Bachelor Happy Hour - Alexe on The No Drama Llama

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

Today on “Happy Hour,” we’re sitting down with our first guest from Grant’s season: Alexe! The First Impression Rose recipient is here to give us all the tea on Grant’s Night 1! We kick off the episode getting to know Alexe and the backstory about her fluency in French. Then, we get into her road to the show. From her dating history to our icon Linda the No Drama Llama, we discuss it all! And, of course, we get all her thoughts on the women, Grant, their connection, and more. Plus, we hear some teasers from Alexe about next week’s episode. Tune in now, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with Grant's first impression rose recipient, Alex. Alex, welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. Hello, Joe and Serena. Thank you for having me. And not only the first impression rose recipient, but the recipient of the first one-on-one day to the season.

Oh, yes. Yes, I know. I had so many first first. Were you aware when they threw that out there that that was new? Did they say it? Did Jesse say that that's like a new thing? He did. He said that Grant was very, I can't, already, I can't think of the first word.

My French is kicking in. Oh, my gosh. What's the word for it in English? Say it in French. Is French your first language? It is my first language, but you know what sucks is I do not have an accent, but it's because I, you know, so it would be better if I had an accent. It would kind of give context clues. But then I do this and they're like, yes, it is my first language. I was talking to someone. So we have friends of ours. There are a couple. They're from New Brunswick. And what part? Oh my gosh. It's so small. Maybe I know them. Well, Serena's Canadian. I'm from Toronto. I know. I was like, amazing. I love it. I love it. I don't know what part.

I would have to check, but I was talking to her a few months ago. We were at an event and I was saying, is the fact that you went to school, because you went to school, I'm assuming you at a fully French school, are there words that you're like, I still don't know the English translation? Because she was like, yeah, like when you learn the word like subtraction, she's like, I don't use that in my day to day life. So she's like, oh, like hit like if you go to like university at an English speaking school, there's like a language barrier. I know this is so not on top of the bachelor. I just find it so interesting because like Toronto doesn't have this right like French is our second language

but most people don't speak it don't speak it or they know a little bit and it's like can I go to the bathroom please and that's kind of where it ends. Yes absolutely and I still do certain things like I'll say things like can you close the computer or close the light and it's turn off like little things that

I mean I'm not as bad anymore but I used to say for sure yeah it's tough to but I started I started dreaming in English so that means that it means that I'm apparently it means that you're starting to really be immersed in that language. So that's a good, that's a plus. The word I'm looking for, sorry to get back to Bachelor, is meaningful. I guess. He was very, um, um, guys help me out. Not meaningful. Intentional. Intentional. Intentional. I got you.

Merci. Merci. So to go back to the question, Grant was very intentional. So he wanted to give the first impression rose or to the person he wanted to go on the first date with, which honestly, I think it makes sense and it should be like that because it's like if I give you the first impression it means that you're kind of intriguing you're kind of piquing my interest right I think 100% no we we liked it we thought it was a fun twist and I was saying I feel like the person that gets the first impression rose usually ends up not getting that one-on-one time for a little bit of time so it's nice to be like hey I like you I feel like that person should then it should be the obvious choice to be like I want to spend more time with you because the first night getting the first impression

rose it's like getting a group date rows you didn't get a one-on-one with him exactly and then it's what's what what weight does it hold to have the first impression rows if you're not going on that first one-on-one right that's kind of where yeah yes but you're also biased you know you got the first impression right I know it's like easy to say now that I have it I'm like I should have all the dates actually that's me I don't want to I want to stay on topic with the show but I do want to ask one one question about the French language. In, you're from, is it Quebec? No. So we are a small minority and I'm going to put us on the map of French speakers in

New Brunswick, Canada. So actually, fun fact, New Brunswick is the only bilingual province in Canada. So the northern part is fully French and the southern part is English. And at the border, we have what we called French and Schieck. So it's a lot of, I'll do it, this is funny, but the classic sentence is, uh, Usta parquet on car, let me in the parking lot. So a lot of, you probably understood that, Joe, right? Yeah, yeah, I got it. Yeah, it's like, where'd you park your car?

