Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Soccer Stars Ryan Babel, Sebastian Fassi, & Lloyd Jones | Searching for Love Undercover!

Episode Date: June 20, 2024

#747. Join Kaitlyn Bristowe on this exciting episode of Off the Vine as she sits down with soccer sensations Lloyd Jones, Sebastian Fassi, and Ryan Babel, the stars of the new hit show Love Undercover. Dive into the drama and romance of this modern-day fairytale meets buddy comedy, where international soccer stars search for true love incognito in the United States. In this candid conversation, we explore: The pros and cons of dating an athlete The reality of dating undercover versus in the limelight Ideal partners and dating preferences of elite athletes How fame and fortune impact relationships And a juicy Confession segment where nothing is off-limits! Tune in for laughs, love, and a behind-the-scenes look at Love Undercover. Will these athletes score in love without their fame and wealth? Find out on Off the Vine! If you’re LOVING this podcast, please follow and leave a rating and review below! PLUS, FOLLOW OUR PODCAST INSTAGRAM HERE! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: (3:38): The toughest parts of dating an athlete. (13:09): Athletes' reputation for faithfulness. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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They don't know their identity. They don't know their wealth. They don't know their professionalism. but they're trying to find true love. So it's very entertaining. We got the whole scoop on the show, how it's going to kind of play out for everybody. It was just overall a really fun hang to talk to these guys,

learn a little bit about what it takes to date an athlete, to be an athlete, and just the drama that's going to unfold on the show. I can't wait to binge watch it. You guys are all soccer players? Yeah. Soccer as in soccer soccer? Football.

Okay, okay. Okay, so but like kick in the ball. Yeah. Forgive me for. Okay. I'm Canadian. Tell me, hey, tell me one province in Canada. Ottawa.

Oh, well, fuck. Well, then you win. I want to start off the podcast by asking the concept of the show. I know, but for my audience listening, what is the concept of this show? Yeah, no, the concept of the show is really simple. It's like five football players going on the cover. They get stripped from their titles, their cape, getting a new cape on. as respectfully average people, average men,

and they're going to try and see if they can find a connection with women in Los Angeles. And yeah, that's an interesting... But they don't know your athletes. They don't know your athletes. They don't know you are not only hot, but you've got money in the bank. They don't know this.

They don't know that. We just have to pretend to be like really average. And why do they think you're from all these different places? They just... Well, the women were casted if they wanted to date be on a show and international men. Oh, okay. Yeah.

So they're going in not knowing the concept. They just think they're doing a dating show with good-looking guys. You don't really. So when they're asking you about your backgrounds, you just have to lie to their faces? Well, yeah. What a great foundation to start on for a relationship guys. Everyone says that. It's not the first time we've heard of it.

Oh, I thought I was being a original. You start your relationship with a light. Yeah, well. Okay. So go on. Oh, no, I was a fitness coach on it. But I went on a few dates on the show. And as it entails, like, I start getting really mixed up with my lies.

Yeah. Oh, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I find it kind of tough in that sense. I was going to ask, that must be kind of hard to keep up with, like, I can't even keep up my lies on an airplane. When people ask me what I do, I make up shit all the time. And then by the end of the playwright, I'm like, yeah, that didn't even make sense.

Like, this person's like, who are you? And then one person, this just happened to me on the plane. I was like, oh, I do, I actually do have a wine label, but I was like, oh, I work with a wine brand that does events and blah blah and he was like oh then he starts asking me questions and i was like i'm really tired i'm going to take a nap and then he's like so what do you do again and then all of a sudden a girl came up to me and she's like oh my god i'm a big fan can i take a photo and he was like you just own a wine brand and do events people want your photo i was like yep bye but it's hard to keep up all these lies oh my gosh so what do you think the disadvantages are of being like

If I was to ask you, not even about the show, what are the disadvantages of being with an athlete in general? Or a girl. Yes. The schedule? Yeah, it's like always, it's never normal. You know, like, hours are either really long or you could be away on overnight for games. So I think that makes it difficult sometimes. So they have a lot of alone time.

You also don't have a lot of free time. So I'm thinking like, oh, we can go to all these nice places. Like if somebody's love language was quite, quality time now during the season like you you would just train you want to head back to sleep rest then you probably hit the gym in the afternoon yeah and they'll just go back home eat and then rest again yeah so that's kind of your cycle and obviously you can't plan a holiday you can't oh i have a wedding this day okay we'll go we'll buy tickets for this because you can't do that you are you're a season and you have a very limited time yeah during the year even if you have off

time you're probably still like training you have to keep it yeah yeah i want to keep you in a certain shape so you cannot just completely switch off yeah back to the shitty parts of dating happens well i only know because i did date one and it was really hard i i really lost myself because so he played in the nchl for like a little while but he got injured really bad and then ended up having to sign in germany and so I moved to Germany thinking how cool I get to live this European lifestyle. I don't have to work. And, you know, people think that sounds really nice. But you lose yourself and you start not having purpose and you're chasing your job and your job and your passions and you're gone all the time. And there's always rumors about people cheating. And it's really hard to date an athlete. Okay.

