Your Favorite Thing with Wells & Brandi - Beanie, out — cowboy hat: in

Episode Date: September 29, 2023

Wells is back from the most mountain-chic wedding you’ve ever seen and is ready to spill all the deets. First, he announces that he’s officially retiring the beanie and embracing the (fake) cowboy hat henceforth. It’s time for a rebrand. While Wells is almost 40, he shows no signs of slowing down as he details his worst hangover ever. But he pulled it together and made it to the big event! The seats at this wedding were facing inward so he got to see Ashley I cry the entire time before dominating the dance floor with Ben. Plus, Paradise is back (and on Thursdays, which is why we’re releasing Fridays), so your hosts share who scares them, who they think is going to get engaged, and if there should be an old people (sorry, we mean Golden) Bachelor in Paradise.  Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Your Favorite Podcast! Plus, keep up with us between episodes on our Instagram page, @yftpodcast and be sure to leave us a voicemail with your fave things at 858-630-1856!  Thanks to our awesome sponsors for supporting this episode! Check out these deals just for you, YFTers:  Jenni Kayne — Find your forever pieces @jennikayne and get 15% off with promo code YFT at jennikayne.com/YFT! #jennikaynepartner  Factor — Head to FACTORMEALS.com/yft50 and use code yft50 to get 50% off  SKIMS — The Cotton collection and more are available now at SKIMS.com. Plus, get free shipping on orders over $75! If you haven't yet, be sure to let them know we sent you! After you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows 

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like I was telling you guys beforehand. And I've just decided that this is my new aesthetic. So am I wearing a cowboy hat right now? Yes, I am. Okay. Am I wearing a corduroy shirt, a brown one? Yes, I am. Have I not shaved in over a week? Yes, I have not. Okay. So this is the new Wells. Take it or leave it. But I'm a cowboy now. All right? I'm a cowboy chic. I just stayed in character the entire time. I never really took the hat off.

Everyone was complimenting me, except for some people who are on the internet who are rude and fuck you. But you don't know style. I do. I'm now a cowboy chic. So that is something that we are all going to have to just get used to. Yeah, and if you don't like it... I just need you to shut the fuck up cause nobody asks you, bitch. I need you to shut the fuck up, bitch.

Anyways, you get the idea. Should we Brandy it up? Is it Brandy time? Cause she wasn't on the show last week. It was Sarah and I doing it, right? Yeah. Alright, let's call the Brandy. Time to call her. Up right now. It's time to

call Brandy. I'm now. It's time to call Brandi. I'm concerned. Why are you concerned? I can't tell if this is because you went to a wedding in Colorado and you think this is Mountain Chic or if you're trying to be Brayden for Halloween. That's funny and topical. No, I've just decided that I'm now a cowboy. And this is what we're doing now. All right? So this is for the wedding, not Brayden.

Yeah, not for Brayden. This is for me. The hat is very, very Brayden. Thank you. What's in the side there? It's a couple playing cards and a match. Cute. So we were at Dean and Kaylin's

wedding right outside of Aspen this week and it was mountain chic. It looked beautiful. It was absolutely gorgeous and I just stayed in character the entire time. Okay? Because I haven't shaved in a while. I was like, listen, this is what's happening

here. I had multiple looks. I had a tan suit look with this cowboy hat, some great cowboy boots and a bolo tie. Okay. And then I'm not, I don't need to stop you for one second. Yeah. This hat is not exactly a cowboy hat. I know, but this is as close as we've got. What kind of hat is it? I think you should invest in a cowboy hat if you want to go mountain chic. I don't know, because this is more of rich

mountain town man. Is it? Yeah, like Aspen. It's giving wannabe mountain chic to me. See, here, I'm going to disagree with you right now, because everyone loved it. Okay. Everyone was, they were like, this is, this is the new aesthetic. And I said, you know what? You're

right. This is it. I'm just going to do this from here on out. I'm now mountain chic. All right. Okay. I'm going to get you a real cowboy hat. Okay. Get me a real cowboy hat. For maybe Christmas. I've never gotten you a Christmas gift. So maybe I'll start this year. Okay. Anyways, the tan suit for the welcome party. Oh, God, did I look great. And then I went black suit, black hat, bolo tie, belt buckle. Wow. I was just really living my best life. And I just want you to know that everyone.

I love that for you. Really, like, I think the beanie and the motorcycle jacket, like that, that might be gone. That aesthetic might be gone for a while. And cowboy chic or just mountain chic, man, might be here. This is huge. This is big news. This is big news. This is like when a girl's like, should I get bangs?

You know? I think maybe bigger because girls change hairstyles all the time. And you have been a motorcycle jacket and beanie wearing boy for quite some time. I have been. But I think it's time to evolve. You know? Yeah. Listen, I'm going to, you know, the BIP premiere is on Thursday.

