WEBVTT - Mario on Receiving Gabby’s First Impression Rose 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:05.280 Welcome back Happy Our listeners. It's good to be back 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.119 again this week because it's a special one. We are 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:12.520 finely able to recap a season again, Michelle, and I'm 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:14.520 so happy to be doing this one with you. It 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.480 is so nice to be back with you. Becca. I'm 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:20.240 incredibly excited because this is like my first time hosting 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.799 a podcast about the actual show. That's when I came on. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.079 We weren't you know, we weren't in season yet, So 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.360 I'm really excited. We're gonna be talking to Gabby's first 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:33.479 Impression Rose winner Mario, so I feel like we have 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.320 a lot of questions to ask him. Oh yeah, yeah, 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.199 I mean, I'm so excited. It feels like it's been 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.280 a while. I mean, we were off from a season 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.199 for fourteen weeks, and I have to say that's the 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.160 longest we've gone in bouch Our Happy our history over 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:50.400 the past several years that we haven't actually been recapping 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.159 a season. And so I'm so excited to be here 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.800 with you to get going. And I don't know about you, 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:00.440 but Night one is always one of my favorite. There's 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:04.000 so much excitement around it. There's obviously you're meeting so 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.960 many faces and getting to know these men and these 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:11.960 leads too. But I'm excited to pick Mario's brain because 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.480 this is like the first inside scoop from any of 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.640 the men that will have from this season. So it'll 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.520 be a good episode, it really will. And like the 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.720 first night is so, it really is so magical. And 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.120 I will say that I was really surprised when I 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:27.040 was even get in Gabby and Rachel's position, because you know, 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.399 you watch the show at home and you think about, Okay, 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.600 what would that actually feel like you kind of do 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.399 feel it through the screen, and that's exactly like what 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.520 I was feeling up there. So it's really cool to see, 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.560 like Gabby and Rachel they get to experience this first 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.120 night as Bachelor, as with all these guys approaching and 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.319 like how they enter and their nerves and everything. I 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.720 don't even remember. I think I blacked out when I 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:50.559 when I walked out of the limo. Do you remember 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.520 what she did or said? I? Well, yes, because it 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.960 became my tagline for now years to come. But um, 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.640 but yeah, that first night, I definitely blocked out. I 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:05.160 did not expect to say half the shit that came 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.840 out of my mouth, but it happened, but I will 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:12.040 say that I want to ask you this because you know, 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.960 we've talked at length now about our feelings on having 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.960 two baud Shrettes, and you know, it's kind of hit 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:20.760 or miss. For me. It's like I wanted to see 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.680 how it played out to get a vibe, and I 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.160 actually love it. And I was kind of nervous at first, 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:28.839 and I didn't love the idea of having two baud 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:30.880 Shrets because I was like, it's kind of stealing the 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:34.760 thunder where there is so much that goes into being 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.200 a lead and it's such a special moment for these women, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.120 and at first to do together, I was like, Oh, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.680 it kind of takes away a little bit. But I'm 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.760 changing my two now because after seeing Gabby and Rachel together, 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.959 I kind of wish I would have had somebody else 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.760 by my side, because there's nothing like having a good 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.840 girlfriend that you can go to gossip with, to talk 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.520 shit with, to like just bounce off each other's energies. 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.799 And we saw that throughout this entire first episode night one. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.640 And I love them together. I do too, honestly, because 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.920 they're they're so similar and they play off each other 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.880 so well and you can tell that they're comfortable with 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.800 each other, but then their personalities are incredibly different. Like 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.639 Rachel's super sweet, you know, su like I would say, 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.520 not even more on the quiet side. But then you 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:26.680 have Gabby who's like incredibly witty and just blunt and says, 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.360 you know, what everybody wants to say or what everybody's thinking. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.720 So that's it is pretty cool. Um, yeah, throw the 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.440 Minnesota girls up there, let's go run it back. But 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.480 Becca's engaged, so I can't do that. We'll just have 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.920 but no, yeah, I totally understand what you mean with that. 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.040 And I think also it's going to be really interesting 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:49.040 to kind of talk about how the guys handle it 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.880 because it is a bit of an uncomfortable situation because 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.280 you're approaching two women, right, and so I think it's 0:03:55.400 --> 0:04:01.280 easier to I don't even know the correct words, be respectful, right, Like, 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:03.680 it's an uncomfortable situation, and so I think the guys 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.920 who have the emotional intelligence are going to stand out 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.640 because they're gonna be able to handle this situation with 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.840 more ease if that makes it right, right? And I 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:15.720 kind of like it. I mean, I don't remember his name, 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.559 but the first guy that came out of the limo 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.719 fresh at the gates. He like they started on such 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.200 and I don't want to paint this in a negative way, 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.120 but it started off on kind of such an awkward 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:29.760 foot where he was like do we hug? Like who 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.120 do I go to first? You know, like how do 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:35.680 I do this? Which I feel like it's probably so 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.280 accurate to what everyone was feeling that night. It's like 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.039 and I kind of like that for the most part, 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:44.040 you know, there were some guys that I can't say 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:45.840 this about, but for the most part, it seems like 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:50.839 most men were very open to meeting both women. Like 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.640 they didn't have their sight set on just one. They 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:55.880 weren't all in at that point for just one person, 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:57.800 because like, realistically, you don't know if you're going to 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:59.640 hit it off with somebody you've never met, and so 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:04.039 you know you're going into this already very uncomfortable, very 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.080 unique situation. And so I like that both men were 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.960 excited to have two women and to get to know 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.680 them both. And I gotta say, though, these women have 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.039 a lot of dudes, they have their work cut out 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:18.360 for them. Thirty two, right, thirty two, And I think 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.440 Jesse said this at the beginning, but it's the most. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:22.359 I mean, Michelle, I feel like you had a lot 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:24.280 of dudes too. You had, like I have, what thirty? 