Bachelor Happy Hour - Grocery Store Brett

Episode Date: July 16, 2024

Today on “Happy Hour,” we have the highly requested Night 1 icon from Jenn’s season: Brett! We kick off today’s episode getting to know Brett on a deeper level. Then, we get into all things ��Bachelorette,” from how he got to the show to what his Night 1 experience was like. Plus, Grocery Store Joe and Brett get candid about their similar experiences leaving the show after Night 1 and what’s next for Brett. 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.

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.

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I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here with none other than grocery store, Brett. Brett, how are you? Brett, how are you? Brett is from Jen's season, so everyone knows. And he unfortunately got set home night one. And if anyone knows how that feels, it's myself.

you know so brett how you doing i'm fantastic how are you guys we're good we're good where um where do you live so i live uh currently in manheim pennsylvania so it's outside of uh lancaster lancaster city in um pennsylvania i'm originally from a very small town of fairfield pennsylvania so i want to give my hometown a shout out you know a lot of a lot of people from manhime have been claiming me as well so everyone else is all friends are like they don't think here for Fairfield. I'm like, don't worry. We'll be all right. What's with the Baltimore Ravens shirt? Are you, is that your team? Would that make sense? Yeah, so I'm a Baltimore, a Baltimore fandom guy. So I'm a huge Ravens fan, huge Orioles fan.

My dad is from Baltimore. So where I grew up was about an hour, hour from there. So my dad's from Baltimore. My mom's from a small Pittsburgh farm town. So there was a good clash there between the Ravens and Steelers growing up. So I've got a good mixture there. What would be the other option? What's the closest other NFL team? I could, would it be a New York team? D.C.'s close and Philly's closer, but I would never stoop that well.

Okay. Wow. Yeah. I'm sorry, Philadelphia. I don't mean that. They're pretty intense. So don't come in there. It's all right.

I don't think any of those people listen to Bachelor Happy Hour. How did you get on the show? So my friend, he's my best friend since I was three years old, him and his wife are huge fans of the show and one day, we're in our group chat and he texts me. He's like, hey, man, I need your email. And I thought that was pretty normal. So I sent it to him. And he's like, I need a good picture. And I'm like, no, I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what you're up to. And he's like, it's fine. I found one anyway. I just submitted you on The Bachelorette. And I'm like, I was like, man, what are you doing that for? He's like, I thought it'd be funny,

whatever. I'm like, nothing's going to happen. We're fine. And then it happened. Wow. Nice. That is. I feel like how it goes. You always just think, well, actually, that's not true. There are some people that got on that were like, oh, yeah, I was very confident or like I always felt like I was like meant to be on the show. But like, there's so many people that are like, oh, yeah, I submitted my education. I never thought I'd hear back. And here we are now. I was on the show. Yeah, I was never, it wasn't like on my calendar every day, like check on the Bachelorette updates and get on the show, but it happens.

So when you got the call, were you like, oh my gosh, what's happening? Yeah, I was like, at first, I was like, I kind of called me off guard because it was a while since that, you know, it was submitted. And then I kind of remembered. I was like, oh, my God, I forgot he submitted me. I was like, yeah, I mean, let's see how far this goes. You know, it'll make a lot of people happy for sure. So it was surprising. at first but I'm like hey you know what you know not a lot of people get this text in general this call in general um so it would be uh it would be rooted me to waste that I I agree if it's one of those things where it's like you don't think it's going to happen and then it's like it presents

itself to you it's kind of like yeah might as well might as well give this a shot if you're if you're single what uh what was your dating life like before going on I would say rather stagnant um you know I'm definitely someone who doesn't rush into things things. I definitely take my time, you know, trying to find a right person. I probably don't give as many opportunities as I should. But, you know, I take I take the love life seriously and I take other people's love life seriously if I feel like it's not going to happen. I try not to lead somebody on. You know, I'm very awkward at getting out of, you know, relationships or things like that in general. That's hard for me to do. So I kind of, it was stagnant is a good

word for it. What are you like a dating app guy just going to the bars with your friends and meeting women that way? What would you do? It was a good mixture. I was on the dating apps and everything. So, you know, probably, you know, put my personality in in person is a little easier for me than trying to describe it over text. You know, I think I'm an intricate guy. So it's a little easier in person, but I did do both. And then are you like a relationship guy? I'm assuming you're not a love version. Like

Sam, what's your like relationship history there? Yeah, I'm a relationship guy. I prefer to have it that way. I'm not really too interested in something that doesn't mean anything. It's kind of hard for me to be in. So, you know, I'm a relationship guy through and through.

