Bachelor Happy Hour - Mercedes Is ‘Paradise’ Ready!

Episode Date: September 13, 2023

Today on “Bachelor Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena are catching up with Mercedes. As we all wait for “Bachelor in Paradise” to return, Mercedes fills everyone in on what she’s been up to since Zach’s season, who she was really hoping to see in “Paradise,” and what, if anything, Charity told her about some of the guys she would be meeting on the beach. Plus, Mercedes explains more about what to expect from the Truth Box and how it shook things up on the beach this season.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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See, I didn't do that for you last time. Last time we were here, Joe did not introduce me. He only introduced himself, so I'm taking over with the intro. today. I like it. I like it. And we are also here with the lovely Mercedes. We are so happy to have you. She is one of the members of the new season of Bachelor in Paradise. So we're excited to talk to her today. And she was also on Zach's season of the Bachelor. Mercedes. How are you doing? I'm doing good. How are you guys? We're good. Yeah. I'm chilling now because I don't, I mean, Serena took my job and I'm fine with it. It's easy day for you, Joe.

I'm chilling. I'm chilling. Yeah, this Mercedes, so we're doing, this is more like for our listeners to get to know you a little more. You are obviously on Zach's season and you've also been on clickbait, right? Yes. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Oh, was me and Jill? Yeah. Nice. Nice. That's fun. Joe was good. Joe's good. So what have you been up to since last time we saw you? Yeah. That's a bra. You know what? That's a bra. You know what? That's a bra. question. Let me just have you, no, let's stick with that. Joe doesn't know what to do with himself now that he didn't do the intro. Mercedes. So since Zach's season, which is last time we saw you, what have you been up to? Are you living? What are you doing? How's life? Yeah. So after

Zach's season, I came back to Nashville. So before I went on Zach season, I had four jobs. So I had a very busy life, always on the go. And I was kind of like, you know what? My life was just crazy like i'm going to take a second and just relax and figure out what i want to do um so i've just been volunteering a lot at places um and just trying to figure out like what i want to do um i love nonprofits and i i want to work with them so yeah just volunteering at a ton of places working at a bar on the side which is late night but it's fun um and nashville's like the perfect place to do that i feel like i meet so many new people every day which is so fun um yeah what bar What bar?

Barstool. Do you mind? Oh, Barstool's Nashville Bar? Yep. Yep. Very cool. It just opened like a few months ago. So I went there and it's fun, say the least.

It's crazy, but it's fun. Do you have any bartending experience prior? I've been serving since I was like probably 16, 17. But no, no bartending. Nope. And then what were your four jobs before you run the show? that is an exceptional amount of jobs i know girl i was like all over the place but um i did freelance modeling i worked for um a nonprofit called national angels and i was a case manager um

and i was like with the foster care system um i was a server and then what was my fourth job um girls got so many jobs you don't remember i know i don't even remember i don't even remember what the fourth one was oh uh social media marketing for a little company amazing Nice. Wow, look at you. So you're bartending on a busy Friday night. What is one drink that you dread to have to make? Oh, well, they have, like, specialty cocktails.

So those are always, like, annoying, I guess. But because it's just easier if someone's like, hey, casemigo soda. Sure, like that's easy. Or like a beer. Yeah, yeah. I like the easy stuff. I have one more bartending question for you. because I actually had, I had an argument with my friends over this.

Okay. So when you go to a restaurant and you order, you sit down in an order, you usually tip, like we usually tip between 20 and 25%. That's the usual. Yeah. In Canada, I think it's like 15 to 20 percent between there. Well, now they're even up in it now. Now like the bottom's 20 in New York.

It's like 20 to 30. But that's besides the point. When you order a drink as a bartender, are you expecting if let's say i go and i order uh let's say there's four of us and i order four drinks from you are you expecting a 20% tip um i think it depends on the place like obviously if you're like at a really nice restaurant um definitely because those are harder to make but it's just like some simple drinks that take me like five not even five minutes usually like two bucks a drink but everyone's different

I'm not like I don't know that's such a hard question because everyone has so many different like you know because in in Tennessee servers and bartenders make $2.13 an hour

oh my gosh yeah literally $2.13 an hour so like the tips is like what we make and it's also like Jesus yeah that is insane how is that legal that is insane to me

oh my gosh that's like so below minimal wage That's, like, nothing. I know, but that's the minimum wage in Tennessee for servers and bartenders. Is it just because the hospitality industry is so pop in there that they know that you can, like, make a lot of tips? Yeah, probably, I guess. But even, like, in Iowa, when I was in college and serving, I think we only made, like, $6 an hour. They must be doing that because there's a work through with tips.

