Bachelor Happy Hour - Harvard Grad Bennett Stops By

Episode Date: October 28, 2020

He’s one of the most memorable men on Clare’s season, and now Harvard graduate and finance mogul Bennett is talking to Rachel and Becca. Bennett reveals how he ended up on “The Bachelorette.” Bennett also discusses why he roasted Dale so hard on last night’s episode of the show. “Bachelor Happy Hour” has exclusive interviews each and every week. Watch “The Bachelorette” on ABC and listen to “Bachelor Happy Hour” the next morning. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe so you never miss an episode. Thanks to our sponsors: Noom: Noom.com/BHH Coors Seltzer: CoorsSeltzer.com See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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What's up, Bachelor Happy Hour listeners? You know what today is. It's Wednesday. And you know what that means. Wednesdays have a new meaning. This go around with the Bachelorette season. But like very fitting. Very fitting for 2020.

So it's Wednesday. And that means that another Bachelorette episode aired last night. and that means we owe you a recap and something that you can't get on other podcasts, but you can't get here on Bachelor Happy Hour, another guest. Not a guest you've heard from before, a new guest, a new contestant from this Bachelorette season. So you guys, don't worry because we have both of those coming up for you very shortly. We're going to kick off this podcast, of course, with a recap of last night's episode of The Bachelorette. And then we'll have a very, very special guest joining us.

somebody that I think you guys are really, really going to want to hear from for multiple reasons, right? But this is a first for us, Becca, because a first because we've never talked to this person before, but also a first because it's the first ever Harvard graduate coming on the podcast. Yes, Rachel, I'm so happy you dropped the age bomb because if there's one thing we know about Bennett, and I think it's at this point, probably the only thing we know about Bennett is it's that he went to Harvard. And side note, did I ever tell you that I used to date a guy? from Harvard? What happened? Back? You know? Answer your question. No, you did it.

So, like, I have a soft spot in my heart for bedded because, yeah, he, uh, years ago before I went on, on Ari's season, I call him, what is it called? Like, the one that got away, like the white rhino. It's like the one that got away. Really? Probably should not even be admitting that on here. But, um, yeah. Well, if you're listening, Harvard, you know? No, he's in a very happy relationship. And I truly want the best for him. So it all worked out. But yeah, back to Bennett, my other Harvard man in the life. I'm so excited to have him on not only to get his thoughts on last night's episode, but I really want to quiz him a little bit. You know, he went to Harvard. I'm hoping he's

good at tests, but we will see. So we'll wait for the quiz at the end. We know he knows a lot about finance, obviously face masks. Also, what did he call his home? Shet? Chateau-de-Bennett, is that where he's living at La Quinta? I can't. It's almost like it's ruined when you say Chateau-day Lakinta. It's just like ruins the whole thing. You know what I want to ask Bennett? How the hell did you get on this show?

Like, why are you here? That's like the number one question. That's like at the top of the episode. Before we, we always kick it off with like, how are you doing? How are you hanging in like during quarantine? But I just think we need to know like how the hell he. got on the Bachelorette. I'm very intrigued to know. The why. The why behind the Bennett, yes. So, you know, he knows a lot about some things, but we do have to give him a lesson to see how well he

knows her bachelor's, Claire Crawley. So we have that coming up, but before all that, we have to dig into last night's episode. And, you know, at this point, Rachel, I just have to start this recap with, is it Claire season or is it Dale's season? it's both of their seasons you know i mean it's uh it's the clare and dell show and i can't even imagine what it was like to be there and live it because we're watching it and i know we're watching it in a way that the men who were living there didn't get to see it but it's so painfully obvious so yeah we're watching the clarendell show yeah uh you know i mean aside from dale we start the episode with Claire and Yosef, obviously last week before this episode aired, we saw Yosef bashing on the

dodgeball date and the stripping of it. And, you know, in our minds, we're like, why does he care? He's not on this date. Like, the men could have said no if they didn't want to do this. Whatever. What were your thoughts on the, I just want to ask your thoughts on the way you thought Yosef handled the interaction? if you guys could see my face let me let me just think for a second because the only notes I took were during the top of this episode

with Yosef okay Yosef is his entire speech I just people a lot of my friends like to say that I'm the type of person where when something's going down whether it be it myself or my friend I'm that person who's like, I'm sorry, excuse me.

Do we have a problem? Like what most people run away from confrontation, I love it. Okay, I love to like approach the situation head on. I would love to have been Claire in this moment. Oh, gosh. Love to have, but you know what, but Claire didn't need me because Claire definitely handled it on her own. I love that about her. But anyways, okay, Yosef, when he said, I know that, you know, we're supposed to be here for you

and you said that, but you're here for us. I know everything I need to know about Yosef in that statement. What a self-centered, selfish asshole he is. I mean, he's controlling, he's dominating, he's manipulative. He is truly a scary man. Like there were so many red flag. It's problematic. Like, was it good TV?

Yes. Have we been building up to this for two episodes to finally get to this moment? Yes. But in my mind, I kept thinking how. problematic his behavior is and it's actually quite scary more than it is entertaining. Claire was trying to relate to him

and he was talking about how he feels and he was saying his daughter and how he sacrificed his time and she was like, yeah, I know. She said, my mother is dying and he shushed her. Ladies, this is, like this is a prototype of what you need to run away from.

There are so, you could literally take Yusuf. Yosef, I'm not, I don't even give a fuck about pronouncing his name. You could literally take him as a prototype of what not to look for in a man. He shushed her. He didn't say, I'm so sorry about that. And I definitely want to keep talking to you about that. But, you know, I just want to continue because I don't want to lose my thought. But I obviously want to talk to you about your mother because I can only imagine how hard that is. Didn't say that. Shushed her so he could speak because he said, I'm talking. Claire held

her composure. Totally shocked by that. Didn't respond to her mom. Go ahead. Go ahead. Oh, no, I was just going to say everything you're saying that, like the one note I took was when she made that comment about her mom. And he goes, I'm speaking right now. And I was like, you do realize you're on the show called The Bachelorette and she is the Bachelorette and you truly are here for her. And when a woman is talking about anyone who's dying or ill or sick or tried to relate to you, do not shush them. Oh, it was so bad. This man doesn't know how to relate to people. He doesn't know how to empathize.

