Bachelor Happy Hour - Dan on Making Roses out of Ribbons!

Episode Date: September 27, 2024

Today on Happy Hour, we're sitting down with Dan from the Golden Bachelorette! We kick off today's episode getting to know a little more about our Talent Show winner. Then, we get into his experience on the show thus far and what's brough Dan back to his fraternity days! And of course, we get into his connection with Joan, his paramount moment during this week's group date, and how he fought terminal illness alone. Tune in now to hear all this and more and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with contestant Dan. Dan, welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. How are you?

Thanks, you guys. I'm doing great. How are you? We're good. We're good. How are you feeling? How you feeling with everything so far? You know what?

It's just been a great run. I've been having a ball. So thanks for asking. Yeah, the guys are great. Joan's amazing. And I'm just having a ball here. All right. So let's start from the beginning. Well, where do you live and what do you do? Sure. I live in Naples, Florida, which is on the Gulf side of Florida, straight across from Miami, Fort Lauderdale to put that into perspective. And so I'm self-employed. I do my own investing and a little bit of consulting and work with startups. and I had a business for 28 years in Kansas City and then moved to Florida six years ago and doing my own thing now.

So you're a private investor. Yes. How do you feel about Bitcoin? You know, I trade a little crypto and keep my eye on it. So, yeah, it's a volatile thing and it's fun to watch. So I always say you have to have the stomach for it because there's high highs and low lows. So be careful. Definitely.

We actually almost, we were going to. going to go to Naples over Christmas, but now we're actually going to Costa Rica. Yeah, my our family friends of ours, they have a place in Naples. So my parents go there a lot. Yeah, I've been there once or twice. Honestly, I couldn't tell you. What's the main street that you want to be by

where all the restaurants are? Was it? Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue. Right, right. Isn't there, there's a bar there called like the Blue Martini? Okay, that's at the Marcato, which is a higher-end shopping dining experience, if you will. It's very nice. Yeah, the blue martini is there. Okay. And you're from Kansas City? I lived in Kansas City for 28 years. I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and went to University of Iowa, and worked in Des Moines for a while, moved to San Diego, and lived there for four or five years. And when I was 30, I moved to Kansas City to start.

my business. And then 28 years went by and they were, it's a great place to live. I do call Kansas City home. Des Moines has a special place in my heart. And I'm fortunate to have good friends in Southern California and now South Florida. So it's, I've moved around a little bit. You've moved around a lot. Is Kansas City your favorite out of everywhere you lived? Well, it's hard to beat Naples. Come on. And, but Kansas City has, it has sold, man. It's a, it's a, That city is united. And, of course, the chiefs have been on the role the last couple of years. I was a season ticket holder for a long time there as well as the Royals.

And so my parents live in Kansas City still. They're 89 years old and doing great. So I get back there frequently. And both my daughters were raised there, too. So that's what I was going to ask you. So you're a chief fan? Oh, yeah. Okay.

That's a good time to be a chief fan. It is. You know, I went through a lot of the tough times. too serena so uh yeah it's uh it's fun these days i heard their stadium i don't know how true this is but i've never been to a chiefs game i'm a chicago bears fan but i gotta love the bears yeah i i heard kansas city chiefs have some of the best food that stadium well if you like barbecue for sure i mean that city is a barbecue town and uh so that's that's the backbone of at arrowhead there but there's always plenty to eat and then it's a huge tailgate experience too

So the Royals ballpark, the K, we call it, or Kaufman Stadium, and then Arrowhead, where the Chiefs play, are in the same, they share the parking lots. So there's a huge parking area, which provides great tailgating there. That's always a lot of fun. I've never tailgated. It's not a big thing in Canada. Yeah. Okay. We don't have as much football culture.

So I really want to go at some point. You should. I feel like I would like it. Chris Bukowski tell. They tell you all the time. Our friends, Chris and Anna, who also are from the show, they're big sports fans, big tailgators. So maybe we'll go with them. But you said you have two daughters.

Where are they located? So my oldest Danielle lives in Tampa, Florida. So I get to see her frequently now that I live in Naples. I'm about two and a half hours drive from her and my granddaughter, Ava. And then my youngest daughter, Jacqueline and her husband, Ryan, live in Anaheim, California. Did you watch the show with them, the premiere? Yes, absolutely. So I actually watched in Anaheim with my daughter and my son-in-law and some of her girlfriends. It was exciting. Yeah, it was fun. What are your daughters and your family members, your parents? What do they think of all of this?