Oh. And so I'm going to like a party. I don't know. You know, they invite me to these things every year. And so I'm going to like a party. I don't know. You know, they invite me to these things every year. And I might. The problem is that... They do? The problem is that Brayden might be there

and he might be taking my thunder a little bit with it. Mm-hmm. You know? Mm-hmm. So I don't know. Yeah, you're right. We're going to have to think about it. We're going to tell you about the wedding.

Yeah, I want to hear all about it. It truly looked beautiful. It was beautiful. Should we start? Except for, I'm not sure about Dean's haircut choice. Well, it looked a lot better than it did pre-haircut choice. Okay, that's good. So, I don't know.

Also, kind of scary. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, we didn't know if he was going to cut his hair, and then he unveiled it. It was something. He looked good. Kaylin looked absolutely stunning. Yeah, she's gorgeous.

Should we start the show before we just go? Because this is going to probably take a while for Mountain Boy, the mountain man, to tell you everything about what's going on.

Oh, brother. You can go because you weren't here last week. Oh, you're right. I wasn't. I forgot. Yeah.

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Code your favorite thing. Do it. Let me just start from the beginning. Okay. We took the JSX flight from Burbank to Denver. How was that? Great took the JSX flight from Burbank to Denver. How was that? Great. Love JSX. Yeah. Big fan. On our flight was Becca and Haley. Cute. They looked amazing as well. They did. So we had like little traveler buddies. Love that. It was really fun. We get a rental car because we have to drive from Denver to Aspen, which is like a six, it was like a five hour drive. Yeah. But was it beautiful? Holy heck, man.

It was. And we got, some road was closed. So we had to like go kind of like around a different way, but we ended up having to go through at, first of all, there's a little town called Leadville. You heard about Leadville? I have not. It is the cutest little wild west town I've ever seen in my entire life. Cute.

And I want to go there and live there. So we drove through Leadville, and then we went through Aspen. And we didn't know we were going through Aspen at first. We were just like, wow, the houses are really big here. And I've never been to Aspen before. Have you been? I've never been. Dude.

I know. I can't believe it, actually. We were driving through, and we were like, look at all these houses. This place is nice. Where the hell are we? And then finally we see a sign that's like, lock up your trash. The bears are out in Aspen. I go, oh, we're in Aspen now.

That's nice. We've arrived. We drive to where the event is, right? And so it's a yoga retreat outside of Aspen, like 50 minutes outside of Aspen. Oh, wow. We get there. Everyone who is going to the wedding is staying at this yoga retreat in these little log cabins. Cute.

And by log cabins, I mean legitimate log cabins that are heated. Like nice ass log. No, with logs, with bark on them. So like glamping kind of yes I was telling Sarah I was like this is the closest you're ever going to get to camping

so really dig your heels in the log cabin is warmed by a cast iron stove and that you have to chop wood for did you chop the wood? I did, I did it drunk and I was like I'm going to fucking cut my finger off.

This is dangerous. What am I doing? So the next day I was like, I'm going to chop wood in the morning when I'm sober so I don't kill my hand. Was it cold? During the day, 75 people wearing shorts. And then at night it would get down to like 40, you know? I love that. So was I wearing a lot of Pendleton jackets?

Yes, I was. Was I really just- So cliche. In the vein of Mountain Chic? Yes, I was. But here's the other thing about like our little cabins. They were so cool, but they're tiny. No internet access.

The only way that you can get internet access is you have to go to like the lodge and like then log in there. The first night, a fun dinner and this welcome party, you know, we got a bonfire going. We are all sitting around drinking wine, just having the best time. We end up at the end of the night playing fishbowl, you know, where you like write in clues for things and people have to act it out and stuff. Cute. I have video of it. I was so drunk that I was like, I didn't know who was on my team. There's a time in which Ben Higgins is up there like doing one and I go, and I'm guessing the answer and I get it right.

And then I go, is he on my team or what? I don't know. Jared got the video and he goes, Wells doesn't even know whose team he's on right now. That's funny. That was the first night. It was so much fun. We had the best time. And then the next day we all wake up, we go get breakfast. We have field day. That sounds so fun. We had the best time. And then the next day, we all wake up. We go get breakfast.

We have field day. That sounds so fun. So unique. And Dean and Kaylin planned that? Yes. Wow. I guess Kaylin, we used to go to camp as a kid and loved field day. Yeah, field day was so great.

So all of our welcome bags had a hat, a certain hat color, and a bandana color. And so that was the color of our team, which I didn't know what was going on. You never did field day in school? I did, but I'm almost 40, and I'm like waking up drunk being like, I don't know, let's go field day. So we go out, no shit.

I'm almost 40, holy shit. I know. Let's not say that again, okay? Well, that's what's happening. Sarah and I get dressed in our athletic garb. We have a tote bag full of white claws and rosé, and we're like, field day time. I have to be honest with you.

