Bachelor Happy Hour - Becca & Thomas Celebrate Their 1-Year Anniversary

Episode Date: June 21, 2022

This week on “Bachelor Happy Hour,” Becca is joined by her fiancé Thomas to drop a major announcement and share some tea from their recent trip to Nashville for the CMA Fest! Plus, they discuss whether they would ever get married on TV and reveal if they’d be game for bachelor and bachelorette parties in “Paradise.” Next, Becca is put in the hot seat by the hilarious podcasting duo of Aricia Skidmore-Williams and Brooke Siffrinn from Wondery’s “Rich and Daily” and “Even the Rich” as they ask her all their burning questions about Bachelor Nation.  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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us know breakups are never an easy thing so Michelle my heart goes out for you right now and with all of that being said we still have a fun episode for you coming today later in the episode we talking to two very fun, cool women, Arisha Skidmore Williams and Brooke Sifrin. They are pop culture experts, hosts of a very popular podcast called The Rich and Daily, and even the rich. And as a cherry on top, they are also huge Bachelor fans. So it'll be a fun episode with the two of them. But in the meantime, I have called in reinforcements to back me up today. And I'm excited to have Thomas join Happy Hour once again for a little bit. just to catch everyone up on life and what we've had going on.

So please welcome Thomas once again. Thomas, welcome back to Happy Hour. Thanks, boops. Glad to be here. I told everyone that you are my reinforcement for the half of this podcast. So have this podcast. I like to look at like reinforcement for life, but hey, I guess podcast does follow. Well, we'll start with 30 minutes on the podcast and, you know, see how well you do. Fair enough.

I have to tell all of our listeners to Thomas is very sweaty right now. And I can't tell if it's because he's. nervous to be back here or if it's just because you've been working so hard well what they can't stand under the table my knee's touching your knee and quite frankly i don't know how to i don't know how to behave right now oh are we going to play a foot stand under the table yeah inters fine toads this got weird oh this got weird real no this is this is actually us though we're just weirdos um Thomas we have some exciting news well we have a lot of exciting news we have so much shit that's happening good things that are happening in our lives right now babe can i just it's been a year

It's been 365 days. Well, that's what I was going to say. We just, Thomas and I just celebrated our technical one-year anniversary from our first date in paradise. And man, what a wild ride it's been. I said it on my Instagram post about you, and I'll say it again, and I'll say it again to the day that I literally could not have imagined a life the way that it's been the last year. If you said write out your wildest fantasies and your dreams of what you want your will to look like, I couldn't even picture half of this. Did that include an ice in my bouquet of flowers that you gave me?

That's just the icing on the top. So for anyone who follows us on Instagram and have watched Thomas and, well, my story, too, because I already posted it, I was so excited for our one year anniversary. I got him this cute, very sentimental card and wrote this nice message in it. And what does Thomas do to repay me? He goes out and he gets, well, it was a beautiful bouquet of flowers. But he sat it on my lap when he came home, and he's like, okay, put these in a vase right now. And I'm like, okay, first of all, why are you making me do this?

And second of all, why is this bouquet so heavy? What is in these flowers? So I cut open the bouquet to put in the vase. And he has a smirnoff ice in the middle of it. And what do I do? Like any champ, I get down on one knee and chug that baby. Yeah, true rocky soundtrack, Alexa, stage left. And you dominated it.

But that was his anniversary gift to me. Oh, I got to keep you on your toes. It's something I had the opportunity. It was a big bouquet. I don't even know where the first thought was, but there was no way I was not putting to smear off ice into it. Just remember what goes around, comes around. And Thomas's birthday is coming up this weekend.

So just be mindful that you might have a lot of smearing off ices going down the hatch. Well, that's fine. I'm turning 30. So I plan on being out of my mind anyways. So just bring them on at this point. Dirty 30. Ooh, I might have to actually have you on again next week so we can tell all of our listeners what we did for your birthday, because I have a few surprises at my sleeve. The hard part about that, though, babe, is we're going to be celebrating, and I will officially be 30, so I will probably still be struggling next week.

30 going on about 76. Yes. Yeah. Yes. But that was our fun news this week. We have so much more. That's not just our fun news. So what else happened?

Well, about the house? We're buying a house. Oh, yeah. So, so, well, I've talked about this on the podcast quite a bit. But it's like official. Like, we got the house. Knock on wood. I don't want anything. So weird backstory about the house. Yes, Thomas and I bought a house in San Diego. We originally got it, what, like a month ago? Yes. And then a bunch of random stuff kind of fell through with the cellar and it was such a headache. So we ended up pulling out. And then in the best change of events, because I was dreaming. about this house and I loved it so much and was so sad that we lost it, the seller ended up

coming back and doing some work on it and meeting us in the middle. So we finally got the house back. What's the old expression? If you really love something, let it go. And if it comes back to you, it's meant to be. I think that was just setting Grace Anatomy in the most recent Grace Anatomy from Derek Shepard. But yes, so we are very soon going to be official co-home owners together? She made me her fiancé. I'm making her my roommate. And it seems like a fair tradeoff. But yes, we're super excited. It's 1926 craftsman. Like, she dreams about this house. When we walked away, I had to sleep with one eye open for a little bit because I didn't know she was trying to smother me in the middle of the night because she loves this home. So when we first actually

went to go look at it, the day I got back from tour, I told him, I was like, I don't want to leave the couch or the bed. I want to sleep for 36 hours and not move. I'm so exhausted. And what does Thomas do that same day makes me go and look at houses? And this was one of the, this was actually the first one that we looked at. And we fell in love with it. And so we had set up a meeting with the realtor and walked through it. And Thomas was playing hard to get it at first. I was like, all in like, let's buy it. This is our house. And Thomas was playing hardball with her. And then we finally get in the car an hour later. And he's like, babe, I love it. We're going to buy this house. And right away, he started dreaming up all of the renovations. So we officially

close on what, July 7th. July 7. And I think that same day, Thomas is going to put on his little cut off jean shorts and get down to business with the tool belt. Bob the builder has nothing on Tommy the builder. I'll tell you this much right now. It's going to be. Yeah. So Thomas is going to be in demolition derby mode for a couple weeks. But it's going to be amazing. It's something we both see ourselves and our trajectory of life and what we want in this house, in this neighborhood. And it's a little quirky right now. But I'm excited for that because, one, it allowed us to afford the house. And then two, it really lets us put our own stamp on it.

