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Golden Bachelor: "Golden Tears" · Drama, Darling: A Real Housewives Comedy Podcast

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Hey, everybody, this is a very special episode that you're about to listen
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It's time you've waited and we have shown up. We've shown up. Deanna
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and I are here for the bonus episode of a lifetime Deanna, how you
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feeling, God, I'm feeling good? Me too, Me too? I
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am pumped up. I am pumped up. I mean the Southern Charm recap
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right before this was just the amuse boush to our letting the journey begin on
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the Golden Bachelor. Wow, why television is in its prime primetime bavision is
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like popping off right now. I mean this is like the days of what
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was it Thursday Night? Like musty TV, musty TV lineup? Yes,
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this is what we're at. You know, this is like our seinfeld in
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Friends into Yeah, yeah, I don't remember what everyone was. Those two
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are enough those way wad maybe it was like mad about you? I don't
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yeah, but boy, oh boy, here we are. We're going to
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jump in. It's the Golden Bachelor. As you see if you're watching this
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video, because of course you're you may be watching it. Maybe you're not.
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But to my to your right, how are you? How would you
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see it? To your right you will see the cast list and brought to
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you by one Deanna Chang, who is in so deep went to a viewing
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party for The Bachelor, The Golden Bachelor. Uh, somehow secured this via
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an Etsy situation And here we are an Etsy download. You know they there's
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many, not one, not too but many. Uh. If you want
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to do sort of a Fantasy League situation, as you watch The Golden Bachelor,
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you can people out there have put these little packages together, and I
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said, let me get this cast list to Amy, so we have our
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reference. Oh God, I love you for it. I now for it,
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and thank you for joining us on this journey. We're going to be
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seeing it through to the end. And if we had any doubts, you
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know, they would be in this morning and or as of last night when
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we watched, and certainly those doubts are not in. The votes did not
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come in against this show, and we have not spoken one word about it
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to each other, so we are ready to give each other our reactions.
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And I'm getting joked up because it's a beautiful show and I'm so excited.
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I didn't expect to be if we're to be so emotional at the beginning,
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and I just it took me, just swept me off my feet. I
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was just I fell back with emotion. I didn't expect the Cat Stevens music
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while while telling the story of a widowed man forty three years wasn't that they
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were together eight years two forty three some staggering number, Gary and Tony his
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beautiful wife. God damn it, you know Gary is is an open heart.
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I mean, we joked I was at my friend's Brandon and my husband.
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I went to Brandon and liz Is last night for the viewing party,
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and I printed out the Fantasy League stuff. I didn't. I printed out
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this this little lady chart initially on regular paper, and I said, excuse
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me, and I went and I got my card stock. I got my
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thick paper. Excuse and excuse me. Not good enough, full color,
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full color. So you did two Well, let's just for the record,
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the first print out was also in color. I'm sure absolutely, you know,
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even for the draft. You were like, not good enough, but
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not good enough, said let me go find my card stock by ten cards
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stock, and let's get really serious here. So we were joking in the
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beginning of the show that like he's choosing Tony at the end of all of
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this, like Tony his wife has passed away, Like after all done,
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he's gonna like he'll be out there choosing Tony. He can't do it.
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He's just gonna leave with that framed picture of her of a glamor that was
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one hundred percent of glamour shot. Absolutely, and it was gorgeous. Absolutely.
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He did write by Tony publicly for national television and Tony did. Write
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by Tony because to have you know you, just you, really I'm looking
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for. I wish we could get to know her a little more. Maybe
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we will. I think we will. We will. But I love how
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she cared for herself so much that she took the time to do a portrait
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of herself, because we don't do that. I mean, in this day
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and age, we're taking selfies. We're doing you know, and that's fine.
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I mean, I suppose we can do our own glamour shots. But
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you know, it took a lot back then to like, you know,
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you're a busy mom, your busy wife. You're a busy mom. You
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probably working, and no one's taking your picture. You know. People just
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they don't. They're not taking mom's pictures, you know. So you're making
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a great point, Amy, And so for this business of glamour shots who
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have come around in the late eighties and such, was so smart because it
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was like, ladies, take care of you. Let's see you on this
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phot in this photo, you know what I mean, Like, let's bring
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you to light, let's put the filter on you, let's get you a
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jazzy backdrop. And sure enough, you know, Tony did that, and
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I have so much respect for her because yes, there and of itself.