That's the only way they get away with it because there's a minimum wage that they're obviously not meeting. But I will say, so what I usually do is if I run a tab, I'm going to tip 20% after the end of it. But if I just go up in order, if I go up and I get a bear for myself and a drink for Serena, I'm probably tipping like a few bucks. You know, five, ten bucks. Yeah. Yeah. So. People do.

And yeah, paths are different too. Like when you run it up to like a hundred bucks or something, then you tip 20. But if you're just grabbing a few drinks and it literally takes me two seconds to do it, I'm like, I don't mean. Yeah, but now knowing that you guys are only making two bucks an hour, and now I have to at least. Yeah, for real. Jeez. I know. Okay.

Whenever I tell people that, they're like, well. That is crazy. So since the last time we saw you, you are living in Nashville, you're volunteering, you're working as a bartender. Have you been keeping up with the show? Did you watch charity season? Oh, yes. I watched my girl Charity and she did so good and I'm so happy for her in Doughton. Me, Charity, Kat, Kylie, and Jess and I just went to Miami like, I think it's probably a month ago now. But just seeing how happy she was and like I just know their love is so real and I'm so happy for her.

And I thought the season was great. I thought she held herself so well and same with him and all the other guys too. I thought it was just a great season all around. It was a really good season. What went down in Miami? Oh, gosh. We lived it up at Live. We really went hard.

But it was a good time. Yeah, we went to pool parties. We just had ourselves a girl weekend, you know? And out of the Miami crew, how many of you are day one paradise people? Four of us. Wow. Everyone except charity, yeah, which I would hope charity is not a day one in Paradise cast, because that means her and daughter.

gotten very quickly didn't work out right no were you guys did you guys all talk about like yeah we're we're excited we're all going that were you committed by then yet or not yet yeah yeah so we were sorry no go ahead we were all super excited I feel like we would literally call each other every day like just anticipating like what's going to happen who's going to be there it was so much fun and honestly like that season I met some of my best friends and I'm sure you can attest this too like you get and you probably too but um you get so close with the cast and the girls and so they literally became my best friends and so being able to do this with them is such an amazing opportunity and it was just it was so much fun I had the best time did charity like warn you about any

of the guys going to paradise that might be there or did you try to like set anyone up in advance? She did give us like a little bit of a rundown on the dudes. Nothing too crazy because she also wanted us to like feel it out and have our own experience. She definitely told us, told us some things that maybe you wouldn't want, but it was all good. We still went down there with an open mind and had fun. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the psychology podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation.

about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like you're not going to choose an adapted strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it if it's going to be beneficial to you. Because it's easy to say like go you go blank yourself, right? It's easy.

It's easy to just drink the extra beer. It's easy to ignore, just suppress, seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just, like, walk the other way. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denials is easier. Drinking is easier. Yelling, screaming is easy. Complex problem solving. Meditating. You know, takes effort. Listen to the psychology podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I think Democrats have, for a very long time, allow Republicans. to play them. So essentially, Republicans came up with a narrative, and Democrats decided to play into that, and that only hurt the Democrats. I'm Kitty Couric. Jasmine Crockett, Democratic

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but you're committed to going to paradise. A guy walks up and you're super into him. You're really attracted to him. And he starts talking and you guys hit it off. And you find out he lives where you live. live. Oh gosh. What do you do?

That's a tough situation. No, you just met this guy. I understand you just meet him, but do you, do you continue the conversation and just maybe see where it goes within the month leading to paradise or you just like, I'm leaving in a month and I'm not going to even let myself potentially go there? I feel like I would just let them know, like, hey, this is. what I'm doing like I've before I met you or anything like this I'm doing this okay like we can talk but there's not going to be anything that comes out of it you know but just like I don't think

