Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew - 186 | wild stories pt 4: meeting tswift, driving through the night and confronting marshawn lynch

Episode Date: October 18, 2023

In this episode, we continue our new series where we tell our wildest stories! In part 4 we discuss the time Shawn got to meet Taylor Swift, when she almost missed her flight to my brother's wedding and had to drive 8 hours through the night, and the hilarious interaction we had with Marshawn Lynch. Leave a comment below if you're enjoying this series and tell us one of your wild stories!! We love hearing from you guys and don't forget to follow along @couplethingspod on Instagram! Also, DON'T FORGET our live event is coming up soon! Come meet us and a bunch of your favorites in Nashville on November 4th at the Woolworth Theater. Get your ticket here! https://hubs.ly/Q02192zl0 This episode is sponsored by Better Help! ▶ Visit https://www.BetterHelp.com/EASTFAM today to get 10% off your first month. Love, Shawn & Andrew Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/AndrewDEast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

uh what's up everybody welcome back to a couple things with sean and andrew that's right it was weird how'd you like that i don't know i got really confused there for a second it's a beautiful day here in the neighborhood it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood some people like me singing i love when you sing me really i do good morning everybody hope you're having a fantastic day welcome back to the show today we're doing yet another episode of wildstone With stories with Sean and Andrew. Wild stories. To summarize, we're going to talk about Taylor Swift, our engagement.

The time Sean lied to me to go on a date with me. That was a big trip. Hey, we'll get there. We'll get there. And then maybe talk about bees as well. If you want to learn more, stay tuned. But if you haven't already, please hit the subscribe button. Hit that thumbs up.

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Yeah, and we think you will too. So shall we talk about Taylor Swift today? Yeah, Taylor Swift is all up in the news right now with Travis Kelsey. Can you believe it? I was thinking about this the other day. This is what I fell asleep thinking about. First of all, I never think about Taylor Swift. Not that big...

Am I a big fan? I like her music. Andrew's big fan, though. You know what I'm saying? You need to calm down. She has a couple of good songs that I jammed to. But maybe there's a chance that if I didn't blow my shot with the Chiefs, we'd be hanging out with T. Swift.

Do you ever think about that? We are you. Where did this just take it down to? Maybe if I didn't blow my shot of the Chiefs, I got out of a shot with T Swift. I would still be playing there. The guy that I lost the job to is still there. No, because that's not how I'm in it. Anyway, but Sean did have the opportunity to meet Taylor Swift.

I have met T-Swift. But more than that. This isn't like a wild story of any kind. It was right after the Olympics. Is your eye still twitching? Still twitching. I thought you were about to tear up. I mean, she means a lot to me too, but this is a wild story, babe.

It was right after the Olympics. I was on tour with the Olympic team in Taylor was getting ready to go on tour what tour was it 2008 I'm not sure one of her first albums I have no idea I don't I don't even remember

but we got a call I got a call my agent got a call basically that was like do you want to be one of the women featured in the opening video of her tour

so like stage goes dark arenas filled a video pops up and they're like do you want to be in that because they were featuring all women

it was about strength It was about power. I was like, yeah. I knew her songs back in the day. I don't think I was a diehard fan then. In 2008, she wasn't what she is now. No, but she was big time. She was still, like, boring.

So it was a very easy shoot. I was in L.A. It was like two hours. It was down on, like, Melrose, I think, against a brick wall. It was, like, random. It wasn't a studio or anything. You had to bring your Olympic medals.

Yep. You had to wear all black. and you had to have like whatever it was you were featuring your like iconic thing so mine was my medals and i think i said one line i don't know it was cheesy it was little but it ran on every show of her entire tour which was really cool so taylor swift was looking to you to help sell tickets to her show you think she's still doing that uh no do you think she'll return the favor no she could be in our intro video to a couple things? Yeah.

Taylor. I will say. Hello. There is something, it's so cool because like we're similar ages and stuff, not even remotely on the same level. Athletically, locally.

