Speaker 1: Welcome back Happy Hour listeners, and I couldn't do another
Speaker 1: week of Katie season without my girl Tasia alongside me.
Speaker 1: She is back to chat about everything from this second episode.
Speaker 1: So welcome back, Tasha, Hi, my little Happy Hour listeners.
Speaker 1: I am so excited to be back and give y'all
Speaker 1: a little bit more tea about this season. But I'm
Speaker 1: most excited for our guest today, the Bachelorette herself, Katie
Speaker 1: is joining us, and I just like, can't wait. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a good episode of Bachela Happy Hour. I
Speaker 1: can't wait. We haven't had Katie on Bachelor Happy Hour
Speaker 1: since she was on Matt season, which was four ever ago. Crazy,
Speaker 1: it's been so long. I mean, it just feels like
Speaker 1: eons ago that we had her on, and like, I
Speaker 1: absolutely fell in love with her when we first had
Speaker 1: her with us. So we're gonna bring her on very shortly.
Speaker 1: But before we do chat with her, we just have
Speaker 1: to get into last night's episode. We saw a lot
Speaker 1: go down. We obviously were left with the cliff hanger.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to actually have Katie on though, because you know,
Speaker 1: we can chat about all of the dirt and the
Speaker 1: tea and what went down with her. But I think
Speaker 1: we should just start off and Tasia, if you're cool
Speaker 1: with this, just like maybe give like our favorite highlights
Speaker 1: or lowlights of the I was gonna say the season
Speaker 1: of the episode that we saw, Yeah, absolutely, Okay. First off,
Speaker 1: I had to say with the first date, can I
Speaker 1: just say that I love Heather McDonald and that yes
Speaker 1: you can. I think that date was just so different
Speaker 1: from anything I've ever seen really on The Bachelorette, and
Speaker 1: I think the guys were so incredibly funny and made
Speaker 1: light of a situation that can kind of be awkward
Speaker 1: at times in front of thirty guys that are all
Speaker 1: trading date the same girl. Heather McDonald was the perfect
Speaker 1: host for that. I absolutely love her. Obviously we chatted
Speaker 1: with her last week, but she just brought such a
Speaker 1: funny perspective to the date without making it like it
Speaker 1: didn't cross a line like I'm sure some people were
Speaker 1: gonna watch it and be like, oh, you know, this
Speaker 1: is kind of like scandalous or like dry. I thought
Speaker 1: it was great. It was handled so well. Most of
Speaker 1: the guys, besides Mike, who obviously we saw it, was
Speaker 1: very uncomfortable with the date. For certain reasons, like most
Speaker 1: of the guys just owned it and made it very lighthearted.
Speaker 1: Who I mean because you were obviously they're sitting next
Speaker 1: to Katie, who was your favorite stand o guy from
Speaker 1: that group date. Oh my gosh. Let me think she
Speaker 1: laughed so hard with Trey's little like puppet show, which
Speaker 1: was so awkward in verson because it went on for
Speaker 1: like fifteen minutes, but it was it was comical. I
Speaker 1: think she really enjoyed Connors the Cat song. She loved
Speaker 1: that song. I loved that song. I was like, girl,
Speaker 1: if you don't like that song, there's something wrong. But
Speaker 1: she had let me clean out your little ears because
Speaker 1: he was just I was not expecting that from him.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's good, he can actually sing, he's not
Speaker 1: just right lyrics. Hello, Yes, he's clever. It was it
Speaker 1: was like the perfect balance of like actually good performing
Speaker 1: and you know, like he's very musically talented with witty lyrics.
Speaker 1: And I was right, And it wasn't like to showoff.
Speaker 1: He like, Hi, I'm a musician, Like let me play
Speaker 1: for you. It was just like I could play along
Speaker 1: and then just like it was witty, he was cute,
Speaker 1: it was flirty and you didn't expect some of those
Speaker 1: lines from Conn or the cat. So um, yeah, that
Speaker 1: was great. The only thing I wish would have been
Speaker 1: added to that is if he would have actually still
Speaker 1: had the cat costume on while he was I think
Speaker 1: the cat costume is dead and done. Okay, baby, I
Speaker 1: think the cat costume is dead and done. I don't know.
Speaker 1: After we saw how much she loved in Ny one,
Speaker 1: it's got to be somewhere. I feel like it's not
Speaker 1: too far away. It's so funny. He probably still has
Speaker 1: it in his closet. Oh gosh, I hope. I would hope.
Speaker 1: So if he doesn't come out to like mentell all,
Speaker 1: if he you know, I don't know how far he gets.
Speaker 1: But if he's if he's partamental all and he's not
Speaker 1: in that cot costume or like the pousitible, don't make
Speaker 1: an appearance, I'm gonna be very disappointed that is can okay, wait,
Speaker 1: we'll have to look out for that. Okay. So obviously
Speaker 1: group date for the most part, when well we saw
Speaker 1: Thomas get the group date rose that night. Great. Can
Speaker 1: I just say I don't think I trust Thomas. It's
Speaker 1: so funny because I'm trying not just say too much.
Speaker 1: But I thought the same thing, like you're too good
Speaker 1: looking and you say the right thing, and there's something
Speaker 1: like red flaggy about that. Is that not right? No?
Speaker 1: I feel the same way I wrote in my notes. Okay,
Speaker 1: I said he's hot, but I don't trust a man
Speaker 1: who after meeting him, says he keeps saying like you
Speaker 1: can trust me, you can trust me. It's like, why
Speaker 1: are you telling me this right now? Like he's just
Speaker 1: like too scripted, too perfect, Like he says all the
Speaker 1: right things. It's like he's watched the show every season,
Speaker 1: you know, like he does. But I mean, of course
Speaker 1: you if I was Katie, I would look at him
Speaker 1: and be like, oh, okay, I trust you too, got it? Yeah,
Speaker 1: So yeah, there's just something about him. So we'll see,
Speaker 1: we'll see. I don't know what she's going to go on,
Speaker 1: but yeah, he got the group date on that on
Speaker 1: that or he got the group date Rose on date Rose.
Speaker 1: But then we go into one of the people's favorites
Speaker 1: so far, mister first impression roseman himself, Greg winked on
Speaker 1: a red pickup truck camping tent date with Katie, which
Speaker 1: I found one of us one of the sweetest dates
Speaker 1: I've ever witnessed. I completely from start to finish, it
Speaker 1: was sweet. But no, I think Greg just there's something
Speaker 1: about like sharing something really heavy, like a loss of
Speaker 1: a parent with somebody else that bonds people in a
Speaker 1: specific way. And I think, I mean, it's only it's
Speaker 1: week one, it's her first one on one date. I
Speaker 1: mean usually guys who go on the first one on
Speaker 1: one date, it's like tend to make it pretty far,
Speaker 1: just because you establish a connection very early on, fresh
Speaker 1: out the game. And so I think that in itself,
Speaker 1: layered with the fact that they both recently lost their fathers.
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, wow, I've just watched the entire
Speaker 1: season unfold, So I like Greg, I'm going to keep
Speaker 1: my eye on him. If I was, if I was
Speaker 1: a betting woman, I'd say he's going far. I was wrong,
Speaker 1: so I probably shouldn't bet. But yeah, then we're getting
Speaker 1: into the last state. The buckle brawl nothing like too
Speaker 1: wild and crazy. With most of the men besides Aaron
Speaker 1: and Cody, which we saw some of that drama happened.
Speaker 1: There was obviously tension brewing between the men, which ultimately
Speaker 1: led Katie feeling comfortable talking to Aaron, which I'm glad
Speaker 1: that she got to that point with him, with somebody
Speaker 1: in the group where she could sit down and be like, hey, look,
Speaker 1: tell me what's going on. Give it to me straight,
Speaker 1: you know, nobs and led her to send Cody home,
Speaker 1: which whatever, if she felt like that was the right
Speaker 1: thing to do, like, kudos to her. If she knows
Speaker 1: what she wants, she doesn't want to mess around and
Speaker 1: deal with extra guys who she has to question this earlier.
