The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Almost Famous In Depth: Hannah B

Episode Date: May 25, 2019

Ashley sits down for an honest, raw conversation with the current Bachelorette, Hannah B. She opens up about her life before The Bachelor, how her world transitioned after pageant competition, and her experience as the lead on The Bachelorette. We get the real story of why Luke P didn’t offer her his jacket when she was cold and what she thought about his shocking, very early confession of love.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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my first question to you is, I keep equating you to that girl in high school who, like, was not smooth with guys who, like, would see her crush walking down the hallway and you'd, like, done the other way. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And then you'd, like, look into your locker.

You're like, I don't see him coming. But was this you, or am I making up this illusion of you? Okay. I'll tell you high school Hannah. Okay. High school Hannah was SGA president, homecoming queen, all these things. Okay. But.

So not that shy. So not shy. But when it came to boys, no. I didn't have my first kiss to all 17. I only had one boyfriend, one and a half boyfriends in high school. And it would take everything in me to actually look at them going down the hall when I first liked them. Okay. And in class, I was known as the, my whole, I mean, the whole school talks about me as like untouchable because I just would be like, don't talk to me, turn the other way.

They're looking at me. They're looking at me. I should start writing my name. It was so bad. Okay, great. So my dream is a reality. Yeah. You are that relatable girl.

Yeah. I put them in friends in. Like, I would be friends with the guys when they started flirting with me. Okay. No, no, no. No. I got awkward. Really? Yeah.

You friend zone guys that you liked? Yeah, because I would just like, I would just like hang out with them, shoot the bowl, you know? And then when they started flirting, I'd be like, oh, God, never. So then how did it happen that you started dating your first boyfriend? Was it 17? Yeah. He was best friends with one of my best girlfriends. And so we would all hang out together.

And then... Somehow he told the friend that he liked me and he started texting me and then I don't remember our first date. If I had texting in high school. Yeah, it was, but it was all because I was hanging out in a group and then realized that he liked me. But also his friend liked me too, it was very, you know, I just had to pick the favorite. You had that one serious boyfriend though for a while. was your only serious boyfriend going into the bachelor right two series but one for like a really like for a while and I met him in high school I remember the

first time I saw him in ninth grade and I turned around and his name was called in class and I was I came home and I said mom I'm gonna marry him and she was like oh my gosh so then how we started flirting was playing cards in Spanish class and both boyfriends in high school no just this that was the first boyfriend we don't talk about because he he was like nothing okay yeah nothing and stupid um and then after that we didn't talk at all because his i don't know his girlfriend weird stuff he started dating a girl that didn't like me so i didn't talk to him from ninth grade until senior year in high school and then we had our next class together we didn't have any other classes together until then and he would just stare i would be he would just

his eyes were like attacking me and so then he just texted me one day randomly and I was like oh my gosh anyway we started dating in high school we broke up for like a summer and then we were together for like three years and yeah it was you didn't marry him but you still had something you'd still thought you're going to in your 20s oh my god I broke up the next serious relationship I had I ended up breaking that one off because I still I loved him I loved that guy but I knew I still loved the one that I dated for so long and went back and told him and then he was an ass so it's fine I'm here now and how far was that from when you signed up for Colton's season uh like a year and a half

I think okay so honestly after that after I like put my heart out on the line and like ended a relationship that was going to be like he was amazing um i i like was like i was like i cannot date right now like i need to get over both of these relationships now because i just ruined one for another guy that didn't deserve me and so i was just like not dating not doing this focusing on hannah and so i then won miss alabama usa like two months afterwards and then i was just like this is my year And so I just focused on myself and like what I needed, what I wanted. And then the call for Colton Seasons came and I was like, you know, I'm finally ready to date and do I want to do this this way? I don't know yet, but we'll just see where it goes.

And obviously it went well. But yeah, I'm so glad that I had that time by myself because I think since I was like 17 years old, I was always attached to a guy in some way. And it was the first time in my life that. I was it wasn't Hannah and somebody it was just Hannah and figuring out what do I like to do on a Saturday and what type of movies do I like and like just me and I just let a lot of guys validate who I was and what I did and so it was really really important to me important for me to have that time and then be ready to go into this I'm super thankful that I had that at now knowing where I am now because I learned from all those experiences, but also took the

time to really dive into who I am, what I want and what I want my life to be like. What does Hannah do on a Saturday? And what kind of movies do you see? Okay. My perfect Saturday would probably be to do some type of workout, but not too long, like a kickboxing wake up have breakfast then probably if it's summer i'd want to lay out for a little while because i feel like that's an actual like job me too i'm like it's like part of the beauty routine yeah it's like okay i'm doing something productive i feel like i'm doing something so read a little bit maybe go on a boat whatever with one of my friends um but then honestly I would rather pour a glass of wine, be in my bed, and just watch Netflix.

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So like I know I know when I have to turn it on to be an extrovert like when I have because society is like made for extroverts. So I'm like, I can do this. Yeah. But when I'm really by myself, my friends know that they come over, I'll be like, all right, I love you. But I'm going into my room now to go to sleep. like I just like I have to have my alone time and it's necessary for me to function so I feel like I really am like on the line of introvert extrovert but if I can choose and nobody's around me I'm introvert yeah okay so yeah I think like successful people have to have like a certain component of extrovert extroversion right yeah I guess there's some exceptions to that rule yeah however yeah I was in Nashville Jerry this weekend at a well wedding and I was with his friends for 10 hours and I was like putting on that smiley happy face for so long and all the small talk and at like 1.30 in the morning I was like I'm I'm gonna freak out you know I need I need that hole to go into right now I can't do like the smiley happy yeah you know what I realized now it's like I probably look more extroverted than I actually am but I can't

