Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew - 63 Allison and Isaac Rochell

Episode Date: April 28, 2021

This week on Couple Things, we talked with Allison and Issac Rochell who just had the most dreamy wedding in Cabo. Our guests often bring up this topic during our conversations when asked what's helped their communication, so we wanted to dive deeper into the subject. Here are a few topics that we cover: Their wedding How it feels to be married Navigating the NFL lifestyle Deciding to move in together Being a multi-religious couple Navigating being in an interracial couple How they met How Allison got started on Youtube Their mission as a couple Follow Issac on Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/isaacrochell/?hl=en Follow Allison on Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/allisonkuch/?hl=en Follow  @Allison Kuch on YouTube. Check out Local Huma and The Do Good Foundation here ▶ https://www.instagram.com/local.human/?hl=en If you haven’t yet, please rate Couple Things and subscribe to hear more. Follow us on Instagram to keep the conversation going at https://www.instagram.com/couplething...​ And if you have suggestions/recommendations for the show, send us your ideas in a video format – we might just choose yours! Email us at [e-mail]. We're supported by the following companies that we love! Check them out below: Verb ▶ for a limited time, Verb is offering an exclusive deal to Couple Things listeners: they will ship you 4 of their best-selling flavors for FREE-- All you have to do is pay 95 cents for shipping. ONLY 95 CENTS! To claim this deal, you must go to www.verbenergy.com/EASTFAM Harmless Harvest ▶ To learn more about Harmless Harvest Diary-Free yogurt, visit their website at http://www.harmlessharvest.com. Zola ▶ Go to http://www.zola.com/couplethings today and use the promo code SAVE50 to get 50% off your save the dates. You can also get FREE personalized paper samples before you purchase. FAN MAIL ADDRESS: Shawn and Andrew East 750 N San Vicente Blvd., East Tower, 11th Floor, Los Angles, CA 90069 Follow My Instagram ▶ http://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson...​ Like the Facebook page! ▶ http://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson​...​ Follow My Twitter ▶ http://www.twitter.com/ShawnJohnson​​​​​​ Snapchat! ▶ @ShawneyJ Follow AndrewsTwitter ▶ http://www.twitter.com/AndrewDEast​​​​​​ Follow My Instagram ▶ http://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast​...​ Like the Facebook page! ▶ http://www.facebook.com/AndrewDEast​​​​​​ Snapchat! ▶ @AndrewDEast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With Sean and Andrew. A podcast all about couples. And the things they go through. Today we have. Isaac and Allison Rochelle. This couple has a lot going on, baby. They do, including my favorite. They just adopted a dog.

They did. And we got to see him. So now they have two dogs. Yes. Beautiful, beautiful dogs. And also. Also, a couple months ago, Isaac just recently signed with the Indianapolis Colts after having been with the L.A. Chargers for several years. Isaac played college football at University of Notre Dame, which is where he met his wife as of two weeks ago.

Yeah. Allison. Actually, the day we interviewed them was the day they got back from their honeymoon, which is technically their, what do they call it? Their friends moon, is that what it's called? Or buddy moon? Buddy moon? Buddy moon. Yeah.

Yeah, which is where you have a destination wedding with friends. But it was really timely to do this interview because Sean and I just celebrated our five-year anniversary. And to speak with a couple who just got married was kind of interesting. It was fun. So we kind of discuss how they're feeling as this whole journey gets started. We talk about their new dogs. We also talk about their do good foundation, which is something he'll talk more about. And their Babes and Braids podcast, which they co-host together.

This is a really fun couple. I enjoyed getting to know them. I'm thankful they took the time to join us. And before we get into it, if we haven't yet, please, babe. Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Yes, and give it a rating while you're at it. And let's go ahead and rolling this one with Isaac and Allison Rochelle. Isaac and Allison, pleasure to meet you.

Thanks for taking the time. I know you guys literally just came back from your wedding. So congratulations and glad to be here. Thank you. Yeah. We're both super pumped. We're already starting to talk like each other four days and to marriage. But we're super excited to be here.

Wait, I have so many questions because a wedding is a huge deal. So first, how did the wedding go? It was, I mean, it was a dream. It was like literally like. It was incredible. I would not have changed one single thing, except maybe like the whole pandemic situation, but it didn't even, that didn't even really affect it. So just fun fact, we were planning the wedding.

And this was, we got engaged end of July, started planning like within like, you know, 24 hours. It was crazy. I mean, we were fired up, but we were planning like this 150 to 200 person wedding. We set the budget. We were ready to go. And then by like October, we were like wedding planning fatigued. Like we were over. And we love to travel. Yeah, two months. Yeah, two months. But we can't do it. But we were kind of like, you know what? We love to travel. Let's do a destination wedding with 60 of our closest family and friends. Keep the same budget. and just do it right.

So that's kind of how we came to have this movie like 60 person wedding and Cobbo. I mean, it was absolutely. Yeah, it was unreal. Wow. You just used the term right before we started rolling called a buddy moon. Explain. Yes. So I didn't even know that that term was a thing.

I've heard of Baby Moon. I've heard of Honeymoon, but I've never heard of Buddy Moon. And so while we were planning my wedding planner who is a saint, like I do not know if we would have had a wedding without her. but she was like, oh, like, are you guys planning on doing a buddy moon after? And I was like, what is that? And she was like, oh, all of your friends like come a few days before, a few days after and you guys kind of do like a honeymoon with your friends.

