Bachelor Happy Hour - Our Wish Has Been Granted!

Episode Date: January 28, 2025

Today on Happy Hour, we are diving into all things Night 1 of Grant’s season of The Bachelor! It’s finally that time of year again and we are so excited! We kickoff today’s episode with Joe and Serena’s thoughts on the franchise and what they’re excited to see this season. Then, we get into all things Limo entrances; who made a big splash & who made a big mess? And of course, we get into the cocktail party, the eliminations, and our First Impression Rose recipient who we’ll be seeing on the podcast later this week! It’s all happening right now and you’re not gonna wanna miss it, so make sure to tune in and subscribe so you never miss an episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to these women and more on She Pivots. Now on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Betcher Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are back with the first recap of the first episode of Grant season of The Bachelor. And it's really nice to be back recapping The Bachelor because to me it's the best show.

Yeah. I feel like we love our between season time. It's a nice refresh for us. We get to do some holiday episodes. It's always fun. But getting back into the routine of getting to watch an episode every single week, getting to recap, I getting to interview someone. It's just nice.

And I love The Bachelor out of all of the shows, you know, Golden, regular Bachelor, regular Bachelorette, I think I get the most excited for The Bachelor. It's also been a great time. like seasonally terrible out and you know I'm always ready for like a new show yeah and their energy is like I feel like all the women their energy is like really high on night one so yeah it's it goes well with the depression of the beginning of the season and the cold weather and it's like all right we're back it's a new year yeah and it's like glamorous they're in L.A it's warm you know it's nice I also think um

I just fully lost my trade of thoughts. I'm glad you're here with us today. A few road bumps guys getting back into it. Apologies. Apologies. Oh, I know what I was going to say. On The Bachelor, the women come in so vibrant and excited and they're not afraid to exude that emotion of what the excitement, why it's exciting and how exciting it is

to be there on night one of the show, whereas the men just don't come in with that same level of enthusiasm i feel like they always come in a little timid a little cautious like what have i gotten myself into what's going on i mean i think the bachelor's a better is better it's a better show than the bachelor at personally but i will say like what what do you what would you rather watch what do you think's a better first episode the first episode of the bachelor or the first episode of Bachelor in Paradise. Oh, that's so hard. I mean, we're a little biased because that's kind of where we met, and that's the only show

that I've actually been on. But I will say the first episode of Bachelor in Paradise is pretty hard to beat because there's many on women. It's very hard to beat. I agree with you. It's very hard to beat because there's so much more unpredictability in the first episode of Paradise than in The Bachelor. You know, like the Bachelor has a very traditional consistent structure.

there's going to be a few surprises but for the most part it's like familiar and it's comfortable and it's exciting for that reason like you know kind of what you're going to get but Paradise every single episode

first episode of every Paradise season is going to be like pretty different because it's just different people and it's also like cast members that you already know and are familiar with and excited to see again versus there's like a learning curve on The Bachelor of like getting to know these people other than the lead

and what's nice about Paradise is they are taking these like year breaks where then you get excited to like watching this first episode of the bachelor i was like oh paradise is actually going to be exciting this year there's a lot of people now that they can pull from so i'm curious to see because there's a lot of girls from this season i was like this person will be really good in paradise but it's only episode one we don't know who grant's going to pick we don't know who's the next bachelor that's going to be even though personally we have a whole bachelor's season before paradise yeah and personally i'm already seeing what i believe is a bachelorette edit for someone i mean it's early there's definitely one girl that she got a lot of screen time

there's definitely connection it feels like it's going towards maybe a bachelorette moment i don't know do we want to call it out already it feels kind of early well let's talk about it mid um we'll get into it Okay. First up, we have Grant's intro package. Yep. For those of you who maybe missed it, Grant's from Houston, Texas. He's 30 years old. He was getting emotional a little bit when he was talking about wanting to find this person. He really strikes me. Maybe we say this for every bachelor, but I don't actually feel this about every bachelor, but I do feel this about Grant. I feel like he's really ready and he genuinely is like on the hunt for a wife. You know what I mean? I feel like some bachelors, it's like, I see a long engagement in their future, you know?