do the small talk for a few hours so what I'll do is there's music on I'm like I'm gonna go dance by myself because it's like I don't want anybody around me I'm fine please stop talking to me yeah I love you yeah bye I figured you're like this so how was the bachelor process how is being the bachelorette because I think when you're on the bachelor even bachelor in paradise you can go like fake a nap or whatever and get your alone time you're like I'm going to go write in my diary that was my go to I'm going to like go journal yeah but as the bachelorette you have to be on like 16 hours a day okay this was you're getting into my biggest struggle yeah i figured i thought this was gonna be your so on the bachelor i was the like i had great friends and like i was always like in in the group

if i wanted to be but they would they knew that i'd be like all right if we're just sitting and chatting which is probably going to lead to gossiping i just want to go into my room and i would be in my room or out by myself i had this certain couch i used to like it's called my it's my and the bachelor mentioned and I would go and I would journal like I journaled every single day my thoughts what I wanted in a husband what was going on like I truly did have to have that time to journal when I was in inner I loved interviews on the bachelor side because that was just my time I would go in there with a producer and I'd be like let's do the stuff we have to do and then I see the talk talk through it I don't so what you and I probably liked and this is a sign of

introversion as I've recently read that deep conversation is actually totally fine like we can do that for a long period of time but it's little chit chat that we can't do for a long time I zone out don't care hate it so on that side

as a contestant you have a lot of time to be able to do that and then I would go hang out with the girls but like all my friends knew it's like oh there she goes she's out she's taking a nap she's about to journal so I had that time but I didn't really realize until I got there that I don't have any of that time I barely journaled I never had a lone time there was no off days there was no really therapy in my um interviews like it ever was I mean we had a few days where we had to have therapy because home girl was

losing her mind right but it was more narration it was yeah like I am this is my story I want to narrate my story and I am I mean I would say I'm pretty good at it so they wanted me to do it all the time but then I was like I need to talk about my actual feelings like not even like why do I react this way is because of this in my past like that is what I need to talk about right now because I'm spiraling and I think it was all the times that I struggled so much were really because I didn't have the time that I needed away by myself and we we had to come to Jesus with everybody and realize that like Hannah has to have 30 minutes like I have to or honestly I'm a pain and ass to deal with so 30 minutes when in the morning in the

middle of a period of time where you just says I'm going to need 30 minutes in the middle of a date so there was this one time can I have to tell this one story it's fine there was this one day in LA was probably my biggest struggle and I was getting ready for a for a cocktail party after a group date cocktail party and everybody's just always staring at you everybody's staring at you while you get ready you're eating while somebody's doing your makeup

I mean there's just no time and we had like two hours but there's like 15 people in your room while you're trying to get ready so it takes forever well I was doing my hair and my producers were looking at me I was like why are you looking at me I'm trying to do my hair right now and I go, I'm just like being a crazy woman, which I am. And so one of my producers, Sam, looked at me and goes,

I think you need 10 minutes. 10 minutes to do whatever, just go stare at a wall or something. Do you know what I did? I stared at a wall for 10 minutes. Did it help? It was great. I came back out and I was like, I'm sorry for whatever I just said. I really don't know.

Let's go do this thing. But I, there's a picture that she took of me staring at a wall. wall I didn't talk I stared at a wall for 10 minutes so after that they're like okay like that helps so maybe we should give her like just some room so like when jena would do my makeup no but i wouldn't allow anybody else in there because i would also say if i was you that was like my personal silent time it was i'd be like i'm sorry jena you're wonderful i need you to not talk to me and she was great until i want if i wanted to talk oh jean is my my girl and then it would like I had breakfast by myself.

And then it was like, as soon as Carrie got finished, everybody could come in. Okay. And so that helped a lot. So more in the mornings, there really wasn't that much time after that. I mean, it was go, go, go. I didn't sleep. It was awesome. What was the average wake up time?

I can't really remember because I never had a phone. And I asked them not to tell me. I would be like, don't even tell me. Don't tell me what time it is. Just wake me up because I knew I was only getting like three to four hours of sleep. And I didn't even want to know what time it was. So that was obviously adding to your breakdowns. Yeah.

But I mean, yeah. Until we got to like the last few places, I started getting a little bit more sleep. But the first two, three weeks are crazy. They have a tendency of waking you up before you really have to wake up in like that hurry up and wait type thing. But for the bachelorette, do you ever hurry? it's not hurry up and wait it's it's not most of the time you're hurry up and wait on the other side is because I was having a breakdown because they were rushing me and then I was like you're rushing me um I need to have a chat right now Bennett where are you let's chat because I'm

frustrated and you do not want me to go on this date right now calm down I'm good Megan um our one of our beloved producers is right here sitting around did was she was she was she a Troublemaker at the beginning? Was Hannah beast out, like, in full force in the beginning? This is, the thing with me is I don't hold anything back, and I think it's actually respected because they don't have to question where I'm at my feelings. I'm going to say, like, if I have a problem, I'm just like, hey, Bill, Julie, this is not working.

We need to fix it. And, hey, I don't need a middleman. I want to talk to the big dog myself So I'll be like They something's not working I need to talk to him And I think yes But sometimes I pan in the ass

And they said that They were like You know we knew when you We chose you That you weren't going to be The easiest Bachelorette You were going to be the most difficult

But we knew that But we love you Like everybody I'm so thankful For The producers the handlers, the production team, everybody, because I feel so loved, and they get me, they understand, they laugh with me, they talk with me, like, I, as much as I cause them so

much crap, and they probably wanted to pull every single one of their hair out of their head or they have 40 more gray hairs now, we all love each other. And I'm just so team bachelor. I'm Team Bachelor. I would get a tattoo that said Team Bachelor because I love them because they put up with me. They let me cry. Let me have my breakdowns. But ultimately we got it done and I'm really proud of everything that you'll get to see.

