"Arden and Rob's Northern Obsession!" With Hailey Merkt and Rob Benedict!

I know you guys are expecting us to be talking about the finale, but I am in Nashville filming, and so our finale episode is going to air on the seventeenth st Patrick's face. You guys got a bonus to tide you over in the meantime, Rob and I, Oh my god, we're doing it. Oh my god. We're about to face time with another Canadian contest. Were big with the Canadians. This is our first female. We've never had caught a female, We've never cut a female. This is

our first female from this season. Like this is a this is we're going to we're going to be facetiming momentarily, which you change your I know we were like to be called we FaceTime. I didn't know what to wear. I decided to go for like nerdy librarian luck farmer library, but the farmer makes it kind of chipster farmer library. And you look like hunky Canadian. Hunky Canadian. Did you have to change your clothes? Yeah? I was wearing a T shirt, T shirt and a sweat jacket. Ye hoodie.

It's it's something that screamed. I'm an out of work actor and so you know what, I like, it made you sound Canadian because you just called a sweatshirt a sweat jack jacket. I mean, I really went method. Now what do we want to know from Haley? I want her to know that she was in my top three. I love her, We love her. That dress she wore before if you guys can't remember, and to tell her that she won best dress of the season. She would

that black dress with a broad peaking. And I'm not going to say that on the air because I don't want to be creepy, but I am saying it right now creepy on air before I was going to try to tell her that the dress looked hot without being creepy, right exactly. You know, we'll say she was the coolest dresser. We'll tell actually cool, Okay, and then it was the night she got voted out and she we were all stong by that she came to my stand up show

at Yuck Yuck's Vancouver. And by the way, if you're in Canada, I will be playing Yuck Yuck's Calgary May Love It to thirteenth that I also want to remind everybody we have May seventh and Nationale our first live podcast with we Captured Luke, Captured Luke, He's coming. Now. We have evident Carly, we have Wells and Luke so exciting, and we have Paget and Aaron Is Steve Hyder were very said Luke scary face. I know, I'm really say, Okay,

so we I want to know how she packed. How do you pack as a lady to go and get to that's good. I want to know who, like I just watched the women tell you. Also, I want to know, like who her favorites were, her roommate I know was

the Dolphin were all amazing. Okay, we can talk about Dolphin Girl because we love her, and I want to know what she thought of Nick and like what it was like to be in the house, like like actually, because I feel like a girl will will actually tell us, like the guys like, you know, we just hung out, were just like lifted suitcases as weights. But a girl will be like, like what did you do all days? Like what do you do? How much drinking is involved?

And then um also, uh do they keep in touch after? Like or that? What I mean? Are they still friends after? But I also wanted to know things about us, you know what I mean? I wanted to know that she was our top three. Yes, okay, she met my band in the restaurant where she works. No, no no, no, this is good. This is because I need to be your wing woman on this. I need to be your ring woman. You know what I will. I will set you up. Okay you met, I will, I will be down, write

it down. I'm nothing if not the only this. If I was as organized, No, it's also like the most messy. I'm like, I'm like organized chaos. But like, if I had as much focus in the rest of my life as I have about this is the most important thing. If I cared as much about anything else, I truly almost canceled another audition last week. I skipped. I skipped an audition which they get like for a regular because I had to do. I was like, I can't. Wow. I know last time you were like fingers crossed. You

didn't get an audition. Today, you know what, I was so happy to not get so happy, like, thank god, thank god, I'm tanking my active career, so I can just come to this. Well, all right, I have a priority. Straight. Does she expecting a two pm call? Well? I told her we're going to call it to two oh five. Shot, But I can, I can, we can keep telling. I'll tell her, you know, I'll text her and say we're ready a little early. If you're ready. How's that's okay? Um?

You want to use Syria type? Okay, ready, hello Haley X clamation point? They spelled wrong? How to redo that? Oh ship now they're still spelling? Okay, here we go. Here's guys, if you're listening, here's one of my everyone, you know what. I want you to all feel accepted, and you all know we all have gifts and we all have limitations. One of my one of my human limitations. Rob My voice is the same sound as the pound key.

So when I call people, it goes messaging. If I get excited or I laugh, and he races a message, so that I have to fucking call. And if you're a millennial out there and you've never seen Swingers. First of all, great movie. Vince Vaughn. Not just the puffy guy that's some movies. He was like a hot, funny guy. Go back to yourself a favor. Go see how funny and hot Vince vaun was. But there's a scene where

he calls it hangs up the voice mail. So that's me unintentionally because of my voice speaking of John Favrow Sky, John Favre of Size right now, poor John Favrow goes up and down. But now he's a billionaire because he because he directed Iron And I really enjoyed Chef. I haven't seen it. It's really fun. I'll love me some. Bobby Kavala. Yeah, you like it to have Aristotle in the house. Aristotle when you Aristotle is Katie today? Now Aristotle?

You don't watch The Bachelor when you do this podcast? Do you want to stab yourself on the balls? And it's okay if you do. No, he's saying no, he's saying he's in, He's in, He's in with us. Okay, Hello, Haley, Okay, the guy across the halles we are ready a little early if you are good to go. Exclamation point. That's too many exclamation points. Okay, but then let me get this finished. It will be two or five okay, ready,

I'm just sending it now. He did just he did, just close this door on us and everyone can see. This is how we operate in my world, is like, this is how I like this to hear interview. I just like the pre interview makes me feel safe. Yeah, it's like you feel safe. I wish I wish I

could come. I wish I could like bring like, oh, this is my spiritual advisor to all my audition and then we go and we talk and I could say I'm feeling nervous, but I'm prepare it and I just need to not fucking just like calm down and just like it's okay to be afraid. We get every job. Do you have social anxiety? Yeah? Yeah, I get more. Yeah I have audition anxiety for sure. Do you how do you calm down? I don't. I just use it, you know what I mean? I just did to take

that energy and I put it right into the thing. Okay, she's finding good lighting two seconds. See, she's thinking the same. Take your time take your time boo. I don't. I don't mean to be you know, total creep creep field. But like, does she know what that like, I'm on the cold. Yeah, she knows, she knows, she knows. She's said, like my AMDB and stuff. You know what we can do. I will hook you off, just like a couple of pictures.

