December 7, 2025 • 17 mins
Ben is setting Mercedes up on a blind date for Jingle Ball, but before she heads out, we check in with her to see how she's feeling.
Ben is giving intel on who the eligible single guy is and what Bachelor Nation stars will be tagging along for the evening. But we all want to know...will Mercedes kiss on a first date???
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
iHeart Podcasts bring you the ultimate Summer of love Tree.
This is Famously Available. I'm your host, Ben Higgins, back
with you on Famously Available in Today is an exciting
day because we're all on the journey, listening and staying
tuned for the journey of Boston Guy Boston Man, I
(00:23):
think we called him at now. Hopefully we get to
be on a new journey with Mercedes, because today we
are setting Mercedes up on a date. Let's talk about
it with the star herself, Mercedes Mercedes, You're in Los
Angeles right now, getting ready to attend Iheart's jingle Ball.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Correct. Have you ever been to jingle Ball?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I haven't. I'm super excited.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
It is awesome. It is an incredible event. You're gonna
have a blast. It is one of those moments. I
don't know if you have many of these anymore. You
do a lot of cool stuff, but it's one of
those moments you're like, hey, this is really fun that
this show that I was on allows me to do
this kind of stuff. Yeah, in my life, while others
(01:08):
are out there, like probably like friends of ours are
out there in the audience paying for their ticket, sitting
up in the nosebleeds.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You're going to be like a rock star.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I know. I'm so excited. I'm definitely feeling very blessed
to be in the situation that I'm in. For sure.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It's super fun and I'm pumped that you're there, and
I'm pumped that you're there with iHeart. But we do
have to talk about what's happening tonight, but before we
dig into the nitty gritty the details of jingle Ball
and you're not only going with friends, but there's other
reasons why you're there. Our listeners are curious, did you
(01:47):
ever hear from Boston Man again after our final kind
of conclusion interview?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Not a thing. He's in my like though, which is
like really annoying, but no likely. Yeah, I'm like, get
out if you're not talking to me, get out of.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Here, right, I mean, it's just yeah, it's like that.
I mean, I feel like when I was single and
trying to do my best at flirting, I would never
claim I was great at it. That would have been
a way to like, initially flirt would have been to
just like go and like somebody's pictures, do it enough
and then send him a comment and be like, hey.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
What's up. Well that's how it started, too, like because
you know it started on Instagram, so it's just like, yeah,
he's just still liking, which I don't know what signal
he's trying to send doing that.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But how do you feel about all this now?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I'm honestly like very over it. I feel like I'm
at peace with everything, but the there's definitely still mixed signals.
And I also it was all so confusing and didn't
make sense, and I definitely think like something happened like
I went a little FBI me and my friend, and
I think there was another girl m.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Okay, which again disappointing. Yeah, but as we've talked about,
totally fair.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Right, Yeah, no, absolutely, it's just like if that was
the situation, like just let me know, rather than being
like making up other excuses, you.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Know, I agree with that. I do think there is
a level, Mercedes, where you are an understanding human. That's
why I'm so excited for you to find somebody that
appreciates you. The word that comes to mind is like
a cool girl, but I feel like that diminishes actually
who you are a little bit, Like you're better than
just a cool girl. You could have handled it if
(03:37):
he would have openly communicated with you, I don't. I
think people get nervous that the person can't handle it. Yeah,
and so you can. You wanted to open communication. You
gave him every ability to openly communicate. But I think
that's a great quality that you have, is you could
have handled it and like understood and maybe even gone
(03:59):
back at him a little bit and then be like, hey,
you led me on or whatever. But at least you
could have the conversation without it like absolutely blowing up.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, no, for sure, but that's in the past. On
to better things, right.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Oh, speaking of better things, we got so many better things.
