WEBVTT - Grocery Store Brett! 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:03.920 Hey, everyone, welcome back to bet You're Happy Hour. I'm 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:07.520 Joe and we are here with none other than grocery 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:13.480 store Bratt Brett. How are you? Brett is from Gen season, 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:18.040 so everyone knows and he unfortunately got set home night 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.000 one and if anyone knows how that feels, it's myself, 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:24.160 you know. So Brett, how you doing? 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:26.720 I'm fantastic. How are you? Guys? 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:30.560 We're good, We're good. Where where do you live? 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:31.560 So? 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:38.280 I live currently in Mannheim, Pennsylvania, so it's outside of Lancaster, 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:42.240 Lancaster City and Pennsylvania. I'm originally from a very small 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.960 town of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, so I want to give my 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.360 hometown a shout out. You know, a lot of a 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.040 lot of people from Manheim have been claiming me as well. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.000 So everyone else is all friends are like, they don't 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.160 think you're from Fairfield. I'm like, don't worry, We'll be 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:54.560 all right. 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.440 Where. What's with the Baltimore Ravens shirt? 0:00:58.480 --> 0:00:59.160 Are you? Is that? That? 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:00.400 Is that your team with that? 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:04.319 Yeah? So I'm a I'm a Baltimore Baltimore fandom guy. 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.360 So I'm a huge Ravens fan, huge Origeles fan. My 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.880 my dad is from Baltimore, so where I grew up 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.960 was about an hour hour from there. So my dad's 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:18.360 from Baltimore. My mom's from a small Pittsburgh farm town. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.080 So there was a good clash there between the Ravens 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.480 and the Steelers growing up. So I've got a I 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:24.840 got a good mixture there. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.240 What would be the other what is it? What would 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.280 be the other option? What's the closest and other NFL team? 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:35.039 Like close, DC's close and Philly's closer. But I would 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:35.640 never stoop that. 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:40.480 Well, Okay, wow, yeah, I don't mean that. 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:41.200 I don't mean that. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.560 They're They're pretty intense, So don't come in. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.280 It's all right. I don't think any of those people 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:50.400 listen to that for a half hour. How did you? 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:51.760 How did you get on the show? 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.960 So my friend, since he's my best friend since I 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.480 was three years old, him and his wife are huge 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.320 fans of the and one day we're in our group 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.120 chat and he text me he's like, hey, man, I 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.440 need your email, and I thought that was pretty normal, 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.360 so I sent it to him and he's like, I 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.839 need a good picture, and I'm like, no, I don't 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:13.520 know what you're doing. I don't know what you're up 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.560 to and he's like, it's it's fine. I found one anyway. 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:16.959 I just sidmited to do on the Bachelor att and 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.080 I'm like, I was like, man, what somebod are you 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.600 doing that for. He's like, oh, I thought it'd be 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.000 funny whatever. I'm like, nothing's gonna happen. We're fine, And 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.120 then it happened. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:27.200 Wow. 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:27.880 Nice. 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.480 Yeah that is I feel like how it goes. You 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.600 always just think, well, actually that's not true. There are 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:33.280 some people that got on that were like, oh yeah, 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.360 it was confident or like I always felt like I 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.280 was meant to be on the show, but like there's 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.040 so many people that are like, oh yeah, I submitimad 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:41.560 like you shoul I never thought i'd hear back and 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:42.960 here we are now I was on the show. 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:43.839 Yeah. 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.760 I was never It wasn't like on my calendar every day, 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.800 like check on the Bachelorette up updates and get on 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:50.200 the show. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:51.600 But it happened. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.320 So when you got the call, were you like, oh 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:55.400 my gosh, what's happening. 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:57.160 Yeah? I was like. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.519 At first, I was like I kind of caught me 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:05.120 off guard because it was a while since that, you know, 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.560 it was submitted and then uh, I kind of remembered. 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.200 I was like, oh my god, God he submitted me. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:12.280 I was like, yeah, I mean, let's let's see how 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.120 far this goes. You know, it'll make a lot of 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:17.720 people happy for sure. So it was surprising at first, 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:19.680 but I'm like, hey, you know what, you know, not 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.600 a lot of people will get this text in general, 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:22.480 this call in general. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:25.800 So it be uh, it be rooted me to waste that. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:28.880 I I agree. If it's one of those things where 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.119 it's like you don't think it's going to happen, and 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.120 then it's like it presents itself to you, it's kind 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.240 of like, yeah, I might as well, might as well 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.160 give this a shot. If you're If you're single, what 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.320 what was your dating life like before going on? 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:46.200 I would say rather stagnant. You know, I'm definitely someone 0:03:46.240 --> 0:03:49.400 who doesn't rush into things. I definitely take my time, 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.240 you know, trying to find the right person. I probably 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.400 don't give as many opportunities as I should, but I 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.640 you know, I take I take the love life seriously, 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.480 and I take other people's love life seriously. 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.160 If I feel like it's not going to happen, I 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:03.640 try not. 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.560 To lead somebody on. 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.640 You know, I'm very awkward at getting out of uh 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.000 you know, relationships or things like that in general. That's 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.880 hard for me to do, so I kind of it 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.640 was stagnant is a good word for it. 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:22.039 What are you like dating app guy? Just going to 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.560 the bars with your friends and meeting women that way? 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:25.680 What would you do? 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.039 It was a good mixture, always on the dating apps 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:29.960 and everything. 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:29.800 So. 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.080 You know, probably you know, put my personality in persons 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.960 a little easier for me than trying to describe it 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.039 over text. You know, I think I'm an intricate guy, 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.320 but uh so it's a little easier in person. 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:43.760 But I did do both. 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.200 And then are you like a relationship guy? I'm as 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:51.160 you're not a love version like Sam? What's like for 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:52.800 relationship history there? 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.080 Yeah, I'm a relationship guy. I prefer to have it 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.479 that way. I'm not really too interested in something that 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.320 doesn't mean thing. It's kind of hard for me to 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.479 be in so, you know, I'm a I'm a relationship 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:05.400 through and through. 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:06.520 I'm not a not a. 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:12.159 Love hears So going on a show like The Bachelor 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:16.760 atte for for myself, I never pictured in my wildest dreams. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.080 I would I would never do something like that, right 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:21.440 I was. I was approached at the Whole Foods and 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.279 and I kind of just went with it. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.960 Similar to you, I can't believe you were not only 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.440 like labeled grocery store, Joe, but to get on the 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.200 show you were scouted in a grocery like that is 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:34.400 so insane. 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.200 A wild wild But I just in my head, I 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.080 was just like, I'm not one of those guys. I 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:42.880 can never do something like that. I'm I'm definitely more 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:44.880 on the shy side of things, like this is just 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.520 it's just not me, right Yeah. And then you know, 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.080 as I'm going through the process of potentially going on 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:52.960 the show, I'm like, maybe I could do this. I 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.039 don't know. I'm just gonna be myself. But going into 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.680 night one, I I was like, the only thing I 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.520 don't want to happen. I don't want to go home 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:03.000 right away. 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.440 I just everyone tells them something. I just as long 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.400 as I don't go home night one, like, it's fine. 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.159 Yeah, I mean yeah, you just you just don't. I 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:14.559 mean it's it's like the worst thing that could happen 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.719 night one is you go home like you prep for 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.559 this show, You're ready and then it's it's it's also 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.960 like it's a it's a shot to the ego. It's 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:28.360 just it's just overall it sucks. But yeah, it ended 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.719 up going ended up going very well for me. But 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.800 what was your hesitation or fears going into it? 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.560 Did you have a yeah, I mean I was kind 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.280 of in the same boat. I didn't see myself doing it. 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:45.360 I don't see myself as that kind of person. I 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.960 almost I almost didn't. I was like right on the 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.120 verge of like I just don't know if that's who 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.600 I am, you know, And I think a couple of 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.400 people I was like, I just think it would mean 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.760 a lot to a bunch of people, you know, being 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:00.640 from a small town in general, like we don't have 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.800 much to talk about. We don't have like anybody to 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.200 point to and be like that guy came from my town. 