Clare Crawley Talks First Night and Addresses the Rumors

00:00:01
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Becca, you guys, that's what're happy our listeners. I know we don't normally start off the show like this, but oh my god, if you watch last night's premiere of The Bachelorette, you too are saying, oh MG, you get it. You understand why I don't even have the words to start this thing off. I mean, my goodness, Chris Harrison said the President when he said, congratulations, you've just blown up the Bachelorette. That line has been ringing in my head over and over again, like, do away with most dramatic season ever. It's ladies and gentlemen. You just blew up the Bachelorette. It's the best. It's the best thing ever. When I when I interviewed Chris, I asked him, I was like, did you have that scripted or that just come off the top of your head. He was like, you know how it is. Sometimes you just in it, you fill it, and it comes off the top of your head. So that is what you're getting here. That's what happy our listeners cannot wait. If you have not watched the episode, First of all, you're in for a treat. Second spoiler alert, you probably need to stop listening and the tune back in because we're gonna be talking about it today. I'm still shook from the events that took place last night. Becca, How are you feeling about it? Virtual? I feel like I'm just on this whole other level of excitement because we finally have a show back on air, and I'm talking to some friends about it. Like I have never been pregnant. I'm not a mother, but I can only imagine, like, you know, going through this pregnancy for nine months and then all of a sudden, one day you're in it with a baby. I feel like that's where we're at. Like people have been anticipating this moment of having the show come back on and think, the Lord, we finally have it because it can bring us together week by week now. But this first episode was crazy because a there was so much to digest in just one episode. I feel like we got a whole season's worth of emotions in like those two hours. But I can't get I can't wait to get in depth with you because there's so much that went down. But before we do, I have to introduce our guests today because ladies and gentlemen, it is a very very special one since we couldn't believe everything that we saw last night. We of course had to go to the only source that could give us some true, real clarity. Righteous see what I did there, Yes, and I did. So of course we had to get our girl Claire on today to dish on everything that actually went down. I want her to spill the tea, give us clues of what's to come, because from what we saw, if that was just a taste of what's to come in this season, it's going to be like none that we've ever seen before. Oh my gosh, I dear God, thank you for Claire, Thank you for Claire Crawley. Because that we've been teased so much with the promos, and like each time like they know what they're doing, because each promo that we get gives us just a little bit more and then bam, we saw the episode and we're seeing what's to come. I mean, even the way this episode just starts off with the preview of what's to come with this season, it's crazy. I'm so excited and I'm going to be saying over and over again two phrases that I've gotten from Claire or from Claire's season so far, one congratulations, you just blew up the Battorette. That's how we're going to greet her when she comes on the show, and we have shirts that said this. Speaking of shirts, Rent is an excellent color on you than you look fantastic, very very autumnal. Today I feel like, yeah, very fantastic, um looking like a little rose. And in honor of the premiere week, you guys, that's not right exactly. The other phrase that I'm going to keep saying, and I want to like play it like I just want to hit it like as a button throughout this season is you make me sick. Every time I hear Claire say that, I'm not like, you make me sick. And you know what I love about Claire is she owns who she is. It's something that we've said for weeks now, like she just owns who she is. But she is just so wrapped up. I feel like every time she says something, you feel it, like I know that those guys on her season are feeling it. And she just wears her heart on her sleeve in such an elegant but like entertaining and dramatic way, which is why she truly is the perfect person to be in this role. Yes, yes, But one of the things I think the show is doing so well is I'm not even caught up in whatever these rumors are at this point. I just want to see Claire's season, Like, forget what you've heard, what you think you know. And I feel like Chris even says that at the top of the episode when we see a preview, it's like, whatever you think you know, you don't know. And I don't even care anymore. I just am excited that it's here and we get to see it. But before we get the tea from Claire, I'm so curious, Beca, because I want to hear your take on the major moments that went down last night, because it was a lot. So let's talk about it. And let's just start with that opening teaser. I mean talk about making you want more, right, Well, I mean, let's be honest. The show is great at adding in those teasers all throughout the season. At the beginning, they have the super tease in the middle, but it's just a lot of emotion. I feel like it's it's like the highs and the lows. And what I found very interesting is that her season is so vastly different from ours or probably any other Badchelory Bachlrette that has done this simply because of the fact that we were in the middle of a pandemic and it's COVID and like they're doing this all in quarantine, and and that's the sentiment you get, Like you see Claire in the beginning she's announced as bachelorette Chris Harrison FaceTime sor she's so excited, she's like on the peak of this mountain and then comes crashing down real hard where she doesn't know, like am I ever gonna be Bachelorrette? Like I've waited so long for this to my time, and like is this going to be taken for me? So that in itself, even before the season starts, she's already like riding this roller coaster that so much more is yet to come. And that's something that no one, none of us have ever experienced before. Like when we were announced, Batchette would straight into filming. Our phones were taken away, and that is so vastly different, Like she was able to still stay in quarantine and have her phone. All of the men were still able to have their phones and film, and so it's I like that it's a very different take on the beginning of a new season. Yeah, and I think. I mean, we spoke to Claire, you know, before before her season started, and talked to her about it, and like we we joked about the advantage that she's had to deep dive into who her men are, which I think is great. I mean, now, I don't know. I didn't pay attention to the first announcement of the men, so I don't know if new ones were at it or not. I'm not even sure. But she had an advantage that we never have before. But at the same time, she at least knew she was going to be the bachelorette, and she didn't know when her season was going to start, but they always assured her that she was getting her season. So just the anticipation and even preparing yourself for knowing exactly, because I think that with us, we're so rushed, our adrenaline is so up you almost don't even get to appreciate She ate it. You do appreciate it, but not the same way because you're just in it and you're just going on fumes. Whereas with