Speaker 1: Welcome back Happy Our listeners. It's good to be back
Speaker 1: again this week because it's a special one. We are
Speaker 1: finely able to recap a season again, Michelle, and I'm
Speaker 1: so happy to be doing this one with you. It
Speaker 1: is so nice to be back with you. Becca. I'm
Speaker 1: incredibly excited because this is like my first time hosting
Speaker 1: a podcast about the actual show. That's when I came on.
Speaker 1: We weren't you know, we weren't in season yet, So
Speaker 1: I'm really excited. We're gonna be talking to Gabby's first
Speaker 1: Impression Rose winner Mario, so I feel like we have
Speaker 1: a lot of questions to ask him. Oh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm so excited. It feels like it's been
Speaker 1: a while. I mean, we were off from a season
Speaker 1: for fourteen weeks, and I have to say that's the
Speaker 1: longest we've gone in bouch Our Happy our history over
Speaker 1: the past several years that we haven't actually been recapping
Speaker 1: a season. And so I'm so excited to be here
Speaker 1: with you to get going. And I don't know about you,
Speaker 1: but Night one is always one of my favorite. There's
Speaker 1: so much excitement around it. There's obviously you're meeting so
Speaker 1: many faces and getting to know these men and these
Speaker 1: leads too. But I'm excited to pick Mario's brain because
Speaker 1: this is like the first inside scoop from any of
Speaker 1: the men that will have from this season. So it'll
Speaker 1: be a good episode, it really will. And like the
Speaker 1: first night is so, it really is so magical. And
Speaker 1: I will say that I was really surprised when I
Speaker 1: was even get in Gabby and Rachel's position, because you know,
Speaker 1: you watch the show at home and you think about, Okay,
Speaker 1: what would that actually feel like you kind of do
Speaker 1: feel it through the screen, and that's exactly like what
Speaker 1: I was feeling up there. So it's really cool to see,
Speaker 1: like Gabby and Rachel they get to experience this first
Speaker 1: night as Bachelor, as with all these guys approaching and
Speaker 1: like how they enter and their nerves and everything. I
Speaker 1: don't even remember. I think I blacked out when I
Speaker 1: when I walked out of the limo. Do you remember
Speaker 1: what she did or said? I? Well, yes, because it
Speaker 1: became my tagline for now years to come. But um,
Speaker 1: but yeah, that first night, I definitely blocked out. I
Speaker 1: did not expect to say half the shit that came
Speaker 1: out of my mouth, but it happened, but I will
Speaker 1: say that I want to ask you this because you know,
Speaker 1: we've talked at length now about our feelings on having
Speaker 1: two baud Shrettes, and you know, it's kind of hit
Speaker 1: or miss. For me. It's like I wanted to see
Speaker 1: how it played out to get a vibe, and I
Speaker 1: actually love it. And I was kind of nervous at first,
Speaker 1: and I didn't love the idea of having two baud
Speaker 1: Shrets because I was like, it's kind of stealing the
Speaker 1: thunder where there is so much that goes into being
Speaker 1: a lead and it's such a special moment for these women,
Speaker 1: and at first to do together, I was like, Oh,
Speaker 1: it kind of takes away a little bit. But I'm
Speaker 1: changing my two now because after seeing Gabby and Rachel together,
Speaker 1: I kind of wish I would have had somebody else
Speaker 1: by my side, because there's nothing like having a good
Speaker 1: girlfriend that you can go to gossip with, to talk
Speaker 1: shit with, to like just bounce off each other's energies.
Speaker 1: And we saw that throughout this entire first episode night one.
Speaker 1: And I love them together. I do too, honestly, because
Speaker 1: they're they're so similar and they play off each other
Speaker 1: so well and you can tell that they're comfortable with
Speaker 1: each other, but then their personalities are incredibly different. Like
Speaker 1: Rachel's super sweet, you know, su like I would say,
Speaker 1: not even more on the quiet side. But then you
Speaker 1: have Gabby who's like incredibly witty and just blunt and says,
Speaker 1: you know, what everybody wants to say or what everybody's thinking.
Speaker 1: So that's it is pretty cool. Um, yeah, throw the
Speaker 1: Minnesota girls up there, let's go run it back. But
Speaker 1: Becca's engaged, so I can't do that. We'll just have
Speaker 1: but no, yeah, I totally understand what you mean with that.
Speaker 1: And I think also it's going to be really interesting
Speaker 1: to kind of talk about how the guys handle it
Speaker 1: because it is a bit of an uncomfortable situation because
Speaker 1: you're approaching two women, right, and so I think it's
Speaker 1: easier to I don't even know the correct words, be respectful, right, Like,
Speaker 1: it's an uncomfortable situation, and so I think the guys
Speaker 1: who have the emotional intelligence are going to stand out
Speaker 1: because they're gonna be able to handle this situation with
Speaker 1: more ease if that makes it right, right? And I
Speaker 1: kind of like it. I mean, I don't remember his name,
Speaker 1: but the first guy that came out of the limo
Speaker 1: fresh at the gates. He like they started on such
Speaker 1: and I don't want to paint this in a negative way,
Speaker 1: but it started off on kind of such an awkward
Speaker 1: foot where he was like do we hug? Like who
Speaker 1: do I go to first? You know, like how do
Speaker 1: I do this? Which I feel like it's probably so
Speaker 1: accurate to what everyone was feeling that night. It's like
Speaker 1: and I kind of like that for the most part,
Speaker 1: you know, there were some guys that I can't say
Speaker 1: this about, but for the most part, it seems like
Speaker 1: most men were very open to meeting both women. Like
Speaker 1: they didn't have their sight set on just one. They
Speaker 1: weren't all in at that point for just one person,
Speaker 1: because like, realistically, you don't know if you're going to
Speaker 1: hit it off with somebody you've never met, and so
Speaker 1: you know you're going into this already very uncomfortable, very
Speaker 1: unique situation. And so I like that both men were
Speaker 1: excited to have two women and to get to know
Speaker 1: them both. And I gotta say, though, these women have
Speaker 1: a lot of dudes, they have their work cut out
Speaker 1: for them. Thirty two, right, thirty two, And I think
Speaker 1: Jesse said this at the beginning, but it's the most.
Speaker 1: I mean, Michelle, I feel like you had a lot
Speaker 1: of dudes too. You had, like I have, what thirty?
