WEBVTT - ‘The Bachelorette’s’ Ivan Stops By 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:04.840 Welcome back to another week of Happy Hour with the 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:08.680 two of Us and Rachel. This week, I have to say, 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:14.600 it's finally, finally, finally, it felt like a real typical 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:19.040 Bachelor episode with a start and a finish for once, 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.440 this is what we have been asking for, and so 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:25.720 in that regard, I am thrilled, and it was cute, 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.280 it was your typical hometown dates. I want to get 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.280 into it because we have an incredible guest joining us today, 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.599 probably one of the most requested men that we've had 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:37.640 that we've seen this season that we're going to have on, 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.280 and that is mister Ivan himself, and I've been dying 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.159 to talk to him since that one on one date 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:44.879 that he had not tastious. So I can't wait to 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.400 have him on, to pick his brain, to talk about 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.280 his family and the incredible impact that he has made 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.159 so far on this season and in I would say 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.160 Bachelor franchise as a whole. Yeah, I mean, I couldn't 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.400 agree with you more. It's interesting. I didn't even think 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:02.000 about the fact that we had a traditional episode from 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:04.959 start to finish until you just said that, and I'm like, yeah, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.440 you're right, you're right, and we're finally there, right, And 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:15.800 you know, hometown week is usually not eventful, do you 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:19.680 know what I mean? Like you have your few exceptions, 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:24.039 like on my season meeting Dean's family and his and 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.600 like he didn't have those traditional family and there's been 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.280 so many issues, you know, after the death of his 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.200 mother that he's been trying to deal with, and there 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.840 was just a lot there and you probably will never 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.800 see a hometown like that again. So this was what 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.160 I expected it to be, straightforward, not for us, it's 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.760 for Tasia. It's a chance for Tasia to get to 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.960 know these men on another level, to better understand where 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.520 she wants to move forward in this journey, and also 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.760 for the families to get to know Tasia. Who was 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:59.120 your favorite hometown? My favorite hometown? Well, I'm gonna give it. 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.040 I'm gonna give you two parts because because what I 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.960 found interesting for this was like they obviously could not 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.200 leave the resort, so the men had to bring hometowns 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:14.680 to Lakinta, which that in itself is interesting and also 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.079 like I could have probably done without that part. I 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.480 would have rather had and just putting myself back into contestant. 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.480 She's like, rather had just a full day with the 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.720 family as opposed to like trying to recreate this fake 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:29.720 city hometown vibe at this hottest balls resort. If I 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:33.240 will say that, so I guess, like when I say 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.600 two parts my favorite, like, actually, I shouldn't even split 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.760 it up. It was just Ivan. I was trying to think. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:45.119 I was about to say Zach's like cheesy, funny New 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.400 York date, just because I love cheesy, but like, actually, 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.560 if I was Taitia, I probably would have loved Ivan's 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:56.000 date from start to finish the best. And you're laughing 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.840 at me right now, and I know probably what you're 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:02.040 gonna slide. Why are you Why do you think I'm laughing? 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.720 Are you laughing at the cheesy New York date? Yes? Yes, 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:11.079 it was at that moment when I saw the taxi 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.639 cabs that I said, a cab, I said, you know what, 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.040 this is the first time I feel sorry that Tatia's 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:22.560 doing her entire season at looking that I never have. 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.600 I've been appreciating the depth in the conversations. I've been 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.600 appreciating the fact that there aren't distractions, that these dates 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.840 have been very real life, and she can get a 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.720 better feel of what it is to be with these 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.040 men and what's the bubble is gone? But I thought, 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:42.200 my god, when they picked up that box bar, I 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.840 took fifty feet, stept fifty feet over to the bagel 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:50.440 stand sir, Oh God. I feel so sorry for Tatio. 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:54.400 But you gotta love Zack's enthusiasm when haling the cab. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.520 He I mean it was it was cute, I said, 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.760 shout out. So the producers were really trying to make 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.200 something out of nothing. But I felt so bad for her. 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.280 There is something special about because behind the scenes, you guys, 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.800 behind the scenes talk. What's so great is when you're 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:16.000 the lead. You're the one planning the dates and announcing 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.039 the dates and leading the person to where they go 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.160 and what's next. You know what's ahead before they do. 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.800 But when it comes to hometowns, the lead is in 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:29.600 the dark, and the lead really gets to follow what 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.400 that person is doing because it's they're showing you their hometown, 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:36.480 their family, how they navigate their life away from the cameras. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.240 So it's a really special moment and Tastia and get 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.560 that with these men because they were still at Lakita 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.040 Tai's like I can see my room from over there 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.680 while I'm holding up this box text. She was definitely 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:52.719 robbed in the experience. And I think when I was 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.159 on Hometowns, one of my favorite parts was again behind 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.560 the scenes, but like when we would just be driving 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.279 in the cargo and from place to place and you 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.240 can be with that person and they can point out, oh, 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:04.599 that's my school er, that's where I used to go 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.839 grocery shopman, that's where this happened. And to see those 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.800 little special moments to really get a feel for who 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:12.839 somebody is and how they grew up as special and 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:14.880 she was robbed of it. And that's why I say, like, 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.599 I wish you would have just had the full day 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.080 to spend with the families to like really be able 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.680 to interact like fully with them. I'll they step up 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.280 the game. I don't want to see it. Yeah, I 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.680 will agree with you, though. My favorite hometown was Ivan's. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:36.200 From his parents to the well, the cooking, to the parents, 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.800 to the brother, to Ivan's reaction, I just loved it all. 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.839 A close second, though, are the Clarks, because that's what 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:45.719 zach See kept saying. You constantly referred to his family 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:51.280 as the Clarks. Tatius meeting the Clarks and liked it. Yeah, yes, um, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.239 I mean I like, I'm just I just love people. 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.719 So I love like seeing It's so different when the 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.600 contestants are actually in front of their brothers and sisters 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.839 and nieces and nephews and parents, and so that's special 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:09.760 to see. Yeah, Like nothing major major stood out really 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.359 in like any of the conversations. To me, it was 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:17.279 again your standard like getting to know the family. We 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:20.360 do start to see a little foreshadowing. I feel like 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.880 though with some of the guys, Like I noticed right 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.960 away with Brendan, he's very in his head and he 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.560 makes multiple comments about like I don't know if I'm 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:33.680 quite there yet writing to propose, like I don't know 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.200 if I want to do this again. And it's interesting 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:39.279 because I watched Santasia with him and see her body 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.719 language and how she interacts and like she is so 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.599 into him. Did you notice that, Like I haven't, you 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.120 know every want to talk about Zack. See, I see Brendan. 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.840 She is everything from her body language to how her 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:59.440 face lights up. She is enamored with Brendan. That's exactly 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.200 what it is. And I think thank god his hometown 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.039 was first to kind of like get it out of 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:05.839 the way because I feel like if it would have 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:07.960 been the last one, that's all people would have been 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:12.800 fixated on. I think, yeah, I have an issue with 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:17.560 Brendan's that type of person that's on this show. I 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:23.280 am over the person who gets to this point and 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:28.160 is like I'm not ready, Like I am so sick 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.600 of that narrative. Why are you on the show? We 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.640 all know how this ship is, right, Like, you know 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.360 what happens in this show. So for you to pull 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.280 out the car taking the spot of a Riley who 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:44.240 would have done anything to get a hometown, dare say 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:48.800 it even a blake am people who really wanted that spot. 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.640 And here you are saying bringing up things that you 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.120 knew from the first day, right, you knew you were married, 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.679 you before you knew you had certain reservations. You knew 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.640 that this was another level for you because you've gotten 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.640 down on one knee and you don't want to rush 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.280 the process. Sir, Why the hell are you on the Bachelor? 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.160 It's all rushed, you know what I mean? Like when 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.560 I see people like that, I am questioning you. I 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.080 can't see Brendan any other way other than this is 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.800 an opportunity for him. You aren't serious about this, You're 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:24.960 wastingatious time. Yeah. Yeah, it makes me think like did 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:29.760 you come on just wanting clout and some sort of fame, 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.840 or did you come on like truly being open and 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.320 not thinking you were going to potentially follow this hard 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.880 and fast for somebody. But yeah, at the end of 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.600 the day, like, hello, news flash, anyone signing up to 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.240 be a contestant on the show, like the goal is 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:48.560 to getting to the lead, Like that is no excuses enough? No, yeah, 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.720 nothing is. Nothing works. The fact that she's having a 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:53.800 fantasy suite. You knew that was going to happen. The 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.720 fact that you're surprised at how quickly you fell, that's 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.840 always a possibility. There is no excuse for it. You 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.360 