So do you think that your difficultness was because of just like your personality and like the kind of structure you need your life? Or do you think that the guys and there were like some like it's just like. issues with the guys that were making you angry or agitated a little bit of both um it's hard dating 30 men wow i don't know why i didn't think it was going to affect me emotionally um and then when you're having feelings for guys and everything's not going like you want it to it's really hard and i feel like what happened was all those emotions went into how like i reacted to the schedule or to not having enough sleep or to oh my god why do i have to do another interview right now i know i know it the first time but it was really because i hadn't those emotions weren't exactly dealt with

like i felt like i wanted them to be at first because my interviews were very much so narrating my story and not really getting too much into my feelings and having those breakdowns those breakdowns are really important for me to have to have my little cry session to vent to get it all out so that i can move forward because I don't really hold on to things. I am one that if something makes me mad if I'm upset, I need to talk about it. And then after I've talked about it, I like brush my hands off and I'm like, I'm done. Let's go to the next thing. We're cool now. Did I ever tell you that a very special producer once told me that I'm a goldfish and that I would like 180 my feelings? I'd be like crying one second. Then he'd make me laugh and then I'd be like all better. Yeah. Oh, and I didn't

go down. And I feel like you're the same. Yeah. Yeah. No, totally. Like I got to get the cry out i'm good and then it's like make me laugh let's go do something fun so i mean it made for an entertainment for everyone so why did you think it got better after four weeks or so i think we all got in the groove like you're i'm on a different team um everybody is new i mean yes everybody's done this before but it's a new season new people new bachelorette trying to i am was different on this side than I was as a contestant in a way and I think it was just finally we all got on the same page with everything but it took a little while because I had a new team that hadn't been on the bachelor like bachelor or bachelor at lead side and we just all had to you weren't like super

comfortable so just to explain to the audience there are some bachelor producers that deal with the cast and they become like your very best friends very best and then you know never really got to know the producers that handle the lead. And I've always wondered how they, how you do that. Because even in paradise, I'd be like, oh, I don't want to talk to so and so because I don't really know them. And in winter games, like, especially since I was like four years removed, you know, four years ingrained with some of these people, I was like, I can't talk to the new person. I won't be able to give you what you want. Yeah. No, so I got super close with my producers when I was on Colton season and even like a line and like I was just

close with like the the execs that like have other jobs to do to and can't just go into my sessions of breakdowns so I did not when I got the call that it was me but I would have different producers I was like well why can't this person interview me like we had to literally have a a meet like a conversation of like I'm handing you over but I'm working to find I know you the most so like I want to work with your guys to help you and so then I had to have a phone call with my new producers and it was like a two-hour phone call about like I'm really struggling with this I'm really struggling with you being my producer yeah like I was very honest I was like I'm really struggling with you being my producer and like

me being able to really give you what you want but after it took a little while and them to understand like I'm not like why I do why I react certain why I react some ways to certain things but then after that it was smooth sailing and I am like I love my family like I love everybody that helped me throughout the entire thing like we have such a bonding experience that like never will take away from the people that I was close to um on the other side on colton season but we just let there some shit together let me tell you like yeah we did and so just I think it helped me be more successful and then be more successful at their job really like digging in and figuring out like all right this is where we need to

change things yes maybe this is how it's been done before for 15 years but I'm a new I'm a individual I'm different and let's do this because this is how Hannah works better is there that we're great is there an example of something that they've been doing for 15 years that you were just like that doesn't work for me oh my god let me think um so i i feel like i'm i don't want to be like oh i'm so good at this but like i'm pretty good at my interviews like i know what to say you're never somebody who dreaded going into interviews i never did before yeah but then on this side when it became very like narration and i felt like they were putting i felt like words were being put in my mouth, I was like, uh-uh, ask me a question, let me roll. Like, let me roll. I will tell you about

how fun this date is. I'll be happy. I'll be excited. I'll be in, I'll be a lot of lovey-dovey. Then I'll have sass. Like, just let's make it a conversation. Don't put words in my mouth of what, like, we know that post wants to hear. They just want it to be concise so that they can just like clip it and it makes sense in the episode. They don't need you to like roll forever, but I totally get the frustration for you. All right, we got a letter do her thing. And then it was, it was great. Like, I loved it. It just took, and yeah, that was just, I think the interviews were what we had to kind of get back on like, okay, some people work better with us feeding of like, this is what we're going to talk about.

I don't need that. Some people want the speed. Some people want to get in and get out of there. And you're like, no, I need this there. But honestly, I was talking to Sam and she was like, you're one that can hit all the things that we need in like 10 minutes. And so I'd be like, they'd be like, all right, we have a 30 minutes after this date that ended up 4 o'clock. I'm like, I don't need 10, I don't need 20 minutes.

I promise you, I can get it to you in 10. And I would. And so, like, there are certain things that, like, I was like, I need, I can do all this stuff to, like, narrate, but then give me my 30 minutes to actually process my feelings. Totally. So, and then once we work that out, it's like, all right, we're going to give you 10 here, 30 here. I was like, perfect.

Let's do it. Amazing. That's when you started getting rolling with it. Yeah. Do you see how it's been 30 minutes? how I can literally go on for another hour and a half? I'm out, yeah. No, I mean, see, I just was telling her that sometimes he's in-depth last for two hours

and over. And she's like, no way. What do you talk about for that long? See? Yeah, just everything. Well, I think it's, you've been on this item so we can, we have like this understanding. And so it makes it, I don't know, like, you're interested in somebody like understands. I want to talk to people who actually understand it.

