Bachelor Happy Hour - Grant & Juliana Happily Ever After — Part 1

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

Today on “Happy Hour,” we’re here with the happy couple, Grant and Juliana! Grant’s journey has officially come to an end and we’re getting all the details on his love story with Juliana. We kick off the episode getting into how the two kept such a big secret all this time, including some close calls and the advice other Bachelor Nation couples gave them! Then, we dive into the finale and all the behind-the-scenes details from that beautiful engagement. What was the moment Grant knew it was Juliana? What went down after the cameras cut? What did Grant’s family think of Juliana? We’re getting all the answers and so much more! Plus, Grant reflects on his experience as the lead and everything he learned along the way. Tune in now and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode, including part two with our “Bachelor” lovebirds! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime Podcasts and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Jamel Hill, hosted the Sports and Politics and on the latest episode of Spolitics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party.

What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly? Many of them are in fear of their political lives. We continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents. and there's life after Congress. Make sure to listen to this episode of Politics on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor.

And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD, oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, Psychobabble

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This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York State number, and we own you. Listen to shock incarceration 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 the lovely happy couple, Grant and Juliana. Welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you for having us. How does it feel? How do you guys feel?

Yeah. Excited. Relieved? Relieved. Yeah, we've made it through. We've made it through. It's just a real feeling, honestly, you know, getting to actually be together and, you know, be around each other and not have to, like, hide it anymore. Yeah, I was going to ask, does it feel better now to be open about it? Yeah, I think it makes a big difference.

You know, you can start to just do some normal, normal life things and not worry about who's going to see you, hear you. We could change our. contact our phone. Yeah. What are the contacts right now? A wolf emoji for me. Yeah, mine's a wolf emoji though. Wolf emoji is totally giving it up. If I'm one of your friends and I saw and I see the wolf, I'm like, oh, you're with Grant.

I don't know what I was thinking, but it worked. I mean, it worked. It worked. It worked. What's Juliana for you? What has been the hardest part of keeping this a secret? probably just not being able to tell like my big family you know my parents know my sister and my brother know but I just have so many aunts and uncles and cousins that want to

support me throughout this whole process and they tried to do their best but it's like they are so excited so did you have like a a little script that you would give when people would ask you so how did it go I would just say well because there were some spoilers out there So I think my family really tried to, like, act like they knew without just, like, even asking me. And I'd be like, don't believe everything you read, you know, you know, so just kind of that. But they didn't push too hard, which was nice. Grant, how about for you keeping it a secret? Oh, man, I just, you know, my close family and friends knew.

But the hardest thing for me was just not being able to, like, be around, Jules or, you know, see her, like, once every couple of weeks. It's difficult, but, you know, I mean, I almost spoiled the season myself, so I just, it was like, it was like, I was, I was struggling. I was struggling. How did you almost? I was like, I was like, I was a night where she sent me. It was New Year's Eve. And it was, and it was, and I liked one of her pictures. I thought it was like, I thought it was like a post. No, I liked one of, I didn't like one of her pictures. I liked one of the pictures she was in, but it was from a DJ. And I liked, his name was Mikey V, and I liked his picture. And I was just. And I was just. And I was just. just one too many shots I had that night. Oh my gosh, that's so funny. I didn't know that. Did you guys get any advice from any other bachelor couples on just how to kind of get through these first few months off the show when you're in hiding?

Yeah, I think, so I spoke to Joan and Chalk. You know, they've been really instrumental for me in this process and us. And they just, you know, they just, just be yourself. And don't worry about anybody else. You know, it's your love story. And focusing on that. And people are going to, the people that are going to rock with you, are going to rock with you to do it or not, they're not.

