Bachelor Happy Hour - Rainbow Cake and the Countryside: Jared Freid, Part 2

Episode Date: October 25, 2024

Today on “Happy Hour,” we are back with part two of our Hometowns recap with Jared Freid! We jump right back in where we left off with Jordan’s Hometown. Is this the Grocery Store Hometown we could’ve gotten? Then, we get into the scenic and heartfelt Hometown with Chock. Next, we get Jared’s thoughts on the entire season so far. Plus, who does he want to be the next Golden Bachelor? Tune in to hear all this and more, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey everybody, welcome back to Betcher Happy Hour I'm Joe And I'm Serena And we are back with Jared Free Part 2 We're just going to pick it off Where we left off

Hometown Recap You missed it We did the first two in part one So go listen And now we're diving into Jordan Jordan, Chicago watching Jordan and now

knowing that I know him just the way he acts and the way he handled everything makes complete sense to me I will say I think Jordan and Joe Joe it felt like Jordan did the hometown date

you would have done yes yeah like it is like Lumal Nottis I wouldn't go to Lumal Nottis I would have went to Piquads but yeah it was a little on the nose yeah oh also yeah I would have to ask him about that cake because I don't know about that

fucking did you know what it was rainbow cake I I think it's from I think it's from like the green goddess or the green gross one of those one of those goddess in the grocer goddess in the grosser but that rainbow cake you fucking kidding I mean like I could think of 10 better cakes than a rainbow cake I looked a little dry I just was like I was expecting it did look a little dry I I was expecting exactly what we got which was you know him basically being cubby you know, the mascot of Chicago and giving us the full Chicago experience.

But it was funny having Pascal and him go back to back and comparing their Chicago hometown dates. Yeah, well, he's very different. Yeah, like he's very much like lives. Jordan's like a, what looks to be like lives in like Lincoln Park, like lives in Chicago and Pascal's. Oh, he lives in Lincoln Park? I don't know where he's like Bucktown or Lincoln Park.

Wicker Park. Yeah. But that's, yeah, that's what he's giving. But just the way, even like we see at the end of the, at the end of the episode Jordan gets cut but just like how he handled it was very much like

all right yeah this was fun see you later I don't think I don't think he was that into Joan or he was at least moving way slower

than everyone else was to the point where I think he knew like he even said he's like if I'm supposed to fall in love and get engaged in two weeks that's not going to happen

it's like well that's what is happening I never saw it with him and Joan it was very and they even say like they even reference when they had their like one-on-one like the one line in the song they reference is like became friends and then became more like it was friends vibe i don't even you know like jordan i you know jew i keep calling him jewish jordan because i'm like i know

what what his like it felt like him and like if if jordan went to florida and joan went to Florida, they'd be on two different coasts. Joan would be in Naples and Jordan would be in Boca and you can just feel that they'd wave to each other, but it wouldn't be a love match. Jordan and Pascal are going to go to Cubs games. They're going to duck out at about the seventh inning and we're going to see them hanging out at like most canteena together having the best time. I hope so.

Well, they even said like, you know, the stuff with his family was very telling. just like that he's like it seems as though it's funny like we've gotten all the versions of male trauma wife passed wife left me late in life wife you know slept around on me you know and like it doesn't seem like

he's really let anyone into his dating world well his kids basically said like yeah he hasn't dated anyone seriously in over a decade since his ex-wife right I don't know if this is this is probably a good experience for him on like a personal healing level but like it would be very hard to all of a sudden like jump in and get engaged like the first girl you've seriously dated in 11 years well i also feel like guys i feel like guys get to a certain age where they're kind of where they make peace with like i'm just gonna be a single guy like i i i kind of got to that point when i was like 30 where i was like all right i this is this might be be my life.

Yeah. And then I went on The Bachelor and it all changed. But if I didn't, I was like, yeah, this is kind of how, but I would have lived very similar to, like, how Jordan's living. Yeah. Well, I like to think I still have hope as a single guy in the 30s, but I, you know. Joe's, like, not even 30s, like, 29 and, like, given up. Yeah.

What, dude, what are you talking about? It's so dark. You're like, you know, I was 30. woman. I guess I'm on Stacey from now on. I guess I'm Uncle Joe. You weren't really trying to find anyone.

