Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to bet your Happy Hour.
Speaker 2: I'm Joe and I'm Srina and we are here with
Speaker 2: Maria to get into more of the nitty gritty of
Speaker 2: her time on Joey season and everything after.
Speaker 1: This is Maria Part two. Let's do it. In past relationships,
Speaker 1: have you ever self sabotage?
Speaker 3: Always?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Oh kay? Wait? Not always keep a lot of the
Speaker 3: time because like for me, it's like sometimes I here's
Speaker 3: the thing, and this is what I think I've learned
Speaker 3: very recently. It's where like I need to trust my
Speaker 3: instincts more. And I think that when I tend to
Speaker 3: self sabotage or ruin a good thing, it's because they
Speaker 3: were it was never mine to begin with. And I
Speaker 3: think I learned that along the way when things start
Speaker 3: like presenting itself as being negative and I'm more I'm like, see,
Speaker 3: I knew it kind of thing you have that like
Speaker 3: I told you so a moment where like I was
Speaker 3: like I knew why I was doing the things that
Speaker 3: I was doing. But I feel like I only self
Speaker 3: sabage when I know the person's not right for me.
Speaker 3: And I know that's so crazy to say, and maybe
Speaker 3: I'm jumping the gun and people might say, well, like
Speaker 3: you're ruining it for anything good can even happen? Sure,
Speaker 3: but why is it that every time I do it
Speaker 3: in the end, I don't feel bad because I'm like,
Speaker 3: see like this, like something will happen where I'm like,
Speaker 3: that's exactly why I pushed you away to begin with,
Speaker 3: or that's exactly why I didn't allow things to happen,
Speaker 3: and it just all ended up making sense and then
Speaker 3: something better comes into my life where I'm like, holy,
Speaker 3: like this is what was meant for me. And so
Speaker 3: it's hard for me to say that I do it
Speaker 3: in a way where it's like a bad thing.
Speaker 1: Well, then I don't think. I don't think it's self sabotaged.
Speaker 1: I think it's more just awareness.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's almost like because like I feel
Speaker 2: like the definition of self sabotage is like when you're
Speaker 2: trying to ruin something that is actually good for you
Speaker 2: because you're afraid of like feeling like you don't deserve
Speaker 2: this good thing, or like afraid of getting hurt. But sales,
Speaker 2: like with this situation with Joey and like potentially past relationships,
Speaker 2: it's almost like you have the intuition there that like
Speaker 2: it's not quite right for you, and like you just
Speaker 2: that is what's guiding your actions, but you're not like
Speaker 2: fully leaning into it, like instead of being like, I
Speaker 2: don't feel like this is gonna work out between you
Speaker 2: and I. I think he was from relationships. I think
Speaker 2: that I'm gonna be going home at some point. It's
Speaker 2: like you're on that fence of like but am I
Speaker 2: Like am I right?
Speaker 3: Is it?
Speaker 1: Like is it that it wasn't him?
Speaker 3: Yeah? And I think I. And here's the thing, because
Speaker 3: it was so hard to like say that in the
Speaker 3: moment because it is amazing, like our one on one
Speaker 3: which was last like the week before, but I remember
Speaker 3: being like one good moment, we still got to be
Speaker 3: real with ourselves here like and so for me it's like, yeah,
Speaker 3: we had the best time ever and it was so great,
Speaker 3: but at the same time looking at the bigger picture
Speaker 3: and just like really just coming to terms with the
Speaker 3: fact that I know which is not me I instead
Speaker 3: of just like saying like listen because at the end
Speaker 3: date like like I can't just be like bye, like whatever.
Speaker 3: So I was trying to be respectful of everyone involved,
Speaker 3: but also just like state my case here, like guys, listen,
Speaker 3: like it's never gonna be us and I can acknowledge that,
Speaker 3: and I think we both see it, but we're just
Speaker 3: both trying to like, you know, a respectful way where
Speaker 3: we're both like, yeah, I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to see the relationship as far as
Speaker 2: it can go, right, Like yeah for both of you
Speaker 2: that like you had almost kind of seen it as
Speaker 2: far as it could go the week before Hometown's right,
Speaker 2: and it was just that one more week to like
Speaker 2: really be like, okay, both of you were like, it's
Speaker 2: time to go our separate ways.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And like I didn't know if I wanted to
Speaker 3: have my family involved. I know my family are like
Speaker 3: they're the most welcoming people ever and they're whatever, but
Speaker 3: like again, bringing them into the environment, like putting them
Speaker 3: on camera and like having them go through all this,
Speaker 3: it was hard for me. So I was like, Okay,
Speaker 3: let me do this now in Jasper. Give him a
Speaker 3: chance to be like Cinara bye bye, so that like
Speaker 3: at least I could be like at least I tried
Speaker 3: to do it now so he can maybe.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like you almost like give him an out.
