Speaker 1: Happy New Year. I thought you should doe in a
Speaker 1: ten second countdown. Chairs see you, Rachel, Chairs, Happy New Year.
Speaker 1: We hope ever had a great holiday. Yes, virtually clinking
Speaker 1: our glasses together and raise a glass. If you're listening
Speaker 1: to this now, happy New Years. You guys. We made it.
Speaker 1: We made it to twenty twenty one. I know it
Speaker 1: seems like we would never get here. We're here. And
Speaker 1: just because it's another day year on the calendar, we're
Speaker 1: still facing some of the things that we experienced in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. We know that. But if you're listening to this,
Speaker 1: it means you made it and you're you're here, you're healthy.
Speaker 1: We hope you had a happy holiday. And you've heard
Speaker 1: me say before odd years or my years, so I'm
Speaker 1: giving that to everybody, that energy to everybody else. It
Speaker 1: is a new year. It is a new season in
Speaker 1: life and a new season the Bachelor. You know what,
Speaker 1: we didn't even take a break. We're just straight in
Speaker 1: it to win it once again. But Rachel, before we
Speaker 1: even like get into everything, it's her one year anniversary
Speaker 1: of doing the podcast together. Oh my gosh, you in
Speaker 1: particular to my amazing co host, such a good friend,
Speaker 1: I'm so glad that I spent this past year doing this.
Speaker 1: We've had ups and downs throughout this entire Do I
Speaker 1: call it a journey? I guess yes, that's what it is.
Speaker 1: But I'm so glad that we're in it twenty twenty one.
Speaker 1: Hopefully this year is better than twenty twenty, even though
Speaker 1: I feel like twenty twenty was such a growth of
Speaker 1: a year. But yeah, yeah, I mean, And I want
Speaker 1: to start because Rachel and I before we hopped on here,
Speaker 1: we had a quick conversation of how we want to
Speaker 1: approach the overall podcast and our conversations with each other
Speaker 1: and our guests week by week, and there's a lot
Speaker 1: that has transpired, and first and foremost, and Rachel, please
Speaker 1: jump in here whenever you want. But to everybody listening,
Speaker 1: thank you for sticking with us throughout this past year
Speaker 1: and to still subscribing to Bachelor Happy Hour. We are
Speaker 1: so incredibly thankful. We obviously could not be here and
Speaker 1: do this without you and as much fun as we
Speaker 1: have together and as enjoyable as it is, and it's
Speaker 1: such a good outlet, like just for me personally to
Speaker 1: be here and to talk with you all, it's hard
Speaker 1: at times, because I think at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's hard to differentiate like that. You know, this is
Speaker 1: a job and we're watching a show to recap and
Speaker 1: give our opinions on a reality TV show, and a
Speaker 1: lot of times we're going to say things that you
Speaker 1: maybe don't agree with or that you don't you know,
Speaker 1: see eye to eye with us on and that's okay.
Speaker 1: But as much as we love all the support that
Speaker 1: we get, there's also a lot of hate and judgment
Speaker 1: and negativity out there. And I know it's wayne on
Speaker 1: both of us, but rich especially you too, and so
Speaker 1: I just want to address it and then hopefully move
Speaker 1: on and move forward from this. And so again, thank
Speaker 1: you guys for listening. But keep in mind, we're recapping
Speaker 1: a two hour TV show weekly that has thirty plus contestants,
Speaker 1: that has drama, and we know a little bit behind
Speaker 1: the scenes of stuff thatch down and so overall this
Speaker 1: should still be a fun, light and enjoyable podcast for
Speaker 1: you all to listen to. And it is a podcast,
Speaker 1: so we do give our opinions, that's what it is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: very well said Becca very well said I won't say much,
Speaker 1: and partly for me not saying much is just the
Speaker 1: fear of saying anything. That's how I feel like things
Speaker 1: have gotten to that point. You know, Becca and I
Speaker 1: will be the first to say we don't get everything right,
Speaker 1: and honestly, that's not the point of the podcast. We're
Speaker 1: not trying to, We're not trying to be right. We're
Speaker 1: just trying to. You know, we're fans. We watch the show.
Speaker 1: We watch it like you, guys. We have opinions just
Speaker 1: like you do when you're sitting at home on the
Speaker 1: couch watching it with your girlfriends or however you watch
Speaker 1: the show, you have a strong opinions or maybe not
Speaker 1: so strong as about people that you watch. And that's
Speaker 1: what we're doing, but just recording it on a microphone,
Speaker 1: putting it out there in podcast forum for you guys
Speaker 1: to listen to, and please feel free to give your
Speaker 1: opinions on what we say. We like constructive criticism and
Speaker 1: we want to be better for you. But please understand
Speaker 1: that we're not always going to say what you want
Speaker 1: to hear. We're not always going to get it right
Speaker 1: the way that you want us to. But this should
Speaker 1: be a space where we can all talk about something
Speaker 1: we have in common, which is this show. This franchise,
Speaker 1: and we talk about the silliness of the show, the good,
Speaker 1: the bad, the ugly, our past experiences on the show,
Speaker 1: and what we think about the people who come and
Speaker 1: go on the show. But it's just gotten to a
Speaker 1: point where, and I know you feel this way too.
Speaker 1: It's like I feel like I can't be myself. I
Speaker 1: feel muted. I feel like, Okay, I hear you, I
Speaker 1: hear what you're saying, because it's not criticism that we're getting.
Speaker 1: It's nastiness, it's negativity, it's judgment, it's a personal attacks
Speaker 1: where that's not what podcasting should be, right. We're just
Speaker 1: having a conversation about a show, a reality TV show.
Speaker 1: So you know, and I'm I'm know I'm assertive when
Speaker 1: I talk, and I'm passionate and I'm very direct. But
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that what I'm saying is the truth.
Speaker 1: It doesn't mean what I'm saying is fact. It just
Speaker 1: means that this is what I think about it. Feel
Speaker 1: free to disagree. That's okay. It makes that's becca and
Speaker 1: I don't always agree. That's what makes this this whole
Speaker 1: thing fun. So you know what, this is a historic season,
Speaker 1: and I know we are both super excited about it,
Speaker 1: excited about it. And this is something we have talked
Speaker 1: about that we have won it since we have been
Speaker 1: affiliated with this franchise, and that's diversity, and specifically we
Speaker 1: have both talked about wanting to see the first black Bachelor.
Speaker 1: And here we are season twenty five. It took twenty
Speaker 1: five seasons, eighteen years. What is the Matchelor diversity campaign say?
Speaker 1: And like forty however many contestants and now we're finally
Speaker 1: here and I am myself and Becca want to be
Speaker 1: in a place where you're excited to talk about a
Speaker 1: moment we have waited so long for. And so I'm
Speaker 1: hoping that you guys take this information, you receive this information,
Speaker 1: and we can just get back to the basics of
Speaker 1: having fun. Right now, we feel a little bit muted.
Speaker 1: We feel like we have to walk on xhells and
Speaker 1: what it is that we're going to say, And it
Speaker 1: shouldn't be that way. It really shouldn't, especially when we
Speaker 1: are in such a great time with the franchise and
Speaker 1: a historic time by having Matt James as our bachelor.
Speaker 1: So with that being said, you know, did you have
Speaker 1: a New Year's resolution? Becca? Oh? I have a whole
Speaker 1: list for Rachel. I saw you put that on social
Speaker 1: I think that's great. I wish I could take the
Speaker 1: time to do a list. I think that's beautiful. But
Speaker 1: you know what I realized about my resolue is a
Speaker 1: lot of times they're so vague that they don't they're like,
Speaker 1: it's harder for me, I think, to follow them year
Speaker 1: by year. And so one of them now in twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: oh my god, I didn't even know what year in
Speaker 1: this in twenty twenty one is to be more precise
Speaker 1: and direct and adamant with what I'm envisioning, with what
Speaker 1: I want to manifest. And so that's one of the
Speaker 1: main ones I would say. And then what was it?
Speaker 1: What was it you told me last year? Babies? Right, well, babies, yes,
Speaker 1: But I did I realized I'm not great at having
Speaker 1: a New Year's resolution. I wish I like, I saw
Speaker 1: your list, I thought that was fantastic, and I wish
Speaker 1: I did something like that. So for me, I just
Speaker 1: did a word a word or a matra. And I
Speaker 1: stole this from Trista because her podcast, which you guys
Speaker 1: would check it out. It's absolutely amazing. It is called
Speaker 1: better and So my word is better. I want to
Speaker 1: be better in all aspects of my life, and so
Speaker 1: I'm saying that too because I want us to be
Speaker 1: better with our Bachelor Happy Hour community. You know, there
Speaker 1: are ways that Becca and I can both be better,
Speaker 1: there are ways that this podcast can be better, and
Speaker 1: there are ways that you as an audience can be better.
Speaker 1: So let's all collectively just be better in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one and beyond. So with that saying, I'm saying that
Speaker 1: let's talk about this historic season and Matt James, let's
Speaker 1: get right into it, break it down. We also have
Speaker 1: a very very special guest coming on the show. You
Speaker 1: know how we do it during during the season, we
Speaker 1: bring you the best guest, We get them first, and
Speaker 1: so we have none other than Abigail, the first Impression
Speaker 1: Rose recipient, coming onto our show. But before we talk
Speaker 1: to her, we're just going to dive a little bit
Speaker 1: into things that stood out to us in this episode. Becca,
Speaker 1: take it away. Oh my gosh, where to even begin.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, as you said, like, this is probably
Speaker 1: one of the most anticipated seasons that we've been waiting for,
Speaker 1: and I think overall, after watching the premiere, one of
Speaker 1: the things that I really walked away with was And
Speaker 1: I don't want this to sound bad, but I like,
Speaker 1: I didn't have super super high expectations for Matt only
Speaker 1: because I say that only because he's never done this before.