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:09.280 Not to say that I'm I'm special or anything now, 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.080 just because I wanted to show, but I mean it 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:12.920 was cool for some people to have something to talk about, 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:17.560 like I'm single anyway, and nothing's happening now, and I 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.560 just I think I took a little talking to like 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.520 if it I mean, I you know, every one said 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.240 that this is an opportunity and not a lot of 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.800 people get And I was like, I was just worried 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:30.280 to think the same as you, Like, I didn't want to. 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:32.720 I didn't want to go on and be someone that 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.360 I wasn't. I didn't want to have my parents watch, 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.440 my friends watch and be like, who the hell is 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.760 that guy? And that was my biggest worry, Like I 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.160 didn't want to look back and be like, man, I. 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:45.239 Was trying way too hard. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.720 I was trying to put on for something else that 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:51.440 I wasn't and that was my biggest fear. But going on, 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.040 I mean, I'm glad that I did. 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:54.280 You know. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.200 It was definitely something I always talk about how I 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:01.480 want to push myself into like uncomfortable situations to kind 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.000 of grow. And this is the first time where I'm like, 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.520 all right, well you say that, and now you have 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.600 this opportunity to do it, you better go do it 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.120 and be someone you know that you're you know, trying 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:11.880 to be uncomfortable. 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:13.960 You have the chance now, So I'm glad. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.400 I yeah, I mean I think that I think the 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.080 same way, like when if I'm like i'm a little 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.160 i'm a little scared to do this, or I'm uncomfortable. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:25.080 That's kind of like the sign of like now I 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.800 gotta do it. Yeah, now I have to do it 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.960 if I want to grow and experience something new. 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:35.360 What's your what's your David Goggins couchphrase? Again? Stay hard, no, 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:36.360 get comfortable. 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.400 I forgot who that is. But you have to make yourself. 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.280 Comfortable and uncomfortable situation. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.079 That's why I tell myself every time I'm in a 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:59.080 in a cold plunge. Okay, So, but like in your 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:02.720 head going home night one, was it did you even? 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.640 Did you even think about it? Or was just something like, oh, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.280 it could happen, but I'm not going to give it 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:06.880 too much thought. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:11.800 I joked about it, you know, like obviously leaving, you 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.160 know for work, we kind of were like, you know, 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.560 preparing to not have me at work, and you know, 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.319 we joked a lot, and like I was like, God, 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.000 so you could see me, you know, in a couple 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.280 of days, and it was something I was prepared for, 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:30.400 you know, Like it's there's twenty five guys in there 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.840 who all are in the same boat you are, Like 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.719 they were hand selected too, and it's you know, they 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.360 have just as much as a shot. It's you know, 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.600 I was prepared for it. Uh did I don't know 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:45.400 if I you know, yeah, I was ready whatever in 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.200 my head, and I told everybody, like, this is going 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:48.600 to shake out how I was going to shake out. 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.880 If I'm if I'm on there for a long time, 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.760 I'm on there for a long time. If I'm gone 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.760 in one night, I'm gone in one night. I have 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:57.080 a life back home that I can't wait to return to. 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:57.559 Either way. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.080 I've got good friends, good family, good coworkers, And you know, 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.560 I was prepared for anything. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.880 Yeah, I guess I'm I'm the only guy that could 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:09.920 kind of just keep keep like rubbing salt in the 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:11.959 wound and keep asking you about going home that well, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.120 because it happened to be so it's like, yeah, just 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.480 keep keep going. But no, I mean, yes, that all 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:18.840 makes sense. What do you What do you do for 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:19.280 a living. 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.520 I'm an environmental health and safety manager and dabble in 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.520 in the HR world, So a lot of regulatory stuff 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:30.199 safety and a lot of a lot of that good stuff. 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:32.360 Are you passionate about the environment? Is that why you 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:32.920 got into that? 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:33.920 Yeah? 