Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Batter Happy Hour. I'm
Speaker 1: Joe and I'm Serena and we are here today with
Speaker 1: Leah Leyah, welcome back to Batter Happy Hour.
Speaker 2: Hi guys. Thanks, it's so good to be here.
Speaker 1: How you doing.
Speaker 2: I'm so good, so good, doing good?
Speaker 1: You are in La? Yes?
Speaker 3: Correct?
Speaker 1: Okay? What do you what do you do? What do
Speaker 1: you do again? What are you for a living? I
Speaker 1: do my best but right now so I'm doing too.
Speaker 2: I do content creation and modeling and some acting.
Speaker 1: Nice.
Speaker 4: Amazing. How did it feel getting the call hearing you're
Speaker 4: going to Paradise?
Speaker 2: It was definitely very exciting.
Speaker 3: I was a little nervous, and you know, it had
Speaker 3: been a little while coming off of Joey Season. Paradise
Speaker 3: didn't come back that one summer, so I was like,
Speaker 3: I don't know, So it was really exciting.
Speaker 1: Yeah, were you prior to Paradise? In between Joey Season
Speaker 1: and Paradise, have you dated?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like any serious relationships besides like whatever, No,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say.
Speaker 3: Serious now, Okay, okay, solid contenders, but.
Speaker 4: Not really no one crossed the finish line. No, So
Speaker 4: you're going on Paradise you're single, who are you interested in?
Speaker 4: Anyone on your list that you want to meet, anyone
Speaker 4: that you've already met that maybe you want to explore
Speaker 4: a romantic connection with.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I didn't really have a list.
Speaker 3: I was just like, you know what, I'm just going
Speaker 3: to be open and I'm a big personality girl. So
Speaker 3: we need to see if the energy that is there,
Speaker 3: the banter is there, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Okay, and you get down? When do you come down
Speaker 1: your with Nancy? Right? Yeah? Are you? Are you? Are
Speaker 1: you your third week? Right? Is this third week for
Speaker 1: for fours?
Speaker 4: You're getting?
Speaker 2: It is tough?
Speaker 1: It is? It is because it's kind of like, well
Speaker 1: this cast everyone coupled up fucking really early, but four
Speaker 1: is usually the week where it's you're coming in and
Speaker 1: if like something isn't doesn't stick, like it's hard.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah I really feel that.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I feel like.
Speaker 3: Everyone was super closed off the second I got even
Speaker 3: like two weeks before that or two episodes before that, it.
Speaker 4: Was but one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, like, was there any like you get down? There,
Speaker 1: is there any conversation like anyone that's closed off that's
Speaker 1: like willing to like not be.
Speaker 3: No, everyone was so locked in, which I love, and
Speaker 3: I think that speaks to the chemistry and connection that
Speaker 3: all of these couples were experiencing, which I think is
Speaker 3: a beautiful thing.
Speaker 2: And that's okay, because I'll get that. It just wasn't there.
Speaker 4: We see you chat with Sean and Jonathan. Tell us
Speaker 4: about those conversations and how you made your decision about
Speaker 4: who'd ask on a date.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay, Sean. Don't come me for saying this.
Speaker 3: But Sean I had met before, and I was so
Speaker 3: nervous getting there, and I was like, you know what,
Speaker 3: I just need a warm up chat. I okay, I
Speaker 3: love him, He's just not typically my type.
Speaker 1: Damn, Jean, if you're listening, she's really just.
Speaker 2: Do I love him as a person?
Speaker 1: Yeah, but well that's fair. I mean, you guys met
Speaker 1: already and there was nothing, you know, there was nothing
Speaker 1: romance there.
Speaker 3: I was like, I don't even know how to form
Speaker 3: a coherent sentence. Let me practice speaking to a human.
Speaker 2: So I pulled Sean.
Speaker 1: So Sean's the punching bag, okay, and how does punching
Speaker 1: bag he is? But how does that conversation go? Is
Speaker 1: it fine? And whatever?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was expected.
Speaker 2: Warm. Yeah, warm, super chill guy.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he was kind of like, I'm open to
Speaker 3: going on a date, and I was like, I'm not
Speaker 3: gonna take.
Speaker 2: You on one.