There was a little part of me that was like, this is some ass backwards bullshit. Like, when I go to a wedding, man, I want it to be nice and real bougie. And I'm sitting here going, I fucking fly all the way out here and go, camp? Am I at camp right now? Are we doing underwater basket weaving later?

Is there archery lessons at some point? That's fun! Am I going to make out with the first girl of my life under the beautiful moon in a canoe? What's going to happen here? We go out there. All of our teams split up. And of course, being the athlete that I am,

I immediately, I'm not the team captain. Jackson's our team captain, but I am taking the lead in terms of the calisthenics. We're going to stretch it out. Okay guys. Cause we're not going to pull a hammy here before we got to do mountain chic and for, you know, being people magazine, not at almost 40 for sure. Can't do it. You know? So, um, and we have, there's a signup sheet for all the different things, right? So I signed up for the water balloon toss. Cause I've got good hands, which is true. Okay. I was also like, I'm really fast. I think I'm the fastest guy on the team. I will do dizzy bat and sprint, right? What was Sarah signing up for? Sarah and I had to do the three-legged race. We were terrible at that.

My difference probably, but my knee to my ankle is the length of her entire leg. Okay? Yep. Yep. And everyone was like, you should just carry her. And I was like, I just pulled my back drying off my hair with a towel last week. So if you think that I'm just going to be sprinting with a 95-pound girl strapped to my leg, you're crazy. Okay? So we were terrible at that. Okay?

That's fine. She also did flip cup tic-tac-toe. So anyways, my team did not win. Did we try to cheat at the end during the egg race? Yeah, we did. Okay. But I will say this. During Dizzy Bat, Jess was on my team, Jess Higgins. And she was like, I feel like you guys aren't letting me do things.

I am really athletic. And we're like, you are a collegiate runner. You're doing Dizzy Bat with me. So this is one of my favorite, favorite parts of the time. I was like, I was like, Jess, I'm really fast. Do you want me to go for, do you want me to go last? Or do you want to go last? And she goes, I want to fucking go last. She didn't say it like that, but that's what she said. And I was like, yeah, Jess. So anyways, Jess and I won dizzy bat and it wasn't even close. Wasn't even close. Nice. All to be said, I know I started with like, what the fuck are we doing? Doing field day?

It was my favorite thing that happened at the wedding. Wow. It was such a good idea. It was so much fun. Highly recommend doing this. It's also like a really good way to- Icebreaker. Yeah.

Build camaraderie with a bunch of people you don't know, you know? And so anyways, we did that. That was fantastic. And then we just proceeded to go back over to our cabins and just drink until the welcome party happened, I guess, you know. We had this amazing dinner. Once again, everyone drank too much alcohol. Once again, we found ourselves in the lodge playing games with people, you know, just like real analog, mountain chic partying, okay? Disconnected from the world.

Disconnected from the world. The next day after that, when I tell you I've been hungover in my life, this might have been the worst hangover I've ever had to deal with. I was- And you're at altitude up there. That's the thing.

That's like, Sarah's got like her aura ring and I've got like an Apple watch when I sleep or whatnot. Like my, I usually sleep, my heart rate when I sleep is sub 40, like 39, which is crazy low. In altitude, like the whole night, I was, it's not good. No.

Yeah, not good. That scares me. I took off some years. Oh, no. But was it worth it? Yeah. Yeah, it was. Wow.

Then the big days here, right? And you're hungover as shit for the big day? I'm so hungover that I have to like equalize and I'm like, mimosas. It's mimosa time, okay? Meanwhile, everyone else is like going fishing. Like everyone caught fish and stuff. And I was like, I'm just trying not to die.

So we all get dressed up. We walk over to the ceremony, which was beautiful in this little birch tree forest. Cute. And the one thing that they did that I really liked that was new to me is that the seats were facing inwards. I saw that in a photo and I was so confused. I really liked it.

It made you look at everybody. It was funny, Ashley was right across from us and did she ugly cry the entire time? Yes, of course she did. Of course. You know, she's on brand. I really liked it. So Dean came down the aisle to Eminem's Lose Yourself.

I was one of the first people when he came through. This seems like a low five, about to start like game seven of the NBA finals. So I started the low five and he goes running through. Lose yourself in the moment. Insane. It was so funny. Amazing. Caitlin walks down the aisle. She looked absolutely gorgeous. Their friend Jackson, who I've known now for a couple of years, married them. He did such a good job. So proud of him. It was a very weepy wedding. I always cry at weddings because I'm just like a sap. My brother was crying. Sarah was crying. Ashley, of course, was crying. Like

everyone was crying. And it was just the most beautiful wedding ever. And so then afterwards, you know, we go and sit down sitting with Debbie Ryan and Josh Dunn and my brother and Ben and Jess and Tanya and Robbie. And like, it was just like a really good crew of people. But we went into this like kind of covered dance hall where the band was awesome, by the way. My favorite thing that I've never seen at a wedding that was so cool is they had a tattoo artist. I saw that.

