Latest / Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50 / OUR TAKE ON THIS SEASON'S GOLDEN BACHELOR
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- 0:04Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
- 0:08you to let it go and don't look back, with nationally acclaimed
- 0:12professional organizer Christine Stone and self-proclaimed Hot
- 0:17Damn Mess radio and TV personality Eden Kendall.
- 0:22Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered.
- 0:25This is going to be an interesting episode.
- 0:28It's not going to be our typical episode and we're not planning
- 0:30to do what we've done in seasons past where we spend a ton of
- 0:33time and do a ton of episodes on The Golden Bachelor.
- 0:36But we wanted to do at least one because we are watching and
- 0:41Chris is here too. And if you are wondering, I have
- 0:44lost my voice from going to a Monday Night Football game.
- 0:47So if I sound like I'm just barely hanging on, that's why.
- 0:51More on that in another episode, but Christine got back from her
- 0:57extended time. Baby not babysitting,
- 1:00grandparenting. Yes.
- 1:03And we, And that's also a whole other episode in the making.
- 1:07Yes, I asked you to take on the Golden Bachelor and play catch
- 1:11up as soon as you got back and you wanted to kill me.
- 1:15I wanted to kill you because everybody said how terrible it
- 1:19was. And I'm going to be honest, when
- 1:21he made that comment about not wanting women over 60 or
- 1:25whatever, he said. I had already written them off
- 1:27and I didn't even think he was going to be on.
- 1:29I thought they were finding someone else.
- 1:32When it turned out to really be him, I was like, OK, I'm already
- 1:36going into this. That you're, you're weird.
- 1:39Like you're on the gold Bachelor but you don't want anyone who's
- 1:41over 60? Yeah.
- 1:43And so this is Mel Owens. He is a retired football player.
- 1:46He is someone who went on a podcast and made this comment on
- 1:52the fact that he's going to tell the producers.
- 1:54He's going to tell the producers that he only wants them from
- 1:57like I think it was 45 to 60 years old.
- 2:00No broken hips, no or no artificial hips, no canes, all
- 2:04of this. And and real hair only.
- 2:06Hair only and so whatever. And then they they announced
- 2:10that they were not going to keep him on as the Golden Bachelor.
- 2:13And now I was shocked to find out, and I don't know if that
- 2:17was my design, that he did stay on as the Golden Bachelor.
- 2:21And I have thoughts on that. We did not discuss the first
- 2:26episode, but the first episode, they leaned heavily into that
- 2:29podcast. They had all the women make
- 2:32comments about it. They had him address it.
- 2:35It was almost too much. Well, let me just start off by
- 2:39saying, and I always like to do this.
- 2:41Let's start off by mentioning a few happy good things that I
- 2:45thought and then we can really get into it.
- 2:48OK, first of all, these women were so accomplished in their
- 2:54lives and that they are still so physically fit.
- 2:57It kind of reminded me of you where like like every you know,
- 3:01they're so physically fit and doing yoga and riding bice
- 3:07motorcycles and they're firefighters.
- 3:10I mean, I'm telling you, my husband even made fun of me and
- 3:14said, what would you tell him? I like to stay in bed and watch
- 3:17he show he he kills. She kill.
- 3:20Like what would what would your thing be?
- 3:22Because I'm he's like. With you did.
- 3:25He watch with you because he started, he started and that's
- 3:28where he he made fun of me by saying like, oh, what, what is
- 3:32your, what is your talent? What are you going to tell him?
- 3:35To me, I think the. Reason I'm so.
- 3:37Thoroughly enjoying this is my husband is watching with me and
- 3:40he his commentary is absolutely fantastic.
- 3:44So that's what's fun for me. But OK, so let's talk about the
- 3:48good stuff. So these women are exceptional
- 3:50women. Exceptionally fit and very
- 3:55mobile. I mean to play ice hockey in
- 3:58your 70s. So, so let's Yeah, that's Diane
- 4:00the hockey player, and she's 70. I, I just was so well, actually,
- 4:07they're so amazing. It made me feel like less than
- 4:10I'm like, I, but you know what I mean?