Speaker 1: There was no like, there was no chance. Like I
Speaker 1: watching Sean, I think he's he's very entertaining, like he
Speaker 1: seems great. There was no chance you were going to
Speaker 1: take him. No, Sean, would you just went home? Would
Speaker 1: you have if it was only Sean, you would have
Speaker 1: just went home? Yeah? Damn, Sean. No, No, I'm saying, Sean,
Speaker 1: I hope you listened to this and like a conversation he's.
Speaker 2: Gonna kill me. No, I just.
Speaker 3: Like, for example, for example, just to give you a context,
Speaker 3: like Joey was the first Caucasian man that I've ever smoothed.
Speaker 3: So there's just never was that for me, you know
Speaker 3: what I mean. And he's so cute for like someone else.
Speaker 4: Okay, Okay, we see you then pulled Jonathan and and
Speaker 4: seems to be like you guys have maybe met before.
Speaker 4: Maybe there's a little interest. Tell us about that relationship.
Speaker 3: Yeah, So I hadn't met Jonathan like maybe like three
Speaker 3: or four times, just at like events and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: Super cool guy was always like a good buddy.
Speaker 3: We're not like super super close friends, but we were friends,
Speaker 3: and so I think there was this automatic like comfortability there.
Speaker 3: We've joked around together, we like done tiktoks together, like, yeah,
Speaker 3: he's super cool.
Speaker 4: Okay, are you friends or you friendly? Like do you
Speaker 4: guys text now? Do you grab coffee? Or is it
Speaker 4: like you'll see each other at events and it's like,
Speaker 4: oh my god, Jonathan, good to see you.
Speaker 2: Yes, friendly is a better word.
Speaker 1: Okay, anything ever happened between you guys?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: No, no, Okay, so you come down mm hmm. Do
Speaker 4: you think you would have always taken Jonathan on the
Speaker 4: date or do you think maybe.
Speaker 1: You're him in your punching bag and you're not taking
Speaker 1: the punching bags. So I like, I'm a Sean. I
Speaker 1: like Sean.
Speaker 2: He was like a buddy that I just needed a
Speaker 2: little like I just needed a buddy in the moment, he.
Speaker 4: Was my buddy, Jonathan or Shun I was, Yeah it was.
Speaker 2: Going to be Jonathan.
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, cutie, he's a cutie. Do you go into
Speaker 4: this date hoping that there will be a romantic connection?
Speaker 3: I mean I went to Paradise so hopeful for love
Speaker 3: and like I romanticized it for the longest time. The
Speaker 3: timent was to fall in love, and so I was
Speaker 3: trying to.
Speaker 2: Do my homework, like I think that's just like what
Speaker 2: it was.
Speaker 4: But the date is giving like flirty friend vibes. It's
Speaker 4: giving maybe a little bit more romantic on your side
Speaker 4: than his side. It's a little bit of a theme
Speaker 4: that we've seen this season with Jonathan. How do you
Speaker 4: feel coming back from the date?
Speaker 3: I felt really good. I thought it was a good date.
Speaker 3: I think we had a great time. But then like
Speaker 3: we get back from the date and it's like so overseteinmating.
Speaker 3: We come back to Birds of Paradise, and then also
Speaker 3: like he like gets swept into all this drama with
Speaker 3: Kat and Dale. So then I like, don't hear from
Speaker 3: him the whole rest of the night.
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, okay, period, Like.
Speaker 4: Whatever, Oh my god, I actually almost forgot about that. God,
Speaker 4: there's been a lot to go down in the last
Speaker 4: three episodes. Okay, So the next day after Birds of
Speaker 4: Paradise happens, do you think that you are just friends
Speaker 4: or do you think that there is potential for romance?
Speaker 4: And you guys are both kind of exploring that and
Speaker 4: if so, what does that look like in your interactions?
Speaker 3: Yeah, So the whole thing with me and him was
Speaker 3: that totally we know we're friends, that's super great, no pressure,
Speaker 3: but we are open, like to it becoming more. And
Speaker 3: I think it was more of like, let's keep exploring
Speaker 3: each other and like getting to know each other more
Speaker 3: intimately and see if there's that sparker, if there's that
Speaker 3: interest romantically. So I think that's like where we were at, like, yes,
Speaker 3: we acknowledge fully that we're friends, but we're open.
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, you're open to it potentially being something more,
Speaker 4: but you're also if other people come down, you're going
Speaker 4: to explore yes, yeah.