And he was tattooing everybody. That's so sick. And I was like, is this the time? Yes, it is. That I deflower my virgin skin? Did you do it? No, I didn't do it. Oh, Wells.

The line was incredibly long to do it. I'm sure. We thought about doing it at Tish's wedding. Yeah. But that's why we didn't, because we were just like, there's no way that everybody that wants one is going to get one. And then it's kind of a thing. There was one sheet of things that you could get, and that was it. And you couldn't change the sizes and stuff.

But Dean and Kaylin got tattoos, of course. And then like, I think Kaylin like finished one of the legs on like the stick or whatever. Josh and Debbie got one. I know that. Sarah got one. It was bonkers. And it was also like, I was like drunk,

like watching people like get tattoos. I'm like, this is fucking weird that this is, I'm like cheering people on for this, you know? Yeah. If I tell you that Ben and I, I think won the MVP for spirit on that dance floor. Oh, I can only imagine. We, I think we were both a couple of sheets in. Ben has two dance moves and I have about two dance moves.

And when you see video of it replaying over, it's like Ben's thing is he puts his thumbs in, in his belt and kind of does like one of these moves, you know, mine kind of like a slide over and then like slide back. And it's just us doing these moves over and over and over again. Everyone's like, Jesus Christ,

look at these idiots. That's funny. But anyways, look at these idiots. That's funny. But anyways, we had an amazing time. Then we woke up the next morning, obviously very hungover, but we went to the brunch. It was really fun to see everybody and kind of like say goodbye and like also take stock and like what was the juice?

What was the tea that happened? It was so much fun. Then we drove back to Denver and we went to go see one of my childhood buddies, Matt, who lives there. And then we went and got dinner with Josh and Debbie. And then we went back to JSX and Debbie and Josh were on our flight. And so was Haley and Becca.

Yeah. And then I got sent the screener for Bachelor in Paradise. And so I watched that on the flight back thinking, great, Brandi and I can talk about this tomorrow. Nice. Well, that's great. I'm so happy for you. You had a great weekend. Yeah.

I love this new you, this mountain man, Wells. Feel good about it? Yeah. Does this mean we're going to keep the little scruff that we have going? I don't know. To be mountain chic, you have to. I know. I know, I know, I know.

Yeah, so anyways, it was fun. Two bachelor weddings like back to back almost for me. Yeah know. I know. I know. I know. Yes. Anyways, it was fun. Two Bachelor weddings like back to back almost for me. Yeah. It was tough. Is that your last one for the year? No. There's more. There's more. But speaking of Bachelor Nation, sorry for releasing

this episode a couple days later, but we thought, you know, because Bachelor in Paradise was back that we should talk about it and we should be like kind was back that we should talk about it. And we should be kind of the first people to talk about it because I do get screenings beforehand. I'm also there. I'm on the show. You are on the show.

You weren't on there very much, but you know. Well, the first episode I'm never on very much because half of it's all of them coming there. And like their intros and all that kind of stuff. Which it was different this year. Yeah. And I got to say, like, it was a little that kind of stuff which it was different this year yeah and i gotta say like it was a little like mtv it was intro you know i guess let's just go through the episode yeah overall i thought it was a pretty good episode it was very funny it was yeah very funny full of drama is there some people that really scare me this okay so who who scares you

let's run off the bat. Let's just talk about it. Brooklyn's always scared me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She seems a little unhinged, doesn't she? She does. Yeah. And Olivia scares me.

Yes. Yes. I agree with that. Yeah, they scare me. Yeah. I would not want to be on either bad side. No. You know?

And it's so funny, too, because we are hours into filming. Minutes, maybe. And I'm seeing people, like Olivia, being like, hope she likes my sloppy seconds. She's like, jeez Louise, lady. Well, she said,

she said, at one point she said, I don't have to taste her, she has to taste me. And Brayden's like, oh my God. Oh my God. Even for Brayden,

it was a lot. Like, Brayden's savage and he was shook, you know? Oh my God. Oh, it was good. So much of that, I was like, I did not know this was how this was going this year. Okay. I know.

And Kylie is so sweet. I know. And she just is so not like vindictive in that way. And it's just funny that she's on the opposite end of that. But let's just go through the cast really quickly of everybody. You got Aaron B who's coming back. Who's intro, not Aaron B playing an electric keyboard, not plugged in on the beach. I know, I know, I know.

Like wiping off the sand. Yeah. I like Aaron B, but also why am I not surprised he's got cat? Yeah. Then you have the other Aaron, Aaron S. Yep. Who we don't really see a whole lot of him on the first episode. We didn't.

