Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm Joe
Speaker 1: and I'm Serena, and we are here today with Jess.
Speaker 1: But before we let her in, we have a full
Speaker 1: new season of Bachelor in Paradise and it's a completely
Speaker 1: different show.
Speaker 2: It's wild. We're so excited to be back. It's been
Speaker 2: a while. Obviously, we had a long break between The
Speaker 2: Bachelor and now Bachelor in Paradise, and we have had
Speaker 2: a whole year off Bachelor in Paradise.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's nice to have something to talk about again.
Speaker 2: This is obviously the show that Joe and I met on,
Speaker 2: so we're so excited to watch and recap because it
Speaker 2: holds a special place in our hearts. But it feels
Speaker 2: so different this season. I actually am in shock, and
Speaker 2: we shouldn't be because we had Wells, Hannah Brown, Jesse
Speaker 2: all come on and tell us that it was a
Speaker 2: new show, and they weren't kidding. I mean, it really
Speaker 2: feels like a new show.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I love that though, and I really like the cast.
Speaker 1: I think this they really put together a good cast
Speaker 1: this year. This year, I agree. I think that's regardless
Speaker 1: of what they do with the cares and the setting,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a little sad not seeing it in Mexico.
Speaker 2: But yeah, those pink striped pillows, I'll miss them, the
Speaker 2: day beds, I'll miss them.
Speaker 1: But I do think the cast is the most vital
Speaker 1: part of the show, and I like this cast a lot.
Speaker 1: I think they're good.
Speaker 2: I agree, and I think at its core it's still
Speaker 2: about Storm Paradise, same format obviously, with just some new elements.
Speaker 2: We have, you know, a game element coming in, some
Speaker 2: surprises to come.
Speaker 1: Jealous the cash, jealous of the cash.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well we don't know what's happening with the cash yet,
Speaker 2: so don't be jealous yet.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I will say we'll do things a little different
Speaker 1: on this podcast as well, because we're going to try
Speaker 1: to get as many interviews and timely interviews as we can,
Speaker 1: so we may not do a recap every week, more
Speaker 1: interview style and just talk to the guests about what
Speaker 1: went down in the episode.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this week we have Jess Edwards who's about to
Speaker 2: join us, as well as Lexi Young, who I feel
Speaker 2: like we're kind of very big parts of this first episode,
Speaker 2: so we have a lot to talk to them about.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, both of them, I would say, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I forgot how long this episode was because there's a
Speaker 1: whole lot with Lexi as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're opening with a three hour premiere, and i
Speaker 2: just feel like a lot to digest. Like, I'm so
Speaker 2: excited to see all the newness, but I feel like
Speaker 2: I got to get used to it as well, because
Speaker 2: it's new location, it's better cameras. Everyone looks amazing. It's
Speaker 2: like a different format a little bit like there's so
Speaker 2: much to take in. So Joe and I are excited
Speaker 2: for the season. We're excited to hear what you guys
Speaker 2: think about the season, and we can't wait to start
Speaker 2: this interview.
Speaker 1: We are here today with Jess Edwards. Jess, welcome to
Speaker 1: the podcast.
Speaker 3: Oh, thank you for having me.
Speaker 2: This is your first time on right. You were on
Speaker 2: an all during Joey season.
Speaker 3: No, no, you guys like, why was I not on
Speaker 3: the first show?
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: That's a great and you were involved in you were
Speaker 1: involved in the Maria drama of that season. Was Yeah,
Speaker 1: you had a.
Speaker 2: Lot going on. I feel like we were like, let's
Speaker 2: just let her be. She's got a lot.
Speaker 3: Going Honestly, I needed it. I needed it after that.
Speaker 3: I needed like a good detalks from everything.
Speaker 2: To be honest, yes, sometimes like some space and time
Speaker 2: is good and now you're back and we have that
Speaker 2: much more to talk about.
Speaker 3: I'm so excited. Let's get into it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's do a little catch up, because I will say,
Speaker 1: like watching the first season, we don't really the first
Speaker 1: episode of Paradise, we don't really get a little background. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: where I live? Yeah? Where do you live? What do
Speaker 1: you do? And you are from Joey's season?
Speaker 3: Yes, okay, so I am from a super small town
Speaker 3: at East Tennessee. So if you hear an accent, that's
Speaker 3: where it comes from. But I currently live in San Diego.
Speaker 3: I love it here. I work remote. I work for
Speaker 3: a disaster consulting firm. I've been there for four years.
Speaker 3: It's so cool because I get to travel. But also
Speaker 3: just same, I was.
Speaker 2: Alting, what's a disaster consulting firm?
Speaker 3: Okay, so everyone always asks that I would.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess that you come in after a natural
Speaker 1: disaster and consult.
Speaker 3: Yes, that's exactly what we do.
Speaker 2: Yeah, good deductive reasoning.
Speaker 3: Thank you, that's exactly what we do. You've hit it
Speaker 3: spout on.
Speaker 1: Okay, how do you so? East Tennessee. You live in
Speaker 1: San Diego. Was that before Joey Season that you moved
Speaker 1: to San Diego?
Speaker 3: Yes, actually had only lived here for Let's see, when
Speaker 3: was Joey season. It feels like in million years.
Speaker 2: Ago, it really did, but it was twenty years ago.
Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, So I actually had only been in San
Speaker 3: Diego for four months whenever I left for Joey Season.
Speaker 3: So I'd just gotten here really like fresh city. You
Speaker 3: didn't know many people. I moved with a couple of friends,
Speaker 3: so it was crazy to move and then leave and
Speaker 3: then I'm not gonna lie. I was like at home
Speaker 3: because I was scared to go with public.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I was.
