The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Why These Men Make The Best Husbands

Episode Date: April 16, 2026

Former bull rider, tequila brand owner, and able to grow a mustache! If this sounds like your type, then meet Brett from season 4 of “Farmer Wants A Wife”! He’s ready to settle down, and that’s no bulls***Plus, what’s going on with Farmer Matt from season 3?? He’s telling US what happened after cameras stopped rolling.Email us at: [e-mail] or call us at 844-4-I Do Pod (844-443-6763)Follow I Do, Part 2 on Instagram and TikTokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A tragedy that's now forgotten. End of mystery. That may or may not have been political. That may have been about sex. Listen to Roershack. Murder at City Hall on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's I do Part 2, and it's your celebrity mentors, Brian Austin Green, and Kathy Swartz. And we are in beautiful Solvang, California, on a fabulous farm with some of our farmers from Farmer Wants-A-W-W-I. This is an incredible farm. It's an incredible farm. And sitting between us right now is Farmer Matt from season three.

And we are going to kick it off. Wait, can we just wish him a happy birthday first? We can. Right? Thank you. Tomorrow. It'll be 21. 21 years old.

Just kidding. He's going to be 30. which is amazing because I turned 34 the next week after that. So we're just all celebrating birthdays here. How about you? How about you? 28. 28.

I'll be 29 and you guys. I've always the oldest one in the room. Always happens. Maybe I could give you guys some advice. Okay. So on with that in mind, something really interesting to note here is that Farmer wants a wife is the biggest dating show in the world. It has aired in 32 countries and resulted in 226 marriages.

and after I finish, it's going to be 227, and 565 babies with four more on the way. Again, I'll pass on that. None of those are mine. They must be doing something right. So, let's go. What do you say? Those numbers are incredible and they're bananas, and I don't, there's a part of me that doesn't really believe them.

I feel like maybe they're, they've added those numbers to make it seem. I used to think that too. Right? Well, we'll get your roster. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I would like, I would like name by name, experience by experience. So you were on last season. Season three. And first of all, like, did, okay, did you really come on the show looking for a wife?

Yeah, absolutely. Well, there's, you know, being 32, I'm getting in my 30s. Yeah. I would like to be with somebody. Sure. Yeah. And I, you know, at the time they approached me. Yeah, but to choose like, yeah, I want to be with someone. so I think I'm going to go on a reality show and meet someone. I mean, I did the same thing. Why are you giving them a hard time?

I'm just asking. It just seems like because you're young and that just seems like a, like an interesting step to take. It was. Yeah, I'm glad I did it. It wasn't something I sought out. They approached me in a time.

So you didn't consider other dating shows? No, I never thought I would do something like that in my life. You know, I don't really watch a lot of reality TV, but I would, you know, seeing clips and all that. Not for me. So what did your family? What did your family say? They were so excited.

My parents actually were fans of the show before I haven't ever even heard of it. So when I got reached out to, my whole family was very excited and kind of forced me to it. And how was that experience? You met someone on the show, right? Did. Yeah. It was wild. I mean, one of the things I tell people about this show is probably different than any others.

There's a lot of things, but they film in your home. So we're here on Sean's Ranch today. I mean, the girls were living here, which is wild. Normally you fly off to some tropical location, which thought it would be nice too. Yes. But it's weird to have like a huge film crew and all these women and everything in your own territory in your home. That's not common. And this is a very interesting representation of a farm.

Like this is not, this is I could live. Yeah, it's, I could live here. And I'm not a farmer at all. I'm not either. I grew up in New England and this does not represent any kind of farm I grew up in. Well, this is gorgeous. But it's fabulous. But I want to know, I want to get back to your family.

So what kind of family did you grow up in? Like, when it came to your parents' relationship, what was your example of marriage? What were you looking for? It couldn't have been any better. And I think in some ways, when I was younger, I didn't realize how good I had it. My parents have been married about 46 years. My grandparents were married 50-something years. No pressure.