But don't worry. He's got some things coming up soon. All right. Everyone's favorite, because he's been there on more episodes than myself, is Blake Moynes. I cannot believe it. Everyone's into him, though. I was going to say, Blake had a glow up. Yeah.

I think he had a major glow up. Like, I think he's the most fit he's ever been. Does look good. On the show. I love his buzz cut and his intro package with the animals. Like, they're really selling him this year. I like that. Brayden comes down with new energy, a new hat.

Is it new? Well, I don't know. I mean, like, he was so, he was controversial on charity season. Uh-huh. I just, I like Brayden's energy like i mean he's great tv i'll give him that he's um i'll tell you what i don't like okay tell me what you don't like i took a note because it was so awful okay he said quote i'm always looking for that next best option yeah yeah i heard that brayden is what is wrong with dating in 2023. That's a very bro-y thing to say out loud.

Don't ever say that again. I know, I know, I know. And then you got Brooklyn. You can kind of see the seeds of Brooklyn's inaction in Paradise to do the thing that you need them to do, which is actually want to date people. Because she's like, one, I want to talk shit about cat, which she's very good at.

Very good. And then two, she's like, I want to sit back and watch this. And you're like, don't do that. Don't you don't, you can't sit back.

I don't think she's going to stick around too long. I hope she does. Cause she is like really good at interview. And she is like, she is, you don't get to stick around unless you're actually making a connection. Yeah, I know. And then you have Eliza who's back, who I think love her. It's like a Disney princess. Like not, she's like not real. I really like her and Aaron together. They look great together. I

like Aaron. I love her. I think that's cute. I think it's so funny. She was like, I'm so nervous. And you're like, you've done this show before. What are you talking about? But I think she's probably nervous because she totally like fucked it up last year. Yeah, she did. And everyone loved Rodney. That was the problem. I know. Greer, you don't see a whole lot of her in the first episode. No. You have Glitter Jess.

Love Jess. I do like Sean, aka Ken Doll, is like, I love Taylor Swift! And she's like, do you? I don't know guys who like Taylor Swift. And it's like, do you? I don't know guys who would like Taylor Swift. And it's like not an actual Taylor Swift fan. It's like, oh, that's funny, man. Well, the better one was when he was like,

yeah, I look like Ken. Doesn't, and then it flashed up. Yeah, does not look like Ken. Does not look like Ken. You got Kat Izzo, who is scared of life, I think. Everything. She is just so jumpy. You have Kylie, I think. Everything. She is just so jumpy.

You have Kylie who... Love her. I love the whole of like, he liked every picture and then he sent a fire emoji. It was like... It's so good. Jesse is sitting here like, holy shit.

Yeah. Thank God I am not in my 20s. You got Mercedes, farm girl from Iowa, who is drop deaddead gorgeous. Pilot Pete, I like him a lot. I feel like we didn't get a whole lot of him, but you will. More of him.

Pilot Rachel, who... What? I wish Jessie had sat with her a little bit longer. So she comes in, right? And he's like, guess what? You're the first person here all the blood drains from her face and i wish jesse had been why the face i know yeah her reaction was not what i don't think anybody expected why don't you want to be the i don't know if any

position's better than another i don't either but maybe she like played up in her head how it would go when she walked down and maybe she had like prepped for there to, you know, like in her mind, there were people there when she pictured it. And so maybe it was like a, well shit, I like was all prepared to walk down here and like have all these interactions and it's just me. And then she walks out into the ocean, the ocean almost takes her out. Okay. Then you also have Sam who's, you kind of see that she's the one that's got the poop problem. Right, right. Going forward. You have Will, who gets into a whole thing.

We'll talk about the sucking on toes thing later. And then him falling in the fucking water was like one of the best things. How did that happen exactly? Did he trip? It doesn't look like he trips. It looks like he takes a step and then it all of a sudden just gets deep. I would say it's a pretty messed up situation by the art department to put the table so close to where it falls down. They wanted that to happen.

I don't think so. I think they didn't think that he would walk that way. I think they thought he would walk around the other way. But somebody should have been like, hey, don't walk around the back of the table. Totally. They do shows in there every night at the Vedanta. And so I think they needed enough room for the fire dancers to be able to do their thing later in the thing. So they're like, all right, let's just pin them over on the side so there's enough room for the fire dancers.

This is what I think. I'm not sure if this is true. I just can't believe no one said. I mean, like, that's so diabolical to be like, we put it right next there. Someone's going to fall in. It's not shocking to me. I think it's tracks. The reason why I would say that's not something that they would.

That and those mic packs are expensive. Oh. That thing got ruined for sure. True. You know? Kat Carter, who is just a crazy cat lady, I guess. That's like, that's her shtick. And then Olivia and then Jesse and myself. True. You know? Cat Carter, who is just a crazy cat lady, I guess. Yeah.