I don't want to touch on the relationship he has with his daughter, but my gosh, like, he has such problematic behavior. I swear, if you live in Yosef's town, stay towning. You need to be putting up pictures of him everywhere that says, beware of the dog. Dangerous dog in town. This man is dangerous. And what really got me is not just how he was talking to her to her face. when she got up and she told him to get out and you could tell she was just she was grimacing

she was trying to be classy about the situation but she was seething he still continued to talk to her while she was walking away he was following her this was truly alarming to me so alarming I mean it's it I never seen anything like it on the show we thought Luke P was bad

my God well and the part that I can't fathom is like he was getting that angry on something he was not even part of. Like he wasn't even on that date. He did not witness it. He did not see the interactions between clear and the men. So for him to get that mad over something he wasn't even involved in that wasn't affecting him baffles me because then I think what if he was part of something like that? Like how angry would he actually be if he took part in it? Like it's just, it's very scary,

very scary behavior. Thank God she sent his ass packing. Like, and I'm glad that the guys all heard it go down to where they could have her back. And of course, Dale's as the night and shining armor for her. What? You know what my notes say? Where the fuck did Dale come from? I literally wrote that in my notes. Out of nowhere, I put my head down for something. And I look up and then there's Dell. And I was like, okay. You know, there were, I didn't like it. I got to be honest. Obviously, they sent in Dell. She was really distraught. She was upset, rightfully so. He said some really terrible things to her and they wanted her to feel good about herself and they wanted her to feel comforted and they knew how she felt about Del. I get it. But just being there, like when

I'm thinking, when I'm thinking about this from the other men and their perspective, they were there to comfort her. You know, they saw it. They took up for her. One guy was like, man, like, I'm about to, like, he looked like he was going to fight Yosef. Really wish they would have let that happen like that's like somebody like yoseph needs their ass beat just like one good time so you know you don't need to continue talking about that let me just put you in your place one good time but no i i i thought that there were so many men there that also wanted to do that for her and i i think it would have been just as great for her to feel that it's not just one man that wants to be here for you there's several men that want to have your back and let you know your worth yeah missed

opportunity and and that's like it was the beginning of me just feeling really bad for the rest of the men this entire episode, to be honest. And I wonder, and I even was thinking when I was watching Dale walk in, I was like, I wonder if they would have sent another man in. Would she have formed a somewhat strong connection with this other man? Like, it just, but yeah, like I said, the beginning,

the beginning of the Dale show took place that in there. So basically what we see come next is Deanna comes in the next day, has a girl chat with Claire. Deanna who, what, she was, did she say Bachelor at 12 years ago, 13 years ago? I didn't get the number, but it's definitely more than, you know, 10 years. But I think it was good. I think she needed some girl time to just clear her head after all of the Yosef drama from the night before.

But of course, gosh, is about Dale and makes a comment when you know, you know. And Deanna backtrip, because I think when Deanna met her husband, she said the same thing. So, I mean, the show isn't even trying to cover up, like, how starting to feel. How can you? There's no, I just, at this point, I'm just watching it all this go down and I'm like, oh, man. The woman has his pants, okay? Like, another lost opportunity. How did Claire get his pants?

Did she get them, did they take them off in front of her? At the dodge ball date. At the dodge ball day. He wasn't on the dodgeball day. How did Claire get the pants? But they had a bow on them too. That's what got me is. They still had a bow.

And these two women are smelling his pants. Because he's probably sprayed him with cologne. I think I've told you this before that Brian gave me when we went to the Ellen show, he gave me his Ellen underwear and sprayed them with his cologne and wrapped them up as a present. It was a deleted scene. They didn't show it. Thank God, because people really would have been talking about Brian. I still have those Ellen underwear.

underwear. I loved it. And I would keep them with me when we traveled because I could smell Brian. So I get it, Claire, but I'm more mad that we don't have the story behind the pants. Did he spend the night with you? Did he strip down in front of you, Claire? We need to know. We need the answers. What I thought was funny in this moment, though, too, was that she's talking about Dell and the men are waiting for her to go on a group day. And they're all talking about, like, you know, she knows what she wants. Like, she knows what she wants. And I'm like, you guys, Claire wants you to go home.

Like, that's really what she wants. And it's sad to see the juxtaposition of him hopeful about what could possibly be. And then she got rid of a Yosef. So it's like, now she can concentrate on the men that are here. And it's like, no, she's just concentrating on the man. The one person. Yeah. It was so funny to me.

And it's so sad because going into this group date, I mean, obviously the day date didn't happen because she's with Deanna talking about. Dale the entire time. Let me just, for anyone listening, like the show, especially when you're a contestant, is so much stop and go. There is so much waiting around to begin with. Like, you are constantly just waiting. There's already enough waiting. And the fact that they had to wait, I think they mentioned like three or four extra hours, thinking that they were going to go on this date and just sitting there. I would have honestly, I would have done one of two things. I would have lost my mind and probably, like, gone berserco, or I would have just fallen asleep and been

like, well, wake me up whenever in 17 hours when this day is actually happening. It's so sad to make them wait. And, you know, I feel like I'm at this point where, like, I'm trying to see both sides. Like, kudos to Claire for knowing what she wants and, you know, like, trying to figure out what's best for her heart. But also, too, there still are 20 plus men who are waiting to get to know you and waiting for conversations and to have this time. And I'm just feeling so bad for them. Yeah, it must have sucked to been on this, like to been a dude, unless you were Dale, right? For you, for you, Dale, it was fantastic. You know, like you and Claire, it was popping. It was great. But if you were the other man, it must have sucked. You knew you weren't wanted. You didn't get to

travel. You know, you're getting COVID tested every few days. You don't even get to live in the mansion you don't get to run around and do things like you normally would it's almost like you're you were trapped like the bachelor bubble is something we used to talk about as like a metaphor but now it's it's an actual thing that's all i kept thinking geez it really must suck to be on this season i hope all these men you know whoever clare doesn't choose i hope you go to paradise so you can get some type of experience as to what the show is about or just reapply just come like some sort of conversation with a person of the opposite sex because I feel like these men at this point aren't really getting it with Claire and it's so sad because they wait, wait, wait all day

and then what happens at night? They go to this cocktail party and who does she spend the entire night with Dale? Like it's just and yes. It's a fact, oh my God, I was cringing when Easy walks to her room and Dale was already in there and he just is trying to have a conversation and she had, like, oh, at that point, I'm like, it's done. It's over. Now, this is what I want to talk about. Honestly, you guys, this was the most entertaining part to me, more than Yosef. And you know why? Because we had seen it teased for weeks and weeks and weeks.

