December 14, 2025 • 39 mins
DeAnna is stepping in to interrogate Mercedes blind date before they meet for the first time on the pod!
Will there be chemistry? Will they find each other attractive? Will they end the night with a first kiss?!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
iHeart Podcasts, bring you the ultimate Summer of Love Tree.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is famously available.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Okay, guys, it's one of your famously available gals. Deanna
here and I am jumping in to take over this episode.
We are at jingle Ball and we're getting ready to
send my girl Mercedes out on a date with a
single eligible man.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
And he's here. He is here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
We've been talking about him all day. But before I'm
allowed to introduce Mercedes to him, Ben has tasked me
with getting to know him a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So Bryce, welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Thank you for having me. I'm come to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I have had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Mercedes.
So we were running through all of our what ifs,
and then we're in the car. We're talking about what
it might be like. She's a little nervous. Okay, are
you nervous?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I'm not nervous.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
No.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
I think it's just gonna be a fun experience and
meeting new people is always a good time. So I
don't know, I'm not nervous as though.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Okay, yeah, well that's confidence is attractive.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I think, So, I mean, do you have a type?
This is it's a it's kind of like a blanket statement.
But I just like beauty, right, It doesn't really matter
what they look like or you know what, race, ethnicity,
nothing is just like if they walk into the room
and all the eyes are on them, that's just kind
of who I gravitate towards. So just like beauty in
any form. And I know that's kind of subjective because
(01:18):
beauty's and the eye of the beholder, but yeah, just
just beauty.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Like great, So you typically date twenty somethings, blonde, fake
boobs in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I don't. I don't think that's my type of beauty to.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Be, Okay, so give it to me, run it down,
give me something specific. Have you had girlfriends before?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, yeah, I've always been kind of like a relationship guy.
I'm kind of a monogamous guy. The longest I've been
single is right now, which I forced myself to be
single for like last year and a half, almost two years,
just because I needed to.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You forced yourself, force myself beat them off with a stick.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, I mean I had to beat myself off with
a stick, no pun intended. But but I just I
get into these relationships where it starts really fast, upfront,
and then I'm like, oh, of course the love bombing
that we're both doing to each other is warranted because
we're both awesome. But then I get into the relationship
and then within like six months to a year, a
(02:12):
couple of years, you start seeing that maybe what was
portrayed or sold to me wasn't exactly who they were.
So I've kind of been in a cycle, and it's
been very clear, a very clear cycle. So I've taken
the year and a half almost two years and now
I'll just say two years of being single and just
focusing on myself growth therapy, Like, oh.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
God, I was literally going to ask if you've seen
a psychiatrist, So I'm so glad to hear you tell
us that.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, definitely, that's been like that. I mean, my breakups
have been always kind of gnarly too, because one of
my exites reached out a couple of years after we
broke up and she told me why she kind of
had a crash out, and she was like, the relationship
was the best relationship I've ever been in, so when
you walked away from it, it was like the whole
world collapsing. She was trying to hold on right, and
(03:01):
so I think that that's been the trend, and so
I do give a lot to my relationships. I'm a
big giver in every type of way. Like if I
see potential, I want to know foster that and like
grow that and just make my partner the best person
they can be. But I kind of lose myself within that.
So this last two years being single has been me
focusing on me for kind of the first time ever,
(03:23):
and it's been the most transformational two years of my
entire life, Like night and day.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I love to hear that because I think that I'm
a little bit older, much wiser. I didn't hear you
say anything complimentary to me.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Bryce, Oh you're beautiful. Yeah, you're beautiful, You're something you
speak very well. But I'm not here dating you.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Older and wiser.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Yeah, I'm glad to hear you say that, because you
are still in such a place in your life. You're
still trying to figure out who you are. There is
a part of you that you're born with, that's in
your soul, that's who you are. But through relationships, through friendships,
through experience.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
You will learn who you are and what it is
that you want.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
But I'm also here to tell you that it changes
to your only thirty You said, yeah, that stuff changes
as well. It's kind of change in five years, ten years,
another four years after that, right, it evolves, And the
important part of relationships is that you can find someone
that can.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Evolve with you exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Okay, So let's run through some basic things. I don't
know a lot about you. No one would give me
information because I'm friends with Mercedes. I'm her girl, and
so I think they knew that I was going to
be giving her a heads up, so they kept everything
from me.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Okay, I like that. Okay, you're thirty one, Yeah, I'm thirty.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Okay, and your last relationship was a year and a
half ago, you.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Said, like, it was June of almost two years ago,
So I guess we're past two years now a little bit.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah, Okay. What's the biggest thing you learned about yourself
in the last two years?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Oh? Man, like so much. I think the biggest thing
is I carry a really magnifying light. Like any room
I walk into, people are gravitated to that. And I
like that because that I can give just like just
the best opportunity and like, like, I don't know, just
best vibes. I hate that word, but like just make
(05:07):
sure everyone feels great, like that's That's my biggest thing,
is like I know who I am in that way,
and I think I kind of had never realized that
in the years and prior, cause I there was a
moment in time where I was very unsure of myself.
And now I would say the biggest thing is I'm
fully confident in who I am. I love myself and
(05:28):
not a way that's like psychotic or coyotistical part of you. Yeah, no,
I yeah, I try not to have ego, which I'm
very mindful of that, but yeah, I just I think
I fell in love with who I am at a
very core level. My faith is a huge part of
that as well. So that's what I've really grown in
my faith in the last couple of years as well,
(05:49):
and getting back to just having a relationship, like a
personal relationship with God, which has been super helpful. But yeah,
I don't know, it's been awesome.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
What's your longest relationship?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Three years?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Three years? Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
So I do know that you're a mortgage broker and
a DJ. Yeah, so is that important to note in
my list of things?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I run down for my girl.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So I'm not a DJ yet. I would say I
bought like a DJ deck maybe like two months ago,
and I've been practicing.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
So you are a connoisseur of music.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah, I'm I'm a partner in a music label as well.
So I run a pretty successful music label. I do
the mortgage stuff on the side whenever my old clients
need something that still help them out. And yeah, so
music is kind of like the full time thing from
an executive standpoint at this point, which is great. And
then I, you know, have that passion part of me
(06:40):
where it's like I still want to make music as
much as I'm like helping these artists build their careers
and get them off the ground and or you know,
working with artists that are already big and trying to
shape their brain to something that leaves like a legacy.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Wait do you sing? Also?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Are you about to serenade our girl right now?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
No?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
She can be ours.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah, as long.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
As I can just creep around and hang out all
night long.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, I mean, you're more than welcome to hang out
with us, of course, But I'm not gonna be singing
tonight unless I'm singing to the music with the acts.
I think I'll do that if I know the songs.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
But she sent to music, Okay, she likes music.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
We can rock and roll with that. Then that's my
whole life.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
What are you looking for now?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
If you took some time off of dating, and you've
been single for the two years to work on yourself,
to learn more about yourself, your career is taking off.
What is it that you're looking for now?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
A woman like a like a like a wool and go.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Without saying right, So you've got to give me some details.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Here, strong, powerful, knows what she wants, uh Like, has
a good head on her shoulders, is super motivated, has
her own life, and we can do our own lives together.
Like that's the biggest thing. Like, I know it's very cliche,
but power couple is really what I need. A lot
of my not a lot. All of my exes have
kind of been They've been always obviously beautiful and smart
(07:58):
and stunning, but they all lacked the one thing of
like they just didn't know who they were. And so
I would come in and like kind of direct them
in that way. And and that's a big reason why
I think I ended all the relationships was it was
just like this is in like a relationship if every
relationship felt like I was a therapist at the end
of it in some type of way. And so I'm
(08:21):
not doing that anymore. And I need someone who's passionate
about something, like just doing something to the highest extent
of her ability and is like chasing after something and
knows what she wants. And you know, I don't want
to be a therapist anymore.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Okay, let me put it a little bit more plainly
for you. Okay, do you want marriage and children? Yeah, Okay, totally,
that's in your that's in your goals.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
And is that your five year plan or that's your
ten year plan?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Right? We're being really honest here because I do know
that you live in LA and then in LA.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You know. The good thing is I'm from Kansas, so
I got that Midwest like Midwest thing. My parents are
still together. They have the most beautiful relationship I've ever seen.
So I grew up with that, which is why I
don't stay in relationships too long if I know it's
not what my parents have, right, because I know it's real.