And we were like, it was unbelievable. Yeah. That's what it did. What a great way. Dang. That's a good way to start things off. So having gone through your wedding already, I feel like for us, there's so much anticipation for like the buildup to the wedding.

And then it happens in a day and you're like, whoa. Okay, now what? So how does it feel to be married? Does it feel like everything's different or everything's the same? That's the bride question. What do you think? It's actually funny that you mentioned that because the next morning I was like, I'm like so happy. I have a husband.

I was like, I'm a little depressed. Like everything I've been planning over the past few months and now it's over. And so now I'm like waiting for our videographer to give us like our wedding video because I just want to keep rewatching, reliving. Yeah. But it's a little depressing. Not that I don't love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. But, like, that was a great time.

Well, and I disagree. I mean, we ended the wedding and it's like the next day, everybody was still there. So we're like, all right, let's go back down to the pool and have some drinks and hang out. So it was, I mean, it was unreal. But there's definitely like the weird, like, God, we had all this planning to do, like, every day.

Ali's like, here's your list of stuff to do. And then you have this, what I think is a super relaxing period where it's like, all right, we can breathe for a second, enjoy being married, randomly get another dog. like as soon as we land. Wow. But, I mean, it was fun for us planning. And, you know, you learn a lot about each other.

So I'm excited to speak with you because I think there's a lot of similarities, especially in experiences. The day after Sean and I got married, this is poor planning on my part. But we had to fly out to Oakland to start OTAs. So we literally got married. Then like six hours later, had an early morning flight and had a fly out West. But also, both of you spent a lot of time in Indiana, which is where I was born and raised. Isaac, you're obviously playing in the NFL. I grew up a Colts fan, pumped about your new

deal with him. So congrats on that. Yeah, appreciate it, bro. A couple areas of hesitation, though. I did see that, is it Allison, you have a cat? I do have a cat. That's a little bit of a red flag, but I'm sure we can make it faster. It's not a red flag. No, it is a little red flag. It's a cat's tight. You know, you guys are just going to have to make a trip out to come and visit her because she is one of a kind. And I don't even label myself as a cat person, but But once you meet her, you're like, okay, I'm not a cat person, but I'm a Gracie person, which is her name. Oh, this cat's 25 pounds. Like, this thing is like a dog.

Dang. Wait, is it like a rag doll? Okay, I don't know what that is. Is it like a main coon or something? It's very similar. Yeah, it's very similar. Oh, my gosh. I don't know cat breeds like that.

So I'm going to just. That's the only one I know. Siamese cat, I think, is maybe one. Bro, so you fully understand that, like, I was trying to explain this to her. They're, like, getting married slash, like, I still have a full-time job that I need to be thinking about. Because, like, OTAs, we're starting OTAs on Monday virtually, but still, we didn't know. And I was like, man, I'm going to be like, I got to get my mind and body right to, like, go compete immediately. So you totally understand that.

Well, what better way to do that than drink a couple margaritas in Cabo, you know? Eat some wedding cake. They're like, do I work out or do I just take it? Well, I think that plays into the entire NFL lifestyle. For us, you were with the chiefs when we got engaged. Let me preface this by saying, Isaac, your experience in the NFL has been way different than mine. You're a way more talented athlete, way more committed than I ever was to actually make it happen. And you've had a more successful career as a result.

So continue with that being said. Okay. Yeah. We'll talk about that later. Okay. No, but the whole NFL lifestyle is so it's not what people picture. So for us, we are with the chiefs when we got engaged and we were planning our wedding and we chose our date. And then he got treated to Oakland and with OTAs and everything, all the dates changed.

And so we found out literally less than a month before our wedding that we're going, he had to report the morning after. But it ties into NFL because you guys have been doing this for a while since 2017. and bouncing around, how has that affected wedding planning and your relationship and deciding to move in together or not in the whole like bouncing all over the country for the past five years? It's definitely played a huge part in decisions we've made in our relationship. I mean, when I, I graduated a year after him from college and immediately when I graduated, I moved out to California because he was with the Chargers, but his first year with the Chargers, who's actually on practice squad.

So with practice squad, you guys know this, but it's just definitely not very, like, concrete. You don't know if you're going to be there next year and whatnot. So we didn't move in together basically until you, I mean, I think you were going to year three. Yeah. Just because it was a little bit more stable. And just to add to that, like, we weren't married.

We were kind of like in this phase where we were like, we both have to operate independently for a number of reasons. You know, every couple makes it. own decisions, but we just thought, like, she needed to do her thing and I need to do my thing. And that's kind of why we were like, let's not moving together immediately. But yeah, I think, I mean, once we started to progress, you're living in L.A. And you're like, what are we doing? This is actually crazy expensive.

Dude. But I would say over the past two years, I mean, it's just been super stable, which we are super grateful for. And we know that doesn't happen with people in the NFL usually. but learning that we weren't going to move with the Chargers a month before our wedding was probably not the most ideal situation because we were fully expecting just to come straight back to the Chargers but we got the call and for about three days I was like okay how do I look at Zillow in 32 locations right and now yeah yeah but you see really

loved it though Allison you see the Zillow play yeah oh yeah oh yeah I was like I Well, because you guys know California is super expensive. So I was like, oh, we can definitely buy a house anywhere. Like, we got this. I secretly would love those calls. It's like, oh, we're deciding between Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis, Florida, Tampa, or like, okay, let me look at the houses and choose my favorite. Yeah. Right.