Yeah, I know, right? I have three siblings. They're all married with kids. And so, you know, in our family, there isn't any divorce or any of that. And so I had such good examples. But these days, things are a little different out there. And so, you know, it's something other analogy. Again, then, let's circle back to.

And then you took the risk of coming and doing it here. You were like, yeah, it's my, like the representation of relationships in my life has been pretty strong. Yeah. I'm going to come on a reality show. I feel like this is going to be where I find my partner for life. I like to do things a little different. Do you believe in love at first sight? No, I don't think so.

I think you can see someone. And my day's been ruined. Pretty interested. I mean, it might change my mind. But, yeah, it's a wild thing to do. But I will say I did my research on the show and my parents had seen it. And this show is different than any other dating show. I think a lot of the, you know, in my opinion, 85% of the cast, whether it was girls on my farm or the other guys were all actually there for genuine reasons.

I didn't really expect to be a lot more of people there for the clout and all that. You would assume that everybody's showing up. It's that part of like, I want to be on a show. And I think a lot of the shows, a lot of the shows that we see are like that. Right. And so this one's not that way. I think it's pretty genuine and it is pretty real.

And a lot of the cast, you know, I would say majority are faith-based people who are really there to meet somebody. I mean, I was pretty shocked. I'd say almost all the girls that I had selected were very genuine. So what was your, what was the trait? Obviously, you're looking for a woman who, you know, wants to move here and be your wife and give you 26 children. but what was the trait.

30 children. Let's just get the numbers. I was just accounting for maybe, you know, slow start. Okay. What's the trait, the underlying trait? Obviously, you want pretty and you want attract me, you want smart, you want somebody's going to be a great mom and all that. Now give me something else.

What's that hidden trait, that hidden gem that you're looking for? I think in today's dating climate, it's pretty rough out there. There's people's morals are just not what they used to be and people are there for a lot of other reasons. I think it just comes down to loyalty is a big part of it, but just really how someone operates out other than being with me. It's not just about us. It's like, how are you as a person in general?

Who they are morally. Yeah. What do you do when no one's looking? How's your... For sure. That's someone's always looking. Usually, yeah, find out the hard way. Well, especially when you're on a show like this.

Yeah, yeah. I can't get everything much. Yeah. Wow. What's your biggest turnoff in dating? I'm writing a book here. I need to know that. Yeah. Well, I don't know. A lot of things. I think it's how you treat other people because I've dated girls in the past that maybe to me they're great and it's all fun. But then you kind of see how they're talking about their friends or how they interact with family or a waiter or whatever it is. So you got to keep an eye out for that. Is that your biggest dick? I would say that's up there. Yeah. Someone mistreating someone else. It's not how I operate. So wow. Hmm. Well, now we have to get down to the, so I'm, I'm single in dating. This guy is a kid. I am not. Brian's not, but I'm working on him.

She's, she's been trying to get drinks in me all morning and I'm like, no. So are you open to dating divorced women? Are you open to dating older women? Tell me your, you are just jumping on. I'm relentless. I'm relentless. Are you talking about somebody specific? And you're on the couch, which is really, yeah. And I could sit closer to you. I'm welcome. Let's make sure we get this right now. Yeah, I have dated someone in the past has divorced that had children already, so I would be open to it. You know, it just depends on the situation. You forgot the second part of the question. What is it?

Older women. Oh, my favorite. You don't have to answer that. You don't have to answer that. I didn't say me specifically. I'm just going to take the heat off of you right now. I want you to feel comfortable sitting on this couch. Okay.

Can we, so this was brought to our attention. earlier. Can we talk a little bit about Chelsea? Is that okay? Sure. What do you want to know? Sure. I was so that, so Chelsea is who you ended up with. Yeah. Right. Um, and I heard recently that, uh, that you guys, that you no longer follow her. You don't follow her on Instagram and she doesn't follow you and there's no limit to the number of people you can follow. So spill. What happened? Yes. You know, in a nutshell, um, we did date for a while. after the show, and I think we liked each other. It was just, it didn't pan out, and not for any particular reason. So we're not even friends? I wouldn't use that word. She's a, she's a great

person. I have nothing, not a single bad thing to say about her. Where is she from? She is from Texas. I thought so. Yeah. Small town. What do you mean you thought so? Because I get around. Oh, okay. Where is she from Texas? She lives in Dallas. You're not going to believe this. I know her. Really? No. It's like, all right. You tell me. Exactly. She said you're not going to believe. You just wanted to see you squirman. It worked. Yeah.

