WEBVTT - Welcome Home, Joe! 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:07.200 Welcome back, happy our listeners. Guess what, it's just your GRLTAIA. 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.840 This week Becca is out. Okay, but don't you worry, 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.720 because I'm here to talk about everything from last night's 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:15.239 episode and even to answer some of you guys is 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:19.799 juicy questions that you guys have submitted. But also we 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.079 have mister Basketball himself joining me to talk about his 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.720 one on one that just so happened to take place 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.160 in his hometown of Minnesota, and so much more. There 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:33.240 were some things that happened this week in the episode. 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:38.040 I don't know if I necessarily just I got secondhand embarrassment, 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:42.040 you know, I just felt so bad for Chriss. Chris 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.479 s that man. I feel like he was starting to 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.800 spiral out of control, and like we kind of all 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.840 saw it coming. I wonder if he saw it coming 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.840 or if he felt it. His demeanor was off, his 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:58.920 energy was just off, and sure enough, in true Bachelor fashion, 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.040 when people start to spy a lot of control, well 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:06.440 that means the end is near, unfortunately, and Chris decided 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.120 to take it into his own hands to quote unquote 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.400 show up. Like Michelle has asked, I don't know if 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.920 she necessarily meant it in this way, especially on a 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:19.240 one on one when he clearly has no business attending. 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:24.080 But he showed up all right, and she said audios. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.319 I think at this point I just really loved that. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:33.399 Michelle was like, look, I need somebody to have my back, 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.280 but lets me speak. I don't need to be spoken for. 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.560 In fact, I feel extremely empowered when I when I'm speaking, 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:44.440 and I just need somebody that actually supports that and 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.600 can just have my back with whatever I say and 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.680 allows me to make my own judgments and decisions on 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:56.280 my own. And with that said, my judgment is your 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.280 judgment day, sir, and you're gonna go home. So ah. 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.200 I don't know if he necessarily saw that one coming, 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.080 or I don't know what he was thinking was going 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:06.720 to happen, why he was going to save the day. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.120 She's going to stop her date with Nate and go 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:14.160 back home with him. Just you know, a role of 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.839 advice for everybody out there, if you ever decide to 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.800 make your a little sweet way onto the Bachelor bachelorette, 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.640 don't do this. Okay. I know it sounds like a 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.240 really good idea at the time, Just don't do it. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.880 There's another way to go about it and it ain't 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:35.000 it like that, So that was I think it was 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.079 time for Chris asked to say goodbye. Unfortunately, I feel 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.919 like he really didn't have fun on the Viking date. 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:42.959 Which the Viking date, Can we talk about that for 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.679 a second. I may have sent myself home on that 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.960 date because truthfully, the thing that they were eating a 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.440 raw fish, I mean brandan bit into that fish, and 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.680 I swear I saw juice guts spitting out, and literally 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:01.080 Rodney is so funny. It was like you say it crunchy. 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:05.040 It was I could not stop laughing. Rodney kills me. Anyway, 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:09.120 So this week's episode was really good. I feel like 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.560 I really loved Nate's went on. One day. Michelle was 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.480 in her element and she fell up at home, but 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:18.600 also she felt at home and like really really comfortable, 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.680 and I feel like she really grew in a relationship 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.640 with Joe, which I cannot wait to have him here 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.720 on the episode today. He's coming any minute now and 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.880 we'll just deep dive with that with him. But until then, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.480 we have some fan questions to answer. Let's see what 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.560 y'all have submitted, shall we? What is the best part 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:40.720 of co hosting the bachelort. Well, number one, the pressure 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.800 is not on me, so I just got to kind 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.520 of like sit back and kind of giggle and laugh 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:54.160 and really admire like the love and how much you 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.360 watch all of these individuals grow from Afar, Like, I 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.160 feel like you really see these people like step out 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.160 of their comfort zones and put themselves out there and 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.560 try to do these romantic gestures. And there's just something 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:09.760 so I don't know, sweet and endearing about it that, Um, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.200 it's fun to watch from Afar, but also like watching 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:14.840 you know, the lead kind of fall in love and 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:18.880 really seeing that from night one to like the finish, 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.440 it's just like the waves of emotions and and and 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.080 just like the people that you filter through. It's funny 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.320 like how your gut instinct is always correct and that's 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.400 just been really fun. Also, I mean, come on, Caitlin 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:34.560 and I have a freaking ball of a time. We 