The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Almost Famous OG: The Original Pilot with Jake Pavelka

Episode Date: October 24, 2024

Our Bachelor Nation OGs Bob Guiney and Trista Sutter are hanging out with season 14 Bachelor Jake Pavelka!  We hear all about his journey from flying the friendly skies to becoming an entrepreneur, and of course we get an update on his dating life! Jake shares it all with our OGs and we find out if his new love interests have ever watched him on The Bachelor!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hi. It's Trista and Bob from the Almost Famous OG podcast, and we decided to extend our episode with Jake. We kept him around for a little longer after our Dancing with the Stars chat. And now we're going to get into what Jake. is is doing these days and a little more about about him and not really dancing with the stars focused so thanks for sticking around yeah thanks Jake thank you for having me of course now last time America was checking in with you right this is right after your bachelor season of course and then of course the dancing to the stars time frame you were a pilot yep right and you were

flying was it was south flat southwest why do I think but I thought it was Delta what were you No, no, actually. So I was flying at the time with a regional airline that was wholly owned by Delta. So we flew Delta colors, but it was a subsidiary of Delta. That's what I thought. Okay. So, yeah, you were flying for Delta. I mean, that was your career, right?

You were in your career path already as a pilot. Yeah. And then you just shifted gears. Tell us about it. You know, Bob, honest, I have not. not talked about this with anybody, you know, what I, what I've been doing. And so, you know, as a kid, I've always been, I've always had a entrepreneurial spirit. Love, love business. You know, so I was flying with the airline. And, you know, one day I just, it was, I was thinking

about what Sully Sullenberger, you know, did, you know, Miracle on the Hudson when he landed that air bus in the water and the scrutiny that he was under, you know, I was just thinking about that going, you know what, this doesn't pay enough money, you know, for the amount of risk. Because he could have very easily gone to jail for what he did. I mean, he could answer to Congress. That's scary. Yeah. And I'm just, you know, hey, look, I don't think what you're paying me is worth the amount of risk

that I'm taking, moving people around the country at 500 miles an hour, you know, at 35,000 feet. So see you. I was out. Well. And so, you know, I was looking for something to do. And I always, you know, I bought, ran, sold, bankrupt, you name it, a bunch of small little businesses, you know. But I was looking for something that the average person didn't want to do.

And there are a couple of industries. Like, most people don't want to work on toilets and be a plumber. Right. Right. True. Industry. I can tell you, most people don't want to

want to climb on a roof in the summertime and work on HVAC systems. They just don't want to do it. They would rather work on creating games or building soft or something like that that sounds sexy. The sexy stuff.

The millionaire is to go open up an HVAC company. If you want to be a millionaire, quickly, go open up an HVAC company. I just read an article about that the other day. They said that that's the new thing that people are going into and they're able to scale it really quickly.

They are. I don't know anything about HVAC systems. You have to be licensed. So what I did here in Dallas is I started looking at the waste hauling industry. And it is nothing. It is what it sounds like. I bought a truck in 2017. I crewed it and I started selling waste contracts in what they call open market areas.

So if you're just outside of the city, you know, like your K-Barranted, your phone and everything, you have to contract with the third party because the city's not providing it. And so I started selling subscription trash contracts. And it started working. I quickly realized that the solid waste industry is, that the garbage industry was 15, 20 years behind on technology. So I started looking for technologies that I could inject and bolt on to my business to make it more efficient. And so I raised a bunch of private equity money, several, several million dollars. And we launched here in Dallas in 2017. And we scaled that company for six years. And in January of this year, a publicly traded

company came in and bought us. It was just an incredible journey. That's awesome. So I've been a garbage man for six years. That's amazing, man. You know, it's so funny. Whenever I think of like waste management, and this is such a disservice, I'm sure, to that entire industry, but I think of the Sopranos, right? Like, I'm always like, oh, yeah, yeah, you know, that's, yeah, I bet. Yeah, off on your doors. Yeah, exactly. But, you know, good for you, man.

