Bachelor Happy Hour - Becca & Michelle Answer Fan Questions

Episode Date: May 3, 2022

Becca and Michelle respond to questions sent in by the fans on this week’s “Bachelor Happy Hour”! The ladies hold nothing back as they answer questions about their relationships with Thomas... and Nayte, what happens behind the scenes at “The Bachelor,” this upcoming season of “Bachelor in Paradise,” and so much more.  Don’t forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode. See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:29 Secret Festi Club on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. What's up, Bachelor, Happy Hour? We're so excited to be back with you again this week for another episode of Happy Hour. And of course, have my sidekick Michelle. Woo-hoo. Hello, Becca. It is so nice to be back. I feel excited for today's episode just because it's going to be a little different than our normal, you know, guest episode. So these are actually, I will say, say some of my favorite episodes that I've done in the past is just sitting here catching up with you having girl chat. We will be answering some fan questions that you all wrote in to us on Instagram for. And like these ones are just so much fun. I feel like we'll have our list of
Starting point is 00:02:14 questions, but we always end up like pan off of the script and just having our own fun. Like I feel like the last time I did this with Rachel, we turned it into a karaoke session, which I'm not opposed to doing. So let's just get started. Let's get started. started. My only regret already is the fact that I don't have a glass of wine sitting here. I know. I was just thinking that. What are we doing? As I kicked it off.
Starting point is 00:02:39 I mean, where I am, it's still fairly early and I have one more show to do tonight. So I'm like, I got to stay on track. We'll save that for next time and I'll have a glass of wine after this. Okay. I love it. Well, I'm glad that you said next time too, because
Starting point is 00:02:55 next week we have a very fun episode happening for everyone that both of us cannot wait for so please make sure you tune in for that one as well and now michel i don't even want i mean i want to catch up with you obviously we chatted a little bit before we started recording but i really want to just maximize our fan questions because we had so many people right in so if you're cool with it i think we should just dive into those yes let's go i'm on board okay i love it um let's start out with the cute one somebody wrote in and asked what are our favorite things to do with our men. So Michelle, you want to kick it off? Oh, wow. I feel like,
Starting point is 00:03:37 I feel like Nate and I were kind of always all over the place. And so my number one thing would be exploring, like being able to, you know, when we went to New York, being able to explore New York and going to all these different places, we really like put on our tourist hats and truly just like explore and try new things and so I feel like that has been nice and oddly I feel like I'm still getting used to that like we're actually out in public thing because I forget that we can go you know run errands together or go with the Home Depot where wherever we're going it's nice to do those small things so just exploring I love that one I feel like you because you're still doing the long distance and back and forth
Starting point is 00:04:27 it's still that fun honeymoon phase that's such a fun time to live in and so really just soak it in I love watching your adventures you posted such a cute photo of you and Nate the other day of you hugging and I was like oh they're so precious it was a photo shoot but it was
Starting point is 00:04:43 so cold we had no business I was outside in like a skirt I guess it was leather but it was in Canada right that was actually in New York when we were there for Fashion Week and so we were trying to take your picture but the photographer was like switching lenses and so I was like just I need to just hug me for warm just hold me freezing wait how
Starting point is 00:05:08 I wanted to ask you this because so I personally hate photo shoots I don't like being behind the camera I feel so awkward and it's and it's always like nerve-wracking slash fun when you do it with your partner. How do you like doing it with Nate? Do you prefer them on your own or do you want to be with him? Okay. So we actually have not had an official photo shoot together because... What about your people for the magazine? Okay, so the people magazine one, which honestly, we had a lot of fun because we were able to just get into just being around each other and goofing around and just being us. And I think that coming off from the show where the camera, cameras were constantly on us, it felt a little bit more normal.
Starting point is 00:05:57 But, yeah, we're still looking to do, like, that official couples photo shoot. It'll be here sometime. But I don't know if I'll ever get used to, like, posing. It just, it always feels, like, does it ever just not feel awkward? Are you asking me? Because I'm going to say, no, it's always awkward. If you ask anyone else, I'm sure they'd say, like, oh, yeah, they get used to it. But for me, no, it's not.
Starting point is 00:06:21 Okay, I have a question for you then. So when, okay, so when you are accepted becoming the Bachelorette, you go into, you have to create the promo, you have that massive photo shoot and you're coming off this other season or are you just coming off a position where you're not the lead, right? And then you get into the promo and not only now are you doing like a photo shoot, but you're doing a photo shoot. And there are like 50 people and just watching you, just watching you. You know, you have producers, like several producers. You have a director. You have photographers. You have hair and makeup there.
Starting point is 00:06:57 You have, you know, stylists. You have all these different things. And I remember that, like, being so, like, I had to consciously just choose not to pay attention to it. Because it's like, I'm having to pose. This is really uncomfortable. Like, I've never modeled before, really, all these different things. And, like, 50 plus people watching you. It was, honestly, traumatic for me.
Starting point is 00:07:20 I, okay, and maybe you're like me too, because when I said yes, The Bachelorette, I did not expect it to be what it was. Like, I thought, I'm going to go on the show. You know, I obviously filmed on The Boucher, so I kind of knew how that side of things worked. I didn't understand the photo shoots and all the interviews and the video footage and all the things. And so when I said yes, and they announced me as lead the next day, I like went into all of it. And I was like, what the hell did I sign up for? I'm already awkward. I don't know how to pose
Starting point is 00:07:50 I don't know what to do with my hands and my body I was like I don't know what the fuck I'm doing at all and it was like honestly I never want to do that again I know it was so embarrassing for me luckily we had one of the producers who's like our hype woman slash like stage mom and she was like you've got this
Starting point is 00:08:07 like she was cheering me out from the sidelines the entire time but I was like this is so bizarre did you have it's hard I want to know like there was one moment where I was like oh my god this is so L.A. This is so Hollywood so TV. They painted each one of my nails a different shade of pink that basically all looked the exact same. Like if you were to look at it, you'd be like, that's all the same color. Yeah. And they had
Starting point is 00:08:29 12 people look at my shades of pink on my nails to decide what one I could use for the photo shoot. And I was like, what is they? We're just funny because it's like, can't you just Photoshop that in? It was so bizarre. I definitely had a moment like that too where, but mine for me was I ended up having this designer come in and specifically make a dress for the promo. So he came in, it was during all of my other dress fittings, and he fit everything to me. And then, like, the next day, I roll up, and it's, like, this $85 million mansion, like, massive, massive house. And there's everything's covered in roses. There's, like, that staircase that everybody saw and, like, smoke machines.