Speaker 1: Okay, okay. So then is anything happening where you're like, oh,
Speaker 1: this is becoming something more or are we still staying
Speaker 1: on that like great friends.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So there was this one point, and I've talked to
Speaker 3: him about this multiple times. I was like, Jonathan, I
Speaker 3: was confused because he was like, what else can I
Speaker 3: do for you? Like da da da? And I was like,
Speaker 3: something that's very important for me is being intentional. And
Speaker 3: I didn't appreciate how like after we got back from
Speaker 3: our date, you didn't hang out with me. You didn't
Speaker 3: talk to me, and he's like, Okay, like, I totally
Speaker 3: hear you. I can fix that. I can work on that.
Speaker 3: The next morning we sat, we had breakfast with each other.
Speaker 3: He spent time with me one on one. So I'm like,
Speaker 3: in my head, I'm like, Okay, he's like pursuing a
Speaker 3: little he's putting an effort. He's executing when I bring
Speaker 3: something up to him.
Speaker 2: So in my head, I'm like, this is this is
Speaker 2: my friend.
Speaker 4: But he's trying, right, the work is being put in.
Speaker 4: Actually they're being taken, and that maybe would have been
Speaker 4: a great opportunity for him to say, hey, Leah, like
Speaker 4: I can do these things, but I want to be
Speaker 4: super clear. It's just gonna be as your friend.
Speaker 2: Yes, and he didn't do that.
Speaker 4: Okay, what are the girls saying to you about Jonathan
Speaker 4: because we see them be pretty vocal in this episode
Speaker 4: about their perceived concerns.
Speaker 3: Yes, So I think at first everyone was like really excited.
Speaker 3: They're like, oh my god, yeah, you guys have the
Speaker 3: best banter.
Speaker 2: And it was Spencer.
Speaker 3: He was like, yeah, that's literally my best friend. You
Speaker 3: guys were giggling and love you know him, He's like
Speaker 3: such a hype king.
Speaker 2: So I'm also like.
Speaker 4: Oh, okay, we had him on like he gives off that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but we don't know, you know, I know no
Speaker 1: Spencer to be a hiking.
Speaker 4: Really, but are you surprised to hear that he's a
Speaker 4: hype king.
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised at all. I probably shouldn't even have interjected.
Speaker 1: Keep going.
Speaker 2: No, he's like literally like the biggest hype king.
Speaker 3: So I'm just getting a lot of like positive like
Speaker 3: hopeful yeah.
Speaker 2: Everyone, yeah, and yeah, I'm like.
Speaker 4: You're feeling good and all your friends and his friends
Speaker 4: are like, yes, you should feel good. This looks good.
Speaker 4: We all are with you. Yeah, Spencer maybe should have
Speaker 4: had a chat with.
Speaker 1: Hiking, should stop hyphen when he's not supposed to hype.
Speaker 4: Yeah, King overstapped his boundaries with the hype.
Speaker 2: It's okay.
Speaker 3: I think we were all just excited and that's his
Speaker 3: best friend and I'm just his best friend.
Speaker 2: I think they were like a couple of strips.
Speaker 4: Definitely.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, So then we kind of see like Jonathan
Speaker 1: like here's the thing, Like Jonathan like if he's not
Speaker 1: into people, like he's just not into him, Like it's
Speaker 1: just what it is Yeah, it's like it's just like
Speaker 1: more I think I think the the I don't as
Speaker 1: a strong word, but I guess like the hate for
Speaker 1: Jonathan right now is kind of like just more communication,
Speaker 1: Like yes, just just more communication, so more.
Speaker 4: Direct to communication.
Speaker 1: He kind of tells, well, he doesn't kind of tell
Speaker 1: He tells Kat like I'm not I'm not into Lea,
Speaker 1: like I'm not into her romantically, just just to shove
Speaker 1: it back in your face, just to remind.
Speaker 4: You because he forgot he said he didn't like you,
Speaker 4: and you.
Speaker 1: Like this was I This is one of my favorite
Speaker 1: parts of the season. I very seldomly react to the show,
Speaker 1: but I remember being like, nicely, you just go over
Speaker 1: there and you straight up call him out and like
Speaker 1: you really don't you really don't even give him an
Speaker 1: opportunity to be like no, but I still want to
Speaker 1: see your like either you're feeling it or you're not.
Speaker 1: And if you're not, I'm done. And he's like, okay,
Speaker 1: find that not and then you're like, all right, I'm done.
Speaker 2: I will never beg a man to like me.
Speaker 3: That is the most embarrassing you could do for yourself,
Speaker 3: because I know my husband will see me get to
Speaker 3: know me and snatch me right up.
