Bachelor Happy Hour - Grant’s Ready for His Love Story

Episode Date: August 15, 2024

Today on “Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena sit down with our next Bachelor, Grant Ellis! We’re getting to know Grant on a deeper level as we ask him some exclusive questions even he wasn’t expecting. We find out his ideal partner, some of Grant’s most iconic stories, and so much more. Plus, we play a round of “Red Flag or Red Rose” to find some of Grant’s potential deal-breakers. 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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And I'm Serena. And we are here with our newly announced next Bachelor. Grant Ellis is here. Grant, welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. Thank you guys for having me. I'm excited. And, you know, I love your platform. You guys do a great job.

And I'm excited to talk to you guys today. Yeah, when you, when we had you on the first time, I was, I don't know, Serena, didn't I say I think he could be the next bachelor? Yeah, you might have said something along those lines. I feel like it did. I feel like you're going to be around. Like, we're going to see you again. Yeah.

That's paradise or something. Thank you guys. I was surprised myself. You know, I'm super surprised. I'm really grateful and just for the opportunity at hand and, you know, for me to meet my potential wife. And it's going to be so fun. And I'm sure it's going to be crazy, exciting. And I'm excited for my love story.

on hold. Yeah, so let's talk about, let's talk about that moment because that's got to be, it's got to just be so exciting. What was it like getting the call in being told you the next bachelor? Just, if I can describe it, I'm just grateful. I'm just super grateful. You know, all this is coming at once and I'm just living in the moment. And when I was called, I just, yeah, I just expressed gratitude. And I was like, of course, you know, of course, I will, I'll take the role. And if you guys are going to help me find my wife, I'm excited about that. Did you have any hesitations? Because it is a bit, I mean, it is a big, big thing.

Absolutely zero hesitations. Wow. Okay. I was super excited. And, you know, when you could, when people can handpick, you know, your potential partner for you and based off certain things, and then you get to sift through and see which woman is for you. which one is not yet.

Who wouldn't love to do that? So I'm blessed and I'm in a great situation. What was your family's reaction to everything? Because, I mean, it's a lot to go back to back in terms of the filming and being away and being, you've been through so much. Now they're just catching up and you're going to be gone again soon. Yeah. You know, my mom was happy.

My sister was happy. My dad was happy. You know, I've been in Texas kind of taking care of my grandma or something because she has Parkinson's. So she was happy. And then, you know, I had to kind of tell her again, like, every, every day. I'm like, you know, so she was, everybody was happy for me. And I'm thankful for it.

Was there anyone that you were expecting to get the role besides yourself? Yeah, I thought, you know, Devin was really good. I know all the guys that were genuine. I thought we're genuine. I thought Marcus was genuine. I thought Devin was genuine. I thought Spencer was genuine, you know. And I just think that it all comes down to who, who, you know, they wanted who was really there to try to find a relationship and try to find their partner.

So, yeah, there was a couple guys and I would have been super happy for them. So what is Grant looking for in a woman? Like, if you could describe your ideal woman to be cast on this show, what are those qualities? Tread lightly. Yeah, no. What do you mean, Joe? What do you think he's going to say? I'm just, you know.

Super fucking hot. The end. I want somebody who's genuine. I want somebody who has a heart for other people. Somebody who's not self-laborbed, somebody who is affectionate, who's kind. Obviously, you know, a beautiful woman, but I'm super open in this process because I know that just through life experience that sometimes the best things come in the most unexpected way. So I'm just,