That's like, that's her schtick. And then Olivia. And then Jesse and myself. Yeah. So that's the opening cast, right? So I made some notes

about like what went down first, right? And we talked about it earlier, but Brooklyn making fun of Cat and doing the like, oh, no, bugs,

too much bugs. And then having her do that. I know. It's funny. Is Chef's Kiss so good? Brooklyn might be better at doing this than Kat is doing it. Yeah.

And then speaking of Kat, but different Kat, Kat Carter, the Kat faces thing was kind of weird, right? Yes. I don't think it hit quite like they expected. Yeah. There was this one part, everyone's kind of talking about like, who do you want? And so like Will and Aaron are talking about how they both like Kylie. Will goes, oh, do you want to share?

It's like, no, no, I do not want to go share. No. No, thank you. I feel like this year more than any other, people came in with like specific people they wanted to date. Like it's always a look, like there's always a few people

that have their eye on somebody. But this time it just seems like everybody is like, I want this person, I want this person. You know what I mean? It's a little, it's gonna, I think it's gonna make the dynamic a little different. Yeah. So Will and Olivia go

and they have this cute little kind of date on the daybed and they start talking about sucking on toes, which is so gross. So nasty. Part of me was like, have you guys watched the show before like we did this bit yeah with marissa and riley yeah like a couple years ago and it was so gross like everyone was like what i know but there were a couple people this year that were that were like yeah it's hot who said that somebody said that i mean listen i get it like people have fetishes. I'm not here to kink shame anybody, okay? I am.

I'll do some weird shit in the bedroom, but I'm making... Like what? I'm making sure that, like, my feet are clean, you know? Because that beach is fucking nasty. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Like, I'm not sure the dip in the ocean...

That's not solving any of the problems. No. No. I mean, it really was just the Kylie show. Which I think is fine. I like her. I think she deserves that because she kind of got the shit end of the stick on her season. Yeah.

Something else, how obvious Rachel was about checking out certain people. Oh, yeah. Like her side eye and her like looking at these guys up and down is everything to me. Yeah. She has zero chill. I feel like. Zero chill. Right?

Yes. But I kind of, I'm kind of here for it. I'm kind of here for it too. Like I, I like the honesty, but yeah, like her looking at Blake being like,

Jesus Christ, look at this guy. You know? So good. So good. Everyone seems to be into Kylie. Like that's very much like the storyline is like, like Brayden really wanted to go,

like he came there for Kylie. And we have that scene with him. Do you think it's because, I mean, listen, I've always liked Kylie from her season. She was one of my favorites. But do you think all these men coming down for her is because of all these hot photos she's been posting on Instagram?

Because I do. And they show that. I'm like, she does have some thirst traps going. I might be down there for her is because of all these hot photos she's been posting on Instagram because I do. They show that. I'm like, she does have some thirst traps. I might be down there for her too. Yeah. I mean, I totally get it. She like prepped for that. She was like, yeah, I've been proposed some thirst traps. And I'm, and I'm like keeping tabs on who's liking shit and who's not. She totally is. Yeah. It's good. He also has zero chill too. He's like, I'd like to go on a date. We're like, Brayden, we know you've been talking about wanting to go on a date with her this entire day. Like, chill out. But then, yeah, he comes

over and they cut a lot of it, but it was a little bit of like, I think I want to go home. Like, the girl that I wanted and I was like, what? We are... You guys just met me. Like, we're still in the first couple hours of this show. Also, did you learn nothing from wanting to go home early on the last show you were on? No kidding.

That's when I was like, why don't you go talk to Kat? She's so beautiful. I'm like, no one's talking. Like this doesn't make any sense. They had a really cute kiki on one of those day beds. And then it went to shit when bugs came out. Right. Yeah.

I guess the other storyline is Sean likes Jess. Jess doesn't like Sean, it looks like. Jess likes Blake. We'll see how that plays out. I could see Rachel with Blake. I feel like they'd be a good match. Well, because Blake only dates bachelorettes, dude. Oh, God.

I forgot about that. I mean, I do think they'd be cute together. I think so. Her kiss with Blondie, what's his name? Sean. Sean. Yeah. Her kiss with Sean was the most cringe.

It was like one of the cringiest kisses I think I've ever seen on the show. One of the parts that like really made me laugh was when Will's going for the date. He's coming down Jungle Path and he's coming down to the bar to meet Kylie to go on the date. And if you watch it, he goes, where is she? Where is she? And I'm like, what creepy fucking thing is that? I didn't notice that. Where is she?

I'm coming. I'm Rumpelstiltskin. I was like, what am I doing, dude? Yeah, that's correct. And when he fell into the water, he was so embarrassed. I know. I felt so bad because I like Will. I do too.