Speaker 1: And I'm like, send him home, goodbye, goodbye. Agree, That's
Speaker 1: what I told her. I was just like, hey, if
Speaker 1: this is already a thing nippet in the bud, we
Speaker 1: don't have time for that. And she was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I actually don't have time for that. So I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna say, tata, you know, wait, can I just say
Speaker 1: one thing, like the one thing that kind of like
Speaker 1: pulled all my heart strings just a little bit this episode,
Speaker 1: give it to me? Of course, you know, I just
Speaker 1: have to say, like after watching it, because obviously Caitlyn
Speaker 1: and I were there on the Greatest Lover Date, but
Speaker 1: to see Mike p like behind the scenes, like how
Speaker 1: much like how nervous he was, but also like how
Speaker 1: much he emotionally went through, like having to tell somebody
Speaker 1: that he's a virgin like M. That broke my heart
Speaker 1: because it really isn't something that like I feel like
Speaker 1: people should like be so scared to say. And I
Speaker 1: know that Katie sex's positive, but like people like that's
Speaker 1: him and like you, and I really hated that he
Speaker 1: felt like I don't know M, like it was something
Speaker 1: to almost gotta be not He wasn't ashamed of it
Speaker 1: at all, but it was more like he was like
Speaker 1: timid to share. Yeah. Well, And I can't speak for
Speaker 1: him because I don't know him and I'm not him,
Speaker 1: but I can imagine, like it's one thing to know
Speaker 1: at some point you're going to have to have that
Speaker 1: conversation with whoever the lead is. That's that's expected unless
Speaker 1: you go home early on. But I don't think he
Speaker 1: and he even admitted this, I don't think he thought
Speaker 1: it was going to be that early in that public
Speaker 1: of a setting. It's definitely something if I was him,
Speaker 1: I would have wanted to have with just her, But
Speaker 1: the way he approached how he actually told her, I
Speaker 1: found O My god, so in daring, I like, I'm
Speaker 1: so glad she gave him the award to win that
Speaker 1: group date that day because he opened up and he
Speaker 1: was sweet about it. He made I think he made
Speaker 1: it be known like more of who he was and
Speaker 1: that you know. Yeah, maybe he didn't want to share it,
Speaker 1: but he still did and that takes balls. But maybe
Speaker 1: that's like the wrong phrase to say too right now.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's like he did it in
Speaker 1: such a classy way, like yeah, I just remember being
Speaker 1: there and him reading that, you know, his entry, his
Speaker 1: journal entry, and I was crying, Katie was crying. Katl's crying,
Speaker 1: Like it was done so beautifully, and I just want
Speaker 1: to give him like a round of applause and just
Speaker 1: like tell him, like I loved that so much. We're
Speaker 1: Mike fans. It was just so genuine and sincere and
Speaker 1: so well said, and just I'm so happy he received
Speaker 1: the award. Like hopefully that encourages people to like, I
Speaker 1: don't know, just okay with that. If that's you, that's you,
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, And it's so great that we're seeing
Speaker 1: all ends of the spectrum here from everyone that comes
Speaker 1: on the show. You have people who are virgins and
Speaker 1: saving themselves, sill marriage and that's great. You have people
Speaker 1: who are very open and out there and sex positive
Speaker 1: and that's great, and then you have everyone in between,
Speaker 1: and so it's all all somebody's own personal choice. It's
Speaker 1: all our own personal journeys to learn and grow on,
Speaker 1: and so just allow everyone to be themselves people. And
Speaker 1: so Mike, thank you for sharing. I'm so glad that,
Speaker 1: you know, we finally got to the point. Hopefully now
Speaker 1: now that that's out, he can feel more comfortable in
Speaker 1: this setting and you know, being more open and moving
Speaker 1: forward with Katie. Yeah, but that was really sweet. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I just wanted to anyway. Yeah, Okay, Hey, I'm so
Speaker 1: excited for Katie. Yeah, I'm so excited to see what
Speaker 1: next week holds. We'll start off, I'm assuming with the
Speaker 1: Rose ceremony, because we ended with that cliffhanger, which I hate,
Speaker 1: but I get it. You got to keep us hooked people. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think without further ado, we just should bring Katie
Speaker 1: on because I have so many questions for her. I
Speaker 1: know you do, and you have definitely built a friendship
Speaker 1: with her since then, and it's probably just going to
Speaker 1: be great to have you as co host with me
Speaker 1: today to help her feel a little bit more comfortable,
Speaker 1: So everybody please welcome the amazing bacherette herself, Katie, Katie,
Speaker 1: welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I was trying to
Speaker 1: just think about the last time we had you on,
Speaker 1: which was in the middle of Matt's season, I think,
Speaker 1: like months and months ago, So welcome back. Your life
Speaker 1: has completely changed since then, between finishing matt season, watching
Speaker 1: his season back, being announced his bachelortte, filming your own season,
Speaker 1: and now your season is airing, so much has gone down.
Speaker 1: So how have you been feeling throughout all of these
Speaker 1: crazy months. I mean, I'll be honest, like my life
Speaker 1: actually feels kind of the same right now, because everything's
Speaker 1: like in limbo a little bit, you know, at times,
Speaker 1: it also feels like a dream. And so when I
Speaker 1: watch it back, I'm like, oh no, this is real life.
Speaker 1: This is really happening, Like that stuff actually went down right.
Speaker 1: And it's always such an odd experience because obviously you
Speaker 1: lived it, like there's so much that you went through
Speaker 1: with these guys and like in your own personal journey,
Speaker 1: but now watching it back, there's so much that you
Speaker 1: realize you don't see, like you you know, like you're
Speaker 1: not with the guys twenty four seven. You're not in
Speaker 1: their interviews, So how has that been like watching what
Speaker 1: they say about you back, watching what goes down at
Speaker 1: the resort when you're not around, Like, what is that
Speaker 1: like for you? It's interesting because without giving any spoilers,
Speaker 1: some of the things that these guys are saying are
Speaker 1: struggling with are like foreshadowing future conflict, and it's like, oh,
Speaker 1: that was something they were battling early on, or there
Speaker 1: were red flags early on that I never saw, And
Speaker 1: so it's just it is very interesting to finally see
Speaker 1: like behind the scenes, isn't it. It's it's like I
Speaker 1: wish y'all would have told me about that now that
Speaker 1: you're watching about it, right, I mean, I know I
Speaker 1: definitely felt like that watching my season back, and I
Speaker 1: can only imagine for you because like we all can
Speaker 1: relate to some capacity, we all could relate a lot, Okay,
Speaker 1: but these guys, I feel like I always thought, like,
Speaker 1: why didn't you tell me that? Like it would have
Speaker 1: helped us, you know, so I totally understand. Well, that's
Speaker 1: why I think it's good that Katie you have Caitlin
Speaker 1: and Titia, which I want to ask you about, but
Speaker 1: thank goodness you had them, you know, as like this
Speaker 1: girl gang, these confidence like that you could lean on
Speaker 1: for advice in situations because you know, they went through
Speaker 1: the entire thing, and maybe they were picking up or
Speaker 1: hearing certain things when you weren't around that they could
Speaker 1: have shared with you. Obviously, when they came on, it
Speaker 1: was a complete surprise to you. So reliving that back.