Claire could truly mentally prepare for what she was about to walk into, who she was about to meet and what she wanted for herself and to get out of it. So I think it's great now, this opening teaser. We had never seen anything like it from from the Iconic. I listened to this podcast de Danny Pellegrino and he's always like, it's the podcast is called Everything Iconic and he always is like Queen icon Legend Becca Koufern, like that's what he would say. So I'm like, I was gonna say, Chris Harrison Iconic client, but then I'm like King icon Legend Chris Harrison, from him making from him making the comment of you know, you blew up the bacherette, to the foreshadowing we see with Claire and Dell, and then like you know, the guys saying things about Dell and this walk out that apparently happens or whatever it is, and cameraman running after people, and I'm like, what is going on. I've never seen a teaser like this before. No, And it's so crazy because I feel and Rachel and I have talked about this away from recording this, but you know, you always walk in and there you're prepped in a certain way, like you want to find your partner out out of this you want to find your husband, Like if they can get that little bit of you saying I see my husband in this room, They're like, great, we got it. We did we did our job for the night. But the fact that that is so sped up in this in this season, where like you said, it is foreshadow foreshadowing her feelings for one man, it's crazy. And I'm watching this teaser like is this for real or is this like are they sprinkling in drama to make us think one way and then something else happens. Like my mind is racing all these different directions. But I like, also sometimes I read some spoilers and I know I shouldn't that I all this time she very relatable back guess it makes you relatable. Well, And it's a hard day a wife is spoilers. It's so hard because we're tagged in things on Instagram. People will dms and like even if I don't, like I don't proactively go out to search the spoilers, I feel like they just kind of come in at me. And so there are clips like where I was taked in something on Instagram and it's like there was probably a point two second part of Claire and Dale making out and she's wearing some sort of dress and they're like on a bed, and everyone zoomed in. They paused that moment zoomed in. Of course it's stealed. They're like, oh my gosh, look this is fantasy suits. And I'm like, and who has time to dig this hard? Like, I do not pay attention to detail that closely, and so I would never I wouldn't even have the time to do that. But the fact that now, like I'm getting these spoilers and I'm seeing things from people's points of view, were like, is it all Dale? Or is that just are they putting that in there to make us think one way? I don't know. That's the thing. I really think. This is a season where you think you know, but you really have no idea. Even if you think you know the outcome, you don't understand how things get to where they are, which is what makes this so exciting. I think one thing that I really liked that was a little bit different. You know, every season you start out with some packages of the group of guys or the group of girls where you see them in their hometown and they're like frolicky next to a river or doing whatever they do. And this one was so different. I liked the fact that they could film them selfie style and kind of give a little intro. Like we saw Dale packing up his car with his mom saying goodbye. We saw some of them driving on their way to the airport while they're on the airplane. And the fact that once they got to the hotel they were able to keep their phones and still film them going through the moving process and the quarantine process and the COVID testing process, Like that's so unique and different, but it adds a fun spin. Also, I won't say this. One thing that stuck out to me is how much of a I don't see this. How big of babies these men, these men were when they were doing their COVID tests. That's so men though, right, Like have you ever had to take care of a man who was sick a couple of like the sniffles or paper of the world. Yeah, Like this is so on par for like how men act when there's like tears in their eyes, yelling, screaming, cringing. I'm like, guys, imagine popping a baby out of your body at some point, Like this is nothing And I've had multiple COVID. I mean, we had to do it when we were filming there. They're not bad, they're so fast. So these yeah, I mean, man, yeah, good self and don't don't you feel like two. One of the things that's great about like when you're a viewer and you're watching the season, is that you get to watch the Packages. So you see them in their elements. You see them at home maybe with their friends, their job, whatever, and you get to know a little bit about them. And you know, if you're at a watch party, you start picking off your favorites based on what you see. We didn't get that this time as well, So it's kind of like we're meeting the guys for the first time with Claire ass meeting them, which is something that you never get to see before. And I wonder if this is something that they'll carry on in future Batchelor shows. I hope so, I hope, well, I hope eventually if we get back to some sort of normalcy and like things open up and people can be around each other again. I would like a combo, would I love the Packages, just like you said, to see what they do, how they interact with their family or friends or a little bit more about them, But I really thought it was endearing with some of them how they were filming and like how they'd get so excited, Like you see one of the guys jumping on the bed and like hitting his head and like somebody sitting in his sink. It just like moments like that. I think, you know, it doesn't take much to just adding clips like that, So I like get Becky, you bring up a good point. Though we've been so busy fixated on the fact that Claire knew the men that we're going to be on the season. The men also knew which men were going to be on the season. There's no way they weren't already up in each other's dms, having clicks, creating their own romances before the season started. Well, Rachel, we will get into that because, as we saw later on in the episode, some of the drama that went down between a couple of ys and to it, let's start the Limos. Yes, okay, the Limo arrivals. Who was your favorite? Who saw him? Who stood out to you? Well? You know, okay, you know me, I have my notes. God, I feel like I'm back in like recap mode, you know how I would always have my notes for listening to your heart. I started this episode, I was like, gotta do this again, so not Okay, this is gonna sound terrible. None of the Limo entrances really really stood out to me that much. I don't know. I feel like because there was more guys and everything was so like sped up because we had a focus on COVID and the pandemic. I just felt like it wasn't as like grand as it usually is. What you know, just like one dude who I really like, whose energy is just it feels like I could like feel it through the TV. Was easy, Like he just does he burst through that piece of paper or whatever. It was just so excited from like the moments when you saw him in his hotel room to meeting her. He just he had a good vibe. So I put his name and like did a little star next to him. I really enjoyed him. Um. I liked the like the bubble guy. Thought that was cute and clever, And of course we saw her like push him into the like as a