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You got this gorgeous photo and it's been there, you know, since the
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beginning, and he loves it. He loves it, and and it reminded
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me of planes, trains and automobiles. Do you remember that I don't have
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this. I do remember, but I don't have this particular reference. Well,
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God, that's a heartbreaking movie and I won't get so into it,
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but I can't really watch that movie again because it is so beautifully emotional and
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it's one of the greatest movies I think. But my god, Okay,
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I need to rewatch on that because it's been literally decades. Yes, but
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John Candy, you know, meets Steve Martin in this obviously very you know,
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unpredictable and unfortunate but fortunate way, and they end up traveling together to
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get from one place to the other over the holidays. And when John Candy
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talks about his wife, you assume that she's alive and he's got to get
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back to her. But the reveal is that she is deceased. And that
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is the most emotional part of the whole movie, is that's he has this
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picture of her and he always puts it out into the hotel room everywhere he
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goes, and oh Amy, he says. And when they get into this
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big fight and he's like, I like me, my wife likes me.
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And it's like the sad most beautiful moment in film Mystery. And it's like
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and that's why at the end of the movie, Steve Martin brings John Canny
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home with him for Thanksgiving because he doesn't know where to go. Oh Amy,
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See, this is why I can't watch that movie. I can't talk
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about Okay, oh okay anyway, and that picture the way, if you've
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seen that movie and you see how John Ganny puts up the picture of the
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wife, it's like, Gary, oh my god, this is ridiculous.
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Is this fucking ridiculous? Oh Golden Badgie, cold golden, but you're do
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when it was golden Batgie, Oh my gosh, I swear to you.
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I thought that like this Golden Bachelor was gonna be kind of like a douchebag,
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and I don't I just assumed what it would obviously be, and that
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it is just not that. You the opening of him getting dressed and then
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he puts takes the hearing aid puts his hearing aid in and then you have
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the Cat Stevens. This is where music like, I can't believe that ABC
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and like a production like this that's so commercialized would do such a beautiful job
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at introducing such a heartfelt story and that they went this like direction. Are
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you as shocked as I am? Oh my god, Dan, oh lord?
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I had you know when I saw the still image of carry in a
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magazine, I believe I was exactly where you are, deeply concerned. I
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thought he was a douchebaggery. I'm like, he's going to go for a
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chicken in her thirties. I didn't understand his age. I didn't understand.
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I mean, yes, the picture in the on like it is sweetened up.
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Okay. But then but then I got to know him through the mentell
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all for charity season and I knew we were I was like, all right,
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we're in for something special. But I still was deeply concerned. You
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know, do we have it like ps? I am still like will,
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it's so much. This show is so just I'm like Gary needs to take
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twenty in between every six women that he's meeting tonight because it's a lot like
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let him rest and hydrate and come back. You know, it's just at
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a ten. It's so exhausting. I was so I went through a lot
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last night. I was like so overstimulated by the time I left, I
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was like it went so quickly that episode. It flew by at a pace.
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I think that they didn't understand we needed like a doubleheader. It was
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only an hour long, and typically isn't a Bachelor like ninety minutes. You
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know, maybe you're right, it is right, it starts. It feels
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like it starts at Yeah, they didn't understand, and I get it,
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like maybe you don't know. You don't know, I don't know if it's
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gonna it's gone, and you don't know how it's gonna hit. And Gary
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didn't knowbody. No, Gary didn't know what he had till it's gone.
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So it was just do you're putting your stock in? Are the people who
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watch this gonna get invested in seventy year olds eighty? You know? Like
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is that gonna happen sixty and seventy year olds? So they were cautious in
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their approach in terms of time, but they were full. It was fully
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realized in terms of like the setup and you know, we the ladies were
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popping off. They came in so hot. I was like, I'm dead,
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Like this whole thing is like, first of all, here's the thing.
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It's the stakes are so different than when you're dealing with twenty and thirty
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year olds. They're so different. It is night and day and that how
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could you have the same structure show be so vastly different by changing the age
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range. It's wild And that is absolutely one of the like the brightest spots
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in this is that you realize that it is so different. And I would
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love to peel down the peel, peel through those layers with you. Because
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at the beginning, you know, and they're painting the picture of the women
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like, oh my god, they're so sweet. When they finally get together
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and they're like, I love those earrings, Oh my gosh, you look
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so that dress is beautiful, you know what I mean. Like they're just
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so positive and happy to be there and all this stuff. And then towards
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the end, you know, after the rose ceremony, you feel like you
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think it's going to be a lighter feel in a way, yeah, but
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then yet after the rose ceremony it felt even heavier than the younger crowd.
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Absolutely, oh boy. And I was not expecting that. I didn't I
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didn't have any expectations. But I love the lightness. And I was like,
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oh my gosh, this is they're kind of painting the picture. That's
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going to be the different vibe that you know. They're they're more mature,
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they're they're evolved. They don't need to do petty shit. They're not gonna
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do stuff for the cameras. And then at the Rose ceremony, it just
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got so real. When people went home, it was painful. It was
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very painful, and I thought, I don't know if I can emotionally handle
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this for these ladies that it is, it's because the younger set, we
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know there I meet somebody else that they have plenty of time, right they
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if they made a splash, they're gonna go sell their fit tummy tea and
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they're gonna be And that is part of why some people are there at that
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age. Right. This is not that, this is not that they're all
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there for the right reasons. Yes, are you here for the right reasons?
