WEBVTT - Keeping Up with Amanda Hirsch 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.000 What's up a Happy Hour. It's good to be back 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:08.000 with you again this week, but it's also slightly good 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:12.360 or sweet because my wonderful co host Michelle is unfortunately 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:15.280 under the weather, so she will not be joining us 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.319 this week, which is a huge bummer because I wanted 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:20.759 to catch up with her and hear all about how 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:24.600 her birthday weekend, how she enjoyed Wayne Go Tango and 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.440 walked the red carpet with Nate. But we will have 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:29.560 to wait until the following week to get her on 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.280 to just pick her brain on all of that fun stuff. 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:35.120 But Michelle, if you are listening to this in the meantime, 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.880 I have to give you a huge shout out because 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.720 you and Nate rocked the red carpet at Wayne Go Tango. 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:46.319 You looked absolutely stunning in that red dress. For all 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.160 of our listeners who have not seen her in this 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:53.159 incredible number, please go to Instagram. It's probably boasted all 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.640 over your feed. It's probably on her feed. But oh 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.040 my gosh, hot, damn, no one else should ever wear 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:01.440 that dress because Michelle, you looked incredible and it looked 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:03.520 like such a fun time. I hope you had a 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.640 great time reuniting with Nate and celebrating your big birthday 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:12.160 and all of that fun stuff. And you know, for 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:15.240 everyone listening here, I love to talk. I could just 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.000 go on and go on, but I'm not going to 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.919 do that because we actually have a very fun guest 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.679 coming up and I can't wait to have her on 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:25.840 because she is not only a fellow podcaster just a 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:29.240 badass mom, but she has really paved the way in 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:34.279 the world of social media and especially knowing all things 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:39.080 pop culture in terms of reality television. So very shortly 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:44.000 we will be having Amanda hirsh On aka not Skinny 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:48.080 but not Fat. But before we do bring Amanda on, 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.320 I have to give one final shout out to Michelle 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.160 because you know, we've been talking about this for weeks, 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:57.120 but it is officially her last week of school, last 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.840 week of teaching in the classroom, and Michelle, you have 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.280 put in so much hard work, time, dedication to the classroom, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.920 to your students, and to their families. But we will 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.120 be thinking of you this week. I'm sure you're just 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.080 going to crash once that day is done, but we 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.680 are sending you so much love and support and enjoy 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.920 those last few hours with all of your students, and 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.000 who knows what the future will hold, but we are 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.679 always here to love and support you. But it's an 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.280 exciting week for you. Let me know if you need 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.920 anything in the meantime, a bottle of wine, kick up 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.359 your feet, relax, chill for a little bit, and just 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.520 treat yourself to some time off. You know, hopefully you 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.079 can enjoy the next three months of this summer break. 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:43.160 But everyone, before we do, bring on our very fun guest. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.519 I just have to do a little humble bragging here, 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.280 and not that it's that big of a deal, but 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:52.519 if anyone follows along either me or Thomas on social media, 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:56.560 you will see that Thomas was supposed to be running 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.720 a big marathon down in San Diego last week, and 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:04.880 fortunately he caught a very weird, very strange, unique double 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:08.639 lung infection when we were in Hawaii, so he unfortunately 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.160 could not run the marathon. But he, somehow, I don't 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.840 know how he did this, convinced me to run a 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.880 five k and I'm not a huge runner. I'm not 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:23.680 into cardio. It's not my thing. I don't necessarily enjoy it, 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.639 but he talked me into it. And so this past weekend, 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.200 Thomas and I ran our first five well not ours, 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.720 but my first five k together done in San Diego 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.440 with the Rock and Roll Marathon, and it was so 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:38.280 much fun. And for anyone who has ever ran a 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.400 marathon or a half marathon, or a ten k or 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.440 even a five k, like, kudos to you, because it's 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.560 not easy, I mean, especially running in a marathon. I 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.360 have so much more respect for people who do it 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:54.880 and who are dedicated and love and enjoy it. But 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.600 it all goes to a good cause. And so thanks 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.800 to everyone who took part in that. Thanks to Tommy 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.600 or drag and my booty out of bed at five 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.440 thirty in the morning, six in the morning to get 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.600 running on the road. And some people have DMed me 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.440 actually asking if I would ever do a marathon or 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.960 if you'll see me running in the future, And I'm 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.920 going to tell you right now you probably will never 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.920 ever in this lifetime see me do marathon, probably not 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.599 even a half marathon, but I would definitely do another 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:28.520 five k, maybe maybe a ten k if I practice. 