I'm looking at what's inside of a person and I'm trying to, I'm really going to be getting to know these women and asking the questions. And I'm going to make them, you know, I'm going to discover myself, but they're also going to discover yourself in this process. You know, by the way, I'm going to ask them questions. I'm going to figure out what, what they want,

what they're looking for, and then ultimately determine who's going to be my best match. You're, you're an athlete. You seem to be a successful. businessman. Preparation is key. How are you going to prepare? Are you preparing to be the bachelor? Of course. I'm studying. I, um, you know, so being an athlete, I have to watch film. And then being in the markets, I have to study and take notes after every session. So with me, I'm, I'm watching previous bachelors. You know, I watch my season. I watch Joey season. I watch next season. I watch

plate season. You know, and I'm watching these seasons. I'm saying, okay, like, this is a good takeaway. This isn't a good takeaway. But ultimately, I'm going to try to be myself, you know, just try to learn from other past seasons and put my own spin on it. What, after watching all those guys' seasons, what would you say is one takeaway of what not to do? And one takeaway of what you want to take into your season as well? Well, the number one takeaway of what not to do is just, I'm going to start with what to do. It's just be sure of yourself. And when you commit, you need to commit.

And that's something that I'm ready to do. So there's not going to be any, I love you, and taking that back. There's not going to be that. You know, when I see somebody that I'm ready and I feel like I'm ready, it's going to be. It's going to be a decision that I'm willing and ready to make. And then what not to do, man, just don't be insensitive, you know. Just be emotionally aware of that these women are going to their experience also. So even though I'm going to have to disappoint some people, I'm going to try to make it to where I'm understanding their feelings and assure them that, you know, even though I'm not your person, there's somebody out there for you that is.

is your person, and you're going to learn from this experience. What are you the most nervous for, and watching back all these seasons, is there anything that made you feel more nervous entering this role? I'm honestly not nervous. Like, I'm just, I'm used to being under the pressure and scrutiny of other people's opinions. And to me, I look at it as constructive criticism. So I'm not nervous at all. You know, I'm just going to go in there and be myself.

and yeah, and whether people take that or adhere to that or not, that's completely up to them. You went pretty deep on Jen's season and you clearly had strong feelings for her, but would you say you were ready to get engaged? If Jen would have chosen me, I would have been all in. I would have been all in and I would have committed

and I feel like that's why my feelings developed because once I got that, all that I needed was that emotional connection. And after I one-on-one day, when she understood me and I understood her, I was ready to support her and I was ready to, you know, be in the background and let her be everything she needed to be and just support her and whatever she was doing. This is a little harder of a question, and you may not have gone there yet. But have you thought about what it's going to be like to potentially feel like you're all in? for three women?

I haven't thought about that. I haven't thought about that. And I know there's going to be some adversity that I'm going to face. But ultimately, I feel like there's going to be deciding factors in a moment that I'm going to have to make a decision and I'm going to have to stick with that decision. So I'm going to try to be calculated in the approach

and think it's so easy to say, you know, because when your heart's in it, it's easier to think when your heart's not in. When your heart's in it, it tends to cloud your judgment and emotion. So I'm going to try to take a look back and a step back and really think about my decisions before I make them. Yeah. I feel like decisiveness is somewhat more challenging when you're in these environments because you don't have your friends and your family to confide in, which can be a good and a bad thing. What do you think your strategy is going to be when you come to those tough decisions?

and you would maybe be like, I wish I could call my best friend or my mom. What, like, steps do you think you're going to take to help yourself make these hard decisions? Honestly, I'm going to pray about it. I'm going to pray about it, and I know that the decision I make is going to be more than that it's going to be the right one for me, ultimately.

So I'm going to be in there by myself, but I'm not, you know, because, you know, I'm going to have what I grew up on, my family's teaching, my mom, the way she raised me, you know my dad the way he he inspired me to better and you know I'm going to have a relationship and I'm going to I'm going to pray about it you know and ultimately ultimately I think that's going to lead me to the right decision yeah it's one of those things where it's like you know to romanticize it it's follow your heart but there is you do have to be somewhat calculated when you make these decisions because you are falling for multiple people and it isn't as easy as just following your

gut because that could be towards multiple. Or you could end up. Maybe you'll be the first bachelor to get engaged to, you could have a thruple or something. Um, what do you? I think nothing that Grant has said has led us to believe that he's looking for a thruple, just to be clear. Joe just kind of spice up the franchise right now. You know, hey, you know, maybe. You never know. host of the Sports and Politics podcast Spolitics. On this week's episode, I'm joined by basketball legend, Candace Parker, who stops by to discuss her candid new book, The Can Do Mindset, in which she shares why she waited two years into marriage to come out.