And three, I like to build stuff. So it's going to be. Yeah, it'll be interesting. I've never seen him. I mean, I've seen him like do little projects around a home, but nothing major. So you're going to go to the store and you're going to come back and there's going to be no floors and a couple walls missing. And it's going to be amazing.

Or I was going to say, I mean, they're going to fall more. more in love with you through this process, or I'm going to need to live on my own for three months while you're doing it all and just stay away so I don't become an anxious stress monster. I think it's going to be a combination of it, too. It'll be very interesting, but we can't wait to show off everything. Probably we'll share some stuff on social media, maybe do some TikToks. Does this mean I'm officially moving to San Diego? Yes, I am. But I'll still have my place in LA. So if anyone is looking to rent out a two-bed, three-bath

unit, let me know. Holler at your girl, because I'll be renting out my space for a little bit. Furnished or unfurnished, we can chat about that. But yeah, life is crazy. If you would have told me a year ago on Paradise that Thomas and I would be doing all of this in a span of a year, I would have told you that you're high and wouldn't have believed you. even more so because you broke up with me on Paradise. So I see how that would make things even harder to foresee. The plot twist of a century. Oh, the plot thickens.

Yeah. So before I bring our guests on and kick you off, Thomas, I do want to share one more thing because we, in the past week, we went to Nashville. CMA Fest. We went to the CMA Fest, and we had such a fun time. It was a quick, what, 36 hours, but we were able to see Tia and Taylor and Serena was there. So we spent some time with them and just had a grand old time around Nashville. And what was the highlight of your trip?

Oh, my gosh. Breakfast sandwiches at the Virgin Hotel. Oh, yeah. Well, I love country music. So just the energy of the CMA Fest and just the stages everywhere. And then just being able to wander and see so much awesome things in a city that we enjoy. Yeah. It was cool.

We were there for, I mean, for the show, for the Boud Charette. And unfortunately, we didn't get. to see. Well, the Bachelorettes. The Bachelorette's poor, yes. We have two this year. We didn't get to see Gabby and Rachel because they went there a few days after we left. But if you stopped by the booth, I mean, let us know what you thought. Like, they went all out. It was so cool. They had the actual car that Gabby and Rachel drove in their promo shoot. They had, like, fun games. They had a screen printing t-shirt press where Thomas was working hard, making all these t-shirts, sling them up. amount for all the ladies there. I may or may not have found a new calling in life.

Yeah, I'm honestly not surprised. I thought we were going to come back from Nashville and I'd walk down into our garage and Thomas was going to have a t-shirt printing press in the basement. Well, that'd be irresponsible to do before we move. I mean, let us get settled in the new place first and we'll figure that one out. Oh, yeah, new side hustle. What would you put on shirts if you made them for people? Easy. People's dogs faces on their faces. Wait, the dog's face. Wait, the dog's on the human face? Yeah. Have you seen the,

has anyone seen the portraits of like where you have the dog and it's like a royalty portrait where it's like the dog in like the high-necked gown with a crown or something? That's just how Leo dresses in the morning sometimes.

That's very true. Leo and Minot are royalty. All right, Tommy, before we let you go though, we have a slew of fan questions that we just keep in the back burner for when we have fun guests like you on. And one of the things

that I've personally gotten and I know that The Bachelor Happy Hour page has gone is we've talked about our proposal and the engagement and they've heard a lot of my side of things but from your point of view how does it feel to get proposed to? Oh, it's the most flattering thing

I've experienced. It did something I genuinely was blown away. I didn't see it coming. I didn't expect it and it just felt so just normal and just right. It was a big confidence boost to me. One, just because it was such a special moment, and two, it really to show you really do have my back. And when you say you want a 50-50 relationship and you

always want to show that I'm loved and care for, that's just not lip service. You do things like propose to me. Like you're willing to do above and beyond anything that most people would project as a normal behavior, whatever normal is. And it's amazing. Because it really does keep me on my toes and I think that's one of the reasons why we have so much fun in life because it's just anything could happen on any given day and it's just that was well exhibit A is the smyrna off ice on their anniversary. It's practically the same thing as it's like you yes I agree wait I actually am curious to know because I've never even asked you this when did it finally sink in for you that were engaged in a very untraditional way because

even when I proposed to you in that moment you know we've talked about this is like how joy filled you were and you were just laughing for so long like when did it actually sink in where you were like I'm a fiance and this girl flipped the switch well you use the word unconventional and I would say that never actually sunk in and that wasn't never a thought that I have really had just because I have nothing to compare it to like this is my only experience in an engagement so for me it just feels the way it's supposed to be because it's just I don't know any better and I mean that and just the pure is just straightforward way. So, I mean, we're not necessarily the most traditional people.

I'm not necessarily the most orthodox person to begin with. The most. The most. The most orthodox. The most orthodox. Words are hard. They are hard. But it's something, no, it didn't feel odd.

It doesn't feel unconventional. It feels right. I mean, we had a moment to celebrate our love and continue to progressive forward. And to me, that's always going to feel right. I have a totally random question. Did you just do the dishes? Because I can smell the sponge on your hands. That's so a weird thing.