So what do you think are the advantages of dating an athlete? Well, obviously, the kind of life you have access to. Yeah, yeah, that was a nice way to say it. Over there, I see him going, you know, you have access to things that, like, regular people don't have. Of course. No, I think that for the girls, obviously, it's a lot harder to find something, like, what are the advantage of? But, like, I think that they are more advantage for us than for the girls.

Yeah. You know, for us because we're doing what we love. Of course. You are, you set goals. You try to achieve them. You compete every day to win. Like you're trying to win. So that's...

Well, it's in your blood. Yeah. You like to compete. You know, it's your passion. You're doing what you love. Yeah. It's like you're not working. Your work is train, sleep, eat well, be fit.

That's what you get paid for. So were you scared for these women to find out that's what you did because they'd be like, I don't know if I can live that lifestyle. Was that a scary thought? I don't know. Not really. Obviously, when they move in, like, we sort of got to know them more. So, like, we were trying to...

So you guys all live in a penthouse together. Yeah. And do... The guys only. Okay, the guys only. Okay, explain a little more how this works. So you get to meet these women and then are you like, oh, I like that one? And you're like, oh, I like that one.

So, like, the first five that come in or... No, the women chose us. The girls had the power to pick who they wanted to date. Okay. until like it comes later on that we've got to invite the girls in so then it like switches and flips and it becomes our decision so we they choose us at the start for the dates yeah and then after like we chose one or two dates yeah oh so um and do you keep a few well he keeps almost everywhere he's keeping everyone in the house do you fall in love really easily no oh that's the i feel like um or you just felt bad yeah there wasn't like a girl standing out at me so i was just keep my options open you know

you're not going to fall in love in three weeks why not you never know no I did I think that you have to ever watch the bachelor yeah now you if you actually like well for us we we actually wanted to actually find

true love you know somebody to know but it's not that that you're seeing the same girl for three days yeah weeks you are seeing six girls in three weeks yeah no that's just yeah I got a few dates I got a few dates I got a few dates So in the end, I got my hands on three girls. So it's like, again, you're seeing this one, you're seeing this one, you're seeing this one, you're seeing this one, so you don't actually get to know them.

Right. Did you get them confused? You got his strategy confused. Yeah. Tell her about your strategy. What was your strategy? It's the worst thing I've ever had. Oh, no. Oh, no.

When we finished meeting up all the girls, like the 18 girls came in. Then we did like this party and they announced us one night earlier. early that we were going to have to invite them over because they were going to sleep with us at the penthouse. Like they were moving in. At the beginning of the show, it was just us five living on the penthouse and then the girls came

move in. They move in? 18 girls move into a place with... No, so that was the catch that they didn't really explain well, was that too. I'm glad there's three of you. I'm like, okay, yeah, now you stop, you told me the real thing.

So none of the girls have ever met and they split these girls in in groups yeah so you had the first group of five coming in okay they had the power to pick who they wanted to date okay and you have two to three days where you can mingle yeah you kind of build a connection with the first five yeah then new five come in oh and they have the power again to pick so now they know oh my guy that I just picked going to date with a new girl then another a group of girl totally 18 so eventually you have him being on a date with five, three, seven, whatever it does.

And at the end, now you have too many girls. And now the producers told us, look, there's only a few places. You got a, so from the 18, eventually you were only able to pick a few who were able to stay and the rest had to go home. That's what we meant. Yeah, that's what we meant. And the catch is, the catches, the girls that actually leave, before they leave, you tell them, listen, we were not average men.

We were actually soccer players. Oh. So they don't show them like videos. And then they're like, damn it! Some of them didn't care. Some of them didn't care a little bit more. You're like, not only am I dumping you on television, you also are missing out on this lifestyle because I'm a professional athlete.

Right. Aw. That's sad. I feel like when you watch it, though, I feel like you'd be sort of happy. You have to understand. Yeah, I think you'd be happy. They don't know that we are athletes, you know? Like, we are regular men.

Yeah. That's something that for some of them, they just. just threw them off. Yeah. I was like, what am I doing with this guy? You know,

like this guy cannot give me the life that I want, you know? He's just a construction worker. Could you see through those people? Yeah, I think so.

Oh, okay. Yeah, it was pretty easy. One was very obvious. One was really obvious. Really? Yeah, a couple were kind of and the other ones like actually they didn't care

much, you know? No, no. You know? No, I think sometimes athletes, the women that they pick, sometimes it's like they want that lifestyle. And sometimes they just truly

love the person. and they sacrifice for that lifestyle because they really love the person. Obviously, that's going to be a fear of yours when meeting somebody. Are they really into me because I'm an athlete or because they actually love me? Did you find that?