Speaker 1: I had thirty. I don't know if I had more
Speaker 1: than thirty, I'd have to, like, honestly, truly go back
Speaker 1: and count. But I do remember that first night having
Speaker 1: this moment of how is it possible that another limo
Speaker 1: is pulling up? Like I felt like I was standing
Speaker 1: out there like there's more, there's more, there's more. But
Speaker 1: but yeah, I'm excited they have they have a lot
Speaker 1: of weeding out to do. Oh yeah, definitely, but they
Speaker 1: do seem decisive. I wanna And I think it helps
Speaker 1: too that again, they have each other so they can
Speaker 1: kind of be like, oh, that guy's my type. I'm
Speaker 1: into that, Like I had this first kiss with this
Speaker 1: guy and them by being him and it's it literally
Speaker 1: is like a friend's slumber party where you're talking about
Speaker 1: the boys. Did anyone really really stand out to you
Speaker 1: out of the limo or just throughout the first night? Honestly? Okay,
Speaker 1: So I'm trying to remember all of their names because
Speaker 1: there's so many, But I think you like Avan. He's
Speaker 1: obviously a good looking dude, right, But it's like I
Speaker 1: thought he was going to walk out of the limo
Speaker 1: significantly more like cocky than he did, and so I
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, like he didn't, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: He didn't come off like overpowering. Um, but I do,
Speaker 1: like I do look at the contestants, but sometimes I
Speaker 1: kind of like try to figure out, Okay, like who's
Speaker 1: going to be the issue here? Right? Right? Well, it's
Speaker 1: front of your trouble. Well, I'm so glad you just
Speaker 1: said that, because I want to talk about two guys,
Speaker 1: the first the first two and we don't even need
Speaker 1: to get into it. But I feel like when you
Speaker 1: say the word issue, I feel like, after seeing how
Speaker 1: Eric was with both women night one, I feel like
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a quote unquote issue at some point
Speaker 1: this season. Like remind me, do you remember what his
Speaker 1: entrance was. I don't remember his entrance, but he was
Speaker 1: the one who after both girls gave out their first
Speaker 1: impression roles, he got kind of not heated, but he
Speaker 1: got upset and was basically like I thought one of
Speaker 1: them was going to give it to me, but he
Speaker 1: just rubbed me the wrong way. Because it seems like
Speaker 1: he got off on a great start with both women
Speaker 1: he kissed. I don't even know if he kissed Rachel actually,
Speaker 1: but anyways, like he talks to Gabby, they were talking
Speaker 1: about her extensions. He oh, yeah, okay, he just kissed Gabby.
Speaker 1: But then he was showing Rachel on his hand where
Speaker 1: he was living in New York, and like he just
Speaker 1: thought that he had it in the bag with I
Speaker 1: think both of these women. And he got a little
Speaker 1: bit upset that he didn't get a first impression Roles,
Speaker 1: which I'm like, dude, it's night one, there's a thousand
Speaker 1: of you. Calm down. But I feel like that might
Speaker 1: be foreshadowing for his name. Eric h Eric, have you
Speaker 1: ever seen that done before? Um? I don't know. I
Speaker 1: don't think so, but you know, kudos to you for
Speaker 1: being different, stand out. But Michelle got about one more guy,
Speaker 1: and that is it's actually somebody that I have met before.
Speaker 1: Um so Ethan from Seattle is a guy that we
Speaker 1: actually had on as our bachelor on Bachelor Live on
Speaker 1: Stage a couple of years ago. He's from Seattle. He
Speaker 1: was our bachelor at the Seattle Show years ago. And
Speaker 1: when I saw him come out of the limo. I
Speaker 1: was like, you've got to be shitting me. Anyways, Um,
Speaker 1: before we bring Mario on, what were your thoughts. This
Speaker 1: is the first time, I think ever in Bachelor Nation
Speaker 1: history that a night one rose ceremony was canceled. What
Speaker 1: did you think about that? Honestly? I mean, like, if
Speaker 1: you were like a loyal Bachelor watcher, you're going to
Speaker 1: know that through the season there's going to be at
Speaker 1: least like one or two Rose ceremonies canceled. I don't
Speaker 1: think anyone expected it on the first night, but I
Speaker 1: actually really respect that just because you do not get
Speaker 1: to talk to everybody, and that's like when you were
Speaker 1: going through this yourself, So imagine having two bachelorettes and
Speaker 1: like trying to talk to both of them, just like
Speaker 1: the amount of time and everything and that takes place.
Speaker 1: So I totally understand not wanting to like really send
Speaker 1: the large portion of the men at home, right, And
Speaker 1: so yeah, I applaud them on that. Yeah, I seen
Speaker 1: the three men outside. What did you think about that? Honestly,
Speaker 1: I actually kind of appreciated that. I thought it was
Speaker 1: a kinder way to send them home where they didn't
Speaker 1: have to stand in front of the remaining twenty nine men.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure to them they weren't expecting and
Speaker 1: it probably was a bummer to them, but realistically, like
Speaker 1: it was faster, it was already light outside, so they
Speaker 1: were probably freaking exhausted. Yeah, So I didn't mind the
Speaker 1: fact that they removed those men and took them away
Speaker 1: and had a separate conversation. I felt like they actually
Speaker 1: gave them enough time to explain why they were making
Speaker 1: that decision the rose ceremony being canceled. Listen, I'm all
Speaker 1: about canceling rose ceremonies, but I will say, like going
Speaker 1: into this experience the night one like that first rose
Speaker 1: ceremony is pretty special, and so I feel like a
Speaker 1: part of that was kind of taken away from the men,
Speaker 1: Like it is, it's kind of like a right of passage,
Speaker 1: and so I kind of wish the first one wasn't
Speaker 1: canceled all the other ones, like go ahead, do it,
Speaker 1: so that they handed out roses still and then just
Speaker 1: didn't hand those roses to those three men that they
Speaker 1: walked outside, you know, I kind of I would want
Speaker 1: to combo. I like how they removed the three men
Speaker 1: first and said their goodbyes, and then I wish they
Speaker 1: kind of still went in and they're like, we get
Speaker 1: to talk to a lot of you. We still want
Speaker 1: to keep you around and bring you into next week,
Speaker 1: but like, let's still do this quickly, just as like,
Speaker 1: like I said that rite of passage to make those
Speaker 1: men feel special. M I wish it would have been
Speaker 1: a combo of that. But again, like it was already
Speaker 1: light outside. Everyone's exhausted by that point, so I can't
Speaker 1: fold anyone. And also at the same time, I was like,
Speaker 1: I have no input because I actually was not a
Speaker 1: part of that first night because I was sent in late. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like I wasn't even in the group picture, like you know,
Speaker 1: like the typical like, oh you you have a picture
Speaker 1: that you like. Everyone looks like shit because they've been
Speaker 1: up all night, they're tired, they're stress like they want
Speaker 1: to go to bed, like it's been overwhelming. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: wasn't in that. I guess I got my own season,
Speaker 1: so I eventually had my own picture. But yeah, you
Speaker 1: got you you had one better. There's no good one better,
Speaker 1: I know. I know. Well, if it makes you feel better,
Speaker 1: I think the one that they picked for ari season.
Speaker 1: Becca em and I were standing in the background laughing
Speaker 1: the entire time, and like my facial expression in that
Speaker 1: photo that they chose, I look like such a brat.
Speaker 1: I'm just like mean muggin. So you know that up
Speaker 1: I would try, I would. They're all so bad, don't
Speaker 1: look up anything. But I'm so excited for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season, not unfold, to actually get to know
Speaker 1: these guys, because again, there's so many we I feel
Speaker 1: like we didn't even get to see half of them,
Speaker 1: but we did get to see the one guy who
Speaker 1: did get Gabby's first impression. He obviously stood out to her,
Speaker 1: and so we're going to have him on right now.