You are at jingle Ball and you are going on
a date tonight.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
I don't know how to feel. I'm excited. It's like
a full on blind date. Like I asked for his
Instagram and they told me no, and I'm like, it's a.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Oh because I have his instagram right here. I'm looking
at it to stop. Okay, you may give you a
few hints. Yeah, he is. He is very handsome, like
very handsome, and he is in good shape, like physically fit.
(04:51):
You can tell that man does the.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Gym, works out.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
It takes care of himself, takes care of himself that
I will tell you what do you want to know
what his bio and his Instagram says. I don't think
you can search that right, No, okay. It says between
living the dream.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
And chasing it?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Okay, is that it?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
That's all? Well? He's also.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
No, that's good. That's cute.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
He also sits.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
In the C suite, which means he is the COO
of a very respected company.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Okay, well good. It sounds like he has all together
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, athletic.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
What's his hair color? Dark?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, it's dark. It's dark. It's like a dark brown.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I will say there is not an obnoxious amount
of shirtless picks on his Instagram, which is a good sign.
There's a few, but it's like they're respectable, like hey,
we're at the beach kind of thing. But like there's
no like mere selfies and his without his shirt on,
which I think is a good sign.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
It's a very good sign. Green flag, green flag.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah. How do you feel about tattoos?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I like tattoos?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Good, all right, that's fair, Mercedes. He nervous, Yeah, a
little bit.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I mean it's like a blind date. But I don't know.
At the end of the day, Like, I'm just really
excited and I love that, Like I have all my
friends here too with me.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I want to talk about that tonight at jingle Ball
with you. You have Katie and Zach. Katie is a
great friend to you. Justin Glaze, Grant Ellis, Jonathan Johnson,
Joe and Serena, Jess, Drad and Gabby l Nicky are
going to be there as well. With you, Gabby and
Jess and Katie and you. You've done trips together, You're
(06:54):
great friends. It's gonna be a blast. But I do think,
you know, in some of the dates we've set up
already on this show with other people, uh, there has
been this kind of balance between when you're there with friends,
how do you give them attention and enjoy the moment
with them while also giving your date attention and you know,
(07:16):
seeing if there's anything there.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
How do you plan on doing that?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, honestly, I was talking to Jess about that because
I'm like, I'm going to see you guys having fun
and be like I want to be with them, but
then also like I'm on a blind date, so I
have to like figure out how to do it. I
don't know. I hope he's like just because Zach's gonna
be there too, So like I hope like we can
be like in a group setting too and like all
hang out and see how he like just jumps in
(07:41):
with my friend group and how everything works. But obviously
I'm going to like have like make sure he feels
like welcome and seen. So I don't know, I'm just
gonna have to like figure it out in the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I think, yeah, it is a balance, though, I think
there's nothing more attractive than a human. I remember this
when I met my wife on some of our first
(08:14):
initial hangouts with groups of people. One her desire to
introduce me to people like that was a big deal,
Like I could tell she was excited to introduce me
to people. But also when she hung out with my friends,
her ability to kind of be her own solo human
and mingle without meaning to stand beside her and like
coach her up or you know, it was cool to
(08:36):
look off and look in the crowd and be like, oh,
there is Jess talking to one of my friends and
they're having a blast.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Like that's a big deal to me.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Yeah, And I also think like that, Yeah, I would
agree when that when someone can like go up, not
do their own thing, but be able to like hold
themselves and not have to have you like right there
all the time, I think that's very attractive.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
For sure, it's super is it's going to be a
super fun evening. I have high hopes just that the
date's fun. I think this is a good guy. He's
obviously handsome. He I will say, he is very excited
for tonight. Is yes, we have here at the show.
(09:16):
He is very excited, and he hopes that you know,
this could be a fun evening and maybe more dates
to come, but we'll have to see how tonight goes first. Now,
you do have a big friend group. There is there
anybody specific that you really hope he wins over? Or
is there is there anybody in this friend group that
we just mentioned that you feel like will be a
(09:41):
tough win for him.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
No, not really, not a tough win. I feel like everyone.
