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Speaker 1: Hey, everyonell welcome back to Better Half the Hour. I'm

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Speaker 1: Joe and I'm Serena, and today we're going to be

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Speaker 1: talking about the fact that I just watched all the

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Speaker 1: Hunger Games. I actually did, I just pinched the Hunger Games.

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Speaker 1: They were pretty good. But that's not what we'll be

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Speaker 1: talking about today.

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Speaker 2: We are going to different kind of Hunger Games today.

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Speaker 1: Today we are going to recap the episode which was

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Speaker 1: Hometown's Serena's favorite favorite episode of the season.

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Speaker 3: If you listened to this podcast consistently, you know that

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Speaker 3: Hometowns is my least favorite episode of the season, but

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Speaker 3: a crucial episode nonetheless, Like I can't imagine this journey

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Speaker 3: without a Hometown's episode. Having been a contestant, It's like

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Speaker 3: one of the most important weeks I think for the

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Speaker 3: contestants getting to connect with their families, getting to have

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Speaker 3: the lead meet their families, Like it's absolutely essential.

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Speaker 2: But as a viewer, you it's just not my absolute favorite.

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Speaker 1: Fine, that's totally fine. You're You're free to feel that way.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, You're welcome.

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Speaker 1: And then later in the week we are going to

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Speaker 1: have Jared Fried on, And if you don't know Jared Freed,

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Speaker 1: he is a comedian. He is a special on Netflix.

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Speaker 1: He also is part of the Bachelor and he recaps

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Speaker 1: all the episodes on his Instagram page. He's a very

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Speaker 1: funny man and we've had him on before and he's

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Speaker 1: coming back.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, a long time Bachelor viewer and lover and

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Speaker 3: a longtime friend and a longtime friend. We're excited to

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Speaker 3: have him. He is super entertaining and very hilarious. It's

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Speaker 3: going to be a good interview. You won't want to

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Speaker 3: miss that one.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So let's kick it off. The episode starts off.

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Speaker 1: They don't waste any time. Just instantly we are seeing Kelsey.

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Speaker 1: We're in New Orleans and we are at her hometown.

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Speaker 3: We are I've never been to New Orleans. I have

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Speaker 3: heard mixed reviews.

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Speaker 1: Uh, yeah, I've been. I've been there. I've been to

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Speaker 1: New Orleans, I think twice twice.

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Speaker 2: Twice twice. I feel like the only thing.

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Speaker 3: I used to watch The Vampire Diaries and they like

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Speaker 3: went to New Orleans in the Vampire Dires. I was like,

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Speaker 3: this place looks so cool, but it sounds like it's

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Speaker 3: like really heavy French food.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you would not do well as far as your stomach.

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Speaker 3: I'm not a big like French cuisine person because I

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Speaker 3: just find it all to be incredibly rich and buttery

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Speaker 1: After they have grilled oysters, which would definitely mess up

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Speaker 1: your stomach. But they're incredible.

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Speaker 2: That sounds amazing. I want to try. Like, what's the like.

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Speaker 3: The fish stew from New Orleans or like there's like

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Speaker 3: a stew like a crew. Oh, yes, you know what

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Speaker 3: I'm talking about. I'm a terrible job of describing it.

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Speaker 1: Oh not gumbo soup.

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Speaker 2: Gumbo.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, oh my gosh, I've had gumbo, just to be clear,

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Speaker 3: and I know what it is.

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Speaker 2: It just the name was escaping me.

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Speaker 1: But we see Joey and Kelsey eating begnets. You know

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Speaker 1: what is No, it's like it's essentially like it's like

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Speaker 2: Oh, like a donut.

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Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, it's like a donable. It's it's it's

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Speaker 3: Like I feel like every not every, but a lot

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Speaker 3: of cultures have their own take on like a donut. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: talking about? Like the honey the little Honey doughnuts?

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Okay, well I also probably just butchered the name, but

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Speaker 3: I stand by what I said. I feel like there's

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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite donut?

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Speaker 3: you have a favorite donut?

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Speaker 3: Just a chocolate donut? Do you like it when they're

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Speaker 3: more like Bready and Dowe or more cakey.

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Speaker 3: I like double chocolate, like chocolate dipped on the top.