Right. It's been hard to go back. I haven't talked to hardly anybody back home because it's like, where do I even begin? You don't even know my everything. You don't know anything that's happened to me. It's really hard to get back into normal life with people who don't know this world. Yeah. And I think that's why we get so close because nobody will understand what we've been through except

for each other. And I remember when I got back from Crystal's season, I think it took me six hours to explain the entire four weeks to my mom. Took me four hours. Okay. Yeah. So I was like, I'll tell the first. two weeks here and then we'll go to sleep and then I'll tell you the rest of the morning I said my

mom her best friend and then my two best friends I said all right I'm doing this one time here we go block your block your day off because I had my journal and so I journal all the time so I had my journal they're like you should write that you should make a book of your journal because it was hilarious like the way that I wrote about things but it was to be so in depth but then also have like my funny they're like this is amazing I was like I know do I have that for this season no because it was either journal sleep workout and i was always sleep every time so yeah of course have you given your parents the lowdown now because you didn't get back into the states until like a week ago yeah and what i think is so crazy and i think kind of wonderful about this season is that you guys

actually finished filming just a couple days before it started airing and it's never been like that before i mean i wasn't back when it was airing you weren't even back no for the first day so i didn't even get to it on like actual television. I watched like an old cut. No way. Yeah. That's so crazy. But I loved it because it leaves us spoiler free. I still don't know what happens in the end. And oftentimes for like us especially, I can't avoid the spoilers. I'm going to try my very hardest to not know who you end up with or if you end up with anyone. Yeah. But I'm very excited and I like the way that this has happened for you. But is it weird that you haven't gotten any break because you have gone straight from filming to straight to your season airing and how little family time have you

had um so i from the end of my season i went straight to new york to start press like it did your parents meet you there no i haven't talked i haven't seen my parents yet and honestly wait what she says rub it in like they're awful yeah i'm like whatever um but honestly i i like it because i'm used to this schedule of like go go go go and I think if I whenever I take a break yeah crash yeah but right now I'm loving I'm like here we go give me my go go juice I'm up 6 a.m. perfect that's like sleeping in now you know so I really enjoyed it and I think my excitement from and everything so fresh that I can go and depressed and I can talk about it because it just happened to me it's not like I'm having to think back of like, what was that?

How did that feel? It's like I have all those feelings still. And so I think it's been really great for me. I love doing press. I love talking to people about my season. And I think I get to go home in a few days for a little while, but not for long. And I'm okay with that because they're going to want to know everything. And I haven't told really anybody about the end of my season.

My parents kind of know, but not everything. Okay. They know who possibly, but they don't know, like, how you got to that. But they, yeah, they don't know really anything. And my friends, I've just told them, I just, they keep texting me and I'm like, can't talk, so busy, love you. And then they can see, oh, wait, she really is busy. But I just need time to, like, decompress to myself first.

And then they can watch that seasons and then the whole season. You can explain along the way. Yeah, explain along the way of like, okay, this is what happened. But I just, I don't want to do that. I want this, I want everybody to be surprised. I don't want somebody to slip up and say something. I want people to see my season the way that it kind of happened for me. Okay.

So. All right. Well, yeah. Just do it week by week then. Yeah. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute. Sam.

Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the okay story time podcast. So we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy?

That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not.

To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect.

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No, no, no, no. We're not doing that this season. Oh. Well, this season, we're leveling up. Each episode will feature a special bestie, and you're not going to want to miss it. Get in here. Today we have a very special guest with us. Our new super secret bestie is the diva of the people.

The diva of the people. I'm just like text your ex. My theory is that if you need to figure out that the stove is hot, go and touch it. Go and figure it out for yourself. Okay. That's us. That's us.

My name is Curley. And I'm Maya. In each episode, we'll talk about love, friendship, heart breaks, men, and of course, our favorite secrets. Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Michael through a podcast network available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Dr. Joy Harden-Brandford, and in session 421 of therapy for black girls, I sit down with Dr. Ophia and Billy Shaka to explore how our hair connects to our identity, mental health,

and the ways we heal. Because I think hair is a complex language system, right, in terms of it can tell how old you are, your marital status, where you're from, you're a spiritual belief. But I think with social media, there's like a hyper fixation and observation of our hair, right? That this is sometimes the first thing someone sees when we make a post or a reel. It's how our hair is styled. You talk about the important role hairstylists play in our community, the pressure to always look put together, and how breaking up with perfection can actually free us.

Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss session 418 with Dr. Angela Neil Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety. Listen to therapy for black girls on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. My last, like, serious question, because I think we usually go in reverse, we do the fun stuff first, but we kind of just jumped right into it, since you are, like, in the depths already.

What was, like, talk about that big realization that you had. it. We've talked about it before. I think Demi helped you get to that point. But it was the whole, it's basically what taking the crown off symbolizes. You have like that entire, that amazing preview for your season about like how like you stripped yourself of like that pageant queen persona. And then you're just like, this is me. I am just going to be true to myself. I don't care what people think anymore. So like tell us about how that happened and how it has progressed over your bachelor seasons. Yeah.

Well, first about the promo, like, I'm so, I was floored because that day I was floored. I was like, there's no way. Like, I don't understand this. I just like a princess. And then when I finally watched it,

I was like, all right, that was amazing. That was the coolest thing I've ever seen them doing a preview. You were Taylor Swift in the music video. It was, yeah, I had, I feel like I had my own movie trailer. But even without all that, I feel like they really did.

hit the nail on the head of like the music the how how how everything was put together like everything and about just like who i am and i feel like it kind of goes back to even like my relationships of i let other people kind of i realize what people liked about me and like what worked and so i would be that person in relationship in a room um for an audience but the thing is people always know a little bit that something may be off everybody was always like oh she's great she's this but like I was always playing for a crowd and not being completely myself because I didn't know how people would actually respond or like who I am because they really like the person that I crafted but I didn't know if they would actually like me and um I feel like I always everybody

talks about my smile it's like almost like creepy how a smile all the time but I've always so genuine like I've always and it's not fake but when I really was hurting or upset it's almost just like natural to have a smile and so nobody ever would ask like are you okay or what's going on because it was just oh my god you seem so happy and so I just kind of lived in that for a while and it really took me going through a depression anxiety stuff that I started being like okay what in my life is making me feel this way who are the people in my life that don't help who do who encourage me and really kind of I mean I've always been my faith has always been important to me but really just like gave it all up