cannot change my mind then, other than you got as 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.400 far as you wanted to get. And now you're using 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.240 this as an excuse. It's been done before, fellas if 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.720 you're coming on the show for cloud, use a different 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:16.120 excuse that we see it. Yeah, I'm over it. I 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.319 can I ask you a question? Yeah, do you think 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.520 that our two favorite hometowns were the ones where the 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:27.439 parents came? Um, we didn't, Ben and Brendan did their 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:31.480 parents didn't come. Do you think that that played into 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:38.840 tatious decisions? Because I thought that was I know COVID's happening, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:40.800 and I know certain people have reservations, and I know 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:42.680 my dad didn't show up on camera, but he still 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.120 was there right like he was, He still met all 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.520 the men. I just was like, I wonder how she 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.440 feels about it because Ben explained it. I don't remember 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.319 hearing from Brendan if he explained it. Yeah, And no, 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.680 I don't remember hearing from Brendan either. I think, I 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.839 mean maybe, and and at least for me, I would 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:07.319 I think need to meet somebody's parents before potentially getting engaged. 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:11.240 That's just like because like when you potentially marry somebody, 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:18.600 you're marrying that family. And so yeah, maybe, And I'm 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.040 hoping there's like parts that we missed. I'm not sure. Um. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:28.760 We gotta get into Ben though, because very on brand 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:34.800 with him this entire season. Ben's timing is so terrible, 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:39.920 and so we see him not have his parents, but 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.400 he has his sister, which he's talked at length about 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.600 how she's the most important in his life. I get 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.120 that the family friend shout out to what was her 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:53.199 name Antonio, Antonia Rachel. She's a great chef in La 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:56.240 side note she owns several or is the head chef 0:10:56.320 --> 0:11:00.480 several restaurants. But we gotta go when restaurants off because 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.720 I've ended two of them and her food is impeccable 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.400 and she's a family friend of his. What what's her restaurant? 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:13.000 Her restaurant she has Scopa in Venice and she does 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:18.280 Scopa and then but if you love Scope, this other 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.600 one that I went to before things shut down, it's 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:24.840 called Black Market Liquor Bar, and their food is like 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.600 I had to be dragged out of there. I ordered 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.959 way too much. Everything was incredible, So shout out to Antonia. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.720 But yeah, I think, like me takeaway with that is 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.319 that Ben I have a real issue with the fact 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.360 that he needed somebody else to tell him that he 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.320 was in love. Like, I don't understand if you're like 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:45.880 you are a grown man, you are what's thirty and 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:50.360 you couldn't come to that conclusion on your own. It 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.320 was tough for me to watch him having to have 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.079 a conversation with somebody else to be like, honey, you're 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.200 in love, and then he like has this like light 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:00.640 bulb go off like this epiphany moment where I'm like, what, 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.880 maybe you don't even tell he's because he wasn't in love. Yeah, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.400 that's that's at least how I felt about it. Yeah. 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.400 And then we see him, of course like not tell 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.160 her and get too nervous by the emotion in the 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.720 whirlwind that is going on in his head in his heart, 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:21.600 and then poor Bendon goes home. Yeah. I don't think 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.600 he thought he was going home. He did seem utterly 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.400 shocked when she was saying that she wanted more from 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.520 him and she was surprised at the way it went. 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.560 I think he couldn't grasp the fact that he was 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:38.439 going home. He wasn't heartless or cold. He was in shock. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.920 That's how I felt about it. He thought he had 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:45.079 more time for whatever reason, to say whatever or maybe not. Um. 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.360 I find it interesting because when we did have him 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.760 on the podcast, he would talk about how he was 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:54.079 so thoughtful about every single thing he did. But you 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:58.080 couldn't be thoughtful about the love that you felt like 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.360 you couldn't grasp that you could or was that part 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.640 of like was that calculated? Was that plan? I just 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:05.160 keep going back to the way that he was on 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:08.000 the podcast. So I'm shocked that this is how it 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.840 ended for him because it seems to such a stark 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:16.280 contrast to the persona that was on the podcast versus 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.320 how he was on the show. Something doesn't add up 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:23.800 with him, As my father says, the ends don't match up. No, 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.920 I don't believe him. That's what it is. I don't 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:31.040 believe you. Yeah, yeah, I And that's like something with like, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.440 out of the four remaining guys, he's obviously been the 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.120 one that has always kind of been off in timing 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.800 and emotions and like being able to verbalize. But like, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:42.800 if it's hard for me as a viewer, I can 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.600 only imagine how hard it would have been Tatia. It 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.760 would be like pulling teeth trying to get any sort 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.559 of like emotion or feeling or anything out of him. 