The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Alexis Bellino is MARRIED And Telling ALL!

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

Alexis Bellino is sitting down with her fellow OC Housewives bestie, Jo De La Rosa, to give all the details on her recent wedding! Will she take John's last name? Is she having the post-wedding blues? Did her ex reach out before her big day???Plus, you won't believe the unexpected accident that happened right before Alexis walked down the aisle! Email us at: [e-mail] or call us at 844-4-I Do Pod (844-443-6763)Follow I Do, Part 2 on Instagram and TikTokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hi, Joe. Hello, Mrs. Jansen? It's so funny to hear that. I still am not used to it. It makes me smile a little. I know. I'm still literally in the clouds from your wedding. Me too.

You know, first of all, I have so much to talk to you about so many questions for you because we haven't really caught up since the wedding. But so I want the audience to get to know a little bit about you. And obviously I just said you were married in 2022 and I was at your wedding. And then here we are. Full circle, right?

Full circle. But, you know, this is I do part two, and you're not a part tour because this is your first marriage, but we all don't get the first time right like you did. Okay. So just curious, you were married in your 40s, though. So what was it like experiencing that when a lot of, I mean, 40 is really the new 30, but people start getting married at 20 and 30. So what did that feel like for you or did not anything, really?

Yeah, I think, yeah, it was definitely different, like, waiting. to get married older. I feel like I got to live a lot more life in terms of like my single days and like figuring out who I was without like a significant other from a marriage perspective, right? And also I didn't get it right the first time in the sense of like you you remember she's been engaged three times and third time was the charm for me. You know what? This should be I've, this should be called I do part two or engage part three. Literally. And I'll be the expert on that. You're right. You didn't get up right the first time. Okay. Well, tusha.

But, okay, so my question to you is, like, you just called me Mrs. Jansen. Like, was it weird for you at first? Or do, I mean, I know you go by gray, you know, Jay LaRosa still some and you have gray as your legal name. But like, was it weird for you? Because right now it's weird when people say, and I still go, it's Alexis Bellino calling to get miles out of fifth period, you know, and I'm like, I mean, Jansen, you know. Yeah, yeah, it definitely took some getting used to. I think in the beginning, I wanted to be De La Rosa Gray because I was like, oh, well, you know, Kim Kardashian did Kim Kardashian West. Not that I'm like a Kim Kardashian, but you know what I mean?

Like there's people with long last names that also added another last name or like Kardashian Barker, right? Not us using the Kardashians as an example for last name marriage. But yes, I did. And I was like, well, if they have long names, you know, two together, then maybe I'll try it too. But then it got a little bit annoying when you're like talking to like banks or like credit card, whatever it is. And you're like, De La Rosa gray. And then you're spelling it. So that lasted for about a good six months.

And then I got over that really quick. I ended up going back to just De La Rosa. And I'm still gray like legally with all of my like personal stuff, banking credit cards and stuff like that. And it's cute because they go like, Mr. and Mrs. Gray, your table's ready at like reservations, you know? Yeah. So, yeah. What about you? Do you feel like you?

It's actually the same. Or hyphenating or just. No, we talked about that. But I feel like I am the same boat as you. Exactly what you just said. I'm sitting there going, gosh, that's how I feel too. But like, we talked about hyphenating. It was, you know, John's like, but you're, you're, you know, you're Jansen now.

And so I'm like, I get it. You're right. I am. And also, you know, my career. kind of Bolino. And I know that Tamara had to go through this when she switched to judge. So I'm just trying to figure all of all of that out. But I am legally a Jansen. So everything will be converted to Jansen. I mean, I did take his last name. But I am in that weird interim. You know, I'm only, what, four days married, five days married. So, no, tomorrow's a week. So six days

married. So I think I'll get, I think it'll get there. It's just going to take a little bit of time for me to figure out that and navigate that. And maybe I'll get so sick of it being like, no, I am Alexis Bellino because of my career. People think of me from that career. And then I'll just, you know, go for that part of the time. And Jansen, you know, most people know I'm Jansen. I don't know. There's so much new right now.

Have you even recovered from the wedding? Like, I was so sore the next day. All of the tequila at your tequila bar that we had, or by we, I mean, me, I'm still recovering a little bit. I'm not going to lie. That was John's idea because all of his frat brothers, you know, they love, they love good tequila. And the tequillas, he wanted to serve the hotel, the resort couldn't get. And so he did this tequila bar. And I only partook in one of them because I'm not a big tequila girl.