I feel like maybe Jess, if I had to choose one.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
She is like Puerto Rican and she's a little sassy, yes.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And she yes, she's yeah, she's sassy, but she also
like I don't know, like she's all always like telling
me like you're not good or you're not good enough.
They're not good enough, you know what I'm saying. Like
these things, I'm like way up here. So I feel
like if I had to choose one person, it would
be Jess would be like the hard win. But even
she's just going to be like, have a great time
and talk to anyone, so it'll be fun.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
We're going to set up some wing women for you,
and it's not people in your immediate friend group. We're
going to be talking to them here very soon, and
they're going to be there spying, giving me all the
insights tonight on how things are going. But also their
really only job is to accurately depict who you are,
(10:38):
which is somebody great, And so they're going to make
sure that everybody there knows you're great. Hopefully not to
an annoying extent, but if that's even a thing. Are
you when you go on a first date? You this
is your second first date in a few months. I
mean goodness, we've really picked up steam here. Do you
(10:59):
plead pre planning questions? Do you think through what kind
of things you want to ask him? Or are you
just going in and winging it?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I just go in and wing it. But honestly, I
feel like I should have some questions, especially if you like,
I don't know, because I feel like this is like
a different situation too, But I don't know. Usually I
just go in and wing it and just like feel
the vibe and like I kind of just like follow
their lead, like on where they want, like depth wise,
you know, like what they want to talk about, just
(11:27):
kind of follow their lead.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
So is there anything specific that you'll be paying extra
attention to. I mean, I gave you a lot of info.
I'm going to give you a little more info towards
the end of this show, okay about him, But is
there anything that really is going to stand out to
you right away?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
No, not really. I think the biggest especially in this
situation and like going into like with my friends, I
think it's one thing that I'm going to really look
at is like how we interacts and how he just
like jumps in. I feel like that like says a lot.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Okay, here's some more information on him. Okay, he's thirty
years old, Okay, he lives in Los Angeles. How does
that feel so far?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Age? Great? La? I mean that's fine, I'm here all
the time.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Like you, he's been on reality television before the Bachelor,
not saying what show? No? Oh, okay, if he was
on the Bachelor, would that be a problem.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
No, No, it wouldn't. I want you. You can't tell
me what show? No, because then I'll look him up.
Dang it.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I'm not going to tell you what show.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It did feel I mean, if I'm honest, Mercedes, it
felt like your initial reaction was this is a problem.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
It's not a problem because I'm very open, but like,
if you sat me down and asked, like my perfect whatever,
like being on reality TV, probably wouldn't. But that's also
like kind of shallow of me because I've also been
on reality TV. So like, it doesn't actually matter. I don't,
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
I'm glad we just talked through that together. That was good.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
He's a mortgage broker okay, and co owns a music
distribution label.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Okay, So maybe he visits Nashville too. He's in music.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I bet he's heard of Nashville.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
At least he's definitely heard of it for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
He's passionate about music and makes his own plus DJs
for fun.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
On the side.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I think that's great.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And it's a side hustle for him. This is not
He's not.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Like, so he's a mortgage broker, is that what we said?
Speaker 1 (13:44):
A mortgage broker and co owns a music distribution label.
Music is very It's something he's very passionate about. And
so tonight, I'm only telling you this to help you
is obviously tonight is all about the music at jingle
Ball and the celebrit of the seasons, and so this
could be a great evening for the two of you
(14:05):
because you're just listening to the thing he loves.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Yeah, no, for sure. And also I think green Flag
like no matter what it is, if you It's so
crazy because I actually was just talking about this with
some of my guy friends because they're like, what's something
that you want in a man? And I was like,
I want him to be passionate about something outside of
his job. So like he has his job, but then
you have something that like you're super passionate about in love.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
So j my wife and I were just talking about
this at lunch like an hour ago, on how our
marriage operates, and we not I mean, we love each
other so much. She's the coolest, but we run like
two separate lanes sometimes, right, she has her own deal.