Speaker 1: What did that feel like for you when you first
Speaker 1: saw them, I mean, well, I was gonna say, come
Speaker 1: out of the limit, but they just it's like a
Speaker 1: behind you. I was so shoved, even like I'm reliving
Speaker 1: the emotion right now of like this like overwhelming joy
Speaker 1: of like thank God these women aren't here, And it
Speaker 1: was nothing I could have ever expected. And I honestly
Speaker 1: almost cried, or maybe I even did, I don't remember,
Speaker 1: but I was relieved. I was so happy to have
Speaker 1: them both there. You took on a big undertaking going
Speaker 1: in thinking like you might not have a host, you
Speaker 1: might not have anyone there besides the men, and you
Speaker 1: know your team of producers there. So I'm so glad
Speaker 1: that you guys all had each other to know. I know,
Speaker 1: I've talked to both Tatian and Caitlin, who they've had
Speaker 1: moments too. I think filming with you that brought back
Speaker 1: memories and so I think on all fronts, it was
Speaker 1: good that you guys all had each other one thing
Speaker 1: that we can all relate to. As Tastia said, you
Speaker 1: know more than anything else, is like this experience really
Speaker 1: bonds people in a weird way, and nothing can truly
Speaker 1: prepare you for the role that is being the lead
Speaker 1: in this franchise. So we're curious to know since we
Speaker 1: have you on and I'm sure much of our listeners
Speaker 1: have been wondering this too. What we're like, say three
Speaker 1: qualities or conversations, etc. That you had going into your season,
Speaker 1: knowing you wanted to talk about with the men, whether
Speaker 1: it made it on air or not, that like we're
Speaker 1: very important to you. You know. It's tough because becoming
Speaker 1: a bachelorte was such a short notice for me that
Speaker 1: I almost didn't really have time to plan that way.
Speaker 1: You know, Like as I'm there, I'm getting advice from
Speaker 1: Tatia and Caitlin of like exactly that question, like what
Speaker 1: do you want to know? And I'm like, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I haven't really thought this far yet I was taking
Speaker 1: it day by day, but obviously kind of knowing I
Speaker 1: think what their goals are, like where they see their
Speaker 1: life headed in the next year, and trying to figure
Speaker 1: out if that's something I can intertwine with man I know,
Speaker 1: and like, honestly being that I was there with Katie,
Speaker 1: like we had a lot of conversations her I and
Speaker 1: Caitlin about like, you know, what are you trying to
Speaker 1: get out of this? Also, like she was kind of
Speaker 1: stressed out because she's like, I don't know what I'm
Speaker 1: supposed to feel. What I'm supposed to feel, and when
Speaker 1: that's like it's going to be very obvious to me,
Speaker 1: and why don't I feel this or that yet? And
Speaker 1: it's just it's so hard to really tell somebody when
Speaker 1: that's going to happen or how you're supposed to feel
Speaker 1: or navigate those waters. But it's just it's such a
Speaker 1: unique journey that you kind of just have to let
Speaker 1: it unfold and try to let go control, which Katie,
Speaker 1: I know I've told you multiple times. It's like this
Speaker 1: is the one thing you kind of just have to
Speaker 1: like lean into and it's really really hard to do that.
Speaker 1: So I understand the thing of like not knowing exactly
Speaker 1: coming in there and be like, I don't know, I
Speaker 1: know that I like this type of man, or like this, this, this, this, this,
Speaker 1: but like being able to like pick up a guy
Speaker 1: in the line up and be like, yep, you have
Speaker 1: it all. It's so hard to do that, even though
Speaker 1: you have that option in a way. I mean, you
Speaker 1: had thirty minute to choose from what well, and I
Speaker 1: think it's so easy for anyone to kind of go
Speaker 1: off of what you're physically attracted to, right like they
Speaker 1: men are coming out of the limo. It's easy to
Speaker 1: be like, oh that's my type, he's hot, Yes, sign
Speaker 1: me up for that man. But that's why I loved
Speaker 1: Katie when you were able to sit down with tasition
Speaker 1: Caitlin and I don't remember which one of you told
Speaker 1: her this, but you said one of you said, just
Speaker 1: you know, stay open to everyone because they might surprise you,
Speaker 1: you know, like, don't write anyone off night one, because
Speaker 1: you never know what their personality, what their personality is
Speaker 1: going to be, like, what they might open up to
Speaker 1: you about. And so so I know that they told
Speaker 1: you that night one, Katie, to do you feel like
Speaker 1: throughout these next couple weeks, and I guess throughout the
Speaker 1: entire journey, if you will go, I'm like trying not
Speaker 1: to say that word, but throughout your entire journey, did
Speaker 1: you keep that in the back of your mind and
Speaker 1: try to always like remember that? And you know, like
Speaker 1: if you were trying to write somebody or like at
Speaker 1: the point of writing somebody off, you're like, hmm, let
Speaker 1: me just give them one more shot, Like how open
Speaker 1: do you feel like you stayed the entire time? I
Speaker 1: was extremely open with every single guy, which I think
Speaker 1: it would be so obvious, as you know, Batchel Nation
Speaker 1: is watching back. I built really strong connections with some
Speaker 1: of these guys, friendships with some of them. Like, to
Speaker 1: be honest, I'm very excited for mental all because I
Speaker 1: have nothing but great things to say about a lot
Speaker 1: of these men. I don't think I've ever heard anyone
Speaker 1: said before. I'm just gonna say that's usually not the case. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's nerve wracking walking into a room full of all
Speaker 1: of your exes who you just recently broke up with
Speaker 1: and you're just like, oh, it's I mean, it's fun,
Speaker 1: and a lot of them like for the most part
Speaker 1: like the guys are great. I don't know your men.
Speaker 1: I can only assume going off of past seasons, like
Speaker 1: they'll wish you the best and want you nothing but happiness.
Speaker 1: But it's a little nerve wracking. So thank god you
Speaker 1: have Carrie to style you, and you have Gina to
Speaker 1: make you look flawless when you're out there in front
Speaker 1: of all those exes. But okay, let's get into the
Speaker 1: good stuff. Um, we need to get into I mean,
Speaker 1: we've obviously seen now two episodes, but there's so much
Speaker 1: more that I'm sure it's going to go down in
Speaker 1: the weeks and the months to come. So getting into
Speaker 1: night one, obviously, you know, one of the biggest surprises
Speaker 1: I'm sure you had were Caitlin and Tasia coming in
Speaker 1: and surprising you. But Limo entrances, what was your absolute
Speaker 1: favorite and what was your least favorite? I feel like
Speaker 1: that so obvious. My favorite was Connor the cat like,
Speaker 1: hands down, without a doubt. My least favorite was definitely
Speaker 1: the RV which but was it your least favorite at
Speaker 1: first or when he brought you in later? Um, I
Speaker 1: think in the beginning I had a feeling I wasn't
Speaker 1: gonna like it, so I was already going into a
Speaker 1: flute expectation, and then when I was in the RVY,
Speaker 1: I was like, oh yeah, I would yes, is not
Speaker 1: it as he's eating celery and just has like crappling
Speaker 1: all over. I was selling tato this last week, like
Speaker 1: murdering me and like taking me a drink and go
Speaker 1: to the bedroom. Like he's like jokes, Like, I don't
Speaker 1: know how you're joking, sir. If you want to know what,
Speaker 1: I weirdly love like true crime and weird shit like
Speaker 1: that's so I feel like I would have kind of
Speaker 1: been like into it a little bit in a weird way.
Speaker 1: So that's probably not a good thing, and you probably
Speaker 1: should cut that habit, like now okay, Like I would
Speaker 1: have just been like given him shit like oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I heard this on like a crime podcast last week,
Speaker 1: or I just watched a documentary and the girl got
Speaker 1: murdered and like, great, would you sign me up for ABC?
Speaker 1: You know, like just I don't right it would I
Speaker 1: would have had some fun with it. Um, oh my gosh.
Speaker 1: I just had a watching about the RV thing and
Speaker 1: I totally forgot um oh my gosh. We can move
Speaker 1: on from that. I guarantee. It was so interesting though,
Speaker 1: watching you meet the men and then having Kaitlyn and
Speaker 1: Titia watching in the background, because I feel like there
Speaker 1: were certain instances where you, I don't know, I feel
Speaker 1: like you weren't too sure of the men of who
Speaker 1: you were meeting, but the girls in the background like, oh,
Speaker 1: she likes him, she's into him. Yeah, and then like
Speaker 1: to see it all play back and like who you
Speaker 1: kept and sent home? I was like, this is this
Speaker 1: is like a good way to be doing a premiere night,
Speaker 1: like having your girlfriends there eating some popcorn. Yes, it's
Speaker 1: so funny because Katie, like I was just realizing this
Speaker 1: last week, but like we had no idea what these
Speaker 1: guys were saying to you, and so like when you're
Speaker 1: working us a thumbs up, we're like, okay, cool, like
Speaker 1: she's into it, and like when you're wringing the thumbs down,
Speaker 1: like we had no idea what the guys were saying.