So you start parking lot of freglish, but I'm from the northern part. So I only learned English in the 10th grade. So pretty late. And I used to say things like, I didn't heard you. I didn't saw you. And I was like, and I remember my English teacher in my French school before I switched to an English school. She was very concerned. She thought, oh, my gosh, just poor lady, she is going to repeat all her grades if she goes to an English school because I was very,

very bad at it. But I picked it up. How is it that you have no accent? Okay. So this helps that I'm a speech therapist because I used to have one up until I became a speech therapist. And for example, I used to say, oh, I love that 70s sure. And until I became, yeah, speech therapist. and we like obviously study um like accents and like speech production then I was like oh it's not show it's show or show I don't even know if I'm doing it right show so and I would just I don't know I would record myself a lot listen to myself in high school and I was like oh that sounded French and yeah just my practice so then how was it going on a US show where French is your first language English is your second language

but I mean as a Canadian who went on the show there's a lot of vocabulary differences like I remember being like could I go to the washroom and one of the producers being like what I was like the washroom do I have time they're like where what and I was like do I have time to go to the washroom

well that's that person well that's on the producer like who doesn't know who doesn't know that's common sense yes but he's like sorry it took me a second like no one calls it that here like just little things like that Where you're like, I love the story. What?

Sorry. I love it. I call it washroom and I'm an American. Okay. But yeah, but I, maybe I give a bad example, okay? I'm just, you know, but I know what you mean. No, there's definitely. Linguish.

Yes. There's definitely a different. Yes, absolutely American, Canadian for sure. That was actually my biggest concern. I remember before going on the show, I asked a producer. I was like, like, if I say something wrong or I trip on my words, are they going to edit that out? And he was just like, no, just like, it might be funny. and honestly it might make your charm and the girls were so nice they it felt like they were

little teachers because they would say things and be like what does that mean um like hail mary had never heard that my life so i was like they were talking and they were talking about like a hail mary and i have to obviously look like i know what they're talking about and i'm like mm-hmm and i was like on the side after i was like so what does hail mary mean okay let's let's go back to the beginning no you're good how how did you wind up on on the show So this summer, I was driving with my friend, and then I got, someone reached out to me. And usually it's like those scams about like, oh, I'll be your sugar daddy. And I was like, oh, wait, is this one of those?

Or like, can you send footpicks? Yeah, can you send footpicks for $5? And then someone reached out. And it couldn't have been at a perfect timing because, you know, I had been single for a while. And I come from a really small town where all my friends are married, have babies. and I'm kind of like the crazy one because I live in L.A. And I felt like super ready. I was like, okay, I've had my fun.

I'm in a good spot in my life where I have a good career. The only, I know it sounds cliche, but the only missing piece is like having a partner. So I really felt like it was like a sign from the universe. I was like, this is perfect timing. How long have you lived in L.A.? Now it's turning on two and a half years. Yeah, two and a half years that I did my trip from Ottawa to here in my 2007 Honda accent with two doors and no AC.

Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah, that was crazy in five days. But the bachelor, we're not talking about. What brought you at L.A.? So I, my personal idea of hell is snowshoeing for the rest of my life. I just hate winter activities. I am not a winter gal.

I can't do the snow right thank you are you from the east coast Joe or I'm from Chicago so it's really really cold yeah really cold you get it um and then I got my green card and I had to kind of choose where I wanted to live so I was like why not California I feel like it has the best best of both world so nice I want to ask you how you got your green card but is that something we should not talk about on record no oh my gosh that's totally okay um my dad moved to the U.S. before I was born. So he was already here. And then I got the, um, there's a name for it. Serena. It's like the kid, I call it the kid visa. Yeah. I got it. So I got it through. Do you have your visa yet? I, I, I want to work visa right now, but we're in the green card process.

Process. But I have no like familial ties to the U.S. You don't or you do? I do. Well, you do now. Well, I do now. Well, I do now. Prior to him. Prior to him, which is why I was like, Did you, like, secretly get married, maybe? Married? Oh, no, no, no, no. This is not true. Yes, this is not teen. No, no, no.

My dad lives. Guys, I did it legally. No, my dad lives in the U.S., so I got my green card through him. Gotcha. And then what was your dating life, like, prior to the show? Like, when was your last serious boyfriend? Yeah. It's going to sound super, again, cliche of like, oh, it was a non-existent.

But to be honest, you know, when I first moved to L.A., I think it's like a right of passage. You go in so many dates. You're like, this is so fun. And then I started realizing it was taking a lot of my time and energy and I wanted to give my time to the right people. And this year, this last year was just really focusing on my friends and we traveled a lot. So I didn't really have time to date. So the last serious boyfriend I had was like a year ago. And we ended on really good terms. We're, I don't want to say we're

good friends, but it was a very amicable breakup. And yeah, the last year was just, spend on like traveling and yeah that was good out of my life nice all right well you're perfect for the show then what did you what did you think a grant i thought he was very that was my first thought emotionally mature um which i'm at an age where i that's a quality i'm looking in my partner and i i mean he's handsome he's tall so i'm like okay our babies are going to be perfect for basketball i'm kidding i'm kidding but yeah my first thought of Pham was very emotionally mature man. Did you watch the show at all before you went on it?