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Is not a question that Gary will have to ask. No, they're
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all there. Jesus Christ, I know this is so intense. Oh lord,
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yeah, they're all there, they're looking at the back nine. Is
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that the phrase? Sure, another golf, another golf metaphor from you try
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it when I don't have any sense of what it is. You're actually landing
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it. You're landing the Holy One for you. Okay, thank god.
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I love that. April was like the rose ceremony is about to start.
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It's been a long night. I'm tired, my contacts are hurting, my
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hair is falling out. It's stressful, and it's like you just don't hear
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that from the young set. And I'm like, thank you, April,
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thank you, Like my contacts are always falling out, Like thank you for
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just like showing I feel seen. Yeah, that's the reality that we don't
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really get from the others. No, they do. They keep that from
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us. You know, we don't get those those strong and passionate details,
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you know, I mean, do we got and in for Gary, like
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to your point at the end, we're starting at the end, We're gonna
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make our way. But like it was really emotional for him to let these
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women go. I felt, Oh, he was crying. I don't think
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he's going to be able to not cry this time. Every time, every
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time, this is too, this is like, yeah, steaks are all
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high emotions for what's very vulnerable to go on the television, you know and
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put yourself out there at this age. I'm sorry. It just absolutely it
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just is, Oh my god. And they've got everything working for them.
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You know, they've got the greatest life in the world. They've got makeup
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people and I'm just talking. I'm talking now facade then yeah, go beyond
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and you're talking. You are putting your heart and soul out there to find
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this person that you can spend the rest of you or as they said,
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thirty years like they had a number, Like someone had a number. How
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do you want to spend the next thirty years? You know, because guessing
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that you'll hear to tell hundred thirty years is generous. So the clock is
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chicken. Everyone's crunching the numbers. You know. My friend Liz was like,
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I think Gary would love to just you know, he's really looking to
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sit at the lake house and stare at the lake with someone and these hot
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to mollies coming in energize like he I feel like I didn't know if he
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was truly he wasn't even going to get through the night. I'm like,
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as it's just a lot like he had his women planting their lips on him.
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Had that happened? Has he had lip on lip since Tony. I
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will hope that we get to find that out in this story because I was
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wondering that too, because you know, shaken off that dust and then even
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like I don't know if it was Teresa, but somebody was like, I
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haven't kissed it. It was felt really good to kiss somebody. I haven't
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kissed anyone in a long time. And now I want to go back.
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As you mentioned the lake house, and obviously I couldn't get through it before.
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But dear God, you know the story, if you haven't seen it,
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is that he was married to his wife Tony for forty three years.
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They retired. They had this dream of retirement to buy this lake house.
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They bought it, they closed. The next thing, you know, his
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wife got sick with a bacterial infection that just spread throughout her body like an
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incredibly fast speed. He took her to the er and then she never came
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home. She passed away within a couple of weeks of bringing your into the
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er and it's been six years since she's passed. He has daughters, he
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has granddaughters. They are his support system, and this lake house was really
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her dream. Now you brought up the point that a lot of these women
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are ready to like salsa and like get out there. But and that he,
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you know, on the flip side, wants to sit at the lake
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house. I don't think he should be sitting at that lake house. It
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will always be a constant reminder to him of what he lost. I don't
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think that will necessarily be the best route for him. I think he needs
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to to get rid of the lake house. Well, I'll tell you this
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is definitely a different route, you know than sitting at the lake house.
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He has taken. He is heeding your advice. I mean, this is
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Yeah, if you've been sitting at the lake house for the last six years,
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you may be real ready for this because you're right and you want him
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to actually sell off the lake house. He's not going to you don't think
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so you will. I don't. It's not a stay in the family.
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It'll stay in the family with kids will go there and listen, if one
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of these broads you know, moves in, she's going to redo it as
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she should. It's going to be difficult for the kids, but she's got
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to put her stamp on it because that's Tony's unless she knows some women that
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can figure their way in and leave the the you know, deceased still very
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present. Goddamn this, I can't, Like, I have the chills right
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now because this is some television that we have not seen this journey before,
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and this is so relatable to this this age group, Like it's beyond and
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so fascinating because we will all as humans be there at some point, and
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that is why it is so compelling. Yeah, because if you have any
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heart, you know, you feel this now. The steaks, as you
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said, are so high, you know. I love I love Gary.
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I love that he's talking to Jesse and he's like, and Jesse's like,
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how are you feeling, you know, and He's like, I'm nervous.