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.480 But it was just such a fun experience. So shout 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.640 out to the Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego. 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.400 You guys are incredible, So many people showed up. I 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:38.159 did not know what to expect and it was such 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.800 a cool experience just with everything all the planning that 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.919 goes into it. But yeah, thanks for all of the 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.800 well wishes and the support with that all of our 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:51.839 listeners who fall along. That has been received and loved 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:57.640 and I appreciate it so much. But enough about me. 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:02.640 We do have a very fun interview coming up with 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:07.000 Amanda again. She is a force on Instagram with her 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:11.080 extensive coverage on all things pop culture. Please join me 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:15.560 and welcoming Amanda Hirst a Happy Hour. Well first, Amanda, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.160 welcome to Happy Hour. We well when I say we 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.919 because I know Michelle who is my co host and 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:23.680 unfortunately a second campy here. We have been wanting to 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.479 have you on for a while. We're so excited to 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.400 have you, so thank you for joining us and just 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.640 catch us up on your life. How are you well? 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.159 Thank you back. I'm a huge fan, as you guys 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:37.200 probably know, I'm a Bachelor Nation groupie. I don't know 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.320 what do I call it, like back to our nation, bitch, 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.080 I don't know. I'm just part of your part of 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.159 the nation. I'm like part I'm on the sidelines. Of 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:51.120 the nation. Yeah, we've been like, it feels weird to 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.600 not have it on air right now, even though like 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.360 that used to be normal, but we got you so 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.400 like back to back to back to back to back, 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:03.440 and now we have this spoiled you could call it 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:08.200 that spoiled over abundance. I don't know. I don't know, 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.120 but I felt both. I felt both. Um, but a 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.240 huge fan, huge fan of Bastination can't wait for what 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:18.400 is it Paradise to come the next thing. Well, so 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.920 first it'll be the Boucherette the next season that'll air, 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:24.960 but it's you know, like the duel two women, and 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:28.799 then the Paradise is about to film like this week. 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:30.920 I think, I know some of the cast is already 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:35.359 down there, so that'll come out. I'm assuming like September October. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.360 I don't know the exact dates, but you'll you'll very 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.159 soon have back to back seasons once again. Oh my 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:46.400 god it congrats on your engagement. Thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah, 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.760 he's been showing off his rock whenever he can, his 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:52.479 little bling, you know how Like I'm sure when women 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.360 get engaged, they're like, oh, look at you everything, you 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.560 know what you know? Yeah, but you know, like people 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.160 want to do everything with their left hand, and I 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.240 feel like that's how he is. Now. He's like, oh wait, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.240 let me hold my cup with my left hand and 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.159 we get my coffee mug. But I want to switch 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.560 it into this hand. And so he's been showing off 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.880 the ring a lot. So thank you, we can I 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.200 ask you see how I'm switching it around to like 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:17.360 having you on my podcast, but this I just want 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.200 to know how it works. So is he going to 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.640 get you a ring now? Yes? So I kind of 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.880 stole his thunder a little bit because he did have 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.280 something planned so he I don't know if he has 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.440 it currently or is like in the midst of making 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.160 a ring, but he had a date in mind and 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.120 I have no idea what it is that he was 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:37.680 going to do it. And so when I popped to 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.760 the question early and through him for the loop, I 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.160 was like, I don't want to take away from what 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:45.400 you have planned. You know, my ring fingers getting lonely 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.880 over here, so I want one too, but I just 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.880 wanted to add to it. So yes, we are probably 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:54.960 like the only people, which is probably not necessary and 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:57.680 like you said, over abundance, but like we'll probably have 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:03.160 two engagements then, so like surprise for engaged again. But yeah, 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.680 he'll he'll he'll do something fun. Are you Are you 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:08.720 going to tell him, like what you want for a ring? 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:13.600 Oh he knows, he is well aware. Yeah, one of 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.600 my best friends has made it very apparent to him 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.480 of what I would like the time around, because in 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:23.680 the past I wasn't really able to design a ring personally, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:29.240 and so now this time around, Um, my friend has 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:31.440 told him, you know, this is what it needs to 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.640 look like, this is exactly what she needs. Don't go over, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.640 don't go under whatever. So he knows, he's he's a 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.640 smart guy. Yeah, I love that. I also love I 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:46.440 love the coupling in general because it's so random. It is. 