's never been married.
Speaker 2: She was a career woman.
Speaker 1: Debbie, by the way, just so everyone here knows, is
Speaker 1: who I think is gonna win.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I actually don't. I don't hate that prediction. Okay,
Speaker 2: we didn't see a lot of her in the first episode,
Speaker 2: but I don't think that means anything. Peg, who was
Speaker 2: the Bomb Squad Tech. She your favorite, She's my favorite.
Speaker 1: She said it multiple times during this episode.
Speaker 2: Peg reminds me very much of one of my best
Speaker 2: friend's moms, and I love her dearly. So to see
Speaker 2: Peg reminds me of her, I'm just like, and that's
Speaker 2: my girl, that's my girl, Like I ride for Peg.
Speaker 2: She reminds me so much of my friend's mom, and like, yeah,
Speaker 2: that's it. I love her. Every time she's on screen,
Speaker 2: I'm like, she's just so happy. She warms my heart.
Speaker 1: I think she's gonna be there for a minute.
Speaker 2: What did you think of Andra, which is Sondra's twin.
Speaker 2: Sondra was on Gary season of The Golden Bachelor.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, she's Sondra's twin literal least Sodra. I think, Yeah,
Speaker 1: so Sondra was one of the older women. Well, I
Speaker 1: think she was the oldest woman on Gary se Gary season,
Speaker 1: and I do think I don't know, I mean, that's like,
Speaker 1: what is that now that that's a ten plus year difference.
Speaker 2: Not quite but almost. She's almost ten years older than mel.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, but yeah, we didn't see I mean, we
Speaker 1: didn't see much of them together, so it's really hard
Speaker 1: to even make a judgment call on what went down
Speaker 1: there because she goes home.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it must have just been a lack
Speaker 2: of connection. I think it's always surprising when a family
Speaker 2: member or friend or relative of a past contestant comes
Speaker 2: on and goes home so quickly. I mean we saw
Speaker 2: that with Matt James's mom, Patti as well, and it
Speaker 2: always catches me by surprise that she's like super chic
Speaker 2: and what she was wearing. But I think, yeah, maybe
Speaker 2: just no chemistry. Cheryl came out in a motorcycle.
Speaker 1: Yes, and we will also be having Cheryl as our
Speaker 1: first person that we're going to interview, so make sure
Speaker 1: you stay tuned to that.
Speaker 2: Yes, interview with Cheryl coming later this week. We'll talk
Speaker 2: about her entrance and all the other things. And then
Speaker 2: the only other one I had written down is kind
Speaker 2: of a standout out of the limo was Jerry, you
Speaker 2: were like, this woman should be on the comap Like
Speaker 2: her voice is so soothing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was, and I stand by that, and I
Speaker 1: think if she goes far in the season, she might
Speaker 1: get that deal.
Speaker 2: I hope that for her. I hope nothing more than
Speaker 2: maybe love, but definitely a comap deal.
Speaker 1: And she she had a you know, her heartbreaking story.
Speaker 1: Her husband passed away when he was forty seven. She
Speaker 1: raised her three kids.
Speaker 2: Alone, big differences in the kids, So I think she's
Speaker 2: had like fourteen, eight and four.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure they had that. She was a nurse,
Speaker 1: so she's just somebody who you could tell is very
Speaker 1: nurturing and a you know, a caregiver and just yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that definitely wasn't easy. So respect for Jerry, and I
Speaker 1: think she might be there for a while.
Speaker 2: I think so too. And I think that one of
Speaker 2: Mel's biggest things in his life is being a father
Speaker 2: to his sons, so I think seeing her passion for
Speaker 2: being a mother to her children is something that he
Speaker 2: really resonated with.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Final thoughts on episode one, Jerry was our first impression
Speaker 2: Rose recipient. What did you think of that?
Speaker 1: H I think she told a story that really moved him.
Speaker 1: I will say I there was a few other women
Speaker 1: that I thought at least what we saw out of
Speaker 1: the limo had stronger chemistry with him, don't you agree?