Did you run into that towards the end when you actually found, if you found love? Got to watch the show. Ah! We're going to watch the show. We're going to spoil something. I also think athletes. athletes get this bad rep of not being faithful.

What do you have to say about that? I don't agree. I have a good... You don't agree? Yeah, let him tell me. Tell me. I have a good step, by the way. So, overall, in a football team, you have more or less 25 players.

Yes. And from the 25 players, I would say 18 are really like family people. They have children. They have a wife. They're just bored. They really just stay home. But then you have a handful from the total of, 25, let's say six guys who are young, they like to go out.

So it's often those six who get the media attention, who kind of spoil it for the actually overall football. But the stat is really small in terms of... And I bet it's the same if you went to corporate America or if you went to a different job. There's going to be a handful of people that are faithful and a handful people that aren't, but then the attention's going to get to that and the stories go here. And they spoil it for the good one. So...

I actually believe that. Everyone that listens to my podcast is always so sick of me talking about this relationship. with an athlete because I break it up all the time. But it just, it was such a pivotal moment in my whole life. But he was such a good guy. I still to this day believe he was such a good human. But he was almost too good sometimes where he'd be like, hey, I got to go. My roommate's trying to have sex with a girl right now.

And I need to get out of here because I don't want to be a part of it. And I'm like, don't tell me that. TMI. Yeah, there's, I mean, there are some crazy ones out there. And back in the day, I don't know if this was like this for you, but hockey players used to have to share a hotel room on the, you do? Depends, depends, yeah, which team, yeah.

But I don't get it? There's so much money in these franchises. You're making so much money. Don't you want to just have your own room? Yeah, but it depends. Like, first of all, we don't pay for our own. So it's the team, the club who pays for an hotel room. And depending what level of team,

they want to just be cheap and be like two players in a room. And some teams, they do have the money and they give you your own room. So it depends what team you play for. Like ABC with the Bachelorette. I'm like, you guys have so much money and you're not going to fly me first class. the band i don't get it i don't get it okay i don't know who wants to answer this or if you all have different answers for this but what would you consider an ideal partner for your your lifestyle like for you as an athlete what would your ideal partner be well you as an athlete and you as a person

yeah uh someone trustworthy and like can pick me up when i'm down yeah and i can recognize that as well because for me personally i like something's going on with me i don't really talk about it so if someone can like bring that out of you bring it out of me yeah i like someone who can make me laugh i think that's really important you've got to keep your relationship exciting yeah and yeah just someone who's loyal and just understands you know on day to day basis like what what you do yeah not being selfish saying that because obviously i want to care about her in the same way of course but um yeah probably them three things i mean it really does take a strong loyal nurturing person to be with an athlete because it's hard too when you know you could have a really bad game and it can it can affect you

for a long period of time and to somebody who doesn't understand that they could be like can you just get over it like there's real life outside of this that's my head in by the way i hate that comment oh my god when people say get over it yeah yeah i bet because you're right but no sure at that current time don't don't because that's something that you've literally you've been eating, sleeping, breathing this since you were probably what age. You've worked your whole life to get to where you are and it's not just

a game. It's like it's an event that the world watches that like you know it's so much more than that but I feel like it's probably and this is me just therapyizing people and maybe speaking from my own experience but they just wish they had something that important to them

I think a lot of times so to find somebody who is strong enough to want to pick you up in those moments and let you have that process of feeling those emotions and understanding them and it takes a really strong person do you think that the women that you met like did you find ones that you're like this person could handle it you have to see her damn come you're just have to see like i said like those those things i think that uh you need a certain amount of time yeah to actually develop you know it's because she obviously can tell you no i'll take it i'll do anything for you you know

My mother's going to be there for you. I'm going to try it. But she has to be there. Yeah. She has, okay, let's go. I'll bring you home. You're going to be sitting by yourself in a different country, maybe a different language, away from your family, and I'm going to be gone from 8 a.m.

Till 3 p.m. Yeah, that's literally happened to me, and that's when I lost myself and was a shell of myself, and I couldn't do it. And I think I'm a strong person. But did you move away as well with him? Yes. So, like, you haven't got any friends. Yeah, you haven't got any friends and family there.

I had no friends. The German girls were very. clicky and I wasn't invited in their circle. Nobody spoke the language. I wasn't in a English speaking part like a touristy part of Germany. I was in Nernberg. Nobody's, everyone was just like annoyed at me because I couldn't even figure out the grocery store line. Like it was awful. It was awful and I'm like a go-getter and I like meeting people and I like doing things and I'm a driven person and it was so hard. So on the show do they like I'm trying to think of the show love is blind.