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.480 I had thirty. I don't know if I had more 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.279 than thirty, I'd have to, like, honestly, truly go back 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:33.479 and count. But I do remember that first night having 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.520 this moment of how is it possible that another limo 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.000 is pulling up? Like I felt like I was standing 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:44.440 out there like there's more, there's more, there's more. But 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.120 but yeah, I'm excited they have they have a lot 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:49.280 of weeding out to do. Oh yeah, definitely, but they 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.560 do seem decisive. I wanna And I think it helps 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.640 too that again, they have each other so they can 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.720 kind of be like, oh, that guy's my type. I'm 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.200 into that, Like I had this first kiss with this 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.640 guy and them by being him and it's it literally 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.719 is like a friend's slumber party where you're talking about 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:09.440 the boys. Did anyone really really stand out to you 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:14.520 out of the limo or just throughout the first night? Honestly? Okay, 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:19.240 So I'm trying to remember all of their names because 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:25.239 there's so many, But I think you like Avan. He's 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.640 obviously a good looking dude, right, But it's like I 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.200 thought he was going to walk out of the limo 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:34.479 significantly more like cocky than he did, and so I 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:36.520 was like, Okay, like he didn't, you know what I mean, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:41.000 He didn't come off like overpowering. Um, but I do, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.680 like I do look at the contestants, but sometimes I 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:45.440 kind of like try to figure out, Okay, like who's 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.200 going to be the issue here? Right? Right? Well, it's 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:52.120 front of your trouble. Well, I'm so glad you just 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:56.240 said that, because I want to talk about two guys, 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.680 the first the first two and we don't even need 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.920 to get into it. But I feel like when you 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.640 say the word issue, I feel like, after seeing how 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:07.760 Eric was with both women night one, I feel like 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.640 he's gonna be a quote unquote issue at some point 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.880 this season. Like remind me, do you remember what his 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.000 entrance was. I don't remember his entrance, but he was 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.480 the one who after both girls gave out their first 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.720 impression roles, he got kind of not heated, but he 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:26.680 got upset and was basically like I thought one of 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:28.840 them was going to give it to me, but he 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.360 just rubbed me the wrong way. Because it seems like 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.960 he got off on a great start with both women 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.480 he kissed. I don't even know if he kissed Rachel actually, 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.960 but anyways, like he talks to Gabby, they were talking 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.280 about her extensions. He oh, yeah, okay, he just kissed Gabby. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.640 But then he was showing Rachel on his hand where 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:49.120 he was living in New York, and like he just 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.440 thought that he had it in the bag with I 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.760 think both of these women. And he got a little 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.600 bit upset that he didn't get a first impression Roles, 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:58.640 which I'm like, dude, it's night one, there's a thousand 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.600 of you. Calm down. But I feel like that might 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:07.000 be foreshadowing for his name. Eric h Eric, have you 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.600 ever seen that done before? Um? I don't know. I 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.560 don't think so, but you know, kudos to you for 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:17.800 being different, stand out. But Michelle got about one more guy, 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.360 and that is it's actually somebody that I have met before. 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:29.240 Um so Ethan from Seattle is a guy that we 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:33.440 actually had on as our bachelor on Bachelor Live on 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:40.160 Stage a couple of years ago. He's from Seattle. He 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.280 was our bachelor at the Seattle Show years ago. And 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.480 when I saw him come out of the limo. I 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.880 was like, you've got to be shitting me. Anyways, Um, 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.040 before we bring Mario on, what were your thoughts. This 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.920 is the first time, I think ever in Bachelor Nation 0:08:56.040 --> 0:09:01.280 history that a night one rose ceremony was canceled. What 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.840 did you think about that? Honestly? I mean, like, if 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:07.000 you were like a loyal Bachelor watcher, you're going to 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:09.000 know that through the season there's going to be at 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.360 least like one or two Rose ceremonies canceled. I don't 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.400 think anyone expected it on the first night, but I 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:19.079 actually really respect that just because you do not get 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.000 to talk to everybody, and that's like when you were 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:26.080 going through this yourself, So imagine having two bachelorettes and 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:27.960 like trying to talk to both of them, just like 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.400 the amount of time and everything and that takes place. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:36.120 So I totally understand not wanting to like really send 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.680 the large portion of the men at home, right, And 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:44.640 so yeah, I applaud them on that. Yeah, I seen 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.640 the three men outside. What did you think about that? Honestly, 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.959 I actually kind of appreciated that. I thought it was 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.280 a kinder way to send them home where they didn't 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.400 have to stand in front of the remaining twenty nine men. 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.120 I mean, I'm sure to them they weren't expecting and 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.320 it probably was a bummer to them, but realistically, like 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.880 it was faster, it was already light outside, so they 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:11.719 were probably freaking exhausted. Yeah, So I didn't mind the 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.480 fact that they removed those men and took them away 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:15.400 and had a separate conversation. I felt like they actually 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.920 gave them enough time to explain why they were making 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.560 that decision the rose ceremony being canceled. Listen, I'm all 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.640 about canceling rose ceremonies, but I will say, like going 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.200 into this experience the night one like that first rose 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:33.200 ceremony is pretty special, and so I feel like a 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.760 part of that was kind of taken away from the men, 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.120 Like it is, it's kind of like a right of passage, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:39.880 and so I kind of wish the first one wasn't 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.800 canceled all the other ones, like go ahead, do it, 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:47.880 so that they handed out roses still and then just 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.240 didn't hand those roses to those three men that they 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.839 walked outside, you know, I kind of I would want 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.440 to combo. I like how they removed the three men 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:58.280 first and said their goodbyes, and then I wish they 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.319 kind of still went in and they're like, we get 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:01.520 to talk to a lot of you. We still want 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.320 to keep you around and bring you into next week, 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.440 but like, let's still do this quickly, just as like, 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.160 like I said that rite of passage to make those 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.679 men feel special. M I wish it would have been 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:11.959 a combo of that. But again, like it was already 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.600 light outside. Everyone's exhausted by that point, so I can't 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.120 fold anyone. And also at the same time, I was like, 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.080 I have no input because I actually was not a 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.200 part of that first night because I was sent in late. Yeah, 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.640 like I wasn't even in the group picture, like you know, 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.080 like the typical like, oh you you have a picture 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.480 that you like. Everyone looks like shit because they've been 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.959 up all night, they're tired, they're stress like they want 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:35.120 to go to bed, like it's been overwhelming. Yeah, I 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.839 wasn't in that. I guess I got my own season, 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.959 so I eventually had my own picture. But yeah, you 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.640 got you you had one better. There's no good one better, 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.160 I know. I know. Well, if it makes you feel better, 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.240 I think the one that they picked for ari season. 