I have mine. I try to stay as familiar with
(14:49):
her deal as she does mine. But there's days where
she's at work and I have no clue, you know,
the thing she's doing. But it's awesome that we get
to come together and talk about it.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, end of the day.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
It helps us, I think, stay very healthy as a couple.
We also can stay very curious about each other because
things are always changing and it's nice to have somebody
like that you that you know something that she's passionate
about that I can get behind. Now, my final question
for you is if you had a goal for the
(15:22):
end of the night, what would that goal be?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
And let's let's say this date goes well, that.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's going, let's say well, but there's still like some
questions on how well. What would be like an outcome
that you would at the end of the night with
all your girls like giggle, scream and shout and be
excited about.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
I think just like looking back at the night and
being like, oh my gosh, that was so fun. I
think like that's my number one priority is just like
having fun getting to know him tonight. And then obviously like,
best case scenario is we like vibe and then maybe there's.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Another date, another date. That's great.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Okay, Mercedes, I'm pumped for you. Have a blast at
jingle Ball. It's an incredible event, an incredible evening. It
is full of just like the coolest moments of you know,
artists and getting to meet people, have fun with your friends,
have a great time on the date itself. I do
have one challenge for you, Okay. My challenge is very easy.
(16:21):
My challenge is to introduce him to the group of
bachelor people right away to make sure he assimilates and
he's familiar with people. Even though it is your first date,
you are probably I'm assuming, the only other person he
would even know, and so you're like his sidekick as well.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Yeah, I definitely want to make sure he feels like
welcome and like safe and can talk to anyone. So
definitely we'll be doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
I have a blast. This has been famously available with Mercedes.
We're gonna follow this date now throughout the week. We're
going to get interviews from friends of Mercedes, maybe even
the person she's going on the date with. Uh, and
then we're gonna be talking to Mercedes herself, so stay
tuned to famously available. We're getting started this holiday season
(17:09):
with some cheer I believe.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I can't wait to catch up with you, Mercedes. Have
a blast night all right by
iHeart Podcasts bring you the ultimate Summer of love Tree.
This is Famously Available. I'm your host, Ben Higgins, back
with you on Famously Available in Today is an exciting
day because we're all on the journey, listening and staying
tuned for the journey of Boston Guy Boston Man, I
(00:23):
think we called him at now. Hopefully we get to
be on a new journey with Mercedes, because today we
are setting Mercedes up on a date. Let's talk about
it with the star herself, Mercedes Mercedes, You're in Los
Angeles right now, getting ready to attend Iheart's jingle Ball.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Correct. Have you ever been to jingle Ball?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
No?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I haven't. I'm super excited.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
It is awesome. It is an incredible event. You're gonna
have a blast. It is one of those moments. I
don't know if you have many of these anymore. You
do a lot of cool stuff, but it's one of
those moments you're like, hey, this is really fun that
this show that I was on allows me to do
this kind of stuff. Yeah, in my life, while others
(01:08):
are out there, like probably like friends of ours are
out there in the audience paying for their ticket, sitting
up in the nosebleeds.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You're going to be like a rock star.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I know. I'm so excited. I'm definitely feeling very blessed
to be in the situation that I'm in. For sure.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It's super fun and I'm pumped that you're there, and
I'm pumped that you're there with iHeart. But we do
have to talk about what's happening tonight, but before we
dig into the nitty gritty the details of jingle Ball
and you're not only going with friends, but there's other
reasons why you're there. Our listeners are curious, did you
(01:47):
ever hear from Boston Man again after our final kind
of conclusion interview?
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Not a thing. He's in my like though, which is
like really annoying, but no likely. Yeah, I'm like, get
out if you're not talking to me, get out of.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Here, right, I mean, it's just yeah, it's like that.