Wow. So are you into square dancing or line dancing? No. I had to learn it when I moved to Texas. Nah, I don't fool around with that stuff. You don't dance? They try to get me to do that on the show, actually, one of the episodes, and I refused. You cannot do kidding.

I'm more of a free dancer, you know? After like 10 drinks, maybe I'll get out there and I just kind of do my own thing. Like in a year in and everybody's cheering. So basically you're kind of moving until you kill over. Yeah. Okay. That works. All right.

Not a big choreograph dancer. All right. So I'm asking for a friend. if a woman is a bad kisser, is that a turnoff or something you can work with? Oh, boy. You know, it's a lot more about a lot of other things. Get out of here. Come on now.

No, kissing is a big. Kissing's a big one. Yeah, I think there's chemistry with somebody, you know. There's nothing that takes you out of a situation quicker. Yeah. Wait, I'm learning here. Keep talking about. Than bad kissing.

Yeah. A bad kisser, you're out? Yeah, of course, because it pulls you completely, for me. it pulls you completely out of the moment. There have been times where I've thought, ooh, this is really, this could be something. And then the kiss was bad and it's like breaks. What if she was great and bad?

Doesn't matter? Well, you don't want to change. How a show is this? This is I heart, man. This is how we do it here. I told you. It's I heard. I am on the dating scene.

I'm using you guys to get all the information I can. Well, okay, yeah. I'm just a small, humble farmer. Oh, Jesus Christ. I don't kiss and tell. Oh, come on now. And he doesn't kiss and tell. Come on. He doesn't dance. I mean, who the hell wants to date you?

Well, I didn't say I didn't dance. You grow avocados. Come on. There's got to be more than that. Yeah. Are you dating now? I have some good qualities. I've dated around a little bit. Okay. Are you like an English major? It's a yes or no. Are you dating now? I have been dating. I have been. I, like, let's use the subjunctive. I would date if.

Yeah. You know, there are, This whole year has been a whirlwind, as you can imagine, afterwards. Oh, Jesus, yeah. And so I'm just trying to make sure I'm in a good position to be with somebody else because there's a lot. Like one thing you don't realize maybe is there's a lot of stuff that comes along with being on a dating show. Yeah. For some reason.

The pressure all of a sudden, I'm sure when you go out, people go, aren't you? Well, that. And then, you know, someone got to see you, you know, date a bunch of other people and said as their family and all that kind of stuff. So it could happen to anyone? Morally, how was that for you? having so many women and going through that. I tried my best to be.

Dating them all at the same time. Yeah, that was weird. It was harder than I thought because I think I didn't realize how real it was going to be. Yeah. So then a lot of people were really invested emotionally. Were you invested emotionally with more than one woman? Yeah, I think I knew it was going to be Chelsea. From the beginning?

I don't know. From the beginning, there's such a whirlwind. There's so much going on. I think probably halfway through, I realized that that was going to be the case. Wow. And so... How long does the season last? Like, how long are you...

Like the filming? Yeah. The filming was about five weeks, but it felt like six months. Yeah. It's an intense. Like, it was... It's an intense five weeks. I think we had two days off in the five weeks.

And you're filming all day, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. sometimes. And are they picking all of the activities and the things that you do? They let me have a lot of creative freedom with, like, dates and that kind of thing. Uh-huh. So they would kind of, like, set things up around what I wanted to do or things I like to do, which was pretty cool. That's great. Yeah. What was your best date?

What were you doing? I mean. Best date. What were you doing? Good one. What was I doing? Can you get your mind out of the gutter, I cannot.

You're the one that said it. It wasn't me. Like, what were you doing was your question? You weren't specific. You know, throwing a saddle on a horse. Yes. Feeding a baby goat, picking an avocado.