Good for you to, like, just sort of completely reboot and start your whole life over after, I mean, an incredible first chapter, right? I mean, a lot of people grow up wanting to be a pilot, and that would be, and you did that. And then, you know, television success and all that other good stuff. off. And then you just were like, you know what? I'm going to scrap this and start fresh. I think that's pretty remarkable. I do. The garbage truck and throw trash. Yeah. Amazing. So are you still involved since you sold the company? I helped out for about the first six months. But, you know, we set up a really good company

where, you know, it transitioned into much larger company's platform so organically. My deal was I would, you know, I'd remain available for a year, whatever they needed, you know, solidifying contracts going out and selling for them. And they just said, you know, you're leaving your company in great hands. All of your, you know, we had about 100 employees. They all got jobs. Let me tell you one of the coolest things that I've ever gotten to do in my entire life. When we sold the company, I'd probably tear up talking about this because it was so meaningful to me. When we sold the company, the buyer came in very rapidly, you know, wanting to make a deal.

When they made the offer, I didn't think they were going to close. You know, I thought, this is more zeros than I've ever seen in my life. And we had about 100 employees and we were able to share that profit with everybody from the top. Oh, cool. That's awesome. Very meaningful thank you bonuses on the very last day. And getting to hand people those checks and everything was that was the coolest thing. These are the people that help me.

They're smarter. Yeah. You know, I mean, it was just such an incredible way to say, I can't tell you how much I appreciate. Let me show you. That's awesome. That's so cool. I loved that. You paid it forward, buddy.

That's the dream, right? They're phone calls. You know, they're still working for the buyer or, you know, they've moved on to other companies around the United States that are doing the same thing. And I get text messages all the time. Hey, when are we starting up again? That's so cool. I feel like that would be, I've always thought about, you know, you play that game.

If I win the lottery, what would I do with the money? And gosh, I would love to do that. That was actually a really cool part of Bachelorette for me and the wedding is being able. I know they made it, like, dramatic on the show, but being able to just kind of gift that to, like, fly all my friends and family over to this island for the Bachelor, Bachelorette party, and then over to Palm Springs and, like, take over an entire resort. Like, it's just so much fun to share that with the people that, you know, you've worked hard with and that you love. So, good for you. So true. Thank you.

That is true, Trista. I mean, I think that's one of the nicest things that. I mean, Jake, I love that you said that because I think about my experience. Obviously, it wasn't, you know, I didn't have the wedding and all that like you did, Trista. But I think about all my friends that I brought along for the ride with me and how much fun that was for all of us to share in those moments and to be able to look back on it. Well, and the friendships, you know, that's one thing that I think people don't realize. They hear about, you know, everyone going on the show The Bachelor and the Bachelorette and all that. And they think, oh, these people, you know, it becomes this incestuous community or whatever.

it actually becomes a, you really do make some genuine friendships out of it. I mean, Tristan, I've been friends for over 20 years. It's crazy. Yeah. And Jake, I mean, man, you and I've been buddies for a very long time too, you know, since your season of The Bachelor. So, you know, a lot of those friendships you would never have had without having gone through this experience and to pay it forward to others like you did with your business is

pretty amazing too. I mean, that's just one of those things where it's always about the people you come in contact with, right, and how you can spread that love. Yeah, I couldn't have said that better myself. I'll tell you what I appreciate about both of you is, you know, it's it's probably been three years since I've talked to you, Trist. It's been longer than that with you, Bob. And every time I talk to you, it's just like there's no time is past, you know. I really appreciate, uh, timeless relationships. Yeah, same. Same. Me too. Yeah, you don't need to have a bunch of explanations. It's just let's

hug and let's get back at it. You know, what are we doing this time? Exactly right. exactly right okay um now we're going to get to the good stuff are you dating no i am not dating i'm not dating no there's a good reason for it because you're married not married engaged not yet oh what are you doing her name is her name is amy okay we met on bumble oh my goodness in january and i was i i was actually uh actually flew an airplane from dallas to uh to santa barbara and i turned my bumble on because i was talking to somebody else in dallas and we matched in like the 15 minutes that i turned it on when i was in california and i said i'm not looking for a long-distance relationship you know uh yeah said something

kind of fun like well you couldn't handle it anyway so i was like oh this is probably the girl i mean she's wonderful so wonderful how old is it are what's the age difference are you guys the same age we're six years apart okay yeah very close are you younger are you are you cougar um is she a cougar i'm 46 she's 40 okay okay she a cougar Well, that's you who I am. I'm a cleaner, so I can say it. That's right. You can say you're a cug.