So I think that was the main advice, and I think that is something that we're taking. Yeah. I talked to Kelsey and Daisy, too, and I think they were just really insightful, especially Kelsey, because she had to re-watch everything. And even though it's like months away, you know, it still brings up questions and conversations that you have to have,

but she just, you know, really reiterated the fact that it's been so long since that happened. and you like we've come so far that it's not really worth like harping on you know you can ask the questions and have the conversations but it shouldn't really change your mind because we're together now you know right yeah i think i think Kelsey's a good person for you to talk to you like juliana you're in a situation that like you know only a handful of castmates go through where you like it's your first time on reality tv and you go from like not really knowing much to like you're engaged and you know you've never really done this before

where most of us were castmates for a minute like even grant he he was you know on the show and then becomes the bachelor so he has a taste of reality TV where you really don't have that so connecting with someone like Kelsey I would think is pretty important yeah it was super helpful for sure nice watching it back was there an episode that was maybe more challenging or did you have like a favorite episode to watch back i think favorite episode was definitely our state of Scotland um you must have been like finally like you're watching the whole season wanting to see your love story and like you had such a late one-on-one you must have been like yes it's our time yeah so fun no you go i think i think 100 i think that watching our moments that

we had on camera just reiterates our connection and what makes it unique and what makes it special. And the depth that we have, I think it's just something that can be replicated. So it's something that's like, I'm excited and I'm really happy that we're together. Yeah. She's like, yeah. I would hope so, Grant. She's. Yeah, right. All right. Let's bring it back to the final episode. Juliana, what was it like meeting Grant's family? It was so nerve-wracking, I think, just because I can, I'm like a nervous Nellie, you know, and I'm a little awkward. And so I haven't done that in a really long time.

But immediately when I walked in the room, I could feel just so much love and excitement that it, that kind of just like went away. And I was just interested to get to really know them and have them get to know me so that he could confide in them and see, you know, their opinions on me. and if they thought that we would be a good fit because, you know, I know I lean on my family when I'm, like, in a tough decision. And you did have a tough decision to make. So it was really exciting. You know, your mom is so awesome. Your dad's amazing. And Taylor really helped me, like, kind of calm down. So all around, it was awesome. Grant, did your family behave as you expected them to or responded as you expected them to? So a little fun fact. My mom was, like,

obsessed with Julianne. She was like, I had dreams and visions. I'm like, Mom, like, just, just let's talk, you know, let's just take it one step at a time. But, you know, I think that they, my family loved it and they loved the energy that she, she brung. And they loved everything that I saw. They saw the same thing. So they behaved. So they behaved. Yeah, they were on the thing. Okay, nothing like shocking. It wasn't like shocked. I wasn't know. I'd have to worry about them like saying anything crazy or embarrassing it seemed like and it seemed like your dad was really comfortable with juliana as well i i i know that was something i noticed when i was watching i was like this is this all is like clicking it's making sense which is important you know

you want to like the family and you want them to like you yeah if they don't then you know if they don't you're gonna have some issues down the road uh okay how are you how are you were you both feeling on your last date together well it was um i don't know i think throughout the whole like process i really tried to just stay kind of calm and and i think i said this last time but my mom gave me this advice that if it's meant to be it will be and if not that's okay so i feel like by that time when you came over that last night i was like i knew that it was going to be us in the end but i was just trying not to like think that that was the case 100% because I did know though I think I did know okay yeah yeah because he sat down

and you started just like yapping away like all these things and you had to stop yourself because he was like I feel like I'm proposing right now and I was like okay you can keep going you know um but yeah it was it was calming and and then when you left I was like oh shoot like he's going to do this with somebody else too so you know that thought never left the back of my mind and I I did try to protect myself from just like focusing on the fact that I thought it was me. But ultimately, you know, I got, I tried to stay positive too. Where was like your confidence meter when there was four of you left? Like where, where did you think?

Did you think it was you then? I feel like I, I feel like I knew. I feel like I knew it was me from like night one. Really? Okay. Yeah, I did. You know, I think it's hard to maneuver that situation, but just our conversations were so sincere. And every single time we chatted, it was like we got to know each other on a deeper level and that we were really progressing. It might have been slow because I'm, you know, a little closed off. But it didn't feel like we were at any point backtracking. And it always was adding more like hope to, I don't know, the, the result. So I think with four of us, though, it's like, wow, okay, you know, first of all, everybody was so amazing, all of the girls. And so that is a really odd situation to be in because, you know, you don't ever want to compare yourself to anybody else, but it's comparison by like the nature of what circumstance we're in, right? And, you know, the last four were

amazing. So I was definitely nervous as heck. But I just also still tried to be like, it's me, it's me. I think, like, that mentality is sometimes helpful to just be like, yep, it's me. And until I feel like he's giving me a reason to believe it's not me, I'm just going to go with that. Totally. And obviously it worked out in your favor because it was you. There were signs. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam.

Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate.

Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him, because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jemel Hill, host to the Sports and Politics Podcast Politics. And on the latest episode of Politics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party. What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly? many of them are in fear of their political lives and that's been part of the challenge but we continue to say to them you were elected to defend your constituents to stand up for your constituents and there's life after congress and you should be willing to actually want to be able to look back on your time

in the house of representatives knowing that you can keep your head held high because you did the right thing Donald Trump is gone in three and a half years but their legacy or their failure to stand up to the extremism and the unprecedented assault on America as we know it will be with them forever. Make sure to listen to Spolitics on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble.

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to propose to the woman of your dreams. And on the other hand, you're breaking someone's heart. That's the most difficult thing. It's like, you know, you know, you know. know what you have to do, you have to stand on business, but at the same time, you have to, it's difficult because you're, you're letting someone down and the time is dwindling, you know, and it's like you're, night one, everything is fun, and then you get to that last day and your hours before, and the time is dwindling down and you're knowing that you have to, you know, you're going to have to break someone's heart. So I think that's the most difficult thing, but ultimately, you have to think about what you want and you have to think about yourself,

And you have to think about what the best decision for you is going to be. And that's what I did. And, you know, yeah, I think it worked out. Yeah. What's struggled with rose ceremonies, just in general. Like, I think letting people down with something that you had a hard time with. It was hard, too. And then, like, being the bachelor, it's like you're getting to know these women.

It's like you don't want to be closed off. And the more open you are, the more your feelings develop. And the more you care about certain stories. just people in general you know it doesn't even have to be a love so you just care about where they're coming from and then you have to be like well listen like you see them up on the um you see them all standing there and then like people are nervous i remember i was nervous there too like i almost passed out one time you know and then you see them nervous and then you and then they don't get their name called and it's just so it's just it's just really difficult but you got

to do what you got to do and i guess like the more the more open you are the more the women you're dating, I'll think it's like, oh, he's, he's just open with just me. Like, this is only me. And then, like, if you're open and caring, you're, it's difficult, but then if you're closed off and you're just like, you know, I understand or you're like, I, like, you're just, it's just, it's not. It's hard. It's difficult. It's difficult. It's difficult. Can't be long. Yeah. What were the steps or your process, um, to get to a position where you were like, okay, I'm a hundred percent going into this day, proposing to Juliana, I feel like locked in and calm and confident about the decision. Yeah, I always was confident in our connection.

I think my dad coming back and really, we had a conversation off camera and he just reiterated to me, you know, it's not about what anybody else thinks. It's about what you want. It's about what your heart needs and what your heart wants. And I feel like his, advice really help me like get over the edge and get over the hump of knowing and then at that point it's just getting to the end and be like listen this has to be done you know you can't delay it it's inevitable so it's like but getting to that point you know you know what your heart wants and you know what you need it's just getting it done getting getting to the finish line and doing it yeah i feel like i'm someone that like even if you know what you want locking that in

means accepting that you're going to hurt someone else in the process and like in your position there's literally no way of avoiding it like you know every single week you're going to have to hurt someone on a bigger bigger scale did that just add to the weight of all of it probably that last day yeah it adds and I'm the type of person I've been through so much conflict in my life and so much like tension and a lot of struggle that I'm a I'm a type of person I don't I don't initiate confusion unless it's necessary so at the end I'm like okay this has it has to be done you know like this has to be done there's no there's no working around there or there's no meeting in the middle grass like this has to be this has to be done so it comes down to the wire

at that point you know juliana i would have left her i would have left her like a video message she would have got to the podium and there she would have got to the podium there had just been a laptop and it's just and i would have been pressed me and then that's insane hey so that's Got some bad news. Oh, my God. That's a terrible idea. Juliana, where was your thoughts and had that last day? I think it was pretty same, you know, throughout the whole thing is I did feel really confident, but I just knew that there was also somebody else there, right?

