Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Steven McBee Jr. | Everything You Wanted to Know About McBee Dynasty!

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

#870. This week, Kaitlyn is joined by The McBee Dynasty’s Steven McBee Jr. — the cowboy turned reality TV star whose family drama is giving Yellowstone a run for its money. From his days on Joe Millionaire to running a 40,000-acre farm to that infamous butt shower scene, Steven’s spilling everything we’ve been dying to know.He’s dishing on how his family landed a Bravo show, where things really stand with Calah, the surprising type of women he can’t resist, and why his first dates literally cost thousands. We’re also getting personal: his dad’s absence this season, his mom stepping into the spotlight, and if we’ll ever see him handing out roses on The Bachelor.And of course — we wrap it up with a juicy confession that involves a girl, a freezing Missouri night, and a gas station fail. Buckle up, because this convo is equal parts cowboy, chaos, and confessions!If you’re LOVING this podcast, please follow and leave a rating and review below! PLUS, FOLLOW OUR PODCAST INSTAGRAM HERE!Thank you to our Sponsors! Check out these deals!Audible: Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at Audible.com/vine.Figs: If you're in healthcare—or shopping for someone who is—you can get 15% off your first order at wearfigs.com with the code FIGSRX.Progressive: Visit Progressive.com to see if you could save on car insurance.Pura: For a limited time, get 20% off Pura Car Pro and all car scents with code CAR20 at Pura.comEPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: (2:13) – How the McBee Dynasty Became Reality Tv!(7:30) – Steven answers the #1 fan question about his on-again, off-again girlfriend.(8:52) – Why His First Dates Cost Thousands of Dollars!(22:49) – Where’s Steven’s Dad This Season? Steven opens up about his father’s absence.(39:40) – Steven shares an epic confession that involves a girl he was in love with and a gas station disaster.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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You're listening to Off the Vine with Caitlin Bristow. Hey, Vino's, real quick, if you are listening right now, which obviously you are or you wouldn't be hearing this, can you hit the subscribe or follow button on whatever platform you're on? Please, that one simple thing helps more than you even realize it allows me to keep growing on this podcast and making these episodes the best. they can possibly be obviously for you. That's the only favorite I'm going to ever ask, okay?

It truly means the world to me. Thank you. Now, let's get into it. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow. And, uh, no, not me wanting to say saddle up. Saddle up.

Because today's guest might just be the most eligible cowboy on reality TV right now. And probably one of those families who could give Yellowstone a run for their money. There is all the family drama, the dating, the drinking, the farming. And you know him from Joe Millionaire, which I thought was so funny. And now from the McBee Dynasty on Bravo, where we get a front row seat to his family's 40,000 acre farm, love triangles, cattle, and some booty shower scenes, which we definitely talk about. So Stephen McBee Jr. is here to talk dating, ranching, reality TV, and spill on what's really going on with Cala. We found it all out. Look, and he brought me merch. Have you seen that on Billy Madison

when he's like, I got this shirt from Frank? And then he lifts it up and it says Frank on it. Anyways, okay, here's Stephen. For anyone who has not seen this show, give us like the Stephen 101 of how you went from growing up on a farm in Missouri to being on like two different reality shows. Yeah, I never expected this out of my life for sure. I always knew that my family has some very interesting personalities. And so I figured it would make, you know, some entertaining television and how I ended up from a dating show to now this farm and ranch show is crazy. Oh, I also have a question because I hate butchering people's names and I always do it. Is it Macbee or Mickby or Mickby?

Mickby. Okay, because I went to, like I watched so many videos of, but I never saw. And then I went to come up here and I was like, oh my gosh, so I googled it. And it said MacB and I was like, I don't think so. It's Mick B. Okay, that's what I thought. So how did Mick B dynasty come about? Like, did somebody just roll up on your farm from Bravo and be like, here it is.

So it was the dating show that I was on, Joe Millionaire. we had the top six women fly out to the farm for the hometown visit and when production got up there and saw my family dynamics it's a small world in reality tv i'm sure you know this yeah so words started getting around yellowstone was the top tv show at the time and it was like hey this family farm out in missouri resembles yellowstone and they've got a hell of a lot more drama so that was kind of how it happened more drama than yellowstone yeah i would like to think so that's pretty crazy that's my parents favorite show is yellowstone i wonder if they watch your show that's But I hope they don't.

Well, I feel like reality TV, obviously I know so much about behind the scenes and like how the sausage is made, if you will. But like, do you feel like it's pretty accurate when you're watching back? Or are you like, oh, wow, that's a lot more dramatic than I thought? No, it's pretty spot on. Yeah. There's a lot of people that are always asking me and seeing some of the scenes and they're like, that had to be staged.

That had to be set up. I'm like, no, that was authentic. That was as real as it gets. Wow. I never watched Joe Millionaire. I forget the concept. So is it just one? There's two guys.

So the original Joe Millionaire, there was one guy. So they brought it back. There was two guys. One of us was wealthy. One of us was not. And the girls didn't know who was who. Right. Yeah.

And you were the wealthy one? Yeah. I was. I imagine like that at the time. And now you got this show where it's like, yeah, we're $60 million in debt. Oh, shit. Oh my gosh. Joe Millionaire, no more.

