December 1, 2023 • 32 mins
Today's Happy Hour is a nonstop celebration with Bachelor Nation's newest couple, Gerry and Theresa! Hot off the incredible season finale of “The Golden Bachelor,” the happy couple chats with Joe and Serena about the differences in finding love the second time around, how Theresa dealt with Gerry's other connection and why they don’t want to wait any longer to officially become husband and wife!
Plus, they reveal where they are going to be living, and Gerry discusses his emotional goodbye with Leslie.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Bachelor Happy Hour. We
are live and ready to go because we are here.
Well I'm Joe and I'm sorry, and we are here
with the lovely Golden Bachelor, the first Golden Bachelor couple ever,
Gary and Teresa. Welcome the Happy Hour.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Welcome, Thank you so much, Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
How does it feel you guys are finally out and together?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
If you glowing?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
So, you're glowing amazing.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
The relief is overwhelming. You not have to hold in
a secret of this size for another minute is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I have to tell you. I didn't even tell my sisters,
and they've been dying this entire time, and it was
going back and forth between oh, no, you were kind
of sad when you came back, So I think it's
a now. Oh but then I think you got all
these clothes. I think it's a yes. I think it's
a now Teresa telling me and I wouldn't tell them.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So did you tell your daughter?
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, my daughter and my son in law and the
three boys knew and they kept the secret this entire time,
and my son and his wife.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
But it's going to be so exciting, It's must be
so exciting now that they know, and not only them,
but all of the viewers, everyone watching. I remember that
was like the best feeling when our finale was done.
It's like just a weight off your shoulders.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Yeah, exactly, Yeah, that's the way I felt. I know
that it's like a whole new chapter. You don't have
to hide, you don't have to couch. Everything you say
it's out there so you can enjoy yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Get ready, you're out in the open.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Now.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Let's just jump right into this. Let's get into what
the people want to hear. We'll go right to the engagement. Teresa,
I feel like I learned so much about you during
this engagement, just the way you handled what you thought
was going to be a letdown. Because Gary that one.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
And we knew, like as the audience, we knew that
it was Teresa, you were going to propose it. Even
for a second I was like, oh no, oh no,
poor Teresa.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
But it was I said, oh my god, somebody come
and take me away, like take me out of here,
like this is so embarrassing, Just get me out of here.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
This is bad.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
And yeah, but Teresa, you were so great because the
minute he was like and I feel like, it's just
kind of a It just shows how compatible you guys are,
and like how much your sense of humor lines up.
Because she the minute she realized it was a joke
and Gary was like, no, you're the one I can't
live without, she was like, oh my gosh, like that's
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so great.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
That was really good, so good it was. It made
for a moment, really did it made it more exciting?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Yeah? Forgetting And so, I mean you probably know this,
but I missed the line. I wasn't even supposed to
say it exactly the way I did. The way I
said it had much stronger impact than what I was
supposed to say. So I had to quickly, you know,
change the course of things by saying the line that
(03:15):
it She's the one I couldn't live without.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
You called an audible.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
That's like halfway back to the car.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
He's like, no, wait, now he's walking away.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It's looking backwards there, Gary.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You you did refer a lot to that line during
the whole season the find the woman you can't live without?
Do you want to explain to us what that truly
means to you?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Sure you know that line came from Tristan. Yes, it
gave me that as a piece of advice, and and
so the more I thought about it, the more I processed,
I realized, Yeah, that's exactly the guy post I need
to use going forward in this journey. It's like, there
are a lot of beautiful women there. They were all
elegant and well and you and I loved them all,
(04:02):
but I knew there was only one woman there that
I just couldn't live without, and that's the person I
had to find and lo and behold, that's the one.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, and what is it about Teresa that made you
go wow, Like, I can't live without this woman?
Speaker 6 (04:17):
These qualities.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
So when I went into the journey, there were several
things that I really looked for, I really needed to
have in a partner. One of them was the ability
to make me call you know, I can get carried
away and excited, and Teresa right away on that first date,
you know, with a touch on the shoulder and soft conversation,
she made me calm. Another one of the important qualities
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was somebody who could match my strong personality. And she
certainly can match my strong personality. So it makes us
on even footing we're equal partners and everything. And then
there's the sense of humor, which is huge, but one
quality that I've kind I have come to realize a
little bit later in conversations that I thought was really important.