Speaker 2: Agree to an extent, I agree that I didn't think
Speaker 2: that he had the strongest romantic chemistry with Jerry. I
Speaker 2: thought that Cheryl peg. Yeah. I would say those were
Speaker 2: two that stood out to me of their first conversation
Speaker 2: having a lot of chemistry. I mean, we saw that
Speaker 2: Cheryl and him kissed, but I think that Jerry and
Speaker 2: him bonded on something deeper, maybe than his conversation with
Speaker 2: other women. I think they got more vulnerable with each other.
Speaker 2: I think the conversation was probably the most impactful conversation
Speaker 2: of the night, and I feel like out of all
Speaker 2: the conversations, I was able to get a gauge on
Speaker 2: like her character the most, and that would be where
Speaker 2: the first impression Rose came from.
Speaker 1: On would be my I thought he was going to
Speaker 1: give the Who did you think he was going to
Speaker 1: give the first impression Rose to Cheryl? Cheryl? Interesting?
Speaker 2: Okay, who'd you think.
Speaker 1: I actually thought he was gonna Well, actually no, because
Speaker 1: she was Sidney was first out of a limo.
Speaker 2: And Cindy, Yeah, I usually don't.
Speaker 1: That's always switched. That's why I thought I was gonna
Speaker 1: get it.
Speaker 2: Cindy, Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, let's jump over to
Speaker 2: part two, which is all the women have entered the
Speaker 2: mansion for week one of dates. What do you think
Speaker 2: of the Bachelor Mansion. There's like some new furniture happening,
Speaker 2: some new betting. The art department is switching it up
Speaker 2: for a more modern aesthetic. It feels like I like it.
Speaker 2: I feel like it's like true to the Bachelor's style,
Speaker 2: but it's given it a little bit of a facelift.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean watching the show, I didn't really notice.
Speaker 2: Mister architecture will digest over here. What the heck? So
Speaker 2: we see Jesse comes in with the first date card.
Speaker 2: I love like date card readings. I don't know why.
Speaker 2: I think they're so fun.
Speaker 1: Well, it's like the kickoff, Like especially the first one,
Speaker 1: it's like okay.
Speaker 2: Here we go. Yeah, and it goes to Cheryl for
Speaker 2: the one on one. She's getting almost like a new
Speaker 2: take on the Princess date, which we see every season
Speaker 2: where they go shopping for like a beautiful dress and
Speaker 2: then they go on a date. I feel like this
Speaker 2: was like a take on that, except she did the
Speaker 2: shopping at the mansion with her girls. Personally, I would
Speaker 2: much rather that as a girl if I have the
Speaker 2: choice to. I'm not talking about you, Joe. I love
Speaker 2: shopping with you, but like, if I have the choice
Speaker 2: to go with a guy I just started dating, to
Speaker 2: the mall and like sit in a Bougias store and
Speaker 2: try on a bunch of dresses or my girlfriends not
Speaker 2: even a question. I'm going with my girlfriends. Yeah, and
Speaker 2: then I'd rather just show up and be like, look,
Speaker 2: how gorgeous I look.
Speaker 1: How do you feel about the And I agree with
Speaker 1: you on that, I would rather go shopping with the boys.
Speaker 1: How do you feel about the person who receives the
Speaker 1: first impression Rows? Not like if you were the lead,
Speaker 1: Like if I was the lead, the person that got
Speaker 1: my first impression Rose is going to get the first date.
Speaker 1: Like I don't understand how how I don't get why
Speaker 1: leads don't do that.
Speaker 2: Well, we saw them do that with Grant season where
Speaker 2: Alex got the first impression Rows and then she got
Speaker 2: the first date, right, Yeah, And I remember liking that
Speaker 2: because it's like, Okay, put your money where your mouth is.