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:51.840 Becca em and I were standing in the background laughing 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.760 the entire time, and like my facial expression in that 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.400 photo that they chose, I look like such a brat. 0:11:57.440 --> 0:12:00.320 I'm just like mean muggin. So you know that up 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.880 I would try, I would. They're all so bad, don't 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:09.040 look up anything. But I'm so excited for the rest 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:10.880 of the season, not unfold, to actually get to know 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.400 these guys, because again, there's so many we I feel 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.000 like we didn't even get to see half of them, 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.760 but we did get to see the one guy who 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.520 did get Gabby's first impression. He obviously stood out to her, 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.160 and so we're going to have him on right now. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:31.080 So everyone, please welcome Mario to Bachelor Happy Hour. Welcome 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:34.440 to Bachelor Happy Hour. Mario. We're so excited to have you. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.000 Were so excited that this is like your first podcast, 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.400 this is my first podcast. Actually we'll kick off the 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.800 premiere of the show. So yeah, well so Mario, this is, 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.280 like Michelle said, the not only your first podcast, but 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.680 the first podcast that we have been able to recap 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:54.080 a season now, because when Michelle started, we didn't have 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:55.880 a season, and so I feel like we're kind of 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.200 all doing this together and I'm so excited. I want 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.200 to know from you what originally made you join the show? 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.599 Did you get recruited, did you sign up? Or you 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.040 a fan of the show. How did that all happen? Yeah. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.640 So I'm a personal trainer here in the Chicagoland area 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:12.560 and I was wrapping up my day. I think I 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.040 had like four or five clients that day. I was 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.720 on my last client. I go to Instagram and I 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.400 have like a request DM and so as a business owner, 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.840 I checked those just because you know, oftentimes they'll get 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.160 like clients reaching out, you know, we're wanting to train 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:28.880 with you, et cetera. So it was a DM from 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.360 you know, one of the producers from the show, and 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.199 you know, I read it. He was like, hey, I 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.880 think you could be good for the show. So automatically 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.559 I'm like, you know, this guy's going to ask me 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.840 for like my social Security number. It's a span like 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.880 no ways like the bachelort reaching out to me. So 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:45.199 I went back and forth with him in him he 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.240 gave me his number and I called him and it 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.560 was actually actually after we go off the phone, I 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.160 still was like, I don't know about this, but I 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:53.679 did some research and that's how that he was a 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.360 producer for the show, So it was real and that's 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.280 kind of how my journey started. I was I'm in 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.640 from a place prior to being reasted out where I 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:06.920 was in mu They rested out at the beginning of January. So, um, 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.400 it was in twenty twenty one where I was like 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.280 kind of in a situation ship and so that had 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.760 just ended, and um, it was like the timing was 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.880 perfect and I was ready for something like new. And 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.560 so I'm very organic in a sense of like I'm 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:24.160 not on any dating apps, never been on a dating app. 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.120 I'm very like, I want to meet my person in 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.760 real time, and so doesn't get any more organic than 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.120 someone reaching out to you to be on a dating show. 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.480 A little a little out of the box for me, 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.360 but at the same time, it was it was something 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:39.640 that was different and that I was willing to jump into. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.360 So how do you watch the show before, like you 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:46.120 knew what the show was, a fan of it, or um, 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.360 you know prior I had caught glimpses of Matt Jane season. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.480 I know that was a big season with him being 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.760 the first black bachelor, and so I caught glimpses of 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.880 that season, and I just remember like watching like a 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:00.960 sporting event and then turned back to that to kind 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.520 of see what was going on. But I never like 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:05.720 followed a season all the way through. But I can 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:07.480 like pull it. I think I saw like onst the 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.320 Katie season at one point, so I can pull like 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.880 little tibits and be like all right, So was there 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:14.400 ever a point where you're like, yeah, I totally could 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.080 do that or it never crossed your mind before. The 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:21.800 funny is so prior to obviously all of this happening, 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.120 I worked at a daycare and I was the only 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.680 male staff member. I worked with forty women. I was 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:31.560 noticed mister Mario. So I know they're all plumped to um, 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:35.440 you know, watching experience the show. But you know, they 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.160 would always come in on Tuesday and they would always 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.520 like break down the show and they would be like, man, 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.480 and then they would always be like, Mario, you should 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.040 apply to be on that show. And I would I 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:45.680 always be like yeah, for sure and kind of just 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.520 like fuck away. So it's just funny how things kind 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:52.280 of come full circle a little bit. But um, what 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:54.520 I have pursued it on my own, probably not, but 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:56.880 you know, it took a producer reaching out and then 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.800 me going through the process and getting chosen and here 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.840 we are, right, So things kind of happened for a reason. 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:04.880 They play out a certain way. Well, it seems like 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.080 it was kind of meant to be, just timing wise 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.480 and having somebody give you that little nudge that maybe 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.960 you needed. I want to ask you this and we'll 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.760 get into everything that you were kind of experienced in 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:19.160 that night one. But I mean, you're here because you 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.720 not only got Gabby's first impression rose, but you were 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.520 only one of two guys to get a rose that 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:29.040 night because they obviously canceled the rose ceremony. So what 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:31.520 did that feel like for you? Did you kind of 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:33.800 expect that you would get it from Gabby? I mean, 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.080 obviously we saw the kiss, but what was going through 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:38.880 your mind in that moment when she grabbed that rose 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.080 and pulled you aside? So you know when I got 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:42.960 up the limit when I did my first impression or 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:47.200 Rachel then Gabby? Okay all that, you know, I actually 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.480 felt like I had made a connection with Rachel initially 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.240 because she kind of grabbed my hands and you know, 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.360 she from Chicago, but she was like clubs or socks, 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.280 and I was like, cubs, got to play it safe. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.320 And so I walked into mansion and then I saw 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.280 Gabby out front, and at this point I'm just looking 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.040 to kind of get to know the both of them 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.800 because I don't don't really know them. Went to the front, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.760 had a great conversation with Gabby. We connected, and that 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:14.440 eventually led to the kiss into the first Impression roles 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.160 and so, you know, it was one of those things 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:21.840 where I felt to connection with her initially, and so 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.040 you know that first night, you're looking to kind of 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.600 talk to who you can and I did not expect 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:31.080 that at all. You know, I knew that I was. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.560 I mean, I didn't know if she had kissed other guys. 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.640 So I was kind of just in a place where 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.679 I was like, man, we really connected, but there's a 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:41.439 bunch of other men here, so I'm not sure if 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.320 I really stood out. But then you know, later that night, 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.520 when Jesse came and put the first Impression roses on 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:49.439 the table, she pulled me to the side and that 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.719 made me feel really good. You know, there it is. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.119 It might be surprising, Mario, but there definitely will be 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.520 nights ahead where you will kiss Gabby or Rachel the 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:03.119 same time they're kissing other cause it's a weird situation. 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.320 But okay, So going back to how you came out 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.760 of the limo, though, one thing that I noticed is 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:12.760 that you looked instantly comfortable, like the moment you stepped 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:14.479 out of the limo and you were like doing your 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.639 little dance twirl whatever up there. Do you remember that, 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.639 Like were you obviously like were you nervous? Were you 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.960 panicking before you got out of the limo because you 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.920 have this perception of how it's gonna go, especially like 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.960 the day's leading up to it, and then that moment 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.400 before you step out of the limo, so many people 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:31.760 black out and they're like, I don't even know what 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:34.840 came out of my mouth. Yeah, it was. It was 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.399 definitely a surreal moment, just because a week prior, you know, 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.040 they were announced as the two leads, right, and so 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:44.600 it was this moment where like I pulled up, I 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.280 had the limo crew that I was with, you know, 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:49.920 a few guys, and then I was looking through the 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.040 tending windows. They can't see us, we can see them, 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:54.080 and I just had this moment where I was like, man, 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:56.240 this is literally like I am here right now, Like 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.480 this is actually why I just saw them sitting on 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.920 the couch with Jesse, like a week or the renounds. 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:03.800 Now I'm here. I found out the same time as 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.880 the rest of America. And so when I got out, 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.720 I think in the limo, I was like heart, heart 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.399 was beating. I was like, this is crazy, this is 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.399 my first impression, Like I cannot drop the ball. I 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:17.040 want to make it past tonight. You know. I had 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.600 a lot of different thoughts, but when I got out 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:21.560 the limo, I had this like piece come over me, 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:25.320 and I was like, just be yourself. And I know 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:27.800 that sounds like cliche and kind of just like all right, 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.640 but like really I was just like be like show 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:34.879 your personality, be funny, be goofy, try to be like charismatic, 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:37.920 and then bring it back in. So I did my dance, 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.680 but then I just didn't want to be like there 0:19:40.760 --> 0:19:43.280 for entertainment. I wanted to like bring it back in 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:45.480 and just be like, hey, my name is Mariam thirty 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:47.400 one in the Chicago Land area. But if you guys 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:50.080 look beautiful, I'm excited to be here. Look forward to 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:52.840 connecting the two more inside. Keep it moving right. So 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:55.200 I wanted there to be like a fun element but 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:58.280 then not really serious but just hey, this is who 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:01.640 I am, and so ended up working out. Well, yeah, 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.560 I feel like you, I mean, you nailed it. Why 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:05.160 did you say you nailed it? Becca for the most 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:08.840 Oh well yeah, obviously you got the rows and remember 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.440 so you know what I mean. I want to ask 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:15.800 you this because I feel like Michelle and I have 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:17.800 talked about this a little bit on the podcast, but 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:21.920 like night one, obviously you truly have no idea really 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.280 what to expect other than the fact that you're going 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.520 to be meeting the bout shirts. Right, So when you 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:30.280 pull up in that limo, no one watching the TV 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.000 show will ever know this. But when you pull up, 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:36.200 there's a thousand lights all around, There's a thousand people, 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:40.000 there's so many cameras. It obviously is a huge production 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:42.800 to make the show. But like that, that moment is 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.000 what actually really took me off guard. Like when we 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:47.000 pulled up and I stepped out and it wasn't just 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:49.119 like the person sitting in front of me, it was 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:53.359 like hundreds of people. That's when it like really hit 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:55.840 me where I was like holy shit, like I'm not 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:58.159 only just like meeting the person to potentially date, Like 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:01.639 I'm here for a TV show. What was that Like, 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:05.000 did anything like really stand out to you catch you 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:08.879 off guard? For Hugh the f Out, Yeah, it was 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:12.080 actually the limo driver that kind of came out and 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:16.919 he was like, gave us the set instructions. Polly. Actually 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:22.840 it was Polly that I realized it was, Yeah, Polly's 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:29.440 the best. You will see much more of him, and 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:31.560 he kind of gave like the layout of the land. 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:33.440 He's like, are you gonna get out? I gonna do this. 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:35.879 There's gonna be lights over here, just do what you 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:39.960 need to do. And so it definitely was, um, you know, 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:42.399 a moment where I was like, this is happening. But 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:45.920 actually I was still pretty focused because it was two 0:21:46.000 --> 0:21:48.119 women in front of me and I knew that this 0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:50.159 was like a part of it, and yes, I'm on 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.280 a TV show, but I was so focused on Rachel 0:21:52.359 --> 0:21:55.880 and Gabby and trying to do my best to give 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:58.760 a good impression that I think I like blacked all 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:00.920 that out right. Like, I knew it was good lighting. 