Just like in career was. Artistically. But there is something so powerful about what she's created and how she keeps recreating herself and building this empire. It's really cool to watch. But you met her though.

I did meet her. it was the CMT Awards it was after my first stint on Dancing with the Stars Mark and I were presenting an award and we are backstage during like dress rehearsal and we were in the dressing room together that's weird do you ever think if Taylor Swift's a fan of yours what if she's a fan of yours not a fan of mine she might I don't think she knows. We were just listening. Armchair expert with Dax Shepard.

Someone sent us a clip of... Jonathan. They were talking about Sean. People are fans of you. He's a huge gymnastics fan. We met Mark Wahlberg came up to Sean and, like, at the Super Bowl. That one blew me away. Mark Wahlberg is doing this, like, you know, he's mobbed and literally diverts his attention

towards Sean and says, hey, I just want to say I'm a big fan of yours. That one blew me away. That was crazy. That was fun. At that same Super Bowl, we met Britney Spears. That was crazy. I actually can we tell that story not that's a breeding spirit story but the I don't know we might burn bridges telling the story no the Marshawn Lynch okay do you remember this

I was just telling the story on Saturday with the Datterday's crew I was gonna say one more thing about the T Swift but I can't remember what it was oh I will say to Sean's point about what Taylor has done yeah again I don't know all our songs I'm not itching every time she releases an album. I'm not like pouncing on it. But I have this wall of excellence that we're orchestrating in my office that Sean beautifully designed. It's Lowery Pranjafay designed it. It's somewhere on our Instagram if you want to check it out. But the thought is you have a sports memorabilia of someone that I admire that has a quality of excellence that they embodied. So like if you think about Michael Jordan, the quality that I associate is

is not accepting anything less than excellence or Roger Fedder, his attention to detail. I have, my one non-sports memorabilia is all of Taylor Swift's albums signed by Taylor Swift because the reinvention. She's continued to evolve and she's been doing her thing for 20 years.

He's a swift, you guys. That's my story about the Wall of Excellence. Back to Marshawn Lynch. Okay, so this was, Andrew was just starting out in the NFL What year was this? 2015 Yeah, 2015

We weren't married yet Wild Seahawks Patriots It was the Super Bowl in Arizona I got hired by Was it Inside Edition or E.T? Yes One of them

To be like a commentator On the sidelines of the Super Bowl So I would go around just like interview people and whatever it was cool but it gave us full access to the Super Bowl so the first interview that they really wanted me to do um was in like the big mosh pit uh press day right before the Super Bowl day where they bring out all the athletes they have two stages so like Tom Brady was on one stage Marshawn Lynch was on another stage and then a lot of the athletes were just like roaming around but they really wanted me to interview Marshawn Lynch

And I had some very massive internal conflictions with being a sideline reporter trying to, like, push my way to the front because... It's not your ideal job, I don't think. No. You're pretty timid and meek. Yeah. And this was, if you remember, for those who are in the football, the year that Marshaun Lynch was just on repeat. He was forced to do these media days and interviews. So he didn't get fined.

Yeah, so he'd show up, but all you would say is, I'm just. just here so I don't get fined. Yeah. I'm just here so I don't get fine. And he would just repeat that. Over and over. Every reporter. And so they're like, oh, Sean, if he's going to give anybody an interview, it's you. Here's a bag of skittles. And how about you throw skittles at him? He's a big fan of skittles. Publicly has talked about how he loves skittles. But they wanted me to like throw skittles at him. It did feel a little disrespectful. Like, it was shockingly disrespectful. Like here's a, you know. And there's, there's, my employers. I didn't know what to do, like all these things. So I pushed my way to

literally the front of the barricade. They pushed your way to the front. You had like two bodyguards with you. And I have this big bag of Skittles. And all I remember thinking is like there is no way in H.E. double hockey sticks. I am throwing Skittles at this phenomenal professional athlete, human being to get his attention just for an interview. I was like, I cannot stoop that low So I'm standing there And they're like go Sean go get his Whatever and I was like oh my gosh