because I tried to control everything and then from there I took time off being in pageants and then when I won Miss Alabama USA I was completely myself for the first time ever and I was I was getting inside. I was like, Hannah, you could win. I was like, I'm already fourth runner up. This is awesome. Like, I just went on the stage and like was myself. And I feel like once I won again, it was so easy for me to go back into, oh, people were telling me to do this. People were telling me to do that. And it wasn't as bad as it had been before, but I still let a lot of things. I lived 22 years in my life that way. So people telling me what I should and shouldn't do for something that I wanted I allowed that to kind of affect me and miss USA was great for me like pageants I'm so

thankful for them but it did pageants on top of relationships the people I had in my life it did really cause me to find my worth and recognition and what accolades I had because I had been successful and then I wasn't successful so then I felt like I wasn't worthy and then it was like oh I got something okay now I'm worthy again you know and then it's like you can't live your life that way you just can't live your life that way because there's always going to be somebody better than you there's always going to be um times where you fail it doesn't work out and then you're going to have times where you're successful but like you I have no control of that like I can only be the best that I can be and be completely myself because when you win or when you have

something and then you're like I got that but it doesn't feel right because did I win or did my persona that I put together win or get that's what I want to know and I think it took losing everything that I thought my life was going to be which was the pageant which was married babies with my friends I wanted to win Miss Alabama USA three years before I ever did when I won that it was like I was excited but I also was like this is not where I want to be I wanted this three years ago I want to be engaged I want to be with how all my friends are and then when I realized you know what this is exactly where I'm supposed to be I started my breakthrough um and then realized when I got Miss Alabama USA and it didn't still feel like I thought it would feel it was like oh

it's because my worth does not come from recognition. It's like that doesn't make me feel. I got the thing that I wanted for years and years, but it still doesn't make me feel better. And so it took me getting it to be like, oh, wait, this is actually not satisfying. So that was really when I started like working on myself, didn't have a relationship,

didn't everything that I wanted, didn't have anymore. And then I had the thing that I wanted and it didn't feel like I thought it was going to be. and I was like, okay, this is starting to make sense. So then I just really like started focusing on what do, who am I? Because I don't think I know. And it was, it was hard. Like there were days where I was like crying in my bed like, how have I lived my life like this long?

But then it was then I started going back into the world and just being like, you don't like this and I don't really care. Like I want the people that are around me that love me, love me. and those are the people I want to be around so so that continued and the progression that you had happened a lot on the show too happened a lot on the show um just like I said going back when I was one Miss Alabama USA got into Miss USA I still kind of went back into that rut for like a little bit kind of leaned into it because it's all I knew of like other people telling me what to do same thing when I got into the bachelor the first couple weeks the first couple of weeks I started like going back into my shell like oh my gosh the first date with colton it was like oh i like him

but i don't even know what to say who am i do i want to show him like the real me or the one that i think he'll actually like better and then i was like in this like middle ground of like paralyzed um and you know i've had so much people thinking i'm a dummy can't articulate myself um awkward and yeah like i was in those moments but i can't articulate myself i am intelligent these um that was just a moment for me and it was a real moment and it was entertaining for other people but it was really hard for me to realize like I don't know who I want to be right now and then after that it was like okay I'm just going to have to let go and see how people respond and honestly it doesn't really matter because this is my real life and I need to live my real life right now

regardless of what's about to be shown in a few months. Like, this is my time to keep exploring who I am. And I'm really proud of even that for me because I did grow so much and ultimately allowed me to be here. It was that realness that did crown you as the Bachelorette. Then you had crowned with something else. Did you have, like, a moment there

where you hesitated? You were like, nope, I've seen how being real gets me further. I think because I have been... the producers and the people of the bachelorette believe in me so much and really invested in me anytime i ever tried to do that they were like what are you doing i'm like you're right so not really but i had people like i said i picked the people in my life that love the real me the real hannah and that will encourage me and regardless of what anybody thinks in the show like they want my happiness first, and they want this to be my story. And so I think that it was really,

that's why I knew I wanted to be the Bachelorette and could be the Bachelorette, because I knew I had people on my team that were going to allow it to be my story in me. Awesome. You said that you basically created a person for 22 years of your life. Who is that person that you created and who is the person that you really are? Um, like, I mean even like in high school and stuff like I was the the miss perfect like I didn't I didn't go out I didn't get I would have fun but not too much fun I always had a man on my by my side and except for when you were awkward yeah yeah but but that would be I was when I was awkward in high school for not with guys I was focused on literally I thought if I didn't have a 95 or above that like life was going to be like an end all like I was very um focused on my like my um academia I um just pushed myself in that way I danced and even though I didn't even really like dancing was also one of those things that like hurt my self-esteem my mom wanted me to do it um everybody told me

we're the dancer so I continue to do it and like not just like have a dance class like once or twice. No, it was like 15 hours a week. That's just in the week, not with weekends, like after school. And then I would stay up to 1 a.m. to do my homework so that I made sure I got 100 on it. Like I just pushed myself, kept myself so busy, and it looked like I had everything figured out and didn't let guys or parties or anything like get blur in my vision of like my path. And then started dating. And then it was like this person, whatever they want for me. like I can be that Miss Stepford wife for them and do all this because I can be a trophy wife. So then I did that for a while.