Yes, I did the dishes. Two, I think I need to go replace the sponges. Yeah. Wow. It has such a distinct smell. Fair. Okay. All right, Thomas.

Oh, wow, this is the question. We've actually gotten this a lot, but I want you to answer this, because I've said my side of things. But now that we're engaged, would we get married in paradise? Would we get married in paradise? I think anyone who's followed us closely since the time we've gotten together, no, we want a lot more of an intimate, just a family close-knit reception where it's just for us. Well, ceremony you mean, not reception.

Yes. I know our ceremony won't be in paradise, but who's to say we won't have a massive celebratory reception or a party on the beach sometime i mean okay i'm probably going to say no to that well i did we define paradise you know what i mean oh bachelor paradise yeah coming back september 27th just announced oh no best plug for the show yeah so i i don't necessarily see us doing anything in front of cameras to that extent it's something our relationship always just been for us i mean that was the cool thing about well if there's any silver lining about breaking up on paradise it's just just We had no expectations of anything after that.

We got to choose to do things our own way. But I will say, and we've been asked this before, like if we would just go down for an appearance or just do something there. And we definitely would be open to it. And I think we're both around the same page is because the food down there is so freaking incredible. It's some of the best food I've ever had. Well, I would say we would go. I would say I would go because it was one of the most transformed of 30-day periods

my life. I enjoyed every moment of those, and those are memories I hold fondly, but I guess the food's great, too. It's so crazy to think about, too. So, I mean, I know we just briefly mentioned Thomas's 30th birthday coming up. And last year, we were in Paradise for your birthday, and for any of the listeners who don't understand, like, we're filming 24-7, so we're up to like three, four, five in the morning, most nights just constantly filming and having conversations with everyone. And Thomas and I, on his birthday, when it turned midnight, we had been laying just on the beach talking for hours.

And I knew it was going to be his birthday, but I didn't have a clock by me. And so I totally forgot about it. And I was like, walking with the girls on the beach. And I was like, holy shit, it's Thomas's birthday. And so I pulled him to the beach bar. Wells poured out shots for everyone. And we all sing him happy birthday. And I think you had said, like, that was one of the most special birthday moments you've

ever had. Yeah. That's wild that's a year ago. Historically, birthdays haven't been my favorite thing, just for whatever reason. I don't necessarily like the attention on me, and then there's just some negative stuff around birthdays as a kid growing up. So just to have that moment when I said those 30 days were some of the most transformative and just happiest days in my life. I mean it. Oh.

Oh, God, you're going to make me cry because I broke up with you. Yeah, you're a monster, but that's neither here nor there. Look at us now. Wow, I'm really tearing up right now. Damn. Yeah. 30, oh my gosh, that's so crazy. We are all over the place.

Okay, another question. Would you potentially be open to having a bachelor or bachelorette party in paradise? Oh, hell yeah. That one. That's another story. That would be fun. That would be, if Rodney, I don't know if he's on the beach or not, but if Rodney is there, I'm definitely in. Just Rodney, that's the only thing.

It's just going to be a Thomas and Rodney Bachelor party with me running around going wild. Yeah, oh, fuck. Oh, I can't swear on this, but I want to swear on this. I would absolutely have a bachelor party in paradise. Wait, but I would want Ronnie to be at my bachelor's party.

No. I'm going to fight him for you. I'm going to fight him for me. That's not a good way to get him to go. Another reason. Checked. Oh, yeah. Now, if I don't have a bachelor party in paradise,

I'm going to be like, damn. That could be fun. Oh, that'd be awesome. Oh, wow. I would want to come to your bachelor's party. You're not coming to my bachelor party. Well, yeah. I mean, I'm going to be like the creeper in the background with the binoculars.

You're going to be hiding in a cake somewhere. You're ready to pop out. Exactly. Security. Well, Thomas, I love having you on. Thank you for coming in for a little bit. I know it's a wonky week, but I feel like our listeners love having you on. They love to hear guys respect this.

I don't know why, but I'm glad to be here. I brought him in last minute. I was like, Thomas, do you have a couple minutes to join me today? And he said, hell yeah, so. What was that accent you just did on that question? Did I do an accent? Thomas, do you have a couple moments to join me today? I didn't say like that, didn't it?

That's how I heard it. I couldn't do it. I was just thinking of how I asked you where you were. My inhalers running low, my head, spinning a little bit. I don't know. I think I got to get out of here. All right, Thomas, thanks for being on Happy Hour. We love you.

I'll see you soon. All right, Happy Hour. It is that time when we have. have to bring our fun guests on. And I'm so excited to be speaking with Arushia Skidmore Williams and Brooke Sifrin today. They're both comedians and hosts of two podcasts. One is The Rich and Daily podcast, which covers anything and everything that is happening in celebrity news. And they also do the podcast, even The Rich, which is a series that tells the stories of major moments in pop culture history, including, and just to name a few, because they have so many, Janet Jackson

and the Super Bowl halftime show, the free Brittany movement, the life and loves of Elizabeth Taylor, and so much more. And their most recent season is actually diving into the story of Elton John that just dropped. So I can't wait to talk to them more about that and pick their brain. And plus, Eretia and Brooke are huge Bachelor fans. So I can't wait to get into all the things of Bachelor with them and hear their thoughts on everything going on in this world and how they feel about. the new season coming out. So without further ado, Bachelor Happy Hour listeners, please welcome Arescia and Brooke. All right, you two. Welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm so excited to have you here. I know Michelle wishes she could be part of this, but in the meantime, you just get me. And so