- 4:13I need to get out there and like, you know, do something
- 4:17like climb a mountain or something.
- 4:19Like I felt like they really are an inspiration.
- 4:22So that's one good thing. I love that they mentioned Diana
- 4:25Ross a lot. Huge Diana Ross fan.
- 4:28I found the whole thing where she was his neighbor from
- 4:31behind. Whatever.
- 4:32OK, I love Diana Ross. I also love that they went to
- 4:37the Casey in the Sunshine Band concert because I went to the
- 4:41Casey in the Sunshine Band concert and he was amazing.
- 4:44So I really, really loved that. That being said, there's really
- 4:50not much else I can say. So I'm going to kick that off to
- 4:56you other with that with good positive vibes.
- 4:59Did you watch the most recent episode?
- 5:02Oh yes, because that was. The one with KC and the Sunshine
- 5:05Band. Oh yes, I did.
- 5:07Let me tell you what I thought was the best part of that
- 5:10episode. Chocks Sleep apnea Commercial I.
- 5:14Have that, I have that, I have that.
- 5:17I can't believe nobody's talking about Chalk's sleep apnea
- 5:21commercial. It's adorable and I was not a
- 5:25chalk fan. I was not a chalk fan either.
- 5:27Now that. It's over.
- 5:28And he's, he's like, you know, they do a lot of editing to make
- 5:32one person the villain. And I'm wondering now if, you
- 5:36know, he's a little more charming than we gave him credit
- 5:38for. No, you know, you know what it
- 5:40is. Mel is that bad that he makes
- 5:43chalk look great? Like you miss Chalk Who?
- 5:50Mel, first of all, all right, let's.
- 5:53Let's Oh God, I can't dive. Into Mel before we get to any
- 5:58anything else, let's dive into Mel.
- 5:59Mel is in pain. He is actively exhausted and in
- 6:04pain. He is not able to hang with
- 6:06these women whatsoever. And I don't care how much he
- 6:09thinks he needs a woman over 660.
- 6:12He can't hang with a woman under 60.
- 6:14He's he's so beat up. Did you see when?
- 6:18You tried to step down from the stage at the move.
- 6:22It was hard for him to step down.
- 6:24And he's making fun of women over 60.
- 6:27I mean, that man's going to have like, artificial hips, knees
- 6:31from playing football. Like who is he to judge what
- 6:34woman wants to deal with his problems?
- 6:36He's a he's a good looking man and I think he's handsome and I
- 6:41think he's got a great physique for his age, but he is
- 6:44definitely not an energetic type, so.
- 6:47You see me rolling my eyes, I mean.
- 6:50He's full of excuse me shit in a lot of ways, and I think he's
- 6:55just saying all the lines that he's supposed to say.
- 6:58But I think he's icky. I do.
- 7:02I think that first of all, I did not tape it.
- 7:06So I was tortured into having to watch through commercials.
- 7:12That's how tortured I was. But anyway, when you can't even
- 7:17find it on Hulu, it's that buried and you had to go into
- 7:22the little magnifying glass and put in gold, you know it is not
- 7:27going well. You know what I mean?
- 7:28It's it's not it's not a hit. So that's one thing I really
- 7:33want to talk quickly. Also, why does that house look
- 7:36like it's in disrepair? Why does that house every time
- 7:40they show the outside look like it's falling apart and that
- 7:45they're it's going to implode any minute in an explosion.
- 7:49What is the deal with that? That was so weird.
- 7:52It looks like one of these mansions that has heyday in the
- 7:5590s. Right.
- 7:56And like, you know, the pictures are all, you know, the, the,
- 8:00some of the exterior shots. Ah.
- 8:02Terrible. I mean, put a coat of paint on
- 8:05it. Do something.
- 8:07Anyway, so I had to mention the house because I can't believe
- 8:11they can't pick a better exterior to keep showing over
- 8:15and over and over. But go ahead.
- 8:19All right, it's almost like there's so much to talk about
- 8:21it's hard to know where to start.
- 8:23So I'm just going to call out random Bachelorette bachelor.
- 8:27They're not bachelorettes, the random contenders for the golden
- 8:30bachelor. And I'm going to start with
- 8:32Debbie, so. Debbie.
