1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. It is March twenty six, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,239 Speaker 1: and I'm joined with Kathy. We were back today with 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: more incredible guys from Taylor's cast. Without further ado, let's 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: get right into it all right, guys, we have another 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: gentleman from Taylor's season with us, Brad, a twenty nine 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: year old cowboy. I like that. Welcome Brad to Batge 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: the Happy Hour. How are you? 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: I'm doing good? Are you? Hey? 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 3: Brad? A cowboy from Newport Beach, not from Texas. I 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 3: like it. 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 4: Kathy, we're mixing some stuff up, and I've got some 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 4: questions back for you because I think you dated one 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 4: of my friends in the past. 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, talk about that, Kathy. Yeah, yeah, I heard you. 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 3: I'm going going out script. Who did I possibly date? 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 4: I heard you had a little fling with Jonathan back 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 4: in the past, so we might have to talk about 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 4: that a little bit. 19 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: No, no, no, you're mixing me up with April. Good try. 20 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 4: No. 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: I was like, hold on, you are right. 22 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: That was April. I wish it was you. 23 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 3: Though I wish it was I wouldn't have said I 24 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 3: was a post with but you know, time marches on. 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 1: Hello, Oh my god, Okay, Well, we're just gonna hop 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: right into it. I do feel like the most appropriate 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: thing to start off with is just addressing how are 28 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: you feeling. I know it's been really a heavy week 29 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: for everyone, but especially you all with the news and 30 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: just handling everything. So how are you holding up? 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: Yeah? 32 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know it has been crazy. You know. 33 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 4: I think a lot of things have come out that 34 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 4: are challenging obviously, you know. I I think that I 35 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 4: just want, you know, I want the best for their family, 36 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 4: right yeah, and so whatever that means for them, Like 37 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 4: I could, I could care less about the TV show 38 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 4: not airing right now. 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: I just want whatever's best for them to be for them. 40 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 4: Obviously, there's lots of feelings and stuff that would go 41 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 4: on or that are involved with you know, I think 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 4: just how things panned out with all that and with Taylor, 43 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 4: but all that aside, you know, I just hope that 44 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 4: that they can find some peace. 45 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 2: And that's that's all, yeah for right now. 46 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just want to say the generosity of you know, 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 3: your We've interviewed a few of you guys so far 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 3: now and the generosity of spirit. I hope everyone hears 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 3: that you guys are remarkable and I include you in that, Brad, 50 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 3: So thank you for generous spirit. 51 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: I appreciate it. Kathy. 52 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, all these guys have been our solid guys, and 53 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 4: I think at the end of the day, like nobody's here, 54 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 4: you know, worried about their their TV time or something 55 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 4: like that, getting spoiled. Like we just want we just 56 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 4: want their family to find some peace. And if that's 57 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 4: not on the air, then that's not on the air, right, 58 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 4: So and that's that's what's best for them. Yeah. 59 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of guys, obviously we've here you account to 60 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: just I think a lot of the friendships and just 61 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: the overall dynamic of the guys in the in the 62 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: cast and in the house, and y'all's time spent together 63 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: was really really good. So without teasing too much or 64 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 1: sharing too much, how was you know, really just developing 65 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: those friendships and the experience overall for all of you all. 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to hold back here 67 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 4: because it's tough because we had such good camaraderie and 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: like we did make some really great friendships. Like a 69 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 4: lot of guys, we have a lot in common, right, 70 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 4: a lot of a lot of the guys have you know, 71 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 4: really strong faith they've got you know, really I think, 72 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 4: really good head on our shoulders. 73 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 2: Like you know, a lot of the guys are all 74 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: pretty athletic, We're all pretty into the same stuff. 75 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 4: But then also I just have really good hearts, right, 76 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 4: I mean, every single guy that I interacted with on 77 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 4: that show, we're really in my opinion, were there maybe 78 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 4: not all for the exact same reasons. We're all good reasons, right, 79 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 4: And I think that, you know, given the circumstances everything, 80 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 4: we all were going out on the limb, we all were, 81 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 4: you know, trying something a little creat is here, and 82 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 4: we all went in it. 83 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 2: Like full, you know, full seam ahead. We gave it 84 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: over all. And to see the guys do. 85 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 4: That like it was awesome And I think we all 86 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 4: like bonded a lot over it too. 87 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a great cast. The guys are amazing. 88 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: I love I feel like I've told all the other 89 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: guys that we've talked to so far that that really 90 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: is one of the best things that can come from 91 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: like an experience like this. Obviously, there's only one person 92 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: up for grabs, and you know, not all of you 93 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: guys can get her so at least coming out with 94 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: you know, lifelong friendships, I think is really important and 95 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: really a blessing and sometimes a rarity in all of this. 96 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: So I'm happy that you guys really had a good 97 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: experience with each other. So yeah, I love that. 98 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I appreciate it. 99 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, let's talk about how you got on the show. 100 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: Let's get into that. Yeah that's important. 101 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, kind of crazy. 102 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 4: You know, I was never like planning on doing a 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 4: show like this, honestly, like it was never on my radar, Like, 104 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 4: never really thought I would find myself doing this. I've 105 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 4: never really watched I don't really watched TV, like I 106 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 4: kind of do. I'm just too busy too, I guess, 107 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 4: and like don't really find myself doing it. But I yeah, 108 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 4: I spent you know, about a year, about a year 109 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 4: just intentionally single, like literally like wouldn't wouldn't respond to dms, 110 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 4: like wouldn't go on dates, like literally was not even 111 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 4: open to dating. Just wanted to work on a few 112 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 4: things for myself. You know, I've been in a few 113 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 4: relationships in the past, obviously not married yet, so like 114 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 4: I wanted to fix a few things with myself because 115 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 4: when I date I'm dating to married, right, Like that's 116 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 4: the only reason why I'm dating in the first place. 