Speaker 1: Like that's fair. He had no clue really what he
Speaker 1: was walking into. And it's funny because you know, I
Speaker 1: think he's talked to a handful of leads before he
Speaker 1: left for his season, and one thing that he asked,
Speaker 1: it's like, what do I expect? And I was like, look,
Speaker 1: like it's gonna be a whirlwind. You're gonna meet so
Speaker 1: many beautiful, incredible women. There's gonna be drama. But like
Speaker 1: the parts that people don't see and don't think about
Speaker 1: are the most grueling parts where it's like you're miked
Speaker 1: up all the time. You're constantly in interviews, you're constantly
Speaker 1: being whisked away to do press or you know, to
Speaker 1: deal with the drama or this and that. Like there's
Speaker 1: so much that you don't know, and you're constantly talking
Speaker 1: about your same thoughts and feelings and emotions over over,
Speaker 1: and so that's one thing that I was like, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be really exciting, but it's gonna be so
Speaker 1: draining because you don't fully know what you're getting into
Speaker 1: and so and he didn't expect that, and so I
Speaker 1: just was like, you know, he could really get in
Speaker 1: front of the cameras and show up and not be
Speaker 1: articulate and not give a lot of feeling and emotion
Speaker 1: and depth there. And so after watching just him during
Speaker 1: this night one and talking with his mom and Chris
Speaker 1: and all of the women, I felt like, I actually
Speaker 1: kind of like the fact that he's never done this before.
Speaker 1: I found it a little bit more refreshing. I love
Speaker 1: the fact that he was nervous, but I was very
Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised overall at what he provided to me as
Speaker 1: a viewer. I think that that's well said. I was
Speaker 1: surprised at how nervous he was. I mean, I knew
Speaker 1: it was I knew he was going to be nervous,
Speaker 1: but we saw it, you know, like they can see
Speaker 1: it because they're with them, and maybe his hands were
Speaker 1: shaking or they were clamming or whatever, but you could
Speaker 1: see how nervous he was, which I thought was endearing
Speaker 1: and made me feel like he was taking it seriously.
Speaker 1: One thing I did note is they really want us
Speaker 1: to know how desirable Matt James is I said, I
Speaker 1: mean to take the time to say, this is the
Speaker 1: most applications we've ever had, and we've never seen a
Speaker 1: response like this, and we're like, Okay, Bachelor Franchise, we
Speaker 1: got it. You did a good job in picking Matt James.
Speaker 1: He's wanted, clearly, He's an attractive man. He's tall, he's
Speaker 1: a former athlete, he worked in New York. He's got
Speaker 1: a hot best friend, you know what I mean. Like
Speaker 1: he's like like he's like a catch. We got it.
Speaker 1: So I just thought that that was really funny that
Speaker 1: they were like, oh, we've never seen a response like this. Okay, guys, like,
Speaker 1: we got it. You don't have to justify why you
Speaker 1: pick Mac James. We understand why he's the Bachelor. He
Speaker 1: is a desirable man, which is whoever the lead is.
Speaker 1: Another thing I known it that how he was really
Speaker 1: nervous is that he had a lot of awkward laughs.
Speaker 1: Did you notice that? Oh yeah, but I would have
Speaker 1: laugh came. I think I did on my season. I
Speaker 1: think we all we all have like our nervous quirks
Speaker 1: or things that we say, and for him, it was
Speaker 1: like laughter And I was like Okay, there was Actually
Speaker 1: there was one point where he was literally maniacally laughing
Speaker 1: in the room. I think it was he was when
Speaker 1: he got to his home and he walks in and
Speaker 1: he has like these three or four laughs, and I'm like, Matt,
Speaker 1: what's who are you talking to? Casper the friendly Ghost?
Speaker 1: Like what's happening here? You are you laughing with a camera?
Speaker 1: Like what is that? Thing's funny? Matt? But I thought
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, he's a little nervous, I think, well,
Speaker 1: and like putting myself in his shoes again. I remember
Speaker 1: the first time I checked into any hotel that we
Speaker 1: were traveling too, and I walk in every time I
Speaker 1: was blown away. I was like I didn't feel like
Speaker 1: it was real. You know, It's like and this is
Speaker 1: his first time ever doing this, and so I'm sure
Speaker 1: he's like what do I do? Like obviously there's a
Speaker 1: camera and I miked up, but like, do I talk
Speaker 1: to myself? Do I laugh? Do I like embrace it all?
Speaker 1: And jomp on the bed like he's it's just like
Speaker 1: he's this little baby being born into this crazy, weird world.
Speaker 1: And absolutely it's but as you said, endearing, it's fun
Speaker 1: because we're witnessing this new season through such a different lens,
Speaker 1: I would say, but yeah, I love that he took
Speaker 1: moments to kind of make it his own. And you
Speaker 1: know there's the moment where right before the women pull up,
Speaker 1: where he's like, wait, Chris, like, I've never done this?
Speaker 1: Can we talk? And usually each season with the lead,
Speaker 1: we see past bachelor's or bachelorettes come in. I mean,
Speaker 1: I had you, Caitlin and Jojo with me to kind
Speaker 1: of guide me and give me pointers. No one besides Chris.
Speaker 1: Were you surprised by that? Were you surprised that they
Speaker 1: didn't have former leads, mail leads come in and chat
Speaker 1: with him, especially someone who's never been through this before. Yes,
Speaker 1: oh no, I was very shocked by that. I found
Speaker 1: that very strange, to be honest, and maybe chalk it
Speaker 1: up to quarantine. And I don't know, but I thought
Speaker 1: that they did at least have someone. I mean, we
Speaker 1: obviously see him sit down with his mom, but she's
Speaker 1: never done the show, so she can't really give him
Speaker 1: pointers either. So right, the regulars like ben Nick, they're
Speaker 1: always available, They're always there. Where were they? Somebody's got
Speaker 1: to be somebody's spilette. He has a spilot's license. He
Speaker 1: can find him a colon, Like, where was he in
Speaker 1: a lot of recent news. Yeah, we're better not we
Speaker 1: don't need he's got some things, he's got a figure out. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But um so I'm glad that he did take that
Speaker 1: moment to be like, wait, Chris, buddy, give me a
Speaker 1: few minutes here, I need some time to sit. Um.
Speaker 1: And and then there was the moment to where oh
Speaker 1: it was his when he like first walked in with
Speaker 1: all of the women there, and he instead of giving
Speaker 1: the typical toast, he chose to do a prayer, which
Speaker 1: I thought was very special and and very him. It
Speaker 1: seemed like very on brand with who he is and
Speaker 1: true to who he is. And so I appreciate that
Speaker 1: that he's taking moments like that too. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: even though he's ever done this to still stand out
Speaker 1: in that regard. I think it was the vibrator. I
Speaker 1: think he thought, oh my god, is this the type
Speaker 1: of women they're coming on this show where they're showing
Speaker 1: me they're they're they're telling me about their sexual escapades
Speaker 1: prior to coming on the show. Then try to give
Speaker 1: me the vibrator, only to take it back because they're
Speaker 1: going to continue to need it until they get to
Speaker 1: the fantasy suite. He thought, my god, let's start this
Speaker 1: off with a prayer. Lets the vibrator. He had the
Speaker 1: girl showing up in the lingerie. He's like, oh Lord,
Speaker 1: I don't know what to do. He said, Lord, bless
Speaker 1: the situation. Let me let me just go ahead and
Speaker 1: and taking some holy water and all the women. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: and I And then when he opened his eyes, that
Speaker 1: dildo was staring him right in the face. Shine and
Speaker 1: shine and bright. But what I actually thought the prayer
Speaker 1: was beautiful. But what I wish is it was a
Speaker 1: missed opportunity. Is in the middle of the prayer, I
Speaker 1: wish I would have just started vibrating on the table.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. And it was. There's so many miss opportunities.
Speaker 1: He should have kept making references about like I'm a
Speaker 1: stand up guy, and you know, unless I feel good vibrations,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna take that next step with you and hard. Yeah,
Speaker 1: oh gosh. They could have really played with that. It
Speaker 1: could have been fantastic. But you know, maybe maybe who knows,
Speaker 1: maybe it comes up later, or at least I would
Speaker 1: hope one day we'll see um Limo rivals. I was
Speaker 1: a little bored by them. I know, there's only so
Speaker 1: much you can do in Ny mccolin, but I thought
Speaker 1: I felt like Claire got better Limo arrived. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: well no one. I mean this I think is was
Speaker 1: this the first season that no one showed up in
Speaker 1: a costume? Did somebody show up in the costume? There
Speaker 1: were the hooves? There was the hooves? That isn't that funny?
Speaker 1: I was like girl girlfriend, she went home? Right? I mean,
Speaker 1: how do you? I mean she and she was a
Speaker 1: pretty girl, but it's like every time you look down,
Speaker 1: it's like a girl walks in a lagerie and it's
Speaker 1: like you and your hooves. She would have been better
Speaker 1: with like something on her hands, hooves, I guess the
Speaker 1: most it's an ugly name is costume. It's incomplete. She
Speaker 1: would have been better in full costume. But just the
Speaker 1: fact that she was like dress looking up with her dress, well,
Speaker 1: they were big and harry. When you look somebody up
Speaker 1: and down, you're like, okay, I'm looking at your head
Speaker 1: to tell I'm working my way down and bam, And
Speaker 1: it's a site. It's a site. You can't unsee that
Speaker 1: you can't unsee the hooves. I loved that she went
Speaker 1: for it. That would that would have totally been me.
Speaker 1: I would have felt so much more comfortable in the
Speaker 1: hooves than the lingerie. They were house shoes. She was
Speaker 1: literally wearing house shoes, hooved house shoes. Who were your
Speaker 1: top three limo entrances or what were they? Oh gosh,
Speaker 1: this is tough because as as a whole, they sucked. Sorry,
Speaker 1: they just they weren't. I wasn't over the top of
Speaker 1: the way. Um what stood out to me? I guess
Speaker 1: the hoofs were talking about it. The vibrators stood out.