getting to know someone is like a bad thing as long as I agree like honest then I don't see a problem with it yeah but I agree I'm glad that didn't happen though I would have been in the yeah it's like you I feel like everyone like leading up to paradise is like everyone like going to Paris is obviously looking for someone but the month leading up they're like I'm looking for no one like no one come find me like no one like this is the first time that I'm like don't even look at me don't talk to me I was in full lockdown in Canada because of the pandemic going into paradise so I was like this kind of works out because I couldn't meet anyone if I wanted to right now literally yeah no for sure and I'm like no one even look my way honestly I cannot deal with anything like that

so how did you how did you prep for paradise did you prep no honestly i got there and i'm like why why did i not like think anything through like my clothes like everything i'm like it's so funny because i feel like all the girls like they all had like these dresses and like they looked so good and obviously i brought like a few right but i think like paradise was super chill Like, I'm like, oh, I'm going to be like in like, you know, shorts and a top, like, but every night the girls are like, oh, no, we're being cute. Like, we're showing out. And I'm like, with what? Like, look at my suitcase.

I don't have anything. How many suitcases did you bring? Huh? How many suitcases did you bring? I bought two. Okay. Yeah. So I had a lot of clothes.

They just weren't like the Paradise Five. I don't really know what I was thinking. No, I get it. I did not pack great for. paradise either so i'm right there with you because you're just kind of like yeah okay like here's some dresses like here's some jean shorts some bathing suits like you kind of pack like you're going like to it all inclusive for like a week with your friends and it's just then you're like oh yeah i'm on tv just like fully forgot that fact i'm like oh yeah yeah you're like i'm on tv you're trying

to have like some one of these guys fall in love with me like maybe i should have been a more strategic seriously that was me that was so bad i remember kiley like one night she was like received what like what was going to your head i'm like dude no idea no nothing nothing's going to your head i was just like we're doing it i don't know what's going to happen we'll see i mean i man that's fair that's how i packed for paradise i'm like it's a beach i've been there before joe barely packed for paradise yeah it worked out worked out we're literally getting married look at you now i know congratulations by the way oh thank you thank you we're um were there any guys because, yeah, you've been in this world for a little bit now.

Were there any guys that, like, slid into your DMs from Bachelnation? Um, there were, like, a few, but none of them went to the beach. Okay. Was there anybody in particular you were hoping to see there? Yes, I was hoping. My, like, top guy was Tyler Norris. I was really excited to meet him. Yeah.

Tyler Norris off of Rachel's season and Paradise last season. And we see him there. We see, there's a spoiler and we see you say like he has 45 abs or something, right? Yes. Yeah. Yeah, that was me. I know, Kylie's like, don't show to look him. I'm like, I do.

We can't. He's not a day one guy, though, but we know he's there because we saw him in the teaser. Yes. No. What about Tyler made you interested? Honestly, I don't really know. I feel like, because I didn't really watch. Rachel and Gabby's season that much, um, not until the end.

So I saw like a little bit of him, but I just felt like he just looks so sweet and kind. And that's like, like, if there's one thing about me, like, I feel like every guy I've like talked to or dated. Like if you look at them, like, you're just like, oh, he's like so sweet and like cute looking, you know? So I feel like he just like definitely like matched my vibe. And yeah, I just, that was like the initial attraction, I guess. I just sound like.

Do you have a physical like type? Because him and Zach, I wouldn't say like look alike, but they both have that kind of like similar, like aesthetic. You know what I mean? Well, they both, they both are, they both have brown hair. They're both like white, like brown, like kind of like middle length hair, brown eyes. I don't know. Like you put them in this similar category of looks. Yeah.

You would say they look very different from one another? I'd say they look very different. No. No. They have like similarities, but I don't think they look like. like yes yes i would say like if you're like oh like my type is this they could both fall into that category yeah for sure like i love guys with like dark hair dark features dark eyes um and then honestly just like pretty boys i love pretty boys i'm stuck for a pretty boy

okay so i would put i see but that's the thing i don't think they fit in the same care I can't get over this. He's not going to be able to move on. I think they're two different, I think there are two different categories. Like, I would say Tyler, Tyler, right, Tyler. Norris, yeah. Tyler Norris is like pretty boy category where Zach is more like. Zach's less of a pretty boy.