And so, but yeah, it was just a cute idea. It was cute. So I'm sorry that everyone hurts so bad the next day from that. No, I mean, worth it. That's all I have to say. Wait, I feel like we're already talking about the reception. Like, let's take this thing from the top. First of all, let's talk about your ceremony.

Oh, my gosh. Alexis, that ceremony was literally. Literally the most romantic thing, first of all, I loved that you had you and John in the middle, everybody around it. So you felt like everybody felt it was very like an immersive ceremony because it didn't matter where you would sit, like where you were sitting. We could see you. But the sweetest part, you walking down the aisle with your kids. How did that feel? Like, what was that moment like?

Because the first time you didn't have kids the first time you were married. And so tell me a little bit about that. It was, you know, the whole circle thing is the circle of love. We decided we wanted to try something new. And my wedding planner, I was like, is this going to work or is it a total flop? Like, John and I really wanted it to happen. And she goes, we're trying it, Lex. We're going to make it work.

It's such a creative idea. We're going to make it work. And so, but my, so that's where that came from. And I'm so glad that everyone has said that. I haven't heard one person complain and say, I couldn't really see. Because I kind of thought, well, everyone kind of still saw the back of someone. Someone saw the back of the pastor. Someone saw the back of my head.

Yeah. Someone's on the back of John's head, but you still do feel, because it wasn't as many rows back. You're not 10 rows back. It's three or four rows around. So you're still, like you said, you're closer. And then for the children, it was, John and I both knew, like, the only wedding party we were having were our six kids. So his children, you know, if you saw that, his children walked him up with the pastor, his daughter's arm and arm and the son with the pastor. And then I got to see this.

Girl, I haven't got to share any of these things. I got, we were up in my holding room getting ready to bring me down. And James goes, Mom, come. here, come here. And I go over and I see them and I start crying and everyone's like blowing in my face and going, stop, stop, because it was so precious to see John and his kids walking up. And then I'm like, oh gosh, this is for like, I'm literally going down there right now. And so then get myself together. And then walking down the aisle with my kids was so surreal because Kenna was right in front, you know, doing like dropping a couple of petals when the pedals were already there, but just to do something. And then I was arm in arm with James and Miles. And it was, they were not nervous. I was like, this is a big deal to ask teenagers, you know, around 150 people. walking down the aisle with your mom, the first wedding that Miles had ever been to is walking his mom down the aisle. And I just thought it was the most special thing.

I don't know how I kept it together. I kept telling the kids, anytime I think I'm going to cry, I'm going to say hemorrhoid in my head. Okay, like, that's just like, that's just something that would, like, make me laugh really fast. So I did it.

It's crazy. I'm not kidding you. It's just the funniest thing I could think of. I'm like, what could I could say, Zit, that's not as funny. Like, what do you? You know, I was just like, that's the funniest thing that I can think of.

So I did. That worked. I mean, I was like, I'd just get out of myself for a second and be like, you know, and then, and then I kind of chuckle and move on, but it was really hard to fight back the tears even walking down the aisle. So I think I had a couple because I remember watching one video someone had and I right where I got to John, I grabbed my, my kerchief and I like was dabbing my eyes. So, yeah.

You even saw John get so emotional, like, I didn't see it. Yes, when you were walking down like before, like you could tell. I got it on video and like, you literally just see. like how overwhelmed with emotion he is to see you walking down like up to him and can we please talk about your dress I need all the details because I was there in Scottsdale all your girls we went to get the dress but when I saw you just you know because none of us saw that beautiful dress so I don't even know all the details give me the dress details because you looked like, I mean, you always look incredible. Alexis, truly from the bottom of my heart,

you were breathtaking. We were all like, like we literally had to like take a beat, like sincerely. I've never seen you look just so stunning and glowing. That dress was everything. That dress took a lot of work. Like Julie from a modern bride, you met her. We started with one thing. And then I kept calling her and I go, I kept going, okay, wait, I need to add this. Wait, I want to change this. Wait, I don't like that color. It's not the perfect color. We, I flew out there probably, four or five times just to help, like, get it all together, make the vision come to light. And I was, you have to pray, you know, Joe, because it's not like I could try it on. Like, they're customizing that gown for me.

They took my vision and Julie's help of the vision and going, nope, you have to do this, Alexis, no, you need to do this. And you have to trust the process. And then when the dress comes, you're kind of like, oh, my gosh, let's cross our fingers, because you don't get a trial and error. And so what you guys saw was just the beginning. I remember when I walked out, Joe, when we were at that, and I said, this is the one. And you guys were all like, yay.