They actually have different phases of the show where you date between a wall, you get engaged. Now you have to immerse yourself in that person's life. Do you do that on this show? We do something similar. So you get to know the girls,

then they're reducing, you move in with them. And then as the time goes by, you have to eventually pick one. And that girl is the one that you're going to reveal who you are, and then you're going to bring home to meet your family,

your lifestyle, And then by the end of the show, you either invite her to move in with you or just be friends or you broke up with them. So it's like the transition from being just dating to, okay, moving with me. And this is all already been filmed. Yeah, it's all been filmed. Obviously, you can't tell us what happens. I wouldn't even want to know. I don't like spoilers.

So, okay, this is crazy. I'm like trying to like, I like want to read body language. Oh, yeah, you're really happy. Okay. I mean, it just really, there's got to be something that complements your whole lifestyle. Do you think, I'm trying to think of it. So, like, you're a star. You guys are stars.

You're literally an athlete. You're a star athlete. You're on TV now. Do you think you could also be with somebody who wants to be a star? Or do they have to be somebody that's like, you're the flower blossoming and they need to be the roots that support you? Or could you date a, somebody? No, I think it is possible. But I think it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a,

fine line you know especially and I don't want to get too deep into it but obviously I think what the women have in common they want of course a strong provider protector right and if we want to take that responsibility then we also have our let's say preferences right now personally I would support you know the description that you just give the only thing that my requirement would be is as long as what I would like doesn't if get affected I would support you in whatever you want to do Okay

That simple Same same same or I wouldn't mind either way Really? I have no shame in admitting I need to be the star in the relationship No no no no I would rather be the provider like Ryan says

But would you like that I wouldn't mind this To be the breadwinner and Yes But then I feel like naturally And I'm not saying you would think that But I feel like naturally Women would maybe respect their men less

Or maybe men would feel like a little masculated by that and I would be like step up a little bit? Well, yes, but I also know a lot of men who are okay with it. I mean, I would like them to provide, but I don't need them to. No, okay, but that's different. That's different. That's different. Okay. Yeah.

But I would say naturally, if you talk about a masculine person, they would not want to accept that. Even though you would want to be. Yeah. They would not. But again, you have men who would accept it. yeah we don't necessarily yeah i have a question about um this might be shallow but ever i know a few guys in the nfl and every single one of them want to date a woman or be with a woman who's a good breeder for another athlete they're all tall they're all like

strong beautiful do you have a specific type that you look for you're because you're like i want to breed an athlete no no no okay so what like i want to go through the class oh they're weird every aren't they Like, what? Yes, what is your type? Like, if somebody asked you what your type, I'm sure they asked you for the show. Well, we got the same. The same type?

You can answer and she already know my answer. Yeah, Beyonce. Yeah. Tell me why. I mean, I get it. It's everything about her. Like, what can't she do? Anil?

What if she doesn't do anal? Is that fine? Yeah, that's fine. Okay. my kind of humor. I need to, I need to reel it in. I need to reel it in. Okay, but like, for example, she is like literally the biggest boss on a stage. Like, she's, like, do you like a dominant woman? No, I just, I feel like I'm quite a secure person. So I don't really get intimidated by like other women or other people in general. So, I mean, I get it. Beyonce is

everything. Yeah, she's unreal. And, and that's same. The answer, Beyonce. Yeah. Body type for me as well. Yeah. Oh, okay. Someone who's got a few cards. You like curves.

Yeah, yeah. You like curves. You're not giving me too much away. Oh, well, yeah, but sometimes you surprise yourself with, I've always said my type and then all a sudden I'll look at the guy that I'm dating and I'm like, what? Yeah. It doesn't add up. Now for me, you could be the most beautiful girl in the world, but if you've got no personality, it's nothing to me.

It's sort of like for me how like women carry themselves. That's really attractive to me. What if Beyonce wasn't funny? She is funny. Is she? She has to be funny. Yeah, she's funny. Have you met her?

No, you can ask this guy, though. You've met Beyonce? I did. Is she funny? Yeah, she's funny. She has a sense of humor. Okay. I've touched her twice, but I was a fan girl and I think.

I touched her finger once. Oh, my gosh. Her security is Dutch, so we have good friends. Cool. Oh, that's amazing. Okay, then what's your type? Well, my type. Uh...

What are you laughing at? I'm not laughing. I'm not laughing. I didn't even say it more, you know? Every time you were about to say something. He's got like, oh, well. He's come ready to roast me, so I've got to prepare, right? We love doing interviews together.

We do bounce of each other, right? Okay, okay, fair enough. Obviously, I like a girl who takes care of herself, you know, just talking about physically, because then personality and stuff, I think it's a whole other thing. Yeah. It has to complement. Yeah.

She just can be beautiful and that's it. I don't want something superficial, you know. If we're going to get into a relationship, of course, I like beautiful girls. I like them to be fit to take care of their body. Okay. Because I do. Okay. That's something you want to enjoy with someone.