Okay, he's an asshole. Great. We got him out of here. This part with Del, not the time he spent with her, the BS that he spit out to the guys, and then that Claire didn't get to see. this to me was the most entertaining thing because it's something we haven't we don't really know about right like we haven't this isn't a rumor that's been out there this isn't hasn't really been teased that much so clear i'm clear that's what i was about to call you becca what were your thoughts with the way dale handled this entire group day start to finish so i'm not going to lie he really started to rub me the wrong way and i want to

say this, I think the way that he handled himself with the men when they confronted him after the time when he's like, oh, I went to the bathroom and then I didn't know where she was and like the BS that he's spinning. It felt very, very juvenile and immature to me. Like, and that's why I think it was easy or Riley that called him out. And they're like, dude, if you just want to spend time with her, just say that. We get why you're here. Like, don't beat her on the bush and dance her on the fact that like you went to the bathroom and you didn't know, but like you just spent 45 minutes with her. I just, it felt very immature to me, which I wasn't expecting from him to be honest, because I feel like he's been so hyped up this entire time. If you were Claire

and you've seen this episode, because at this point you have, right? It's Claire didn't get to see this in person. If you're clear, if you chose Dell, let's do hypothetically speaking, you chose Dow and you saw this thing. Would you be concerned after this? Yes, I would. And I, and if I was in that position, I would hope that she's had these conversations with him. But yeah, I think the part that would rub me the wrong way, because I'm all about friendships and maintaining a certain level of respect and honesty. And to see how he was with the other men would completely rub me the wrong way. And I would have questions because it's like, I want somebody who respects the people he's around, who gets along with them, who can maintain friendships. And it just,

it felt so off. Like, it felt like he was trying to please Claire and the guys. And it just, Just like, I understand he was put in an awkward position. No, he wasn't. He was not. He put himself in that position. What awkward position was he put in? Unless they, unless he really did think he was going to the bathroom and then walked in. But let's be honest, he walked in and was like, can I talk to her?

So obviously you were seeking her out. Here's the thing, Del. I, you know, I got to call bullshit when I see it. And that's exactly what that was. And it wouldn't have been bad if you hadn't given that speech at the beginning, which also was so unnecessary. Just pull her first. Like you said back, he was trying to be down with the guys, but then also try to spend his time with Claire. You all know what this game is at this point.

You're all trying to establish a relationship and end up with Claire at the end of this. Just pull her to the side. All that fluff and that talk, which I was with Riley on this one, the speech, the group hugged, that cheesy, like get that cheesy. stuff out of here. Like, that's so freaking corny to me. I'm sorry. I got a call. I got to call Del out on this one. I was so Riley. Like, that was so corny. And then you spend your time, who cares if you spent, if you spent 45 minutes with her. But with them, I'm not mad that Dell spent 45 minutes. It's the speech that he gave at the beginning and then coming back and then trying to say he was dazed and confused as he was like discombobulated. Oh, I was

I didn't know what was going on and I just walked in the room and then interrupted somebody's date. Who was that guy, by the way? Don't know who he was. That's my first time ever seeing him on the season. But the fact that he allowed Dell to interrupt him and just was like, yeah, man.

And then came back and whined about it in the group. No, that dude has to go home. Like that's, that was not okay. I don't even know his name. So I can't even help you out here. That dude. That dude. That's what we'll call him.

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hope I know, I would know everyone's names, and I don't. I know Dale, I know easy because we had him on the podcast. I know Bennett and Blake. Like, there's only a handful that I know at this point, because I feel like it's, like I said, it's turning into the Dale show. Like, that's all we hear about. All right. One last thing I want to say about Dale and this whole cocktail party that went down. We see him go back and basically have this conversation with all the dudes. And he says that he's the best man suited.

Now, I was watching his back just kind of confused. Like, obviously, it's no surprise. I think he knew he's a frontrunner. I think to any of the guys watching his interactions with Claire, they know he's a frontrunner. But that the wording he chose, I just, again, it rubbed me the wrong way. Like, I didn't know why he chose to say that unless it's like something that he heard in an interview. What were your thoughts on that conversation, that comment, I guess? It's confusing because Del has given a lot of toast and he's addressed the group.

So we've seen him speak and he is very careful with his words and he doesn't really stammer over what it is that he's saying. So it's odd that when he gets called out, you see him kind of fumbling with his words, which makes me feel like he's BSing, to be honest with you. The fact that when he said he flat out before Jason, who side note, loving this episode, before Jason called him out and was like, wait, wait, no, go ahead, finish your sentence. He was flat out saying, I'm the best man. He wasn't. It was when Jason called him out that then he couldn't find, gather his.

words together so he meant what he said he felt he was the best man suited I mean it tells filling himself and to be honest why is why wouldn't he with all the time and attention that Claire's giving him he knows he has it's in the bag yeah but he I will say this he is now starting to walk

the fine line between you know going all in in his relationship with Claire and knowing that he is a front runner and then really aggravating the guys on the other side so it's just like this weird awkward tension like I think he's trying to play the game

that he is concerned about the men but by his actions he's not I mean he's there for Claire he's there to you know navigate that relationship but then trying to play the other side and the reason it's not working is because you really don't care about the other side I guess we'll just have to see how it plays out

but on to the next date we see the one-on-one spa date with Zach Jay overall the entire day clearly was awkward he was very much into Claire feeling her she obviously was not because she's sitting in her interview chair talking about Dale which I think just basically plays into the whole kiss communication where you know cringe worthy watching it back but truly I think like it looks like she went in 90 he went in 10 and I think she just realized like this isn't Dale like I can't get there with

somebody else it's it's not Dale she can't like pretend that she wants to wants to kiss anyone else. Yeah. I, yeah, it was, you're definitely right. It was an awkward date. And all I'll say about this date, the one thing that I loved is that I saw something I've personally never seen before. It's probably happened with as many seasons as there have been.