I'm not a love person. So going on a show, like The Bachelor at for myself, I never picture, in my wildest dreams, I would, I would never do something like that, right? I was, I was approached to the Whole Foods and, and I kind of just went with it similar to you. I can't believe you were not only, like, labeled grocery store Joe, but to get on the show, you were scouted in a grocery store. Like, that is so insane. I know, wild, wild. But I just, in my head, I was just like, I'm not one of those guys. I can never do something like that.

I'm definitely more on the shy side of things. Like, this is just, it's just not me, right? Yeah. And then, you know, as I'm going through the process of potentially going on the show, like, maybe I could do this. I don't know. I'm just going to be myself. But going into night one, I was like, the only thing I don't want to happen is I don't want to go home right away. I just, I feel like that's what everyone tells us.

I just, as long as I don't go home night one, like, it's fine. Yeah. I mean, yeah, because you just, you just don't, I mean, it's, it's like the worst thing that could happen night one is you go home. Like, you prep for this show, you're ready. And then it's, it's also like, it's a, it's a shot to the ego. It's just, it just overall, it sucks. Chows out over it. But, yeah, it ended up going, ended up going very well for me.

But what was your hesitation or fears going into it? Did you have any? Yeah, I mean, I was kind of in the same boat. I didn't see myself doing it. I don't see myself as that kind of person. I almost I almost didn't. I was like right on the verge of like, I just don't know if that's who I am. You know, and I think a couple people, I was like, I just think it would mean a lot to a bunch of people.

You know, being from a small town in general, like we don't have much to talk about. We don't have like anybody to point to and be like that guy came from my town. not to say that I'm special or anything now just because I want on the show. But, I mean, it was cool for some people to have something to talk about. I'm like, I'm single anyway. Nothing's happening now. And I just, I think I took a little talking to like if it, I mean, I, you know, when said, like, this is an opportunity that not a lot of people get.

And I was like, I was just worried to think the same as you. Like, I didn't want to, I didn't want to go on and be someone that I wasn't. I didn't want to have my parents watch, my friends watch, and be like, who the hell is that guy? And that was my biggest worry. Like, I didn't want to look back and be like, man, I was trying way too hard. I was trying to put on for something else that I wasn't. That was my biggest fear. But going on, I mean, I'm glad that I did.

You know, it was definitely something. I always talk about how I want to push myself into, like, uncomfortable situations to kind of grow. And this was the first time where I'm like, all right, well, you say that. And now you have this opportunity to do it. You better go do it and be someone that you're trying to be uncomfortable. You have the chance now. So I'm glad I'm. Yeah.

I mean, I think the same way. Like if I'm like, I'm a little scared to do this or I'm uncomfortable, that's kind of like the sign of like, no, I got to do it. Now I have to do it if I want to grow and experience something new. What's your, what's your David Goggins catchphrase again? Stay hard. No, get comfortable. Oh, that's not David Gagins. Who is that?

I forgot who that is, but you have to make yourself comfortable and uncomfortable situations. Yeah. That's why I tell myself every time I'm in a, in a cold plunge. 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 very. 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 to 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 never envision being with a woman. I'll just be honest.

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It's time for skills to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at tetherpaperceiling.org. Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. Okay, so, but like, in your head, going home night one, was it, did you even, did you even think about it or was just something like, oh, it could happen, but I'm not going to give it too much thought? I joked about it, you know, like, obviously leaving, you know, for work, we kind of were like, you know, prepared. to not have me at work and you know we joked a lot and like i was like guys you could see me you know in a couple days and it was something i was prepared for um you know like it's there's 25 guys in there who all are in the same boat you are like they were hand selected too

and it's um you know they have just as much as the shot it's you know i was prepared for it uh did i did i don't know if i you know yeah i was ready i i i was ready i i i whatever in my head, and I told everybody, like, this is going to shake out how it's going to shake out. If I'm, if I'm on there for a long time, I'm on there for a long time. If I'm gone in one night, I'm gone in one night, I have a life back home that I can't wait to return to either way. I've got good friends, good family, good coworkers. And, you know, I was prepared for anything. Yeah, I guess I'm the only guy that could kind of just keep, keep, like, rubbing salt in the wound and keep asking you about going home that long because it happened to me.