Speaker 2: You can't just give out this Rose to like you know,
Speaker 2: make yourself look better, make yourself feel better, like validate
Speaker 2: someone that was like incredibly vulnerable on night one, Like
Speaker 2: you have to actually give it to someone that you
Speaker 2: want to invest hardcore time with.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're like, this is the first you won
Speaker 1: my first impression, so you are the winner who gets
Speaker 1: the time with me first.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it sometimes feels like the person that gets
Speaker 2: the first impression rows, it's like, all right, now take
Speaker 2: a back seat. Yeah, in maybe four to five weeks
Speaker 2: or never. Yeah, And I don't know how I feel
Speaker 2: about that anymore now that I've seen the reverse, which
Speaker 2: is Alex getting the first impressure ROWS and then going
Speaker 2: on that one on one Yeah, because then when she
Speaker 2: got sent home, I was like, Okay, you know, they
Speaker 2: gave it a good run, they gave it a good go.
Speaker 1: First impression rows should lead to a first the first date.
Speaker 1: And I stand by that because I do. I think
Speaker 1: what ends up happening is the person that gets the
Speaker 1: first impression Rows then ends up like taking a back seat,
Speaker 1: even you know subconsciously they're taking a back seat because
Speaker 1: they're like, okay, well I'm fine, I got the first
Speaker 1: impressure ROWS. Then next thing you know, you're two, three
Speaker 1: weeks in and you're not even having any conversations with
Speaker 1: the lead, and you're gone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess on the flip though, if I give
Speaker 2: you the first IMPRESSU rows and then you also get
Speaker 2: a rose the next week on a one on one date.
Speaker 2: Am I not spreading the love enough where the other
Speaker 2: women are going to be like, well, you know, I
Speaker 2: want a little validation too, Like this girl's gotten two
Speaker 2: weeks in a row of just like great times with
Speaker 2: this guy. We just got here, and I'm already feeling
Speaker 2: way behind the a ball is it a ball or
Speaker 2: eight ball?
Speaker 1: Eight ball? The person that got the first impression rose? Though,
Speaker 1: what they didn't get much more time with the lead
Speaker 1: that night, like they get Yeah, they get an extra
Speaker 1: like three minutes of conversation, maybe.
Speaker 2: Get one solid makeup sessions.
Speaker 1: Let's move on from this, okay.
Speaker 2: Joe said, and I'm over it. Okay. So the date
Speaker 2: goes really well, Nicole like really like jumps on Mel
Speaker 2: when he comes to pick up Cheryl for his date,
Speaker 2: Like his cheek had like pink all over it. I
Speaker 2: was like, okay, Nicole, well.
Speaker 1: We see that, but we see that not to jump ahead,
Speaker 1: but in the super tease. We also see Nicole just
Speaker 1: making out. She's just on.
Speaker 2: And on at the pool party.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna make out with Melt in front of everyone.
Speaker 2: Fuck you guys, Like, and you know what, I'm here
Speaker 2: for it because I find the Golden Seasons don't have
Speaker 2: as much drama, and like I need it. I need
Speaker 2: a little something something Like when I saw one of
Speaker 2: the girls like just dipping her toe and complaining about
Speaker 2: the way Nicole was acting, I was like, you just
Speaker 2: sent chills on my spine so excited. Yeah, I agree, respectfully, Nicole.
Speaker 2: You know I don't.
Speaker 1: I felt that. I felt those those chills too.
Speaker 2: I'm glad they were shared. Anyway, this date between Cheryl
Speaker 2: and mal is a really big date. She tells him
Speaker 2: her story about becoming a mother, her relationship with her
Speaker 2: son's father. I think we could maybe hold off on
Speaker 2: diving into this until our interview with Cheryl mostly but
Speaker 2: like wild story, Like WHOA. I was shocked. I was
Speaker 2: blue to the screen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, like that was a like a serious I was like, whoa.
Speaker 1: I felt so bad for her when she told that story.
Speaker 1: But I mean, if you guys didn't watch the episode,
Speaker 1: and I will kind of paraphrase on what happened. But
Speaker 1: her husband not her husband, I don't think. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: was her husband, he was her husband, was her husband.