Starting point is 00:09:14 And so, like, it was, I was like, what did I just get myself into? from Minnesota. I don't belong here. But you crushed yours. Your promo shoot was so incredible with the basketball, with the apple on the desk. Like, everything was so geared towards you as an individual. Yeah, it was. It was really more comfortable for sure. But you rocked it. Like, you look so confident. Like, if I would have watched that, though, like, and heard you say this, I'd have been like, there's no way she's nervous. Like, this is not freaking her out. Like, you seemed so natural and in your element. I feel like I got, I mean, the people that were around me, like the director, I even still like text her every once in a while. Everyone was just so supportive. We had so much
Starting point is 00:09:55 fun. It was a really long day. By the end of it, I wanted my feet have never hurt so bad from walking, like standing in stilettos. Like my feet were just cut up everything. But it was, it was really cool. It was very like personal to me. So it was awesome. I were totally going off scripted. I promise we will get back. Did you expect anything? This is how it always comes and I love it. We will get back to the fan questions but I want to ask you Michelle too because I'm always curious
Starting point is 00:10:24 about the leads because there's so much expected of you from start to finish the second you say yes to being the Bachelorette to even well after filming and well after it airs there's still so much and are you the type of person that like
Starting point is 00:10:40 thrives off of other people's energy or like when you would call it quits every night and like go to bed Would it just drain you and, like, suck the life out of you? I would say I thrive off of other people's energy, but I also bring a lot of, like, my own energy. So if I walked into a room full of, like, negative people, like, I would just be like, I'm just going to be in my own world because I don't want to, you know, I don't want to feel like that. but I think I just I got so close like didn't you get you got super close to producers and I was just like I'm just going to embrace this they're going to be highs and loads but I never
Starting point is 00:11:25 had a moment where I was like miserable or anything like that I was exhausted but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else is kind of my thinking I am like the type of person where I like you thrive off of the energy and like if there's a lot of people like that's why I think I like the stage show so much because like yeah you're really tired during the day but then I get on stage and I just like come alive but I'm also the type of person that like I don't always know when to say no or like call it quits so I'll like go go go go go and let you burn out the group group until somebody's like okay you got to take a moment like you got to take a nap you got to give yourself a few hours of alone time otherwise like I will keep going I will have FOMO if I'm not there and so like I felt
Starting point is 00:12:09 after big things like the photo shoots or like you know big rose ceremony days I would like realize like I need to remove myself and like give myself a break otherwise I will get burnt out but oh man it's weird like putting myself back in that mindset it is so weird to think about but it's really nice that you can recognize that though and just like not go to complete burnout because I I took a lot time to learn I just go days and then burnout Well, you also, I mean, you're a teacher, which is a totally different kind of burnout, like the patience and hard work that you as a teacher have to put in every single day. I mean, I would be in the classroom for four hours and need a nap. Like, I don't know how you do it. It's hard when you're emotionally invested, you know, like those are great things because you're passionate about something and that drives you. But then those are also the things that can be incredibly painful too. yeah so okay wait did you tell did we talk about this i feel like we jumped on that before did you talk to me about some of like your all-time favorite things that you do with thomas or have done
Starting point is 00:13:20 or like things that you're looking forward to oh that's um well favorite things to do with him i mean thomas and i are such homebodies we and he's like the first person and partner that I find such a joy in like the little simple things in life. And like him and I, we go, we take the dogs to the park a couple times today. We walk the beach. We walk around his neighborhood. We love to cook together. It's like little things like that that are so miniscule and, you know, just like everyday things that most people will be like, oh, that's boring.
Starting point is 00:13:55 Whatever. But like we just enjoy doing them together so much. Yeah. I mean, I really like to do anything with Thomas because he makes things so funny. He has, like, this child-like zest in the way he's always goofing around. He's always goofing around. He still does know how to be serious when he needs to, but he makes, like, he makes grocery shopping fun, you know? Or he makes, like, even just driving in the car on a road trip fun.
Starting point is 00:14:21 So it's, yeah, there's so many things I love to do with him. But he's just also very fun to travel with because he's down for anything. He will explore. He loves to eat and drink like me where he's always like, let's taste test a place. here let's go into this restaurant let's go there and so um yeah he he's like such a yes man which i need in my life that's amazing because i feel like he challenges you to get outside of your comfort zone too he's just so he's so laid back but he's an energizer bunny at the same time i know i really i really landed the jackpot with him love him so much oh he's the best
Starting point is 00:14:59 really though the more time i spend with him i'm like wow yeah He's a good one. And that's why I want to spend more time with Nate. We got it. We keep time about double dating, which we will very soon. We will. I keep forgetting that your only time with him was family feud, right? That was the only time because, wow, that's crazy.
Starting point is 00:15:19 And there was so many people there. It was a lot going on. 100%. Get him back. You guys got to come back out. Okay. So, Michelle, I want to ask you this, because speaking of family feud that day, we made a little TikTok that you and Serena were one.
Starting point is 00:15:34 are full at. I failed miserably. I did not understand the assignment, nor could I move my body. But you did fine. You did just fine. Okay. I'm very rusty. Thank you. So we see you always dancing on TikTok. So would you ever, would you say yes to going on dancing with the stars? Yeah. I would. I feel like I would. What I don't know. I mean, everyone talks about, I've spoken to a few leads who have done it. And I've heard it's a lot of words. work. It's really strenuous. You know, it's a lot of pressure. But I feel like sometimes I thrive in those situations because it reminds me of like my college washed up athlete days, you know. You are far from a wash of athlete. But I would, yeah, I would do it. I think it would just be
Starting point is 00:16:23 so much fun. And I mean, there's a huge difference between TikTok dancing and dancing with the stars but yeah I would you would be so good you and and the bachelor's the leads that go on I always have a pretty good track record and I feel like you would crush it I know is there is there any would I be one of the tallest people that went on though um so hotel are you 5-9 5-9 Hannah well hotel is Hannah Brown I have no idea I mean, they have a whole plethora of men, the, like, actual professional male dancers on that show. So I feel like they would just pair you with somebody taller. Okay.
Starting point is 00:17:10 You do have to wear heels. Yeah. Yeah. When you dance. But they're actually comfortable. They're very easy to dance. Oh, really? You, I mean, you have that competitive athlete mentality that you would be so good to watch.
Starting point is 00:17:24 And you're like this goddess. And I would just love to see you in the different costumes that they would put you in. See, I feel like I would just be this like lanky, like dangly gangly. No, no, you would be so good. Oh, my gosh. I would vote the shit out of you. We'll see. We'll see what happens.