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Speaker 3: This is so Canadian, but like growing up, I loved

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Speaker 3: like the chocolate dipped classic donut for Tim Harty's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, who doesn't at Timparts.

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Speaker 2: Was like my go to donut for most of my life.

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Speaker 1: That's great. So do we think joe How do Joey

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Speaker 1: and Kelsey? They really seem like they are there meshing

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, they're giving like boyfriend and girlfriend. Super great

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Speaker 1: And I like seeing the butterflies. They remind her of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there was a few moments where she saw butterflies

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Speaker 2: He was like, I want to see one.

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Speaker 3: Too, and She's like, look because it reminds her of

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Speaker 3: her mom, which honestly I can't talk about because I'll

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Speaker 1: I will say, Joey to me, Joey seems the most relaxed.

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Speaker 1: I think I've said this before, but seems the most

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Speaker 2: With Kelsey totally, I agree, Like.

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Speaker 1: Even when they were like eating Begnetes. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: he just seems like he's living his life opposed to

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Speaker 3: I agree. They just seem like a great fit. I

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Speaker 1: We go to Kelsey's house. It's her brother, her sister,

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Speaker 3: And oh my god, her dad was like amazing, Like

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Speaker 1: And it's nice. It's nice like when the family gets

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Speaker 1: well you should have done your reasons like this.

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Speaker 3: Like what do you mean, Like your kid's been gone

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Speaker 1: So like it is nice when like like Joey had

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, also has handled the conversations with all

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Speaker 2: Agree, I absolutely agree.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, he's the best bachelor in terms of the way

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Speaker 3: just was very smooth about his delivery and there was

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Speaker 3: Not as good of a job? Like this is getting

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I was very impressed, Like you said, he

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Speaker 1: Just very confident in his delivery and like what came

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't think he's told anyone he's falling in

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Speaker 2: No, he's been really close lipped.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, sorry, my brain just completely stopped for a second.

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Speaker 3: He's been he's been tight left about his feelings, which

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's not like he just seems like he

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Speaker 1: Tell he's somebody that he's been through a lot and

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Speaker 1: he you know, understands life. I guess just like there's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And if you want to continue pursuing this, like

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Speaker 3: that's the right decision, and I trust you to make

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Speaker 1: It's not like any parents should want their child to

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Speaker 1: go through heartbreak. But it's just part of life. No,

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Speaker 1: it's just like you, they have to experience it. Most

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Speaker 3: One hundred percent. And he actually does say he hopes

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Speaker 3: if that's what she wants. If he gets down on one knee,

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Speaker 3: like he obviously really liked Joey and he felt good

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Speaker 3: about the whole thing. And then Kelsey in her interview

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Speaker 3: at the end of the date says that she loves Joey, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, she.

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Speaker 2: Seems super happy.

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Speaker 3: It's it's just a really nice, happy, positive one on one,

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Speaker 3: great first start.

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Speaker 1: Sure, I agree. Okay, So then we go to Rachel's

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Speaker 2: Rancho Cucamongo, Yeah, always.

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Speaker 1: Makes me think of Rodney always California from Hawaii. This one,

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Speaker 2: It was so cute and magical.

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Speaker 2: They get what's happening here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, cool, Okay, let's go to Niagara Falls Maria.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Maria's not from Niagara Falls, just to be clear.

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Speaker 3: You couldn't have cared less when I was talking just now,

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00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 3: like your eyes were glazed over and you were like

443
00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,120
Speaker 3: just waiting till I shut up to be like all right,

444
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:06,840
Speaker 3: moving on.

445
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 1: It's funny.

446
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,199
Speaker 2: No, no, I mean, I mean, don't try to deny it.

447
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,400
Speaker 2: I know we don't have to go.

448
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,440
Speaker 3: It's Maria and Joey like a cruise for me. Joe's

449
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,920
Speaker 3: never going to get on the cruise either.

450
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,919
Speaker 1: Okay, So she has the conversation about telling this is

451
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,000
Speaker 1: the first time she's telling Joey that she never brought

452
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:35,680
Speaker 1: anyone home.

453
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, which is crazy.

454
00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,359
Speaker 3: I feel like we knew that as the audience, but

455
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,159
Speaker 3: I didn't realize that he didn't know that, which is

456
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,680
Speaker 3: She's not the first contestant to be like, hey, I've

457
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,400
Speaker 3: never brought anyone home before, but it's shocking that she's

458
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,720
Speaker 3: saying it, like right before they go meet the family.