Yeah, so my daughters actually signed me up like some of the other guys. I was going to ask. I was going to say, how did you get on? Go ahead. Yeah, yeah. So when they were watching the Golden Bachelorette. And I used to watch the show with my daughter. I was a single dad for many years. And so that was something we did. And then when my youngest went to college, I kind of got away from it. And they said,

Dad, you need to watch this Golden Bachelor series last fall. And so I watched it. I got into it. It's such a different experience from you young people. And that's fun to watch, but we're, I don't know, a little tamer, I guess. and but it's

it was I've made good friends on this show but for sure and already but it they came down Christmas morning

with the laptop and said okay dad we're going to sign you up for this golden bacheloret I'm like

oh my gosh and I said nothing's going to come of that so and here I am wow here you are wow

so they're super excited we've just had a lot of fun with it my sister, my brother, and friends and family, everybody's been having a good time with it. And as you guys know, it's fun to make people happy when they see me make a fool of myself. Yeah, it really does bring kind of community together. Like, it allows you to reconnect with people and I'm sure people are just so excited to watch you every Wednesday on TV.

It's like a whole activity. Yes, yeah, lots of watch parties, viewing parties. And so I'm hearing from a lot of people I haven't heard from in a long time. And that's part of the connection experience, too. It's been great. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. Watching the Golden Bachelor, what did you think of Joan? You know, Joan was a great story.

And she's a great person, first of all. And, you know, my heart went out to her when she had to leave. I could just tell that was a struggle for her and for her family, too. but it shows her character, and I respect her so much for making that difficult decision. And now that I'm here, I understand how difficult that decision was, but absolutely the right one. And I respect her greatly and admire her for that. How do you feel about bunk bet?

I'm in the room with there's just four of us. And so we did rock paper scissors to see who drew the only top bunk. can, that would be you. No, really? And so I don't mind climbing the ladder every night. So, and in the morning. It's been fun. It brings me back to my fraternity days.

And we do nothing but laugh. And it's a unique experience at this age, for sure. Do you have to get up to pee in the middle of night? Because at this day, at my age, I do. Yeah. I say, I get up twice. I think C.K. is in the bunk underneath me. I hope I didn't wake him up too much or anybody else. But yeah, we all did. The thing is, he's not going to complain about it because then you can be like, all right, well, why don't you take the top buck and I'll take the bottom buck.

Yeah, right, right. It goes both ways, right? I was actually, we actually, we were in Chicago. We stayed by my parents because I, we had a wedding. and I got up in the middle of the night to pee, but I was really tired. So instead of standing up and pee, I was sitting down and then Serena didn't realize. With the light off and the door open. She didn't realize I was at the bathroom when she opened the door.

She screamed. I was like, I'm just peeing. I'm just peeing. I'm just thinking anyone in there. I mean, you weren't in bed, but the light was off. And I don't know. I was half asleep too.

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the Houston Lab that takes on the most hopeless cases, to finally solve the unsolvable. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Are you in the room with Greg? Are you in the room with Greg? So, yes, Pascal Gregg, C.K.M. myself is our fearsome, foursome, yes. How is Greg snoring? So, yes, Greg is awesome.

And he's fast becoming a good friend. And so Greg's snoring, I would say this to him if he was sitting right in front of us here or two. He knows this. It's like a thunderstorm. So it starts with like this rumbling. And then all of a sudden, you know, bam, he breaks in this explosion. And so it's a bit startling. So he, you know, we didn't give him too much of a hard time.

We got to, you know, we all have fun with each other. But he was kind enough to go sleep downstairs. if they got too rough. And so a poor guy's been on the on the sofa a little bit down there. But, oh, Jesus. It's loud. It's a lot. Yeah.

Yeah. You got to do what you got to do when it comes to the snoring. Yeah, no, we all have our moments too. I snore a little bit. So, you know, can't point the finger. All right. Let's go back a little bit to limo entrances. So when you step out of the limo, what was going on in your mind?