Speaker 1: But then watching the episode, we're like, now that makes sense.
Speaker 1: That was reeky or like way, like you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. So it was so fun like seeing you
Speaker 1: be able to I don't know because we had just
Speaker 1: met that night, like we didn't know what you're into
Speaker 1: and how you would react to some of these things.
Speaker 1: So it was really fun for Caitlin and I to
Speaker 1: actually watch it and like talk about it after the
Speaker 1: fact because like that makes so much sense now. We
Speaker 1: could have wish we had like a listening device next time,
Speaker 1: just give everyone some walkie talkies. That would be a
Speaker 1: good idea. So yeah, like we um, okay, So Katie,
Speaker 1: last night, let's get into your first actual week of dates.
Speaker 1: So we saw you go on through different dates. Out
Speaker 1: of all of those, which date activity wise, was your
Speaker 1: overall favorite? Honestly, I really loved The Greatest Lover of
Speaker 1: All Time date because you guys got to see just
Speaker 1: a small portion of it, but it felt like a
Speaker 1: comedy show. Like it was like, I don't know, like
Speaker 1: two hours maybe of just pure entertainment and laughter. And
Speaker 1: this is like the first time we're all kind of
Speaker 1: getting to know each other as a group. Was just
Speaker 1: so much fun. It was a good one. I will say.
Speaker 1: Heather McDonald is incredible. She did such a good job
Speaker 1: hosting that, and it was just such like a good
Speaker 1: catered date towards you. I feel like, because you know,
Speaker 1: all season so far, we've been talking about how sex
Speaker 1: positive and just open you are. And I think that's
Speaker 1: something probably very important that you wanted to see and hear.
Speaker 1: So we saw you give your group date rose to
Speaker 1: Mike at that date, who admitted that he was saving
Speaker 1: himself for marriage. How did that make you feel? Sitting
Speaker 1: on the bed staring at him as he is reading
Speaker 1: you this letter. I just want to clarify. I think
Speaker 1: he actually got just like the award for that, but
Speaker 1: the rose was someone else at night, right. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: so Mike got the award. Yes, Yeah, So Mike got
Speaker 1: the award just because, like he surprised me. I knew
Speaker 1: had a time. I had his gut feeling based on
Speaker 1: his very minimal answers in the beginning. I was like, oh, shoot,
Speaker 1: he must be emerging, because like he looked very uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: and I was very worried, right and I didn't have
Speaker 1: the opportunity to check on him, you know, before he performed,
Speaker 1: so I didn't know what to expect. And then when
Speaker 1: he went up there and read that letter, I was
Speaker 1: just so moved by it and how just you know,
Speaker 1: comfortable he was still pursuing me given his beliefs, and
Speaker 1: how just open and honest he was like it literally
Speaker 1: I brought a tear to my eye, and so he
Speaker 1: was so deserving of the award that day. I just
Speaker 1: think it was like so nice to watch like him
Speaker 1: being able to be vulnerable and be true to himself
Speaker 1: and not feel like he has to be something else
Speaker 1: and know like who you are, and honestly he gave
Speaker 1: himself a chance. And the fact that you like actually
Speaker 1: fell to connect with him as he was being open
Speaker 1: and vulnerable. I thought that was like so beautiful to
Speaker 1: see because like sometimes I mean, if you think about it, oh,
Speaker 1: you know, a virgin going to date like someone that's
Speaker 1: very open and like sex positive, it doesn't sound like
Speaker 1: it's like a recipe for success. However, there's so much
Speaker 1: more to him, and he's not saying I'm not going
Speaker 1: to have you know, sex to you ever, it's just
Speaker 1: like I'm waiting for a certain time. So who knows
Speaker 1: he could have been your person. Who knows. I'd like
Speaker 1: to say there are other ways to physically connect that
Speaker 1: Arno exactly exactly, and I like how it was portrayed.
Speaker 1: I feel like in the past, there's been such a
Speaker 1: stigma around virgins on the show, you know, like we
Speaker 1: saw with Colton's season where it you know, I think overall,
Speaker 1: like people own it, but they still, like, you know,
Speaker 1: there's always people out there that will criticize and comment
Speaker 1: and say mean things whatever they want to say, And
Speaker 1: I think that it was shown in a really great
Speaker 1: way where I mean, at first, I was like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, God bless him. He looks so uncomfortable and
Speaker 1: I just want to hug him through the screen. But
Speaker 1: I think as you sent Tasi, like he just kind
Speaker 1: of owned who he was and he wasn't ashamed, and like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm sure overall the date made him feel weird, but
Speaker 1: I don't think he was afraid to share that with you, Katie.
Speaker 1: And I'm I'm actually glad that he was able to
Speaker 1: do it so early on that I didn't come as
Speaker 1: a major shock to you later on. I think that
Speaker 1: would have just been worse for everyone involved. Absolutely, yeah,
Speaker 1: because you know, like and again like I don't read spoilers,
Speaker 1: I truly have no idea how far he goes. But
Speaker 1: if he's somebody that you would have really fallen for,
Speaker 1: and he would have told you this like a month
Speaker 1: or so in, it probably could have changed a lot
Speaker 1: of things in a different way. So, yeah, it really
Speaker 1: reminded me of my entrance on Matt season, and I
Speaker 1: knew I was gonna be myself and it could either
Speaker 1: send me home or keep me, you know, going and
Speaker 1: pursuing this. And Mike Pie said the same thing. He's like,
Speaker 1: I could either own it and risk possibly going home
Speaker 1: because she is sex positive, or you know, lying about
Speaker 1: who I really am. And so I was just really
Speaker 1: propitive for just you know, owning it, embracing it. And yeah,
Speaker 1: you guys will see you Mike and I move forward together, right,
Speaker 1: can't wait? Can't wait? Well, speaking of moving forward, that's
Speaker 1: not the only date you had this week, we obviously
Speaker 1: saw you go in your first one on one, which
Speaker 1: I really actually want to ask you about because we
Speaker 1: obviously saw that date go to Greg. He also was
Speaker 1: the lucky recipient of your first impression rows. And I
Speaker 1: don't think and I'm sure people will correct me if
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, we've ever seen somebody received the first rows
Speaker 1: and then also get the first one on one day.
Speaker 1: I feel like, at least when I was bad Shurettes,
Speaker 1: I was kind of told to steer away. They're like,
Speaker 1: don't put all your eggs in one basket and don't
Speaker 1: give it all away, like you don't want the men
Speaker 1: to know you're like super super into somebody. So was
Speaker 1: that a decision that you were just like, fuck it,
Speaker 1: I like him, I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do,
Speaker 1: and I want to spend more time with him. Or
Speaker 1: how did that all transpire? I guess yeah. I knew
Speaker 1: the date was going to be sent around my dad,
Speaker 1: so it was a very important date. And Greg was
Speaker 1: someone that I had a very early connection with, just
Speaker 1: like right away, and so without really getting to know
Speaker 1: a lot of the guys, I was like, Greg's the
Speaker 1: best one at this time to go on this date
Speaker 1: with me, you know in plus right, you know, so
Speaker 1: shy and insecure, and I was like, I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: him that validation and really get him to bring down
Speaker 1: his walls and get to know him better, you know,
Speaker 1: because I didn't want that to be a problem going
Speaker 1: forward if he continued to be like shy and closed off.
