Becca & Thomas Celebrate Their 1-Year Anniversary

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Happy our listeners. I'm ready to be here for another week with you again, and I'm flying solo today. Unfortunately, Michelle is not going to be by my side this week because I'm sure by now most of you have all read or heard the news that, unfortunately Michelle and Nate have decided to end their relationship. So she's going to be taking a little bit of a breather, taking some time away just to process all of this, because I'm sure it's a lot right now, and so we here on Bachelor Happy how we're going to hope all of you listeners can just extend so much support and love to her and to Nate too. They I can only imagine, are going through such a rough time and she just needs a little time to breathe and just take it day by day. So whenever Michelle is ready to come back, I will be here for her. And if she is ready to share how she's been with you all, then she will of course have the time in the space to do that here. So again, in the meantime, let's just send her in Nate so much love, so much support and well wishes during this time to get through it. Because as I'm sure most of us. No breakups are never an easy thing, So Michelle, my hurt goes out for you right now. And with all of that being said, we still have a fun episode for you coming today. Later in the episode, we are talking to two very fun, cool women, Rishia Skidmore Williams and brook Siffrin. They are pop culture experts, hosts of a very popular podcast called The Rich and Daily and Even the Rich and as a cherry on top, they are also huge Bachelor fans, so it'll be a fun episode with the two of them. But in the meantime, I have called in reinforcements to back me up today and I'm excited to have Thomas joined Happy Hour once again for a little bit, just to catch everyone up on life and what we've had going on. So please welcome Thomas once again. Thomas, Welcome back to Happy Hour. It's glad to be here. I told everyone that you are my reinforcement for the half of this podcast. So half this podcast I like to look at like reinforcement for life, but hey, for life, I guess podcast does follow. Well. We'll start with thirty minutes on the podcast and you know, see how well you do fair enough. I have to tell of our listeners to Thomas is very sweaty right now, and I can't tell if it's because he's nervous to be back here or if it's just because you've been working so hard. Well, what they can't see under the table, My knee's touching your knee. And quite frankly, I don't know how to I don't know how to behave right now. We're gonna play footstander on the table. Yeah, intersporing tots. This got weird. Oh, it's got weird real now, this is this is actually us, though we're just weirdos um, Thomas. We have some exciting news, well a lot of We have so much shit that's happening, good things that are happening in our lives right now. Can I just it's been a year, it's been three hundred and sixty five days. Well, that's what I was going to say. We just, Thomas, I just celebrated our technical one year anniversary from our first date in Paradise, and man, what a wild ride it's been. I said it on my Instagram post about you, and I'll say it again, and I'll say it again to the day that I literally could not have imagined a life the way that it's been the last year. If you said, write out your wildest fantasies and your dreams and what you want your will to look like, I couldn't even picture half it. Did that include an ice in my bouquea of flowers that you gave me, that's just the icing on the tip. So for anyone who follows us on Instagram and have watched Thomas and well my story too, because I we posted it. I was so excited for our one year anniversary. I got him this cute, very sentimental card and wrote this nice message in it. And what does Thomas do to repay me? He goes out and he gets, well, it wasn't beautiful bouquet of flowers, but he said it on my lap when he came home, and he's like, okay, put these in. Put these in the base right now. And I'm like, okay, first of all, why are you making me do this? And second of all, why is this bouquet so heavy? What is in these flowers? So I cut open the bouquet to put in a vase and he has a smear enough ice in the middle of it, And what do I do like any champ, I get down on one knee and chug that baby. But that rocky soundtrack Alexa stage left, But that was his anniversary gift to me. I gotta keep you on your toes. It's something I had the opportunity. It was a big bouquet. I don't even know where the first thought was, but there was no way I was not. Just remember what goes around comes around, and Thomas's birthday is coming up this weekend, so just be mindful that you might have a lot of smear enough ices going down the hatch. Well that's fine. I'm turning thirty, so I plan on being out of my mind anyways, So just bring him on thirty. Oh, I might have to actually have you on a good next week so we can tell all of our listeners what we did for your birthday, because I have a few surprises at my sleep. A hard part about that, though, babe, is we're gonna be celebrating and I will officially be thirty, so I will probably still be struggling next week, thirty going on about seventy six. Yes, yeah, yes, but that was our fun news this week. We have so much more that's not just our fun we happened. Well about the house, Oh yeah, so so well. I've talked about this on the podcast quite Official House Knock on Wood. I don't want anything so weird. Backstory about the house. Yes, Thomas and I bought a house in San Diego. We originally got it what like a month ago, Yes, and then a budge of random stuff kind of fell through with the cellar and it was such a headache, so we ended up pulling out. And then, in the best change of events, because I was dreaming about this house and I loved it so much and it was so sad that we lost it, the seller ended up coming back and doing some work on it and meeting us in the middle, so we finally got the house back. What's the old expression, I really love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's meant to be. I think that was just sudden grays anatomy in the most recent gris Anatomy from Derek Shephard. But yes, so we are very soon going to be official co homeowners together. She made me her fiance, I'm making her my roommate, and it seems like a fair trade off. But yes, we're super excited. It's nineteen twenty six craftsmen like. She dreams about this house when when I walked away, I had to sleep with one eye opened for a little bit because I didn't know. She wasn't like trying to smother me in the middle of the night because she loves this home. So yeah, well so so when we first actually went to go look at it the day I got back from tour, I told him. I was like, I don't want to leave the couch or the bed. I want to sleep for thirty six hours and that move. I'm so exhausted. And what does Thomas do that same day? Makes me go and look at houses and this was one of the This was