Speaker 1: It broke the ice. Um. I interviewed Matt on Extra
Speaker 1: and he said that he said he was so nervous
Speaker 1: that when she did that, he just let out this
Speaker 1: crazy laugh and it just kind of like released so
Speaker 1: much nervous energy and then let her go. No, he
Speaker 1: kept her. Oh dude, he thought he was He kept vibrations. Wait,
Speaker 1: vibrations are the hooves hooves I'm talking about? He let
Speaker 1: hooves go, healt the vibrator. Yeah, Like he laughed so hard,
Speaker 1: it just like released all this nervous energy, similar to
Speaker 1: what a dildo can do for you. Crazy enough and
Speaker 1: so I thought, I thought, um, like that that stood
Speaker 1: out to me. So hooves dildo. And I liked the
Speaker 1: girl who came in the pickup truck because she bought
Speaker 1: a piece of home with her and they had that
Speaker 1: in common. And then to see them later in the
Speaker 1: back of the truck he was rinking the sweet tea
Speaker 1: in the picnic. That was that was cute. That was
Speaker 1: one of my favorites too, because it was a piece
Speaker 1: of home. I think it made him feel a little
Speaker 1: bit more comfortable and smart girl because she can utilize
Speaker 1: it later and have that beautiful whole picnic. And I
Speaker 1: also loved how she's like, it's a stick, don't do
Speaker 1: me like that? I appreciated that. Um. I also really
Speaker 1: liked only because again, this is something Becca would have done.
Speaker 1: Is when m J came out of the car and
Speaker 1: was going to open up the back and bring out
Speaker 1: the pizza, that would have totally been me. I would
Speaker 1: have locked the keys in the car. I would have
Speaker 1: been locked out and like, well, damn it, I just
Speaker 1: ruined this entire entrance. UM. So, I thought that was
Speaker 1: kind of cute and that was the best part of
Speaker 1: her interests. The cheesy pizza thing. Yeah, the best part,
Speaker 1: but it was memorable, at least to me. I enjoyed that.
Speaker 1: I liked that part. And then, um oh, actually one
Speaker 1: thing and this wasn't even a big moment, but I
Speaker 1: think her name was Piper. I liked what she said
Speaker 1: when she met him. Her last name is James Mindle.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, that's okay. Men men, I was
Speaker 1: joining minne Agrees, but when Piper came out, she's like,
Speaker 1: my dad wants me to keep my last name. He
Speaker 1: wants all of his daughters to keep his last name.
Speaker 1: And so that is something that stuck out to me,
Speaker 1: and I was like, that's what I've been saying all
Speaker 1: a long, girlfriend, And so I liked that moment too
Speaker 1: because I thought, you know, good for her for admitting
Speaker 1: that to him, and so a woman after my own heart.
Speaker 1: I appreciated that. That was cute. I thought that that
Speaker 1: was really cute. It felt like they have to change
Speaker 1: it anyway. So perfect, No, it's absolutely perfect. She was cute.
Speaker 1: What else stood out to you? I mean a funny
Speaker 1: moment to me was I loved that And I don't
Speaker 1: remember what the Dilzo girl's name is, but that she
Speaker 1: interrupted the girl and tapped her on the shoulder with it.
Speaker 1: I thought that was funny. Now I have to say this,
Speaker 1: we have to have a conversation around the dildo. I'm shocked.
Speaker 1: ABC a family station. This is still technically a family show.
Speaker 1: It doesn't get risk gay until Fantasy Sweets. Really with
Speaker 1: a couple of other occasions where you know it's gone
Speaker 1: into the deep end. They started off the entire season
Speaker 1: with this dildo, and yes there was a black box,
Speaker 1: but we all know what it does, and all the
Speaker 1: sexual innuendos are surrounded around this thing. It's setting a
Speaker 1: tone for his season. I'm telling you, this is why
Speaker 1: he had to dig deep on prayer Matt. Matt has
Speaker 1: never done this before, and you and you want to
Speaker 1: pop off his season with the dildo. The man's terrified,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like like fall on your knees,
Speaker 1: he said, Lauren Blood of Jesus, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: What do you think about this? Do you think people
Speaker 1: are going to be receptive to the fact that what
Speaker 1: are we saying? This is historic season and the first
Speaker 1: seconds of the show are a sex toy. I don't well,
Speaker 1: here's the thing, I like, I don't know how long
Speaker 1: or strong I should say that the dildo or the
Speaker 1: vibrators carried on throughout the season. Um, yeah, And I
Speaker 1: don't know if they did that, because I mean, he
Speaker 1: is a man that is very strong in his faith,
Speaker 1: and I I'm trying to think of the last Bachelor
Speaker 1: that's kind of been like at that level of his faith, Like,
Speaker 1: was it. Ben's very talked about his religion a lot. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So I don't know if it's just like a one
Speaker 1: and done to like really entice the viewers night one
Speaker 1: and to hook you in, and or if it's going
Speaker 1: to be something throughout the entire season. I think it
Speaker 1: wasn't a dynamic episode. It really wasn't something. And this
Speaker 1: is not taking away from Matt James. We all know.
Speaker 1: I'm like, we're big supporters here, but it was kind
Speaker 1: of a straightforward episode. I think if the dildo was removed, Okay, well,
Speaker 1: what are we talking about? The hoofs? Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: the history of it. Yeah, there wouldn't have been the
Speaker 1: drama between vibrator and who is it? Mauri? I think
Speaker 1: we're not talking about Queen Victoria talk about anti climactic.
Speaker 1: I mean, my guy, her props had more personality than
Speaker 1: she did. I mean, the Queen has arrived. That's all
Speaker 1: she said. That's all. I can't even I said, I
Speaker 1: didn't want to talk about her, but I had to
Speaker 1: talk about that. There was nothing to talk about. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm so disappointed. She better come correct any other episodes.
Speaker 1: I mean, she's like, I'm gonna say this and then
Speaker 1: I'm going to revert back, because it's like she was
Speaker 1: made out to seem like I think a Karne on
Speaker 1: Nick season with you, there will never be She's not.
Speaker 1: She's not a Kren two point oh, Like Karinne had
Speaker 1: these one liners and was witty. But I think Victoria
Speaker 1: it just like, you know, it's like I'm the queen.
Speaker 1: I'm the queen, I have my crown, I have my scepter,
Speaker 1: and that's that's about it. Like, yeah, I'm the queen
Speaker 1: and you're the king and that was all, and you're
Speaker 1: a princess. When she said the Queen's arrived, bitches, I said,
Speaker 1: oh my, that's that's your opening line. I knew we
Speaker 1: weren't going to get much from her. Yeah, she's more
Speaker 1: of a jester. I'm expecting more of her. I had
Speaker 1: big actually thought she was going to be more of
Speaker 1: a villain. She wasn't. The dildo was the villain. The
Speaker 1: dildo was the thirty first girl. The Dildo had a
Speaker 1: starring role in the first episode. Might as well have
Speaker 1: been standing up there next to Matt James giving the speech.
Speaker 1: That was the start. That's why I think they made
Speaker 1: it such a big part of the show, because without it,
Speaker 1: there really wasn't much else to go with. Well, the
Speaker 1: next exciting thing is the trailer for the remainder of
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was really it. I mean,
Speaker 1: and we see a little bit of the drama between
Speaker 1: kid and Victor Queen let's just Queen Victoria if you will.
Speaker 1: But yeah, other than that, like it was pretty straightforward.
Speaker 1: I mean, and we'll have abigailon to go into the
Speaker 1: first impression Rows and that first kiss and all of
Speaker 1: the good stuff that's yet to come. I can't I mean,
Speaker 1: other than that, like should just get into it and
Speaker 1: bring her on and try to get some tea out
Speaker 1: of Abigail. Absolutely, we've got the one and only first
Speaker 1: impression Rose here waiting for us to talk to her.
Speaker 1: Let's bring her on, Well, Abigail, well come, we're so
Speaker 1: excited to have you, and this is our first interview
Speaker 1: podcasts for Matt season, and so I guess we're just
Speaker 1: going to start it strong with you. So welcome to
Speaker 1: Happy Hour. How are you? I'm good now? Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for letting me come on. This whole thing
Speaker 1: is super surreal for real, just because i've you have
Speaker 1: watched both of you our guys this seasons and so
Speaker 1: now it's just super surreal to be on the other
Speaker 1: side of it. You get it a little bit more now,
Speaker 1: don't you. Abigail? Where are you calling in from? Where
Speaker 1: are you based? So on a Beaverton right now? So
Speaker 1: I grew up in the Oregon area. And then yeah,
Speaker 1: so we actually rented out like a little airbnb for
Speaker 1: our premiere party, just doing something with my family and friends.
Speaker 1: So keeping it small, just say good for you. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's nothing like premiere night, right, it's the whole world.
Speaker 1: You've had this secret for months, you've known about it.
Speaker 1: We don't know how far you make it. We'll get
Speaker 1: into all of that, but now you get to share
Speaker 1: your experience with everyone. And so it's so great that
Speaker 1: you've created this premiere party that you guys can watch
Speaker 1: the whole show together, and obviously it's a big night
Speaker 1: for you, So I think the question first will additionally
Speaker 1: we have to ask, is were you a fan of
Speaker 1: the show before you came on? Yeah? No, I definitely
Speaker 1: have watched the show in the past. Like I said,
Speaker 1: obviously know how both of your guys's journeys have gone,
Speaker 1: and that If anything, I think it just kind of
Speaker 1: made me want to, you know, just kind of see
Speaker 1: could it work for me. But I think even watching
Speaker 1: the show and being on the side of the audience
Speaker 1: does not prepare you for what's on the other side
Speaker 1: of the camera. I think I learned that really quickly.