Yeah. So our audience was excited to have this conversation and for us to speak with you and we're excited because you guys are very vocal about your experience as an interracial couple, but also as a multi-religious. religious couple. And you've done podcasts on it. I'm curious if the living together situation was influenced by the religious backgrounds that you each had. It didn't. It didn't. I mean, so we came from different backgrounds. Obviously, Allie was in like, you know, the Catholic background. I was in like a very intense Southern Baptist Bible Belt, all the above type background. But we're thankfully like super aligned when it comes to like how we approach religion. So for us, the decision that we made to move in together was kind of just based on us, right?

Like, we were not convicted about doing that. We didn't feel bad. We didn't base our decisions based on that. And at the end of the day, a huge factor that went into it is kind of realizing that marriage, and again, everybody has different opinions, but marriage for us was more about timing. And we kind of knew that we wanted to be together, but the timing wasn't necessarily right. Right. And so we were like, why waste time? Why are we wasting time? If we love each other and like we actually see each other being together forever, like we're just wasting time being separate. Like let's move in. Let's get a dog. Let's like actually start life together. Let's get a dog. Now let's get two. But we're so thankful we made the decision because we shared unbelievable life experiences before getting married. And then one one other thing that I would just. talk about on that note is now we are married and we have so much confidence and excitement going into married life because I know who Allie is. Like there's no there's no secrets here

and same with me like you know who I am. You know who I am. I'm at six in the morning when I wake up early, whatever it may be. Is it a louchy or super happy? Yeah. Which one are you? I'm fired up in the morning. Allie. Yeah. Same with us. I feel that. Go off of that. Yeah. I think like we we, I personally didn't want to move in until we got engaged because I'm like, well, why would you buy the cow if you're getting a milk for free that phrase? But then I was like, first of all, never heard that. Love how you just. Yeah, I've never heard that. I'm like, now you want to break out new phrase. I'm sorry. I've never heard that either and I'm still processing it. Okay. Yeah. I like it. But yeah, it just, it just came down to I think we would, we just didn't want our religion to

prevent us from like being happy together and continue going in our relationship if that makes sense no i like that within within your relationship though and we we ask about religion because we just did this um deal breakers on deal breakers and people really thought that religion could make or break a relationship and at the end of our our podcast we said honestly if you're like if the foundation is there to where you guys are operating within the same you know journey and path, then it can work. But for you guys, within separate, you know, um, upbringings and religions, how did you guys align yourselves to where it works out for you? So that's another good question. That's a good question. I think about that for a second. Well, I think because we had

been dating for five years before he moved in together. So I think we already had such a great foundation and we kind of like grew up together. I mean, we met when we were 19 years old. So I feel like some couples grow apart or some couples can grow together. And I think that our mindsets just kind of started to become more aligned. And so. And we had a lot of shared religious experiences. Like we went on a mission trip together. And like this is like, you know, first year of dating.

I'm like, hey, because I was in a religious phase where I was like, you know, let's go on mission trips and do all this stuff. So I was like, come with me. And like we shared that experience together. And then after reflecting on it. that's like another layer of like making sure you're aligned right because we're discussing that experience and then it just kept bringing us closer and closer and like we were more and more aligned every time we had those experiences so it was a very like she said we grew up religiously together and it was a natural progression to now like we know how we want to raise kids without

having like very explicit conversations were aligned do you feel like either both of you forfeited some of the traditional values or religious values that you were raised with or was it really more of like a compromise like hey this is a conversation that like this fits what I feel like we're about and this doesn't and you know what I'm saying I mean 100 percent we definitely both kind of were like all right let's scratch that take that let's leave that anybody's religious experience is very much like that I think it also helps that we're both a little bit more open-minded so if he brings something to me and he's like, hey, this is super important to me, I need to be open-minded to that to make our relationship work and to make our relationship grow.

Yeah, but it's funny, like, we've just been to each other's like hometown churches, and it's definitely funny to be like, to like just talk about it after and Allie be like, wow, I can't believe they said that. And I'm like, wow, that was like super, whatever. But yeah. Today's show is, I'm curious as we make. mentioned also that it seems like you've gotten quite a bit of pushback with the interracial relationship that you guys have been in and you did a whole episode on it. I would love for you to

kind of explain what that was and how you've been able to navigate that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I just think like to start, we kind of have to talk about like just kind of like my personal background racially. I guess my personal. Well, yeah. Yeah, like I just came from a place where like there were a lot of issues with interracial relationships. Like in Georgia, my high school, like, people were not, it was not okay for there to be interracial relationships. And so I've had that like mindset and just kind of that framework for a long time. And then like you can explain kind of your background, which is not as like intense.

Yeah. Well, I grew up in a predominantly white area, but my family has always been very diverse and like the people that my parents have hung out with and the experiences my parents have given us. So I have always been open-minded, but I feel like the people around me in my hometown and even like in college maybe been a little bit more closed-minded. I don't even know if closed-minded is the word. I think it's more just, I'm not, I don't know what word do you use. But so he comes from a place that's like very openly like low-key kind of races. Yeah. And then I come from Georgia. Is that right? Hmm? Georgia. You're from Georgia. Yeah. And I'm and I'm from Michigan.

so I mean the south from the north is just very different and then so like we start you know talking whatever and I'm kind of going into the relationship I'm always like like I always when I would date white girls I would always ask like what is your dad going to think about this like is this going to be an issue so I kind of still had that like I mean you can call it trauma almost going into this relationship her parents were super cool no issues but like definitely you she had friends that had like issues with it and would say things like um like oh yeah like like i think isaac's a great guy but that's because he talks white or like they just would be like but like he goes to notre dame so that's like yeah like he's educated i'm just like why is there

ever a cutoff it's it was super weird and bothersome and then just like and then it comes the whole like oh well you're only dating him because he's a professional athlete and i'm like when people have to find excuses with my relationship it's like or i'm just dating you're him because he's a great guy despite his color, his job, his upbringing. Like, maybe he's just a great guy. And, like, we have had people that have, like, on her YouTube channel and her Instagram, and even mine, like, we've had people that have, like, I mean, they just fire off. And it is, it is something that we've grown kind of numb to. Like, it doesn't really matter. I mean, I think people who think like that are kind of dumb. I mean, for, there's no reason to use another word.