Speaker 2: No, shine, you know what I mean. And that's the type.
Speaker 2: Like that's what I look for. I'm not gonna push
Speaker 2: my word and like, oh my god, he doesn't like me.
Speaker 3: No, that has nothing to do with me and everything
Speaker 3: to do with you and your preferences.
Speaker 2: That's great. But like I was like, Jonathan, yes.
Speaker 3: Or no, and he's like, well, there's this great area.
Speaker 3: I was like, there's no great area. I say yes
Speaker 3: or no. Just tell me, like it's all.
Speaker 4: Why do you think he was nervous to say yes
Speaker 4: or no?
Speaker 1: You want to stay on the show, obviously, it doesn't
Speaker 1: want to go home, do you think?
Speaker 4: Because I think there's two there's a lot of time
Speaker 4: two types of people in dating. Right there's people that
Speaker 4: know right away yes or no, and then there's the
Speaker 4: more slow burn. A lot of my friendships turn into
Speaker 4: relationships kind of person like feelings and romantic feelings take
Speaker 4: longer for them to develop. To develop. On the podcast, I
Speaker 4: would say I would have expected Jonathan to be like
Speaker 4: a yes or no person. He seemed pretty like I
Speaker 4: knew right away I was into this person. I knew
Speaker 4: right away I was not into this person, but then
Speaker 4: on the show, I'm confused and if he's maybe like
Speaker 4: a oh, but like I don't know, Leah, maybe if
Speaker 4: we hang out for three four weeks, these feelings might develop.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I feel like, and here, what's on your mind? Leah
Speaker 1: say what's on your mind?
Speaker 2: Well?
Speaker 3: I think that when you meet someone, you can automatically
Speaker 3: be like, yeah, I could see this being something or no,
Speaker 3: and like that's what I like. You was, Sean, Yeah,
Speaker 3: I was, Oh, sorry, Sean, Sean, I really I love
Speaker 3: that guy. I'm sorry, but I think that you could
Speaker 3: easily be like yeah, we're friends right now, but I'm it,
Speaker 3: or yeah, we're friends right now, but I'm not. I
Speaker 3: don't really see this ever, yeah become something. I think
Speaker 3: you at least know that part, you know what I mean,
Speaker 3: Like the openness. You can say yes or no to
Speaker 3: the openness, and like if you are a slow burn,
Speaker 3: you could have been like, yeah, I'm a slow burn.
Speaker 3: I could I'm willing to see like where this goes.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I like, I not see the potential there. I'm
Speaker 4: a slow burn, but I am really going to invest
Speaker 4: my time into you to see if you can get
Speaker 4: somewhere and it didn't. It didn't seem like he was
Speaker 4: romantically interested in you. It seemed like he really liked
Speaker 4: you as a friend.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think the question that I asked him was like,
Speaker 2: are you open? Yes or no?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: What do he say? And he said no, So I
Speaker 2: was like, okay, piece out.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah. So then so then you give him your
Speaker 1: rose because you don't really have any other option, Like
Speaker 1: there's nobody else. There's nobody else there, and it's like,
Speaker 1: here's your rose that you know you're welcome. It was funny.
Speaker 1: He said it hurt his feelings kind of like what
Speaker 1: was that conversation? Like after.
Speaker 3: I do, in hindsight feel bad for how that might
Speaker 3: have affected his feelings.
Speaker 2: Do I regret it?
Speaker 1: Nor?
Speaker 3: Because I think someone needed to tell him, like, dude,
Speaker 3: that is fine if you feel that way, but like
Speaker 3: just know that, like.
Speaker 2: I see you, you see me, here you go. You're welcome.
Speaker 2: I'm keeping you here.
Speaker 3: We can do this for the money, but like, like
Speaker 3: you're welcome.
Speaker 4: But I will say I also thought it was hilarious
Speaker 4: that you did that, And I think one of Jonathan's
Speaker 4: best moments of the season and almost like a little
Speaker 4: bit of a redemption moment for him was when he
Speaker 4: did it back to you. I thought that was hilarious.
Speaker 4: I thought that was a great moment for the both
Speaker 4: of you to be like, look, we're making light of this.