Are you like, I can't believe. I'm here. Yeah, that's a lot of it. You know, surprisingly to myself, I wasn't nervous, but I would call it a state of shock. And so when I

made my exit from the limo, you know, the first thing you see is Joan and this magnificent blonde and this gold sequin dress and all the cameras and lights, and it's really our first exposure to this. And there's no do-overs. And so, you know, I made it through that, but quite frankly, it took me a few hours

to even remember. I'm not sure I even introduced myself when I was up there, made it through my little stick. And, but yeah, when I got inside the mansion then, it was, it kind of had to replay it in my head to see how that went all down. But it was exciting. It was fun and a crazy moment for sure. That's normal though. Like I feel even when I when I went through it like all most of the guys are like I blacked out during that. Like I don't remember. I don't exactly remember what happened. I remember I did a stepping stool for my entrance because the bachelor on the season I was on was super tall and I'm very short. And I remember practicing it in my room over and over with one of the producers. But we didn't have a stool. So I was using this massive chair. So I just kept stepping up and down on this. chair. So by the time I got to the entrance, I was like, okay, you got this. I've been doing, like, what is it called? Like step-ups on a chair all afternoon, ready for this moment. Yeah, you got your workout in. Exactly. Yeah. So how was night one? Was it what you expected it to be? Was it not? I know it's very long. It was a long night in morning. And yeah, it was, you know,

the adrenaline kept me going for sure. And I think with all of us, And I don't know how Joan does it. I mean, she's been going 100 miles an hour even before we got here. And so I know that was a marathon for her. But, yeah, I just came with an open mind. And so not really knowing what to expect other than what I've seen on the show. But it was really an opportunity because of the length of that to have some conversations with each and every cast member and get to know them.

And so we were all excited and a little bit bewildered and just joking and having a good time. So it was good. Who did you connect with that first night out of the guys? Yeah. So really, you know, Greg and I hit it right off. And we've talked about that today even. I don't know what it is. We just are like-minded.

So Greg and I hit it off. C.K. and I were getting biked up at the same time. And Charles and I had an immune. immediate connection that way. It's funny. I sat on the on the bus going to the mansion and to get into before we got in a limo and I was sitting next to Keith and within 15 minutes we found out we're in the same fraternity, different schools, both big 10 schools, Iowa for me, Purdue for him. And so we're brothers in the bond that way and we just hit it off immediately. But everyone here is an amazing individual. And so I expect to go into deeper relationships with

all the guys as we move ahead. Does it feel like you're back in a frat? It kind of does. Yeah, that was a long time ago, Joe. But it's, yeah, it's kind of that kind of vibe. Yeah, because we, you know, we bust each other's chops. We joke around. And then we've had some serious conversations too. So I'm looking forward to all the above. that's got to be an exciting feeling like to to to go back and in probably live like some of the best that was probably some of the best times in your life sure it was fun it's a little different you know 35 years later yeah yeah you're so back then you were pissing you were pissing because you were drunk now you're pissing because there was some beer available to us yes yeah okay let's cut we're let's go to this week's episode um we'll go to the talent show because that's really when we get to see you and we see your talent and you talk about you have a tremor in your hands. Like for me honestly like I like I hate talent shows.

I would hate to be in one. I find them I would be so embarrassed to be up there. Joe has very bad stage right. What's your hidden talent, Joe? Come on. Nothing. I don't. I am an untalented man.

I don't have any talents. So yeah. Serena telling you know what you're hitting talent is which you wouldn't be able to really show this is you're incredible with facial recognition but like you can't do that at the talent show I'm also funny and okay well you're the one who said you weren't talented no you're very talented were you were were you nervous at all going up there I you know when I when I decided what I was going to do uh for the talent and uh um I thought this is just going to be way out of my comfort zone, but I kind of wanted to show the lighter side of me

because it's a big part of my personality, and I felt like some of the interviews and were very serious, they're serious questions. And so it was an opportunity to kind of let loose and let it go, but it was way out of my comfort zone. I can tell you that. And I really didn't know what I was doing. And then I thought, you know, I'm, I think I even use these words. I'm a confident and a centered person, I'm not really nervous in general, but it appears I am because of this, it's called an essential tremor. And my grandfather had it, my father has it, nieces, it's a hereditary thing. It's just a little bit of a tremor that. And so I thought, well, with, I was channeling my inner Will Ferrell from old school when I saw those sticks with the flags on or the ribbons

on it. I'm like, I got to do this. And I go, it's perfect for me. me because my hands are shaking. I'm going to be whipping these ribbons around. It's perfect rather than, you know, trying to do something else. So I use the opportunity to talk about what the, what the tremor is. And since then, a lot, a couple of guys on the show even said, you know, I've got a little bit of that too. And so hopefully it helped. Those stories help somebody else.