But it's just like we have dealt with a lot of issues. But I think more than anything, our core group and the people that were just at our wedding and our families, you know, that's what really matters. People are going to have issues with whatever it may be. Yeah. But we're thankful for the people that we do have. So I feel like whenever you're blending families of any kind, I mean, it could be of whether it's different religion, different language, different culture. there's always going to be disagreements of like whether your family approves or your community approves or whatever but when it comes to an interracial couple it's very prominent in the media

right now with the bachelor and just everything it's been conversations that ander and i have had in depth because it's it's so i don't want to say discouraging to witness something like that and be like okay this could be an amazing moment for the entire world let's let's like actually teach the world something right if you could sum up your relationship because you guys had you I mean from the 10 minutes we've talked you guys had a lot working against each other you had religion you had community you had culture you had upbringing how how do you get past that you keep saying open-mindedness which is literally a conversation we had last night about being open-minded and I love when people are because I think it's just a human duty

that we should be more open-minded to everybody? What would be your one piece of advice to everybody and in educating them to be more open-minded and to just see past difference? Yeah. Which we do on a daily basis. So I think it's like saying I always use is like leave it at the door, like check it at the door.

Andrew, you've probably heard that in football. But it's like, you know, I think some of the stuff you just have to like leave at the door and get to know the person like the first time we met there's a very organic meeting there was no like set up you guys are so compatible you guys both like this and this and this it was like we just met right and then like then you start to unpack all this other stuff and you know if you're three weeks into really like falling in love with somebody and then you learn some of these other things it's like super easy to digest right and so that's kind of how it worked for us. So my advice would be, you know, you know, check your pride,

check all the other stuff at the door and really just get to know somebody. Yeah. I mean, I feel like this is such a hard thing to answer, especially when you're like, I feel like I grew up and, and I'm so grateful for my upbringing because my parents never taught us to discriminate. They always taught us to be open-minded. And I mean, I just can't even say like open-mindedness enough because if I wasn't open-minded, I'd be like, oh, like things I see on the media about like somebody with this religion, I'm going to assume this about them. And so I just have to be open-minded to that. That is just like one thing.

And I can't take that and apply it to multiple people. So open-mindedness. And let's not get a twist. And then I want to go one step further. Wait, I'm going to cut you off. I wanted to hear what Isaac had to say. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. No, I was going to say, let's not get a twisted.

Like, it's very challenging, right? Like, if you met my dad, for instance, because I'm interracial, my dad is like, like totally different the way he talks, culturally, everything from her family. And so like, it's all, oh, like, they're so cute, like, whatever. Like, there's still, like, a process that has to happen. Like, Allie does have to, like, meet my dad and, like, learn more about my culture and, like, what's going on. So I think, like, we're giving, like, the, like, oversimplified answer that's, like, you know,

just fall in love. But it is, it is very challenging. You do have to be open-minded. and be like, okay, he's going to act different and his family's going to act different than maybe what I'm used to, but I'm okay with that. So we're, again, we're giving the easy answer, but it is challenging. Yeah. Today's show is also, I do want to say, Allison, you said people told you were just dating

Isaac because he's a professional athlete, but based off TikToks I've seen, Isaac, it seems like you're just dating Allison because she's six foot. How tall are you? am six feet tall just for the d1 babies is that right is that what that's d1 babies my dad my dad gave me two pieces of it but my dad's country he always says i'm country fried chicken like my dad is a huge country we're just giving us all these new things you guys can use them and he always said do not marry he will i'll give you one piece of advice he goes don't marry short girl so i'm not saying anything against short girl he was so out of control with saying that he got he got

I mean, he got his wish. He was like, oh, the grandbabies are going to be so tall. And, like, let's get through the first marriage and then we can talk about grandbabies later. Oh, my gosh. That's fine. Yeah, the breakfast after the day after our wedding at breakfast, he goes, so grandkids. And I was like, hold on. Yeah.

I do kind of want to hear the story of how you two first met because this is on your wedding website. Yes. And there's two beverages involved, vodka and coffee. So give us the debrief here. I'll start it off. So just a quick background. sister dated and still dates somebody from Notre Dame and he was teammates with Isaac. So one weekend, I decided to go down to Notre Dame because I went to Michigan State. I just kind of

want to get away for the weekend, have some fun, whatever. And then I decided to go to a party one night and take it away. Yeah, and I was hosting recruits. Andrew, you probably know all about that, having to host recruits in college. And I was not really in the phase of my life where I was really like going out, trying to turn up, have a good time. I was kind of in like a chill phase. Opposite of me. Yeah. I was like, you know what?