Did you watch him on Jen season? I did. And he's when they asked me like, oh, who do you have a crush on? He was, he was named. I was like, Grant. Did you watch the show prior to being asked to go on it? Or did you get asked and then like, let me, let me dig into this and see what I'm signing up for?

I had watched it before back in like when it was like Juan Pablo and Colton season. and then I stopped watching it. So, of course, I wanted to kind of get a little bit more of, like, who Grant was to see if it was a good fit. So I did watch Jen season. And I thought it was, you know what, this is probably the question you were going to ask me after he's a year type. Definitely handsome, like attractive, my type physically. The one thing that was concerned about and it wasn't anything on him, it was more of a me thing, is I'm not super romantic. It's something I've always struggled with.

And he came off very romantic, very intentional. So I was like, okay, let's go with an open mind, opposites to track. Let's see if he can take the romantic out of me or bring the romantic out of me. And let's just say that he got me out of my comfort zone many times. But I feel like that's okay. I feel like rarely do I know relationships where the two people are equally romantic. Yeah, it'd be gross if they were. It would be like cheesy.

It'd be like cheesy. we, when one person's really romantic, but when they both are, it can be like too much. A cheese ball. Yes, I agree. It's, I actually, now that you say that, I agree, because I feel like it was nice to have different qualities and bringing that out of each other. And that's what I kept repeating too. Like, we were so opposite, but I feel like I was bringing stuff out of him and he was, he was, he was bringing stuff out of me. And you can see in the promo too, how you can tell that I'm not romantic and he's singing to me. And I'm like, yeah. But I'm like, in that moment, I was like, Alex, just pee, like, like someone's singing to you.

How nice is that? You've never had that done before. Just enjoy the moment. And that's kind of what was going through my mind. But I was also like, I'm not used to this. Well, I think, I think regardless if you're romantic or not, I think it's a difficult position to be being sung to one on one. As the first one on one, guys.

Yeah, being serenated is, it's intense. When you don't know the person. It's like, it's different if I, you know, it would have been the end of the season. I know him. but it was kind of like, hi, Grant, I'm Alex. Okay, let's sing to each other. Yeah, it's intimate. It's intimate.

I sing to serene all the time, but. Yeah, but like, is it like, lollabies to go to bed? Oh, okay. I thought you meant like. Like Joe Mowbly original is while cooking dinner. Love it, love it. Okay, so it's not like a lullaby for her to go to bed and she falls asleep.

Far from it. Far from it. Okay, so let's talk, let's talk about your limo entrance, how you made the decision. to walk out of the limo or you weren't even in a limo, right? Because you had the llama. No. Yeah, no drama.

Lama Lama Linda. No, I had the stressful situation to walk the whole driveway and see him look at me the whole five minutes as I can't walk too fast because I have a llama with me. But honestly, it was a plus

that I had her because she was like calming my nerves. I was like talking to her. I was like, are you nervous? Because I'm nervous. It was like your emotional support animal. It was my emotional support. animal. And I mean, I don't know if I can tease this, but then I got something on my one-on-one, which I kept as also an emotional animal. So no, see, I'm missing it up. I, that I also

kept as my support. Guys, help me out here. Emotional support animal. Yeah, you're good. Merci. I'm going to say merci every time I screw up in English. So people are reminded. I'm French. Just remind people, hey guys, I'm French. I'm French. Um, yes. So, yeah, she was like my, I can't, it's a given Nemo. You know Nemo? He goes en, amen, amen, ma'am. Embo. Emotional emotional support animal is a tongue twister, okay? In any language.

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What's the connection like with Grant? Do you feel butterflies? eyes. How is that? Yes. So I just want to say that he is hotter in motion. Like he's obviously hot in pictures, but then in motion, I was like, because I came in really confident thinking like, I got this. And the second I saw him, the nerves, I'm pretty sure I said, couldn't remember what I said. I'm like, did I even say the right name? I was like, did I say my name was Bianca from Michigan? Maybe. No idea. It said. But it's a, for me, it's a good sign when I'm nervous. And I don't know what I'm saying. It means that I'm like, I don't want to say intimidated, but it's a good sign.