Yeah. But that's crazy. I remember the show average Joe, remember when, but he was. was actually a millionaire, and they, like, had him and somebody fell in love and that they found out when they got engaged or married that he was actually a millionaire. Yep. I loved that show. That's the old school.

Like, when was Joe Millionaire on? 2003. Yeah, I was going to say, how old were you? Nine. Okay, so that's when it started. Yes. Yeah, no, I wasn't on the dating show with that one. I was like, that ain't right.

Okay, so it started 2003. They had the first season, 2003. It did crazy record numbers. Yeah. But they couldn't continue the concept because everyone found out about the show. And like, if they tried to bring it back, they would know. So they're like, okay, how do we do this? Well, if we brought in two guys, then the women don't know who's who. Smart. What did the other guy do? He's one of my best friends now. He's a general contractor out of Charlotte.

Oh, okay. He's not broke. But on the show, I mean, they were like just dogging on him nonstop about how broke he was. Yeah. Did he watch back? It was like, damn. He just took it on the tin. Yeah. He was easy. to roll with it, but yeah. Wait, so how old are you now? I am 30. You're 30. Yeah.

I remember watching a clip and you thought like you should be with somebody because you're 30. You were like, you know, I'm 30 and the seventh or ninth wheel. I can't remember. And I'm like, oh, baby. You're just a baby. Well, whenever you're in Missouri out on the farm, it's like everyone gets married right out of high school. For sure.

And then now my family is all married up with kids. And so I'm out there on my little farm with my dog and my chickens. And I'm like, all right, I think it may be time for me to settle down here. But do you want to actually? I mean, in... Or do you feel like you have to? I feel like in the situation I'm in, it's almost forced upon. Yeah.

If I was to live in like a Nashville or like an Austin, Texas, where there's more single people my age, I don't think I would feel like I need to as much. But out on the farm, it's like, kind of needs someone. It gets a little lonely. I'm sure it does. That sounds like my happy place. I love being lonely. Just being out there with the animals.

Yeah, my therapist also says that's a problem. But I literally love being alone so much. Okay, so you're friends with the other guy that was on Joe Millionaire. What's his name? Kurt. Kurt. Yeah. K-U-R-T.

Kurt. Okay. Have any of the women ever tried to rekindle things now that you're back on TV? Yeah. So I went through an interesting period a couple years ago where, so the girl off that show, we dated on and off for three years. But there was a time where we broke up and then I dated the runner up. Cala, right?

Yeah, Cala. And then I dated the runner up from Joe Millionaire for a couple weeks. It was a short stent. Oh, but yeah. Yeah, so yeah, there was definitely some moments, and we're still friends with a bunch of them, too. Yeah. Would you ever do another dating show? I think it would have to be the right one.

Would you do The Bachelor? I think so. Yeah, I think it'd be fun. I can see that, actually. I think it'd be fun. Because they need somebody who, well, it's hard because I feel like on The Bachelor, and I say this all the time. I feel like as, like, people who go on The Bachelor, usually we see them on The Bachelorette and we're, like, rooting for them because we saw them go through heartbreak. But I'm like, I want fresh meat on the show.

I want somebody that hasn't been in there before. And, like, that would be fun because you have. such a background and like you kind of get how to carry a show i don't know about that or i think it's just natural i don't think there's any talent involved in carrying a show just natural drama yes but i also do think it's like an unknown skill like you don't realize that you have that talent but not a lot of people can do it well i appreciate the uh support in that yeah i put in a good word for me i'm going to i know that the head of like abc and hulu is like one of my favorite people in the whole world so i'm going to i'm going to put it out there and see what happens

Okay, so I call my listeners Vino's, and Vinoes really want the tea. Oh, oh, here we go. We're going straight in. So the number one DM I got, are you really done with Kala? Yes, that door has closed. Okay, because the last episode, there was a cliffhanger of you two texting. Oh, yeah. Well, it hasn't closed on the season.

You're like, there's a handle on both sides for a reason because the door could open back up, Maybe possibly. I don't know who's opening it on what side they're on. The door may not be closed in season, but in real world sitting here, you later, it's closed. Yeah. And was it just too, like, toxic back and forth or was... Yeah, it was just toxic. And then it got toxic with my family, too. It was just a bad situation, and there was just too much bad blood there.

That's fair enough. So you guys don't even talk anymore. We do not. That's good. Yeah. I think that's the best way to do things. Who am I just insert myself there? That's good.

I'm glad. I'm glad. everybody in the room's clapping right now so what is the status of your dating life because you said you're 30 you want to be you want to be less lonely yeah so uh going on a few dates here over the last couple months nothing too serious yeah and i'm still single so how do you date are you on the apps or how do you do it so i've tried the apps before um the problem with where i'm at is you can like expand your radius on the apps to like 100 miles or something yeah where the farm is you expand it to 100 miles and you still are not within any major city.

Right. So it's like way out there in the middle of nowhere. So it's rough. Yeah. Yeah. Like do you have to travel to go on a date? Oh, for sure. That's what, it's an investment right now for a date.