And so I was prepared to go in there and spill my heart out. And I told him, you know, I was like, if it wasn't me, of course, I would have been frustrated and upset, but at the end of the day, no matter who he picked, if he felt it was the right person, I just wanted him to be happy. And at that point, I cared so much about, you know, you that I, I just, that was my main concern because I knew that I had an army of people waiting for me to come back home to. I knew I was going to be fine. I knew I could get through, like, another heartbreak if that was the case.

But, you know, I just, I felt nervous for him and for Lettia. and for myself, but I just tried to stay positive. Well, it's hard. It's a big day. So you probably just, you know, even though you're going into it, feeling very confident, it just feels like a big day. It's so nerve-wracking. Oh, my gosh.

You also said, Juliana, after Fantasy Suites, because I think you were the first to go. It's like everything went great, but now, like, I'm sending him off, and he's still dating other women. And, like, our connection might have, you know, at the time, you know, one through 100 was 100 but like what happens if somebody else is 105 and I don't even know and I'm sitting around for five days talking to myself yeah like how did you how did you stay calm during that like during those times yeah um so my parents and a couple of my friends sent

wrote me letters before I left and I really did yeah that like saved me you know because you're so cut off from from your safety and your comfort that you know they they wrote me some pretty long letters and every day I would read them and just remind myself and like I said earlier my mom said if it's meant to be it will be and if not that's okay too and I just kept trying to replay that in my head and remind myself that like no matter what happens I'm going to be okay um and yeah I mean I definitely spiraled a bunch but at the end of the day I was like okay there's nothing I can do to control the situation, right? And I just prayed that if there was anything that I could change,

like in our time together, that I would do that. And I would be able to give my all and give you the most information that you could make the best decision for you and just, like, have peace with the things I can control and just know the difference is really all it is. Yeah. Grant, how did you choose the engagement ring? Let's see it.

Show us on camera. Listen, I know. pretty is an emerald cut yes so pretty is that what you wanted yeah i have a cushion cut with a halo you wanted an emerald yeah and i wanted gold that was very pretty i i said that i know i got i know style i know her style a little bit so i definitely knew that you know that's a ring that she would she would love i think i think i picked right it did you did good good does it make it feel more real grant did it make it feel more real to you like sitting in that room in that moment and like seeing the rings and being like oh this is yeah yeah no 1,000 percent that that was like a really

surreal moment and then putting the ring on her finger was another like was another surreal moment you know and actually seeing it on her hand but picking out rings you know that ring stood out to me so it was hard but it wasn't really that hard you know it wasn't I know I know Latia had talked about more of like a harder timeline when it came to marriage and having kids have you two talked about a timeline for anything is like where are you at now as far as getting married or are you just like we're in the honeymoon phase we're going to see how this goes type of thing yeah i think our relationship is you know we are two people we're very much in tune and we're we haven't talked hard timeline yet but we've been you know we know what we want ultimately and that's

the end goal but we still have to meet each other's family and like we have to everybody has to connect and me, I'm going to come out there to Boston and, you know, be out there for like a year maybe and then we'll see, you know, where things are, you know, at that point. Oh, nice. To do, you know, to feel like that makes sense. I feel like at least for the both of us, you know, family, friends, normal dinners, traveling, getting mad at each other, getting sad,

like all the things we have to go through. Not saying that, you know, that's not going to be the end goal. It's just that to jump the gun and start talking about those things when we're still really trying to digest life together in the world, it doesn't seem, I think, fair to either of us, you know? I think the most important step is figuring out the living situation because that's immediately that's where things can get tricky. So you guys are going to be living in Boston.

Grant, are you excited? You've never lived in Boston before, right? I've never lived in Boston, but I'm an East Coast person. And the good thing about this is like I'm not tied down to Houston. or I'm not tied down to where I am. So I have no issue picking up and going and I love the area. I love her family. And like, you know, I'm going to do what it needs to be done to make these work.