Yeah, I like it. That's awesome. Good for you, buddy. Yeah. Yeah, really good stuff. Did she watch the show? She did not. That, I swear, everyone who meets somebody afterwards, I feel like they didn't watch the show.

I feel like, right? Isn't that more often than I? Yeah, Canyon didn't watch the show either. So, you know, she's watched it, but she was, you know, she was a, this is a little embarrassing. She was in 10th grade. She was, you know, she was in preschool. So why would she have watched a show? No, she was a senior in high school for the record.

So, I mean, she was still in diapers. So, I mean, yeah, she watched it, but she doesn't retain that, you know, God's sake, people. So good. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, 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.

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And he'll go, Daddy used to have lots of girlfriends when he was the bachelor. And he'll say it to like anyone, you know, just like, oh, buddy, you know. So, yeah. That's what I love it. That is awesome. Good for you, buddy. 18 years later, people still come up and they're, you know, they still recognize us from the show. That is.

Oh, completely. Isn't that something? Actually, so this morning, I took Blake'sley to a physical therapy appointment. And the lady who was checking us in, she was like, okay, what's your name? And, you know, told her my name. And then she's like, oh, that seems to be a very well-known name. And she's like, you know, like she's in a medical facility. So she probably is like, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm going to anyway.

And Blake, you know, Blakely's with me, my daughter. And we walk away. And she's like, you know, has anyone ever been mean or not nice when they like say hello or recognize you or whatever? and I'm like, no, I feel like everyone is just so nice and friendly and, you know, they, you know, they say all that stuff online or whatever, but not to my face. In the chat room, the chat room, they're complete jerks, but in person, they're so nice. No, no, no. Most of my people are great and they're so supportive and so loving and so sweet. But, you know, they're all those people. But the people that I meet on in. person. I'm sure it's the same with you guys. Everyone is so kind and friendly and just

just sweet. I love that too, that I've been able to connect with so many people, you know, over the years. Yeah. I think it's what you put out, you know, it's what you, it's what you get, the vibe you've given off just. And thankfully, I think I got edited well enough too that it's always been my experience, you know, as well. Everyone's always been super nice. And I'm sure for you too, Jake. Yeah, 100%. You know, so it happened more, or it does, you know, since selling the company, I went back to work. So I fly for a big legacy airline that kind of looks like the American flag without naming any names. When I'm walking through the airport, I get recognized when I'm in my uniform yeah yeah as they know as pilot jake totally with uh with peter pilot pete yeah oh yeah

great guy you fly with him right now no he flies for my competitor how funny that's funny i mean if long as i don't the airlines don't like us to say the name but i i think i can say he flies for united understood okay yeah he flies 787 for united the gray guy that's awesome that's awesome Hey, Jake, I got a question for you. When you were out, you know, out selling subscriptions for your company, like, would you roll up to a door and they'd be like, why is The Bachelor here selling me a garbage pickup? No, that's a good question. So the way that I was able to leverage this, and Chris, this is the best advice. You and I talked about it the other day, the best advice Chris Harrison gave me.

He said, hey, after the show, things change for quite some time. Yeah. And don't quit your day job. let this enhance what you're already doing. Oh, yeah. When I hear of somebody going on the show and they change their profession to go into entertainment, you know, it's just like, oh. Yeah.

Every time, yeah. Don't do that. Anyway. Although I did a little bit of that. I mean, I was a physical therapist, but it was hard for me because, you know, I asked for a second leave of absence to go shoot Bachelorette. And when my boss didn't give it to me, I moved out to California. and um and then after the show i was like i don't know that i can actually pass that exam again

because it's been you know a couple years or a year or whatever and i would have had to take my um licensure exam again and i don't know if i would have passed it so i was like i love the energy like i had never been around i had been around you know the the the professional sports stuff and you know dancing that way but but the energy of production and just all of the producers the crew the cameramen the audio people like I felt I loved that energy and that's why I kind of changed gears and went towards like hosting and everything but then when I met Ryan I was like okay bye everybody I'm just going to focus on my relationship yeah well yeah to that end I did a ton of hosting I mean I still I still do yeah but but I but I was