actually the first one that we looked at and we fell in love with it. And so we had set up a meeting with the reorder and walked through it and Thomas was playing hard to get it. At first, I was like all in, like, let's buy it. This is our house, and Thomas was playing hardball with her. And then we finally get in the car an hour later and he's like, Babe, I love it. We're going to buy this house. And right away he started dreaming up all of the renovations. So we officially close on what seven and I think that same day Thomas is going to put on this little cutoff jean shorts and get down to business with the tool belt. Bob the builder has nothing on Tommy the Builder. I'll tell you this one right now. It's gonna be Yeah. So Thomas is going to be in demolition derby mode for a couple of weeks. But but it's gonna be amazing. It's it's something we both see ourselves are this trajectory of life and what we want in this house in this neighborhood. And it's a little quirky right now, but I'm excited for that because one it allowed us to afford the house, and then two it really lets us put our own stamp on it. And three I like the build stuff. So it's gonna be Yeah, it'll be interesting. I've never seen him, I mean, I've seen him like do little projects around a home, but nothing major. So you're gonna go to the store and you're gonna come back and there's gonna be no floors in, a couple of walls missing, and or it's gonna say, I mean, they're gonna fall more and more in love with you through this process, or I'm going to need to live on my own for three months while you're doing it all and just stay away so I don't become an anxious stress monster. I think it's gonna be a combination of the two. It'll be very interesting, but we can't wait to show off everything. Probably we'll share some stuff on social media, maybe do some tiktoks. Does this mean I'm officially moving to San Diego? Yes, i am, but I'll still have my place in La So if anyone is looking to rent out a two bed, three bath unit, let me know. Holler at your girl because I'll be renting out my space for a little bit furniture unfurnished. We can should chat about that. But yeah, life is crazy. If you would have told me a year ago on Paradise that Thomas and I would be doing all of this in a span of a year, I would have told you that you're high and probably believed you even more so because you broke up with me on Paradise. I see how that would make things even harder to fort brought twist of a century. Yeah, m So, before I bring our guests on and kick you off, Thomas, I do want to share one more thing because we in the past week we went to Nashville. We were we went to the CMA Fest and we had such a fun time. It was a quick, what thirty six hours, but we were able to see Tia and Taylor and Serena was there, so we spent some time with them and just had a grand old time around Nashville and love that we was the highlight of your trip. Oh my gosh, breakfast sandwich is in the Virgin Hotel. Oh yeah, well, I love country music. So just the energy of the CMA Fest and just the stages everywhere, and then just being able to wander and see so much awesome things in the city that we enjoy. Yeah, it was it was cool. We were there for I mean for the show for the Bad Sharette, And unfortunately we didn't get to see the Bachelorettes. The Bacherettes play. Yes we have two this year. We didn't get to see Gabby and Rachel because they went there a few days after we left. But if you if you stopped by the booth, I mean, let us know what you thought. Like they went all out. It was so cool. They had the actual car that Gabby and Rachel drove in their promo shoot. They had like fun games. They had a screen printing T shirt press where Thomas was working hard making all these T shirts, sling them, slinging them out for all the ladies in there. It may or may not have found a new calling in life. Yeah, I'm honestly not surprised. I thought we were going to come back from Nashville and I had walked down into our garage and Thomas was going to have a T shirt printing press in the basement. Well, that'd be irresponsibile. Do before we move, I mean, let us get Oh yeah, a new side hustle. What would you put on shirts if you made them for people? Easy? People's dogs faces? Oh, like their faces? Wait, the dog's face on the human face? Yeah? Have you seen the has answered the portraits of like where you have the dog and it's like a royalty portrait where it's like the dog in like the high necked gown with a crown or so. That's just how Leo dresses in the morning. That's very true, Leo and minno our royalty. All right, Tommy, before we let you go, though, we have a slew of fan questions that we just keep in the back burner for when we have fun guests like you on And one of the things that I've personally gotten and I know that the Bachelor Happy Our page has gone, is we've talked about our proposal and the engagement and they've heard a lot of my saga things. But from your point of view, how does it feel to get proposed to? Oh, It's most flattering thing I I could. I've experienced, it did something I Jena was blown away. I didn't see it coming. I didn't expect it, and then it just felt so just normal and just right. And it's just it was a big confidence boost to me one just because it was such a special moment and to it really just showed you really do have my back. And when you say you want a fifty fifty relationship and you always want to show that I'm loved and care for you, don't This is not lip service. You do things like proposed to me like you're willing to You're willing to do above and beyond anything that most people would would project as a normal behavior, whatever normal is. And it's it's amazing because it really does keep me on my toes, and I think that's one of the reasons why we have so much fun in life, because it's just anything could happened on any given day, and it's just that well, Exhibit A is the spear enough ice on our anniverse. It's practice the same thing. Wait, I actually am curious thought because I've never even asked you this. When did it finally sink in for you that we're engaged in a very untraditional way, Because even when I proposed to you in that moment, you know, we've talked about this is like how joy filled you were and you were just laughing for so long, like Quint had actually sink in where you were like, I'm a fiance and this girl flipped the switch. Well, you use the word unconventional, and I would say that never actually sunk in, And that wasn't ever a thought that I have really had, just because I have nothing to compare it to, Like this is my only experience in an engagement, So for me, it just feels feels the way it's supposed to be because it's just I don't know any better, and I mean that and just the pure is just straightforward way, So I mean, we're not necessarily the most traditional people. I'm not necessarily the most orthodox person to begin with, and the most the most orthodox, the most orthodox that are hard. They are hard. But