Starting point is 00:17:44 Who knows? We'll start a petition. Let's go. Start a petition. Okay. So we have talked about Thomas a little bit and we've talked about kind of things that are coming up. and have you possibly maybe I don't know talked about a ring in the near future
Starting point is 00:18:07 is Thomas thinking about proposing um yes and yes we've talked about it I mean it's actually something we've talked about for quite a while now um he like jokingly proposed with a paperclip ring once And I was like, I would say yes to this paperclip ring except it cuts my finger all the time. So yeah, I mean, it's definitely on the horizon. He does and he knows this. He needs to ask for my mother's blessing. So he can't get down on one knee until that happens. And yeah, I mean, life has just been so crazy right now with the tour. And obviously, I've been all over and back and forth that I think like we just kind of need to get back into my
Starting point is 00:18:56 groove and settled. But yeah, I think it would happen. I mean, I know it well one day. Yeah. I just don't know when. But, you know, he knows what I want. Hey, is it? I know what he wants too. So who knows? I'm not all about the tradition. So we'll see. And I feel like, I feel like Thomas is really creative. Or I feel like he would come up with something elaborate or just like personal to you maybe. Are you like, do you want, you know, when people think about getting proposed to, there's like a lot of women who are like, I want this big, you know, just luxurious proposal or would it be something simple? You know what I mean? I mean, yeah. No, I, oh my God, he knows this. I've already done two very public engagements and I do not like that and I do not
Starting point is 00:19:47 want that again and he is very well aware. Okay. Yeah, no, it's like for me, I've been there, done that. I think like the way I look at it is people sometimes look so much into the proposal and the wedding itself and not the actual marriage. And I'm at the point where it's like I want to spend my life with him. I want to be with him. I don't need anything big extravagant public in any way. I just want to be us. And so he knows that. And I honestly like didn't even need to tell him that he just kind of knew like from what we've talked about, which is really nice. So yeah. Do you feel like when he asks your mom for permission, is she wanting to pass it? Like, is she one to slip and tell you that he asked?
Starting point is 00:20:34 Or you think she's going to keep it a secret? Oh, she'll keep it a secret. Yeah, she will not. I mean, I know that she'll say yes. Like, she loves Thomas probably more than me, honestly. And so she'll definitely say yes, but she wouldn't tell me anything. Okay. Yeah, she, but like, for sure.
Starting point is 00:20:54 afterwards once it happened she'd be like i knew he asked me this is what he said this is what he planned so she'll give you all the deeds but she's yeah no but she's very she's the she's a great secret keeper so i should actually try to pry some info out of her now that you bring it up she's gonna call mama coof after this that's amazing though yeah um one of the time she'll it'll be very fun but um Michelle i want to ask you this because this is the first well Basically the first time that this situation has happened in terms of the show, what were your thoughts when you found out that there was going to be two bachelorette's like during the same season? Because you were at, you were at Clayton's finale when they were announced, correct? No, I was actually, so I went to Clayton's finale.
Starting point is 00:21:43 I was at that first part, but I was back and working for that second part. And so I was actually at home in Minnesota when I found out. and I was not sure because you know the franchise like they when they announced those things you know even when when we were announced there was a moment where I wasn't sure I'm like do we have our own shows or are we on the same you know like there's that moment where you kind of think about those things and so when it was announced I was shocked and I was like oh my gosh this is like crazy and thinking me thinking that you know Katie just went through her season I just went through my season thinking that
Starting point is 00:22:27 it's you know for whatever reason the same situation and then I'm like oh same season so I was yeah I'm like I'm very curious of how how that's going to go how it's going to work and how it's going to play out but I'm so curious honestly I'd like to this day don't even understand exactly how it's working I feel like even when they were like planning these situations or just planning the season. Some of it was planned, but also some of it's on the fly. And so I've been learning more as well and kind of talked to a few people. But at the same time, it's like, it's the first time that this is happening. So I bet there's just going to be like, not everyone's going to know how it's going to turn out, even the people who were the planners. Totally, totally. Well, and I think that's
Starting point is 00:23:17 kind of been how it's been going with recent seasons because COVID messed up a lot of stuff. and changed up, really how the show was structured. And since then, that's kind of carried over. Clayton's season went back to more so how it was in the past. But this will be, I'm just worried. And I think I've probably have said this on the podcast before. I'm worried that I know they say it's going to be building up these two women and it's their own love stories.
Starting point is 00:23:45 And, you know, we want to celebrate the females of the franchise. But I hope to God it's not pitting them against each other at all. like and I feel like they're going to have a little bit of that because again it is two women basically started off dating the same group of men so I think it's going to get very murky and I really just don't want that to overshadow these these two ladies finding their love stories and their partners and so it'll be I mean it'll definitely be entertaining to watch I'm excited for us to recap it because it will be so different but I don't want it to be a thing when we saw came Caitlin Bristow and who was the girl with her Brit, I think her name was, when they like first started off Caitlin's season. They basically had the men vote for who they wanted to date as the lead. And I was like, this is a terrible concept. I need to go back and watch that, like not even that full season, just that episode.
Starting point is 00:24:42 Because I totally forgot that happened. I didn't watch until COVID. I didn't see Caitlin's season until COVID when I had nothing else to do. And it's a really good one. I mean, I love Caitlin, and it was so entertaining. But that first night is very interesting. Oh, that's a lot. That's a lot.
Starting point is 00:25:01 That's a lot. I know. Okay. Becca, I have a question for you. Moving into, you know, on The Bachelorette, when we talked about being the leads, a big part was the whole fashion, like the styling. And if you personally could trade closets with any. Anybody. Anybody in the world? Who would it be?
Starting point is 00:25:24 In the world? Anybody. Or on the show? No, I want a world. I guess we could do levels to it. But I want to know, like, is there like either an influencer, celebrity, somebody that you look to for photo content? And they just hit every single style. And you would change with them in a heartbeat. Oh, God. I'm so not a fashionista. I live in my sweatpants. So I'm so I'm. I'm. I'm not the person to ask. I do you remember you saying that. But I'm trying to think of whose style I really, really love. I mean, okay, to make it easy right now, like going through the show itself and like leads
Starting point is 00:26:06 and their styles, Michelle, I will say I loved your style. You crushed it. Like, with every look with your row ceremony gowns, with your day looks, like you had one of my favorite styles for any lead. Wow. I'm trying to think of who else. There is, let me see if I can find her name. I have to look on my Instagram because I don't even know.