I don't know what to do So finally I like Catch his attention And I should I probably should have been fired for this Given the role I was supposed to do But I was like Marshawn I just wanted to wish you the best of luck

And I hope you have fun tomorrow Here's some Skittles And I just like handed him the whole bag and I remember he like winked at me or something and he was like thank you no he said I remember it like this oh god there's this sea of reporters yeah throwing questions left and right at Marshawn he's only replying with I'm only here so I don't get fined I'm just here so I don't get find Sean is on his left pushes your way to the front whispers this little thing doesn't ask a question just gives him skittles and I remember

as him looking I think there's footage of this we have to find it on YouTube looking to his left saying, oh, you kind of cute, though. That's the only thing he said other than I'm just here and don't get fined. So fast forward to 2018? No, 2016, we reported to the Raiders right after. No, this was 2017, I ended up being on a team with Marshaun Lynch. He went to the Raiders and I was there and I confronted Marshaun about it. I was like, yo, you kind of hit him my wife back in the day.

And his reply was pretty epic. He said, I called her cute. I wasn't lying, though, was I? I wasn't lying, though. He remembered the exact exchange. And he's like, Super Bowl? Oh, yeah. He was very nice.

It was great. But that was weird. That's one of my favorite stories because Marshala Lynch is just such a legend. Yeah, he is a legend. And he was so nice. And I just felt bad because he wanted to just play his sport. Whatever. Fast forward to the Britney Spears, though.

It was basically the same thing. They wanted me to chase Britney Spears down into the bathroom for an interview. So the Super Bowl, obviously, there's a ton of celebrities. This is where we met Mark Wahlberg. This is where, well, Katie Perry was doing a show. We had field passes, dude. That was crazy. That was crazy.

Nuts. And it was like a Dean Mansell. Yep. We were just running around the stadium, the whole game, trying to get these interviews with Sean and whoever celebrity and so word on this like it always goes down like this someone whispers like hey I hear Brittany's going to the bathroom she's in sweet 107 or whatever and they're like okay let's go up there and you're like chasing you got camera and it's it's really hectic it's stressful and uncomfortable you know yeah and then turns out she was in the

bathroom Sean goes Sean's like standing there she's like I don't want to go in the bathroom and they they like kind of shove Sean in there like you got to do it I put my foot down I didn't go in okay I remember I like ended up backing up against the wall and I was like absolutely not I'm not crossing this line the background of that is Sean Sean gets approached sometimes in the bathroom to take pictures it's so disrespectful people people are excited to see you anyway Sean would prefer not that not to happen so she was trying to extend the same courtesy to Brittany but we met her you did she was nice She was nice.

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The month is August. And Sean and I have been dating for a month and a half, six weeks. Maybe. But we've maybe, like, seen each other three times. This was our third time seeing each other. Yeah. So, like, the first time we met was in 2012, and that was, like, when we got introduced,

didn't see each other again for nine months. And that was, like, our first official date. We went to the CMA Fest. We hung out for four or five days, which was amazing. Yeah. Then I went back home to Iowa. He stayed in Nashville. I flew out to the lake house the second time.

Yeah. and got to meet your family. Wow, that was fast. Hung out for another three days, four days. Flew home. And then the third time we were meeting each other, Andrew invited me to his brother's wedding. Yeah, when you know, you know, it was done deal.