You wore slippers on the beach. He goes, I like to think I still have. I mean, grocery Joe, chill man. You really went zero to 60. But eventually, you talked to Ben Higgins. Ben Higgins, when he went on the match,

it was like 25. And he says, He's like, I'd made peace with the fact that I was going to be single forever. And he was looking back. It's hysterical. It's so great. What are you? My grandmother after my grandfather passed? That's crazy.

He just said he grew up in an area where everyone was getting married and having kids young. And it was just like all he knew. And he was like, yeah, I'd made peace with the fact I was going to be, you know, single for the rest of my life and like alone forever. But he's like looking back. That's crazy because I was 25 years old. He said like the furniture was gone. Like after the breakup, like the furniture was gone. And he was kind of just sitting in his living room.

like a picnic chair and like cracked open a beer and was like yeah like this is it I guess I just float away on this ice flow and die yeah that's crazy I'm I mean I go on first dates Joe you know like I'm living a life yeah I like I do have relationships I can still have kids you know you know that no I'm not I wasn't saying it in a way of like there's no hope. I just kind of was like for me if I'll like, oh my. Let me save you. Dating is not a priority for men.

It's just not like the idea of the social thing of like oh no, what will people think if I'm not with someone or my clock ticking? All those things just aren't like listen, I have a dating podcast. I give dating advice on the podcast. Very few men listen because men don't think they have a problem to deal with. You know, the reason women listen to a dating podcast, is like, they're like, I have an issue. I'm doing well everywhere else, but why can't I fix this issue?

I need to see if like, like, we get questions from women all the time that are like, is it okay for me to be annoyed that this guy did this on a date? The idea of like a guy asking if it's okay for him to like be turned off by something is crazy. It just would never be asked. And like women are like, am I a bad person for being mad that he made me pay for the date and then he hit me in the tit afterwards you're like yeah you can be

mad like what are you talking about am I being too picky I'm like no you're you're right dating's wild you also your first relationship was at 30 so I don't know why you'd given up I wasn't my first relationship but it was my first like long longer

relationship your first longer relationship was when he went on the bachelor no before me yeah But, okay, go back to this. Wait, hold on. What did you think of Jordan's brothers?

Jordan's brothers? I could not stop looking at. Well, you know Jordan's brothers. That's how I was able to put it together. His brother that didn't speak was the one that I knew. Quickly tell the story again in case anyone missed part one and doesn't know what you're talking about. Okay, so yeah, real quick, I used to in high school, I started working for my cousins at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. They were traders on the floor.

My cousin Louis and Joey, my cousin Louie, worked in the Eurodollar pit, and that's where Jordan worked. And that's why I always looked at. I'm like, oh, he looks so familiar. And then when I saw his brother at the hometowns, he actually traded in the NASDAQ when I traded it there for like. Would they recognize you? I bet you Jordan knows who I am. They got to know you. Yeah, I would think.

I would think he would know. But I was really young. Come on. It's grocery Joe. I don't know. He may not, but I'm sure he definitely. Like, he definitely, I definitely. Well, you had a lot of family members that were there too.

He definitely knows my cousin Louis. Like he's, he, he, 100%. My cousin Louis worked for his. Yeah, my cousin Louie worked for his brother. I know. And that's how when I saw the brother, that's when I was like, now I know exactly who this man is. But I. They look nothing alike, the brother and him. The brothers, they look completely unrelated.

No, they were like a mad, they were like a magic eye. I couldn't look away from them. They were all different shapes and heights. Nothing made sense. they had like skin tones hair color yeah it was like they were really a wild looking bunch

I you know remember when like they all did look like family ish like remember when Conan O'Brien used to do the bit where he'd have like they'd be like rumored couples

and then they'd take their faces and put them together and it would look like magazine clippings were just like taped together that's what they looked like I was like why is one of them

eight feet tall the other one's three feet tall Like, it was just like, they were a wild, them being on screen, I couldn't look away. I'm like, what is this? Like, so, like, not pale, but he's white. His brothers are, like, tan. Yeah, they do all look very different. Yeah.