Starting point is 00:26:27 I was going to say, I'd have to like scroll through TikTok Instagram to see like those fashion inspirations. It's like, I mean, I look at so. Oh, I will see Natasha. Natasha Parker because she always, every time I see her on Instagram or I'm with her in person, she rocks whatever she's wearing. And I always tell her, I want to give her my credit card. and I want to give her my sizes and I just want her to shop for me
Starting point is 00:26:52 and so she I just love everything she styles everything so well with her accessories with her jewelry her shoes everything and so I would say Natasha
Starting point is 00:27:06 Natasha that's a good answer actually she does have a lot of really good outfits trendy but also like unique at the same time but I feel like fashion has changed so much like 90s everything's back. If I could have just had my parents keep their clothes. I know. I know. Well, my mom kept some of my stuff. So I was going through like my old T-shirts and I actually took
Starting point is 00:27:30 some back to California with me. I have my old Hanson T-shirt, my old Titanic T-shirt. All the things. All when you were young. But all when I was young and it still fits somehow because I like, you know, in the 90s when you were a little, everything was oversized. So now it fits me. It's kind of tight now, but it still works. Hey, make it work. But what about you? Who, if you could trade closets with anyone, who would it be? The, I feel like that's a, that is, even when I ask you that question, I'm like, that is actually a really hard question to think about just because I pull from, I feel like so many different people and so many different styles. I feel like I would have to go for like one of the higher people.
Starting point is 00:28:12 Like I'd have to go for J-Lo. Just, you know, situations like that where she's just, she's edgy. and I think it would be so fun to be able to be edgy all the time. Now, if I still lived in Minnesota, I don't want to swap closets with J-Lo because like, what are you going
Starting point is 00:28:31 to, like, catch me walking you'll be freezing at half the time. Walking around Lake Calhoun with, you know, my low-rise, like all these different things, right? But if I was in the scene, the same scene that they were in 100% what's such J-Lah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:47 And you could rock it too. I feel like you have just the type of body where you could really pull off any sort of style and just freaking crush it. I mean, I definitely could not rock a chelo style. I can't imagine. I'm just trying to think about it. No. No. Yeah. I mean, I have to put some more thought into this of like people outside of the bachelor world and I'll come back to you next week. Okay. Okay. I'll check back in.
Starting point is 00:29:14 Okay. Next question. Let's see here. Okay. So, obviously, you're a teacher now. Well, you do everything now. You're a jack of all trades. But as a child, what did you want to be? Growing up, I wanted to be, when I was super young, I wanted to be a teacher. And then once I kind of got in that
Starting point is 00:29:33 like middle school, high school, I think I toggled back and forth between a teacher and a dermatologist. And it was, yeah, it was something that I kind of, I did a Q&A the other day and I talked about that just on Instagram with, like, I love, love skin. Like, skin, like, skin
Starting point is 00:29:49 I love trying new things. I love learning about just, you know, kind of like tweaking and perfecting that skin routine. But I feel like dermatology, you know, a lot of times it's like cutting things off of older people, like growths or what I was told. Or you could be an esthetician where it's just the skin care and like facials and the pretty side of things. Yeah, I didn't think too deeply back in high school, you know, so. Cutting things off. growths off that elderly see I would
Starting point is 00:30:23 actually I would enjoy that I have been watching a lot of Grace Anatomy and I feel like I should have been a nurse Are you you one of those people who like watching those like you scroll through like the pimple popping videos on
Starting point is 00:30:37 on whatever TikTok? No no no I'm not either I'm not either but there's a lot of people who like that stuff well so isn't there a show called like my
Starting point is 00:30:50 Pimple Popper or something. I think it's Dr. Pimple Popper. Hey, maybe we'll see if she can call on one of the episodes. I would actually be very intrigued. I haven't seen the show. My friends have sent me just like some clips of it in Instagram and that's like all that I've caught. But my thing is is like, this is going to sound bad.
Starting point is 00:31:09 If it's like somebody I know like Thomas or my sister, it doesn't bother me, like I will do that to them. But if it's a stranger and I also just like don't like touch touching is not my thing like I don't like people to touch me I don't want to touch other people so now that I say I should be a nurse I definitely should not take it back take it all back but I will say when I was little do you ever do this with your students where you have them fill out like a book of like all about me for the classroom so when I was in third grade my teacher did that we had a big big potluck where everyone's parents came and we like all made food
Starting point is 00:31:44 and had like this picnic at night and we had these books made of like all of the kids And we all had to fill out this questionnaire of everything, you know, our age, our birthday, like, what did we want to be when we grew up? And everyone wrote like, you know, teacher, marine biologist, doctor. I was the one who wrote, I wanted to work at Dairy Queen. And I remember my mom as I was writing that in third grade was like, Becca, that's more like a part time job, not a career. Do you want to change it? And I said, no, I want to work at Dairy Queen. So I was going through this. recently and everyone has these high aspirations and I just wanted a dilly bar. I just wanted to work at Dairy Queen and get some free ice cream sandwiches and so that you're a smart woman
Starting point is 00:32:30 yeah even from early free dairy queen I might sign up for a part-time job there for like a month just to finally cross off the bucket list. To fulfill it you should or just ask if you can come work behind the counter for a day I bet they would I bet they would
Starting point is 00:32:46 let you in a heartbeat I'll come back to Minnesota and I'm making you do this with me okay okay yes let's do it I would I it always they make it look so easy to make those swirl cones ice cream cones I've always wanted to try it but anytime I've done it at like a buffet I've always botched it it's been terrible like all in the wrist you got to get like the right wrist action with it right exactly okay so another responder said Becca the wine from your line is so
Starting point is 00:33:17 delicious. What is next? Thank you. It really is. It really, the sparkly wine was perfect. Oh, I love to hear that. Yeah. So, I mean, for those of you listeners who don't know, I have a sparkling wine line. It's Bordone, B-O-U-R-D-O-N. You can find it at drinkbordone.com. But we actually, I'm glad that you asked this question because we next actually probably around this the time that this episode actually will air.
Starting point is 00:33:48 We are launching our newest varietal, which is a sparkling rosé. We already had a sparkling rosé when we first launched. It was pretty sweet. And this one that's coming out is my absolute favorite. It is not super sweet. It's actually a pinot noir rosé. So it's a little bit darker than what we originally had. It's so delicious.