Like I see a couple moves, a couple trips, a couple things before we actually like walk down the aisle. I feel like Grant is like, no, I want to start this next chapter of my life. I don't, I'm not saying he's not ready by any means. I don't know him that well. Yeah. I will say this. I think he wants to be ready. but I don't think that necessarily means that he is

and I think that's going to be We're going to learn more about if he actually is or not As the season goes on Yeah and even I think a lot of people come into the show Like I'm ready And then when push comes to shove it's like But are you and they're like maybe I'm not We see him chat with his mom

His sister his dad He gives his first roast to his grandma We meet his whole family I like the intro package I find it to be very necessary like I already know more about grant than I did from Jen season just in like you oh yeah like what I think we see I felt like it was more just like a refresher of what we already knew about him oh no I think we see a more I think the show does a good job of showcasing. his vulnerability. I think you see that in the intro package where I don't necessarily think you see you like with Grant. Grant was somebody when they picked him to be the bachelor in my head.

I'm like it makes sense because he's a handsome guy and I could see a lot of women being into Grant. So that's that's good enough. Like to me that's good. The bar for men is so low. I think that's kind of good enough to be the bachelor. But I don't know. necessarily know if I saw that also I don't know I mean gen C's season was a while ago but just

maybe it is just a refresher but I already am like okay grant now to me is the bachelor right where when he got announced as the bachelor joey was still the bachelor now it's now it's grant yeah yeah yeah I get that I also think he didn't make it to hometowns on jen season the relationship was definitely yeah we don't meet his family yeah we don't meet his family his family is gorgeous very attractive beautiful family um and just seeing him engage with them i think you learn more about him you feel closer to him it definitely the intro package i think on every season for the lead does a great job of setting the tone for like this is your bachelor this is your bachelor this is your bachelor this is their story and you know let's let's go yeah i i agree so

we roll up to the mansion, Grant's a little nervous. He's doing like a little moonwalk with Jesse, trying to just feel a little more comfortable. Jesse is so good with the leads. He really is. Like his ability to just converse with them and he has a comforting presence. Like I feel relaxed when he's on screen. I feel like it's all going to be okay. And I'm not even the lead.

Well, I think it's easier for Jesse because Jesse was the lead at one point. So, like, he, I think he really just knows, like, he connects with them and knows how they feel, especially someone like Grant, who's an ex-athlet. Yeah. And so was Jesse. So he's probably, like, really able to connect and be like, yeah, I know how you feel. You just got to loosen up because you're a nervous wreck right now, but you're going to be fine. Yes. And I also think Jesse, like, in the last few years got married.

He just had a little girl. Like, it's like, come with me to the other side. Like, I, you could be. me in a few years like you could have all this but you're not the hosting gig just you know the life wow well come with me to the other side i don't know if i got all that but i like it i'm with you on it okay so first we have first out of the limo is rose yes and honestly from the headshots i wouldn't have predicted her to be the first out of the limo i know her first name is rose so like maybe that was a dead giveaway but she didn't really pop to me when we did our headshot um like bios but she really

shined in this episode. Yeah, I really, I thought she was fantastic. Yeah, I really liked her. I was like, oh, wow, I like this girl. We didn't really talk about this girl. And granted, we only get so much when we do like the bios and the headchats. Yeah, we don't know. There's always going to be people that we miss.

And she's one of the people that I feel like we miss because she was captivating, very likable. Yeah, very confident, relaxed. She also looks really familiar. Like, she's from Chicago, and I feel like I definitely have seen her. her before you know i said i i saw jordan from jones season and i was like i know i yeah and you were right so maybe you're right about her too oh yeah you said you're like i feel like i've seen her like at a bar that we go to a lot and stuff like that yeah yeah she looks really really really familiar

chicago is like a shockingly small town for you like i feel like you are one degree of separation from every other person that lives there maybe maybe you always say that but you just know you a you have a cast a wide net you know a lot of people i think a just because you have a massive family and also a big friend group yeah so it's like eat like a lot of people are accessible to you and you've had like three different lives living in that city so you have like random connections from like every like you have like buddies in the produce market and then also like people from the bachelor yeah i yeah they can the more this show goes on and like the longer i do this podcast like i you're like do i know everyone in Chicago.