Speaker 3: Yes, And because you know, Jen and like Kelsey t.
Speaker 3: You know, they gave him no issues, and so I thought, Okay,
Speaker 3: let me do it now on this group date, so
Speaker 3: I can give him the chance to be like, Okay,
Speaker 3: let me choose someone else to like potentially see something with,
Speaker 3: because Marie's already giving me enough problems. Let me just
Speaker 3: let her go. And so, because I was insecure about
Speaker 3: bringing him to my family, I'm like, guys, I don't
Speaker 3: want to lie to you and say that, oh, I'm
Speaker 3: one hundred percent he is my person. That's the only
Speaker 3: time I would ever really truly bring someone to my family.
Speaker 3: So it just didn't feel right. And so doing what
Speaker 3: I did in Jasper was yeah, like I said, giving
Speaker 3: him a little bit of a way out, and it
Speaker 3: didn't happen that way. And in ways I were expected
Speaker 3: because he was trying to fight for us, but also
Speaker 3: I was like, fight for me for one more week
Speaker 3: and then bring my fam, get my family involved. It
Speaker 3: just it didn't sit right with me. And you know,
Speaker 3: you could sit and like, you know, go look back
Speaker 3: and be like I regret it. But at the same time,
Speaker 3: I think it was amazing because people got to see
Speaker 3: my family how amazing they are, and see how amazing
Speaker 3: my dad is, and so for that, I'm grateful. So
Speaker 3: for that, I actually respect that I got the chance
Speaker 3: to do it, even if it's out of my comfort zone.
Speaker 1: After Hometowns and Enjoey, meeting your family and going through
Speaker 1: all that, which is was obviously a big thing for you,
Speaker 1: and it's a big thing for most most people. Yeah,
Speaker 1: was there a part of you that maybe thought maybe
Speaker 1: maybe this could work out?
Speaker 3: In my head, I'll be honest, I was like, Wow,
Speaker 3: this guy is willing to fight for me, to say
Speaker 3: after what I just pulled like and and despite what
Speaker 3: you might saw, it like, there was more to the
Speaker 3: fight that he kept me there and made me feel
Speaker 3: confident enough to stay. I was like, Wow, he's all in.
Speaker 3: And actually at Hometowns is where I fully engaged and
Speaker 3: was like I was fully engaged, and I was like,
Speaker 3: I'm going to give him my all. And it was
Speaker 3: unfortunate that that's when he completely backed out, because in
Speaker 3: that moment is where I was like, wow, like he
Speaker 3: like must really like me. It was it was almost
Speaker 3: like to a point where I was like, am I
Speaker 3: not seeing something that I like? I'm like, there's something
Speaker 3: must be missing in my head because for me, I
Speaker 3: was like, oh, this is just not happening. But I
Speaker 3: felt like I was being fought for in a way
Speaker 3: where I was like, Okay, I'm secure in this. And
Speaker 3: then he won over my family, and then he won
Speaker 3: over my friend. He spoke to Brittany and like it
Speaker 3: wasn't shown, but there the their conversation was enough for
Speaker 3: me because I like, my dad might sugarcoat things, but
Speaker 3: my best friend is not. And she was like Maria
Speaker 3: like ke'd all in, like don't be stupid, and so
Speaker 3: I was having all these outside voice is telling me,
Speaker 3: don't be an idiot. This guy likes you so much,
Speaker 3: like what are you doing? So I was like okay,
Speaker 3: And then it got to the point where I was
Speaker 3: outside and obviously everyone was rooting for me to say,
Speaker 3: you know, I'm falling in love with you. And for
Speaker 3: some weird reason, despite how well the night went, and
Speaker 3: it did and everyone loved him and he was great
Speaker 3: and he is great, you know, but I just couldn't
Speaker 3: do it. I just couldn't do it. There was like
Speaker 3: he was sitting there and I felt so bad, but
Speaker 3: I just couldn't do it.
Speaker 2: And it's not like women's intuition is like so strong,
Speaker 2: and I really believe that. I feel like you, like
Speaker 2: your intuition was like telling you something right.
Speaker 3: And it's like it's you know, it's easy for me
Speaker 3: now to look back and be like, yeah, that was it.