Speaker 3: A little terrified.
Speaker 1: Why why why?
Speaker 3: You know, I don't think I was prepared for all
Speaker 3: the online things that go into this. I feel like
Speaker 3: you have a good idea, but until you're actually thrown
Speaker 3: into this world and experience everything, you just you just
Speaker 3: have to live and you learn. So I was. I
Speaker 3: was a little nervous just because all the online hate
Speaker 3: got a little bad. So I took some time to
Speaker 3: just get home.
Speaker 2: Yep, did you have any negative in person interactions?
Speaker 3: And I didn't, you know, That's what's crazy. Is like
Speaker 3: every person that I've ever met in real life. They're like,
Speaker 3: oh my god, we loved you, we thought you were hilarious,
Speaker 3: like all these things. And it did feel good that
Speaker 3: people saw past, you know, some of the drama that
Speaker 3: I was in and maybe my little two emotional moments
Speaker 3: that I had, And I think that it did help
Speaker 3: once I started getting out in the real world and
Speaker 3: meeting people and saying like, Okay, it's not just the
Speaker 3: crazies that are behind their phone screens.
Speaker 1: Pre going into Paradise. Who are you friends with from
Speaker 1: this franchise? Who are you hanging out with? You and
Speaker 1: Kat are friends.
Speaker 3: Right, we are, but we're more recent friends because she
Speaker 3: lives in San Diego. We have a lot of the
Speaker 3: same friends. And we actually ran into each other right
Speaker 3: before we less were Paradise, and I'm like, wait, I
Speaker 3: heard maybe you were going, And she was like, wait,
Speaker 3: I heard you were maybe going. So I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3: She's gonna laugh when she sees this. But I didn't
Speaker 3: think she liked me the first time we met because
Speaker 3: we were like in a big group. I was kind
Speaker 3: of like late to the party. I was like, you know,
Speaker 3: just super outgoing bubbly and she's like hey. I was like, okay,
Speaker 3: I'm wanna walk away now. I don't know if she
Speaker 3: likes me. But then I met her at a baseball
Speaker 3: game and we hit it off, and then we obviously
Speaker 3: grew closer. On Paradise.
Speaker 2: It was like, wait, you know you that's gonna be
Speaker 2: a good feeling too, just coming in and be like okay,
Speaker 2: like there's some familiar faces here.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, But from my season, I'm really close with Leah.
Speaker 3: Love that girl. She is the only reason I survived.
Speaker 3: And then I'm really close with Lexi as well. Daisy
Speaker 3: love that girl so much. Those are those are probably
Speaker 3: the main girls I talked to.
Speaker 1: The mist Nice Okay, nice, Yes, go ahead.
Speaker 2: I was just gonna say, so you get the call
Speaker 2: about potentially going what was going through your mind? Obviously
Speaker 2: you had probably like mixed emotions about your experience on
Speaker 2: Joey's season. Where were you'se your head at?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Honestly, initially I was like, oh my god, yay,
Speaker 3: But then I kind of had to reel it in
Speaker 3: real my excitement in a little bit and be like,
Speaker 3: all right, do you actually want to go through all
Speaker 3: this again? Like is it gonna be worth it. And
Speaker 3: I think I kind of just like made a pros
Speaker 3: and cons list and I was like, this could happen,
Speaker 3: or this could happen, So what's more important to you?
Speaker 3: And honestly, you guys are an inspiration. I feel like
Speaker 3: there's so many love stories that come out of Paradise.
Speaker 3: I had a lot more hope going into it, whereas
Speaker 3: you know there was thirty two girls for one guy
Speaker 3: on the Bachelor. Yeah, so I'm like, there's gonna be
Speaker 3: more guys that choose from Hopefully I'm gonna know some
Speaker 3: of the girls there. So it's like I have friends
Speaker 3: more of a support system instead of going into it
Speaker 3: not knowing anyone first go round, no experience in reality TV.
Speaker 3: So I think at first I was excited, then I
Speaker 3: got nervous, and then I was like, wait, no, I
Speaker 3: should I should do this?
Speaker 1: Yeah? You like you were definitely doing it, like like
Speaker 1: just like watch it, like watch it, you had Joey
Speaker 1: sees it. I just I just would be like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're definitely. You were someone that was like you're gonna
Speaker 1: get cast in on Paradise, Like I knew that you
Speaker 1: were going to get cast in.
Speaker 2: Were you surprised though when they asked you at all.
Speaker 3: Honestly a little bit, because I will say, this is
Speaker 3: my first podcast, Like I wasn't really asked to do
Speaker 3: much after which, you know whatever, it's fine. But I
Speaker 3: was like, maybe maybe that was my one and done.
Speaker 3: Maybe they're like, you know what, we thought she had potential,
Speaker 3: but let's just let's push her to the side, get
Speaker 3: rid of Yeah, I get her out of here. She's
Speaker 3: not cut out for this.
Speaker 2: So in the conversations leading up to going to Paradise,
Speaker 2: were you made aware that it was going to be
Speaker 2: a new Paradise, new location, lots of changes.
Speaker 3: At first, they didn't really tell us much. I think
Speaker 3: they were letting us like kind of get excited about it,
Speaker 3: and then they would start dropping hints like well, it's
Speaker 3: actually not going to be in Mexico this time, and
Speaker 3: we're like, well wait what. And so closer to the
Speaker 3: time of leaving, we got a little bit more information
Speaker 3: and I was popped. I was like, you know what,
Speaker 3: I'm ready. I feel like it needed a little revamped
Speaker 3: and it was amazing. When I walked in and saw
Speaker 3: that resort, I was like, we got swim up wolves
Speaker 3: outside of our room. Apparently ac was like a big deal.