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:02.639 I knew that there was a cameraman right here, but 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:06.240 I was just thinking, yo, don't embarrass yourself. It's so 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:08.000 hard to do that though, I will say, like I 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:11.160 feel like the average person. It's one thing to think, 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:14.000 you're like think and kind of like a brainstorm, but 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:17.000 visualize how it's gonna go. But when you get out there, 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:19.639 it like the only way this is going to be 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:22.119 successful is if you can block that out in it. 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:25.800 It's hard, Like it is hard because they're I mean, yes, 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:27.439 you have the lights, right, but you have all these 0:22:27.480 --> 0:22:31.720 people around you, producers, camera, you know, everything, audio, and 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:34.719 it's like you can't acknowledge them, you can't talk to them, right, 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:37.000 but everyone's just staring at you. It's like this really 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:41.760 weird fish bowl concept. Yeah till your point, Michelle, like 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:43.840 you you can't do that at all. And so that's 0:22:43.840 --> 0:22:46.600 why I was like, all right, just focus, don't don't 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:49.600 do too much your dance, and just let them know 0:22:49.680 --> 0:22:51.600 they look nice and you'll see them inside. Was there 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:54.480 ever a point where you're like, okay, like I should 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:56.400 have thought of that, or like I that was really 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:00.399 good or that was really cringey? Yeah? Yeah, you know 0:23:00.720 --> 0:23:03.040 there was a lot of creativity our season, like a 0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:06.680 lot of it really, and for me seeing some of 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:09.480 the other ones. I think, I'm like, man, did you 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:13.600 like not do enough? Right? Because my thing was like 0:23:14.160 --> 0:23:16.680 be who you are, show your personality and then bring 0:23:16.760 --> 0:23:19.439 it in. There was a lot that happened that first night, 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:21.760 right you know. We had some guys coming in on 0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:25.280 a horse. We had some guys come in with chicks, 0:23:25.760 --> 0:23:28.280 a whole choir, right Like. There was just a lot 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:30.800 that took place. And so for me, naturally, yeah, the 0:23:30.920 --> 0:23:33.080 first night, I'm gonna compare myself and be like, yo, 0:23:33.240 --> 0:23:35.639 did I should I have done more? Should I? But 0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:39.600 I think initially I like put myself on like the 0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:43.800 lower spectrum based on what I saw. But then throughout 0:23:43.840 --> 0:23:46.520 the night, you know, hearing about some of the different interests, 0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:48.920 I was like, okay, everyone kind of pulled something. Not 0:23:49.080 --> 0:23:52.680 everyone was like a huge spectacle. I felt a little 0:23:52.680 --> 0:23:54.879 more comfortable in that. And then eventually I had my 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.800 time with Gabby, and then I was feeling a little 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:01.239 more confident. And so that first impression is huge, and um, 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:03.399 you know, the road ceremony comes up quick. So I 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:06.000 was like, if I don't get time tonight, let me 0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:11.159 at least try to show showcase as much as I can. Right, So, um, naturally. 0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:14.920 I think there was some comparison components there. Well. So 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:18.959 once you were in finally talking with the guys, spending 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:22.000 the entire night with them, what were your first impressions 0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:23.760 on some of the guys, Like did you really hit 0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:27.040 it off with some of them? Yeah? You know, I 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:31.359 am a very sociable person, and so I'm like the 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.160 hype man, you know, like if you post a pick 0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:37.320 on ig and we met one time, I'm gonna hype 0:24:37.320 --> 0:24:38.760 you up. Let's say I met you on like a 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:40.600 trimp and I followed you. I'm gonna yp you up 0:24:40.600 --> 0:24:45.240 in a cover needs Mario in their life, Hey, and 0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:49.000 so mister Mario. And so when I got there, I 0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:51.159 was I was just excited to be able to like 0:24:51.359 --> 0:24:52.800 meet the guys that we're going to go through this 0:24:52.880 --> 0:24:56.560 experience with me, and you know, just kind of hearing 0:24:56.600 --> 0:24:58.800 where they were from seeing what guys were wearing. I 0:24:58.920 --> 0:25:01.720 was wearing a base and I noticed that no one 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:03.680 else had on the Bay shoot, right, So I felt 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:05.879 I felt good in that sense, but just hearing what 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:08.840 city guys are from what they did for their first impression, 0:25:10.160 --> 0:25:15.000 you know, talking about sports, talking about past experiences, how 0:25:15.040 --> 0:25:19.600 we got on the show. It's something that brings brings 0:25:19.680 --> 0:25:22.240 life to me, meeting new people and kind of going 0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:25.600 through a shared experience together. So I was pumped, Um, 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:28.520 you know, seeing Jacob with no shirt on. I was like, 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:32.719 you know, hey, I know it's funny because as a trainer, 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:36.160 I really was thinking about doing that. And I'm happy 0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:39.840 I kept feeling my Bay shoes, but that was something 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:43.240 that I was thinking about. Seeing justin with no shoes. Right, 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:45.800 these are things that stand out and you're like, all right, 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:49.240 like what's your vibe? This is my vibe? Okay, So 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:52.040 who walked in that you like vibe with? You're like, yep, 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:55.240 we're going to be friends. Tyler. Tyler was actually in 0:25:55.400 --> 0:25:59.320 my limo and so we connected in the limo and 0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:01.200 then he came in after me and we were just 0:26:01.240 --> 0:26:05.879 talking throughout the night. But him and I connected right off. 0:26:06.000 --> 0:26:10.680 Rip Nate and I also connected. Who did you not 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:13.360 connect with? Was there one dude where you were like, oh, 0:26:13.480 --> 0:26:16.280 he's rubbing me the wrong way? You know what I 0:26:16.440 --> 0:26:19.639 think when you walk into the mansion, because this is 0:26:19.960 --> 0:26:22.200 another season you do look for like the guy who 0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:26.240 stand offish but honestly, like truth be told, our cast 0:26:26.600 --> 0:26:29.040 was just great. That first night, there was there was 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:33.119 no drama. Everyone was super cool with each other. You know, 0:26:33.280 --> 0:26:36.680 guys are just laughing, hanging out, We're at the bar, 0:26:37.000 --> 0:26:40.880 we're eating the advertisers were just all trying to spend 0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:42.680 time with Rachel and Gabby. We're still trying to figure 0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:45.280 out the setup. So honestly, like there was no one 0:26:45.359 --> 0:26:48.520 that rubbed me wrong that that first night, I vibed 0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:51.600 with everyone. I would think everyone would give the same 0:26:51.680 --> 0:26:54.399 response as well. Becca, who do you think, like, did 0:26:54.480 --> 0:26:57.440 your alarms go off with anybody when you're watching it? Well, 0:26:57.480 --> 0:26:59.800 when I was watching it, the only guy that kind 0:26:59.880 --> 0:27:03.840 of set off alarms right away was I'm blinking on 0:27:03.920 --> 0:27:06.200 his name, the guy that kind of got upset when 0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.760 he didn't get a rose. Eric. Yeah, Eric, he had 0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:14.480 this like entitlement that I didn't necessarily like. But but 0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:16.720 it's interesting that you say that there's no drama because 0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:18.920 I actually didn't think about it. But it truly felt 0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:22.280 like there was no issues really at all night one, 0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:26.000 And I feel like I've never watched a premiere where 0:27:26.240 --> 0:27:30.240 there hasn't only spent something like something some beef between 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:32.879 two guys, like whether it's bigger or small and this 0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:35.480 is the first time that we didn't get that. Yeah, 0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:37.560 And I think, you know, you go in with this 0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:41.000 anticipation of like, Okay, hey, Rachel and Gab you're here. 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:43.600 I'm trying to get time with them, but you know, uh, 0:27:43.760 --> 0:27:45.960 this is the first night in the mansion. Some stuff 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:47.919 is going to pop off, for sure. But then throughout 0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:50.960 the night, the vibe was just like smoothed, and the 0:27:51.040 --> 0:27:53.960 rose ceremony came, we did our toast and like that 0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:56.400 was a rat And so I'm in the same boat 0:27:56.440 --> 0:27:59.119 as you, Becca, where I'm like, you know, nothing popped off. 