Speaker 3: That's exactly what it is. But in the moment, there
Speaker 3: was like this fight inside of me that was so
Speaker 3: like annoying because I was like, I know, I feel
Speaker 3: this way for this guy, but why can I not
Speaker 3: just put it into words? And it was like it
Speaker 3: was unfortunate, but I was like, no, but I don't
Speaker 3: regret that because that was my self protection. But then
Speaker 3: I go and screw it up with a freaking rose
Speaker 3: ceremony like an idiot.
Speaker 1: Okay, so let's let's talk about Okay, So the rose ceremony,
Speaker 1: before Joey's about to hand out the roses, you pull
Speaker 1: him to the side, and you remember you basically said
Speaker 1: fuck Because here's the thing. Though I do believe obviously
Speaker 1: you were right, and I do believe you should follow
Speaker 1: your intuition, but when you're in a situation like the
Speaker 1: Bachelor where it's like but he you have to kind
Speaker 1: of put it to the side a little bit because
Speaker 1: you have to look at the circumstances of he is
Speaker 1: dating multiple people, so that maybe in your head you're like, well,
Speaker 1: maybe this is why my intuition's telling me this.
Speaker 2: It's so hard it like really is It's such a
Speaker 2: unique environment that it is hard to trust your guy
Speaker 2: because it's like, well, I've never been here before, I've
Speaker 2: never done anything like this before. Like what is my
Speaker 2: gut really trying to tell me? We didn't think it
Speaker 2: was like we thought it was right that you told him,
Speaker 2: because at the end of the day, you leave, would
Speaker 2: know what if And I think it's hard for people
Speaker 2: when they hold back on their emotions. They leave and
Speaker 2: the first thing they do is, well, what if I
Speaker 2: did this? Well what if I had said this? And
Speaker 2: like if you do feel that way, like telling him
Speaker 2: is not going to make you feel more or less.
Speaker 2: It's just going to like give him that information.
Speaker 3: Well, like to just give you a little bit of
Speaker 3: a backstory on this one. It's like him and I
Speaker 3: were talking about regrets, and like we had this whole
Speaker 3: ass conversation about regrets, and he was just like expressing
Speaker 3: how important it is to him to like speak his mind,
Speaker 3: and like even if it makes him feel like like
Speaker 3: it's wrong in the moment or like whatever, we made
Speaker 3: a joke we compared to John Meher's like it's better
Speaker 3: to say too much than never to say what you
Speaker 3: need to say. And so in that moment was me
Speaker 3: kind of showing up to be like, look like I'm
Speaker 3: willing to put it all out there because I don't
Speaker 3: want to leave with regrets, even though in the back
Speaker 3: of my head I was like, oh, my car is
Speaker 3: waiting for me outside, but I still said, you know what,
Speaker 3: I'm going to show that, like I can, you know,
Speaker 3: like we can have a conversation about what we both
Speaker 3: want out of this, which is like being able to
Speaker 3: open up and like leave everything out on the line,
Speaker 3: even if it's not us. In the end, I want
Speaker 3: him to like to see that I was capable of
Speaker 3: like doing that, even knowing that it wasn't us. I
Speaker 3: think it was just a moment where I wanted him
Speaker 3: to appreciate that, like, despite it not being us, I'm
Speaker 3: still willing to let you know exactly how I feel,
Speaker 3: because I did feel that in the moment that I was.
Speaker 3: I know, all I said was I'm falling in love
Speaker 3: with you. Like so like I sat there and was
Speaker 3: like I'm in love with you, Like you know, I'm
Speaker 3: so stupid. I couldn't even really say I know. It
Speaker 3: would have been more of like a like a oh
Speaker 3: if I was like I'm in love with you, but
Speaker 3: I was like I'm falling in love. He's like, yeah, bitch,
Speaker 3: I have three other girls that are already in love
Speaker 3: with me and ready to get down on me, Like
Speaker 3: I don't care about you, Maria. But it was just
Speaker 3: nice that I still got to say something to his
Speaker 3: face that like I was feeling, and so I wanted
Speaker 3: him to know that I was able to do that.
Speaker 3: Like I know a lot of the time on the show,
Speaker 3: it was like that idea that I couldn't get there,
Speaker 3: or I couldn't be honest about it, or I couldn't
Speaker 3: open up about it. So that was me kind of
Speaker 3: proving to myself but also to him that I was
Speaker 3: able to do that. And then I really kind of
Speaker 3: knew that it was my time to go, and I think, yeah,
Speaker 3: and that's okay.
Speaker 2: What did your family think of like all of it,
Speaker 2: like you going on the show, how it unfold and
Speaker 2: meeting Joey and then like the whole like fan base
Speaker 2: rallying behind you, like what was their emotions towards it?