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So I'm well, I'm gonna meet the woman of my dream shortly. And
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I love how kind of nerdy he is. I wasn't expecting he'd be so
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nerdy. Yeah, but the twenty women arrive and Jesus Christ, they just
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they pop out with a bang. I mean, we get Edith in the
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gold dress immediately with that gold confetti shooters those and it was a beautiful scene.
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And talk about a knockout. She was the one with the gray hair,
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right, Yeah, Edith stunning. So she's up here, you guys
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can see she's one two three four bro top four four in and she's just
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stunning. I was like, she's the one, you know what I mean,
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Like I always get excited with the first oh you ever, but it
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also is like the first one out, they usually plant a goodie. You
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know, the first one out is usually a front runner because it it is
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the it's you know, human nature. It's like seeing your for the first
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wedding dress. Many times people buy the first wedding dress they see because or
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they try on because it's that emotional connection. So she was the first wedding
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dress for sure. I mean, Edith was wow. Wow. And we're
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getting the good names because we're hearkening back to a better time, you know.
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You know, we're not like like Mackenzie and like you know, fucking
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bubbles or whatever. You know, we're like Edith and Teresa and yeah and
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shut up, okay, so we get a you know, I didn't write
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down everybody that popped out. But I I mean, obviously I was highlight
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the ones that they were highlighting. So we have Ellen who comes out of
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the limo, who's like, Roberta, we made it and Roberta and he's
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like, may I ask who Roberta is? Yeah, and to find out
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her story and that's like her best friend who she's known forever, and like
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they love the Bachelor series, their Bachelor Nation, and Roberta is sick.
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God damn it. And then we get the pictures. I know, I
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know, I know, I know. Oh Lord, now Deanna's crying.
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Now Deanna's now, Deanna's Lord, Lord Lord, Okay, I'm gonna be
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strong. Now it's a lot, it's a lot. Wait, she passed,
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she passed. Did you see the ending? It said in loving memory.
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She never saw the first episode. I'm laughing because it's too much.
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No, I didn't see that. I did see that. It was at
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the very end. Roberta did not get to see this. I mean,
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it's too much. It's simply too much. Okay. I could not know
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that, And now I have chills and tears. Okay, No, I'm
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going to be strong. You're you're taking one for the team. You're taking
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the emotions for this one. You're taking it all right now, I can't
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take it. See that obviously, you know, not paying attention to credits
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and so forth. But that sucks. But at least she knew she was
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going to go on it. Yeah, it would have been nice to hear
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see her get her shout out out at the limo. I know. But
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you know what, let's just take it from a spiritual point of view,
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and let's say she was there. She'd say she was right next to her
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in the limo. That's nice. Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna go with
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that. I think that's will too. And for that reason, Oh my
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gosh, maybe Ellen is going to get this. I get this, she
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simmered. I was really concerned about Ellen for at the jump. I was
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like, Ellen is more here for Roberta than she is for which is not
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the wrong reason. She's still there, still there, She's still there.
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And by the way, she's the fifth one in on the top row here
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next to Edith and the pictures. And I did feel like she she was
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so shot out of a cannon and sort of spasticated in the beginning, But
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then I thought she I don't think that's the right. I'm cutting that word
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even though you're all hearing it. Pretend it's mentally cut. Yeah, that's
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a new word that is not appropriate. So and and our generation that was
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a very utilized the word, and we had no idea what that was,
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what what that meant. We know now kicking it out, so gone from
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our minds, thank you. Moving on. But then when she had her
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time in the house with him, I was like, Okay, she's settling
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in, and I thought she did. She had a good one on one
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with him, you know, so she just was a roller coaster. She
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I was worried. She was so roburted up that like we weren't kind of
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like get to Gary, you know, we weren't going Yeah, okay,
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Sandra comes out and she is like I want to do this. And first
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of all, her voice is like intoxicating, hypnotizing. Oh yeah. And
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uh so she does this zen practice with Gary where she breathes in and she
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exhales a curse word for a very long time, which was very funny.
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Obsessed with Sandra, She's out of her titty. She looks like she's the
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head of hr at a corporation. You know she does. She came in
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so buttoned up with her little glasses and her little bob and then she is
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breaking out the F bombs. It was so unhinged. I'm deeply interested in
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seeing more of Sandra, and I'm happy she was not cut. Here's Sandra,
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and I'm just because her hair is so professional and you can see retired
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executive assistant. I mean, my mom also was an executive assistant. Great,
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same vibe, the perfect hair, like everything, you know, so
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good. Oh. She was hilarious and they had a good one on one
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too, and Gary was like, well, it was a little uncomfortable with
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those words, you know, so of course he was. Of course he
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was, you know, yeah, oh gosh. So she she was definitely
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a standout Leslie. Okay. She comes out in the costume, like the
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Grandma costume, and he's like, can I help you? And then she
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tears it off and she's like, do I look like I need any help?