I know what my parents have is real, and so
(09:14):
I'm not settling anymore. So it could be could be
five years, could be ten years, It could be thre years,
it could be one year. I don't know. I mean, right,
you'll know, Yeah, if it's the right person, I feel
like I will know at that point in time.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Are you an only child?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
No, I'm the oldest. I have a little brother. So
a little brother, a little brother.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Okay, two is better than one?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, yeah for sure. Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
So I'm wondering do their opinions really matter? My sibling
and my parents, all of them, your family, your core, Like.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
My brother's opinion doesn't matter. I love him, not to
dish you, bro. Yeah, I'm not dissing him, but his
opinion is very different in all aspects of life. So
I love him, but we're just very different people. He's engaged,
so he's got it figured out. I guess.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Do you like his fiance?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
She's so out of it? Okay, Austin, if you're listening,
I love you. She's so out of his league, like
in every way, and it's awesome to see how much
they love each other and like it's it's so That's
the other thing is like I know that relationships like
that exist because my brother has it and my parents
have it, so it's like, why would I settle for
anything less than what my family has. My parents' opinion
(10:18):
matters a lot. It's so funny because every time I
would bring a girlfriend back home, they'd always be so
nice to her, but then as soon as we left,
they'd call me like, what are you doing? And this
is clearly not your wife. I'm like, no, she is,
and they're like, no, she's not. And then I break
up with them a couple months later and I'm like,
you guys are right. So that's another thing too, I've
learned over the last few years is like, listen to
(10:40):
the people that love you the most, because they're going
to give you the best wisdom.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And it's a fine line though you love and respect
your mama or are you a mommy's boy?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
No, I'm not a mommy's boy, But I will say
my mom is a son's mom, Like she's obsessed with
us in the best way. She's super allian, so she's
just so fun. I love my mom. I would not
say my mama's boy, just because she's a lot to handle. So, like,
you know, there's a little distance there and they live
(11:11):
across the country they lived. They live in Florida now,
so I don't see them other than, you know, a
couple times a year.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Those are called healthy boundaries.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Yeah, totally agree. But I love my mom, love my dad.
My dad is like work hard and my mom's play hard,
and I feel like I'm like a perfect combination of
both of them. So yeah, they're great.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Okay, have you figured out at this point what your
love language is?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, what yours is? And what is yours to give?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Yeah, so physical touch is my number one to receive?
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Is that every man wants physical touch? Let's I mean,
let's just dive there for a second. Why is it
that every man says, Oh, my love language is physical touch.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
We get it. You guys like to have sex.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Yeah, so that's what I was gonna say. It's not
even the sex part to me. I can just sit
there and if my girl's just playing with my hair
or like just doing the tickles on my arm. I
even told one of my girlfriends, I was like, this
is better than sex to me. I was like, just
this moment of like just being touched and there's not
even any sexualness going on, that's better than sex. Sometimes obviously,
(12:14):
but physical touch is great. I love words of affirmation
because for ever, since I was a kid, for years
I struggled with like confidence. I got bullied really bad
when I moved from Seattle to Kansas because I don't know,
just was a whole thing. And so like people like
(12:35):
my friends know that, Like my best friends always like
you know, it's not like they have to, but there's
we go out of our way to make sure we
all feel that we're appreciated. And when my woman does
that too, it goes like a long way.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And when you're in a relationship, how do you best
care for a woman that you're with.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Acts of service and words of affirmation, I'd say telling
them they're awesome all the time, how beautiful they are,
how great they are, and then doing whatever they need.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Whenever do the bulls go on the top rack of
the dishwasher.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Or the bottom?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Oh, that's a great question.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
It's very important one I the bulls.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
On the bottom, cups go on the top, and then
sometimes if there's not enough room on the bottom, I'll
put some balls on the top if there's not a
ton of cups there. It's about just making things work
where they fit fit.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
You know you rinse before you put them in.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Yeah, of course you can just put gunky bulls in
the dishwa washer. Your dishwasher will get clogged and then
your dish washer will break.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
You're in luck tonight. I think I'm gonna let you
meet Mercedes. That was the question that all bared pressure
on it, and you have passed that one, so fantastic.
One of the last most important questions that I have
for you is how tall are you?
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I'm like six to one, but I'm wearing these boots
so that I'm like six four sixty five probably with these.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
But it's the perfect Yeah, yeah, yeah for all of
us here tonight.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Fantastic perfect. Yeah. I didn't know how tall she was.
I was like, let me wear my boots that they
have like four inches on them.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Is tall and she is stunning. I don't think you
expect anything less. I'm really glad that they didn't let
you google her tonight either, because this will be It's
a shame our cameras aren't here tonight because I would
I might have to turn my phone on. And this
is like, I love love, I love relationships. I've also
(14:21):
had far too much therapy. But I now wonder I'm single.
But this is one of my favorite situations where two
people who have never met each other. You guys have
been and I don't know what you think this is.
It is a podcast. We are doing a job. But
she also very much wants to find someone that she
clicks with and has a relationship with. That is true
and it is important to her. But it's also a podcast.
So and just like you have been on reality TV,
(14:44):
we have as well.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
So there is this.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
There is this there where you come in and you think, oh,
someone's only coming here.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
To either write.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Famakers, right or or to further their care a little bit.
That's always there. But she is a little nervous because
at the end of the day, what she truly truly
wants is to meet someone who she likes and someone
that she can date. So she's a little nervous, but
she's super stoked because this is her first date on
the podcast.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
She hasn't been on one yet.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Wow, I feel it's what one then done?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Like if we want doers not sayers? Yeah, so what
if it is one and done?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm down.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're gonna let us follow you for the rest of
the time that we produced this whole season.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
That'd be kind of fun. Actually, fine, that would be fun.
Am I allowed to ask questions about her?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Yeah? I think that's all right?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Okay cool?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Do you know what reality show she was on?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I know nothing. I just think I know nothing. I
just I tolds. I didn't want to know anything. I
just want to come in here blind and just you know,
know nothing.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
All right, let's get Judgie on you first. Which reality
show were you on?
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Is?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
This could say a lot about you? Bryce's fun about me?
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I was on this show called f Boy Island and
I okay, so the about you know? Do you know
about this show?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Or I do know?
Speaker 2 (16:04):
You?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
A producer from my show who started that show along?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yes? Oh, I love him as my boy.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I was on a show called The Bachelor and the Bachelorette.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Nice and amazing. Okay, great, well you know Bill as well? Yeah,
those are my boys. Anyways, So as you have.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Taxty Lawn right now, he's going to say wonderful things
about you.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yeah, I hope he still follows me on Instagram. So
I think I think I'm good. And I see Bill
at the gym sometimes and is always love but work
out good to know. I definitely work out.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Do you like to eat?
Speaker 2 (16:38):
I loved I'm Italian, so I love to eat. But okay,
So on the show for people that don't know you,
like half the guys come in as self proclaimed f
boys and half come in as self proclaimed nice guys.
What do you think I came in this?
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I think that you came in as a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
You correct?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
I think you are a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Correct. I did come in as a nice guy. But
it was funny when I was talking to Alon before
the show, I was like, hey, man, all the guys
in the previous seasons that were nice guys are kind
of pushovers in a way, and I was like, I'm
not a so oh yeah, Like so you know, I
stand on my own two feet and I don't get
(17:20):
pushed around a lot of the nice guys did in
the other season. So I was like, look, man, like
I'm gonna come in. I'm a nice guy. The woman
I cheat women with utmost respect, like I you know,
I really I was raised right in that way. I
saw my dad treat my mom like a queen every
single day. So I was like, that's what's in me
to do? Just through osmosis, but I'm not a pushover,
so I was like, hey, let's let's make some shake
(17:42):
in the house with the guys, Like I'm down to
run plays, and like, they didn't really show too much
on my season just because he was on a different
network and they wanted it to be like really family friendly.
I guess this network that it was on. I wish
I wish our season would have been on HBO because
we had some moments and I was like puppeteering the
guys because me and the producers were kind of in
lockstep doing fun stuff behind the scenes. So I had
(18:05):
a good time. But then, yeah, just didn't work your time.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
We each have our own path. It wasn't your time,
and maybe it's tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Yeah, So I'll tell you what Mercedes is wearing these
really beautiful heels, so I'm not going to make her
stand outside for that much longer.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Why don't you.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I'll tell you three things about her, because what I
really would like is for you guys to meet each
other without knowing a whole lot about each other.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Okay, you can ask me three things.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Three things? Okay, what is she passionate about?
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Ask me something else.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
That's a good question for her tonight as you get
to know her on your first date.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, true, okay, hmm.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
You can ask me the surface level questions.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Okay, okay, you want to go.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Super you'll ask her the deep shit.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
You know her sign? What's her sign? You don't know either,
that's the most service.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
She has brown hair, okay, sign, she's tall and gorgeous, amazing.
She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Is that going to be
an issue for you? Why she Nashville, that's where she lives. Well, why, well,
you can ask her that.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
I told you. I'm giving you the service.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Okay, okay, got you.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
She list it's interested in a change and a.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Move, understood. Okay. I think now that you kind of
put in my head that I think I just want
to get all these answers from her on this.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
I think that would be really great.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Let's just do that.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
What if you guys are vibing so hard? Are you
going to kiss her tonight?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yeah, you're down for a first kiss. You didn't hesitate?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Why not?
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah? If the if the moment is there and it
feels right, you got to.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Do it, like you have to commit. If you're going
to go in for it. You have to commit. It's
got to be great, Okay, Okay, easy.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Make sure I make sure I'm nearby so I can Okay.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yeah, I'll be like, hey, not to.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Make it too weird, but.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
We're going to do We're ready for you, okay.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Because I asked her the same question in the car
and she was like, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Should I kiss on the first date? And I was like, girl,
I'm forty four, I have two kids.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You should absolutely if you're feeling it, Yeah, you should
kiss on the first date. If the vibe is there
and you guys like each other and the conversation is great,
I think you should. Why wouldn't you? But if you
don't get to see each other for again after.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
This, well that's the thing. She goes back to Nashville
or is she here for a while's I guess I'll
ask her that. Yeah, yeah, that's going to be an
issue for you. I mean, I travel all the time.
