WEBVTT - It's Time to Check your Nuts! 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:06.000 This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:11.160 Chris Harrison coming to you from the home office in Austin, Texas. 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:16.440 Really excited for my guest today, Jesse Solomon from Summerhouse, 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.799 and I'm excited. Obviously we're going to talk about Summerhouse. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.200 He was new last year, had a good last season. 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:24.640 But what I really wanted to talk about Jesse about 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:27.880 was the impact he had. He was very open and 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:33.280 honest about surviving testicular cancer and actually a two time 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:39.960 cancer survivor, and was very open about how he found 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:42.520 out his diagnosis when he was a younger guy, had 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:46.520 one of his testicles surgically removed, went through chemo. Even 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:50.960 during the season, you know, was taking calls publicly with 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:55.360 doctors about diagnosis and how things are going. And he 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.520 was really open about his fear, how scared he was 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.600 at the time, and was just very vulnerable and open. 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.319 And look, he's a good looking finance guy. But those guys. 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:08.880 The thing about you know, these looking finance guys in 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:11.200 New York, they're like, you know, apples on the tree. 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.919 There's a million of them, and so what sets him apart? 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.959 And this story really set him apart. He's you know, 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.920 six ' five, good looking guy, a typical reality TV guy, 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:24.560 but his open book mentality and being so vulnerable is 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.960 really what drew us all to him and have a 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:30.679 lot of questions about men's health things we should all 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.880 be doing. Is he coming back to Summerhouse and if so, 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.240 what's that going to look like because the gloves will 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.360 be off for producers and what will that storyline be? 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.120 And I think they're in production right now, so we'll 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.640 be interesting to talk to our guest today, Jesse Solomon. 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.040 Joining me now is Jesse Solomon. Hey man, thank you 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:52.680 so much for taking the time. 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.280 Chris, thank you for having me. Happy to be here. 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:01.200 You made your big debut on Summer House. How old 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:05.040 are you? I'm thirty one, thirty one and you made 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:10.160 your fora into reality TV. Yeah yeah, tell me that 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.120 thought process because you're a lot younger than me. Obviously, 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.160 I spent a lot of time around reality TV, but 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:20.079 I'm just curious what the modern take is, like, what 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.200 did you grow up on and what made you think 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:24.920 this is a good option for me. 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.960 You know, I had a lot of different careers before 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:35.000 heading into reality TV. I only watched the Real world 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.480 for a few years when I was young, and that 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.520 kind of like taught me what partying was. I think, 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:45.200 all right, but I was never a big reality TV 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:49.680 guy after that, and you know, I was working in 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.919 finance at the time and just kind of unfulfilled and 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.919 wondering if I was on the right path. And then 0:02:56.040 --> 0:03:00.360 this opportunity came to me, and I think, it's just 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.680 a digital first world these days, and I thought I 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.520 could do a lot of good if I had my 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.200 own brand and a bigger brand, and. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:12.160 It's it's turned out great. 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.840 So I'm really grateful that I that I got the 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:16.280 opportunity and glad I did. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.440 It was that kind of the thought process of this 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.359 could help my brand, and by the way that you 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.000 did great and they treated you very well and you're 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.280 still we'll get into your storyline and all that. But 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.640 what was interesting is, you know a lot of people 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:33.560 get into reality TV thinking this is going to be positive, 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:37.320 this is going to help my brand. Oftentimes it doesn't, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.680 but for you, it really has. In season one anyway, 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.600 you know, it felt like you were this really likable, 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.160 lovable guy. You know, the song of what would Jesse do? 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:49.160 Yeah? 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.600 Season one to ease you into it. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:56.760 Yeah, yeah, you know, there's no guarantee that it's going 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.880 to turn out well, but I kind of just trusted 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:04.160 my myself. I thought it would be good to you know, 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.120 make new friends, obviously, go into this house and have 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.440 a good experience. But at the end of the day, like, 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.480 let's be real, you know, you're on a TV show, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.960 so it's. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:14.760 A big commitment. 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.239 You know, not a lot of finance guys on TV 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:20.919 for a variety of reasons. 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.440 My family was not initially on board. 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.839 They don't understand, you know, the Instagram of it all 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.560 and all the opportunities that have come out of it. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.800 But I just figured if I could have my own platform, 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.720 I would be able to do things like promote November, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:43.320 you know, give back with my time, and it's it's 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.200 been so great. I'm so blessed for all the opportunities 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:47.040 that have come out of it. 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.160 Your storyline was very personal, and it's one of the 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.000 reasons I wanted to have you on because I'm very 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:59.839 much into health and especially men's health. Double testicular cancer 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:04.640 survivor and you were very open about this on the show, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:09.440 which was awesome. Thank you were you always was that 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.279 your thought going into this of like, I'm going to 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:15.080 be open and honest about this. Were you apprehensive about it? 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.560 What were your thoughts heading in and talking to the 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:20.719 producers about how to how to work this and play this. 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.920 Yeah, I think quite frankly, it was a big reason 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.560 that they wanted me to be on the show because 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:31.520 I wasn't just your typical finance bro living in New York. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.200 I had another layer to me, and I'd been through 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:40.680 some things and I had a different perspective on life. 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:42.400 I knew it was. 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:46.480 Going to be a part of my story, and you know, 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:50.200 just like any typical situation where you're coming into a 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.159 house and meeting new people, I didn't want to like 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:53.160 rush into it. 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:57.800 Like the first episode, Hi, I'm Jesse, I have testicular cancer. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:05:58.680 Yeah. 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.240 Amanda's like, what's the worst thing that's ever happened to you? 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.080 And I was like, let's wait till tomorrow. 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:04.120 Yeah exactly. 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.719 But yeah, I knew it was going to be a 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:11.159 part of my story, and it's something that I'm open about, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:16.200 and I thought, you know, worst case scenario, reality TV 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:18.880 doesn't go well for me, I get canceled, whatever it 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:19.440 may be. 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:21.440 At least I'll. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:25.000 Be spreading awareness that there's normal people out there who 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.440 have gone through cancer, they've beaten it. There's light at 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.080 the end of the tunnel for those that are going 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:30.480 through it. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.400 Well, I can rest your fears. Nobody gets canceled on 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:39.720 reality no word, never mind. It's very interesting because so 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.320 when people came into the show and they had something 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:47.839 dramatic to tell, it was always interesting. Of when right, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.600 the Bachelor was interesting, especially it's very different than Summerhouse 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.440 because Bachelor it's like, Okay, I may only have two 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:59.240 conversations with this person, you know, and you're thinking, is well, 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.479 I don't want to make that my first thing. But 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.880 at the same time, if you don't tell that story 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.719 at some point, you may have lost that opportunity. So 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.320 you had to weigh that option as well. Okay, I 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.640 don't want to be that guy, but at the same time, 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.680 I want to be that guy eventually. To bring this 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:15.320 story up. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:19.720 Yeah, it wasn't strategic in any way. It just is 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.640 really a big part of my life. It factors into 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:27.760 my previous relationships, my relationship with my family. You know, 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.760 my friends are so important to me because they were 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:34.120 there for me when I was in chema. So it 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.040 just naturally comes up. I think, you know, I try 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:41.280 not to like rush into it on a first date, right, yeah, 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.280 second date, Like it's something I want people to know about. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.760 It's it's a big part of who I am. 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.120 Well, you're thirty one, you're healthy, young, good looking guy, 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.800 you have the world by the tail, you have the 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.840 world by the tale, and then boom, you have this 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:59.880 bomb dropped on you. I have testicular cancer. That is something. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.920 And I was young once. I wasn't as good looking 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.720 as you, but I remember that feeling of invincibility when 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.880 that bubble is burst at a young age. What was 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:13.640 your mentality, What was that process like when you found out? 