Speaker 3: Well, funny enough, like as soon as I got home, like,
Speaker 3: I you know, sat my family down, got my friends
Speaker 3: to come over, like I had a serious talk with them,
Speaker 3: because again I was I was considered a bully in
Speaker 3: the house. I was the verbally abusive one. So now
Speaker 3: how do I know how that's going to play it
Speaker 3: on screen when it actually comes out? So to me,
Speaker 3: I was like, I need to warn my family and
Speaker 3: friends right now what I went through in that house
Speaker 3: and how it could be perceived to everyone else. So
Speaker 3: if I was so wrongly like accused of things but
Speaker 3: also like misunderstood, I don't know how the audience is
Speaker 3: going to see me and like think they might be
Speaker 3: on their side. So I had to let them know
Speaker 3: the worst case scenario in all of this. So I
Speaker 3: remember being like, guys, like I don't know how things
Speaker 3: are going to go. I'm I'm just happy to be home,
Speaker 3: but I want you to know that this might be
Speaker 3: the case. And then when things started playing out and
Speaker 3: in my favor, and not only that, but like people
Speaker 3: just seeing me for me and appreciating me and loving
Speaker 3: me for who I am, to be able to stick
Speaker 3: up for myself, but then seeing also that I was misunderstood,
Speaker 3: that I was wrongly accused, you know, like even if
Speaker 3: I didn't have any backup in like going through it,
Speaker 3: it's like the audience was there for me, and that
Speaker 3: was like the biggest Like I can't even explained. I
Speaker 3: was so in awe of it because I didn't expect it.
Speaker 3: I just kind of want to get through it. I
Speaker 3: was like, I cannot wait for it to air. I'm
Speaker 3: ready to just like put this in the past. But
Speaker 3: then when like watching it and going through it and
Speaker 3: remembering because I remember being in the house being like,
Speaker 3: how are they not seeing that this is so wrong?
Speaker 3: How are they not seeing that? Like I'm innocent in
Speaker 3: all of this, Like why is this happening? And so
Speaker 3: having the audience see that and back me up was
Speaker 3: like I felt like I was like in a different dimension.
Speaker 3: I was like, Wow, this is like this is what
Speaker 3: was supposed to happen in the house, But like I
Speaker 3: have people now to back me up who like love
Speaker 3: me and appreciate me for me, and like it just
Speaker 3: felt so good. It honestly felt so good, and I
Speaker 3: felt like I can't even speak of with it. It makes
Speaker 3: me like emotional because I'm like, wow, I finally have
Speaker 3: people that like like just appreciated me for being me
Speaker 3: and like saw my side. I felt seen, I felt
Speaker 3: heard like it was. It was beautiful.
Speaker 2: I can't even imagine like going through that experience, feeling
Speaker 2: like you're like having to be on the defense for
Speaker 2: so long and just feeling like you're not being embraced
Speaker 2: by the house and then coming off and like having
Speaker 2: that anxiety and like you, honestly you did the smart thing,
Speaker 2: like sitting your family and friends down to like prep
Speaker 2: them for what could be and then have it be
Speaker 2: like the other way and have the audience just embrace
Speaker 2: you so much, like and just feel like you were
Speaker 2: seen by the audience in a way that you weren't
Speaker 2: seen in the house for like who you are, Like
Speaker 2: it really is an evasion.
Speaker 1: There are so many people I feel like that kind
Speaker 1: of the opposite happens. They come off the show and
Speaker 1: they're like I'm the star or this is gonna go.
Speaker 3: Great, but exactly what it was, that's like, that's exactly
Speaker 3: what it was. I'm listen, we're great now. But in
Speaker 3: the moment I know that they were like, we're going
Speaker 3: to bat for our friend and we're gonna look like
Speaker 3: the freakin' rider Diyes and she's gonna look like or whatever,
Speaker 3: and like yeah, when you're in it, you're like, wait,
Speaker 3: but am I the wrong? Like am I in the rug?
Speaker 3: I was mind blown? Yeah, And so for it to
Speaker 3: just play it exactly how it went and people seeing
Speaker 3: my side and like being like, are you crazy, Marie's
Speaker 3: not in the wrong? Ear I felt.
Speaker 2: I just what do you think like the root of
Speaker 2: the controversy between you and the women really was? It
Speaker 2: just seemed like it was constantly changing and evolving, Like
Speaker 2: what do you think was the biggest issue that forced
Speaker 2: this like wedge between you and them?