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And she's this sexy babe and she's a dancer and we find out that
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Prince wrote the song Sexy Dancer about her. Did we do we need a
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fact check on that? Yeah? It's like, okay, I'll love a
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bat jack. But sure, great, I'll take you at your word,
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Leslie. You're definitely you know, she was saucy as hell. I wouldn't
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stand a chance around Leslie. You know he's gonna she's gonna take him for
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a ride. Yeah, this is one where I was like, he's gonna
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need five after Leslie and just hydrate, get some like gatorade or some coconut
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water, and just like sit him down and just fan im, get a
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little air on his face and let's regroup. You know. I like that.
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I think that they didn't film this in the summertime, which is good
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because you know, they would not be putting up with too hot weather.
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And like it's just it's good. I'm glad it's not all right. They
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can't deal with elements like that and that's respectful, thank you. Yes.
29:22
Now Teresa comes out and she's just wild card because she was like, it's
29:27
my birthday, so that's why I decided to wear my birthday suit. And
29:33
then she like undoes her her wrap. Turns out it was just like a
29:38
nude body suit that she was wearing underneath, right, But I thought she
29:45
should have gone for it all the way. I mean the way he was
29:48
drinking her in and I thought, oh golly, she did she you know,
29:56
but it was a cute bit, you know, the bits. And
30:00
my husband said and I was like, yeah, they were, you know,
30:04
even like the popping of the confetti. And there are a couple things
30:10
that were like sexual sexual innu windows, but like in a more refined yes,
30:17
you know way aged aged fine, yeah but little you know. Yeah,
30:25
I agree. So we also get Okay, April the therapist. I'm
30:30
excited about this one too. She's quacking like a duck because she she lives
30:36
on a farm. She's a therapist, and she's definitely a wild card wild
30:41
this one. I mean, we've got our eyes on. I mean,
30:42
they highlighted the right gals, you know, because the ones that went home,
30:47
we didn't even get to know their first name really, I mean most
30:48
of them. Yeah, but April was interesting. Now we meet Patty,
30:56
who's the son of who's I'm sorry, whose son is Matt the bachelor who
31:02
I don't know who that is, but you know, spoiler alert. She
31:07
didn't get a rose, and I was like, it was kind of shocking.
31:11
I mean, it felt bad for her, right, she is a
31:18
very it's funny because I did watch the Matt season of the Bachelor. He
31:23
classically kissed with his eyes open. That was Matt season, which was tough,
31:30
but okay, but Patty was cool, Like I liked Patty and she
31:38
was like a very she is a very beautiful woman. You got it.
31:42
Oh yeah, I watched that season Matt James. Yes, yeah, yes,
31:47
and he did kiss with his eyes that's right, Okay, yes,
31:49
I remember. Now it's all coming together. Okay, sorry, carry on.
31:55
No, it did feel a little disrespectful that Patty didn't get to stay
31:59
one round. And I don't know why. I just we know the bad
32:04
Like it just felt awkward. But it also makes me feel like they're not
32:12
producing Gary's that's the other thing. I'm like, Wow, she didn't stay.
32:16
That's such a like that's the game move. You have to keep that
32:21
person. So that was absolutely shocking. Yeah, so and yeah, we
32:27
didn't even really we got nothing from her. It was I'm kind of bummed
32:31
because I think she's a cool lady. But you know, and I think
32:36
she's a beautiful lady. But these gals are really stunning. So and he's
32:44
really looking you can tell personality and energy is big yeah, and she her
32:51
energy really was subtle and her demeanor was and not to say that she's not
32:57
a lovely person, but but not for Gary, right, So not frigarrea
33:02
at this time. How about how about Conchetta aka Chippy Aunt Chippy Jimmy Kimmel's
33:10
aunt hilarious cute? It was cute. It was very cute. I love
33:19
the comedy and I love that she's like sleeping. And of course at the
33:23
end the little bit was like, you know, Aunt Chippy, wake up,
33:27
and she's like, did I get a rose? And then he's like,
33:30
no, you slept through the rose ceremony. It was a great bit,
33:34
so cute. And by the way, my Gerbil, my first pet,
33:38
your name, his name was Chippy. Nice. Yeah, beget it
33:43
beautiful, thank you? Really beautiful. So then and then the last one
33:46
I'll highlight is faith. She comes in on a motorcycle and she's really well,
33:53
she's the one who actually got the first impression rose. She sang a
33:58
song to him using the guitar, and and and on that one on one
34:04
he was like basically saying to her, listen, I'm giving this to you
34:07
because not because you're beautiful or you have a beautiful voice. But because of
34:10
what you're doing right now, you're making me feel very special. I mean
34:15
Faith came in with the motorcycle guitar song combo. It was I mean,
34:23
I was like, I don't know, you know, you can take a
34:29
killer combo and her sincerity like she was getting her eyes were tearing up when
34:34
he was like giving her the rose. Yeah. No, it was special.