117 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 4: So I wanted to work on some stuff on my 118 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: own and get better a few things, and then go 119 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 4: back into dating. 120 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: So I was actually planning on going back into dating 121 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: after my. 122 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 4: Birthday, which is October twelfth, and that's right around when 123 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 4: we started filming it. 124 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: So like I kind of came into this I guess. 125 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 4: Opportunity or I don't even know what the right thing 126 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 4: is to call it, but I came into the right 127 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 4: before that, and so I was like, Okay, it's kind 128 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 4: of aligns perfectly with my timing of like. 129 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: When I want to start dating again. 130 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know anything about secret lives and 131 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 4: warmer wives or who Taylor was at the time. I 132 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 4: knew nothing at all, but I was like, you know what, 133 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 4: like I've heard at that point, I had heard a 134 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 4: lot of good stuff, and I was like, let's let's 135 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 4: give this a shot, right. 136 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 2: I Mean, that's what this. 137 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 4: Whole period of my life was about, was taking time 138 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 4: intentionally away from it so then I could dive back 139 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,559 Speaker 4: into it and really, you know, give give things a shot. 140 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 2: And so this was this was a part of that, 141 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 2: and so I kind of aligned perfectly with my with 142 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 2: my life at the time. 143 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 3: So I I have a question you. Uh, you are 144 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 3: a cowboy and a content creator. You have a horse, Gus, 145 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 3: and I'm definitely afraid of horses. Just just thought I 146 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 3: put that out there. 147 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: What you got to fix that? 148 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 3: Oh no, no, no, I listen. I was on Bachelor and 149 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: Paradise last summer and I got on a horse and 150 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 3: did it. I can finally say I've checked off that box. 151 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 3: I never have to get on a horse again. But 152 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 3: I wanted a once a day in your life look like, like, 153 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 3: tell me what you do. 154 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, There's there's a lot of range to it. You know, 155 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 4: it really depends on what's going on in the ranch. 156 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: You know. 157 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 4: Sometimes that means, you know, we're doing jobs at different 158 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 4: ranches around California. So sometimes we go to travel to 159 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 4: a ranch and it could be you know, five hours away, right, 160 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 4: and we've got to be there as the sun's rising. 161 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 2: So that means you do. 162 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: When you get to the ranch, what do you do? 163 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 164 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 4: So so typically I'm bringing Gus. Gus is my horse 165 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 4: and he's an essential part of doing a lot of jobs. 166 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 4: That we do with these ranches, and so we're waking 167 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 4: up at you know, sometimes two three am, loading us up, 168 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: traveling to the ranch and then gathering cows. Most of 169 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 4: its cow work, you know, sometimes we're just fixing fences 170 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 4: and doing a lot of labor. There's a lot of 171 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 4: stuff that goes into a ranching that people don't see 172 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 4: on like Yellowstone and that kind of stuff that isn't 173 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 4: super sexy and whatnot. But occasionally we do do the 174 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 4: you know, the sexy jobs to get to go right 175 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 4: out and you know. 176 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 3: Find take your shirt off of bail hay. 177 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 5: You know, I actually don't. 178 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: I don't do that one. 179 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 4: I do take my shirt off a lot because I 180 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 4: do live at the beach, so I am shirtless like 181 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 4: ninety percent of time. 182 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 2: But you learn the hard way that bailing. 183 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 4: Hay is not fun shirtless because you get all kinds 184 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 4: of all kinds of hives and it's not fun. 185 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: Do I look like someone who bails hay shirt on, 186 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 3: shirt off? It's never happening. 187 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 4: Either way, you're not bailing the hay. And that's okay, 188 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 4: That's exactly that's why I'm here. I'm here to bail 189 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 4: your hay for you me. 190 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 2: Kathy, thank you. 191 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 3: I appreciate it, Brad, absolutely so. 192 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: On the flip side, you also, obviously you're a content creator, 193 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: and so you came into this experience kind of already 194 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: with like a built in following. I would say, so, 195 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: were your followers surprised to see once you announce that 196 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: you're going to be a part of this season, Like, 197 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: how is the reaction with that? 198 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a juicy one the follower. 199 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, No, it's definitely a juicy one because I mean, 200 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 4: I reas so and I think I have you know, 201 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 4: engaged with a few followers on on like their opinions 202 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 4: on this and whatnot. 203 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: It's definitely a split decision. 204 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 4: Half of them were excited, half of them were very 205 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 4: you know, upset about it, and I understand. I understand why, 206 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 4: and you know, now, I think I've learned a lot 207 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 4: from it. I'm excited to be going forward from that 208 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 4: experience now too. And either way, I'm excited for them 209 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: to see how dating in my life you know, pans 210 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 4: out from here on out. 211 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,319 Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, definitely makes back though juice juicy subject 212 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 2: for sure. 213 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: So with with what you said, I guess about kind 214 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: of like you not being in this world with like 215 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: reality TV. Did you know that Taylor was going to 216 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: be the bachelorette beforehand? Or was that one of those 217 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: things that you kind of find out once you were 218 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: already cast in and it was like, oh, I can't 219 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: go now. 220 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 221 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, So I was definitely in the mix, like working 222 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 4: through the whole process before I found out it was Taylor. 