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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Happy our listeners. I'm so excited to be

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Speaker 1: here with you all again for another episode of Bachelor

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Speaker 1: Happy Hour. I am sad to say that I'm here

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Speaker 1: solo today. Becca will not be with us. She will

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Speaker 1: rejoin us next week. But I am excited because we

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Speaker 1: are going to be having Nate and Rodney on today.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna be third wheeling a little bit. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not really sure if I'm the third wheel or

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Speaker 1: Rodney's the third wheel, but I cannot wait to have

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Speaker 1: two of my favorite guys on and to get all

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Speaker 1: of that good energy that they always bring. But before

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Speaker 1: we jump into that, I want to do a little

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Speaker 1: life update and a little recap. You know, it has

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Speaker 1: been an incredibly heavy week as a teacher, and this

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Speaker 1: year has been completely wild. It's been something that I

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Speaker 1: couldn't even imagine, you know, starting the school year as

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Speaker 1: Miss Young and Miss Young the bachelorette. It has been

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Speaker 1: a complete whirlwind hanging out with my students, teaching in

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Speaker 1: bachelor at walking red carpets and going to premieres. And wow,

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Speaker 1: have things changed. It has really got me in this

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Speaker 1: reflective mindset, and I, you know, a few weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: was talking with one of my coworkers who truly just

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Speaker 1: did a mental health check in with me. And I'm

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Speaker 1: a big advocate for mental health and being able to talk,

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Speaker 1: being able to share those things, being able to be

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Speaker 1: with you, this is not easy for me to talk

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Speaker 1: about because as important as I know vulnerability is, it's

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Speaker 1: not an easy thing for me, even though I was

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Speaker 1: on the show in this very vulnerable situation. So I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of just giving you little inside scoop today. But

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Speaker 1: I was sitting down with my coworker and we were

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Speaker 1: just kind of talking about this school year and how

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Speaker 1: long we've been in survival mode. And my coworker kind

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Speaker 1: of just asked me, well, Michelle, how long have you

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Speaker 1: been in survival mode? And you know, as she asked that,

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Speaker 1: or just surviving, and with the pandemic, with going through

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Speaker 1: these crazy but awesome changes. As the show with getting

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Speaker 1: a fiance, There's just so much going on. And as

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Speaker 1: as I move into this next year, I have decided

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Speaker 1: This can be emotional. So um, I've decided to step

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Speaker 1: that one I'm taking care of myself. But two, those

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Speaker 1: teachers and those who are in the profession know that

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Speaker 1: teaching is a profession that is completely built on passion.

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Speaker 1: Our foundation is passion. It's not money, has some materials,

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Speaker 1: And the amazing thing about that is a lot of

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Speaker 1: ways to repair those cracks and repair those holes. And honestly,

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Speaker 1: when I really think about education, and when I talk

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Speaker 1: which is a great thing, but it's also this pressure

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Speaker 1: I'm also more than just a teacher. And I really

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Speaker 1: at that. And this doesn't mean that I'm never going

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Speaker 1: I'm sure there will be many tears, But I appreciate

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Speaker 1: Happy our guys. I am so excited to have both you,

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Speaker 1: as giving condolences to everything that has been happening in Texas.

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Speaker 1: Nate has been you guys. Nate has been probably one

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Speaker 1: So you're breaking up with the classroom, You're not breaking

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Speaker 1: How have you guys been? I feel Rodney, you have

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Speaker 1: I feel like it's something that's commented on all the time.

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00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: Is it weird or like, how how the two of

429
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 1: you this is going to go to both of you?

430
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: How have the two of you've been able to maintain

431
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: your relationship or friendship through the show in this weird situation.

432
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: Let's just let's just let's just talk about it, because

433
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: I feel like anytime Rodney's, anytime Rodney's on my Instagram story,

434
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 1: everything's like, that's weird. Why do you hang out? Really hurts?

435
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: It really hurts um. I think for me in a sense,

436
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: it's I look at our experience as a whole, obviously,

437
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: like we all met the same night, right, and clearly,

438
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 1: I truly think everything happens for a reason, And so

439
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 1: even watching back with your guys's connection, Like let's shout.

440
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 1: I knew you you and I were gonna be cool instantly.