Speaker 3: You know, I really don't understand it because up until
Speaker 3: that point when I figured out, like when it was
Speaker 3: kind of going around the house that I was shit
Speaker 3: talking Medina like I kid you not, I was not
Speaker 3: like in any kind of like like I was so
Speaker 3: good with all the girls, Like I was so good
Speaker 3: with all of them. So when that kind of came out,
Speaker 3: I was like whoa, whoa Like I was. I remember,
Speaker 3: I remember they were all like who do you think
Speaker 3: it could be? Like who do you think, and I
Speaker 3: remember saying, I am not even gonna say a name
Speaker 3: because I'm so good with everyone that if I say
Speaker 3: a name and it's not that person, I'm gonna feel
Speaker 3: like shit. So I remember being like so shocked, like like,
Speaker 3: who the hell is coming for me? Like I have
Speaker 3: been listen, I'm very outspoken, I'm not afraid to stand
Speaker 3: up for myself. I'm whatever. But when it comes to
Speaker 3: the how I supported those women in the house, especially
Speaker 3: when they were emotionable not getting time at night one,
Speaker 3: I was like the mama bear in that house. I
Speaker 3: was going up to like any girls that were sad,
Speaker 3: they would come talk to me. I was like lifting
Speaker 3: their spirits, like that's who I am. Like I want
Speaker 3: if I'm winning and you're winning, we're all winning. Like
Speaker 3: I like that better than like kind of picking side,
Speaker 3: Like I just don't. I don't know. I was shocked.
Speaker 3: I was shocked because not only that, but also I
Speaker 3: knew that I was never talking shit, So for me
Speaker 3: to acknowledge the house the way that I did, I
Speaker 3: knew I had nothing to hide. So when I walked
Speaker 3: into the room with all the girls sitting there, I
Speaker 3: was like, this is the perfect opportunity to let it
Speaker 3: out there, or so I put it out there and say, hey, guys,
Speaker 3: like I know I wasn't saying anything, but who felt
Speaker 3: that I might have, you know, belittle like Medina in
Speaker 3: any way, like who might have missed or said something
Speaker 3: that I might have said? And that's when Sydney was
Speaker 3: like I did, And I was like, but what did
Speaker 3: I even say? Like I was confused? Like I was,
Speaker 3: and I, guys, when I tell you, like, I was
Speaker 3: so confused. And I'm the type of girl that if
Speaker 3: I said something wrong or is something that I might
Speaker 3: have said could have been taken out of context, I
Speaker 3: would own it. I just wanted to know what I said.
Speaker 3: And when she was like, well you told her she's
Speaker 3: not old, and I'm like, am I here? Like are
Speaker 3: we all like are we in the same house right now?
Speaker 3: Are we all hearing what she just said? Or like
Speaker 3: I said, I'm old too, or something like that. Can
Speaker 3: I preface this by saying, if Medina had come up
Speaker 3: to me and said, Maria, I'm feeling insecure about my age,
Speaker 3: can we talk? I wouldn't sit there and be like
Speaker 3: own it. You're hot, Like what are you thinking? Like
Speaker 3: get over it, I would be like, well, tell me
Speaker 3: how you feel like, if that's how you feel, like,
Speaker 3: I'm here for you. But it was me just talking
Speaker 3: to I don't know who was Lauren Allison. I get
Speaker 3: apparently we're all getting confused with all the black haired girls.
Speaker 3: But I was just like saying her, I'm like, this
Speaker 3: is what happened earlier, Madina this, and I don't even
Speaker 3: think that she should feel this way because but I
Speaker 3: was talking to one girl. Yes, I was talking to
Speaker 3: her aside from everyone else, but I didn't think that
Speaker 3: wasn't gonna be that was gonna be hurt. I was
Speaker 3: just saying she shouldn't want to just saw you know,
Speaker 3: like it's great. But if Medina had come to me
Speaker 3: and was like opening up about that stuff, I would
Speaker 3: be there for her. I wouldn't. I would put my
Speaker 3: feelings towards how I feel about the situation aside and
Speaker 3: actually just be there for her as a friend. And
Speaker 3: I think that's where I was like kind of like
Speaker 3: hurt because I was like, I'm not shit talking to
Speaker 3: this woman. I'm really not.
Speaker 1: And so yeah, I remember when it when it happened,
Speaker 1: I remember thinking like, if if I was in that situation.
Speaker 1: I would have been like, if Brian, I don't know
Speaker 1: who Brian is, but if I'm in the house with
Speaker 1: a Brian and he's like, I feel old and we
Speaker 1: were the same agent BIC and I heard that, I'd
Speaker 1: be like Fox, he feel for the same age, right.
Speaker 3: Well, look at the alternative, look at the alternative imagine.
Speaker 3: I was like, yeah, Medina, I feel that, Like, yeah,
Speaker 3: you should feel our old girl. Yeah. Win, you tell
Speaker 3: them they're not old, they hate you. They tell them
Speaker 3: you tell me you are old, then they hate you.