Speaker 1: So he was the perfect one to go on the
Speaker 1: date with, although not knowing that he had also lost
Speaker 1: his dad. So it really was this like beautiful thing
Speaker 1: that I could never have predicted, which I found really
Speaker 1: interesting watching because he actually waited to the dinner date
Speaker 1: to tell you that, you know that he had also
Speaker 1: lost his dad, as opposed to talking about it earlier
Speaker 1: in the day when you opened up to him. And so,
Speaker 1: did you feel like at that time like you wish
Speaker 1: you would have known earlier or did you feel like
Speaker 1: it was like the perfect time. I do actually wish
Speaker 1: he told me during the day, because as I'm telling
Speaker 1: him my story, I could tell there was something he
Speaker 1: wanted he was holding back or right, maybe yeah, holding back,
Speaker 1: you know, but also as someone who lost a parent,
Speaker 1: if he's not ready to talk about or doesn't want
Speaker 1: to get emotional in front of me, then that's fine.
Speaker 1: But there was a kind of a little bit of
Speaker 1: a roadblock at times when I would recognize there's something
Speaker 1: he's thinking about, but he wouldn't open up about it
Speaker 1: until that evening. And how did you feel once he
Speaker 1: did like you, did you feel a sense of relief
Speaker 1: or just you related to him a little bit more. Oh,
Speaker 1: it was a huge moment for Greg and I because
Speaker 1: you know, here he is getting emotional in front of me,
Speaker 1: which I know sometimes for men that's hard, and I
Speaker 1: was just letting him know, like it's okay to cry
Speaker 1: and embrace your emotions and for us to talk about,
Speaker 1: you know, him and his dad, and it was something
Speaker 1: I think he's been needing to do in general, because
Speaker 1: it has only been two years and it is a
Speaker 1: tough thing to still have to think about, you know,
Speaker 1: as he's moving forward warning a family and children in marriage. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I gotta say for somebody who I mean, And we've
Speaker 1: talked about this before on I think when we had
Speaker 1: you on Happy Over the first time around, Um, you
Speaker 1: know I can relate to losing a parent. I lost
Speaker 1: my dad in two thousand and nine, and I think,
Speaker 1: like it's never easy to talk about. It's especially in
Speaker 1: certain situations when you know basically the world and all
Speaker 1: these strangers that you don't know are going to hear
Speaker 1: your story. It's a really, really scary thing. And so
Speaker 1: I commend you for being able to put yourself in
Speaker 1: the space with not only Greg but on the show,
Speaker 1: to be able to open up and share your story,
Speaker 1: because it's only going to bring out so many people
Speaker 1: who have gone through something similar with you or similar
Speaker 1: to you, and who can relate to losing a parent
Speaker 1: or a loved one. I think it was a really
Speaker 1: really special moment that like, just for me as a viewer,
Speaker 1: I feel so grateful to have been able to watch
Speaker 1: like you sit there and share that with him. And
Speaker 1: I think too for Greg, Like you know, I don't
Speaker 1: know him, I can only imagine for him this being
Speaker 1: the first week ever coming on the show, like he had,
Speaker 1: he didn't have a season under his belt to kind
Speaker 1: of know what to expect. I think you felt like
Speaker 1: a safe haven that he could open up to, which
Speaker 1: I think is really special and just shows your character
Speaker 1: and how important and just special and open you probably
Speaker 1: made him feel. I think it was just a really
Speaker 1: special moment. It was. It was a date that, um,
Speaker 1: I don't think we see all that often on the
Speaker 1: show where you can actually bond over something so deep
Speaker 1: and real and raw and special. Um. And so for
Speaker 1: anyone out there who has gone through something similar, UM,
Speaker 1: you know, reach out. I don't want to speak for you, Katie,
Speaker 1: but you can always reach out to me or I'm
Speaker 1: sure Katie at some point. But thank you for sharing that,
Speaker 1: and I hope we can see more in depth conversations
Speaker 1: like that, like, because I feel like it really bonded
Speaker 1: you and Greg in a way where I have in
Speaker 1: my notes after after he opened up at the dinner
Speaker 1: date dinner portion, I was like, done, this is a
Speaker 1: done deal, right, like bonds you in such a crazy
Speaker 1: way that I was like, this man is going far,
Speaker 1: Like he if he's not the one at the end
Speaker 1: of this, he's going far because like the way that that,
Speaker 1: you know, like sadness and like hard heavy shit can
Speaker 1: connect people, you know. I don't know, I don't know
Speaker 1: if you'll be able to do that with many of
Speaker 1: the other men. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 1: But thank you Katie for sharing more of your story.
Speaker 1: I think it was really important for all of us
Speaker 1: viewers to see. Thank you. Yeah, I mean it's it
Speaker 1: was definitely a moment where we could kind of show
Speaker 1: each other that we're there for each other at our
Speaker 1: lowest points. And yeah, I definitely brought it us for sure.
Speaker 1: Were you you know, you said you knew kind of
Speaker 1: going into that day what the date was going to
Speaker 1: be like, was any part of you a little apprehensive
Speaker 1: knowing that it was probably going to be a bit
Speaker 1: more tougher and it wasn't the you know, let's go
Speaker 1: in a hot air balloon type date, right, Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure how I was going to handle it.
Speaker 1: You know, in some ways it's like this really special
Speaker 1: moment and fun, but Becca, I'm sure you can relate.
Speaker 1: Sometimes it just hits you when you least expect it,
Speaker 1: you know. So I really didn't know what to expect
Speaker 1: going into the date. You know. Of course I wanted
Speaker 1: to be light and fun and it's a very special
Speaker 1: date to me, but I didn't expect to kind of
Speaker 1: like open up as emotional as Greg and I ended
Speaker 1: up being together. And it was just gonna say, like,
Speaker 1: did you ever think that you could possibly relate to
Speaker 1: somebody on this level on this journey? I mean, I
Speaker 1: guess you could never know, but can you believe that
Speaker 1: actually happened? That was like your first impression Rose, It
Speaker 1: was so quick, you know, Like it's also my first
Speaker 1: one on one day ever as a bacherette, And so
Speaker 1: for us to really utilize that time together, it's not
Speaker 1: a lot of time, and on the way that we did,
Speaker 1: we used every minute of that that one on one
Speaker 1: day and it really made a difference. M Well, all
Speaker 1: I gotta say is the men have some very stiff
Speaker 1: competition after that date and that Greg. I have high hopes,
Speaker 1: big expectations for Greg. Who knows, I'm always wrong in
Speaker 1: every time I think how the season's gonna play out,
Speaker 1: it never goes my way, So I don't know. But
Speaker 1: moving on, So we have one more date obviously this week,
Speaker 1: which was a lot more lighthearted rugged the men did
Speaker 1: this buckle brawl where they you know, rip up their
Speaker 1: shirts and they're in the mud. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think the main takeaway from that date was all of
Speaker 1: the drama between Aaron and Cody, which we obviously saw
Speaker 1: you address and sent Cody home by the end of
Speaker 1: that night. When you sat down with Aaron, I mean,
Speaker 1: I know that you right away highlighted the fact that Okay,
Speaker 1: there was some tension there, we all felt it. But
Speaker 1: did you expect him to share what he did with
Speaker 1: you what Cody did with Yeah, did you expect Aaron
Speaker 1: to share what he did with you? Like in regards
Speaker 1: to Cody and like men not being here for the
Speaker 1: right reasons and being you know, kind of sketchy. I mean,
Speaker 1: I I don't know if I ever had expectations, because
Speaker 1: I don't know what to expect ever with any of them. Um,
Speaker 1: when he did open up though, I was. I was thankful,
Speaker 1: you know, because he is looking out for me in
Speaker 1: our relationship and if he has a problem, I want
Speaker 1: to know about it, you know. And I just love
Speaker 1: that he was very direct, which you'll see, you know
Speaker 1: with Carl, who was not very direct. And I don't
Speaker 1: have time to play games, you know, so I really
Speaker 1: did appreciate Aaron just being straightforward and not wasting any
Speaker 1: of my time and just letting me know what's up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: uh yeah, I will say. I mean, you never know
Speaker 1: what to expect in the you know, week by week,
Speaker 1: day by day, so much changes so quickly. Um. I
Speaker 1: remember at times when I was in your position, being like,
Speaker 1: it's too soon for this. It's too soon for the
Speaker 1: drama and for men fighting with other men, but you
Speaker 1: know that's the show. Well it really cut off cut
Speaker 1: a lot of people off guard all night when when
Speaker 1: they were like when Aaron pulled Cody asign was like
Speaker 1: I never liked you and I don't like you. It
Speaker 1: was just everyone's like, what's happening here? I know there's
Speaker 1: drama obviously, but yeah, at least we had more context
Speaker 1: to what was actually going on and what was the
Speaker 1: premier night, Everyone's like, what the heck is this guy
Speaker 1: just called it a really cost trauma. Okay, Well, we
Speaker 1: have so much that's going to happen in these next
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and obviously we're already now into week
Speaker 1: three coming up. So I want you, I know you
Speaker 1: can't give much away, but I want you to give
Speaker 1: us like a little bit of a teaser of what
Speaker 1: to expect what's coming up. We did see in the
Speaker 1: previous for next week that Nick Bile is going to
Speaker 1: be hosting a date, So can you give us any
Speaker 1: more about what's coming? Yeah? You know, the upcoming episode
Speaker 1: is going to be a pretty important conversation and I
Speaker 1: don't think it's really been highlighted before in this way.