I mean, I feel like when I was single and
trying to do my best at flirting, I would never
claim I was great at it. That would have been
a way to like, initially flirt would have been to
just like go and like somebody's pictures, do it enough
and then send him a comment and be like, hey.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
What's up. Well that's how it started, too, like because
you know it started on Instagram, so it's just like, yeah,
he's just still liking, which I don't know what signal
he's trying to send doing that.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But how do you feel about all this now?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
I'm honestly like very over it. I feel like I'm
at peace with everything, but the there's definitely still mixed signals.
And I also it was all so confusing and didn't
make sense, and I definitely think like something happened like
I went a little FBI me and my friend, and
I think there was another girl m.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Okay, which again disappointing. Yeah, but as we've talked about,
totally fair.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Right, Yeah, no, absolutely, it's just like if that was
the situation, like just let me know, rather than being
like making up other excuses, you.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Know, I agree with that. I do think there is
a level, Mercedes, where you are an understanding human. That's
why I'm so excited for you to find somebody that
appreciates you. The word that comes to mind is like
a cool girl, but I feel like that diminishes actually
who you are a little bit, Like you're better than
just a cool girl. You could have handled it if
(03:37):
he would have openly communicated with you, I don't. I
think people get nervous that the person can't handle it. Yeah,
and so you can. You wanted to open communication. You
gave him every ability to openly communicate. But I think
that's a great quality that you have, is you could
have handled it and like understood and maybe even gone
(03:59):
back at him a little bit and then be like, hey,
you led me on or whatever. But at least you
could have the conversation without it like absolutely blowing up.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, no, for sure, but that's in the past. On
to better things, right.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Oh, speaking of better things, we got so many better things.
You are at jingle Ball and you are going on
a date tonight.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
I don't know how to feel. I'm excited. It's like
a full on blind date. Like I asked for his
Instagram and they told me no, and I'm like, it's a.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Oh because I have his instagram right here. I'm looking
at it to stop. Okay, you may give you a
few hints. Yeah, he is. He is very handsome, like
very handsome, and he is in good shape, like physically fit.
(04:51):
You can tell that man does the.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Gym, works out.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
It takes care of himself, takes care of himself that
I will tell you what do you want to know
what his bio and his Instagram says. I don't think
you can search that right, No, okay. It says between
living the dream.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
And chasing it?
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Okay, is that it?
Speaker 2 (05:14):
That's all? Well? He's also.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
No, that's good. That's cute.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
He also sits.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
In the C suite, which means he is the COO
of a very respected company.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Okay, well good. It sounds like he has all together
a little bit.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yeah, athletic.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
What's his hair color? Dark?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, it's dark. It's dark. It's like a dark brown.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I will say there is not an obnoxious amount
of shirtless picks on his Instagram, which is a good sign.
There's a few, but it's like they're respectable, like hey,
we're at the beach kind of thing. But like there's
no like mere selfies and his without his shirt on,
which I think is a good sign.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
It's a very good sign. Green flag, green flag.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah. How do you feel about tattoos?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
I like tattoos?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Good, all right, that's fair, Mercedes. He nervous, Yeah, a
little bit.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I mean it's like a blind date. But I don't know.