And then it was, oh, well, she's the, and then through that, like, oh, she's the pageant queen. Oh, she's so sweet. She's this and that. And like, no, am I always sweet? No, I'm not. Like, I have a good heart and I know that, but I would not show my frustration. I would not show my real feelings. And it was just, I was somebody that everybody could easily understand and take.

not really myself, which is not always easy to understand or take, because I don't even understand myself sometimes. See, sweet is a word that has got me a lot, like irritate me a lot, actually, through the bachelor process, because I've always felt like the girls that come across as just sweet. They're the ones that like always look really good, but they're really holding back. And the ones that are a little bit more like you and I, where we have our moment. or people aren't going to like like us or what we say we have our freakouts we don't always come across as sweet we're just being real but we're sometimes not villainized but like

disliked at times and I don't know it's just like the girls who hold back get the better look better it was really hard for me because I was like I was being my like completely myself and everybody was having those freakouts they just did it in the bathroom for a second and came back out but it's like kind of like I said like it's my real life I'm not I'm not an actress this is reality TV and I was Mike 24-7 on camera 24-7 and I was not going to allow myself to tap back into that person that really caused me a lot of sadness and emptiness just so that I could be the sweet girl on TV that I knew I could have been I mean that's where I struggled a lot in that first one-on-one with Colton because I was like I know what I could do that would keep me safe

but I also am not that and I don't know what to do and you know regardless of all the main things that have been said the things that people think that I am that I'm not people that I'll never went over just because they just want to hate me I'm so thankful that I was my real self like that's why I grew and I don't know if everybody grows the way that I did through the process I'm not going to try to get gospely or anything, but I'm going to for a second. Kaylin, and you are probably those people that will never see eye to eye. You're probably never going to be best friends. She posted a picture on your premiere day that said, eating the chip off my shoulder.

Do you think that was a dig? Oh, for real? I didn't know. Oh, I didn't know. I mean, I don't know. we can um that that's it wow i don't know we could just not know i don't i have no idea yeah but you know what i don't you know at this point it's like who cares in a way like whatever she says like i'm like i truly am like wish her the best and if she wishes me the best great if she doesn't it's

okay because at this point we were in a we were we don't have to be together or we can and i'm fine being in a room with her I'm fine not being in a room with her like I don't really hold anything against her anymore and I hope she doesn't with me like we're good and this was you know I don't know either weird weird okay so let's get into your guys now you I think you kiss more guys on your like between 48 hours of being the bachelorette than you ever had in your life before yeah was it 48 hours or was it night one uh night when I kiss three guys we saw them all right we saw all three kisses um and then yeah in 48 hours definitely um i mean it would be so funny they'd be like all right hannah you're up to 12 and i'd be like oh my oh my goodness and how many

was it before you're the bachelorette i think like five or six i think six i think that's what i was at at about 24 yeah yeah and and it was i mean most of them were my boyfriend or yeah i think i only kissed like one guy that wasn't my boyfriend but we were like talking yeah yeah well how that made you feel like did you feel like it felt really weird yeah at first I was like it was hard for me honestly because I would have moments of like oh my god I can't believe I kissed them did you kiss guys that you didn't really want to kiss like they just kind of went in for it um yeah I feel like that's kind of the hardest part that's the hardest part i mean because like you're you have to be in a relationship with multiple people and sometimes you're not feeling some of the people there as

much as you're feeling another person but you're you are technically dating them and so it's really it was hard sometimes but you can kind of tell the difference of my kisses when i'm really feeling somebody and when i'm not you're like okay yeah the kiss with luke pee on night one was intense. Oh, my God. It was really intense, but it was good. My sister and I were watching you, she goes, those aren't the kisses you have once you're in a relationship.

Enjoy them now. The guy, your guys got a lot of flack, especially when their green pictures came out. Okay, yeah. You weren't even around. You weren't even around. Your guys got a lot of flack during your first week of filming, so you weren't around for social media.

Yeah. But everybody was looking at their pictures and like, oh, my goodness, these guys don't look like. Bachelorette material these guys look like I kept saying like they picked 30 guys that were in line for a hot dog at a football game but then we saw their gray pictures and they looked better and then on night one they look better but I still was like I don't know about this bunch they got for Hannah I was like I really don't know there's like a good three or four in there how did you honestly

feel after Chris said Hannah those are all your guys I went I mean I went I didn't realize it had been 30 guys I was having the most fun

oh my god it was so fun the limo entrances like I didn't realize and so I was like oh wait that's it that's what I said

I was like oh that's them okay and honestly I had to let it go but I didn't really like a lot of their fashion

and that was the first thing I would notice I was like that's what really I was like okay, their faces are cute, but, like, they have some serious fashion issues. I'm not even a fashion girl. Like, I don't get, like, I don't understand, like, being obsessed with it, but I've noticed

that it was bad. It was bad. I was like, why can't every guy just wear, like, a nice dark blue suit or a black suit with a black tie or a blue tie, blue gray tie? They were all trying to be wacky with their fashion, and their faces weren't looking that great in them. And then episode two came around. And I was like, these guys in their casual clothes

Without their hair ridiculously done I know, they look so much better Trust me, I felt the same way The first night I was a little bit like Okay A guy's outfit can really change the way his face looks Yeah, so it did It was like

A butt his face But in the opposite way I was like Oh my God I need to help them so much But like this is them and like oh this is scary but then after we started having dates and i was like okay all right i can deal with this this is good this is good yeah but ultimately like yeah there was some that i was

like huh interesting but i will say like i want an attractive guy i want them to be attractive but i am okay with like they don't have to be like a supermodel or anything like i just want them to have a good heart and be fun and so i think that was a lot of of my guys too but it did it was more of like a growing to be attracted to some of them okay truthfully interesting yeah i like your honesty yeah i can't help it like i'm like i probably shouldn't say that but i can't help it like i don't know how to not be honest about certain things so yeah the first night i was a little bit worried okay great yeah love it second night i felt so much better yeah me i felt better i was like okay they look cute in their normal clothes yeah you don't like

guys that have necessarily a sense of mystery you don't like hard to get we don't have to watch you too much to know that you like a guy who is aggressive and forthcoming about his feelings so you didn't think that Luke P was a little bit too early with his feelings

because you had the biggest grin you loved hearing every word of what he was saying to you early on within 48 hours of really knowing you do you think that you've gotten less naive throughout this process or do you are you just like somebody who wants to hear those words okay i feel like with luke especially those first that that first night i think it kind of went back to my past of the guy