How? Go ahead. No, you go. Were you nervous before, like, you got going? Yeah. The music hit and you started waving the ribbons, like you exuded so much confidence. But right before that all started when you're talking about your tremor and you first get up there, did the nerves hit? A little bit.

Yeah. You know, again, I surprised myself. I was a little bit like I was more in shock, you know, because I didn't know there was going to be a crowd there. And of course, you know, Joan and Jesse and the judges. And it, so it was all, and then all my gas mates sitting there too. And so, yeah, I was, I was a little nervous and just took a deep breath and, and it seemed like it had to wait forever for the music to start. And then it felt like it would never end. Right.

I was like in my head, I'm going, okay, that's enough. Serena, have you ever seen old school? I think it's the house party movie, right? We watched a little bit of it. She might have watched the whole thing. Yeah, I'm not sure. That's just a great, great movie. Yeah.

Maybe one of the bust of all time. That's funny. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's a good one. What's the actress in that? Who plays like the girl? Ellen Pompeo. Ellen Pompeo. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, she's cool. Yeah. Okay, so, so you end up winning, Joan, you end up winning and I want to, want to hear your thoughts on that, but were there, who did you expect to win? Was there anyone that really shined besides yourself? You know, everybody, you know, I watched that afternoon or that morning prior, some people were writing poetry and writing songs and lyrics and actually putting the music together, this incredible talent. So I really was kind of expecting Greg. He was a funny guy

anyway. I think he's hilarious. And he had a stand-up comedy routine. And I thought he crushed it. And I just thought I was going to be ridiculous. So I wasn't even when they were announcing who was going to win. I was just completely shocked when Joan called my name. So that was fun. You know what? You're the only one that channeled their inner royal pharaoh. That seemed to work. That was it. I never envisioned being with a woman. I'll just be honest. I'm Jamel Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcasts, Spolitics. On this week's episode, I'm joined by basketball legend, Candice Parker, who stops by to discuss her candid new book, The Can Do Mindset.

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So then you have a conversation because you get some one-on-one time. Yeah, that was great. With Joan. I want to talk a little bit about how, at what age, how old were you when you got, diagnosed with six months to live so yeah my story on that is I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 54 and I couldn't get it under control and and so I went to Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota for a week and to see with the intention of trying to sort this all out and while I was there massive amounts of tests over

multiple days and they found that they think that I had had undiagnosed for about at least 10 years and so all my organs were failing you know I had a heart condition my liver wasn't functioning properly my kidneys weren't functioning properly my whole endocrine system was not working and so my body was was shutting down so Mayo made some suggestions I started taking insulin directly instead of a pill form of diabetic control. But I was, I tried that for a couple of years and it was just a slippery slope. And so when I was 56, 2016, really was a 15 and 16 were rough years. And at some point in 2016, my doctor in Kansas City, everything was failing so bad.

that he said, you know, we need to get you on an organ transplant list. And, you know, I asked the question, what's that all mean for me, you know? And he said, oh, I think you got about six months approximately and you should get your affairs in order. And, you know, when you hear those words, it's ominous. You know, we've seen movies and et cetera and know people that have been through suffering in those kinds of circumstances. And so my first thought was, I'm ignorant to this. I need to figure out what I need to do. I'm not ready to go yet.

But at the same time, I need to prepare myself financially. You know, I had multiple businesses, multiple properties, and I needed to start divesting myself of all those things. And in the meantime, too, I was not in my right head either. There's something called hepatic encephalopathy, which is, Much like CTE with football players, concussive dramatic encyclopathy. So my brain was not functioning all the time properly, too. So it was a very, very challenging time.

Wow. And I was fortunate to have good doctors, family and friends that helped me. My daughter's youngest had gone to college, and my oldest was in Tampa and had a career going and a child of her own. And so I needed to get out of my own. everything and just focus on getting better and it was a slow slow climb out and eventually never got transplanted i was i was able to turn everything around but it took me probably till about two years on the flip side to get back to a decent place where i could function even so uh very blessed and

fortunate um to be here and i save her every moment wow wow that's crazy um Sorry. No, you go first. Yeah, okay. So the 10 years where this went undiagnosed or you didn't, you weren't really treating the diabetes, did you feel yourself declining? Oh, not really. I was, I was powering through it. Looking back, of course, Joe, I can, I know I recognize the symptoms now. Yeah. But at the time, I just, you know, it's a, it's a slow, slow decline. And then it's a fast decline towards the end. So I just kept shaking it off. I had too much.