Speaker 2: I was like second guessing that after hearing the story,
Speaker 2: I was like, maybe it.
Speaker 1: Wasn't don't have much details. So I'm just gonna say,
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm paraphrasing her husband the day that
Speaker 1: she gave birth to their child never showed up at
Speaker 1: the hospital and then was gone for a year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then came back.
Speaker 2: And then kidnapped the child.
Speaker 1: Kidnapped the kid and left for a week. Yeah, what
Speaker 1: the fuck? That's like a that's like a Netflix true
Speaker 1: crime truly, Like that is.
Speaker 2: That is she's gonna have phone calls. She's gonna have
Speaker 2: phone calls from Netflix.
Speaker 1: That is a real partner.
Speaker 2: So like, actually it's gonna be Hulu.
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously you only get to see so
Speaker 1: much of the show because there's you know, it's only
Speaker 1: whatever it is, an hour and a half or however
Speaker 1: long the fucking show is. I'm sure that confort Like
Speaker 1: if that was if I was mel I'd be like, okay,
Speaker 1: you know, if you're okay talking about this, let's talk
Speaker 1: about this, Like this is this is a this is heavy.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, yeah, so heavy, so impactful. I can't
Speaker 2: imagine how it impacted her life. Yeah, and and I
Speaker 2: just can't imagine, like going through childbirth, having the person
Speaker 2: that's supposed to be going through this new season of
Speaker 2: life with me ghost me, and then roll back up
Speaker 2: a year later and you're like, where is he? Also,
Speaker 2: where's my one year old baby? Oh? They're gone, Like
Speaker 2: that's devas stating that's so traumatic. Uh yeah, yeah, Okay,
Speaker 2: let's jump to the group date. So it's a cheerleading date.
Speaker 2: It's cute, it's fun. The iconic Paula Abduel shows up.
Speaker 2: I think this is such a fun fit for the show,
Speaker 2: for her to be here with these women. They're so excited.
Speaker 1: Is paul Abdul married? I don't know, because if she's not,
Speaker 1: let's got.
Speaker 2: Her as the next Golden Bachelorette. I don't know if
Speaker 2: we can afford Paula ab Duel.
Speaker 1: Probably not.
Speaker 2: Mel's GB squad is the winner of the challenge. We
Speaker 2: see a little bit of Monica's conversation about losing your
Speaker 2: husband during COVID. We see Cindy's conversation where they watch
Speaker 2: a video sent by her daughter, and then we see
Speaker 2: a actually was like kind of like a steamy makeout
Speaker 2: and the way it was shot it was far back.
Speaker 2: It was like a little cinematic between Cindy and Mal.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I was like, get it, guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you hear she goes let's do it again.
Speaker 2: Yeah, do it, Cindy tell them. But I like them together.
Speaker 2: I definitely think there's chemistry. And she gets the group
Speaker 2: date rose jumping to the pool party. What do we think?
Speaker 1: Yeah, like, I, like you said, I enjoyed a little
Speaker 1: bit of the jealousy as soon as Nicole kissed Mal.
Speaker 2: In the pool, I mean respectfully, Like she was making
Speaker 2: a scene like they're dead smack in the middle of
Speaker 2: the backyard, like making out hard. Yeah, I was like,
Speaker 2: oh hot, damn yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Do you think she's doing it just like she's fun
Speaker 2: and care free or do you think she's trying to
Speaker 2: mark her territory a little bit and make an impression.
Speaker 1: I think it's both. I think I think she's fun
Speaker 1: and care free. I think that's her personality. I think
Speaker 1: she's like, I'm not going to shy away change my
Speaker 1: personality because of the situation, Like I'm gonna be me,
Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna work in my favor, and
Speaker 1: I think that's what she's doing.
Speaker 2: Do you think it's gonna work in her favor.