Speaker 3: I didn't know that was such a luxury, but apparently
Speaker 3: it is.
Speaker 1: My bed was essentially outside. It was like on a
Speaker 1: porch outside. It was a single and every night before
Speaker 1: I would get in there, it would be like four
Speaker 1: am on no sleep, and then I'd have to wipe
Speaker 1: off the bugs that had landed on my bed and
Speaker 1: like that.
Speaker 2: There was one day Abigail and I shared a bed
Speaker 2: and we went to sleep and we were we were
Speaker 2: in a big bed that we shared, but it was
Speaker 2: in front of this like I don't even know, like
Speaker 2: a patio. Essentially, we had like a walkout deck that
Speaker 2: was fully open, and it was raining and it was windy,
Speaker 2: and I was like, I'm getting wet, like the rain
Speaker 2: is no I would die.
Speaker 3: I would die. I would like. There was a crowd
Speaker 3: in my room one day. I'm not kidding because the.
Speaker 1: Way huge.
Speaker 3: It was huge. I was like there was a fly
Speaker 3: that had flown in and I was I will never
Speaker 3: forget this. I was standing on the bed and I
Speaker 3: had a towel and I'm like whacking this thing. So
Speaker 3: I jump off the bed and I'm getting a paper
Speaker 3: towel to get the dead fly off of the floor,
Speaker 3: and as I go down, I just hear like looking
Speaker 3: and I just see something coming at me on the
Speaker 3: corner of my mind. It was a crowd, literally this big.
Speaker 3: It was huge and it's a little pictures were coming
Speaker 3: at me. I screamed. I was like, all right, I
Speaker 3: need someone in here now because I'm not sleeping in
Speaker 3: this thing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we we lived. We lived with those and all
Speaker 1: over friends. There was I will say that's one thing
Speaker 1: that like there was a campiness, and I would say
Speaker 1: like we kind of all bonded over the fact that
Speaker 1: we were living.
Speaker 2: Like a dull summer camp a little bit more because
Speaker 2: we had like a girl doing boys wing, so like
Speaker 2: whereas this feels more like very resort forward.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, it was amazing. It was amazing. And she was
Speaker 3: like this is next level. I mean, she was like,
Speaker 3: this is night and day. You guys don't understand how
Speaker 3: lucky you are.
Speaker 2: Yeah, because her and Justin would have been the only
Speaker 2: two at this point that had been there before that. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: they would be able to kind of compare and contrast.
Speaker 1: Okay, so going going into Paradise, now you've agreed to go,
Speaker 1: what guys are on your radar if any.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I didn't watch all of GEN season,
Speaker 3: but I watched the majority of it, and I figured
Speaker 3: a lot of the guys would probably be from her seat.
Speaker 3: And so right off the bat going into I was like,
Speaker 3: I really hope Spencer's there because he is adorable and
Speaker 3: he just seemed like such a good guy up there
Speaker 3: for the right reasons. We love to say that around here.
Speaker 3: He just seems like he had a good head on
Speaker 3: his shoulders, like he wanted a serious relationship, and obviously
Speaker 3: he's hot. So I'm like, yeah, I would love to
Speaker 3: see that guy. I also was like, Sam's cute, you know,
Speaker 3: I had about Edit. He had about edit. Maybe there's
Speaker 3: more to him. So he was he was on my list,
Speaker 3: But I literally like, I will never forget when I
Speaker 3: saw Spencer on GIN season and I was like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 3: I really hope that there's paradise and I really hope
Speaker 3: that he's not with Jin because I want to meet him.
Speaker 2: Wow, you have a good picker, obviously, because you guys
Speaker 2: kind of hit it off right away, like your instincts
Speaker 2: were right.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we did. When I walked in, I was so nervous,
Speaker 3: and I remember walk in and you know, first I'm
Speaker 3: just like, oh my god, nice to meet you. Then
Speaker 3: I asked who got there first. He was the first
Speaker 3: person that arrived at Paradise, and I'm like, a perfect opportunity.
Speaker 3: The Wilder turned and I'm like, you want to give
Speaker 3: me a tour? Yeah?
Speaker 2: That was good, that's a good movie.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. So he shows me around and then we
Speaker 3: had a little chat and it went so good. Honestly,
Speaker 3: talking to him kind of relieve my nerves because he
Speaker 3: is just so outgoing. He made me feel so comfortable.
Speaker 3: I felt like we just really hit it off. I
Speaker 3: don't know, it was like it was weird, but at
Speaker 3: first I was like maybe I don't know if there's
Speaker 3: anything there, Like maybe it's just gonna be friend vibes.
Speaker 3: But I'm really gonna try, so we'll see.
Speaker 2: I feel like he typically would have been a shocking
Speaker 2: choice to be the first one down. I was gonna
Speaker 2: say the first one down on the beach, but I
Speaker 2: guess the first one to the pool, to the pool,
Speaker 2: to the pool, because I feel like it's typically like
Speaker 2: you know, a runner up or you know someone who
Speaker 2: had like a really really big storyline and there's yeah,
Speaker 2: but I actually feel like he was a great pick
Speaker 2: to be the first one down there because he's such
Speaker 2: a yapper and he just had the ability to kind
Speaker 2: of walk around and like chat to himself for.