Speaker 1: It was a really good experience. Definitely, I have no regrets,
Speaker 1: but I think it's just it challenges It challenges you
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways that I think nothing can
Speaker 1: prepare you for. Nobody can tell you how it's gonna go.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was definitely a very wild experience for sure. Well,
Speaker 1: and especially night one, when you're fresh out of the limo,
Speaker 1: you you know, you don't know what your connection with
Speaker 1: the lead is going to be. You have all of
Speaker 1: these lights and these cameras, and of course thirty plus
Speaker 1: girls chattering away and already causing drama. What was your
Speaker 1: I'm trying to put myself back into night one, and
Speaker 1: I remember being so nervous, but overall throughout the entire evening,
Speaker 1: Like what was your overall feeling, like, how did you
Speaker 1: leave the next day? Feel like happy? Elated? Like I
Speaker 1: think you got the first kiss? How was that for you?
Speaker 1: I think that night I was definitely the most overwhelmed
Speaker 1: I've ever been, just because there's just so much pressure.
Speaker 1: On the first night, I think of just doing the
Speaker 1: right thing, saying the right things. I mean, you're potentially
Speaker 1: meeting your husband, and I think that's a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure just to take a step back and say, okay,
Speaker 1: are we compatible in any way? And then on top
Speaker 1: of that, you have, you know, the three plus women.
Speaker 1: They're all gorgeous and all have their own backgrounds and
Speaker 1: stories that they're trying to share with Matt as well.
Speaker 1: So it's very overwhelming. There was definitely a couple of
Speaker 1: moments where I had to step away and go to
Speaker 1: the bathroom and just kind of breathe a little bit,
Speaker 1: just because it is really overwhelming. But no, the next
Speaker 1: day I was definitely writing because you know, just on
Speaker 1: a high. I think I was just I think my
Speaker 1: biggest thing is when I came into this, I really
Speaker 1: thought I was just going to fall back kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, into the shadows and not really make an impression,
Speaker 1: just because I'm not usually kind of the loudest person,
Speaker 1: or I didn't really have a gimmick when I came in,
Speaker 1: and so I just really didn't think that Matt was
Speaker 1: going to remember me and then just to have the
Speaker 1: night that I did. Yeah, I was definitely rigging on
Speaker 1: a cloud down the next day for sure. Yeah you are.
Speaker 1: And you are so right about the bathroom being your
Speaker 1: safe list and absolutely is. You could have found me
Speaker 1: in the bathroom with time or two grid my eyes out.
Speaker 1: So you know, one of the things that has been
Speaker 1: new with The Bachelor is that we get to meet
Speaker 1: the women weeks before we actually see them on our
Speaker 1: television screens, which I love this new thing that the
Speaker 1: Bachelor franchise is doing. So we've heard about you just
Speaker 1: from reading your bio, but now we're getting the chance
Speaker 1: to meet you, and we learned probably more about you
Speaker 1: the first episode than we do about a lot of
Speaker 1: the other women. So I want to take this opportunity
Speaker 1: for you to just kind of tell us a little
Speaker 1: bit more about you, who you are and how in
Speaker 1: the world you got on this crazy show. Sure, is
Speaker 1: there like anywhere that you wanted me to start or
Speaker 1: just kind of how I end just on a show? Well,
Speaker 1: like a little tidbit about like maybe who you are,
Speaker 1: because like the show is about love, so maybe you
Speaker 1: know what led you to be here. You're stunning, you know,
Speaker 1: like you easily see the connection between you and Matt
Speaker 1: the first night, like effortless. So I know you have
Speaker 1: no time. No, um, I gotta can't speak. I know
Speaker 1: you don't have a hard time at all, you know,
Speaker 1: attracting attention and having a lot of suitors. But how
Speaker 1: did you end up on this show? You know? Give
Speaker 1: us a little bit about like into your love life? Sure, um,
Speaker 1: well it was pretty much not as a stand before
Speaker 1: the show. I think I think a lot of people
Speaker 1: can just kind of relate, you know, just being in
Speaker 1: my shoes, being in there twenties. You are on the
Speaker 1: you know, the dating maps and you're trying to date around.
Speaker 1: But I think what I just really struggled with is
Speaker 1: it's so superficial and you know, just kind of doing
Speaker 1: the same thing. And I was just getting the same results,
Speaker 1: and I just wasn't happy with that. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I just really wanted to just kind of push myself
Speaker 1: and have conversations with a man that I've never had before,
Speaker 1: you know, whether that be about my background, about my
Speaker 1: hearing loss. There was just so many things that I
Speaker 1: just felt ready to finally talk about that I'd never
Speaker 1: been able to talk about before in past relationships. And
Speaker 1: so that's kind of why I just kind of took
Speaker 1: that leap. I was like, you know, it's as crazy
Speaker 1: it as I may seem, you know, the Bachelor. I
Speaker 1: think that's just so out of my comfort zone. But
Speaker 1: I think when Mac God announced as the Bachelor, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously he's very handsome, you know, I was not concerned that,
Speaker 1: you know, was I going to be attracted to him.
Speaker 1: But I think there's just something about Math that just
Speaker 1: comes across very genuine. You know. I've kind of heard
Speaker 1: him speak a few times and just kind of how
Speaker 1: compassionate he is. I knew that he was going to
Speaker 1: be able to challenge me to have those conversations, and
Speaker 1: so yeah, so I think that's why I was like, Noah,
Speaker 1: I'll just go I'll be vulnerable have millions of people
Speaker 1: watched me and you know that's totally fine, casual, natural. No,
Speaker 1: I that's kind of how it why ended up, as
Speaker 1: you know, I just you know, I was just thinking,
Speaker 1: if I do stuff being so far off my comfort
Speaker 1: zone and like anything I've done before, so maybe I'll
Speaker 1: get really good results out of it. I want to
Speaker 1: ask you because you just mentioned you know, obviously you're
Speaker 1: hearing impaired, and that is something that we saw fresh
Speaker 1: out of the limo with you as you mentioned it
Speaker 1: to him, and then when you sit down later in
Speaker 1: the night you talk about it and open up a
Speaker 1: little bit more about that with him. Was that something
Speaker 1: going into that night and the conversation with him that
Speaker 1: you had planned or did you want to first see
Speaker 1: how your connection with Matt was, like if he was
Speaker 1: reciprocating those you know, feelings or what made you finally
Speaker 1: feel comfortable to share that with him. Yeah. No, I
Speaker 1: knew going into it that night that I wanted to
Speaker 1: talk about it, just because just kind of going back
Speaker 1: gone what my dating has been like. Um, it's something
Speaker 1: that I normally don't really say on a first date.
Speaker 1: You know, it is a huge part of who I
Speaker 1: am but you know, just kind of being a hidden
Speaker 1: disability and you can't really see my coplacking plant when
Speaker 1: I wear my hair down. And it's kind of a
Speaker 1: scary thing just to bring up to somebody on a
Speaker 1: first date because you really don't know how they're going
Speaker 1: to take it. And I have been in kind of
Speaker 1: uncomfortable situations. You know. One time I went to Top
Speaker 1: Golf and it's really well there, and you know, I
Speaker 1: was missing half the things that he was saying, and
Speaker 1: I still couldn't bring myself just to tell him, like, hey,
Speaker 1: this is my situation. It's just something that I've been
Speaker 1: insecure about in the past. And when you're trying to
Speaker 1: be attracted to a guy, you know, aarrying out your
Speaker 1: insecurities is not always the first thing that you want
Speaker 1: to do. But then kind of just going into this
Speaker 1: whole process, I was like, you know what, I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna go all out. I'm just gonna lay it out
Speaker 1: there and you know, and just see if you know
Speaker 1: how he takes it. He knows it's something that he
Speaker 1: wants to learn more about, is it something that he
Speaker 1: wants to kind of see, you know what a relationship
Speaker 1: with a deaf person would be like, um, so you know,
Speaker 1: that's why I did it the first night. And I
Speaker 1: think that's why I was writing on such a high too,
Speaker 1: just because it was something I had been so insecure
Speaker 1: about and so to open up about it and not
Speaker 1: to not only have him acknowledge it, but to actually
Speaker 1: see it as a really attractive, you know quality, it
Speaker 1: was just Yeah, it was just a really special moment
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, I just kind of came the full
Speaker 1: circle for sure. Yeah. As a view where we definitely
Speaker 1: I mean I personally thought it was a beautiful moment
Speaker 1: because I understand, you know, on a first date it's
Speaker 1: really hard to open up and get down and dirty
Speaker 1: and and you know, air all of these personal things out.