Speaker 1: So everyone, please welcome Mario to Bachelor Happy Hour. Welcome
Speaker 1: to Bachelor Happy Hour. Mario. We're so excited to have you.
Speaker 1: Were so excited that this is like your first podcast,
Speaker 1: this is my first podcast. Actually we'll kick off the
Speaker 1: premiere of the show. So yeah, well so Mario, this is,
Speaker 1: like Michelle said, the not only your first podcast, but
Speaker 1: the first podcast that we have been able to recap
Speaker 1: a season now, because when Michelle started, we didn't have
Speaker 1: a season, and so I feel like we're kind of
Speaker 1: all doing this together and I'm so excited. I want
Speaker 1: to know from you what originally made you join the show?
Speaker 1: Did you get recruited, did you sign up? Or you
Speaker 1: a fan of the show. How did that all happen? Yeah.
Speaker 1: So I'm a personal trainer here in the Chicagoland area
Speaker 1: and I was wrapping up my day. I think I
Speaker 1: had like four or five clients that day. I was
Speaker 1: on my last client. I go to Instagram and I
Speaker 1: have like a request DM and so as a business owner,
Speaker 1: I checked those just because you know, oftentimes they'll get
Speaker 1: like clients reaching out, you know, we're wanting to train
Speaker 1: with you, et cetera. So it was a DM from
Speaker 1: you know, one of the producers from the show, and
Speaker 1: you know, I read it. He was like, hey, I
Speaker 1: think you could be good for the show. So automatically
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, this guy's going to ask me
Speaker 1: for like my social Security number. It's a span like
Speaker 1: no ways like the bachelort reaching out to me. So
Speaker 1: I went back and forth with him in him he
Speaker 1: gave me his number and I called him and it
Speaker 1: was actually actually after we go off the phone, I
Speaker 1: still was like, I don't know about this, but I
Speaker 1: did some research and that's how that he was a
Speaker 1: producer for the show, So it was real and that's
Speaker 1: kind of how my journey started. I was I'm in
Speaker 1: from a place prior to being reasted out where I
Speaker 1: was in mu They rested out at the beginning of January. So, um,
Speaker 1: it was in twenty twenty one where I was like
Speaker 1: kind of in a situation ship and so that had
Speaker 1: just ended, and um, it was like the timing was
Speaker 1: perfect and I was ready for something like new. And
Speaker 1: so I'm very organic in a sense of like I'm
Speaker 1: not on any dating apps, never been on a dating app.
Speaker 1: I'm very like, I want to meet my person in
Speaker 1: real time, and so doesn't get any more organic than
Speaker 1: someone reaching out to you to be on a dating show.
Speaker 1: A little a little out of the box for me,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, it was it was something
Speaker 1: that was different and that I was willing to jump into.
Speaker 1: So how do you watch the show before, like you
Speaker 1: knew what the show was, a fan of it, or um,
Speaker 1: you know prior I had caught glimpses of Matt Jane season.
Speaker 1: I know that was a big season with him being
Speaker 1: the first black bachelor, and so I caught glimpses of
Speaker 1: that season, and I just remember like watching like a
Speaker 1: sporting event and then turned back to that to kind
Speaker 1: of see what was going on. But I never like
Speaker 1: followed a season all the way through. But I can
Speaker 1: like pull it. I think I saw like onst the
Speaker 1: Katie season at one point, so I can pull like
Speaker 1: little tibits and be like all right, So was there
Speaker 1: ever a point where you're like, yeah, I totally could
Speaker 1: do that or it never crossed your mind before. The
Speaker 1: funny is so prior to obviously all of this happening,
Speaker 1: I worked at a daycare and I was the only
Speaker 1: male staff member. I worked with forty women. I was
Speaker 1: noticed mister Mario. So I know they're all plumped to um,
Speaker 1: you know, watching experience the show. But you know, they
Speaker 1: would always come in on Tuesday and they would always
Speaker 1: like break down the show and they would be like, man,
Speaker 1: and then they would always be like, Mario, you should
Speaker 1: apply to be on that show. And I would I
Speaker 1: always be like yeah, for sure and kind of just
Speaker 1: like fuck away. So it's just funny how things kind
Speaker 1: of come full circle a little bit. But um, what
Speaker 1: I have pursued it on my own, probably not, but
Speaker 1: you know, it took a producer reaching out and then
Speaker 1: me going through the process and getting chosen and here
Speaker 1: we are, right, So things kind of happened for a reason.
Speaker 1: They play out a certain way. Well, it seems like
Speaker 1: it was kind of meant to be, just timing wise
Speaker 1: and having somebody give you that little nudge that maybe
Speaker 1: you needed. I want to ask you this and we'll
Speaker 1: get into everything that you were kind of experienced in
Speaker 1: that night one. But I mean, you're here because you
Speaker 1: not only got Gabby's first impression rose, but you were
Speaker 1: only one of two guys to get a rose that
Speaker 1: night because they obviously canceled the rose ceremony. So what
Speaker 1: did that feel like for you? Did you kind of
Speaker 1: expect that you would get it from Gabby? I mean,
Speaker 1: obviously we saw the kiss, but what was going through
Speaker 1: your mind in that moment when she grabbed that rose
Speaker 1: and pulled you aside? So you know when I got
Speaker 1: up the limit when I did my first impression or
Speaker 1: Rachel then Gabby? Okay all that, you know, I actually
Speaker 1: felt like I had made a connection with Rachel initially
Speaker 1: because she kind of grabbed my hands and you know,
Speaker 1: she from Chicago, but she was like clubs or socks,
Speaker 1: and I was like, cubs, got to play it safe.
Speaker 1: And so I walked into mansion and then I saw
Speaker 1: Gabby out front, and at this point I'm just looking
Speaker 1: to kind of get to know the both of them
Speaker 1: because I don't don't really know them. Went to the front,
Speaker 1: had a great conversation with Gabby. We connected, and that
Speaker 1: eventually led to the kiss into the first Impression roles
Speaker 1: and so, you know, it was one of those things
Speaker 1: where I felt to connection with her initially, and so
Speaker 1: you know that first night, you're looking to kind of
Speaker 1: talk to who you can and I did not expect
Speaker 1: that at all. You know, I knew that I was.
Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't know if she had kissed other guys.
Speaker 1: So I was kind of just in a place where
Speaker 1: I was like, man, we really connected, but there's a
Speaker 1: bunch of other men here, so I'm not sure if
Speaker 1: I really stood out. But then you know, later that night,
Speaker 1: when Jesse came and put the first Impression roses on
Speaker 1: the table, she pulled me to the side and that
Speaker 1: made me feel really good. You know, there it is.
Speaker 1: It might be surprising, Mario, but there definitely will be
Speaker 1: nights ahead where you will kiss Gabby or Rachel the
Speaker 1: same time they're kissing other cause it's a weird situation.