Truly. All right. So Rose was a strong start. Getting back to the cast and the community of Chicago. And we've come to the realization that I know everyone in the Chicago land area. Yes. So next we have Latia. She has an intro package.

We learn about the fact that she is Mormon. Her dad passed away in a car wreck when she was three months old. Very sad. She's great. She popped for us on the headshots. We predicted that she was going to go far. And I stand by that. she is it's so funny because there's sometimes we get

people completely wrong in the headchats we usually always pick like one night one girl and letia is exactly what i thought she would be yeah exactly what i expected like we couldn't have been more bang on with yeah yeah yeah and i and i and i stand by what i said i think i think you know she very confident and i just i see her being there for They look good together. I see her being there for a while. She's not somebody that like, I, oh, wait, she didn't make out with Grant in this episode.

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won't say publicly. Many of them are in fear of their political lives, and that's been part of the challenge. But we continue to say to them, you were elected to defend your constituents, to stand up for your constituents. And there's life after Congress. And you should be willing to actually want to be able to look back on your time in the House of Representatives knowing that you can keep your head held high because you did the right thing. Donald Trump is gone in three and a half years. But their legacy or their faith, failure to stand up to the extremism and the unprecedented assault on America as we know it will be with them forever. Make sure to listen to Spolitics on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

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going to be full of them. Every episode gets real about the why behind these changes and gives you the inspiration and maybe the push to make your next pivot. Listen to these women and more on she pivots now on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts um let's just kind of jump through some more the entrance yeah i wrote down i wrote down the women that i thought stood out out of the limo okay yeah let's go through some of them so carolina's another one i have her next to insane dress very very very unique dress which I always love to see speak Spanish from Puerto Rico I feel like you you said this and I agree with you she has like a similar air and energy that Maria from Joey season did

yeah and we all know Maria has like this natural star quality she like shines on television and I feel like Carolina has that quality or is like presenting that way as well yeah um Alicia she really popped. Yeah, she did the genie and a bottle of entrance that was really cute. She really popped and she was somebody that I didn't really, yeah, the bio headshot.

I don't think we really talked about her too much. No, we did. I think she's beautiful. Her head shot's great. Really pretty and just really, really calm energy up there. I was like, okay, this girl's, she's good. Yes.

She's good. Yeah. Grant actually seemed more nervous than most of the women did, which I feel like is so. rarely the case. I feel like the lead usually seems nervous, but the women or the guys coming out of limo seems so nervous. This group of women was very confident. Well, they're all, they're all around the ages of like, they're like between the 27 and 30 mark, I would say the majority

of them. Yeah. If not like a few of them are like older too. Yeah. So I, I think we have just, I think we're skewing on for grant women above the age of 27 where joey season there was definitely girls that were i would say we probably skewed under 27 i'd say we skewed under 25 yeah yeah i am biased because i went on the show at 22 i got engaged to you at 23 right which is young i'm not trying to say i wasn't super young i was younger than i was the youngest person on our season of paradise but i think because of that I my personal bias is like there's no difference you know like just because they're young doesn't mean that they are like you know less secure or less ready or less confident and I think that this season might be proving me wrong in that assumption I'm not saying like

every girl under the age of 25 but like there definitely is an energy difference and just specifically in like the self-assurance in these women and the way that they carry themselves does feel really different than what we see in younger casts. For sure. Do you agree? I agree. And I've been like resistant to feel that way. Yeah, yeah, you always fight that.