Speaker 1: It's never easy, let alone doing it in you know,
Speaker 1: in front of millions of viewers. And so I want
Speaker 1: to commend you and just say, like, it was so
Speaker 1: beautiful the way that you embrace it and just opened up,
Speaker 1: and I found it very inspiring. So thank you. As
Speaker 1: a viewer, I appreciated that so much. Yeah, I'm cue,
Speaker 1: I really appreciate that. Yeah, And what's great is you
Speaker 1: did it and then you get the first impression row
Speaker 1: so it's like I don't know if you end up
Speaker 1: with Matt or not, but if not, it's like keep going,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like it gives you the
Speaker 1: confidence to truly be yourself because it's it just makes
Speaker 1: you your Like I said, you're already beautiful, but then
Speaker 1: you tell your story and what you've overcome and who
Speaker 1: you are, it's just like adds so much more to
Speaker 1: the table, and in the most beautiful way. I do
Speaker 1: have to ask you about this though. So you obviously
Speaker 1: you've watch You said you're a fan of the show,
Speaker 1: so you've seen the show before. Now we've seen some
Speaker 1: things this season, just in this first episode that we've
Speaker 1: never seen before. So my question is, you know that
Speaker 1: Matt's the Bachelor. You know, you've never seen him before
Speaker 1: on any other franchise, So this you're really getting to
Speaker 1: know him for the first time. He's going through this
Speaker 1: whole experience with you, which I think is pretty cool
Speaker 1: for the first time. So he stands up in front
Speaker 1: of you and instead of giving the typical speech, which
Speaker 1: he eventually does, he prays. Now, my question more is,
Speaker 1: how did you rationalize the junktuposition of the dil do
Speaker 1: being on the table and then focusing on his prayer
Speaker 1: at the same I don't think he could even decipher
Speaker 1: the difference there. That's a hot mess. Yeah, I know
Speaker 1: the dil dol vibrator was dipressing that I saw when
Speaker 1: I walked in, you know, after a meeting MAP, I
Speaker 1: was just like, what did I get myself into? And
Speaker 1: so when he comes in, you know, he starts off
Speaker 1: trying to give a speech, and then obviously he makes
Speaker 1: eye contact with the vibrator and told what he loses it,
Speaker 1: But I think it just kind of lightened up the
Speaker 1: mood definitely. But yeah, so he did open up with
Speaker 1: a prayer. I thought it was no. I honestly it
Speaker 1: was just like such a beautiful moment because I think
Speaker 1: we were all there. I think we were getting ready
Speaker 1: to do with Toes, and in a way, I think
Speaker 1: it was just I don't want to use the word superficial,
Speaker 1: but I think a lot of times with TOES is
Speaker 1: just like, Okay, here's to the journey. And then he
Speaker 1: goes off and talks to the women and you still
Speaker 1: don't really know that much about him at that point,
Speaker 1: and so you're kind of thinking, Okay, who is not Like,
Speaker 1: what is he bringing to the table, and so the
Speaker 1: fact that he opened up with a prayer, I think
Speaker 1: I think he was just so vulnerable when he did that.
Speaker 1: I'm so genuine. I think it really just at the stage,
Speaker 1: and I think girls just wanted to be on their
Speaker 1: a game after that, because we were like, Wow, you know,
Speaker 1: he's such a catch. The fact that he could stand
Speaker 1: in fround a thirty plus women and do that. No,
Speaker 1: I thought it was a super beautiful moment. I was not.
Speaker 1: I don't think anyfs where expecting it for him to
Speaker 1: do that. Okay, I gotta get down into it because
Speaker 1: Limo entrances aside. We got to ask this because you
Speaker 1: of course got the first impression Rose, which is a
Speaker 1: very big deal in the history of the franchise. But
Speaker 1: you also did get what I think is the first
Speaker 1: kiss from mister Matt Janes. So I have to ask.
Speaker 1: You have to dish, is he a good kisser? He
Speaker 1: looks like he's a good kisser. He looks like he's
Speaker 1: a good kisser. You can tell when Abigail, when you
Speaker 1: guys were having your conversation, there was a moment where
Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, he's gonna kiss her. He wants
Speaker 1: to kiss her so bad, and then he kind of
Speaker 1: pulled away and I was like, oh, he cannot leave
Speaker 1: this couch without kissing her. And then thank god he
Speaker 1: went in for it. But you could tell on his
Speaker 1: face the way he was looking at you, he just
Speaker 1: wanted to go in for that move. Yeah, were you
Speaker 1: at such a gentleman? No, he's such a gentleman for sure.
Speaker 1: If anything, I remember after the moment, I was like,
Speaker 1: did I read that situation totally wrong? Because I kind
Speaker 1: of remember we were leaning in and sometimes you're like, well,
Speaker 1: did he mean to go for a hug or so
Speaker 1: he going for the kiss and the kiss and I
Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, did I totally just read
Speaker 1: that moron? And did I, you know, initiate the kiss?
Speaker 1: So no, you did not read that kiss. It was
Speaker 1: a long kiss. And I mean I was yelling at
Speaker 1: the screen like kiss her. It is the moment. Kiss her, Okay,
Speaker 1: it is, I'm gonna kiss her. Kiss her now. Um
Speaker 1: with the first night too, with like first night's the
Speaker 1: best night. It's just it's just so much fun as
Speaker 1: a viewer because you're you're meeting, well for the first time,
Speaker 1: the actual lead. You're meeting him. Then we're meeting these
Speaker 1: women and then we're seeing how creative they get with
Speaker 1: these little instances. But for you, you're meeting Matt, but
Speaker 1: then you're also getting to meet these ladies. So who
Speaker 1: did you bond with the first night? Because I will
Speaker 1: say the ladies that I bonded with the first night
Speaker 1: are the ladies that I'm still close with to this day. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: I think I honestly left out with how many amazing
Speaker 1: women ended up on this season because I don't think
Speaker 1: I could have gone through this entire experience without them.
Speaker 1: But Maggie, Marilyn, and Alisha were in my limo, so
Speaker 1: they were the first woman that I got to meet,
Speaker 1: and you know, they were to still nice right away,
Speaker 1: if you know, if anything, they really put me at ease.
Speaker 1: I think it's just so nice when you just have
Speaker 1: such a warm energy around you before you go into
Speaker 1: something really crazy. But no, I think that night, I
Speaker 1: think those were kinds of the women night. Just got
Speaker 1: a tear towards two on the first night because they
Speaker 1: were just who I have met first. But no, I
Speaker 1: think all the women throughout the night, we just all
Speaker 1: had conversation because I mean, at the end of the day.
Speaker 1: We all had a common ground, you know, we have
Speaker 1: never met each other before, which is the fact that
Speaker 1: we are the only thirty women in the world going
Speaker 1: through this experience right now. I think we just bonded
Speaker 1: over that right away. And I mean, it obviously was
Speaker 1: very overwhelming at times, but it was just so easy
Speaker 1: just to say on the couch and just be like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, this moment so crazy, like how are
Speaker 1: you doing? So now I think I think Match is
Speaker 1: really locked out with this entire rocious I've never met
Speaker 1: that many nice moment, especially when we're all competing for
Speaker 1: the same guy. I like to hear that. That's good.
Speaker 1: I feel like people so often watch the show, and
Speaker 1: of course you have the fan favorites, which I think
Speaker 1: you definitely are. You have the villains, But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, for the most part, there are
Speaker 1: so many beautiful friendships that form from this show that
Speaker 1: I think most people overlook and don't think like, are
Speaker 1: actually real. I do want to ask you this though,
Speaker 1: and this is something that we had asked all of
Speaker 1: the men from last season, because obviously we're in the
Speaker 1: middle of a pandemic. There's this quarantine, so this I'm
Speaker 1: assuming was probably one of your first moments when you
Speaker 1: you know, you get out of the actual quarantine and
Speaker 1: don't have to be masked up, you can finally re
Speaker 1: around and hug other people. What was that like for
Speaker 1: you coming out of this quarantine and into this so
Speaker 1: called safe bubble with Matt and all the women. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was amazing. I think just the traveling to get
Speaker 1: where we were in the quarantine process. I think it
Speaker 1: really just made all of us just really appreciate just
Speaker 1: that human connection of you know, hugging somebody talking to
Speaker 1: somebody reading their lips when they're talking. So I think
Speaker 1: it really just made us really appreciate all the efforts
Speaker 1: that went into this bubble and making it safe for
Speaker 1: us to date in a way that we're used to,
Speaker 1: and especially for me because you know, it's just wearing
Speaker 1: a mask in journal it's very hard because I do
Speaker 1: rely on lip reading. And so the fact that I
Speaker 1: could just talk to Matt, you know they're first time
Speaker 1: without a mask on and not have to you know,
Speaker 1: ask him what, you know, the very first time I'm
Speaker 1: meeting him, because you know, you just really want that
Speaker 1: you know, moment to be as special as possible. Um,
Speaker 1: so no, I think this whole experience was very nice
Speaker 1: to deal without masks, um and then wars hard leading
Speaker 1: the bubble and coming back to everybody wearing masks and
Speaker 1: just trying to adjust to almost like our new normal
Speaker 1: in a way. Um, you know, the bubble was really
Speaker 1: nice just to be able to date without the mask. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well you were doing more than just lip reading with
Speaker 1: that at night. That's right, let's look to the talking. Well, Abigail,
Speaker 1: I mean, thank you for opening my eyes up to that,
Speaker 1: because I never thought about how wearing a mask can
Speaker 1: affect a whole community, you know what I mean? And
Speaker 1: I like you really, I'm literally sitting back like, wow,
Speaker 1: it didn't even cross. So thank you so much for
Speaker 1: sharing that. That's that's so true, and I'm glad that
Speaker 1: you were able to like set that aside for you know,
Speaker 1: how many weeks were you on eight nine able to
Speaker 1: set that aside? Did you feel because getting the first
Speaker 1: impression Roles is a gift and a curse, you know, typically,
Speaker 1: and that's your nation, did you feel like you kind
Speaker 1: of had a dagger on your back after getting the
Speaker 1: first impression Rose because people knew you were one to watch,
Speaker 1: because you impressed Math the first night. Um. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I look definitely get what you mean by is it
Speaker 1: blessing her? Is it a curse? Um? I think if anything,
Speaker 1: it was more. I think it just impacted myself more
Speaker 1: than anyone else towards me, if that makes sense. I
Speaker 1: think all of us we just kind of had the
Speaker 1: general consensus of we're just going to focus on our
Speaker 1: relationship with Matt and trying not to compare it with
Speaker 1: the other women. Um. But you know it was hard
Speaker 1: for me at times. You know, just when you come
Speaker 1: out got strong, you know, you kind of get in
Speaker 1: your head up, Okay, can I keep up this momentum
Speaker 1: because you know he is going to be dating other women.
Speaker 1: Can I keep up that moment you know, momentum with him?