I had the butterflies blacked out. But thank God I had kind of Linda to revert back to. And he thought he was playful as well, which I loved. Because I need for me, my partner, I want my to be goofy at the foundation of everything to me. It's like, I want to be your best friend. I want you to be my best friend. So yeah, from off the bat, I think we clicked over that. How did the limo, sorry, Lama entrance come to be. Was that your idea? Was that like maybe a suggestion that you guys workshoped together with the show? Yes.

So initially I wanted to bring ketchup chips. And you know, my, because I was like, I love ketchup chips. It's something Canadian. And my producer was like, oh, that's a good idea. But let's take up something else. So I was like, okay, that's a no. So we were brainstorming like, you know, I was raised on a farm. I'm Canadian.

And, you know, as you know, as you know, Serena, where Canadians tend to be friendly and not confrontational. So we were like, how about a no drama llama? And I was like, wait, this is bold. I wanted something bold because I'm my personality, but I also didn't want something too over the top. But now that I look back on it, I'm like, I brought a llama. So it is kind of over the top. But I wanted something in the middle, like in the middle. So that's how it came about. I love it. I love it. It was very memorable. I feel like. It was a good one. I know. And I'm like, Am I going to be remembered as like the llama girl?

Maybe a lot of it. You go for like the first couple of weeks and then it'll go. Okay. And then they'll know my name's Bianca. Okay. From Michigan. Yeah. Bianca from Michigan.

So then you walk into the house. You meet all the women. You know, are you gravitating to anyone in particular? How's the vibes in the house? In the house? Well, at first it's funny because I had my. Lama. I knew I had my Lama. I kind of forgot she was there. And everybody, like, when I came

in the house, everybody looked at me like this. And I was like, oh, my gosh, like, what's wrong with my dress? And then I looked at her. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I have a Lama in the house. Like, this is not common. So everybody obviously wanted to touch her, pet her. And I remember there's two girls that I kind of gravitated towards, which were Rose and Jenae. And we kind of stuck together during like night one, which was really nice. Yeah. So of course, there was like little you know groups of people together but I feel like the consensus is you know it's the first night you're putting your best foot forward everyone's really um sweet and nice so I feel like we were all trying to mingle together and kind of trying to gauge who was our vibe yeah yeah well there's there's

25 women you're not all going to get along equally you're trying to find the people that you like feel comfortable around to get through like a very uncomfortable night and you're like all spread my wings you know if I get exactly exactly exactly exactly what was going through your mind when grant's sister came through the house did you think it was just another like did you think it was an axe or where were you when that actually went down I was sitting on the couch and I was like oh my goodness I was like okay the production's changing it up this year like it's giving love island what am I on their bachelor yeah it's giving hot new bombshell enters the mansion exactly um and then of course

horse we're all like so much is going through her heads we're like is this a new girl and I'm like she's beautiful first of all like don't do that to us um so we're all trying to peek to see and then they looked too comfortable for it to be a new girl that he had never met so I was like okay is it like a cousin is it like an ex um and I think someone knew it was his sister I was gonna say there's got to be someone that clocked like I've seen her on his Instagram yes and that's what happen. And I was like, who was it? Okay. I want to say, she was on the left of me. I can't remember. Uh, I have the memory of a goldfish. No. You're good. One of the girls clogged it. One of the world. Yes, they knew. They were like, I think that's grand sister. But girls were like up in arms.

They were like, should I interrupt them? Which would have been crazy. No, yeah, girls were going off. Like, night one, like the possession starts quick. Very quick. Very quick. The possessiveness. Yeah. the possessiveness there you go we both both learning english yeah thank you so much for teaching you go do you go to paris a lot not even i've been twice but it's nice because then i get but you know it's funny because we have like a little bit of a it's not the same as a french accent it's um we have a little twang they'll go to english and i get so insulted because i'm like no we're french or they'll say oh you have a funny accent and i'm like they like look down on like Canada french a little bit they do yeah big time

especially Quebec French what do you mean I can see that I can see that I mean when you're in Paris they look down on anyone that doesn't speak their language so yes that's true that's true that makes sense yeah I was like okay I've only I've been to Paris once and I love it but I'm like I really wish I spoke the language or like you kind of understand it I mean yeah did you have French immersion serena no we have French immersion but no I didn't I took French from grade from I think we're required to take it from like fourth grade to ninth grade and I did it but by ninth grade I was like barely skimming by like I was like this is not I just don't have a knack for languages like I feel like if you're starting something at fourth grade