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:38.200 cannot stop laughing. In fact, I feel like we need 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.320 a TV show ourselves and just like to just show 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:45.120 you guys how crazy we are behind the scenes. But yeah, 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.880 I really enjoy my co host and I really have 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:53.840 fun doing what I do. Um. Next question, what is 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.440 the biggest difference between your hosting role now versus actually 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.599 being the bachelorette U. So I get asked us a lot, 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.680 but for a lot of the obvious reasons, and I 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.599 kind of touched on that with the last question. It's like, 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:12.240 I'm not in the vulnerable, I'm not in the volnable position, 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:19.440 which you know I've done. It's it's an amazing experience, 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.560 but also at the same time, it's extremely draining and 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.760 it can be really tough, but it also could be 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:30.280 extremely rewarding. So right now, as hosting, it's kind of 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.960 just kind of being on the sidelines, just kind of 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:37.600 like watching over what's kind of happening. You don't really 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.760 get to intervene too much and get to be a 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.919 part of like what's going on, which I kind of 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:47.960 find special because we look forward to those conversations with Michelle. 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.240 She kind of like fills us in. I don't know 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:55.039 everything at times, so it's nice to kind of hear 0:05:55.240 --> 0:06:01.400 her experience from you know, how she's experienced it. And yeah, 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.239 I have to say the late night, in the long hours, 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.200 I was watching Michelle do it, like I would like 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:08.840 look out my window and they were still out there 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.640 at like three am. I'm like, there's no way y'all 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.320 can get me to do that again. Like I was 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:17.400 exhausted just thinking about it. I don't know how I 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.240 did it. But then again, it's like a crazy high 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.960 when you're doing it. So yeah, So the biggest difference, well, 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.760 it's just not me in the hot scene and being 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.520 able to kind of like help somebody on their journey 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:32.880 has been really fun rewarding. M What did you do 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:39.359 to train for the NY Marathon? Well, it was kind 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:43.920 of difficult because I had made the commitment to do 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:51.599 the marathon back at the end of May, and yeah, 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.440 I had. I had decided that I want to do 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.760 the marathon at the end of May, and I signed 0:06:55.839 --> 0:07:00.680 up in June, and truthfully, like to two weeks later 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.240 or three weeks later, I was leaving to go film 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.880 Michelle season, so actually two weeks later yea. So it 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:12.360 was really tough and not ideal my training regiment, just 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.320 because I didn't get back into the city until mid September, 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.280 which is actually crazy to me, Like I was on 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.520 the road for that long and truthfully training on a treadmill. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:23.840 If I'm sure some of you guys know, if you 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:28.600 guys are runners, but training on a treadmill is not 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.040 nearly the same as running outside and trying to pace 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.640 yourself and figuring out the distance you can go and whatnot. 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.360 So I did it as much as I possibly could. 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:40.680 You know, it's tough being stuck in a hotel and 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:43.880 having that beer only outlet, and sometimes you just don't 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.800 want to be like in an inside hotel gym. You 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.520 just kind of want to be outside in kind of rome. 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.320 I think that's kind of the beauty of running, is 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:55.040 exploring and kind of having that, I don't know, a 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.000 free spirit, if you will. So it was a little 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.720 difficult until I got here back to New York City 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:02.400 and I was able to run around the city. I 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.720 saw it in a completely different light than I normally had, 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.480 which I think is like the most exciting thing for me. 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:11.480 Like it was I would be on runs and I 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.320 would completely stop and just be in all of like 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.440 the skyline and be like I actually live here, Like 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:17.920 I made this happen. It's been a dream for me 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.080 for a while. It's been a dream of mine for 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.880 a while, and it was just very surreal. And to 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.080 do that with Zach and some of our friends have 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:30.400 just I don't know. It's just been really magical. So 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.160 it was really just doing at least like two short 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.360 runs during the week and then doing a long run 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.520 on the weekend when I could fit it in. Ideally, 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.160 I would have loved to train a little bit more, 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.199 just so you know, if I would have trained a 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.200 little bit more, I would have gone a better time. 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:48.800 I would have smoked yell, just kidding. Humble, humble, stay humble. Anyway, 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:51.600 next year, it's freaking on. That's all I have to say. 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:55.319 Next year it's on. I have like sub four goal 0:08:55.559 --> 0:09:00.280 and I will hit that. So I'm really excited. Um. 