And then I get back to Julie, and I'm like, Julie, that's the one except I want to do A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. And she's like, that's not this dress then. She's like, we've got to start from scratch. We got to completely, she's like, we're just going back to drawing boards and starting from complete scratch. So from that moment that you went with me, we spent the next six months recreating the entire thing. And so. I was going to say, because it looks so different than what I remembered a scene at Modern Bride. So, okay, now that makes sense.

It also, I love that it was like your skin color because it was like a, netted material right or mesh yeah with silk underneath but oh silk underneath okay I couldn't like see it up but then like with little crystals like all through up right it was so beating everywhere and then she had the hairpiece made exactly to match the beating so it was all just very customized and very you know and I mean I don't mind if anyone wants to color and they can they can do the same dress in a different color I don't know but I mean for those brides that don't want to you know the second time around Joe I just well third for me but I don't count my first one but I feel like like, I feel like

I didn't want to be in white or cream or anything of that. So I just, and I think other brides do. I think, was it there was some other housewife that wore black to her as her. I forget which one it was. There was, Kelly Dodd. Kelly Dodd, I think, wore black as her wedding gown. Oh. So it's okay. It's unique, you know.

Do you? I mean, it's, I think it's your wedding day, whether the bride wants to be traditional or untraditional. Like, do whatever feels like you. Like, Taryn and I, we didn't do a garter thing. We did a fake garter thing, like, you know, when they go underneath your dress and all of that. Because, like, I forget that.

I was there. So what do you mean? I forget that part. Well, because his grandparents, like, were there. And, like, it was like this whole thing. We're like, he's like, I don't know, honey. I don't want to go under your dress and grab it with my teeth and, like, my grandparents were there. And I was like, okay, we don't have to do it all like that.

But he did something even better, which is he did a fake out where he went under my, he started going under my dress pretending like he was. was about to pull it out and then he gets up and he's like nah and he takes out the guitar and starts playing the song that he wrote me and performed like that was so much more amazing so that's what I'm saying untraditional but I think every bride should do what they feel like if it's black if it's whatever it is so your wedding was insane by the way I loved every minute of it it was so heartfelt I do remember him right reading that song to you and everybody was teary eyed and just like you were like you were blown away but you like the look on your face the whole time was like you were speechless you know it was just I love those moments those are the

moments that make your wedding yours you know whether it's the first second third fourth for some people so yeah yeah and um I really love the part where you played worship music that song came on before you even started the ceremony and you did things for you with like the rose like the roses our beloved lost I've never seen that done so that was also such a beautiful moment we all lost it so oh gosh I was trying that to let people cry as much as I thought I would be crying but But I wanted, when I was picking my song to walk down the aisle to, and I was never going to walk down the aisle. My kids are the ones that made me do it because they're like, and John's kids. All six kids said, Alexis, you have to walk to my dad. You have to walk to John. You know, like, but I went through song after song after song. And it was literally the week before the wedding. And I called my, the host that was doing all of the entertainment, gentleman Casey. And I just said, changed again. And I've got the song. John then said, but that song, it's oceans, the worship song by Hill song. And he goes, John's like, that song's not as impactful with just the string quartet. And he's like, you need to have a singer.

Guess what I did? Called my church. And I'm like, who from the church could sing this song, welcome me down the aisle in a week's time? We've got to make this happen. So we did that all last minute. It was my worship leader from church. His name's Joey, insane. And then I said, and by the way, pastor, when I was talking to my pastor, I said, I don't

want it to end. I want to take John and I a minute and a half or a minute longer and just get God in service. We were kind of sitting there. John and I were worshiping alone together with, I mean, the crowd and everyone knows that song. But it was just our moment of saying, God, we are really doing this before you. We want you here with us. So that is kind of where that all came from. I love that. Last minute, Joe. It's so special. I mean, you would have never known that. Yeah. Oh, by the way, never known. What is a hiccup? I need to know a hiccup that happened during your wedding. Because I was there

And I think we talked to the day or two after your wedding, but this is 2022. I can't remember if you had any massive thing. Yes, I did. But you know, you pulled it off because, I mean, no one knew and I can't remember it. So, okay, what was your massive thing? So what's funny is I didn't even know until after the wedding, like days after. So come to find out our wedding planner, whoever was going to help set up the tables that day. because, you know, we had gotten a private home in the Palisades, Palisphrates, Palisphrates and the States.