(05:05):
It was high on my list was the person that
will make me a better person, a better man, And
she does that. So all of those boxes were checked,
and I just knew it was easy at that point
to know who my person was.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Wow, that's beautiful, Teresa. Not to make you go second
to that wonderful answer. But what is it about Gary
that you feel like you can't live thou?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
So Gary is not only so warm hearted and kind
and sensed and good, he's a man of integrity and
he really stands up for what he believes in. He
doesn't back down. He's a really strong man. And so
even though you know, I think I would say that, Okay,
(05:51):
maybe I could live without a man, but I want
this man. I really want this man. So yeah, and
that we do complement each other so well. When we
were going into the when I was asked whether or
not I wanted to go into the fantasy suite, I
jumped at that chance because I really wanted it was hard,
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it's difficult to really be yourself in front of the cameras,
and I really wanted that alone time to talk and
to find out, you know, a deeper level. And that's
what happened, I mean honestly. And I went in there
thinking I'm going to tell them the pros and cons
between me and Leslie. I don't help that way.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
And that was Oh we never got.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
To that, well, first of all, because first but then
we started we started talking and it got deeper and deeper,
and we started, you know, really talking on a very
deep level, and we realized how much we hadn't common
and we got more and more excited by the second.
(06:55):
Like I knew it the entire time that I was
on the show, but it just sealed it and confirmed
did for me when we were in the fantasy suits,
and it really was about that conversation, that deep conversation.
It was. It was you know, you probably felt it
like it was such a relief to not being in
front of the cameras and to really just be yourself.
It was great.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I think that you guys, yes, we definitely had the
same feeling. Well I had the same feeling. I can't
speak for you, but I can totally understand what you mean.
Teresa being like, I'm going to go in there and
make sure like he knows I'm the girl for him.
Like I'm going to go in there and be like, Hey, Joe,
I'm your wife, I'm the girl you've been looking for.
I just want to make sure with the cameras are
that you're aware of that too. Yeah, but not even
(07:37):
needing to push that in any way, because the chemistry
and the connection is just there and you just the
night just kind of flows, if that makes sense.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, that's what happened.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I will say though, as a viewer night of the
Fantasy Suites, the dinner beforehand was the first time that Gary,
I believe you learned that Teresa is a business woman
and it's still working, and that seemed like it was
something that really intrigued you and seemed like some of
you were really attracted to. Is that right?
Speaker 4 (08:09):
So, Joe's sort of but not exactly. I knew that
she was still working, and I knew generally what she
did in that conversation. What was revealed to me was
that she was a logical thinker and that she was
analytical about her approach. And so the next step from
that is I could have this person with me being
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a good problem solver when things get tough. And granted
that's a bit of a leap from conclusion to conclusion,
but that was how my mind went, is that I
understand how she thinks, and this is a person I
would want to be in my corner if things get tough.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, And we found more and more that we really
do think alike and you know, want the same things
out of life. And basically, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
I think that makes total sense because you both the
word partner a lot. I know, Gary, you said in
the beginning, you know you're looking for your partner, your
person you're equal, and if you kind of think the
same and you approach things the same and there's that compatibility,
I can see how you'd be like, wow, like this
is really gonna work because we can lean on each other.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah. I know too many couples where the man will
sort of take charge when it comes to decision making
or problem solving, and that's great if it works for
those couples. I didn't really want that. I wanted to
be a fifty to fifty with someone where both strong
personalities will both stand up for what we believe. But
(09:41):
that even makes it better because I think you learn
from each other when there's back and forth. And I'm
really thrilled that part of our relationship.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Is that what you were looking for as well, Teresa,
when you went into this process, someone that you could
be fifty to fifty with.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yeah, absolutely, I did. Yeah, to be on the same
equal footing line. Uh, And you know, and intellect and
desire and drive and passion and what he wanted out
of life. And I will tell you this, from the
very beginning of this journey, I only ever wanted him
to find the best possible person. I wasn't really even
(10:16):
though I looked at I wasn't trying to push my
agenda on this. I really, I really coleheartedly. I'm an
extremely open minded person, and I really wanted him to
explore it with every single person. And because like, are
you sure, yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Otherwise be sure?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Right?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
So so Teresa, you weren't were you not nervous at
all during the overnights when he was with the other
with Leslie.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
That's a good question because I didn't know he had
been with Leslie. So I said, oh, you still have
to go out on a date with Leslie now, And
the overnights he said, no, better it happened. I said,
oh my god, I said, what did you do? He said, oh,
we just repelled off a cliff. I said, repelled off.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
A cliff and.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Wow, that's really and I was, yeah, so we talked
about that. So, yes, was I nervous? Yeah? I know,
Actually I don't know. That's not me because really, if
it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Is that how you were.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Kind of throughout the journey and then down into the end,
then you know, it sounds like you are an oplind person.