Speaker 1: Like we were watching it, you said that I wasn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't think anything of him the first one.
Speaker 2: Really I would have, I guess if I was like
Speaker 2: betting on it, I would have expected Cat, like maybe
Speaker 2: like Cat because she's kind of like a Returnersturn or
Speaker 2: Justin like someone that was returning, or like a Jonathan
Speaker 2: or Jeremy, someone from like one of the most recent
Speaker 2: seasons who went like past hometowns like made it. But no,
Speaker 2: I liked it. I thought it was he was great.
Speaker 3: I feel like his personality wasn't shown a lot either
Speaker 3: on the Gin season. You didn't really get to see
Speaker 3: and who he was. So that was another thing talking
Speaker 3: to him like five minutes in the conversation like Okay, wait,
Speaker 3: he's cute and he has personality. This is perfect.
Speaker 2: He has such a personality.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, anyone anyone else on that first day that
Speaker 1: you were talking to that maybe we didn't see.
Speaker 3: I had a good conversation with Jonathan on day one,
Speaker 3: but it was just I knew right off the bat.
Speaker 3: I was like, this is just this is just such
Speaker 3: a fritten vibe. But I also had met him before,
Speaker 3: I'd met him twice I think before, so I kind
Speaker 3: of already knew it was probably just gonna be friend vibes.
Speaker 3: But I was like, you know what, we're here, like
Speaker 3: I'm gonna have a conversation with everyone, and it was
Speaker 3: really good. But yeah, no, I was like it was
Speaker 3: day one. It was just Spencer.
Speaker 2: I was like, yeah, no, down there had kind of
Speaker 2: like met you know how there's always people that you're like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 2: I've met Jonathan, like this person knows this person, Like
Speaker 2: was there someone down there that it's like, oh yeah,
Speaker 2: this person kind of like knew everyone, or was it
Speaker 2: feeling like a lot of you guys were meeting for
Speaker 2: the first time.
Speaker 3: I do feel like this I didn't really I didn't
Speaker 3: meet any of the girls for a grand season prior.
Speaker 3: I don't think. Yeah, no, I hadn't met anyone. The
Speaker 3: only person when I walked in that I had that
Speaker 3: I knew Lexi girl wise, and then I had met
Speaker 3: Jeremy and Jonathan. But everyone else, I mean, I think
Speaker 3: obviously the books that were on the season together. They
Speaker 3: obviously all knew each other, but none of them had
Speaker 3: met many people either. I felt like it was nice
Speaker 3: because we were all just like getting to know each other.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's nice too. Did you ask anyone
Speaker 2: for advice before you went down to the What are
Speaker 2: we calling this? I can't say down to the beach,
Speaker 2: I say to the beach, down to the beach?
Speaker 3: Bea No. I wanted to just well, I did ask
Speaker 3: Kat a little bit. I'm like, girl, like you went
Speaker 3: through it on your season. You she dated a lot
Speaker 3: and then ended up getting engaged, so like, honestly, this
Speaker 3: is the perfect person to talk to. And she was like,
Speaker 3: you know what, I am going into this completely open minded.
Speaker 3: I want to have a new experience. So she gave
Speaker 3: me some good advice, but she was like, I think
Speaker 3: that you know, this is going to be a whole
Speaker 3: new show. It's a new location. I think that we
Speaker 3: go into it and we just have not too many
Speaker 3: expectations and figure it out when we get there. Are girl,
Speaker 3: you do it?
Speaker 1: What is that? What do you guys? Did you guys
Speaker 1: know about the games before you went? Like that, you
Speaker 1: guys are going to be partaking in like clu. So
Speaker 1: when that gets when that gets introduced, like Jesse kind
Speaker 1: of like he doesn't really come out and say it,
Speaker 1: but he kind of like hints towards you guys will
Speaker 1: be doing something right.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Wait, I wrote down the exact quote because I think.
Speaker 3: It was like a compatibility.
Speaker 2: He said at the end, we will be offering this
Speaker 2: the best and strongest couples a life changing opportunity, and
Speaker 2: that's kind.
Speaker 1: Of all the Yeah, okay, so what are you guys thinking?
Speaker 1: Because I would probably just think like, oh, like if
Speaker 1: you if you wind up together, maybe they're going to
Speaker 1: send you to Italy or something.
Speaker 2: Exactly what I saw then that I hear like life
Speaker 2: changing opportunity from Bauchaum'm like, all right, so we're going
Speaker 2: to get in the next free Grease trip Like who's
Speaker 2: next on that? Yeah? But yeah, he comes in and
Speaker 2: you guys you were there for the challenge right or
Speaker 2: the game. They called it an informational activity. I thought
Speaker 2: that was such a wild choice for.
Speaker 3: Yeah, really really strange choice of words there, Jesse.
Speaker 2: So scientific, Yeah, first information activity.
Speaker 3: We're all just like.
Speaker 2: So how did that go?
Speaker 3: Honestly was so fun.
Speaker 4: We we walk out and there's all these silhouettes of us, obviously,
Speaker 4: and it's so funny too because they were life size,
Speaker 4: you guys.
Speaker 3: They were like our exact heights, so obviously, like I
Speaker 3: hit it off with Spencer day one, and we had
Speaker 3: these stickers that we had to put hearts on who
Speaker 3: we liked, what was on their silhouette or winter, And
Speaker 3: of course I see the tallest one there and I'm like,
Speaker 3: that one's getting it hard, like, but I knew right
Speaker 3: off the bat which one was his, because he's John normous.