It is an investment. Yeah. It's like $1,000 minimum for flights. Yeah. Just for one date. And I don't even know the person. Yeah. Well, good thing you're Joe Millionaire.

That's crazy. Yeah. And then are you like, what a waste of my time if she sucks? Yeah. Or like whenever I, if I fly someone out for a date or I go out there, it's like a full weekend trip so by the first night if it's not working out i'm like i've got to spend another 24 48 hours here no do you have any horror stories uh thankfully nothing too bad but yeah there's definitely been some awkward moments you let give me one uh well so i'm a farmer right

so i eat meat with like every single meal well i never even thought to ask to this girl like i just assumed that she would eat meat right she flies up and like i have all these steaks and like grilled chicken like i have it all ready i'm gonna cook every yeah she's vegan that put it into it i was like oh okay well this is short-lived i don't even know how to cook any meals without like meat in it is it also hard to find somebody that like doesn't know who you are like they could because they probably see your name and then they probably google you and then they're like oh shit and then she's like i'm a vegan yeah that one threw me for a loop though i mean like if you open up my fridge it's just like meat that's it yeah yeah so i i was like i don't even know what we

eat now do you hunt i do what did i eat one time when my friend's dad went hunting. I think it was like deer jerky or something. It's delicious. Yeah, it's good stuff. It is good stuff. But I'm a vegan. Now? No, I'm just kidding. I was like, I'm not a vegan. Okay, so yeah, that's a whole journey to go on one date. Wow, I'm rooting for you. That's... Thank you. Yeah, thank you. I need that. Yeah, I need the good vibes. It's rough out here.

It is. What is your type? Like, because Cala was very blonde, blue-eyed, spicy. Is that your type? Very much so. Yeah. Yeah. Like, because I feel like it takes a certain, like the guy who's season I was on of The Bachelor, he was a farmer. And it was like, who's going to, you know, settle down on the farm and marry this guy. And like I said, I think before we were even recording, I used to lie and tell all my friends I lived on a farm. And everyone's like, Caitlin, you're not going to be able to last on a farm. And I'm like, yes, I could.

I could literally last on a farm. I would love to. But I'm like, it must take a certain type of woman also to be able to do that. to take it on. Do you want someone that gets their hands dirty too? Are you like, no? Like in my head, I think that I want someone that fits in on the farm, you know, the small town life. But then I'm like a magnetically attracted to high maintenance city type living pushes me around a little bit. Why? I don't know. I hate it. It's toxic. But it's just like magnetic. Why are men like that? Why do you guys like crazy girls? Keeps me on my toes. Keeps things exciting. I do so much therapy to not be crazy. And then all these men out here want a crazy. bitch. Damn it. Okay. And somebody also wanted to know, I'm assuming this is a yes.

Do you want to get married and have children? Yes, absolutely. Okay. Okay. Now, who is Sadie Bass? Sadie Bass is a country singer from Michigan, lives down here in Nashville now. Okay. She and I are very good friends.

She came up, filmed a music video. Yeah. We are not dating. Okay. Unlike what you'll see on the internet. But there's chemistry. Great friends, yeah. That could be chemistry.

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Like I always talk about. I had great chemistry with my dance partner on Dancing with the Stars. There's nothing sexual about it whatsoever. Yes. But it was good chemistry. Exactly.

Yeah. Yeah, that's how it was. And we made a music video that was, it wasn't even steamy. I mean, it was just her and I dancing in a truck bed and swinging on my front porch, swing and stuff like that. And it took off on the internet. Oh, well, that's great. That's probably what she wanted for the music to you. It was good.

Yeah. Great marketing. That's fun. So how did you get the music video? She just reached out. Yeah, so she's been up to the farm before. Okay. She played for season one of our show.

she came up and played a big party, a big farm party we had. And then she asked me, she had this new song coming out. She was like, hey, can I come up to the farm? It would be the perfect setting. And then she's like, I need a guy for the music video. Would you mind being the guy? He was like, I'd love to. Fun!

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It gets wild. Because where I'm from, used to do bush parties all the time, like just go out into the middle of the field. Is it like in the middle of nowhere? Yeah. And you just light a bonfire and drinking. That's pretty much farm party. Yeah.

Yeah. You get a bunch of rednecks together and you go out in the middle of nowhere and have a bunch of fun. Is cats a real thing? Yeah, it is a real thing. Do you really tip the cows over when they're sleeping? I feel so sad. I feel like that's something you do when you're like in high school. A ding dong.

Yeah. When you're an idiot. Yeah. But yeah, it is a thing for sure. That makes me so sad. I love a cow so much. I mean, I'll, I'll f*** up a steak and like, but then I'm like, oh, the cow, it's like so hard for me to separate. But that's, I always picture, I'm like, that's so sad.

They're just like trying to have a snooze and you're like, just pushing them over. So what is your red flag that women should be worried about with you? Oh, self-awareness. Yeah, I like to think I'm pretty self-aware. I would say one of the things that I struggle with is I'm so busy in my career and what I do on the farm. A lot of times the farm in my family come before the women that I'm dating, which is a positive and a negative. Obviously, if you're looking towards marriage, it's not a great thing.