Different and like a hint of the same. Like, it was like, it was enough the same that I was like squinting at the TV. I'm like, what are these, the pep boys? Like, it was like crazy. Like, yeah. Yeah, I kind of do it looks like that. The look, but I did enjoy the daughters. I thought they were like, it's always, like, they were like adult daughters who were like getting answers.

Oh, yeah, they were asking good questions. Good questions. And it felt like this was their opportunity to get answers from their dad that they felt uncomfortable asking. Which this show then, that's what I knew he was going home because I'm like, this is about something else. Joan is a side character on Jordan's show right now. Yeah. So that was like, yeah. Yeah, you're so right.

The hometown was less about Jordan and Joan for the kids and more about being like, dad, what is going on? Like, let's talk about your dating. Like, we've opened the door now because you're on this dating show for us to ask some questions that we've been talking about behind your back for a few years. Absolutely. Like, you know the daughters have been talking about this for years. And now they're like, all right, going in there.

You ask this. I'm asking this. Let's get some answers. We'll conference after. Joan, cool. But like, it's probably not going to work out. So, like, this is our opportunity. Right.

He's not marrying, you know, Gwendolyn from, you know, Wicked or something. It ain't happening. Yeah. I don't think. I think they liked her and thought she was lovely. But I just think they were like, we know our dad. And like, I don't. Yeah.

She was a step for him. towards something in the future. And he's a nice guy too, Jordan. I really liked him. I actually thought he was going to be in her top two. I'll see him be in the best. He's been, I could see him be in the bash, right?

I agree. He's been messaging me since the beginning of the whole thing. He's been very nice. Oh, no. Like, very sweet. I'm going to Chicago for the Bears Patriots game. And I was like, we got to get a drink or something. So it's in the works.

When is that game? November 9th. My brother's a coach. coach for the team. Oh, yeah, that's right. That's right. I forget that. That'll be a fun game.

Well, I'm from Boston, so we're going to go, like, I got some high school friends coming. Oh, that's awesome. That'll be fun. They're married with kids. I don't know what their wives' names are because I've never asked, but. Yeah, I get that. I get that. All right, moving out, we have.

What's her face? How's she doing? How the kids. Yeah. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon.

This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between

them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jemell Hill, host of the Sports and 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 IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes.

Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Uh, we have, we have Chalk's hometown, um, which was heavy. I wasn't, this was not at all was I was expecting. No, because, guys, want to come to my mom's funeral? Yeah. Like, what is that?

It really caught me off guard. Want to see me, want to see me say goodbye to her as I dig a tree? What? Wait, was it a funeral? This is the craziest hometown date I have ever witnessed. This is like, I'm surprised that the family and like, no. judgment that they did this, but, like, was surprised that they agreed to partake in such like an intimate emotional thing on camera.

Well, it felt like this was a second one. Like, I feel like they've done this already. And this was an opportunity to like, you know, again, like, especially if someone's recently passed, it's like, yeah, we'll honor them again. It's always, who's going to say no to that? But it is weird to be like, hey, I want you to meet my whole. whole friends and family also mom's dead and it's a very it was it's a very intimate date like like and that's that's the thing what you were saying it's it just seems like like if chock

wasn't as far ahead as he was like this doesn't happen but like right to me like there's like yeah like there's zero chance that like Jordan does this. Like if Jordan's mother would have passed away Like Jordan wouldn't come back This yeah he's gone yeah he's gone where yeah he's not back I mean yeah watching it it's kind of hard to just not think that like Jack and Joan Visually like they're it's sunny they're in a field

Their outfits are matching they're like strolling it's like it feels like a It reminded me of like the the family from succession just in like Wichita I didn't really get that but I mean it was um Chalk is just like so into her and googly-eyed at her. And there's an element of like is this, you know, I would never accuse him of this. But there is some manipulation of like, I'm just throwing you into like this very important part of my life. And you're in.

Like we're married now. You know, like I, I, a little into that. But chalk, I mean. It may, it lines up with. him being a successful businessman, right? Right. Just like kind of the way he's approaching this relationship, I feel like that.