Starting point is 00:34:10 It's like if you like, it tastes more like your standard champagne, like a vuv. That's how I like to, when I'm describing it to people. So that will be coming out very, very shortly. And we only have a, I think we have a smaller batch of it. And so I'm hoping it will go through quickly because if that's the case, we can have them start bottling more. But it's so good. So we currently have a grand cuvay, a sparkling red that most people haven't even seen or heard of before. That's really delicious.
Starting point is 00:34:44 We launched that at Christmas time and then this new rosé coming out. So again, drink bordeaux.com. Michelle, I will send you someone at launches. I was going to say I would love to try it up. Maybe I can get you some before next week's episode because again, it's going to be a good one. That actually would be a really good one. We got to drink together. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:02 Okay. Let's aim for that. Okay. You got it, babe. All right, Michelle, did you have or get to keep any special keepsakes when you were Bachelorette? Yeah, I, it's funny because I recently moved to a new spot in Minnesota and I have like this Bachelorette duffel bag that they had got me and that's kind of like where they put all these different like keepsakes from the show and it's kind of weird because it's like, tell me if you connected, connect with this, but after the show you are, have this period of time where you're waiting and, you know, you're watching it unfold and all these different things. things and you did date all of these people and they give you like a lot of different things like you collect different things you know whether it's pictures whether it's little knickknacks whatever it was
Starting point is 00:35:55 from the show and they like represent different moments but it's weird because they're all like ex-boyfriends technically and so it's like I don't know what to do I don't know what to do this stuff like you know um you know if i really didn't like you i was like peace pitched it but um i i do have the the there's like this pink lips these big pink lips girl talk phone that we used like every once in a while and talked about and so i have that because that was just that iconic girl talk phone and then Nate actually gave me a few um shoot he's gonna be so i don't even what is it called an Iconic, an ikonik. I think it's called an ikonik. Oh my God, if it's not an ikonik, I'm tempted to yell. Okay, let me explain. And if it's not someone who's from Canada
Starting point is 00:36:54 can listen to this and correct me. But what it is is it's like when hikers would go hiking, they would stack rocks in a certain direction and point in a certain direction and it would like show you the way home so when he gave it to me he gave it to me saying that to follow my heart because it's going to lead you home
Starting point is 00:37:16 so it's really sweet actually one second I actually have one on my like I literally have it sitting up here let me grab it oh that's so cute I literally just gave me the chills oh my god
Starting point is 00:37:32 this is like show and tell I love this Okay, this is what it looks like Oh, that's cool Yeah, so they're like super begging Canada Like just as a symbol Of like finding your way home And Nate's mom has like a bunch of them
Starting point is 00:37:47 Just all around her house So he gave me this one on the show And then after the finale He actually gave me another one So I have a few of them that he's given to me Over like different points in our relationship Has he actually made those? No, no, not these
Starting point is 00:38:03 These are just ones that you can purchase but he actually brought it from home before the show like he thought of it ahead of time and he was like I really would want to give something like this to her so he made sure to bring one and he's like I'll know the right moment to give it to her so I love that that's so cute that's such a good idea yeah my mom loves to stack rocks so she I hope she listens to this episode I'm going to send her this little video clip so she can see is that a hobby is that a thing yeah I think you can take her course for stacking rocks you're kidding so she and she like she has her garden art all around the house and so okay yeah she has like little rocks stacked all throughout but i don't think she i'll ask
Starting point is 00:38:45 her but i don't think she knew it was called an iknik i like that iknik and if it's not i'm somebody will correct it if i'm the thing is it's like i i botched that name so many times that i can't tell if i'm saying it correctly or if i'm saying it the wrong way that i have been but stacking rocks soon. I had no idea that was people take classes on stacking rocks. It's a hobby. You know, people are into different things. I get it. That is unreal. Do we actually, oh, go ahead. Oh, sorry, what? Go ahead. I know. I was going to say we should go through our bags and boxes of stuff and have like a full show and tell session one time because I think I kept a lot of it. And like, going through it when I first got home, I was like, oh my gosh. You like, you forget nine one, the stuff that people give you
Starting point is 00:39:30 until you are actually holding it and you're like oh my gosh i remember this person i didn't remember him on my season but actually a lot of mine the the things that i kept there was a lot of funny moments that happened that were not shown and nearly every little like nick whatever you want to call nick knock item whatever it is um there's like a really funny story that goes with it so we should totally do that sometime because i just have this massive duffel bag full of stuff that i'm like I don't want to set it up around my house. I don't want to, you know. But you don't want to get rid of it either.
Starting point is 00:40:03 That's the thing. It's like you, like, you will never have those moments again. And like, it's the time on the show was so, you know, fleeting and quick that to now look back and have those funny memories. It's like, hang on, do it. Well, you know, it's taking up a little bit of room, but not that much. And so it's like, I thought of doing like a shadow box. Right. Oh, that's cool.
Starting point is 00:40:25 I thought I've been doing like a shadow box with just. I don't know, because not everyone gets to be the Bachelorette. It's really this once-in-a-lifetime thing that a lot of people don't experience. And it was such a cool experience. But it's like, I also don't know how Nate would feel a shadow box of just gifts from your exes. Just like, you'll have to sage it. Get rid of some of that, you do. Yeah, sage it and just smack a big proposal picture right in the middle, you know?
Starting point is 00:40:54 Exactly. Oh, I love that. Um, such a fun. Oh my gosh. I need to pull my note now and see what I even know. Yeah. Let's see show and tell sometime. Um, now Michelle, I'm going to switch gears a little bit and pivot to one of your dear friends, Mr. Rodney, because I got to know him on tour and I absolutely love Rodney. He is a favorite of me and Thomas. He's like our, we, he would call us mom and dad and he's like our son. But, um, have you and Nate talked to him at all about potentially? going to paradise? I mean, I know that it's been, I know that it's been a conversation. And for me, I've, I've briefly spoken to him about just his thoughts on it. And I don't know. I don't know what he's going to do.
Starting point is 00:41:44 I feel like his head's just kind of his changing, you know, both directions, which I don't know. I can't even put myself in that position because when I came off a show, I was like, I don't know if I want to go to paradise um but he would be very loved if he went oh he would i mean yeah america would definitely get to see more rodney and everybody loves more rodney um but i've no idea what his decision's going to be have you i feel like you might have more of an update than me um yeah well i mean Thomas and i've definitely talked to him about it and i mean And Thomas is all for it.
Starting point is 00:42:26 Thomas is like, you got to go, you know. And Thomas and I see it from different points of view because Thomas on the show was this, I don't know how they did it still, but the villain of, you know, the season he was on. And then he went to Paradise and it was kind of this redemption story where we actually met each other and fell in love. And I went into Paradise with this mindset of like, I'm never going to do a show again. I'm not going. I'm not going. I'm not going until I was actually there. And I was like, how the hell am I?