After Nashville, it was a done deal. That first date we had. I agree. So I was like, all right, let's take a step here. Yeah. So, there is, basically, there were so many logistics going on. I was still working. I was traveling a lot. Andrew was flying from Nashville to San Diego where the wedding was. I had

like a couple of events that I had to do the days leading up to when Andrew was going to fly out, but I told Andrew was like, I'll meet you in San Diego. Yeah, we'll just meet up there. In the back of my mind, though, we're early on dating. I wanted to do like a grand gesture. I really wanted to spend time with him especially flying to San Diego I wanted to be like equipped with all the knowledge of what I was getting myself into no this makes me think oh man good memories of those early days of dating when every second yeah you just want to capitalize on and like just be with each other and cuddle and look into each other's eyes and giggle and that's what it was I know and I hadn't seen you

in a while and so I had this like master plan going on where I had purchased tickets from my appearance, which I don't even remember where it was. I think it was in Chicago. Maybe Chicago. It was, I had purchased flight tickets from Chicago to Nashville where I was going to surprise Andrew and get on the same flight from Nashville to San Diego. So we were going to be able to fly together. That's like a good chunk of time, too.

It's like a four-hour flight. And basically, long story short, my event ran over, the flight got canceled. all of these things, I ended up stuck in Chicago and it's like the middle of the night. The flight to San Diego is leaving at like 6 a.m. 7 a.m.

There's no flights available. I am so exhausted. I can't drive through the night. My parents won't allow me to drive through the night, which is like I was 20 years old, 21 years old, but still like 21 years old should not be driving through the night from Chicago. go to Nashville, which would be like a eight-hour drive.

So I'm calling all these people, and one of my dad's best friends from Des Moines owns a kind of like a limousine company, like a car service. Like a car service company. So I finally get in touch with him, and I'm like, listen, I'm stuck here. And this is my dad's idea. He's like, if you are adamant, you're going to make it to Nashville. Meanwhile, I could have just caught a flight from Chicago to San Diego. go in a second. Yes.

There were a place available. But my dad had the idea. He's like, call my friend, see if he can help you. So I talked to him. He sent a car from Des Moines to pick me up. It was like a driver he trusted. And he drove all the way through the night to Nashville, dropped me off at the airport. And I remember I like got to the airport earlier than you or after you? just after me just after you I think wow it was a blur

but I remember walking into the airport and I was so nervous because I had like pulled it off and I was texting you like are you at the airport no you got there before me because you were sitting at the table right right where the airport

goes left but I was playing coy and I was like are you at the airport whatever and I remember seeing you and just being like oh this is so exciting oh man we used to give the biggest hugs back in the day at the airport you remember that every time we used to pick you up

that's a wild story i put that on the list because it is pretty crazy to think about what you do for love yeah we were on the bus with the boys podcast with will compton and he was he was asking us about how we got to know each other and how the whole thing went down and it's so embarrassing to think back on like these things you thought were cool that you said but were actually extremely embarrassing or like the the times where you put yourself out there which is what you need to do or all the effort that you go to like where you could you could have just caught a flight from Detroit or something or yeah Wisconsin to San Diego and met out there but you wanted to you sacrifice so much to be I just think it's wild so is it on the flight there on the flight back

I think there's a fight back There's a fight back, yeah So we meet up in Nashville We're giddy We're two young Dumb kids in love Fly there

We land in San Diego And I'm really glad I caught this flight Because it's like the only time I got to spend with you And he's like, I'm in the wedding, obviously I'll see you later And you disappeared And I remember

That was truly like the first time I was like thrown into your family not just like meeting but like thrown into your family my strategy was not I'll like you know cater to you and hold your hand a little bit but you got to meet my aunts and uncles and brothers and sisters and if you can't get along with them see you later but if you fit in that's it I remember right when he walked in um to the hotel you guys went on like an elliptigo ride or something all of you yeah but your dad pulled me aside and he's like after the lip to go let's grab breakfast and I was like oh my gosh this is a lot but I remember having breakfast with him on the dock and him just asking me about my life and my family and all

these things and it was just it was so sweet it was so sweet um but then we had the whole wedding which was so much fun you okay Yeah. I'm sorry, baby. I remember that night, so by now, the wedding has gone, and we have, like, the reception after. Remember the rooming situation? Yeah.