Well, like he's looking to close the deal. It's very assumed close. It's very so all we need is the check and we'll be on our way. Yeah, he does, he has already assumed this deal is done. And he kind of, he's been talking like that, like even at that bowling date a couple weeks ago like he's like she's with me that's my I feel like we saw that I feel like we saw that with Teresa too when it was Tracy and Gary I feel like she also had that very like I don't want to say like aggressive but like there was a drive there to like lock him in yeah and like she was

pretty forward about that and I feel like the golden contestant at least especially the men there's less of that like I don't know like competitiveness and like aggression of pursuing the lead. No, the golden guys were definitely really laid back. Yeah. Well, I think Chalk was like the only one doing it. Like he,

like you said, it sticks out like it did. And like, he's like, he even says like, you're gonna marry me? Like in front of everyone, doesn't he?

Like he makes like a comment. And like she's just like, cool, I guess. Like, but I think she's obsessed with him too. I do too. I think they're like in love. with each other.

Yeah, the way she was like cuddled up under his arms at the bowling alley, like, she's really into him. What do you think Peyton Manning thinks of Chalk? Like, the fact that they have the same exact voice, same, like, vibe. We do have the same voice. Oh, my God. You haven't talked about this yet?

No. We have. We have. Shut your eyes. That is Peyton Manning. I need Chalk to say Omaha, and I need to hear it now. and here's the other thing about chalk

no mention of his name how on earth does not one person say what's chalk from like why not chuck what is chalk short for what does chalk mean yeah

is it because the Kansas Jayhawks Rock Chalk Kansas Jhawks and for Joe not to ask that you kind of have to wonder what planet she lives on. She may have. She may have asked that though. She may have.

We just might not have seen that. I mean, come on. I also, here's the other person I really loved on this episode was his former fiance who had passed her dad. He looked like he came to this party

to party. Like that guy had a drink in his hand at every turn. just like wheeling that cane it was i i loved his look he looked like someone in kansas they just like approached on the road with his stick and bindle that just showed up to the reunion okay so i i think i think like so overall who do you think who do you think joan it's chalk it's chalk i hate to be by far like i hate to be chalk about it like you know the NCAA tournament, I'm going

Chalk. It's one seat all the way. All right, but runner up. Anyone close? I think the runner up, I don't think it's close. I think it's a toss up between Guy or Pascal.

Like I think it could be either of them. Because I really think she's most into chalk. You don't think that you can't see a world where she chooses Pascal. You know who the winners are? Susan who's gotten into all the DMs. of all the men who have gone on the show. That's the real winner.

Susan and Kathy are getting like crazy. I just saw Kathy's, I saw Susan's, her real, good for them. That's all I'll say. So we were with them right before and they were telling us about it because they, she was like, I'm getting a lower level facelift and they're getting like CO2 lasers done. But her face was so much more swollen than I expected it to be. Oh, yeah. Even despite the fact we had like a lengthy conversation where she said it was going to be swollen.

I have to say it is very good for her, you know, to put up a reel with it. You don't have to do that. Like, no, I love it. She was like, I'm going to show everything. This is what it is. Like, because my mom just got a facelift and like I came home and there's like a concern with any facelift. It's like that's kind of talked about. So you have to like, you know, like I think like just like the golden back.

and the golden bachelorette did like where it's like oh this is what a 60 year old looks like like it's nice to see that they have a following of people that can see oh you're going to be swollen this is a normal thing yeah yeah i like that too because we have a lot of them on the podcast and sometimes we ask like hey what's what's your secret i don't think we've had anyone be like well i have Botox here and i have Botox here and i have filler here and i got this done which i'm sure a lot of them do oh definitely and that like is part of it if you like go off you know get your face lift so do your thing live your life the winners are chock and susan surgeon who got the promotion on her instagram who do you who do you think will be the

next bachelor and who would you want to be the next bachelor okay okay so this is a good question i don't want mark i'm sorry we did it it was fun he's a nice guy i feel for him he's not ready I can't hear him. He whispers a lot. It's just no. Jordan would be fun because in the same way that Joan was like kind of an aspirational

thing for the men. She's blonde. She's got the look. I think Jordan looking young helps get people to like apply and not feel like they're going on the old person's show. Yeah. Pascal to me is too cartoonish to be

the Golden Bachelor to take it seriously, you know, like I, I want, I like Pascal, but I want him on his own show with the salon. Yeah, he needs a full spinoff. Yeah, I, yeah, full spin off. Who do you guys think? I, I, yeah, I, I, after watching this whole season, I want Jordan. That's why I would want. I, I think I agree. If not Jordan, I think Guy has a, has an argument to. Guy I don't I don't know back to Reno

yeah guy I guys I like guy he seems nice he's handsome guy I just handsome guy guy I'm just missing something

I just think it's hard with Jordan like I really like Jordan he's been one of my favorites all season but with the way his journey ended it really felt like he either A wasn't ready

or B the process was just too fast for him as someone who doesn't really feel comfortable being vulnerable and to then go be the lead and have to be the one that's like guiding the relationship, I feel like is the challenging. Well, but I just don't think he was that. I just don't think he was that into Joan.