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Hi, my name is Ennio 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 yes yes then emergency intercom is the podcast for you open your free iHeart radio app search emergency intercom and listen now so you guys traveled right away to australia for gen's season

Is there anywhere you're hoping to travel on your season? I love Asia. I love Asian food. I love culture. I love, yeah, but ultimately, I'm wherever I'm ready to go. I'm just like a, I'm just excited, you know? So I'm like again, I just, I can't express gratitude. So I know that they're going to pick the right places.

But yeah, I had to pick in private. Do you have like a dream date or activity at Asia? I mean, like, there's so many magical mind-blowing dates on this show, helicopters, yachts. Like, if you could pick a dream activity or date, what would it be? Oh, man. So it's going to sound crazy, but I'm really big on martial arts. So, like, that's like, I would love to, like, see, you know, some of the staples over there and just some of the, maybe some of the temples or something just involving the culture.

and because you know when you're involved in martial arts you really have to center yourself and it just ties into me with trading and being patient and just things like that so yeah that's something big for me and you know yeah that's that's probably uh something I would like to explore I actually just saw a study I mean it was TikTok I think so take it for take it with a grand salt but it was a study saying that little boys who are put into martial arts before the age of like 10 or something develop and like a way higher level of self-discipline and control as they age. Anyway, just just a fun fact about take one down.

Okay. Before we get into deep dive questions, what are you most excited for? I'm most excited to meet the woman and I'm most excited to see what levels were compatible at and what they and to hear their stories and how they grew up and what makes them them and then being able to realize, realize what they've been through and what they're going through and why they're here and then make a decision based off of my connection with that. Nice. Okay. We have deep dive questions with our next Bachelor grant. So what we're going to do is one of our favorite things to do here on Bachelor Happy Hour

that our Bachelor nature reporter, Danny. I don't know if we've met Danny, but she's the best. she actually did this with us earlier this year and for us especially having done a lot of interviews over the years it was really really fun so we're going to ask our next bachelor grant questions he's definitely never been asked before um on the show on a new podcast and you will get to know him on a deeper level yeah we did some we looked into social media some googling well actually i didn't but danny did and we are going we're going way back so grant you ready? Ready.

Let's do it. All right. Let's kick it off. So let's start out strong. Can you tell us about the time you jumped out of a window while you were at a party in college? See, I knew I knew these were going to throw them off. They threw us off like crazy. Like when Danny did these with us, we were like, how do you know this?

Like, did you call our parents what is going on? Yeah. So, yeah, I was pretty crazy back then. So it's crazy because I was on a full scholarship, Tijuana. And there was a house party going on, and I was in there, and I was in there, and my boy, Shannon, well, my friend Shanney and his friend Will had thrown it, and I wasn't supposed to be out, you know, because they, the coach knew everybody in town. So it was a little bit loud, and, you know, somebody came to the door, and they knocked,

and I just freaked out. I was like, oh, man, I don't want my coach finding out. So I just jumped out of the window and it kind of like ran away and I ended up like injuring my foot a little bit. So ultimately it wasn't the best decision, you know, something that a young person would do. And it was, it wasn't a good decision. Yeah, but your intentions were pure. My intentions were pure. My intentions were pure.

My intention was escape, right? I told them that I was skateboarding. I wore my. Nice. Okay. You said earning 10 million is on your bucket list. Why that number and how do you plan to run? reach that goal. Oh man. That's just, you know, shoot for the stars. And if, you know, you don't make

it, you know, you fall short. You still, you're still pretty high up there. So it's just a number. You know what I'm saying? And ultimately, whatever I do earn from the market, I'm super grateful. But I'm just, I'm just trying to shoot for a high goal. And anywhere in the millions would be nice. I'm with you. Can you, can you tell us more about your career as a professional basketball player overseas and why you eventually stopped playing. I know we touched on this a little bit when we had you on the first time a while back, but just to refresh people's memory about you. Yeah. So I've been playing basketball since I was probably eight years old, and I fell in love with it. I fell in love with the competition. And, you know, I went to, I was the first division

and recruited my high school. You know, I had a lot of offers coming out of high school. I ultimately did put on my SAT and I committed to I own them in the math. And, you know, we had some great runs in a tournament. And then ultimately, I was working out for the Dominican Republic national team, you know, to try to qualify the Olympics and everything. And one of the coaches over there was a coach in the country. So I ended up getting drafted there. I was a number five pick over there. And it was it was really a really fun experience in that country, you know.