Right. Yeah. Is that going to be hard for you to do one day? I think I'm learning. I think I'm maturing. And, you know, I've learned from my mistakes. And I think watching it back on TV is actually a good character development. A hundred percent.

Yeah. I totally agree with that. Like, it makes you more self-aware. You can, like, reflect on your behavior or actions. But also, I would find that so hard because the only reason you have what you have is because of your job and your family. Right. So why wouldn't you? It is difficult.

Well, and I think what I've really seen from season two, one of the things that was a big issue in our relationship is my family are my best friends. Yeah. So I vent to them or I tell them some of the problems I'm facing my relationship. Family doesn't forgive, like you forgive your partner. Yeah. And so they hold resentment and that causes a lot of tension in the relationship. Yeah. So lesson learned there.

Yeah. That's a tricky one. Yeah. You've obviously had your fair share of dating experiences, but what is your number one ick when it comes to dating? It's, I want to be out in social settings with my partner and be able to have a good time. Yeah. So, like, if someone is a mean drinker, like if they get kind of like aggressive after they drink, instantly I'm so turned off. Yeah, that's fair.

What do you drink? Beer? No, vodka or tequila. Oh, vodka. I love tequila. Tequila, gin and wine are like my three favorite drinks, but I feel like gin might be taking over his number of. one right now. I need to try that.

Do you like a vodka martini? I do. Okay, try it. Do you like dirty? I've never really been big on dirty martinis. Yeah. Men are so funny. I bet you don't like mushrooms either.

Yeah. I knew it. Tomatoes? Not huge on tomatoes either. Wait, what type of mushrooms? Like any mushroom. Oh, well, obviously we will dabble with the good stuff. But I'm talking like, what are they called?

Just like a. I don't know Shataki Oh yeah yeah like yeah no I'm not big on those But you'll dabble in the in the hallucin The psychedelics Yeah the psychedelics

I think mushrooms are such an acceptable thing Everybody does mushrooms now It's like the new health Yeah it's like yeah I've tried it a few times And I keep wanting to like love it And every time I do it I'm like emotional Really?

Yeah like I feel like I get too emotional Yeah I don't know if I've just like dabbled too hard and then I was going to say you go a little strong maybe yeah but the last time I did it I was like it was just kicking in and I was about to go boogie boarding out in the ocean and my dog sitter called and she was like I think ramen is having kidney failure and I was like why would she call you with that though because she was like I want you to know in case you want to come home or like what she's doing this and he's having accidents in the house and I was like my

baby and ramen's like my soul dog like I birthed him and so I'm like freaking out. And then I couldn't come home. And then she was like, I think he's okay. And then I was just the whole time I just like cried. Complete mess. I cried for 20 hours.

He didn't have kidney failure and he was fine. And I cried for just ruined the entire trip. So I'm like maybe that I just think if I take mushrooms, whatever feeling I'm feeling is going to be so heightened. So that I was like scared and sad. So it was heightened. And then the other time I tried it, I definitely did too many.

And I like walked into the ocean and my bridesmaids. dress and I was just peeing myself and I was like yeah I would definitely say you did a little too much then yeah and then I was like crying and then I thought I was going to throw up and it was like I didn't like it there um mom can you come pick me up I'm scared it was I don't like it but that's great that you can enjoy yeah happy for you okay back to your dating has it made that harder to find genuine connections from being on TV honestly no I don't feel like it has um because I think that what we put out on TV, we showcase everything, like the good and the very bad. Yeah.

So we put our flaws out there. So whenever someone's watching the TV, it's not like they're getting this perfect representation of me. Yeah. They are seeing who I am, like the good and the bad. So whenever they meet me, they know what's going to come with it. Right. It's so interesting being, like, I always think about The Bachelor or like Joe Millionaire when

it's like you signed up for it, but your family didn't. And then they saw your family dynamic. and now you guys have this whole show around your family dynamic. Does your family struggle with that, or do they fully lean in? So all the boys in my family love it. The women, like my mom, wouldn't be on season one. She was only on season two? Yeah, only on season two.

She is introverted, a very private person, wanted nothing to do with the spotlight. And then in season two, we were able to convince her to come on. And did she love it, hate it? She's starting to like it. She called me the other day. She's like, I walked into Target and like four people took photos with me. She's so cute. she's really cute running a farm like the size of a small country i feel like would already be so

stressful and then you add tv cameras and all of that like i would be so scared but then you get kind of used to it i guess do you cameras yeah you get used to it i mean after a couple days of them being out there to start filming the season you get used to it and i think that uh you try to showcase like you know you don't have too many emotional breakdowns on camera we have a few but after the cameras quit filming for the day if there's something really stressful that happened like i'll just sit out there in my front yard by myself for the evening i'm just like seems like a great place to decompress yeah oh my gosh yeah that's a lot what is the hardest part of balancing at all having to deal with the actual problems on a farm and ranch which you can never

predict there are fires you have to put out every single day yeah and then if the cameras are there um you know it's hard to really manage both or juggle both at the same time um because there's so much like I'm flying around from farm to farm dealing with problems and the cameras are trying to keep up. It is sometimes a struggle. Oh my gosh. That would be hard to produce the show. The people that are your producers, are they, any of them have farm experience? No. No one does. That's hard. It's wild. I mean, because for us, like we see farm equipment and machinery all day. We've seen it for years and years. Yeah. But like, they'll see a combine and they're like, this is like amazing. And I want to film, like, the most boring part of, you know, a combine running in the field cutting corn.