bowling ball into the pins. Later on, Um, did we have it? I'm trying to think, do we have any costumes? Besides the guy that like there was the guy who showed up in the strait jacket. We had one of the guys show up in the night and shining armor, but I don't think they like kept it on throughout the night. So it's just did you have a costume on your season? We had, well, when I was bout shut you mean yeah, when you're in a batcherette, I had the chicken is a chicken and the chicken id David the chicken. Yeah, that's right. I feel like there always needs to be that one though, like yall, who's willing to take one for the team? Not I? It was not Oh, I probably would be one to show up in a costume. No well no, no, I mean listen, if it worked for my girl Alexis, she will forever be known as a dolphin shark. It I like, I put the standard. This is no secret. The first night I was like, oh my gosh, I did not sign up here to be with someone who doesn't even know what kind of animals. Yeah, and Niodore, but I guess my favorite entrance I'm just gonna go for the obvious is Dell. And it's not because Dell did anything that grand. It was Claire who was that grand. It was Claire's reaction, which was insane. And I remember watching the teaser and like you stated earlier in this episode that you thought maybe like it was put together to keep us wanting more, but that's really how it played out. I thought Claire was going to follow him into the mansion when she said it, but she was like, that's my husband. She kept walking wait, wait, wait, waite. I thought she's gonna be like, that's its season, season, rap, We're done. I I I did not feel that way during my season of The Bachelorette. I don't know. People ask me all the time, did you know it was Brian from the moment that you saw No, everybody, everybody, excuse me. We all need to pause for a second. This is one of several RBG mugs I have. We need to have a moment of silence for Becca's coffee mug. You please like to describe it. It is Ruth aater Ginsburg. It says notorious RBG with her in a crown, which is very fitting. This is I have so many RBG mugs that are in storage that I bought at a cute little shop in Minnesota. But this is I also have not unpacked a lot of stuff yet, so this is like one of two I have in my kitchen currently. It's beautiful. I will get caught my eye. It caught my I immediately, and I had to let everybody know. I wanted you all to know what Becca was bringing into the show because it deserved a moment. Yeah, I had to drink the tea while we had Claire out of course. Oh oh yes, okay, so Claire back to our girl who's sprung sprang in the first episode, sprung off Dell. I mean, I can't wait to talk to her about it, because I like we were saying. I didn't feel that way. People asked me all the time, how did you feel when you first met Brian. I thought he was extremely attractive. I knew that we were he was going to make it far. I knew we were going to get along. We had a vibe, but I wasn't like, that's it, that man is my husband. Same. I knew Night won to my top three guys, which were correct, um, but yeah, I didn't like I had to get to know them. I like, I had the vibes with them, but I wasn't about I'm just also not one to like throw all my eggs in one basket and be like that's that's it, one and done. Um, what I thought was very interesting even prior to Claire meeting the guys. I think it was when she was talking to Chris Harrison and they were sitting down. She made the comment when I know, I'll know, So she has that little voice over before she meets any of the dudes, and of course Dale comes out last, and that was it. She's like, I'm shaking. I think I just said my husband, he's the one. Chris comes out again. And so I mean she Claire knows herself better than anyone else, and if that's how she makes decisions and it's like just very in tune with herself, good for her. But okay, let me ask you this. So on my season, I always knew who my front runners were, always since night one, like I said, and for the longest time, I tried to kind of tone down how excited I was about them because I didn't want anything to happen. Like I think I was so scared that I was going to like lose my love because like it had been taken for me on ari season, that I really wanted to like like hold my cards tight and close, and so if it like for Claire to say that, in my mind, I was thinking like, oh no, they're gonna do something to screw with this, or like something bad's gonna happen and like the pot's gonna be stirred. So yeah, it was like for me, I was like, good for her for maybe feeling that annoying that like also be safe, all right, Rachel. The two main things that stuck out to me all night obviously the Dale potentially being her number one husband pick like he isn't, but also there's The Bachelor and True Bachelor. At fashion there has to be some dramas. So we did see a fight go down at the cocktail party between tyler C and Joseph, and I, to be honest, was very annoyed, which I could see why the other guys were annoyed too, because the fight seemed so minuscule and petty and just like I quite honestly thought tyler C was just trying to like get in there and make a name for himself and like get the airtime. It was so stupid. Basically what happened if you hadn't watched last night, Is Tyler See and Joseph have a mutual friend? Apparently Joseph had been d mean a girl or multiple girls saying like hey, beautiful, how are you? Like? Nothing major? And to me, it's like Joseph isn't a jed where he's coming in with a full on girlfriend who he just told he loved and then left for the show. Like if he's like everyone talks to people before they leave for the show. I mean, I think everyone's done it. It's not like as long as you're open and own it. Like to me, it did not seem like such a big deal to be blown out of proportion, and so quite frankly, I wasn't surprised when Claire did send Tyler See home because no one wants to deal with that hetty Drama nine one. I was disappointed for different reasons. I mean, you said he thought Tyler See was making a name for himself. Didn't he already do that? You walked in as Tyler See, we already have presidency, but the precedent was set for you. All you had to do was say I'm Tyler See, nothing more, nothing less. The carpet was laid out for you the first Tyler see one point zero laid out the blueprint. You ruined it. You literally were given this on a silver platter. Also, rule one on one is you lay low, especially the first night. Right, you don't get in the lead. Yeah, you get in, you get out. You mind your own business. You even drink coffee. I drink coffee the first night. Get you like you observed. You peepe the scene. You don't cause a scene. You peepe the scene, and definitely don't tattle. So I totally agreed with Claire's decision to send him home. Let her figure out what useth still is all on her own. Yeah, Tyler, see what a what a disappointment and such a lesson learn here. You can't have too No, we've already had the one. He had big shoes and Tyler see to point o did not fill them. Yeah, I'm glad she sent him home. I just yeah, anyone listening, any men listening that in the future, if you plan to go on the Bachelorette, women don't like tattletales. Women don't like drama, especially night one when you want it to be exciting all about her, don't bring drama and a stupid stupid fight up with another man, especially that first night. So come on now, well, Rich, obviously we have so much that we can dive into, but we have to get our girl, Claire