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:05.400 Next question, of all the men who've gone home so far, 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.160 who are you most excited to talk to at the 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.719 mental all and why? I mean, I have to say 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:14.680 this is pretty easy. It's gonna probably be Chriss because 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.200 I want to hear his final thoughts. I don't really 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.480 think that he thought his journey was going to end 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.480 the way it did. Again, I would love to know 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:25.920 what he thought was going to happen. Yeah, and he's 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.079 kind of a ratic, like I just feel like there's 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.400 just so much do unpack there. So he's a little 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:35.240 bit fat. Let's let's talk to Chris ass honey. And lastly, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.040 can you and Caitlin please do more TikTok dances? They 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:45.040 are so fun? Yes, yes, more. Yes, it's funny because 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:46.679 like when we're in the moment and we're like all 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.080 dressed up and we're doing our thing, it's probably one 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:50.520 of the last things on our mind, and then we 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.280 like look back and we're like, why don't we do 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.280 a TikTok or like why didn't we do this or that? 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.839 But when the moment you kind of forget. But TikTok 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:03.120 dances Her and I just love them, and I feel 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.280 like it's something that we both like bond on and 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.520 we kind of pick up pretty easily. So yes, to 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.600 answer your question, yes, we will work on some more. 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.280 In fact, I think she'll be here in New York 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.120 in a few weeks, so maybe we'll do one. Then 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.720 all right, guys, well that was fun. Thank you for 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.439 submitting some questions. Go ahead and continue to do that. 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.840 I would love to do this with Becca Um pretty 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.200 soon here so that we can both kind of like 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.360 play around. But other than that, thank you and that 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.600 was fun. But without further ado, it is time to 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:43.760 bring on our guest Joe mister basketball himself. Welcome to 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:53.040 Bachelor Happy Hour. Hi Joe, good, how are you Minnesota? 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.520 But is it cold? How cold is it? Let's have 0:10:55.559 --> 0:11:00.000 a competition, Let's see who's colder. It's funny. Six Oh 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:02.760 I'm not even going to get my phone out because 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.400 it's way colder over there than it is. We have 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:10.520 a lot to talk about, okay for sure. But first off, 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:16.320 mister basketball, Minnesota, how are you? How are you doing good? 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.440 Been really good? Um? Yeah, this has been a really 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.880 cool experience, and you know, just watching things back has 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.319 been really fun for me. So it's been It's been 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:28.840 a good experience from me, myself and also my family. Wow, 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:34.120 it's been fun. Has it been fun watching yourself back? Oh? Well, 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.600 I mean I've never really liked listening to my own voice, 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.680 and like it's fun watching It's fun watching the things 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:42.480 that we weren't able to see while on the show. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.720 So that's been absolutely I have to say, watching myself 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.840 back when I was on The Bachelor, I don't know 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.000 if I would necessarily call it fun. I was like 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.600 running from one side of the room to the other, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:54.960 like the second I'm going to come on. I was like, 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.680 so uncomfortable watching with my family. The fact that you 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:01.480 do that, kudos to you. It is uncomfortable. But yeah, 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:02.959 it's the it's the other part. It's the stuff that 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.560 I didn't see or hear about before that's really interesting. Yeah, 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:10.480 it's all good. Um, I need to know. How did 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:16.320 you end up on the Bachelorette? Yeah, so I was nominated. Okay. 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.240 I had some people from Minnesota that thoughts, you know, 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.400 me and the show would be a good couple, and 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.400 so they're like, you should really just they asked me 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:26.160 if I would want to apply, and I was I 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.000 told him like, no, there's no way I'm ever doing that. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:34.040 Some emojis, um, And then like an hour later or something, 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.800 I got a screenshot and it was like your submission 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:40.120 or like your application has been submitted, and I was like, wow, 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:41.960 you really did it. You really did it. And I 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.760 just sent prying emojis, not thinking anything. I would really 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.240 come a bit and I think I reached out to 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.200 like that night, you reached out to you that night 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.320 that night. Yeah, oh my god, that's so quick. It 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.840 was so quick, So like, no way, So at least 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.440 you weren't trying to like get onto a show for 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.559 years now. It was really just because like you thought 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.360 or your friend thought that you would have a connection 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:08.040 with Michelle. Well that's kind of cool. I mean, hey, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.240 when it's supposed to happen, it's supposed to happen. But 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.520 we had a lot to impact with your journey because 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.160 a lot has happened. But let's take it back to 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:20.880 night one. Obviously this is not something you were kind 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:25.360 of expecting. But how nervous were you coming out of 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:29.040 that limo seeing Michelle