I'll go out because I have to host these recruits. And one of my, well, one, I walk in this party and I see Allie there. And she had on crop top, a crop top and Tim's on. And I was like, I've never in my life seen a white girl with crop top, with a crop top and and Tim's on. And I was like, I got to talk to her. So, well, that was just like my goal. So then one of my homies was actually talking to her.

And he was like, hey, I come take a shot with us. And I was like, bro, you know I hate shots. And I'm like, kind of sorry. I'm like, have a shot with me. Come on. And I'm like, God, now I'm about to look like a bum with this girl that looks great. And then she was like, well, if you won't take a shot, have a beer with me. So we sat there and had a beer together.

We talked for two hours. And then fast forward to the next day. day we were texting each other because we exchanged numbers and um i was studying for finals and she was like hey well like if you kind of want to escape studying for your finals uh let's go on a date and i was like all right let's go get coffee i did not i had not say you asked him out huh no i did not say date you're making that up okay well what did you say i was like you want to get coffee that's not a date regardless we ended up at a coffee shop and we chatted for four hours and it was like date that's a date that's a date quite literally

A date. It's okay. It's okay. I asked about school. And so, I mean, the rest is kind of history. Here we are. Well, wait, wait. He left out a very important piece of information is that at the end of the date,

he actually texted his brother telling him how that he, like, met the girl he was going to marry and all this stuff. But he accidentally said it to me. Oh. Oh, my gosh. It was, I mean, at the time, I'm like, this is worst case in areas. You know how lucky I was? I felt like. such a bum and then uh i was like wait i thought he didn't like me god i was like no he's gonna marry you

yeah i was like apparently i'm already engaged so well i was texting my brother like bro i haven't been out in a while and like i finally go out and i meet this girl she's great like she's wearing tim's in a crop top is that what you wore to the coffee shop too alison she's been wearing it ever since yeah yeah okay just because we we've also talked on podcasts about like pick up lines and first impressions. Yeah, I do want to hear this. When you actually received that text message on accident, what was your initial?

Yeah, go ahead. Well, it's funny. It's actually funny because it's super cheesy, but I actually texted my mom that's the that night. And I was like, Mom, I met a guy that drives a truck and listens to country music. I'm going to marry him. So it was like. Oh, oh my gosh.

That's really cute. He checks all the boxes, drives a truck, listens to country music. Yeah, right. Yeah. I'm like, oh, she's got on. crap time. Hold on, but what was the pickup line? Very simple standards.

We're like, do you remember the pickup line? What'd you say? I mean, it was, it was literally. My pickup line was, do you want to take a shot? Very romantic.

Well, you saying, if she was like, well, will you just have a beer with me? I'm like, I'm just glad to be here talking to you. Like,

sure, I have a beer with you. What are we talking about? And we were like both, I guess you weren't really just out of a relationship, but I was kind of just out of another relationship. And, like, I was in a super, like, I'm listening to country music, but I'm also listening to Drake. Like, I'm in my fields.

So we were, like, talking about, like, do you believe in true love? Like, just corny, like, just hanging out, like, acting like we know what we're talking about. But it was like, it was kind of perfect time, you know. The country phase is kind of random. Yeah, it's ended. But I feel like it's worth saying, Isaac, I actually rarely hosted recruits. I don't think I was ever in a phase of life. And my coaches knew this where I was like,

the fun one. It was like, if we send this recruit with Andrew, they're for sure not coming to Vanderbilt. So it was always so hard. I was, yeah, you're like, don't do it. But I was the guy who was, like, I was scheming trying to get the $80 because they'd give you $8,000. This is hilarious. I did not know of this. So I would get, I got along with all the people that were like in charge making decisions. So I was like, listen, if you ever have recruits, like send them with me, I'll handle it. And at the time, I'm not really going out like that, but I'm still just trying to get the free meal and $80. Thanks. So then you dated for five years. You got engaged last July, July on a podcast that Allison, the Chargers had you hosting. Was it Better Halfs? Is that what the name of it was?

Yeah, better half podcast. Did you know it was coming? I didn't know it was coming, but I kind of did. And the reason I said that is because I actually went to go and work out with a few of the wives from the chargers. And while we were there, a few of them were like, oh, you guys going to like this like juries tonight on the beach. And I was like, no, I don't think so. And one of the girls was like, well, I don't want to go if you're not going. And then Isaac called me like right after my work. He goes, hey, we're going to this house tonight. And I was like, okay, I think I'm getting engaged there because I would have already been ready.

But then you were just kind of acting a little weird. So she has this really like, this. It's crazy. I don't know if you guys get into like, have you ever heard of like Monica the medium? No. What's that girl's name? Well,

anyway. So yeah. Fill us in. I'm curious. Oh, Monica. Unreal. So Allie's,

but you can tell the story. So my grandma passed away. It might not seem relevant, but it's definitely relevant. So my grandma passed away my freshman year of college. She passed away before Christmas, but she had already gotten me a present for Christmas. And on Christmas,

I opened up this jewelry box in the shape of an owl. And I'm on the inside, it says owl. always love you. And ever since then, whenever I see owls, it's like a symbol. We seem at the, I mean, it is like. We seem at like the perfect time. Yeah, it's crazy. So the morning of we got engaged, I was actually scrolling on TikTok and I saw an owl and I was like, I knew I'm getting engaged today. It was like this crazy TikTok was like, I mean, when do you ever see Al, anyways,

like with like 40 hours in the video. And she messaged me. And she was like, I don't know why, but I just feel like today is going to be a great day. And I was like, this was when I was going over to get her ring. Like I literally was going to pick up her ring from my homie's house. And she messaged me that and I like got chills. I'm like, this is crazy because she's like, she doesn't know that she's about to get proposed to in like two hours.