I have artists in Nashville, so it's like I'm there,
so okay.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Yeah, if it does go well, will you ask.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
For her phone number at.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
The end, I'm gonna ask for her phone number, right,
after we leave this room.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Don't make it weird.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Bryce, why if Okay, if the conversation is we're in
the room, I'll be like, never mind. But if the
conversation is good in the room, I'll be like, look like,
let's just get the phone number.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Part over with, Let's get the let's get the stats.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, because what if we get lost at this massive
music festival. I'm like, I gotta call.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
You're not going to get lost. We all stay together.
We're a technic grip. Okay, guys, we're going to keep
you close. Does Bryce get to ride with us?
Speaker 6 (20:49):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
This is fair for a real treat. Yeah, you know
no one and Mercedes knows everyone.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Oh so I love that dynamic.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
You were asking about the wingman. She's got about third
of them here tonight.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I will say this because I'm such a out there
type of person. My core people I hang out with
is a very small circle.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
So it's normal. That's normal, that's good.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Yeah, Like I got like three men in my life
that are like my only people that I really like
hang with. But yeah, outside in about I'm nice everybody,
But like I'm I kind of have a photographic memory
for faces, so I might recognize people and be like
do we know each other?
Speaker 6 (21:26):
Or what?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Have you ever watched The Bachelor?
Speaker 2 (21:29):
It was my mom and I was guilty pleasure when
I was like a child.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
So well, okay, so what was that five years ago?
Would you say you were thirty? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:36):
No, like like when I was like twelve fifteen? Okay,
those days?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
So I think you'll recognize Mercedes.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
No, she's my age, right? Or no? How did she?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
She's close to your age, she's a little bit younger
than you.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Then no, I wouldn't. I wouldn't know her.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Listen, I think this is the perfect time to bring
in Mercedes. I'm really excited that I'm here to witness this.
I'm like your third wheel tonight.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I can't wait. That's great.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
All right, let's bring are in?
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Okay, cool? Oh my, what's up? Can I get up?
Or do you have to sit here? Okay?
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I didn't tell Bryce a whole lot about you, and
I know he knows you don't know a lot about
him either, because I thought some of those questions should
be taking place tonight on your first date. But let's
just start with, like, you guys are dressed the same tonight?
Anything about each other. You don't know each other and
(22:42):
you're both wearing silk.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Are you nervous?
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No?
Speaker 5 (22:45):
No, do you get nervous?
Speaker 2 (22:46):
No no, Are you like a little but I'll make
sure that you're not nervous. Honestly, as soon as we
leave the room, you're not gonna have anything.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Yeah, no, I think tonight it will be really fun.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
Have you been a dingle ball before either?
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Verything?
Speaker 5 (23:02):
First date, first jingle bell? Yeah, it's gonna be fun matching.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I look at us like we call each other.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
We did something good tonight. Good job, guys, you have
done something good.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Okay, lock in, I'm locked in.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I didn't get into the nitty gritty with him because
I wanted to save it for you to experience. But
I'm just wondering right now, Like I'd love to know
your initial thoughts of each other. Just like rattle off
quick quick shots your initial impressions.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
I'll go first, Okay, well she's clearly stunny, totally totally
my time. Yeah, I like your laugh, Oh, thank you,
your smiles? Great, ten out of ten. We're good.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
We're sadi, yeah, very attractive obviously. But first, but also
I can just tell your energy is great.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
I feel like you can talk to anyone, which I
love because I don't know good conversations good obviously, And yeah,
I feel like we're gonna.
Speaker 5 (23:55):
Have a really good time tonight.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
We sure are.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Don't you want to know what reality show he was on?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah? I do.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Actually they told me that earlier about show.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
So there's this show right called Fay Island.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
No, you were on that. Have a couple of friends
are on that? Well, not really my friends, but Casey,
you know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Casey Casey he was previous season.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
There's another guy too, but I forget his name.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
He was on Katie's season.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:23):
Oh wait, I've never watched it, So you like dated Katie?
Speaker 2 (24:26):
No, there there was another Okay, so I technically didn't
date any of them.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Run down the concept of the show, like you broke
it down for me.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Okay, So have you ever seen it?
Speaker 5 (24:36):
No?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Okay, So there's like half the guys come in as
self proclaimed boys.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Was that you?
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Well, let me get through the whole thing first, and
then the other half come in as self proclaimed nice guys.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Don't tell her which one you were, Okay, I made.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Your guess, so you can guess what do you think
I came in this, well.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
I'm going to feel bad. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
You can't heart my feel I think you can say
that my feelings. You were I was the good one? Yeah,
I was, and you were she was on the best one? Okay?
Did do you know Alan and Billy were?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
They were done over season.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
So the creators or executive producers of The Bachelor of
years ago started this show. Okay, so we're kind of
in the same family. I'm like the dumb step child,
I guess. But it was super fun. And one of
the things I told her about it was when I
was talking to a lawn about it, I was like,
in the previous seasons, the nice guys tend to just
(25:37):
be kind of pushovers.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
M h.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
And I was like, I'm not that way. So I'll
come in and be a nice guy to the girls,
but I'm down to like Greek havoc in the house
of the guys. And so we had we had some fun.
But yeah, it was cool.
Speaker 5 (25:50):
Okay, yeah, nice. Well that's what I wasn't expecting. Floy Island, I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Wasn't expecting it either, but it was okay. I actually
pecked him for a nice guy, but I In my defense,
I got to talk to him. I got to talk
to him a little bit before, so I kind of
could hear his answers.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
So I pegged him for a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah, and he said when I start talking about the
family and my parents and everything, she was like, this
guy's not that boy.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
He's solid things about him, he's got he's in for
a relationship.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
He's been single for a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Purpose Yeah, yeah, do you have anything that you would
like to know about him before we go tonight?
Speaker 5 (26:25):
I don't think so.
Speaker 6 (26:26):
I think we should just like make it like as
like easy and natural as possible and.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Like organic is great.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
Yes, I love it.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Okay, Yeah, I do.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Know one thing about you that I want to talk about.
What so you? She said, you live in Nashville. Yeah,
I live in l A. Yeah, What's what's going on?
Why are you in Nashville? Are you from there?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
No?
Speaker 6 (26:44):
So my grandparents lived there, so I moved there, and
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
I just I'm from Iowa, like a grew up on
a farm.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I'm from Kansas.
Speaker 5 (26:51):
And it's perfect about.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
So Nashville just like gave me the like Midwest kind
of vibe. Everyone's super nice and I just fell in love.
I've been there six years.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Yeah, that's typically what I hear from my people in
Nashville is like five to six years, or like, let's
do something else, okay.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Because I know something about you. You were like in
music too, right, So do you go to Nashville a lot?
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Yeah, So I'm a I'm a partner in the music label.
So music execs a.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Little different, a little different from an aspiring DJ.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
Right.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Yeah, it was so funny. She came in. She was like,
you're a DJ, and like, no, like Saturday, It's something
I bought my first like DJ deck like two months ago,
just like how funse I love house music and I
love like my happy place is Meek and those So
if that tells you anything about me, but yeah, but
(27:48):
I just love music. So I was like, let me
just dive into that world. And it's been fun. But no,
I'm a music executive. I have artists and the label's
doing great, so I'm very proud of it. And yes,
we got people out in Nashville. My partner in the
company is actually one of the biggest songwriters producers from Nashville.
His name is Andrew Merrick.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Oh yeah, I actually have heard of them.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I think, yeah, maybe he's big time. But yeah, he
stepped away from that stuff and now we created the
company together and.
Speaker 5 (28:16):
That's so cool.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
It's been very fun.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, that's awesome. Do you like music?
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I love music?
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Okay, are you like a country music girl or what?
I love?
Speaker 5 (28:24):
Like R and B?
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:26):
I love country too.
Speaker 5 (28:28):
I grew up on nineteenth country.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
That did not our boys, Tim Kenny, you know the
good guys. Are you a country I'm from Georgia Brown,
Oh of.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Course, Okay, there you go.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Yeah, yeah, so I definitely love country.
Speaker 6 (28:40):
But like my Spotify rap was like, all like, Sissa,
we're on the same page.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
I was literally just gonna be like, hey, so Spotify
rap just dropped like what was your tough Olivia Dean?
Everybody is obsessed with that.
Speaker 6 (28:53):
No, I actually am, Like I told my best friend
is a Swiftie and I'm not a Swiftie but she is.
And I was like, no, I feel like a Dean
is my Taylor Swift Like I'm genuinely obsessed with her
and her music just like speaks to me, so I
love her.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
And then it was like Drake's is a who else
was it?
Speaker 6 (29:09):
I don't even remember. The other ones don't matter, I
guess I don't remember the other two.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
But do you typically date older guys?
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Yeah? Yeah, am I technically older?
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Technically or older?
Speaker 1 (29:22):
But mentally you're right on her level?
Speaker 2 (29:26):
Okay? Fun? Awesome? I try to keep that childlike spirit.
Speaker 5 (29:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
No, I feel like everyone I've dated the last like
four years have been like probably at least two years
older than me.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
So, and how old are you? Okay, great?
Speaker 5 (29:41):
Yeah, I'll be twenty eight in March, so cool.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Yeah, what's your son?
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Guess you need to take a guess? Are you like
big in signs?
Speaker 2 (29:59):
So there's like certain European countries that still teach astrology
like a science. And so my mom is Italian and
she grew up on all that. So I learned all
of it like from like a real perspective of from
like the l a thing. There's there's a part of
me that wants to say Leo, but I don't think
that's right. No, Aries, really, no, I would not expect that.