What's the name of your band? Loud and Swain? Loud and Swain l O U D E N s W A I N. Did you ever see Vision Quests Matthew Modeine, he's a wrestler. In the late eighties, Donna was on the soundtrack Journey was on the soundtrack soundtracks. Name in the movie's character's name is loud and Swain. That's a great that's a great name of a you're a rock star and you know what, I'm going to set you up as if she's talking to a rock star and

a television but most importantly the vechelor of the year. Yeah, just keep moving me up. I will eliminate father of two that we don't need to go on the whole she is. She's getting good lighting too. That's the equivalent of changing her sweat jacket. Yeah, exactly, do you think we can get lighting so well that my wedding ring comes off. I was, actually, you know, I'm such a dirt ball, you know, I understand. I understand that. I understand.

It's like, well, let's keep our hands done. You keep your hand down, you just keep your hand down, Just just just pray. We're gonna pray Rob before we get going. And I know we're gonna this is gonna be a week late. I was very board by two hours of women Tall ripped off, like you give me, will you give me too? Don't split up fantasy suits into to one hour, telling me that Women Tell All is more

important than the Bachelor itself. Exactly, it's not. And by the way, the ratings were down, America's spell should be. That's two weeks in her own. Now they've duped us, They've really sucked us over. Last week. It was a one hour. They said, next week, join us for all three. They think I have meaning in my life beyond the batch. I don't. It's like I need it. We're crackheads all day. I was freaking out so excited, and then the first hour was over and I was like, are you getting me?

That's how I felt and I felt like a side front. No, we'll get into it in our in our other podcast. Let me go. She's ready, Okay, okay, okay, okay, Yeah, I'm gonna get Okay, it's weird when it's real. Okay, I know it's so real, it's so really. Okay, I'm gonna get that. I'm gonna get that. I'm gonna talk to you on your computer on your phone. Oh my god, No, it's gonna be on the computer. But I'm getting Okay, here go. She's funny. Her her phone is resting in

a salt shaker. Okay, here we go. Okay, she's waiting, waiting, she's funny. Okay, here we go. Okay, I'm just getting the theme song. Ready, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, Okay, here we go. Okay, everybody just calmed the funk down. Here we go. Action, Oh ship, we haven't plugged my computer in. What we need to plug the computer into the can we call her and then plug it into Okay? Wait, hold on, okay, how do we do? This is going

well so far. I'm sure this is fascinating to listen to. We're a well oiled machine. How do okay, pause? How do I plug this? Powder sticks? My powder stick? We're so nervous, we're freaking out, Audrey, Audrey, How am I gonna do? How am I gonna do? Just everything fell out of her bag? How am I gonna do when we're actually in Nashville with like with like? How am I going to deal with Evan the dick doctor? Okay, here we go? Okay, take too, take too exactly? Let

me be the creep out this. I have a long torso. Okay, here we go, Here we go. I'm face timing her. Okay, video Okay, Oh my god, good luck everybody? Good luck, good luck, good luck? Wait ship, where did it go? Where did it go? Wait? This has to go away. That has to go away. Oh yeah, Haley, greetings from America. You've got two weirdos calling you. Here we go. You accept this rose? Pretty Haley up in Canada? This rose into you. Are you freaked out yet? Is this what

Nick sounded like when he when he greeted you? This is what Lapland sounds like. Lapland. Oh my god, welcome to the podcast. We are so excited to have with us. Hey, how do you say your last name, Haley. Hey, if you want to say it properly, you like cork it out? Like it? Math? I like that ship. Is it being sassy? Is it being sassy? Aristotle? The audio can fire? Okay, will you talk for one second? Haley? And yeah, hear me. Should I just call? Should we just call? Sounds cool? Okay?

All right, let's just get going. Fuck it? You know what here we are Haley. First of all, thank you so much for doing the podcast. I am with Rob Benedict from Supernatural Thing. We are crazy supernatural fan. I was so surprised you were gone, Oh wow, that's awesome, that is so cool. Well, I'm a big Haley fan. So he's our Bachelor of the Year on Williams at

the show's podcast, and he you were one. We before we did the before the season starts, we just looked at photos and we do our top picks, and he had you. There's a photo over there. You were he one of the top picks of going all the way to win this season. Yeah, for sure, we we were. We were devastated. We were devastated. We also want to give you best dressed for the season. Wow, sure for sure. First of all, overall, what a prosure to see you last night. You really I felt like you were yourself.