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.080 And I get it, Like I rightfully, so after watching 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.520 all of this, like I understand why he was the 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.120 one to not get throws that night. He does just 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:04.440 enough to stay by, He does just enough, he gives her. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:08.480 He he reminds me, he reminds me of Peter Cross 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.280 in the sense that I'm saying this in the sense 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.640 of he reminds me of him in the way that 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.400 like he gives you just enough, but if you really 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:21.600 break down what he's saying, it doesn't match up like 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.400 something is. And so it's like you have like a 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.840 I don't believe you, like I'm into you, I like you, 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:32.680 I feel it, but there's something that I can't explain 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.560 that's not adding up here. Let me ask you this, 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:41.360 Do you think I don't own where this just enough 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.440 you just enough to hang on? But do you think 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.800 that's because he has this notion of being a potential 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:53.240 bachelor one day in the background been one thousand percent 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.800 wants to be the bachelor. And that's why that's why 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:58.920 I think he kind of knows how to play and 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:00.880 not that it's a game like kind of how to 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.640 play it to give us enough, to open up, just enough, 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:09.720 but to not like fully commit to this relationship that you, 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.680 you know, say you're in love. Yeah, And I beg of, 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:18.680 I beg producers, please don't do it. We've been here 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:23.240 before with the person who is so desperate to be 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:28.200 the lead. It never works out when they want it 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:32.360 so badly, when they've been planning for it, calculated, made 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:36.040 certain moves to get to that point, and then you 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.400 give it to them. It always messes up. There were 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:43.800 so many grave men from the Claire slash Tatious season. 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.840 Don't pick him. I don't want to see it. I 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.440 stand by it. Yeah. Well, and if not that we've 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.960 gotten into Matt James this season, but we know this 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.560 whole narrative that he's never been in love and we 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.320 need somebody who, like I want to lead, kind of 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.080 like Claire, who knows what she wants, who's not ready 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:07.480 to settle, who doesn't put up with any bullshit, doesn't 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.880 beat her on the bus. She's straightforward and she goes 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.320 for what she wants. And so that's what I wanted 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:12.840 to see in my leads from here on out. Just 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.040 putting it out there right now, please and thank you producers, 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.600 Eat and Tasha. Can I just say I want to 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.400 get Tasia a big compliment and how she navigated these hometowns. 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.520 I think it was Zach who talked about how at 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:27.200 East she was she was so confident and warm with 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.840 every family she fit right in. I just that's not 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:33.120 easy to do. So I just want to give kudos 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.080 to her for how well she did, and I'm not 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.040 that's that she had to try at it. She was 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:41.320 a natural, but it was it was nice to see. Yeah, 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:45.040 oh yeah, no, she handled it beautifully. It's as and 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.320 I'm sure anyone who has been on the dating scene 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.040 and has met a family at some point it's nerve 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:52.600 racking and to do that four times in less than 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.280 a week, it's it's not easy. And she, yes, she 0:16:56.400 --> 0:17:01.240 navigated it wonderfully, So kudos to you, miss Titia. And 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.800 with that, as much as we can keep going and talking, 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.280 you know us, you can't. Once you start, we can't stop. 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.560 But it is time to have on our amazing guest 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.919 today because we have been waiting patiently to get him 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.399 on all season, and I know all of you listening 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.479 to have too, So we're super excited to be sitting 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:22.680 down today with the one and only Ivan. Who are 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:29.280 you ready? Ivan? I am ready? Okay, okay. I always 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.440 want to ask you guys if you're nervous to podcast 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:37.600 with us. I'm very nervous right now. No, No, I'm fine. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.680 But it's like back on the show, I got into 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:41.840 a groove of like interviewing all the time, and I 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.240 haven't done that in three months now, so it's like 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.840 I'm sure I'll be fine here. We're not going to 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:51.280 produce or interview you, so don't worry. Yeah, we far 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.480 this thing from it. We'll probably say something we're not 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:57.120 supposed to say. This is like a conversation between friends, 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:58.880 which is why we're like, if you want to grab 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.760 a drink, I'm sure, if you drink, If you want 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:03.159 to lie, oh wait, we're in Califori. I was like, 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:09.040 if you want to light it up, okay, take a sip, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:13.120 sit back, enjoy all of this because what's so great 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:14.840 about what we get to do is we get to 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:18.520 go in depth about burning questions people have about you, 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:22.159 about your time on the show, about your opinions on 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.359 the other men in the house, about your relationship with Tasia. 