(30:22):
I guess I see it in the real world.
Speaker 6 (30:23):
Everyone always says that they're like, you don't act like
an Aries.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
I don't know. I don't know what that means. I'm
not really into the sign thing, but.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yeah, that's why you present the people is Sagittarius, so
people are like this dude's and f boy for sure.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Aries are a match.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
It's a lot of fire.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
And always says that is my match.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
My moon is Aries.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
There we go. I have to look at my coast
start to let you know my Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Yeah, I'll get your no after this and we can
do the thing.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Have you ever heard of the podcast Bryce, the one
that we're on. No, I haven't heard of anything famously available.
I've heard of it now, and.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
You've never listened to an episode you haven't heard.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
I'm going in here raw dogging it like I don't know.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
I love that's the best way to do it.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Yeah, I didn't want to know anything. Yeah, no, I
haven't listened that.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
I asked so many.
Speaker 6 (31:23):
Times for your Instagram, like can I just see like
what Like Nope, nope, No, I like that.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
I know.
Speaker 6 (31:27):
And it's kind of nice though, because like I feel
like dating now, like you basically figure out who the
person is before you even meet them, so you have
like these you know.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
So yeah, I feel like my Instagram does a kind
of you seen my Instagram, right or no?
Speaker 1 (31:41):
I didn't know they I told you they wouldn't tell
me anything. I would tell her things.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
I came in here raw dogging it too.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Yeah, I feel like my Instagram is a good representation
of me, so I would. I would hope. I try
not to be a douchebag on there, but sometimes I am.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
But do either of you have any expectations for tonight?
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Have fun?
Speaker 5 (32:08):
Yeah? That's what I said earlier too. I was like,
just have fun, gets known, see where the night takes us.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I already asked him if he was going to try
to kiss you?
Speaker 5 (32:16):
What did you say?
Speaker 2 (32:17):
What do you think? I said?
Speaker 5 (32:18):
And then he said, no, what if he tries to
kiss you? Mercedes, I don't know, I said, I'm doing
all the wrong things.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
She's but he doesn't want to kissing.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
What if he tries to kiss you?
Speaker 5 (32:34):
I mean, even have to see how the vibe is,
but I'd be down. I don't know. Right now, I
feel like we're like vibing. We're good.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
I think you're vibing. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I think the chemistry is palpable. Yeah, I think I
think it's I think it's good. She also has pretty
teeth and a mouth.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I'm not kissing her teeth.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Don't you think teeth are very important?
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Very important?
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I mean if she had busted teeth, you might not
want to hang out with her.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
She had teeth on things, you would be here.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
You can smile with your mouth closed.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Yeah, people smile with their mouth close. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I have a big as mouth, but she has a
pretty mouth.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yeah. I almost something crazy. I was like, whoa, yeah, one
of my favorite things. Did you have braces or no? No,
you're just perfect?
Speaker 5 (33:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
No, no, we might have to lead with it. She said,
you're just perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Love.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Yeah, that's my favorite compliment is like people like you
have great teeth, and like how long did you have braces?
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Like you have braces? Either look at us.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
I would have to say, it's something that I look
at right off the bat. I look at someone's mouth
and their teeth. It's very important to It's hard to
get past teeth. You can get past a lot of things.
Teeth and when their eyeballs are too close together, because
now I know they're psychotic, so I was too close together.
Third time talking about that, You're okay.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Exactly man, they're perfectly.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Faced, and both of you they're so symmetrical. Your faces
are so beautiful. I can see the future now, your
children are going to beautiful.
Speaker 5 (34:12):
I'm going to love you.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
My mom will love you. Actually, yeah, we talked about
this a little bit. She was like, are you a
mama's boy. I'm like, no, not a MoMA's boy. But
my mom is like a son's mom, Like she loves
she loves me and my brother so much. Yeah, she's great,
super Italian, like Psycho in the best way. Like I
told her, I was like, my dad is work hard
(34:34):
in my mom's play hard. I feel like I'm like
the perfect combination of both.
Speaker 5 (34:37):
So I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
No, they moved from Kansas to Florida like three years ago.
They wanted to go retire where it was not Kansas.
Speaker 5 (34:45):
I feel that your parents.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
And I still really on the farm. So you're like
Boots writing cow writing cows and almost. I think.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
She could also answer that, Yeah, well.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
She's in Nashville, so I already know they answer. But
so when you go back for the holidays, you go there. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
So I have two younger brothers. I have a twelve
year old brother. No, actually just turned thirteen. And then
a four year old brother.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Oh nice, Yeah, and you're the oldest.
Speaker 5 (35:20):
Yeah, I love it. You know, I'm twenty seven, twenty seven,
thirteen and four.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
Your parents are still together.
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Wow, it's lovely. That's so rare.
Speaker 5 (35:28):
Yeah, I know right, Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 6 (35:31):
Though.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
I have seen the evolution of this relationship in the
last fifteen minutes.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
You know, because when they.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
First came in, they weren't quite looking at each other
but looking at each other. They weren't quite making eye contacts,
but like checking each other out. And now you're perfectly
holding eye contacts with each other.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
I like this.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
I like this.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
I don't know if I am creepy or if I
should be really honored that the two of you are
allowing me to come along tonight.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Yeah. No, be as creepy as you want.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
I'm having a great time too, and we're going to
make sure that everyone has a great time.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Yes, Okay, I'm so excited for this. Yeah, thanks for things,
for letting me be a third wheel. Like this is
so great.
Speaker 5 (36:13):
Yeah, I'm excited.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Okay, good.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Do you guys know each other pretty well or like,
are you guys like homies or.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
What's I told poor Bryce that you have about thirty
wing women tonight.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yes, yeah, fantastic.
Speaker 5 (36:26):
She does have a lot of people with me to night.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Yeah okay, but.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
You said you're very personable, you'll you'll make them good.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
No, for sure, I'm not nervous.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
So you've met two of them, that means twenty eight
more to impress.
Speaker 5 (36:38):
Wait what else did you meet?
Speaker 2 (36:40):
You one too? Oh?
Speaker 5 (36:43):
Even wing women?
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Okay yeah, no, just you too so far. I mean
you're kind of your only woman tonight, too, true, That
is true. Yeah, no, I'm excited. There's twenty eight other
women or there's guys as well.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
I tend to exaggerate bright. I either go real big
or real small.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
So you just yeah, I can't imagine me with thirty
women movie insane.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
It's not as insane as you think. Me with thirty
men is a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
Yeah, oh my god, that's terrible.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
That's not what I meant.
Speaker 5 (37:13):
We know, that's not what I'm No, we'll get it.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
It's fine. Everything is fine.
Speaker 5 (37:19):
It's not filthy.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
You're not awesome.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Thank you. Yeah, thanks, I'm really doing well. Look at me.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Yeah, you're doing great. I have friends for you. I
can already there's already. Couple of guys in my head.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Are they coming tonight? I'm looking to find someone.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
N I'm the only one allowed to come tonight for
my people.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
I think my guess you're better. You have to do
another episode. It sounds like we do.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
I did have one question before we head out to
jingle Ball. I want to know, Mercedes, how many more
days you're in Los Angeles? What if you guys this
you smash it out of the park. You can't wait
to see each other again? Stop it, boy, I'm being clean.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
I'm a mom.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
What if tonight could not go better and you guys
genuinely like each other?
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Are you in Los Angeles still tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (38:03):
No?
Speaker 5 (38:03):
I leave at seven am.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
I guess you better? You better really really do good tonight.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Bryce. Yeah, you got a lot riding on it before.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
So when do you? I mean it's a holiday, so
I guess like that's fine. But how often are you
in l A?
Speaker 5 (38:17):
Probably like once a month?
Speaker 2 (38:20):
Maybe okay, I'll work with that. I'm in Nashville like
a couple of times a month.
Speaker 5 (38:24):
That's a couple of times a month. That's great to see.
I feel like distance is not hard if you like
see each other a couple of times.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Plane ticket is like five. It's fun.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
You can't you can't put a dime on quality. And
look at the two of you. Yeah, I'm super excited.
Thank you so much for for letting at least me
be a part of this. Yeah, and and for coming
out and joining.
Speaker 2 (38:47):
Us and going to thank you saving appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
All right, kiss, kiss now, I will take you.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
I will do it right now.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
Can you say not the one who you need to
ask permission for? I am going to say yes.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
All right, you guys, this has gone smashingly. I think
the two of you are hitting it off. I see
the sparks.
Speaker 3 (39:09):
They're coming.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
I am going to go and let them know that
this is really going well and we should probably go
to dingle ball.
Speaker 5 (39:17):
Let's go
iHeart Podcasts, bring you the ultimate Summer of Love Tree.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is famously available.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Okay, guys, it's one of your famously available gals. Deanna
here and I am jumping in to take over this episode.
We are at jingle Ball and we're getting ready to
send my girl Mercedes out on a date with a
single eligible man.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
And he's here. He is here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
We've been talking about him all day. But before I'm
allowed to introduce Mercedes to him, Ben has tasked me
with getting to know him a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So Bryce, welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Thank you for having me. I'm come to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I have had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Mercedes.