You were cool. How was it being back at the at the women? Tell awe, I was myself? Um, I was, I was. I wasn't completely hammered, so it was nice. Did they play you with alcohol the whole time that you're there? They gave you anything and everything? But um, there's a few pickle back to the beginning, but like the whole thing takes four hours, so like you know, but that's not you're sitting on that stage, You're already like where's the water and food? Like I'm done drinking. Yeah,

it was crazy. It was so hectic. Um it was you know, a lot of team Taylor, team Karin, which I am Team Taylors. It was. It was a lot more emotional than I thought it was gonna be. Like I don't know if you guys saw my Instagram, but I posted a picture and I was like so excited for, you know, to grab a glass of line and watch a bunch of girls yellow each other over a guy that dumped us six months ago on keep Yes, that's exactly it. It's like that mad at each other still

that we are crazy. Yeah, so crazy. I feel like last night more than usual. Oh my god, people were going at it. It was like a full girl fight last night. Like it was a full girl fight. It was yeah, and it was it was hard. Like at first it was like, wow, this is intense tonight. I

want to add something to it. Um. And then it just got to a point where like I am so happy didn't air it, but I am positive that I like blacked down and started taking my nose because I was just like, yes, like it's the same conversation over and over, and I was just like, oh, yeah, I'm on stage, so I have to be a part of this.

But like, oh, hectic, dude, I could to fight about naps like I just it's like as a napper myself and just realized, think, these are two people with cotton in their ears, like they're never gonna hear each other. I'm very pro nap, Like Krane's never gonna understand not that she was napping, it's when she was napping. It's like I never thought i'd hear people fighting over napping

so much on television. Yeah, it was disappointing because that was the night I went home, So I remember I was like where is she and um, maybe it was due to anxiety, but the way that it looks to everyone in the house was that she drank too much and how to go to bed and you know what, to be fair to you, that's pretty much exactly what it looks like on television. Yea. Was that the one where she's sleeping with like a grin on her face. Yeah,

she was like passed out, smiling and sleeping. Didn't look like she's having anxiety. Yeah, that's not it. If that's how I look with an anxiety, tech like placid with a clutching a rose and smiling so bad. I have a question. So when you first got how do you pack? Like, so you're allowed too suitcases? Yeah, you can bring two suitcaces. Um. They do give you like a bit of a list, so they're like, you knowing if you make it to the end happy. When he dresses is, um, you dressed yourself.

You do your own hair and make up the entire time until I think you make top two. Um, maybe top three. And yeah, you just have to like know that you're allowed to laundry in the house. Um, majority of the time that you're seeing or here being filmed, you actually won't be on TV, so, like you know, in one two weeks there's one hour and it's usually gonna be during the day, so like it's that was lounging, probably not going to be on TV. Um, how long did it take you to pack and did you buy

extra clothes? Um? I bought some extra clothes. I got the gown that I work for the first night. I bought UM and everything else. I honestly got for like twenty bucks from like forever twenty one and got it altered. So just sit really nice. We our entire podcast, Paget Brewsters on our podcast, Aaron fully, we all gave book. I think best dress of the season was the dress that you went out in. That black dress was so beautiful. Who makes that dress? That was actually American Apparel, which

is pretty much sawn under here. Wow, they had a creepy owner, but they had cute close, cute close creepy owner. Yeah, So so what was your experience, Like, Like, I know, you said you were friends with Alexis, who was the dolphin girl who's so cute. We loved her. Yeah, she cool, she really funny. She's so much funnier than you guys. Even get to see Yes, Um it was it was awesome. Like I definitely don't regret the experience. Um, you know, I was friends with Alexis. I was pretty close with

Raven during the show. Um, yeah, she's really sweet. Um. I became friends with a lot of girls after filming as well. Um, so like as you get kicked off, we had like a group shot and we exchanged phone numbers, so their phone back, they're like, uh so, um we started talking and stuff, and I think Taylor became one of my closest friends. Yeah. Also I talked to Dom um with, I talked to Lacey, I talked to a lot of them. It's not Elizabeth. I talked to Liz um.

But yeah, yeah, you just end up kind of getting closer after the show because I think when you're in front of the cameras, like sometimes you can get a bit weird, right, Like God admits that she was, you know a little bit, like, Um, I don't think she'd say that she was weird, but like, you know, the whole choking thing, like it got like over overdone, and I think she got nervous and then she just kept funny and then just like it gets weird. When you're

on TV. Right, totally, it makes sense, right, I mean, you're such an odd duct that even to get myself together just to do a podcast like like, I can't imagine if I had a camera on me twenty four hours a day and you wanted to pull, you could definitely pull five incriminating minutes. I'm sure they could make you either like a villain or a hero. You don't

know how they're going to edit it. We when we nervous before they started like airing, where you concern how they were going to edit you, Yeah, a little bit. Um So rule of thumb is if you feel like you're going to possibly um you know, pull pull, have like harm on yourself due to something that was on the show, you're allowed to bring it up to the psychologist, who will try her absolute best to make sure it's

not on the show. Only about like probably like two max three things, because you can't be like, well, you know, I was a disaster the entire time, don't show it. Like I had a couple of comments where I was like, oh, I really hope this doesn't make it so, and they didn't, which is really great. Um, I think I just came off like kind of punny and stuff. Um, and then like went home. It was like super devastated to leave

my friends and then women tell all. I was just like a bit of a feminist, stuck up from my girl and walked out. So like, I'm pretty happy with it overall. And you're dad who came with you to the show? He works on Unreal, which I thought was so interesting. Yeah, do you watch Unreal? I've never seen it, but I heard the feed producer was a producer for back to Yeah something crazy. Do you ever get used to all the cameras around? Like are are you? Is

there a point where you're not conscious about being filmed? Um? I think you get used to the cameras, Like I think there's times, depending on how close they are to your face, is when you start to remember that they're

there again. Like you know, I was like, um, playing in the pool like with Raven and you know, having some drinks and you just totally forget and then you get back out and you're like, oh, like I'm like, you get out, you reach for your towel, you can feel like your stomach folding, and you're like right, right, right, right, right right. It depends on how conscious you are like when you're swimming and having fun, like not really, but then when you have a moment of clarity again, you're like,

oh yeah, where are you right right? And what did you think of Nick? I thought he was really boring? So I was so excited for him, I thought because I thought and was really boring, and I was like, all right, cool, at least Nick seems like a real guy, and he came out him like he's just totally dud. Yeah. There was a point where we wanted him to go with Karin because we thought maybe they were meant for you. Yeah, it was like, there they deserve each other. He's a dud. Yeah,