But at the same time, it's super cutthrow. and that's ultimately we made me want to get into finance because I saw a lot of guys that were either in the NBA Summer League or had a stint with the Grizzlies or something like that and they would make this money and they would come back and they wouldn't know what to do.

You know what I'm saying? I wouldn't know how to budget their finances or invest. And that's what got me into trading, but that's beside the point. In terms of basketball, I stopped because ultimately I went baseline and I dumped and I cut my

elbow on the backboard and then they didn't clean it out properly and then ended up getting affected and I almost lost my arm and literally yeah it was it was a bad infection it almost led to sepsis and like it just because after that I was like you know what I'm done hooping you know I'm done hooping I'm going to stay here be around my family and I'm going to try to build a life ultimately you know the overseas route it's really cutthroat and it's like I've seen instances where there's been a guy playing and he had one of that game. And I'll see his replacement on the bench behind the game while he's playing. So it's like they don't really care. It's just you perform or you don't. And if you don't

yeah. Yeah. And in a way you're you're you're kind of just like a number. Yeah. I don't like that though about the infarion. I don't like that at all. Um, Joe has a cut on his foot right now. He's about to go into a deep spiral. Joe, your cut is fine. Fucking Grant. You really just fucked up by. My whole day, Grant. There's no glass in it. It's okay. Okay.

To touch a little bit on basketball, because you kind of touched on this and led into our next question. But you did play AAU in high school. Me, you're one of the – at that time, you're one of the best players in the country, correct? So I was ranked like 200 something in the country. I'm the top 10 player in my state. The number one player in my state was a guy by the name of Kyle Anderson. He's in the league, like, 12 years. Yeah, yeah.

Best A-U team in the state of New Jersey at the time. It was called the New Jersey players. And, you know, we traveled, you know, Kobe played for them, Tim Thomas, Vince Carter played with them, J.R. Smith, a lot of guys. So looking up to those guys and just getting that direction was great. And, you know, it taught me a foundation that ultimately I have. I still have today. So, yeah.

Do you know who was, when you were coming up, do you know who was number one in the country at that time? A guy by the name of Shabazz Muhammad. Shabazz Muhammad. He went to UCLA. Okay. Yeah, he went to UCLA, didn't even want it done. And he was a beast.

Jeez. But it's crazy because the levels of being the best in high school. And then, you know, because I'm a high school team. So I went to, before I went to Hatsukkah, I went to St. Benedict. And we were a number one in the country. And we were a number one team. in the whole country.

We had a guy by the name of Michael Bongo. He was like the number one point guard. Xavier Monter, he played for the Grizzlies too. Tristan Thompson was there. I went there. So that was cool. And then I went to, I graduated from a team called Hudson Catholic.

We had five divisional players there. And then stepping up to college was like, everybody's the best. I got a shot there. And then just really your work ethic is where it has to take. Yeah, that makes sense. We know that you didn't quite make it to hometowns, but an ideal hometown day. Ha ha ha, ha, you didn't make it.

Jesus, Joe, what is wrong with you? He's fine. He's the guy who didn't see the episode yet. He's fine. He's the next bachelor. Well, as we said, you didn't make a toe-dales, but an ideal hometown date would be seeing a show at the New Jersey Performing Art Center. Are you into theater? And if so, what's your favorite play show?