But there's also like like, yeah, you are a very mature 23 year old. And like I compare myself when I first went on Becca's season and I was 30. I was very immature. Like, there's no way, even on Becca's season that, like, I was ready. Like, if I would have lasted on Becca's season, there's just no way I was ready to get married. Yeah. Like, so, and I was 30. Yeah.

So I do think, I do think it's always, you know, it's the person. But like, what we are just seeing a lot of women on the season that are 28, 29, who are just very confident and just, seem very mature and it seemed like they at least off of the first episode it seems like they all know what they want yeah we're seeing less of this like and i actually like i like this too for a different reason but like we're seeing less of the like silly giddy giggly nervous energy that we get maybe more so with a younger cast and more of this like it just seems it seems like seems like they'll still be drama, but like the women just seem more confident coming out of the wimmo, limo, the wimmo, more commanding, more self-assured, which I think is great. I think

it's nice to have a tone change for every season. I think after Jen's season with, you know, we had a younger cast and a lot of a lot of craziness and a lot of maturity, this will be a good shift. We'll see, though. You never know. I think they're still going to be chaotic. Alex, Alex. with the llama no drama llama she was so random yeah it was a random entrance she's she's really pretty and I just I was like she has a quirky personality that could sell something like that like she fully committed to the bit yeah like that could have went really bad like it was kind of going a little rough the whole time I was on the edge of my seat of like all right is she going to stick the landing. Where is this going? How is he going to take this? And then when she walked

in the house, I was like, okay. No, she pulled it off. She made it work. And that, I think that's a good sign. Um, okay, but for now, I think we can move on from Alex. We do have her coming on as our first interview of the season this week. So be sure to stay tuned for that episode and check it out. We're going to talk about all things, no drama llama and first impression roses. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to her because I like to figure out who she is, you know? Yeah, she's Canadian gal. Any other quick limo entrance standouts? I thought Juliana.

I thought she really stood out. They also played like romantic music when she came out of the limo. Yeah, she's the one. She's the one in my opinion where if she doesn't end up with Grant, I'm getting an early like sense of potential bachelor at from her. Yeah, she's the one that Joe and I were kind of like something about this is giving like she goes far. but I don't know if I see her being the one to end up with Grant. I see her more as being the next bachelorette.

I think it's too soon to tell. Yeah. But, I mean, he seemed to have, honestly... He says a lot of connections. He seemed to have a lot of connections, yeah. What do you think of Bailey's entrance with the social media photos? And her being like, can you take some photos of me? I thought it was...

I thought it was a good break. I thought it was fun. I thought she had, like, young. fun energy um i could see that rubbing a lot of people like a lot of viewers the wrong way of like she wanted him to take photos of her like what is like i could see that like i could definitely i think it was a risky move i was actually very surprised that she got the first conversation with him yeah me too um i didn't know because it didn't really seem like he was super into her intro yeah i i didn't know how to read her intro i was like this is a risky play because

go I feel like I was like I feel like I need to get to know more about her to judge the intro but then she did that really cute little like wig bit with him and I was like okay it works it works like she's very silly she's very playful that's like if that's the place that it's all coming from like I'm totally with it I think she's very likable I like her and I think she brings a good energy to the show and I do feel like from what we saw we have a lot of similar personalities where she's an outlier. Yeah, she's a little bit, she's a little bit more goofy than some of the girls we've seen, which I like.

The only other two I wrote down, I mean, we skipped over a few, but we can circle back to them later. I thought the big head was kind of funny of an entrance. Serafina. Oh, I like Sarah Fina, too. Cut out, which I thought was kind of cute. I actually thought she was one of the, what I put on her on my nose, but she was one of the women that I thought came across very well.

She shined a little bit during this episode. And then Zoe is in your top four predictions from the headshots and she did the t-shirt gun, which I liked only because it was just really creative. Like it was a bigger entrance and I would literally never think about doing something like that in a million years. Yeah, Zoe, I don't, I think Grant's into her and I think it all makes sense. I don't know how she's going to vibe with the other. other women because it seems like they're like she could be someone that she's got more of like an

edgier personality yeah yeah she's not as warm as maybe some of the other girls come across really quick we have to talk about taylor grant sister making a cameo appearance this kind of feels like a different version or a call back to charity's brother coming and being the bartender we love adding siblings into the show these days uh we do And also, I also watched, I was like, thank God, all the women talked about how pretty she was. She's beautiful. Yeah, but like, thankfully they weren't like, who's this ugly bitch? I think if the show thought people would respond that way, there's a good chance they wouldn't have done this.