on to give us some clarity. So we could obviously talk about the premiere four hours, but now is the time. We have her at our disposal. We're going to take advantage of it. So ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our newest bachelorette, Claire Crawley. Okay, Claire, first thing, first, show us your hands. Yeah, let's see a little ring there. Essentially, No, I got myself a ring to a while ago to form my ring finger because I wanted to signify like this is for love, right, Like I wanted to signify self love first above everything, always and basically like I wanted to get myself something that I will never have to give back to anybody, that nobody can ever take away from me, that will always be mine and that comes first over anything, so self love. And you know what, I will never ask anything of a man that I can't get for myself. So, oh God, and this is why she is our bast shurette. Congratulations Claire, you just blew up the Bachelorette. Let's get into it. I can't stop saying that. I can't stop saying it. I love Claire. She seriously cannot stop saying it. We were joking earlier, we were like, we have to get shirts that say that, so we all wear it, maybe like during your premiere or whatever that you just blop about shurette. I love I love that. Every season there's like somebody blew it up on some way. There's always something that has not been done before. So I guess all, Claire, this is different. This is different. So first of all, let's just start off other than of course, we tried to pry your hands, we tried to look at that, oh the bacherette, but truly, how are you? Honestly, I'm doing so good. I just watched the episode, so I'm so good. It's great to think, like, you know, you guys both know this. The nerves beforehand of like what's gonna be edited and what's it gonna look like? And how is this gonna come off? And that day where I was super super tired and had an upset stomach, like how is that going to translate? And so the nerves are all there, but I'm I'm feeling good because the root of all this and me going into this was I wanted to authentically be myself, and me being myself and loving myself fully is saying, here's all the imperfect parts about me, but I want somebody to still love me. I think we talked about it before. I want somebody to see all the imperfect parts and love me anyway. So just the world, whoever's watching, is going to see imperfect Claire. I guess you know, well, that's that's a good segue, because I do want to ask. Obviously, we had you on the podcast months ago, and so much in the world has changed. I feel like when we had you on it was like a world ago, and so now that you're finally in the thick of it, it's finally airing, like you're done filming, it's on TV for the world to see. How are you feeling now that it's out there? Like are you feeling settled? Are you just ready for this? Like how in your heart and your head where are you at? I feel incredibly proud that I know the outside looking in it seems like this this blip of a thing where it's just this season that happens, and it's a TV show for people, but this is something that you guys know, and I've been waiting essentially my whole life. And to know that this experience I just got through it, it's like it's almost a sense of like I did that. You know. It's so you guys both know. Like I said, it's so incredibly challenging and hard and exhausting to go through this process emotionally physically, like it's exhausting, but to be able to come out on the other end and be like I did that for myself, you know. Yeah, I want to ask, do you feel I felt like when I came off of my season of The Bad Short and was, you know, doing the press and constantly talking about it and I couldn't give anything away because it was still airing, but I felt like I finally knew who Becca was, Like I finally had my voice. And the sense of empowerment Is that how you feel now? Yeah, it's it's definitely a sense of empowerment because you this whole thing is like it gets to be me and my story and it's not just a little blip of like a segment here, a pop in there, like this is things that I've shared that on the show that everybody will be able to see that I have not talked about before that I don't really talk about a lot, even on my social media and my personal stuff, I don't talk about a lot of it publicly, and I was able to share a lot of that, So it really was cathartic. What I love so much, Claire, is that you took us through the journey of what you personally were going through. Like we talked to you out off my off camera, so we understood some of like the ups and downs that you were having to go through before the season started. You went from a high. We saw you on the phone with Chris going to a high of you know, like, oh my gosh, this is happening for me, and then COVID hits and we followed that journey at the beginning of the episode, which I thought was great. I had no idea they were going to include that. So it takes us it's like a double journey almost at the same time. So I'm curious for you with the highs and lows and everything that you went through to finally say my season is starting. It's the first night, which by the way upset, stomach, exhausted, couldn't tell you looked absolutely stunning, Donny, stunning, Claire. You never fail to disappoint in that department at all. That everything from your hair to your makeup to your dresser. I think is one of my most favorite night one dresses I've ever seen. Gorgeous, beautiful, And I had asked who, I was like, how to Claire looked the first night? How it was stunning? Stunning? But no, but just to finally get to that point where you're stepping out the limo, you're talking to Chris, and then you're standing there waiting for the men, what was that feeling like to finally get there? Yeah, you guys saw. It was one of those moments where forever it was like, is this even going to happen? And even up until that very last COVID test that it took a week to get through, it was like, is this gonna happen? There could be something that could stop this. And then it was literally till I was standing in that moment that I was like, Okay, this is happening, and it was. It was it was kind of a relief to know that it was happening, but also just a really really thankful moment of I guess gratitude of all that production to show everybody went through to make this happen for me, Like that was huge. I mean that was huge to me and even the guys showing up for me for this chance, you know it was. It was overwhelming, but also just like I said, so much gratitude for it. I want to touch on showing up because that's something that in your chat before you met the guys with Chris, that you kept repeating it was like your mantra, like you just have to show up no matter how you're feeling, no matter how hard it might be. And I do want to get into that conversation because it made me cry. I thought it was a beautiful moment because you shared obviously you lost your father, and I think for me, it's like, you know, we have our short chats and we've talked a little bit, and you know, you've talked about how your mom is doing, but I don't think the world in America has really gotten to know that side of you. And I think that that was something beautiful, beautiful and so vulnerable that you shared. And I also thought it was beautiful that you said that you wanted to share. What was it the video or the audio that your dad had recorded for you for you and your you know, like your life partner. Yeah, that was something