it's so great to welcome you both. Just to fill everybody in on how you both are doing, give us a little update on life and everything. Well, we just got back from an Airbnb this morning and sounds exciting yeah this is this story is going to rivet you i don't like to pay to do my laundry so i brought literally like six to 10 loads to do and the washing machine didn't work so i have now been going up and down my stairs for the last like two hours doing laundry and that's how i'm doing right now oh gosh it's important to note that the Airbnb is in the city that we live in literally like five minutes from our yeah it was a mile and a half was it just a little staycation. Yeah, one of our producers from Rich and Daily was in town from Canada. So we're like,

oh, let's get an Airbnb. Let's have like a Rich and Daily house and is literally 10 minutes from both of our apartments. It's like we just, you know, that's so fun though. It's just like a getaway, you know, and you still know the area and so you still feel comfortable. So you just mentioned one of the podcasts, but one of the reasons why I'm so excited to have you both here today is because we not only love supporting other podcasts, but especially supporting our fellow women in the podcasting space. And so you have both hosted two podcasts together, Rich and Daily, and even the Rich. So fill all of the listeners in who don't know.

How did you two meet? How did you decide to start podcasting together in the first place? So we met doing valet parking for like rich people, celebrities. And we hit it off right away. And then we became roommates. And ironically enough, Becca, the first time we podcasted together, together was a Bachelor podcast. Really?

And guess what season? Wait, was it mine? It wasn't yours, but it was the season where you were introduced to our, where we were all introduced to you. He who must not be named. He who must not be named, correct. I was like, how can I say this without saying sorry? So it's really crazy that we're now like on your podcast.

It's just really, yeah. So that was our first journey into podcast. And of course, we adore you. It went spectacularly. And we still do. I know. We were such fans. If you can, you should listen to it.

It's so good. And I am being as sarcastic as possible. God, I don't even remember what we said. But so we did one season of The Bachelor. And then we saw posting in a Facebook group. They were looking for comedic duos to talk about rich families and dynasties. And we were like, oh, my God, this is us. We already do this for free.

Yeah, we already do this. So we sent in an audition and the rest is history. I love that. So I want to ask you both this then because, I mean, I can kind of relate. I'm a lot newer in the podcasting space because I've just been doing this for a couple of years now. But what have you learned or what would you have told yourself or what advice would you have given yourself five, six years ago when you first started podcasting to get you to where you are today? Where to start, Becca. Where to start.

So much knowledge up here. I think, I mean, the most important thing, and I think it applies across the spectrum, whether you're doing independent podcasts, professionally produced podcasts, is to do something you actually enjoy talking about because it can get so tiring if you don't like your subject. Like, I mean, it's exhausting. And it's your, it becomes your job. And even if you're not actually getting paid, it's still kind of like a job. So I think having passion.

And it's focused less on like, what is everyone else going to want to hear or see and focus on like, what do, what story do I want to tell? And how do I want to tell it? Yeah, I feel like if you're like authentically into what you're doing and you are yourself, the listeners will come and they'll stay. Yeah. And also don't look at reviews. I was going to say, oh, hey, that is anything that I have learned or that I could tell people from a show, from a podcast from anything is don't. don't read the fine print. Yeah. It's dicey out there. Yeah. What people think of you is none of your business. So just don't even look. Well, and you both probably know this and have experienced this, but you can do anything. You could do the most amazing thing or say the most incredible thing on this planet. And you will get haters and drolled on like crazy.

You know, there's just really no winning, especially being in the public eye and like on social media and having such a platform that it's just like it's one of our business right exactly oh my gosh well so for anyone that enjoys pop culture even the rich is such a must listen and you both have done what is it 28 seasons now you're on the 28th yeah we're on the 28th yeah yeah which is absolutely incredible kudos to you both for sticking with it and loving with it it's such a fun thing to listen to what has been your favorite seasons that you've done I so for the longest time my favorite was Versace and it's shifted twice now in the last two arcs. It went to Maryland and then it went to Dolly. So currently my favorite is Dolly. Okay.

But I think that's just because I love, I've always been like, oh yeah, Dolly's cool, but I've never been as huge of a Dolly stand as Dolly stands are. But after like learning about her, it's like, yeah. Oh, hell yeah. She's amazing. This woman slaps. Yeah. Wow, you were so hip, Aresha. I know. Yeah, same as Aresha. I've always loved Versace. And then we recently did Patty Hurst, which I didn't know a lot about. And I love cults. I'm so interested in cult. So that was like a nice mix of our show and also like someone trapped in a cult. I was like, okay, I think this is my new favorite. A little mystery action too. Yeah. Yeah, I like when we can kind of bring in some like true crime and other stuff. It's fine. I love that. So for listeners who haven't yet, yet checked it out. Is there one also standout season that you'd be like, this is the one you have to start with,

the one that you have to listen to? I'd say don't start at the beginning. No. It's so funny because I think the most feedback I get about people's favorite seasons is the first one, which is so weird to me because if you listen to the first season versus now, it sounds like a different show. Yeah. So I'm sure.

but so I don't know I feel like Free Brittany is probably the season that I don't want to say like got us any notoriety but it got us to the listener count we're at now like that was a very because it was during her conservatorship it was a very publicized thing

yeah and I think that's probably the one I think it has the most downloads so I feel like that's a safe one to start with what are some seasons that you've worked on that have really surprised you or like we're it took a turn and you're like, holy crap, I did not expect this.

Well, this isn't really in even the rich rich rich and daily realm, but we did a mini series called In God We Lust with Wondery also. And that one took a turn for me because it started like about like this religious university and just all the stuff that was going on.