So it's like I could just keep going. But no, I mean, yes, that all makes sense. What do you do for a living? I'm an environmental health and safety manager and dabble in the HR world. So a lot of regulatory stuff, safety and a lot of that good stuff. Are you passionate about the environment? Is that why you got into that? Yeah.

So, like, I don't deal a whole heck of a lot with the environmental side of things. I do, but I do enjoy, you know, being out in nature. I grew up, like, in the mountains. That stuff is important to me. You know, I'm an animal lover. You know, a lot of, like, taking care of the environment is something I think we should all do because we live in it. But I do, you know, I enjoy going out on hikes and getting out as many parks and stuff like that is something. So there is, that is something special to me.

Like, I'm never going to dump toxic waste into something because, you know, I'm like, well, that could end up anywhere and hurts the environment and somebody else. So I am that part I am. Yeah. And also, you probably shouldn't have toxic. waste just laying around you know i don't have any so that's good that i that accused me from dumping it somewhere but uh so how did your night one conversation go with jen then because you come out of the limo you have your interaction there with her and then i'm assuming you did you get to talk to her inside yeah yeah and then we see you have your whole truth or dare moment like overall how was the

night um i i i enjoy the night um you know i obviously it's a lot of people as you guys know and you get a limited interaction in general. So you don't get a lot of time to show your personality. And so you kind of got to make do with what you get. I enjoyed the night overall, though. It was a positive experience. There's a lot of good guys in there. Obviously, Jen being the Bachelorette, she's a great girl.

I'm excited to see how it shakes out farther, you know, obviously since I went home night one. But I enjoyed the night. I would relive it. I would do it again. I don't have any regress about it. I'm happy with how it went. I had fun. I was tired.

But, you know, the split kind of woke me up a little bit. That was my dear dive moment. I'm like, I mean, I was like, it's the end of the night, probably. And I can live with ripped pants if I have to. And thank God they didn't. But I'm like, someone will get me a pair of shorts or they won't, you know? So, yeah, it was a good night over there. Did you have a conversation with Jen?

Did you have one-on-one time with her after the limo? Yes. Yes, I did. Yep. And how did that conversation go? I thought it was okay. Yeah, I thought it was okay. I don't think there were, you know, like it was jumping off the screen and anybody, you know, I don't think there were sparks flying.

She obviously had better connections with other guys. I think it was a good conversation. But like, you know, if you watched it and you saw us at a bar having that conversation, I don't think you'd be like, whoa, those two. Those two got it, you know. So I don't think it was anything to write home about. Did you talk? Because I remember, I remember getting in the house. And like, I truly blacked out when I got, when I stepped out of the limo and had that

first conversation with Becca where I essentially just mumbled. But I, and then I remember, like, starting to, like, talks to the other guys in the house and feeling it out and just like certain guys were like, oh, I, like, I think she's into me or mine went great and yada, yada, yada. Were you doing any of that? Were those conversations happening? the conversations were happening but i definitely wasn't bragging about myself in those ones um i thought it was a good conversation from the start i think we all kind of realized like i wasn't nervous

going into it um i just the whole time i'm like i you know i was it was going it's going to shake out how it shakes out um and then when you finally kind of come around the bend there and you see her and he's waiting for you and you're like okay well now i'm with her one-on-one in the cameras like now it's go time whatever i say is now it's going to be used here um you know like uh that's where it finally was like you could hear to my voice um the shakiness a little bit um so i think that's where that nervousness set in so again i wasn't really in there saying like man you guys are done for i got this in the bag um i would but i thought it was a good a good uh first impression and going into the house what do you think it is

about you that has like captivated bachelor nation because obviously we see a group of people go home night one every season and once in a while there's someone that really stands out to the audience what do you think it was uh i mean i couldn't tell you i'm surprised as everybody else is um i know for my friends and family it was like and it was refreshing to hear them say that they're like there wasn't a difference between me on camera on tv between me in person and i i want to to stand by that i wasn't just didn't want to look back and be like ah that guy sucks that's not me you know i i think i was as authentic um and i wanted to be that way like we're real people as you guys know like just because there's cameras on doesn't mean there's not real emotions and real thoughts

going through our head um i think that might be it is that i was just real i i wasn't you know i was going to go be respectful with everybody i was going to treat everybody how i wanted to treat it I wasn't going to disrespect somebody to elevate myself. And I was just going to go try and lighten things up, crack some jokes, and have some fun. When episode one aired, who were you watching it with? Just my friend Kevin and his fiancé Alex. So we were just chilling on the couch watching. My mom, she wasn't going to travel anywhere to go watch it.