223 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 4: Once I did find out it was Taylor, I really 224 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 4: had no I had no knowledge of anything about her. 225 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 4: I've never heard her name before, honestly, So I didn't 226 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,599 Speaker 4: know anything about about Taylor. I had talked to a 227 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 4: lot of people that knew Taylor, and you know, heard 228 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 4: a lot of good things, right, heard a lot of 229 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 4: things about. 230 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 2: You know, she is changing, She's learned a lot from 231 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: her mistakes. 232 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 4: She's really great at owning her mistakes, and she's grown 233 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 4: a lot from them. And so I was really really 234 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 4: when I was going into it, I was really really 235 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 4: looking forward to leaning into the beautiful sides of that, 236 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 4: right because we all make mistakes. I've made mistakes, sure 237 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 4: everybody does, no making grow from those. So definitely looking 238 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 4: forward to that when I was going into it. But overall, 239 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 4: you know, in the beginning, like that's what it was about, 240 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 4: was about, you know, hearing about somebody who was turning 241 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 4: a corner looking for redemption. And you know, I'm I'm 242 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 4: always gonna fly that flag, right because I've made plenty 243 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 4: of mistakes in my life. I think, you know, life's 244 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 4: all about turning corners and making yourself better, right, So 245 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 4: so yeah. 246 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 3: H yeah, they're all. So there's been a lot of 247 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 3: online chatter Brad about a car accident that you were 248 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 3: involved in, and we wanted you to have a chance 249 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 3: to talk about it. 250 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I appreciate that, Kathy. 251 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 4: So yeah, there has been and you know, it's it's 252 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 4: tough for me because you know, this was an accent 253 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 4: that I was in twelve years ago, so was seventeen 254 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 4: years old, so very you know, very long time ago, 255 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: but definitely impactful and. 256 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 2: Definitely a big, big piece of my life. 257 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 4: So you know, I would I wish that, you know, 258 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 4: publications wouldn't be grabbing onto something that's so old. 259 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: You can you can you for some people who don't know, though, 260 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: can you just explain bruffree who might not have known 261 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 3: what happened? 262 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely, yeah. Yeah. 263 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 4: So yeah, so the accent like I said, was twelve 264 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 4: years ago, back when I was seventeen, as with a. 265 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: Friend of mine, childhood friend of mine, who. 266 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 4: Was eighteen, and you know, we were driving back from 267 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 4: from Flora, uh, coming North Carolina, and and we were 268 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 4: he was like the middle of the day and I had, 269 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 4: you know, I had, I had knotted off kind of 270 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 4: like you do maybe back when you were in class, 271 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 4: and you kind of like do one of those numbers. 272 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: And when when I came back up. 273 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 4: We were right beside the interstate in the grass, you know, 274 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 4: started slowing down the car realizing what was going on, 275 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: and we ended up striking a Jersey barrier a little 276 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 4: further down the road, you know, came to a stop, 277 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 4: and you know, my first oft in my head was, 278 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 4: oh my gosh, this is uh, you know, we were 279 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 4: just in a car accident, right like, but not thinking 280 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 4: like anything was really serious until you know, I reached 281 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 4: over to check on on my my passengor of Madison 282 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 4: and realized that he was you know, knocked out and unconscious. 283 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 4: I was like, okay, this is a bit more serious. 284 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 4: And while I'm doing that, I'm feeling something hot on 285 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 4: my arm. And I realized that the whole backseat of 286 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 4: the car is on fire. And so I was like, okay, 287 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 4: this has got a lot more a lot more real, 288 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 4: and so I immediately went to you know, getting us 289 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 4: out of the situation, right, So trying to find a 290 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: way out of the car. The best way ended up 291 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 4: being through his window. So went out his window, came 292 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 4: back in unbuckled, Mandison pulled him out, and a bar 293 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 4: standard came up that had seen you know, everything going on, 294 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 4: helped me carry him, you know, a couple of hundred 295 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 4: yards away from the car, and then you know, EMS 296 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 4: came and we tried tending to him, stabilizing the best 297 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 4: that I knew how. 298 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: And still at that point I didn't realize. 299 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 4: You know, exactly how how serious the situation was, other 300 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 4: than you know, my my best friend's unconscious. 301 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to make sure that he's he's okay. 302 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 4: And they the up taking to a hospital, and I, 303 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 4: you know, went went with him to that hospital and 304 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 4: kind of started the whole process of recovery, which which 305 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 4: was obviously along road. You know, he ended up being 306 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 4: paralyzed some waist down and you know, him going through 307 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 4: that and now now he's he's in the political world 308 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: and everything. And I'm not into politics, you know, I 309 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 4: don't necessarily share his views and whatnot. My views are 310 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 4: on my page and and that's about that. But I'm 311 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 4: not into politics and whatnot. But I did see him 312 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 4: go through a lot when we were kids, you know. 313 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 4: I mean he was eighteen years old when we started 314 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 4: that journey, and so I went through a lot with him, 315 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 4: you know, adapting to a new life and recovery and 316 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 4: going through surgeries. 317 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 2: And whatnot, and definitely learned a lot about life, you know. 318 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 4: And I think anybody that would go through something like 319 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 4: that with a friend just wants the best for them. 320 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 2: Doesn't matter, It doesn't matter what kind of politics you're into, right. 321 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, just want what's the biggest lesson? You said, you 322 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 3: what's the biggest lesson you learned? You said, it changes 323 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 3: how you look at life? 324 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 4: What's Yeah, absolutly, I mean, i'd say the biggest thing. 325 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 4: The biggest thing is that you know, life is is 326 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 4: very precious and very valuable. 