So we were running through all of our what ifs,
and then we're in the car. We're talking about what
it might be like. She's a little nervous. Okay, are
you nervous?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
I'm not nervous.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
No.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
I think it's just gonna be a fun experience and
meeting new people is always a good time. So I
don't know, I'm not nervous as though.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Okay, yeah, well that's confidence is attractive.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
I think, So, I mean, do you have a type?
This is it's a it's kind of like a blanket statement.
But I just like beauty, right, It doesn't really matter
what they look like or you know what, race, ethnicity,
nothing is just like if they walk into the room
and all the eyes are on them, that's just kind
of who I gravitate towards. So just like beauty in
any form. And I know that's kind of subjective because
(01:18):
beauty's and the eye of the beholder, but yeah, just
just beauty.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Like great, So you typically date twenty somethings, blonde, fake
boobs in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I don't. I don't think that's my type of beauty to.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Be, Okay, so give it to me, run it down,
give me something specific. Have you had girlfriends before?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, yeah, I've always been kind of like a relationship guy.
I'm kind of a monogamous guy. The longest I've been
single is right now, which I forced myself to be
single for like last year and a half, almost two years,
just because I needed to.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You forced yourself, force myself beat them off with a stick.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Yeah, I mean I had to beat myself off with
a stick, no pun intended. But but I just I
get into these relationships where it starts really fast, upfront,
and then I'm like, oh, of course the love bombing
that we're both doing to each other is warranted because
we're both awesome. But then I get into the relationship
and then within like six months to a year, a
(02:12):
couple of years, you start seeing that maybe what was
portrayed or sold to me wasn't exactly who they were.
So I've kind of been in a cycle, and it's
been very clear, a very clear cycle. So I've taken
the year and a half almost two years and now
I'll just say two years of being single and just
focusing on myself growth therapy, Like, oh.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
God, I was literally going to ask if you've seen
a psychiatrist, So I'm so glad to hear you tell
us that.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, definitely, that's been like that. I mean, my breakups
have been always kind of gnarly too, because one of
my exites reached out a couple of years after we
broke up and she told me why she kind of
had a crash out, and she was like, the relationship
was the best relationship I've ever been in, so when
you walked away from it, it was like the whole
world collapsing. She was trying to hold on right, and
(03:01):
so I think that that's been the trend, and so
I do give a lot to my relationships. I'm a
big giver in every type of way. Like if I
see potential, I want to know foster that and like
grow that and just make my partner the best person
they can be. But I kind of lose myself within that.
So this last two years being single has been me
focusing on me for kind of the first time ever,
(03:23):
and it's been the most transformational two years of my
entire life, Like night and day.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I love to hear that because I think that I'm
a little bit older, much wiser. I didn't hear you
say anything complimentary to me.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Bryce, Oh you're beautiful. Yeah, you're beautiful, You're something you
speak very well. But I'm not here dating you.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Older and wiser.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Yeah, I'm glad to hear you say that, because you
are still in such a place in your life. You're
still trying to figure out who you are. There is
a part of you that you're born with, that's in
your soul, that's who you are. But through relationships, through friendships,
through experience.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
You will learn who you are and what it is
that you want.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
But I'm also here to tell you that it changes
to your only thirty You said, yeah, that stuff changes
as well. It's kind of change in five years, ten years,
another four years after that, right, it evolves, And the
important part of relationships is that you can find someone
that can.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Evolve with you exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Okay, So let's run through some basic things. I don't
know a lot about you. No one would give me
information because I'm friends with Mercedes. I'm her girl, and
so I think they knew that I was going to
be giving her a heads up, so they kept everything
from me.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Okay, I like that. Okay, you're thirty one, Yeah, I'm thirty.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Okay, and your last relationship was a year and a
half ago, you.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Said, like, it was June of almost two years ago,
So I guess we're past two years now a little bit.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah, Okay. What's the biggest thing you learned about yourself
in the last two years?
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Oh? Man, like so much. I think the biggest thing
is I carry a really magnifying light. Like any room
I walk into, people are gravitated to that. And I
like that because that I can give just like just
the best opportunity and like, like, I don't know, just
best vibes. I hate that word, but like just make
(05:07):
sure everyone feels great, like that's That's my biggest thing,
is like I know who I am in that way,
and I think I kind of had never realized that
in the years and prior, cause I there was a
moment in time where I was very unsure of myself.
And now I would say the biggest thing is I'm
fully confident in who I am. I love myself and
(05:28):
not a way that's like psychotic or coyotistical part of you. Yeah, no,
I yeah, I try not to have ego, which I'm
very mindful of that, but yeah, I just I think
I fell in love with who I am at a
very core level. My faith is a huge part of
that as well. So that's what I've really grown in
my faith in the last couple of years as well,
(05:49):
and getting back to just having a relationship, like a
personal relationship with God, which has been super helpful. But yeah,
I don't know, it's been awesome.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
What's your longest relationship?
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Three years?
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Three years? Okay, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
So I do know that you're a mortgage broker and
a DJ. Yeah, so is that important to note in
my list of things?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
I run down for my girl.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So I'm not a DJ yet. I would say I
bought like a DJ deck maybe like two months ago,
and I've been practicing.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
So you are a connoisseur of music.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah, I'm I'm a partner in a music label as well.
So I run a pretty successful music label. I do
the mortgage stuff on the side whenever my old clients
need something that still help them out. And yeah, so
music is kind of like the full time thing from
an executive standpoint at this point, which is great. And
then I, you know, have that passion part of me
(06:40):
where it's like I still want to make music as
much as I'm like helping these artists build their careers
and get them off the ground and or you know,
working with artists that are already big and trying to
shape their brain to something that leaves like a legacy.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Wait do you sing? Also?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:55):
Are you about to serenade our girl right now?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
No?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
She can be ours.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah, as long.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
As I can just creep around and hang out all
night long.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, I mean, you're more than welcome to hang out
with us, of course, But I'm not gonna be singing
tonight unless I'm singing to the music with the acts.
I think I'll do that if I know the songs.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
But she sent to music, Okay, she likes music.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
We can rock and roll with that. Then that's my
whole life.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
What are you looking for now?
Speaker 1 (07:19):
If you took some time off of dating, and you've
been single for the two years to work on yourself,
to learn more about yourself, your career is taking off.
What is it that you're looking for now?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
A woman like a like a like a wool and go.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Without saying right, So you've got to give me some details.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Here, strong, powerful, knows what she wants, uh Like, has
a good head on her shoulders, is super motivated, has
her own life, and we can do our own lives together.
Like that's the biggest thing. Like, I know it's very cliche,
but power couple is really what I need. A lot
of my not a lot. All of my exes have
kind of been They've been always obviously beautiful and smart
(07:58):
and stunning, but they all lacked the one thing of
like they just didn't know who they were. And so
I would come in and like kind of direct them
in that way. And and that's a big reason why
I think I ended all the relationships was it was
just like this is in like a relationship if every
relationship felt like I was a therapist at the end
of it in some type of way. And so I'm
(08:21):
not doing that anymore. And I need someone who's passionate
about something, like just doing something to the highest extent
of her ability and is like chasing after something and
knows what she wants. And you know, I don't want
to be a therapist anymore.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Okay, let me put it a little bit more plainly
for you. Okay, do you want marriage and children? Yeah, Okay, totally,
that's in your that's in your goals.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
And is that your five year plan or that's your
ten year plan?
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Right? We're being really honest here because I do know
that you live in LA and then in LA.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
You know. The good thing is I'm from Kansas, so
I got that Midwest like Midwest thing. My parents are
still together. They have the most beautiful relationship I've ever seen.
So I grew up with that, which is why I
don't stay in relationships too long if I know it's
not what my parents have, right, because I know it's real.
I know what my parents have is real, and so
(09:14):
I'm not settling anymore. So it could be could be
five years, could be ten years, It could be thre years,
it could be one year. I don't know. I mean, right,
you'll know, Yeah, if it's the right person, I feel
like I will know at that point in time.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Are you an only child?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
No, I'm the oldest. I have a little brother. So
a little brother, a little brother.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Okay, two is better than one?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, yeah for sure. Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
So I'm wondering do their opinions really matter? My sibling
and my parents, all of them, your family, your core, Like.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
My brother's opinion doesn't matter. I love him, not to
dish you, bro. Yeah, I'm not dissing him, but his
opinion is very different in all aspects of life. So
I love him, but we're just very different people. He's engaged,
so he's got it figured out. I guess.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Do you like his fiance?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
She's so out of it? Okay, Austin, if you're listening,
I love you. She's so out of his league, like
in every way, and it's awesome to see how much
they love each other and like it's it's so That's
the other thing is like I know that relationships like
that exist because my brother has it and my parents
have it, so it's like, why would I settle for
anything less than what my family has. My parents' opinion
(10:18):
matters a lot. It's so funny because every time I
would bring a girlfriend back home, they'd always be so
nice to her, but then as soon as we left,
they'd call me like, what are you doing? And this
is clearly not your wife. I'm like, no, she is,
and they're like, no, she's not. And then I break
up with them a couple months later and I'm like,
you guys are right. So that's another thing too, I've
learned over the last few years is like, listen to
(10:40):
the people that love you the most, because they're going
to give you the best wisdom.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
And it's a fine line though you love and respect
your mama or are you a mommy's boy?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
No, I'm not a mommy's boy, But I will say
my mom is a son's mom, Like she's obsessed with
us in the best way. She's super allian, so she's
just so fun. I love my mom. I would not
say my mama's boy, just because she's a lot to handle. So, like,
you know, there's a little distance there and they live
(11:11):
across the country they lived. They live in Florida now,
so I don't see them other than, you know, a
couple times a year.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Those are called healthy boundaries.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Yeah, totally agree. But I love my mom, love my dad.