fortunate like what you said Trista I didn't have to choose one or the other like I wasn't put in that spot so I was able to kind of keep my day gig and in finance and insurance and things like that because the company supported me you know and I but I also did my best not to make it a conflict you know what I mean like I when I was offered something I go to my my people I was working with and be like, okay, if I take this period of time off to do this, are you cool with that? They'd be like, of course, you know, they didn't want it to get in the way because they knew it would probably be helpful for what I did as well. So, I mean, you know, from that perspective, I mean, but Jake, you went right back to flying, right? I did. Yeah. Because, you know,

a huge passion of mine. Yeah. I'm going to answer your first question. So where I really leverage the power of being on the show is when we started approaching cities or city contracts, and then I would stand in address council, you know, mayor and then and then the entire council, somebody typically would say, hey, I, now I know where I know you. Yeah. Yeah. Aren't you that guy from that thing? Yeah.

That's honestly where it really helped was when I was addressing cities. And then there was kind of that familiarity. They're like, well, we kind of already know you. I'm like, yeah, you do. You should give me your trash contract. Right. good hands. Yeah, there you go.

One thing to your point, you know, the dynamics of the show have changed so dramatically with, you know, all the shift in streaming platforms. Like when you were on the show, I think Mike Fleiss told me you had maybe 32 million watching your shows. 31 million. Yeah. And, you know, I was on a couple of years later and there were even, you know, there were even more options. you know, now I think the show, they're lucky if they get three to five million. Yeah. Right.

Yeah. Tons more engagement online and stuff than we ever had, right? Because we didn't even have Facebook or anything. Yeah, totally. You're right. It's shifted completely. Yeah. Yeah.

The whole viewing model has. It's familiar to, you know, 31 million people, you know, watched your finale and did that journey with you. So being able to train. transition into a host role was probably very comfortable for, you know, America to, to, to accept it's like, hey, we love Trista. We love you, Bob. You know, we want to see more with you. And so it was really easy for platforms to go, okay, this makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Yeah, it was. It was easy. And it was a nice transition too. Like Trista said, it's such a fun energy and such a fun environment to be in that, why wouldn't you? When given the opportunity, I would say, you know, absolutely take it, you know, because it's so much fun. And what a great. learning experience and, I mean, Jake, you did some acting too. I mean, you did a couple soaps. I remember. You did some stuff. Oh, my gosh. That's right. Bolden the beautiful. I played a pilot. Oh, my God. It had to be a stretch. I had to be a stretch for you.

You're like, how do I do the character? I don't know how to do this. It pays more to play a pilot than to be a pilot. Yeah, totally. Yep. Yep, that's probably, I know that's got to be true. That's awesome. Yeah. I wish they would hire Ryan. to be a firefighter on a soap because there you go yeah you can definitely do it man you can definitely do it I can't believe this many years

I've not I've not bumped into you and Ryan you haven't met Ryan ever I haven't met Ryan no such a great guy man I know you would love him Jake you would absolutely love him that's crazy yeah he's good peeps he is salt to Colorado right yeah we just moved to Denver

like last year at the start of the school year from Vail. We lived in Vail for 20 years, but Brian has been working for Denver Fire for I think four years now, and he was commuting for three years, two hours, which is like, you know, a lot. So, yeah, we did that and then, you know, for a variant of other reasons. We made the move, but still love it. Love our Colorado life, that's for sure. You got to. So beautiful. So beautiful. where are you're still in Dallas you're still in Dallas right yeah yeah yeah yep I'm actually in a skyscraper in Dallas right now very nice I know with a blurred out background I couldn't tell yeah is this the bachelor pad and you're going to be maybe moving or um I don't know finding a place with a certain

somebody soon Amy is here in Dallas uh Dallas with me no actually so when I sold my company a great friend of mine who's built a nice little $5 million company called me and said, hey, I want, would you come in and do the same thing you did with Rhino removal your company? Awesome. So we explored, you know, the relationship for a while. And then I came in as his interim chief operating officer and then eventually took the role. And so we're setting this business called the Destination Channel. And they sell travel content to typically airs on CBS, but it's a show called.

called staycation and then another platform that's more business-to-business called Destination. How fun. Yeah, we're just getting the company ready for scale and raising money. That's awesome. Well, if you need any hosts, you know, you've got two right here. We're here for you, bud. We're here for you.