I'm like, this is, like, we've seen this for years. It's good be roll. Fans have been wondering where your dad has been all season. Yeah, so my dad has still been around, but obviously he's dealing with a legal situation. Which obviously you don't have to talk about it, and you probably can't. Yeah, it's still ongoing. But just to protect him and because of how delicate that situation is, just kept him off the season. Totally.

But, yeah, we still love and support him. We're over at his house for dinner, four or five nights out of the week. Aw. So your whole family is tight and unbelievably tight, yeah. That's so fun. You really are Yellowstone. Pretty close to it. My brother, Cole.

Yeah. Really? Yes. If you watch season two, you'll notice the correlation with the drinking problems, the absolute mess. Yeah, they're both the same. Is your dad still with Masha? Yes, he is. Actually, my dad's down here in Nashville right now.

Oh, cute. Yeah, so he dropped me off today. And before I got out of the car, he's like, like, hey, if Masha DMs, you don't tell her I'm here right now. Really? Yeah. Masha always reminds you, did you ever watch Nine Perfect Strangers? Yes.

I'm reading the book right now, too, and every time I'm like, Masha, because she's Russian too, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I'm like, I just picture Masha Nicole Kidman when I think of her. Does she look like Nicole Kidman? I could see it a little bit. Oh, there you go.

Yeah, she's super pretty. Yeah. Crazy as hell. So it runs in the family. Yes. All the MacB. Just kidding. All the McBean, like the crazy bees.

Yeah, unfortunately, that got passed down in my bloodline. Blame it on that, sure. Yeah, it's hereditary. Yeah, it's in my DNA. Well, obviously, you're clearly loyal to your dad, which is nice. But somebody asked on, I put this questions on my Vino's on Facebook, how do you reconcile that loyalty with the way he treated your mom? So the way I view it is I had the two best parents in the world.

Like my dad would do anything in this world for us boys, just like my mom. would. I love them both dearly. Those two together are like fire and gasoline. So I'm able to separate like their relationship from the relationship I had with them. You have to. I would be an entitled, spoiled brat to ever talk crap on either one of them because of how good they were to us. I always think that. I have divorced parents and, you know, stuff happens and I do the exact same thing. Like you just have to separate because I'm like, I have, they're the best parents. And that's all that matters to me. Exactly. That makes sense. And is your mom dating? So she, kind of sort of.

So she and her business partner, who are doing really, really well, they sort of have a little bit of a relationship. Yeah, yeah. Ooh, fun. Well, is there going to be a season three? We are not sure yet. Yeah. I would assume so. Yeah.

And that will probably become part of the season three. Yeah. Yeah. Ooh, dip in the pen in the company, Inc. Cute. I like it. I think it's romantic. That's sweet

And so she's okay So season one No season two She's like I'll dabble Season three She's like put my love life out there Yep She's all about it

Well season one So what really drove her to come on season two Was Galena the other Russian There was a bunch of comments Like so is Galena the boy's second mom And that pissed my mom off And she's like oh I'm coming on season two I need to set the record straight

Like I am the mom here I would totally be like that I love mom energy That's so good I feel like you really stepped up and have led others around the farm this season, would you say you would take over the farm long term? Like, is that the goal? I would say just being the oldest boy, I was sort of assumed that, yeah, assumed that leadership

role. And yeah, I would take over the farm. I think I have a little different idea of what direction I want to take it. So it may not look the same as it did with my dad running the place. But yeah, I would definitely take over the leadership of it. I feel like that's just like evolution of a family business, change it up. Yeah. Would you farm soybeans? Corn and sore beans. Corn and soy. That was the farmer that I dated. He did corn.

Yep. It was in Iowa. Oh, well, shoot. Yeah. Wait. Chris? Yeah. No way.

Yeah. No, Chris. Oh, yeah. Really? I forgot about that. Yeah. I was on, I was his final three. Okay.

Yeah. That's funny. That's funny. Thank you, actually. He dumped me in Bali and I was in like the most terrible outfit of my life. I was like, you send me home in a sarong. I just feel like the show obviously portrays so much complexities, like, of running a multi-million dollar farm, but what are the, like, the biggest challenges that you face behind the scenes?

By far and away, whenever you're running a farm and ranch, you're dealing with live animals, Mother Nature, like, so much is out of your control that the resilience factor, like, we wake up every single day knowing there are going to be problems that hit us in the face. We don't know where they're going to come from, but we just expect that. So it's like every single day, put on your boxing gloves and expect to. fight somewhere how long are your days uh they're long so depending on the time of the year like spring and fall when we're in planting or harvest they're 12 14 hour days holy shit yeah i went one day i have a wine label and i went one day to um the vineyards to like do the work

mhm tough work isn't it i'll just drink it and sell it because this is that it's a lot of work it's a lot of work yeah yeah and yeah they were saying same kind of hours but what and what kind of hours do you film? Uh, so we're filming for eight to 10 hours, six days a week during season. For how many weeks? Uh, two and a half, three months. Oh my God. Yeah. No, it's a long season. Yeah. Holy shit. I would be so exhausted like, like, yeah, because you really are working. It's not like you're just sitting around. Correct. You know, you're working and filming. Oh, yeah. Are you exhausted by the end of the day? Dog tired. Like I hit the sheets and I'm asleep within 30 seconds. Yeah. Yeah. How do you, like, decompress or like deal with stress.