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:02.080 I was I was waiting for something to happen, someone 0:28:02.160 --> 0:28:04.800 to like jump in the pool with no shirt on. Uh, 0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:08.040 somebody to just like get super drunk and just like 0:28:08.480 --> 0:28:12.320 confess their love to get right Like none of that happened. Wait, okay, 0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:15.560 can we get into the kiss? Yes, let's go us 0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:20.639 get into the good stuff. Areyo? So okay. In a 0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:23.120 lot of her interviews, she was like, these guys aren't 0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:24.680 kissing me, Like I thought that there was going to 0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:27.760 be more kissing, more makeouts, like she wanted she really 0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:30.960 wanted that. And so when you finally went for the kiss, 0:28:31.040 --> 0:28:33.240 I think she I mean she was excited to begin with, 0:28:33.480 --> 0:28:35.600 but I feel like it was so special because it 0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:38.240 was with you. Obviously it worked out because you got 0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:41.600 that first impression ros what did you think about it? 0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:47.880 So when yeah, I went for it, there's no hesitation 0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:52.160 like you like belined it. I just straightforward. When we were, 0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:55.760 you know, talking on the bench that we were sitting 0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:57.800 down on, um, you know, I was just trying to 0:28:57.840 --> 0:28:59.840 look for a starting point. You know, anytime you talk 0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:04.320 Gabby or you know, Rachel the first night, in my mind, 0:29:04.360 --> 0:29:07.320 I'm like, all right, I'm gonna pull back from their 0:29:07.480 --> 0:29:10.240 previous experience, don't reach back too far, but just kind 0:29:10.280 --> 0:29:13.120 of like asking questions on you know, how they're feeling 0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.680 first night coming off Clayton's season, You're a lead, how 0:29:16.720 --> 0:29:19.400 do I fit in this? And just trying to spark 0:29:19.440 --> 0:29:21.880 a conversation with them, And so we were kind of 0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.240 having a back and forth and I kind of put 0:29:24.280 --> 0:29:27.160 it like this, There's two moments of silence. Right. There's 0:29:27.200 --> 0:29:31.360 the awkward moment of silence where it's like, hey, do 0:29:31.440 --> 0:29:34.440 we have anything else to talk about? It's kind of awkward, 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:38.560 But then there's the second one where it's like, so vibeing, 0:29:39.320 --> 0:29:44.000 looking around, eye contact, you go in and then you 0:29:44.120 --> 0:29:46.600 give this right. So mine was the second one. Yes, 0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:52.400 and it was it was How was it? It was 0:29:52.480 --> 0:29:55.800 a great moment, It was a great experience. Gabby has 0:29:58.000 --> 0:30:05.120 great lips. I was coming. How do I say this politely? 0:30:06.120 --> 0:30:10.480 So yeah, for me, it was a moment where I 0:30:10.600 --> 0:30:13.720 was like, um, I just had to ask myself a 0:30:13.760 --> 0:30:15.800 lot of questions, right, because this is this is night 0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:19.880 one right, and me, I'm like, you know, I'm high energy, 0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:21.560 I got a lot of personality, but I have like 0:30:21.680 --> 0:30:24.400 this privacy to me as well, and so to be 0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:26.520 able to do that the first night, did it feel natural? 0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:29.840 Thousand percent? It did? When I walked away, did I 0:30:30.000 --> 0:30:31.400 did I think about what I did that I have 0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:34.800 to process it? Yes, I think that that was my moment. 0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:38.640 It was a great moment. And um, I'm happy that 0:30:38.680 --> 0:30:40.440 I went in for the kids. I'm happy. What do 0:30:40.520 --> 0:30:42.480 you think? What do you think the lady is back 0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:44.640 at the daycare are going to say when they see 0:30:44.880 --> 0:30:49.400 you getting one of the first year the season, They're proud. 0:30:49.960 --> 0:30:55.280 They are gonna scream yes, mister Mario, and the kids 0:30:55.280 --> 0:30:58.200 are going to close the right. I want to know though, 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:01.600 going back to that first impression, Ros, do you understand 0:31:01.680 --> 0:31:05.440 the way that that carries because historically, over the past 0:31:05.880 --> 0:31:10.840 several years, for the most part, the guy that that 0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:14.000 Rose goes too, because the bach Rod's have pretty good pickers, 0:31:14.320 --> 0:31:17.080 usually ends up being the final Dude, did you want 0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:20.840 to know that? Yeah? I did, And so, you know, 0:31:21.160 --> 0:31:24.320 it was it was funny, like, um, prior to being 0:31:24.360 --> 0:31:27.720 on this season, I would just kind of think about 0:31:29.040 --> 0:31:31.320 like or I would look at other seasons and I 0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:33.320 would I would see this significance of that, or I 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:34.960 would see like a group date Rose. You know, just 0:31:35.080 --> 0:31:37.760 kind of watching back other seasons just to know what 0:31:37.840 --> 0:31:40.280 I'm getting myself into, right, And so when I got it, 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:42.320 you know, I came back in and Gus were like, you, 0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:45.440 let's go right. We have a super supportive pad, everyone 0:31:45.800 --> 0:31:48.640 hyping each other up, and so, m I knew that 0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:51.000 it was a big deal. I was excited to get 0:31:51.040 --> 0:31:53.680 it from Gabby. I feel like she's got a lot 0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:56.720 of personality and you know, she's not playing games, so 0:31:56.840 --> 0:31:59.000 to get it from her meant meant something too. And 0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:02.920 I think it hit me like the next day and 0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:04.760 I was just like, man, I just I just got 0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.240 this this first impressure roles, like what is my journey 0:32:07.280 --> 0:32:10.600 gonna look like? You know, um, everyone else kind of 0:32:10.680 --> 0:32:13.560 just got a roads too, or they saw it past 0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:16.080 the roads ceremoney, But like I stood out to her, 0:32:16.280 --> 0:32:18.360 So that a lot to me. Yeah, did you feel 0:32:18.360 --> 0:32:20.920 like it put because as as wonderful as it can be, 0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:22.840 did you feel like it put a target on your 0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:28.280 back at all? I think, Um, Initially I was like 0:32:28.520 --> 0:32:31.720 kind of comfortable, but then after a while, I was like, Okay, 0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:37.240 there is this, um, there's this like pressure to perform now, right, 0:32:37.360 --> 0:32:39.680 because like I just got and maybe perform is not 0:32:39.800 --> 0:32:42.160 the best word, but like there's this pressure to like 0:32:42.320 --> 0:32:49.040 stand out, I'll say, and um, you know, I I 0:32:49.160 --> 0:32:50.400 just wanted to be in a place where I was 0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:54.480 like still myself uncomfortable, but I did feel this need 0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:57.920 to like step it up even more because that first 0:32:57.960 --> 0:32:59.920 I pressure roles is a big deal. And I stood out, 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:01.960 and I was like, Okay, how can I continue to 0:33:02.480 --> 0:33:06.120 stay in the Mario lane but also continue to build 0:33:06.160 --> 0:33:12.920 that relationship with Gabby. So one thing that I actually 0:33:13.000 --> 0:33:14.920 wanted to ask you. I thought about this at the 0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:16.520 top of the episode, but I'm like, I'll wait more 0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:18.920 towards you, because it's kind of a heavy question and 0:33:19.080 --> 0:33:23.640 I want to word it makes sense. But so nin one, 0:33:24.360 --> 0:33:28.440 you obviously went in very open minded to meeting both women. 0:33:28.920 --> 0:33:31.720 You ended up getting that first impression Roles with Gabby 0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:35.760 and having this instant connection. Obviously the chemistry between you 0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:40.680 everyone saw moving forward. Do you feel like after that 0:33:40.840 --> 0:33:45.600 starting point you were all in on Gabby or were 0:33:45.680 --> 0:33:50.360 you still open and maybe wanting to test the waters 0:33:50.400 --> 0:33:53.560 with Rachel limit to see what that could be. Yeah. 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:57.000 I was still open to test waters with Rachel. You know, 0:33:57.160 --> 0:33:59.280 after we got the rows, or after I got the 0:33:59.320 --> 0:34:01.160 first impression Rose. You know, I was standing there in 0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:03.720 a rose ceremony and we did our toast and Gabby goes, 0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:06.080 you know, there's still so many of you that I 0:34:06.160 --> 0:34:09.480 haven't connected with, and that was something that like, you know, 0:34:09.600 --> 0:34:12.000 I think when you get a rose, you want even me. 0:34:12.200 --> 0:34:14.160 During the toast, I was like trying to stand stand 0:34:14.200 --> 0:34:15.600 by er. I was like, yeah, that's right, I got 0:34:18.600 --> 0:34:22.759 right right, But I think I think that um, you know, 0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:25.839 when she said that, I was like, Okay, it's still early. 