Crazy. But it kind of was like, we'll see. First of all, the scene where you guys got engaged, the backdrop was like, dude. Yeah, we're acting currently at the hotel. Oh, amazing. Wow. We planned it, yeah. Any live things we do, we come back.

Yeah, we come all the way back here and do them here. No, but it is, it was gorgeous. And Isaac knows I'm, like, all about, like, capturing things on videos. It's my favorite part of, like, having YouTube channels. I have all these memories I can look back on. And so the backdrop was just amazing. It made for great, great photo backdrop. And then I had, like, because I know how she is,

I had like a whole, like as soon as you get. He went and picked out outfits. He took my friend and he went to like the mall and they, he made her trying outfits for me and had them waiting. Yeah. For the engagement party. Like I had an engagement party for later already planned and like, it was just like a really, it's kind of a magical day.

You're well. You say so yourself. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. So I want to talk about vlogging in two ways. Allison, you've been in the game for a minute. I want to hear about why you got into it.

And then, Isaac, I also want to hear about your experience flogging in the NFL in college. Because first of all, there's not a lot of people that have done it. I feel like it's like you, I used to before I stopped getting calls. The phone's quiet, bro. I got nothing. And then maybe a handful of others. But how did you get into it, Alison?

Honestly, so while I was in college, I was going through a really bad time in life where I had a really bad hormonal acne. And so I was always on YouTube, like, researching how to cure it, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then I started finding girls on there that were like, oh, here's a vlog of my day and here's this. And I just kind of fell in love with YouTube. And so I kind of started like around junior year of college, but at that time it was like not like something people did. So it was very awkward to like pull out a camera and talk to yourself. But eventually, Isaac came around to, well, not that you weren't with it, but you came around to like the idea of just being cool with me like, hey guys, we're here. But my favorite part about it is

definitely looking back on the memories. Like when he got drafted, I was vlogging that whole weekend. And it's so much fun looking back on that stuff. Isaac, she did a video looking at, of like a, the pep rally back. This is one of your first videos. And you were cheesing so hard. You were up on stage. I loved it, dude. She, uh, it's so funny. Like, when she's, uh, it's so funny. Like, she first started vlogging, I was like, right, you know how it is when you're in like a locker room in that setting. I'm like, do not put me on this thing. I'm not trying to be in a team meeting and have them start clowning me.

Like, I'm like, I don't want to be in it. But she's, she's really good at it. Like, there's an art form to it. You can't just be kind of, you know, I don't know how to explain it. You guys get it. So I just kind of was like, sure, like I'll just get into it. And then I've done like a couple little vlogs, but I don't even consider myself a quote unquote, YouTuber.

It's funny how far he's came, though, from, like, not really being okay with it because of teammates and then, like, to TikTok where I'm like, hey, can you dress up as a girl for this TikTok? And he's like, oh, God, I'm about to get clowned in the locker. I told her, I'm like, that video can be up for, like, a few hours. If it starts rolling, you can keep it up. If not, it's coming down. I did the same thing to him.

I did the same thing to him with a YouTube video where I did, like, a full set of makeup. I'm talking lashes, everything. And the first, the first comment he got was from my dad. Oh. We were engaged. He looked at me and just like shook his head. Like, he wasn't being funny. Like shook his head.

Like, what are you doing with your life? I was like, I'm sorry, dude. That's what we went. Isaac and I actually have a bat and I'll have always wanted to film that exact video where I do his makeup. And he was like, okay, 50,000 subscribers. You have to get there. And then I'll do it. And I'm just like, okay.

here we go like i can't wait to watch that video yeah i'm like at that point people don't they want to see other stuff they don't need to see no they want to see that no that'll be the celebratory we just hit 50 000 yeah maybe so you brought up something and i want to try my best at explaining it why vlogging there's an art form to it and i was thinking the closest parallel you can make is like when you ask somebody how their day was very few people can actually tell a compelling story as to how their day went and the fact that of or the talent and skill of being able to string together a story over a full day is is hard and you do it you've done a great job at it for for years allison so respect but and editing editing is like

super hard yeah it's crazy yeah that's funny i've actually never heard of that like how can you make your day look interesting for people to watch how can you make a charge of it look interesting yeah quarantine definitely got sketched i was like nobody wants to see me seeing on the couch but they did that's when you pull out the makeup on Isaac what do you view you guys have a lot going on a lot of really amazing things

talents you've been given I'm curious this is a big question but I want you to give it your best what do you view is like your mission together as a couple I feel like it's something great but how do you view?

We have like other than we'll skip like the kind of like we want to just be madly in love we'll skip that answer because that's kind of a soon um i just think like we have a lot of like collectively we have a lot of like talents and like skills and i'm really focused right now on just like maximizing us as like a couple i don't know how to explain it but like we're just doing some really cool things and we have some things in the works that uh i would love to come to fruition and like look up and be like wow like we've just made some really good

some really good decisions. Like, I'll give you an example. So we just started this Airbnb. Hey. And Stadale, like, we just bought it in October, a house, fully renovated it. The thing is absolutely gorgeous. And it's done really well, but, like, that's something that I want to do with her and, like, absolutely dominate doing that as a couple. I don't even know if that answers your questions. We just have so many different things, which could include having, like, 10 gold retrievers. Definitely, definitely. I'm on board with that. We should get gnash in here. We already got two golden retrievers now, so we just got eight more.