I don't know. I just felt like he had like he sounded like he had a pretty clear sense of what he was looking for and then being quit in a situation with everyone, Um, it was quite obvious he didn't know what he was actually looking for, which is fine. Um, I don't think that's like, you know, like bad, Like

it's fine if you change your mind. But it was just part because I think a lot of the casting was to find strong willed, um dominant personalities, and almost everyone who tried to show some sort of right off the bat um, you know, dominance or whatever. It was, pushing the boundaries. They went home. Myself included it doesn't

like part of me. And again, this is the finale hasn't aired yet, so when when the podcast air is it will act like is this one there until next Friday, So it will actually we'll they'll we'll already know who he picked or But I have to say, at this point in the season watching it, I hadn't been fully convinced that he really was looking for like I felt it did. It felt like he was just trying to get on dancing with the star. I mean, do you do you think whatever I mean, do you think he

was actually looking for a lady? Oh? Yeah, Like I guess I guess he was. Um, I know, the contract pretty sweet to be the bachelor, bachelorette, um, some good money from good exposure. But I think like he probably was like, yeah, like it's obviously not working out, like this is a handpicked group of people, like it's probably easier. Well, I'm team Raven at this point, I've turned into Team Raven. I used to be Team Vanessa and I'm now a Team Raven. Yeah. Why, I feel like, first of all,

I think Vanessa is beautiful. I think she's elegant, but I feel like there's some feisty red flags early on. And I feel like Raven is like very like her I love you speech felt so authentic and real. I think she's got personality and strength, but she seems like a real like a like. She seems very authentic and charming and warm, and I just really like Raven. Yeah. Between the two, like, um, it's hard because they're very different. You have the southern bell that you know, never been

in love, never had an orgasm. Yeah, oh my god, that that montage orgasm montage was with rainbows and like high fog or Kurt Wheels and snow Angels was incredible, And honestly, I still don't think it happened. I don't either. I don't either. I don't. I agree with you. I don't think it happened either. Um. But then you have like an asset who's obviously um, you know, she's very forward and like, I do like some of the stuff she says, though when um, like she said to him,

you know, I for the preview for next week. I don't want to be a girl that you just love a little bit more and that's why. Yeah, No, I think she's Listen, I'm I'm kind of team Vanessa. I'm not saying I'm anti Raven, because I think they're both amazing. But she Yeah, she's asked honest questions. She asked the dad, uh, you know, yeah, did he you know when the dad said, you know, did you have you did you ask everyone else for fishing? And she found that out, like that's

never really been asked before. No. I mean, she seems fun going back and forth between the hot tub and the ice culture and she seems like but but there was a part of me that just felt like, I don't know, I just I just maybe too good for him. I don't know, Like, yeah, he's not moving to Montreal. I mean, let's let's be honest. Let's be real. He's not He's going to stay in l A. He's not moving to Montreal. And she has so much commitment there,

like her family means everything. And she said over and over she's a teacher for the mentally special needs adults. Um, so yeah, then she helps it with all of that. Like she's not walking away from two families, right, But like Raven comes from a small town and she's really, um, kind of under the radar still even though she's in the top two, she's still like an under the radar

girl thing. You still don't know that that much about what's going on and what she's gonna I know, I feel like Vanessa is gonna win, but I'm rooting for Raven. I'm rooting for Raven. Um. Would you ever want to go on Bachelor in Paradise or not? So much? Um? You know what I really did at the beginning because I thought it would be just so much fun, And I actually was still leaving considering it up to um last week when I went to l As for the Women Tell All and then being there like around all

that bullshit again. No, actually I really don't, Um, I guess just doesn't feel that appealing. And also like I I do have a boyfriend friend, um, which I actolutely do love, So that's a big big thing to say and believe. So like at this point, you know, unless that relationship falls apart um, which even then I honestly don't. I don't think it's for me anymore. UM, Yeah, I don't.

I don't think I'm that into it. Just being around the womuntil all I was like, and like so many of these girls, Um, they're still great people, but like you can just tell their heads, they're starting to grow bigger and bigger and bigger. So it's just like, where are you guys going after the after party? And then they like jumped into Uber and it's like what, No, Like, why don't we just all the same place? It's like

we're not. There's already like that vibe happening where people just it's the famous therefore isn't generally famous because they're doing talk shows for free. So wow, all you that I don't think I feel like, um really committing to First of all, congratulations, that's awesome that you've got a

guy and you're in love. That's awesome. And honestly, there's a reason I knew I liked you, Like you're real, You're like a real person and sometimes and your Canadian and you know, sometimes people who tell it like it is don't do as well on these shows because these shows are not reality. Even though it's a reality show, you know what I mean, Like, this is not how you find love really, Um, so congratulations on all of that.