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.760 It is very random. That's what everyone said, especially when 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.360 we first got together. It was a random but then 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:57.080 like it happened, and then you guys knock on Wood 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:00.559 are like making it and you know he didn't get 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:04.840 the best at it on his season obviously, Um, and 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:10.600 you're just making everybody kind of see him. Yeah, he's 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.800 actually a really really great guy and so I'm at least, 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:15.240 you know, I was lucky enough to meet him in 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.960 Paradise and other people were done there too. But you know, 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.360 now I could spend my life with him and I 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.560 know that real Thomas now, which I'm like, how the 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.200 hell did they turn you into this? But right? But yeah, 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.400 but I want to ask you, so, when you got 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.679 engaged and married, did your husband know what you wanted 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.480 it in advance? Or was he did he just go 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:38.120 on blind? No? I was twenty six years old, baby, 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.120 I know. You know girls come in the batchelor at 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.920 like twenty three and Imo was like and but for me, 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.280 it's like we were together for five years, so I wasn't. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.920 I didn't I didn't need to get proposed to. He 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.280 was like more into that. But yeah, it was a 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:57.959 complete surprise. I was like caught off guard and he 0:09:58.320 --> 0:09:59.760 you know, we were broke at the time, so we 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:03.880 got me a baby ring, which only you know we're 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.559 married now for six years together for eleven I think 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.880 I only allowed myself to make fun of it like 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:14.640 this year, like like that's like the decade mark of dating. Yeah, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.000 to be like now I'm like all the time, like 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.840 I need a microscope please, like led zoom in, where's 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.920 my monocle? Right? But now he gets it, but but 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.120 it is special because we were at such a different 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.000 point in our lives where like we had no money 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.679 like yet to take like a loan to get this ring. Um, 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.319 and and it is really special. I am thinking about 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.600 like upgrading it now, and it's really sweet because he's 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:43.440 so supportive, Like, but I'm I'm not gonna put it 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.920 in a drawer. I want to like incorporate it. But yeah, 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.760 like I'm sure a lot of men would be like 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.160 and he's just like wants me to do it. He's like, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.040 So that's more and more common these days. I mean 0:10:56.160 --> 0:11:00.640 I've talked to aunts and just random women who I'll 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.360 comment on their rings and they'll be like, oh, this 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.440 is my second ring. We just upgraded it. So I 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.400 feel like it's more common these days. And I love 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:10.680 that you still want to incorporate what he gave you originally. Yeah, 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:12.480 that's then what is it what I'm going to get 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.240 a new engagement ring? Like bitch, like you've been married 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:19.640 for whatever years and it means something. So yeah, it 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.080 was the opposite. Like today I saw my sister go 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:25.559 through the process and she of getting engaged, and like 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.120 she knew exactly what she wanted. She had Pinterest picture 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.319 she had to the point that she knew like which 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.840 band and which like the under things, like all these things, 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.400 and I'm like, oh my god, I didn't even have 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.240 a chance to like explore those things, know what I mean? Well, 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.640 and especially I'm sure before social media and like the 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:46.040 pinterests of the world came up. It's like, I mean, 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.440 even doing Thomas's ring, which you would think would be 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.720 so damn simple, like a men's wedding band, there was 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.680 so many questions and bits and pieces. I'm like, thank 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.320 god I had a friend who's a dueler that could 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:57.960 help me, because I'm like, I don't know what any 0:11:57.960 --> 0:11:59.439 of you. I don't know what a stone cut is, 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.600 or like what the clarity or any of this shit. 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.280 It's it's wild. I want to ask you. Oh my god, 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:07.400 I have so many questions for you. But just since 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.920 we're talking about your husband really quick, is he a 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.880 pop culture junkie just like you? Oh my god, he's 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:16.840 the opposite. He the other day confused like Jason Biggs 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:20.720 and Adam Sandler, Like he's the opposite. So like, what 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:25.160 is his thing that he like gravitates too? Well, it's 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:30.040 really sweet because he's so supportive and like like I'll 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.920 explain to him like who people are so he knows, 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.000 and then he'll get into it be like oh that girl, 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.120 you know, and he'll just find a way to like 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.600 make me understand who he's talking about. But he'll never 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.600 say the name because he doesn't know. It's just it's 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.520 so much to keep track of. It's like I watch 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:48.520 so much television and I mean not enough, not really, 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:52.720 but but a lot of reality TV stars and celebrities 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.360 and you know, so, no, he's not in tune with it. 