Speaker 1: And so yeah, no, it was hard, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: but I try to hold on to that high as
Speaker 1: long as I could, um, and just re mind myself.
Speaker 1: You know, we did click, you know, we did have
Speaker 1: that cameras straight and there is a reason why I
Speaker 1: did make that first impression on him. So it made
Speaker 1: me really motivated at the same time just to keep
Speaker 1: going no matter how hard it got. And so yeah,
Speaker 1: I know, it's definitely a blessing and a curse, but
Speaker 1: I wanted to change it or anything. Yeah, you should appreciate.
Speaker 1: Do you still have your rose from that night? Or
Speaker 1: did you get the roses? They let us keep them,
Speaker 1: but they're real roses. They die. And I don't know
Speaker 1: how to say that because one girl was like, well
Speaker 1: you can hate it upside down, like if the water
Speaker 1: goes back down the stem or something. But honestly, I
Speaker 1: just gave up. Yeah, I kept in mind when I
Speaker 1: was on the Bachelor, I kept mind in my diary
Speaker 1: and then I opened it up months later and they
Speaker 1: were all moldy and I was like, well, this is
Speaker 1: very fitting for what I'll transpired later on. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: take him like, hold onto it because he is such
Speaker 1: a cute rose. But yeah, so while so back to
Speaker 1: the rose. Obviously you got the first one. So while
Speaker 1: you were off with Matt and that beautiful moment was happening,
Speaker 1: we see a lot of drama amongst different groups of girls. Um,
Speaker 1: so would you say that that behavior foreshadows some of
Speaker 1: the storylines that will still be seen or do you think,
Speaker 1: like in terms of the girls who had the drama
Speaker 1: between them, like does that transpire or what are your
Speaker 1: thoughts on that? Yeah, No, I mean there was Stepite
Speaker 1: lay a lot of drama. I think I experienced the
Speaker 1: most drama I've ever had in my life, and that
Speaker 1: you know, span a time. So I think you guys
Speaker 1: will definitely be seen more at that. Um. But I think,
Speaker 1: but I think at the end of the day, Um,
Speaker 1: I think Matt knows what he is looking for, and
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully he's able to kind of see pass
Speaker 1: that just because sometimes they aren't important conversations to have,
Speaker 1: but other times it is just noise that he just
Speaker 1: needs to tune out and just be focused on why
Speaker 1: he stare at the end of the day. Um. Yeah, No,
Speaker 1: the jama is definitely not gonna end after the first night.
Speaker 1: Two people I want to talk about, based on what
Speaker 1: we've seen in the previews, Queen Victoria. What are your
Speaker 1: thoughts on her? Is she a queen a more of
Speaker 1: a jester? Um? So my first impression of her, so
Speaker 1: I arrived before she did, and I was saying, now
Speaker 1: the couches and she walks in and she goes to
Speaker 1: Queen has arrived, and of course you know I want
Speaker 1: to hear that. I'm just like, what is this girl?
Speaker 1: Doing like what it like? Who does she think she is?
Speaker 1: And so you know, she's definitely a character for sure.
Speaker 1: She definitely knows what she m like. I definitely commend
Speaker 1: that for her. Um. But yeah, no, she's she's definitely
Speaker 1: a Queen of the South Court jester. Um. And the
Speaker 1: other one is who is the escort? Good question, um,
Speaker 1: I mean you'll definitely have to tune in and find
Speaker 1: out about that. I know that there was a lot
Speaker 1: of drama around that. Um. I actually did not hear
Speaker 1: about a lot of it till later. UM. I think
Speaker 1: in a weird way of being, you know, a perka
Speaker 1: not being able to pick up everything and a group
Speaker 1: setting is you know, I just don't always get myself
Speaker 1: involved in kind of drama conversations. UM, So in a
Speaker 1: rare way, it was kind of nice for me to
Speaker 1: not be included, just so I could really us on
Speaker 1: my relationship with mat Um. But no, that's definitely a
Speaker 1: very interesting UM kind of turned it events that it
Speaker 1: took for sure, because I had never experienced anything. I thought, wait,
Speaker 1: I have to ask this about a character that we
Speaker 1: saw quite a bit during the premiere, and that is
Speaker 1: not MJ with the curly blonde hair. But the other MJ,
Speaker 1: the sparkly purple vibrator. Now, is that some theme that
Speaker 1: we see continue throughout the season as we go or
Speaker 1: is it a one and done kind of night for
Speaker 1: the for the vibrator. Um. So m J, the purple
Speaker 1: sparkly wid Um, she made a long night appear. Okay,
Speaker 1: we won't be seeing any more of her. So one
Speaker 1: night stand, one night stand. Yeah, she took the hand
Speaker 1: and she stayed back. Okay, good good. Um. Who had
Speaker 1: your favorite limo entrance? Who had the favorite Who is
Speaker 1: your favorite limo entrance? My favorite limo and entrance? Um.
Speaker 1: I was in the limo with Alicia and her ballerina
Speaker 1: Ritine when she came out, and that was just beautiful
Speaker 1: to watch. Um. You know, I've never seen ballet in
Speaker 1: person before. Um, and she just did it still flawlessly. Um.
Speaker 1: So that was really that was really cool to watch
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, Matt's not a fan of the ballet,
Speaker 1: is he not. Yeah? I was shocked. That was a
Speaker 1: shocker to me. I was like, oh gosh, I and
Speaker 1: and this is what's interesting too, and I and maybe
Speaker 1: you can give some insight on this. You're especially being
Speaker 1: a fan of the show. So it's like, not only
Speaker 1: are you an insider, it's like, you know the history
Speaker 1: of the show. I was shocked at the number of
Speaker 1: women that did not get to talk to Matt the
Speaker 1: first night. Normally the lead makes an effort, at least
Speaker 1: as of late, makes an extreme effort to talk to
Speaker 1: almost everybody, and it seems like half the girls didn't
Speaker 1: talk to Matt. Is that the case and why was that? Um?
Speaker 1: I think it was a little under half, But I
Speaker 1: still felt like a lot of women didn't get to
Speaker 1: talk to him that night because I think you know,
Speaker 1: when you go into at the beginning of the night,
Speaker 1: you kind of just have the mindset of, Okay, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to panic. I'm going to get my time
Speaker 1: with him. You know, how about I just get a
Speaker 1: drink me and go a little bit kind of calm nerves.
Speaker 1: But then time just flies by so quickly on those
Speaker 1: kind of nights. I mean it's one hour or two hours,
Speaker 1: and then it's like, okay, thang like the role STREMONI
Speaker 1: is happening in you know, the next thirty minutes, And
Speaker 1: so I think a lot of girls just kind of
Speaker 1: maybe lost sight of time or just didn't make a
Speaker 1: enough of a kind of an urgency to talk to him.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I was really shocked to how many women
Speaker 1: didn't get to talk to him. And I mean, I
Speaker 1: totally feel for that because it is frustrating to go
Speaker 1: through this, you know, entire process and then just never
Speaker 1: be able to, you know, explore if you get to
Speaker 1: hit it off with him by away or not. Going
Speaker 1: back to the first impression roles in that moment, you know,
Speaker 1: you sit down, you have your conversation, you have this kiss,
Speaker 1: and then he gets up and leaves, leaves you sitting
Speaker 1: on the couch. Did you think he was coming back?
Speaker 1: Or in that moment where you like, oh, shoot, is
Speaker 1: that when you thought did I read this wrong? Or
Speaker 1: did you think he was maybe coming back with the rows?
Speaker 1: I definitely thought I read the entire situation wrong, just
Speaker 1: because you know, when he started the night, he just
Speaker 1: seemed so genuine and so serious about this entire process,
Speaker 1: and you know, we had our conversation, we had our moment,
Speaker 1: and when he got up, I was like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: I totally read that wrong, Like is he uncomfortable? Like
Speaker 1: did he wish out? Did happen? Did he had to
Speaker 1: take a step back and just you know, kind of
Speaker 1: remove himself from the situation. So my heart kind of
Speaker 1: sank a little bit. And so when he did come
Speaker 1: back with the rows, I was like, Okay, I'm okay,
Speaker 1: I kind of know where this is going now, But No,
Speaker 1: I was freaking out. I could. I think part of
Speaker 1: it was I just never expected to be that person
Speaker 1: at the end of the night. So it wasn't something
Speaker 1: that I was trying to go after in a sense,
Speaker 1: you know, I was just wanting to make the most
Speaker 1: of the night, just see if I can hit it
Speaker 1: off with, you know, the Bachelor, And so no, I
Speaker 1: definitely thought it was going to take a different term,
Speaker 1: but I'm really glad that it didn't. Yeah, it's always
Speaker 1: the best when you're not expecting it. Always the ones
Speaker 1: who think it's going to happen for them it never does.
Speaker 1: But when you're not expecting it, it just makes it
Speaker 1: that much more rich and sweet when it does. And
Speaker 1: then you start to think, tell me, if this is
Speaker 1: what you thought, You're like, oh my gosh, this is
Speaker 1: real and this could really happen. No, a hundred percent,
Speaker 1: because I think just the entire time that you're getting
Speaker 1: ready you know, at home, like when you're packing, then
Speaker 1: even you know, traveling to where filming is gonna be.
Speaker 1: I think you do kind of have that out in
Speaker 1: the back of your mind of can this work for me?
Speaker 1: You know, because ultimately we all know what's at the
Speaker 1: end of this, and we all want to you know,
Speaker 1: what comes at the end of this, and you see
Speaker 1: so many success relationships come out at this. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, you know it is a fast process,
Speaker 1: and you do wonder, you know, never meeting the person,
Speaker 1: you know, having somebody that's never been on the show
Speaker 1: before that we don't know that much about can this
Speaker 1: work for me? And you know, going through the night.