And we're a really knockout one-two punch too, so you throw us in there in tandem we can deliver. I think that is actually a great idea. That's a great idea. So all three of us on there, buddy. Go on to Pluto and type in staycation. I will. I will.

It's something that you think is interesting. Rob, Rob Valletta, the creator, he is all about his host. That's kind of, I work with the sales team and the finance department. Rob is a great guy. But yeah, he's always like, oh, my gosh, we need more hosts. Oh, I love it. Yep, you got our numbers, buddy. You got our numbers.

We'll give you the Bachelor Nation family discount, so just make sure you keep us posting. There you go. There you go. Well, buddy, thank you for joining us. What a great time catching up with you. So excited to hear everything going on. Very much.

I love it. Bachelor to crash man. Not to put things too far in front of you, but I'm much older than you, and I have to tell you, I've got a five-year-old to three-year-old kicking around downstairs. right now so it's it's uh you know you're kind of at the prime of that uh that parenting uh window too

so you know just keep that in mind it would be fun to have kids with amy oh you know what dude can i tell you something so i was uh i was pretty much set that i was going to remain you know i got married and divorced i was like okay i think i'm done and then i met canyon and i was like i want to have a family with this person like that was that was really what drove things for me was It was still fun and it was still, you know, whatever. But it was like, oh, my God, she'd be such an amazing mom. And I feel like I would just be so, you know, I just felt like it would be such a complimentary relationship to be a parent with her and be able to share that with her.

And it was, you know, so far so good. I'll put it that way. So, you know, we feel really blessed to have what we have. Yeah, if we get engaged, I've been thinking about, you know, it's like, golly, do I, do I keep it really, really, really quiet? it? Do I just tell a couple people because it's going to, I think it'll get out there. I don't know why anybody would care anymore, but I have a feeling it would get out there. What do I do? You know, how do I be respectful of her? What are her thoughts on it?

Yeah. I mean, do you think that would get pickup? Buddy, there's no way to keep a lid on it. I mean, at the end of the day, you know, if you tell anybody, if you put it on social media, like, you know, that's what Canyon and I did. When we got engaged, she's very of that, of that mindset. So she, like, posted a picture of a ring and everything the next thing you know it's like you know then then it just unfolds but i think people you know i think you've you know the fact that you feel like it might not is is a great reason why it probably would you know what i mean because you're not trying yeah you just never know i mean i said who knows because i feel like most of the time people don't really

care about what's going on in our life i mean they care but they don't care like they're like whatever they're old news or whatever and then like you know something happens happened recently or this year where people were like, oh, my God, is she dead or did they get a divorce or whatever? So you never know what they're actually going to like pick up on and care about, you know. Yeah. So true. Yeah. So true. But you know what? At the end of the day, as long as you're happy, then that's all that matters. And it irradiate to all the right people. That's right. And I will tell you this, Jake, a side note, Trista knows this to be true. every single bachelor related wedding that I've been invited to still here it's still going strong

Trista I'll let you speak to that yeah yeah he likes to have that claim to fame so but he hasn't been invited to all of them so that's true that is true I have it so that's why it came up in the first place because I was like man if I get snubbed anymore so I'm like you know when I am there When I am there, it's like a goldmine, guys. It's like success unlimited. So, yeah, Trista lately has been, but she'll step in and go, you know, like to Joan, the Golden Bad Stretcher, she'll go, Joan, I think it would be really great if there is a wedding. If Bob's invited, I'm like, thank you, Trista.

Because without Trista, man, I'm not going. So she knows. It's so funny. Well, thank you, Jake, so much. It was great catching up with the pilot turn. Turned crash man, turned pilot, turned something else. Yes. Something else.

I love it. I love evolution. And I just love that you're happy. So good luck with all of the fun that you have in your future. And thanks for joining us. Thank you, buddy. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.

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That was awesome. That is crazy. I mean... Is that something? It's crazy. And it's funny because, God. gosh, years ago, one of Ryan's firefighter buddies did the same thing because they can have side jobs because they, you know, they're flexible schedule or at least when they're not working.