So I feel like, yeah, Boston is amazing. And then I have a lot of friends out in the East Coast. We have a lot of house parties, like a lot of house gatherings, not parties, gatherings. East Coast. You could have a party. It's fine. It's a party, party, party. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly.

My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly. And now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him

because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jamil Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcast Politics. And on the latest episode of Politics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party. what do Republicans say to you privately, that they won't say publicly?

Many of them are in fear of their political lives, and that's been part of the challenge, but we continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents, to stand up for your constituents, and there's life after Congress. And you should be willing to actually want to be able to look back on your time in the House of Representatives, knowing that you can keep your head held high because you did the right thing. Donald Trump is gone in three and a half years. But their legacy or their failure to stand up to the extremism and the unprecedented assault on America as we know it

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and your engagement. Just, yeah, take us back to that moment. How nervous were you guys? How excited. Yeah, cameras drop. You're engaged. Juliana, you go first because you have to talk first. And when you're talking, you're also probably like, he might dump me right now.

Like, he could. I was so nervous. I feel like you can see it in my. Were you, like, looking for signs in his face? Yes. I was just nervous. You were nervous. You could tell you.

Yeah, yeah. I couldn't even breathe. I think my whole body was shaking. My soul, like, left my body. And I was just trying to make it through because I knew there were things I wanted to say. But then you get up there and it's almost like you black out. And I was like trying to remember the things and I'm like heavy breathing and I'm just looking at him. And, you know, you were smiling a lot.

And I just felt like, okay, just take a deep breath because, you know, I think, I think it's me. So I can just try and get through this and not, like, faint and pass away. Then hopefully I'll have a ring on my finger. Yeah. I like Grant. I was happy. I was relieved.

You know, because the hard part, the hard part was over. And now it was time to just look forward to, you know, being happy in the future. And I think that's what I was doing. So when Juliana walked up, I like I there was no pressure for me I was like I would just want to reassure her as soon as possible so because she didn't like pass out I was like okay like let's you know and I think that yeah it was just it was just good vibes after that and then I was I was ready to start to just start life

you know yeah so cameras off you guys just got engaged what how you do would you do that night how are you feeling we were so excited I think you just popped so many bottles we were like we had French Chantra plan we was you know some food, some wine, we had just having a good time, you know, dancing and we had a great time. It felt so crazy, you know, I think one of the things that I feel like we both were so excited for was when the cameras were gone, you know, and you're so in the process, it's like all the splits and glam and like minimal time and serious conversations that have to happen. And then it's like, okay, now it's done.

And now we can really just like breathe and kind of like go back to the start and have like smaller conversations and just like enjoy each other's company and that's exactly what we did exactly what we're still doing yeah we enjoy being around each other and there's no like it's just natural you know so I think that's the main thing and I think that that sets us up for success you know yeah yeah I remember after the engagement like when we were on paradise that's the best feeling like I felt elated like I remember your the adrenaline is going so hard you're like, that was the craziest thing I've ever done in my life. I'm engaged, but like I'm so happy and in love.

And you're just like, and like I just feel like your intimacy, like the connection between the two of you can just skyrocket forward so much faster because you're now moving kind of you have all this time together that you didn't have before. And you know that there's, you know, nobody else involved. At that point, it's like finally just you two. So it's like the nervousness and kind of like the walls that maybe I still had up just to protect myself. Yeah.

I just felt like everything was down and I was so happy and free and just excited, honestly. It's almost like the start of a new relationship. You almost have to look at it like, like, hey, like, you know, he was on a dating app while we were dating and now he's no longer on it. You know? And we're engaged. And we're engaged. And you know the crazy thing, as much as much turmoil and as much as much, as much

As hard as the journey is, I'm really appreciative because without this, I wouldn't have met Jules. And I wouldn't have, you know, I was obviously, you know, you're stressing out. It's coming down to the wire. It's a high-stakes situation. But it led to a really fast track process where we really know each other. And we have a really good head start because we, you know, who, not a lot of people get to go on dates and talk about, you know, life and and talk about common things that you went through and get to know each other the second time you talk. It really, it really forges a bond that's like, okay, well, you know, you know, this person. You know what their core values are.