My dad is like work hard and my mom's play hard,
and I feel like I'm like a perfect combination of
both of them. So yeah, they're great.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Okay, have you figured out at this point what your
love language is?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, what yours is? And what is yours to give?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Yeah, so physical touch is my number one to receive?
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Is that every man wants physical touch? Let's I mean,
let's just dive there for a second. Why is it
that every man says, Oh, my love language is physical touch.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
We get it. You guys like to have sex.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Yeah, so that's what I was gonna say. It's not
even the sex part to me. I can just sit
there and if my girl's just playing with my hair
or like just doing the tickles on my arm. I
even told one of my girlfriends, I was like, this
is better than sex to me. I was like, just
this moment of like just being touched and there's not
even any sexualness going on, that's better than sex. Sometimes obviously,
(12:14):
but physical touch is great. I love words of affirmation
because for ever, since I was a kid, for years
I struggled with like confidence. I got bullied really bad
when I moved from Seattle to Kansas because I don't know,
just was a whole thing. And so like people like
(12:35):
my friends know that, Like my best friends always like
you know, it's not like they have to, but there's
we go out of our way to make sure we
all feel that we're appreciated. And when my woman does
that too, it goes like a long way.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
And when you're in a relationship, how do you best
care for a woman that you're with.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Acts of service and words of affirmation, I'd say telling
them they're awesome all the time, how beautiful they are,
how great they are, and then doing whatever they need.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Whenever do the bulls go on the top rack of
the dishwasher.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Or the bottom?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Oh, that's a great question.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
It's very important one I the bulls.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
On the bottom, cups go on the top, and then
sometimes if there's not enough room on the bottom, I'll
put some balls on the top if there's not a
ton of cups there. It's about just making things work
where they fit fit.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
You know you rinse before you put them in.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Yeah, of course you can just put gunky bulls in
the dishwa washer. Your dishwasher will get clogged and then
your dish washer will break.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
You're in luck tonight. I think I'm gonna let you
meet Mercedes. That was the question that all bared pressure
on it, and you have passed that one, so fantastic.
One of the last most important questions that I have
for you is how tall are you?
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I'm like six to one, but I'm wearing these boots
so that I'm like six four sixty five probably with these.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
But it's the perfect Yeah, yeah, yeah for all of
us here tonight.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Fantastic perfect. Yeah. I didn't know how tall she was.
I was like, let me wear my boots that they
have like four inches on them.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Is tall and she is stunning. I don't think you
expect anything less. I'm really glad that they didn't let
you google her tonight either, because this will be It's
a shame our cameras aren't here tonight because I would
I might have to turn my phone on. And this
is like, I love love, I love relationships. I've also
(14:21):
had far too much therapy. But I now wonder I'm single.
But this is one of my favorite situations where two
people who have never met each other. You guys have
been and I don't know what you think this is.
It is a podcast. We are doing a job. But
she also very much wants to find someone that she
clicks with and has a relationship with. That is true
and it is important to her. But it's also a podcast.
So and just like you have been on reality TV,
(14:44):
we have as well.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
So there is this.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
There is this there where you come in and you think, oh,
someone's only coming here.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
To either write.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Famakers, right or or to further their care a little bit.
That's always there. But she is a little nervous because
at the end of the day, what she truly truly
wants is to meet someone who she likes and someone
that she can date. So she's a little nervous, but
she's super stoked because this is her first date on
the podcast.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
She hasn't been on one yet.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Wow, I feel it's what one then done?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Like if we want doers not sayers? Yeah, so what
if it is one and done?
Speaker 2 (15:24):
I'm down.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
You're gonna let us follow you for the rest of
the time that we produced this whole season.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
That'd be kind of fun. Actually, fine, that would be fun.
Am I allowed to ask questions about her?
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Yeah? I think that's all right?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Okay cool?
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Do you know what reality show she was on?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
I know nothing. I just think I know nothing. I
just I tolds. I didn't want to know anything. I
just want to come in here blind and just you know,
know nothing.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
All right, let's get Judgie on you first. Which reality
show were you on?
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Is?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
This could say a lot about you? Bryce's fun about me?
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I was on this show called f Boy Island and
I okay, so the about you know? Do you know
about this show?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Or I do know?
Speaker 2 (16:04):
You?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
A producer from my show who started that show along?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Yes? Oh, I love him as my boy.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I was on a show called The Bachelor and the Bachelorette.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Nice and amazing. Okay, great, well you know Bill as well? Yeah,
those are my boys. Anyways, So as you have.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Taxty Lawn right now, he's going to say wonderful things
about you.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Yeah, I hope he still follows me on Instagram. So
I think I think I'm good. And I see Bill
at the gym sometimes and is always love but work
out good to know. I definitely work out.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Do you like to eat?
Speaker 2 (16:38):
I loved I'm Italian, so I love to eat. But okay,
So on the show for people that don't know you,
like half the guys come in as self proclaimed f
boys and half come in as self proclaimed nice guys.
What do you think I came in this?
Speaker 3 (16:55):
I think that you came in as a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
You correct?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
I think you are a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Correct. I did come in as a nice guy. But
it was funny when I was talking to Alon before
the show, I was like, hey, man, all the guys
in the previous seasons that were nice guys are kind
of pushovers in a way, and I was like, I'm
not a so oh yeah, Like so you know, I
stand on my own two feet and I don't get
(17:20):
pushed around a lot of the nice guys did in
the other season. So I was like, look, man, like
I'm gonna come in. I'm a nice guy. The woman
I cheat women with utmost respect, like I you know,
I really I was raised right in that way. I
saw my dad treat my mom like a queen every
single day. So I was like, that's what's in me
to do? Just through osmosis, but I'm not a pushover,
so I was like, hey, let's let's make some shake
(17:42):
in the house with the guys, Like I'm down to
run plays, and like, they didn't really show too much
on my season just because he was on a different
network and they wanted it to be like really family friendly.
I guess this network that it was on. I wish
I wish our season would have been on HBO because
we had some moments and I was like puppeteering the
guys because me and the producers were kind of in
lockstep doing fun stuff behind the scenes. So I had
(18:05):
a good time. But then, yeah, just didn't work your time.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
We each have our own path. It wasn't your time,
and maybe it's tonight.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Yeah, So I'll tell you what Mercedes is wearing these
really beautiful heels, so I'm not going to make her
stand outside for that much longer.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Why don't you.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
I'll tell you three things about her, because what I
really would like is for you guys to meet each
other without knowing a whole lot about each other.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Love it.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Okay, you can ask me three things.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Three things? Okay, what is she passionate about?
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Ask me something else.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
That's a good question for her tonight as you get
to know her on your first date.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Yeah, true, okay, hmm.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
You can ask me the surface level questions.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Okay, okay, you want to go.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Super you'll ask her the deep shit.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
You know her sign? What's her sign? You don't know either,
that's the most service.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
She has brown hair, okay, sign, she's tall and gorgeous, amazing.
She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Is that going to be
an issue for you? Why she Nashville, that's where she lives. Well, why, well,
you can ask her that.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
I told you. I'm giving you the service.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Okay, okay, got you.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
She list it's interested in a change and a.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Move, understood. Okay. I think now that you kind of
put in my head that I think I just want
to get all these answers from her on this.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
I think that would be really great.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Let's just do that.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
What if you guys are vibing so hard? Are you
going to kiss her tonight?
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yeah, you're down for a first kiss. You didn't hesitate?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Why not?
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yeah? If the if the moment is there and it
feels right, you got to.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
Do it, like you have to commit. If you're going
to go in for it. You have to commit. It's
got to be great, Okay, Okay, easy.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Make sure I make sure I'm nearby so I can Okay.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yeah, I'll be like, hey, not to.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Make it too weird, but.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
We're going to do We're ready for you, okay.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Because I asked her the same question in the car
and she was like, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Should I kiss on the first date? And I was like, girl,
I'm forty four, I have two kids.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
You should absolutely if you're feeling it, Yeah, you should
kiss on the first date. If the vibe is there
and you guys like each other and the conversation is great,
I think you should. Why wouldn't you? But if you
don't get to see each other for again after.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
This, well that's the thing. She goes back to Nashville
or is she here for a while's I guess I'll
ask her that. Yeah, yeah, that's going to be an
issue for you. I mean, I travel all the time.
I have artists in Nashville, so it's like I'm there,
so okay.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Yeah, if it does go well, will you ask.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
For her phone number at.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
The end, I'm gonna ask for her phone number, right,
after we leave this room.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Don't make it weird.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Bryce, why if Okay, if the conversation is we're in
the room, I'll be like, never mind. But if the
conversation is good in the room, I'll be like, look like,
let's just get the phone number.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Part over with, Let's get the let's get the stats.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, because what if we get lost at this massive
music festival. I'm like, I gotta call.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
You're not going to get lost. We all stay together.
We're a technic grip. Okay, guys, we're going to keep
you close. Does Bryce get to ride with us?