I'm like, what years is it? We brought everything into this house to do this like enchanted forest wedding. So there's a lot more setup. The assistants didn't show up or someone got sick. The crew got sick. So I had friends that had to step in to help set up our tables. Oh, my gosh. On the day of the wedding.

on the day so like because we have the ceremony and the reception all in the backyard yeah yeah so we you know after the ceremony people go to the side to have cocktail hour and then they flipped over the the space so i didn't know friends had to step into help my planner which is wild but i never your planner reached out to your friends and not you you know what's funny i don't even know what i don't even know how it happened all i know is yeah no one told me they were like protecting me so that i could like enjoy it, but that's what I came to found out was my friends, some friends helped. They had to jump in to help

turn the space around. Crazy! Wait, what was the hiccup for you? I mean, that is insane, though. And then that makes it feel so special, though, for you, because you're like, those people love me that much that they kept all of that from me and made my day, and you did not know until the next day. Yep, that is incredible. Great friends.

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my biggest one was, I'm literally telling, I'm, what, 20 minutes from getting ready to go to my next place, which is another holding place. We just finished my pre-pictures, going to the next holding place closer to the ceremony before. They actually had to, we were on a golf course, which behind a canyon, but they had to drive the golf cart from my holding place a little bit with me in it before they had turned John around so he couldn't see it. And then I get off the golf cart, walk over to where the aisle is.

But we're literally 20 minutes from the golf cart picking me up to take me to my next holding place. And I slice my finger on my perfume bottle that had like broken. and I was, you know, vain trying to smell good for my wedding, which if I hadn't touched it, wouldn't have happened. And so it had, like, shifted during getting moved from all the different rooms and stuff. And so the lid was kind of broken a little bit, but I didn't note it. So I'm trying to, like, straighten it out and it just slipped my finger.

You can still see it. Look here. Wait, wait, wait, how do I get it? Where's the camera? Anyway, you can still see it. It needed stitches. I'm holding it for an hour. My son's an EMT, so he's like, Mom, Mom, that does need stitches.

We call the medics. 20 minutes before. Call the medics. They come up. They don't do stitches. They're only there to help Band-Aid or whatever. And I'm like, I can't wear a Band-Aid to my wedding. And so then they're like, who's got Superglue?

So we literally super-glued my finger together. Super-glued. Super-glued, open to the wound, tried to get it to stop bleeding enough, put super glue in it. No one knows this, by the way, because I pulled it off without a hitch. But anyways, super glued my finger back together. And we're still holding it. It's still bleeding. We're like, we have to wear a Band-Aid Lex.

There's no way around it. And I'm like, and I'm like, and I'm not freaking out at all to my kids are there. So I'm playing it cool. I'm like, you guys, it's going to be fine. Mom's fine. Everything's fine. Inside, I'm not thinking everything's fine. I'm like, oh, my effing goodness, you know.

I can imagine. So it's over here, you know, way over here while I'm standing there, it's dripping. And so then they're finally like, okay, we're in a superglot again and we're sticking the bandaid on. And they got me one that you couldn't really see, like, was a cusskin colored bandaid. I had to go down the aisle with that. And so the whole time I'm just like, please, Jeremy, like, I hope you can Photoshop a Band-Aid out of anything. Oh, my God. You would have honestly never have known.

Well, my adrenaline was so kicked in that I don't think, I don't think it would have, you know, nothing's going to mess with me at that moment because I'm so like, okay, we're getting ready to do this. I'm walking down the aisle to my husband right now. So, yeah, but isn't it funny that those little hiccups, I mean, if I would have put my, the perfume on two hours before, it would have been such a big deal, but it's like right when they're coming to get me. Oh, my God. Yeah, no, a million percent. I didn't even know, and you couldn't even see it when you're walking, so you're fine.