something, No, it didn't feel odd, it doesn't feel unconventional. It feels right. I mean we had a moment to celebrate our love and continue to progress it forward, and to me, that's always going to feel right. I have a totally random question. Did you just eat the dishes? Because I can smell the sponge on your hands. That's a weird things. Yes, I did the dishes too. I think I need to go replace the sponge. Yeah. Wow, I have such a distinct smell. Fair um, all right, Thomas, Oh wow, this is this is the question. We've actually gotten this a lot, but I want you to answer this because I've said my side of things. But now that we're engaged, would we get married in paradise? Would we get married? I think anyone who's followed us closely since the time we gotten together. No, we're we want a lot more of an intimate just a family, close knit reception or it's just for us? Well where ceremony you mean that reception are? I know our ceremony won't be in Paradise. But who's to say we won't have a massive celebratory reception or a big party on the beach sometime. I mean, okay, I'm probably going to say no to that. Well, I didn't define Paradise, you know what I mean, Oh, passionate Paradise. Yeah, coming back September twenty seven, best good for the show. Yeah, So I don't necessarily see us doing anythink in front of cameras to that extent. It's something our relationship all just been for us. I mean, that was the cool thing about Well, if there's any silver lining about breaking up on Paradise, it's just we had no expectations of anything after that. Yeah, we got to choose to do things our own way. But I will say, and we've been asked this before, like if we would just go down for an appearance or just do something there, and we definitely would be open to it. And I think we're we both are on the same page as because the food down there is so freaking incredible. It's some of the best food I've ever had. Well, so we would go. I thought I would go because it was one of the most transformed of thirty Day periods of my life. I enjoyed every moment of those, and those are memories I hold fondly. But I guess the food's great too. It's so crazy to think about too. So I mean, I know, you just briefly mentioned Thomas's thirtieth birthday coming up. And last year we were in Paradise for your birthday, and for any of the listeners who don't understand, like we're filming twenty four to seven, so we're up till like three, four or five in the morning. Most night's just constantly filming and having conversations with everyone. And Thomas and I on his birthday, when it turned midnight, we had been laying just on the beach talking for hours, and I knew it was going to be his birthday, but I didn't have a clock by me, and so I totally forgot about it. And I was like walking with the girls on the beach, and I was like, Holy, shouldn't Thomas's birthday? And so I pulled him to the beach bar while it's poured out shots for everyone and we all sing him Happy birthday. And I think you had stuff like that was one of the most special birthday moments you've ever had. Yeah, that's Wilder's a year ago. Historically birthdays having been my favorite thing just for whatever reason, I don't necessarily like the attention on me. And then there's just some negative stuff around birthdays as a kid growing up. So just to have that moment when I said those thirty days were some of the most transformative and just happiest days in my life. I mean, oh god, you're gonna make me cry because I broke up with you. Yeah, you're a monster. But that's neither here nor there. Look at us now. Wow, I'm really cheering up right now. Damn. Yeah, Oh my gosh, that's so crazy. We are. We are all over the place. Um okay. Another question, would you potentially be open to having a bachelor or a boucherette party in Paradise? Oh? Hell yeah that one. That's another story, are you That would be fun? That would be if if if Rodney, I don't know if he's on the beach or not, but if Rodney is there, I'm definitely in just rode that. But it's just gonna be a Thomas and Rodney bachelor party. Was running around go on a while? Yeah? Oh oh, I can't swear on this. But I want to swear on this. I would absolutely have a bachelor party in Paris. Wait, but I would want Runny to be at my bad Schorrette party. No, I'm going to fight him for you. I'm gonna fight for him. That's not a good way to gain to go another reason check. Um. Oh yeah, if I don't have a bachelor party in Paradise, I'm gonna be like, damn, that could be fun. Oh wow, I would want to come to your baud Schorrette party. Coming to my bachelor party. Well yeah, I mean I'm gonna be like the creeper in the background with the binoculars. It's gonna be hiding a cake somewhere exactly scaredy Well, Thomas, I love having you on. Thank you for coming in for a little bit. I know it's a wonky week, but I feel like our listeners love having you on. They love to hear. But I'm glad to be here. I brought him in last minute. It was like, Thomas, do you have a couple of minutes to join me today? And he said, hell yeah, so what can I What was that accent you just did on that question? Did I do an act, Thomas, do you have a couple of moments to join me today? I didn't say it like that today. That's how I heard it. I was just thinking of how I asked you where you were mine? Halo is running low, my head is spinning a little bit. I don't though. I think I gotta get out of here. Out here, all right, Thomas, thanks for being Unhappy Hour. We love you see soon. All right, Happy Hour. It is that time when we have to bring our fun guests on and I'm so excited to be speaking with Aruscia, Skidmore Williams and brook Siffren today. They're both comedians and hosts of two podcasts. One is The Rich and Daily podcast, which covers anything and everything that is happening in celebrity news, and they also do the podcast Even the Rich, which is a series that tells the stories of major moments in pop culture history, including, and just to name a few, because they have so many, Janet Jackson and the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the Free Brittany Movement, the life and Loves of Elizabeth Taylor, and so much more. And their most recent season is actually diving into the story of Elton John That just drops so I can't wait to talk to them more about that and pick their brain. And Plus, Rishia and Brooke are huge Bachelor fans, so I can't wait to get into all of things, all the things of Bachelor Nation with them and hear their thoughts on everything going on in this world and how they feel about the new season coming out. So, without further ado, Bachelor Happy Hour listeners, please welcome Rishia and Brooke. I'll write you too, Welcome to Bachelor Happy Hour. I am so excited to have you here. I know Michelle wishes she could be part of this, but in the meantime, you just get me and so it's so great to welcome you both. Just to fill everybody in on how you both are doing, give us a little update on life and everything. Well, we just got back from