Starting point is 00:42:55 here and so I was so against it that I understand him being hesitant and saying no but again I had the best experience and one of the best outcomes from it so I'm like well how can I tell somebody not to do it when this was my experience yeah and I told him like he there are some people who if they're thinking about going to paradise I'm very leery about them going and I'm like don't be an idiot don't mess it up don't do stupid shit like what we've seen in the past but Rodney, and you can attest to this, is such a pure guy. And, like, one of the kindest souls that he, like, truly deserves to find a partner and deserves to have just the best experience and just soak it in, even if he doesn't find
Starting point is 00:43:41 somebody. And I think him out of any guy going there is truly there for, I hate to say the right reasons, but truly would be there for the right reasons. And so I'm like, I want you to go and find what Thomas is. I found or find what you and Nate found on your season. And so, you know, I'm like, I will support him whether he goes or not. I told him, I was like, it's so much fun though. It really is summer camp with hot people and alcohol. Summer camp with really long hours. Yeah, you barely sleep. It's very exhausting, but it's sandy. So fun and alcohol. So, so fun. So I would love to see him.
Starting point is 00:44:20 I would love to find him somebody. But then also selfishly, I was telling him, I'm like, I love you so much that I want you to date like one of my good friends like back in Minnesota who's still single right it's just I mean he he'll I feel like he'll find his person like me you know what I mean and it's going to be a lucky lucky person at that um and then hopefully she just understands uh rodney and Nate's relationship also it's a two for one deal right exactly well if she's if she starts dating Rodney, whoever this girl is. It's basically getting Rodney, Nate, and you now because you're with Nate. And so that would be fun. Really, you're going to be hanging out with me more than him because when they're together, they're inseparable, you know? Totally. Yeah. So yeah, you know,
Starting point is 00:45:08 you got to get our stamp of approval. It's even more important now. But the real test. So you spent a lot of time with Rodney on Bachelor Live on stage. Would you say if you have, to rank the top three men why am I always so competitive okay but if you had to rank the top three like taking everything into consideration you know how they not not like don't don't put your own bias but like how how the fans responded or how the crowd responded I guess like you know just fun and lighthearted or just how they handled the experience and just who you felt like fit the best live on stage role.
Starting point is 00:45:56 Oh, okay, I'm going to give you the three who I would say were not, and this isn't even my favorite. It's just probably who had the best stage presence. Yes, correct. The contestants and the audience, you know, we're all about. And I'm going to say three names, but I'm not going to put them in order. Okay. It's just going to be like three total.
Starting point is 00:46:18 I would say Rodney, Justin, and Andrew. Rodney, Justin, and Andrew. Okay. Yes. They were, like, they just had such good stage presence. They, like, hit it all. Like, the girls were into them. It was a, it was a great mixture of, like, fun and flirty and who the audience could vibe off of.
Starting point is 00:46:38 They just, like, really hammed it up. I would say those three, probably. I feel like those three are just, they're able to just do things off. the fly and like interact and just you know when they walk in the room they have like a presence or they're just like lighthearted to be around so i could see i could see that okay well is there anyone who wasn't on the tour with you that you were like they they would have done pretty well from bastonation i'm so glad you i thought you're going to ask me who's the worst one i'm like i'm not going to no i'm not going to no i'm not going to put you in that position and i'm not going to
Starting point is 00:47:16 put anyone else on blast but i do want to know i just want to and no off the record um oh i was like all our listeners are going to be like come on spill no i'll talk to you after this um but anyone who wasn't on the stage show that i would like to see um you know who would be very fun i think is noah nor herb because he's already just like wild fun such a yes man down for anything says whatever he just and he's so energetic that I think he could be really fun on stage. You kind of need like that hype man and he would be great. Obviously, him and Abigail are a beautiful couple and so happy.
Starting point is 00:47:58 So that's why he's not right now. But if he were to be single, he would have been really great, I think. Okay. I've only, the only time I met Noah was when we did the podcast with them, when we had both him and Abigail on the podcast, but I have not met him in person. Oh, he's so much fun. They both are. but yeah what about what about blake how do you think blake would do blake moines like
Starting point is 00:48:22 moines see i don't know because i've never met him ever well we had him on the podcast once after him and katie you know became public and we're engaged i don't i would have to feel it out because again like we need people what i'm learning is like we need people who are energetic really just go with the flow can like handle any situation anything that's said to them thrown at them. So I don't know him well enough to know how his personality would be, honestly. Okay. I was just, I was super curious just because, well, I know that Nate has spent some time with him, but all the guys are like, he's so funny. He's so this and that. So I'm like, I'd be curious. You know, he would, like, just from what I've seen, he, I think he like kind of just says whatever
Starting point is 00:49:13 and he like owns who he is, which is fun for the stage. Because I, And this is what I tell not only our bachelors each week, but like the contestants is like, you can say whatever. Like don't try to be all proper and buttoned up and like poised and perfect because that doesn't resonate well on stage. Like you just need to have fun. And so in that sense,
Starting point is 00:49:32 I think he would be good. Yeah. Yeah, like that dry humor. Wait, who do you still, I feel like we've maybe spoken about this once or twice before, but do you still speak to anybody from Bachelor Nation? That's not like Tom, you know, that's not like the regulars.
Starting point is 00:49:45 um like guys and girls yeah whoever oh yeah um oh gosh quite a few i mean just recently i talked to demi to kendall long um i mean obviously like my girls from racy's in tia caroline um i still will talk to katelyn and rachel and ben higgins um and then you know and also like the bachel's too like Rodney, Justin, Andrews, they'll stay in contact with. Oh my gosh, I'm blanking. Yeah, I mean, it's still fairly connected. Yeah, yeah. And that's what's fun about it.