Wait, who's the new one behind you? She's not new. No, it's a dog. Oh, that's a, that's not a pillow. That's a dog. That is a dog. Frankie. That's a golden retriever?

Oh, my gosh. She's so cute. Oh, and then our other ones right over here. Come here. So we, this little girl we got yesterday. She's from China, actually. wait the so it's bugs bunny or what are they bunny is bugs buddies bunnies buddies so she's she's not from them but she is uh she's so she's been through um crap not of course it's right i'm blanking it's freedom project yeah beagles freedom

project um but she came from china she was like going to go to the meat trade and now she's in huntington beach oh thank you guys wow the question about what do what are we going to like Like, what's the, what's the mission here? I think I want to get to a point where Isaac and I are, like, doing Airbnbs and having so much fun doing them that it doesn't feel like work. And then also we love traveling. So I would just love to like, even when we have kids, just like go to so many countries, experience cultures and just kind of like, I don't know. It's just life with your best friend. I'm excited.

So, speaking, speaking about mission, you guys also have local human, which feeds into the Do Good Foundation. Can you talk about how that got started? So research has been done. Merch has not been purchased yet, but soon. We'll get some shirts. So Allie is less involved in local human now, but she was like pretty much you were designing like all the shirts initially. But it all started during quarantine.

Quarantine. It's quarantine. Our first third had quarantine on it. But it was just kind of something like both of us, We've done the mission trips. We've done kind of a lot of stuff to focus on giving back. And like us and some of our friends just kind of wanted to create something to really impact people. It's just, you know, when COVID hit, we were all kind of in this weird space where we're like, you know, one, we hate this.

Two, we need to be doing more to give back. Like, you know, like we all want to get involved. So we just wanted to help create something that could give people that opportunity. But yeah, that's been like a really cool venture, especially for me. And being in the NFL, like, it's just been really cool to be able to exercise my want to give back. But it also helps other people give back. So, like, every time you buy a shirt, a certain, like. Amount of proceeds.

Amount of proceeds go towards other things. So it's like you're allowing other people to help with those organizations that they care about, too. And just, just to get a little bit more specific. We started it in May of last year to raise money for meals on wheels because we were like, And the elderly population is getting tour up by COVID. Yeah, dude. So she designed a shirt, and then with that shirt, we donated, you know, thousands of meals to meals on wheels just from selling them.

So, you know, it's just, again, just a really cool opportunity to give back. I want to ask one more question before we close. In your podcast about dealing with racism, one of the things you said, Isaac, was you welcome judgment together as a couple. Why is that your attitude towards people's opinions? Yeah, it's, I just don't care. I mean, we, we live in a world where people are so quick to judge. And it's like, we're, we're so used to it now. Like, I don't care.

If you have something to say, I don't care. And, like, not only do I not care, like, you know, people say, like, bad press is good press. If y'all want to sit here and hate on us, like, you're still literally, like, supporting us, you know, indirectly. But I also, oh, Jake. Mary. That was crazy. I also think it's a thing where it's like, okay, well, we're going to prove you wrong. Like, you can think whatever you want. We welcome your judgment. But your judgment doesn't affect us. We're still going to be doing us. We're going to be just fine. And we're going to prove everybody wrong. Yeah. And it's like we love each other. It's kind of the same thing. You know, if you want to hate on us or like hate on like the concept of us, we're still rolling either way. Like we're doing our thing. We're like, whatever. Like all kind of like the basic answers. But it's so much bigger than some comments or. whatever like that doesn't matter well I love I love the team attitude it seems like you guys have together and I think one unique thing that I encourage you to continue to do is your willingness to have a conversation with people who as as you said might be ignorant in some degree but

like not caring in the sense of you realize that their opinion might just be coming from a bad place, not just absolutely not, you know, not caring about who that person is. And anyway, so that's a little bit of a tangent. But I would love from the newlyweds. Yes. Oh. Newly weds. Newly weds.

What is in the four days you've been married? What is the best piece of relate? We'll do relationship. How about instead of marriage? What is the best piece of a relationship advice you have been given or would give? Remember what my dad said in his speech? What? This is a little inappropriate.

My dad said that, and this is the best thing I've ever heard, and I can't believe he said this at my wedding, but he goes, whenever you're arguing, just get naked and the argument won't last long. And I'm just like, but I think my best advice is look at your relationship as if you would look at it as your best friend. Don't work, like don't fight each other, try and work together. because some of the things that stress me out, he's probably going to be stressed out too. So if I take my stress out on him, it's just going to make a bigger mess.

So if I'm stressed about moving, I need to vocalize that stress if he doesn't feel like I'm attacking him and just kind of be like, hey, how can we work on my stress together and maybe it'll help you too? But definitely working as a team that's been a huge thing and a huge place we've grown in our relationship over the past few years. Totally. I'm trying to think of mine. I would say this. And this is this one. needs a little explanation. So my dad used to always give me all this advice. The dad's for the best.