Speaker 1: Are you is he talk Are you like, is he
Speaker 1: talking to anyone at this point? Like, is he like
Speaker 1: bouncing around?
Speaker 3: He was talking to everyone? Yeah? I think you know,
Speaker 3: I was really only I think I talked to everyone,
Speaker 3: but I was really only actually interested in Spencer, and
Speaker 3: he was talking to some of the other girls, Like
Speaker 3: I remember, like seeing him talking to Kat. I was like, damn,
Speaker 3: this sucks. It's okay because there's gonna be a lot
Speaker 3: of this. I just need to walk away.
Speaker 2: So we do see you kind of end up in
Speaker 2: like a bit of a love triangle because Sam m
Speaker 2: comes in on his motorcycle.
Speaker 1: But before sam M comes in, though, Dale Moss comes
Speaker 1: in because Belle's Bell's a later drop. What was the
Speaker 1: what was the vibe when he comes? Because what we
Speaker 1: see is kind of like finally, like a man's here,
Speaker 1: Like Dale shows up on a Yeah.
Speaker 3: All the girls were huh. When Dale started walking towards
Speaker 3: we all were like, wait, who is that? Who is that?
Speaker 3: And then I think it was either Cat or Zoe
Speaker 3: either like oh that's still Moss what no way? Yes,
Speaker 3: who I mean come on?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah yes, And but he's not really my type. So
Speaker 3: I'm like, I'll talk to him, but I don't know.
Speaker 3: And also I'm twenty six and he's like thirty six.
Speaker 3: I'm like, he probably is not gonna want to talk
Speaker 3: to me anyways, but you know, I'll talk to everyone,
Speaker 3: so we'll see what happens. But everyone was so excited
Speaker 3: seeing him walk in. The girls were like, oh, here
Speaker 3: we go, this is paradise.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it got a little serious and competitive for a minute.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't even think I talked to him today.
Speaker 3: He got and I was like, I'm gonna just I'm
Speaker 3: gonna let them. Yeah they can, they can, they can
Speaker 3: do that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well so far, like what like you and Spencer
Speaker 1: like right now, I'd be like Okay, you guys are
Speaker 1: are going about just in a smart way because you're
Speaker 1: both into each other, and you're really like.
Speaker 2: You're pursuing you. Yeah, you'reoth seemed to be like putting
Speaker 2: in a little work, seeing where it could go. Okay,
Speaker 2: so Sam m comes in, what are you thinking?
Speaker 3: Oh my god, you guys, I'm not even kidding. I'm
Speaker 3: like the two guys I was interested in right off
Speaker 3: the bat. They literally were like, here's your silver platter. Jess, Like, whoa,
Speaker 3: this is gonna be a much better experience for me
Speaker 3: this time.
Speaker 1: And they're both into you. Yeah, they're both into you.
Speaker 1: And these are the guys that.
Speaker 3: I'm like, wait, and they're both interested in me, little me.
Speaker 3: This is crazy.
Speaker 2: You're like, we've done a serious one eighty from the
Speaker 2: Bachelor here.
Speaker 3: Oh one, one eighty three, sixty, literally all the numbers.
Speaker 2: Yeah, fluffed you upside down? You're you to a new country.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, I was super excited, I think in walking in,
Speaker 3: like everyone was like, oh, I think he's gonna take Jess,
Speaker 3: And I was like, why does everyone think that? Right
Speaker 3: off the bat everyone was saying, Oh, he's definitely gonna
Speaker 3: take you. Really, why I don't I do not know.
Speaker 2: Was he like looking at you a lot or something
Speaker 2: like what was I.
Speaker 3: Mean, I notice it.
Speaker 1: I think they would. I think they would assume that
Speaker 1: just because like you're both from like the South.
Speaker 2: And I think that was maybe just thinking like you're
Speaker 2: probably you seem like, yeah, yeah that's.
Speaker 3: Not That's what I think too. But everyone kept saying
Speaker 3: that and I'm like, no, like I don't know, but
Speaker 3: then he did. I think he pulled me first for
Speaker 3: a chat. So we talked, and I kind of was
Speaker 3: getting the vibe after the first conversation, so I'm like,
Speaker 3: we're gonna we're going to do this the right way.
Speaker 3: I don't want to make anyone upset, so I immediately
Speaker 3: pulled Spencer. I'm like, when I go for your little
Speaker 3: walk on the beach, and he's like, yeah, he already
Speaker 3: knew what's coming. And honestly it was good though. I
Speaker 3: think that it was like, Okay, I want to see
Speaker 3: how he reacts to this, because it's, you know, two
Speaker 3: days in. If he's like, heck, no, you're not going
Speaker 3: on that date, then that's kind of like the red
Speaker 3: flag flag. It was like it was a good test
Speaker 3: to like see what his reaction was gonna be see
Speaker 3: how he handled it, and I remember I was like,
Speaker 3: so I don't know if he will, but he might
Speaker 3: take me. How would you feel about that? And the
Speaker 3: first thing he said, he was like, well I want
Speaker 3: someone who cheated me, and I go, oh shit, Like
Speaker 3: I remember in my head, I'm like, oh, this is
Speaker 3: not going to go well. And then he was like,
Speaker 3: but you know, it's day two. I think you should go.
Speaker 3: That's what we came here to do, and he's just
Speaker 3: like the sweetest guy ever. He said, yes, yeah, it was.
Speaker 3: It was. It was at first I'm like, oh god,
Speaker 3: oh where is this going? Where is this going? But
Speaker 3: then it was like, oh, you should one hundred percent go.