an airbnb this morning, and such exciting. Yeah, this is this story is going to rivet you. I don't like to pay to do my laundry, so I brought literally like six to ten loads to do and the washing machine didn't work. So I have now been going up and down my stairs for the last like two hours doing laundry. And that's how I'm doing right now. Oh, gosh. It's to note that the airbnb is in the city that we live in, literally like five minutes from our Yeah, it was a mile and a half. Was it just a little saycation. Yeah. One of our producers from Rich and Daily was in town from Canada. So we're like, oh, let's get an airbnb. Let's have like a Rich and Daily house. And it is literally ten minutes from both of our apartments. It's like we got to just yeah, that's fun though. It's just fun get away, you know, and you still know the area and so you still feel comfortable. So you just mentioned one of the podcasts. But one of the reasons why I'm so excited to have you both here today is because we not only love supporting other podcasts, but especially supporting our fellow women in the podcasting space. And so you have both hosted two podcasts together, Rich and Daily and even The Rich. So fill all of the listeners in who don't know. How did you two meet? How did you decide to start podcasting together in the first place. So we met doing valet parking for like rich people celebrities, and we hit it off right away, and then we became roommates and ironically enough, Becca, the first time we podcasted together was a Bachelor podcast? Really and what season was it? Mine? It wasn't yours, but it was the season where you were introduced to where we were all in dury season yeah who must not be named correct. I was like, how can I say this without saying sorry? So that it's really crazy that we're now on your podcast. It's just really yeah. So that was our first journey into podcasting, and of course we ad spectacularly. We still do. I know. We were such fans. If you can, you should listen to it. It's so good. And I am being as sarcastic as god. I don't even remember what we said. But so we did one season of The Bachelor, and then we saw posting in a Facebook group but they were looking for comedic duos to talk about rich families and dynasties, and we were like, oh my god, this is us. We already do this for free, we already do this. So we sent in an audition and thrust as history. I love that. So I want to ask you both this then, because I mean I can kind of relate. I'm a lot newer in the podcasting space because I've just been doing this for a couple of years now, But what have you learned or what would you have told yourself or what advice would you have given yourself five six years ago when first started podcasting? To get you to where you are today? Where to start? Becca? So much knowledge up here? I think, I mean the most important thing and I think it applies across the spectrum, whether you're doing independent podcasts professionally produced podcasts, is to do something you actually enjoy talking about because it's it can get so tiring if you don't like your subject, like it. I mean, it's exhausting, and it's your it becomes your job, and even if you're not actually getting paid, it's so kind of like a job. So I think having passion and it focus less on like what is everyone else going to want to hear or see? And focus on like what what story do I want to tell? And how do I want to tell it? Yeah. I feel like if you're like authentically into what you're doing and you are yourself, the listeners will come and they'll stay. Yeah, and also, don't look at review I was gonna say, Hey, anything learned or that I could tell people from a show from a podcast from anything is don't don't read the fine print. Yeah, it's dicey out there. Yeah, what people think of you is none of your business. I don't even love well and you both probably know this and I've experienced this, But you can do anything. You could do the most amazing thing or say the most incredible thing on this planet, and you will get haters and drolled on like crazy. You know, there's just really no winning, especially being in the public eye and like on social media and having such a platform that it's just like none of our business, right exactly? Oh my gosh. Well, so for anyone that enjoys pop culture, even the rich, is such a must listen. And you both have done what is it, twenty eight seasons now you're on the twenty eighth. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's absolutely incredible. Foes to you both for sticking with it and loving with it. It's such a fun thing to listen to. Um, what has been your favorite seasons that you've done? I so, for the longest time, my favorite was Versacchi, and it's shifted twice now in the last two arcs it went to Maryland and then it went to Dolly. So currently my favorite is Dolly okay? Yeah, but I think that's just because I love I've always been like, oh yeah, Dolly's cool, but I've never been as huge of a Dolly stand as Dolly stands are. But after like learning about her, it's like, yeah, this woman slaps Yeah, wow, you are so hip. I know. Um yeah, same as a Reachia. I've always loved Versacchi. And then we recently did Patty Hurst, which was I didn't know a lot about and I love cults. I'm so interested in calls, so that was like a nice mix of our show and also like someone trapped in a cult. I was like, Okay, I think my new favorite history action. Yeah. Yeah. I like when we can kind of bring in some like true crime and other stuff. It's fine. I love that. So for listeners who haven't yet checked it out, is there one also standout season that you'd be like, this is the one you have to start with, the one that you have to listen to. I'd say, don't start at the beginning. No. It's so funny because I think the most feedback I get about people's favorite seasons is the first one, which is so weird to me because if you listen to the first season versus now it's a it sounds like a different show. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure, But so I don't know what I feel like. Free Brittany is probably the season that I don't want to say like got us any notoriety, but it got us to the listener account we're at now, Like that was a very because it was during her conservatorship. It was a very publicized thing. Yeah, and I think that's probably the one. I think it has the most downloads, So I feel like that's a safe one to start with. What are some seasons that you've worked on that have really surprised you or like where it took a turn and you're like, holy crap, I did not expect this. Well, this isn't really in the even the rich rich in Daily Realm. But we did a mini series called in God We Lust with Wondery also, and that one took a turn for me because it started like about like this religious university and just all the stuff that was going on. But then it took like a dark turn at the end and I was like whoa, Okay, a lot of like sexual assault allegations things like that, and I was like, Wow, this took a really big turn for me. But in terms of like Even the Rich, I'd say Paris Hilton probably surprised me the most, just because we all have this view of Paris Hilton and we learned so much about her doing the show, and like, you know, she was in Provocanyon School when she was a kid, and she was like abused. She was trapped there, she couldn't get out, and it really changed my opinion of her in my view of her one that I think, Yeah, and also just she you know, has this persona about her where people think she's just like this entitled heiress and you know, maybe to an extent that exists, but she also works really hard and I never realized like how hard she worked. So I think that that's something that came out in that arc. Interesting. Oh my gosh. I feel like Even the Rich has something for everyone, Like like anyone could take a listen and pick a certain season and find it intriguing and learned something new, which I absolutely love that. And so the most current season, the twentieth season now, is the story of Elton John. I actually just did an ad for this for our podcast, yes before y'all joined. Yeah, but what is one of the craziest things that you've learned about Elton because even reading the ad, I didn't realize he had such a dark upbringing and there was, you know, more skeletons in his closet. So even knowing that, I'm like, oh my gosh, I definitely need to give this a listen to now. Yeah, So, what's the craziest thing that you've learned about him? In the research? In this season? I realized the only thing that I really knew about him was that he was Reginald Dwight. Like that's like the only fact that I can procure other than like the songs that he sings. So I'm constantly just like, oh wow, oh shit, oh my god. And I mean I've like I've always been a big fan of his. I grew up and I had a friend who was obsessed with him. But I don't know, I guess his upbringing definitely as well as that I didn't know he had been married to a woman. Yeah, I had no idea that was something that happened in his life. Yeah, I don't think I realized how dark it was for him, like growing up and early in his career, Like I just know him as like who he is now just out and proud and love and life and like making amazing songs. So really his whole story, I think, yeah, it's been kind of surprising the whole way. I'm like a resh, I'm like, oh, okay, yeah, I think it'll I think it'll definitely throw not our listeners because I'm not training with you, but your visteners for a loop. And definitely. I mean so my fancy Thomas is a huge Elton John fan, and so now knowing a bit more, I'm like, oh damn, like he's been through some shit. Yeah, And I also love too that it's coming out at this point during Pride month. What does that mean to you both to be telling his story during this month. It's important because we pushed for Elton for so long, like he was one on our list where like can we please do Elton? Can we please do Elton? And we were talking about wanting to do like a queer icon during Pride and there was some other names tossed around, and I was like, come on, like this is time to do Elton. And it's like he's just such an icon and he's the first male that we've done in a while, Like a lot of our stories have been about women. So yeah, yeah, it's really nice and like very important I think to tell his story right now. So it's it's amazing. I love it. I love that. So is there a topic or somebody that you hope to do that so on your bucket list to come up in one of the upcoming seasons. I have been begging for the Olds and Twins. I I they are like I grew up with them. I felt connected to them because I liked twins. That's the only connection that I had with them. Um, which is enough, I would think, but it hasn't happened yet, and I'm holding out. I love that. Yeah, did you did you grow up watching like old school Old School Mary Kay and Nashley where they were like six or seven and they did like their mystery. Yeah, The Adventures of Mary Kay and nash Yeah. I saw that. I saw. I know their theme song. Brooke questioned whether I'd see so little time I have one season of it. Yeah, it was like such a short lived sitcom. Oh I saw it. Um, I think it Takes two was recently on Netflix. I'm pretty sure it was. Yeah, I watched it. It was like it was a few months ago, right, yeah, I mean I probably watched it with I mean for sure within the past year, I want to say, definitely. Oh my gosh, I still love their style too, like even you know how the nineties is kind of coming back, y yeah, Like I just bought sunglasses like the Oval, like bright red ones like what they used to wear with the Oh yeah, I like and they would have the like butterfly clips in their hair, which I tried to emulate. It's very hard when you have curly hair. Let me tell you, I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any butterclips, butterlips, any butterfly clips lately, so I don't think. I don't know if those are coming back. But I did just buy some nineties style jeans. Was amazing. Do they like the patches? They don't have patches, they're just like kind of ripped. But they're like boyfriend jeans that they're little loose from Abercrombie, which is very nineties. Really saying seriously buying jeans from Abercrombie right now. But they came highly recommended and they're amazing. Okay, So I do want to get into because you said that you first started up podcasting with the Bachelor franchise and covering that. So were you fans of the show since the beginning or when did you get involved in Bachelor Nation. I think I'm trying to remember what my first season was, not the beginning, but I know I was watching very early on, like maybe season like three of The Bachelor, and then I was watching it a lot. I think Richia came in later. Yeah, I can't remember what my first season was. I think it was it was when I was working at the talent agency because they did uh one of those called were you like like what they do for sports? Oh? Yes, oh wows yeah sports? Such a fan? I love them all. Um. But he did a bracket and I was like, oh, this is fun the bracket part um. And I was terrible because I didn't know what I was doing. But I the only yours is actually the only season I might have seen two where I've watched. I watched like every single episode. Okay, so, um, so from what you've seen, are there any iconic moments that stick out to either of you from any of the seasons? I mean, unfortunately, Becca, how do we answer this question? I was so used to it, like that's even how people refer to me as still to this day is like the one who got broken up. So well yeah, and like wait, wait, I was referring to calling this guy pillow lips. That was the most memorable was pillow lips? Ari? Everyone called him pillow lips for some reason, did they? Yes? Unfortunately, and we yeah forgot. Becca's reaction suggest that it's false advertising. Wait, I'm trying to think. I mean, I've never rewatched that season, so I could be the wrong understands. Yeah, but was it was it the girls on his