that i dated for forever i didn't know how he was feeling a lot he was mysterious and it hooked me hook line and sinker for a while then i dated the next guy that i was really and that i did love and he was more like I want to pursue you I know it hasn't been that long since your last relationship I don't care like I want to pursue you and that relationship for me and like he was very like our faith aligned

that was a relationship that I realized okay there are guys like this out there that don't like being around the bush about their intentions like I want to know somebody's here for me and that was like what I learned from that relationship from my that could be like something that I wanted and I feel like when Luke was just like hey

this is how I feel about you I'm really into you I was into him and I like that he was just like look like you I'm here for you if there was anybody else here I wouldn't be here and I wanted to know that and I think also it came from some insecurity of I wasn't I feel like I was the dark horse as a bachelorette and so to know that somebody truly wanted it to be me was like almost like a sigh of relief of like like okay this person really in 1,000% that is that was true about Luke like he it was it was a lot but like he meant every word he was saying and yeah I just it gave me hope for the rest of the season I feel like of like okay like this could work um and like the first night they didn't show it as much but we really did talk about like our faith a lot and that was like the one of the biggest thing that I needed to know first and form of that there was somebody that there that had the same ideas and faith that I did. So that was like another thing.

I was like, okay. And then he just like was adamant about like making, coming up to me and talking to me. And I want that. I don't want somebody to sit in a corner and at, by the meatballs and be like, whatever, you know. Like I want to be like, no, you're freaking here for me. I want to know. So I think. I know, I think I need a good mixture, but I ultimately think it came from a few

insecurities of not knowing if these guys really were here for me or we're hoping it with somebody else. Because after the final rose, they were already there before I was announced. That's right. That's right. So you're not, you weren't sure whether or not these guys were going to be happy that you were the bachelor at because they were already sitting in the hotel room waiting to hear who their bachelor was. They were signed up regardless. So yes. So they were signed up regardless and so to have somebody like Luke be like if it was any like I'm so pumped like it was really great and I as soon as I saw him after the final rose it was like who do you like I was like I mean they were they were all awesome but I was there was just something about Luke

that I was really excited to see so yeah all right yeah and you also so physically attracted to him like right off the bat in episode two we see you shirtless he's shirtless I feel like you're I feel like this is probably a moment that you were not looking forward to having to watch back well it depends and what I think goes

but it was you know I blushed a little bit when I watch it I'm like I only say this because you got caught by Jed and I think that you probably were like oh man when I did this I didn't think I was going to be caught by anyone

oh that was probably the ooh I got live after that. I was like, why did this just happen? I really liked Luke. I really liked Jed. And I was like, that's not okay. It looks like it was something more than it was. Like, this is not cool. And I was like, don't mess with my guys. Like, don't mess with him. And but then Jed handled it like a freaking rock star. Like, oh, amazing. Amazing. Yeah, so adorable. He's like, I guess it's really crazy how many guys are, you know, I'm fighting with you for. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it was, that was, that was a really hard moment for me. Like, oh, so mad.

My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast. So we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy?

That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcast,

or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, my name is Enya Emanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble.

Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeart Radio app. Search Emergency Intercom. and listen now. The Super Secret Bestie Club podcast season four is here. And we're locked in.

That means more juicy cheesement. Terrible love advice. Evil spells to cast on your ex. No, no, no, we're not doing that this season. Oh, well, this season we're leveling up. Each episode will feature a special bestie, and you're not going to want to miss it. Get in here!

Today we have a very special guest with us. Our new Super Secret Bestie is the divo of the people. The Deva of the People. The deep of the people. I'm just like text your ex. My theory is that if you need to figure out that the stove is hot, go and touch it. Go and figure it out for yourself.

Okay. That's us. That's us. My name is Curley. And I'm Maya. In each episode, we'll talk about love, friendship, heartbrates, men, and of course, our favorite secrets. Listen to the Super Secret Bestie Club as a part of the Michael Tura podcast network

available on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts. or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Janica Lopez, and in the new season of the Overcomfit podcast, I'm taking you on an exciting journey of self-reflection. Am I ready to enter this new part of my life? Like, am I ready to be in a relationship? Am I ready to have kids and to really just devote myself and my time? I wanted to be successful on my own, not just because of who my mom is.

Like, I felt like I needed to be better or work twice as hard as she did. Join me for conversations about healing. growth. Life is freaking hard. And growth doesn't happen in comfort. It happens in motion, even when you're hurting. All from one of my favorite spaces, The Kitchen. Honestly, these are going to come out so freaking amazing. Be a part of my new chapter and listen to the new season of the Overcomfit Podcast as part of the My Cultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Dr. Joy, Hardin, Brad. And in session 421 of therapy for black girls, I sit down with Dr. Athea and Billy Shaka to explore how our hair connects to our identity, mental health, and the ways we heal.

Because I think hair is a complex language system, right, in terms of it can tell how old you are, your marital status, where you're from, you're a spiritual belief. But I think with social media, there's like a hyperfixation and observation of our hair, right? That this is sometimes the first thing someone sees when we make a post. or real, it's how our hair is styled. We talk about the important role hairstylists play in our community, the pressure to always look put together, and how breaking

up with perfection can actually free us. Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss Session 418 with Dr. Angela Neil Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety. Listen to therapy for black girls on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast,

or wherever you get your podcast. So basically you're going to have to come back again. Right now, as we've seen it, Luke is a frontrunner. Yeah, who do you feel like are my frontrunners? I feel like I really like Peter. I like Connor S. And I like Jed. Those are my three favorites for you.

I think everybody was. was not shocked, but, but sad to see Matt Donald go on night one. Could you believe how much attention that got? No. It was kind of like grocery store drove, but like, let's be real. He's not grocery store drove. And everybody's been giving me heck about that. But I want to say, I got really excited about the tractor.