- 8:35Debbie is the one. She used to be a beach body
- 8:38coach, you know, do all those workout videos.
- 8:40They have told us 8000 times that she's never been married.
- 8:44They really want us to know this a million.
- 8:47Times, I mean, I feel like I'm. I'm and I realize this could be
- 8:51in the editing, but she gives off.
- 8:54Yes, girlfriend. Yeah, crazy ex-girlfriend
- 8:57desperation thirsty vibes. She's she started.
- 9:01Crying when she got the one-on-one date.
- 9:05She's crying. I mean, I would be afraid of
- 9:11her. I mean, she seems a little
- 9:13scary. To me.
- 9:15But to be quite honest though, I thought a lot of them came off
- 9:19like that. Yeah, like they.
- 9:20Came off as bad as her. No, not as desperate, but they
- 9:24came off. This is why I don't like
- 9:27watching this show. Women come off looking so
- 9:31desperate and I really in real life, in real life, I don't
- 9:35think women are that desperate to have a man when they're over
- 9:3960 years old. I'm sorry.
- 9:41I don't. I think I don't.
- 9:43I think they think to themselves, I did my time, I had
- 9:47my marriages, whatever. I'm I'm set in my own life in my
- 9:51own way. They just make women seem a way
- 9:54that they're not. Do you know what I mean?
- 9:57I do, I do. And you know, we had to
- 10:00introduce do something from the past.
- 10:02There was an episode where they brought in Susan and Kathy.
- 10:05And Susan and Kathy are great because they're from the Golden
- 10:09Bachelor Season 1. They are on a podcast together
- 10:13now. And they have been pretty
- 10:15forthcoming and saying that they really weren't that interested
- 10:18in Jerry Gary. They were playing the game.
- 10:21They were just doing it for the fun of it.
- 10:23I think a lot of these women, including that cute little
- 10:25Diana, really only reason they don't want to go home is because
- 10:29they don't want to be out of the fun.
- 10:30It's like being forced to leave summer camp.
- 10:33You don't really. And they love you want to be.
- 10:35Right, They want to be with the women, Yeah.
- 10:39And, and they want they, they bond with the women, and that's
- 10:43what women over 60 really want, are friendships with other women
- 10:48and. Now that they have come forward
- 10:50and really said like, oh, even my kids are like, are you still
- 10:53going? Now that we saw Gary and and
- 10:56then Kathy was like, I'm never moving to Indiana.
- 10:58Are you kidding? Like they went into it.
- 11:00They could care less about him. They just wanted to stay.
- 11:03And now that I know that I'm a little more OK with these women
- 11:07because I think a lot of them really get it.
- 11:08The one who really gets it, even though she's going to be the
- 11:11villain, is Nicole. Oh, I think when she kissed him
- 11:14in the pool, that was it. She was the villain.
- 11:17She's the villain, but yeah, she's.
- 11:19The villain. She said I'm here to date
- 11:21America. I'm.
- 11:23She's trying to launch a career as an influencer.
- 11:26And OK, she's probably the only one who's yeah, if we got a
- 11:32handle on what's really going on.
- 11:34I I just the whole the the roast they did the outfits, some of
- 11:41them chose the the one with the puppet where she had a puppet.
- 11:47OK, so she is the she was 70, that Lady with a puppet and she
- 11:53is a dentist. But did they ever say like, I'm
- 11:56a dentist And so I have this puppet.
- 11:58It puts the kids at ease. No, she's literally leaning into
- 12:01the puppet. Right, right, right.
- 12:04And then the one-on-one dinner, and I can't remember which woman
- 12:08this was, but when she had the one-on-one, she was so nosy.
- 12:12She's like, and why didn't it work?
- 12:14And what, you know, did it did it and did would, did you think
- 12:19you felt like it didn't work or did you want it to work even
- 12:22more? I'm like, Oh my God, I was like,
- 12:26enough already. I mean, first of all, I see not
- 12:30one woman having a connection with him.
- 12:33I see no chemistry at all. Let's talk.