Speaker 3: We're day two, and like we are completely different people,
Speaker 3: so you need a what you like, you should go
Speaker 3: if he asks you. He's like, I think he definitely
Speaker 3: is no question to ask. He's gonna ask you. And
Speaker 3: I'm like, okay, all right, well we'll see. And then
Speaker 3: obviously he ends up asking me, and it was actually
Speaker 3: I say he asked me, but he actually didn't even
Speaker 3: ask me, which was interesting. So he's just like age
Speaker 3: as khm here and kind of like summons me over
Speaker 3: and like Okay, we start walking, and then we're getting
Speaker 3: farther and farther away from the group and I'm like, wait,
Speaker 3: so what are we doing right now? He's like, oh,
Speaker 3: we're going on a date. And I was like, oh,
Speaker 3: right now. I didn't even know.
Speaker 2: That he was Officially that doesn't translate in the episode. Yeah,
Speaker 2: that's no, that's so funny that that's how it went down.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's how it went down. It was so funny.
Speaker 3: I was like, oh, okay, I mean I'm in first
Speaker 3: one on one. I was pumped.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I was like, I don't even care what we're doing.
Speaker 3: I guess am finally getting to go on a date.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah. You never had a one on one date,
Speaker 2: didn't you know.
Speaker 1: No.
Speaker 3: I got extra time after a group date when we
Speaker 3: were in Spain on Joey's season, but I never got
Speaker 3: one on one with him. So I was like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 3: let's go.
Speaker 2: And what did you think of the date?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 2: Activity wise, connection wise, it was an interesting activity.
Speaker 3: I'm like, leave it to me to get the shaman.
Speaker 2: There's always one of it to me.
Speaker 3: Yeah, leave it to me to get the shaman date. No,
Speaker 3: it was fun, it was interesting. It was a little weird. Also,
Speaker 3: it was like, I had a ten minute conversation with
Speaker 3: this man two hours ago and now we're in the
Speaker 3: middle of the Costa Rican jungle in a shack with shaman.
Speaker 3: So it was interesting and we kind of had to
Speaker 3: like deep dive into our past right off the bat.
Speaker 3: And I could tell that he was I don't think
Speaker 3: he was nervous, but he was definitely just like a
Speaker 3: little more reserved. And I'm very outgoing and I'm like,
Speaker 3: so it was is interesting trying to like get him
Speaker 3: out of his shell. Especially comparing him to talking to
Speaker 3: Spencer and spending all my time with Spencer day one.
Speaker 3: They are so different. Their personalities are very different. Spencer
Speaker 3: is very outgoing and bubbly and Sam's more like I'm
Speaker 3: gonna be chill and I'm gonna be laid back and
Speaker 3: I'm gonna sit here and do this activity, you know.
Speaker 3: So I feel like I did a good job bringing
Speaker 3: him out of his shell. And just like we're doing this,
Speaker 3: let's write down our trauma on this paper and throw
Speaker 3: it into the fire.
Speaker 1: If if this was a date, if this was a
Speaker 1: first date in the outside world, no, you wouldn't have
Speaker 1: followed up with him like you think you go on
Speaker 1: a second.
Speaker 2: Date activity aside, Yeah, at the.
Speaker 1: Activity, like Spencer's not there. You connect with Sam, you
Speaker 1: meet him at a bar, and then you guys go
Speaker 1: out for a first date, and after this, would you
Speaker 1: have seen him again?
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: Those are very different.
Speaker 3: We are very different, Our personalities are very different. So
Speaker 3: nothing against him. He's so nice, And I just think
Speaker 3: that when I'm in the real world going on dates
Speaker 3: and I'm looking for someone, I want someone that's like
Speaker 3: matching my vibe, my matching my energy, and he definitely
Speaker 3: is just a lot more reserved than what I usually
Speaker 3: go for. So honestly probably not.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you need someone a little more like upbeat and extrovert.
Speaker 2: I thinek he needs someone more like mellow and like.
Speaker 1: Yea yeah, and then you didn't necessarily get the greatest
Speaker 1: at it, but Sam got like Sam was basically the
Speaker 1: villain of his season. Yeah until like the finale, but
Speaker 1: was still the villain and did get a lot of hate.
Speaker 1: Is there a part of you that was hesitant to
Speaker 1: even really want to get to know him because of that?
Speaker 5: Because like, no, honestly no, because I the last thing
Speaker 5: I wanted to do was judge anyone, because I also
Speaker 5: didn't have that great of an edit, like you said, like,
Speaker 5: let's elfant in the room.
Speaker 3: Here, wasn't that?
Speaker 1: Yeah, because you didn't have that, is there a part
Speaker 1: of you that's like, fuck, do I want to really
Speaker 1: double down here and have too bad at its? Roll
Speaker 1: it out of him?
Speaker 3: Great, that's a great point, but no, I didn't even
Speaker 3: think of that. Really. I think that I was like,
Speaker 3: I didn't want to judge anyone because like, obviously I
Speaker 3: know me and I know what America saw, and I'm like,
Speaker 3: that's like that's just not me, Like there's so much
Speaker 3: more to me. So the last thing I wanted to
Speaker 3: do was do that to someone else. Yeah, So I
Speaker 3: think I was like, you know what, I'm gonna get
Speaker 3: to know him. He is an attractive guy. Let's see
Speaker 3: if I like his personality, and he had a great personality.
Speaker 3: It's just not He's just not who I go for.
Speaker 3: That's just not we. That's that's all there is to it.