Speaker 1: And I say that because it's a conversation that I
Speaker 1: want Vatch Nation to join in on. It's a very
Speaker 1: important one for men and women to go through and understand.
Speaker 1: So I'm just really really excited to have that opportunity
Speaker 1: to share because I got to do that with the
Speaker 1: men and it really made a difference. I can't wait now.
Speaker 1: I know you can't give away anything, really, but is
Speaker 1: it a conversation that you had with Nick or that
Speaker 1: Nick then also had with the men, like we're talking
Speaker 1: im again. I never expect anything, and so I'm going
Speaker 1: through this day. I didn't know this conversation was going
Speaker 1: to happen. It's just in my heart. I was like,
Speaker 1: this is the time to share it, and it surprised everybody,
Speaker 1: including myself, but it really was transformative for me on
Speaker 1: my journey and really barning me with those men who
Speaker 1: were there. Okay, well, I can't wait to tune in Kate.
Speaker 1: I know, I'm just like sitting back here, like being quiet.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm just saying because I don't want
Speaker 1: to allude to anything, but it's gonna yeah, it's it's impactful.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, Katie, you are a pro. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know that you've done your media rounds since the
Speaker 1: premiere and obviously when you were announced as bouche rep,
Speaker 1: but you like give us just enough to want more
Speaker 1: without giving too much away. And now I know what
Speaker 1: it feels like because when I was on your side,
Speaker 1: I was like, oh haha, this is kind of fun,
Speaker 1: like I can tease things but without like telling anything.
Speaker 1: And now I'm like, oh, oh god, okay, come on, Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean, I can't wait to see everything happen. I
Speaker 1: mean overall in your head and your heart, how are
Speaker 1: you doing? Like you know, obviously you lived it and
Speaker 1: it's a different experience of watching it back, but like, overall,
Speaker 1: where are you at right now? Are you happy? Are
Speaker 1: you in a good place? Yeah? I will say I'm happy,
Speaker 1: But I will also say watching these back is triggering
Speaker 1: at times. You know, you're reliving what was once a
Speaker 1: special moment and now is I just didn't memory. So
Speaker 1: it's a little hard to kind of rego through this
Speaker 1: when you had just finally like healed from it and
Speaker 1: now you have to go all over it again. Is
Speaker 1: there any the part that a lot of people don't
Speaker 1: understand truly and it is difficult. Yeah? Is there anything
Speaker 1: that you have had to I mean maybe you haven't already,
Speaker 1: but you will. They'll have to or want to warn
Speaker 1: your family and friends about. Like I remember when I
Speaker 1: came back. I came, I came back home, and I
Speaker 1: was like, okay, mom, just so you're aware, this happens
Speaker 1: in like week seven or something that happens at the end,
Speaker 1: just so it's not a shock or to you. But
Speaker 1: have you had sorts of conversations. Yet without giving too
Speaker 1: much away, everyone that is you with hometowns, with my
Speaker 1: mom and my family, there's nothing that can shock us. No,
Speaker 1: there's no warnings for them, nothing can shock them. Oh,
Speaker 1: this is something that just popped into my mind because
Speaker 1: obviously you didn't go to hometowns on Mad Season. And
Speaker 1: I don't mean that as a job at all. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, like, I didn't even think about it. But
Speaker 1: so this is your first time with your family that
Speaker 1: they'll be filming with you and part of this, you know,
Speaker 1: the show, if you will. What was that like for them?
Speaker 1: I mean, they're definitely out of their comfort zone, you know,
Speaker 1: and a lot of people don't realize how vulnerable you
Speaker 1: have to be when you are going through this experience
Speaker 1: and talk about your emotions. And that's not something that
Speaker 1: my aunt is used to, you know, my mom, she's
Speaker 1: just an emotional mess yea. And so I think sometimes
Speaker 1: they also lead with humor to kind of make up
Speaker 1: for their nervousness. And that's the part I'm actually dreading
Speaker 1: watching back, is like, what did they say to these men?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be good, It's well. Heather McDonald was our
Speaker 1: guest on happy hour last week, and she would you
Speaker 1: had made a comment in the week of the premiere
Speaker 1: and you were like, um, you know if these men,
Speaker 1: I don't, And I don't remember what the context was around.
Speaker 1: I think it was around like being open about like sexuality,
Speaker 1: and and you were like, list, they can't keep up
Speaker 1: with me, they can't keep up with my family, and
Speaker 1: like what's going on with the family. But I took
Speaker 1: it as just like, you guys are all very open
Speaker 1: and it's not a ta boo or like frowned upon
Speaker 1: to talk about like your sexuality and like owning that.
Speaker 1: Is that correct? Is that kind of what you meant. Yes,
Speaker 1: I'm glad you picked up on it, and I realized
Speaker 1: later how weird it did sound to people who didn't understand.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it's not uncommon for us to get like
Speaker 1: a family gathering and talking about sexual experiences or like
Speaker 1: making jokes about sex. You know, like we're just very
Speaker 1: open and comfortable with each other. And so if someone
Speaker 1: was to be uncomfortable with that, they would just dread
Speaker 1: family gathering. Then, m I want to meet your family.
Speaker 1: They sound like a fun bunch. They're a fun bunch.
Speaker 1: I mean, I've heard some stories and it's it's it's well, um, okay,
Speaker 1: we're going to get into a game, and I have
Speaker 1: a couple more questions. But one thing that I wanted
Speaker 1: to ask um that Tisha, I don't remember what you
Speaker 1: said earlier, but was there any point throughout, like, you know,
Speaker 1: going back to rewatching the season now and there's so
Speaker 1: much that you've missed and that you're like learning about
Speaker 1: the guys and hearing what they actually have to say
Speaker 1: when you're not around. For Taysia and Kaitlin, was there
Speaker 1: any point where they had to come to you and
Speaker 1: warn you about certain things and be like, hey, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe ask this guy this sort of question, or bring
Speaker 1: this up to somebody, or this is kind of what's
Speaker 1: going down, be aware of it, that type of thing. No,
Speaker 1: what I loved is I was still able to go
Speaker 1: through this experience in my own way and the most
Speaker 1: natural way you can. You know, my girlfriends in the
Speaker 1: real world wouldn't know about what's going on with my boyfriends,
Speaker 1: So Tashia and Caitlin kind of stepped away in terms
Speaker 1: of that. But when I reached out for advice or
Speaker 1: they saw me struggling, then that's when you get to
Speaker 1: see us all kind of have our girl moments and
Speaker 1: really support each other. So not one did they ever
Speaker 1: kind of give me any like insider scoop to anything.