Speaker 1: But okay, So going back to how you came out
Speaker 1: of the limo, though, one thing that I noticed is
Speaker 1: that you looked instantly comfortable, like the moment you stepped
Speaker 1: out of the limo and you were like doing your
Speaker 1: little dance twirl whatever up there. Do you remember that,
Speaker 1: Like were you obviously like were you nervous? Were you
Speaker 1: panicking before you got out of the limo because you
Speaker 1: have this perception of how it's gonna go, especially like
Speaker 1: the day's leading up to it, and then that moment
Speaker 1: before you step out of the limo, so many people
Speaker 1: black out and they're like, I don't even know what
Speaker 1: came out of my mouth. Yeah, it was. It was
Speaker 1: definitely a surreal moment, just because a week prior, you know,
Speaker 1: they were announced as the two leads, right, and so
Speaker 1: it was this moment where like I pulled up, I
Speaker 1: had the limo crew that I was with, you know,
Speaker 1: a few guys, and then I was looking through the
Speaker 1: tending windows. They can't see us, we can see them,
Speaker 1: and I just had this moment where I was like, man,
Speaker 1: this is literally like I am here right now, Like
Speaker 1: this is actually why I just saw them sitting on
Speaker 1: the couch with Jesse, like a week or the renounds.
Speaker 1: Now I'm here. I found out the same time as
Speaker 1: the rest of America. And so when I got out,
Speaker 1: I think in the limo, I was like heart, heart
Speaker 1: was beating. I was like, this is crazy, this is
Speaker 1: my first impression, Like I cannot drop the ball. I
Speaker 1: want to make it past tonight. You know. I had
Speaker 1: a lot of different thoughts, but when I got out
Speaker 1: the limo, I had this like piece come over me,
Speaker 1: and I was like, just be yourself. And I know
Speaker 1: that sounds like cliche and kind of just like all right,
Speaker 1: but like really I was just like be like show
Speaker 1: your personality, be funny, be goofy, try to be like charismatic,
Speaker 1: and then bring it back in. So I did my dance,
Speaker 1: but then I just didn't want to be like there
Speaker 1: for entertainment. I wanted to like bring it back in
Speaker 1: and just be like, hey, my name is Mariam thirty
Speaker 1: one in the Chicago Land area. But if you guys
Speaker 1: look beautiful, I'm excited to be here. Look forward to
Speaker 1: connecting the two more inside. Keep it moving right. So
Speaker 1: I wanted there to be like a fun element but
Speaker 1: then not really serious but just hey, this is who
Speaker 1: I am, and so ended up working out. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel like you, I mean, you nailed it. Why
Speaker 1: did you say you nailed it? Becca for the most
Speaker 1: Oh well yeah, obviously you got the rows and remember
Speaker 1: so you know what I mean. I want to ask
Speaker 1: you this because I feel like Michelle and I have
Speaker 1: talked about this a little bit on the podcast, but
Speaker 1: like night one, obviously you truly have no idea really
Speaker 1: what to expect other than the fact that you're going
Speaker 1: to be meeting the bout shirts. Right, So when you
Speaker 1: pull up in that limo, no one watching the TV
Speaker 1: show will ever know this. But when you pull up,
Speaker 1: there's a thousand lights all around, There's a thousand people,
Speaker 1: there's so many cameras. It obviously is a huge production
Speaker 1: to make the show. But like that, that moment is
Speaker 1: what actually really took me off guard. Like when we
Speaker 1: pulled up and I stepped out and it wasn't just
Speaker 1: like the person sitting in front of me, it was
Speaker 1: like hundreds of people. That's when it like really hit
Speaker 1: me where I was like holy shit, like I'm not
Speaker 1: only just like meeting the person to potentially date, Like
Speaker 1: I'm here for a TV show. What was that Like,
Speaker 1: did anything like really stand out to you catch you
Speaker 1: off guard? For Hugh the f Out, Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: actually the limo driver that kind of came out and
Speaker 1: he was like, gave us the set instructions. Polly. Actually
Speaker 1: it was Polly that I realized it was, Yeah, Polly's
Speaker 1: the best. You will see much more of him, and
Speaker 1: he kind of gave like the layout of the land.
Speaker 1: He's like, are you gonna get out? I gonna do this.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be lights over here, just do what you
Speaker 1: need to do. And so it definitely was, um, you know,
Speaker 1: a moment where I was like, this is happening. But
Speaker 1: actually I was still pretty focused because it was two
Speaker 1: women in front of me and I knew that this
Speaker 1: was like a part of it, and yes, I'm on
Speaker 1: a TV show, but I was so focused on Rachel
Speaker 1: and Gabby and trying to do my best to give
Speaker 1: a good impression that I think I like blacked all
Speaker 1: that out right. Like, I knew it was good lighting.
Speaker 1: I knew that there was a cameraman right here, but
Speaker 1: I was just thinking, yo, don't embarrass yourself. It's so
Speaker 1: hard to do that though, I will say, like I
Speaker 1: feel like the average person. It's one thing to think,
Speaker 1: you're like think and kind of like a brainstorm, but
Speaker 1: visualize how it's gonna go. But when you get out there,
Speaker 1: it like the only way this is going to be
Speaker 1: successful is if you can block that out in it.
Speaker 1: It's hard, Like it is hard because they're I mean, yes,
Speaker 1: you have the lights, right, but you have all these
Speaker 1: people around you, producers, camera, you know, everything, audio, and
Speaker 1: it's like you can't acknowledge them, you can't talk to them, right,
Speaker 1: but everyone's just staring at you. It's like this really
Speaker 1: weird fish bowl concept. Yeah till your point, Michelle, like
Speaker 1: you you can't do that at all. And so that's
Speaker 1: why I was like, all right, just focus, don't don't
Speaker 1: do too much your dance, and just let them know
Speaker 1: they look nice and you'll see them inside. Was there
Speaker 1: ever a point where you're like, okay, like I should
Speaker 1: have thought of that, or like I that was really
Speaker 1: good or that was really cringey? Yeah? Yeah, you know
Speaker 1: there was a lot of creativity our season, like a
Speaker 1: lot of it really, and for me seeing some of
Speaker 1: the other ones. I think, I'm like, man, did you
Speaker 1: like not do enough? Right? Because my thing was like
Speaker 1: be who you are, show your personality and then bring
Speaker 1: it in. There was a lot that happened that first night,
Speaker 1: right you know. We had some guys coming in on
Speaker 1: a horse. We had some guys come in with chicks,
Speaker 1: a whole choir, right Like. There was just a lot
Speaker 1: that took place. And so for me, naturally, yeah, the
Speaker 1: first night, I'm gonna compare myself and be like, yo,
Speaker 1: did I should I have done more? Should I? But
Speaker 1: I think initially I like put myself on like the
Speaker 1: lower spectrum based on what I saw. But then throughout
Speaker 1: the night, you know, hearing about some of the different interests,
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, everyone kind of pulled something. Not
Speaker 1: everyone was like a huge spectacle. I felt a little
Speaker 1: more comfortable in that. And then eventually I had my
Speaker 1: time with Gabby, and then I was feeling a little
Speaker 1: more confident. And so that first impression is huge, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, the road ceremony comes up quick. So I
Speaker 1: was like, if I don't get time tonight, let me
Speaker 1: at least try to show showcase as much as I can. Right, So, um, naturally.