34:38
I mean, you know, I was like, okay, look at
34:42
you getting like the younger gal who was just like sixty one. But Faith
34:49
killed it. She did. There's no two ways about it. Yeah,
34:52
she came in, she killed it, and she's a local radio host.
34:55
By the way. I like that. Mm hmm. I like that feels
34:59
nice. Yeah, it's cute. There's only one gal I do need to
35:02
talk about that, you know there's two? Wait, Amy, Oh no,
35:07
I haven't forgotten about Kathy. Oh okay, okay, but yeah,
35:10
I would love for you to introduce it. Okay, okay, Well Kathy,
35:15
I'm Kathy was the like comedy relief throughout because she had yep was you
35:23
know, they were all trying to mind their peas and cues and keep their
35:29
wits about them and be pleasant and Kathy had a different approach. Oh you
35:34
know, she was just scowling from the side, seeing like someone's getting a
35:38
kiss, someone's getting this, someone's oh, someone's coming in with feathers.
35:43
Oh. I didn't know to do that, oh, you know. And
35:45
she did not masking her face on any level. She's just scowling from the
35:50
sides. And oh my god, was she a piss her Like I was
35:55
a pistol too, Like Lord, okay, so here, I'm going to
36:00
zoom in on Kathy. But she was hilarious in those She was really the
36:05
runner through the whole show. Yeah, you know, she was like,
36:08
I'm here. I hope everybody knows I'm the one. They think they're the
36:14
one. I'm the one. And then and then at the Rose ceremony,
36:16
because she's so and she's so serious, she was like, I'm I'm sitting
36:20
here thinking, have you forgotten about me? Gary? I'm trying to hone
36:23
in on him, and I'm going, it's me Gary, It's Kathy.
36:28
It's say Kathy. Remember my name? Do you remember my name? Gary?
36:34
Oh? My god, so funny, too good, there's Kathy,
36:37
which is it's too good, you know, because the truth of the matter
36:42
is is like, would we be you know, I would I love to
36:45
imagine that I could be more Faith than Kathy. Yeah, but I would
36:51
probably end up veering towards more Kathy. Do you know what I mean?
36:54
Like I'd love to throw think of myself as a Faith, but it's like
37:00
in that situation, Kathy, I might be veering more Kathy than Faith.
37:06
Unfortunately, No, I hear you, and you know what I was.
37:08
It says right here that Faith is a teacher, but I thought she was
37:13
the radio. So I don't know where I got that from. No,
37:15
I got that too. I think maybe she's both. Oh okay. You
37:19
know what's so funny, Danna is that I saw Benton and I go,
37:22
You've got to be me. But it's not. It's Brenton. It's Brenton
37:27
City, Washington. But I'm like, is she was? She at the
37:30
Benton Follies with her guitar like I sitting it all together. She wasn't stop
37:35
it, Get out of here, get out, Yeah, Gaddy, please
37:42
leave, get on keep on moving. So okay, April, Patty,
37:50
oh Patty went home. We talked about that. Kathy Gary gets cheered up
37:53
at the end and then Journey plays don't stop believing at the end. I
38:00
mean, I mean not in person. It's just like they used the song.
38:02
They they paid a lot of rights for music for this Golden datchet and
38:07
I was very impressed with that. Now that being said, like, so
38:15
I don't know who all went home, like obviously, Patty, wait,
38:21
can you bring those rocks down? So let's go one by one. Anna
38:24
Okay, Anna was sent home, and it was kind of shocking because she
38:29
seemed to do well, but she didn't make it. Okay, April Pril
38:32
stayed. I believe, Christina stayed, Edith stayed, Ellen stayed less Leslie's
38:40
stay she did. Wow, you have a good memory. Yeah, I
38:44
can say fine, Kathy definitely stay. She finally got her Rose Joan.
38:49
Then I don't remember. Oh gosh, I remember who was cut because they
38:53
were two that I liked and I was like, oh, two of my
38:58
picks are gone. That's sad. Okay, let's go on. I know
39:00
Pamela was cut, and I like Pamela, and I like Renee Nancy was
39:05
that suit Nancy's cut too? Oh? The tracksuit lady was cut? Who
39:09
what was her name? Yeah, Renee, Renee, that's Renee right there,
39:15
Nancy Renee. They got cut. Pamela got cut. Oh yeah,
39:19
Oh, Pamela is the one I was thinking. Yeah, uh huh,
39:22
okay, Susan left to Mark. Oh yeah, she was the last one
39:28
to be picked. I Susan's the kind of woman that I do not gravitate
39:37
too. But there's sometimes there's a woman with that energy, a Susan energy.