327 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 2: Right, it can change in a moment, I know that, and. 328 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 4: Right and in a moment, you know you can you 329 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 4: can have you know, one thing going one way and 330 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 4: be a complete one eighty right, So just not. 331 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 2: Taking anything for granted. 332 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 4: It's it's, uh, it's pretty crazy how quickly things can 333 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 4: can change, and not with really any rhyme or reason. 334 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 4: They just happen, right, So I think just looking at 335 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: it with a lot of gratitude is probably the biggest 336 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: thing that's changed. And then also just valuing relationships and 337 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 4: friendships and seeing how. 338 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 2: Much those can help you get through difficult things, and 339 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 2: your faith. 340 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 4: You know, I think I think if it wasn't for 341 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 4: my faith, I don't know where I would be after that. 342 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 4: You know, it was very challenging times and it's just 343 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: dark places to be in. So yeah, definitely gave me 344 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: a new new perspective on life, and you know, God 345 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 4: and his love for us and a lot of things 346 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 4: like that. 347 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 3: Wow, wow, thank you appreciate Thank yeah, thank you for sharing. Yeah. 348 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 3: Those are great lessons to learn. It's just a tough 349 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 3: way to learn them. And sometimes the hardest things we 350 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: face in life are the things that build us the most. 351 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely completely agree. 352 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, I'm like I hate to transition this way. 353 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: I'm like I did that. But on a lighter note, Brad, 354 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: we're going to play a little game, if that's okay. 355 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: It's called hot Seat, and so basically it's just rapid 356 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: fire prompts and it's just to help us get to 357 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: know you a little bit better and just to see 358 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: a little bit of your personality. So we're just gonna 359 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: hop right into it. Okay, let's do it perfect. Okay, 360 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: we heard that you love Adele, and so do I, 361 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: So tell us some more about that. 362 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 4: What's so funny is I think when I said that, 363 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 4: I like, I mean I do, like she's a great artist, 364 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 4: but like I don't listen to her all the time. 365 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: I think she just came on the radio on the 366 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: way to that interview and I was like, damn, that 367 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 2: was a good song. So like it's just top of mind. 368 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 4: And so like now like i've been, I've been like 369 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 4: stage is is like Adele a super Adele fan, Like 370 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 4: I mean, hey, I'm here for it. 371 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: Like she's got a great voice, but like I probably 372 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 2: I don't really listen to her all the time. 373 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 3: That's there and I like her song. Yeah, I love 374 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 3: her song go Easy on Me. I love that. 375 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, great song, great song. She's a very talented woman. 376 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 2: She's awesome. 377 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, here's the next one. You're also we 378 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 3: heard working towards getting your private pilot's license. Truly, can't 379 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 3: you do? 380 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 4: Oh? 381 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: Wow? I know, I'm like, hello, Yeah. 382 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 3: What inspired to pursue flying? 383 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 4: Yeah? 384 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 3: Where are we going? Where you're taking charity in me? Yeah? 385 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: I know, I don't know. 386 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: Maybe I thought it was. 387 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 2: Just a cap right. Yeah. 388 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 4: So actually, long, long story short, I grew up a 389 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 4: lot with without my dad, you know, just kind of 390 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 4: in and out with my life. 391 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 2: And you know, I've learned later in. 392 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 4: Life that he's really an incredible guy and I've always 393 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 4: wanted to spend more time with him, and that's one 394 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 4: thing that. 395 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 2: He loves to do is fly. 396 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 4: So I started working towards Yeah, I started working towards 397 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 4: you my pilot's license because I figured the only way 398 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 4: I could make up time with him be, you know, 399 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 4: in the in the pilot seat with him. So I 400 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 4: figured that's something we could we could do together. 401 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 2: So that's why I started pursuing it. 402 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 5: I love that. 403 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: It's really sweet. 404 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 3: How close to you to get in your license. 405 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 2: Uh. 406 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 4: You know what's funny is I got really really close, 407 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 4: like years ago, and then I kind of put on pause. 408 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 2: And now I'm starting to pick it back up. So 409 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm knocking some rust off. 410 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 4: So I'd say like, I'm only you know, a few 411 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 4: hours away from really like kind of soloing and then 412 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 4: you know, finishing it off. But I'm still knocking the 413 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: rust off. So we're we're a few we're a few 414 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 4: maybe months away from finishing this thing. 415 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: My Rachel is going to kill me. But our co host, 416 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: who's not with us today, she also is a pilot. 417 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: So oh yeah, I don't know if you knew that, 418 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: but a little fun fact, Yeah, a little pilot herself. 419 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: So I'm like, you guys have that in comment. 420 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: There we go. 421 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm just setting that up. There we go, just a 422 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: little that's at Yeah, that's a little one. Okay, our 423 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: last one. We need the full story behind the time 424 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: you walked through an airport with a ten foot piece 425 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: of toilet. That's crazy. Ten feet. 426 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 3: I mean this happen to anyone. Don't feel back, Brad, 427 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 3: I no, okay, it can. 428 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: But like the fact that story, because I'm like, I 429 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: would tell you if I saw it, I'd be like, 430 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: oh no, no, no, come back, Like I am a 431 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: good person. Yeah, it's crazy to give us the backstory. 432 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 2: Chicago O'Hara Airport. 433 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 4: There are no good people in that airport because nobody 434 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 4: did that for me. 435 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: They just say so sad. 436 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 2: They let me live it. So I got Yeah, I 437 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 2: got off the plane and like I was like, I love. 438 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 4: I love to have this story now because whenever somebody's embarrassed, 439 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 4: I can just tell them the story and instantly they're 440 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 4: not embarrassed because this is way worse. I got off 441 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 4: the airplane like I'm in all my all my football gears, 442 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 4: Like I was like feeling cool stuff. 