But then it took like a dark turn at the end. And I was like, whoa, okay. A lot of like sexual assault allegations, things like that. And I was like, wow, this took a really big turn for me. Um, but in terms of like even the rich, I'd say Paris Hilton probably surprised me the most just because we all have this view of Paris Hilton. And we learned so much about her during doing the show and like, you know, she was in Provo Canyon school when she was a kid and she was

like abused. She was trapped there. She couldn't get out. And it really changed my opinion of her and my view of her 100%. Yeah. And also just she, you know, you know, has this persona about her where people think she's just like this entitled heiress and, you know, maybe to an extent that exists. But she also works really hard. And I never realized like how hard she worked. So I think that that's something that came out in that arc. Interesting. Oh, my gosh. I feel like even the rich has something for everyone. Yeah. Like anyone could take a listen and pick a certain season and find it intriguing and learn something new, which I absolutely love that. And so the most current season, the 20th season

now, is the story of Elton John. I actually just did an ad for this for our podcast before you all joined. Yeah. But what is one of the craziest things that you've learned about Elton? Because even reading the ad, I didn't realize he had such a dark upbringing. And there was, you know, more skeletons in his closet. So even knowing that, I'm like, oh my gosh, I definitely need to give this a listen to now. Yeah. Yeah. So what's the craziest thing that you've learned about him in the research in this season? I realize the only thing that I really knew about him was that he was Reginald Dwight. Like that's like the only fact that I can procure other than like the songs that he sings. So I'm constantly just like, oh wow, oh shit. Oh my God. And I mean I like I've

always been a big fan of his. I grew up and I had a friend who was obsessed with him. But I don't know. I guess his upbringing definitely, as well as that I didn't know he had been married to a woman. Yeah. I had no idea that was something that happened in his life. Yeah. I don't think I realized how dark it was for him. Like growing up and early in his career.

Like I just know him as like who he is now. Just out and proud and love and life and like making amazing songs. So really his whole story, I think. thing. It's just been kind of surprising the whole way. I'm like, Arisha. I'm like, oh, okay. Wow. I think it'll, I think it'll definitely throw not our listeners,

because I'm not tuning with you, but your listeners for a loop and definitely, I mean, so my fiance Thomas is a huge Elton John fan. And so now knowing a bit more, I'm like, oh, damn, like he's been through some shit. Yeah. And I also love, too, that it's coming out

at this point during Pride Month. What does that mean to you both to be telling his story during this month. It's important because we pushed for Elton for so long. Like he was one on our list. We're like, can we please do Elton? Can we please do Elton? And we were talking about wanting to do like a queer icon during Pride.

And there was some other names tossed around. And I was like, come on. Like, this is time to do Elton. And it's like he's just such an icon. And he's the first male that we've done in a while. Like a lot of our stories have been about women. And so it's really nice and, like, very important, I think, to tell his story right now. So it's amazing.

I love it. I love that. So is there a topic or somebody that you hope to do that's on your bucket list to come up in one of the upcoming seasons? I have been begging for the Olson twins. I knew. I, they are like, I grew up with them. I felt connected to them because I, I liked twins.

That's the only connection that I had with them. Which is enough, I would think. But it hasn't happened yet, and I'm holding out. I love that. Yeah.

Did you grow up watching like old school, old school Mary Kay and Ashley where they were like six or seven and they did like their mystery? Yes, the adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley Olson. Yeah.

I saw that. I saw, I know their theme song. Brooke questioned whether I seen so little time, I have seen all one season of it. Yeah, it was like such a short-lived sitcom. And I saw it. I loved them. I think

it takes two was recently on Netflix, I'm pretty sure. It was. Yes. I re-watched it. It was like, it was a few months ago, right? Yeah. I mean, I probably watched it with, I mean, for sure, within the past year, I want to say, definitely. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I still love their style

too. Like, even, you know how the 90s kind of coming back now. Like I just bought sunglasses, like the oval, like bright red ones, like what they used to wear with the buggy. I was like, oh, I'm so great. And they would have the like butterfly clips in their hair, which I tried to emulate.

It's very hard when you have curly hair. Let me tell you. I haven't seen, I haven't seen any butterclips. Any butterfly clips lately. So I don't think, I don't know if those are coming back, but I did just buy some 90 style jeans. Oh, here we go. These jeans. They're amazing.

Do they have, like, the patches? They don't have patches. They're just, like, kind of ripped, but they're, like, boyfriend jeans, so they're a little loose. They're from Abercrombie, which is very 90s. I was like, really saying really staying on brand. I'm seriously buying jeans from Abercrombie right now, but they came highly recommended, and they're amazing. Okay, so I do want to get into because you said that you first started up podcasting with the Bachelor franchise and covering that. So were you fans of the show since the beginning, or when did you get a new?

involved in in bachelor nation i think i'm trying to remember what my first season was not the beginning but i know i was watching very early on like maybe season like three of the bachelor and then i was watching it a lot i think erisha came in later yeah i i can't remember what my first season was i think it was it was when i was working at the talent agency because they did uh uh what are those called were you like, like what they do for sports? Oh, a bracket. Yes. Oh, oh, yeah.

Wow. They did a bracket. Go sports. Yeah, sports. Such a fan. I love them all. They did a bracket and I was like, oh, this is fun. The bracket part.

And I was terrible because I didn't know what I was doing. But I, the only season, I might have seen two where I watched, I watch like every single episode. Okay. So, from what you've seen, are there any iconic moments that stick out to either of you from any of the seasons? I mean, unfortunately, Becca. I know. How do we answer this question with you on the call? This is awkward. Just saying, I'm so used to it.

Like, that's even how people refer to me as still to this day is, like, the one who got broken up. Well, yeah. Wait, wait, I was referring to calling this guy pillow lips. That was the most memorable thing. Wait, who was pillow lips? Ari, everyone called him pillow lips for some reason. Did they? Yes, unfortunately, and we never forgot it.