You weren't specific. It was fun. It was really fun. Like the group kind of dates with all the girls because we'd be out like, I shot myself in the foot on that one. You know what I meant. I did.

It was a blast. I mean, we're out there on my phone, and these girls are all picking avocados. I was going to say, on my show, group dates sucked. So just carried on.

Yeah, that was a blast. And I really liked all the girls. Even besides, like, in a dating way, it was fun having them all there. There were neat people. I'm friends with a lot of them still.

So what's the biggest misconception then about farmers from? Just farmers in general? Across, across the board? I mean, I would say farmers that are in this. I would assume that like a peanut farmer is very different from an avocado farmer. There's a really big range. Like me and some of the other guys got a lot of hate afterwards.

I'm like, you're not a real farmer and stuff. You're not growing correctly. Well, people think of a farmer and they think of a small town, Midwest, like hardworking guy out there on a tractor all day. And that is the case of a lot of people. But like for us, we don't operate that way. We can't. We have to have labor crews and different pieces.

It's more like management. stuff like that. Sitting at this place absolutely brings that to light. Like, oh, this is, there's not one guy running all of this. This is like, you have a crew. And he's making coffees. Yeah. There's a big range. It's what he does now. Yeah. He's like, oh, I really love making coffees. You want cream and sugar? Brian's all about the coffee. And you're all about the vodka. So between the two of us. Oh, listen, them's fighting words. You and I are going out of buddy. Let's just settle on an espresso martini. It's a good combo. Matt, now you really do want an older woman because that's one of my

drinks. Oh, boy. Okay, I have a question that people ask me all the time. I was on Golden Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise. Did not find love on either one because what are you looking at? Looking at your ring figures. Oh, news flash, Kathy and Matt walks off into the sunset. Hi, kids, I'm not coming home. I'm picking avocados in California. See, it was coming from reality TV one way or the other. That's why she's Yeah. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes.

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I'm Ego Wode. My next guest, you know from Stepbrothers, Anchorman. Saturday Night Live and the Big Money Players Network, it's Will Ferrell. Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo. My dad gave me the best advice ever. I went and had lunch with them one day, and I was like, and Dad, I think I want to really give this a shot. I don't know what that means, but I just know the groundlings.

I'm working my way up through, and I know it's a place that come look for up and coming talent. He said, if it was based solely on talent, I wouldn't worry about you, which is really sweet. Yeah. He goes, but there's so much luck involved. and he's like, just give it a shot. He goes, but if you ever reach a point where you're banging your head against the wall and it doesn't feel fun anymore, it's okay to quit. If you saw it written down, it would not be an inspiration.

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I get asked this all the time. What did you learn about yourself? Did you change? It's like a multifaceted question. Do you think of yourself differently? All those things. No, I don't think of myself differently at all. It's been a really amazing experience.

I've made a lot of good friends out of it, which is really cool. I think now going through all this stuff and all this, I'm just like, okay, I know what I want. Like, I'm not going to... What do you want? What do you want? Oh, I want to be with my wife now, you know? I want to be with my wife, whoever that may be. But I am really looking at someone's morals at this point, not just, you know, not just looks.

The fud, the heat coming off of this end of the couch is, like, unbelievable. Let me just tell you something. Thank God this is an air-conditioned room. Let me just tell you something. I will get you back. This day is not over there. No, it's not. This is going to be a long day. Yeah. So, okay, so you really are seriously looking. I mean, because I'm a mother of three, and you're a little younger than my youngest child.

So I could adopt you or I could date you. Yeah, one of the two. But I would say, you know, 32, you could. You could shop around for a while. Could. I don't want to, though. Yeah, I think after all this experience, there's a blast, obviously getting attention from girls.

It's the worst thing, but I'm really looking. I would get fooled before a lot when I was a young girl and looks and all this, you know, having fun and all that. But I think you come to realize, like, if you're not with someone who respects you and has the same morals and cares about your family and all that, it's just not going to work. It might be fun for a little bit, but. Oh, I love.