I also thought it was interesting that you actually had a color palette for all of your guess. Yes. The neutrals. And you literally forced me to not wear black. Oh, I know, honey. I thought, I even told John, I said she might not come, honey. She might not show up. So the reason behind that is because my last wedding was black tie and everything was, everyone was in, you know, the tuxedos, a lot of gowns were dark, everything. And it just didn't feel right for this. I wanted a whimsical wedding. I wanted something that felt totally still glamorous, still top notch, still tuxedo-like, but I didn't want it to be, I wanted bright and airy, or not bright, but like earth tones and just everyone to kind of, you know, because my gown was going to stick out

no matter what because all the, all of the amount of crystals it had on it, right? So it was like it does it, I don't care that I don't stand out. And if everybody's in tope, I don't care if everyone's in champagne and tote. So that's kind of where that originated from. And so then my designer and wedding planner and myself and John all had to come up with which colors we thought would look good with the background and all of that. And I mean, it turned out, incredible. I loved how beautiful the audience was. Yeah, they were just so beautiful. The audience. I love it. Okay. This is an audience. We have an audience right now. Those were my guests. You know, so funny is Galena and your best friend Mandy and then myself all wearing that really

pretty sage green. We literally looked like your unofficial bridesmaids that we started calling ourselves as a joke, your unofficial bridesmaids. And we hadn't even planned that because there's only so many neutral colors you can pick from. Right. No, it was, I mean, our color palette had like the mob and the champagne and the ivory and like the gray and all that. Most, a lot of the women were in a shade of green or a shade of some kind of a brownish, topish color, which I think was beautiful. It just worked out beautifully. But yeah, that was so funny. And I saw that post. I think one of you posted that. And I'm like, oh, that's beautiful. You basically are. I mean, you were my, you were both at my, both of my

shindigs. All three of us were at everything. No, Mandy couldn't make Vegas. Mandy couldn't make nearly much, but you guys kind of are my unofficial, like if there were bridesmaids, might have probably would have been you. Yeah, I'll take it. My kids, my kids superseded you. Yeah, exactly. We're fine. It's your kids. They win. Okay, so I have to ask you something. It's kind of, and I don't know if I'm stepping off my balance here, but. Oh, you're fine. Okay. No, I don't think you're going to like this very much, but I'm going to go there anyway. Let me take a set. Yeah. Do you feel, first of all, does it feel different? Did it feel different when you were married like once you once it officially happened did you feel like

your relationship instantly was there something different about it like just on another level yes a million percent isn't that weird look to me that's weird i'm going somewhere with this but isn't that so weird yes i did not expect that because i've been married before and i think i was so young and maybe it just wasn't that because it wasn't this man but i don't know i just feel the minute we set our vows and and and he god was there and he he blessed our union and we left left as husband and wife, I just walking down that aisle, I remember shaking and holding Johnny's hand and feeling like, this is just like, now you're a different, you're still mine and you've been mine all along, but now it's like a different mind. It's like, wow. It's like more deeper,

more intimate. Speaking about, that's what I'm saying, the intimacy is on a whole other level even now. And you know, Johnny and I do not have a problem with that. But I'm like, I have to ask Joe, is it, I mean, we're both laying there like, this is so much different and better, like even better. I don't get it. It was instant. And John's like, that's because we went before God. We did it before God. So there is something, there is something to say about saying your vows and doing it in a, you know, because at first when I met John, I told him and I was in a very broken state, but I told him, I don't need to get married again. I don't want, I don't think I want to want to. you know and then over the progression of our relationship then it felt like okay now yes i do want i want to be a jansen i want to be your wife but to go from that to then now being married and feeling like it's even such a stronger bond is just incredible yeah incredible no it's the most

beautiful thing and then my question is always like when people say their vows and they get married right and then like five 10 years later there's like vow renewals that people sometimes do or like don't do Do you think that you would, do you think you guys would do a vow renewal or would you or would you not? I don't know about that because, you know, Jim and I did that right before we divorced. We did it actually on David Tudera's TV show. We did the vow renewal and that was in 2016. And we got divorced in 2018. And I knew when we did the vow renewal, I knew we were hanging on by a thread and we were trying everything at that point.

But haven't you heard the thing where people say, if you get a tattoo, matching tattoos, that's the kiss of death on a marriage. or the ring finger tattoo that's a kiss of death and then also the bowel renewal is a kiss of death do you like Vicky got her renewals done with Dawn remember

because I was with her on during that time filming with her on that I wasn't at her bowel renewal but I was on the show with her I was friends with her

but and then they got divorced like the next year so are you does that do those kind of things worry you at all honestly I think it's superstitious I've never

heard the ring thing right ever I obviously know people do it personally, not my gig. And the vow renewal thing, I think it can be sweet, you know, and also just an excuse to have another party, right? With friends like 10 years later.