Um do with with Bachelor in Paradise? Do they do you tell them I want to do it or do they ask you if you want to do it? Or is there like invitation open to anybody? Uh, definitely not open to anyone. No. Um. A lot of the girls like Alexis, like she's built for that show. God, I would love to see her in Mexico. Yeah, she's for sure going. Um. I don't think the contract clapped in front of her yet, but it's always been there. I would love to see Christina. I don't know if she

would want to do it, but we really fell for Christina. Yeah, she's really intense. I don't know if like she'd be like I don't know if she wants to Paradise. I'm not close with her. Maybe she does, but she's really intense, Like Alexis is like fun, yeah, yeah what Paradise is kind of yeah. Yeah, so it's a bit different in that way. Um. But yeah, there's a lot of girls who are like I have to come to women tell all because I want to be on Paradise and I

be a part of the Bachelor family. And they're like, well, like, what's your two cents to add? Why do you want to come? Which I was asked. They're like why do you, like, why why do you matter? Like why do you want to come? And I was like, uh, good question. I was like, my friends are gonna be having a party. And they're like that's not a good reason, Like you need to tell me why you care. And I was like, I do really care about Taylor and I do really

want to, like, you know, be there for her. And so I kind of like wrote on wrote on that idea a little bit um. But for some of them, it was just like, you know, some girls aren't friends with any of these other women from the show at all, and like they got on the show and started talking about, you know, their opinions and stuff about so much airtime with all of us, all their eyes because we're like,

we know you're want to be on Paradise. But so they're allowed to play that game, right if that's what you want to do is a show At the end

of the day. I didn't like when Christina was getting her two cents with Nick that I don't know if it was just editing, but Dan Yelle cut in to get like because he was trying to explain to you Dan ye know again it could have just been editing, but it looked like he was explaining why he let Christina go, and then Dan Yelle cut in admitted about her about how she was hurt, and I was like, you can't cut in on the Russian war fan, you know what I mean, just like the Russian world cut

in on anybody else, you don't cut in on Christina. Yeah, I know. She kind of tears with tears. Yeah. I just felt like this is a wrong, like read the room. Yeah, I think it might have been editing. She she was up there talking to like forty five minutes. Um was like, I was over it. Yeah, that's when the nose is picking. The nose was getting picked right before before you moved into the house. How nervous were you? Like how nervous? Like like it's it must be terrifying. I was so nervous.

I was mostly nervous about how I would do living with other people, because I really Yeah, so I've never had a roommate. So that was the thing that kind of scared me the most. Of course, because it wasn't real life. It was a party. It was actually really easy and fun because you're just drinking, hanging out and you don't have to clean anything, so you're like, it's fine. But I wasn't really nervous about the girls or like

making friends. I was like, I'm sure they're going to be just as nervous as I am, which everyone was yea. And I wasn't there long enough to really um settle in with you know, everyone. It was just probably like six people that he came like close with. Oh yeah, like I I didn't really know the nerves really kind of spet in for me too much. It was just about living with other people. Um, and did you did you know it was gonna be nick? And I didn't,

And I knew when you guys found out. Whenever you found out is when I found out, and I had like who it was, and I was like I have no clue, Oh my god. Wow. And then they like, do you still want to do it? Because I guess some girls were thinking about maybe not. And then there's also a flooded people who wanted to run. Um. So um, I've I've always done no. Granted, I know I know the gals are like twenty or two or twenty three, but if I was drinking the much alcohol, I would

look so disgusting in my bikini. How the girls are able to keep it together. There's no gym in the house, right, Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone dive's pretty hard before going on the show. So you just get it together. You just get it is, and then you just like just try

to monitor your drink it. Yeah. Like I remember being like, oh my god, like I'm just gonna like be on this liquid diet like before, and it lasted like two days, no, and then I just date like burgers every day, and then like the last four days, I just like yeah, and then okay, okay, what time do you wake up in the morning and what time do you go to bed? There? Um, we got open up around like six am because they

have like interviews to do. They want to seek breakfast. Um. I think like a lot of us meet something in our stomachs to absorb all the alcohols in the night fire. So so that's probably a big thing too, is they wanted to be like like comfortable and physically able to like be awake for the next day. Um. So yeah, they wake us up pretty early, and they will huver

over you. There's like these bedroom monitors that will come in and they'll be like over top of you, like wake up, wake up, my god, Lexus was the worst. Like she would never get out of bed. They would all she'd be like, I'm not doing it and she like her mic off. They're like no, no, know, everyone has to get out. Um. When we went to bed, it was just kind of like usually there'd be a date or some something for us to do, so we

would wait for the girls to come back. And like every group date would come back like well at like maybe three am or four am or something like that, so you be getting like three hours of sleep. Yeah, So like some of the girls um would go to bed, but like I think majority wanted to stay up so they could be like what happened? And like happening as a show went on was more and more girls were like going home on these group dates when like no one thought that someone's gonna be sent home right away.

It was like because you're gone or you know who else, And randomly both Doo and Whitney went home yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, We're like, what's going on, Like I want to see if anyone's coming back that so, so people were just exhausted. They're exhausted, your guard is down, you're having alcohol. I mean I think that's how you also probably get people to to speak more freely. I know, when I'm tired, my walls are down and Krince smashed the whole time,

isn't she and Chrince pretty wasted most of the time? Yeah? Yeah, yeah. Um. So when you go on a group date, um, do you know at the beginning, like what like what's addressed for? Yeah? I was always like stunted at how people have the I's so nervous about packing just in my regular life, Like I don't know how you pack for this? Well what are we doing? And they just have you happen to have bathing suits on? Just yes, it's typically um we'll say, you know, pack of baiting fruit, packing nude

bra um, Like it depends what you're doing. Like my group date was wedding dresses. They're like bringing bring nude underwear because it was like dressing in the paston um where they're bringing swimsuit but like you don't know what you're doing. They're just like ring that or like where your d How long did it take you to pack?