I'm serious. That as a mom, I love hearing that because that's what you want for your children. You want them to realize that there's so much more. I was married almost 46 years before my husband passed away. And marriage isn't easy. And so I love hearing you say that you're. No, I mean, there's going to be a lot of tough stuff you go through no matter what. And so you don't want someone that's going to.

I don't know. Somebody's good looking as you. How tough can it be? Really? Well, starting to sound like my mom. It's not about that, though. I'm joking. I'm joking. I don't know.

But yeah, I just, I'm looking way past all that stuff now. All right. So I have one more question for you and then you're taking it away. Okay. Because I know you have a lot. What advice do you have for the farmers from, you know, from Braden and Sean and Brett? Season four farmers. I'm excited for those guys.

I got to talk to Sean quite a bit. He called me before filming a couple times during and after. And so I try to give him as much information as I could possibly advice. that I had. But I would just say, you know, have fun with this. This is that once in a lifetime experience. Not a lot of people get to do this. Had you ever met any of these guys before this?

No, not at all. So they reached out and they were like, hey, you were on this show. Like, we need just a little inside information. Yeah, you don't have to expect. I mean, it's crazy. And they don't give you a lot of information going into it. I mean, they give you an idea, but you don't know how it's going to be day to day. So mostly just to have fun with it.

It's really easy to get, like, in your head and get, like, you know, locked into this whole thing, you know. I just have fun. And I think the real dating comes after the show. Like, once you choose that girl, everything kind of fades and the cameras are gone. So how did it change for you? Which part? Well, when you say, I agree with you, not that I would know, I've never been chosen, but my time's coming.

Yeah, it'll get there. It'll get there. But seriously, I imagine being in that bubble, how is it so different when you come off the show? Well, it was wild. Like me and the other guys were traveling around the country, journalist press and media stuff. We're going to these big events and there's girls that are chasing you around and asking for photos and all that stuff.

You know, you get kind of caught up in it for a second. They're like, this is pretty fun. But besides all of that, that's just not going to last. You know, it's a fun experience, but it's nothing to do with a real relationship. So I think, in my opinion, the show gets you to the point where you can learn enough about these girls where you can pick someone that you think it's going to work with.

And then from there, the real process starts. It takes time. You start really dating. Five weeks. Because you're not dating here. No. I mean, you're getting to know somebody, but in five weeks, I mean, there's a lot more to learn. It takes time.

You know what? I've just got a brilliant idea. I'm a producer at heart. When these guys, they've chosen, apparently, I mean, the season's going to start airing. Why don't you find out who they didn't choose? You've got, you have 27-zetted. No. No.

Okay. Just thought I'd try to be respectful here. No sloppy seconds for this guy. There's something to that idea, though. I think that's a good, like, I think there's... Well, thank you, Brian. Yeah, I think, like, there's an after the show, show kind of aspect to that. Yeah.

Yeah, there's definitely, that could happen. How was it for you going from being on a farm and having a very sort of simple life to all of a sudden being within this tornado? Because that's what these situations are. I mean, you shoot this for five weeks. and then you go back home and then all of a sudden the season airs

and you're back out doing all of this press and all of this stuff is it just insane? Yeah, it's a roller coaster I mean, you're living your own regular life at home and then one day

like 30 people roll up in bands and all this equipment and all this stuff and all of a sudden you're doing all this crazy stuff and then you're on the Today Show and then you're flying around with all these Fox folks doing these different things and it's like a real high high

and then you come home the next day and then you're sitting there by yourself and what just happens? What just happened? You're doing that kind of back and forth for a while. Yeah, you're on the red carpet one day and you're shoveling shit out of a barn the next. Yeah, you know, it's really funny, a funny story. So me and John from the show, somehow we worked our way on to the red carpet at the ACM Awards.

And we're getting our photos taken. We're next to like all these, you know, Alan Jackson and all these, like, famous guys. And we're, like, pinching ourselves. And then we didn't get the right credentials for some reason. Someone messed up or whatever. And then we leave the red carpet and they wouldn't even let us into like the event. They like to know who we were. Did you not say I am.