Speaker 1: I think there was some comparison components there. Well. So
Speaker 1: once you were in finally talking with the guys, spending
Speaker 1: the entire night with them, what were your first impressions
Speaker 1: on some of the guys, Like did you really hit
Speaker 1: it off with some of them? Yeah? You know, I
Speaker 1: am a very sociable person, and so I'm like the
Speaker 1: hype man, you know, like if you post a pick
Speaker 1: on ig and we met one time, I'm gonna hype
Speaker 1: you up. Let's say I met you on like a
Speaker 1: trimp and I followed you. I'm gonna yp you up
Speaker 1: in a cover needs Mario in their life, Hey, and
Speaker 1: so mister Mario. And so when I got there, I
Speaker 1: was I was just excited to be able to like
Speaker 1: meet the guys that we're going to go through this
Speaker 1: experience with me, and you know, just kind of hearing
Speaker 1: where they were from seeing what guys were wearing. I
Speaker 1: was wearing a base and I noticed that no one
Speaker 1: else had on the Bay shoot, right, So I felt
Speaker 1: I felt good in that sense, but just hearing what
Speaker 1: city guys are from what they did for their first impression,
Speaker 1: you know, talking about sports, talking about past experiences, how
Speaker 1: we got on the show. It's something that brings brings
Speaker 1: life to me, meeting new people and kind of going
Speaker 1: through a shared experience together. So I was pumped, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, seeing Jacob with no shirt on. I was like,
Speaker 1: you know, hey, I know it's funny because as a trainer,
Speaker 1: I really was thinking about doing that. And I'm happy
Speaker 1: I kept feeling my Bay shoes, but that was something
Speaker 1: that I was thinking about. Seeing justin with no shoes. Right,
Speaker 1: these are things that stand out and you're like, all right,
Speaker 1: like what's your vibe? This is my vibe? Okay, So
Speaker 1: who walked in that you like vibe with? You're like, yep,
Speaker 1: we're going to be friends. Tyler. Tyler was actually in
Speaker 1: my limo and so we connected in the limo and
Speaker 1: then he came in after me and we were just
Speaker 1: talking throughout the night. But him and I connected right off.
Speaker 1: Rip Nate and I also connected. Who did you not
Speaker 1: connect with? Was there one dude where you were like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's rubbing me the wrong way? You know what I
Speaker 1: think when you walk into the mansion, because this is
Speaker 1: another season you do look for like the guy who
Speaker 1: stand offish but honestly, like truth be told, our cast
Speaker 1: was just great. That first night, there was there was
Speaker 1: no drama. Everyone was super cool with each other. You know,
Speaker 1: guys are just laughing, hanging out, We're at the bar,
Speaker 1: we're eating the advertisers were just all trying to spend
Speaker 1: time with Rachel and Gabby. We're still trying to figure
Speaker 1: out the setup. So honestly, like there was no one
Speaker 1: that rubbed me wrong that that first night, I vibed
Speaker 1: with everyone. I would think everyone would give the same
Speaker 1: response as well. Becca, who do you think, like, did
Speaker 1: your alarms go off with anybody when you're watching it? Well,
Speaker 1: when I was watching it, the only guy that kind
Speaker 1: of set off alarms right away was I'm blinking on
Speaker 1: his name, the guy that kind of got upset when
Speaker 1: he didn't get a rose. Eric. Yeah, Eric, he had
Speaker 1: this like entitlement that I didn't necessarily like. But but
Speaker 1: it's interesting that you say that there's no drama because
Speaker 1: I actually didn't think about it. But it truly felt
Speaker 1: like there was no issues really at all night one,
Speaker 1: And I feel like I've never watched a premiere where
Speaker 1: there hasn't only spent something like something some beef between
Speaker 1: two guys, like whether it's bigger or small and this
Speaker 1: is the first time that we didn't get that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, you go in with this
Speaker 1: anticipation of like, Okay, hey, Rachel and Gab you're here.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get time with them, but you know, uh,
Speaker 1: this is the first night in the mansion. Some stuff
Speaker 1: is going to pop off, for sure. But then throughout
Speaker 1: the night, the vibe was just like smoothed, and the
Speaker 1: rose ceremony came, we did our toast and like that
Speaker 1: was a rat And so I'm in the same boat
Speaker 1: as you, Becca, where I'm like, you know, nothing popped off.
Speaker 1: I was I was waiting for something to happen, someone
Speaker 1: to like jump in the pool with no shirt on. Uh,
Speaker 1: somebody to just like get super drunk and just like
Speaker 1: confess their love to get right Like none of that happened. Wait, okay,
Speaker 1: can we get into the kiss? Yes, let's go us
Speaker 1: get into the good stuff. Areyo? So okay. In a
Speaker 1: lot of her interviews, she was like, these guys aren't
Speaker 1: kissing me, Like I thought that there was going to
Speaker 1: be more kissing, more makeouts, like she wanted she really
Speaker 1: wanted that. And so when you finally went for the kiss,
Speaker 1: I think she I mean she was excited to begin with,
Speaker 1: but I feel like it was so special because it
Speaker 1: was with you. Obviously it worked out because you got
Speaker 1: that first impression ros what did you think about it?
Speaker 1: So when yeah, I went for it, there's no hesitation
Speaker 1: like you like belined it. I just straightforward. When we were,
Speaker 1: you know, talking on the bench that we were sitting
Speaker 1: down on, um, you know, I was just trying to
Speaker 1: look for a starting point. You know, anytime you talk
Speaker 1: Gabby or you know, Rachel the first night, in my mind,
Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, I'm gonna pull back from their
Speaker 1: previous experience, don't reach back too far, but just kind
Speaker 1: of like asking questions on you know, how they're feeling
Speaker 1: first night coming off Clayton's season, You're a lead, how
Speaker 1: do I fit in this? And just trying to spark
Speaker 1: a conversation with them, And so we were kind of
Speaker 1: having a back and forth and I kind of put
Speaker 1: it like this, There's two moments of silence. Right. There's
Speaker 1: the awkward moment of silence where it's like, hey, do
Speaker 1: we have anything else to talk about? It's kind of awkward,
Speaker 1: But then there's the second one where it's like, so vibeing,
Speaker 1: looking around, eye contact, you go in and then you
Speaker 1: give this right. So mine was the second one. Yes,
Speaker 1: and it was it was How was it? It was
Speaker 1: a great moment, It was a great experience. Gabby has
Speaker 1: great lips. I was coming. How do I say this politely?
Speaker 1: So yeah, for me, it was a moment where I
Speaker 1: was like, um, I just had to ask myself a
Speaker 1: lot of questions, right, because this is this is night
Speaker 1: one right, and me, I'm like, you know, I'm high energy,
Speaker 1: I got a lot of personality, but I have like
Speaker 1: this privacy to me as well, and so to be
Speaker 1: able to do that the first night, did it feel natural?
Speaker 1: Thousand percent? It did? When I walked away, did I
Speaker 1: did I think about what I did that I have
Speaker 1: to process it? Yes, I think that that was my moment.