At the end of the day, Like, I'm just really
excited and I love that, Like I have all my
friends here too with me.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
I want to talk about that tonight at jingle Ball
with you. You have Katie and Zach. Katie is a
great friend to you. Justin Glaze, Grant Ellis, Jonathan Johnson,
Joe and Serena, Jess, Drad and Gabby l Nicky are
going to be there as well. With you, Gabby and
Jess and Katie and you. You've done trips together, You're
(06:54):
great friends. It's gonna be a blast. But I do think,
you know, in some of the dates we've set up
already on this show with other people, uh, there has
been this kind of balance between when you're there with friends,
how do you give them attention and enjoy the moment
with them while also giving your date attention and you know,
(07:16):
seeing if there's anything there.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
How do you plan on doing that?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Yeah, honestly, I was talking to Jess about that because
I'm like, I'm going to see you guys having fun
and be like I want to be with them, but
then also like I'm on a blind date, so I
have to like figure out how to do it. I
don't know. I hope he's like just because Zach's gonna
be there too, So like I hope like we can
be like in a group setting too and like all
hang out and see how he like just jumps in
(07:41):
with my friend group and how everything works. But obviously
I'm going to like have like make sure he feels
like welcome and seen. So I don't know, I'm just
gonna have to like figure it out in the moment.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I think, yeah, it is a balance, though, I think
there's nothing more attractive than a human. I remember this
when I met my wife on some of our first
(08:14):
initial hangouts with groups of people. One her desire to
introduce me to people like that was a big deal,
Like I could tell she was excited to introduce me
to people. But also when she hung out with my friends,
her ability to kind of be her own solo human
and mingle without meaning to stand beside her and like
coach her up or you know, it was cool to
(08:36):
look off and look in the crowd and be like, oh,
there is Jess talking to one of my friends and
they're having a blast.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Like that's a big deal to me.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Yeah, And I also think like that, Yeah, I would
agree when that when someone can like go up, not
do their own thing, but be able to like hold
themselves and not have to have you like right there
all the time, I think that's very attractive.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
For sure, it's super is it's going to be a
super fun evening. I have high hopes just that the
date's fun. I think this is a good guy. He's
obviously handsome. He I will say, he is very excited
for tonight. Is yes, we have here at the show.
(09:16):
He is very excited, and he hopes that you know,
this could be a fun evening and maybe more dates
to come, but we'll have to see how tonight goes first. Now,
you do have a big friend group. There is there
anybody specific that you really hope he wins over? Or
is there is there anybody in this friend group that
we just mentioned that you feel like will be a
(09:41):
tough win for him.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
No, not really, not a tough win. I feel like everyone.
I feel like maybe Jess, if I had to choose one.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
She is like Puerto Rican and she's a little sassy, yes.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And she yes, she's yeah, she's sassy, but she also
like I don't know, like she's all always like telling
me like you're not good or you're not good enough.
They're not good enough, you know what I'm saying. Like
these things, I'm like way up here. So I feel
like if I had to choose one person, it would
be Jess would be like the hard win. But even
she's just going to be like, have a great time
and talk to anyone, so it'll be fun.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
We're going to set up some wing women for you,
and it's not people in your immediate friend group. We're
going to be talking to them here very soon, and
they're going to be there spying, giving me all the
insights tonight on how things are going. But also their
really only job is to accurately depict who you are,
(10:38):
which is somebody great, And so they're going to make
sure that everybody there knows you're great. Hopefully not to
an annoying extent, but if that's even a thing. Are
you when you go on a first date? You this
is your second first date in a few months. I
mean goodness, we've really picked up steam here. Do you
(10:59):
plead pre planning questions? Do you think through what kind
of things you want to ask him? Or are you
just going in and winging it?
Speaker 3 (11:07):
I just go in and wing it. But honestly, I
feel like I should have some questions, especially if you like,
I don't know, because I feel like this is like
a different situation too, But I don't know. Usually I
just go in and wing it and just like feel
the vibe and like I kind of just like follow
their lead, like on where they want, like depth wise,
you know, like what they want to talk about, just
(11:27):
kind of follow their lead.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
So is there anything specific that you'll be paying extra
attention to. I mean, I gave you a lot of info.
I'm going to give you a little more info towards
the end of this show, okay about him, But is
there anything that really is going to stand out to
you right away?
Speaker 3 (11:44):
No, not really. I think the biggest especially in this
situation and like going into like with my friends, I
think it's one thing that I'm going to really look
at is like how we interacts and how he just
like jumps in. I feel like that like says a lot.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Okay, here's some more information on him. Okay, he's thirty
years old, Okay, he lives in Los Angeles. How does
that feel so far?