so incredible and so special. And I mean, you know, I've lost my father too, so I can feel for you. But what was it like opening up in that regard not necessarily about your love life, but this journey that you've had that you you know, your parents can't necessarily see. What was it like sitting with Chris, who he's kind of like boucher Nation's dad, but having that type of conversation about what you want and how you want to make your parents proud and find what they had in each other. Yeah, you saw it got me super emotional, and it was it was same thing I said to the guys like when I first kind of walked into the room with all them in the same place. It was like to be able to wake up that morning and to say, like this might be my last morning that I ever wake up alone. It was a moment that I've been waiting for for so long, and to know that this is something that my myness is so funny. My dog has the hiccups right here, but that my dad would have wanted and my mom wants for me to know, not even just to find a man, but I think even above it, to be the strong woman that I am today, that alone, I know makes them proud, and that alone would bring my dad to happiness. And being able to see that and know that, I mean it gets me emotional too, and knowing that I stood there regardless of everything that I've been through, and that so many times where I wanted to just roll in the talent and give it up on love and say like, I'll be happy alone. I will do this alone, and I very well can. But to know that this is an opportunity that I might not have to do it alone, I think just would make him proud, and it was like him. It's a really good feeling. Killer. I'm telling you right now, I'm sorry this is giving me again. But your father, I don't know him, obviously, I've never knewhim, but I'm telling you right now, he is proud. He is watching you, and he's so proud and happy for the woman, the amazing woman that you've become. There's no doubt about that, and I think it's special. I think it's it's something great for me to here. It's such a special bond that you can have with other fans and followers of the show that that you'll you'll see from that conversation. So many great conversations will come from that with other people going through something similar. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And that's the biggest I think thing for me was that when he passed away, it wasn't like it wasn't he was so worried that I was needed to be taking care of and like looked after, which is I think every dad's you know, they want their daughter to make sure that they're okay and emotionally taken care of and looked out after. But it was it was something really special to sit up there and say, like I can do it on my own, you know, to feel that strength of a woman like he instilled some major strength in me. So, you know, going through something like that, it takes some strength to come out on the other side kind of feeling just being able to be strong and to feel I don't know if like alive and to go on with life after such a good Yes. Well, I have a feeling we're gonna see a lot more strength come from you in the weeks to come, no doubt about that. My other favorite line I told Becca is on the previews when you're like, it makes me sick, he said, I'm saying it all. I don't know what you're talking about, but I like go around the house like my little sister staying with me and we'd like see the previews. Like Heather, it makes me sick. Claire Crawley Voys, I die laughing because I'm just I guess I just say what I feel and like that that Moms, Oh, I can't I can't wait to know what or who you're talking about, because oh, it's just it's like I was telling Rachel earlier, you just have this like you're so passionate and you're the way that you feel and the way that you speak that I feel like people gravitate towards you and they want more and so like not even that you're dramatic, but I think it just it's amplified because you like we feel your emotion that then we want to gravitate, like keep watching and keep watching, and we're getting hooked, like week by week with everything that you're saying and doing. Um, I do want to get into the limo arrivals and meeting the men, because obviously that's why we're here. But I do want to ask you this before we get into that. Going from no contact, no touching, no hugging, nothing, when and we know that touches your love language, how was going from like zero to a hundred in a couple hours like that first hug. How did that feel? I feel like I just every guy I clung to a little extra longer. One of the guys was even like, you just thanked me for hugging you, and I was like, I know I needed it so bad. I never I never got sick of it. And it was to be able to do it, not only like after that long period of quarantine, but like no mask, not worrying like is it okay if I hug you? Are you are we doing the wrong thing, but like knowing that we were tested, we were good. I could do whatever I wanted to. It was like freedom. Well that's how the guys seem like they kept saying, I can't wait to touch her and hug her and just be like next to someone. I think it was reciprocated on both ends, which made it it put such a fun spin, like you could like the excitement was what was what's the word palatable? But no, we warned you, Claire, We said, these men have been cooped up for months. They're coming in hot and heavy. But so were you to be honest, I know I would, they would have been like, she's on another one. We gotta pill her off. She's she's at it again, she's bearing on another man. Well, now that we've seen ninety one, your journey has started, how was it for you? And do you have any regrets? From the first night, We'll just do the first night. Yeah, from the first night, Um, anything you do differently, no, No, girl. A few things play out, but um, I will say no because I don't want to live life like that. I chose to do and to say the things I did because that's what felt right in my gut, and throughout the entire journey, I've said it a million times. I might not make the right decisions that other people would make, or best decision for somebody else thinks I should make. But one thing I will never do is not listen to my gut. And I will never disappoint myself to make other people happy. So the decisions I made and what I chose to do and say at that time was what I felt so ill forgret that or take that back as it should be honestly, like, this is your time, you, This is like the one time that you can say what you want to all these people like that. You can do what you want and follow only your own path, which like when no one ever gets to do that, it's it's amazing. Well, I love it getting into the men besides Dale's arrival, because we all saw how that went down, and and you did give us a little preview before meeting him. How you're like if I know, I know, but what were some other ones that stuck out to you? Stuck stuck out to you? I should say the right right word? Okay, aj with the ring with the hand, he held your hands really tight. He squeezed my hands so tight and blessed his soul all we like, he squeezed so and I felt like, is this a ship? Is he literally like, is this is this a joke? Cut it? But I was laughing, but I think I think it wasn't intentional. But it broke skin. Oh wow, well you said it looked like what a vampire something bit you? I think, Um, yeah, who else. Um, okay, here's the other thing what you don't see and what you don't recognize in this and Rachel, you will you know this? Oh, Becky, you