unless you're good like I had a friend that was great with languages and she just could do it but most kids are like I'm too old to pick up a new language I'm too old to pick up a new language What's my motivation? No one in this province speaks French. I know. I know. It's like if you don't, you're not around it. And you're like you're right. It's an affinity for sure. Like I pick up languages really quick. So it's easy for me. But some people like, again, they've seen French their entire lives and they still just know how to say, yeah, that's me. I feel like if you're from Quebec or even if you're in Ottawa, there's a little bit more of like a motivation. But like being from Toronto, especially from the where I'm from in Toronto. Like we have a huge Chinese population. So like a lot of things are in English and Mandarin or like English and Cantonese. So it's like there's even less motivation to learn French. Well, every time I fly to Toronto and they start speaking French, I'm like nobody here. I've yet to be anywhere in Toronto or anyone speaking.

We'll go to Montreal. It's like different than like Montreal. I was going to say go to, have you been to Montreal? I've been. Yeah, yeah, but he hasn't been yet. You guys have to. Oh my gosh. It's the most.

For me, it's the best city. Do you say no? No, I said, yeah, no, I really know. That's where Jesse Palmer's from. He's from Ottawa. Oh, he's from Montreal. You're right. He's from Ottawa, I thought.

I did my master's in Ottawa. And then I was asking him, he was like, oh, my gosh. I used to still, I'm pretty sure it's Ottawa. But one of those, uh, University of Audit. Well, I did New Brunswick for my undergrad. Um, and then I did, uh, University of Ottawa for my grad school. Montreal. Yeah.

So, Nipin. Okay. All right. Um, got me. He's like, he's like, he's like, he's like, you got me back back on topic okay so you get um someone on one time with grant yes before you get the first impression rose how how's that conversation like from our point of view as a viewer i thought it was the first time of the night that i saw grant seem really comfortable with someone

for me when i'm watching the show like especially night one when i see the lead comfortable with somebody usually that's a sign that they really like them um so yeah just want to hear your take on how that way. Absolutely. So the first thing he told me, he like grabbed my hand and he said, you're like a little ball of energy. And at that point, we're so tired because you guys know, the night is very long. And I felt dull. And I was like, really? I'm like, you think this is energy? Because I was like, I feel pretty well energy. So like, just wait. And honestly, I went in there just being, again, I keep saying the word cliche, but it's true. I just went in being myself. And one thing that my, the last text that I got for my friend before, um,

like they took our phones away was like just be yourself and like they will love you and I went in there being like worky self I kept saying things at the wrong time I was like saying things I was like I shouldn't have said that and that's my normal self and I think obviously it worked because he saw he either thought it was charming or he thought I was psychotic I don't know but it worked um and I did feel I really appreciated that even if I was kind of all over the place he kind of calmed me, which I, for me, that's a really good sign because I need, again, I need somebody that's going to ground me for sure. And that's something I felt with Grant right away. And then he also, you know, told me, he's like, whatever was going on in your little hamster wheel in your mind,

I have it too. I just don't externalize it. And I was like, oh, great. We have that in common. That's actually really sweet. Yeah. So that was a very sweet body moment. So you left that interaction feeling good you guys kissed where are you at so at that point i i knew it went really well but you just you can't gauge how his conversations went with the other girls and one of the girls that i was really really close to uh they had so much in common and at that point i was just so happy for her and we were like all thinking like she's going to get the first impression bro who's that um so we i really thought it was going to be jenay my girl jane and i was so happy she goes home and Serena actually said when we recap the episode that you were shocked she was the only one

that I was like oh I wasn't expecting her to go not that the other girls weren't great she was just one of like from watching the first episode I was like oh like there's a little something she seems cool 100% and especially that we vibed really really well I was like oh he's definitely like if he likes me he's gonna like her especially that they had so much in common so I was like yes like you're at that point you're like rooting for your girls because you don't you don't have that attachment yet right So I was like, yes, like, Janay. So, yeah, it was very shocking. And if you guys end up asking me, like, one word to describe the season later on,

I'll say surprising because there's a lot of surprises like that. Okay. Well, we will not ask you now because you're ahead of myself. I'm ahead of myself. You're doing the podcast for us, which is great. At this point, I don't even need you guys. We're really taking a load off of us. You're like, if you ask me this, this will.

I was like, actually, that was what we were going to. to ask you. So sorry. No, no, you're good. It's a one-man show. A one-man show. No, but that's good to know. I like hearing that it's going to be surprising because you don't want it to be predictable.