I don't mean to keep harping on the packing, but I like I have to go work at Nashville for ten days and I'm already like and I know I'm just filming a nash like maybe I'll go out three nights, Like, yeah, I have a costume, I'm playing somebody else and I'm still like I cannot figure out what to wear? How did you How long did it take you to pack? Will you in a dizzy? Tell? Help me? Help me?

Hailing It wasn't that bad because we'd always be in groups, so we'd be like, hey, like do three people have hair curlers? Or like does someone have like you know, the straightener? And um, like can I borrow your hair bran? Sure? You just bring like your own makeup, Like I guess the thing is when you're thinking about packing for real life, because this is not real life, you want to have your cellphone charger, your laptop charger, like all of these things.

You have your wallet, you have your ideas. All is our selves, our clothing and our makeup. Like that's it, Like we don't have cell phones, we don't have books. Like was that was that a relief to be without your cell phone? It was that that get to be kind of fun. I really liked it. Like I'm a huge fan of camping, and usually I go places where cell single doesn't even work. So I'm I'm okay with it.

Um it feels really relieving. But a lot of people had some anxiety and they, like a producer would take out their cellphone to like check it. Everyone's parenthetic glimpse of the screen? What did your family think about you going on? Like? How did what did your family and friend? Was anybody nervous for you? Were they all excited for you? Um?

My mom was scared that I was going to be like a shn or something pendle it, but like I don't want someone coming over to you and like calling you a bit and then like you know, she didn't want me to like feel less than at any point in the process, which um yeah. My dad was like he didn't you didn't completely get it. He was like you're on for sure, and yes, I leave tomorrow. They like have fun. I didn't really understand it. Um My sister was excited because she was like a part of

the process. Um. I only told a few friends and allowed to really tell people, so like I got announced, Um like when they showed you know, here's the cast. Um it airs in two weeks. Like my grandma didn't know my cousins didn't know, like only three of my best friends knew. Um, it's really tight list and overall has it? Why are you glad you did it? Was it a good experience? Yeah? I'm really happy because, Um, I think if I said no to the opportunity, I

would have always wondered what it was. Like. I'm a very curious person, so I think I would have always been, um,

you know, what could have been? And I think things always look greener on the other side, and honestly looking into it, UM as a regular person, like through all of our Instagram and people think that we're like, you know, like kind of like cool, like living the highlights and like I've been eating veggie dogs for the past week and dinner like so it's kind of funny because we look like we have this extravagant life and I thought that, and you know some of them do some of them

really do not many UM, but it's it's interesting to you know, have the experiences. Now I don't feel like I I missed it. I think I would have always looked at it and been like cool, like what if I could have been famous? Or like what if this?

And like now I just really kind of removed myself from from that idea and you know I used to model um and like I you know, went overseas and I really became very vain and it took a long time of a moment of self reflection and um, you know, I really transformed to UZ and um, I'm very proud of that. So I worked I still worked really hard

to not fall back into that. And being in the light of the Bachelor where it's very welcomed, um, you know, it's it's um interesting to kind of be like, Okay, do I want to post these pictures of me and my bikini and lingerie to you know, sell vitamins for girls to buy that won't make their hair look better?

But apparently I'm going to tell them at will? Or do I want to continue to be me, stick with my five thousands followers versus five hundred thousands followers live a life that this doesn't fuild genuine, So not just start doing is I'm genuine. It's just what feels comfortable to them and comfortable to me. And for me, it's thought that life well you know what, I think that's so well spoken and and it is and it is like at a certain point like this is your life,

like now it's who you are. And it sounds like you got to sort of have the fun of going to OZ and then realize that you that you like Kansas, you know, like that like that's you still had fun, but like just it's almost like you don't want to eat too much cotton candy, like you want the whole the real real world. Yeah, you know, And I definitely feel confident in saying that I've found someone that I'm

passionate about. Like it's still a new thing, but you know, I've only felt this way with one other person before, and it's a really big deal to say I love you and Nick. Yeah, so I think that, you know, having that um also makes me feel really confident in moving forward as a regular person rather than to be in that um for a fantasy world as well. Well, we are just we were so excited to talk to you. Rob's band actually played I think they met you, Yeah, Vancouver.

A couple of the guys in my bank end we're playing and you at the restaurant. You know what I'm talking about. I don't know if they were a part of your band. That's so funny. They actually messaged me. Um like after the show, We're like, fine, I hope you're doing well. Yeah. Steve, the drummer of my band, tell me like after the fact, after I had you, I had you my top three and all that, and he's like, oh, yeah we met her. I was like,

you would would yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Because we have a few people that do the podcast, I was like, who wants to call Haley and me was like Rob. Rob's Rob sick. We gotta have Rob call. That's awesome. Yeah, so we'll have to get together when we we come back up to Vancouver later this year. We're playing again at the Supernatural Convention. So happened before I actually really wanted to go by, remember just something

really stupid that night. I was like, yeah, I love the job, and then like went to the movies and needed it or something. Well, I'm sure Rob could get you into the Supernatural Convention. Yeah, I'll have the guys. I'll have you guys. Text you you can come to like our show on Saturday night. It's funny, like hang out backstage and eat the cast and stuff. Yeah for sure, my god, I love that. Yeah. Haley, And can I just say her dad was such hurt. She's got like