Speaker 1: I think that's part of the reason I just felt
Speaker 1: so overwhelmed was because I started getting attracted to him
Speaker 1: really quickly when I wasn't expecting it. And then when
Speaker 1: the first impression Rose happened, it was like, holy cal
Speaker 1: like he sees me, like he wants me here. Absolutely yeah,
Speaker 1: I know. That definitely hit the nail on the head,
Speaker 1: you know, just like this one, you know, is real.
Speaker 1: I can't forget Rachel. You got the first impression Rose too,
Speaker 1: So I'm in the press and of two incredible women
Speaker 1: right here. Impressive women and very impressive women. Um okay, Abigail.
Speaker 1: So before we get into a game, we normally ask
Speaker 1: all of our guests on the show what your rose
Speaker 1: and your thorn of the experience was. Now, since we
Speaker 1: only have seen one episode, we're gonna ask you just
Speaker 1: for night one, what was your rose and what was
Speaker 1: your thorn? Uh, don't let that stop you, Abigail, just
Speaker 1: give it. Just get to us for the whole reason, Dirt,
Speaker 1: just set yourself free. Um. You know, I think the
Speaker 1: rose of good Night was I mean, obviously Matt Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think he just exceeded my expectations and
Speaker 1: every way, and I think he just made me really
Speaker 1: excited just to kind of kick off the process with him,
Speaker 1: you know, got Night. Um, I was really excited about
Speaker 1: him after god Night, and then you know, I think
Speaker 1: just a thorn of it was seeing you know, I
Speaker 1: think there was eight women go home, just because you know,
Speaker 1: you do talk to them that night, you do kind
Speaker 1: of form a relationship with them, and it's just a
Speaker 1: harsh reminder of there's only going to be one person
Speaker 1: at the end of this, and there's going to be
Speaker 1: more goodbyes to come. And so you know, you're writing
Speaker 1: this high of meeting this really incarible guy, but you
Speaker 1: also kind of have that moving fear of well, what
Speaker 1: if it's not me at the end of this. You know,
Speaker 1: what if I really opened up myself and it's not me.
Speaker 1: So it's a lot of emotions that night. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's really what I remember. Yeah, absolutely, Okay, Abigail, the
Speaker 1: time has come. So we've had so much fun getting
Speaker 1: to know a little bit more about you and your
Speaker 1: journey through the first night and getting the first impression
Speaker 1: Rose and all of that. But while we have you here,
Speaker 1: we of course need to know about the rest of
Speaker 1: the girls from this season, because they still remain a
Speaker 1: mystery to us, and obviously you're privy to more information
Speaker 1: than we are at this point. So in order to
Speaker 1: learn about the rest of the women this season, we
Speaker 1: are going to play a little game called the Rose
Speaker 1: Goes Dot Dot Dot. Okay, So here's how it works.
Speaker 1: We will ask you a list of super superlative questions
Speaker 1: and you need to answer which one one of the
Speaker 1: women from this season best fits that description. Okay, So
Speaker 1: just have fun with it. It's just us, girls, and
Speaker 1: the great thing is Here's the thing, Abigail. It's only
Speaker 1: in the first episode, so we don't even know who
Speaker 1: these women are outside of you, We don't remember them. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, so I'll start off with the first one.
Speaker 1: The Rose goes too, that's I probably should have put
Speaker 1: the two in there. Okay, who is the funniest in
Speaker 1: the house? Um? Chelsea? Great? Great? Can't wait? Can't wait
Speaker 1: for him? Don't remember her? Can't wait? I need I
Speaker 1: need face cards in this moment, so I remember. Oh,
Speaker 1: I don't what Chelsea is. Chelsea has the short hair. Yes,
Speaker 1: she's the model. Yes, I knew Chelsea. He apparently waits
Speaker 1: a small world, you know. I don't know why I
Speaker 1: said apparently. I actually have met Chelsea. She was modeled
Speaker 1: for Randy rom in Fashion Week. Randy rom do a
Speaker 1: lot of the dresses for the bachelorettes and for in
Speaker 1: the finale for the women on The Bachelor, Randy Randy Room.
Speaker 1: Did you see me trying to get the did you
Speaker 1: wear a Randy Robin? Did you? I love? Yes? Her
Speaker 1: dress was phenomenal, Oh my gosh, incredible. All right? Next up,
Speaker 1: the Rose goes to who cries the most? Who cries
Speaker 1: the most? Um? Probably give that to Sarah. Sarah. Sarah's
Speaker 1: the caretaker. Wow, I remember that right, Oh seriously, san Diego,
Speaker 1: she was the previous newscaster, the reporter, border caretaker. Her
Speaker 1: package really stood out to me. Okay, she chrisms, all right, Okay.
Speaker 1: The rose goes to who had the worst limo entrance?
Speaker 1: Who had the worst limo entrance? Um, oh that's hard.
Speaker 1: I think I just love all of them. Um the
Speaker 1: worst limo insurance. Well, at the time, I didn't know
Speaker 1: if Serena s meant to fall or not, so I
Speaker 1: was like, actually terrified that she actually tripped and fell,
Speaker 1: and then she was like, no, it was planned. So
Speaker 1: at the time I thought that was the worst one
Speaker 1: because I was like, oh my god, that's so embarrassing. Um,
Speaker 1: But now she she she totally bof it. That would
Speaker 1: have been me going up those stairs a thousand percent
Speaker 1: totally would have all right. The rose goes to who
Speaker 1: had the best wardrobe? Um, who had the best a wardrobe?
Speaker 1: I think free probably one of the best word jobs, Sarah. Okay,
Speaker 1: the rose goes to who did you find the most surprising?
Speaker 1: Who did I find the most surprising? Um, I'll get
Speaker 1: that to Victoria the Queen the Queen in a positive
Speaker 1: or a negative way? Um, I mean, I guess you
Speaker 1: guys will make your own kind of conclusion on that,
Speaker 1: but I mean she surprised me in a good way. Okay, okay, alrighty.
Speaker 1: The rose goes too, who throws the best shade? It
Speaker 1: grows the best shade? Um like talk about other people
Speaker 1: or just kind of con dish it out and pitty
Speaker 1: quick on their feet. Yeah, I probably get back to Katie. Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean, the rose goes to who would you want
Speaker 1: to be stuck on a desert island with. I would
Speaker 1: choose my roommate, Mikey Maggie to be stuck on island with. No,
Speaker 1: She's just so much fun. I thought you were going
Speaker 1: to say, Matt James. Well, I mean obvious first, and
Speaker 1: you can say yourself for any of these two. Um okay.
Speaker 1: Next one, the rose goes to who called it like
Speaker 1: it is or like it was? I should say, Um,
Speaker 1: I would say m Jay Okay, yeah, not the Purple Vibrator.
Speaker 1: No no, uh no, I'm James. She always spoke her mind.
Speaker 1: Oh okay. The rose goes to who was the messiest
Speaker 1: my roommate Mikey, Maggie's getting a lot of these. The
Speaker 1: rose goes to who ate the most, who ate the most? Um?
Speaker 1: I probably get that to Rachel um, just because I
Speaker 1: would always hear her talk about since we would have
Speaker 1: like three meals and I'm like a late night meal
Speaker 1: and she it was just funny how she always raped
Speaker 1: about the late night meals. So the late night meals
Speaker 1: are the best, That's what we literal I don't remember. Oh,
Speaker 1: we loved those meals. Chicken tenders, French fries, pizza, whatever
Speaker 1: you wanted. It was the best. Maybe it changed after
Speaker 1: but I don't remember. We had so much down to him.
Speaker 1: All we all we cared about was the food. I
Speaker 1: feel like true. Who Oh. The rose goes to who
Speaker 1: was the most outgoing? Who was the most outgoing? Um?
Speaker 1: I would probably get that too, Serena pee. The rose
Speaker 1: goes to who got the most turned up turned out? Um,
Speaker 1: I'll get that to Serena see oh okay. Um. The
Speaker 1: rose goes to who was the loudest? Who is the loudest? Um,
Speaker 1: get back to m Jay very good way. M h okay.
Speaker 1: The rose goes to who was the voice of reasons
Speaker 1: of reason? Uh, Mike, Okay, maybe all right. Last one
Speaker 1: maybe the best one. Maybe an obvious answer, Um, the
Speaker 1: rose goes to who loved the camera the most? Who
Speaker 1: love the cameras? Um, Victoria the Queen. Yeah yeah we
Speaker 1: figured yeah, hands down, we got a night one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we figured that one. Oh, Abigail, you so much fun
Speaker 1: to talk to you. You are so sweet, so nice.
Speaker 1: We tried to get you to, you know, shout some tea,
Speaker 1: but you were very loyal to the women that you
Speaker 1: spent these weeks with. Um, which is great, which is great,
Speaker 1: really great characteristic. You're just as lovely as you were
Speaker 1: on camera watching you last night. So thank you so
Speaker 1: much for taking this time to stop by. It's been
Speaker 1: an absolute pleasure. Abigail, thank you so much. Now, one
Speaker 1: last question before you go, how far do you go?
Speaker 1: Can then find out? It's so weird to think that
Speaker 1: it's the premiere of the Bachelor, Like it's so weird
Speaker 1: that she's doing her premiere party and that we just
Speaker 1: had this, like we just I felt like we just
Speaker 1: did this a couple of weeks ago with clar and Taitia.
Speaker 1: We really did we really did it. It's weird because
Speaker 1: when when we do a new season. I feel like
Speaker 1: we're starting over. It's like not that it's our premiere night,
Speaker 1: but it's like, okay, here we go first night because
Speaker 1: we normally gets talked to these guests. Yes, which we
Speaker 1: will have Matt James on the podcast very soon. Just
Speaker 1: you wait, you guys, and it'll be a very interesting interview.
Speaker 1: What do you think Abigail seems too nice for the season,
Speaker 1: because from what we're getting from the previews, it seems
Speaker 1: like she stayed out of a lot of the drama
Speaker 1: and it seems like that was a great decision by her.