And Ryan was like, I want to go buy a tow truck. Like he wanted to start like a tow truck business. So maybe that's something in the future. And I will say, thinking about colleges for the kids, I was sitting next to one of Max's teammate hockey teammates parents and talking to her about her son he's a senior this year and she's I said so what is he thinking he wants to do and she was like well we don't really push college in our family like whatever he wants to do and or maybe take over the business and her husband has a like plumbing business like he was just saying plumbing I think an age fact and he's in like

seven different states or something. And so it's like, gosh, you don't have to. I mean, please, it's not like we're going to tell our kids don't go to college, but because I do feel like the education and the experience of college is so valuable. But it really kind of opened my eyes to being like, you know what, whatever they want to do, I want to be supportive of. So. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with you. And the trades are big too. I mean, you know, the trades of like being a plumber or being an h-back or being a you know someone who's skilled in those crafts that stuff's never going to go away and so at the end of the day i agree with you i mean there's so much there's so much out there and you know i i mean you know yeah you i got to tell you i met this kid yesterday who came

who was just he was putting up christmas tree lights in my neighborhood and so i was driving by and i was like hey if you want another job i'm right around the corner you know i need some help because i do it all by myself. Yeah. He shows up last night and such a well-mannered and well-spoken young man. Yeah. Help me with my lights. I'm like, what can I pay it? He's like, you know what? You don't have to pay me. It's okay. I really enjoyed getting to meet you. And, you know, but I'm like, hold on a second. I'm like, you got, this is, of course I paid him. But the point was, right, I was just like, you know, I didn't think they made kids like this anymore. And I asked him, I'm like, you know, what year are you? And he's like, Well, I should be technically a freshman in college, but I chose not to go to college.

And he's like, right now I want, he goes, I know I want to be a teacher, but I think I want to teach English internationally. And so he's like, I'm going to go to a junior college here in town. I decided just recently, I'm going to do this. And, you know, in the next year, I'm going to, you know, I'm going to do my degree over the next two years. And then I'm going to, and I'm like, good for you, man. I mean, totally outside of the box of how everyone thinks. And he's getting real world experience. And his real, he has a real job right now.

And, and, but he's been doing the, the Christmas tree light stuff to save extra money for college. And awesome. Yeah. And then he was like, you don't have to pay me. I'm like, no, dude, I will be paying you. Yeah, right, right. I was like, that's not how you get to college, buddy. You got, you know, college is expensive.

So, but yeah, I thought, I think you're right. There's so many different avenues. It's pretty remarkable. Yeah. I love that Jake took that and ran with it. So happy for him. It was really great to talk to him and, um, hear about his exciting plans. Um, it's always fun to talk to our OGs.

He does have one of them. And he's a legit one. What season? Was he? I want to say he was season seven. That's what I'm going to guess. Well, who was after Jesse then? Um, Grant.

Jason Mesnick? No, because I feel like once Jason hit, it was like bam, bam, bam the people after him. Yeah. And so I don't, well, okay, so Allie was on Jake's season. Oh, I can't see it. What does it say? Season 14 of the ABC reality show The Bachelor in 2010. Yes.

And then, oh, I like this little extra because we were talking about this early in the season finale. Pavelka proposed a contestant, Proposed a contestant Vienna Giorari, but they broke up in June of 2010. Man, that's interesting. So it was 2010. God, I thought it was so much earlier than that. Wow. I mean, I feel like I'm so old every time we talk about, you know, oh, geez. Well, he was so think of this this way.

He was 14 years ago, right? You and I were 21 years ago. Your season was in 2002, right? Yeah. And mine was in 2002, 2003. Yeah. And so, yeah, isn't that something? Crazy.

Crazy. But I feel, you know what, though? I feel like we all look pretty damn good. I was going to say it. It's going to say it. I think we all look pretty young. I think you're right. Yeah.

Because I'm not going to lie. I'm Susan, and I talk to, Susan and Kathy when you weren't, you couldn't be here. I think you were working. And they both got mini facelifts. And I'm like, I kind of want a little. A little mini. A little mini.

You don't need it. You look so spectacular. Are you kidding me? Thank you. You never aged, Trista Sutter. Oh, that is not true. But thank you. Appreciate it.

Well, I love you, my friend. Thanks for making the time for the show today. Thanks for everyone for listening and tuning in. We appreciate it. Thanks to Jake Patholka from season 14 of the ABC reality show The Bachelor. So fun. Awesome. Thanks, Bob.

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