Starting point is 00:50:27 It's like, you know, I'm not just friends or talk to people who I was on the season with. It's beyond that, which makes it really fun. What about you? I would say, I mean, Ryan, I'm very close with Ryan, Bree, Serena. I feel like I talked, I mean, I talked to Rachel the other day. as well it's just I feel like when I have more time I'm in contact it's just we had this mutual understanding that like yeah I got you you got me um but you know we're we're all out here living our lives and then once I have more time opening up that's kind of when you can you know
Starting point is 00:51:01 travel to see some of the girls so yeah yeah I will say that's what was really cool about paradise you know when you're the lead you only see the guys when dates are scheduled and so you don't get to know them as well and that's what was fun about paradise is you spend day and night with men and women and form friendships so it's like we'll still talk to joe and serena and marie and kenny and no one abigail and so that's the cool part of like what made paradise very much worth it for me um i want to know though because obviously you and nate are engaged one day will be walking down the aisle who from bachelor nation will be who like who will you for sure invite
Starting point is 00:51:45 and then who would for sure be in your bridal party? I thought you were going to say who's not invited or who's not on the guest list on my way. Why did you put me in that position? You know that stuff makes me uncomfortable. Oh gosh. Who would be invited
Starting point is 00:52:01 like my girls I had just talked about Brie Ryan, Serena. Obviously you and Thomas I want you guys on the dance floor with us at everything and I feel like there's just so many couples that we vibe with. So many couples. I mean, you can speak for
Starting point is 00:52:17 the other side. I know Rodney's going to be there. Maybe he's going to be the one walking down the island address, not me. Rodney's going to be the one who he'll be in the bridal party and then he'll be like, I object. This is my man. Exactly. Like the first dance, first dance is going to be Nate.
Starting point is 00:52:36 He's going to be wrapped around you and Nate. But, you know, there's just, I feel like we just continue to connect with people too. And it's just been really nice in these last few months for Nate and I to be able to, you know, we met Mari and Kenny for the first time on Family Feud, and that was the first time we got to interact, and so we do touch base like every once in a while. And like I said, I think it's going to be easier once we are both in the same area to actually like be able to spend more time with other couples because that's, you know, something that we're super, I don't know, we just love doing
Starting point is 00:53:06 it. And even just, I feel like, I feel like it's so easy to click with certain couples. just because they understand what you went through. Like the first time Nate and I hung out with you and Thomas, it was just like, you know, you always have this mutual understanding that we all went through this same experience. And so it's just, it's easier to understand. Yeah. And you and Nate, you guys both can mesh well
Starting point is 00:53:28 with so many different types of people. I feel like you can just kick it and fit in and find some common ground with anyone, which is really, really special. And Nate, just from what I've seen, you know, when we spent the short time with him at Family Feud, he can do the same. which a lot of people can't do.
Starting point is 00:53:44 And so that's what makes you guys so fun. And I think why you hit it off with so many people in this world and outside of this of Batchar Nation because you are able to do that, which is really, really special. Yeah, it's been, I think that's kind of one of my favorite things is that I'm so extroverted. And he's also just as extroverted. And I know that in relationships in the past, I've been too extroverted and that's been the issue. You know, you walk into a party or gathering where you know everybody or you don't know everybody. and you know like if someone has to like stay attached to your hip the whole time that doesn't work
Starting point is 00:54:17 whereas you know Nate and I spend time we go out with friends and then we make new friends and he's all the way over there I'm all the way over there but it's like yeah you know you just it's just nice for us to be able to like play off each other with that so yeah definitely yeah oh I love it okay Becca so I know we've talked a lot about Bachelor live on stage but I have to know this i know that you and i briefly talked about it but i do want the listeners to hear what is the craziest thing that has ever happened on stage whether it's an embarrassing moment something that completely caught you off guard um oh my gosh i mean i feel like almost every night we've seen or heard some wild shit but there was one show in ohio and we had oh i'm not even going to say
Starting point is 00:55:08 her name but we still talk about her with the crew to this day um she was she was a little bit old not older but she was a mom she was probably like late 40s early 50s so not like your standard like you know contestant there to actually date the guy but um she and she was wild so funny but there was a part in the show where some of the women have to dance and she went bald to the walls like all out danced her ass off got on the ground and started doing the worm
Starting point is 00:55:45 oh wow you got a little that that's effort but it gets better because when she was doing said worm she gets up the dance number ends and as our bachelor is about to hand out the group date rose she starts
Starting point is 00:56:02 rubbing her crotch and I thought she ripped her pants because she was dancing so hard because she had jeans on yeah and I was so in my microphone i was like oh no are you okay did you rip your pants don't worry we have a wardrobe guy who can sew it really quick she grabs my microphone oh out of my hand and goes i pissed my pants and i was dying i did not know what to say the audience went crazy she goes i've had two kids things aren't as tight as they once were down there wow oh my lord and so oh wow it's like Honestly, I get it. Sometimes I get excited and I'd like jump up and down and I pee a little bit. I understand. But like she full on peed like, like you know how Fergie was performing a few years ago and like full on peed her pants? Like it was like that. Like you can see from the audience. It was very apparent. And so and this was right before intermission. So we take her backstage. I was like, we have 20 minutes. Do you want a new pair of pants? We'll get you new pants. We can try to wash these quick. Like what do you need? And she goes, no, it's fine. I'm just going to stay in this. And I was like. And. And. And. And.
Starting point is 00:57:08 my mind, I'm thinking, okay, but very soon at one point of the night, we bring out prop couches and all these ladies have to sit in the couches. And like, we have to sit in them every night with our new contestants. Like, she's going to have to sit. And so I think right before they brought out the couches, the guys put like this like clear plastic liner on the top of them. Like when you go to your aunt or grandma's house and everything's covered in plastic. So they were like rushing backstage to try and find something to cover it up with. So it wouldn't, you know seep through the couch but she just owned it she lived in it
Starting point is 00:57:41 she made it super far in the show she was very very hilarious but also she was a social worker at a school and some of the stuff she was saying and I was like you might not want to say what school you're working at because you might not have a job after this but it was
Starting point is 00:57:57 one of those nights I mean Ohio was a wild props to her you said Iowa Ohio oh my God I was like Iowa Well, that happened in, I guess I can kind of see it in Ohio, but I feel like I expect that in Florida. Oh, we had one show in Florida where, and usually we love like wild, crazy fun girls on our stage. There was one show in Florida, oh, sorry, where I legit had to put my microphone away and tell a girl to take it down a couple notches because she was so obnoxious. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:32 Yeah. It's been a fun time. I could see how people could get carried away, you know? because it kind of is a show where it seems like anything goes at times like yeah there's guidelines but like when you watch it on TV it's messy so why wouldn't it be chaotic and messy
Starting point is 00:58:49 on the real stage? Yeah and it's like people's night out where they're drinking and for the contestants coming up on stage they obviously can't drink when they're on stage so they will literally chug before they come on stage and it slowly seeps into their bloodstream so by the time we're halfway through their hammer and add in the fact that the audience loves funny and wild and that like they will gravitate
Starting point is 00:59:15 and they will chant people's names and like the women will eat it up and just like play off of that and so it's like this back and forth thing that's so fun to watch but like sometimes it's like I have to rein it in yeah it's it was a good time that would be it seems like it seems like it's every night's different every night's different. Totally. It's very much it. How would you feel if we took Bachelor Happy Hour on tour? Oh, hell yeah. That would be so fun. We, well, I think we're going to, hopefully
Starting point is 00:59:47 eventually, we talked about it in the past pre-COVID and it was actually planned. What? Yes. Yeah, we were supposed to. Dang, I signed on right on time. Okay. Yeah. So I'm hoping. I mean, like, let's manifest it. now Michelle but hopefully by like the fall we can be on the road bachelor happy hour on tour that would be pretty cool that would be really cool we would have a lot of fun so much fun and the cool thing about it wouldn't even probably have to be just happy hour like we could take all three of the podcast we could
Starting point is 01:00:23 go with clickbait yeah talking it out and do this trio of yeah you know one show and three and one which could be so fun and hit so many different demos that it would be such a blast. That would be so cool. Okay. All the ideas. Ideas are already flowing. And just to be able to do this in person would be so much nicer because it's like, I mean, it's obviously personal, you know, and it's, you're over Zoom or you're over a video call
Starting point is 01:00:53 or whatever it is, but it's to be able to like just vibe with each other in person. Yeah. Oh, it would be so fun. manifested now. Everyone, put the thoughts out there if we take it. Let us know, actually, we'll put this on our Instagram, but let us know if we were to take it on tour, would you come? Would you buy tickets or not? So we can kind of gauge it and see. And what city? I want to know what city. Like what cities are interested? Yeah. Let us know we should do polls like to kind of have a route. Because Caitlin Bristow took hers on tour and had, I think what, like eight or 12 cities she went on.