Speaker 6 (20:49):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (20:49):
This is fair for a real treat. Yeah, you know
no one and Mercedes knows everyone.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Oh so I love that dynamic.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
You were asking about the wingman. She's got about third
of them here tonight.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I will say this because I'm such a out there
type of person. My core people I hang out with
is a very small circle.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
So it's normal. That's normal, that's good.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
Yeah, Like I got like three men in my life
that are like my only people that I really like
hang with. But yeah, outside in about I'm nice everybody,
But like I'm I kind of have a photographic memory
for faces, so I might recognize people and be like
do we know each other?
Speaker 6 (21:26):
Or what?
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Have you ever watched The Bachelor?
Speaker 2 (21:29):
It was my mom and I was guilty pleasure when
I was like a child.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
So well, okay, so what was that five years ago?
Would you say you were thirty? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (21:36):
No, like like when I was like twelve fifteen? Okay,
those days?
Speaker 3 (21:41):
So I think you'll recognize Mercedes.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
No, she's my age, right? Or no? How did she?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
She's close to your age, she's a little bit younger
than you.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Then no, I wouldn't. I wouldn't know her.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Listen, I think this is the perfect time to bring
in Mercedes. I'm really excited that I'm here to witness this.
I'm like your third wheel tonight.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
I can't wait. That's great.
Speaker 3 (21:59):
All right, let's bring are in?
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Okay, cool? Oh my, what's up? Can I get up?
Or do you have to sit here? Okay?
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I didn't tell Bryce a whole lot about you, and
I know he knows you don't know a lot about
him either, because I thought some of those questions should
be taking place tonight on your first date. But let's
just start with, like, you guys are dressed the same tonight?
Anything about each other. You don't know each other and
(22:42):
you're both wearing silk.
Speaker 5 (22:43):
Are you nervous?
Speaker 2 (22:44):
No?
Speaker 5 (22:45):
No, do you get nervous?
Speaker 2 (22:46):
No no, Are you like a little but I'll make
sure that you're not nervous. Honestly, as soon as we
leave the room, you're not gonna have anything.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Yeah, no, I think tonight it will be really fun.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
Have you been a dingle ball before either?
Speaker 2 (23:01):
Verything?
Speaker 5 (23:02):
First date, first jingle bell? Yeah, it's gonna be fun matching.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I look at us like we call each other.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
We did something good tonight. Good job, guys, you have
done something good.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Okay, lock in, I'm locked in.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I didn't get into the nitty gritty with him because
I wanted to save it for you to experience. But
I'm just wondering right now, Like I'd love to know
your initial thoughts of each other. Just like rattle off
quick quick shots your initial impressions.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
I'll go first, Okay, well she's clearly stunny, totally totally
my time. Yeah, I like your laugh, Oh, thank you,
your smiles? Great, ten out of ten. We're good.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
We're sadi, yeah, very attractive obviously. But first, but also
I can just tell your energy is great.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
I feel like you can talk to anyone, which I
love because I don't know good conversations good obviously, And yeah,
I feel like we're gonna.
Speaker 5 (23:55):
Have a really good time tonight.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
We sure are.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Don't you want to know what reality show he was on?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah? I do.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Actually they told me that earlier about show.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
So there's this show right called Fay Island.
Speaker 5 (24:06):
No, you were on that. Have a couple of friends
are on that? Well, not really my friends, but Casey,
you know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Casey Casey he was previous season.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
There's another guy too, but I forget his name.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
He was on Katie's season.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:23):
Oh wait, I've never watched it, So you like dated Katie?
Speaker 2 (24:26):
No, there there was another Okay, so I technically didn't
date any of them.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Run down the concept of the show, like you broke
it down for me.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Okay, So have you ever seen it?
Speaker 5 (24:36):
No?
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Okay, So there's like half the guys come in as
self proclaimed boys.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Was that you?
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Well, let me get through the whole thing first, and
then the other half come in as self proclaimed nice guys.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Don't tell her which one you were, Okay, I made.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Your guess, so you can guess what do you think
I came in this, well.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
I'm going to feel bad. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
You can't heart my feel I think you can say
that my feelings. You were I was the good one? Yeah,
I was, and you were she was on the best one? Okay?
Did do you know Alan and Billy were?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
They were done over season.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
So the creators or executive producers of The Bachelor of
years ago started this show. Okay, so we're kind of
in the same family. I'm like the dumb step child,
I guess. But it was super fun. And one of
the things I told her about it was when I
was talking to a lawn about it, I was like,
in the previous seasons, the nice guys tend to just
(25:37):
be kind of pushovers.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
M h.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
And I was like, I'm not that way. So I'll
come in and be a nice guy to the girls,
but I'm down to like Greek havoc in the house
of the guys. And so we had we had some fun.
But yeah, it was cool.
Speaker 5 (25:50):
Okay, yeah, nice. Well that's what I wasn't expecting. Floy Island, I.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Wasn't expecting it either, but it was okay. I actually
pecked him for a nice guy, but I In my defense,
I got to talk to him. I got to talk
to him a little bit before, so I kind of
could hear his answers.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
So I pegged him for a nice guy.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Yeah, and he said when I start talking about the
family and my parents and everything, she was like, this
guy's not that boy.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
He's solid things about him, he's got he's in for
a relationship.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
He's been single for a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Purpose Yeah, yeah, do you have anything that you would
like to know about him before we go tonight?
Speaker 5 (26:25):
I don't think so.
Speaker 6 (26:26):
I think we should just like make it like as
like easy and natural as possible and.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Like organic is great.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
Yes, I love it.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Okay, Yeah, I do.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Know one thing about you that I want to talk about.
What so you? She said, you live in Nashville. Yeah,
I live in l A. Yeah, What's what's going on?
Why are you in Nashville? Are you from there?
Speaker 3 (26:43):
No?
Speaker 6 (26:44):
So my grandparents lived there, so I moved there, and
I don't know.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
I just I'm from Iowa, like a grew up on
a farm.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I'm from Kansas.
Speaker 5 (26:51):
And it's perfect about.
Speaker 6 (26:59):
So Nashville just like gave me the like Midwest kind
of vibe. Everyone's super nice and I just fell in love.
I've been there six years.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
Yeah, that's typically what I hear from my people in
Nashville is like five to six years, or like, let's
do something else, okay.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Because I know something about you. You were like in
music too, right, So do you go to Nashville a lot?
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Yeah, So I'm a I'm a partner in the music label.
So music execs a.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
Little different, a little different from an aspiring DJ.
Speaker 6 (27:26):
Right.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Yeah, it was so funny. She came in. She was like,
you're a DJ, and like, no, like Saturday, It's something
I bought my first like DJ deck like two months ago,
just like how funse I love house music and I
love like my happy place is Meek and those So
if that tells you anything about me, but yeah, but
(27:48):
I just love music. So I was like, let me
just dive into that world. And it's been fun. But no,
I'm a music executive. I have artists and the label's
doing great, so I'm very proud of it. And yes,
we got people out in Nashville. My partner in the
company is actually one of the biggest songwriters producers from Nashville.
His name is Andrew Merrick.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Oh yeah, I actually have heard of them.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
I think, yeah, maybe he's big time. But yeah, he
stepped away from that stuff and now we created the
company together and.
Speaker 5 (28:16):
That's so cool.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
It's been very fun.
Speaker 5 (28:18):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, that's awesome. Do you like music?
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I love music?
Speaker 2 (28:22):
Okay, are you like a country music girl or what?
I love?
Speaker 5 (28:24):
Like R and B?
Speaker 6 (28:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (28:26):
I love country too.
Speaker 5 (28:28):
I grew up on nineteenth country.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
That did not our boys, Tim Kenny, you know the
good guys. Are you a country I'm from Georgia Brown,
Oh of.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Course, Okay, there you go.
Speaker 5 (28:39):
Yeah, yeah, so I definitely love country.
Speaker 6 (28:40):
But like my Spotify rap was like, all like, Sissa,
we're on the same page.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
I was literally just gonna be like, hey, so Spotify
rap just dropped like what was your tough Olivia Dean?
Everybody is obsessed with that.
Speaker 6 (28:53):
No, I actually am, Like I told my best friend
is a Swiftie and I'm not a Swiftie but she is.
And I was like, no, I feel like a Dean
is my Taylor Swift Like I'm genuinely obsessed with her
and her music just like speaks to me, so I
love her.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
And then it was like Drake's is a who else
was it?
Speaker 6 (29:09):
I don't even remember. The other ones don't matter, I
guess I don't remember the other two.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
But do you typically date older guys?
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Yeah? Yeah, am I technically older?
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Technically or older?
Speaker 1 (29:22):
But mentally you're right on her level?
Speaker 2 (29:26):
Okay? Fun? Awesome? I try to keep that childlike spirit.
Speaker 5 (29:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (29:31):
No, I feel like everyone I've dated the last like
four years have been like probably at least two years
older than me.
Speaker 2 (29:38):
So, and how old are you? Okay, great?
Speaker 5 (29:41):
Yeah, I'll be twenty eight in March, so cool.
Speaker 4 (29:43):
Yeah, what's your son?
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Guess you need to take a guess? Are you like
big in signs?
Speaker 2 (29:59):
So there's like certain European countries that still teach astrology
like a science. And so my mom is Italian and
she grew up on all that. So I learned all
of it like from like a real perspective of from
like the l a thing. There's there's a part of
me that wants to say Leo, but I don't think
that's right. No, Aries, really, no, I would not expect that.
(30:22):
I guess I see it in the real world.