And like you can see how like just crestfallen he is and so embarrassed. He's just like, oh, no. It's so sad. I know. And she plays it off really good. She was like, that's fine. You got a tie-dye shirt on now. She's so sweet.

Yeah. That's why like I hope Olivia doesn't do anything super shitty to her. I don't know. Olivia, just a couple hours in, is very unhinged. It scares me. Yeah. And I think that that's probably how a lot of people are feeling. It's two things.

It's really entertaining. It is. Like, her conversations with people about it. Great television. But there is a part of me that everyone must be like don't wrong this one or she will ruin me well and the producers are just so savage for bringing aven down immediately well you know he was a big i i am upset i love a spite romance. And she wants to be with him purely out of spite.

It's so sad for everyone involved. I know. And I had that conversation with Olivia. So I'm like, hold on. So he didn't like pull you to talk to you about it? She's like, no. Oh, man. I don't think he really got to know you very well.

Because if he did he would he would have known he needed to come talk to you because if not she's gonna kill you like he's gonna kill will did i maybe stoke the fire a little bit being like that's messed up maybe definitely it was kind of messed up yeah you know you're talking about sucking on toes i know or aven's gonna get caught in these crosshairs. Yeah. Is it just me or is it super awkward that Rachel's here and Avon's coming? I just.

Yeah. Obviously. And you see that Katie comes. Oh, and that's just so mean of them to do. Why is it mean if they want to come? He's down here trying to have a fourth chance. Like, can't the guy cut a little slack? Why can't Katie get a chance? Katie's also

scary. Yeah. Katie scares me. Which, by the way, I'm amazed that they allowed her to come because she's on Fuckboy Island. Yeah, she is. That would have never flown back in the day, I'll tell you that much. I don't know. I don't know what they're allowing out there, but

some lawyers had to be involved in all of that. But anyways, all in all, good first episode. I thought it was great. Yeah. I wonder if it being after Golden Bachelor, if that'll be a good thing or a bad thing for the show. I have no idea. Because my thought is, is that like,

obviously Paradise has become such a popular show in the franchise is that I think that they're hoping that having that show be the lead in will do really good things for Golden Bachelor. My only thing is, is that if Golden Bachelor isn't good, is that going to kill ratings for Bachelor in Paradise? Because people are like, fuck, I can't do it. I can't do another two hours of this, you know? Yeah. I don't know. Interesting. It's funny because I don't get a screener for Golden Bachelor,

even though it has now aired. I've heard it's really good, so I'm excited to be a part of that one. Yeah, I do. To watch it, you know? I know what you mean. Like, yeah, not know what's already happening. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh-huh.

I'm excited for Paradise this year. I think it looks like I remember thinking it was a slow start and then watching the first episode, I'm like, oh, no, it wasn't. It was totally good. Mm-hmm. I do remember thinking, this is the Kylie show. Yeah. And we're all just background dancers. But that's okay.

Yeah. Yeah. But I think I host a date in the next episode. I'm not sure. I know I host a date early on in the season. Yeah. But I think I host a date in the next episode. I'm not sure. I know I host a date early on in the season. Okay. Of the people there, who is going to end up together? Do you think that Kylie will end up engaged?

Because you can tell she's going to have to go through some stuff. I feel like she could. I feel like maybe. I think she's going to stick around for a large part of the season. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like there's a world where she starts doing this, liking somebody, dumping them for somebody else thing. But I think because she was so set on Avon that if something does spark between her and Avon, I could see it kind of going the distance. Yeah. So I don't know. I definitely think Kylie's going to stick around. I think Brayden's going to stick around and have

many a fling. Okay. I think I could see Eliza getting serious with somebody. Yeah, she has in the past. Because she had had it in the past and screwed it up, I could see her like really being ready to be serious this time and like go with her gut and like trust herself more, you know? What about Blake? I would love to say that I think he's going to get engaged, but I just don't know. I think bringing Katie in is going to fuck things up for him.

Yeah, maybe so. What about Rachel? I can't see Rachel getting engaged. I just don't know. I think bringing Katie in is going to fuck things up for him. Yeah, maybe so. What about Rachel? I can't see Rachel getting engaged. What about Olivia? That's the crazy girl? Yeah. The one that scares me?

Yeah. I don't think she's going to get engaged. Okay. I do think she could stick around. Yeah. She's very, very pretty. Beautiful. Yeah.

Very pretty girl. I was saying when we were doing this one, I was like, this might be, and no offense to like past seasons, but I was like, this might be- You say this every year. This one, I think this is the prettiest, the women we've ever had. I feel like you say this every year. Do I? You said it last year. I'm getting older.

I'm like, they're all hot. It's that, I also think as time goes on, and maybe it's because it's so trend, it is trending right now to wear less makeup, but I think there's more and more girls that come down to the beach and don't feel the need to cake on the makeup like they have in the past. Like a lot of these girls look very natural. Like they're not wearing much makeup and they look beautiful. And I think girls look better when they wear less makeup. So I think that could be it too. It's like natural beauty is really shining through in the past couple seasons. Yeah, I agree.