I'm not, see, I'm not into theater like that, but I do, I'm not well-versed in theater, but I do respect the art form of being able to, I respect art. So being able to take a concept, whether it's music or acting or take an idea and be able to express it in a way that it requires creativity, be a thought, is something that I respect. so I don't have a lot of plays I you know I probably would if there was a play

for the movie Avatar I probably would love to go see that but yeah I wouldn't be shocked if they turn Avatar into a Broadway musical a Broadway play at some point at some point

yeah that would be that would be great so but yeah theater is something that although I'm not well versed in it I respect the crap Serena I keep this in mind

I do really want to go to the theaters and see the new Beetle juice movie when it comes out. Okay, we heard you have an embarrassing hide-and-seek story from childhood. Would you care to share that with us? Okay, so I was playing hide-and-seek, and we were in his townhouse, and I remember I was hiding. Wait, how old are you? How old were you? I was probably like, man, right going on 10 maybe or I? Okay. Yeah, I was pretty young, and I was like hiding.

There was a space, like, behind the wall and the bedroom. I was hiding behind the air, and I was so smart. Like, they're never going to find me. And then they come around the corner and they found me, and they'd say, yeah, they surprised me. And when they surprised me, I just, I was so shocked that a string of snot just came down my nose. They were like, and I was just like, oh, I was just like hanging there. So, yeah, that was so embarrassing. I'd never, I'd never heard the end of the time.

Like that. I mean, that's better than pissing yourself. Yeah, I thought for sure. I thought you're, yeah, that's what I thought too. Yeah, like, surprising me and I like, work. I'm like, no, it was like a string just hanging there. I was like, yeah, so it was pretty embarrassed. I never envisioned being with a woman.

I'll just be honest. I'm Jamel Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcasts, Politics. 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, in which she shares why she waited two years into marriage to come out. Like when I close my eyes at night, every night, I was like, I need to find my prince charming. Like it was never a princess. Like that never entered into my mind.

But, you know, as I learned, sometimes life gives you things wrapped in a package that you didn't expect it. And that was just, you know, and honestly, it took me a long time to be okay with myself. Make sure to listen to this week's episode of Spolitics on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. 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. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Imagine that you're on an airplane and all of a sudden you hear this. Attention passengers.

The pilot is having an emergency and we need someone, anyone to land this plane. Think you could do it? It turns out that nearly 50% of men think that they could land. the plane with the help of air traffic control. And they're saying like, okay, pull this, and so this, pull that, turn this. It's just, I can do my eyes close. I'm Manny. I'm Noah.

This is Devin. And on our new show, no such thing, we get to the bottom of questions like these. Join us as we talk to the leading expert on overconfidence. Those who lack expertise lack the expertise they need to recognize that they lack expertise. And then, as we try the whole thing out for real. Wait, what? Oh, that's the run right. I'm looking at this thing.

Listen to no such thing on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, can you tell us about the tattoos you have on your chest and your left arm? Yeah, so this, my left arm is a tattoo of the wall. I actually got it when I was in Dominican Republic because, you know, I was alone out there. And I didn't have any family and, you know, out there. And it was just like I was going through a transition period where I'm playing against these grown men, you know what I'm saying?

And it's my first year. And these guys are trying to support your family. So I was, you know, and I had all these expectations on me as a number five pick. And I was having a rough time, you know, and I felt alone. So I kind of got a lone wolf on my arm. And, you know, when I look at that, it reminds me of some, that period of my life. And then this on my chest is just the scripture versus Psalms 103.

And then on the right side it says God's child. Yeah. So I got that. Well, I get more. Maybe. I might get more. You know, it's not like something that's a priority for me. I might want to finish out this left side.

But if I don't, then it's, you know, I'm not in a rush. Can you tell us about your Ferrari? Yeah. So I ended up, it probably wasn't the best decision. do, you know what I'm saying? New money and then, you know, but looking back, the one thing I will say is when you do get to a place where you make some nice money, just invest it or save it, you know, because with trading and the purchase that I made, there's going to be, there's months where

there's where it's up and down. And then you have to keep, you have to live below your meat. So that's something that I do and, you know, maintenance, you know, you're fixing something and it's like $8,000 here. It's like, it's just a lot. It's just a lot to maintain. That's one one thing I will say about my car. Yeah. Yeah.