I think that's part of it too. I think if it was someone he was really into it might have made a difference. And I think if you give Jordan. He went out with Stacey Dane or whatever her name was. Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. That was so random. And I think if you give Jordan, yeah,

like if it's, if it's 30 women and a few of them end up being like in their late 40s. Okay. Well, you know, that's a different show. What about Keith? I think Keith would be good. I like his voice. Yeah, I think Keith, too.

Great personality. I think Keith is like a star for paradise. Yeah, I think the issue with. Paradise. Yeah, like if they do a Golden Paradise, which I think they will at some point. Was he going to date Maria? Keith is. Gold in Paradise.

Yeah, well, they're definitely. Bachelor and Boka. They're going to do Boka? I mean, I don't see a world where they don't do that. If both of these shows keep running, Golden Bachelorette, I don't see a world where they don't do that. Consider this my petition to be the bartender for Bachelor of Boka, okay? I would do anything. I would love it.

I would do games. I get all the gossip. I would ask them uncomfortable questions. I am there for it. I already go to Boka. My parents live there. I already know the vibe. I'm in.

Okay. I would love to see that At the very least you have to do a date Like at the bare minimum Like you have to go do anything Anything Serena's already like being like Well you're not going to be the bartender

I'll go to meat market And hang out at the bar with them in Boca There you go My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly And now I'm seriously suspicious Oh wait a minute Sam Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon.

This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating.

He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Jamil Hill, host of the Sports and Politics Podcast 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 want to be?

don'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 IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips.

And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, We're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app.

Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Overall, overall, what are your thoughts on Joan is the Bachelorette and the whole season? Yeah, I've been the first golden bachelor. I really think she was fine and it was nice. I thought it was a good seat. I love the premise. Here's the

other thing I like. And I know this isn't really like, hour and a half is the right amount of time for this show. A hour and a half. I think that's why you guys probably liked hometowns more is like we got in and out of these hometowns. We got what we needed.

Yeah. The pace is just perfect at that timeline for this show. Hour and a half is the show and I don't, and here's the other thing. I just don't understand why the franchise keeps going younger. When you're seeing how much this works as a show, maybe they agree with Joe that life is over at 30. But I don't. I think the fact that they don't have a 35 and above batch. Bachelor or Bachelorette is a crime.

This show should get a woman who is 35, a lawyer, and you go both ways. You go 30 and 40, and you have a great show that lives in reality. So, wait, wait, wait, but are you saying change the current or add another? I guess what would you, I mean, Joe would probably, if we add another, he would call it like loser Bachelor, life is over bachelor Well I will say I will say when I So middle age bachelor

Yeah Here my first season I would say the show was geared towards more Like that age group Like before me Ari was the bachelor Who was like 35 Yeah Nick Vial was like 35 or 36 as the bachelor

Claire was what 36? Claire was well yeah but that wasn't really Claire was after but Claire they made it into such a big thing about her age that it became an insult. But even still, like, Claire was a normal person. I didn't see Claire on TV and go, whoa, who's this old woman? And they made it so hot that, like, it didn't need to be a thing at all.

Like, she looked incredible. And it was made into such a thing that it became, like, really, like, it actually made her, it made her experience with the audience tougher, I think, than it had to be. Well, because her promo was like a It was Mrs. Robinson. Call out to, not Mrs. Robb. Was it Mrs. Robinson? It was the graduate. Oh, the graduate. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And we're all sitting at home like, oh, yeah, I would have gone to high school with her. How should I feel about this? Like, it's just like, I don't know, Jen was very nice. I think what we saw with Jen and Devin and the way that ended, that was young people problems. That was a guy who wrote a check he couldn't cash, who wasn't ready with that established life who told someone he loved her and needed her and she was the one

and then he got back to Houston and he remembered he had debts and he was in a one bedroom apartment that he was renting. And then he realized I'm not ready to be married to Jen who does shots on Tuesday nights.