Starting point is 01:01:27 So it wasn't a massive, massive tour, but still so fun. still doable. We of course have to go to Minneapolis. And then I would just, can you imagine all of the games we would get to play? Oh, yeah. You know, oh my gosh. Listen, I'm all about the games. You can't take it out of me. So I'm ready to get back
Starting point is 01:01:46 on the road after this. No, you are not. You need some downtime. Give me a little break. I need like, you know, I need to remove myself for a couple weeks, maybe one month. And then, you know, I want it in my veins again. Get in routine. Get the ring. And then we'll go. Okay. Oh, okay. And the boys, the boys can follow with Minnow, Percy, Chief of the Pups. They will be our groupies. Yes. The cutest groupie gang alive. I love it. Oh my gosh, Michelle,
Starting point is 01:02:15 this has been so much fun. I love doing episodes like this. So, and I'm sure we'll sprinkle them throughout the upcoming months. So if you ever have any questions for us, please make sure you DM us. But Michelle, before we get going, we of course have to do our Rosen. thorn of the week like always so do you want to start and take it away yeah i will do that um i would say okay so my i feel like you've been starting with the thorn a lot so i feel like that's a good idea because i'm gonna you know end with the positive but my thorn would probably be for this week and nate and percy are heading back to austin for a little bit since he has to be back in the office and so i think that would be my thorn i'm
Starting point is 01:03:00 going to emphasize that that's my thorn, not my rose. Bye boys. No, that's my thorn. But my rose would have to be that I feel like there's a lot of good things that happen, but I've taken it upon myself to eat seven donuts this week, and it's only Thursday. And the fact that that's my rose, but really it is, it's what's getting me through teaching. at this point as I'm taking it upon myself to be a few minutes
Starting point is 01:03:34 late to work because I keep stopping to get a donut. Do you have a place in Minnesota? A donut place? No. I've just been stopping at the grocery store but all the places in the morning, like by the time I'm driving through it, I mean there's like Dunkin' Donuts and there's all like those really like gourmet donut places but
Starting point is 01:03:52 they're all out of the way. So I just hit up the grocery store and it's been like what has gotten me through the days and I love it. I I, yeah, it's, it's bad, though, because the amount of donuts I'm eating, consuming. That sounds so good. I haven't had a donut in so long because I gave up sweets for Lent, and now I'm going to get one after this, I think.
Starting point is 01:04:13 That'll be back soon. I know. Well, no, no, I can. I can eat sugar now. I had way too many bignets. Okay. But I just haven't had a donut. Okay.
Starting point is 01:04:23 All right. What about you? What is your rose and thorn for this week? Okay. Let's see. So the thorn. I'm going to kind of combine these to make sense. So my thorn is that tour is now over.
Starting point is 01:04:38 Because by the time this airs, it will have been over. And it's going to be, I know, now that it's done, it's going to be a weird transition for a little bit because my schedule's going to be so different. And for the longest time, I was fixated on that. So, yeah. Yeah, it's sad that it's over. I absolutely loved being with the team.
Starting point is 01:04:57 Like the entire crew, the stage manager, the tour manager, the dancers. Everyone was so wonderful. So I will miss seeing them every day. But my rose is the fact that I was able to do it and that we were able to get through the entire tour. This time, obviously, COVID shut it down the last time around, which made it very, very sad.
Starting point is 01:05:18 And so the fact that, like, we waited to exactly two years to almost the date to take it back on the road and actually completed and hit all of our cities and meet. so many people and just have that the opportunity in general to do it and to have been asked to do it has been so incredible I'm so honored and grateful and it just like doesn't even feel real that this is this was my life and so that was really really so my gosh I'm going to get emotional we're going to be over here crying but that's that's amazing that you were able to like just even stay healthy throughout that period of time because you were just go go go go A lot of vitamin C
Starting point is 01:06:00 Yeah And just like the fact that you're not like Get me off this tour bus Obviously you get homesick and things like that too But you know I'm happy there's not experience of like I'm leaving and I never want to do this again Like I'm happy it was a really good experience
Starting point is 01:06:13 Yeah it was the opportunity of a lifetime It was so worth it So just incredible memorable Amazing Yeah so we'll see I don't know if it'll go on the road again around the country But it may be potentially have a residency somewhere one day. So stay tuned in the future if that's to come. But
Starting point is 01:06:34 yeah, overall, the tour is my ultimate rose. Well, there you have it. There you have it, everyone. Michelle, it has been so much fun talking with you this week. And again, everybody, don't forget to tune in next week. Have your wine ready because it's going to be a very fun episode for y'all to listen to and for us to record. I can't wait. But thank you all for being here each and every week with us. Yes, and please make sure to hit us up on social. You can follow us at Bachelor Happy Hour on Instagram. And from there, you will find everything you need to know to follow us on Twitter and TikTok. And Bachelor Happy Hour is available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen.
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