- 12:36Well, let's talk about Peg, OK? Peg is the Bomb Squad wildfire
- 12:39fighter lady who, first of all, they wanted us to know.
- 12:44They always want us to know stuff.
- 12:45And you, if you read between the lines, you could see what
- 12:47they're trying to tell us. Like we saw her putting on her
- 12:49makeup and she was just using lipstick as blush.
- 12:51So we want her. They want us to know she's no
- 12:54frills, you know, no fuss. No fuss.
- 12:56They really want us to know this about Peg.
- 12:59I was listening to another podcast.
- 13:01It was the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast and they were talking
- 13:05about Peg and Mel, and I thought this was such a smart thing that
- 13:09these two said. They said that they didn't
- 13:11vibrate on the same frequency. Peg is way too energetic for
- 13:16Mel. She's like a mile a minute and
- 13:18he's just like, she's very fun and vibrant and I think a lot of
- 13:25people really love her, but he can't hang with her.
- 13:28See, she annoyed me. I'm sorry.
- 13:30I also find that kind of a personality.
- 13:33First of all. It's too much of A frequency.
- 13:36And once again. Going to a fair with 60 + 4050
- 14:23whatever on roller coasters and what I don't.
- 14:28Understand that wanted she was very into it and he was just
- 14:32like. And she's very competitive.
- 14:36I didn't find one woman, though, that there was any chemistry.
- 14:39None I think. You don't think that Cindy and
- 14:42he look like they had a little bit of?
- 14:43Chemistry. No, I don't think any of them in
- 14:46my opinion, just what I've seen. And it was easier.
- 14:51It was easier to watch the third one because I was able to tape
- 14:55it and Fast forward through the commercials.
- 14:58Because this is painful to watch in my opinion.
- 15:03I mean painful. Painful.
- 15:06It's hard. I mean, I, I really do not think
- 15:10they should do another one of these after unless they find the
- 15:14perfect man. I mean the perfect man meaning
- 15:17like he's like your grandfather, you know what I mean?
- 15:20Like somebody I don't know. I think they need to keep it
- 15:24local too to like want everyone lives in the same area because
- 15:27nobody's believing that anyone over 60 is is moving.
- 15:31No way. No.
- 15:32And they're leaving their children and grandchildren.
- 15:36No way. No one buys it.
- 15:38No one buys it. And, and by the way, I love the
- 15:43confidence in these women. I really do.
- 15:47I, I have to tell you, these women have more confidence.
- 15:53I, I couldn't, I, I've been shocked by it.
- 15:56I love it. I think it's great because it
- 15:59does inspire women who are sitting home and thinking life
- 16:04is passing by. I don't, I don't care about the
- 16:07dating part. These women amaze me.
- 16:09Like they just are confident in the clothing they wear.
- 16:13They're confident in the things they say, the jobs they have.
- 16:16They are superstars in my opinion.
- 16:20And to go on national TV, I mean.
- 16:23I don't think a single one of them cares about Mel in this
- 16:26season. No good.
- 16:27And I think that they're all just playing a role.
- 16:30What about did you like the beer pong they played with prune
- 16:33juice? Did you see that?
- 16:36Between the pool party that I saw it all, I every.
- 16:41I even wrote Cringy on my paper. Cringy I I mean like the pool
- 16:47party where he jumped in with his shoes on, I mean.
- 16:50He. He thinks he's so hot and I
- 16:53guess I'm of the old school, you're only as good looking as
- 16:57your personality. And I don't find him attractive
- 17:01at all because I think his personality is so conceited and
- 17:05he's so full of himself and he's an ex football player and he's
- 17:09acting like it. You know what I mean?
- 17:11He's an. Attorney now and.
- 17:14He Oh well, he I miss. Ex-wife.
- 17:16He owes his ex-wife $1,000,000 right now.
- 17:21Almost. Oh, I didn't know that.
- 17:23Yeah. So he's, you know, there's,
- 17:25there's some stuff there. Now another thing that I I
- 17:31wanted to share with you was about Carol.
- 17:35So Carol's the one who? With her glasses, She didn't
- 17:39have glasses, remember? She didn't have her glasses
- 17:42during the roast, Yes. I mean, that was so cool.