459
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 2: He seemed pretty stunned.

460
00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 1: It was this. I think it started last week, but

461
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: the vibes between Joey and Maria just seem off at

462
00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: this point.

463
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, Joey more than ever, is like, I don't know

464
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,960
Speaker 3: if this spark that we have, this fun, playful dynamic

465
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,840
Speaker 3: can overcome the issues that we have also, and they've

466
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,760
Speaker 3: had kind of a rocky ride the whole time. But

467
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:24,120
Speaker 3: I really think that last week she voiced some insecurities

468
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 3: and was like, I don't know if I could do

469
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,120
Speaker 3: this anymore, and was basically kind of trying to send

470
00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,640
Speaker 3: herself home, but like wasn't all in on the decision.

471
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, you could tell he was like, all right, so

472
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,479
Speaker 2: is this it? Like are you leaving?

473
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,439
Speaker 3: Which I think is kind of the first clue that

474
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,439
Speaker 3: like maybe it's not Maria. Like he wasn't really putting

475
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 3: up a fight for it.

476
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:45,640
Speaker 1: It felt like, yeah, yeah, how I feel like how

477
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 1: Daisy feels about Joey. Joey feels about Maria.

478
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, like they have a connection.

479
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 3: They're attracted to each other as a spark, but like,

480
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,040
Speaker 3: I don't think it's going deeper than that at this point,

481
00:22:58,680 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 3: for I thinks a change.

482
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: Meet the family, even though she ends up getting sent home,

483
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: but really, you know family, big Greek family. But really,

484
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,080
Speaker 1: I mean I thought the family was great. I really

485
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 1: I really liked the dad.

486
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,399
Speaker 3: I thought I really liked her dad too. Yeah, and

487
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,960
Speaker 3: they have such a wonderful dynamic.

488
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 2: Yeah.

489
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 1: I thought he was great. I really liked his conversation

490
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 1: with Joey. I liked how he handled it. It definitely

491
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 1: made it seem in the preview or trailer for the

492
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: episodes that the dad was going to kind of be

493
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,399
Speaker 1: like a dick, even though and he was like the

494
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 1: complete opposite. I thought he was great.

495
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 3: I thought, well, he started off the convo kind of

496
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,880
Speaker 3: not going in on Joey but just having a hard,

497
00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,919
Speaker 3: serious chat with him about like what's going on. And

498
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 3: I could tell Joey was like because he was kind

499
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,720
Speaker 3: of like, well, I don't know. And Joey was like, well, okay,

500
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,920
Speaker 3: let me help you, like, let me give you some information.

501
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,439
Speaker 1: And I think he like really respected.

502
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,400
Speaker 3: That me too, And I thought they had a great

503
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 3: conversation and it went really well.

504
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I liked her dad a lot.

505
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 1: Me too. I thought he was great, like I actually

506
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 1: I really liked him. I was like, oh, I really

507
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 1: like this guy.

508
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 3: Maria was really emotional, a lot of tears, both like happy, sad,

509
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 3: scared all in one.

510
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,120
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, And then we see I thought her.

511
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,920
Speaker 3: Best friend was her sister for like the first half

512
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 3: of the hometown. They kind of look alike.

513
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,680
Speaker 1: Well, I think she's Greek. Yeah, so I mean I assume,

514
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,639
Speaker 1: but I could be wrong. She just looks Greek.

515
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 3: They don't look alike, You're right, they just both look

516
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 3: like they're Greek, and they both have dark, like almost

517
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 3: black hair.

518
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: But Maria does not tell Joey how she feels.

519
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 3: No, and I feel like it was all set up

520
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 3: perfectly for her to do that, because it's like the

521
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,119
Speaker 3: date went so well, and then they watched this little

522
00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 3: montage of her as a kid.

523
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 2: Oh my god, you know what I saw in TikTok.

524
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 3: I don't know if this is going to resonate with

525
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 3: you because you probably haven't seen this movie. But I'm

526
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 3: scrolling through TikTok and do you know the movie The

527
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,879
Speaker 3: Pacifier with Vin Diesel.

528
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, she's in it.

529
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 3: Really, yes, she plays one of the girl scouts because

530
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 3: the like second youngest kid that he's taken care of.