Yeah, he's more like, um. Look, I'm just going off of like two white guys with brown hair. Okay. It wasn't that deep. That's fair. Yeah, I don't know. We're out of podcast. I'm just just talking to talk, you know?

um okay was there anybody um that you don't get along with that you didn't want to see down yeah no no i feel like for the most part i get along with everyone so there was no one where i was like oh my gosh if they're there i'm gonna like freak out no i was excited to see everyone that i saw were you when you walk down those steps were you nervous or excited i was definitely nervous like leading up to it and until you get like top because there's like a holding space right and then they're like all right time and i'm like oh shit okay like it's actually happening and i was just like okay confident we're good we're gonna find a man and so i just walked down and all my friends were there already so it was super fun to see them but i was definitely

nervous for sure i kind of like that little like i'm like what is happening yeah like for for everyone on this podcast like it you're in like this holding little like holding deck It's like a hut. It's like a hut. It's like a tree house. And you're just kind of waiting. You're waiting. You're waiting.

And then you walk down these steep steps. And you're just like. Very steep, long steps. Yeah, there's so many of them too. I feel like I was walking for like five minutes. I know.

You're like you're going. You're going. And then all of a sudden, well, for us it was David Spade. Yeah. Which was so crazy. And we didn't know.

I remember being like, oh my God, David Spade. But for you guys, you know, you're like looking. You're like, where is Jesse?

Like, Why am I still going down these stairs? But you know, once you go, once you start that walk, you're walking, you're walking into reality TV. Oh, yeah, you're in it. There's no wrong. It's like, you know when, like, in football, they like run out of the tunnel, like onto the field. Yeah. Like, that's the Bachelor equivalent.

No, literally. That's how I run out. So you are a bartender. Wells is a good friend of ours and a good friend of the beaches of paradise. how were Wells's drinks in comparison to your drinks? Oh, in comparison? No. No, Wells was a great bartender.

He was always having conversations, which is great. That's how you get good tips, you know, making friends with everyone. There you go. But no, he did good. Honestly, I drink so much wine, so I wasn't easy. Really? Red or white? White.

I feel like, honestly, all of us girls were always drinking wine. Like that was our choice Really? Yeah. I don't think anyone on our season drink wine. Really? Yeah, Noah did. Noah drank red wine.

Like deep dark red wine. That's whack. I feel like white is like good when it's like warmer out. Because red wine I feel like makes me like hot in the face. I'd probably like. Yeah. And then you got like a little like red wine tea. Yeah.

No, not the vibe. So we stuck with the white. Not the vibe. Not the vibe. When you went down to Paradise, did you have any like thing that you were like I want to leave here engaged or were you just like I'm just open to seeing how this goes yeah I feel like going into paradise I was just like you know whatever happens happens I'm a big believer and like literally everything happens for a reason so I know that I was given this opportunity for a reason and that the people that are going are going to be there for a reason so I was just like you know if it works out it works out if it doesn't it doesn't I was just very open and I knew that the people that are going and I knew that going into this, I just wanted to be utterly myself and show who I am and someone likes that and falls in love with that. That's great. But yeah, that was just my thing.

I was like, I'm just going to go down there and be myself, see what happens. But I was definitely open to engagement. I was like, I could see a ring on this manor. I don't know. I can't tell. I can't tell. I can't tell. I can't. No, it's actually driving me crazy. Like, I've been trying to figure out this whole podcast. Like, I could see you right now with someone, but I could all to see you saying, I don't know, you're like, you're really hard to read right now and if you're with someone or not. And I genuinely have no clue what your story is down there. Yeah. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the psychology podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these

skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion, regulation, like you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it if it's going to be beneficial to you because it's easy to say like go you go blank yourself right it's easy it's easy to just drink the extra beer it's easy to ignore to suppress seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just like walk the other way avoidance is easier ignoring is easier denial is easier drinking is easier yelling, screaming is easy.

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It's just hard to imagine a world where you don't have enough people that care to do right by people. And so that same passion that carried me through as a public defense, that led me to want to change laws and thinking about the harm that will happen, not just to my constituents, but just generally, like, I carry that weight with me because you've seen it up close. Yeah. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If a baby is giggling in the back seat, they're probably happy.