So, yeah, I actually do think, I do think, yeah, I think they need to keep, I think they need to go back to casting a little older. Like, I think you could still Especially the women Especially the men Like look at you

You got married to me Yeah I mean I was I was well I was very young when I went on the show But when you guys got together How old were you when you got together? 23 You were 23 I was 22 on The Bachelor

I was like the second and you were on 23 You were 24 on Paradise Right 23 Joe you dog I was I was she was 23 She was 23 I was 23 I was 34 but here's the thing if i was the bachelor at if i was the bachelor at age 34 and serena's on

my season and a couple of the girls in their in their mid 20s and then you cast a bunch of girls that are 30 something and there you go so um you know we'll be ending the episode soon but overall this um this has been your i think our your fourth hometown episode with us have we grown as a collective as we're doing a look back as we go on we'll remember oh i hate that song so much all the families this was like my eighth grade made fun of yeah have i convinced you that the hometowns is a good episode yet i i'm i'm on board after this after after after this hometown i I truly, I enjoy it. I enjoy it.

I actually think it's the best because you are getting people that are just not ready for TV and you're getting them and it's great. You, this makes me enjoy hometowns more because at least I'm watching it knowing that we're going to recap it all together and I'm going to get to hear your opinions and you always make me laugh at the things you have to say. I do think I really like golden hometowns better than regular season hometowns significantly. So I think if they're more positive, they're lighter, you don't. get any like anxiety from the parents any like over for like it's more of a negative experience

when it's the child than when it's the parent yeah it's so much more chill and fun i totally agree and also like the children are the children you know what i mean like and sometimes on the bachelor hometowns it's like these children are acting like adults it's almost like they put on their dad and mom's clothing to like do this like very you know like you know structured meet the parents thing and it's like on this it's like the kids are so themselves the parents are so themselves these randos they bring in are just they're hanging who they actually have like relationships with like it's like yeah I agree this is better I do love hometowns just because of the awkwardness of it all but I agree like the the golden hometowns are the king and queen

of hometowns yeah I think so too I agree a perfect change in pace yeah for the There's a lived in experience. It's like, you know, some, even some of the bachelor hometowns, they go to, like, a staged house. Like, it's like, we're in, like, you know, Wichita feels like it's chocks. Like, when you go to, like, a bachelor's hometown, it's like, yeah, they're going to be here. They're moving to Nashville in a week. Like, they don't want to live here. Well, exactly.

Like, I was truly excited when we're like, oh, I was actually really excited to be like, oh, where does Pascal? Like, where? I want to actually see their homes where when you get the people. Yeah, because they're like settled. They've lived there for like 30 years. It's like truly their hometown. But like I don't care

how Daisy's parents are living and she lives in their house. Daisy's on a Christmas tree farm out of a Hallmark movie and you're like, yeah, cool. Yeah, she'll be in San Diego next week. Well, you learn less about them when it's like we're going to my parents' house in the city that I grew up and I don't live in anymore

whereas you learn so much more about like Pascal when we're literally going to his salon that he owns and like works at every single day. And he's like, hey ladies and you're just like see the dynamic right away. And they're like, hey Pascal. It's great. It was fantastic. I love that. It was perfect. All right, Jared. Thank you. Thank you so much for hopping on and doing this with us. We really appreciate it. Always a pleasure to see you both. Thank you for having me. If anyone's listening, wants to watch me, yell at the show. Every episode live with the show, I scream at it on my Instagram stories at Jared Freed. And I'm taping a special in Tarrytown, December 7th. And then I'm going to be in

Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, and Dania Beach, Florida, and Portland, Oregon, and Rochester, New York, Jaredfrey.com for tickets. Nice. I love that. And to all I listeners, thank you so much for tuning in The Bachelor Happy Hour. We really appreciate you guys. Make sure you download and subscribe if you get the chance. And we are heading into Menthal. All fantasy suites, the finale. We have lots coming up. So be sure to tune it. Bye. Bye. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily,

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