But I've never seen Chris Harrison come in and send somebody home on a one-on-one date. And let me tell you, I'm here to say, I loved it, every bit of it. They are working Chris Harrison this season in a way that he has not worked. in a while. Normally people are complaining and they're like, how many times will Chris Harrison pop up this episode? Well, Claire's like, you know what? He's going to be a part of every single episode, every day, and I'm loving it. Because he's right there. He's on the premise. He's probably like a villa away. They just need him to walk over. He's like, let me get off this float and come on over here and go to this guy home. I will say this. So like going into the night portion, you see

Zach sitting at the dinner table. Obviously, there's an empty chair next to him, which you usually never see you usually see the couple walking up together sitting down like toasting whatever so to see zack sitting there for a few seconds i literally said what if chris harrison walked in right now and sat down and then chris harrison walks in i was losing my mind i was seeing it it was so funny like oh my gosh and again like you said i've never seen that before and and i found it very interesting because usually i think like clare's clear doesn't hold back i don't I don't think she's afraid of confrontation. She's not afraid to say what she has sued to these men.

And so it was very interesting to see her being like, I don't want to want to deal with it. Like, just send in Chris. Like, he's got it. I'm going to go to bed today. It's so refreshing. Every time there's been conflict on this season so far, the way she handles it,

there's no flip-flopping. There's no confusion. Everything is matter of fact. This is how it should be. Oh, I love it every single time. I don't even get worried as to how Claire's going to handle it. I'm always like, she's got this. I know she's got this situation.

So, yeah, that was, that was an interesting twist. Everything with this season has had an interesting twist. But that one, I wasn't ready for. You called it. Kudos to you, Becca, for calling it. So then we get to the group date, which I'll be honest, I'm jealous that I did not have a roast date on my season. So this one we saw, it was with Margaret Cho, which was pretty cool,

that they were able to bring somebody into the bubble to experience, you know, the show. because usually there is a celebrity on the show. And so I'm glad that Claire was able to have that experience with Margaret. I thought, ah, the rose, what a fantastic idea. I'm telling you, I lived for this moment. And the fact that they brought in the other men from the house. Yes, genius, genius, genius.

Loved every bit of it. Love that at the end of it all that Claire gave herself the rose. I mean, I thought it was funny. It sucked for the men. And I think that's the theme here. That's the through line through this recap. It sucked for the man. unless your name is dealt.

But I feel like there's so much to get into with the roast that since we've already said we're having Bennett from Harvard on and he clearly was a scene stiller and dropped the mic at the end of it, we're going to let him pick the mic back up and tell us all about the roast and everything that went into that. Yes. And without further ado, let's go ahead and bring on the man himself, Bennett from Harvard.

Please welcome this roastmaster, you guys, to the show. I want to welcome you to our podcast. Thank you for being with us today. Before we get started, though, I have to ask. Your face is glowing. So did you do a face mask for this? You know, I've got kind of a bad Zit, to be honest. I'm like a little self-conscious about it.

Let's roast them. Let's rest them. My skin routine has been slipping a bit, you know, since being out in the desert. But I have plenty packed here. I'm pretty nice to me. I'm always pretty prepared. And I'm heading from Charlotte here where I'm seeing kind of my godson and best friends

and going down to Atlanta from here to see my family and for the first time since COVID and everything. So, you know, I'll have some rest of relaxation and can get back into the skincare routine for sure. We expect to see photo updates. Okay, we'll do, we'll do. You're from the south, Bennett? I am, I am.

I'm from Atlanta. I was actually born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and then I've lived in Atlanta more or less my entire life before, you know, becoming a Yankee and moving up to the north. I've been in, you know, Boston and New York now since college. So it's kind of an even split, 18 years up in the north, 18 years in the south. Okay, you can't just say college. We already know you have to give us the age bomb. You know, I mean, there's things that I actually didn't say it that often on the show. It was kind of, you know, pulled out a bit, as you might imagine.

But, yes, I went to Harvard, and it was a fantastic experience. I wouldn't, you know, trade it for the life of me. But it is just a school. It was a great experience and it served me well. I think the friendships, the relationships, and kind of that alumni network is really, you know, unprecedented. I think a lot of people from other, you know, very elite schools would probably poo-poo on Harvard a little bit. know, in some respect, but it served me well, and I really enjoyed my time there.

Only in sports, Ben, what's up, Rachel? I said, only in sports. They only both wanted it's when it comes to sports. That's fair. That's totally fair. How does somebody like you end up on the show? And why? Great question, you know.

Throughout, you know, I don't know, call it my more adult, you know, dating. years. I've had nudges from family and friends and even exes on the way out the door that you should just go on the Bachelorette or you should check that out. You never know, give it a shot. Why not? I think it would be great for it. And I never really took it seriously until I was kind of quarantine alone in New York City in the, you know, epicenter of the pandemic and by myself for that entire time and I kind of got to thinking about it and as you might imagine you know dating life got a little bit you know stagnant and this sort of day-to-day just office you know work at home and you know working out at home and ordering your groceries and you know working on every

recipe you could imagine doing every at-home project you could imagine got a little old and sort of got me to thinking this might be the time to do something like this and so I gave it a shot and you know rapidly you know progressed through the little process there and was you know super excited to have an opportunity like this it was fantastic so you decided to go from living alone totally secluded to living with 30 plus dudes in a one little very hot resort making me sweat just thinking about it yeah well you had a chateau you lived a little different i was really blessed with the chateau And, you know, I hope that the chateau gets a little, you know, play in airtime and that makes it out under the show. But I was really fortunate to have such a nice set up there, not complaining.

It was, you know, a nice little change of speed, I guess, from the Manhattan apartment, you know. It was probably much more spacious for you there. A little bit, a little bit. You know, I don't have a backyard in a pool and a hot tub in Manhattan, that's for sure. But he's going to buy real estate back at Lakeington now just because he misses it. Yeah, no kidding. No kidding. Before we get into the episode, over all your time on the show, what was your experience like? How did you feel about doing it all? Give us a little bit about that.

Sure. Sincerely, I had the absolute best time of my life doing it. And it's one of those things, you know, like Harvard-Schmarvard, bachelorette's where it's at. I had such a good time. And it was one of those things that I was, you know, quite skeptical, you know, going in in terms of, you know, Are you really going to have a shot at genuinely making a connection and a relationship and getting to the point of finding someone that you can fall in love with and, you know, find someone to marry, right? And as you would imagine, everyone sort of questions that was obviously you guys know it well. It's under this, you know, hyper-focused environment where you're put into these situations that really drives those connections and the relationships in such a unbelievable way that it works. And so, you know, I had a phenomenal time. I wouldn't trade it, you know, for the world of me.

And, you know, I guess, you know, stay tuned to see how things pan out. Bennett, I heard you were one of the coolest guys in the house. Wow. That is quite a compliment. I did. Like, not can't say who I heard from, but I heard that because obviously people have a lot of questions about you because, you know, we saw the chateau. We saw you putting on the face mask. You know, you have the scarf.