It's not the, it's not don't marry a shirt girl. I'm like, that's it. That's it. He used to always tell me at the end of the day, son, you can't raise somebody else's children. And it's just such a good piece of advice because, like, we talked about our challenges and, like, we overcame those. But, like, sometimes, like, at the end of the day, like, you have to find somebody that

you like deeply love who they are at their core um and i feel like we found that and like we can't like change who we are we are we might come from different places and have different like like external things but like internally we are madly in love with who we are so kind of like a weird piece of advice but it's always held true and yeah and now we're here married for four days for i i think towards the beginning of the podcast, one of you said something to the effect of, you know, there's no new surprises or anything we don't know about the other person. And I am, I believe that marriage is like the coolest thing ever. I don't care, you know, people read self-improvement books and listen to all these hype motivation speeches. I

honestly think that marriage is the best form of that. And Sean and I's five-year anniversary is tomorrow, actually. Congratulations. Yeah, we're excited. But it's, it's kind of cool to see you guys who were newly married. And then we've been doing a lot of reflecting over our five years. And well, you'd say what you've been saying all along. Like if you go back. Well, it's, it's so hard because you guys are literally in that position. But I remember our wedding day. And I remember thinking I was on top of the world. I could not get any higher. I could not love this man anymore. This is like the epitome of what fairy tales are. And I, I'm excited for you guys. Because five years in for us we've rewatched our wedding video and I almost laugh at the people we were at our wedding in such a

good way but it's like your love becomes not just this superficial thing that you have it becomes like your absolute core and with every year that goes by it gets better and better with every argument with every disagreement and loss and joy it just becomes the coolest thing ever and so yeah i it's the best yeah and it's the hardest thing you'll ever do but it's the best thing you'll ever do did you just call their their love superficial is that what yeah yeah like you don't even know everybody everybody they always say like you know well people always go the first year's always the hardest so like we kind of operate of like under the like framework that yeah like we don't expect like we're we've done this but like you guys are obviously like way

more seasoned than us and it's like we we are like who knows what challenges will face but then you're like all right we come out stronger on the other side you have I will I will say though the first year yes I would agree looking back it's the hardest but when you go through it it's not hard because I mean it does that make sense yeah you're just you're just living your first year and it's crazy and you're figuring out what it's like to be a married couple which is in some way she performed different than it was before but it's still the best for sure i was going to ask real quick did you guys live together before you got married or what was kind of like the process we were talking about this as we were watching your video uh we did everything we could to not so i came from

a pretty conservative christian background uh sean's whole upbringing was way different because she was a professional athlete at 12 uh so we we maintained separate living situations not that that we always used our own individual if that makes sense so on paper we always had two homes well yeah two apartments but uh but yeah yeah we yeah like one so you're like yes and no yeah so then and as you guys know with the nfl it makes it so hard you can't go to kansas city and buy two apartments and literally can't yeah it would be yeah um and then so not to just like extend the podcast but uh no we're we're changing positions now so then like from that from that like place did you feel like you moved in and you were like oh we've done this before did you move in and

you were like no this is actually much different than having two separate spot after marriage you mean yeah or moving living together uh well i think i think marriage the i think the reason people say the first year marriage is hard is because just like any major life change like graduating from college or having a baby you're getting married there's like an identity shift that happens where you realize like oh it's not about Isaac anymore it's not about Andrew it's like you this is cliche but it's like you you are now considering a whole other person's how you're affecting that other person and so there's like this identity shift that you know it takes a while to to move into um I think we had a lot of we had a blast our first year even though it's straight

chaos. So Sean went on tour for like three months. I didn't see her. I was getting picked up and cut by teams. So I don't like there's definitely conflict but it was always we always assumed that okay like it'll be over tomorrow like this fight

or whatever so. And there's this very strange little shift that you guys will feel over time when you go from being fiance to husband and wife to where I feel like when there's when it's fiance and dating in the back of your mind you're always trying to impress the other person

because you're not quite crossed the finish like you're not across the finish line yet as soon as you cross that finish line it's like oh this is like my person like whatever I got them and whether you whether you feel that or not that starts to come out a lifestyle and when you when we truly moved in together

and had just our one place it did feel a little different but it's just because over time you're like I actually didn't really know that you didn't close cabinet doors like ever like ever bro that's like apparently it might be my only flaw I think yeah you just start seeing the lifestyle and it's it's a year of adjustment but it's fun because you're like I'm literally sharing space with my husband now um you said that in like a bad way no it's like it's the best thing it's just the best thing when you have to close the cabinet

indoors. It is. And you can't reach them. I'm also excited for you. I don't know if you're going to be in Indianapolis during the Indy 500. Oh, you've probably been because you went to Notre Dame. No, I have. I mean, we're going to do it. Yeah, it was during football season. We're doing all that. Yeah, I don't know what I was doing. Once we end this podcast, I'm going to get your number. We'll hang out. I go up there like six times a year. So we'd love to meet you in person. We know absolutely nobody there. So, you know. Nice. It's a good place. It's fun. Well, Isaac Allison, thank you. much for the time. I know you guys, you know, probably will be getting a call from the hotel

here saying that they're kicking you out, but it's a pleasure to meet you. And I'm excited for what's next for you. Thank you so much. It was nice to be on it. This is fun. Yeah, it was so much fun. Thank you guys for having us. Of course, and congratulations. Welcome to the best part of your life. Oh, shit. You know, going to church together and doing all these things. Pick it up. I'm actually curious. pick it up. I'm curious what's going to happen. You're like, sorry, you guys need to check out of your room now. Oh my gosh. Hello?

Yes, wait. Here we go. This is live. Yeah, we're extending until two o'clock. I'm sorry, guys. This is awesome. What if it was like the FBI on the other side and said, hey, we're locking down the hotel for the next 24 hours. You're stuck in. It would be crazy. Like, that's clutch. Yeah, this is a big.

Yeah.