But I like seeing his sister there. I thought, and you seen him like smile. I thought, and it was a good way to like shake up the girls a little bit. You saw him immediately get jealous. Like immediately, immediately. immediately Alicia was freaking out Yeah

Immediately like this is our territory We are the women Don't add any more women Which is so funny Because like they've only been there For a few hours They've been there for five minutes All of it like

It's when you pop a girl in episode six Even like three Okay even three I get it Night one like chill out Like they should If I were the producers I would have watched

The women's reaction to that And think okay We gotta get some new cast members in midway because these girls are going to freak out yeah next season let's let's drop some people night two well they did that on my season yeah yeah it went really terribly but like you know as you would expect having watched how these girls reacted after seeing a girl come in like three hours late i don't even think i don't even think wait till i think do it all in the same night but maybe do the late limos like late limos like you get an early shift and then you get a late

Yeah. Honestly, this didn't really, this didn't really work for me, the sister thing. But I think it's one of those things that like if you're a woman there and you don't know it's his sister, it definitely is a fun and emotional twist. But as a viewer, because we'd already met her in the package and they weren't showing the face, I immediately knew it was her. Like I immediately put was like put to and do that. I was like, well, it's the sister. It's obviously the sister. So it just didn't really. It didn't. It didn't. hit for me in terms of like a anticipatory twist you know i think it was more for the contestants yeah i wanted it to be an ex i wanted it to be an ex i wanted it to be an ex is oh there's never ever a time i don't want to see an ex show up on this show like it's one of the more exciting things that happens um but i thought it was cute she did a little like presentation on her brother and like the sibling bond and we love that yeah i think it's great do you think that taylor should go on paradise or like on another season is she single

I don't know I'm assuming so I mean if she's single no I don't think she should go on paradise I don't think you just get to jump into paradise but you don't think we should start opening paradise up to siblings no I think they did it didn't actually I bring her sister down one year yeah but I don't think her sister was there more like

a oh I thought she was more like there as like a what is it a pet a support an emotional support you thought what's her sister named Lauren Lauren was Ashley's emotional support animal I did okay I mean maybe it was a little bit of both no I don't think I don't think we should start throwing siblings into like a space like paradise I think I think I think I think I think grand sister seems wonderful and I think she could definitely get cast on the next season of the bachelor if she wanted to go on it and she was single that makes total sense to me.

I think if nobody from grant season is good enough to be the lead, maybe. But just a throw-over in Paradise, I think, is not the move. I agree. I personally think, A, going on the show, there's a learning curve, and to throw someone into Paradise that's never been on the show whenever other person's been on the show, it puts them at a slight disadvantage. I also would rather see them pluck someone that went home night one or week two that was great. I would rather see that person get a second chance than a sibling who's never been on the show.

And I just think that being on The Bachelor of The Bachelorette, other than, you know, obviously there's always like an exception to the role. But I think traditionally I like that being a prerequisite to be on Paradise. And I think Grand Sister would be at a little bit of a disadvantage. place like paradise because a lot of the guys down there are grants friends friends and they may feel it inappropriate to go for his sister his sister yeah so like but i mean majority of the times they'll still do it but i could see that being a little bit of an issue yeah i would rather see if we're talking just siblings in general and specifically taylor i would rather see her as a contestant on the bachelor than get a free ticket to paradise i'd rather they pluck one of the

the girls that went home night one on grant season and give them a second chance when was the last time have they ever done that where they were a sibling got cast on a on a following season of like bachelor bachelor bachelor yeah i'm sure we've seen siblings on the show have we not carly waddell who ended up with evan bass on paradise oh oh her oh her name's carly her name's carly carly Carly and Evan oh okay oh wow Carly Waddell's a sibling of a ex-contestant okay but so they haven't done it in a while haven't done it in a long time they haven't done in a while oh Aaron Irv Aaron Aaron Aaron yeah Aaron Erb we had Noah Erb and Aaron Irb okay so we've had a few contestant sibling situations maybe not a lead sibling yeah but I don't think Aaron even