Farmer. That is like the highest highs and the lowest lows all the one day. And I'm like, I swear, just on the red carpet with the guys performing. Please let us in. Do you just see the pictures that we were taking? Come on now. It's me. You saw me.

Yeah. I don't wear these boots just anywhere. Yeah. Okay. So now that you are, now that you are becoming an older man at the ripe age of almost 32, God forgive me for saying this. What's the birthday plan? What are you doing?

You know what I'm trying to do this year? Usually go out and throw a big party or all stuff, but I'm trying to... Do you need my address? Yeah. Be there tomorrow. No. I have... I have nine nieces and nephews.

I'm going to try to take them all camping. Seriously. That's cool. That's a cool idea. I thought that would be a cool memory. Women will love that. Seriously, that you take care of your niece. Dude, men will love that.

Like, that is not... He doesn't want men. No. I'm not saying because he wants men. saying like, that's a cool, my son, my, who just turned 12. That's like he wants to go camping. Yeah. That's the brain.

Why just you can get him in on the birthday party? It's a, it's a destination thing. It's very, it's an experience. I, that's cool. Yeah. I mean, I've done all this really cool stuff. Crazy experiences, no one will ever get in my opinion. That's, I'd rather be doing that, you know.

So you really are a family guy. Yeah, for sure. It's the simple things. I love that. Yeah. You're at the right place. You're on a farm. Yeah.

I like it here. I might see if Sean will let me move in. That was amazing having you here. Thank you, Farmer Matt. How does that feel first name being farmer? Now, we talked about this before. Yeah, you know what? I'll never live it down amongst my family and friends.

But you've embraced it. I've embraced it, yeah. I'll take it. I'm just happy to be invited back. I thought I was a husband. We're going to spend a day talking to some other farmers, some other people from the show. We're going to talk with Farmer Brett and Farmer Braden and Farmer Sean.

And we're going to touch notes with them. Don't take it easy on them, you know? Oh, no, no, no. We live to take it easy. Not really. It'll be like putting wrestling and stuff like it. It'll be all sorts of things. Yeah.

I mean, I haven't got to know those guys too well yet, but they seem great and I'm excited for them. We are thrilled that you came to join us. It's a pleasure meeting you. I'm glad you being afraid about me yet. Nope. No.

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Brian and Kathy sitting here with Brett, another farmer. We're so excited to get into it with you here. So, first question for you, what was it about the show that made you want to take the leap of faith compared to other dating shows that are out there?

I would say the main thing about this show is that you have a major wholesome component to it. You know, it's not just about, you know, being promiscuous or, you know, seeing what you can do, how many times you can take your shirt off. This one's more so about, you know, you're bringing people into your hometown. You're trying to find the right person that fits in with who you are as a person and going from there. So, you know, I don't think I would have done any other show other than this one. Really? Wow.

So, Bray, you were a bull rider. Did you ever break any bones? Yeah, mostly concussions. But broke ribs, tore ligaments, my forearm, my wrist, and got my legs stepped on a lot. I'm about six inches too tall to be a bull rider. Can I just tell you, I wrote a mechanical bull once, and that ended my bull riding career. Just saying. It's not the riding.

It's drinking too much. It's drinking too much for your riding. It's the falling off. It sucks. Yeah, for sure. So I'm curious. You mentioned finding the wholesome relationship that this is a wholesome show. So I'm guessing that you come from a wholesome family.

What kind of wholesome family? What kind of household did you grow up in? Tell me a little bit about it and your parents' relationship, because I'm guessing that helped inform what you are looking for. Yeah. I mean, well, one, grow up in a Christian household, and that's a big part of it. And then two, you, I mean, I think for all of us, actually, you kind of model what your parents do as your path to a good relationship,

especially if they have a good relationship. So for me, it was pretty much just seeing how my parents treated each other and how they have been in their marriage my whole life. And you kind of learn from them and use that to go on. Wow. True. That's true. How many times do you feel like you've been like really in love? And I know love changes as you get older. So now at this point in life compared to in your 20s, how is it different?