Was it a Rolls Royce you came in or was it a Bentley? It was a Roller Royce. Yeah. Okay, let me, let me get it right. So the whole, the whole, like, persona that you came in with, I think people were really, maybe had preconceived notions about who you are. But I heard that you were really just, like, down with the boys. And I think that what was so great to see was in last night's episode, we really kind of

saw you come out of your shells, like the scarf was off, not the gloves were off. The scarf was off. The loafers were off and you were ready, you were ready to go. And so I guess the question we have is why you chose to go after Dell, so hard in the way that you did. And then why was that moment you chose, why was that the moment you chose to do it? Sure. I mean, it was really the time, it was kind of, it was like an alley-you. You know, I played basketball.

I played football growing up. I'm really, you know, from a down-to-earth, you know, modest background and family. Always played sports was super competitive. I've got an older brother, a younger brother. And I think in any competition, whether you're doing an election, whether it's sports, whether it's just business, right, you kind of go after the hot top dog, right? And you can't be afraid of that. That's the man to beat.

And I think it was kind of clear at that point with, you know, Dale that there was a lot of favoritism. You could tell that his relationship was moving along with Claire quite rapidly. And, you know, I certainly am not one to shy away from competition, never scared of anything. I always believe in myself and, you know, my ability to succeed. So, you know, why not go after Dale a little bit more, you know, than the others? And I think it was really an opportunity as well where I had a chance to speak up and say some of the things, whether there were jokes and jabs and whether they were true, to go after and Dale and speak on behalf of the guys, not speaking for them, of course,

but maybe say some of the things simple because I was in that position at the Rose to do that and say some of the things that they would have liked to have out there. I will say this. Watching all of you guys at the Rose come at Dale, it never felt like it crossed the line where it was inappropriate

and like hitting below the belt. It still felt very like, you know, of course you guys had your jabs in there every now and again, but it never felt inappropriate. But one of the guys, and I don't remember who said it, but one of the guys said, you know, like basically Dale never shuts up and he never stops talking. Was that the case? Was that true? Because I feel like there's part, like we see such a majority of Dale with Claire. Like we see small bits of interaction with you guys, but it's also like not extreme in the sense.

Like, well, he might comments like, yeah, the best man suited or whatever, but it never is very abundant. So I'm sitting there wondering, like, is he very, very different in the house with the men versus when he is with Claire? You know, I think, too-fold, I will say, you know, I was personally very, very impressed with Dale Night One. And I unfortunately did not get the chance to speak with Claire, you know, at the cocktail ceremony when the drama sort of hit. And I was this close. And then it didn't happen. But, you know, I was being kind of quiet, taking things in, you know, just sort of absorbing, excuse me. You know, maybe a little bit of Jay Gatsby in there,

snaking through the party, not really talking to anyone, just trying to take in the scene and not, you know, having a care of the world. But at the same time, just really trying to get comfortable with what was going on around me. And I remember speaking with Dale, and I was blown away by the guy. I was like, this guy is a stud.

He is beautiful. Have you seen those eyes? He was an ex and FOS player. He's super articulate. He has a soft-spoken voice, but it's not to love about this guy. You know, and it also, struck me as we're kind of getting going and just kind of learning the process and, you know,

how things kind of worked around there. Dale was super quick into, you know, sort of producer, you know, event manager type role and was just really outspoken. And he'd kind of go on these monologues. I was like, what was going on? Oh my gosh. And so that was, you know, kind of took me back, but I realized that's totally fair game, absolutely normal, but I was impressed by both his eloquence and just kind of the way that he, you know, stepped up. immediately. And that sort of, you know, kind of nudged me along. It's time to, you know, find your voice. And, you know, it took me about a, took me 24, 48 hours to kind of get there. And then I was pretty comfortable. You moved into the chat, too, and you found it. Yeah, you know, I took a nice

stretch and I was all right. Took the scarf off? Exactly, exactly. Did the men for the roast, okay, did y'all like have a plan? Did you all get together and say, you know what? We're going to Rose Dale? Or was it everyone was on their own and you were kind of surprised with the material that was presented at the roast? Very, very surprised and obviously you only get

a portion in the show, right? You know, you were given an hour to get your jokes together and then you're performing. You know, I spent a lot of time just writing and this kind of came very, very natural and easy to me. I was writing a ton

jokes, a ton of roast, and I was really focused on the content, but would you discount is that if you're doing stand-up, your delivery matters 100%. It's like a big, big part of it. And so I didn't really spend enough time, you know, practicing that. And that was, you know, little unfortunate I gave myself, you know, kind of a B-minus on that. But I think the content was there. I know that everyone was trying to roast everyone. And, you know, I thought, in my roast that kind of came out, I did roast every single person in the house, every single person in the audience, but I did have a few pages on Dale. And that was three pages, I think.

Yeah, there were three pages on Dale. And, you know, what was really cute is that, I don't know, I don't think that this made the edits is that, you know, Claire was coming around and talking to the guys that were on the date and checking in on, you know, their roasts. We had some really, really good laughs. And I showed her all of my jokes except for three pages at the end. And I just sort of held those, you know, in my sleeve and brought them, you know, later. So, you know, I don't think that it was any surprise that Dale kind of got, you know, roasted.

I thought that I was low-hanging fruit to be roasted simply for the scarf and the loafers and just the sort of Bennett persona in general. And I did take some good heat there, but, you know, Dale clearly, you know, got it the worse. I want to know going into that night after the roast was over and going into the cocktail party, because what we saw is clear going around talking to all of you men, but only asking about Dale. And then were you guys all aware of that? Like, were you guys then going back to each other and being like, she only talked about Dale? She only asked about Dale.

She asked why we roasted him so hard. Like, what was that conversation that evening like? Yeah, that was really frustrating. You know, we were at that point where this was our chance to kind of pivot off of the rows, not have jokes, and you wanted to further the relationship with Claire and get to really, you know, know, know her, get to talk about yourself, get to talk about her, ask her questions, and all those, you know, things that are really, really important, impactful for developing a relationship. And she was constantly bringing it back to Dale.