441
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: I just felt that. But seeing the spark that you

442
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: guys had, I was like, okay, this is different, and

443
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,439
Speaker 1: so I knew obviously living with Nate, like living with

444
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: Nate throughout the process. I come back from a date

445
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, I'm so excited Nate would

446
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: come back from a date. And Nate's like, bro, you

447
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 1: don't understand, Like we are the best time ever, so happy,

448
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 1: like me and Michelle. It's a rat. It's like all

449
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: this stuff. And I was just like, okay, okay, I'm

450
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,360
Speaker 1: not on that level yet, but you know, I'm out

451
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: there having fun with the schell too. Like we had

452
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,159
Speaker 1: a great time, like like you know, apple jokes. But

453
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like I knew, no

454
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:40,680
Speaker 1: matter what, like I wanted you happy, right and living

455
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,719
Speaker 1: with Nate obviously twenty four to seven, we're together, you know,

456
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 1: going to sleep, like waking up early for these shoots,

457
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 1: all that good stuff. Right, Being so close close with Nate,

458
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,639
Speaker 1: I got to learn so much about him. I got

459
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 1: to learn so much about you, and the more I

460
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 1: look at it, I was just like, Okay, well, at

461
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: the end of the day, Michelle has made the best

462
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,919
Speaker 1: decision for her. I'm going to respect your decision because

463
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 1: I rescue and I want you happy, I want him happy.

464
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,479
Speaker 1: And it's like, yeah, it's the craziest thing. I never

465
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: would have thought. I went on the show and just

466
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: I meet Michelle searching for you, searching for love. We

467
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: become great friends, and then I meet brand new best

468
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: friend brother all that stuff. So it's just a crazy

469
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,239
Speaker 1: world that we live in. But when people ask us

470
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: this question, it's always funny because we know our dynamic

471
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: and that's okay. Like I think at the end of

472
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: the day, maturity and respect is why I'm able to

473
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 1: be so close with you. Why we can all you

474
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: give me advice? Why talk to this man every single

475
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: day check on me and make sure he's good. We're

476
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: laughing at joy just like we still live together back

477
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 1: at the hotel. So it's just a while world we

478
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 1: live in. But this is our life. No, it's our life. Funny. Okay, Wait,

479
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,679
Speaker 1: so Nate, you're kind of like on the other end

480
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: of it, because right, like, yeah, you're in the same

481
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: position a little bit different at the same time though,

482
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: and it's like, I mean really Nate went in, He's like,

483
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 1: that's my future what and that's my new best friend?

484
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: Like me just exactly No, I mean I knew. I

485
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: knew like early on, Like I remember, like when he

486
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: was still in his Apple suit. We were like, you know,

487
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 1: by the bar, just just talk. I remember looking down

488
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: at him like, yo, like I really messed you. He

489
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: looked up at me, He's like I really like you too,

490
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:37,679
Speaker 1: you know. That's really all that's really. We were just

491
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: joking about how nervous we were to meet you. Man.

492
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 1: I first I was intimidated by him though, because the dude, Yeah,

493
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: because like who pulls up to the show on Apple

494
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: so that you got to be kind of a crazy dude,

495
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: Like you're kind of nuts, right, yea. So he ws out,

496
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: he walks down the stairs in this Apple suit, arms

497
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: big as hell, and I'm just like he got clean shape,

498
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: didn't put a little bit of stubble, you know. It

499
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: kind of like he looks like a fighter, you know,

500
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: like no neck, just looks like a fighter, like he's

501
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: just ready to you know, that's six five energy, Rodney,

502
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: that's six five energy. You don't know what kind of Apple.

503
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: You don't. When I first when I first saw when

504
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: I first saw um, when I first saw Rodney, I

505
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: was like, Yo, this guy's gonna cause a lot of trouble.

506
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: And then like five seconds into the conversation my first

507
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: time talking, I was like, Yo, I like this guy.

508
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: This guy's energy is crazy. Yeah yeah, and then it

509
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 1: said that yeah, next you know, we're like, yeah, roommates

510
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: and just it was funny because um when they asked

511
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: like because they asked you, like, hey, like like who

512
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 1: did you buy with the most? Who would you want

513
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: to be roommates with? And I was like, I really like, um,

514
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: the pizza guy, and I really like the Apple guy.

515
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: And I'm really happy to food. I'm really happy. I'm

516
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: really happy that they got me with the with them

517
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: with the Apple guy. So yeah, that's my Oh my god, Ronnie, Ronnie,

518
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: do you remember this is this is gonna be funny

519
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: to talk about. But like the hometown date where we

520
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: had to do where we did, I think it was

521
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: like a blooper um. How about them? How about them?