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.800 Yeah, it was very scary. I was twenty four at 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:21.280 the time, and I'd lived a very charmed life, to 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:27.000 be quite frank, And looking back, it just kind of 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:31.560 makes sense. You know, everybody's got their own sh and 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:36.520 this was just my sh So I was so surprised 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.960 and scared. At the time. I was perfectly healthy. I 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:44.400 work out, I eat pretty well, and you just it 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.600 was just a feeling of I don't know what's going 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.840 to happen next, and you're completely out of control. I 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.599 didn't feel like I did anything wrong, and it was 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.600 unfair a bit, but I was mostly just scared. And 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.920 then you learn more about it and you learn that 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.560 it's you know, one of the more treatable forms of 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:06.120 cancer if you catch it early, which is why I, 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.800 you know, want to help promote that message with November 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.120 that you know, you got to check yourself. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:13.920 If you feel something change. 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.240 You got to go to your doctor, get regular checkups, 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:20.720 because you know, the best form of preventing cancer is 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:21.720 early detection. 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:37.120 Guys are really bad when it comes to medical stuff. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:38.920 And I you know a lot of guys listen to 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.480 this podcast, but especially a lot of women listen to 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:45.880 this and for your boyfriends, for your husband's we what 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.640 should be the message to guys, you know, especially we 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.400 get very particular when our junk is involved, right, We 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.160 get very self conscious where we are, We get embarrassed, 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:02.280 whether it's you know, colon cancer, cross state, you know, 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.599 anytime our junk is involved, testicles, et cetera. All of 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.040 a sudden, we just let it go. And like you said, 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:13.720 this stuff is often very preventable. How do we jump 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.280 on this? What can we do? 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.560 Yeah, And that's one thing about me is I'm so 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.480 open almost to a fault. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.040 That it was easy for me to talk about stuff related. 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.040 Were you always like that or did you get that way? 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:27.560 Yeah? 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.760 I think I'm just an open book. I think I've 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.840 always kind of been that way like things. I'm just 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:33.920 not close to the. 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:35.520 Chest for better or for work. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.000 Well, then you're a reality producer's dream then. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:39.040 Yeah. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.480 Usually it's like pulling teeth to get people to talk. 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:43.360 So if you'll open up, that's that's awesome. 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:50.000 I'm definitely getting myself into trouble, but it'll be good TV. Yeah. 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:54.960 My message to men is just check yourself once a month, 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.920 you know, when you're in the shower, whenever it is, 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.760 just grab your mouse, see if anything's changed. 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.079 And but let's be honest, we're all washing our junk. 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.240 You're touching yourself in the shower anyway, just give it 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.880 a little firm squeeze and what are we What am 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:09.959 I feeling for? 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:10.280 Though? 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:10.360 What? 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:10.800 What? 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.280 Just any regular irregularities. 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.080 Don't get don't get too excited, not too much. Just 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:17.679 you know, yeah, you. 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.960 Want to see if anything's changed since the last time 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.000 you checked. That's really what you're looking for. And go 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.319 to the doctor once a year, you know, check yourself, 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.160 but also go to the doctor. If you feel anything 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:33.440 that's painful, go to the doctor. It's probably nothing, but 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.160 you'd rather be safe than sorry. 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.360 Obviously, how did you get Did you self diagnosed and 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:40.839 go check on something, or did the doctor you know? 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.560 I was in New York for a couple of years 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:45.720 and hadn't gotten a physical in a while, and I 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:47.960 was like, let me just go get checked. You know, 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.160 when you're a kid in your mom's house, she makes 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:52.280 you go to the doctor every year. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:57.320 Goodness, So I just went and got a regular check up. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.439 The doctor said, you know, I don't think this is anything, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:04.400 but just get an ultrasound. And I completely forgot about 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.679 it for a few weeks. I was traveling for work 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:08.120 and I got back and I was like, I should 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.240 get that ultrasound done. And I did a bunch of 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:15.520 testing and I thought I maybe had like an STD 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:16.839 and or it was. 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.520 Like going to be the worst day of my life. 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:20.840 And I go back to the doctor at night and 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.480 he's like, so listen, you have testicular cancer. 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:24.920 You're going to have to get one of your. 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.400 Testicles removed, and you're probably going to need some chemo 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:29.360 and radiation and. 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.800 I was like, where's my regular doctor and who were you? 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.120 Yeah, like I thought I was just going to need 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.760 a pill penicillin shot for an STD. Man, this is 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:39.760 a whole different direction. 