And so that was really, really frustrating. And I kind of tried to deflect that, you know, immediately and say, I really appreciate, you know, and the jokes. It was good and fun, but we're not the roast anymore. I've never been on a date and talked about another guy in my life. I'm not sure why I'm doing that now and was trying to just get away from that as quickly as possible. I know Ben, you know, was in the same, you know, similar position. And, you know, we did come back and when we would finish our conversation with Claire

and come back to the guys, you know, say that's super frustrating. I don't know what we can do here. It seems like, you know, no matter what we say, no matter what we try to do, it's always circling back to Dale. It was like out of our hands. Yeah. I will say this. I think you guys handled it that evening well because I was even getting frustrated

watching the conversations go down where she just keeps asking about him. And I thought you guys all tried to deflect very well. But I told Rachel at the top of this episode, I started to feel for you guys. I was like, this is just turning to the Dale show. So, you know, it's frustrating enough leaving your friends and your family and everything that you're used to coming into the show in the first place and then to just have to wait around and have all of your attention and conversation fixing it on one man has got to be so draining. So, I mean, kudos to you for trying to deflect and hang in there. So, Bennett,

I think it was, I think it was the intro package when you were first moving into Lakeinta, still in quarantine, waiting to pass the test. You were reading up on a book about emotional intelligence. So I want to know, A, did you actually own that book? And B, were you able to put any of the learnings to good use while you were on the season? Yeah, of course. You know, I think emotional intelligence, self-awareness, you know, all those components that kind of make it up are really, really important and far more important than IQ. I think EQ, you know, in relationships is, you know, chiefly important. So I did, that book I had read, you know, already twice and was just bringing it as kind of another refresher.

I have actually three different books on emotional intelligence. It was bringing that just as a kind of a quick, it's an easy, quick read with a bunch of different, you know, anecdotes. And I thought that was good to kind of, you know, pound into my head as just, you know, helpful learning tools for the process, knowing it's high stress environment. You're constantly being challenged. You're constantly being called out. You're in this super hypercompetitive, you know, and I just thought that was probably one of the

best things I can bring in terms of study material and something just to kind of be constantly mindful of throughout the journey. And that's that's why I brought it. And it was, you know, it was serious. It's something I really, really value. And I think we can always be trying to become, you know, more self-aware and get better with our relationship management skills, etc. So, yeah. We need more contestants like you on the show. Like, way to raise the bar. Oh, thank you. Like, bringing research material to the bachelor. bubble so that you can mentally be prepared and self-aware? My goodness. There you go. Love to see it. My other one, my other book that was the kind of the, you know, big one was thinking fast and thinking

slow, you know, Daniel Connolly, which was very, you know, applicable as well. So why not bring things that are going to be relevant to exactly what you were doing? I had one kind of fast read that I brought as well and journaled every day to kind of get that up, get that out and refine and constantly be thinking through everything that you're, you know, going through. But yeah, I thought, you know, being mindful, it's important to all of us, especially when you're in a situation like the Bachelorette. At any point where you like, you know what, you need this book more than me? You know, did you think, let me pass these books out because you seem like you need this

to take a deep dive into this. The thought, you know, ran through my mind, whether it was a gift to a producer, whether There was a gift to, you know, another contestant. But you're going to have to, I think, tune in to see that one pan out. Oh, yes. Okay. I am curious because it's always hard when you go through, when you're in the bubble, that's what we call it, even before you were in an actual bubble.

That's what it was referred to. It's one thing to be immersed in the entire experience or journey, should I say. It's another thing to watch the whole thing play. out. Now you've got family and friends and co-workers that know that you were on this crazy show. You've seen three episodes now at this point. What has it been like? And what has been the feedback that you've received from like your close friends, family and your co-workers? Yeah. No, I think everyone is super excited about it. Friends, family. You know, they're all equally, you know, nervous and excited. It's, it's COVID. It's quarantine. Everyone's been

starved from entertainment. They never thought that certainly I would be doing something like. like this so it's it's kind of a shock value and it's weird you know personally to see yourself on tv of course yeah that is that is super weird and um you know my my my your mannerisms your expressions all those things that are caught that you cannot control at times or are there right and it's very very real that first episode i was i'm sweating through my button up like totally totally sweat through it like i look like i just came out of a basketball game um and had a little you know Zoom with friends afterwards to say hello and I was drenched. I mean, I was so embarrassed and just excited at the same time. But it's all part of the fun. You know, you got to embrace it and just

kind of roll with the punches and know that, you know, hopefully you own your behavior and what you put out there and what you did, you know, on the journey. And as long as you, you know, stay confident and true to who you are, I think, you know, you can't go too wrong. Knock on wood, hopefully. I feel like you have a very good head on your shoulder. So I'm not worried. past seasons I'm always like I don't know how these guys are going to fare after this but I will say this clear had probably the best group of guys that we've seen so what is one thing that you learned about yourself that you didn't know before after going through all of filming yeah you know um honestly I've always been pretty outgoing but I had no idea that I had all this built up pent up

social energy from being in quarantine that just needed to come out in a crazy way. And, you know, it was funny, I think, even going into it, every sort of work Zoom, every work call, and that's, you know, a big part of my job, of course, you know, everyone's on Zoom and everyone's on the phone. But I would get off and, oh, that was such a good call. Oh, I'm re-energized. That felt so good. And it's just simple because I was in this, like, you know, cell, right?

And my Manhattan apartment. So I really, really needed that. I would say that I feel very, very comfortable with myself in terms of having conversations that are, I don't know, I don't know, force isn't the right word, but advanced conversations with relationships that, you know, sometimes are uncomfortable and tough to, you know, bring out when you're talking about, you know, the menu at a Japanese restaurant and like working through your just sort of first third date banter, whatever it may be, you know, I have no problem with just kind of coming, you know, with it. in the wood right immediately and just kind of jumping into things, right? I think that is a life lesson that I think really suits you well for relationships going forward. I think just kind of the way that you approach relationships, whether it be, you know, family, friends, loved ones, etc., you're much better suited to have in-depth personal conversations at will without hesitation. And that's probably, you know, one of the best things I took away from. As well as, you know, the

friends and the relationships built, uh, both among, you know, contestants and, uh, producers and everyone, you know, that's something that I will, you know, take with me always. Yeah. I love that you said that, because that's one thing from my time on The Bachelor than my own season, the, the main takeaway, you know, like I found love for a short amount of time, but those friendships are lasting and I'm glad that you found that not only with the other men, but with producers, too, because some of them become your lifelongers. Absolutely. I mean, I'm so, I mean, you know, texting them now, calling them now, speaking with them.