on that podium? I need to 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.400 know everything, you know, how it is. It's a lot 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.960 of lead up going into that moment, just how long 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.040 the process is, just making sure that you're ready before 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.120 you get in the limit, and once you're there, you're 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:40.840 kind of sitting waiting for some of the other guys 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:42.320 to go, and it's just like I wish I would 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.480 have them first, and I ended up being the last 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.320 out of the limo. So it's just like a lot 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.720 of nerves going into that. Like I could easily say 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.280 that I was like the most nervous I've been in 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.240 my life. Been in a lot of games where you know, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.760 games are on the line. I'm at the free line 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:59.480 and I think compared to like that opening night. Yeah, 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.160 I mean I can well I've never been you know, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.680 mister basketball or like even a basketball player or know 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:09.280 what that feeling feels like. Um, but yeah, the anxiety 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:13.320 and kind of like the stress of coming out of 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:17.720 that limo is wild. But for you, yours was even 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:22.640 a little bit more different or a little bit more special, 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:27.400 if you will, because you actually knew Michelle. Did you 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.440 think that she would recognize you? No, I didn't. I didn't. 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:37.360 You didn't I did, Okay, So I don't understand you 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.280 knew that she saw your instagrament. Okay, So you just 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.600 thought it was so long ago, she's not going to 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.320 know I've never met her in person, because clearly, you guys, 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.040 I mean you can clarify for everybody. You guys had 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.040 just DMed a couple of times. It was nothing more 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:53.080 than that. So you guys have never met in person before. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:54.720 So you just thought you would kind of get away 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.440 with it. Yeah, well, not necessarily get away with it, 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.560 but I thought, you know, I'd be a topic of 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.560 convers station later on, not necessarily right in and there 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:06.720 in that moment, did your heart job? Because I remember this. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.720 I remember because we were watching you guys, and you 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.360 left the podium and she's like, hold on a second, 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.280 did I dm you? Like? And you turned around. I 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.520 think you said what you said something like we'll talk 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.680 about it or something. I said, we'll see I think 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.120 maybe something like that, and she's like, wait, you goosit 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:29.200 me and then just called me out. So were you 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.120 freaking out at that point? I was already freaking out. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.320 So that was just like more more on top of it. 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.920 But I'm glad we had that conversation. It was we 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.320 just nipped it in the boot right there. So yeah, 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:45.720 that's good. Well, okay, so you had an interesting night, 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.720 one one that not a lot of people can relate 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.360 to because that was you ghosted our lead by the way, 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.320 not you know, probably not the best boot to start on, 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:59.720 but like it's all good. No, probably not. But I 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.120 think one of the dates that you know, we kind 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.800 of saw you step into your element was when we 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.240 were in Palms bringing me on the basketball group date. 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.160 First off, I wanted to say, I'm so sorry for 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.480 your loss of your coach. Um. I know that was 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:18.960 really tough for you, Um, but I almost feel like 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.520 I'm happy you saw Michelle that day. Because I feel 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.680 like that's something that you could help probably lift your spirits. 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:29.320 You know. Yeah, I appreciate that. It was it was 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.960 crazy timing because you know, you're not able to really 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.520 talk to the outside world, and the fact that you 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.960 know that day, um, and then got a call about 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.440 my coach passing, you know, on the day that we're 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:44.680 having a group basketball date. Um. Was it was like 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.440 kind of special, you know, just to like have that 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.920 happened and then um, you know, be able to not 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:51.840 necessarily put it beside me, but then you know, go 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.560 to a place where you should would go to, uh, 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.480 you know, have fun and like kind of forgot about 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.760 the outs I think, clear my head exactly. So yeah, 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.960 just being able to have that it was great. Yeah. 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.479 Was it fun to be on that court with all 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.480 the other guys and like kind of being your element. Yeah, yeah, 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.399 it was super fun. A lot of the other guys 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.040 that kind of talked about them being hoovers and that 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:16.040 they're decent and things like that, so I was like, okay, cool, yeah. Fun. 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.080 At this point, I don't think anybody knew that you like, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.840 you know, had done pretty well your in your basketball career. 