Speaker 3: I was like, you know what, But what I did
Speaker 3: learn watching back is I can keep my mouth shut
Speaker 3: and it's not even get involved and be like I
Speaker 3: put my hands up, continue your narrative. I don't care.
Speaker 3: At this point, it was so it was just such
Speaker 3: an It was like I just felt so dumb entertaining it.
Speaker 3: That's what I felt like in the And if I
Speaker 3: didn't entertain it, then I didn't care enough to like
Speaker 3: fix it. So I was like, I was torn. I
Speaker 3: was like, I don't know what you guys want for
Speaker 3: my life, but I tried my best.
Speaker 1: The audience, the audience saw through through it all, and
Speaker 1: they loved you and I think this is the first,
Speaker 1: honestly since we've been covering the show, which feels like
Speaker 1: forever in a good way. But I will say this
Speaker 1: is the first time in a long time where there's
Speaker 1: been such a push for someone to become the lead.
Speaker 1: I can't I can't remember like Mae, like Becca.
Speaker 2: Who friends after break up, but usually there's some sort
Speaker 2: of like crazy this is the breakup that fuels in
Speaker 2: at the end. I feel like you're a very unique situation.
Speaker 1: So I have to ask, did they ask you to
Speaker 1: be the bachelorette?
Speaker 3: This is what I'll say, because obviously I've been asked left,
Speaker 3: right and center, Like there's obviously conversations about that. But
Speaker 3: I just like, I'm really here to like support Jen
Speaker 3: and to to like, you know, bring attention to that.
Speaker 3: I don't think it really matters anymore. And so yeah,
Speaker 3: like I'm just really excited for Jen and I and
Speaker 3: I want to keep the focus on that, to be honest.
Speaker 2: But there are rumors out there that you were asked
Speaker 2: and that mental health came into play for you potentially
Speaker 2: not doing it. Do you want to like address any
Speaker 2: of the rumors about it.
Speaker 3: There were a couple things that were said that were
Speaker 3: so untrue that I'm like, I don't care to entertain it.
Speaker 3: It's just it's not I don't know. I mean, like
Speaker 3: I said, I just want to keep the focus on
Speaker 3: Gen and like, I don't think it really matters even
Speaker 3: if that was the case, and it wasn't the case, Like,
Speaker 3: I don't think it really matters because it's not me, right,
Speaker 3: So yeah, I don't know, I don't know. I really
Speaker 3: just want to keep the focus on Gen and I
Speaker 3: don't think it really matters about me at this point.
Speaker 3: But I was really appreciative that, like people saw me
Speaker 3: in that position and it and that was really nice
Speaker 3: because I've never I always wanted to be a contestant
Speaker 3: on the show. I never once even thought or entertained
Speaker 3: the idea of being Bachelorette, So it was nice to hear.
Speaker 3: But yeah, as for those rumors, like again, there's people
Speaker 3: talk all the time, and that's what I've realized in
Speaker 3: this world, and that's why, like, as soon as I
Speaker 3: came back, like I wanted so badly to detach a
Speaker 3: little bit and just come back to reality and be
Speaker 3: with my family and my friends and not do any
Speaker 3: podcasts and stuff like that. Because I was like, I
Speaker 3: know how people can twist things and turn things, and
Speaker 3: there's so many people that like blow things out of
Speaker 3: proportion or they'll like here, I don't know, they just
Speaker 3: make things up in weird ways, click bait and all
Speaker 3: that stuff. And so when I heard that stuff, I
Speaker 3: was like, I'm not even gonna entertain it. It's not
Speaker 3: even like a thought in my mind. It's unfortunate that
Speaker 3: there's things like that coming around, like and so for that,
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say untrue. And uh, let's just support Jen
Speaker 3: in this moment, and uh, we'll see what the future has.
Speaker 3: And I'm excited for her, honestly.
Speaker 1: Are you ready to start dating?
Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 2: What are you looking for now?
Speaker 3: Sorry?
Speaker 2: What are you looking for now?
Speaker 1: Then?
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't. I'm not the type of person
Speaker 3: that like falls in love very easily. It's kind of
Speaker 3: like when I know, I know, I know a lot
Speaker 3: of girls like like to date and go on dates
Speaker 3: to like figure out if if that person is someone
Speaker 3: that they want, Like, I'm the type of person which
Speaker 3: is going to make it a lot harder for me
Speaker 3: when I know. I know, so I haven't found that yet,
Speaker 3: and I'm open and ready to meet new people in
Speaker 3: a more organic, like traditional way. It's kind of hard
Speaker 3: because of the social media and there's like so many
Speaker 3: opportunities and it's it's weird. I hate this world that
Speaker 3: it is like the way that it is now.