Like, you know, yeah, they're living your life. They're in your shoes, right, for that time. And there's no experience like that, you know, in reality. So that is absolutely something I'm incredibly appreciative of. I mean, I owe those guys so much. Yeah, yeah, we're still close with several producers as well. so we understand it, not just because we do this podcast, like in real life. Of course, of course.

So we're going to ask you this question, and then we're going to switch gears a bit. But usually at the end of every episode, we give or we ask whoever our guest is on the show to give us a rose and a thorn at the end of the episode. But since last night we had a roast, we have to ask you to give a rose and a roast for the episode. So how this is going to work is you get to choose a person and you're going to give a rose. to from this episode and then the other person you're going to give a roast to them and then you know what to do because you do it so well I mean nobody else dropped the mic at the end of their roast all right hang on I'm going to have to think about this one I you know fairly roasted out wasn't ready for this and I'm kind of recalibrating you know the the third

episode um you know the the i mean it's tough not to give you know dale uh both uh rose and roast but he's kind of received enough you know attention at this point i'd rather go another direction um can i offer a suggestion somebody who wasn't in the room who really deserved to be roasted and we didn't ask you about this person is joseph so by all means if you'd like to roast him we'd be more than welcome to it. And I think our listeners would appreciate it as well. Yeah, you know, I think the way that that's totally fair, for the fair, we can start with,

I'd like to, I guess we can start with the roast, if you like. Yes. That's an easy one. The roast, you know, I think is probably should kind of go to Yosef. He unfortunately wasn't there, right, at the roast. And just the way that he kind of went about the whole thing with Claire was really unfortunate. I honestly don't think that he intended

to come out that way. I think he had some beef that he wanted to air and probably got a little worked up and just some true colors kind of came out. I don't think that, you know, I don't have any ill will against him. He was actually a very earnest, you know, Southern guy who talks a lot

and just kind of got really caught up. And I don't think there's ever a place to be, you know, yelling and screaming and ranting and raving, you know, at a woman or in any relationship, much less when you know that you're on TV and, you know, and dating a girl that a bunch of other guys are dating. So that came across and just looked really, really poorly, especially for the way that, you know, he always was talking about his daughter. And, you know, the last thing I know that Yo wants with, you know, his daughter is for her to be in some relationship like that in the future where she's got some guy harassing and yelling. and calling your names and all those things, right? So that was tough. You know, that struck a chord with me. I didn't really appreciate that.

You know, haven't seen Yosefer spoken with him, you know, since the journey. But I imagine he's got some regrets, you know, about that one. As far as, you know, a rose, you know, I think I'll maybe have to give it to a guy who has kind of been a little bit off camera, you know, up into this point. Okay. And that's why it's, you know, one of those you wouldn't see it. You haven't seen it thus far. He hasn't had a lot of air time.

But there's a reason he's around and he continues, you know, on his journey. There's a reason he's continued. But I think he was sort of, you know, house favorite and someone that everyone loved and, you know, kept everyone laughing constantly is Ed. And Ed's... Miami, Ed. Miami, Ed. Very, very overlooked, you know, in the early episodes.

But he starts coming out. and breaking out, but he was always full force in the house. And I think every single guy would say that Ed was probably the most hilarious person in the house, straight comedy constantly, and just someone that, you know, maybe he would come after you, you know, if he had some beef, but he wasn't afraid and he'd go straight to it. And just constant love and sincere, like, hilarious. Like, he's the funniest guy. I love this insight.

I know. We never would have known. I never would have guessed Ed. Exactly. Ed is one of the biggest characters in the show. And I think, you know, he is, in terms of, you know, just his humor and personality, everyone loves Ed. And I think that'll pop out as we continue here. Once he gets out of the store and the bubble wrap and, you know, all the...

He's it. He's it. All right. He'll move out of his figurative bubble, you know, sooner than later. I expect a lot from Miami. I just move from there. So I appreciate it. That's what his personality is.

This is why I love having you guys on this because you give us such a different insight than what we see each week after only two hours. So I can't wait to see what Ed brings to the table. But Bennett, we love our games on this podcast. And so we couldn't let you go without playing one. And it's obviously no secret that you, you know, have mentioned Harvard. And while we don't know a ton about Harvard, we've learned enough about it from Legally Blonde.

and we know all about our girl, Claire. So with that combined knowledge, we've built a little game for you, okay? So obviously to get into Harvard, I'm assuming you have to have impeccable study skills. We're going to put those skills to the test by seeing how well you were able to study Claire, okay? Oh, all right.

This game is called Harvard grad or Bachelorette Pat. So here's how it's going to work. We're going to go through some different quotes. We're going to throw them at you. and you have to guess whether they were spoken by L. Woods in Legly Blonde or Claire during her season, okay? This is great. Yeah, go ahead. Okay. So just for some clarity or clarification, if you will, these quotes are all from either the legally blonde movies or any season that Claire has appeared on. So, you know, she's been on Paradise. She was on The Bachelor and obviously her own season. So I think there's five seasons total that we can choose from here. So we'll throw up. at you and you have to give us which one you,

which woman you thought said it, okay? Perfect. Ready? You've seen ladyly blonde, right? Of course. Okay, okay, good. Rachel, do you want to turn it out? Oh, yeah, sure.

Okay, here's the first quote. Do you remember when we spent those four amazing hours in the hot tub? This is so much better than that. Oh, one. Yeah, that was good. Correct. Oh, my God. I have to watch this movie now.

Okay. I don't need. backups. Claire. Wait, let me keep telling it. That was L Woods. Okay. I'm going to keep score.

Okay. I would have thought that was clear too, by the way. All right, next quote. You can't deny the fact that everybody just loves love. That's tough. I'm going to go Claire. Claire is correct. All right.

That was a guess. Nice. Okay. I don't want to sit alone every night and watch Golden Girls for the rest of life. Oh, Woods. That was clear. That was clear.

I don't even remember her saying it. That's hilarious. Also, watching Golden Girls for the rest of your life isn't a bad thing. It is if that's all you're doing. That's really, really funny. Did she say that with Juan Pablo? I don't know who she's bad with him. I didn't watch Juan Pablo.

Did you, like, Vinny, were you a fan of the show? Did you watch the show before you want it? I had watched zero. Prior to going on this show, you guys, you're going to love this answer. You're going to love this answer. And then, once I click submit, I immediately watched Claire and one Pablo and then you two. Oh, no. I'm not even kidding.