Speaker 4: I can take a joke. Yeah, it hurt my feelings,
Speaker 4: but like it's work. It's not that deep. And like
Speaker 4: I loved that he got to that point. And I've
Speaker 4: actually really enjoyed the fact that you guys are this
Speaker 4: like bff partnership now that like kind of didn't like
Speaker 4: each other for a minute, but like you've gotten over
Speaker 4: that and like out of everyone's coupled up and you're
Speaker 4: like the only couple.
Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about friends. Well let's talk about Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's talk about like the fact that the show
Speaker 1: does switch after like that rose ceremony. How how are
Speaker 1: you guys going about this now because you guys have
Speaker 1: openly like we are not together, there's nothing romantic here,
Speaker 1: but now we're partners, which could potentially be beneficial.
Speaker 2: Totally.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think once we were able to hash out.
Speaker 3: Like the communication and put our feelings aside, I think
Speaker 3: we turn the page started to start fresh. Let's go
Speaker 3: in here as a unit now, like we're partners. We
Speaker 3: need to tell each other everything, have really open communication,
Speaker 3: like in here we are a team, we are like
Speaker 3: a unit, and I feel like that's how we approach
Speaker 3: things going forward, and like being good friends is so
Speaker 3: beneficial because truthfully, he's like the boy version of me.
Speaker 3: I think that's like why we just don't gel like that,
Speaker 3: Like we are so similar and we like get along.
Speaker 3: We kind of kill it at the challenges because I
Speaker 3: think we have this dynamic. So I think that ultimately
Speaker 3: everything happened exactly how it needed to. Yeah.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it is interesting because I mean you've got Brian
Speaker 4: and Parisa, they are kind of in and out of
Speaker 4: rocky waters. Jeremy and Bailey are in and out of
Speaker 4: rocky waters. But you guys in these challenges, it's like
Speaker 4: you're not going to have that potential drama in your
Speaker 4: relationship hopefully moving forward. Yeah, could potentially impact your ability
Speaker 4: to be like a team, like you're truly teammates in this.
Speaker 4: So yeah, I'm intrigued by the dynamic, Yeah for sure.
Speaker 3: And I think we like kind of nitpicks our communication
Speaker 3: styles and like, Okay, this is how we need to
Speaker 3: start working together. And I feel like once we on
Speaker 3: the same page about our communication.
Speaker 2: We were solid.
Speaker 1: Do you was there, like, because now the whole show
Speaker 1: is essentially different and it's a challenge show. Were you
Speaker 1: guys worried about the stronger couples wanting to get you
Speaker 1: out of there because you are kind of a threat.
Speaker 3: Oh, we had a target on our back, like the
Speaker 3: second it turned into competition.
Speaker 2: Also, mostly because these people.
Speaker 3: Are so wonderful, God bless their hearts. They were like,
Speaker 3: we want to keep the love here, and the second
Speaker 3: they said that, like.
Speaker 2: The love is not here.
Speaker 3: So we had a target on our back just because
Speaker 3: they wanted to keep couples there, and so we were
Speaker 3: fighting for our lives.
Speaker 1: Did you guys think about like I would have. I
Speaker 1: would have gained plan. Let's like, let's fake it. Let's
Speaker 1: really well, you guys are trying to mean it's not
Speaker 1: paradise anymore.
Speaker 4: That just never even crossed my I would Yeah.
Speaker 1: I would have said, like, Okay, Jonathan.
Speaker 4: Let's actually pretend we're falling in love.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but like do it strategically.
Speaker 3: That's why I think that he is such a good
Speaker 3: person too. He is like I will not like be
Speaker 3: fake for a show or a camera, so like and
Speaker 3: I really appreciate that about him, and I think we
Speaker 3: were just like, look, this is what it is.
Speaker 2: We're not gonna lie to our friends. Like these are
Speaker 2: friends too, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean maybe we're like, well, they're they're going to
Speaker 1: kick you off the show, so they're not that good friend.
Speaker 1: So only like you have to be somewhat ruthless in
Speaker 1: these games, you know what.
Speaker 4: That would have been actually hilarious though, if you guys
Speaker 4: and your ims were like, we don't like each other.
Speaker 4: Everyone thinks we do. Like, I would have loved to
Speaker 4: watch that. I respect the authenticity from you both.
Speaker 3: I mean sometimes we would like pot it on a little, yeah,
Speaker 3: poke out it a little, but yeah, I.
Speaker 1: Think you guys are gonna end up together the way
Speaker 1: this can of sounds?
Speaker 2: What?