season or was it when he was a contestant, like the five years prior. I want to say it started when he was a contestant, But the girls on his season, we're talking about it. We're calling him pillow lips when he was a contestant. We're like, look at this guy's lips, they're like pillows. So but all I remember is that one of the girls on Ari season she called him needle on the season. And so when it was my season, he actually came to the Maldives for like a thirty minute conversation that never aired. But I just remember there's a bunch of needlefish down below where I was staying and there was like a glass bottom and you could just see them floating around and the cameramen would just zonate on this. My god, that's amazing. We're getting from this? Is I need to get on this show so I can get flown to Maldives for thirty minutes and then I'll just say, hey, tack on a vacation to the end of it. Well, or you could kill two birds with one stone, come to paradise next, You're be part of vat nation, bartend kickoff a date, whatever, and you'll do it all. Yeah. I a bartenders sot out. She had her own company. More about this. Yeah, so I was poor and I was like, I gotta make money and so classic scenario. Yeah, but the real struggle is do I want to work for other people? Because that's a nightmare. Um. So I was like, you know what, I'm going to start a private event bartending company. And so Arisha worked for me. My husband were events and we like really built the business pretty big. We had like a very nice client roster and we were doing events on weekends, a lot of weddings, a lot of crazy parties. It was really fun. Yeah, it was fun. Yeah, I feel like you are both jacks of all trades. A jack of all trades like valet where you met, to this private bartending job, to podcasting. So did podcasts just kind of take over? Because because you do have the two, I can imagine it takes up most of your time. Now, yeah, podcasting, it would have been real rough, Like I, I can't have magic going through the pandemic. If I didn't have even the rich, yes star like, I would have been oh who knows where? Yeah? Yeah, I know. Besides like, besides going through the pandemic and being like, Okay, when can I take a nap today? What am I going to make for dinner? Oh? It's five, I can have a margarita. I stop looking to the weekly podcast just to keep me yea somewhat sane? Yeah, I can. I can totally relate. Okay, So I need to ask you both this because it's big news in the world of Bachelor Nation because we've never had two leads. Yeah, seems at the same time. So how do you both feel about that? Are you excited about seeing the two women? I am? I? Yeah, I'm I'm mostly excited because I'm always excited when I think an ideas original because I feel like there's so few in this day and age, and I was like, why is no one thought to make it too? Like that seems genius to me. Yeah, I mean I feel like the Bachelor needs it a shake up. Yeah, so I think this will be like a fun shake up. I mean, I'm I love Paradise like Bachelor in Paradise is my jam, Like it is to me the superior Bachelor show because it's just so good and it's like it really is. Seeing multiple people look for love I think is more interesting. So I think it's going to be more exciting to have two bachelorettes. Yeah. Well, and yeah, like to play into Paradise. There's so many different love stories, there's so many different bits of drama that I think it just hooks viewers better. You know, if you just have one or two storylines week after week, it kind of gets repetitive and bold. And so I think this season will definitely deliver more than we've ever seen. I was actually asked this question the other day, and I want to ask you both it now too, because I think it was a good one. So obviously we'll have two baud Shurettes. How would you feel about having two male leads at the same time. For some reason, I feel like it would be more dramatic. I don't know why, but it's probably well women fighting over two men now, not just why. I feel like a group of female contestants brings better drama than a group of male contestants. Male contestant drama isn't as interesting to me. Yeah, like I don't shorter live it is. With women, it's like, well, like I'm really into this person, and oh I might have a boyfriend. It just feels like the drama is like I'm more drawn out and more I'm more engaged with it than I am with the men. They really need to up their game, honestly, they stan the show. Well, So have you noticed a shift in recent seasons where the drama has been more extreme, more catty, just more dramatic in general to make for a better TV. Yeah, it does feel like that, like especially, and I hate that it's like the women because like, of course, like we're just catty or we're just more talented. Well that's what I was gonna say. I was actually going to compliment the women, like I feel like we're smarter and more cunning. That comes out more. It's like a group of women. So I just think, I don't know, it's just better drama for some reason. And yeah, I do feel like it's been upped a little in the last couple of seasons. I don't know what that's about. Definitely some of the stuff that is said and done, I'm like, what, how is this even a thing? Or who thinks of this? It just I you know, I feel like I can't be shocked being in the world of reality television anymore because we see and hear so much. But I'm still shocked season by season. Have you either of you seen the cast come out for the new season of The of the Men. Yes, I haven't looked through it fully, but I keep seeing all the social media posts about the man. I need to look at that better. Do you have any initial thoughts anyone that caught your eye? No, we need the drama for somebody to stand out. I don't bother to learn their names until halfway through this season. Oh, I'm like, hometowns. Give me four people that. Yeah, I'm honestly surprised. I'm surprised that to female bachelottes aren't both named Lauren like that seemed like a lost opportunity. They've done it. They've found two people not named Lauren. Finally, Hudo, you don't need last name, last name initials with Susan. If you could see a celebrity on the show as either a lead or contestant, who would it be. I feel like, although I guess she's engaged now, but I feel like Lizzo would be such a fun bachelorette. Engaged. Yeah, I guess she's engaged or something. I don't think. Maybe she had relationships without telling you. She was on a red carpet and she had like this ring on her ring finger. Maybe maybe it's a promise ring. I don't know. But there's some guy she's been Is it somebody from the Minnesota Vikings? Oh my god, I wish better be otherwise I don't. I don't support this otherwise redo red. Yeah, that's like my one thing because I'm from Minnesota. I'm like, Lizzo knows Minnesota. Put on the man. My husband lived in Minnesota for really years. Yeah. Area Apple Valley. Oh yeah, that's where my own uncle lives. Apple Valley sounds so kind and just quaint. Yeah, fall