two done? Um the eighteen degrees out there, like yeah, rightly hot? And it was I think it was the limo interests was a long period of time and so I'm I'm just like, oh, just my back is dripping sweat, and so I'm just wanting what these guys are going to roll into and m chasing with the armor. He was drinking. I was like, how did you our ed was rolling in and the he had to push that thing up the entire driveway. Oh my gosh. I ran in and game a bottle of water because I was like, you have to be heat stroking right now. You cannot be okay. And I was standing there. I was dying. Putting them to work. Yeah, they really were working at those entrances, but overall they were You're all really good and really sweet. Even fart box. Oh well, okay. So when I saw him to get down, when I saw him to get down on one knee, I was like, We've already done this. I did this years ago. Another guy in my season did it? We've seen this? And then when he opened up the ring box for I was drinking probably just water, so I mean I literally spit it out on my computer because I was like, I was not expecting that. That was so funny. I was just I was like, what is opening here? And then I was like, okay, cool? Did you ever? I felt like sometimes when I would get so excited or nervous, I would kind of black out and be like, wait, what did I just say? What did I just do? Did you ever have those moments that night? Whole time, the whole time when I when I it was funny because when I met Dale, that's when I felt like and I turned around asked Chris like what did I just don't? I could not remember what I just said? They tell you what you said? Where are you watching? Ever? Oh my gosh, Claire. Before you got on, we were joking. We were like I thought you were going to follow him into the house, Like you started walking towards him. It was like, wait a minute, that's where nothing goes. Wait, somebody bring up you've definitely blacked out. Yeah. The other thing I think that UM, not a lot of people know. I mean I think I've talked about a little bit, but I can tend to be introverted or shy sometime times. And I know I'm a strong woman, I'm a passionate woman, but I can be shy, Like I was grew up very very shy. So like there were a couple times in their rows, like I could see myself like like just getting awkward, you know, in around these gorgeous men. I'm like, how would you not just sweat anyway? Spring sweat, you know, girl, I get a gorgeous men and some like professionals. I said, Oh my gosh, everybody's a professional. On Claire season, we didn't have that, Like we had people with made up job titles, no jobs half a job you have like engineers and whatever, professors and professor. Yeah, Joe, you had the cream of the crop. Men wise, I will say that, really did they When producers took the time to recast because of the guys that couldn't come back and all that stuff and kind of switch things around a little bit just because of the long quarantine. Um, they really did their work like they knew. I know that they knew that I wanted to find the right man for me and a real guy for me, and they did the work, and I feel like it showed. It showed for sure. Yeah, okay, I know that they probably didn't show all of it. But how many men did you kiss night one? Um? And were there any bad ones? I want to say three? Did they? Okay? Only three? Back to how many did you kiss? The should say only three? I only kissed two one? Oh wait, I think I only kissed two my night one, I kissed one. The men were afraid to kiss me. I kissed one. Wait, that's what, Rachel? Why did I think you kissed twelve on night one? Oh? My family? That was like either Ari or Peter. That was like Peter, probably both. It was definitely not me. I was like, kiss somebody please, and apparently like the like producers later told me that the guys were trying to be like very respectful. I guess I was a lawyer. They thought I didn't want that, and I was like, you got me all wrong? And who was the one person who went all in? Brian? Where is Brian right now somewhere else being my husband? Because you not bringing your Corese Sultzer, not bringing me Corese Sultzer. No, he's not. Oh my gosh, um, Claire, wait, I was gonna ask you something. Oh, first impression. Okay, there's a history here with the women the Bachelorette when it comes to the first impression, Ros we have to obviously talk about it. You gave your first impression Rose to no surprise here, dell from from the reaction of the limos, right like mine was obvious too, Becca, yours was as well, right like you kind of knew what we're gonna pick. And then the tradition really is, except for Hannah, that the women who they give their first impression Rose too is usually who they wind up with. I never really put that, honestly, I never really put two too together. Did not know that that was the thing, probably because Hannah was the last one and so in it and that's when but like Becca me Joe, Joe yeah, and then Andy it was Nick but he made it to top two. So they always make it far. Women always have the right pickers, though, But Claire, is this this there's so many rumors swirling around for your season, Like I like, I don't know them all, Like what goes down? Really? Neither does Becca? Is this truly a season where it's like you think you guys really know, but you have no idea. Yeah, it's it's one of those where I've heard some of the rumors and I'm like, let them spin out, let them spin around, because there's there's so much that happens that I'm like, I can't believe that didn't get out. I can't believe that didn't get out. But there's so much more things that, like people think that they know what's going on, but there there's no I like to let the rumors swirl because half the time they're so off anyways that it's just like, let people believe what they want to believe at this point, because it's going to be very entertaining at the end when everything comes out. I want to know, like going from zero to one hundred, like I said, like no touch to hugging, touching, being within six feet of not only one person but thirty one men, Like truly, when you walked into that room, how did you contain yourself? Because I would have been like a koala bear on a tree, if you know, like if you're really into Dale or whoever, I would have been like little little gumby like jumping on the trees here. Well, it was it was just such an honor to have so many guys show up for me that apparently it was the longest first Rose ceremony in the history of the show. I think you went to like, yeah, what definitely definitely. I think I was eight, So that means did you talk to every guy? Not to every guy. But the funniest thing is that I love, like, I love talking to these guys, and to me, I think just because it's my career, like I love talking to people. I love finding out about people. They always make fun of me at the salon, They're like, you always ask one more question, Claire, and I'm like, I know, I can't walk, you know, I can't go and grab my coffee because I literally love talking to my clients and I love talking people, knowing about them and finding out about them. And so it really was each guy brought it, and so it was like they just want they wanted to talk, so I wanted to talk. So just went long, went long. Well, speaking of talking to each guy, obviously, there was a little bit of drama that went down. We saw Tyler see and Joseph kind of go at it. We kind of recapped the drama for our listeners, but you sitting there, how did you feel in that moment when Tyler came to you