Yeah, I was fully capable of buying my own hotel room, and he's like, no, no, no, we have our hotel rooms. You're staying with my sister, my sister-in-law, and my childhood nanny. Like, you're sharing beds. Shout out to Katie and Aaron and Christine. shout out to Katie Katie really is the reason that

that I'm part of the family Katie took me under her wing and she's like I got you I'll explain everything that's going on so Sean's literally sharing a bed with somebody there was some snores in there too but I was busy the whole weekend because I was in the wedding doing groomsman stuff

setting up and whatever but by this time I'm going on like 48 hours of no sleep I've been traveling all over the country trying to get here you met my best friend growing up Justin who is asking you all these like carve all questions. Dude.

He was not. I was being grilled. I was being grilled. By that, but by that night, we were taking like a yacht ride, catamaran ride, all of us,

the whole wedding party. And I have never been so tired in my entire life. I fell asleep on the boat. Do you remember that? Because you drove through the night. Yeah. Anyways, fast forward one more day.

We both get on the flight home to Nashville. I'm flying back to Nashville with you. Because I was in the middle of football camp then. I had to ask my coach for permission to go to my brother's wedding because we're in two-a-day camp. Yeah. And on this flight,

Andrew, we were doing crossword puzzles together and we had this little crossword puzzle book, which I still have. And Andrew made a crossword in the back of the book like while we were on the plane for me to do.

And I, dude, Do you know how hard that is to do? Yeah. I don't know how you managed to this. I honestly think it was one of my greatest artistic achievements. Can I be honest? Did you tell a story and then I'll pass up? Oh, no.

Go ahead. What? Did you intend for it to end the way it was for me? Go, go. Tell the story. No. So basically he creates this crossword. I go in order, figure out the words.

And like the last word is like, an L is filled in two spaces are open and then an E and the like clue was I blank you but the only letters available

like it was it was either like or love and you even like gave me the letters I think it was like I K-O-V and I had to choose yeah that was pretty nice dude that's not nice

It was pretty nice. I was like, well, this is a test ring. And you went with. I went with. I love you. That's right. That was done deal. Third date.

We never said it. We never said it. We also, that was the same trip. Dude, we were thick in it. What was your fess up? I think it was Isle of Few too. It was like the Mad Gap, Nat Mad Gap's or Olive View. Mm-hmm.

I was making this crossword. and then I realized like the spaces had just lined up like that and then I well I didn't build the crossword to have that as the end just so we're clear but it one thing led to another and I was like oh I think that would work out and then I realized it could go I love you or I like you either way and I was like I like how this ended up what were you intending I was just trying to build a dope crossword first and then it worked out did you mean word to say love or like I don't remember I don't remember but I want to see that crossword I think so have it that was good let's tell us story about our engagement

because we ask the people we interview about how they got engaged often here's a situation okay it's July 2015 Sean and I have been dating for just about two years I had just signed with the cheese I had just gotten my first paycheck really ever I got like a signing bonus from the cheese because it was $10,000. I was hyped. I knew nothing about taxes. So, Sean and I are in Kansas City.

We're looking at houses. We thought we were going to live there for the next 15th. We thought we'd be there right now. Hang out with Taylor Swift. Inc. Anyway, but we go to this diamond store because, you know, we're having these conversations. And it takes me shopping for the first time.