But she was pretty excited to watch it. I know she was talking about heading down to the bar with her friends and everything. But, you know, she's been living it up. for sure but just my friends so were you guys paying attention to Twitter and in social media as as you were on it and and when you did get eliminated yeah they they were pretty locked in why don't want to include my friend Kevin he'll he doesn't look at social media at all he'll be mad if i can say that either so Alex his fiance she was clued in like oh my god look at this look at this look at this and uh every every tweet or instagram that came across we saw all of a

So what do your family and friends think of all this then? They're excited. They're excited. You know, my mom said she's proud of me. So I'm like, well, that's good. You know, I think I represented myself in a manner that I could be proud of and everybody else could point to and say that's a good. That's my biggest thing.

Like I'm just like I said, small town. I wanted people in our limited interactions in the outside world to be able to point at me and be like, that's our guy. he represents our town. And I try to do the best I can. So they're pretty excited about all of this. They keep me up to date on everything for sure. 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, 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 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, 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 IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

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Um, I am trying to stay as grounded as possible. I'm, you know, I, I'm still just living my normal life, being a normal guy. Now I get recognized more often, which is hilarious to everybody. Like the fact that people, like one night, I was, I was out in Lancaster City. And some girl was like, I was heading home. She's like, oh, my God, it's you. It's you. She's like, I get a picture.

I'm like, yeah, sure. And it's just, it's hard for me to wrap my head around that because like no more than 30 minutes later, I was drunkenly eating cold barbecue chicken wings. like shirtless in my kitchen with sauce all over my face. And I'm like, that's the person that I know I am. So it's hard for me to wrap my round at around someone wanting to like get a picture with me. But my head's just like, I'm going to take everything in stride. And I'm not going to put too much time into thinking about what could happen when it hasn't really, you know, unless it presents itself.

So I'm just trying to stay grounded and not sure. Well, they have announced that Bathroom Paradise is going to be coming back next year, 2025. if the opportunity presented itself, would you consider it if you were still single? I honestly have never watched it, but I've been filled in because all my friends are telling me, like, you've got to go, man, you got to go. And I heard that it's on a beach

and you get to wear swim trunks and drink beer. Those are some good things. So those check all the boxes. If the opportunity to present itself, it's definitely something I would lean towards. I would, if I was still single, I would, I would listen and hear out the opportunity, and it would have to feel right. You know, it wouldn't, it's not something that I would say yes to right away or no to right away. It would just, it would really have to feel right to me, kind of like how I was with a bachelorette.

I was so up and down on it. It would have to be the situation where I'm like, yeah, hey, I feel, I feel good about it. Let's go. It's, and I don't think you, you, I don't think you had the same issue as myself. because I was I was really nervous night one like to where it was like I actually couldn't have conversations. But I will say like the atmosphere in paradise for myself. And I even think for you, it's just like it is a it's a much more chill environment. Like truly it is like you can drink beer.

You wear a bathing suit all day and you're kind of chilling. And honestly, the odds are better because there's more women than just one, you know. So, I mean, if you're single and the opportunity presents itself, I would like to see you on it. But maybe you won't be single. Like, are you checking your DMs? What's going on in that way? I have really tried to disassociate from the DMs. I am checking them here and there.

There's a lot of them. Some people are awfully aggressive, you know, and straightforward. So more power to those ladies. but I don't know that I'm going to meet my wife in a DM or not but so I haven't put too much stock in the DMs I'm trying to keep the phone away from me here and there do you know who Maria is from last season I do yep yep all right well I'm just saying I'm just going to throw this out there

we were with her this past weekend and she did say you're her type so I am just going to throw that out there that's all I know It's a good thing. That is a good thing. Personally, I accept that as a huge compliment. That is a big thing for a win for me. Yeah. That's a good one. That's a good one. All right, Brett. Anything else you want the people to know about you or something that, you know, obviously your time on the show was short. So anything that people, you know, they didn't see. Any other aerobics you could do? We know you could do the split.

You know, hey, I was, I just want to, you know, I can do the split. I can do a cartwheel. I can't do a backflip yet. So we're going to work on that. I might, that will probably put me in the hospital. You know, I was a football player, wrestler growing up. So that's where all that stuff comes from. But, you know, I sadly didn't get to, like, wrestle anybody either.