You know what they're made up of. So, yeah, I'm grateful, you know. Grant, the first time we interviewed you, were you at all expecting the kind of pressure this was going to be? I didn't know what. I didn't know what to be. I literally went in there. I'm like, I'm about to look for love and I'm about to beat myself. I'm about to do this thing.

I went in there so naive. And, you know, it's crazy, but it worked. Well, it's one of those things, like, you just don't know what you don't know. You don't know, yeah. No, you don't know. You know what I'm saying? You don't know. And I think the one thing about me is just I'm always going to be myself.

Like, I don't care. I'm going to be myself and that attracts the energy that you need in your life, you know, and I feel like that's just something that I stand by. I think that's something that Joe stands by. And that's what really attracted me to her. it's so funny i feel like every or at least the last few leads have come on our podcast when they get announced and we're like are you nervous and all of you say no you all go no i feel so excited i'm ready for whatever and then we see you guys midseason you're like you're different

people this has been this is been fucking hard yeah hard too and it's like i saw the there was like a meme of him like when he first got announced next to him after like the woman tell all and everybody was like those are two different people yeah it's like you're it's like you're a little kid like for the first time about to go on a roller coaster so excited and then you're like you're like you get off the roller coaster you're like nauseous I'm like that was kind of scary I thought it's over that was tough the guy survived okay great yeah juliana this is obviously all new for you as well as your family what do they think of all of this yeah like when you first told them you got engaged well what's funny is my dad didn't know that that's how this ended and yeah and like right before the

hometown my sister said that to him she's like you know you have to ask him like some hard-headed questions and he was like what like how does that work you know and he was definitely I think he was unsure about it but he had enough like trust in me that he's like if that's what she wants and that's what you decide you know after he met you he was like okay it'll be fine you know they'll make it work and I think everybody's just so excited you know like I said my aunts and some of my cousins are like he is such an amazing man like you guys are going to be perfect together anything about her dad was like he came in and you could tell he wanted to like ask hard-hitting questions and then we just connected and bonded and then we just were like having a it was like a chat it was like

I met him before I didn't even it was it was a really crazy situation that's good but I feel like sometimes that's the best way to get to know someone is just to have a genuine conversation with them yeah right 100% and grant what did your what did your sister say when you told her you got engaged she listen my sister is happy she was she was like in paris somewhere and i called her and she was like doing her thing it was like like fashion week or something and i called her i was like i'm engaged like oh my god i can't wait i'm so happy she was there and there's going to be so much time for us to grab dinner and like just chat and just hang out you know yeah How have the happy couple's been?

Like, what's your go-to routine when you guys spend a weekend together in hiding? So we cook. Yeah, we eat. We eat. We have wine. Who's a better cook? I'm easy money. I could cook.

I could cook. I could cook. You know. I know. I know. It's really bad. She's like, I don't know. Yeah.

I like cooking. I like cooking for her too. I like, you know, making sure she's good. So, you know, I cook. You're good. Yeah. I can. make turkey tacos, which I haven't done yet. I said I was going to a couple of times, but we have

time. You're going to come back in a year and you're going to be like, yeah, I still haven't made him turkey tacos. Well, he's so good. I'm like, you don't want my food. It's just your food. What has it been like watching it back, your love story in particular, not everything else? well you know i think that there's so there's so much more to like our relationship that was formed than you know what everybody got to see and that's fine yeah um i really tried to just compartmentalize like what i actually experienced and what we actually you know founded our relationship on versus kind of what was being like shown not that not that it wasn't true you know i mean we did have those deep, dark conversations that we needed to, but there's just so much more. And so

I think Scotland was really fun because you got to see just how kind of easygoing we are together and like get a little insight as to how calm I think we are around each other. And then we did obviously have such a commonality between our upbringes that allowed us to kind of feel like we could see each other pushing one another to to grow and always be looking to like better yourself as a person but at the same time it's like loving who you are in this day so it's been it's been a whirlwind it's been really fun and it's been crazy to think that I experienced it and then like we get to like watch it back you know when does that happen all right this looks like a good place to stop the interview this has been a lot of fun but we're not done with these two so make sure you guys

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