Becca's reaction suggests that it's false advertising. Wait, I'm trying to think. I mean, I've never rewatched that season, so I could be the wrong person as. Yeah. But was it the girls on his season, or was it, when he was a contestant, like the five years prior. I want to say it started when he was a contestant, but the girls on his season were talking about it.

We're calling him pillow lips. All the guys on his, when he was a contestant, were like, look at this guy's lips. They're like pillows. Oh, my God. So, but all I remember is that one of the girls on Ari's season, she called him, he'll be the on the season. And so when it was my season,

And he actually came to the Maldives for like a 30 minute conversation that never aired. But I just remember there was a bunch of needlefish down below where I was staying. And there was like a glass bottom and you could just see them floating around. And the cameramen would just zone in on this needlefish. My God. Fun fact. That's amazing. All I'm getting from this is I need to get on this show so I can get flown to Maldives for 30 minutes.

And then I'll just tack on a vacation to the end of it. Well, or you could kill two birds with one stone, come to Paradise next year, be part of vaccination, bartend, kick off a date, whatever, and you'll do it all. Yeah. We are bartenders, so. Are you? Watch out. Yeah, she had our own company.

Damn. Wait, tell me more about this. Yeah, so I was poor and I was like, I got to make money. And so classic scenario. Yeah, but the real struggle is, do I want to work for other people? because that's a nightmare um so i was like you know what i'm going to start a private event bartending company and so erisha worked for me my husband worked events and we like really built the business pretty big we had like a very nice client roster and we were doing events on weekends a lot of weddings

a lot of crazy parties it was really fun yeah it was fun yeah i feel like you know you are both jacks of all trades a jack of all trades like that L.A. where you met to this private bartending job to podcasting. So did podcasting just kind of take over? Because you do have the two, I can imagine

it takes up most of your time now. Yeah. Podcasting it would have been real rough. Like I can't imagine going through the pandemic if I didn't have even the rich to start. Like I would have been, oh, who knows

where. Yeah, yeah. I know. It's like besides going through the pandemic and being like, okay, when can I take a nap today? What am I going to make for dinner? Oh, it's five. I can have a margarita. I so looked forward to the weekly podcast just to keep me somewhat sane. Yeah. I can totally relate.

Absolutely. Okay. So I need to ask you both this because it's big news in the world of Bachelor nation because we've never had two leads on the same season at the same time. So how do you both feel about that? Are you excited about seeing the two women? I am I yeah I'm I'm mostly excited because I'm always excited when I think an idea is original because I feel like there's so few in this day and age and I was like why has no one thought to make it too like that seems genius to me yeah I mean I I I feel like the bachelor needs it is shakeup yeah so I think this will be like a fun shakeup I mean I'm I love paradise like Bachelor and Paradise is my jam like it is to me that superior bachelor show because it's just so good and it's like it really is seeing multiple people

look for love I think is more interesting so I do think it's going to be more exciting to have two bachelorets yeah well and yeah like to play into paradise there's so many different love stories there's so many different bits of drama that I think it just hooks viewers better you know if you just have one or two storylines week after week it kind of gets repetitive and old. And so I think this season will definitely deliver more than we've ever seen. I was actually asked this question the other day. And I want to ask you both it now, too, because I think it was a good one. So obviously, we'll have two bad charades. How would you feel about having two male leads at the same time? For some reason, I feel like it would be more dramatic. I don't know why.

But it's probably, well, women fighting over two men now, not just one. Yeah. I feel like A group of female contestants brings better drama than a group of male contestants. Male contestant drama isn't as interesting to me. I feel like it's shorter lived. It is. With women, it's like, well, like, I'm really into this person and, oh, I might have a boyfriend. It just feels like the drama is like more drawn out and more, I'm more engaged with it than I am with the men. They really need to up their game, honestly.

they want to stay on this show. Well, so have you noticed a shift in recent seasons where the drama has been more extreme, more catty, just more dramatic in general to make for better TV? Yeah. It does feel like that. Like especially, and I hate that it's like the women because like, of course, like we're just catty. Or we're just more talented. Well, that's what I was going to say. I was actually going to compliment the women.

Like, I feel like we're smarter. and more cunning. So that comes out more as like a group of women. So I just think, I don't know, it's just better drama for some reason. And yeah, I do feel like it's been upped a little in the last couple of seasons. I don't know what that's about.

Definitely some of the stuff that is said and done. I'm like, what? How is this even a thing? Or who thinks of this? It just, I, you know, I feel like I can't be shocked being in the world of reality television anymore because we see and hear so much.

I'm still shocked season by season. Have you, either of you seen the cast come out for the new season of the men? Yes. I haven't looked through it fully, but I keep seeing all the social media posts about the men. I need to look at that better. Do you have any initial thoughts? Anyone that caught your eye? No.

So what you're saying is we need the drama for somebody to understand that. It's so crazy. I don't bother to learn their names until halfway through this. say the season oh i'm like hometowns give me four people that i know right yeah i'm honestly surprised i'm surprised i'm surprised that two female um bachelettes aren't both named loren like that seemed like a lost opportunity they've done it they've found two people not named loren finally you know kudos to that kudos we don't need last name last name initials this season if you could see a celebrity on the show as either a lead or contestant

who would it be? I feel like, although I guess she's engaged now, but I feel like Lizzo would be such a fun bachelorette. Oh, hell, yeah. Yeah, I guess she's engaged or something. I don't think I saw that. Maybe she has any secret relationships

without telling me. She was on a red carpet and she had like this ring on her ring finger. Maybe it's a promise ring. I don't know, but there's some guy she's been. Is it somebody from the Minnesota Vikings? Oh my God, I wish.

Better be. Otherwise, I don't, I don't support this. Otherwise, redo, redo. Yeah. That's like my one thing because I'm from Minnesota. I'm like, Lizzo knows Minnesota. She put us on the map. My husband lived in Minnesota for many years.