39:44
That's so it's such a strong energy, and for whatever karmic reason,
39:51
I fear that those type of women are going to like eat me, do
39:55
you know what I mean, like consume me, like I can't fight it.
40:00
So Susan I have my eye on, just because I was like,
40:04
but man, is she a You just can imagine as Susan makes her way
40:08
through this world, she's just leaving men. There's just a freaking like graveyard
40:15
of men that she's leaving in the dusk because she is a man eater.
40:21
Like I'm sorry, it's like you, Gary has no choice but to see
40:27
where things go with Susan, Like there's just no other path. She's a
40:30
wedding efficient, so you know she's hitten. She's hitting up all these men
40:36
at the weak. Oh yeah, I mean she's going home every night.
40:39
But also I did like the moment they had on the one on one when
40:44
they talked about their song and she's like, oh, at last, you
40:47
know, and he's like, that's the song I was thinking of. Meanwhile,
40:52
that's like every Yeah, I mean that was cute. It was also
40:54
at every wedding too, you know, they saysn't yeah, Terresa, it
41:00
was a spitfire. Oh sorry, Natasha. Yeah, remind me of Natasha.
41:06
I'm looking at her picture now. What did she do? What was
41:07
she up to? She was she was dancing around with him. She is
41:12
the acting coach. She's the one that like the only one that may be
41:15
there for shits and giggles, you know, like she she might just be
41:20
there for having like some fun and like taking a little adventure like grow aging
41:24
coach and midlife speaker. I mean that's perfect for this show, right,
41:30
Yes, I mean she's got energy for days. She's a spitfire. You
41:36
know, we'll see. I don't know that she's as into Gary as maybe.
41:44
I'm like, there's someone else, there's somebody else maybe out there for
41:47
her, you know, than him. But she is great and I think
41:52
she made it the cut. If I'm not mistaken. I think she did
41:55
too. Yeah, I also think you know, at the end of this
42:00
it's possible that Kathy gets a restraining order against her from Gary or Gary's family.
42:07
Kathy is gonna be She's gonna have a hard time. Yeah, she's
42:13
gonna have a hard time with the beats of this show because she's already in
42:16
a spot of like, you know, her and Teresa are like Teresa fell
42:24
apart at one point and then she got herself back together, but I was
42:29
like, there, it's not gonna make it through this episode. Okay.
42:30
So that's because Teresa on her one on one gave him brought a cupcake because
42:36
it's her birthday. Yeah, and like he ate some I don't know if
42:39
she fed him or not. I'm not a fan of the feeding. I
42:43
hate that. But they kissed with frosting on their mouths, and then what
42:49
ended up happening was with his date is one on one with Faith, they
42:53
were really making out and Teresa, that's where are you saying, that's where
42:58
she really lost it, because that was actually thought she lost it prior to
43:01
going down for her icing Like there she was, she was having this sort
43:06
of meltdown from the couch, you know, where she was like, you
43:09
know, when they get to the point where they're like, I gotta make
43:12
a move, I gotta make you know, there was just I just thought,
43:15
oh, she's she's a wild card, like Teresa is a little unhinged,
43:20
I think in my humble and I I was like, oh god,
43:24
she's you know, did was the kiss warranted? But the way he did
43:30
put that icing I was a little suggestive. So I think she made the
43:36
move that she had to make. But no, he went the kiss that
43:38
was his kiss, that was real, was with with faith faith. Yeah,
43:45
agree agree. The dance party that they had at the for the Roads,
43:53
I can't. I couldn't deal with it. I couldn't deal with it.
43:58
Next level entertaining like I can't. It was the greatest moment in television
44:06
history, you know. And he did it though, Like I was proud
44:09
of him, all dancing together. They were all dancing together and celebrating,
44:15
and that's what we're here for. Well, just to you know, wrap
44:21
this up nicely, I will say, I like the twenty women. I'm
44:30
really happy about the diversity. I'm really happy about the age range. I
44:36
thought there would be younger gals in there more, and I'm glad they're not.
44:39
I'm really happy with the personalities that we've got. I'm happy with the
44:47
looks, like the way they look. They look like real women. I
44:52
mean, but you know, they're all obviously extremely beautiful, like real women
44:58
at the top of their game, right there you go. You know these
45:01
women have they look good. They look real good. Do you I mean,
45:13
should we pick our front runners? Like, I mean, should we
45:15
do a pick, Let's do a pick, Let's do a pick. Who
45:20
do we think that he's gonna end up being with? I mean you,
45:25
well, should we Let's what I mean. I think we should pick our
45:28
top three, Like, let's go with top three and then and then we'll
45:35
just we'll just land there because I mean, yeah, yeah, okay,
45:40
okay, hmmm. Faith is just a given. So that's like faith is
45:46
like going far. There's no two ways about that. I agree. I'm
45:52
gonna say, ellen mm hmm wow. I would love Roberta to see that.