531
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 3: He becomes their like dead mother or whatever, and they're

532
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 3: getting picked on by the boys and she is like

533
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:11,360
Speaker 3: one of.

534
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 2: The girls here.

535
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 3: She's like three lines. I was like, this is crazy.

536
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 2: I know, I watched that bee like a million times

537
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:18,400
Speaker 2: as a kid.

538
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,440
Speaker 3: I'm just scrolling through TikTok and then all of a sudden,

539
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,959
Speaker 3: it's like Maria in the Passifier.

540
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: Wow, I know that's cool.

541
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 3: I told my sister. She was like, I saw that

542
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 3: like three weeks ago. I was like, okay, never mind.

543
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,880
Speaker 1: So yeah, so she doesn't see how she feels, and

544
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: I think then we go to the airplane hangar.

545
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 3: I love this rostrum relication. I know that it's like

546
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,199
Speaker 3: been used a whole bunch, but I just think it

547
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 3: looks so iconic.

548
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: It's just so dramatic.

549
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,760
Speaker 3: I know it's giving, it's like dripping in drama.

550
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,159
Speaker 1: So right before Joey's about to give out the roses,

551
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: Maria pulls to the side. You could see the other girls.

552
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,360
Speaker 2: Rachel is ready to throw hands.

553
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 3: She's so mad, which I don't blame her, because this

554
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 3: happened like little last week where he pulled Maria's side

555
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 3: right before the Rose ceremony. Maria's dress, her green dress

556
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,159
Speaker 3: from the last ros ceremony, and then this purple dress

557
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 3: were insane, but specifically this purple dress, like she looked

558
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,919
Speaker 3: amazing the high slit, like I was like, this is unbelievable.

559
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 1: I was probably freezing in that Hangarun'd assuming.

560
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 3: Oh, one hundred percent. I remember the last Row ceremony

561
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,679
Speaker 3: I was at. It was so cold, and you're standing

562
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,280
Speaker 3: there in these little dresses and strappy heels, trying to

563
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 3: look cute while you're freezing your ass off.

564
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: And that was probably another reason why Rachel's like really.

565
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 2: One hundred percent.

566
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 3: She's like, I've been standing here for thirty minutes already,

567
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 3: I'm freezing cold.

568
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: Like, but I mean, Maria missed the opportunity. She didn't

569
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: do it. She didn't do it when she had the opportunity.

570
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,479
Speaker 1: So she's like, this is my one last chance. And

571
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: you could just see when she was saying it in

572
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: Joey's face.

573
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 2: He was kind of like, I think she knew in

574
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 2: that moment she was going home.

575
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 1: I think she knew by his response, yeah, because he

576
00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 1: just couldn't even like smile. He was just kind of no.

577
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 3: He was like almost like fuck, like like you're going

578
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 3: I'm about to send this girl home, and now she's

579
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 3: like confessing her feelings to me. Do you think she

580
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 3: went into that night knowing she was gonna pull Joey

581
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 3: or do you think it was like a game time decision?

582
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:18,199
Speaker 1: Uh? The way she i I want to say she knew,

583
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 1: but like I feel like the way she clapped clapped,

584
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: like she went like she she'd clap seemed kind of spontaneous.

585
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 3: Like she was like, oh my gosh, she's about to

586
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: hand out the first row. Was like it's now or never.

587
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think she might have like yeah, yeah,

588
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,679
Speaker 1: I think she might have like maybe she thought she

589
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: was gonna do it at the beginning and then decided

590
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: like she backed out, and then right at the end

591
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: she's like, fuck it, I'm gonna do it.

592
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 2: Yeah.

593
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 3: Maybe I think it was the right decision. I mean, like,

594
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 3: if I was one of the other girls, I'd be

595
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,399
Speaker 3: super pissed. But if I'm in Marie issues, like, I

596
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 3: think she did the right thing because she was gonna

597
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 3: go home. I think either way that night, and had

598
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 3: he not given her row, she would have always wondered

599
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,160
Speaker 3: if it was because she didn't open up to him. Yeah,

600
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 3: and if she had would have made a difference. So

601
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 3: at least she can leave with no regret. She left

602
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 3: all her cards on the table. I actually was kind

603
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 3: of surprised she went home. I didn't really know who

604
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 3: I thought he was gonna send home at this road ceremony.