You want it to be exciting and surprising. So that's good. That's good. So then getting the first impression rose and it coming along with also receiving the first one-on-one, how are you feeling? I mean, that's kind of like you're in the best position at this point. absolutely the first i think feeling i felt was validation in the sense that it really validated that hey i can literally just be myself and like be funny and like i can just be quirky and funny and who i am and it's going to work because he's obviously seeing that um felt very validated

and very grateful but at the same time it's a tough situation to navigate because you want to be happy but also you don't want to have a target on your back and you don't want to boast it in front of all the girls, right? Because you're still trying to make meaningful relationships with the girls and friends. Yeah. And you don't want to come off. That's me anyways. I don't want to come off too strong. Like, I got this. So it was tough to like kind of high my excitement, but also be excited at the same time and validation and feeling good. Yeah, that is hard. Because it's like mid-season, you kind of know who it's like, oh, whoever like just got the group date rose and I can bond or like whoever got the one-on-one last week and I,

but it's like at this point, everyone is on the same playing field and you're the only person who's taken a step up. So you're kind of on your own when it comes to like, like they're happy for you, but you also are not happy for you. I need to run with these girls. There's no one in that house that was truly happy for you in that moment.

I'm going to be, you know what? I'm going to be the devil's advocate. I feel, again, maybe I'm super wrong because I'm like naive with that. But I feel like because I really, again, I'm Canadian.

I was nice with everybody. I feel like the girls were, genuinely happy for me. Like I didn't come off as, yes, I had a llama, but I wasn't like bringing the llama to be like, hey, I'm trying to stand out in that way with the girls. It was more like, ha ha, like llama would be funny. And I feel like I really made sure to talk to everybody and be nice to them that I felt like they were happy for me to an extent. But now that I say it out loud, I'm like, Joe's right. I'm like, no, there's no way. It's probably mixed feelings. You know, everyone wishes that they were the one to get it. But also, it's so early on their investment

and grant isn't as strong yet you're a sweetheart and you're not like a jerk like if you were like the bitch of the house then i could see everyone being like oh no i'm even more mad but you're nice so was there anyone well hopefully they pertain me like you never know you look great you look great good good was there anyone night one or any you don't have to say names you don't want to where it was like people might have been less happy if she got the first impression or she was maybe stirring up a little stuff early on. I think, you know, we all have different personalities and we're going to vibe with different people.

I think and we all have different backgrounds and we have all different ways to approach social situations. I do think that's, you know, for me, I just wasn't rate. I don't know. Maybe it's the Canadian in me. But if someone says, hey, I love your dress, I won't say, thank you. you. That's just not me. And I think maybe some people came off like that to a couple of girls. And I think to answer your question, maybe if those people would have had the first impression

rose, it would have set the tone as to what is Grant's type and what is he looking for. Because for me, I'm super different from that. But again, we all show different sides of us to different people, right? So, and we can have different connections with different people. doesn't mean that we all have to be the same. But, yeah, I think from my perspective, there's definitely maybe a couple of girls that. Yeah, there was, there was X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O. X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O-X-O-X-E-X-O-X-E.

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Listen to shock incarceration on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. But, no, I like your answer, and I think it is honest and truthful in the sense of, like, there's going to be girls that are a less controversial pick than other girls when it comes to giving up the first impression rows and what that stirs within the house. Right. And especially I think as the first impression, I think a lot of it is, no, I'm going to retract that quite. No, because I was going to say, I think like the first impression rose, usually, again, I don't want to, no, because it can depend on the conversation. Never mind, scratch that.

Were you going to say that like people that make a good first impression with the girls are like making a good first impression with him? Yes, I think. Again, I haven't seen every season. And it's okay. We can like generalize. There's always an exception, you know. An exception. Of course.

Exactly. But I think, yeah, if you exude, I think, like, positivity, I think the person, like, the bachelor is going to see that. And it's going to also bleed into, like, the friendships with the girls. So, yeah. 100%. But besides yourself and Jenae, was there anyone else from your point of view that had a strong connection with Grant in the house, night one?