It's something I want to actually see my partner and like her, you know, to fall in love every day. When they're 80 and they're saggy. I hope that the time comes for me to be 80 and saggy and still be with the same woman. like I'm aspiring to that but I think I think that the love Viagra is a real thing Viagra is a real thing

but not for women what are they supposed to do the love you are giving at that age it's a whole different connection it's beyond the body it's something that you cannot see it's something that's just there

so I think that the body will go on just a different time you know you just don't care you're going to get saggy too sir yeah I'm going to get saggy too she's going to get saggy too

I'm not going to be able to do the things I do now. She's not going to be able, but I think... But you know who will? Beyonce. Beyonce probably won't get old. Absolutely. Beyonce will not age.

I actually think she might be a robot. I think she might be AI. Every time, yeah. Yeah, I really do. Yeah, she really does. Oh, I was hoping you guys were going to say like Taylor Swift or something like someone... I like Margot Robbie, big fan. Like switching out, Margo Robbie?

Oh, Margo Rob. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Switching up. Beyonce is more my type. Okay. As in, like, physically. Okay. But Margot Robbie.

Her and Wolf of Wall Street's crazy. Oh, of course. I forgot that was her and Wolf of Wall Street. Oh, my God. I was attracted to her and Wolf of Wall Street. Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah.

Oh, my God. Yeah. She's amazing. Okay. Are there any other, like, misconceptions about the type of people you guys are and about the type of women you decide to pick? Like, what are some common misunderstandings, I guess? For me, it's he's. see because yeah we're on episode three yeah I said like before the the show you know in

the interview like I like blonde girls yeah and I dated one girl that was the complete opposite oh really yeah and we kept on dating you know just about beautiful brunette really nice girl but she wasn't the type of girl that I would probably date and then I dated other two with women so yeah interesting I always find it interesting when people like either like blondes or burnettes or like It's so interesting, some like... It's a thing. It is a thing. It is a thing.

I like blondes. I love blondes. But you know what's funny is I also like blondes for men, but I've only dated one. Yeah, crazy. Yeah, and I'm 38, so I've dated a few. About eight? Yeah, 38. Ah.

I just saw your wink. Were you trying? You winked at him. You winked at him, so it makes me think you're lying. I can't wink. Well, you saw that. No, no, I saw that. But were you winking?

Because you're like, yeah. you look 28, no, she doesn't. No, no, it's just like, I don't know, it's been cheeky, and I. He's been hitting on every girl that interview. Oh, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got to such a lie. Today, I'm like, yeah, I brought you a special donuts for you.

Yeah, of course. I didn't get a donut. Come on, I thought I was feeling special there for a second. What is the difference between, like, the women where you all come from and the women that you met in L.A.? Ooh, should go fast with me. Go first. Well, obviously, they've come on a TV show to, like, find love.

But did they? Some of them. L.A., you never know. I think the girls in TV show, there's such a wide range. So it's hard to just put them all into one box. Where I'm from, or where I go out and you obviously attract a certain type of women, mainly, like, 80, 90% of them in the club or whatever. So it's hard to compare them because there's such a, like, wide range on the show. He had some really nice girls, but you also had some, like, money-hungry girls.

Well, of course, they're casting for a show where there's money involved in your career. Yeah, so some of the girls on the show remind me of some of the girls where I'm from. Yeah. But yeah, like I said, I don't want to put them in like a category or a bottle. Yeah, fair enough. But do you find, okay, let's just say like Americans in general, do you find... I think they're more forward. More forward?

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I think they're more forward. Definitely more dramatic sometimes as well. but you said it in a very polite way more forward yeah yeah like if i want if the right they're more feel like transactional basically okay oh interesting but i feel like um a woman from in the ukk what i found maybe it's just because i got no game where i'm from but they don't really approach you that much they may give you the eye and you still may know they're feeling you but i feel like american

girls will actually just come up to you now do you prefer that do you like a woman who who'll come up to you and or do you like the confidence but just how you come up to me i suppose it's same for you if a guy comes up to you and a bar and hits on you you're like i've a yeah you can get me a drink or no so that's great point thank you yeah there was a guy i was doing an instagram live today and he said are you a vending machine because uh you're a snack i'm trying to even laugh at that but i went over my head it's or no he said did you fall out Did you fall out of a vending machine because you're a snack? And I was like, it took me a sign.

I was like, that's pretty funny. I don't know if I actually like laughed out loud, but I was like, that's entirely. If you can make a girl laugh, you're already winning. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like we say in football terms, like, you're already one up, you know, one ill, right? Like, if you make her love. Like, you're winning one zero. Oh.

You start the game. Oh, one zero. Like if it was a match. Oh, you're up. Yeah, exactly. You make her laugh? Okay, you're already up one zero. Okay.

Do you guys watch hockey at all? I can't see the puck. So many people say that. It's really hard. I guess so. Interesting part, you know that hockey, their greatest revenue is not TV broadcasts, is ticketing. Because people don't watch hockey on TV. I mean, that's because they can watch the box.