this hunky crew guy dad Irwin. Yeah, and her dad was the one who picked the tickets to come see me. It wasn't. Haley was like, her dad bought the stand of tickets. I think if he watched Chelsea lately or something or I don't know why, your dad, And it was like Irwin. Irwin's the man. Because when I when I got a cap on the shoulder, I had my feet up and I was like, oh. I was like, oh god, I have my feet if care getting in trouble like a little kid, and it was like, Hi,

how are you? When I was like, oh my god, Oh my god, I was all excited, you're yeah. Coincidence that herd well because they we had um I because on the week before on the podcast, I said I was playing Vancouver and then I was trying to get Daniel the Pigeon and the Eagle to try to come and so um so the people started tweeting him like Daniel, you better go see like I was saying, I would

give him tickets so that he came. And so when somebody said people from the bath room there, I figured it was Daniel, but then it was you and your dad. And then Daniel came the next night. That's so funny. And today we just did um we just did a radio show together. I found him to me, like, he is who he is. He's exactly who we we talked to him. He's just you know, he's just he's fully the eagle in the pigeon. He's the best. Yeah, he's a he's a unique guy. But he's like really sweet.

He's a unique guy. And what was amazing about him was like all that stuff. You're like, oh, somebody must be writing those lines for him. You're like, no, that's his brain, that his brain is writing those lines like that. Don't be Mussolini. Be more like be like more like Mussolini, not Hitler, Like he came up with that on his own. Did Oh my god, Well, miss Haley, is there anything anything that you feel that you will anything that we

didn't ask anything that you want people to know. We were just any other questions, Rob No, I mean, gosh, we covered we're going to get a picture of a smile there. We got the one thing that we that I always wonder is the drinking thing, just that you know, and it's true, they really are. They pump them full of drinks. I would throw up. Did anybody throw up? Um? I don't think so. Actually, you know what, so like

a lot of it is. It's not the producers who were like, you have to drink, it's that it's there, and they're like, it's free, it's whatever you want, it's when you want it. And it's like this idea of all these girls in their twenties who are like free alcohol, like yeah, yeah, see, it's the free aspect that I think grabs us, which is so stupid. But honestly, it's just like that was one of the biggest Oh, I think why a lot of us even when is where like it's a vacation with you know, I mean that's

free alcohol. Still does it for me? Open bar? Open bar? Like yeah, all right, great, I'm in my open bar. Um, well, Hayley, what fun? I feel like, you know, it's cool. I feel like we sent a buddy in to uh. You know. Here's my final question. When the people are interviewing you, like the producers, when they're doing you're like, you know, your confessionals or whatever you want to call it, do you feel like they have your back or do you feel like they're being friend of mees when they're getting

you to talk. Oh, they definitely have your back. Um. There was there was a producer that was let go um during the show because girls didn't feel comfortable talking to him and they felt understanded by the way he was speaking. Um so you got fired. Oh wow, that's good to know. Yeah. So I think that. And also you click with certain producers and those are the ones

that constantly interview you. Um So, like I think if you make it to home til I know that if you make it to hometown, you get to choose a producer that you feel the closest, most comfortable with, and they're with you twenty four that that's great. I'm excited about Rachel being the Bachelorette. I have to say, you're excited. Yeah, yeah, Um, I think it's really it's really overdue for them to, you know, kind of give at the times the same

race heard over and over. Yeah, I really excited about that. I'm really excited. That's not even what's most talked about, like the fact that this is a big deal that she's the first black bachelor, and that's not even the headline. It's just Rachel. Yeah, she's so beautiful and she's a lawyer and she's really boys, so she's gonna intimidate the hell out of these guys. I like that. Yeah, I can see that too. She's intimidating. I know, I can

see that. I know, I know she's she's like, yeah, she's well she's a fucking lawyer, man like, she's no nonsense. Well she's got the first impression roads right, So she she gives that like allure and confidence and know how attitude from the first second that you eater. And it's like samarines are like pounding shots and she was like complete clarity with a glass of rose, like how how are you? And Rachel, You're like, yeah, I would be the ding dong with like the gold schlag or like

vomiting up gold flags. I'm truly, truly I would be the one that would drink like you and like did it again? I like such a late way final question, how big is that is the house? How? What is the house? Like? Um? The house is not that big. Um. The way that I described it as soon as I thought was it looked like they basically out like the inside of the gene lamp. Yes, they they paint the walls like over and over and over and over, so like the walls like packy and like it doesn't in person,

it's it's not not great. It's not big. It's not that big. It's actually like a pretty like it's the bigger coats is what I call it. Not a mansion. How many girls per bedroom? Um? I think it was when I when I was there, it was ten ten girls in the bedroom. Yeah, shapers. I would never sleep. I would be the one on ambient who would be like secret snacking because I ate eight took ambient, so I'd be like binge eating, like and I wake up covered in chips and I'd forget it with my gold. Yeah,

meet me at the open bar. Make them for us. And they're like the test like shittiest, like like they creak and there's no stairs, so like I remember like stepping on like Alexis's head to like get up to my bump hed and like, oh my god. And they're small like I don't know how, Like I think Danielle was the tallest one there. I don't even know how she slept in it, Like I felt like my feet hitting me en. I don't sleep well. I'm an anxious sleeper anyway that like I would have actually been Karin,

but not because I was drunk. I would be so tired that I'd be like just sneaking off and passing out. Oh my god, Hailey, thank you so much. We are such fans of yours. We wish you lucky. You get to see Rob. When are you playing Vancouver? I can't remember, but it's like, yeah, I don't know, later in the summer, in the fall, but we'll text you and then we can all hang out. Thank you so much for inviting me on. We were so excited. I wish you the

best of luck with everything. You're a lovely You're a lovely young lady and like you know what, You're just so well spoken and cool and what a pleasure. It was an honor to have you on. We really appreciate it, and I will. I will text you the link when it's up. It'll be next week. Awesome than guys. Alright, Hey, yeah go Hailey? Bye, thank you bye? Oh my god, that just happened. Okay, you kept your it together? Did they do pretty well? I got it? She said she

was your fast. I couldn't. I was I was scratching your leg under the table. I couldn't not believe it. Oh my god, beautiful. She's so this is a podcast and not a video feed, and you guys can't even see her just casual in her studio apartment. It's like it's like would be me on my dream wedding day. Look you know what I mean. Like she was wearing like the equipment of like a like a like a wife beater wife her beautiful, beautiful like Navaho blanket, Navaho blanket.