What area? Apple Valley. Oh, yeah. That's where my aunt and uncle lives. Apple Valley sounds so kind and just quaint. Yeah, just the Apple Valley. Make pie. Well, Becca, didn't you take someone apple picking? I did. Yes. He who shall not be named. I can remember if it was your season or? It was my season. And there was, I mean, because we went to Minnesota in November. I was like, what can we do here? And it was definitely not the right time to go because I don't even think there was apples on the trees. They were all dead. And it was freezing. I was like, this is the worst idea ever, Becca. But yes. But they made the most of it. We had whiskey in the apple cider, which was great. Well, I think I saw

a PA in the background just hanging up fake apples in the tree. Probably. I would be surprised. I love that, though. That's like such a fall. I mean, obviously not with snow, but that's such a fall activity. Yeah. It's like so cute. If it was a month prior, it would have been perfect. And beautiful and apples would have actually

been ripe and edible, but I mean, it worked. I mean, it worked. It worked. It worked. I mean, it did, you know. It was foreshadowing for that relationship. So yeah. There you go. Exactly. God. Wait, Eresia, who would be your dream celebrity cast or lead? Well, I'm, I'm really on a Chris Evans kick right now. So only if I get to be a contestant that gets put up to win. So I'd have to have some kind of contract. Put up to win.

The Neil Lane ring at the end. Yeah. Yeah. I have been trying to. I've been commenting. I was telling Brooke, I'm commenting on his posts as if I'm already dating him. And I have have now four messages from Chris Evans's four different accounts obviously they're all him saying hello so I don't know what to tell you but he's messaged you back well people that are that think they're him so I'm like one step closer fake accounts they're fake accounts but have you sent into his no not yet not yet I don't want I want it like our first message needs to be cute because it's going to be referenced at our wedding obviously okay um so I'm thinking on that right

now and just, you know, working things out with these fake Chris Evans, getting all the kinks out before I shoot my shot. I think it's really cute that you think the first thing that'll be mentioned is your first DM and not that you've been commenting like a crazy person on his post as if you're a couple. Well, I want to ask you this. So because this is a Bachelor podcast and you are fans, and I will get into a Rosenthorn with you both, but put me in the hot seat. And is there anything that you want to ask me?

I wish Michelle was here, too, to answer. But is there anything that you want to ask or know that you've just been dying to find out whether it's bachelor-related as a contestant as a lead or from paradise? How much time do we have? Hey, the world is your oyster. Okay, first question, why aren't you guys allowed to eat the food? I knew. I was like, it's going to be the food question. I can't with that.

Is that for, like, continuity? Well, so that's actually like the number one question we always get. So when you're filming, the camera crew and team will go and set up all of everything early before the couple even gets to wherever they're filming. And so they'll grab still shots of the table with the food and they really don't want you to move it around. So usually before each date, they'll have, I mean, like, because we're getting ready in the rooms, they'll have food for you. So you can order a room service if you're at a hotel, whatever. So they'll always feed us beforehand. but yeah on the actual dates it's like like a full fish fillet with the eyeballs and the mouth still

there and it just like is sitting there to look pretty far um there was one time I think I ate food on a date and it's because it was mac and cheese and it didn't look half bad um but yeah otherwise they'll feed you before and after I mean we're constantly eating on the show we really are it's just those like plated meals for the pretty shots and that's what I figure but I was like, you know what? I got Becca right here in front of me. Yeah. I really wish they would get closeups of them sometimes

because from afar they look lovely. It's like this full meal with all the sides and everything. But then close up, you're like, don't touch it. Yeah. All right. Yeah. What about you, Eurasia? We can ask anything, right?

Yes, I think so. This is not even an exciting question. But I feel like it's become more and more. obvious that people are going on this show less about finding love and more about getting that follow account up because that's really our only way to judge anybody's worth in this world now. So I want to know what was your reason? Were you genuinely on this show to find love? Or was it mostly to find love a little bit to get into whatever you wanted to get into? That's a good question. So when I went on, it was

in 2017. And so that was before TikTok. Like I barely knew how to use Twitter. I believe when I left for The Bachelor, I probably had like 438 followers. And so and it was before, and I think it was like at the time when like brand deals and collaborations like were starting. So you really didn't know where it was going to go. So when I personally left, I was in the mind frame of I had been like working at my same job for five, six years. I was over it. I wanted to change. And I was like,

I'm single now. Why not? Like, I was more so for the adventure. Like, I really actually was most excited to travel. Like, that's what I wanted to do. Yeah. And so I left thinking I was going to be gone for two weeks, being like, I'm going to travel. I'll hopefully meet some cool girls and, you know,

have some lasting friendships. Yeah. And so that's kind of my mindset. And then it wasn't, because I went straight from, basically straight from R.A. season as a contestant to right after filming my season. And it wasn't until I got off of my season where there was like all of the extra fun stuff on social media, like brand collaborations. And I was getting able to get paid off of that. And so that to me at that

point was just an added bonus because I was like, oh, this is cool. I didn't know what to expect. I just thought I was going to go back to my old nine to five PR job. But yeah, when I went on, I was so naive. So naive. That's like how we started this podcast. Yeah. Yeah. You have no idea what you're getting it to. But don't you think it's kind of better that way where it's like you're just excited about it to see what would happen.