Speaker 1: I believe you. I believe that you're being honest right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, some people say shit and I'm like,
Speaker 1: I think you're lying, but I think you over.
Speaker 3: There I'm talking to you.
Speaker 2: I think I do love that Paradise does act as
Speaker 2: a fresh start for so many people. And obviously, sure,
Speaker 2: you know, sometimes hard to not have those past edits
Speaker 2: in the back of your mind, but like, I feel
Speaker 2: like you very quickly get to know the person for
Speaker 2: who they are in front of you, and like that's
Speaker 2: on everyone to have a second chance.
Speaker 3: I think that was like my biggest fear going into it.
Speaker 3: It was like, oh God, people are gonna judge me.
Speaker 3: They're going to think she's insane, she's just wants to
Speaker 3: be in the drama, whatever the case, like whatever judgments
Speaker 3: people had. That was my biggest fear. I was like,
Speaker 3: I just hope that people give me a chance.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. How was the conversation then after the date
Speaker 1: with Spencer and was it? I mean, I'm assuming the
Speaker 1: way you're talking now, it seems like it was kind
Speaker 1: of an easy choice.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I think in the moment, I was like, oh my god,
Speaker 3: Like I was freaking out. I was a little nervous, like, oh,
Speaker 3: I don't want to I don't want to upset anyone,
Speaker 3: but like maybe I should have conversations Like I didn't
Speaker 3: want it to be like, oh, well, thanks for the date,
Speaker 3: but bye. So I was like, you know what, I'm
Speaker 3: gonna have conversation with him tomorrow. And then we had conversations,
Speaker 3: but I was like, yeah, no, the entire time I
Speaker 3: was thinking about Spencer. I was like I couldn't wait
Speaker 3: honestly to get back and be like it was fun,
Speaker 3: but I miss you.
Speaker 2: Yeah. You guys just had that instant connection.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it like makes me cheat. I'm like, calm down, girl.
Speaker 2: So it was a little less love triangley than maybe
Speaker 2: it seemed like it was. You had the two guys
Speaker 2: after you, but you weren't dealing with like a lot
Speaker 2: of internal conflict about.
Speaker 3: What to know. I it's so funny because even like
Speaker 3: that night, I remember I was a little feeling like
Speaker 3: a little bit torn after the date, and then I
Speaker 3: was laying in bed that night and I was like, no,
Speaker 3: there's just no comparison. I was like, no, no, no comparison.
Speaker 1: Who in your mind now? I would say, like, you
Speaker 1: know whatever, before the rose ceremony, who's the strongest couple
Speaker 1: do you think right now in the house if there
Speaker 1: is one or a few minute because because from a
Speaker 1: viewer's standpoint, from from watching it, I would say it's
Speaker 1: you and Spencer and then like maybe Bailey and Jeremy.
Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, that's that's exactly what I think too, not
Speaker 3: to my own horn, but yeah, I think that means
Speaker 3: Spencer definitely. We just hit it off the bat, and
Speaker 3: like I even one of the girls even asked me.
Speaker 3: They were like, did you guys know each other before?
Speaker 3: And I was like, no, we followed each other on
Speaker 3: Instagram and that's it. Like I never am in person. Hey,
Speaker 3: I slid up on a few stories and I was like,
Speaker 3: your dog's cute.
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, but no, like we're not conversing, We're just
Speaker 2: like a cutie replies here and there, Yeah, truckling get
Speaker 2: a little inst Like I never asked if he was
Speaker 2: going because I wanted to be shocked.
Speaker 3: I wanted to be I wanted to be surprised whenever
Speaker 3: I walked in and I was like, oh, okay, this
Speaker 3: person's here, this person's here. So I didn't want to ask,
Speaker 3: but yeah, I remember. I remember one of the girls
Speaker 3: they were like, wait, so did you guys know each
Speaker 3: other before, because it's kind of giving you did, And
Speaker 3: I'm like.
Speaker 2: WHOA said that?
Speaker 3: Don't spread that rumor I do not need rumor spread
Speaker 3: this early.
Speaker 2: Who said that?
Speaker 3: I think it was Zoe maybe that asked me that
Speaker 3: or made that comment, and it was it was funny.
Speaker 3: I was like, no, please, also, please keep your thoughts
Speaker 3: to yourself because I don't need rumors spreading this early.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it seemed like there was three love triangles in
Speaker 2: this first episode, or like love triangle ish with you
Speaker 2: Spencer and Sam, Bailey, Kyle and Jeremy which again kind
Speaker 2: of ish of a love triangle because it seemed pretty
Speaker 2: obvious Bailey and Jeremy had a really good thing going.
Speaker 2: And then Alex, Jonathan and Ricky Where did that love triangles?
Speaker 1: And yeah, because there's a lot not to cut you
Speaker 1: off before you answer the question, but Jonathan definitely comes
Speaker 1: across on this episode of like I'm not really trying.
Speaker 2: That was the only love trying grows, Like I actually
Speaker 2: don't know who Alex is going to give her rose to.
Speaker 2: But did you guys feel like you you were confused
Speaker 2: or it was obvious?
Speaker 3: I honestly, this sounds so bad, but I really didn't
Speaker 3: pay attention that much to what other people were doing.
Speaker 2: That's fine, that's there's so much going on.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. I do think I like Day
Speaker 3: of Rose ceremony, we all kind of knew, were like,
Speaker 3: she's gonna give Alex was gonna give it to Jonathan
Speaker 3: right like, there's no Yeah, I don't think there was
Speaker 3: a question there. Bailey, though, I feel like a little
Speaker 3: bit up in the air, but I kind of could
Speaker 3: see that she was leaning more towards Jeremy.