0:34:26.000 --> 0:34:28.520 This rose is huge. I'm still trying to see how 0:34:28.560 --> 0:34:30.480 things are going to play out. Gabby and I had 0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:34.080 a great connection, but I am open to having a 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:41.120 conversation right with Rachel, and so, um, I wasn't necessarily 0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:44.040 like one hundred percent locked in on Gabby. I still 0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:46.680 wanted to get to know Rachel, but that was as 0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.799 a result of what she said, right, I think that, um, 0:34:50.120 --> 0:34:51.960 you know, there were still a lot of guys that 0:34:52.080 --> 0:34:54.080 didn't get time that night that you know, kind of 0:34:54.120 --> 0:34:57.480 bypassed that Rose ceremony, and so for me, I stood out. 0:34:57.760 --> 0:35:00.640 But at the same time, I know that I still 0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:02.319 had a target on my back, right, that there were 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:04.080 still guys I wanted to kind of spend time with 0:35:04.160 --> 0:35:06.799 Gabby and Rachel, And so for me, I was like, well, 0:35:06.840 --> 0:35:11.480 I should be open and available too. Definitely leaning more 0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:15.839 towards Gabby naturally because I just got there, but being 0:35:15.920 --> 0:35:20.040 open to Rachel was something that I was, Wow, this 0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:22.839 is like just starting to set in of how complicated 0:35:22.920 --> 0:35:25.959 this could be, just naturally like as humans, right, because 0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:28.440 it's like you think about your choice Mario and like 0:35:28.520 --> 0:35:31.680 the emotions of what you're feeling, right, but then you 0:35:31.800 --> 0:35:35.360 also have to like take in the other person's emotions 0:35:35.400 --> 0:35:37.719 as well. So like Gabby obviously was into you give 0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:42.400 you her first impression roles, right, and you have the 0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:45.520 opportunity to also get to know Rachel. But like you 0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:48.359 talking to Rachel, it could also feel like you're doing 0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:51.400 the other relationship as a disservice, right, because it's just 0:35:51.560 --> 0:35:54.960 it's unnatural in this this type of world. And then 0:35:55.200 --> 0:35:58.280 also the guys see you talking to Rachel and Assuma, 0:35:58.360 --> 0:36:00.759 why are you talking to Rachel because Gabby gave your 0:36:00.800 --> 0:36:04.200 first depression role? So like, wow, the complicated like nature 0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:06.800 of this all this now actually but you know what, 0:36:07.320 --> 0:36:10.040 it's actually the more that I think about it now, 0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:13.320 I actually kind of like it because initial, you know, 0:36:13.400 --> 0:36:16.200 because when you're the lead, you have so many men, 0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:20.919 all vastly different, and so you're trying to compartmentalize each relationship, 0:36:21.040 --> 0:36:25.080 each conversation that you have with everyone that now maybe 0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:27.400 you felt this Mario, but now it kind of puts you, 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:32.279 guys in a somewhat similar situation where you have to 0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:36.600 compartmentalize each relationship and each conversation with both women, so 0:36:36.719 --> 0:36:39.680 you get more of a feel for what the leads 0:36:39.800 --> 0:36:41.840 go through and perhaps you can empathize with them a 0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:44.840 little bit. Yeah, it really kind of puts you in 0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:48.040 a place where you have to like process your feelings 0:36:48.120 --> 0:36:52.480 and actually think right. And Like I say that specifically 0:36:52.600 --> 0:36:54.640 because you know, if there was one lead, you would 0:36:54.680 --> 0:36:56.000 just be kind of locked in on them, right, But 0:36:56.040 --> 0:36:59.719 because there's two, you really process your interaction with Gabby right, 0:36:59.760 --> 0:37:02.640 and process your interaction with Rachel. And you sit there 0:37:02.680 --> 0:37:06.720 and you think about, Okay, like who did I connect 0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:09.719 with more? Right, Like, uh, you know, what did I 0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:11.800 like about my time with Gabby? What did I like 0:37:11.840 --> 0:37:15.040 about And they're processing that too, right, But they're a 0:37:15.160 --> 0:37:18.160 lead to ultimately, they're kind of choosing your faith in 0:37:18.239 --> 0:37:23.279 the sense. But yeah, absolutely, I think you learn about yourself, right, Like, 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:25.840 I think that that's like the biggest takeaways that you 0:37:25.960 --> 0:37:29.879 learn about yourself. You learn about how you compartmentalize things, 0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:32.960 how you process your feelings, what you like, what stood out? 0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:34.800 Did you like laughing or Gabby? Right? Did you like 0:37:35.120 --> 0:37:37.040 the deep questions that Rachel was asking me? Right? Like, 0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:39.360 being able to process these things I think is a 0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:43.120 benefit to learn about yourself, but also to get a 0:37:43.200 --> 0:37:46.880 better understanding of who they are individually. I love seeing 0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:49.920 I'm emotional intelligence. I feel like it's gonna be much 0:37:50.120 --> 0:37:52.520 easier for Gabby and Rachel to like pick out which 0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:57.040 men have emotional intelligence and which men you know can't 0:37:57.080 --> 0:37:59.800 communicate with like the jealousy and everything, all those different 0:38:00.040 --> 0:38:04.560 like nature things. Wow, it's good. It's good that the 0:38:04.800 --> 0:38:08.040 guys couldn't be one thousand percent zone Dan on just 0:38:08.200 --> 0:38:10.080 one person, like you said, Mario, And I love that 0:38:10.200 --> 0:38:12.960 you called that out because it does make you think 0:38:13.120 --> 0:38:15.600 and it makes you it's not just like you're belgning 0:38:15.719 --> 0:38:18.239 just for one lead, where yeah, where the men just 0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:21.600 like have this jealousy, this like need to win. In 0:38:21.680 --> 0:38:23.640 some sort of sense, you kind of have to figure out, Okay, 0:38:23.719 --> 0:38:25.920 who's a better fit for me, Like, realistically, if this 0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:27.520 is going to work out and there's an engagement at 0:38:27.560 --> 0:38:29.040 the end of this, who is going to be the 0:38:29.120 --> 0:38:31.799 best fit for me? And it kind kind of makes 0:38:31.840 --> 0:38:34.399 you guys take a step back and sit in those 0:38:34.480 --> 0:38:37.959 feelings for a bit, which I love and actually like acknowledge. Honestly, Mario, 0:38:37.960 --> 0:38:39.800 you pointed out made like a really good point with that, 0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:42.759 just because I think it does make everybody like like 0:38:42.880 --> 0:38:45.040 a thing you're saying. It makes everybody take a step 0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:47.680 back and actually think about the feelings. Whereas when there 0:38:47.800 --> 0:38:50.520 is one lead Honestly, it's really easy to be competitive 0:38:50.960 --> 0:38:54.360 and like just try to get to the end because 0:38:54.440 --> 0:38:56.840 that's what you're supposed to do and not because of 0:38:56.960 --> 0:39:00.960 like your actual feelings. So I will see, Yeah, you 0:39:01.600 --> 0:39:03.040 hit it right on the ball, and I think it 0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:06.640 made it more complicated just because there's two, but also 0:39:06.760 --> 0:39:08.759 like you start to see the girls kind of form 0:39:08.880 --> 0:39:12.160 certain relationships even that like first night, right, like Rachel 0:39:12.320 --> 0:39:14.560 sprained out and got her first impression roles and we're like, 0:39:14.640 --> 0:39:16.400 where's she going? You know what I mean, And so 0:39:17.200 --> 0:39:21.480 you start to like kind of compare early right, So yeah, 0:39:22.640 --> 0:39:24.640 but I love too is the fact that both women 0:39:24.680 --> 0:39:29.080 are so different that it makes it more fun to 0:39:29.239 --> 0:39:33.799 watch and it'll be interesting to see who everyone gravitates 0:39:33.880 --> 0:39:37.840 towards as the season goes on. Okay, Mario, we always 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:41.399 play a game with our guests, and so it's rapid fire, 0:39:41.440 --> 0:39:42.759 and we just want to get to know you more 0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:46.239 because we've only seen two seconds of you guys on 0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:48.840 the TV screen. There's much more to come, hopefully, But 0:39:49.880 --> 0:39:51.640 we'll just ask you a question and first thing that 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:54.480 comes to mind, So I will start it off. This 0:39:54.640 --> 0:39:57.239 is very easy one. Are you an early riser or 0:39:57.280 --> 0:40:02.000 a night owl. I am early riser for sure. I 0:40:02.080 --> 0:40:04.759 love kicking off my day with healthy breakfast, working out, 0:40:04.840 --> 0:40:08.120 and then I'll jump into my clients. So right, the 0:40:08.360 --> 0:40:16.319 best dating advice you've ever received, Man, listen to your gut. 0:40:17.320 --> 0:40:20.880 And I think that, I mean some people might be 0:40:21.000 --> 0:40:25.760 like what, but I think that like that is something 0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:29.040 that people kind of underestimate a little bit. They want 0:40:29.080 --> 0:40:32.520 to force things when internally they may feel a feeling 0:40:32.560 --> 0:40:36.000 of like this isn't really for me, but I'm kind 0:40:36.040 --> 0:40:38.000 of just stringing it along a little bit just to 0:40:38.120 --> 0:40:40.080 kind of make things work. And so listen to your gut. 0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:45.480 Anything that you're processing internally or your intuition, pay attention 0:40:45.520 --> 0:40:49.239 to that because it's there for a reason. Solid one. 0:40:49.800 --> 0:40:57.600 How do you like your pizza well done? Actually? Yeah no, 0:40:57.880 --> 0:41:01.840 not not burnt like I speak, because sometimes when I like, 0:41:02.320 --> 0:41:05.520 like the cheese, the red sauce is coming down, you 0:41:05.560 --> 0:41:07.160 have your toppings, and some people like it like that. 0:41:07.360 --> 0:41:11.960 I like a kind of a crispy pizza somehow happening. Yeah, 0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:14.960 or like a deep deep dish thing. Okay, so I 0:41:15.040 --> 0:41:20.480 feel like with that's a good question, I gotta go 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:25.480 deep dish. But I do like thin crust as well. Um, 0:41:25.920 --> 0:41:27.759 I just like it to be kind of have some 0:41:27.920 --> 0:41:30.080 crisp to it. I don't like to be like this 0:41:30.440 --> 0:41:32.759 right where I'm like looking down. It's got to hold 0:41:32.840 --> 0:41:35.920 up the toppings. It's got to hold up the topics. Okay, 0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:40.000 shower or bath shower? Um? You know, I can't remember 0:41:40.000 --> 0:41:42.120 the last time I took a bath, to be honest, 0:41:42.200 --> 0:41:45.000 but maybe I should take one soon. Oh, do it 0:41:45.160 --> 0:41:53.200 pour yourself. I love a good path. Okay, so this 0:41:53.320 --> 0:41:55.080 is a question I'm going to ask, but I also 0:41:55.160 --> 0:42:01.920 need you to show it. What is your signature dance move? Um? Okay, 0:42:02.040 --> 0:42:05.279 let me let me create some space here. Um, you 0:42:05.400 --> 0:42:08.360 know the dance move I did on the show was 0:42:08.440 --> 0:42:10.080 like I don't know if you guys can see me 0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:12.680 out kind of but it's a little shoulder you know. 0:42:12.680 --> 0:42:17.440 I got a little shoulder action, a little shoulders. I like, 0:42:17.800 --> 0:42:20.480 you really happy that you had pants on when you 0:42:20.560 --> 0:42:22.480 said you have to show it, like just with zoom 0:42:22.520 --> 0:42:25.400 and like COVID and any everything. I'm like, just please 0:42:25.880 --> 0:42:30.720 right right right, please right? Well I wish he didn't. 0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:33.279 That would make for more entertainment. Right now. What is 0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:40.480 your favorite curse word? Uh? Probably damn? I feel like 0:42:40.600 --> 0:42:45.040 it's uh, it's very yeah, Like I mean, you know, 0:42:45.200 --> 0:42:47.160 I'm not I don't really drop a ton of like 0:42:47.320 --> 0:42:50.120 F bombs or anything. I think for me, I'm actually 0:42:50.120 --> 0:42:52.440 not a big square in general, but if something happens, 0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:54.600 I'd be like, damn right, you gotta put a little 0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:58.480 tone right, so it can. It's applicable to so many 0:42:58.560 --> 0:43:05.440 situations right, good, bad, annoyed, whatever, damn name. Oh. I 0:43:05.560 --> 0:43:11.960 like this question. What is your guilty pleasure? Um man? 0:43:12.160 --> 0:43:14.240 As a trainer, you know, I try to keep it healthy. 