I was too busy to be sick. Yeah, that's how I was I said. Did you just assume like I'm getting a little older and I'm just working so much? It's just work. I knew something was wrong, but I just needed to power through it. I had a lot of people that were dependent on me and pushing me to do things that I've done normally for all my life, physically and mentally. and it's a tough thing to admit, and I didn't understand what was happening either. I didn't understand it, so I just kept powering through it, and that's never a good idea.

Wow. So when the doctor gave you six months, how long was it from that diagnosis until you were in a place physically where you were like, okay, I've got this under control, I'm going to make it. I was on the transplant list for two years from that time. And learned a lot about that process, which was, you know, it's not like going to a deli and pulling a number, you're next, number 15. Your liver's ready or your kidney's ready. And so I learned a lot through the process. But those two years were a struggle, but it was really about a year until I felt after that diagnosis, terminal diagnosis, that I really felt like I could move around and function. So a lot of time at home.

Yeah. Wow. And it was training for COVID. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yeah. And then COVID happened. Wow.

That's an incredible story. Well, I'm, well, thank you for asking. And I'm happy to share it if it helps anybody else because it's about education and listening to your body and doing something about it. How does that affect you on a day to day now today? Yeah. Are you 100% better now? you know the damage has been done but i i everything is functioning normally so yeah i'm saying

i'm at a hundred percent um you know i'm also 10 years older than i was at that time yeah and so you know age has something to do with that uh but um no i can i can do everything that i want to do possibly physically um and uh you know i spent a lot of time at the beach and in the gulf and boating and um i'm active as I can be. I still like to to work a little bit. Not as much as I did. But yeah, thank you for asking. I would call myself 100%. Yeah, well, we're happy to hear that. Thank you very much. And I'm sure your daughters and your family are as well. Yes, we save her every day. Now you're on the golden, now you're on the golden bachelorette. Would you have thought when you got diagnosed with six months to live that was not looking good?

Yeah, four years later, you're going to be popping out of a limo? Who'd have thought? Wow. What a turnaround. Yeah, that's amazing. Okay, without, without spoiling, if you could describe this season in one word, what would it be? Transformational. Okay.

I like that. All right, we're going to play a quick game. Okay. It's just to get to know me with Dan. it's rapid fire so first thing that comes to your head I'm to ask you a bunch of questions and just answer them quickly all right

do you prefer cooking or ordering takeout cooking for sure what's your go-to comfort movie or show I'm a Seinfeld fan I love Seinfeld we watch a lot of Seinfeld

what's your uh you like Herbie enthusiasm oh my gosh yes what's your go to yeah the best what's your go to karaoke song. Okay, so I would say sitting at the dock of the bay

sitting at the dock of the bay. What's the best concert you've ever been to? Wow, Gypsy Kings. What's one thing you would tell your younger self? Take better care of yourself.

What's your favorite way to spend a day off? At the beach. What's the most adventurous thing you've ever done? I'm going to say surfing. What's one food you cannot stand? Boy, I like everything.

There's some things I can't eat anymore. What I can't stand? I like sushi, but I don't like sea urchin. How about that? Yeah, that's what, I think Keith said the same thing. Yeah, it's the exact same thing. It's a texture thing, do you really? That's funny.

That's actually wild. What musician would you love to see live? Wow, Carlos Santana. What's an accomplishment you are very proud of? Oh, my daughters are living accomplishments, and they did a lot of it on their own, but I'm very proud of them. What is your go-to drink at a bar? I don't drink at all anymore, so soda water with a lime. What's a fun fact about you?

Oh, fun fact. I do like to sing, but not so much in public. So that's it. A shower singer. Yeah. They're in small company, small groups. Well, there we go. Dan, thank you so much for taking the time.

Oh, you guys are all awesome. Thank you. And talking to us, I'm assuming we're going to see more to you. And I can't wait to watch. And yeah, your story is very interesting. I feel like we could have asked. I have like a thousand more questions to ask, but we have to wrap. I'll meet you at a bear's chief's game.

Okay, we'll all tailgate and then we'll talk about it. All right. That's perfect. I'm going to hold you today. All right. And then to all our listeners, thank you guys so much for tuning in to batch your happy hour and make sure you subscribe. Thank you so much for listening.

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