Only Canadians do, I feel like. Well, Canadians, but like worldwide. They don't sell to the right. It's physical as hell. Oh, yeah. It's crazy. Really physical. I love when they fight.

Oh, me too. What do you mean you don't get it? I don't get it. Like, okay. let's fight and that's okay like why I don't know I can see it

I think it's part of the entertainment yeah you've got beef with someone let's have it out and then it's done again but it's a it's a nice sport you know like let's continue imagine you were in football if you were play and then you would stop yeah it doesn't make sense but you guys don't have like the proper

gear on to fight they're all protected as well yeah they're so protected everything out I mean they'll literally drop the myths take off the helmet and they'll square up but you're on skates so you fall over pretty quick

and then they stop it If they fall it ends I don't know I think it's kind of funny It's actually a thing You are allowed to fight You are allowed They'll kick you out for like five minutes right I'll know you can be in this story

I have another question In your experience on love undercover Do you find it easier to connect with potential partners When concealing your fame and fortune Like do you find it easy to connect that way Or do you find it easier to connect When you can just be like this is what I do This is who I am

No. Didn't find it hard to connect without telling them what I told. It's like, well, like, give him his flowers. Like me and Seb probably ain't as big as him, so it's not like a massive thing for us when we're still playing. So it's like our lives were probably, I don't know, obviously he's got like superstar status. We may be known, but we haven't got what he's got so of. Oh really? Yeah, so like obviously the places he may go and the people he may attract maybe, I don't know, different calibre on certain time.

okay so yeah like for well for me i didn't really find it that hard because it's not like a big thing of like where i'm from like oh i'm the star in the club got it you know so but if you did this show where you live would it be much different like would people recognize you guys where if you did it here they're like they'll probably recognize you yeah yeah yeah they're on the streets yeah yeah yeah yeah the movement that comes where we're shooting something like they'll probably look out oh yeah yeah but yeah for for I agree with Lloyd. It was kind of different.

For me, the hardest part was actually to have something to speak about. Yeah. You know, there was this girl. She was from Miami. And she was like, oh, yeah, I love Miami. And like I spent Christmas, like two years ago in Miami with my family. And I couldn't tell her, you know, like, yeah, of course I've been to Miami. You know, like, calling me.

We went judge and blah, blah, that. So there was a lot of things that we had in common that I couldn't talk to her. Oh, that's hard. Yeah, because I was just a salesman. know so wait so you were a salesman yeah I was like a business administrator something like that I changed yeah I had five jobs at a different job every girl was that up to you or did producers no they told it like something because I I do have my degree in business oh okay I kind of knew about the subjects okay they would ask me I can yeah you kind of bullshit you

yeah but I went from a salesman to business administrator to timeshare salesman so I was like in the in the end yeah just avoid any question about myself we'll just talk about anything else okay and what was your fake job well they gave me general contractor but I changed it to construction worker

oh okay yeah but tell her what kind of what did you build yeah what did you build please because no but again I'm dying enough

no but again like he said it was it was very difficult to make conversations so I'm trying to find ways how can you make things interesting so I started to say like hey are you familiar with the Bush Khalifa in Dubai, which is the tallest building in the whole world.

They were like, yeah, yeah, like, why? Like, yeah, so I was part of that building it, you know. So they were like, no, really? I was like, yeah, you know, to hang out with cables outside and putting the windows in. And yeah, you know, things happen sometimes on work, you know, people fall. Oh, dark. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they were really intrigued by that.

You were like, no. And so that kind of kept the conversation going. Imagine they were like, oh, my family business is in construction. What did you use for this material? Oh yeah, you got one. Did that happen? Well, yeah. Well, I mean, you know, you have to watch the show.

I know. Okay. Well, let's say hypothetically speaking, if you got caught in a lie, did they ever get suspicious? I was scrambling. Really? Yeah, I was scrambling. But I got away of it a few times. Like, say, a girl came at a perfect moment to chat to me or something.

But yeah, I had a few. I was just a fitness coach. So I don't know why I made it so hard for myself. I think some of the people, yeah, didn't really think I had a job. You obviously understand fitness. Yeah, but again, even though it's still fitness, I was messing it up. Really? Was it because you were nervous?

No, like, say, like, I was just being in conversation, and I would say, like, I went somewhere or that, and it would be like, oh, why did you go there? And then I'll just be like, ah, now I'm nervous. Now I'm, like, scrambling. Like, what do I say? And I was making it worse for myself. And then was there any, like, crossover with who you guys liked and wanted? and...

Oh, really? You'll have to watch. That will make me watch if you tell me. Yeah, a few of them. Really? Yeah, yeah. But there was never any jealousy with the five guys.

Not like, for me personally, that was my favorite bit. Yeah. Really? Yeah, getting to like hang around. Because it wasn't a competition, you know? So between the bond that we made between us, it was kind of special.

So all five of you got along? Really. Yeah, there was never any like, yeah, Like I said, jealousy, nothing like that, competition. And I think that's one of the main things that makes this show, like, really fun and great. We are not, it's not drama. It's okay, it's fun. No, there's some drama.