Speaker 6 (30:23):
Everyone always says that they're like, you don't act like
an Aries.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
I don't know. I don't know what that means. I'm
not really into the sign thing, but.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yeah, that's why you present the people is Sagittarius, so
people are like this dude's and f boy for sure.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Aries are a match.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
It's a lot of fire.
Speaker 5 (30:44):
And always says that is my match.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
My moon is Aries.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
There we go. I have to look at my coast
start to let you know my Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Yeah, I'll get your no after this and we can
do the thing.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Have you ever heard of the podcast Bryce, the one
that we're on. No, I haven't heard of anything famously available.
I've heard of it now, and.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
You've never listened to an episode you haven't heard.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
I'm going in here raw dogging it like I don't know.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
I love that's the best way to do it.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
Yeah, I didn't want to know anything. Yeah, no, I
haven't listened that.
Speaker 5 (31:22):
I asked so many.
Speaker 6 (31:23):
Times for your Instagram, like can I just see like
what Like Nope, nope, No, I like that.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
I know.
Speaker 6 (31:27):
And it's kind of nice though, because like I feel
like dating now, like you basically figure out who the
person is before you even meet them, so you have
like these you know.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
So yeah, I feel like my Instagram does a kind
of you seen my Instagram, right or no?
Speaker 1 (31:41):
I didn't know they I told you they wouldn't tell
me anything. I would tell her things.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
I came in here raw dogging it too.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Yeah, I feel like my Instagram is a good representation
of me, so I would. I would hope. I try
not to be a douchebag on there, but sometimes I am.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
But do either of you have any expectations for tonight?
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Have fun?
Speaker 5 (32:08):
Yeah? That's what I said earlier too. I was like,
just have fun, gets known, see where the night takes us.
Speaker 3 (32:14):
I already asked him if he was going to try
to kiss you?
Speaker 5 (32:16):
What did you say?
Speaker 2 (32:17):
What do you think? I said?
Speaker 5 (32:18):
And then he said, no, what if he tries to
kiss you? Mercedes, I don't know, I said, I'm doing
all the wrong things.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
She's but he doesn't want to kissing.
Speaker 3 (32:32):
What if he tries to kiss you?
Speaker 5 (32:34):
I mean, even have to see how the vibe is,
but I'd be down. I don't know. Right now, I
feel like we're like vibing. We're good.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
I think you're vibing. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
I think the chemistry is palpable. Yeah, I think I
think it's I think it's good. She also has pretty
teeth and a mouth.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I'm not kissing her teeth.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Don't you think teeth are very important?
Speaker 2 (32:53):
Very important?
Speaker 1 (32:55):
I mean if she had busted teeth, you might not
want to hang out with her.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
She had teeth on things, you would be here.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
You can smile with your mouth closed.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Yeah, people smile with their mouth close. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
I have a big as mouth, but she has a
pretty mouth.
Speaker 2 (33:14):
Yeah. I almost something crazy. I was like, whoa, yeah, one
of my favorite things. Did you have braces or no? No,
you're just perfect?
Speaker 5 (33:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (33:29):
No, no, we might have to lead with it. She said,
you're just perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:33):
Love.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Yeah, that's my favorite compliment is like people like you
have great teeth, and like how long did you have braces?
Speaker 5 (33:38):
Like you have braces? Either look at us.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
I would have to say, it's something that I look
at right off the bat. I look at someone's mouth
and their teeth. It's very important to It's hard to
get past teeth. You can get past a lot of things.
Teeth and when their eyeballs are too close together, because
now I know they're psychotic, so I was too close together.
Third time talking about that, You're okay.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Exactly man, they're perfectly.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Faced, and both of you they're so symmetrical. Your faces
are so beautiful. I can see the future now, your
children are going to beautiful.
Speaker 5 (34:12):
I'm going to love you.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
My mom will love you. Actually, yeah, we talked about
this a little bit. She was like, are you a
mama's boy. I'm like, no, not a MoMA's boy. But
my mom is like a son's mom, Like she loves
she loves me and my brother so much. Yeah, she's great,
super Italian, like Psycho in the best way. Like I
told her, I was like, my dad is work hard
(34:34):
in my mom's play hard. I feel like I'm like
the perfect combination of both.
Speaker 5 (34:37):
So I love that.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
No, they moved from Kansas to Florida like three years ago.
They wanted to go retire where it was not Kansas.
Speaker 5 (34:45):
I feel that your parents.
Speaker 2 (34:47):
And I still really on the farm. So you're like
Boots writing cow writing cows and almost. I think.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
She could also answer that, Yeah, well.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
She's in Nashville, so I already know they answer. But
so when you go back for the holidays, you go there. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
So I have two younger brothers. I have a twelve
year old brother. No, actually just turned thirteen. And then
a four year old brother.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Oh nice, Yeah, and you're the oldest.
Speaker 5 (35:20):
Yeah, I love it. You know, I'm twenty seven, twenty seven,
thirteen and four.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
Your parents are still together.
Speaker 5 (35:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:26):
Wow, it's lovely. That's so rare.
Speaker 5 (35:28):
Yeah, I know right, Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 6 (35:31):
Though.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
I have seen the evolution of this relationship in the
last fifteen minutes.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
You know, because when they.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
First came in, they weren't quite looking at each other
but looking at each other. They weren't quite making eye contacts,
but like checking each other out. And now you're perfectly
holding eye contacts with each other.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
I like this.
Speaker 3 (35:53):
I like this.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
I don't know if I am creepy or if I
should be really honored that the two of you are
allowing me to come along tonight.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
Yeah. No, be as creepy as you want.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
I'm having a great time too, and we're going to
make sure that everyone has a great time.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Yes, Okay, I'm so excited for this. Yeah, thanks for things,
for letting me be a third wheel. Like this is
so great.
Speaker 5 (36:13):
Yeah, I'm excited.
Speaker 3 (36:15):
Okay, good.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Do you guys know each other pretty well or like,
are you guys like homies or.
Speaker 1 (36:20):
What's I told poor Bryce that you have about thirty
wing women tonight.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yes, yeah, fantastic.
Speaker 5 (36:26):
She does have a lot of people with me to night.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Yeah okay, but.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
You said you're very personable, you'll you'll make them good.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
No, for sure, I'm not nervous.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
So you've met two of them, that means twenty eight
more to impress.
Speaker 5 (36:38):
Wait what else did you meet?
Speaker 2 (36:40):
You one too? Oh?
Speaker 5 (36:43):
Even wing women?
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Okay yeah, no, just you too so far. I mean
you're kind of your only woman tonight, too, true, That
is true. Yeah, no, I'm excited. There's twenty eight other
women or there's guys as well.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
I tend to exaggerate bright. I either go real big
or real small.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
So you just yeah, I can't imagine me with thirty
women movie insane.
Speaker 3 (37:05):
It's not as insane as you think. Me with thirty
men is a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
Yeah, oh my god, that's terrible.
Speaker 3 (37:12):
That's not what I meant.
Speaker 5 (37:13):
We know, that's not what I'm No, we'll get it.
Speaker 3 (37:16):
It's fine. Everything is fine.
Speaker 5 (37:19):
It's not filthy.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
You're not awesome.
Speaker 3 (37:22):
Thank you. Yeah, thanks, I'm really doing well. Look at me.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
Yeah, you're doing great. I have friends for you. I
can already there's already. Couple of guys in my head.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Are they coming tonight? I'm looking to find someone.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
N I'm the only one allowed to come tonight for
my people.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
I think my guess you're better. You have to do
another episode. It sounds like we do.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
I did have one question before we head out to
jingle Ball. I want to know, Mercedes, how many more
days you're in Los Angeles? What if you guys this
you smash it out of the park. You can't wait
to see each other again? Stop it, boy, I'm being clean.
Speaker 3 (37:55):
I'm a mom.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
What if tonight could not go better and you guys
genuinely like each other?
Speaker 3 (38:00):
Are you in Los Angeles still tomorrow?
Speaker 2 (38:03):
No?
Speaker 5 (38:03):
I leave at seven am.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
I guess you better? You better really really do good tonight.
Speaker 3 (38:08):
Bryce. Yeah, you got a lot riding on it before.
Speaker 2 (38:11):
So when do you? I mean it's a holiday, so
I guess like that's fine. But how often are you
in l A?
Speaker 5 (38:17):
Probably like once a month?
Speaker 2 (38:20):
Maybe okay, I'll work with that. I'm in Nashville like
a couple of times a month.
Speaker 5 (38:24):
That's a couple of times a month. That's great to see.
I feel like distance is not hard if you like
see each other a couple of times.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Plane ticket is like five. It's fun.
Speaker 1 (38:33):
You can't you can't put a dime on quality. And
look at the two of you. Yeah, I'm super excited.
Thank you so much for for letting at least me
be a part of this. Yeah, and and for coming
out and joining.
Speaker 2 (38:47):
Us and going to thank you saving appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
All right, kiss, kiss now, I will take you.
Speaker 2 (38:55):
I will do it right now.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
Can you say not the one who you need to
ask permission for? I am going to say yes.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
All right, you guys, this has gone smashingly. I think
the two of you are hitting it off. I see
the sparks.
Speaker 3 (39:09):
They're coming.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
I am going to go and let them know that
this is really going well and we should probably go
to dingle ball.
Speaker 5 (39:17):
Let's go
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!