443 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 2: I played football back in college. 444 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 4: And I'm walking through the airport and like people were 445 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 4: like looking at me and like I had a long, 446 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 4: like a thirty minute walk the next round, crazy yeah yeah, 447 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 4: And people are looking at me and stuff. I'm like, oh, okay, 448 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 4: like this is you know, I don't know, like maybe 449 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 4: they think, like I don't know where I play football 450 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 4: is cool or something or something stupid. You know, in 451 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 4: my own head, they don't care at all, It's like not. 452 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 4: And so so I get to my gate finally, like 453 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 4: I see like a little flash of like white behind me. 454 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 2: I was like, wait, what is that. I whip around 455 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 2: and lo and behold it is. 456 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 4: Yeah, the toy paper that got caught in my waistband 457 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 4: it was just flying around like a. 458 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 2: Kite behind me. Oh my god, all thirty minute walk. 459 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 2: It was so bad, but you know it made me 460 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: a better person. 461 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 3: Let me go. That's listen. If that, if that's a 462 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 3: lesson that they do, a better person bred you. But 463 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 3: you've got a halo over your head. 464 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah it was crazy. 465 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 4: But yeah, so Chicago we ha oh hair report, y'all 466 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 4: need y'all need better? I don't know, Just come up 467 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 4: and tell me next time. That's all I gotta say. 468 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the message for whoever. And if anyone's listening 469 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: to this podcast that saw that and didn't tell Brad, 470 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: shame on you. Sorry with shame shame, shame, shame on you. Okay, 471 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: oh my god, thank you so much Brad for honestly 472 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: coming on Bachelor the Happy Hour. We are just so 473 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: excited to like get to know all of you guys 474 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: a lot more, and we've all been on the edge 475 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: of our seats just having the opportunity to talk to you. 476 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: So before we wrap up, all of our audience and 477 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: viewers and listeners they are just dying to hear from you. So, 478 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: is there anything you want to share with our audience 479 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: Bachelor Nation at this moment? Anything? 480 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, something I don't know. 481 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I wish I wish we had more 482 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,959 Speaker 4: time so we could really die. Yeah, but you know, 483 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 4: for now, I just hope that. 484 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 6: I don't know. 485 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 4: I hope there's more to come. That's all I can 486 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 4: That's all I can leave it with. I hope it's 487 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 4: more to come, for sure. 488 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: We love that. And where can our listeners find you out? 489 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: On socials? 490 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just Brad. If you're just having 491 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 2: Brad leg Pard, you'll probably find me. 492 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 4: There's not a lot of people that look as weird 493 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 4: as I do, so uh, you go pick me out. 494 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, just look for like the cowboy that is weirdly 495 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 2: on a beach. 496 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,199 Speaker 4: And like that doesn't make sense. So yeah, that'll that's me. 497 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 4: But yeah, I'm on Instagram and TikTok and all that stuff. 498 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 2: But yeah, for sure, Well. 499 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: This is not our last conversation. We hope to have 500 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: you back on Bachelor Happy Hour very very soon. Thank 501 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: you so much for joining us. All right, so up next, 502 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 1: we have another amazing guy from this season with a 503 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: very very inspiring story thirty five year old pro athlete 504 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: from California. Everybody, Welcome Tritt into Bachelor Happy Hour. Welcome 505 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: trient in. 506 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 3: Hi. 507 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 5: You having me? 508 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: Okay, We're gonna just hop right into everything. How are 509 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: you feeling? I know it's been a heavy week. 510 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 6: I actually I've been feeling pretty good. I got a 511 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 6: lot of great things going on in my life. Obviously 512 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 6: the show is positive right now, so yeah, that's a bummer, 513 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 6: but it's one of those things is it's out of 514 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 6: my control, and so I think, you know, as an athlete, 515 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 6: you learn to focus on what's in your control. And 516 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 6: there's a lot of positive things going on in my 517 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 6: life right now, and I have big goals, and so 518 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 6: I'm just trying to, one day at a time, stay 519 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 6: focused on that and let everything else, you know, happen 520 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 6: how it's supposed to. 521 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, beautiful outlook truly right. Only can do so much. So, yeah, 522 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: how did you get. 523 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 3: On the show? 524 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 5: That's a great question. 525 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 6: For the longest time, my teammates were antagonizing me trying 526 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 6: to get on the Batshorette and really the longest time. Yeah, 527 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 6: for years, I just told him, no, I would never 528 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 6: go on a dating show, and then one of the 529 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 6: producers there someone reached out and the towards the end 530 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 6: of twenty twenty four, and I had a girlfriend at 531 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 6: the time, and so I said no, and it was 532 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 6: just kind of like in the back on mind, I 533 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 6: was just like maybe a seed was planted or something. 534 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 6: But then fast forward into twenty twenty five, some friends 535 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 6: kept bugging me about it, and my teammates were talking 536 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 6: to me about it, and then I just like I talked. 