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.760 And you know what, I don't think I like it 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.160 that way. You know. It's like he doesn't need to 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.199 be into this stuff or geek out about this stuff. 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:10.320 He's just really happy for like me in situations and 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.920 he gets really into it, like oh and like what 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:16.440 about this? And he's very supportive in the on the 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:20.480 business side. But no, he's not, you know, he's not 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.440 into it. I'll be like I got a dam from 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.600 Kim and he'll like be excited, but he's not, like, 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:28.680 you know, into it. I wonder like if there are 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.679 a lot of guys that are well, I mean, so 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:34.680 just being in this world, you know, I came into 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.439 the Bachelor world back in twenty seventeen, and since then, 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.880 I've met so many guys. You would be surprised at 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.000 the amount of men that I'll meet just randomly, like 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:47.120 on the straight or grocery shopping, who are huge, huge 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.760 fans and they and you know, you have the guys 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.560 who are just so proud of it. They're like, yeah, 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.520 I love the show. I watched like I watched it 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.320 with my guys. And then there's half, like the half 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.680 of the group of men who are like, oh, I 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.160 watch because my fiance does, or my wife does or 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.199 my girlfriends. I'm like, you guys always blame it on 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.600 the girls, but you secretly get hooked too. So yeah, 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:11.640 I'm actually surprised at the amount of guys that that 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.600 like also recognized Thomas, like he gets spotted. I mean 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.800 he's tall, so he sticks out like a sore thumb, 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.720 but like so many dudes gravitate towards him and they're like, dude, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.560 we sigh you on the show. We loved you, like 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.720 it's it's so funny, you would not expect it. I 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.840 love it. I think I know more men that watch 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.360 it with their like women. But I wonder if it's 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.040 like a red flag if you meet a guy and 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:36.240 he watches The Bachelor or not. Well, I've met a 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:37.880 lot of guys that will just do it with their 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.920 guy friends, like um, people like yeah, they're like like, 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.160 I was talking to a guy maybe a month or 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.960 show ago who started watching it and he's my age now, 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:51.040 so thirties and started in college. I think he was 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.520 part of a frat and they just started watching it 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.680 on Mondays to like, you know, pick up girls and 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.000 to be able to talk about it, and then it 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.840 just stuck. So he has his Fantasy Bachelor group on 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.600 Monday still, and it's these dudes in their thirties that 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.640 just watch it together and their wives like, I don't 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.920 even think take part in it. It's so funny to me, 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:12.840 it is. But I you know, I don't know Becca honestly, 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:17.960 and well I want to know. I want to know. 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:19.680 So how long have you been a fan or have 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:28.400 watched The Bachelor or Bachelortte? What season? Maybe Ben Higgins? Oh, 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.720 some more recent Yeah, I mean it's not that recent. Yeah, 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:35.200 but that was Joe Joe Lauren. Yeah, I think that's 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:39.800 when I like really started watching watching before that like 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:41.480 I knew about it. I think I even was like 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:43.880 kind of in it when like the Tristan and Ryan 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.640 like those first couples. But I think the Beg Benhiggens 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:51.520 season was really one. Even today, like I'll get asked 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.960 by people like if you would recommend a season. I 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:57.680 feel like the Ben like Ben Haigen season is such 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:02.040 a classic one because he's so like a certain type 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.080 and he got the Joe Joe and you know, well 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:06.800 he and he was one of that one sicks out 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.480 because he was one of the first people leads to 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:13.000 say I love you to two people, oh right, and 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:17.040 he and he didn't get as much shit, right, No, No, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:21.480 I think I mean I think he did, but not 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.280 in the way that other leads coming after him had. 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.080 Like I think I think he like set the precedent 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.280 for the amount of I love you and if you 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.680 should or should it in this whole debate of like 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:34.800 you know, how much should you divulge to somebody you're 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.360 about to get engaged too? Right, Like it's but um, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:42.080 oh my gosh, yeah that was back in like twenty fifteen. 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.000 I think you know what's so wild? I was just 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:50.040 reminiscing about the real World. Have you the Real World ever? Yeah? 