- 17:45She's walking around and nobody has a pair of readers and a ring
- 17:49full of all these 60 year olds. Yeah, I mean, give me a break.
- 17:51That was ridiculous. You're right.
- 17:53But she was so, you know, that whole thing is so forced.
- 17:57It was so when she's like we're going to smooch and I just
- 18:01couldn't. The whole thing, even the Rose
- 18:04ceremonies, I mean, nothing feels authentic.
- 18:08And I want Jesse to stop coming in and acting so down.
- 18:12And you know, I'm sorry, ladies, say your goodbyes.
- 18:16Well, the last. 3 lines and every time he walks on the
- 18:19screen my husband goes the check cashers here.
- 18:22Right, right, right. Exactly.
- 18:24That's his job to say 2 lines. This is the.
- 18:27Final rose. This is ladies, this is the
- 18:30final rose. And then of course, say your
- 18:33goodbyes. And every time, every time he
- 18:35says that line, my husband goes and get the out of here.
- 18:38Right, right, right, and also. Hit the road, Mama.
- 18:42I also noticed in this one no one's crying on the way to the
- 18:47limb of. The heck?
- 18:48They're all like, I see ya. I mean this was a major fail in
- 18:53my opinion, and I'm sorry if there's anyone out there that
- 18:56really, really loved it. I I just did not.
- 18:59And I really, because I was coming back from major grandma
- 19:03duty, was not even on my radar to watch.
- 19:06So for me, I had to watch three in a row.
- 19:10Very painful. I don't suggest anyone doing
- 19:14that. Well, I also want to bring up
- 19:17the fact that Nicole took a pot shot at the last couple of
- 19:21seasons and said that they are much, all the women are much
- 19:25more objective than in the past season and I thought.
- 19:30Which? True.
- 19:33No, I'm just kidding. That's just not something you
- 19:38say because in my opinion, even this group of women, they look,
- 19:45they look amazing. They're very physically fit, but
- 19:48so did the last group and they look their age.
- 19:51It's not like they look 30 years younger than they are, in my
- 19:54opinion. So to me, they all look good and
- 19:58they're all physically fit, but they still look good for their
- 20:02age. You know what I mean?
- 20:03Like, I mean, they're still in their 60s, early 70s, late 50s,
- 20:09whatever it is. But you know they act.
- 20:13Like for her to say that, that's ridiculous.
- 20:15That's all I'm. Saying yeah, it is and and that
- 20:17Nicole, she's something. I think she she's the villain
- 20:20Deb, they are painting her to have that boiler rabbit kind of
- 20:24vibe. That's Danny.
- 20:26And then I think. Who's the one that's madly in
- 20:29love with them? That's Cindy.
- 20:32That's Cindy you. Mean the one.
- 20:33That Cindy like the whole beach scene.
- 20:35Like. Beach they seem chemistry is
- 20:39such a stretch because I know it's so fake all around but to
- 20:42me it seems like they're painting her as the front
- 20:45runner. And I'd buy it if I saw any
- 20:49chemistry, but I see chemistry with none of them.
- 20:52And by the way, they all have to wear white.
- 20:55But the one girl, I think it was Nicole, just gets a white towel.
- 20:59I'm so confused. Carol or Carol What?
- 21:02What a white towel. You don't even get a dress.
- 21:06You have to put on a white towel where everyone else is dressed
- 21:09in white dresses. That was so, so bizarre.
- 21:13So bizarre. So.
- 21:14Bizarre. What about?
- 21:16What about the the whole scene where they gave them the the sex
- 21:20toys? Here you go.
- 21:22My husband, what are we? What are we even doing here?
- 21:26Ladies, what are? We doing Yeah.
- 21:28And the one woman who didn't know what they were like, you
- 21:32know, the the one woman who was like, I don't even know what
- 21:35this is. It's like, OK, this, it's just
- 21:38boring and silly and it's, I just really hope they don't have
- 21:43another one unless it's like I said, some older man who's sweet
- 21:48and kind and whatever. I I just can't watch another
- 21:53conceited man who thinks he's so hot at the age of 70 or 65 and
- 21:59acts like he's like a, you're an ex football player.