And even when she said there was like a piece of toast and her I was like, that's the hottest piece of toast. Tell us that she was eating like veggie dogs for breakfast. She was a big fan. I was like, don't revert, Like, don't you dare flip the script on me? Oh my god. I was so excited for you. I didn't even know because I know you're upset that you can't go to Nashville, and I feel like you just had your own private Idaho national moment. And I really did, and I did make it weird.

When I said maybe we can all hang out? You said we all? You said we all? Yeah? And because I knew you were nervous about putting it out there and you didn't make it weird at all. And we found out where her dresses from. Her dresses from is from urban American American whatever, American American eagles. You realize, everyone, we're just we're coming down off our high right now, so we can't make sheer a fact that you and I now we're really going, like we're really doing crack cookies.

Now we get to go do the like the real I can't and I love today and I feel a real like brotherhood with Canada right now. My god, that's her second and we haven't caught one yet. She thought Nick was boring funny, Yeah, she's really funny. Yeah, and she's like true and she's in love with someone. I was going to do a joke when she was like, I just it feels good to say I love you, And I said, I know me too. I was gonna do like I know, I thought. I thought about it

because she was in the real sincere. I know, I know, I wanted. I thought, my my little idiot monkey brain wanted to go to something for you. I really wanted to we woman, you a super And I was also you know what my favorite highlight was and guys, thanks for thanks for listening and humoring us. My favorite moment when she was she was like, this is what you wanted? She was like, I was a model, I worked overseas. I got really vain, and then I thought, do I

want to be that person? No? I don't. And then I had a moment going into the limelight. Do I want to be in a lingerie in a bikini selling herbs for women to have their I was like yes, and then it was part A. But you would have failed. You would have failed that, you would have blown it. Thank you. We looked at Aristotle like are you kidding me? It was the best part of all of this. And I also want to thank all of you for suffering through our terrible audio. It was like you, Rob, Rob needed,

we needed the video. We couldn't. Just the phone would have sounded about her, but it would have been FaceTime. You were your Canada jacket? Would you immediately stripped off? So hot? And it's actually really cool in this room, Aristotle, I need you to come get on the on the mic right now for one second. Aristotle, Now again, you don't normally you don't watch The Bachelor. You're not normally you he couldn't see her, Aristotle. Did he play it cool?

What was your takeaway? Aristotle tell us everything. I think you played it cool. It seemed like he seems like you're fans, but you're like, yeah, yeah, do you think this married father of two stay chips? You never know, you never know, you never know, you never know, ever know. She might be into guys in the mid four, She might be, she might be just don't know. She's gonna come see his play. He's gonna play. She's gonna she loves. She loves supernaturally, and I will use every other actor

in that show of you know what I mean. Come if you if you don't want to see me, come and see the others because you can meet all of them. She was truth str up time. Was she your favorite from the season? Yeah, but she was gone, you know quarter of the way through. That's so excited you get

to see her again. So and she really am. She's so beautiful, And it made me realize, on a on a real point, all these women a person are probably yes, and so we can say to her and be like, oh, she's got a horse face, she's got you know, too much real estate on her forehead or whatever. But I'm sure you've always felt guilty with that part. Yeah, I know. And yet and now she's bachelor. I actually thought about her. I actually thought about it last night, and I thought

because I I just think she's so darling. She is my friend Laurie, who is fantastic and as a lesbian, a married woman to a woman. She said she's going to convince her wife that she can and go on as a contestant just to be friends with Rachel. She just has to go to bed. She's such a crush on Rachel. Guys, Wow, we've really I honestly feel like I have so many my synapses are firing so hard, Like I have so many endorphins rushing through that I'm

gonna like crash, Like my chemicals are jangled. I'm gonna crash. I'm gonna like I could like punch through a plate glass, do you know what I mean? And then tonight I'm going to sleep till like Thursday. Yeah. Yeah, can we what's jingled? Your senses? My chemicals are all jangle? Can we name this part of the podcast jingle Jangle Jangle chemicals? Chemicals? Jangle here comes Jangle Chemicals. Yeah, dangle chemicals. Um, I agree,

I agree. I'm a bit clustered. Okay, I thank god we have another hour and app of that sort yea, and we have a lot to talk about. We really women, all women, all we have. We have orgasms, we have Selene Dion in the hot top, we have Rachel's announcement. Well, guys, we've really been through something here. We did it. Um alright, alright, everybody, alright, everybody, best of luck to all of you. Thank you so much. And um, I will just play this going out. Oh

my god, I'm trying to face him or again. Guys, play cool. Here we go, there we go, and thanks for listening. Oh yeah, it all up in you tonight. I feels so good. I just got one of the bush to figure out where you reading this? R word your word now leading Nerdice is to dot com What do you think