But I also have friends who are like, if you're doing a vow renewal, there's a reason you're renewing your vows. Like, why renew your vows if everything is beautiful? Like, you know, so. But to each their own, too. I think the reason I ever started, in my opinion, I might be totally wrong, but I think the reason Valverneal's ever even started

is just to put the spark back in there because your wedding date is so special. And so a decade goes by and maybe it's getting a little bit kind of where and you're like, oh, let's get the fields back again. Let's get the whole, do the whole wedding day field again. But I just, I feel like, I feel like I, and I haven't even talked to John about this,

obviously it's both of our opinions. But I feel at this point, I would say probably not. But I am still getting off the high of the production we just threw, you know, and the whole amazingness and the feeling of all of the, of how much fun that party was. But I think also, Joe, why can't you just have a birthday party that glamorous or do something like that? And then do, you know, do something, you know, in another way to get the, I don't know. Yeah, no, I think I'm a no for right now.

Yeah, I mean, not me asking you about Vowranos when you just got married. Hey, good point. Okay. What are we having the next morning? No, no, no, but honestly, your wedding was perfect. Oh, I love it so much. Okay. So if, well, okay, what, did you guys take a honeymoon? we did

yes and where did you go um we went I always forget the name of it because it was an island that's all I got and it starts with me it's not Bermuda it's like a really Barbados is that even an island you just said B you said a B word

yes maybe I forget the name it's a smaller island okay well was it fun because you don't even remember the name well that's the thing is okay so yes I liked it, but it was a little bit more, you know what it was, it was because like the hotel was more of like a smaller hotel. It was supposed to be private. They gave us like a private dinner on the beach. It was like, you know. Was it Bora Bora? No. Man, I'm like the worst wife right now. Okay, anyways, but go back to what it was. Go back to. Oh, so because it was small, like the actual like island was smaller. Right. It was a thing where it was. the staff would be either down by the beach taking care because they have like a restaurant on like the beach and stuff like that or they would like come up. So if they were down at the beach, there was nobody at like the pool to like be a bartender. So it was like that kind of a small.

It was more of like a boutique. Yeah, you're chasing them more than them being there like. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Okay. Exactly. And so I don't know that I like more of like an inclusive. like restaurants there's things to do in the actual like hotel versus like you we kind of had to go

out. Did you get like this depressed like sadness after the wedding? Like oh my gosh like the relief of like being done but at the same time like kind of like when Christmas is over. Did you get that that like I remember because John and I went to surf and sand for two days. We we stayed at the venue for two days and then we went to surf and sand for two days to be on the water and just basically sleep. I mean, we were so freaking tired. But we ordered room service and we didn't even go, yeah, we went to dinner one night in the hotel, but we did not leave the hotel, the surf and sand. But anyways, that's my absolute favorite place, by the way, here in town, like, staycation place. But anyway, I remember having this like sadness, like a sadness and being like, wow, now it's all done.

But I had this excitement because now I'm Mrs. Jansen, but it was like, wow, like, I've been spending sleepless, sleepless nights planning it. And then it's all over that quickly. Well, that's what I was going to, that's what I was wondering for you was how you were feeling about the wedding being over too. Because I also went through that because you go from, you're so stressed out. You're doing everything. Yes. Of like all the things. And you can't keep everything straight.

You have all these things you have to do to where it's like, I mean, believe me, we're still busy. We have like three careers and all these things going. But it's like, I'm just like, okay, well, I don't have to get up in the middle of the night and make notes about the wedding now. Because I used to like wake up in the middle of night and make notes, right? like, oh my gosh, I got to do this first thing in the morning. So I wouldn't sleep much at all, you know? Yeah. Yeah, I was definitely sad.

Definitely had a sadness. Yeah. I mean, now I'm just like, okay, I'm glad I can get my life back. But there was that even being at a beautiful resort like the servant Santa was just like, oh, yeah, you know, kind of bummed. And then I look over at my honey and I'm like, okay, I'm not bummed anymore. No, I mean, you, I feel like in, even like right before the wedding day, you're like, I remember just feeling. like, oh my gosh, like I'm so excited to marry Taryn, but I just want the wedding day to be here already because I'm so tired of like stressing about the planning of it.