Do you just sleep? Same. Sleep a lot. Sleep a lot. Yeah. And then sometimes we, we go out and enjoy a drink or two or four and five. Yeah. And that usually ends up being on camera too, which is not the greatest thing in the world.

Oh my gosh. We come down here too. Nashville's our escape. Really? Yeah. Because how far is I'm Canadian? So don't judge my geography. Nope.

It's about an eight hour drive or one hour flight. Oh. Oh, yeah. That's close. Okay, fun. So what's your favorite thing to do in Nashville? Midtown. like go over to midtown to see i i only come down here and really gone out to the bars i haven't

done any of like the wholesome events that you do in fair enough nobody really does wholesome things in national what is that park like an hour west of here where you can walk around like the harpith harpith park it's like the pretty views no idea i did that one time oh there you go yeah i went hiking that's wholesome i can't even dip my toe into broadway anymore really i'll do it i'll battle and i'll do it if i have friends in town who have never been or my girlfriend christian once in a blue moon, should be like, should we hit Broadway? And I'm like, only because you asked, otherwise I wouldn't.

But it's, I can't do. It's so insane. I tell myself every time I come down here, I'm like, I'm not going to Broadway. But then like, you were there last night, weren't you? No, I got in this morning. Oh, okay. I got in this morning. You're going tonight, aren't you?

Inevitably, like, once the drinks start flowing, it's like 11 p.m. You're just like, Al-Dien sounds like a good idea. See, I know. I've been there, too, where I'm like having cocktails somewhere and one person suggests it. And I'm like, no. We can't. Twist my arm. Yeah. But like if I'm dead-ass sober and like sitting with the dogs on my couch and you

ask me to go to Broadway, I would rather shit in my hands and clap than go. That's quite the expression there. Sorry about that visual. Moving on. How many people are in your family? I've got three younger brothers. So four boys. Do you have all nieces or do you have nephews as well?

I have two nieces right now. Two nieces. How old are they? Seven months and three and a half months. So they're newborns. Yeah, they're new. Oh, sweetness. What are their names?

Blair and Summer. Cute. Yeah. So it's been a good change up for us. We've had nothing but males in our family. Like even our dogs are all males. Really? So having the two new grandbabies and then both being girls has been good for us.

And do you get along with all your brother's partners? I do. Oh, that's nice. Because that would be rough. Yeah. They actually vet. So any girls that I'm looking at dating, they do like a full investigative audit on. Go back in time.

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just always something? It is so authentic like there's nothing that is made up. Even in season one like my dad my dad likes to date multiple women at the same time. Mr. McBee. Yeah, Mr. McBee's a dog.

He's a dog. So he had girlfriend number one her car was in the shop getting fixed. Well, girlfriend. number two her car went out so he had to lend a car to her he gave her girlfriend number one's car girlfriend number two totaled it that night girlfriend number one found out it was a mess and everyone's like girlfriend number one and two don't know about each other well they do now they do now yeah yeah but i mean

it wasn't yeah it wasn't well known at the time no actually no i take that back he is very open and up front that he will never be exclusive with anyone ever again and he'll never be married again. Like he's very upfront about that. Okay. But girlfriend number one was Gleena, is Gleena, the Russian number one as well. She is very delusional to think that she can somehow like get my dad to marry her. And he's very candid about that. Oh, wow. And so he clearly has a type too. Yes. Yes. Russians. That's amazing. How do you find two Russians in Kansas City, Missouri? Truly. It's, that's another question that comes up a lot. Like, where are you all getting these Russians from and I'm like I don't know where he goes I don't know how he finds him that is so

interesting I know huh your dad should be like the golden bachelor don't do that he's every day he lives life as the golden bachelor that's why he would do uh he'd make good TV yeah uh we need to talk about the shower scene I don't know I did not know I did not know I did not request it that was like a surprise like cameras are here moment or like no I mean it wasn't a surprise I was like hey I'm gonna go take a shower we just got done working and they're like okay we're going to come in and film it then i weird i didn't say no that's said okay i remember this on chris soul's season he was they got him an outdoor shower and they constantly filled him showering but they put a black box over his bum oh they didn't do that to me they did not do that for you no no full moon shot were you

watching back and you're like oh hey yeah so i was we did a watch party for the first two or three episodes about a month before they came out and i'm sitting there with my mom and i'm already sweating bullets because my mom is like my mom doesn't cuss she doesn't drink like she is very strict yeah and so i'm watching it thinking okay was there anything she's going to see here on this season that's bad and then that scene came up right out of the gates oh yeah yeah i mean it was like in the first part of the trailer did she scream oh she was like she looked over at me she's like why don't you i thought about it after the buttons it's times are tough around the farm hey why do you think i'm covering up my feet i've realized that people want these for free and they're not

getting them anymore. Yeah, you got to pay for that. That's a subscription. I am, I'm, there is one person that really keeps commenting on my feet that I'm like, he alone would keep me in business. I know it. Things get tough. Plan B. I thought I was going to have to do porn. Now you just get to sell your feet. That's too easy. What is one misconception that you'd love to set the record straight on from the show? Okay, so I would say that we get a lot of comments about how we aren't actually doing a lot of the farm work. Like you'll see us in a tractor for 30 seconds on an episode and then we're partying the rest of the episode. Yeah.