Speaker 2: But are your dms open? Like would you like go
Speaker 2: in a date if someone DMG or are you like
Speaker 2: very much? And I really want to be organic?
Speaker 3: I really wanted to be organic. I mean, I obviously
Speaker 3: you know the dms are are open, and I have
Speaker 3: seen a lot of no that oh my god, if
Speaker 3: anyone sends me that absolute blog like blog no, but
Speaker 3: absolutely fucking not. But yeah, no, I just I love
Speaker 3: to meet, like like the best way to me is
Speaker 3: like through a friend or like at a like an
Speaker 3: outing like something casual, because I am so like chill
Speaker 3: that way, where like people probably don't think that I am.
Speaker 3: But I just love like feeling comfortable around someone and
Speaker 3: so meeting in a comfortable setting just makes all the difference.
Speaker 3: I don't I hate that, like, oh blind date, never
Speaker 3: been on one, I'll never be on one, like uhuh,
Speaker 3: Like I need to know I already have some sort
Speaker 3: of interest in you before I take.
Speaker 1: Trying to set you up on a blind date right now? Sorry,
Speaker 1: is someone trying to set you up on a blind date?
Speaker 3: No? No, no, I'm just saying like I'm not interested
Speaker 3: in that. I need to know that. I'm kind of
Speaker 3: like like I want to entertain this, Like I don't
Speaker 3: like waste of time, Like I know a lot of
Speaker 3: girls are like I go on dates to get a
Speaker 3: free meal, and like I want to I'm like, I'd
Speaker 3: rather eat alone. I eat like a pig. I want
Speaker 3: to mow and just enjoy myself. Like if I'm going
Speaker 3: to go on a date with the guy, it's gonna
Speaker 3: be like very casual and fun and then you know whatever.
Speaker 3: But I'm very open, but I want it to be
Speaker 3: Why do you guys have anyone for me? I know
Speaker 3: She's like set me up at Jason's party and I
Speaker 3: was like, who are.
Speaker 1: People trying to set you up with their silence? Have
Speaker 1: you had? Have you had Burger drops in Toronto?
Speaker 3: What the hell's burger drops on the same.
Speaker 2: Joe's getting hungry?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm obviously I'm getting hungry.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, we're gonna play a game with you, but before
Speaker 1: we do, I want to ask you. After going through
Speaker 1: all this, you know, rewatching it, the whole experience of
Speaker 1: it all. What do you think you've taken from it?
Speaker 1: What have you learned the most about yourself?
Speaker 3: That being authentic and being true to who you are
Speaker 3: goes a long way. And yeah, that's it. Just saying
Speaker 3: true to who you are and like not faking anything
Speaker 3: and just like being vulnerable, it goes a long way.
Speaker 1: Cool, all right, We're gonna play a game rapid fire.
Speaker 1: First thing that comes to your head, this or that,
Speaker 1: rapid fire, this or that, mister Wright with Maria? How
Speaker 1: do how do you say your last name?
Speaker 3: Georgious?
Speaker 1: Georgia's okay. I'm just gonna say Maria, I'm okay. When
Speaker 1: it comes when it comes to guys, which do you prefer?
Speaker 1: Blondes or brunettes?
Speaker 3: Brunettes?
Speaker 1: I never heard guys consider themselves brunette. What do you
Speaker 1: consider like dark brunette?
Speaker 3: What are you? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Kind of black hair?
Speaker 3: Black hair? Yeah you have like yeah, yeah, I guess,
Speaker 3: I guess, yes, yeah, I guess it's okay. So dark
Speaker 3: hair like brunettes, brunettes, dark hair, same ship.
Speaker 1: You know, energetic or chill.
Speaker 3: You'd be surprised. I like chill.
Speaker 1: Tall guys or short kings.
Speaker 3: I'm open. I don't judge.
Speaker 1: Okay, really funny or great style really funny.
Speaker 3: I can change those style athlete.
Speaker 1: True, you can't make them funny athlete or finance bro.
Speaker 3: Athlete.
Speaker 1: But I don't even like either.
Speaker 3: I don't. I don't like a guy like Okay, I
Speaker 3: like athletic, but I don't like a gym like like
Speaker 3: a guy who's like ripped.
Speaker 2: And like you don't want someone who's at the gymly
Speaker 2: three oh no hours a day, like like.
Speaker 3: A little dad bob, you know, like a little like.
Speaker 1: But I got a lot of guys are happy to
Speaker 1: hear that.