If it fails or goes to shit, you know, at least you gave it a shot. Yeah. So that's, I kind of like that. You know, I kind of like that I went in back in 2017 where it wasn't a major thing at that point. I also kind of feel like, granted, you're literally the only person on this show that I've ever talk to but I feel like the ones that do make it far and have the kind of success that you've had came in with that mindset like it wasn't like I just feel like because I think that's a really healthy mindset because it's I think it's kind of naive to be like I'm going to meet the love of

my life like maybe but like I'm doing this because I want to have fun and maybe like see some cool places make some friends I feel like that's the healthiest way to approach this kind of show yeah yeah well I Yeah, exactly. There's so many unknowns. You have no idea what a relationship with the lead is going to be like, what any relationship with cast members will be like. And so you kind of like just go with no expectations. That's like what I tell people going in in paradise. Like don't have a set plan. Don't be like I'm going to find a partner or I'm going to leave with the ring on my finger or I'm going to build my following with 100,000 extra followers. Like we've seen that with people in the past and it's truly never worked out. for anyone in that regard, if that's the case. Yeah. So, yeah. Do you feel, Becca, like it was easier to be a contestant, the Bachelorette, or on Paradise?

Paradise. 1,000. Well, and actually as a contestant on The Bachelor, because, again, I had no idea what I was in for. I was like, hopefully I'll have some free food, meet some people, and travel. You know, like, hopefully I stick around long enough to, like, make it somewhere fun. Yeah. But, and so that part was so much fun. but Paradise I kind of had a better understanding of just how things were filmed and but Paradise I already knew some of my friends that were going to be down there too so I already went in and be like it's going to be a fun summer I had zero expectations because I kept saying no to it so I was like well I'm you know so I'm going to go back to my life that I love after this but Paradise was such a blast it's like summer camp for adults with alcohol and like hot people to look at on the beach yeah they need to make that like not just

for the 30 people in the Bachelor nation. Open enough for everyone. Like a Normie's version. Yeah. Normies in paradise. I wish they would have more people honestly on the beach

because it's so much fun. It's just like a funfong vacation. It's yeah. It was now so fast. All right, you two. It has been so much fun. But before we let you both go,

we do this with all of our listeners, sorry, all of our guests where we ask them the Rose and Thorn of their week. So highlight, favorite moment, and then low light or least favorite, worst moment of the week. So I'll start it to make it easy. I'm going to start with my thorn. I'm going to say, oh, shit, I don't even know if I have a thorn, to be honest.

Wow. Bragg. Hang on. A thorn would be, wow, I really need to put some thought into this. I'm just going to give a rose this week. I mean, so many fun things have happened. But Thomas and I celebrated our one-year anniversary and his dirty 30 birthday.

Nice. So that's, it's just been a good week. I don't even want to taint it with a thorn. You know, we covered you, Becca, on an episode of Rich and Daily. Did you? We covered your engagement. Oh, I'll have to check that one. Oh, shit.

Yeah. Oh, wait, what were your thoughts? I mean, we loved it. Yeah. Like, we were all for it. And I even said, I think, on the show, like, I loved you guys in Paradise. I was like, we finally got to see a different side of Thomas, and I'm here for it. Yeah.

So I'm glad it's working out. Well, we'll check that one out. Thank you. He'll be thrilled. He'll appreciate that so much. We assume that this will be enough to get invites to the wedding, which is why we pushed our producers to let us cover it. Or at least bartend. You're in.

We'll dust off the bar kit. No, I want you all to have. fun too. So don't you. I'm not going to put you to work. Okay. We're going to have a good time. All right. Okay. Who wants to take it away? Rose and Thorne. Do you have one or each? I don't have one yet. I can go. Okay. So Thorne would probably be, so this Airbnb that we rented, our friend that's in from Canada literally went to this TV premiere yesterday for like six hours. We drove five minutes from our apartments to hang out with you at this apartment. And you're going to go to a premiere. Yeah. Yeah. yeah um and the rose i gotta say meeting you becca because we love you oh thank you this has been such a fun podcast yeah thank you try and top that erisha i know i'm an asshole if i don't say the same shit um i mean my thorn is going to be the laundry talk about beginning and ending this is a perfect book end to this episode um just doing it comes full circle um and since i got

God forbid I say the same thing as Brooke. This is absolutely a rose. But my other rose is, despite our one friend leaving us yesterday, our original producer on Even the Rich when we first started, the guy who actually technically, I'll say, discovered us. He was the one that listened to the audition tapes. We still talked to him and he came over and we hung out for Pop some champagne. And it was just, it's always fun to see him.

Yeah. So that was my rose. And being on this show. But especially this right now. Oh, well, thank you both. It has been such a fun one. I just love, like I said at the top, like not only fellow podcasters, but just like badass women. Yeah.

Like, it doesn't feel like a job or like work right now. Like it just feels like it's a good. I wish we could do this in person so we could just drink some wine and, you know, catch it more. But one day, one day we will definitely have to have you back and pop some champagne to celebrate. But before you both leave, please give all of our listeners a little tidbit of where they can find you on social media and where they can check out the podcasts. Okay. I'm on Instagram and Twitter at Arisha Skiddubs, S-K-I-D-D-U-B-S.

Having two last names is a nightmare, let me tell you. I'm going to do it too. I love it. I mean, it was what I got my names, when I was bored. It was uncommon. And it's more and more common this day and age to have like, I have both my parents' last names, but filling out those scantrons. my last name. I don't even think about that. But other than that, it's great. And it's too long

for a Twitter handle. So you win some, you lose some. Yeah. Skid doves. I'm on Instagram at Brooke Sifrin. Super easy. And our shows are wherever you get your podcast, literally. So Rich and the Rich. Go ahead. Even the Rich comes out Tuesdays. And Rich and Daily is Monday through Friday. So check it out. Well, thank you both for being here today. this was so much fun. I really appreciate you joining us today. Please stay in touch, okay? Yes. Thank you so much. Bye, Becca. Okay, Bachelor, Happy Hour listeners. That was such a fun episode. So thank you for tuning in again this week. And a huge thank you to both Erescia and Brooke for being here. It was so much fun. And again,

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