It's a beautiful car. But it's probably fun. Yeah. Yeah. It's fun. You know what you're saying. And people judge what you drive and it's just like it's a lot of attention that is, you know, I'm kind of a low-key guy. So.

Yeah. Ferrari isn't giving low-key energy. Not anymore. bachelor, so you got to change your identity there. You shared in a previous relationship. You were possibly months away from getting engaged slash married. How did you realize that wasn't right for you? And what do you know now that you did it then?

It's not even that I realized that it wasn't right for me because I was all in. It's just that people grow apart. and if you're if both parties aren't willing to fight through the through tough times then it's not going to work so ultimately it it um it was supposed to happen that way and a lot of times when you're going through a tough situation you don't you don't um you don't see what's on the other side but ultimately things ended up for the better and i'm super proud of where she is today you know i always support it from background and like you know i want the best for her and ultimately yeah it just just, it didn't, it didn't work out the way I thought of it, but, you know, there's a,

there's a better plan ahead and a bigger picture ahead for me. Do you consider yourself a good cook? If so, what's your favorite meal to cook? I'm a decent, I'm a little above average cook, you know, so I'm, I do have some Spanish blood in me. So, like, I, you know, my grandma always just cooked steak and rice, rice and beans, and, you know, mac and cheese, grilled chicken. So I think my, broccoli, asparagus, So my favorite meal to cook is probably a nice ribby with some black beans and some steak and some sauteed broccoli with some onions

and garlic. A little bit of soup on. Is a ribbi your steak of choice? Yeah, it's probably, I love a good ribbi. You know, because it doesn't need a lot of, it doesn't need a lot of seasoning. And then you just, you just seeer that fat cap and like, it's just, yeah, it's a...

Yeah, I just recently switched over to rib eyes. I was always, I always did like a New York strip And lately, I've been getting a rabbi and I really enjoy them. Ice steak is like, it's a dream, you know? It is so good. Yeah, it steak last night. It was good. No vegetarians on this podcast right now, clearly.

We know that you love poetry and reading. What are some of your favorite books or authors? So it's going to sound so crazy. But some of my favorite books are trading books, which is such a nerd thing. Trading in the Zone, the Psychology of Money. Mark Douglas is this really good author. So it's not creative. Yep.

Yeah. Yeah, those, I love books like that because I just love to learn new things. And if I'm going, like, based on a, a, let's see, like a adventurous book or something that I read when I was a kid, that's a great question. I probably would pick,

man i'm trying to remember this book it was like a series of unfortunate events a series of unfortunate events that was like i read that book i read those books i used to love those books growing up those were fine and then they made into a movie and it's kind of dark yeah books were way better yeah books are always better you plan to visit every country in the world which ones have you been to so far and which was your all-time favorite. So I've been to a lot of the Latin countries, you know, so when I was traveling, I haven't really got to explore the way I wanted to, like, in Puerto Rico, Mexico,

Dominican Republic, Spain, Europe, you know, a lot of places I haven't really got to explore the way I wanted to because I was always playing. Yeah, I really want to go to Jamaica. I really want to go to Asia. I really want to go to different places to see all the different culture that's involved in that. You said you've been to a lot of

Latin influenced places. Is that why you're so into salsa dancing? Yeah. I'm into all types of things. Yeah? A little bit of everything. I'm not the best. What I like, I just like to express myself in that way, especially when, you know, I got a couple of drinks. Yeah. Did you see the break dancing at the Olympics? Yeah, that was hilarious. They should send you next year. you could definitely beat that girl from Australia

Right, right, right That was crazy The Olympics was crazy You see that meme The dude from Turkey just walked in Yeah No, I did it With the gun, right?

Everybody else is like Has the one Because the competition was You know, like it's a shooting competition And everybody else has like The one eye goggles And they have these these goggles on He just walks in there with glasses

And win a second Yeah, he just watched Oh yeah You haven't seen that It's all over 12 But the guy, I've been seeing the guy who likes chocolate muffins and the breakdancing chick. And that's, that's basically my entire Olympic TikTok feed. Yeah.