And it was at that store I found my dream ring. Yep. Dream ring, which is what I'm wearing. we didn't yeah it was not like a Andrew came up at the ring you know some people some people try to make it try not to have their wives yeah I'm really glad you did yeah yeah it's too it was too much expensive so Sean and I were like talking about getting married talking about rings we found the ring she wanted I did kind of play it smart where I didn't tell you that I had bought the ring we were just looking at it

She didn't know that I would purchase it She didn't know that I had designed it Based off her tweaks that she had To this whatever mock-up ring I spent every dime of that signing bonus Realized that I wasn't going to get paid That check for the next 60 days I had this I put it on my credit card bill

Realize that it's also not going to be $10,000 I was in the red dude I was in I was in debt And I didn't have anywhere to pay it It was so stressful But I got this ring and it came in the mail they mailed it because I got cut

oh bro that was a crazy situation so I get cut no I hadn't been cut then I had to go home before summer camp and I had to mail it to me because I didn't want to wait and the idea was I would get the ring hang on to it that whole fall

of my rookie season and then propose that winter after my first season was done I get in the mail on like a Wednesday night Sean is throwing the first pitch out at the Chicago

Cubs on Friday afternoon and I had lunch with a mentor on Thursday I sit down with this guy Uncle Jim he did her wedding and I was telling him I was like I got the ring in the mail

and he was like well what's you're playing with it I said I'm going to wait till like December January and you know take time to to plan out a pretty epic engagement and he's like you sure about that that ring's gonna burn a hole in your pocket

and I didn't feel that way at all but then he said he said Andrew what are you waiting for you should just pick the next big event the next memorable thing on the calendar and propose to her there don't wait so that was lunch on Thursday

I wasn't even supposed to be up in Chicago with you on Friday I started thinking about it and I'm like, okay, let me just see if I can make this work where I would propose. You know, people do stadium engagements. That's not how I imagine our engagement going. But let's just see if I could plan something, like even if it's on the table. So I found an email from USAG who you were throwing out the first pitch with.

Yep. You were up there for what? USAG. It was national championships. And so it was like a promotion marketing event to sell tickets. where they would have us come in, throw the first pitch, be like, national championships, be here in a month. And it was you and Alicia Sacrimani.

Yep. Alicia Quinn. He's like one of my best friends. I called Jackie on Thursday. I mean, at 3 p.m. And I'm like, hey, I just wanted to run this by you, see what your thoughts were. What if I proposed to Sean after she threw out the first pitch?

And I was not expecting this. Her immediate reaction was, yes, oh my gosh, that's amazing. Let's make it happen. so now i'm like okay well now she's making it happen and she ended up giving me a contact to the rigley field guy like whoever their contact was and so i'm talking this guy jim i think uh who i've talked to since it's pretty fun and and we were talking through logistics he was like all right well yeah we need to do this promo for usag but what if we did it right after we can make jerseys with the last name East on it, do all this stuff, we'll have to have you out there on the field

and give you some type of role. And he's like, but I won't know for sure if we can pull this off. I have to get clearance and I'll let you know tomorrow morning, which is Friday morning, like the morning that I was going to do it. So this all happened very quickly, right? Friday comes along. I didn't sleep a wink that night, dude. So Friday comes along. He surprises me and shows up in Chicago, which another back story. I threw out a first pitch and made ESPN's not top 10.

Yeah. I had thrown out many first pitches and done well. And then I threw 1-0 at the Iowa Cubs. Tanked it. Horrible. Never threw a first pitch out after that for like years. She was petrified, mortified to do it again. I got invited to the Chicago Cubs and

Andrew convinced me to do it. Not because of the proposal. Just like, face your fears. Let's do this. He surprised me Friday morning. He's like, I'm coming to support you. I know you've been nervous. We can warm up together. It was like really sweet. I was really excited.

Yeah. And so you show up. I'm driving up to Chicago and I'm calling my cousin, my brother. I'm like, yeah, hey, there's a chance how to get engaged today, but I'm waiting to hear back on if we can do it. So I show up in like two hours before this goes down. I still didn't know if it was a possibility, but I brought the ring with me. And we go to the hotel. I'm nervous as can be

palm sweating shaking can't make eye contact with you basically from the second he arrives in Chicago after he tells me like I'm coming I'm excited to see you

I'm excited to support you all these stuff he shows up and there's like something going on with you and we basically get in a fight the whole day because you're acting so weird you're the most respectful person