Speaker 1: Oh totally, she I mean, she was one of my
Speaker 1: favorites watching last night. Like I will say that she
Speaker 1: comes across as just genuine and sweet and obviously a
Speaker 1: little nervous and like not made for TV, which I
Speaker 1: feel like I always love watching people like that because
Speaker 1: I feel like it's more genuine like she I think
Speaker 1: genuinely is there. I hate to say this, but for
Speaker 1: the right reasons, as opposed as it is some other people.
Speaker 1: And so yeah, I mean, she's a sweetheart. I am
Speaker 1: excited to see more of her. But again, like I
Speaker 1: think this season, I mean, as we've heard, it's been
Speaker 1: the most tears, probably one of the most traumatic, and
Speaker 1: so I really hope that she can stay removed from
Speaker 1: that and really just focus on her love story with Matt,
Speaker 1: because he, like out of all the girls, I think
Speaker 1: he had one of the strongest actions with her. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was very obvious. I really enjoyed their talk with
Speaker 1: one another, because what was troublesome is that I saw
Speaker 1: a lot of the women talk about how infatuated they
Speaker 1: were with Matt and how great he looked, but there
Speaker 1: was depths of the conversation that he had with Abigail,
Speaker 1: so you know, and I can see why, you know,
Speaker 1: from from getting to talk to her. And it makes
Speaker 1: sense that as we saw the trailer for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season at the end of this, we didn't
Speaker 1: really see Abigail in it, and I don't think that's
Speaker 1: because she doesn't make it far. I think that's because
Speaker 1: she's drama free, So kudos to her. What were your
Speaker 1: thoughts on seeing the teas for the remainder of the season.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Well, we obviously saw the teas at
Speaker 1: the end of tatious season, and they left out a
Speaker 1: lot of it because I think I was most shocked
Speaker 1: at them bringing people back, like this new girl comes
Speaker 1: in god knows when at what week, and I had
Speaker 1: like total flashbacks to uh, Caitlin Bristow season and when
Speaker 1: Nick came back. But also we see Heather Martin, who
Speaker 1: was on Colton season. Let's talk about that, like, let's
Speaker 1: talk about that, Let's talk about it, let's get into it,
Speaker 1: because I forgot about Heather. But you know what, I'm
Speaker 1: actually not surprised by this because why Because I mean,
Speaker 1: I stay in touch with Hannah Brown, and she made
Speaker 1: a comment like when I first moved out to California.
Speaker 1: She because she obviously knows Matt and she's best friends
Speaker 1: with Heather. She made a comment at least she refers
Speaker 1: to Matt as one of her best friends, but go ahead, Yeah,
Speaker 1: but so she knows them both fairly well, and she
Speaker 1: made it seem like their lives and their faith are
Speaker 1: so much on the same level. And she's like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I could see it. It makes sense to me, Like
Speaker 1: I was trying to set them up. So when I
Speaker 1: saw Heather, I was shocked, but I was like, m
Speaker 1: makes sense. And I'm sure you know, Anna, I was
Speaker 1: probably talking to someone here and there to get her in.
Speaker 1: But but It's interesting because I felt like Heather on
Speaker 1: Colton season. I mean, she was obviously what was her
Speaker 1: story lie like that she had never been kissed, and
Speaker 1: she was a little bit more quiet and reserved and
Speaker 1: out of the drama and not really in the thick
Speaker 1: of things, like did it make for this great, crazy,
Speaker 1: dramatic TV. But now we see her against the other women,
Speaker 1: crying and the obviously the women are rubbed the wrong way,
Speaker 1: so it'll be, I think, a very very different experience
Speaker 1: from what she experienced a couple of years ago on
Speaker 1: The Bachelor versus this season. It made absolutely no sense
Speaker 1: for me that she popped up on the show. My
Speaker 1: first thought was, wait, don't we know her? Oh wait,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, that girl was on another season before. Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, where are her friends? Who was Obviously you
Speaker 1: had to bounce this idea off someone, And what doesn't
Speaker 1: make sense to me is, Okay, maybe she and Matt
Speaker 1: James did have a connection off camp or in the
Speaker 1: real world. Obviously it either didn't pop off or for
Speaker 1: whatever reason, it didn't work. So you now think it's
Speaker 1: a good idea to come on a television show to
Speaker 1: get to know him when you could have got like
Speaker 1: having a chance to get to know him in real life.
Speaker 1: It obviously didn't work. You're best friends with Hannah. Hannah's
Speaker 1: best friends with Matt. If she can't make it happen,
Speaker 1: why do you think that you're going to be able
Speaker 1: to go on it? Just it she was there for
Speaker 1: the wrong reasons. I'll just say, I'll just say it
Speaker 1: what it is. It's like, why would you It'd be
Speaker 1: different if Heather did not know Matt at all? Right?
Speaker 1: This isn't Becca Tilly coming back to meet Ben who's
Speaker 1: never met Ben before and knows that he's a good
Speaker 1: guy and wants the opportunity to get to pursue him
Speaker 1: on the same page as these other women. This is
Speaker 1: a girl who had full access to Matt James. But yeah,
Speaker 1: you decide to come on a show to meet him
Speaker 1: when you've been through this experience before. Let me ask
Speaker 1: you this, because I've thought about this. She doesn't have
Speaker 1: friends like so pretender to lead again and somebody comes
Speaker 1: in week three, Week four? Would you keep them or
Speaker 1: would you say no? I have a great group of
Speaker 1: a lot of men left still that I didn't want
Speaker 1: to get to know respect for them. I'm not going
Speaker 1: to keep you around. What would you do? It depends.
Speaker 1: If it was Heather, I'd send her home. Heather, you
Speaker 1: like you know me already in real life. We've met,
Speaker 1: we've hung out, we have a mutual best friend. I
Speaker 1: would send somebody home that I knew. I mean, I
Speaker 1: kind of had that all my season. The kid that
Speaker 1: I used to babysitt as a camp counselor came on
Speaker 1: the show. I can't see like I already knew you. Yeah,
Speaker 1: not necessarily, it's not the same. He didn't have the
Speaker 1: chance to get to know me as an adult. But still,
Speaker 1: I just I couldn't separate the two. Yeah, if it
Speaker 1: was somebody knew like Taitia had four men come on,
Speaker 1: I guess she didn't really started a season, so that's different.
Speaker 1: But it would depend. I would send Heather home. See
Speaker 1: I send Heather home. I get that too. On my cut,
Speaker 1: I feel like we're drinking up so many like old
Speaker 1: memories that I blacked out for a while. But my
Speaker 1: night one, there was a guy from Minneapolis that I
Speaker 1: knew and who had met like three or four times
Speaker 1: before starting, and so I sent him home night one
Speaker 1: because I was like, we had the opportunity for you
Speaker 1: to get to know me and for me to get
Speaker 1: to know you, and it obviously didn't work out those
Speaker 1: three or four times that we met. So why are
Speaker 1: you doing it now? And so I he went home
Speaker 1: night one like if I were Hannah, I would have
Speaker 1: been like, Heather girl, No, Heather's beautiful. You have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to meet all these other men, and you had
Speaker 1: an opportunity to get to know Map before. It's just
Speaker 1: even if she didn't, let's just say she did. Okay,
Speaker 1: she didn't get a chance to know Map before going
Speaker 1: on a show, on the show like this, when you
Speaker 1: do have a mutual best friend. I just I was like,
Speaker 1: what is happening? I hope he sends Row. Sorry, we'll
Speaker 1: have to wait a few weeks, I think to find out.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't like it. I would have rather
Speaker 1: seen somebody else come back. Just it. It's it's what
Speaker 1: other parts of the of this tears are stuck out
Speaker 1: to you? Um, I I the drama. I expect Matt crying.
Speaker 1: I'm really interested to hear you know why what was
Speaker 1: behind his tears? Because it wasn't like a tear falling down.
Speaker 1: It was that ugly cry and obviously something rocked him
Speaker 1: to the point where he couldn't control his emotions. So
Speaker 1: that more so stood out to me because I'm very
Speaker 1: curious as to what was the reasoning behind those tears. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that those tears don't come from one of the women,
Speaker 1: That's what I feel. Well, something happens or maybe he's
Speaker 1: you know, telling a story or something. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: And we saw this in the premier well obviously we're
Speaker 1: talking about the PRAM, but we saw this last night
Speaker 1: where he keeps saying, like, you know, I'm not one
Speaker 1: to open up and be vulnerable and like get to
Speaker 1: that point, and so honestly, I think this is maybe
Speaker 1: not the best setting to do that, to like really
Speaker 1: find those deep emotions that are lurking within you. But
Speaker 1: I mean, I can only hope that the overall experience
Speaker 1: was a good thing for him to kind of finally
Speaker 1: get to that point, not to hit rock bottom, but
Speaker 1: to just really feel all of those emotions that he,
Speaker 1: you know, has supposedly bottled up and kept hidden for
Speaker 1: so long. So yeah, I'm intrigued to see what else
Speaker 1: is in store. Yeah, hopefully it doesn't feel like another
Speaker 1: super long season like last time. But yeah, Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 1: We started with what thirty girls were already down to
Speaker 1: now twenty two, I think, and it's only just to begun.
Speaker 1: So I think with that, we just gotta gotta keep
Speaker 1: you guys hanging next week. We're so pumped because not
Speaker 1: only is this a brand new season, but we're able
Speaker 1: to share all of these fabulous women with you all.
Speaker 1: And we have a big guest coming next week. It's
Speaker 1: Sna actually not one of these women, but it is
Speaker 1: mister Matt James himself. So we cannot wait to pick
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Speaker 1: maybe get him to spill some tea with us rage
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Speaker 1: in a piece for the media. This is a podcast
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Speaker 1: we can ask him all that you see details. So
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