522
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: Apples could be sho Nate? How would you feel nit?

523
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: How would you feel about hosting or clicking show? So

524
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: we can stop, be there, be there right there. I

525
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: don't know if people would be I don't know, I

526
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: don't know if I feel like I would watch it,

527
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: But honestly, I feel like Ronnie, all you would do

528
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: is everything would be in the air fryer. Like that's it.

529
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: We talked about an air fryer for for Lily still

530
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: does not shut up about the air fire. Every time

531
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: we're together, somehow it gets brought up and f friar again.

532
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: Some air friar company out there needs to talk to Ronnie.

533
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: You know, you know how you have? Okay, so like

534
00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: on the show, you have maybe ten minutes right to

535
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: like talk to people, like it's like ten minute increments

536
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: or whatever. How many times he brought up an air

537
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: of friar as a part of his ten minute time

538
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: was actually very very impressive. Yeah, but um, everybody jokes

539
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: about being the third wheel and all of these things, Nate,

540
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: this question is specifically for you. Okay, So you found

541
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: your fiance, you found your best friend. My question to

542
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: you is with Rodney, what kind of partner do you

543
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: want to see him with or what kind of partner

544
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: do you think I think would be the best Oay, Okay, Okay,

545
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: best from my form, my best tie, bestie in the chest.

546
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 1: All right, let's see. I know Ronnie. I know Ronnie.

547
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: I mean at the end of the day, like somebody Ronnie.

548
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: I hope that Ronnie finds a woman that genuinely appreciates

549
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: the type of guy he is, because there's there's not

550
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 1: a lot of people in the world who are like

551
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: Rodney in the sense that you can get you can

552
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: get thrown into any group of people at any time,

553
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: and this guy, this guy is just on it. Like

554
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: I've seen. I've sat back because like, because you know me,

555
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: sometimes I'm really quiet. I just stayed to myself, and

556
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: as people don't know how to read that rod I

557
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: sit back sometimes i just see how Ronnie is with people.

558
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: I'm just like, holy, Like this guy is like like

559
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: immediately like hitting these people and then like making them

560
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: like I love Rodney, Like because I've introduced Ronnie to

561
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: some of my best friends from Canada, from Seattle, from Austin,

562
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: and just immediately I'm getting text when Rodney leaving, when

563
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: Ronnie goes back to LA, I'm going to text like, yo, man,

564
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: like Ronnie's cool as hell, Like you gotta bring around

565
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 1: more often like like this is this guy is cool.

566
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: It's like, it's just amazing. We'll be we'll be um.

567
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: For example, the people that we were on the golf

568
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: course with make those tiktoks. We had just met them.

569
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: We had no idea who those people are. Ronnie. They

570
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: fell in love with Ronney in fifteen seconds, you know

571
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: what I mean. So um, I think I think like

572
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: somebody who can just appreciate, like and like and like,

573
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: just let Rodney be rod you know what I mean,

574
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: and never try and hold hold him back or try

575
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: and change the type of person he is or or

576
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: or whatever it is, Like like Ronnie's the type of

577
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: person that you just need to you need like especially

578
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: as as as his partner, you gotta you gotta just

579
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: let my man be him and love him for him

580
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: and never even consider trying to change this guy, you

581
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Because I mean, shit, I like,

582
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: I I look, I look. Sometimes I'm like, man, I

583
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: gotta be more like Rodney, you know what I mean,

584
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: Like this is this is a great motherfucker. Oh my bad,

585
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: this is a great dude. You know. I'm sorry about that. No,

586
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying, like I don't know, I think

587
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: I think, I think like I think, in relationships, it's

588
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: so easy to kind of like try and changing the person.

589
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: But I hope that that for Rodney, like just just

590
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: whoever the girl is, like, don't ever try to change

591
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: this guy, because this guy is. This guy's a one already,

592
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So just just respecting and

593
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: and uh and and allowing him to be the guy

594
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: who he is, because this dude is, he's on top

595
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: of it, this man team. He makes sure that everybody's

596
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: taking care of He makes sure that everybody's like knows

597
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: that they're seeing. Like his birthday party was huge, huge,

598
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: Like he had everybody has a birthday party. He made

599
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: sure that everybody got Rod time, so that nobody was

600
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: kind of just like, hey, like, why why is Rod

601
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: not talking to me? Or whatever it is? Because he's

602
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: got like fifty people as his birthday party that he's invited.