Speaker 1: I love that though. I love let you ask that
Speaker 1: backup because it's so true, like we were there to
Speaker 1: just help mentor her and like navigate her. We're not
Speaker 1: trying to like persuade her to go any other way.
Speaker 1: We're not producers, we're not, so not that they do that,
Speaker 1: but it's just like we're not running the show or
Speaker 1: doing anything behind the scenes like that. We were strictly
Speaker 1: there just to help her. So if she was going
Speaker 1: through something, it was like having a difficult decision or
Speaker 1: a difficult time, like navigating through emotions. Like she just
Speaker 1: called on us and then we helped her. You went
Speaker 1: with your normal girlfriends. Yeah, but it wasn't like, Hey,
Speaker 1: by the way, I stalked this guy's Instagram and there's
Speaker 1: four girls post. You're not. I mean, if I was Katie,
Speaker 1: I would be I would have on my hotel phone
Speaker 1: you guys on speed dial and be like Hi, Hi,
Speaker 1: come over and help me pick up my outphone, or
Speaker 1: like I've just seen some girl time literally freaking out.
Speaker 1: I would be calling you girls every single day. Yeah,
Speaker 1: We're like, why is Katie not calling us today? It's
Speaker 1: like she's dating and busy and stuff like she was occupied. Um, okay,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask both of you this question. What is
Speaker 1: the strangest thing that you learned about each other throughout
Speaker 1: this season? About about you two? I don't know if
Speaker 1: she learned too much about me. This was about her,
Speaker 1: It wasn't about me, but I learned on oh god
Speaker 1: what oh no. Jacia has this this alter ego when
Speaker 1: she wants to really loosen up. She's a good she's
Speaker 1: a good time. What's her name? What's her name? We're
Speaker 1: actually trying to figure that out. I don't know. We
Speaker 1: were trying to figure out this time, um, what that
Speaker 1: little alter ego is. But she definitely does come out.
Speaker 1: You are actually very right with that. I also meet
Speaker 1: this per CD has a really fun drink. She likes
Speaker 1: to drink to loosen up as well. She made it
Speaker 1: for me. It has ipa beer and what else is it?
Speaker 1: One gin? No? There it is great fruit juice. That's horrible.
Speaker 1: I said this, I actually said this same thing, but
Speaker 1: it's actually really good. It's something it's really refreshing in
Speaker 1: the summer. I feel like it would be a really
Speaker 1: good drink this summer, like if you're on the boat,
Speaker 1: it like hits you, right, I don't know how to
Speaker 1: explain it. Oh my gosh, we can. Okay, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: I'll give it a go, but only if you make
Speaker 1: it for me, Katie. Yeah, I agree, when we're all together. Okay,
Speaker 1: if way doesn't have a name, Okay, here's the thing
Speaker 1: I thought I found it the first time. I thought
Speaker 1: it was called like the the Elvis Presley, like right,
Speaker 1: and it's not really like a known thing, um Elvis Presley.
Speaker 1: I guess no, No, we're gonna rename it. We're gonna, yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna rename it. Um Katie's Lucky Lucky number eighteen
Speaker 1: or something. Are just the New Mexico or like you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like I don't know, squad Yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah like that. Okay, it's pretty good, all right. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have to give it a world one of these days, Katie,
Speaker 1: when I make a hang out with me. Um. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we want to get into this little fun game
Speaker 1: that we have. But before that, you know the deal.
Speaker 1: We asked you this the first time around and without
Speaker 1: giving anything no spoilers away from your season so far,
Speaker 1: what has been your rose of the season and what
Speaker 1: has been your thorn the rose? Oh, I know this
Speaker 1: is gonna sound cheesy, but like the men, like I
Speaker 1: can't say enough, and you guys are just gonna see it.
Speaker 1: They're so good. There's such a good group overall. Yes,
Speaker 1: there's some rotten apples, the overall America is gonna fall
Speaker 1: in love with all of them. I mean there's always
Speaker 1: some rotten apples, that's to be expected. But and then
Speaker 1: you're thorn. Oh, up to this point, there's plenty. Um.
Speaker 1: I mean the drama, like the petty drama like that
Speaker 1: seems so pointless and like annoying. You know, that's why
Speaker 1: Cody went home right away. I was like, I'm not
Speaker 1: even invested in you to care to figure out if
Speaker 1: this is true or not? Like by right, No, yeah,
Speaker 1: just the drama. Yeah, h well, I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see it all play out. Um. Okay, last question here.
Speaker 1: If you could give us a one sentence teaser of
Speaker 1: what's to come this season, what would it be? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean that's hard because there's so many different ways
Speaker 1: I can go. There's so much believing I just had
Speaker 1: to press say. They all kept asking you, like, I
Speaker 1: don't know what actually to say because so much goes on.
Speaker 1: Did you not see the teaser? Like it's wild? Okay,
Speaker 1: between the two of you, we can come up with something. Okay, No,
Speaker 1: this is all Katie. I mean I would say it's
Speaker 1: I've been saying it's a wild ride. You know. I
Speaker 1: really described it as like a roller coaster of just
Speaker 1: like slowly going up, up, up, and then it just drops.
Speaker 1: Oh shit, what you just say? That? Does this sound happy?
Speaker 1: That's like that's like fun, that's like scary, that's like thrilling.
Speaker 1: It's everything, Okay, what end? Like me? You know, I
Speaker 1: definitely say that it's I tell people to buckle up
Speaker 1: because it's gonna get really freaking good. I say that
Speaker 1: there's so much that is going to be unexpected. But
Speaker 1: also there's a lot of first and I know you've
Speaker 1: said this as well, but there's a lot of first
Speaker 1: this season that I don't think people are gonna or
Speaker 1: have seen before. And so that's what I leave it at.
Speaker 1: Maybe let's not do this thing, but like maybe let's
Speaker 1: see this this and then maybe like around and then
Speaker 1: like you know, maybe space Mountain. How about space Mountain.
Speaker 1: You're like, yeahys are covered. You don't know what you're doing? Okay,
Speaker 1: I don't wait it in like a bad way. She's
Speaker 1: like that first feeling of like h and then you're
Speaker 1: like yay, you know, yeah, okay, okay. I like the
Speaker 1: roller coaster analogy better than I'm thinking of like the
Speaker 1: Tower of Terror where it just like drops me, like
Speaker 1: plunge to the bottom and everyone's just like what well,
Speaker 1: I mean she went straight up like hi, and then yeah,
Speaker 1: I know. I was watching her language as you as
Speaker 1: you're reenacting this, and I'm like, um are I'm doing
Speaker 1: an add for better help on the podcast. I mean,
Speaker 1: are we talking about um? Okay, okay, um. So we
Speaker 1: always love to play. Our games are a little you know,
Speaker 1: bachelork games, if you will, and you are officially our
Speaker 1: no spot short. So, Tasia, do you want to kind
Speaker 1: of explain how this is going to work? Yes, okay,
Speaker 1: So this is a game of this or that. So
Speaker 1: this is a situation that only the bachelott knows how
Speaker 1: to handle. So we're going to give you a situation
Speaker 1: of this or that and you have to pick one
Speaker 1: of the other but it's more of like a rapid
Speaker 1: fire kind of thing, so you can't really give it
Speaker 1: too much thought. So I'll start off yes, okay, Okay.
Speaker 1: Would you rather send someone helme at a brow ceremony
Speaker 1: or on a one on one day? A one on
Speaker 1: one day? Oh, Katie, I like it all right? Okay,
Speaker 1: kiss everyone on the first night, have just a few
Speaker 1: meaningful kisses. Kiss everyone, love it, love it my girl.
Speaker 1: Okayrett um, break up with someone or breathe, let me
Speaker 1: start break up with someone or be broken up with
Speaker 1: break up with someone that's tough one. Honestly, they both
Speaker 1: really suck. Okay. Would you rather watch fireworks or have
Speaker 1: a surprise concert? Surprise concert? Okay? Would you rather have
Speaker 1: a cat Limo arrival or a bullpit Limo arrival? Oh?