But then once it happened, then you kind of like miss the planning of it, but forget how stressed out you were, you know, but like also it was such a special like season for me that, you know, I also really hold that feeling like in my heart of like I'm so precious. you know his engagement to you remind me if this is right or not but because this is why i loved your wedding so much is because he is a musician and he does he brings this element of of that to wherever he goes but wasn't his engagement to you he was singing a song and got down on one knee yeah yeah i remember now because it was that was 2021 yeah right in the middle of covid and then he wrote i know he wrote the song become my wife which by the way i don't even

know how like to write a song oh my gosh how was perform a song before you're about to propose my voice my voice would be so shaky you know like nerves i was literally stunned and the fact that like at the time i was doing youtube and he knew to like document that entire like surprise proposal and like give me the video of like and you can have this for your youtube channel now and now we can look back at like our proposal story and always have that as like it's kind of like a home video, if you will, right? Yeah, exactly. Like all of these memories.

But were you surprised? You weren't expecting it, right? At that moment. Yes. I've never been surprised like that and so misled ever. Okay. Awesome. That's the best way to do it.

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But it's funny because he was doing all these things to throw me off. Like he flew us to London to meet his brother and I'm like, oh, this is where he's proposing, right? And then we did another little trip somewhere. And then he booked Santa Cedro Ranch. And so I'm just like at this point, I'm like, he's just, you know, I'm like, he's probably not even going to do it at one of these places we go. He's just going to go down in the kitchen on one knee and propose it when I'm cooking dinner. But anyway, it was Santa Cedar Ranch. So, but I was, because I was, it's funny, he went to the bathroom.

I cannot tell he was nervous at all. He, like, kicked it off without a hitch. And so I'm, you know, we've just finished dinner. You know where when I went back to think about it, though, they made a mistake. Because right when we sat down, the guy brought a bottle of champagne, like a boove or something, and it was like, congratulations. And then John was like, what? I was like, what?

And then, so then he walked away and I was just like, okay, that's weird. But then we ate dinner. And now looking back, I was like, oh, my gosh, I should have. should have been like this thing that I told me so that but John played off so cool because he was just like wrong table I think and the guy he guy looks at the like the manager and the manager's like yeah wrong table and he's like oh it's over here it's over here so then he played it off ball too you know but then John went to the bathroom so the meal's over right John went to the bathroom and I said no to dessert he said no to dessert and then he comes back and he sits down and he's got

tears in his eyes and I'm and I'm on the phone with Miles or one of the kids it just called me about something and was there was some been eating done here at home and so I'm like not even in the mindset of romanticness at all right now i'm on kid mom mode right so i'm looking down at the phone i look up and i'm like okay bye love you bye and i click and he's got tears his eyes and i'm like are you okay yeah to me did you eat something wrong or what's going on and he's just like he's like you know i just i just can't and he's he started talking about our relationship but i was like oh honey i love you too and then he goes you know what i can't i can't hold it anymore and he had he had then got in the box and put it in his pocket when he went to the bathroom and so then he

got you know pulled it out and did the whole thing but yeah it was so i was shocked that's so sweet i'm surprised you didn't see the box in his pants well that the good part about it was he was walking so he was coming this way from the bathroom but i had been on the my head was down i was talking to the kids so i wasn't even looking at him when he sat down i wasn't paying any attention to him at all he said he was kind of covering it like the way he was walking he was trying to cover it up but like i was just and then i look up at him and that's what i'm like okay what just happened in the bathroom you know like why are you walking out of the bathroom crying who was in there oh i love that so much honestly first of all having known you for over 10 years now right i can truly say i've never seen you

happier i feel like that's so chic cliche though i feel like everybody says that when they see someone in love really yeah but you really do see a different kind of happiness than me i truly because I've seen you with other people or, like, heard you talk about, like, if you're dating, right? If you're dating someone. But you also saw me, you also saw me in my marriage and saw me with my ex, my ex before John. So, yeah. And you think this is a different happiness. It's literally night and day.

There's no question. Like, it's on your face and also in the way that John treats you, right? Like, even when before you guys had ever gotten engaged, like, he always, always just took care of you with the little things. Like, you know, opening your car door, like putting out his hand so you could take it to step you down from the car. Like, like, that's so rare these days. Chevalry truly sometimes is dead. I agree.