I was going to say, there's got to be some drama. No, there's a lot of drama, so you need to tune in. It wasn't that involved between us. It was more related with the girls. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Well, that makes sense. I mean, no, when I was The Bachelorette, the dudes were so dramatic.

I was like, I can't. They were more dramatic than the women. But I do find that athletes You guys have that like Teammate mentality Well that's what it was like It was just like being in the changing room again Just with like again

Really good five a side team That's what I feel like that makes sense Like you guys kind of took it as we're a team here Well everyone just bought something different To the table like Yeah Everyone has different personality traits Interesting

I wonder why women can't think that way Like when they were in Was there a lot of similar women Were they all different? different yeah they were different yeah not every every single one was different it was obviously categories like I guess it's a numbers game there's so many of them and only so many of you yeah it's that feels competitive at times well the ratio is great for us well yeah course it was were there tears I can't remember yeah sadly they were yeah

of course there yeah did you did you okay even if you don't tell me you found someone did you you guys fall in love? That's what's the show. Come on, that could say. That could say, I love you. Can they say if they fell in love at all? Like, it might be you fell in love on night one, but it didn't work.

I can't answer you like this, you know? I make that really deep connection with the girl. Yeah. With a couple of them, some stronger, some not that strong. Yeah. Do you follow them? I actually got to connect and to care for the girls in a way that maybe

with a little bit more time and the right moments we could have gone but because we are having such a short time then you have to make decisions Was there any that like that after you finish filming you're like whoops I should slide into

her DM and make that one right? I don't know, bass Lloyd I don't know No no no You dog I'm not dog He's a sneaky motherfucker

Sneaky, motherfucker. Sneaky, that sounds like projection. Are you sneaky? Sometimes. Wait, I love the honesty, sometimes. Wait, how old are you guys? I'm 21. No, I'm joking. I'm 28.

Oh, Jesus. I'm 37. 30. Okay, oh, great ages. I feel like that makes a difference. On The Bachelor and Bachelor, they always pick, like, 22-year-olds. And I'm like, no, no, no. You're not ready.

Okay. What? The 22 to 23, do you say? Sometimes. 22 to 27 is usually, I was 29 when I went on and then 30. Grab a coffee and discover nonstop action with BudmGM Casino. Check out our hottest exclusive. Friends are one with multi-drop. Want to even more options?

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Were you prepared? No. You weren't? Well, no, for your embarrassing stories. Oh, yeah. So I have a segment that I usually do like a confession for. and like you have to tell me something that's so embarrassing that you've never told anyone maybe it happened on the show maybe it happened when you were five maybe it happened in high

school maybe like something that you're like this stands out is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me like i'll have to think well yeah i mean well for example i've had everything from like somebody shitting their pants in public to that's a lot of shit stories to be honest with you i don't know why i mean yeah like you said if it if it can go back in time i I mean. I remember with my school class, I think, was eight. We went on a camp, and then you slept with everyone in the room, only the guys. And somehow, like, we had one day before we would go back, you had, like, a little, like, kids party. It started at, like, I don't know, four or five. And they made it very cute. And, you know, you had to be like, it was kind of now the... It sounds actually weird if you about you were eight but it was already a thing i guess you're trying you were trying to mingle with the cute girls there right yeah and then some of the guys would guess me to be like that girl like she told us like between the lines she likes you so did the party have to ask her to

dance i was like really really but apparently it was a setup that she didn't even like me so i went so i went it's more heartbreaking than embarrassing yeah you know so i went and then she was like no so I was like and everyone started laughing so I bet she wants to dance with you now oh well well most likely but yeah I had of course like a pretty I guess a childhood trauma with that so yeah oh oh goodness no of course they ate yeah yeah yeah want to dance right now oh my god that's so sad thank you for sharing yeah yeah thank you for sharing yeah um probably I went on a date once yeah and I actually really liked Yeah, we just went out for food really

I picked her up Yeah, I went out for food And I was like, after I had the food I was thinking, I feel horrendous here I know, what's going on? I ended up taking her home So I'm telling this really quick And then I was just projectile vomiting

While I'm driving on my lap And she's like there No! But she never spoke to me again after it Aww Oh, that's sad Yeah, but I was like trying to hold it You know, like, no, it's Italian

You're like bad Mexican food Italian? Oh, I'm sorry Yeah, but yeah Was she freaking out? I have a fear of that. Not really, I think that's what I was making it worse Because I was like, I'd have you like freak out And I know what you're thinking

But it would be like, she'd just be like looking at me Like a piece of shit Like, what's wrong with you? She didn't even rub your back? Nah, nothing. But I was trying to like, not obviously not be sick But sometimes when you just got to be doing it, I'm driving back and it's all down my lap

Did you pretend like it wasn't happening? Yeah, I was like, well, anyways, the dinner was down I'm sweating like I was before I was nuts What about you? I don't know. I had like this one on my mind. It just popped in because it was with a teammate. Yeah. So we were training during a regular season. It was, we were like, I was in the goal, right? Yeah. And behind the goal, there's like this big net for the ball.