Or that maybe the other girls were also, you know, considering her to maybe be the first impression rose recipient um honestly i don't think we really talk because everyone had really good conversations so we didn't really have anything to gauge it based on we didn't really have anything to really gauge it on so because we would talk and we'd say oh i had a great conversation and everyone said that so we were just kind of like it's up to anybody's it's anyone's game at this point so no i don't think um we i really except for jenay i think because they had so many things in common like the baseball the dirt like the number down to like I was like this is like imagineate of heaven and it's the first time that I was like oh wait like I need to be more

romantic because if I don't have more things in common with them like how are we going to make this work if they have so many things in common yeah that's so interesting um so night one ends how are we feeling going into the week you know you've survived the first night of the show where's your head at yes um I was just so excited to move into the mansion. I mean, as you know, you're in the hotel room by yourself, like, scratching the walls because you're not talking to anybody. And you're like, I just can't, especially I'm an extrovert. So I just couldn't wait to talk to people. I wasn't actually scratching the walls. That was just a joke. But I'm just making sure out there.

Oh, my gosh. They were like, we got to get this girl out of the room. Okay. Oh, my gosh. And I'm snorting now. Okay. So, okay, professional. Um, yes, I was just so excited to, to be in the mansion and just see what the dynamic would be with the girls. Um, it was definitely really sad, um, to see like girls that I got really close with night one leave. And that's going to be a very recurrent theme with me in the season. You'll see how sensitive and emotional. I am. I'm not emotional with my own feelings, though it gets to my friends and how they're feeling. Yeah. So you'll see a lot of tears every row ceremony. I'm like, what's your horoscope sign? I'm a Pisces. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah. What are you? I'm a Scorpio. November? October. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I'm not super... It takes a minute to see it. With... Like, what's your sun sign then? Or your moon? What's your moon? Scorpio. Oh, wait, that's so interesting.

Or wait, I'm... No, no, no. I'm a Scorpio son. A... Cancer moon and then a Scorpio rising. Cancer moon. Okay. I'm like, I don't know what that means. And I'm like, okay, yeah, I can see it. I don't really know what it means either. But it's kind of fun to like, no, yeah.

I'm a Pisces. Apparently they're very emotional. So, but then I'm right on the cusp of being an Aries, which makes a little bit more sense because I'm very like, spontaneous and like, woo, let's go. So it makes sense. Aries. Yeah. Joe's in Aries. I'm an Aries.

Oh, okay. So you, okay. Are you very adventurous? He's crazy, yeah. Great. We're all crazy. We're all crazy. We're all scratching the walls.

Yeah, we're all scratching the walls. How many tattoos do you have? I can't even count them. Oh my gosh. I like lost. Did these were covered up night one? Because I didn't see these. No.

It's so funny because one of my best friends is also a pediatric speech pathologist and she has tattoos like yours like little ones spread out. Really? Yeah. I would love to meet her because I would love to meet her because I feel like it's a common thing for speech therapist to have tattoos. And honestly, even before going into this career, I was so insecure about my tattoos. I was like, no, like, right, because I was like, no one has them. Like, I don't know how, like, people are going to react or treat me differently

because I have tattoos. So I tend to work with long sleeves at school just to, like, be respectful. And same thing with the show. I wanted to come off, like, first impression, like, very modest. And I didn't want to be judged-based, you know, I didn't want to be like the girl with tattoos, because I'd been, you know, profiled that way before. And then after talking to the girls in the house, they were like, no, Alex, like, you look cool. I was like, really? Okay. Because I... That your new Brunswick is showing, girl. My new Brunswick showing. Yeah, exactly. Your new Brunswick's showing. But the first night, I was like, I told the girls, I was like, I had a phase where I wanted to be

Miley Cyrus, so I got all my tattoos. And then I realized I am not Miley Cyrus, but I'm still going to rock them. So, yeah, so you'll see on my first one-on-one date that, I rock the tattoos. I was like, I'm just going to, yeah. Do you have a favorite or like one that has a really special meaning? I really, really like. So this is funny. Being in New Brunswick, there's not a lot of tattoo parlors. And every time I would ask for fine line and they would give me, which I love them, but they would give me these big ass tattoos and they'd say this was fine line. And I was like, not really sure. That's fine line. So I went to Bali last year. And I got this, like, I'm really terrified of snakes.

And I was like, I kind of want a snake tattoo. And I asked for fine line, which is, this is fine line. This is not. And this is also, this is me being too nice. I asked for, sorry, I'm going all over the place. This is just a typical idea. It's a podcast. We need you to talk.

We need you to talk. So this B, I asked, I wanted it originally this big. And he put it on my skin. And I was too, too scared to say no. So I was like, yeah, that's perfect. No, it's not like a manicure. You don't like no polish color. It's there for the rest of my life.