I was like, if somebody, I had said before, I was like, if somebody comes out in a tractor and I got a farmer or a hot, sexy country, boy, I'm all in. And then I see him, I'm like, oh, my God, I think your tractor's sexy. And then, come to found out, he had never been on a tractor and didn't have a farm. And I was like, what other lies are you going to tell me through this thing? So that was the reason. But then he's so, like, when I was watching the episode back, like, such a sweet guy, just not my guy, you know. Same with Jason.

Like, okay. So Jason was the other one eliminated at one. I was like, why did you, why did you eliminate those two? because they seem to have potential but they did um there's a lot of lot of stuff you know it's ultimately the first night is really hard to decide because i don't know these jokers like i have no idea i don't i don't know i'm just trying to just guessing at first another big thing that got a lot of attention i won is the fact that luke didn't give you his jacket when you said you were called did he say i thought that you didn't want to ruin your outfit with his ugly jacket well

Like, he did have a box. He wore a square jacket, but also it's about continuity. I'll just be honest. Like, they need to have their jacket on, and I need to be in my pretty dress. And so even though I was freezing, they're not really allowed to give me their jackets because they need to look fresh. Did he offer it, though? He did offer it. Like 14 times.

14 times every guy offered me. Because, I mean, I guess you can't tell as much, but I'm literally like shivering in every conversation. And they were like, I feel so bad. I'm so sorry. But that was the one they showed me being like, I'm cold. He did offer me his jacket. I just said, your jacket's really going to miss up my outfit. Okay, so I want to go back to those guys.

Those four guys are ones that I really feel strongly for. Strongly for on behalf of you. I also really like Tyler G. Tyler G. Tyler G looks more like Jared than I ever thought. It's so weird. The bone structure is so weird. Like the cheekbones in the jaw line.

And the eye. Yeah, and the eye shape. It's so weird. But he would talk about undercover. I didn't notice him until your first date with him. Yeah. Cudy. Yeah, he's really cute.

And I really enjoyed my time with him. Yeah. Okay. And I think everybody liked, everybody looked at those pictures initially and the first night. Everybody was talking about Tyler C. He looks like an F boy. He looks like, you know, he looks like that. So I'll say he didn't talk to me the first night

And I was like, okay, he's good looking And then when he didn't talk to me the first night I was like, oh, you're on my freaking radar But I was like, I didn't talk to you the first night Well, I didn't talk to eight guys Oh my goodness! Yeah That's the most that's ever not been talked to

Ever talk to because when I'm in a conversation Obviously like now, I'm like, I wasn't doing the whole thing Like, what's your favorite color? I was like invested. I'm very invested when I'm in a conversation with somebody I want them to feel comfortable and it was all about for me the first night making them feel comfortable because I felt comfortable. And so, yeah, I talked to the guys longer and it was just, yeah, we just ran out of time.

I also had a really funny story to tell you. That Scott issue. Okay, really funny story time and then we're going to have to wrap it up. I think I should tell her about Marcus. I think so too. You're going to love that. Okay. Okay. So another reason why I got, y'all are going about to love this. This is hilarious. Okay. So another reason why it took me so long was because I had to get touchups a lot because I was on acutane. Your nose. Oh, well, my nose always is red after every kiss or just when I, every, every time, just for everything. So my nose for sure, but I was on acutane. I talked very openly about my acne. Your skin looks unbelievable now. Thank you. Thank you. And it had, it was great. It had, it was. It was.

amazing well of course my first night i start growing a bump on my face and it was really small and they're like it's fine like it'll cover up and i'll say okay this freaking joker grew grew at an astronomical rate throughout the night so we named it marcus okay and marcus why we named it marcus is because when before i knew all the guys we would like talk about like scenarios and marcus was the guy that like you didn't like that went and go away that was like the annoying guy there was Marcus and Mikey and you didn't want to be Marcus or Mikey but these aren't real guys in these aren't real guys these were just like before I knew the guys names or whatever we would like be talking about scenarios and it was like Marcus and Mikey so like Marcus would be the gun

that did this so when my Zit came we named it Marcus okay so this thing it literally see what you can even see it it grew and grew and grew and it was like marcus go away so after i sent scott home or i let him out i went back to the room i mean i went back and i was like you have to part you have to powder mark marcus like he is going out of control right now he's white now he wasn't white why is he white can i pop him no because you'll bleed uh it was terrible so i'm talking about marcus after i left scott and i walked back in the room and i went well Marcus is a piece of shit to all the guys

instead of Scott and I hear my producer and I just start talking and they're all they all had this like really weird look on their face because I didn't even catch it and I had a my producer go

it's Scott and I was like I was like or Scott whatever his name's irrelevant that's awesome so I yelled Marcus I yelled Marcus to all the guys

and for weeks on people would be like yeah he was marcus and i'd be like it doesn't matter so i called scott the name of my zit which actually made sense makes so much sense he's a pussy gross guy but yeah so it was so funny when i got home that thing was ready to go it was incredible but i was so upset i was like of course the the night that was so important to me i haven't had acne in forever like i was like this is my moment that's how it happened I had this huge Marcus dip start forming. I used to have a cyst that would just blow up every time I'd be like, I have to text him.

I'm going to text him. I'm going to see him. And then I'd call it like his name. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, oh, it's the something's it. But yeah, I was really, really flattered when they asked me if there was somebody to inject your sit that day. I was like, I'm so glad that I could hook her up with an injector, even though you didn't see that person, but it's all good. I felt flattered. Ashley helped me get rid of market. you on your big first week. Anyway, okay, I know you have other I heart interviews you have to run too. But Hannah, this has been the most incredible.

You're going to have to come back because we're going to have to have more fun. So much fun. We need more fun. This is so, you're the best. You're so great. You're the best. Thank you for all your stories. And we cannot wait to continue watching your season and see what happens.

I know. And I didn't even grill you about your guys and like talk about what your face looked like. Okay. All right. Bye, Anna. Thank you. Bye. My boyfriend's professor is way too friend.

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