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Can you tease a little bit or tell us a little bit, bit about the truth box that we saw in the trailer yes the truth box so well literally pulled it's all around the bar and it's like we have this new thing it's called the truth box you put whatever you want in there and we'll read it a lot and I'm like oh great this is going to be wow such a good idea what a shit disdiver such a good idea we're just like stir in the pot here like literally um so I knew that it was going to bring some bring some heat to the beach um there was definitely some things in there that were kind of you know not i would say difficult to hear it was just like truth you know like what people saw and what like because in reality it's kind of like okay i can say

this without saying it to their face you know so people had more confidence to put whatever they wanted in there um so yeah the trolls on the internet literally it's like a Red and red on the beach. Were there any like, were there any like mean comments or is all just kind of just there was a few mean ones. Um, but yeah, there was there was a few mean ones in there about some people. Okay. Yeah. Um, you're, you're so getting off of the topic of Paradise real quick.

Wait, I want to ask her to tease one more thing from the trailer. All right. Then we got one more question. we'll play a game. Yeah. Okay. So another thing that we saw

in the Paradise promo was there's a Paradise wedding. It looked like happening. Is there anything you can hint at that? We've been saying if there's anyone

that's going to be getting married down on that beach out of the original cast that's Blake Boynes. Yeah. I don't know. Someone does get married

on the beach, though. Like Foley says vows. Foley does everything. Like a legal marriage. A legal marriage on the beach. Yep. It happened. It was fun.

Were you there for it? Were you present? So it could have been, you know. Could have been me. You never know. Much to watch. Okay, getting off the topic of Paradise real quick, I just want to know. Do you have, you're someone that has a bunch of jobs?

Like right now, you're bartending and do you have like a career that you really want? See, that's the problem, Joe. I feel like I change my mind every day on what I want to do. that's fine i'm like that too yeah my degree is in child development in psychology so my original plan was to go back to school and get my master's in school counseling and then the show happened and life's just been crazy so i obviously haven't gone back to school but that was like my original plan um but now i'm like i don't know i don't know i know that i want to work in a non-profit i would love to work with kids of some sort special needs is something

thing that I feel my heart really pulled towards. So I don't know, just figuring it out, going with the flow. Nice. You should. And you got Paradise going right now, so you're busy. Let's do this rapid fire. You want to fire away? Sure.

I did the last one. You did. We're going to switch it up this time. I'll take it over. Okay, so I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions. Just rapid fire first thing that comes to your mind. Nothing crazy. Okay.

Are you more of an introvert or extrovert? introvert Really? Yeah, I'm like in the middle An ambivert That's what I am Yeah, you're an ambivert That's how I am too

Like I love being social But I also like just like being by myself too Yeah, I get that What is your go-to paradise cocktail White wine White wine What's your go-to regular cocktail Uh, tequila soda

Extra lime what is the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery first thing probably a Mercedes bed I feel like I'd have to oh you have to what is your go-to pump-up song my go-to pump-up song probably something from Rihanna I like the song loving that you want by her makes me yeah makes you pumped up what is one item on your bucket list one item on my bucket list. I would love to go to Greece and do

like cliff jumping. That's so funny. Brooklyn also said she wanted to go to Greece. You were saying that if Dot and her charity skip out on that trip, you guys should take over. Yep. Let me on, Bachelor. What is your love language?

Words of affirmation. Do you have any deal breakers when it comes to dating? Probably not. being open to religion who was the first concert you ever attended um oh god gretchen wilson who is that she's like an old country singer oh my mom me and my mom would like dance around the house to her and she that was my first my first concert oh that's so fun what is your favorite dessert um chocolate cake what is the most important item to bring to

Paradise. Swimsuits. What is one word to describe this upcoming season of Paradise? Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Yeah. It is. All right. It looks crazy. I think we're all set to wrap here. Mercedes. Thank you so much for coming on Bachelor Happy Hour today. Yes. And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in. We really appreciate you guys. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. Don't miss the season premiere of Bachelor in Paradise on Thursday, September 28th, and 9-8 Central on ABC. You can stream it the next day on Hulu. Trust me, you won't want to miss it. And make sure to tune in to new episodes, Bachelor Happy Every Week.

We are going to have some more great guests on, and we've got all kinds of exclusive interviews coming up. So do not forget to subscribe. Thanks again. Mercedes, thank you. And we will see everyone next time. Goodbye. Thank you. Bye. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast.

Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about how to be a better you. When you think about emotion regulation, you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome. Avoidance is easier, ignoring is easier, denials easier, complex problem solving, takes effort. Listen to the psychology podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric, I sat down with Jasmine Crockett, Democratic Representative of Texas. She's holding out the fork for her party in one of the most conservative states in the union.

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