The partying side of things is like less than one or two percent of our life. It just, when you're in a tractor for 12 hour days, it doesn't make for compelling television. Totally. So we're out there working all day long and every once in a blue moon we may go out and party. That's just what happens to make the episode. That's so funny. People really, I mean, even people really believe in what they see on social media being so real.

So I did a reel the other day where I was doing a 13-hour road trip and I was sleeping the majority of the road trip and I'd get up and like do a day but I like I maybe film like a few things like it didn't take me long and like I'm obviously like not filming myself sleeping for four hours right so I was like making up the times it was like oh 6 a.m. I did this woke up at this time 7.08 I'm doing this and people were like no because his watch said it was 120 in the afternoon and I'm like that one viral video of the guy that woke up at like 352 a.m. And he like jumps off into the pool and it's like four minutes while he's in the midair. That's what people were doing to you. Yes. And they're like,

well, if it was a 13 hour, why was it light out when you were driving? And I'm like, oh, it's not real. It's not real. But that's so, that makes sense because people think, oh, you just party all the time. You don't even work. And you're like, I'm sorry, do you want to watch me sit on a tractor for 12 hours straight? Yes, because that's interesting. Okay, that's a good clear up. You hear that people at home? Do you feel pressure to always be TV ready now? Or are you still just a cowboy? Absolutely. Like there is, we have no filter. We don't know what TV ready is. Yeah. You don't get like hair and makeup. No. No. No. I did for a photo shoot one time. That makes sense. Honestly, now I kind of expect it. Like for seasons three, I'm like, we're going to need a full glam every day to go out in the fields. But it's funny because like it really does make a difference on camera. Like if they just give you a little powder for shine or like a little under eye concealer for the bags. It's very helpful.

On my dating show, I got a haircut every single day. What? Yeah. Why? I don't know. But they had. a full-on stylist and I had a haircut every morning. And so whenever we came to the farm show, that's kind of what I was expecting to get pampered like that. I was like, where's my makeup? Where's my, where's my stylus? I'm sure you could negotiate that into your next contract if you want to. I think you could.

That's funny. Maybe you'll fall in love with your hair makeup girl. It may happen. Wait, I just saw it. I'm kind of a psychic. So that was weird. I really just saw it. Okay.

Season three. Okay. I know you said that like you can't guarantee it or you never know. But what if there is a season three, what's, next we've got so much coming down the line i mean obviously my dad's situation uh is going to play out here before the end of the year that's going to be that's going to be on it's going to be wild yeah so we don't know it's scary it is and it's a legitimate situation i see a lot of people they're like oh they're just doing that for tv i'm like no you're like why would we ever why would

we do that yeah no that's real and uh yeah it is very scary and so that is coming down the line in the next couple months uh my brother cole and casey are most likely going to be engaged here this fall. Oh, exciting. Yeah. And then my youngest brother, Braden, is a bachelor now. So he's 22, 23 years old, living up the bachelor life. And so he's going to be looking for a girlfriend. And then I don't know what the next few months are going to have in store for me, but I'm sure it'll be interesting. Oh, my gosh. I like want to be a producer on the show. Oh. My brain, the wheels are spinning. I feel like the producers, they come out to the farm. It's, I think what's made our show so compelling is it's so different. Like there just hasn't been reality TV set out

on a farm with the way that we're doing things. And I feel like, again, we have no, my family doesn't have any TV experience, so we have no filter. So my brother Cole drank and say whatever. Yeah. I mean, literally, like if you watch the episode where we go down to Lake of the Ozarks and Cole gets blacked out and. Oh yeah, yells at your ex-girlfriend. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, my ex-girlfriend happened to be twerking in my face and Cole is sitting there goes, like if that was, in my face, I'd eat it on camera. No, he did it. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I'd eat it. I mean, just no filter whatsoever. Like, it's what you'd tell your buddy at a bar

if it was just like YouTube, but we have cameras and mics and we're on national TV. And then he's probably like, yeah, they won't air that. And then they do. Yeah. Okay, we end podcasts with a confession. Okay. So something embarrassing that you're mortified to share with the class today. I'll tell a little dating story. Okay. So I had this girl that I was working on for months. I was in love with this girl, early 20s. She's out in the middle of nowhere. A little crazy.

Blonde, blue eyes. You've got me pegged. Yes. Okay. Yeah. So anyways, I was going to pick her up, and it's middle of January, freezing cold in Missouri. Yeah. And gas stations are like 50 miles apart where we are.