Sometimes. And it just, like, I just, I thought it was so, so sweet that he has always taken care of you like that. And I, as one of your very good friends, like, that's all that you want. I agree. I agree. And every woman needs to be treated this way. And I just want to be sure to like, I just, you know, I point those things out to my kids too. And I'm like, see, that's how you should be treated. Like, that's the way a man is supposed to treat a woman. And also, you know, he points it out about me. Like, look at your, look at your mom or look at Alexis. Like, like, that's what, that's what we should be doing for each other, you know, because I think that, you know, and especially

with teenagers they can get in bad relationships and and and and healthy things and and you know I just I really want I'm so happy that I get to emulate a healthy relationship with them you know with them watching it so yeah and you know though my ex did did send a the day before the wedding did say wishing you like you know a good day tomorrow or something like that I was actually going to ask you about that if he had sent you, like, a message or a congratulations, because I know I got that when I married Taryn from people. Did you? Yeah, I did. But that, so he did say, yeah. That was my only ex, though. There was only one. Yeah, but I haven't had any others at this moment. But you had some from several exes. Yes. Well, that was nice of them, but. Yeah, I had a few that just,

you know, because as a content creator, I'm posting my life all the time. So, yeah, they saw videos and content and we're just like congratulations you know and also that would remind me to like unfollow them on Instagram I don't think you have to do that no no no I'm kidding I'm friends with all my exes like I don't have any bad blood with any of them it's like I just think that it's we're old enough now I mean it's just I want to be kind to them and say how I want to see them out and no a million percent I'm actually good with well all of my exes Except for one. I was going to say, henna, henna, we can't.

We both know we're not going to go there, though, right? We're not going to. Yeah. I love that. Oh, so then now, now what are like next steps? What are the newlyweds doing now? Like, do you have any plans? Obviously, did you tell me you're going on honeymoon?

No, we did a pre-honeymoon. We did the honeymoon before the wedding because the wedding was in October and then comes his birthday, my twin's 18th birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas. And I'm just like, John, if we, if we left for any period of time, and I still had to get the house back in order from the big barbecue or the big, you know, chef brunch the next day, I had, there's just so much. I'm like, I needed to not do anything after. We'll put that off till, I'm thinking maybe March or April or even May, but I want to go to like Bora Bora or Maldives somewhere more like, you know, a tropical island that neither John or I have been to. So I don't know when the best weather for

that. We haven't even started planning it yet. But yeah, so for me, the holidays are all about, like, I am the one that wants to put the tree up and do all of that, so I want to host and that. So it's like, it just seemed stressful to me after that big of a, you know, event to then think about leaving again for 10 days and worrying about the kids and leaving them. We are, oh, this is funny, though. So about two months ago, after John knew I didn't want to take a honeymoon, okay, right away. And he wouldn't have been as stressed as I would. It's more falls on my shoulders. I think he would have been okay. But, I just am the one that life's too busy right now, but he, I get a note from, maybe it's four, about three months ago, but I get a, you know, a message that my high school reunion is going to be October in October. Okay, so it's coming up. So I'm leaving, we're leaving for five days. And I'm like, sorry, honey, your, your, your, your, your, honeymoon's my high school reunion. And he's like, don't you kind of want to go do that on your own? Aren't you going to, aren't you going to enjoy your friends more on your own? And I'm like, nope, you're coming with me.

Are you taking him with you? But the good part about that is he's going to see, poor John, he's going to see my family farm and we'll go visit that side of my family. And then Galena's going to come meet us for a day of, because she's in Kansas City. So she's going to meet us for a day. And then we're going to go visit my other uncle who was, who couldn't travel. And John's going to get to meet him because they're very important parts of my life. So it's kind of like a, it's kind of like a family reunion after the wedding for people that couldn't go. And then, yeah, and the family and the, and the whole high school reunion.

thing. Can you believe I can say I have a 30th high school reunion? Oh, M.G. I, I'm one million percent cannot. I'm like, I'm like, guys, I'm texting the senior, you know, the class president. I'm like, I'm like, are you sure it's not our 25th? Are you sure you did the math right there? It's crazy. Listen, forever 27. That's what, oh, girlfriend. That's what I say all the time to you. I'm like, I still feel 27 in my heart. Same. A million percent. A million percent. So, well, I think this has been absolutely fabulous. And getting back to, like, getting to hear more about your wedding because it kind of took us on a little memory lane venture. And the fact that we were both at each other's weddings now, I hope this is like forever

our last. Like, you know, I'm praying because Lord, Lord knows my track record has not been great, but I'm kidding. I am very confident that it will be. I feel good. I feel good that it's my last. But But, and as, you know, I'm wishing you with the rest of your day to be a very blessed and happy day. But I'm also a kind of a reminder to everyone, never give up on finding your true love. Because it can happen for me again, you know, it's possible for anyone. All right. Well, for the listeners out there, if you're ready to fall in love again and need some help

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