Speaker 1: It was a great moment. And um, I'm happy that
Speaker 1: I went in for the kids. I'm happy. What do
Speaker 1: you think? What do you think the lady is back
Speaker 1: at the daycare are going to say when they see
Speaker 1: you getting one of the first year the season, They're proud.
Speaker 1: They are gonna scream yes, mister Mario, and the kids
Speaker 1: are going to close the right. I want to know though,
Speaker 1: going back to that first impression, Ros, do you understand
Speaker 1: the way that that carries because historically, over the past
Speaker 1: several years, for the most part, the guy that that
Speaker 1: Rose goes too, because the bach Rod's have pretty good pickers,
Speaker 1: usually ends up being the final Dude, did you want
Speaker 1: to know that? Yeah? I did, And so, you know,
Speaker 1: it was it was funny, like, um, prior to being
Speaker 1: on this season, I would just kind of think about
Speaker 1: like or I would look at other seasons and I
Speaker 1: would I would see this significance of that, or I
Speaker 1: would see like a group date Rose. You know, just
Speaker 1: kind of watching back other seasons just to know what
Speaker 1: I'm getting myself into, right, And so when I got it,
Speaker 1: you know, I came back in and Gus were like, you,
Speaker 1: let's go right. We have a super supportive pad, everyone
Speaker 1: hyping each other up, and so, m I knew that
Speaker 1: it was a big deal. I was excited to get
Speaker 1: it from Gabby. I feel like she's got a lot
Speaker 1: of personality and you know, she's not playing games, so
Speaker 1: to get it from her meant meant something too. And
Speaker 1: I think it hit me like the next day and
Speaker 1: I was just like, man, I just I just got
Speaker 1: this this first impressure roles, like what is my journey
Speaker 1: gonna look like? You know, um, everyone else kind of
Speaker 1: just got a roads too, or they saw it past
Speaker 1: the roads ceremoney, But like I stood out to her,
Speaker 1: So that a lot to me. Yeah, did you feel
Speaker 1: like it put because as as wonderful as it can be,
Speaker 1: did you feel like it put a target on your
Speaker 1: back at all? I think, Um, Initially I was like
Speaker 1: kind of comfortable, but then after a while, I was like, Okay,
Speaker 1: there is this, um, there's this like pressure to perform now, right,
Speaker 1: because like I just got and maybe perform is not
Speaker 1: the best word, but like there's this pressure to like
Speaker 1: stand out, I'll say, and um, you know, I I
Speaker 1: just wanted to be in a place where I was
Speaker 1: like still myself uncomfortable, but I did feel this need
Speaker 1: to like step it up even more because that first
Speaker 1: I pressure roles is a big deal. And I stood out,
Speaker 1: and I was like, Okay, how can I continue to
Speaker 1: stay in the Mario lane but also continue to build
Speaker 1: that relationship with Gabby. So one thing that I actually
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you. I thought about this at the
Speaker 1: top of the episode, but I'm like, I'll wait more
Speaker 1: towards you, because it's kind of a heavy question and
Speaker 1: I want to word it makes sense. But so nin one,
Speaker 1: you obviously went in very open minded to meeting both women.
Speaker 1: You ended up getting that first impression Roles with Gabby
Speaker 1: and having this instant connection. Obviously the chemistry between you
Speaker 1: everyone saw moving forward. Do you feel like after that
Speaker 1: starting point you were all in on Gabby or were
Speaker 1: you still open and maybe wanting to test the waters
Speaker 1: with Rachel limit to see what that could be. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I was still open to test waters with Rachel. You know,
Speaker 1: after we got the rows, or after I got the
Speaker 1: first impression Rose. You know, I was standing there in
Speaker 1: a rose ceremony and we did our toast and Gabby goes,
Speaker 1: you know, there's still so many of you that I
Speaker 1: haven't connected with, and that was something that like, you know,
Speaker 1: I think when you get a rose, you want even me.
Speaker 1: During the toast, I was like trying to stand stand
Speaker 1: by er. I was like, yeah, that's right, I got
Speaker 1: right right, But I think I think that um, you know,
Speaker 1: when she said that, I was like, Okay, it's still early.
Speaker 1: This rose is huge. I'm still trying to see how
Speaker 1: things are going to play out. Gabby and I had
Speaker 1: a great connection, but I am open to having a
Speaker 1: conversation right with Rachel, and so, um, I wasn't necessarily
Speaker 1: like one hundred percent locked in on Gabby. I still
Speaker 1: wanted to get to know Rachel, but that was as
Speaker 1: a result of what she said, right, I think that, um,
Speaker 1: you know, there were still a lot of guys that
Speaker 1: didn't get time that night that you know, kind of
Speaker 1: bypassed that Rose ceremony, and so for me, I stood out.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I know that I still
Speaker 1: had a target on my back, right, that there were
Speaker 1: still guys I wanted to kind of spend time with
Speaker 1: Gabby and Rachel, And so for me, I was like, well,
Speaker 1: I should be open and available too. Definitely leaning more
Speaker 1: towards Gabby naturally because I just got there, but being
Speaker 1: open to Rachel was something that I was, Wow, this
Speaker 1: is like just starting to set in of how complicated
Speaker 1: this could be, just naturally like as humans, right, because
Speaker 1: it's like you think about your choice Mario and like
Speaker 1: the emotions of what you're feeling, right, but then you
Speaker 1: also have to like take in the other person's emotions
Speaker 1: as well. So like Gabby obviously was into you give
Speaker 1: you her first impression roles, right, and you have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to also get to know Rachel. But like you
Speaker 1: talking to Rachel, it could also feel like you're doing
Speaker 1: the other relationship as a disservice, right, because it's just
Speaker 1: it's unnatural in this this type of world. And then
Speaker 1: also the guys see you talking to Rachel and Assuma,
Speaker 1: why are you talking to Rachel because Gabby gave your
Speaker 1: first depression role? So like, wow, the complicated like nature
Speaker 1: of this all this now actually but you know what,
Speaker 1: it's actually the more that I think about it now,
Speaker 1: I actually kind of like it because initial, you know,
Speaker 1: because when you're the lead, you have so many men,
Speaker 1: all vastly different, and so you're trying to compartmentalize each relationship,
Speaker 1: each conversation that you have with everyone that now maybe
Speaker 1: you felt this Mario, but now it kind of puts you,
Speaker 1: guys in a somewhat similar situation where you have to
Speaker 1: compartmentalize each relationship and each conversation with both women, so
Speaker 1: you get more of a feel for what the leads
Speaker 1: go through and perhaps you can empathize with them a
Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, it really kind of puts you in
Speaker 1: a place where you have to like process your feelings
Speaker 1: and actually think right. And Like I say that specifically
Speaker 1: because you know, if there was one lead, you would
Speaker 1: just be kind of locked in on them, right, But
Speaker 1: because there's two, you really process your interaction with Gabby right,
Speaker 1: and process your interaction with Rachel. And you sit there
Speaker 1: and you think about, Okay, like who did I connect
Speaker 1: with more? Right, Like, uh, you know, what did I
Speaker 1: like about my time with Gabby? What did I like
Speaker 1: about And they're processing that too, right, But they're a
Speaker 1: lead to ultimately, they're kind of choosing your faith in
Speaker 1: the sense. But yeah, absolutely, I think you learn about yourself, right, Like,
Speaker 1: I think that that's like the biggest takeaways that you
Speaker 1: learn about yourself. You learn about how you compartmentalize things,
Speaker 1: how you process your feelings, what you like, what stood out?