603
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: Make sure everybody gets their individual Rod time. You know,

604
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: nobody felt left out from Rod, you know what I mean,

605
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: because everybody's there for Rod, you know what I mean. So, um,

606
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: he's just a special individual. And you know, I just

607
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 1: hope that whoever whoever you end up with, I mean,

608
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 1: they respect that because if they don't come on, hello,

609
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: yeah she's not approved. I don't want her. I just can't.

610
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: I can't. Okay, Okay, I mean that's your one man

611
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: right there. Clearly you're a hype man, Okay, Ronnie. So hypothetically,

612
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: hypothetically you already know what's coming. Hypothetically, if you were

613
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 1: going to paradise, what would you be looking in a partner,

614
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: what would you be looking for? What does that give

615
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 1: me your top two traits? I definitely want and need

616
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: someone who is strong and independent, just like just like

617
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: Nate said, I don't I want someone to come into

618
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: my life to enhance it. You know, I don't really

619
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: need someone to kind of change who I am. So,

620
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: you know, I just hit thirty, so all the growth

621
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 1: throughout my life, I'm realizing, Hey, I don't want to

622
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: come into someone's life and change that person, Like, I

623
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: don't want to change that person to become someone who

624
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: I want to need, Like, I just want to love

625
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: and accept that person for who they are, and I

626
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 1: just need the same right Because just like Nate said,

627
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: and obviously Michelle you know this too, but like you know,

628
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: when I walk into the room, I do want to

629
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: make sure everyone feels seen, and I want to make

630
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: sure everyone is happy and excited and having a good time,

631
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 1: Like that is what truly makes me happy. Like I've

632
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: I've always been the host way and before the show

633
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: existed for me, like I've always been hosting game nights,

634
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 1: hosting Sunday football game game Day. It's like I always

635
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: want to make sure that people have a good environment

636
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 1: to be themselves, open up, be vulnerable, stuff like that

637
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: that we did on the show as well. So I'm

638
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: really truly looking for a woman not necessarily who has

639
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: to match my energy, but can make sure that since

640
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: I'm going to go in and give my all, she

641
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 1: has to give her all too, and just really truly

642
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: be strong and independent and confident in who she is,

643
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: knowing that, Okay, I'm talking to Rodney with intention. He

644
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: can enhance my life and I can enhance his, and

645
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: this is how And I do want a woman who

646
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: can challenge me and really truly make me a better

647
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: man as well. But yeah, I think that's really really

648
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: really well said. And I know I know that you've

649
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: said that you need two days approval, but let me

650
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 1: tell you you need my approval too. Why because she's

651
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 1: going to be spending more time with me than with

652
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: you because of how y'all are. Okay, so understand that

653
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: I have veto power and in fact, I have more

654
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: Vito power than Nate. Okay, I just want to lay

655
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: it clear. I understand to be my best friend. I

656
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: was like, no, but that's facts though, that that really

657
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: is facts. That is facts. But I would like to

658
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 1: flip the script real quick because I know that you

659
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: already gave me some loving praise. WHI y'all didn't have

660
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: to do that, so I really appreciate that y'all see

661
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 1: me getting read. Okay, um, but you know looking at

662
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: you two, Um, y'all know how much I love y'all obviously.

663
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: I mean it goes without saying. We've had talks on

664
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: our own where we've already had this, but just to

665
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: kind of say it on on screen real quick with us, UM,

666
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: I'm so grateful for the impact that you guys have

667
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: not only made in my life, but just kind of

668
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: like baschelination as a whole, I think really just more

669
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: so just kind of like hope, but just two amazing

670
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: people coming together and that's like that's what we live for, right,

671
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: It's just we want to see good people together and

672
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: that just really made me happy. And so I just

673
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: hope y'all know how deeply I care about both of you.

674
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: And yes, like you know, Michelle, we grew so close

675
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: from the show, and anytime we have a call or

676
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: a conversation, I'm always excited and grateful, and you've always

677
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: offered me great advice, like even post show. It's just

678
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: every time we talk. That's what I'm saying. I'm like,

679
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: you're never going to stop teaching, Michelle, because you still

680
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 1: teach me. You teach everybody you talk to. Like all

681
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: we can do is learn so much from you and

682
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 1: all the knowledge that you've gained. And like I said,

683
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about Bachelnation anymore, I'm just talking

684
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: about in life in general. So I'm so grateful for

685
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,839
Speaker 1: you in that and Tony you already you know now

686
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: I feel, man, I go on and on forever. But