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.320 Well yes, young Becca did I mean? And I had 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.920 to hide it from my mom because growing up when 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.480 it was like in its prime, I was in probably 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.920 middle school, like eight elementary school, and I would always 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.760 go to my friend's house to watch it, but my 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.000 mom was like very strict on TV, so I couldn't 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.000 watch it at home. But oh yeah, there was there 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.640 was one season where I think Cameron who was now 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:15.800 on right Southern char I watched her. Yeah and Brad 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:19.680 remember Brad? Yes, yes, And so that's like the prime 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.520 of what I remember. Diego? Yeah, yeah, at San Diego. 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.560 I just yesterday. Oh you know why I thought, like 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.160 why it became a topic of a conversation because there 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:33.680 was like a challenge um uh promo and like Kim 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.520 Kardashian wasn't it randomly? And it was just so random. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.439 It was just a bunch of people from the franchise, 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.920 like the batch of the Challenge in real World, which 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:47.679 is still going. They're still doing challenges everybody, and and 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.880 Kim Kardashian was in the promo being like saying one 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:52.359 of the lions and the promo and I was like, 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:56.199 this is the most random collab and then here for it, 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.560 but I'm always here for it. And I started remembering 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:03.480 all the players like CT, and then I posted something 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.879 about CT and literally my dams were blowing up of 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.439 women just thirsting over this guy that was in the 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.520 real world. And then there was this girl, Bryn. She 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.280 was on a season, she was from Portland, and so 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:21.359 many people from our generation, like millennials that watched the show. 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:26.280 This was our like induction to reality TV. Yeah, jen 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.720 Zeers don't know what they missed, like and that was 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.399 before like a lot of I'm sure editing took place 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.520 and all right, just like it was real well they 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:39.560 say where real people? Yeah, but they lost out on 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.280 like somebody saw Bryn one of like a favorite like 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:48.960 um waitress saying you know now and and we were saying, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:54.560 like they didn't get to enjoy the perks of reality 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.760 TV starts today. Oh it wasn't like you're gonna leave 0:18:57.840 --> 0:18:59.600 and you know, maybe you'll get a show or maybe 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.359 a pot or maybe a partnership. It was like, no, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.720 you're back to being a normal person. Yeah, like you 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:07.000 probably get paid for just that stint. I mean, and 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.879 I feel like it didn't really take or go to 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:12.160 the challenge. Yeah, like the next thing, like you make 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.439 it far enough here, you go to the next show. 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:17.280 But yeah, I feel like it didn't really take off 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.959 until social media became such a thing with like brand 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:22.920 deals and collabs and now, I mean, there's just so 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:24.720 much that people don't even realize what it was like 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.480 before that. But oh man, anyways, I want to get 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.960 into you and how you really got started because you 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:35.560 just mentioned Kim Kardashian and I want to talk about 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:42.240 the evolution of Amanda into Commanda, because because your followers 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.320 are so loyal and they lost their minds when you 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:49.240 were invited to cover the Hulu premier, So how did 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.520 you get involved in that in the first ones? Like 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:53.720 who invited you to cover that? Like give me the 0:19:53.720 --> 0:20:00.000 whole backstory to this. Well, I you know, I'm yeah, 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:03.680 became Commanda. It was like I was covering the Bachelor 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:10.680 Kardashians summer House, like just you know, fun recapping reality 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:15.119 to be like you know, and I've always loved the Kardashians, 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:19.680 always watched and I think, you know, I did commentary 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:24.520 on them, and I started noticing I think I started 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.600 noticing that like their friends kind of follow me or 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:30.440 kind of talk to me. And I didn't even allow 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:32.840 myself to go far in my head like, oh, that 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:35.199 means maybe they do. But but I think slowly I 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:38.639 started realizing that, like, well, maybe they do know about me, 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:40.760 because like their friends kind of do, and their friends 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:44.520 say like, you know, we love your cant like all 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.600 these little things. And then I started getting their pr packages, 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.959 which is obviously exciting, Like everything that happened was super 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:52.760 exciting on its own. It's like, of course I'm in 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.760 a fucking geek out when I get you know, a poosh, 0:20:56.200 --> 0:21:00.480 you know, fucking the whole thing. Or but again, I 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:04.600 never even allowed myself to like think as far as 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.520 them coming on the podcast or you know, caring about 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:13.000 me at all. Um. But then so so a huge fan. 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.919 And then I think the first time was, um, I 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:20.680 never like responded to their stories or anything just because, um, 0:21:20.880 --> 0:21:24.280 you know, you just assume like they're not gonna see it. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:26.159 They're not gonna see it, so I'm not gonna like 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:30.120