I mean, how many times have I actually been in it probably once? One where I was like, you know, that's probably going to be it for me. And I was young. But the older you get, like you said, it changes. and you kind of understand more about relationships and how they're supposed to feel and it's not just what I call being love struck when everything's great at the moment

and then it turns out not to be so great. Like you think you're in love, but six months down the road, you know, it changes. And so when I was about my mid-20s, I had a strict three-month rule. So after about three months is when you start seeing true sales come out in relationships.

So I always gave it three months before I decided if that's somebody I actually wanted to date or if it's somebody I didn't. I learned recently that like that not learned recently but like I really understood the concept of it recently. People always talk about the honeymoon phase in a relationship. I honestly think that the honeymoon phase is how long you can fake it. Fake being the person that you think the other person wants to be with. But then after once. while, of course. Like you're going to, you're going to get stressed out. You're going to have a tough day that all of a sudden that mask comes off and then it's you. And then that honeymoon phase is over because now

you guys are seeing who you truly are. And sometimes you don't like who you see. I think it's, I think it's important to start off without that, like to just jump right in and be who you are. Yeah. No, I mean, I do too. And that's a big thing about this show that I went into it with. And I told the girls on the first day, I said, I don't care what you look like with makeup on. I don't care who you are when cameras are rolling. I was like, I want to see who you are when there is nobody around. Because that's what you're going to be. Yeah, because that's what you're going to get.

And so for me, I wanted to make that a point from the very beginning to where be yourself around me because I'm going to, I'm going to see who you are. We're around each other all day, every day. So I'm going to figure it out eventually. so it's better just to do it now. It's kind of like the dating apps that I know a lot about. When you go on a day nap and you go to meet a guy and they're like 20 years older, 50 pounds heavy,

you're like, did you think I wouldn't notice? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you think I wouldn't meet you? Yeah, exactly. And so you know who you are. And like somebody said here earlier, say what you mean, mean what you say, be who you are because that's ultimately what you're going to fall in my once or not.

If you want something that's lasting, man. That's right. I genuinely feel like that's the stuff. You have to be yourself. Okay, so those are really, really important things for relationship. And I admire you that at your age you have figured it out. I'm really impressed. But now I am from Texas and I do like tequila.

Yes, ma'am. So I know that you do own a, how'd you like that transition? I know, that was such a great segue. That was a great segue. Okay. So I do love tequila. Yes, ma'am. And there's nothing better than a tall tequila.

soda and a little bit of lime. But you do own a tequila brand and you did say you were going to send me a bottle, right? I'll send you. It's now been on the podcast, so it will happen. Yeah. You're stuck. You said it publicly.

You said it publicly? Yeah, I'll send you a couple cases. A couple of cases? Wait, wait. They're in the salesor category. It's not a bottle of the keel. It's a Celsius. It's a cellcer category drink. I don't care.

I mean. That's what I'm saying. I'm in. But that's what I'm saying cases. It's like cans. It's less for me to mix. I love it. Okay.

So here's my question. Yes, ma'am. What to go with that fabulous tequila soda, seltzer, what is your favorite, favorite romantic meal to eat while sipping on one of those shelters? And who's cooking it? Yeah. I mean, a seltzer in particular, I don't...

No, I'm just joking. Yeah, no, I know. What's your favorite romantic meal? Favorite romantic meal would probably be... I don't know. I love Italian food when I can get it. And if you have real Italian food. Like what's your favorite?

I mean, anything. Anything Italian is one of my favorites. Well, like there's chicken piccata. There's spaghetti bolognese. Chicken pucadas way up there for me. Oh, look at that. Yeah. Well, too bad you're already taken or maybe already taken or could be taken.

I get it, man. Italian food. I mean, Italian is the best. It's just so simple. Yeah. And it's so good. Even like the crappy Italian food, I can still deal with.

I can give you the redneck answer and say fried catfish. But can I just tell you, Brett, fried catfits is not Italian. No, it's not, but it's southern. It's, okay. So your most romantic meal is Italian. Yeah, I'd say so. I'd say so. While drinking tequila.