What, it's crazy because the breakdancing thing is like when you, when you lie on your job applications. Yeah. But now she's getting, like, sued because I guess she created the committee to decide who goes to the Olympics for breakdancing. And then, like, put her husband as one of the judges. and then auditioned herself and she like snuck her way in there. Really? It's a scandal, guys. She got exposed on that because that was the, she didn't do the best.

She's exposed. So Grant, get your way in there. And actually, I don't leave the ring, right dancing back. But maybe she assaults the dancing. Just worry about the Bachelor right now. That's all you need to worry about. All right. Before we let you go, Grant, we're going to play a quick game.

Red flag or Rose with Bachelor Grant Ellis. You ready? Ready. All right. Is it a red flag or a rose if they don't post you on their social media? That's a good question. Probably a rose, you know, sometimes, am I supposed to describe why? No, it's rapid fire.

But I would say if you're in a relationship for quite some time and she never post you on her social media, I feel like that would be somewhat of a red flag. Yeah, some after a while, when you're first entering a relationship, it's like, you know, because you never know what people, people might try to ruin your relationship or they see this, then, you know, it might be a little. So at first, yeah, keep it low, but then after a while, post me. Okay. Don't offer to pay on the first date.

Oh, that's, yeah, I don't mind. That's a rose, you know, first date is on me and dates are on me and then, you know, we'll figure something out, you know, later on. I agree. Have a really close guy friend. um wow uh these are good questions that's it i don't mind that's a that's a uh a rose if it was if you guys were super close before me as long as there was nothing there then you know but if he's just a new guy

friend coming around and want hugs and stuff i don't know i don't know how about that what if he's he's a guy what if he's a really close guy friend and they have occasional sleepovers no well that's cool cheating joe what No. All right. Text you first after the date. Text you first after the first date. Rose. That's a rose. Always love to spill the tea with you. That's a rose. You know, if my woman wants to come and talk to me, I'm not much of a gosser, but if she wants to talk about things like, hey, that don't stay with us. Serena, such a gossiper. I'm not a gossiper. I'm just a gossper with you. Still have pictures of their ex on their Instagram.

Oh, that's a red flag. Okay. Are friends with their ex? I'm not going to say if the rose or a red flag. You could, as long as there's no, you could care for them, but as long as there's no, like, communication or, you know, you could care if you could be, you could have love for them as a friend, but just don't be talking to them. Yeah, I feel like that's very, like, situational too.

Like, if it was like a two-month relationship in high school, like, we can, like, pass that. But if it was like a two-year girlfriend, like, maybe not. Hey, guys, I didn't come up with these questions, you know. Don't like holding hands in public. That's a red flag. We got it. We got to hold hands sometimes. But I understand you might need your space sometimes.

I get it. I say, I tell that to Serena all the time. She never once hold my hand in public. That is not true. I do want to hold your hand. Call their mom every time you guys argue. that's that's a red flag to me you know we just handle our problems between us you know take hours to reply to a text uh red flag

are a member of the mile high club uh that might be a road I like that. Are a natural flirt? Man. I'm not going to have to give a red flag or rose. I'm so, I don't, I'm not going to say that might be a red flag, but sometimes people just think you're flirting with them when you're not. Yeah.

That's true. Like to cuddle while they sleep. That's, that's a, that's a rose, you know. I like to come. cuddle with me. Sometimes I'm going to start cuddling and I might end up on the other side of the bed, you know, at night. So that's the move. Yeah. Ask about your past relationships. Oh, I don't mind. That's definitely, that's definitely a rose. You have to, you know, figure out about somebody's paths, you know, as long as it doesn't affect the new relationship.

Yeah, I think that's a good answer. All right. Well, Grant, we're going to let you go because that's all we got for you today. And I'm sure you're going to be on this podcast. at least minimum two more times. I'm so happy that you are The Bachelor, very excited for you. So congratulations and thank you for taking the time today. Thank you guys so much. Again, I love what you guys do. I respect that.

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