and Joseph sitting there and Tyler's like, to me, it felt like such a petty, stupid fight, Like that wasn't even a fight. It just was annoying drama that took away from your time with other men. How do you feel sitting there with both of them on either side kind of going back and forth, trying to like fight their side. Where's your mind dead? I wanted to just kind of squash it. I didn't mind that something. There's always gonna be something with people and this and that. My biggest thing is let's put it on the table and let's squash it. And essentially they started kind of going at each other and stuff. That's where I was like, kind out, I'm gonna go do my thing, but like you guys can keep figuring it out, but I'm gonna go talk to these guys. I don't want any more that time wasted. I love I love that you just left him and walked away. It was it was literally I feel like it had nothing to do with me. Yeah, which is a shame because it's your season. It should have everything to do with you and if it doesn't okay, guys. Yes, And I appreciated Tyler's sentiment about wanting, you know, knowing guys that are there for the right reasons for me and all that, But I don't know. In the past, I've always the guys to kind of worry about other guys. I feel like aren't confident with themselves, you know, they bringing to the table if they have to bring up other stuff or talk about other guys. It shows to me and not saying that Tyler's this way, but a sense of like I don't know what the word is, but like, don't use your time like that. Yeah, sorry, agreed? Ok well no, So on the flip side then we saw Blake. How do you pronounce this lasta? Moine is? He's the Canadian one, the Canadian Blake Blake moins, Oh shit, moy's okay. So well, So on the flip side they had Canadian Blake who he didn't reach out to you prior to the show, so he kind of broke the rules. But I felt like this was like good little drum and so how did that conversation like when you approach Hi? Because I thought that conversation was going to go a complete one eighty, but it turned out very sweet. So explain a little bit more what that conversation was before and then how it was seeing him after talking with him, like he's the only guy that you talked to before the season? Yeah, he and that is one percent of truth he my mom had. It was, you know, in quarantine, it's like there's a lot that happens, and it wasn't just I'm just sitting here waiting to be the bachelorette. It was regular life goes on and my mom in her care facility, she had fallen and gone to the hospital, and I think I had put something like on my Instagram about it, just that she needed prayers or something like that. And Blake had slid in my DMS and he was the only guy that did, which I was like, Okay, what is this going to be? And then he really honestly was like, I'm probably not supposed to be doing this, this is against what we're supposed to be doing. This is probably risking my time on the show. But I wanted to let you know that I kind of feel like a jerk if I didn't say I hope your mom is okay, and I'm sending prayers and I'm thinking about you, And it really really was something that meant a lot to me because here these guys are that are in their own worlds and their own bubbles, and I'm We've talked about it, like I'm able to see their stories and watch them the ones that I knew about, watch them and see what they're up to. But to know that he's watching me and saying like, this is what's going on in her real life and every day to care about that, that meant everything to me. I meant I wanted to thank him all along, but I wanted to really wait till that moment where I could sit down and talk with him and let him know really how much that meant you. I think on his facial expressions when you were talking about first he's like, oh shit, I'm going home, and then when you said, like take that risk, I appreciated that, and then his grin just split his face. It was very cute. But if he thought for a hot second you were sending him home, there's the thing I appreciate. Like when I talk about rules and stuff, there's always rules, but if you break it for the right reasons with the best of intentions. Yeah, mad at that at all, never would be. Okay, I have two questions for you. Yeah, One, are you happy? I I am very happy, but I was happy going into this. Okay, I'm happy now. Okay, great answer, very very politically correct. Two, I have to ask the obvious question, how did you blow up the Bachelorette? Everybody wants to know. I'll tell you exactly how I blew up the Bachelorette. I said what I wanted to say. I did what I wanted to do. I followed my heart, I followed my gut. I didn't listen to like essentially, I didn't let anybody tell me what to do because I know it's best for myself. And that's why I can literally look back and say I have no regrets because I wasn't talked into or even encouraged to do something that I didn't want to do. And I think that goes far in the world of like the Bachelor, because in the past, I think people always wonder like, did producers make you do this? Or did they say that, or did they encourage this? But never once did I do something that I didn't want to do. And this was this was I guess the season to do things my way. I love it because you realize, you realize Claire as a rule breaker. Whatever you did to blow this up, you're setting a precedent because now people can point to you and say, well, Claire did this, whatever it is, and I love it. I love every single pause of it. I do too, and clear. One thing that I do want to tell you is, you know, it's like I watched the show prior to me going on, so I kind of knew what to expect and what it was all about. Obviously, like when you become the lead and you're in this role, it's something you can't even fathom. It's so different from what you thought you were prepared for. But watching you back, you are such a strong, badass, independent woman that I watch you and I'm like, holy shit, I wish I had more of that in me when I was a bad schriter. I wish I would have done it this way and said these things like you are. Just it's so inspiring to watch as a pass bad sharrette, and so I hope that people take that and learn from that and can better own who they are, because I think you own it and you allow people to like feel so great about that, Like you don't say, like you know, I wasn't doing it for the producers. I wasn't doing it for anyone else other than myself and to find the love. And I think it's very inspiring. So I want to tell you that because it's I just I just I'm so proud of you. I'm so happy for you. And it's only been night one. We haven't even gotten into this, but but it's all because we know we know. Oh just said, just wait, just wait. Okay, So fine, speaking of that, what can we expect next week? Because it looks like this season is going to be one for the books. It looks like you're going down in bachelorette history, you know, for multiple reasons, right, Like you're breaking records like from all over the place. Okay, so tell us, teach us what is to come? So much good stuff. I'm excited to watch this these next few episodes, especially because in the very beginning it was even the unknown, like you said, Becca, of you really don't know how this is going to go. I just knew that regardless, I was going to honor myself and my truth and being a thirty nine year old woman who is dating. There's are things that a twenty four year old bachelorette maybe would have done or maybe would have done differently. But being my age and