687
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: I'm just grateful for your brotherhood, your guidance, your wisdom,

688
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: you know, even us having a call this morning. Man,

689
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm grateful for everything that you guys bring

690
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: into my life as a collective. So obviously I know

691
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: YouTube just truly phenomenal human beings, and I just I

692
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: really truly love you know, so I'm really grateful for

693
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: you guys much rod appreciate. It is hard though, because

694
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: it's like having it's like one thing to be in

695
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: this world, but then it's also one thing to be

696
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: in a relationship in this world. And so like you see,

697
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: I think Rodney gets a very close up perspective of

698
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: just you know, any movements we make is are constantly judged,

699
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: like on the relationship, right, And you know, Nate and

700
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: I haven't seen each other for a little bit, so

701
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: you know, all these different people pop off, like they

702
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 1: broke up. There's articles like we're not together, Why hasn't

703
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,360
Speaker 1: Nate and moved of Dan, like all this different stuff,

704
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: and it's just it's really crazy to think that people

705
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: care to that extent, right, And it's hard being under

706
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: that type of pressure, but also like having really close

707
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: friends from this world who understand this world and like

708
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: don't react to that stuff because I mean, Roddie, you

709
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: see it. I mean you must see it, right, Like yeah,

710
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 1: I just I think it's That's the last thing I'll

711
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: touch on too, Michelle, And I'm glad you brought it

712
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: up is like, no one understands the pressure you two

713
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: are under and being out in public with you guys

714
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,240
Speaker 1: seeing phones out like, I'll just I'll just be chilling.

715
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: I gotta hat a mask whatever I'm able to fall into.

716
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: This guy's you two can't like hat mask hood. You know,

717
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. You guys will always be noticed. You

718
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: two are two beautiful distinct faces, right, and so everybody

719
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: knows you guys, and the pressure that comes with that.

720
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine the level that it's for you too.

721
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: And you guys handle it so well, and so that's

722
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: always the first thing that comes to mind when people

723
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: are just like nay, Michelle, what can you tell me?

724
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: I'm like, you'll never understand the pressure that they're under

725
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: because they won't show it. But it's a lot of pressure.

726
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 1: They can be overwhelmed. But I love how you two

727
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 1: handle it. You know, it's always with maturity, respect, love.

728
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: It's Oh, you guys just phenomenal. I can write about

729
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: that all day, but you guys deal that deal with

730
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: that very well. No, what do you how do you

731
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: feel about the pressure, because there's a lot it's different, right,

732
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I've been through this twice now, Yeah, yeah,

733
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,919
Speaker 1: this is your first time going through this. Yeah. Talking

734
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: about the pressure, I mean I don't know. I mean

735
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 1: the pressure sucks, you know, like the pressure sucks. But

736
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: I mean like, hey, you know, what are you gonna do?

737
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: How do you? How do you how did you say

738
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: we'll lean on each other with that pressure? Um? For

739
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: me and you? Like for like, how do you? How

740
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 1: do you and I lean on each other? Yeah? I

741
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: mean for me and you, I mean we just we

742
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 1: talk it through, you know. It's it's like, yeah, we

743
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 1: just we just talk it through. But I mean at

744
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: the same time, like this is your second time around,

745
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: you're like a veteran by by this time. I think

746
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: like at the beginning, Um, that's when like the pressure

747
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 1: that was like how I was dealing with things six

748
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: months ago compared to now is night and day. Right,

749
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: Like the pressures of like six months ago that was nuts. Um,

750
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 1: But now it's kind of just like, oh, i' went

751
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: paddleboarding and there's a picture of you with a girl

752
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 1: that's one of my best friends on Reddit and people

753
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: are saying I'm cheating on you. It's like, yeah, it

754
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: doesn't doesn't even bother, you know, And I was like like, okay, okay, guys,

755
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 1: like I've known this girl. Actually, just the other day

756
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: there was one of my college roommate who was my

757
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: best friend, my best friend and my old roommate, his

758
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: girlfriend of fourteen years. There's a picture of her and

759
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: I and people were saying that, you know, obviously I'm

760
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: cheating on Michelle because there's a picture of us. It's

761
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: like that's my roommate. That's my college roommate, and like

762
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: my best friend's girl in the fourteen years. Like so

763
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: like the pressures of like what kind of Rodney was

764
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,280
Speaker 1: saying of. Um, just like you know, every movie you make, whatever,

765
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: there's things people are talking about, Oh they're broken up,

766
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: or oh Nates at partying or um, Nate's spending too

767
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: much time with the boys, whatever it is. Um. Now

768
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: it's kind of just like, oh, that's funny. Whatever. I

769
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 1: don't I don't really read too deep into it. Um.