Aaron wasn't on the show at all for no Noah's season. No, because no one didn't make it to hometowns. Yeah. But we should get some more siblings on. That's fun. Let's do it. We're doing parents on Golden.

Let's, let's span it out to the siblings. Yeah, or get some, yeah, or you could even take some of the children of the golden people. Yeah, let's put some kids.

Let's make this super incestual. All, not incestual, literally, but like, let's keep it in the family. Let's keep recasting. Let's take it easy.

All right. You're, that's getting crazy. All right. I'm Jamel Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcasts, Politics. And on the latest episode of Politics, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins me for a candid conversation about the state of the Democratic Party. What do Republicans say to you privately that they won't say publicly?

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

forever. Make sure to listen to Spolitics on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness Psychobabble Yes, yes Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you

Open your free IHeartRadio app Search Emergency Intercom And listen now My name is Ed Everyone say hello Ed From a very rural background myself My dad is a farmer And my mom is a cousin

So like it's not like What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke But that really was my reality nine years ago I just normally do straight stand-up but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear.

On 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes a stage available now listen to wisecrack on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts have you ever wished for a change but weren't sure how to make it maybe you felt stuck in a job a place or even a relationship i'm emily tish susman and on she pivots i dive into the inspiring pivots of women who have taken big leaps in their lives and careers i'm gretchen

Whitmer, Jody Sweeten, Annika Patton, Elaine Welteroth. I'm Jessica Voss. And that's when I was like, I got to go. I don't know how, but that kicked off the pivot of how to make the transition. Learn how to get comfortable pivoting because your life is going to be full of them. Every episode gets real about the why behind these changes and gives you the inspiration and maybe the push to make your next pivot. Listen to these women and more on She Pivots, now on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. my favorite part of the episode why you smiling well no i know what you're going to say i thought

you were going to be talking about grant speech and i was like what did he say in his speech but i know where you're going with this was the uh yeah grant speech then all the women go in the house grant gives his speech that was all what did you think of his speech good yeah i liked it i thought he did a good job yeah i think it was just like hey i'm i'm here i want someone to rank like best night one speeches well there's never going to be a lead that gets up there like all right i don't know like no i mean they're prepared and rehearsed obviously i want to see a bachelor come up and just but i don't know if i'm ready but like i'm attracted to a bunch of you that would set the tone so badly uh so let's see how this goes no his speech was great

uh the cat girl parisa with the powerpoint presentation was quite funny oh my god that was so funny. I was dying mostly just because like Grant and her were on totally separate pages about what was happening and like she was obviously doing a bit and I think he was like trying to figure out what was going on. I don't know. I just really enjoyed it. I thought it was like both like hilarious and awkward. His reaction, I love when he said, I was amazed that you really did that. And then we just ended the scene. And that's the end. Then we

ended the scene yeah I was like that was really that was really funny and as the episode goes on we're definitely seeing more of Grant's personality yes I think his personality is coming out more and more um shall I read off the names of the girls he kissed which is basically everyone well read off the names of the girls he kissed because I do think besides just kissing them there was certain girls that I thought he had a really good connection with and he seemed to be really into he did but unfortunately for him and the girls that's like like a lot of them. You know what I mean?

Like I think he has a connection with a lot of people. No, I don't. He gets along with a lot of people. I think there was like six. There was like six girls that I was like, okay. Yeah, okay,

I guess. But six is a lot because that's only from what we saw. For all we know, there's like a couple sleepers in there too. Yeah. I don't know. I feel like usually after night one, you're like,

okay, he likes like these two or three girls. Well, see, I think it's way, I think it's way more likely for him to be where he is. And I, I think it's more enjoyable as a viewer.