Speaker 1: I think it's going to work in her favor for
Speaker 1: a little bit, and then I could see I could
Speaker 1: end up seeing that being an issue because what always
Speaker 1: happens is if he ends up having strong like if
Speaker 1: she's the strongest connection all the way through, then it works. Yeah,
Speaker 1: But what ends up happening every fucking season is there's
Speaker 1: women that have a stronger connection that are going to
Speaker 1: start having a problem with that, and then he's not
Speaker 1: going to be willing to screw up that relationship. So
Speaker 1: eventually Nichol's.
Speaker 2: Gonna go totally like, we're gonna have Cindy going up
Speaker 2: to mel being like, it's really really hard for me
Speaker 2: to watch you making out with Nicole around every single
Speaker 2: corner I walk by, and he's gonna say, all right, sorry, Nicole,
Speaker 2: you gotta go, or they're gonna have an amazing connection
Speaker 2: and maybe she's the one for him. I mean, she's very,
Speaker 2: very beautiful.
Speaker 1: I think I have her in my bottom or my
Speaker 1: top three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and she's got a fun personality too. Another stand
Speaker 2: up from the pool party, My girl Peg. I just
Speaker 2: love her and I love their conversation and I love
Speaker 2: their connection and where the relationship is going so far.
Speaker 1: I think she makes She's also somebody that I could
Speaker 1: see winning.
Speaker 2: I could see it too. And I think she's a badass.
Speaker 2: I mean, she was a firefighter, she was in the
Speaker 2: bomb squad. She's beautiful. I'm excited to see where their
Speaker 2: connection goes. I also just feel like I have a
Speaker 2: personal connection to her, even though I don't. So that's, you know,
Speaker 2: where my passion comes from.
Speaker 1: You have no connection to her whatsoever. But I too.
Speaker 1: I I she's also.
Speaker 2: But aside from my personal feelings, I think she's fantastic.
Speaker 1: Like her interviews and when she's she's very captivating. She
Speaker 1: has that about yeah.
Speaker 2: She very confident, she does.
Speaker 1: She has that about her.
Speaker 2: All right. Finishing it off, we've got the rose ceremony.
Speaker 2: They did it outside by the pool, which I haven't
Speaker 2: seen that before, but I thought that was a fun
Speaker 2: change up. They said, we're not reading these couches in
Speaker 2: the living room every single night, Guys, get outside.
Speaker 1: I missed that.
Speaker 2: You didn't notice it was by the pool? You didn't notice.
Speaker 2: It was fully outside.
Speaker 1: That this is who's to show.
Speaker 2: Joe is like, looks the same to me, you.
Speaker 1: Know, the the the actions are the same.
Speaker 2: We actually are the same. All Right. We lost four
Speaker 2: of our girls. No major surprises, I would say, my lean, Yeah,
Speaker 2: home was a surprise too.
Speaker 1: Well, they don't they We never really seen them have
Speaker 1: a conversation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we saw a lot of Alexandra's interviews, but not
Speaker 2: really a lot of her time with mal Diane and him.
Speaker 2: I just don't know if I saw the romantic spark there, Karl.
Speaker 2: I was a little surprised, but you know, that's just
Speaker 2: kind of how the show works. Lots of amazing women,
Speaker 2: but people have got to go home.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think the biggest usually, the most shocking eliminations
Speaker 1: usually come like week two where I'm like, really, yeah,
Speaker 1: like this that you sent her home? Yeah, Like I
Speaker 1: feel like there was like four other girls that you
Speaker 1: actually could have sent home over that person. But I
Speaker 1: think I think it just boils down.
Speaker 2: To like they're time spent together.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And I also think I also think like the lead,
Speaker 1: like I think they hit it off with Like I
Speaker 1: would say, anywhere from like three to like six people
Speaker 1: that that are just like they are just kind of
Speaker 1: ahead of the game like that. In my opinion, I
Speaker 1: think the lead usually like there's six people that might
Speaker 1: win this, yeah, and everyone else.
Speaker 2: Like after night one, I think they have age. There
Speaker 2: might be a few sleepers, but like and.