Speaker 2: Okay, interesting any other surprises at the Row ceremony.
Speaker 1: I think I can give you Goes Home. He has
Speaker 1: a hard time. You kind of feel bad for him,
Speaker 1: seem well. And he was also the first guy that
Speaker 1: got you know.
Speaker 3: Everything. I know that that actually broke my heart seeing
Speaker 3: hawakeim go week one first Row ceremony. I love him
Speaker 3: so much. He is just like a ball of energy,
Speaker 3: like brings a light into every room he walks into.
Speaker 3: Literally love that guy, and it was it broke my
Speaker 3: heart to see him leave so early on. And I
Speaker 3: think he was he was really trying with Bailey, but
Speaker 3: she was already kind of, like you said, in a
Speaker 3: little bit of a triangle, and I think like just
Speaker 3: adding someone else to the mix, she just couldn't She couldn't. Yeah,
Speaker 3: she couldn't give her attention to that many people.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we saw a quick conversation between the two of
Speaker 2: them where he was like definitely putting himself out there,
Speaker 2: and the vibe from her was just giving, like she
Speaker 2: was not, yeah, receiving it.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it was really sad to see him go
Speaker 3: and all so Kyle. I love Kyle, Like he was
Speaker 3: so sweet. I didn't know who he was when I
Speaker 3: walked in. I was like good and he's like what
Speaker 3: did he say? He's like I'm Cowboy Kyle or something
Speaker 3: from Katie season and we're all like okay, And I
Speaker 3: was so sad to see him go too. I feel
Speaker 3: like he's such a good guy And it was really sad.
Speaker 3: And Bailey was super emotional having to choose, like I
Speaker 3: fell for her a lot.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it happens, though, you know, is always.
Speaker 2: Hard because you're just like, oh, like you feel bad
Speaker 2: for the people that get sent home. They got so
Speaker 2: little time, and you always kind of wonder like had
Speaker 2: they sayed another week, like would someone have come in
Speaker 2: and they would have had this amazing connection, but just
Speaker 2: how the cookie crumbles.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I have I have a question what happens
Speaker 1: when you guys are done? You're done filming, you go
Speaker 1: into your hotel room. Is that how it works? You
Speaker 1: go into your room.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we get to go. Yeah, we go into our
Speaker 3: hotel room and we have room service.
Speaker 1: And you have room service.
Speaker 3: It's amazing. Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean we have room service.
Speaker 1: Is the fucking season?
Speaker 2: We had our We had our like the counter that
Speaker 2: you go up and order food at, but you could
Speaker 2: also get like it in takeout box.
Speaker 1: I guess that's true. I guess that's true. Who was
Speaker 1: your roommate, Alexi?
Speaker 3: Lexi was my roommate. I was so pumped to have her.
Speaker 3: I was like, thank god, did you get to choose?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I was just gonna ask.
Speaker 3: We didn't get to choose, but we're like, they kind
Speaker 3: of put two.
Speaker 2: Together, Okay, they tried to pair people up.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they could see who was like the closest and
Speaker 3: who was like more friendly with each other.
Speaker 2: So you and Lexi were obviously friends. And that's when
Speaker 2: I see you guys got to share room together. Who
Speaker 2: on the cast felt like they were not friendly with
Speaker 2: each other each other?
Speaker 3: I don't know, there's no one. Honestly, I was so
Speaker 3: shocked that all the girls got along pretty well. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 3: unless I'm just oblivious and missed it all.
Speaker 1: Well, you'll be you'll be you'll be shocked. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you'll be shocked though when you watch it back then.
Speaker 1: Really well, not in this episode at least, I don't
Speaker 1: think so, but like I'm sure, like during the season,
Speaker 1: you'll be like, oh, I didn't realize she said that.
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, that's gonna happen.
Speaker 3: Probably gonna get my shilling shirts you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you'll get over it. It'll be all right, you'll
Speaker 1: be fine. Before we let you go, we see the
Speaker 1: super tease, a lots going on. You see a lot
Speaker 1: of people upset. It seems like Dale gets into it
Speaker 1: with hot Shah. But I think the big I think
Speaker 1: the biggest, you know, the biggest thing that we see
Speaker 1: that's that differs from any season of Paradise is there's
Speaker 1: a big bag of cash. You can't really spoil anything,
Speaker 1: but what could you tell us?
Speaker 3: Let's see how can I word this? You definitely get
Speaker 3: to see what people's true intentions are.
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay. I love that our theories obviously that it
Speaker 2: kind of ties in with this opportunity that Jesse's teasing.
Speaker 2: But I feel like so much newness unfolded in this episode,
Speaker 2: and there's still so much to come with the Goldens coming.
Speaker 3: Is so much like with you, guys. I am so
Speaker 3: excited for you to see it all unfold. It's so good.
Speaker 1: Would well look what would you have that effect? At
Speaker 1: the end, it was it was saying yes to my
Speaker 1: engagement or yes to a half a million dollars.
Speaker 2: I think we both know what I would have done.
Speaker 2: I would have been like, I'll take the money and
Speaker 2: then we'll split it on.
Speaker 3: The d L.
Speaker 1: No, if we gotten, if we got caught doing that,
Speaker 1: we go to jail. Jail Jay, just thank you so much,
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming on. We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Oh, thank you guys for having me. This was so fun.
Speaker 2: This was so fun and I'm sure we will see
Speaker 2: you again soon.
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Speaker 3: Thanks for listening. Bye