I think it's more enjoyable, too. I prefer it. I just think it results in a messier season because he's just like such a sweetie lover boy. Great. Great. Okay. Who, who? Okay.

One. Alicia. Who I think he really likes her. I really like her. I really like her. Yeah. Great, great interviews. Very beautiful.

Very sweet. Juliana. Same. I think he really likes her. Actually, yeah I think he really likes her he did he wrote I wrote down actually he said to her he said I've definitely got my eyes on you though I like your personality and you're beautiful he's very direct and like clear and concise with his intentions and his compliments towards the women which I love

and midway through their conversation we cut to a package of juliana's like family and like their Italian family and they seem like yeah karaoke karaoke karaoke in the car yeah carpool Karaoke? Yeah. My God. You really went for it with like no information or certainty about what you were saying. It's kind of, yeah, a story of my life. He didn't kiss Carolina, but he basically said in his interview.

He wanted to kiss her, but he felt like she wanted to take things slow. So he didn't, but like basically expressed like he would have. And she was getting emotional talking about her family. Yeah, yeah. Latia, they made out. She made a joke about like, where's the car seat going in the Ferrari? which I thought was kind of funny. Alex.

Yeah. Kiss is there. So Alex, Lama entrance, compared to all the other entrances, I was like, she's going to be there. She's going to stick around. But I didn't assume that she would get the first impression, Rose, from what I saw. From the conversation of like the French lessons. But no, once they had a conversation and I, that was one of the first times. I saw Grant really relaxed with her.

You did say that. You did say that. He, yeah, I was like, okay, this, he, he is really in her. Well, she's such a big personality. She's obviously going to make an impression coming out of the limo because she's so vibrant. And then I feel like because she's a yapper, he was like, this is nice. Like she can kind of carry this. I can just enjoy myself.

And it was a good, they have a good, like, personality matchup. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I think that's one of the first, like, true signs is when you see the lead. Relax. Relax. I agree. And feel comfortable. And that was the first I've seen him all night with her.

I agree. Vicky, he kissed. She did a little, like, bottle service bit. Zoe, he kissed, which we talked about earlier. She did the t-shirt gun. Rose. I'm pretty sure I think, for my time. top four. I'm pretty sure I said Zoe's going to be who he ends up with. You did. You did.

And I actually still stand by. I actually, I'm not, I still stand by that. She might. Yeah. And then Rose, he kissed. She did the ghost moment with the clay, where they made each other like clay rings. Those are all the kisses that I have recorded. I wouldn't be surprised if there was more that we didn't get to see. I'm not against a lot of night one makeouts. I just want to be clear. Like, this list isn't meant for judgment. It's just meant for data. Yeah, I think Grant's going to have a really tough time when we get into the later rounds of this season. He's going to have a lot of overly confident, very jealous women very early on if he heats this up. You said that to me when we were watching the episode.

The way he's speaking to the women is making them feel very confident in their relationship with him already. And that's going to be an issue. Yeah, like he's not holding any cards close to his chest, and he likes a lot of them, which I get, because it's really, it's a really great cast. I think we have a lot of great contenders for Paradise from this cast, and I'm excited for the season, but like, it's easier on him, I think, and the women if he likes less of them, or at least is like more restrictive with his feelings. I think a lot of girls left night one being like oh my god he's meeting my family for sure what would you want if you were the lead would you want there to be out of a cast of 25 first night 10 people that you were really into or would you want it there to be like only like you're like okay it's really between these three and kind of know that night one I