537 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 5: To one of my best friends and he was like, dude, 538 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 5: you're an. 539 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 6: Idiot if you don't go. I just think you gotta go. 540 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 6: I just think America love you, and I think you 541 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 6: just have so much fun. And so I just reached 542 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 6: back out to my manager. I was like, hey, you 543 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 6: think it's a good idea, then sure, like let's let's 544 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 6: go for it. 545 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 5: And so she took it over and. 546 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 6: I honestly didn't even think about it after that, and 547 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 6: I just went back to competing and training. And then 548 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 6: next thing I know, I come back from World Champs 549 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 6: and it was like I had a week to get 550 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 6: all the like, oh wow, testing stuff done and then 551 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 6: I was boom in the hotel room doing my last 552 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,440 Speaker 6: casting Wow, you. 553 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: Had a week. Oh my goodness, that was. 554 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 5: Like a non strat Yeah. Wow, it was a lot 555 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 5: of fun. 556 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: Though, Yeah, oh my goodness. Okay, So, how obviously, without 557 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: giving too much away, but this is probably everything beforehand, 558 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: how were you feeling like once you finally got like 559 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: you knew you were going on this show, Like, were 560 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 1: you scared? Were you like anticipating? I mean, I'm sure 561 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: there's so many emotions that come with it, but like, 562 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: what was like probably at the forefront for you. 563 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 5: I was confident going in, no doubt, and. 564 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 6: Well, you know, I think every guy probably is super 565 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 6: confident going in there because you're getting like the cream 566 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 6: of the crop, and so yeah, everybody there it was 567 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 6: really cool. But the first night, I tell you what, Like, 568 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 6: even though I was super confident going in, all of 569 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 6: a sudden, heart just starts racing as you're like getting 570 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 6: your wimow and everybody else's props, And I was like, I. 571 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 3: Didn't crazy to do this. 572 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: Yeah I was. 573 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 5: Gosh, I feel like I didn't prepare well. But I 574 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 5: was like, all right, it doesn't matter. 575 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 6: Just put on a smile, yeah big Taylor, like and 576 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 6: smile and then get a chance to talk to her. 577 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 5: But it felt like I blocked out the first night 578 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 5: for sure, Like. 579 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: You definitely do. 580 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 3: Yeah. I remember getting at the Limo Trent On Golden 581 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 3: Batslor and everyone same thing at props and wigs and 582 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 3: walkers and got it and I was like, I was 583 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 3: so pleased I didn't trip, Like I got walked up 584 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 3: and didn't trip. That was my big entrance. 585 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 4: That's a win. 586 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a win. 587 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: Okay, I got to celebrate this got. 588 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 3: I don't know if you're comfortable sharing, Trent, And obviously 589 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 3: I haven't met you before today you're talking about competing 590 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 3: in world championships. Can you tell us if you're comfortable 591 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 3: about your accident and you know how that experience shaped 592 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 3: your your journey into athletics totally. 593 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 6: So when I was fourteen years old, I was on 594 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 6: the back of a little dirt bike with my best 595 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 6: friend Scott, and we were acrossing the street and before 596 00:26:58,760 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 6: we crossed. 597 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 5: We looked both ways. I didn't see any cars coming, And. 598 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 6: As we started crossing, we came to the center median 599 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 6: where there was bushes that were five feet tall and trees. 600 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 6: It came down and right as we started passing it 601 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 6: all a sudden boom. I seat in the corner of 602 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 6: my eye the flash of a white BMW bumper. I 603 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 6: walked back on the side of the road and I 604 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 6: thought I had the craziest dream. And so then I'm 605 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 6: laying face down in the dirt and I look over 606 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 6: to my left and I see my friend Scott just screaming, 607 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 6: his faces all bloody. I look over to the right 608 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 6: and I see the sixteen year old girl crying, talking 609 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 6: to the cops. And I realized that wasn't a dream. 610 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 2: This just happened. 611 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 6: So I remember like my foot felt numb, and I 612 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,159 Speaker 6: looked down at it and my shoe was gone, but 613 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 6: my sock was just swollen. And so I was like, okay, 614 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 6: this must be what a broken bone feels like. It 615 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 6: was my first broken buff. 616 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 5: So fast forward, I'm in the hospital and they're trying 617 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 5: to save it for about a month, and then the 618 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 5: doctor comes in one day and he says, hey, Trein, 619 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 5: I'm going to perform a test on your foot, and 620 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 5: I want you to tell me if you feel anything. 621 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 5: I'm just gonna take this pencil and drag in the 622 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 5: bottom of it. So he does that and I said. 623 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 6: No, I didn't feel anything, and so he looks at 624 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 6: my mom and he says, hey, Denise kind of talked 625 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 6: you out side real quick. And so now I'm in 626 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 6: the hospital room by myself, and I see my mom 627 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 6: just start breaking down crying, and that's when I realized 628 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 6: that they weren't gonna be able to save my foot. 629 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 5: They're gonna have to amputate it. 630 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 6: My whole world, as you can imagine, fourteen years old, 631 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 6: spring break, freshman year high school. Wow, we're all just 632 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 6: upside down. My dreams, that of being a professional athlete. 633 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 6: I thought we were taking away from me. And so 634 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 6: I'm crying and I remember my friend's mom. She came 635 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 6: in and she just laid her hand on me. She 636 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 6: just started praying over me, and all of a sudden, 637 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 6: when she's praying over me, I just remember feeling this crazy, 638 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 6: overwhelming peace just. 639 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 5: Come over me and like tears just stop. 640 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 6: And I heard this still small whisper from God saying 641 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 6: I got great plans for you, and that was it. 642 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 6: And I was like, I got nothing right now, and 643 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,479 Speaker 6: if you say so, God, I believe you. 644 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 2: And that was it. 645 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 5: So the doctor came back in. He's like, what do 646 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 5: you want to do? I said, let's go ahead and 647 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 5: amputate it. And so we did, and then. 648 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 6: I got my first prosthetic and I started walking. It 649 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 6: took me three months for the swelling to go down, 650 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 6: and then I got back into school. And even though 651 00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 6: I knew that I was at a disadvantage with my 652 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 6: new disability, I still had a really competitive spirit and 653 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 6: I still want to play sports, and so I just 654 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 6: got back into sports and I realized there was still 655 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 6: so much that I could do. And then it kind 656 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 6: of this this competitive nature didn't die down once I 657 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 6: lost my leg. If anything, it kind of created this 658 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 6: workhorse mentality in me because I knew that I was 659 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 6: at a disadvantage versus all my competitors and all my teammates. 