well, Becca, didn't you take someone apple picking. I did, yes, he who shall not be named. Um, I don't remember it was your season or it was my ye, and there was I mean because we went to Minnesota in November. I was like, Mmm, what can we do here? And it was definitely not the right time to go because I don't even think there was apples on the trees. They were all dead and it was crazy and I was like, this is the worst idea ever, Becca, But um, yes, but they made the most of it. We had whiskey in the apple cider, which was great. So well, I think I saw a pa in the background just hanging up fake apples in the tree. Probably. I love that though. That's like such a fall. I mean obviously not was snow, but that's such a fall activity. Yeah, it's like so cute. It was a month prior it would have been perfect and beautiful and the apples would have actually been ripe and edible. But I mean it worked. It worked either Yeah. I mean you know, it's foreshadowing for that relationship. So yeah, I go exactly. Um, Way, Deresia, who would be your dream celebrity cast or lead? Well, I'm I'm really on a Chris Evans kick right now. So only if I get to be a contestant that gets put up to win. So I have to have some kind of contract, did Neil Lane ring at the end, Yeah, Yeah, I have been trying to. I've been commenting. I was telling Bark, I'm commenting on his posts as if I'm already dating him. And I have now four messages from Chris Evans, four different accounts. Obviously they're all him saying hello, So I don't know what he's messaged you back. Well, people that are that think they're him. So I'm like one step closer fake accounts, but yet I don't want I want it like our first message needs to be cute because it's going to be referenced at our wedding obviously. Okay, Um, so I'm thinking on that right now, and just you know, work working things out with these fake for sevens, getting all the kinks out before really cute that you think the first thing that will be mentioned is your first DM and not that you've been commenting like a crazy person on his post as if you're a couple. Well, I want to ask you this so because this is a Bachelor podcast and you are fans um and I will get into a rosen thorn with you both, but put me in the hot seat, And is there anything that you want to ask me? And I wish Michelle is here too to answer, But is there anything that you want to ask or know that you've just been dying to find out, whether it's bachelor related as a contestant, as a lead, or from paradise? How much time do we have? Um? Okay, first question, why aren't you guys allowed to eat the food? I knew. I was like, it's going to be with that, that's like continuity. Well, so that's actually like the number one question we always get. So when you're filming, the camera crew and team will go and set up all of everything early before the couple of ring gets to wherever they're filming, and so they'll grab still shots of the table with the food and they really don't want you to move it around. So usually before each date they'll have I mean like because we're getting ready in the rooms, they'll have food for you so you can order come service if you're at a hotel, whatever. So they'll always feed us beforehand. But yeah, on the actual dates, it's like like a full fish ballet with the eyeballs and the mouth still there, and it just like is sitting there to look farm. There was one time I think I ate food on a date and it's because it was mac and cheese and it didn't look half bad. But yeah, otherwise they'll feed you before and after. I mean, we're constantly eating on the show. We really are. It's just those like plated meals rather than the pretty shots. And that's what I figured. But I was like, you know what, I got back a right here in front of me. Yeah. Yeah, I really wish they would get close ups of them sometimes because like before they look lovely, it's like this full meal with all the sides and everything, but then close up you're like, don't, yeah, don't don't. Yeah, all right, yeah, what about you, Grisham, So we can ask anything, right, yes, I think so this is not even an exciting question, but I feel like it's become more and more obvious that people are going on this show less about finding love and more about getting that follow account up, because that's really our only way to judge anybody's worth in this world now. So I want to know what was your reason? Were you genuinely on this show to find love or was it mostly if I love a little bit to get into wherever you wanted to get into. That's a good question. So when I went on, it was in twenty seventeen, and so that was before TikTok, Like I barely knew how to use Twitter. I believe when I left for The Bachelor, I probably had like four hundred and thirty eight followers and so, and it was before and I think it was like at the time when like brand deals and collaborations, like we're starting, so we really didn't know where it was going to go. So when I personally left, I was in the mindframe of I had been like working at my same job for five six years. I was over it. I wanted to change, and I was like I'm single now, why not? Like I was more so for the adventure, like I really actually was most extended to travel, like that's what I wanted to do. Yeah, And so I left thinking I was going to be gone for two weeks, being like I'm going to t travel, I'll hopefully meet some cool girls and you know, have some l seen friendships yea, and so um that's kind of my mindset. And then it wasn't because I went straight from basically straight from ri season as a contestant to right after filming my season, And it wasn't until I got off of my season where there was like all of the extra fun stuff on social media, like brand collaborations, and I was getting able to get paid off of that, And so that to me at that point was just an added bonus because I was like, oh, this is cool. I didn't know what to expect. I just thought I was going to go back to my old nine to five PR job. But yeah, when I went on, I was so naive, so naive, like, yeah, yeah, you have no idea what you're gonna get. But don't you think it's kind of better that way where it's like you're just excited about it to see what would happen if it fails or goes to ship. You know, at least you gave it a shot. Yeah, so that's why I kind of like that, you know, I kind of like that I went in back in twenty seventeen where it wasn't a major thing at that point. Yeah, I also kind of feel like, granted, you're literally the only person on this show that I've ever talked to, but I feel like the ones that do make it far and have the kind of success that you've had came in with that mindset, Like it wasn't like I just feel like because I think that's a really healthy mindset, because it's I think it's kind of naive to be like I'm going to meet the love of my life, like maybe, but like I'm doing this because I want to have fun and maybe like see some cool places, make some friends. I feel like that's the healthiest way to approach this kind of