770
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: But now if we had this conversation six months ago,

771
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: I'd be like, oh, this is nuts, Like you know,

772
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,439
Speaker 1: talking to you about it, like all the time, calling

773
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: Rodney twelve times a day to been to him, um,

774
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: calling my mom to been to her. Whatever. It is

775
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 1: just because like it's like, you know, it's just all new,

776
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,719
Speaker 1: but um, you know, it's it's nice because this is

777
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: your second time around, right, So um, if it was

778
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: both of our first times, I think we kind of

779
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:41,320
Speaker 1: deal with this a lot differently. But since you've already

780
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: kind of you've been through the ringer um with this

781
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: this whole reality TV um thing, right, so um, it's

782
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 1: nice too to be engaged with somebody who kind of

783
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: already knew how to navigate the world and could kind

784
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: of like let me know, like hey, like, yeah, people

785
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,879
Speaker 1: are talking a lot, but it's also like the two

786
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,800
Speaker 1: percent of people who are the loudest the other forty

787
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: one let me do math really quick, so really quick math.

788
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 1: Forty nine percent of people care, people do care, but

789
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: two percent of the people they're just the loudest, and

790
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: that's the only ones that you see. Yeah, I think

791
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 1: the biggest part is the fact that it really doesn't

792
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 1: matter what everybody else is like thinking or responding to,

793
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, because it's like I if I see that picture,

794
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: I'm like, like, it doesn't you know what I mean?

795
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,919
Speaker 1: The other person. So it's like all these different things

796
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: can pop up or this or that. It's just and

797
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: it's all perception. But it's like, you're not phase on

798
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: one end, I'm not phase on the other end. And

799
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,120
Speaker 1: then you know, it's just it's just not something that

800
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: we necessarily um put energy towards. So Rodney, hey, if

801
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 1: you once you find your person, we got you, you know.

802
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,479
Speaker 1: But all right, one more question before we move into

803
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: our rose and thorn for the day. We've talked a

804
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: lot about the Bachelorette and just relationships being in the

805
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 1: spotlight everything with that. How surprised are you guys that

806
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 1: you were able to come out of this situation with

807
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: like such meaningful friendships. I'm I mean for me, I'm

808
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 1: I was definitely very surprised. Like I, coming into this process,

809
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: you have no idea what's going to happen. And so

810
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: obviously the goal is we all go on there searching

811
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: for love, and then we know the chances are tough.

812
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: Like thirty guys, one woman, it's going to be a

813
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 1: tough situation, and so the rest of us it's like, Okay,

814
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 1: well what are we gonna do? But I didn't understand

815
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 1: the process behind so much bonding. There's so much downtime,

816
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: you know. Twenty four seven it's like, hey, if you're

817
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: not on that one on one, you're not on a

818
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: group date. You're with the guys. And so when people

819
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: are like, how are you guys so close? I'm like, well,

820
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: you know, you take away all distractions, you know, phone,

821
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 1: no music, no TV, no, none of that all day

822
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,400
Speaker 1: every day. It's just human to human interaction. And I

823
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: know it sounds crazy in today's world because we're also

824
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 1: connected to our phones, iPads, tablets, stuff like that, But

825
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: would you take all those distractions away and it's just

826
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 1: you and another human being in a room and you're

827
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 1: all you got. It's like, okay, well, I guess we

828
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 1: got to talk and learn about each other because I

829
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 1: don't have a phone to distract me anything like that.

830
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,959
Speaker 1: So I never would have guessed how close we would

831
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 1: all become after this process. It's crazy now are used

832
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 1: to right, NA, Are you surprised by like how much

833
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 1: you've learned? Because I mean it's a it's a crazy

834
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,800
Speaker 1: experience to go through and you come into it. I

835
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 1: mean it's reality TV. It's like this different life, and

836
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: I feel like viewers don't necessarily understand like how much

837
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: you actually can learn about yourself during this process. Are

838
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: you surprised? That's a good question. Yeah, I think I

839
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:04,360
Speaker 1: think I'm surprised. Yeah, No, I think I think I

840
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,240
Speaker 1: was surprised when it comes to that, Um you're asking

841
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: more so just like on what I like, Am I

842
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: surprised on what I learned? Like? Yeah, like what have