660 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 5: And so I just told myself, Trenton, if you if 661 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 5: you really want to be. 662 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 6: Competitive and you want to make these teams, then you 663 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 6: have to train harder than everybody else. And so I 664 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 6: just became a man on a mission to be the 665 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 6: best athlete I could be. 666 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 5: And I didn't even know about Paralympics in high school. 667 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 6: And it wasn't until like my second year of community 668 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 6: college outside about community College in Orange County that I 669 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 6: was invited to a running clinic with kids with ampts 670 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 6: and stuff and this. 671 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just to be clear, I don't know, did 672 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: you have your leg? You said your foot and then 673 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 3: you said your leg. 674 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, so it's just my foot. Sometimes we just. 675 00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 2: Call it leg. 676 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 6: But yeah, so like about like eight inches below my knee, 677 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 6: chop off and hair. I'll just take off my prosthetic 678 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 6: real quick to show you, Like my leg goes down 679 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 6: down to here. Okay, okay, so I'm just missing my 680 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 6: foot and the reason why they chopped it off here 681 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 6: is so that I could have equipment like this that 682 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 6: fits under my leg. 683 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:23,479 Speaker 3: Okay, wow, good for you. That's a really an amazing story. 684 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah, just what what what is that I 685 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: guess for you? Like being a part of Bachelor Nation 686 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: and obviously now like on a dating show, Like what 687 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: does that representation mean for you? Like I feel like, 688 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, you're not the first member I don't think 689 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: of Bachelor Nation, but like maybe maybe you are. My 690 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: fact's correct, Yeah, what does that representation mean for you? 691 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: Because I think that's like huge. 692 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know. 693 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 6: When I didn't think about it when my manager had 694 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 6: applied for me for the show and stuff and I 695 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 6: didn't think about it. With my friend we're talking to 696 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 6: me about it, But once it became real, then it 697 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 6: kind of dawned on me that I have a really 698 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 6: cool opportunity to show people that it's okay to look 699 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 6: different and be different and still have game. 700 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 5: Or just you know, be you, you know, and people 701 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 5: are gonna be attracted to you. 702 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 6: And there's been a lot of people that have reached 703 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 6: out to me even before the show that was asking 704 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 6: They were asking me like how do they still date 705 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 6: now losing their legs and like our girls still interested 706 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 6: in them? And for me personally, right when I lost 707 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 6: my foot, I had I had a bunch of insecurities. 708 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 6: And the doctor came in and he was like asking 709 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 6: me how I'm doing, And I asked him if I 710 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 6: can still run, if I can still ride their bikes, 711 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 6: and I still play soccer and stuff, and he's like, 712 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 6: I don't know, Trenton, And that hurt because I'm. 713 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 5: Fourteen and all I knew was sports. 714 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 6: Yeah. 715 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 5: So a couple of weeks went by. 716 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 6: And this marine came in and he brought this really 717 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 6: good looking young lady with him too, and he introduced himself. 718 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 6: He's like, hey, my name's David, and I also have 719 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 6: a prosthetic leg, and like, how you doing Trenton? 720 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 5: And I was like I'm all right, man, And. 721 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 6: So then I just started talking to him and I said, 722 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 6: you know, I got some questions. And I said, can 723 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 6: you still run? He said yeah, I can't. 724 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 5: He's like, I reenlisted with the Marines and I run 725 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 5: every morning on the beach with him. It's like okay. 726 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 6: And I was like, what about motorcycles because he was 727 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 6: in a motorcycle accent too. 728 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 5: He was like I still ride motorcycles, so can you? 729 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 5: And I was like okay. And I was like, well 730 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 5: what about girls? Man? Like yeah, for real? And he's 731 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 5: like this is my girlfriend right here, and I was 732 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 5: like no way. 733 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 6: And so I saw at a young age it only 734 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 6: took one man to make a huge difference in my life. 735 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 6: And so for me, I just remember, like right before 736 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 6: the show started and getting out of the limo, like, man, 737 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 6: you got a really cool opportunity to indirectly help. 738 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 3: You are inspiring. Let me just tell you you are. Wow. 739 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 3: So I know you have your site set on the 740 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 3: twenty twenty eight Paralympics in LA two questions, what are 741 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 3: you competing? In what events and how are you training 742 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 3: for them? 743 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 6: I'll be competing in long jump for sure. That's my 744 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 6: best event, and that's the one that I love the most. 745 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 6: And I'm going to get back into sprinting. We have 746 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 6: to train as a sprinting anyway. So I always tell 747 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,880 Speaker 6: my coach like, man, if I'm rolling and we're running fast, 748 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 6: let's start racing. But yeah, long jump will be my event. 749 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 6: And right now, I literally I just moved out to Manhattan, 750 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 6: Kansas at all places, from Orange County, California, you know, 751 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 6: so it changed. 752 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 5: But I decided to pick up and move my life over. 753 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 6: Here and train with a really, really great coach and 754 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 6: really good pro group. And we train five days a 755 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 6: week and on Tuesdays and Thursdays are longest days, and 756 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 6: those days are like three training sessions in one day, 757 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 6: and the others are typically two days. 758 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 5: Are education good? 759 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: How long are the training? If you don't, I'm just 760 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: I'm curious. 761 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, so weight rooms about like one and a half hours, 762 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,839 Speaker 6: and then track about like two hours, and then back 763 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,959 Speaker 6: in the weight room for another hour on the longer days, 764 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 6: and then it's that's just the workouts, and then it's 765 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 6: recovery on top of that. 766 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's wow. 767 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 3: So is your dog Wringle liking Manhattan, machuming he went 768 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 3: with you house Ringo liking Manhattan, Kansas. 