show. Yeah, yeah, well, yeah, exactly. There's so many unknowns. You have no idea what a relationship with the lead is going to be, like any relationship with cast members will be like, and so you kind of like just go up with no expectations' That's like what I tell people going in Paradise, like, don't have a set plan. Don't be like I'm going to find a partner or I'm gonna leave with the ring on my finger, or I'm gonna build my following with one hundred thousand extra followers. Like we've seen that with people in the past, and it's truly never worked out for anyone in that part. If that's the case, Yeah, so yeah, do you feel Becca like it was easier to be a contestant the Bachelorette or on Paradise Paradise one thousand, Well, and actually as a contestant on the Bachelor, because again I had no idea what I was in for. I was like, hopefully I'll have some free food, meet some cole people, and travel. You only you stick around long enough to like make it some more fun. Yeah, but and so that part was so much fun. But Paradise I kind of had a better understanding of just how things were filmed. And but Paradise already knew some of my friends that were going to be down there too, so I already want to be like, it's gonna be a fun summer. I had zero expectations because I kept saying no to it. So I was like, well, I'm you know, so I'm going to go back to my life that I love after this. But Paradise was such a black It's like summer camp for adult switch alcoholic and like hot people to book it on the beach. Yeah, they need to make that like not just for the thirty people in the Bachelor Nation, open for everyone, like a Norm's version. Yeah, wis they I wish they would have more people, I say on the beach because it's so much fun. It's just yeah, yeah, it's just like a mumflong vacation. It's yeah. It was as blast all write you two. It has been so much fun. But before we let you both go, we do this with all of our listeners all sorry, all of our guests where we asked them the rose and thorn of their week, so highlight favorite moment and then low light or least favorite worst moment of the week. So all started to make it easy. Okay, I'm gonna start with my thorn. I'm gonna say, oh shit, I don't even know if I have a thorn. To be honest, um brag, um a thorn would be wow. I like really need to put some thought into this. Um, I'm just gonna give a rose this week, and I mean, so many fun things have happened, but Thomas and I celebrated our one year anniversary and his dirty thirty birthday. So that's it's just been a good week. I don't even want to taint it with a thing. You know we covered on an episode of Richard Daily Engagement. Oh yeah, yeah yeah. So wait, what were your thoughts. I mean, we loved it. Yeah, we were all so here for it. And I even said, I think on the show, like I loved you guys in Paradise. I was like, we finally got to see a different side of Thomas, and I'm here for it. Yeah. So I'm good it's working out. We'll check that one out. Thank you. He'll be thrilled, He'll he'll appreciate that so much. We assume that this will be enough to get invites to the wedding. Yeah, just we pushed our producer's last cover it or at least end well, dust off the barket. No, I want you all to have fun too, so don't. I'm not going to put you to work. Okay, We're gonna have a good time, all right, Okay, who wants to take it away? Rose? And Thorne? Do you have one? I can go? Okay, so Thorne would probably be So this air AIRPNB that we rented our friend that's in from Canada literally went to this TV premiere yesterday for like six hours or like, we drove five minutes from our apartments to hang out with you at this apartment and you're us yeah, yeah, yeah, um, and the rose I gotta say meeting you Becca because we love you. Thank you. This has been such a fun padast. Yeah, thank you. Try and top that, Arisha. I know I'm an asshole if I don't say the same shit. Um. I mean my thorn is going to be the laundry. Talk about beginning and ending. This is a perfect book end. You're this episode or um just doing full circle? Um? And since I god forbid, I say the same thing as Brooke. This is absolutely a rose. But my other rose is despite our one friend leaving us yesterday, our original producer on Even the Rich when we first started, the guy who actually technically i'll say discovered us. He was the one who listened to the audition tapes. He we still talked to him and he came over and we hung out for pop some champagne and it was just it's always fun to see him. So that was that was my rose and being on this show, but especially yes right well, thank you both. It has been such a fun one. I just love, like I said at the top, like not only fellow podcasters, but just like badass women. It doesn't feel like a job, ro like work right now, like it just like, it's a good I wish we could do this in person, so we could just drink some wine and you know, catch it more one day. One day, we will definitely have to have you back and pop some champagne to celebrate. Yeah, but before you both leave, please give all of our listeners a little tidbit of where they can find you on social media and where they can check out the podcasts. Okay, I'm on Instagram and Twitter at Arisha skid Dubs Ski d Dubs. Having two last names is a nightmare. Let me tell you, um and then do it too. I love it. I love I mean it was what I got by names, what I was bored. It was uncommon and it's more and more common this day and age to have, like I have both my parents last names. But yeah, filling out those scantrons my last name out. Oh, I did never think about that. But other than that, it's great And it's too long for a Twitter handle, So you went some of you lose some, Yeah, skid does. I'm on Instagram at Brooksiffrin super Easy, and our shows are wherever you get your podcasts literally, So Richard go ahead. Even the rich comes out Tuesdays and Rich and Daily is Monday through Friday and so check it out. Well. Thank you both for being here today. This was so much fun. I really appreciate you joining us today. Please see in touch. Okay, yeah, okay, thank you so much, bye Becca, Okay, Boucher Happy our listeners. That was such a fun episode. So thank you for tuning in again this week, and a huge thank you to both Arisia and Burke for being here. It was so much fun. And again you can check out their podcasts, Rich and Daily and even The Rich Now everybody, I hope you had a great week. I know that we did miss miss Michelle unfortunately, but thank you to Thomas for stepping in for those few fun moments. And for everyone out there, you've heard this once and you will hear it again. Please make sure to hit us up on social you can d m us always leave your fan questions for us, because when we do fun episodes like this, when Thomas has to pop in, it really helps us out and just makes for a fun shit chat with everyone. You can follow us at Boucher be Hour on Instagram and from there you'll find everything that you need to know. 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