Speaker 1: Okay? So what is what is your opinion? So, like
Speaker 1: the big drama for like the past couple of weeks
Speaker 1: have has been this Jeremy Bailey situation of it all.
Speaker 1: What is you? You came in late, so there's a
Speaker 1: lot you may not have known, and did you know
Speaker 1: did you even know Bailey before the show?
Speaker 3: I'm assuming not right, not not in person, but we
Speaker 3: were like good internet besties.
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah. Yeah, what was your opinion on when once
Speaker 1: Brian had told Bailey everything and like not knowing and
Speaker 1: did you ever think of telling her and all that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I don't think I found out till quite later,
Speaker 3: and then by the time I fully got the full story,
Speaker 3: like it was already kind of unraveling. I do wish
Speaker 3: that it came from Jeremy because I think that would
Speaker 3: have prevented a lot of the heartache. I honestly, I
Speaker 3: just feel for her. That can't be an easy thing
Speaker 3: to go through the first time around, and now on
Speaker 3: national TV.
Speaker 2: So I just really feel for her.
Speaker 3: I think that these are very human moments that are
Speaker 3: happening on a big public scale, and that's never easy
Speaker 3: to deal with, especially like when people are like in
Speaker 3: love and trying to work things out. So yeah, I
Speaker 3: just feel for the whole situation. I think it's really tough.
Speaker 1: This episode we kind of watch at the end, like
Speaker 1: the whole house is very like anti Brian, Like, Brian,
Speaker 1: you shouldn't have done that. Where was your stance on that?
Speaker 1: And who did you vote for?
Speaker 3: Well, I think it should have been brought to Bailey's
Speaker 3: attention at like regardless, otherwise she would have watched it
Speaker 3: on TV, like that sucks even worse. So I think
Speaker 3: it was like, Okay, here's the thing. I was like,
Speaker 3: me and Jonathan we vote together, so like wherever he's voting,
Speaker 3: I gotta vote. Wherever I'm voting, he got to vote.
Speaker 3: So we were kind of listening to what everyone was saying,
Speaker 3: and secretly we were just happy the target wasn't on
Speaker 3: our Yeah, very selfishly, very una so we were kind
Speaker 3: of just playing.
Speaker 4: Honestly, you guys might have gone home had this not
Speaker 4: all blown up.
Speaker 3: So we were kind of just listening to what everyone
Speaker 3: else wanted to say. We didn't want to be on
Speaker 3: the the offense. We were more on the like let's
Speaker 3: just listen and like see like where things are going,
Speaker 3: and and then like make our vote count by kind
Speaker 3: of majority.
Speaker 1: Way with the numbers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, unfortunately, but I don't know, I think the whole
Speaker 3: thing's so messy. I'm this time around, y'all. Y'all saw
Speaker 3: the first time around, I was very much in the drama.
Speaker 3: This time I was like I am so good, Like
Speaker 3: I'm gonna sit back here and sit my mimosa.
Speaker 4: Like, who did you guys vote for?
Speaker 1: Brian?
Speaker 2: I vote for was it Brian?
Speaker 4: Did you vote Brian or did you vote?
Speaker 1: Feel like saying faith.
Speaker 2: I think I voted for Kim and Faith.
Speaker 1: Oh okay to stay or leave? To leave?
Speaker 3: Oh okay, okay, because Kim was having heart problems and
Speaker 3: we just like we're really worried.
Speaker 1: Were they they were like they were they They were
Speaker 1: really like hot and heavy, right yeah. I was like
Speaker 1: they were like making out the whole time, right yeah.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, period, And.
Speaker 1: Then like who is I think everyone says the same answer,
Speaker 1: but I'm just curious, in your opinion, who's the strongest
Speaker 1: couple right now?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: For sure? Justin Spencer.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: They were just they were like love it first sight.
Speaker 3: I yeah, but pretty much. And she it was so
Speaker 3: funny too. It was like the sweetest thing. I remember
Speaker 3: before we got cast, we were like, let's make our lists,
Speaker 3: and she was like, I think I have I really
Speaker 3: like Spencer from Gens and Da Da Da, And I
Speaker 3: was like to see it.
Speaker 2: Like and then we were sitting on.
Speaker 3: Our couch after Paradise and we were just like reminiscing,
Speaker 3: like remember when you said that who was on your list?
Speaker 2: I did have a list?
Speaker 1: Are you lying?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 1: That's what I figured.
Speaker 2: Okay, I I had like these people are hot.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but I don't know if I'll like them.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but I was were any of them there? Now?