I miss an out on that opportunity. But now, no more. I'll have to figure out some more tricks here and there, but nothing yet. Nice. All right. We're going to jump it. We're going to play a quick game rapid fire first thing that comes to your head. And then we'll let you go on with your day.

Okay, cool. Let's do it. All right. This is just an easy fun, gets no bright game. So starting off strong, what is your Sunday coffee order? So I will normally drink black coffee throughout the week. But when I get to Saturday and Sunday, I call it my bougie coffee Saturday. And I get a little, I get a little crazy.

It's not even crazy, but I'll do like, a cold phone cold brew or an Americana it just hits the spot and I feel like I'll go to the gym I'll grab one of those on my way back and I'll listen to music and scream at the top of my lungs sip on a coffee it's so probably like a cold cold brew a cold brew I have a cold brew every day but I will I will switch it up on the weekends I do get that you do that exact same thing yeah I feel a little adventurous you'll sometimes get a pumpkin spice latte yeah well hey I'm not I'm not who doesn't they're fantastic they're so good i'll put on a little scarf and everything what is your love language uh uh i'm i'm not too in tune with them um but i i guess uh it's probably not

one but a sense of humor is a big deal for me so i don't think that's one of the love language that's that's that great answer i love that you don't know because i don't know either And every other guy we've had out from the show, they know and they know immediately. Yeah, I, yeah. Early riser or night owl? I'm an early riser. Data gaps, yay or nay? Uh, yay.

If you could be any animal, what would it be? I'm a grizzly bear through and through. Who was your first concert? Oh, my first concert. Oh. I think my first. first concert, everyone went and seen, and I don't want this to be a representation of my music taste, but it was Luke Brian. He was up there gyrating his hips and everything. How do you like

your pizza? Uh, I am going to be controversial, and I'm not saying it's my favorite, but I do like a Hawaiian pizza. How do you feel about kissing on a first date? Uh, negative. Negative. I like to wait. Yeah, I mean, I don't want to embarrass myself my one anyway, so it just gives me a little chance to, you know, maybe if I mess up the kids, you're like, well, you know, he was a good guy and he was funny. Maybe we'll go out for a third. You're a slow burn guy. Yeah, yeah, I damn. I am. Where have you never been, but you're dying to go? Ireland. Yeah, I like to go. What is your signature cocktail? Uh, I like, I like whiskey with a dash of ice and then. Actually, a lot of Any advice for anyone who's going on The Bachelor of the Bachelor in the future?

Yeah. Don't go home night one. And two, just go in with an open mind. Go have fun, be yourself. And I kind of said it going in like it's supposed to be fun. It's not supposed to be sure loves on the line and your people and you could go on there and you could embarrass yourself. But if you do, you're going to be okay. Go and have fun, have an open mind. And don't. put too much pressure. That's great advice. And then before we let you go, we know there's been a lot of buzz around the ending for Jen season. So we don't know if you know how the season ends or not, but could you give us a teaser

for the rest of the season from what you've maybe heard? I'm sure you're still talking to some of the guys. I'm sure you made some friendships. What would you tease? I don't have any teasers. I hate to be a letdown. I don't know. I'm excited to see how it shakes out.

you know, like I'm rooting for a lot of the guys. Right. Do you not know anything that goes down? No, I just, I don't want to put anybody any pressure on anybody, you know, I don't, because like if I was still on, I wouldn't want people trying to get stuff out of me. I'm excited for them. Like, there's a lot of authentic guys. I think there's a lot of personalities that won't mix for sure.

So I'm excited to see how that goes down. I'm rooting for all of them. I love that. I love that you have no idea. Yeah, I've tried to stay in the bar. Not really. When you go home night one, you're just kind of like, all right, that was it. Yeah, I guess so.

I feel like girls are more Gabby about it. Yeah. Yeah, like I kept to myself, you know, like, I'll watch you on TV if I want to find out. Do you still talk to any of the guys or have you heard from any of them since last week? Yeah, just a couple, you know, letting them know, I'm rooting them on. You know, however it shakes out, you know, however they look on screen. Like, you know, I was like, hey, I'm rooting for you the way. I'm still here for you.

Nice. Well, Brett, thank you. Thank you so much for taking the time and coming on Bachelor Happy Hour. I, for one, hope this is not the last time. We will see you on our screens. And to all our listeners, thank you guys for tuning in. And we will have more recaps and exclusive interviews just like this one. So don't forget to subscribe.

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