knowing what exactly what I'm looking for and knowing what I want, it makes things so much more clear. And you'll see I think throughout it that there. That's the continuing thing is I just do what I want. And I say that in the most respectful real way. It was honoring my truth. And I think in the past with me, I've allowed things to slide, and I've allowed men to talk to me certain ways and do certain things. And I look back and go, why didn't I speak up for myself at that moment? Or why didn't I cut the line there? Or you know, there's a lot of things, But at this I truly did do what I wanted to do in the positive way, you know, in such a positive way, without, like I said, disrespecting anybody. I can't. I want you to come so we can watch some episodes together. I'm gonna have a lot more questions, no, fitz Becca, because you can't after me. But I've never been more excited to watch a season, you know, and I think you'll agree with me on that. I can't wait. We'll see, We'll see. My biggest thing is that I'm excited about is that there's some real life stuff that you've never seen, that I don't think even has been talked about on previous seasons, that I deal with and that I get faced with. So I'm excited to see. I'm excited for people who have gone through similar or who can relate to these things the kind of imperfect way we are vulnerable. I don't know. I don't even know if imperfect is a way, but like real vulnerability opening up and saying like this affects me this way, and that affects me that way. Because of this, there's a lot of stuff that plays out. So I'm excited for you guys to see and for everybody to watch, just I guess the realness of it. For me, we can't wait. It's gonna be a good one. I can't wait to see how you blew up the bad start. One last question before you go, what does the ring look like your face? I literally thought you were going to answer. I was like, oh, well shot, Oh my gosh, Claire, everybody is rooting for you. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to chat with your girls. I know you got a lot going on right now. Always, Oh my gosh, I'm so excited, I know for this season. I like and you know what she was great at, like dodging our questions like, Okay, how did you blow it up? That was a really good answer. I did things my way. I did it without giving specifics. I thought, my god, that was you should run for office? Would be bad, fannastic answer. Yeah, and it really did answer the question. Yeah, like that, that's how you blow it up. And I think it will be interesting to see how this plays out within also how future bachelors and bachelrettes move about knowing what Claire Crawley did. Yeah. I think this is going to be one of the most talked about seasons we've ever had. It's definitely going to be one for the books that people remember. But what I love about Claire is there's so much more to her and there's so many more in depth conversations that we saw just from the premiere between her and Chris and with her and some of the guys that we've never seen. And I think we're going to catch glimpse of glimpses of that in the next weeks to come. But I think she's going to be a really great hiller for men and women both to watch and to you know, see the hardships she's been through. She's lost a parent, her mother's you know, currently in the nursing home with Alzheimer's and dementias. Like, she's been through really tough, terrible relationships. I think that she has so much to her story that shapes her into the woman that she has today that it's going to be really empowering for other people to see and to be like, Okay, I'm okay. In my life, I have somebody that's gone through something similar or you know that's still you know, trying to find love and trying to find the right person and not settle. And so that's what one thing I'm really excited for both her to experience and having people reach out to her and vice versa. So I can't wait. I mean, I feel like we've just I feel like we've been smiling this entire time we've been podcasting. Yeah, every single time we do this with Claire, we're like getty excited about what's to come. So I hope you guys enjoyed this as well. I don't even know how we're going to top it after that one. It's just we always say this, We always get our girls the past. Batchlarette's on and it's just such an empowering moment, So it's gonna be a good one. You know. It was an amazing first episode. We're so excited to watch her season and see how her story truly unfolds, because, like you said, we think we know, but we probably don't have any idea. So keep tuning into The Bachelorette on ABC. Don't forget it's Tuesday nights at eight seventh Central. And of course, you can always talk to us on social media. Let us know who you want to hear from and what you thought of our episodes. You can find us at Bachelor Happy Hour on Instagram and at Batch Happy Hour on Facebook and Twitter. And you guys who say this every single week, but it's because it's so important elections we could say we would tell you actually every day if we could, but this podcast is only weekly. Elections are coming up. I just got my absentee ballot in the mail because I requested it early. You guys, need to make sure that you do that the same if that's the option that you're going and if not, make sure you vote in person. Hopefully you're already registered to vote, because I think most deadlines have passed at this point. If you need more information on how or where to register, please visit Rock the Vote dot org, slash Warner Media. Use your voice. I don't even know why I'm doing this because on my platform I've already told you exactly who you should be voting for. But you know, you know what's up. You know what's up at this point. Listen, we know that this season is going to be this Batchelorette season. We know this Batcherette season is going to be the most dramatic season every election season. But now, no, but I was gonna say, but the reality is that's reality TV. The actual reality is this election is going to be the most dramatic election ever and not It won't end on November third, it will continue thereafter because of COVID and because so many people are going to be doing absentee ballots, they're going to be counting them the days after the election. So it's just so important to get all that in early and before you guys go, We've got a lot happening this week. Don't forget to check out Clickbait with vat Nation. We have Joe that wants to give you the lowdown right now, so take it away. Thank you Becca and Rachel for letting me jump on and talk about clickbait. Our newest episode is out right now and it went off the rails. We're talking about zombies. We got movie theaters shutting down, huge celebrities, Army Hammer, a little bit of S and M. And then we had our guest, Justin Sylvester from E Daily Pop and this guy knows a little bit about everybody. We go from Ed Hardy to Michael Jackson to a little bit of Madonna. I want you guys to listen to us. You guys can follow us at clickbait b in on Instagram, listen to us wherever you get your podcasts Spotify, Apple, Subscribe like dm me. I want to hear you talk shit. I want to hear your opinion on what we're talking about. A little bit of clickbait. You need it in your life. Make sure you check us out. Clickbait comes out every Thursday. You don't want to miss it and last, but not least, don't forget to subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Wandering App, or wherever you listen to your podcast. Hi guys, see you next week.