46:00
But anyway, I know, I know, thank god, real tough.
46:08
I do think that, Okay, Marina is stunning. Absolutely, did
46:19
she's stunning? Did she say she did? Stay? Okay? Good,
46:22
good, good, good good we didn't get to know much more about it
46:25
now, So this is tough to do pics on the first one because it's,
46:30
like you said, there are so many others that we really didn't get
46:31
to know their stories, and she's she could be a sleeper hit. That's
46:36
how I'm feeling about Marina, because she's very like elegant, and she's just
46:40
an e that's elegant, and so I'm curious her energy may be a slower
46:46
burn. I would like to see what happens with her, you know.
46:52
For myself, I'm deeply curious to see if Sandra can what Sandra can do.
47:00
I find her hilarious and I think she'll keep him right on his toes.
47:05
But I don't. I don't know, you know, but I'm just
47:07
talking some thoughts out here. I think the cursing might get to him,
47:12
though, however, loosen him up. I do like Sandra, I mean,
47:16
I like all these women. I just am trying to to I think
47:21
he might be right. I think Susan might go the distance, though I
47:22
really do, Oh god, Okay, I don't know it will be because
47:30
he will have no choice but to make her like she's so it's like an
47:36
energy force that you can't and you can't. Like, Gary's not strong enough,
47:39
you know what I mean, Like, you know, he's just not
47:43
strong enough to manage Susan. I'm so sorry. Like so she might just
47:46
be there for a really long time because there's no other path, you know.
47:53
But I like your Marina pick, and I'm gonna I'm gonna take Marina
47:59
too. So I'm gonna say faith Ellen and Marina. That's what I'm gonna
48:01
say. I like, I like you, how about I go faith Edith.
48:12
Not because I know yet, but I'm just so taken with her that
48:16
I'm curious to see more. And I'm right now, right this second,
48:22
I'm gonna say Leslie because I think that, Wow, she's so spicy,
48:31
and I think he may want that, you know, I don't know.
48:39
He may want that invigorated like jolt. It may be intoxicating for him.
48:49
I don't know. I don't know. I'm not even feeling secure. I'm
48:52
just I'm just throwing some names out. We can change it every week,
48:55
you know. Yeah, that's where we are right now. Okay, Yeah,
49:00
I'm happy with this. I'm I'm blown away, blown away. They
49:04
have a hit on their hands and they should be proud. Yep. And
49:08
you know what, Amy, as much ship as we talked about Jesse,
49:14
he's coming into his own I can I can handle that. I can handle
49:19
that. And this is a good look for him, you know, yes,
49:23
I know. My god, my daughter just came in the bounding through
49:27
the door and on the bed. Hey what a cute guy. It's so
49:30
cute. He's like that the show's over. Yeah right, yeah, I
49:36
know. He's like, you're ready, so yeah, I mean, what
49:42
a thrill, What a thrill. We're in on a journey. Like I'm
49:46
scared for us because I know we're more like we're in like what you know
49:52
what I mean, there's no way out but through, Like we're here with
49:57
Gary and like we'll see you know, we will see, all right,
50:02
Danna, Thank God, thank God that we're together doing this. Thank you
50:07
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We are looking at the lingo that the kids are saying, we're looking at
50:37
pick me? What is a pick me? Girl? I'm not going to
50:42
get into it with you guys right now, because if you're interested, march
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yourself over another term coded X something coded. Do you know what that is?
50:52
I bet you you don't because I didn't to get into that. Oh,
50:55
and this one I'm gonna give you because a friend of mine time about
51:00
buying a purse and she calls it a pocketbook and I said, Jen,
51:05
that's a jersey. That's dated. We can't say pocketbook anymore. It is
51:10
it's gone the way of the Dodo. And so we look at that,
51:15
and you know where that leaves us. And when I'm still saying it,
51:21
are you saying pocketbook? Amy? No? No, uh huh. I
51:23
just always bring it up because Cake Boss says it. He's like, oh,
51:25
make a pocketbook cake. And so I always thought it was so funny.
51:30
And what I came to find out after acknowledging that on my show that
51:35
everyone came out of the woodwork saying that that's an East Coast thing. Oh
51:40
interesting. So not only did I learn that, but also but I don't
51:45
think everyone on the East Coast is saying it, you know, I think,
51:49
okay, so I do think that makes sense. But even from the
51:53
East Coast, we can't be saying it anymore because it's it's like my mom
51:58
used to call jeans dunk go put on a pair of dungarees. It's like,
52:02
it's it's a dungaree at this point. So that's how to be less
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olds. I love it so much, Deanna Chang, thank you very much
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