You're a goalie? Yeah. Okay. So behind the, behind the goal, there's like this big net. And then you have like grass for people to walk and it's a really big place. So there was like this woman sitting on a bench behind the goal, right? And I don't know why. I was young, I was maybe 13, 14 years. So I was like, look at that woman, man. She looks like a prostitute. But those were my words, you know? Like, who dresses up like that?

It's like 8 a.m. Yeah, you know, she has like the leather skin. Yeah. Leather boots all the way to her thighs. Yeah. You know, all tight, push up. Yeah. Push up.

Yeah. The hair, curly hair, but kind of orange, but like redhead but like you could see it was bad quality redhead you know like all big like that I was like

what the who's that you know and then that emails my side that's my mom bro no 100%

I was like nah you're that's my mom brother oh my god and it really was his mom and the phone thing that wasn't fun for me

is that no no it was his mom like actually nobody laughed because you only you laugh it out You know, you're stupid. Everybody still like, holy that guy.

So I was in like, and then I just blushed. I was like, oh, I'm sorry. And yeah, you know, it had for maybe a couple of months, he just wouldn't talk to me, and I wouldn't even there to say hello to him. I was like, because I really trashed. You know, I talked. I was like, look at me.

Like, it's a gym, you know, in a training field. What the fuck are you doing dress up like that? He's my mom, brother. Oh, my gosh. That is a good confession, though, for the podcast. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. That's insane.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sorry that happened to you. Yes, so I'm not talking trash anymore. Okay, I know you can't really answer, but to wrap things up, like, what can you tease about, well, we've already talked about the show, but what can you tease about, like, how it all plays out? Are you happy you did it? I'm happy I did it. That's for sure. It was a great experience.

Gents of a lifetime, yeah. Okay. Does anyone out of the five find their person? There is someone on the show who finds their person. Is there? Yeah. Are you sure? On the show.

You might have to see it. Oh, so like maybe a producer fell in love with a number one, like a camera guy. We just say someone find their person on the show. Okay. Okay. And so where can people find the show? How can they tune in? They can find it on Peacock. Okay. And if they cannot find it on Peacock, so this is for the rest of the world who don't have Peacock,

Hey You. Yeah. Hey you. That's a stream platform. I have Peacock. That's how I'm going to be watching it. When they asked you, how did you guys get cast for this? Mine was, I used to be at Liverpool as a kid, and they've got like a TV channel called LFC TV. And someone who worked on that, got in contact with an ex-teamate of mine who got in contact with me. yeah i went back and forth for a while and then yeah all come together nicely huh and are you guys all still playing uh yeah i am oh wow okay well my boy there Nathan Nathan Eccleston you know

i'm like no i'm Canadian no no no no but actually it's we we already been friends you know for a long time we played together in Liverpool yeah and we were a lot younger at one point he retired and you know went into new ventures and yeah he called me he said look, they're casting, I think it could be a good fit. Yeah. And I explained to me the concept, and I was like, yeah, yeah, sounds good. Let's do it. Kind of the same way, yeah.

Through my agent. Yeah. He'll just put me the offer down and just went with it. And be honest. The three of you truly went into this to find love. Of course. Absolutely. No, don't.

I went on The Bachelor for the, I wanted to build a brand and a business. I actually didn't have any hopes. Like, I wasn't getting my hopes, like, really high. I'm going to fall in love. But eventually I thought, I was open to that. Okay, that's fair. I'm really, really hoping that there's a beautiful girl that I want to meet, you know. I'm really, really, really rooting for that.

Okay. So, yeah. And why would you turn down going to L.A. to meet beautiful women? I mean, yeah, thank you, yes. With other footballers. Don't forget about. That sounds so fun. And you guys are all glad you did it.

It was a fun experience. Amazing experience. Wow. Oh, well, it was so nice meeting, Olive. you is there something that like you can else you could tease like where do you guys find you on instagram because then we'll probably learn about you are probably posting about the show and each week and what's going on so drop drop your at my instagram is at seba fasi with a fassi okay yeah my social handles is all the same it's at ryan babel that's just my full name

yeah i'm just on instagram but lloyd jones 28 And then does the show have an Instagram? No, no, no. Just pick up peacock. Okay, find it on peacock. I'm excited. I'm rooting for all of you. Amazing.

Well, thank you so much for coming. Thank you. Thank you for having us. I hope you had fun. I did. Yeah. Best one yet, right? Yeah, 100%.

The aircon is unbelievable. Do you guys have more stuff you're doing today? No, last one. Oh, nice. Oh, amazing. Do your strategy. Say best to last. This big strategy guy.

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