Oh, God. They're not close together. Yeah. She had a little gas station in her town, and I had like 10 miles till empty. And I was like, okay, no problem. I'll go fill up before I pick her up. Yeah. I get to the gas station completely out of fuel.

Oh, no. Like the gas station doesn't have any gas. What? So I have one mile till empty and I'm 30, 40 miles from the nearest gas station and she lives about a half mile away from here. So I'm like, what do I do? So I picked her up and again, it's like five degrees. There's snow on the ground middle of January. We're driving down the road and I'm like, I don't know what my plan is here because we're not going to make it to a gas station.

Run out of fuel. I have to hitchhike with this semi driver. And this is like 7.30, 8 p.m. at night. I had to leave her in my truck. Thankfully, I had groceries in the back seat. So she was just back there eating while I was hitchhiking with a semi-exam. in my driver to go get fuel. And that was like my dream girl.

Do you think you blew it? Not that night. That night went really well, actually. What happened then? Where are she now? She's gone. She's gone. Yeah, it ended like a month later.

But for that night, I honestly, I thought that I screwed up my only chance and ended up working out. We went to a Mexican joint, got margs later that night after we had filled up. That's so funny because, like, I would be so pissed. She was just, I got back to my truck and she was in the backseat. And she had honey bunches of votes. a serial I had and she was just like taking that bag to town and I was like this is awesome actually that is awesome yeah that's like a testament to her character obviously oh yeah oh I want to know what

happened then between the two of you she broke up with me I don't know why yeah broke my heart oh no how long goes this that was probably seven eight years ago what if she came back into your life now would you give her a second chance um she has like two or three kids now husband so that may be a little difficult so probably not got it okay oh that's how long were you In the, how long were you hitchhiking for to get gas back? Probably 40, 45 minutes. Holy shit. She was just on the side of the road in my truck.

Just freezing her little tits off? Oh, God. Poor thing. I know. It was the worst first day ever. Yeah, that's pretty bad. But I kind of love her too after that story. Oh, yeah.

No, she was cool as hell about it. Yeah. Oh, bless her. All right. Well, thank you so much. Tell everybody where they can find your show. Yeah. The show airs every Monday night on Bravo, 9-8 Central.

And then the next day it streams on Peacock. I feel like Bravo, that's such an interesting network for a farming show. Right? It's just so different. Like you have Real Housewives below deck, like all of that. And then all of a sudden you have our show. Yeah. That's kind of fun though.

And then social media. Yeah. So I'm on Instagram at Stephen McBee. So that's where we're most active. And what can people expect when they follow you? What's your content? You're going to see all of the farm life. You're going to see a lot of my dog.

So my long hair German Shepherd, Sitka. That is my best friend. But you could see everything that takes place on the farm. You'll get to see behind the scenes with. my brothers and I, some of the stuff that you don't get to see on TV, you'll see on our Instagram. Wait, your dog's name is Sitka? Sica. Sica. Like the island in Alaska. What? I'm Canadian. Oh. That's an island in Alaska? Yeah. Should I know that? It should be like right north of Vancouver. Actually, that's true. I went fishing in between Vancouver and Alaska at this place called Hyde

Y. Oh, okay, just kidding. I did know that. Why did you name her that? Because he looks like a little bear. Oh, he. Yeah. And if you ever watched. Oh, you said you have all male dogs. Do you watch, like, Disney cartoons growing up? Yeah, of course. So, did you ever see Brother Bear? Nope, Canadian. Brother Bear was... I don't think we had that in Canada.

Brother Bear was the best one that Disney ever came out with, and there was a bear on their name, Sica. Aw. Yeah. Do you know Bear in the Big Blue House? Yes. I always think Pino reminds me a bear in the big blue house because he's always like...

And they're just like, stares, and he's like... He's, like, kind of dopey. And I'm like, look how cute he is right now. He loves you. He reminds me a lot of Sica, actually. Really? Oh, sweet. People get German Shepherds.

People get so scared of them. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so I take him down to Kansas City. I have a condo in Kansas City, and I'll take him down there. And everyone that sees us whenever we're walking on the sidewalk, scared to death. And he's like this big intimidating to dong. But he gets whooped by like golden doodles. Do you follow that account where it's like dogs having a podcast, but it's AI?

No. It's so funny. There was a German on it the other day and it's always a golden and a Frenchie talking. And then they're like, they always say, bro. And they're like, bro, people are so scared of you. And I saw you, like, get afraid of your own shadow the other day. And then they just start laughing. And it's like, I'll all send it to because every time.

I'm like, I'm going to try and get through one without laughing. But it's the AI of them talking. Then they all burst out laughing. It's just like dogs on a podcast. It's the best. I'll check it out. Well, thank you for coming here today. Yeah, thanks for having me.

Actually, I brought you a couple gifts here from the farm. Yeah. Farm gifts. Get you over here and grab them. Oh, it's branded with my. Yeah. So there you go. There's a couple of shirts.

Oh, yeah. Fill that up with gin. I will. Gin and all of you. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Yeah, thanks for having me. I enjoyed it.

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