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.640 There's so many questions Ivan. You're obviously a fan favorite. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:35.240 Welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. Yes, welcome, and you've been 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:39.080 one of the most requested men that we've been asked 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.399 to have, so we are thrilled to be having you. 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:42.800 I mean, we want to get into it. We have 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.560 so much to ask you, but first, yes, like to 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:47.440 play off of Rachel. How have you been, how are 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:49.360 you doing now that we're kind of back in quarantine 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:52.640 and you just were what was that this crazy world 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.560 end of a journey? Not Dallas. Dallas is not in 0:18:55.640 --> 0:19:02.320 quarantine out there? Oh no, oh yeah, everything definitely yeah, 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:06.280 very different from La out here for sure. But no, 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.399 I've been really good. I got back into my regular routine. 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.399 Took a little trip with my brothers last week. That 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:15.199 was fun. And everything's back to normal now for the 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:18.080 most part. You know, it's uh, the anxieties kind of building. 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:20.080 It is, like, you know, things progress with the show. 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:24.679 But um, it's been fun. I've enjoyed everything. How is 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:27.520 watching it back with your friends or your family is it? 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:31.040 Is it weird? Is it strange? Is it enjoyable? It's 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:34.800 extremely weird. Like the first episode, I watched episode one 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:36.600 with Claire, I watched it by myself. I was like, 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:38.840 I can't, I can't watch with any of you guys, y'all, 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.160 they're gonna stress me out. And it was already stressful 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:44.119 enough for just me by myself, to be honest. But 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.040 as time progress, it's been fun. I went back to 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:48.000 my parents' house a couple of times and watched with them, 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.840 and watched with a couple of friends last night actually, 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.720 and uh, it's been fun. It's enjoyable, though, you know, 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.640 they always have a ton of questions and I'm like, man, 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.840 I had the time of my life out there. Well, 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.639 Dallas is a hot spot for the Bachelor? Did you 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:07.240 know anybody? Okay? So then that's another that I literally 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:09.719 got this in my interview. They were like, well, Dallas 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:12.080 is a hot spot, you know because Jojo had just 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.800 been before me as the bachelorette. True and this is 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:16.440 when I was just coming on as a contestant, and 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:18.320 they were like, do you know anybody? Do you have 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:20.480 you ever met any of the people show? And I 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:21.840 was like, I don't even watch the show, so I 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:26.080 couldn't tell you, you know, like either or My question 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:30.920 for you Ivan is how does an aeronautical engineer wind 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:33.880 up on The Bachelor? I don't know if we've ever 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.920 seen it before, and I'm sure we'll never see it again. 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:40.840 We'll see um. Well, for me, it was it was interesting. 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.040 The show reached out to me via you know, social media, 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.080 a DM, and I was like, is this real or whatever? 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:48.879 And then I had to go Google and check to 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:50.560 make sure it's a real person and all that stuff, 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.320 and one thing led to another and I'm on the show. 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.720 It's once I started getting into the process. To be honest, 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:57.600 I was like, I feel like I'm gonna be on here. 0:20:57.600 --> 0:20:59.720 I told my parents it's like a pretty high percent 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:01.159 chance that I'm gonna be on this show. And this 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.080 is kind of crazy, but you know, it's a once 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:06.000 in a lifetime opportunity, honestly to meet somebody amazing potentially 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:08.480 and then also be able to do so many amazing things, 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.960 especially during this quarantine time. So I jumped right at it. 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:15.199 And luckily my job is extremely flexible, flexible, and my 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:17.280 manager is amazing, so I got to take all the 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.560 time off that I needed and it's been awesome. It's 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:23.159 that's how I guess I ended up here. I you know, 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.040 I'm not. I don't. I'm not the typical I guess engineer, 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:27.879 I would say as well, like I like to do 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:29.679 a lot of different things. I'm not as nerdy as 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:37.760 I guess most people would think an engineer is. So yeah, yeah, 0:21:37.800 --> 0:21:40.800 I consider myself, you know, pretty spontaneous too. So it's 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:43.720 I'm glad I did it, though, for sure, did you 0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:49.359 watch the show before going on? So? Um, I've seen 0:21:49.440 --> 0:21:51.960 like episodes before. I know Rachel's season was actually the 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:53.880 first one. I know, I've seen like a few episodes 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:55.480 of I know I didn't watch the whole thing, but 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:57.520 I want to say I probably watched some episodes with 0:21:57.600 --> 0:21:59.280 my mom back in the day and maybe and then 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:01.920 my girlfriend used to watch it. I never paid attention, 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:04.760 but once I first got got the first call, I 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:07.959 started paying attention to a Peter season for sure, just 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:10.400