769 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 5: He's my ride or die. He comes with me everywhere. 770 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 5: I'll tell you what. 771 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,799 Speaker 6: He's been so itchy since I got here, and I 772 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 6: think it's like there was the drive through Colorado. We 773 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 6: both got pretty dry out there, and then, uh, yeah, 774 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 6: he's been pretty itchy. But other than that, like we've 775 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:37,799 Speaker 6: been good. 776 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Okay, I love this. I'm so fascinated 777 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: by you, and I just love that we're getting to 778 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: meet you guys, because there's just so much on phone 779 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: about you, guys. It's literally like exactly, And at this point, 780 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: before we let you go, we're going to play a 781 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: quick game of hot seat with some rapid fire prompts 782 00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: to help us just to get to know you a 783 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: little bit better. So we're gonna get right into it. 784 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: Sounds good, Let's do it on a ladder. Note, you 785 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 1: have mentioned Maraschino cherries are your least favorite food. So random, 786 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: but what's the story behind that. 787 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 6: I just don't like him, Like anytime when I was 788 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,400 Speaker 6: a kid, we got Shirley Temple's or anything. 789 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 3: Like. 790 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 6: The cherries to me tastes like cherry cough syrup or whatever, 791 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 6: and I do not like that at all. So anything 792 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 6: cherry flavor, this is organic cherries. Like they just taste 793 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 6: so much different. 794 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,879 Speaker 3: Do you eat the fruit but cherry pie? 795 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: Do you like the fruit like just the like the 796 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,279 Speaker 1: actual right, Like those are different when those are like 797 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:40,080 Speaker 1: kind of mache. 798 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 5: And like different. 799 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I agree, I agree. Okay, that's fair. 800 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 3: All right, here's the next one. You're the lead athlete. 801 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 3: Who's the most famous athlete you have in your contact list? 802 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 5: Oh? Well, my best friend, my best friend's wife, Tarwood Hall. 803 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: So jump so, oh my god, amazing my. 804 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 5: New training partner out here in Kansas. 805 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 1: Wow, I love them, Oh my god. 806 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 3: Real quickly, How did that connection start with him? 807 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 4: Well? 808 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 6: Hunter and I met racing each other in twenty fourteen 809 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 6: at the Paralympic Nationals, and when I saw him, he 810 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 6: was asking me a bunch of questions. He was in 811 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 6: high school and I was in college, and I remember 812 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 6: seeing him. I'm like, dude, you're gonna be the next 813 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 6: guy like you are it? And we just stayed friends 814 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 6: and once he got into college, we continue stay in contact, 815 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:33,920 Speaker 6: and as he got older, I just realized like we 816 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,839 Speaker 6: both are on the same mindset as far as work 817 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,239 Speaker 6: ethic and track and then business minded as well, and 818 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 6: we just kind of hit it off and every time 819 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 6: we made teams were roommates. 820 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 2: And then. 821 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 6: Hunter Antar asked me to officiate their wedding and so 822 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 6: I had the honor to officiate that and stop. Yeah, 823 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 6: it's been super cool. And they were the ones that 824 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 6: talked to me and to come in here. I spent 825 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,120 Speaker 6: the three weeks doing a training camp with them and 826 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 6: second day Tar said you to do my training partner, 827 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 6: and I was like, wait. 828 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 3: I love it. 829 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's beautiful. I love that. 830 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 3: I love that. Stories. These connections are amazing, away. 831 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 5: Really really thankful. 832 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 6: That's why when you ask me like how am I doing, 833 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 6: I'm like, man, I'm doing really good. 834 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 5: Like yeah, great place right now. 835 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: That's good and I'm happy for Yeah, happy for you. Okay, 836 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: before we leave, is there anything that you want to 837 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: tell Bachelination? Is there where can we find you out? 838 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 1: On socials anything? 839 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 5: I'm on it all. 840 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:39,480 Speaker 6: I'm on Instagram and TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat. I primarily 841 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 6: post on I G and TikTok the most for sure, 842 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 6: and then I mean for me, I think the biggest 843 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 6: message is if you have any type of insecurities or 844 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,280 Speaker 6: difference about you in the way you look or something, 845 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 6: I just think it's it's important to understand and look 846 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,839 Speaker 6: in the mirror and see that that's actually beauty that. 847 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 5: Makes you different and the right people will find you. 848 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:05,439 Speaker 1: Right, No, I really am. 849 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 6: But it's true though, like we yeah, have of insecurity, 850 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,759 Speaker 6: something we hide in the closet, but you know, that's 851 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,320 Speaker 6: what makes us special and it makes us relatable to people. 852 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 6: And I think that can actually become a strength of 853 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 6: yours if you embrace it. You know, because everybody comes 854 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 6: from different backgrounds, everybody sounds different, everybody has different experiences. 855 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 6: But I really believe that that's what makes you special 856 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:27,440 Speaker 6: to be able to relate and. 857 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 5: Help other people. 858 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 6: And so just I want to encourage people to keep 859 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,359 Speaker 6: going if you're going through a hard time, because there's 860 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,240 Speaker 6: someone out there that needs to hear your story. 861 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: Oh more than ever. Truly, thank you for that, Trenton. 862 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, honestly, I'm like, with the tear in my eye, 863 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:46,880 Speaker 1: I have to wrap thank you. That was a beautiful 864 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: message and we had so much fun chatting with you today. 865 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: Obviously not enough time, but listen more is just this 866 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: is just the beginning. 867 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 5: This is just you got a taste of it. 868 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: Now you got the entree coming, don't. 869 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,399 Speaker 3: This is the Maraschino cherry on top. 870 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 1: To all of our listeners, make sure to rate, review, 871 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,399 Speaker 1: and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and make sure 872 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: you're following us on back to the Happy Hour because 873 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: we have so much more of the cast to interview 874 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: coming up next. See you guys soon. 875 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 4: Bye.