Speaker 1: I know that one kind of unfair man, I don't know,
Speaker 1: I know, oh cat Limo arrival. Okay, don't don't do
Speaker 1: her corn or dirty like that by saying the balls.
Speaker 1: I will say the balls looked pretty fun though. Okay, Wait, Taia,
Speaker 1: did you and Caitlin playing them later? No? Which is
Speaker 1: so we were busy that night. Okay, you have a
Speaker 1: lot more on your mind. I get it, I get it. Yes, okay, Katie.
Speaker 1: Would you rather take your men on a physical date
Speaker 1: or a date where they have to perform? A date
Speaker 1: where they have to perform? Yeah? Okay. Would you rather
Speaker 1: have myself and Caitlin on a group date or at
Speaker 1: a row ceremony? Group date? For sure, always so much fun.
Speaker 1: Would you rather wear an extravagant dress or something more simple?
Speaker 1: Something more simple? That's my girl, girl. Okay. Would you
Speaker 1: rather share something personal with a guy or have them
Speaker 1: share something personal with you? I'd rather have them or
Speaker 1: share something personal with me. Good answer too. Okay, this
Speaker 1: is not part of the game. I just have a
Speaker 1: question to go off of that. Did you ever feel
Speaker 1: like when you were about Shrett, were the guys good
Speaker 1: at first about asking you a lot of questions back
Speaker 1: because I know you are there, or get to know
Speaker 1: them very quickly because there's so many of them. But
Speaker 1: did you ever feel like they just assumed they already
Speaker 1: knew so much about you and didn't even care or
Speaker 1: like need to ask you. Yeah, there are definitely some
Speaker 1: that were so focused on introducing who they were, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to like win my heart because they are A
Speaker 1: B and C. But then there's definitely a lot of
Speaker 1: them who took the time to kind of ask me
Speaker 1: similar questions and actually engage in conversations, and those are
Speaker 1: the men who are going to go further because we
Speaker 1: are bonding back and forth and not just this one
Speaker 1: sided conversation. Yes, God, I love it, Katie. Okay, last
Speaker 1: question for the game. Would you rather give a guy
Speaker 1: a group date Rose or the first Rose at a ceremony?
Speaker 1: Group date? Rose? Alrighty, Katie, you were great. You like
Speaker 1: so far, it has been such a pleasure to watch you.
Speaker 1: You've just like I feel like you've just been yourself
Speaker 1: and you've owned it and you articulate what you're looking
Speaker 1: for so well, like so as if you were I
Speaker 1: totally understand you. I don't have any questions around you
Speaker 1: of like why is she doing this or saying this?
Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense and so I mean, I know
Speaker 1: we've only seen two episodes, but I keep saying this
Speaker 1: like I can't wait to see week by week what
Speaker 1: happens because I am so excited to watch your journey
Speaker 1: and we truly like want nothing but the best for you. Yes, you,
Speaker 1: I appreciate it, and it has been so fun having
Speaker 1: you on. I really wish we could keep chatting, and
Speaker 1: I wish we could keep chatting like outside of the podcast,
Speaker 1: because I see like I could get more dirt from
Speaker 1: the two of you together. But I understand you are
Speaker 1: a very busy, wanted woman these days. But where are
Speaker 1: you all right now? Are you back home? Are you
Speaker 1: able to like kind of chill and relax for a
Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, I'm home and kind of taking it
Speaker 1: literally day by day, like I don't even know what
Speaker 1: next week holds for me. That's how my life feels
Speaker 1: right now. It's gonna be like that for a while.
Speaker 1: I think, just the worry. Just just hang on in
Speaker 1: there if you need us, you obviously know we're here
Speaker 1: for you. Oh before we let you go, though, I
Speaker 1: know like your world is constantly changing and evolving, and
Speaker 1: like you said, you'd never know what to expect. So
Speaker 1: is there anything that you want to ask either of
Speaker 1: us right now in like this next chapter of what
Speaker 1: to Expect? Or any advice that we can maybe hopefully
Speaker 1: give you. Yeah, you know, I think I will have questions,
Speaker 1: but I told myself to wait till the halfway mark.
Speaker 1: Like right now, I'm just so pid in once the
Speaker 1: like chaotic part of that kind of settled. That's what
Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, game plan, help me out, ladies.
Speaker 1: Where do I go? What do I do? How does
Speaker 1: this work? What's happening? Okay, Well, we'll be here whenever
Speaker 1: you are ready. And you I'm sure our listeners will
Speaker 1: ask if you're part of the group chat. Yes, you
Speaker 1: are part of the Bachelor for Chat. We added you
Speaker 1: before your season started and all of the girls are
Speaker 1: so thrilled to have you, you know, joined this little
Speaker 1: girl gag that we have going on. So yeah, we're
Speaker 1: always here for everything. But thank you for taking time
Speaker 1: out of your crazy schedule today to be with us. Yes,
Speaker 1: thank you, ladies, I appreciate it lately. I'm sure we'll
Speaker 1: talk soon, but hang in there and we will talk later. Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you. Okay, look gorgeous. By the way, Katie is
Speaker 1: a very strong and independent woman. And I think that's
Speaker 1: the one thing that even like I learned from her
Speaker 1: is just like she's very confident in what she wants,
Speaker 1: and I think it's very admirable, you know. But also
Speaker 1: that's the one thing that I did tell her. I'm like,
Speaker 1: I know, you like to control the situation. You have
Speaker 1: a very good, like rain on your life right now.
Speaker 1: But this is like the one time in your life
Speaker 1: where you have to let go and I'm telling you
Speaker 1: it's okay to let go, Like we're not gonna let
Speaker 1: you fall. So that was something that you know, we
Speaker 1: talked about week after week just because it's a scary time.
Speaker 1: But it's just like such it's a it's a scary
Speaker 1: and exciting and like it's it's nerve wracking, and it's
Speaker 1: you're vulnerable. Um, you're happy, but you're sad, and like
Speaker 1: it's it's there's so many emotions. So yeah, yeah, it
Speaker 1: gets intense, which is probably why she was like it
Speaker 1: was a rollercoaster of emotions. I think for Katie, she
Speaker 1: came in and it seems like she doesn't need a
Speaker 1: man to complete her, Like you said, she seems so independent.
Speaker 1: You know, she has this great life back at home.
Speaker 1: She just wanted somebody to kind of click and fit
Speaker 1: into the puzzle that she has. And so at times
Speaker 1: it's hard when you're like, no, I'm good, I'm fine,
Speaker 1: Like I don't need a man, but I want a
Speaker 1: man to really just like throw your hands up and
Speaker 1: be like, you know, Jesus take the wheel right now.
Speaker 1: It's not an easy thing. So I again, like that's
Speaker 1: why I'm glad that she had you and Caitlin, because
Speaker 1: who better to give that advice and like be alongside
Speaker 1: her than to form about charrettes. You know, you did
Speaker 1: just go through it, and so yeah, it's good. I definitely, like,
Speaker 1: I hope we can have her back on either later
Speaker 1: on or at the finale, the season finale, because like,
Speaker 1: I would just love to hear more. You know, I
Speaker 1: can tell. It's such a weird space, Like I remember
Speaker 1: doing the press rounds right winter season starts, and like
Speaker 1: I said, you can't give too much away and you
Speaker 1: can only tease so much. And she's very good about
Speaker 1: leaving us wanting more and not giving it away. So
Speaker 1: that's why I definitely want to have her back so
Speaker 1: we can, you know, really like let it all out
Speaker 1: there and tell everything, give us her real opinions and
Speaker 1: thoughts and whatnot. I mean, she is right now, but
Speaker 1: it's it's tough. It's a it's a tough thing to navigate, yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure. So this has been so much fun, Tasha.
Speaker 1: I'm glad that you were back on this week with
Speaker 1: me once again and to all of our Bachelor Happy
Speaker 1: Hour listeners, Thank you all for hanging out with us.
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