605
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought Maria was going was going to Fantasy Suites.

606
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 3: I've had a hard time the last like two weeks

607
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 3: predicting who's gonna be Final four and now who was

608
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 3: going to be Final three, just because his connections are

609
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 3: quite strong with everyone.

610
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 1: I thought Maria was going to Fantasy Suites until Niagara Falls,

611
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: and it just felt like it just felt like the

612
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: vibes between those two were just and.

613
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 2: All his concerns were coming to the surface.

614
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think it was kind of over from there.

615
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 1: That's kind of what I.

616
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 3: Thought, Yeah, especially after the way he handled their argument.

617
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 2: Last week, and I don't think where he.

618
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 3: Was kind of like it almost like he was making

619
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 3: peace with her sending herself home, and it's hard to

620
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 3: then like backtrack from there.

621
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,719
Speaker 1: And I don't think like her last second effort, like

622
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,719
Speaker 1: I think she should have did it too, because I

623
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: agree with like not like leaving with no regrets. Yeah,

624
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 1: and I think that would have sucked to left thinking that,

625
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: like if I would have said it, maybe maybe, but

626
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: I just yeah, I don't. I didn't think it was

627
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: gonna work it and it didn't, and Maria went home.

628
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,280
Speaker 2: I was dying though at Rachel when she came back in.

629
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 2: She was like what was that about?

630
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 3: And Maria was like, I don't know. She was like,

631
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 3: you don't know, you just pulled him and you don't

632
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 3: know why. She was like, what is going on?

633
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was like, thank you Rachel for asking.

634
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: So, yeah, she doesn't he sends Maria home.

635
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 3: She doesn't seem that like I think she was either

636
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 3: in shock or she was standing there being like it's me,

637
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 3: I'm going home based on the conversation we just happen,

638
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 3: because she was like almost like there wasn't a huge

639
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 3: emotional response from her, and I feel like we've seen

640
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 3: her be really emotional all season.

641
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think she. I think she realized

642
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: when she pulled Joey, she realized that that she was

643
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: gonna get she would going to get the rose, and

644
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: she's like, okay, I just in her head, I think

645
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 1: she went like, Okay, A flip switched and she's like,

646
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: I just got rejected.

647
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 2: Switch flipped.

648
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: What did I say?

649
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: A flip switch switched?

650
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: A switch flip and she was just.

651
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 2: Like okay, like it's not me, brace yourself, be.

652
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: Tough, like it's not you, Like that's it, move on.

653
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: And I think that's what she did, and I think

654
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: that's why we don't really see her get emotional, even

655
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,719
Speaker 1: though I'm sure at some point on her own she

656
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: probably was.

657
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally.

658
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: I think that was for the camera, which I think

659
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: most people would what.

660
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 2: You thought she was kind of like being tough for

661
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 2: the camera.

662
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I'm but I'm also like putting myself

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Speaker 1: in that situation, and I feel like if it was me,

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Speaker 1: I'd be like, Okay, it's it's not you like fucking

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Speaker 1: tough enough right now?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, but that's very specific to you. I

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Speaker 3: think you're projecting.

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Speaker 2: A little bit. Maybe, but she might have been that process.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm projecting, just speculating. Well, hopefully we don't

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Speaker 1: know what we're talking you know, we're guessing the whole time.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully when we eventually have Marie on the podcast, we'll

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Speaker 3: be able to ask her more about it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because there's so much that happened with her this season.

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Speaker 3: I mean, she has been a huge storyline from episode

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Speaker 3: one to now, so I'm looking forward to eventually getting

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Speaker 3: to chat with her and also just getting to see

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Speaker 3: what she has to say a woman tell all.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see and then there, I would say, there's

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Speaker 1: definitely going to be a push for her to be

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Speaker 1: the next Bachelorette.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I've been seeing a lot of people online

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Speaker 3: rooting for her to be the next bachelorette.

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Speaker 2: So maybe we'll see.

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Speaker 1: We'll see. Okay, guys, thank you very much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the happy hour that is our episode. To make

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Speaker 1: sure you tune in later this week because we're gonna

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Speaker 1: breakdown on the entire.

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Speaker 2: Season, and be sure to subscribe.

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Speaker 3: We have new and exclusive interviews every single week.

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