0:43:14.360 --> 0:43:16.919 But there's a spot out here called Andy's ice Cream. 0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:19.360 They close at eleven o'clock. I'll pull up at like 0:43:19.480 --> 0:43:22.200 ten fifty five and be like, give me a waffle 0:43:22.280 --> 0:43:27.560 cone with strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and just like max out 0:43:27.560 --> 0:43:30.239 at night, so late ice cream. What is your go 0:43:30.440 --> 0:43:33.400 to karaoke song? This is very telling of who you 0:43:33.480 --> 0:43:35.640 are as a person. This is like the most important 0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:39.880 question you've been asked. So I UM recently out and 0:43:40.520 --> 0:43:42.680 um you know, I was out with some friends and 0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:46.279 they were like, let's do karaoke and so they were like, 0:43:46.400 --> 0:43:49.640 let's do Nellie Hot in here. So it was like 0:43:49.719 --> 0:43:52.360 a group of like, uh, it was myself and like 0:43:52.440 --> 0:43:54.160 a few girls, and there was like one other guy, 0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:58.120 but I like killed Nellie's rats. Yeah yeah, okay, Mario, 0:43:58.320 --> 0:44:04.080 what is the current screen? Say here on your phone? Oh? Um, man, 0:44:04.120 --> 0:44:06.320 you guys are gonna laugh. I don't I don't have 0:44:06.360 --> 0:44:11.360 a screensaver. What yeah is that looking? I wouldn't not 0:44:11.640 --> 0:44:15.279 have paid you for a basic default streamsaver, man at 0:44:15.360 --> 0:44:21.600 least or something, right, um yeah right? Uh yeah nothing. 0:44:21.719 --> 0:44:25.600 You know, for a while, I did have Kobe Bryant 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:28.239 as my background love Kobe grew up as like a 0:44:28.360 --> 0:44:31.800 huge Kobe fan playing basketball. Uh. Then I switched phones, 0:44:32.000 --> 0:44:33.879 and then I just kind of kept it basic. If 0:44:33.960 --> 0:44:36.320 you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go? 0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:40.200 I would say Grease. You know, every time I see 0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:44.440 pictures of Grease, it just looks so like clear. The 0:44:44.560 --> 0:44:49.560 water is like beautiful, beautiful scenery. The buildings have this nice, 0:44:49.680 --> 0:44:52.560 like all white aesthetic going where the sky is always 0:44:52.680 --> 0:44:56.279 like crystal blue, right, Like, um, that's a place that 0:44:56.360 --> 0:44:58.360 I have not been to. But every time I hear 0:44:58.400 --> 0:45:01.239 about a friend going there, or like, you know, I 0:45:01.320 --> 0:45:03.120 see pictures, I'm like, man, I actually want to travel 0:45:03.160 --> 0:45:06.200 here one day, So sure, manifest it. Now we'll get 0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:11.200 you to Greece. Okay, last question for the game, and 0:45:11.320 --> 0:45:13.600 I don't okay, we have just one word, but I'm 0:45:13.640 --> 0:45:16.200 gonna give you a whole phrase. So if you could 0:45:16.280 --> 0:45:18.560 give us a phrase to describe the rest of Gabbing 0:45:18.680 --> 0:45:29.120 Rachel's season, what would that be? Um? I would say, um? Telling? Oh, 0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:31.759 so you only needed one word, That's all I had 0:45:31.800 --> 0:45:36.719 to get you through everything in the air Telling. What 0:45:36.880 --> 0:45:40.480 does that supposed to tell us? More telling in the 0:45:40.600 --> 0:45:44.160 sense of, like, you know, I think that, um, you'll 0:45:44.200 --> 0:45:48.759 start to see really like feelings be brought to the table, 0:45:48.880 --> 0:45:51.000 not only from Rachel and Gabby, but from the men, 0:45:52.160 --> 0:45:56.759 people taking decisions that impact other people, just a lot 0:45:56.800 --> 0:46:01.680 of different things. So telling, okay, all right, I'm excited. 0:46:01.760 --> 0:46:04.120 I'm really excited that that one makes me uncomfortable. I 0:46:04.160 --> 0:46:07.400 don't know why doesn't. Oh, I'm ready. I don't know 0:46:07.440 --> 0:46:09.080 if you're like, telling is not always a good thing, 0:46:09.200 --> 0:46:15.160 but true, true, no, but it's probably needed for everyone. Absolutely, So, Mario, 0:46:15.320 --> 0:46:17.120 that was the game. But before we let you go, 0:46:17.320 --> 0:46:21.080 we always ask our guests each week what their rose 0:46:21.160 --> 0:46:23.960 and thorn was. But because we are in the new season, 0:46:24.080 --> 0:46:27.560 we're gonna keep it to just the episode so so far, 0:46:27.840 --> 0:46:30.480 your Night one, whether you lived it or watched it 0:46:30.560 --> 0:46:33.040 back on the screen, what was your rose and thorne? 0:46:33.080 --> 0:46:37.359 Basically your highlight and low light of Night one? Man, 0:46:37.480 --> 0:46:39.279 I think it doesn't get much of everything. Getting the 0:46:39.320 --> 0:46:42.280 first impression rows, right, So that would be my rose. 0:46:43.239 --> 0:46:47.320 My thorn would be this is tough because you know 0:46:47.360 --> 0:46:49.440 when you get the first impression Rows, it's like, what, like, 0:46:49.600 --> 0:46:52.799 what could you have done different that night? I would 0:46:52.880 --> 0:46:57.520 say after my interaction with Gabby, I sat on the 0:46:57.600 --> 0:46:59.640 couch and I was like kind of making small talk 0:46:59.680 --> 0:47:01.680 with guy, but there were other guys that were actually 0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:04.160 like socializing. But I was in like this like zone 0:47:04.920 --> 0:47:07.120 where I do wish I maybe that first night I 0:47:07.160 --> 0:47:09.640 could have like hung out with more of the guys. 0:47:09.680 --> 0:47:12.239 I've been present in the moment, but I was like, yes, 0:47:12.360 --> 0:47:14.239 I just connected with Gabby, Like I think I was 0:47:14.280 --> 0:47:16.880 processing that moment like super long, and I should have 0:47:16.960 --> 0:47:19.640 just went and like hung out with like the guys, right. 0:47:19.800 --> 0:47:23.480 So my thorn would be that first night, maybe like 0:47:23.840 --> 0:47:27.040 experiencing that opening night with them a little more and 0:47:27.160 --> 0:47:29.880 not being so like, okay, I just did this with Gabby. 0:47:29.960 --> 0:47:31.800 Was gonna come next. You're gonna choose me, right, So, 0:47:32.760 --> 0:47:35.960 being more present, I would say it is my thorn. Okay, 0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:39.440 I'm surprised you didn't say how long that night was. Okay, 0:47:39.440 --> 0:47:42.200 I'm gonna start with the thorn. I would say my 0:47:42.680 --> 0:47:47.160 thorn is that I think I wish that they were 0:47:47.640 --> 0:47:50.920 Gabby and Rachel were like split earlier so that they 0:47:50.960 --> 0:47:53.719 could have their own conversations and really like embrace that 0:47:53.880 --> 0:47:58.359 first night as individuals because they already met the men 0:47:58.520 --> 0:48:01.200 together when you guys were stepping out the limo. Um, 0:48:01.360 --> 0:48:06.040 My rose would just be that watching the women so 0:48:06.360 --> 0:48:10.520 excited and like truly embracing this and happy and really 0:48:10.840 --> 0:48:13.920 seeing potential in more than one relationship for both of them. 0:48:14.080 --> 0:48:16.160 And so I think that's that would be my rose. 0:48:16.480 --> 0:48:19.800 What about you, Becca, m I'm going to say the 0:48:20.080 --> 0:48:24.040 thorn of the episode was that we didn't get to 0:48:24.080 --> 0:48:27.239 see more of the chicks and oh, actually no, no, 0:48:27.280 --> 0:48:30.200 I'm going to say this one. I love a good costume, 0:48:30.280 --> 0:48:32.239 and no one came in a costume this season, which 0:48:32.320 --> 0:48:35.040 I besides, like the guy in the blue, which doesn't 0:48:35.080 --> 0:48:38.360 really count, you know, like I wanted a costume like 0:48:40.880 --> 0:48:44.200 that's a living animal no, but like he it was 0:48:44.280 --> 0:48:47.320 kind of like a knight in shining armor. Yeah, but 0:48:47.400 --> 0:48:49.360 he just trying to take off, you know. I wanted 0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:53.920 like something whatever it would be, wanted a costume. I 0:48:53.960 --> 0:48:58.480 wanted a costume. And the thorn of the premiere is 0:48:59.120 --> 0:49:03.680 actually the vibe of the women again, just seeing them 0:49:04.440 --> 0:49:09.000 truly I think, embrace the opportunity but really enjoy doing 0:49:09.080 --> 0:49:12.000 it together and not feeling like it's taking away from either. 0:49:12.280 --> 0:49:16.319 I found that very special. I'm all about like strong friendships, 0:49:16.480 --> 0:49:18.440 especially in women, because I feel like in this day 0:49:18.440 --> 0:49:20.680 and age, you just don't have enough of that support. 0:49:20.760 --> 0:49:23.120 And so I love that we saw them too together, 0:49:23.200 --> 0:49:25.359 like the two of them together and their banter. They're 0:49:25.440 --> 0:49:27.959 vibe back and forth. They're so different, but they feed 0:49:28.000 --> 0:49:31.279 off one another really well. And so I mean, we 0:49:31.360 --> 0:49:34.719 will see the romantic relations form, but I just love 0:49:34.880 --> 0:49:37.840 watching their friendship right now. And it'd better stay like 0:49:37.920 --> 0:49:40.640 that girls, Okay, that's all I gotta say. I think. So. 0:49:40.800 --> 0:49:42.560 I think it will because they already know that it's 0:49:42.600 --> 0:49:45.080 going to be uncomfortable and that it's new and whatever, 0:49:45.160 --> 0:49:46.879 but they seem like two people who just like talk 0:49:46.960 --> 0:49:50.200 it through. Yeah. There, I mean everyone so far for 0:49:50.280 --> 0:49:53.200 the most part, especially those two seem very mature. So 0:49:54.600 --> 0:49:57.560 all right, well, Mario, thank you for joining Happy Hour. 0:49:57.680 --> 0:49:59.879 It was our first one of the season, so it's 0:50:00.200 --> 0:50:02.279 and you could have been here. I'm excited to be 0:50:02.320 --> 0:50:04.719 a part of it. I'm grateful that, you know, the 0:50:04.800 --> 0:50:06.160 first night you went the way it did and then 0:50:06.239 --> 0:50:07.960 led me to you guys, So thank you for having 0:50:08.000 --> 0:50:10.759 me on. Mario, thank you for joining us. That was 0:50:10.920 --> 0:50:13.239 such a fun interview and it feels good to just 0:50:13.480 --> 0:50:16.840 kick off a season once again. And Michelle cheers to 0:50:17.040 --> 0:50:20.360 us doing our first full season of recaps together. I 0:50:20.400 --> 0:50:22.800 can't wait to see what this goes. I love you. 0:50:23.440 --> 0:50:26.440 Thank you for being here with me again. Thank you, Tomorrio, 0:50:26.640 --> 0:50:28.520 and an even bigger thank you to all of our 0:50:28.560 --> 0:50:31.840 Bachelor Happy Hour listeners and everyone. Don't forget that you 0:50:31.920 --> 0:50:35.480 can catch every new episode of the Bachelorette on Monday. 0:50:35.600 --> 0:50:37.480 Oh I have to say Bachelorttes because we have two, 0:50:37.640 --> 0:50:41.760 So the Bachelorettes every Monday on ABC or on Hulu, 0:50:42.600 --> 0:50:45.239 and make sure to hit us up on social. 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