- 22:03You're going to be taken apart knee by knee, hip by hip, CTE,
- 22:08whatever you've got going on. Let's not even, I mean, you know
- 22:12what I'm saying? It's not like he's, you know,
- 22:15and he's making fun of women over 60.
- 22:18I mean, I don't know. I don't like them.
- 22:21I said it and I've and I'm not taking it back.
- 22:23Are you going to watch anymore? I, well, I am taping it now so
- 22:29that I I can feasibly watch more because I can just Fast forward
- 22:34through the commercials. There was no need for the first
- 22:37episode to be two hours long. No need whatsoever.
- 22:43That was ridiculous. Do they always move through
- 22:46these ladies so quickly it seems?
- 22:48Quick. No, it seems.
- 22:52It seems quick and I like it. I like it like that, honestly.
- 22:57Do they not have Mel for maybe they only had Jesse for like, I
- 23:01don't know, couple? Weeks.
- 23:02It seems very quick and I wonder if that's because people said
- 23:07this is the golden bachelor or Bachelorette.
- 23:10This is not the regular one and people don't want to see a
- 23:14certain age group for long periods of time.
- 23:18And they put these women in bathing suits.
- 23:20Granted, I think they had great bodies, so I'm not saying that.
- 23:23But no, no young person wants to see.
- 23:27I don't know, I think. It's silly.
- 23:29My daughter called while we were watching and Steve said we're
- 23:32watching Golden Bachelor and she goes EW.
- 23:36Right, like they do, they don't want to.
- 23:39And all the kissing scenes were so cringy and awkward and looked
- 23:45so fake and except I. Think Cindy and he kissed.
- 23:49Well, I like. You know what though, after what
- 23:53he said First of all, wait real quick when the one woman who got
- 23:58booted off already from Miami yeah her 2 twin daughters who
- 24:03were stunningly gorgeous you he thought he was getting.
- 24:07Them, that's what I said too. I'm like, he's like, hello.
- 24:11Yeah, I mean, he immediately thought, boy, they've aged well,
- 24:15I mean, you know what I mean? And then she steps out and you
- 24:18could see his face. It was like, he wants that.
- 24:22That's what he wants. And it's very obvious.
- 24:26Very obvious, yeah. And then he about Nicole.
- 24:29What do you remember what he said he liked the most about
- 24:32Nicole? Quote She's all about me, and I
- 24:36like that. Yeah, and that's what he comes
- 24:39off like. It's like me, me, me, me, me,
- 24:43me. Yeah, I'm not I'm not a fan.
- 24:47But yes, because of you, I will be watching fast forwarding
- 24:51through the commercials. It will be painful.
- 24:54The last episode when they do another two hour.
- 24:57That would be painful. But I just hope some scandal
- 25:01comes out of it because I just Mel is probably one out of all
- 25:07the Bachelor Bachelorette. I'm not just talking golden.
- 25:10I'm talking all of them. This man rubs me the wrong way.
- 25:15Yeah, I he's, I feel like they had an opportunity to get rid of
- 25:20him and bring in someone better. And you?
- 25:23Know. Yep.
- 25:24They they chose not to for whatever reason.
- 25:27All right, so that we can wrap it on that yes.
- 25:31And if you joined us because you saw a Golden Bachelor and you
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- 26:17We have regular social media accounts.
- 26:19And then we also have a private group called There's 10.
- 26:23There's one of my very many alarms I keep set.
- 26:26We have a private group called Ladies only, uncluttered and
- 26:28unfiltered. You have to be let in.
- 26:30But once you are, that's where we can kind of have more
- 26:32discussions and we'll, we'll have little posts where you can
- 26:36chime in, you know, each week on the current episode, we just
- 26:39probably won't do episodes about it again.
- 26:42So all. Right.
- 26:44So, you know, we always close for our new friends.
- 26:47We always close by saying something and then we can say
- 26:50you can let it go and don't look back.
- 26:51So I guess with feeling, feeling the need, I mean, there are so
- 26:57many things we could say about this one, but you know.
- 27:00You can let that man go and don't die.