While drinking tequila? Yeah. Why not? I mean. I agree. Really? I do. What's your romantic meal?

Oh, if I'm having a romantic meal, it's going to start with. the oysters because they are Aphrodisiacs. So let's start with that. And then who cares what you have? You know, then after that, that, don't matter right. Wait, you can't eat them, Brian? Nope. Can't.

So I'm not big on them either. What do you like? Not after hearing about them just being sponges. I just don't. It's, they're not. You know, like slippery stuff, huh? Well, and it's like, it's like, it's like salty, you know, like it's a weird, like you taste the ocean.

It's like, Brian. I know, I'm not. I see your point. Thank you. Thank you, Brett. I like that. My fiance loves him. I'll watch her eat them all day long.

So true story here, I never had a muscle. My husband loved oysters, muscles, name some other things, clams. I used to look at them the way you're talking like, that is disgusting. It's slippery. God knows where it's been, where it's hung out. Literally, rafter he died. I thought, well, you know, everything else gone to hell. Let's try a muscle.

And I love them. You take the sting out of losing a part of. You really do. You have such a way with words. All right. So Brett, real quick, last question. You're the oldest farmer on the show. Have you ever gotten close to getting married before?

I mean, what is it that makes you feel like you might be ready now? I mean, the closest that I've gotten was when I was 20, 2021 years old. And like I said, that's, you know, that really, really young to be doing something like that. But I don't know, man, I don't settle. And this isn't, this wasn't me going in desperation, trying to find a wife or anything like that. It was more so of, you know what, this is a good opportunity to meet some people that I'm never, that I would have never met. And, you know, if something great comes out of it, then it's a win. If something doesn't, I'm going to go right back to doing what I was doing. Right. No loss. Yeah, there's no way to lose here.

Right. So you, wait, you're saying you're a different. I mean, obviously you are, but you're much more different now and looking for different things now than you were at, let's call it 21. Yeah, because at 21, you're just looking for the hottest thing or, you know, something that's fun at the time and you don't really understand what... We're back to butt, boobs. We're back to that question. I mean, and that's part of it.

But, you know, you don't really understand what you actually want because you change throughout your 20s. Yeah. And like who I was at 21 and who I was at 30 is a completely different person and they're looking for completely different things. So, and I think that's why a lot of people get in trouble nowadays where they feel like they got to settle and jump on the marriage trend early and they end up getting divorced by 27, 28. And it's, I mean, it's just because it's the shiny thing in front of you, right? I jumped on it early too because my father, by the time he was 24, he had me and he had married my mom who already had three. kids.

It was like, I was like, wait, I'm sorry, your father was 24 and he married. He married a woman that had two kids and had me.

Yeah. I mean, and my parents got married by when they were 21, 23. I got married when I was 20. I was like 29. I was like,

I got to get like, what am I doing? Are you from around here? I'm from North Hollywood. Okay. Yeah. And it will so, and I'm,

I'm, I guess it's somewhere similar, but like in the South, like it's, that's, you know, one of the things you do. It's what you do.

You get married. young, have babies and do your life. I got married Brett when I was 20. 10 days after I turned 20, I got married and everybody, and I'm from Massachusetts originally, and everybody thought I was pregnant, you know, shotgun wedding. It wasn't. I didn't have kids for eight and a half years, but I think you're right. Yeah, and see, in the South, that would be a normal, a marriage, a normal marriage, you know. But for me, I'm just always the type not to settle for anything unless I'm 100% sure about it. So, well, that's why I'm on a dating show. That's why I'm on a dating And we are so glad that we've had a chance to chit-chat with you today.

You are an amazing man. We can't wait to see your season. Appreciate it. We wish you all the best in your search for love. Thank you. And we hope Farmer finds his wife. Yeah, we'll see. Congratulations, brother.

Yeah, appreciate it, guys. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Farmer wants a wife returns for season four on Tuesday, April 21st at 8 and 7 Central on Fox. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific colonel. artist. They take matters into their own hands. I vowed, I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that trust your girlfriends. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe, on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

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