I've ever met my life like in conversation and like eye contact attention like strangers around you everything and from the second you showed up you wouldn't address people you would like take phone calls and turn your back on them in the middle of a conversation

you were ignoring me you're being super sketchy on your phone I was like what is your deal and I was so mad at you who was it Lauren Morford was up there too who was in the room after we got Alice someone was up there anyway I'm at the hotel

again hours before she's thrown out this for a pitch and I finally get confirmation okay we can make it happen and oh my gosh I didn't know what to do so you know I thought that I was going to have more time to think through this

but I had committed to something you know I got myself into a situation that now is too late to back out so we're in this did you want to back out no but I'll say I've never been that nervous in my life so whatever that feeling is of nervousness it's not like i want to not do this it's just like

i can't believe i'm doing this also didn't you have the ring loose in your pocket yes so they come in these fat boxes yeah and i was wearing blue shorts in like a white tea you remember that and the box would have protruded from my pocket glaringly obvious so i remember i told brady this is a first time meeting Brady and Alicia yeah and I was like I was like dude I pulled him aside I remember this this is in the parking garage because you were acting so sketchy I was like dude I um I think I'm a pro Sashana right after she throws a pitch he's like what and so now Brady's in on it now he's nervous because you know what I spell the physical beans and we take this car ride through Chicago and it's like not that long of a car ride but I'm trying to text

people like text my mom text my dad give everybody heads up because yeah I should to text in your parents like dude I don't have anything playing out you had asked my dad oh yeah yeah which is another story I'd ask her dad probably five months before I actually yeah we sat down in a Preds game but story for another time

we get to Wrigley Field epic I wish I could have enjoyed the moment but they usher us in and Sean's doing her thing I'm trying to coordinate with this gym guy and Jackie who are all you know super excited I'm trying I'm so nervous because it's my first first or it's my first pitch since my blunder and i'm like begging andrew to warm up with me and you are just like m i you're like i no i don't have time for this i was so mad at you oh dude

and then you go out there you and a leash you throw the pitch you do a handstand oh my i'm sweating thinking about it right now and i go out there i turn around i see him walking out towards me, and I was like, what are you, again, you have to understand the context. I was so mad. And I was like, what are you doing? You're not supposed to be out here. Right. That would have been way overstepping my bounds to like make it, hey, this is my girlfriend, Sean. And mind you, you, like I had pictured our proposal because we had been talking about it. We had talked about rings, everything. And that was not your style. I was thinking like a hot air balloon, just her and I yeah nothing public nothing public at all same that's super intimate and so it never crossed

my mind me neither until until two hours before good good so then I go out there pop the question I remember saying Sean I love you it would be my honor to serve you and the Lord forever will you marry me and I was just screaming yeah you lost it I lost it I did I look like such a slob. I looked like a slob. You were sweaty. It was hot that day. It was so hot. I had like, I had the jersey sung across my, my back. She says yes, we do this big hug.

Alicia was freaking out. Dude, Yahoo sent out a, like a push notification on the phone saying Sean Johnson gets engaged. That was crazy. And then, and then I realized. There's like a standing ovation in the whole stadium, which is cool. I realized I should have had Sean's parents

come to this. what a miss on my part it was great but I'll never forget when you called your dad in the what do you concourse of the stadium and your voice

and that was really special to hear the excitement I'm sweaty dude so it's the thought that counts right it was really special well in there we tell the stories about bees

maybe me having to talk with your dad because you blew it on that one too I did not blow it. Thanks for listening to another episode of Wild Stories. Wow, what a time. I mean, what would we cover? Taylor Swift, San Diego.

Engagement. That was pretty solid. Oh, Marshawn Lynch. Oh, yeah. If you haven't yet and you made it this far, subscribe to the show, give it a rating, hit the thumbs up. And we'll see you next week.

We love these. These are just for us again, but we hope you enjoy it. I'm Andrew. I'm Sean. We're the East fan. Yeah.