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.800 Back at home, so you kind of were just like 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.399 remaining humble at this point, right, Yeah, I just was 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.480 remarrying humble, just staying quiet. I mean, some other guys 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.959 are talking about how they had bounce taking dug and 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:38.280 all this and that I was just kind of staying Yeah, 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.119 that's my play, talked for it. So yes, and you 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.720 did pretty good that day, if I remember. At first, 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.639 I think it was a little shaky for everyone, but 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:51.040 then I think you kind of you took it home. Yeah, 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:54.840 but it's no segor that Michelle also can ball, and 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.879 she definitely gave you a run for your money. Um, 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.000 is that your first time you ever got you know, 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:08.639 you're asked by a girl. Yeah, I would say that 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.199 is the first time she killed me. We got a 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.400 good game of tig. She got me for sure, Yeah 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.240 she did. Is that a turn on for you? With 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.359 watching her play basketball and kind of be able to 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.040 kind of school you and kind of match your skill, 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:24.240 It was a big turn on question. Yeah for sure. 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.919 For sure. I've never seen her play before, so just 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.520 the end, let's see her in person and seeing her 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:34.600 show was pretty nice. So good. Yeah, well, look, you 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:39.119 did amazing that day, and I think, um, yeah, you 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.840 also kind of got the group Date Award, if you will, 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.040 and got to continue on with that, and so you 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:49.719 guys's connection there continue to grow. But um, what also 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:54.880 continued to grow was the drama with Jamie. And we're 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:56.639 just gonna touch on this for a quick little second 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.639 because really it was you that he was talking about. 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.960 What went through your mind when you found that that 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.479 some of the guys aka Jesse Jamie had been questioning 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.000 whether or not you and Michelle had any sort of 0:19:12.040 --> 0:19:15.679 relationship before going on the show. Well, I've had some 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.040 guys I kind of asked, just like you know, night 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.880 one or even this days after there's no one else 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.200 from Minnesota. They were like, do you know her every better? 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.000 So they were like asking U, but they asked me. 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.800 They didn't like necessarily like gossip to other guys and say, like, god, 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.320 it not include me in the conversation at least, so 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.040 they were asking me, I just have a real with them. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.720 But the funny thing is, yeah, Jamie never never spoke 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.680 to me, so really, yeah, you never took the time 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.960 to have a conversation with me. So um, yeah, that 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:48.000 was interesting that you know, it ended up just being him. 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:50.879 So guys asked you and it just kind of like 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:52.399 you just put it to bad right then and there, 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:54.880 and they didn't really kind of question that, and um 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:58.399 dive any deeper. Oh yeah, they asked, Yeah, they asked her. 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.399 I know her, if I knew her, I met her 0:20:00.640 --> 0:20:03.640 and that's never met her. But I mean, I guess 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:05.960 I could elaborate it a little more, but oh, I 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:08.280 just felt like that would have just been not good 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:12.119 for the situation, something about messages. So it was just 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:14.840 just kept it at that, like I've never met before, 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:17.920 and that's pretty much where it was. Oh God, well, 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:23.480 you know, that's what happens when someone kinds of like 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:26.520 makes up this story and just kind of I don't know, 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.280 alludes to something, Well, it ends up budding in the ass. 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:31.760 And that kind of what happened to Jamie. So at 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:33.840 least the truth came out and you were truthful. Michelle 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:39.040 was truthful, and that's all you know. Um, how excited 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:40.800 were you when you found out that you guys were 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:43.000 to go to Minnesota and no palm strings? Was fun? 0:20:43.720 --> 0:20:46.480 Obviously the heat was great. I think you're like, yeah, No, 0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:49.600 wasn't that that great? Did the heat get to you? 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:52.520 It got to me for sure, Okay, would you rather 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:55.280 have that kind of heat or what is it? Twenty 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:58.879 six there? See, you can always put layers on, but 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.359 you can't take layers. I mean, I guess that's true. 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:03.840 It was so hot. I mean, like even during the day, 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:06.959 I didn't want to be outside. Yeah, and at night 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:10.360 it was super hot too. It was super hot. Yeah. 0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:13.000 But see, like I love that. I don't know, I 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.040 guess I like me too, but like I feel like 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:19.840 that was just a little aggressed. Yeah, just a little Hey, 0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.040 look at least you guys got to leave and go 0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:24.679 to Minnesota. On my season, we stayed in that one 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:31.080 hundred and twenty degree the entire time. The entire time. Yeah, yeah, 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:33.960 it was I mean the men, they really put up 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:37.480 a fight. So um, but then you gotta go to Minnesota, 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.520 so you gotta go home. How did how did you 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:44.040 feel when she was like, so we're not staying here, 0:21:44.240 --> 0:21:46.400 We're going to Minnesota, but all the places in the world, 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:51.720