I'm not a lover girl. Like, it takes a lot for me to have a crush on someone. And when I do like someone, I'm pretty, like, tunnel vision. So I think you could give me, like, 25 of the best guys out there, and there would still only be, like, I only have it in me to be really obsessed with, like, four max, you know? Like, I'm just never, but I think it's hard because I like to flirt. So I would probably very, like, flirty with a lot of them. But when it comes to being like vulnerable and really like intentional with the reassurance that I'm giving, I think I would withhold that for the people that I really felt like, you know, moving into week three, two or three. I was like, I really see something with this person. I would be, I would be more restrictive with my vocabulary when it came to like, I really like you. I think you're beautiful and amazing. And I connect with your personality. And I am excited.

to get to know you more like that's an amazing thing to say to someone on a first date but it's a really hard thing to say to someone when you're saying it to 25 first dates you know what I mean yeah like I think he's almost compartmentalizing each relationship a little too much right now wow I don't think you're wrong I don't think you're wrong I think I answered like four questions that you didn't ask but you did but everything you said makes a lot of sense so Okay, Alex gets the first impression rose. Yep. We're going to talk to her, so I don't think we need to get into that too much.

Overall, I think it wasn't totally a surprise. She was definitely like in the running for it in my mind. After their one-on-one conversation, not surprised at all. And then when it came to the Rose ceremony, the first Rose of the night went to Latia. Next one went to Rose. Next one went to Zoe. And we sent home three. Do it.

Do the whole cast. Nope, can't do that. Yeah, who do we send home? We sent home seven girls. The only one I was maybe like a little surprised. They were all great just like based on like screen time and connection. I was a little surprised about Jenae maybe because we did see her entrance. Like she was like the third one of the limo.

And Savannah, she's someone that I'm like, if there was a different lead, I don't know if we would have seen her go home this early. Well, I think we'll at least see one of them. in paradise yeah we usually see we usually see one you know there's usually one night oneer that gets cast nisi was in your top four i know now now you're top three i don't know if i've ever picked a top four that didn't have someone that went home night one i think i always have someone that goes far and always have someone that someone that goes home night one yeah um so you know i'm i'm nothing if not consistent but i like that it's a smaller cast too it's just way more manager Yeah.

Like we only had 25 women. It was a 30. Perfection. We don't need... My season had like 37 women. That's crazy. Like too much. Too much.

As a viewer, you know, I like 25. Me too. Because leaving night one, I feel like I got a vibe of everyone except for Kylie, who I don't think we saw one time. Even like usually the first couple episodes I need the face sheet because I'm like trying to remember who everyone is. But even just talking about the majority of these women. in this first episode i i already i feel like i know a lot of their um faces and names yeah all right well that is episode one we hope you guys enjoyed the recap and make sure you stay tuned because we are going to have the first rose recipient alex on bachelor happy hour and twist in the plot she also has the

first one-on-one date of the season now forgot to mention that but yes what did you think of that i like that really I don't know if I liked it. Oh, I love it. There's more stakes. And it forces the lead to really be like, I actually need to put some thought into this because I'm going to spend more time with this one person right away. And this is the beginning of my journey. So it's going to kind of be like that's an important decision. Yeah.

And I also feel like the first impression rose recipient usually then gets back burnered until like a week for one-on-one date because they got such early. reassurance so it kind of it makes the first impression rose more desirable because I feel like it doesn't come with like that con of oh well now I might have to wait like weeks for like real time with him yeah like it's almost a double-edged sore getting the first impression rose usually yeah but but now you want it you have a target on your back but like literally who cares yeah you you want it yeah you want it that's raise the stakes I like the first first impression rose twist as well just because I think it spices up the first impression rose by adding those stakes but it feels aligned for the show like the laa twist with the card and the

the power like it just didn't align with bachelor it just felt really forced and like it just it didn't work at all it didn't translate it didn't get used whereas this feels fresh but still on brand true to the show yeah I agree yeah so we're going to have Alex on later this week we're going to see more of her next week's episode so be sure to keep tuning in to grant season of the bachelor and don't forget to subscribe to bachelor happy hour thanks for listening hi hi hi my name is enya umanzor and i'm drew phillips and we run a podcast called emergency intercom if you're a crime junkie and you love crimes we're not the podcast for you But if you have unmedicated ADHD...

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