Speaker 3: Actually, but I liked I like them to be athletic,
Speaker 3: to like want to try, like you know, we could
Speaker 3: do fun things. But like I, if you're in the
Speaker 3: gym twenty or seven taking selfie pics like showing off
Speaker 3: your abs, don't even message me, don't talk to me. Okay, congrats,
Speaker 3: you'll find a girl that loves that. I just don't care. Sorry,
Speaker 3: go on.
Speaker 1: Gift giver or acts of service. Acts of service loves
Speaker 1: to cuddle or gives you space.
Speaker 3: Space. I'm so you decided. Here's the thing that's so
Speaker 3: that like, Okay, I love I don't. To be honest,
Speaker 3: I'm not a big like cuddler, Like unless I really
Speaker 3: really really really like you, I'll usually like to have
Speaker 3: my space. But I feel like that's so like, oh
Speaker 3: are you saying like it's like when you're going to sleep,
Speaker 3: like you want your space or you like to cuddle. Yeah,
Speaker 3: oh I like my space.
Speaker 1: A bunch of guys DM me before we do this
Speaker 1: podcast find out she likes to cuddle.
Speaker 2: No way, that's not true.
Speaker 3: Cuddler until you got to go to sleep. I like
Speaker 3: my I like to sleep, you know, in peace.
Speaker 2: I know I'm the same. I'm like I like to
Speaker 2: a little cuddle, like to relax me and like put
Speaker 2: me into sleepy zone and then like get as far
Speaker 2: away from me as possible.
Speaker 1: Anyone that's straight up coddling through sleep is a sential serial.
Speaker 2: Killer, Like don't touch me in Yes, maybe if I
Speaker 2: had like a nightmare and I want to like like
Speaker 2: but it's just like to like zone me into sleep mode.
Speaker 2: It's too hot.
Speaker 3: I gotta like sprawl. Best thing what I've heard is
Speaker 3: when when couples will have two separate rooms. Maybe that
Speaker 3: might be too much.
Speaker 2: But I've actually seen this on Instagram that it's becoming
Speaker 2: more and more common for people like later in their
Speaker 2: marriage is to have separate rooms and separate bathrooms.
Speaker 3: You know what's not a bad idea, but like obviously
Speaker 3: going to bed together, it's a beautiful thing. But like
Speaker 3: you guys gonna have to have your space a little bit.
Speaker 2: It's we have a king bad and that is perfect.
Speaker 1: Okay, this game's rapid fire. You guys are all right?
Speaker 1: Facial hair or clean shaven, a little bit of facial
Speaker 1: great style or great cook.
Speaker 3: A great style, great cook. I like to eat.
Speaker 1: Type A or go with the flow. Huh type A?
Speaker 1: Or go with the flow, but the flow sarcastic or sweet?
Speaker 3: Oh my god? Sweet?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I sarcasm?
Speaker 1: Like no lavish or intimate? First date? Mm?
Speaker 3: Intimate? Great lavish? Your intimate?
Speaker 2: Yeah for your first date? Do you want something intimate
Speaker 2: and chill or do you want something like intimate?
Speaker 3: Into that? I like that you put the chill in
Speaker 3: their intimate and chill?
Speaker 1: Great texture? Or opened every door for you?
Speaker 2: So either you got all your doors opened for you
Speaker 2: or they text air?
Speaker 3: Can I get both?
Speaker 2: Even have both on that one?
Speaker 3: I don't need. I mean you saw on the show.
Speaker 3: I was able to open my own door on my
Speaker 3: way out, so I'll say good texture because I'm a
Speaker 3: good texture. I don't play games on text.
Speaker 2: When I see that answer, and then to close us off,
Speaker 2: what is next for Maria? Where is life taking out?
Speaker 3: Well, I'm excited to announce that there's going to be
Speaker 3: more that people are going to see of me. I
Speaker 3: have a couple podcasts look forward to, but they'll just
Speaker 3: have to wait and see.
Speaker 2: That's amazing. Well, we are excited to have you on today.
Speaker 2: This has been fantastic. We're excited to hear from you more,
Speaker 2: see you more. I feel like people just can't get
Speaker 2: enough of you. So it's been great.
Speaker 1: Yep, Maria, thank you for joining us.
Speaker 3: Thank you guys for having me. You're awesome.
Speaker 1: And to all our listeners, thank you guys for subscribing
Speaker 1: and listening, and make sure you subscribe. Oh double subscribe.
Speaker 2: Subscribe now, and thanks for listening. We'll be back with
Speaker 2: more exclusive interviews every week.
Speaker 1: Bye bye,