843
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: you learned? Like, what have you learned? If you feel

844
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: like you've learned something, Yeah, I mean like for me,

845
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 1: like the biggest thing I learned is you know, it's

846
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: not on the whole romantic side of things. Um, it's

847
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: more so that I went my entire life thinking that, um,

848
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 1: since my parents got divorced that four years old, that

849
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: it just didn't affect me. I was too young, Like

850
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: how could it? How could it affect me? I was

851
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,279
Speaker 1: four years old? Right, Um? And then next thing, you know,

852
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 1: like during that whole process, just how much family was

853
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: brought up, whether it's between me and you or um,

854
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: you know, me and Rodney, or or me and some

855
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: of the producers, whatever, it is just talking about family. Um.

856
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 1: You know I remember having like when I when I

857
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 1: first got back from film, it was like one of

858
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: the first conversations I had with my mom was just

859
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,320
Speaker 1: like like I had no idea, you know, And so

860
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:53,800
Speaker 1: it was it was nice for me to kind of

861
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: learn that about myself that um, my parents divorced actually

862
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 1: did kind of mess me up, um, and then be

863
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,439
Speaker 1: able to kind to do what needs to be done

864
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: to kind of, you know, fix that. So but yeah,

865
00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 1: that's like, if we're talking about what I learned the most,

866
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: that's what I understand where I learned the most of

867
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: And I know that that's not the romantic answer that

868
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 1: I think a lot of viewers want for me, but

869
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 1: it's my honest answer. But you know, I had no

870
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: idea how much that my parents divorce really didn't mess

871
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: me up. So, like Michelle, you and the show so

872
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 1: much helped us as men open up, be vulnerable, talk

873
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: about our feelings. And that's something we never do, like

874
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: as men being brought up, especially as black men, that's

875
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: something we are never ever taught, you know, And that

876
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: for us to for you to open up that space

877
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:41,959
Speaker 1: for us, and then us to continue in the rooms

878
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 1: when hey, Michelle's done for the day, like hey, we

879
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: got to go to our rooms and stuff like that.

880
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,600
Speaker 1: Like we just kept talking and kept learning, kept opening up.

881
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 1: I was like, hey, so, what do you miss most

882
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: about being back home or what's something that you're looking

883
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,800
Speaker 1: for in a future wife, like all this different stuff

884
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:57,879
Speaker 1: that we get to learn from, and it's so cool

885
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:00,040
Speaker 1: for us to open up and be vulnerable and I

886
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 1: actually talk stuff out because that's something that we were

887
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:08,080
Speaker 1: never talked before, so right, right, and even like even

888
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,880
Speaker 1: like towards what you said of like viewers wanting a

889
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: romantic answer, honestly I would I would have responded very

890
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 1: similar to both of you where I think walking away

891
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: from this experience and even my experience before being the

892
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: Bachelorette as a contestant, it's like the things that I

893
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: learned the most was I wasn't good at vulnerable, being vulnerable,

894
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,759
Speaker 1: but I learned how to and I pushed myself to

895
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,360
Speaker 1: be vulnerable and then also seeing the effects and the

896
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:43,239
Speaker 1: positive effects on my relationships and friendships that that has.

897
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 1: And so that once you step off the show, right,

898
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 1: that is still intact, especially when you're friends with people

899
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: who went through that with you, right, Like, that's just

900
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: what's normal because that's how your friendship started, is talking

901
00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: about your feelings, right, So it's so much easier when

902
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 1: you're going through a different difficult peace in life to

903
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 1: be able to you know, reach out to Nate or

904
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 1: for Nate, you to reach out to Rodney and talk

905
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,399
Speaker 1: about those feelings and be vulnerable because when you met

906
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:15,120
Speaker 1: that was almost like what was set right? That's normal

907
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:22,800
Speaker 1: for you guys, definitely. But um, we are about to

908
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 1: wrap it up here. It's been a lot of fun.

909
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 1: We've I feel like we've covered a lot. We've covered

910
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: a lot today. This is like a true therapy session.

911
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 1: But um, before we let you go, it's our time

912
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,880
Speaker 1: to share our rose and thorns of the week. And

913
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: so you boys are gonna let us know what your

914
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: best moment of the week is and what was the

915
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 1: messiest moment of the week. Um, I I will I

916
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: only can imagine what you might have. I will start

917
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 1: us off not surprised that that Rodney and Nate are

918
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: cracking up right now, all the inside jokes. I will

919
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: start us off. I'm going to start with my thorn first.