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.440 So, like I don't I don't deal a whole heck 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.520 of a lot with the environmental side of things I do, 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.480 but I do. I do enjoy, you know, being out 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:46.080 in nature. I grew up like in the mountains. That 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.800 stuff is important to me, you know, I'm an animal lover, 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.800 you know a lot of like taking care of the 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.760 environment is something I think we should all do because 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.760 we live in it. But I do, you know, I 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.080 enjoy going out on on hikes and getting out as 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.200 many parts and stuff as I can, So that there 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.200 is that is something special me, Like I'm never gonna 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.320 dump toxic waste into something because you know, I'm like, well, 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.080 that could end up anywhere and hurt. 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.120 The environment and somebody else. So I am that part 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:10.400 I am. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.760 Yeah, And also you probably shouldn't have toxic waste just 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:14.600 laying around, you know. 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.320 I don't have any, So that's good that it keeps 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:18.400 me from dumping it somewhere. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:22.400 But so, how did your night one conversation go with Jen? Then, 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.040 because you come out of the limo, you have your 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.439 interaction there with her, and then I'm assuming you did 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.600 you get to talk to her inside? Yeah, and then 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.880 your whole truth or dare moment? Like overall, how is 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:33.320 the night. 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:35.880 I enjoyed the night? 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.480 You know, I obviously, it's a lot of people, as 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.559 you guys know, and you get a limited interaction in general, 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.440 so you don't get a lot of time to show 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.600 your personality, and uh so you kind of got to 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.959 make do with what you get. I enjoyed the night 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.439 overall though. It was a positive experience. There's a lot 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.600 of good guys in there, obviously, Jen being the bachelorette, 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.880 she's a great girl. I'm excited to see how it 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.040 shakes out farther, you know, obviously since I went home 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:07.280 night one, but I I enjoyed the night. I would 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.200 relive it. I would do it again. I don't have 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.360 any regrets about it. I'm happy with how it went. 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.240 I have fun. I was tired, but you know, the 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:15.880 split kind of woke me up a little bit. That 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:18.520 was my deer dive moment. I'm like, I mean, I 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.440 was like, it's the end of the night, probably, and 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.160 I can I can live with rip pants if I 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.040 have to, and uh thank god they didn't. But I'm like, 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.800 someone will get me a pair of shorts or they won't, 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.600 you know. So yeah, it was it was a good night. 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.560 Did you have a conversation with Jen? Did you have 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.520 one on one time with her after the limo. 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:39.800 Yes, yes, I did, yep. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:41.800 And how did that conversation go? 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.320 I thought it was okay? Yeah, I thought it was okay. 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.240 I don't think there were you know, like it was 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.360 jumping off the screen at anybody, you know. I don't 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.840 think there were sparks flying. She obviously had better connections 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.160 with other guys. I think it was a good conversation, 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.000 but like, uh, you know, if you watched it, you 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.240 saw us at a bar having that conversation, I don't 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.160 think you'd be like, whoa, those two, those two got it, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:08.080 you know, So I don't I don't think it was 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:09.320 anything to write. 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.480 How I'm about did you talk? 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.600 Because I remember I remember getting in the house and 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.760 like I truly blacked out when I got when I 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.400 stepped out of the limo and had that first conversation 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:24.560 with Becco where I essentially just mumbled but I and 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.240 then I remember like starting to like talk to the 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.160 other guys in the house and feeling it out and 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:32.600 just like certain guys were like, oh, I like I 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.400 think she's into me or mine went great and YadA, YadA, YadA. 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.000 Were you doing any of that? Were those conversations happening. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.520 Oh, the conversations were happening, But I definitely wasn't bragging 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:45.120 about myself and those ones. I thought it was a 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.280 good conversation from the start. I think we all kind 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:51.960 of realized, like I wasn't nervous going into it. I 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.640 just the whole time, I'm like, I you know, I 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.280 was good. It was gonna it's gonna shake out how 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:01.360 it shakes out. And then when you finally kind of 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.280 come around the bend there and you see her and 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.200 she's waiting for you, and you're like, okay, well now 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.720 I'm with her one on one in the cameras, like 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:12.760 now it's go time. Whatever I say is now it's 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:13.959 gonna be used. 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.320 Here, you know. 