Speaker 1: Did that potential for I think I think you're lying.
Speaker 2: No, No, they weren't there. They weren't there.
Speaker 1: Were you did that? How did you feel when they did? Say?
Speaker 1: When Jesse said the show has now changed and no
Speaker 1: new people are coming in, were you kind of like.
Speaker 2: Damn, like yes, yeah, oh my god. I remember being
Speaker 2: in my items and I was like, where is the casting?
Speaker 2: Where is the person that does casting? Like, get get
Speaker 2: one or two more in here, please? Like, yeah, god
Speaker 2: is slim Pickens?
Speaker 1: Yeah that sucks because it's like the whole reason you
Speaker 1: went on the show has not just been like ripped away,
Speaker 1: Like Bud, you going five hundred thousand, five hundred thousands
Speaker 1: better than like a six month relationship.
Speaker 4: Like for sure, Oh okay, layout six month relationship for
Speaker 4: five hundred thousand. What do you know?
Speaker 3: He's just so real, like the way he's like, yeah,
Speaker 3: it's just a six month relationship.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm just saying, like most most of the relationships show.
Speaker 4: Your husband isn't down there, and you leave and it
Speaker 4: doesn't work out, that's not as good as winning money.
Speaker 1: I mean, Serena looked at me during the show and said,
Speaker 1: if five hundred thousand was on the table at that
Speaker 1: time in my life, I don't know if we would
Speaker 1: be together because I would have probably chosen to five
Speaker 1: hundred thousand. And I was like, yeah, it was twenty
Speaker 1: three broke.
Speaker 4: I was like, a split it. Once we leave.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of people down there being like five
Speaker 1: hundred thousand. It's nothing like I don't know, Yeah, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of money.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it did add a good incentive to still like
Speaker 3: be there and be present and try your best. Otherwise
Speaker 3: I would have just gone home for sure.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, Leah, thank you so much for coming on Bachelor
Speaker 1: Happy Hour and talking to us.
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh my god, thanks for having me appreciate you guys.
Speaker 1: So much of course. Okay, that is both interviews for
Speaker 1: the week the end real quick. Though. We usually sometimes
Speaker 1: we do recaps at the end, Sometimes we do them
Speaker 1: at the beginning. Today we're doing it at the end,
Speaker 1: but sometimes not at all. Yeah, sometimes not at all.
Speaker 1: But I would say, like, what is your take on
Speaker 1: the way this episode really went down? And mainly the Brian, Jeremy,
Speaker 1: and Bailey of it all.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the big takeaways from this episode are
Speaker 4: everything is kind of coming to a head. I thought
Speaker 4: it was a really good episode. I think that as
Speaker 4: a viewer it has become challenging to watch without Bailey
Speaker 4: knowing what's going on. I think this was kind of
Speaker 4: a turning point in the season. It needed to happen.
Speaker 4: I would say that the way it unfolded, from her
Speaker 4: reaction to Jeremy's reaction to the casts reaction was all
Speaker 4: a little bit unexpected. Yeah, maybe not how I would
Speaker 4: have predicted it to play out. And I know that
Speaker 4: the cast is not happy with Brian, and maybe some
Speaker 4: viewers won't be as well. But I personally am happy
Speaker 4: that someone told Bailey, especially considering everyone new except for her.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm surprised the way everyone reacted towards Brian. Like
Speaker 1: I said I said in the Bailey interview, I get
Speaker 1: Jeremy being upset because he told Brian and like probably
Speaker 1: didn't want Brian to say anything.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he definitely told listenings to Brian thinking.
Speaker 1: He's wen't going to go anywhere. Yeah, but like everyone
Speaker 1: else kind of really doesn't have any any Lake to
Speaker 1: stand on to be upset with him. I don't think,
Speaker 1: at least not from what we've been shown. I know
Speaker 1: there's still a game element, So Brian not fessing up
Speaker 1: right away that he was the one that told Bailey
Speaker 1: makes sense for the game. I do kind of wish
Speaker 1: he just like out and out said like it was me. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I said it. I think it needed to be out there, Like,
Speaker 1: if you guys have a problem with it, too bad.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think watching it back, I would be curious
Speaker 4: about Brian's takes, but I agree with you. I would
Speaker 4: have loved to see him be like, yeah, I did this. Hi,
Speaker 4: I'm Brian. I went and told Bailey. There's a lot
Speaker 4: of you guys that probably should have done it. You didn't,
Speaker 4: that's fine, but I couldn't sit here and not tell
Speaker 4: her anymore. And I took action, and I don't regret it.