920
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 1: I would say my thorn first is just the school.

921
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 1: The heaviness of everything going on and having those conversations

922
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,959
Speaker 1: have been fairly difficult and just you know, thinking about

923
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 1: teachers this week, and then moving forward to my rose

924
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: would be the fact that this weekend it is going

925
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,879
Speaker 1: to be Minnesota Lake weekend because the weather is finally nice.

926
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:33,359
Speaker 1: Everyone has their boats out on the dock, so it'll

927
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: be nice to be able to put your devices down

928
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 1: and just like spend time with friends. Are we ready? Yes, yeah, yeah, already, right,

929
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 1: go ahead and take it away. Um yeah, So my

930
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 1: thorn obviously would would have to be the same thing,

931
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: you know, for me, I just posted about all my

932
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:56,680
Speaker 1: story too, I think like all this did. But first

933
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,279
Speaker 1: and foremost, you know, quick shout outs and prayers to

934
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: to Texas and Buffalo as well. Um. You know, it's

935
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 1: something that's just been weighing heavy on my mind and

936
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 1: on my heart. Um. So yeah, I think we've all

937
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 1: had a really tough week just as a nation, as

938
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: a people, um, just struggling with kind of the world

939
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: that we live in, and just praying for hope and

940
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 1: change and actual change for once. So um, and then

941
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,040
Speaker 1: my my roles would be, uh, you know, hanging out

942
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 1: with my family on this long weekend you know last week,

943
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:31,919
Speaker 1: and obviously spending more time with Tune day on the boat.

944
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:34,840
Speaker 1: You know, that's always good time. But this man in

945
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: his city, it's always funny, but this this upcoming weekend,

946
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 1: I will be able to spend some time with my

947
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: family and meet my brand new and nephew. So I'm

948
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:46,600
Speaker 1: excited about that's exciting. Yeah, a little nephew, Kyro. I'm excited.

949
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:54,320
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Yeah, that's nice. That's nice. Um yeah, no,

950
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: I mean same same as pretty much anybody else in

951
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: the nation. We're talking about the Thorne of the week

952
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: every and that happened in Texas. It's just, um, it's

953
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 1: so hard to process. I don't know about you. I

954
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,759
Speaker 1: talked about this with Michelle yesterday. I actually I haven't

955
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,759
Speaker 1: talked to you about yeah, Rodney, but like I don't

956
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: have to process stuff like that. So um, I'm I

957
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: actually got into conversation with my mom the the other

958
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: day yesterday. I don't know, just trying to like we

959
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: just got into the conversation about like like like our

960
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:22,880
Speaker 1: humans wired in a way to even be able to

961
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,920
Speaker 1: process kind of like you know, mass shootings, especially when

962
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,279
Speaker 1: it's involved second, third and fourth graders and just what

963
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 1: it says. It's like twenty two people are dead now, right,

964
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: It's just like you know, like or even wired in

965
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 1: a way to be able to process that. So yeah,

966
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: long story short, that's definitely definitely my thorn of the week.

967
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:45,600
Speaker 1: Um rows of this week, um rows of this week.

968
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: Um I get to see Michelle next week, so it's

969
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 1: not for this week, but it is for next week.

970
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,320
Speaker 1: So that's always exciting. So you know, actually in a

971
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 1: week from today, so that's actually it's quite exciting. A

972
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:02,400
Speaker 1: week from today from today, it is a week. It

973
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: is a week. Yeah, no, it'll be nice. Sorry, Rodney,

974
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 1: I have him for a month of June and July

975
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:16,359
Speaker 1: and August, so okay, good bye. All right, Well, it's

976
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: been awesome having you guys on here. Thank you Bachelor

977
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: Happy our listeners, and thank you Nate and Rodney for

978
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 1: sharing your positivity, bringing your good energy and vibes like

979
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:28,400
Speaker 1: you always do. Make sure to hit us up on social.

980
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: You can follow us at Bachelor Happy Hour on Instagram

981
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 1: and then from there you will find everything you need

982
00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:36,840
Speaker 1: to know to follow us on Twitter and TikTok. Bachelor

983
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: Happy Hour is also available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music,

984
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 1: or wherever you listen. You can listen add free by

985
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:47,919
Speaker 1: subscribing to Wondering plus an Apple Podcasts or the Wondering app.

986
00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:51,320
Speaker 1: Thank you again, Nate and Rodney and thank you everyone

987
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: to see you next week.