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:40.400 Yeah. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.520 So it was scary and I didn't want to scare 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.040 my parents. It was just like a lot at once. 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:49.440 But yeah, luckily I just needed one surgery, got my 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:54.080 testicle removed, didn't need chemo at the time, monitored my 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.640 self by going to the doctor every six weeks after that, 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.040 and then a year later it's read to the lymph 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:05.240 nodes in my stomach, which you could consider like stage two, 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.959 and I needed four rounds of chemo. That took about 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:13.480 four months, and luckily I've been healthy ever since then 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.240 almost six years. I've got my six year appointment coming 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:17.240 up in September. 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.840 That's fantastic, by the way, congratulations, thank you. Yeah, one day, 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.160 one year at a time. Right, Yeah, How did that 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:28.240 change your philosophy on life and your perspective, because again, 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.120 we've all been in that position where we're young, we're fit, 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:35.480 we're doing our thing. Success is kind of coming quickly 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.920 and you're on that rise, and then you have this 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.440 kind of change of course, and this change of life. 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:48.360 What did that do to you philosophically, emotionally, mentally. 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:53.319 Yeah, you learned to really appreciate your family first and foremost, 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.840 and your friends that are there for you and aren't 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.400 just there to do the fun stuff with you, but 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.280 to help you the hard times. You know you're on 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.679 your ass and who's there to pick you up or 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.440 is your dad and your brother? And that really meant 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:12.360 a lot. I think it's really hard for me now 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.560 to care about pretty much anything. 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:18.560 You don't sweat the small stuff. 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:24.160 Yeah, when I find myself feeling like fomo over something 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:30.840 or yeah, just things that aren't like big deals, honestly, 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.760 I just let it roll off my back. So and 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:38.480 it's really put things into perspective, like I enjoy the 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:42.040 small stuff now, whereas like I'm just happy to be alive, 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:45.280 as corny as that is. Like I go for a 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.480 morning walk and get a coffee and I'm just like, 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.640 this is awesome. So it's really one of the better 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.720 things that's ever happened to me, and I'm grateful for 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.640 the experience. I just wish it didn't have to happen 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:56.400 for me to feel it. 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:03.680 Has it been a problem with women like having that conversation. Eventually, 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.320 you said on the second date or third day, whenever 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.920 you start feeling some sort of a connection, you have 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:11.720 that talk. Has it been and obviously that's something someone 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:13.240 you wouldn't want to be with anyway if it was 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.760 an issue. But has it ever been an issue where 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.840 that ends a relationship or causes a problem. 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:21.800 No? Never once. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.760 I mean, girls aren't like really doing a deep dive 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:30.960 on your nuts if they're ever down there, so. 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:34.920 I would say they're quite unsightly as it is. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.880 Yeah, yeah, no, you nailed it. 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.360 If a girl had a problem with that, it's not 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.680 somebody that I want to be with anyways, And I 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:46.480 think usually it's it is a positive that I've been 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.240 through something and I have such a good attitude about it. 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:50.960 Yeah. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.960 Maybe maybe girls don't want to procreate with a guy 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.880 who has answer in his genes. But you know, anything 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:58.800 could happen to anyone. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:00.000 Are you single now? 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:00.040 No? 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:06.440 No, because you didn't hook up with anybody at Summerhouse? 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.720 Well or did you? 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.040 This is yeah, I mean that last season I was 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:17.640 a single guy. Yeah, I just started seeing someone and 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.440 so I'm not single, is the short answer. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.720 Okay, is this person in the house are we going 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:23.960 to get to see a love story for. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:25.840 You, Chris? 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:26.680 I love it. 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:27.920 I can't tell you that. 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.280 So here's the thing, because here, here's here's my thing. 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:38.080 As a producer, what worried me was you had testicular cancer. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.920 And I'm not saying it's a good thing, but it 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.840 saved you, right Like, as a producer, I can't attack you. 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.800 I can't make Jesse look bad. The dude has he's 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:50.840 had cancer twice and so, uh, cancer survivor. That gives 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.240 you that ride on season one. Season two is going 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.640 to be interesting. We're going to get to probably see 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:56.680 a different side of you. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:01.040 Yeah, yeah, No, I'm definitely involved in a lot of 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:06.280 BS this summer and it's not BS, but it's it's drama. 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:08.840 So you're you're definitely gonna want to tune in. 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:12.000 Yeah. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:13.480 I mean the first season you're not you don't have 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:17.040 close relationships with people, so you can't really get involved 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:21.080 in deeper conversations. But now these are like my close friends, 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:27.280 so it's easier for me to give my opinion. But yeah, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:28.840 I can't wait to see it. 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.440 I guess look at that smile on his face, Guys, 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.280 Jesse is in love something like that. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:39.679 It's it's just a lot to date in a in 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.119 this environment. That's I'll leave it at that. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.480 Meeting on TV or just in this modern age. 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:50.240 Both, but I was referring to TV. Yeah, there's just 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:54.960 a lot of uh pressure, and I'm my rule of 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.919 thumb is just do exactly what you would do not 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:02.520 on TV, and be genuine and be yourself and hopefully 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.920 that comes through. And I know I'm a good person 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.800 and hopefully other people think so. But if not, my 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.200 family and friends know it, and that's all I could 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:11.680 ask for. 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:28.160 You're happy, and that's right there. That's the most important thing, 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:31.439 and hopefully that will continue. But by the way, the 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.600 best teas ever for Summerhouse is we get to watch 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:39.000 Jesse find love and continue this story. That's a great tease. Man, 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:39.960 This should be everywhere. 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:45.520 Yeah, well, the Summerhouse doesn't air until like February, so. 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:48.920 So anything can happen. You might be married by. 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.560 Then, yeah, definitely. No, No, I won't. 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.520 A Summerhouse wedding. Come on, I know a guy that 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:57.400 is ordained and can do weddings. 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:58.760 Yeah, I'm ordained. 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:00.359 I can get out the Summerhouse quick. 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:01.840 Have you ever done a wedding. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:06.639 I've done about fifteen weddings. Yeah, back when you were 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.960 a kid, I did this other reality show that was 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:12.919 about love, and we did a bunch of weddings on 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.600 TV and I officiated. It got to the point where 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.840 so we would do these weddings, and in the beginning, 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.639 we would kind of get these if they had somebody 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.320 special in their life, they would come in and officiate 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:27.040 the wedding, but a lot of times they didn't, and 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.119 so we would get these kind of rent a priest 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:31.480 and they would come in and it was very difficult 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.520 because they weren't very TV savvy and we were doing 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:36.600 a live TV show or trying to tape something. So 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:39.479 eventually they were like, well, you guys know and love Chris, 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.960 He'll officiate your wedding and host. So I would host 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.120 the show and then go up and officiate the wedding 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:47.560 and then go back to hosting the show. 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:49.440 This is before the Bachelor. 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:54.040 Those during the Bachelor, I officiated weddings of Bachelor couples, 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.119 Bachelor and Paradise. I did a couple weddings done in Bachelor. 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:01.200 In Paradise. We would kick off seasons times with the wedding. Yeah, 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:02.360 I did a bunch of weddings. 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:03.879 What's your success right. 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:07.680 Bachelor wise, it's getting worse the more and more time 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:13.200 goes by, the more and more people get divorced. I'm 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:14.840 probably you know what, I have to go back. Luckily, 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:18.439 I have a lot of weddings and couples in the 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:21.280 private sector. They've all stayed together. So my you know, 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:23.639 my track record in the private sector much stronger than 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:27.280 on TV, because I definitely do have a couple of 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:28.680 divorces now on TV. 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:31.440 So you're telling me it's difficult on TV. 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:35.439 You know, TV is you know, it's funny. You watch like, 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:39.480 you know, the you know, Housewives of all the Housewives 0:20:39.480 --> 0:20:41.520 and all that stuff, and it is difficult. 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:41.760 You know. 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:44.400 I've talked to many of the housewives and like it's 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:47.919 I don't know if it's made any of our relationships stronger. 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:49.960 It's a very difficult thing to navigate. You have to 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:53.240 be very careful that you have to be phenomenal at communicating, 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:56.440 and often we're not great at that, you know, that's 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.040 usually our weakest link. But it sounds like you're a 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:00.000 great communicator. 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:03.560 I'm learning that I'm not as good as I thought. 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:06.879 I'm very open. I just need to be open with 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.480