Speaker 1: Did you like laughing or Gabby? Right? Did you like
Speaker 1: the deep questions that Rachel was asking me? Right? Like,
Speaker 1: being able to process these things I think is a
Speaker 1: benefit to learn about yourself, but also to get a
Speaker 1: better understanding of who they are individually. I love seeing
Speaker 1: I'm emotional intelligence. I feel like it's gonna be much
Speaker 1: easier for Gabby and Rachel to like pick out which
Speaker 1: men have emotional intelligence and which men you know can't
Speaker 1: communicate with like the jealousy and everything, all those different
Speaker 1: like nature things. Wow, it's good. It's good that the
Speaker 1: guys couldn't be one thousand percent zone Dan on just
Speaker 1: one person, like you said, Mario, And I love that
Speaker 1: you called that out because it does make you think
Speaker 1: and it makes you it's not just like you're belgning
Speaker 1: just for one lead, where yeah, where the men just
Speaker 1: like have this jealousy, this like need to win. In
Speaker 1: some sort of sense, you kind of have to figure out, Okay,
Speaker 1: who's a better fit for me, Like, realistically, if this
Speaker 1: is going to work out and there's an engagement at
Speaker 1: the end of this, who is going to be the
Speaker 1: best fit for me? And it kind kind of makes
Speaker 1: you guys take a step back and sit in those
Speaker 1: feelings for a bit, which I love and actually like acknowledge. Honestly, Mario,
Speaker 1: you pointed out made like a really good point with that,
Speaker 1: just because I think it does make everybody like like
Speaker 1: a thing you're saying. It makes everybody take a step
Speaker 1: back and actually think about the feelings. Whereas when there
Speaker 1: is one lead Honestly, it's really easy to be competitive
Speaker 1: and like just try to get to the end because
Speaker 1: that's what you're supposed to do and not because of
Speaker 1: like your actual feelings. So I will see, Yeah, you
Speaker 1: hit it right on the ball, and I think it
Speaker 1: made it more complicated just because there's two, but also
Speaker 1: like you start to see the girls kind of form
Speaker 1: certain relationships even that like first night, right, like Rachel
Speaker 1: sprained out and got her first impression roles and we're like,
Speaker 1: where's she going? You know what I mean, And so
Speaker 1: you start to like kind of compare early right, So yeah,
Speaker 1: but I love too is the fact that both women
Speaker 1: are so different that it makes it more fun to
Speaker 1: watch and it'll be interesting to see who everyone gravitates
Speaker 1: towards as the season goes on. Okay, Mario, we always
Speaker 1: play a game with our guests, and so it's rapid fire,
Speaker 1: and we just want to get to know you more
Speaker 1: because we've only seen two seconds of you guys on
Speaker 1: the TV screen. There's much more to come, hopefully, But
Speaker 1: we'll just ask you a question and first thing that
Speaker 1: comes to mind, So I will start it off. This
Speaker 1: is very easy one. Are you an early riser or
Speaker 1: a night owl. I am early riser for sure. I
Speaker 1: love kicking off my day with healthy breakfast, working out,
Speaker 1: and then I'll jump into my clients. So right, the
Speaker 1: best dating advice you've ever received, Man, listen to your gut.
Speaker 1: And I think that, I mean some people might be
Speaker 1: like what, but I think that like that is something
Speaker 1: that people kind of underestimate a little bit. They want
Speaker 1: to force things when internally they may feel a feeling
Speaker 1: of like this isn't really for me, but I'm kind
Speaker 1: of just stringing it along a little bit just to
Speaker 1: kind of make things work. And so listen to your gut.
Speaker 1: Anything that you're processing internally or your intuition, pay attention
Speaker 1: to that because it's there for a reason. Solid one.
Speaker 1: How do you like your pizza well done? Actually? Yeah no,
Speaker 1: not not burnt like I speak, because sometimes when I like,
Speaker 1: like the cheese, the red sauce is coming down, you
Speaker 1: have your toppings, and some people like it like that.
Speaker 1: I like a kind of a crispy pizza somehow happening. Yeah,
Speaker 1: or like a deep deep dish thing. Okay, so I
Speaker 1: feel like with that's a good question, I gotta go
Speaker 1: deep dish. But I do like thin crust as well. Um,
Speaker 1: I just like it to be kind of have some
Speaker 1: crisp to it. I don't like to be like this
Speaker 1: right where I'm like looking down. It's got to hold
Speaker 1: up the toppings. It's got to hold up the topics. Okay,
Speaker 1: shower or bath shower? Um? You know, I can't remember
Speaker 1: the last time I took a bath, to be honest,
Speaker 1: but maybe I should take one soon. Oh, do it
Speaker 1: pour yourself. I love a good path. Okay, so this
Speaker 1: is a question I'm going to ask, but I also
Speaker 1: need you to show it. What is your signature dance move? Um? Okay,
Speaker 1: let me let me create some space here. Um, you
Speaker 1: know the dance move I did on the show was
Speaker 1: like I don't know if you guys can see me
Speaker 1: out kind of but it's a little shoulder you know.
Speaker 1: I got a little shoulder action, a little shoulders. I like,
Speaker 1: you really happy that you had pants on when you
Speaker 1: said you have to show it, like just with zoom
Speaker 1: and like COVID and any everything. I'm like, just please
Speaker 1: right right right, please right? Well I wish he didn't.
Speaker 1: That would make for more entertainment. Right now. What is
Speaker 1: your favorite curse word? Uh? Probably damn? I feel like
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's very yeah, Like I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not I don't really drop a ton of like
Speaker 1: F bombs or anything. I think for me, I'm actually
Speaker 1: not a big square in general, but if something happens,
Speaker 1: I'd be like, damn right, you gotta put a little
Speaker 1: tone right, so it can. It's applicable to so many
Speaker 1: situations right, good, bad, annoyed, whatever, damn name. Oh. I
Speaker 1: like this question. What is your guilty pleasure? Um man?
Speaker 1: As a trainer, you know, I try to keep it healthy.
Speaker 1: But there's a spot out here called Andy's ice Cream.