Speaker 4: Like Stan ten To's down a little bit more on
Speaker 4: the decision, because I feel like he was confident in
Speaker 4: the decision to tell Bailey, but then he lied about it,
Speaker 4: and then Bailey covered it up for him, and that
Speaker 4: created a confusing situation.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but there's also like there was a I mean
Speaker 1: that is a little strategic because.
Speaker 4: Well, he didn't want to get voted out.
Speaker 1: There's a game element to them.
Speaker 4: Honestly, when he was like, I was like, why is
Speaker 4: he lying about this? What's the problem? But then seeing
Speaker 4: how everyone reacted, I was like, Oh, I totally understand
Speaker 4: why he felt inclined to lie about this now because
Speaker 4: everyone's like, we're voting you out, we can't trust you.
Speaker 1: I'm truly shocked, truly shocked. Like I if just the
Speaker 1: guys knew, I would understand Bailey not knowing this, Yeah,
Speaker 1: but the fact that all the women in the house
Speaker 1: knew and it didn't come from a woman and who
Speaker 1: told Bailey, I'm shocked, Like I like, I actually can't
Speaker 1: believe it got this far.
Speaker 4: I'm surprised too. I'm also trying to put myself back
Speaker 4: in the position of being on paradise. And this isn't
Speaker 4: to say I would or wouldn't have told her, but
Speaker 4: I do think there's a bit of a mentality of like,
Speaker 4: I don't want to be involved in drama, and I
Speaker 4: think that everyone that's considering telling Bailey is like, I'm
Speaker 4: putting myself in the center of of a explosive situation,
Speaker 4: and I don't want to be involved. Yeah, that would
Speaker 4: be my guess. So, like I do have a little
Speaker 4: bit of empathy for people being like, oh, like I
Speaker 4: think she should know, but I don't want to tell her,
Speaker 4: And yes it should come from Jeremy, but he's not
Speaker 4: telling her. But yeah, I think it was hard to
Speaker 4: watch the person step up be Brian when I know
Speaker 4: that there's people there that are much closer to Bailey
Speaker 4: than Brian probably is.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I mean, I'm just saying like, I
Speaker 1: just can't believe it went that long. I just think
Speaker 1: it's I think it's I think it's pretty shocking, Like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 4: What do you think of the Jonathan Leiah drama? What
Speaker 4: do you think of Kim and Faith being eliminated?
Speaker 1: Um? Yeah, Like, I mean, it does seem like it's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: let's get the Goldens out.
Speaker 4: It does like if I will be shocked if Kathy
Speaker 4: and Keith aren't next on the chopping block based on
Speaker 4: the pattern that's going on here. But it also seems
Speaker 4: like all the Goldens are just in friend situationships.
Speaker 1: Yeah. The voting, I don't know, like they're like it's
Speaker 1: hard because everyone that comes on this show has no
Speaker 1: experience in reality TV. Then you do the one Love
Speaker 1: show and then you have a little experience, but it's
Speaker 1: not a competition show Like that is a totally different mindset. Yes,
Speaker 1: and like no one in this cast I think it
Speaker 1: was prepared for that or has that in them yet,
Speaker 1: because there has to be like you should truly like
Speaker 1: there's five hundred thousand on the line, you should be
Speaker 1: keeping whoever you think you can beat on that show, Like, yeah, you,
Speaker 1: I would be like listen, Serena, like I don't care
Speaker 1: how much these people are in love, Like they gotta
Speaker 1: go because they could beat us at the end and
Speaker 1: then we're gonna lose. Yeah, And this is a different
Speaker 1: game though.
Speaker 4: I think if Paradise keep coming back season after season
Speaker 4: in this format, we will definitely see an evolution of strategy.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, but it is really fun to see it
Speaker 4: be like this raw chaos of like watching these people
Speaker 4: from a dating show navigate being on a competition show
Speaker 4: that they didn't sign up for.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this will be the first, This will probably be
Speaker 1: the only time we ever see the cast well unprepared
Speaker 1: for this because now going into Paradise, let's say, change
Speaker 1: up the format again and they're like joking, now it's
Speaker 1: just the dating show. But yeah, that is. That's a recap.
Speaker 1: That's an episode. I hope you guys enjoyed this week.
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