Speaker 1: Then I think like everyone else is kind of like
Speaker 1: I know that she won't be there at the end,
Speaker 1: so it doesn't matter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's what did you think of the super
Speaker 2: teas for the season?
Speaker 1: I wasn't. I wasn't like, WHOA, I think I thought
Speaker 1: it was that was fine. That was honestly the best
Speaker 1: super teas I've seen out of this franchise in a
Speaker 1: while was the super tease for Paradise after the first episode.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I didn't even think the first episode was that great,
Speaker 1: but the first episode super teas, I was like, well,
Speaker 1: that was a good supertas.
Speaker 2: It was. It was a really good super tease. But
Speaker 2: there's just so much that goes on in Paradise that
Speaker 2: you can touch on in the super tees. I feel
Speaker 2: like the midway teas, like when you get halfway through
Speaker 2: the season and then you get another big super tease,
Speaker 2: that one is always juicier than the first. One because
Speaker 2: they really don't want to give anything away. It's looking
Speaker 2: like a lovely season. We got some love stories, some kisses,
Speaker 2: some gorgeous ladies. Yeah, I think we'll see I don't know.
Speaker 2: I don't I don't feel like I got a ton
Speaker 2: from that super.
Speaker 1: Teas, So yeah, no, I have no idea what's going
Speaker 1: to happen.
Speaker 2: Like, it looks like we're probably getting an engagement, and
Speaker 2: that's kind of the only major takeaway I got other
Speaker 2: than like some clips of women that I already felt
Speaker 2: like we're probably I actually.
Speaker 1: Think I think we're going to get an engagement out
Speaker 1: of this, and I think it's gonna work.
Speaker 2: I hope.
Speaker 1: So I think they're going to actually get married.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, you think we're gonna get a wedding.
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna get I think this. I think
Speaker 1: this season is going to be a winner.
Speaker 2: Wouldn't it be crazy if there was like a Golden
Speaker 2: Bachelor baby, Like, wouldn't it be crazy he hands up
Speaker 2: with someone they get pregnant.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, that would be crazy, But I think would
Speaker 1: be what I was thinking of more when I was
Speaker 1: watching the show, is it's gonna be crazy when they
Speaker 1: get somebody that's been on And we've said this so
Speaker 1: many times. What I was thinking about this season, like
Speaker 1: they are going to get someone that's been on the
Speaker 1: regular show before, and that's gonna be a big.
Speaker 2: Game, I know. But I think we're still like quite
Speaker 2: a few years away from that. Yeah, you know what
Speaker 2: I mean. I think we're like ten years away from that.
Speaker 1: Okay, real quick, before we wrap, Serena and I, like always,
Speaker 1: we pick our top our top three. We are adding
Speaker 1: one person.
Speaker 2: I'll remind you of who we each have who's off limits. Right,
Speaker 2: So Joe picked Nicole, Myleene and Roxanne, and I picked Debbie,
Speaker 2: Carol and Jerry.
Speaker 1: You picked? You picked Debbie. I actually Debbie.
Speaker 2: I know, I actually slayed with my picks.
Speaker 1: You got Debbie, Carol and.
Speaker 2: Who I have? Debbie Carol and Jerry.
Speaker 1: I didn't pick Jerry.
Speaker 2: No, you pick.
Speaker 1: I didn't pick I didn't pick Carol.
Speaker 2: You did not. You did not. Okay, but you know what,
Speaker 2: there's you got. You got a few good people that
Speaker 2: we could add on.
Speaker 1: So it's my pick.
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, go for it. God damn, how do you
Speaker 2: do that to me? That like really like hurt my heart?
Speaker 1: Good?
Speaker 2: Okay, Ooh, I'm between Cheryl and Cindy. I'm gonna go
Speaker 2: with Hmmm. I don't think Cindy and him. I don't
Speaker 2: know if I think Cindy andhim are gonna end together,
Speaker 2: because I think she's gonna start to have a really
Speaker 2: hard time with the group dating situation. But I'm still
Speaker 2: gonna go Cindy.
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