Speaker 1: They close at eleven o'clock. I'll pull up at like
Speaker 1: ten fifty five and be like, give me a waffle
Speaker 1: cone with strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and just like max out
Speaker 1: at night, so late ice cream. What is your go
Speaker 1: to karaoke song? This is very telling of who you
Speaker 1: are as a person. This is like the most important
Speaker 1: question you've been asked. So I UM recently out and
Speaker 1: um you know, I was out with some friends and
Speaker 1: they were like, let's do karaoke and so they were like,
Speaker 1: let's do Nellie Hot in here. So it was like
Speaker 1: a group of like, uh, it was myself and like
Speaker 1: a few girls, and there was like one other guy,
Speaker 1: but I like killed Nellie's rats. Yeah yeah, okay, Mario,
Speaker 1: what is the current screen? Say here on your phone? Oh? Um, man,
Speaker 1: you guys are gonna laugh. I don't I don't have
Speaker 1: a screensaver. What yeah is that looking? I wouldn't not
Speaker 1: have paid you for a basic default streamsaver, man at
Speaker 1: least or something, right, um yeah right? Uh yeah nothing.
Speaker 1: You know, for a while, I did have Kobe Bryant
Speaker 1: as my background love Kobe grew up as like a
Speaker 1: huge Kobe fan playing basketball. Uh. Then I switched phones,
Speaker 1: and then I just kind of kept it basic. If
Speaker 1: you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Speaker 1: I would say Grease. You know, every time I see
Speaker 1: pictures of Grease, it just looks so like clear. The
Speaker 1: water is like beautiful, beautiful scenery. The buildings have this nice,
Speaker 1: like all white aesthetic going where the sky is always
Speaker 1: like crystal blue, right, Like, um, that's a place that
Speaker 1: I have not been to. But every time I hear
Speaker 1: about a friend going there, or like, you know, I
Speaker 1: see pictures, I'm like, man, I actually want to travel
Speaker 1: here one day, So sure, manifest it. Now we'll get
Speaker 1: you to Greece. Okay, last question for the game, and
Speaker 1: I don't okay, we have just one word, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give you a whole phrase. So if you could
Speaker 1: give us a phrase to describe the rest of Gabbing
Speaker 1: Rachel's season, what would that be? Um? I would say, um? Telling? Oh,
Speaker 1: so you only needed one word, That's all I had
Speaker 1: to get you through everything in the air Telling. What
Speaker 1: does that supposed to tell us? More telling in the
Speaker 1: sense of, like, you know, I think that, um, you'll
Speaker 1: start to see really like feelings be brought to the table,
Speaker 1: not only from Rachel and Gabby, but from the men,
Speaker 1: people taking decisions that impact other people, just a lot
Speaker 1: of different things. So telling, okay, all right, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: I'm really excited that that one makes me uncomfortable. I
Speaker 1: don't know why doesn't. Oh, I'm ready. I don't know
Speaker 1: if you're like, telling is not always a good thing,
Speaker 1: but true, true, no, but it's probably needed for everyone. Absolutely, So, Mario,
Speaker 1: that was the game. But before we let you go,
Speaker 1: we always ask our guests each week what their rose
Speaker 1: and thorn was. But because we are in the new season,
Speaker 1: we're gonna keep it to just the episode so so far,
Speaker 1: your Night one, whether you lived it or watched it
Speaker 1: back on the screen, what was your rose and thorne?
Speaker 1: Basically your highlight and low light of Night one? Man,
Speaker 1: I think it doesn't get much of everything. Getting the
Speaker 1: first impression rows, right, So that would be my rose.
Speaker 1: My thorn would be this is tough because you know
Speaker 1: when you get the first impression Rows, it's like, what, like,
Speaker 1: what could you have done different that night? I would
Speaker 1: say after my interaction with Gabby, I sat on the
Speaker 1: couch and I was like kind of making small talk
Speaker 1: with guy, but there were other guys that were actually
Speaker 1: like socializing. But I was in like this like zone
Speaker 1: where I do wish I maybe that first night I
Speaker 1: could have like hung out with more of the guys.
Speaker 1: I've been present in the moment, but I was like, yes,
Speaker 1: I just connected with Gabby, Like I think I was
Speaker 1: processing that moment like super long, and I should have
Speaker 1: just went and like hung out with like the guys, right.
Speaker 1: So my thorn would be that first night, maybe like
Speaker 1: experiencing that opening night with them a little more and
Speaker 1: not being so like, okay, I just did this with Gabby.
Speaker 1: Was gonna come next. You're gonna choose me, right, So,
Speaker 1: being more present, I would say it is my thorn. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm surprised you didn't say how long that night was. Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with the thorn. I would say my
Speaker 1: thorn is that I think I wish that they were
Speaker 1: Gabby and Rachel were like split earlier so that they
Speaker 1: could have their own conversations and really like embrace that
Speaker 1: first night as individuals because they already met the men
Speaker 1: together when you guys were stepping out the limo. Um,
Speaker 1: My rose would just be that watching the women so
Speaker 1: excited and like truly embracing this and happy and really
Speaker 1: seeing potential in more than one relationship for both of them.
Speaker 1: And so I think that's that would be my rose.
Speaker 1: What about you, Becca, m I'm going to say the
Speaker 1: thorn of the episode was that we didn't get to
Speaker 1: see more of the chicks and oh, actually no, no,
Speaker 1: I'm going to say this one. I love a good costume,
Speaker 1: and no one came in a costume this season, which
Speaker 1: I besides, like the guy in the blue, which doesn't
Speaker 1: really count, you know, like I wanted a costume like
Speaker 1: that's a living animal no, but like he it was
Speaker 1: kind of like a knight in shining armor. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: he just trying to take off, you know. I wanted
Speaker 1: like something whatever it would be, wanted a costume. I
Speaker 1: wanted a costume. And the thorn of the premiere is
Speaker 1: actually the vibe of the women again, just seeing them
Speaker 1: truly I think, embrace the opportunity but really enjoy doing
Speaker 1: it together and not feeling like it's taking away from either.
Speaker 1: I found that very special. I'm all about like strong friendships,
Speaker 1: especially in women, because I feel like in this day
Speaker 1: and age, you just don't have enough of that support.
Speaker 1: And so I love that we saw them too together,
Speaker 1: like the two of them together and their banter. They're
Speaker 1: vibe back and forth. They're so different, but they feed
Speaker 1: off one another really well. And so I mean, we
Speaker 1: will see the romantic relations form, but I just love
Speaker 1: watching their friendship right now. And it'd better stay like
Speaker 1: that girls, Okay, that's all I gotta say. I think. So.
Speaker 1: I think it will because they already know that it's
Speaker 1: going to be uncomfortable and that it's new and whatever,
Speaker 1: but they seem like two people who just like talk
Speaker 1: it through. Yeah. There, I mean everyone so far for
Speaker 1: the most part, especially those two seem very mature. So
Speaker 1: all right, well, Mario, thank you for joining Happy Hour.
Speaker 1: It was our first one of the season, so it's
Speaker 1: and you could have been here. I'm excited to be
Speaker 1: a part of it. I'm grateful that, you know, the
Speaker 1: first night you went the way it did and then
Speaker 1: led me to you guys, So thank you for having
Speaker 1: me on. Mario, thank you for joining us. That was
Speaker 1: such a fun interview and it feels good to just
Speaker 1: kick off a season once again. And Michelle cheers to
Speaker 1: us doing our first full season of recaps together. I
Speaker 1: can't wait to see what this goes. I love you.
Speaker 1: Thank you for being here with me again. Thank you, Tomorrio,
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