Too nice. I was like, yeah, no, this is perfect. This is exactly what I wanted this big. So I would say the snake would be my favorite one just because it's very feminine, very like small line. Like I wanted all my tattoos to be. But it's okay. The fact that you're afraid of snakes, you wanted to get something that you're afraid of? Yes.

Well, the meaning came after. I really like the look of the snake tattoo. And then I was like, what am I most terrified of snakes? So I was like, let's put it a little, give a little meaning. I was so like, let's say that I'm getting the tattoo because I'm facing my fears every day when I wake up. I'm like, woo. Yeah, it's like exposure. Exposure therapy.

Literally. That's so funny. Okay. Honestly, I think that's it. You told us, you already teased the season. Surprising. That was your word. Yeah.

Is there anything else you can tease for us before we get into a little game? I think surprising is the point. perfect word and just, yeah, if you're, you're seeing a facade of me right now, but I really stepped out of my comfort zone and you'll see a different, not a different Alex, but I think a side of me that I don't necessarily show to people, which is exciting and fun. And I'm really excited to see that. Nice. Okay, we're going to do, it's a rapid fire game. Get to know Alex. Perfect. First, don't think about it. First thing that comes to your mind and you're just answer in a way, rapid fire. Perfect. Let's do it.

what is your love language physical touch okay let's do that again sorry no you're going to do it again what is your love language physical touch are you more of an introvert or extrovert oh extrovert definitely can't shut up if you if you said introvert i was going to be like no you're not you're lying get out of here what is your what is your go-to cocktail oh espresso martini because i'm always tired what's your favorite thing about is goofiness that's interesting because he doesn't come across goofy

what's one thing you haven't done that you want to do this year I want to go bungee jumping what is your favorite way to unwind after a long day wrought in bed and watched TikToks I love that

what is a deal what is a deal breaker for you Um, besides chewing with your mouth open, um, I think someone who's not spontaneous and willing to like travel and, um, yeah, wants to stay sedentary. What's the word sedentary? Sedentary. Sedetary. Yeah. Not moving, not on the, what's, you know what that means, right? Like always. Like no, it's opposite of nomad. Like you don't want someone who's to date, sedate. We're, we're, we're pronouncing it wrong, but we're right there. Sedetary.

There's a word. I know there's a word. People know what we're afraid to. Yeah. What artists would you love to see perform? That I haven't seen or that I've seen? Either. I'm a big Rufus Dussal fan.

What is your favorite comfort movie or show? Monsters Inc. I've seen that movie too many times and it's embarrassing. Big Monsters Inc fan. If I'm sad, I watch. I watch Monsters Inc. If I'm happy, I watch Monsters Inc. all the time. What is your favorite dessert? Oh, lemon tarts.

If you were on a dessert. No, lemon bars. No, I said that wrong. Lemon bars. Or lemon, yeah, yeah. I mean, I love them. Right, they're the same. Okay, lemon bars.

If you are on a deserted island and could only bring three people from your season, who would they be okay that's a really good question i would bring natalie latia and chloe i believe natalie's actually friends with a friend of mine no way yeah i love it from seattle or kentucky seattle seattle oh i love it okay wait i'm gonna text her after this i mean hey and if you could describe grant season in one word besides surprising what would it be besides surprising yeah um i want to say intense intense in the sound in the sense that it's very um like poetic very um or musically charged music i okay i like poetic but musically charged is a lot of a lot of singing a lot of having to be

box maybe. That makes sense because Grant is very, we had some of his friends on recently from his season of The Bachelorette and they talked about the fact that he's a very expressive and musical person. Right, which I'm not. So you'll see a lot of me struggling there. Because it's funny everyone was like, oh, before the one, I'm sorry I'm cutting you guys off, but they're like, how are we going to get Alex out of her comfort zone? Like I'm super let go with the flow. Uh-huh. Pull your, pull your pants. Um, there it is. Yeah. Get me to sing and And then, yeah, karaoke, no. Okay, finally to end us off,

can you give Bachelor Nation a little send-off in French? A little send-off, like a goodbye. Yeah, like a goodbye. Ooh, okay. Thank you very much to me have received on your podcast. And I'm really excited to come to this journey. I'm going to throw a little bit English in there, but really excited to start this journey here with us other.

And then, yeah, we're going to see on Thursday. especially. Perfect. Okay. And to all our listeners, thank you so much for tuning in to Bachelor Happy Hour and make sure you stay tuned because we'll be having so many women from Grant's season

on Bachelor Happy Hour. Yeah, we're excited to see the rest of his season and how his journey unfolds. Thank you so much for listening. Bye. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips.

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