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.920 Like that's where it finally was like you could hear 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:22.600 my voice the shakiness a little bit. So I think 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.360 that's where that nervousness set in. So again I wasn't 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.600 really in there saying like, man, you guys are done 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:31.120 for I got this in the bag. I would, but 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.560 I thought it was a good a good first impression. 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.240 And going into the house. 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.120 What do you think it is about you that has 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:43.040 like captivated bachination? Because obviously we see a group of 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.960 people go home night one every season, and once in 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:49.640 a while there's someone that really stands out to the audience. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:50.600 What do you think it was? 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:56.240 I mean, I couldn't tell you. I'm surprised, as everybody 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.560 else is. I know, for my friends and family, it 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.680 was like and it was refreshing to hear them say 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.760 that They're like, there wasn't a difference between me on 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.920 camera on TV, between me and person, and I wanted 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:10.440 to stand by that. I wasn't just didn't want to 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.040 look back and be like, Ah, that guy sucks, that's 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.840 not me, you know. I I think I was as 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.000 authentic and I wanted to be that way, Like we're 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.800 real people, as you guys know, Like just because there's 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.240 cameras on doesn't mean there's not real emotions and real 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.760 thoughts going through her head. I think that might be 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:29.040 it is that I was just real. 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.240 I wasn't you know. 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.880 I was gonna go be respectful everybody. I was going 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:35.640 to treat everybody how I wanted to treat it. I 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:40.080 wasn't going to disrespect somebody to elevate myself, and I 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:41.960 was just gonna go try and lighten things up, crack 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:43.480 some jokes and have some fun. 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.520 When episode one aired, who are you watching it? 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:47.640 With? 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.280 Just my my friend Kevin and his fiance Alex. So 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.680 we were just chilling on the couch watching my mom. 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.240 She wasn't gonna travel anywhere to go watch it. She 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.600 was she was pretty excited to watch it. I know 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.120 she was talking about heading down to the bar with 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.840 her friends and everything. But you know she's been she's 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.440 been living it up for sure. But just my friends. 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:12.520 So were you guys paying attention to Twitter and social 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:17.480 media as as you were on it? And and when 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:18.560 you did get eliminated? 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.000 Yeah, they they were pretty locked in. Well, I don't 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.160 want to include my friend Kevin. He'll he doesn't look 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:24.840 at social media at all, and he'll be mad if 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:25.320 I say that. 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:27.400 So Alex is his fiance. 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.560 She was including like, oh my god, look at this, 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.360 look at this, look at this, and uh, every every 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:33.040 tweet or. 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.000 Instagram that came across, we saw all of it. 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.000 So what do your family and friends think of au 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:38.480 all this? Then? 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.560 Uh, they're excited. They're excited. You know. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.040 My mom said she's proud of me. So I'm like, 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:49.160 well that's good, you know they I think I represented 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.560 myself in a manner that I could be proud of 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.600 and everybody else could point to and say that's a 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:56.560 good that's my biggest thing. Like I'm just like that 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:00.480 guy said small town. I wanted people in our limited 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.480 h interactions in the outside world to be able to 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.919 point at me and be like, that's our guy. He 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.000 represents our town, and I try to do the best 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.560 I can. So they're they're pretty excited about all of this. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.240 They keep me up to date on everything, for sure. 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.680 So where where is Where is your head at? 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:22.840 Now? 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.440 Because I know, like, like the same thing kind of 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.000 happened with me, where you know, everyone's Bachelor Nation's upset 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.080 that you go home and then so now I'm kind 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.399 of like, oh, like, is is it over for me? 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:38.800 Like I I because you know, I don't, you know, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.280 we just don't know. So where is your head at? 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.720 I am trying to stay as grounded as possible. I'm 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:50.399 you know, I I I'm still just living my normal life, 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.439 being a normal guy. Now I get recognized more often, 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:57.320 which is hilarious to everybody, like the fact that people 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.199 like one night I was I was. 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:01.720