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Age? Great? La? I mean that's fine, I'm here all
the time.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Like you, he's been on reality television before the Bachelor,
not saying what show? No? Oh, okay, if he was
on the Bachelor, would that be a problem.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
No, No, it wouldn't. I want you. You can't tell
me what show? No, because then I'll look him up.
Dang it.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I'm not going to tell you what show.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
It did feel I mean, if I'm honest, Mercedes, it
felt like your initial reaction was this is a problem.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
It's not a problem because I'm very open, but like,
if you sat me down and asked, like my perfect whatever,
like being on reality TV, probably wouldn't. But that's also
like kind of shallow of me because I've also been
on reality TV. So like, it doesn't actually matter. I don't,
I don't care.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
I'm glad we just talked through that together. That was good.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
He's a mortgage broker okay, and co owns a music
distribution label.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Okay, So maybe he visits Nashville too. He's in music.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
I bet he's heard of Nashville.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
At least he's definitely heard of it for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
He's passionate about music and makes his own plus DJs
for fun.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
On the side.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
I think that's great.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And it's a side hustle for him. This is not
He's not.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Like, so he's a mortgage broker, is that what we said?
Speaker 1 (13:44):
A mortgage broker and co owns a music distribution label.
Music is very It's something he's very passionate about. And
so tonight, I'm only telling you this to help you
is obviously tonight is all about the music at jingle
Ball and the celebrit of the seasons, and so this
could be a great evening for the two of you
(14:05):
because you're just listening to the thing he loves.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Yeah, no, for sure. And also I think green Flag
like no matter what it is, if you It's so
crazy because I actually was just talking about this with
some of my guy friends because they're like, what's something
that you want in a man? And I was like,
I want him to be passionate about something outside of
his job. So like he has his job, but then
you have something that like you're super passionate about in love.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
So j my wife and I were just talking about
this at lunch like an hour ago, on how our
marriage operates, and we not I mean, we love each
other so much. She's the coolest, but we run like
two separate lanes sometimes, right, she has her own deal.
I have mine. I try to stay as familiar with
(14:49):
her deal as she does mine. But there's days where
she's at work and I have no clue, you know,
the thing she's doing. But it's awesome that we get
to come together and talk about it.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, end of the day.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
It helps us, I think, stay very healthy as a couple.
We also can stay very curious about each other because
things are always changing and it's nice to have somebody
like that you that you know something that she's passionate
about that I can get behind. Now, my final question
for you is if you had a goal for the
(15:22):
end of the night, what would that goal be?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
And let's let's say this date goes well, that.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
It's going, let's say well, but there's still like some
questions on how well. What would be like an outcome
that you would at the end of the night with
all your girls like giggle, scream and shout and be
excited about.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
I think just like looking back at the night and
being like, oh my gosh, that was so fun. I
think like that's my number one priority is just like
having fun getting to know him tonight. And then obviously like,
best case scenario is we like vibe and then maybe there's.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Another date, another date. That's great.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Okay, Mercedes, I'm pumped for you. Have a blast at
jingle Ball. It's an incredible event, an incredible evening. It
is full of just like the coolest moments of you know,
artists and getting to meet people, have fun with your friends,
have a great time on the date itself. I do
have one challenge for you, Okay. My challenge is very easy.
(16:21):
My challenge is to introduce him to the group of
bachelor people right away to make sure he assimilates and
he's familiar with people. Even though it is your first date,
you are probably I'm assuming, the only other person he
would even know, and so you're like his sidekick as well.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Yeah, I definitely want to make sure he feels like
welcome and like safe and can talk to anyone. So
definitely we'll be doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
I have a blast. This has been famously available with Mercedes.
We're gonna follow this date now throughout the week. We're
going to get interviews from friends of Mercedes, maybe even
the person she's going on the date with. Uh, and
then we're gonna be talking to Mercedes herself, so stay
tuned to famously available. We're getting started this holiday season
(17:09):
with some cheer I believe.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I can't wait to catch up with you, Mercedes. Have
a blast night all right by
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