Well, I'm excited for um the next episode same anything else on bachelor i think that's it that's it right yeah i don't know if i started talking about this but i'm almost done with it now i was started listening to a book called extracted that is just so freaking good. Anyways, I think I, it starts with like these three people from history. So like one person's from like, oh, he's like a World War II badass. And then another guy is like a guy that saves a bunch of people at this like London bombing in like 2015. And another woman is like secret service for the prime minister of England. And like, there's this huge attack on Downing street. And it's these three people who are kind of badasses who get extracted from this, this thing. It turns out to be like a time machine that like comes and gets them to come save the world effectively. And it is so fucking awesome. The stories of their characters, like before they get extracted, is super cool. The story of them when they all get together to like figure out how to save the world is super cool.

You love time travel stuff and sci-fi. I think you would love, love this book. And anyways, I've already listened to like three-fourths of it. Love this book. And anyways, I've already listened to like three-fourths of it. And then Sarah and I had obviously a very long road trip in Denver to Aspen. So she started listening to it. She was like, this fucking book rocks ass.

So now she's on board. We found out that it's part of a trilogy. So there's more of them. Who's the author? R.R. Hayward. It has to become a movie. Yeah. Highly recommend.

Go check it out. Nice. Love that. Anything else? Only recommend. Go check it out. Nice. Love that. Anything else? Only new thing that has come out, but I haven't started. There is a new season of Love is Blind. Have you started that at all? No.

The new season's out. I think it's Houston. Okay. Used to be Atlanta, right? They do a different city every year. Okay. So Atlanta and then Seattle. And this one's Houston. I think they just filmed the next season in Nashville.

Oh, wow. You should have done it. Absolutely not. Well, I mean, you don't have to get engaged. Go sit in a pod. No. Go pod it up.

I don't want to sit in a pod. I got a farm to take care of. That's true. That'll be interesting. And then I did just see where they're casting Love is Blind Denver. So it looks like those two cities

are on deck. I will say this. Gotta say, I love Denver and the mountains. I those two cities are on deck. I will say this. Gotta say, I love Denver and the mountains. I do too. I miss it. Yeah, I don't know. Why'd you leave? That place is so amazing. There's no mosquitoes? What's going on there? Yeah.

Isn't that great? How are there no mosquitoes? Alright, is there anything else? You want to wrap it? It's all for me. Yeah? Yeah. Should I play a song? Oh, I love the new 070 Shake song. You got to play that. Okay.

What do you got coming up? What do I have coming up? Honestly, not a whole lot. No? I'm chilling right now. That's nice. I do have a Vegas show next month and a Halloween gig in New York City. So those are kind of coming up.

Halloween will be really fun. I'm playing it somewhere nowhere. It's where I have my residency. So if you're in New York City on Halloween weekend, come on out. We're doing a themed party. It's called the Villains Ball. Okay. So we're doing

villains and that's exciting. But really until towards the end of October, I'm home. I'm chilling. I'm trying to clean the house because it's an absolute disaster. You know, they say like spring cleaning, but I always also need to do fall cleaning. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I can't get away with just one a year. Or just cleaning. Just cleaning. You know what we might do? We might become a no-shoes house. Oh, I am a no-shoes house. Are you? Yeah. I've always made fun of those people, but now I'm like, we should probably do that.

We're disgusting. Yeah. And also seriously. Here in the woods, out in the woods and down at the barn, we don't need to be tracking that in. I know. I think we're going to start that. I got to get a bench to put right by the front doors to be like, this is where we're doing it. Because people need to see that there's that thing, you know?

Totally. I don't really know if I have much of anything going on other than, I think I just have to do press for the next, like, three weeks of the show. But we're really hoping that this, you know, the WGA strike is over. We're hoping that SAG's going to be coming back. And, you know, your boy needs another job. Yeah, he do. Or let's do old people Bachelor in Paradise. That could go one

of two ways. It might be a complete fucking dumpster fire. That might be amazing. Could be. Yeah. Alright, I have tears. Yeah, so while VIP's airing, we're just going to have the show come out on Fridays. So, sorry about that, but

that's just what we're going to do because we feel like that's what we should do. Yeah, cool Yeah, I guess should we even say if you have strong feelings against it to let us know? Yeah, give us the fuck you very much I looked at a couple of them today. Yeah, if you really don't like this then that's fine I don't know. I guess some people like me like look forward to it on Wednesday, but I know I mean The reason why was on Wednesday is because bachelor in paradise should be Monday and Tuesday's I know anyways I mean, the reason why it was on Wednesday is because Bachelor in Paradise should be Monday and Tuesdays. I know. Let us know, y'all.

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