Well, we hope it helped. I mean, I had to learn this sequence, you know, and I think it was a combination of you guys being on, you know, it was on your seasons were readily available on Prime or Hulu or something. you know, I don't know. Between watching past seasons and catching up on emotional intelligence, you really put in the work for this. I tried, you know, I think you got to do your due diligence when you're getting into something as serious as this, that's for sure. Okay, next quote.

You must always have faith in people, and most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself. Man, this game is hard. Um legally blonde She says it in her speech In her graduation speech I was thinking I like the closing

When she's giving her final argument type scene Yeah Which is always so funny Because it was such a quick speech And I feel like if you're sitting through graduation It's got to be longer than that But law school isn't law school graduation Is quick in and out

You're ready to get out of there Yeah done Oh my gosh I'm talking to two No, no, he went to Harvard. I just went to law school. She's got the grad degree. Okay, next of, where are we? This is just like C-SPAN, except I'm not bored.

I'd love to say Claire, but I'm going to go out of the woods. You're right. All right. All right, next one. It's not about being fair. It's about what's in your heart. Claire. Yep.

Mm-hmm. Well, you are in a roll. Okay. I'm not checked out, but I'm not going to sit here and be fake. Claire. Nice. All right. Last one. Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. And happy people just don't kill their husbands. Is that the next line? Is that what she says? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. So on a one, two, three, four. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Bennett, you got seven on a nine. That's all right. It's pretty good. That's pretty good. You passed. You passed the test. I guess I passed. Yeah, yeah.

It's not stellar. You're not getting into Harvard for that one. I was about to say. You're not getting in. Oh, Bennett, this has been really great. It's so nice when we get these opportunities where we watch you on the TV screen, but then we get to have these conversations where it's so much more personal. And we get a little bit more insight into who you are, how you even got here,

and became a part of this crazy world. But we're glad that we did get to talk to you. We hope you stay in it. It's not your family. You're part of Bachelor Nation now. Love you guys. If you're not, you're stuck with us. Yeah, thank you.

I'm happy to be a part of it. It was phenomenal experience. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I do it again tomorrow. So let's, you know, talk and hang out. Oh, that was great. That was great. Bennett.

I told you they said, they say Bennett's the coolest guy in the house. So you know probably why because you thought he was one way and then he turns out to be something different. Just really wholesome, clearly a great head on his shoulders. I mean, how impressive is he? So impressive. And that's like playing into you always think you know somebody. Like we go off of these bios that are five sentences and totally just judge them right away. And it's so refreshing having them on for this hour to talk to them and actually get to know them away from the

cameras and the big screen and all the drama and yeah he's just a great guy i remember you did say rachel when we were going through the bios you said you only had room for one bennett and i know who you're talking about because it's one of the producers but i think we have room for two yeah maybe we'll call this bennett by his middle name but you know what i also learned in talking to bennett okay he might have been playing into a persona but he can definitely afford a rolls royce chateau de bennett and it is and the scarf, the loafers, all of it. He can actually afford all of it after hearing what he's about, what he does for a living. I mean, it's truly good shout out to casting because what an impressive man.

And let's let's continue in this lane. Let's continue bringing on men like this. I like it. I love the fact too that he, like he seems like he was fine in his life, like had a great job, a great apartment. But he's like, I was just stuck in quarantine. Like, I wanted human interaction. I needed that in my life. And so kudos to him for just throwing it all out there and see, like, whatever happens, happens.

And so I'm so glad that the show was able to find him. Yeah. Ladies, the lesson here. Get you a man who can do both. But then can also roast the shit out of someone on The Bachelor. That is a man that can do both. So Bennett, we appreciate it. And he knows about skincare.

Okay. Okay, Becca. Before we get off this. podcast. We have to address how this episode ended. Okay? I need your thoughts because you know, Bachelors nation has a love-hate relationship with me. So I don't want to say necessarily the wrong thing. So I'm curious to think, I'm curious to know, am I crazy in how I'm thinking? But at the end of this episode, we get a preview of what is to come. And we see a woman arise out of the pool and an orange bikini

looking stunning and that woman is Tasha and she stares directly into the camera and that's how it ends. Your thoughts. I was not expecting that to be honest. I was very caught off guard. I mean every episode

we see to end with and coming next week and I did not expect them to have Tasha come out of the pool. To me that one scene felt kind of awkward and very choppy like oh let's just slap it in there real quick and call it a day because we got to let our viewers know what's about to come. Like, I wish, like, if we're going to announce a new woman coming on, I want to give her

the time and the respect and, you know, like the proper intro. And that, I think, fell very flat. Yeah. Maybe this is what I'm hoping. I agree with you wholeheartedly. And what I'm hoping is they just gave that to us as a tease. And then when we, when it actually, you know, we see the how it all plays out, then we'll see a true introduction, you know, like when we meet her and we see her come on the scene, hopefully it's not like popping out of a pool. Because there's no deny. Like we, we both agree. She looked beautiful. It was hot. You know, she stole the scene. It got our attention. But, and it was a great tease. So let's just hope like, you know, when it actually happens, we get just a little bit more. A little bit more. Not, yeah, yeah, not just a taste test.

But I mean, when I watched her come out of the pool, I was like, A, how do you look that good walking out of the water? How is your makeup not running? Like, your hair is perfectly slicked back. Like, she did look flawless. But there's also so much more than just like this sexy woman. So I want to see more. I want to, you know, get the attention she deserves. Yes.

But she did look like a bond girl. I know. I'm just saying. They're like, like, a true bond girl. And maybe it's because when Hallie Berry was coming out of the water, which, Maybe that's what they were trying to imitate. When Halliberry is coming out of the water, I'm pretty sure she had on an orange bikini.

I'm not, you know, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm going to Google right now. I think she had on an orange bikini. And I think that's what they were trying to imitate. Now, Lakeita was in the back instead of the ocean, but we'll take it. We'll still take it. Was it orange? Let's see.

Oh, uh-huh. Well, orange or pink with a white belt. Yeah, orange. orange you're right i wish i could like be all sexy like this yeah but tasha i that that must be what they were tapping into and yes on a hotness level tasha was a 10 plus plus plus plus but we shall see at least at least we're finally acknowledging tasha becca claire's season is truly the gift that keeps on giving so you guys make sure you're following along every tuesday night eight seven p m central on ABC and that you're tuning into the podcast the next morning because you already know as

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