You wanted him to explore, but obviously you're in love
with this man. How was that, you know, having your
feelings grow stronger and stronger and all the way down
to know, walking down to what could have been a
proposal or a breakup, How was that for you?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah? That was that was difficult. It really it's hard.
You know that this is a process, You know that
this is the journey, that there are other women, and
so yes, I wanted him to explore everything, and that
was hard to have those feelings to go on that
first date. For me to think that first date was
so great, I knew that I had to step back
(12:05):
and I had to allow him to finish the entire journey.
And I think Gary said to me, he said, you know,
I was so excited after our first date, but he
kept saying to himself, don't get stuck on this first date.
You have to explore it with other people, like, maybe
this isn't right. Maybe you're just excited about the first date.
Maybe that's all it is. And then yeah, but I
don't know if you've seen it on the show, but
(12:25):
I was truly truly happy when Ellen got her date
and when Leslie got her date, and Faith did and like, yes,
cheering them on.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
I don't know why it was a nuts.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Wait did that throw you off at all?
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Though? Gary?
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Were you like, did that throw you off at all?
Her willingness to lean into this process and let you
lean into it, did any part of you go, oh,
maybe she's just got that into me. You know, she's
so excited for me to be dating all these women.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, I have to say, you're hitting on him, very
good point. I can't say it threw me off, but
I was overwhelmed at her level of unselfishness. And that's
it was really legit because at the first time or
two I thought, she's kind of faking this, This isn't
really her. But then when I saw it play over
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and over again, I go, oh my god, this woman
is completely unselfish and open minded, and you know what
it does, It compels me to protect her heart even
more so that I can't let something happen to someone
who's as innocent as as she is about this.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, I feel like that makes sense because she in
return was giving so much care and thought to your
heart as well.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
She wasn't absolutely was the go ahead, Teresa.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
No, I was going to say so. Gary didn't get
to see how I was for the other dates until
he sought it back, so he wouldn't know how how
I was feeling about it. He really didn't know, because
really I kind of you know, there are so many
times that we're together you don't see so to really,
you know, further relationship that you're not seeing.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
But anyway, yeah, right, no, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
It's always a different journey watching it back, and you
know there's hard part swatch, but then there's really nice
parts to watch of your partner as well. How is
it walking down then that last day because we knew obviously,
you know, Leslie was gone. It was just you and
we knew he was going to propose, but you didn't know.
How was that feeling?
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I was looking at the weather and was thinking in
the morning and him saying, okay, well, did Leslie just
go because now the sun is out? Or now am
I going first and she going second? I had no idea, however,
and I was yeah. I didn't find out untill later,
right after it was all over. I didn't know. I
never knew.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
You didn't find out until later that Leslie never made right.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
I never I did not know that that was. Yeah.
I kept that that kept that away from me. I
still in my mind, I thought it was both of us.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Wow, I didn't know if you.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Had, say, like, what percentage you thought, yes, he's going
to propose, and what percentage you were like, Oh, I'm
not sure, what would you say?
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Oh? I thought it. I was like one hundred percent sure,
actually actually like ninety nine nine percent. So when it
seemed like it wasn't, I went he changed his mind.
Oh my god, he changed his mind. Oh my god,
please you know. And that's when I started flinking away.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
And oh, that was just a really magic moment.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Teresa, you said you said Billy and Gary you said
Tony would both like each other? Or am I explaining
this correctly?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah? What is it about Trisy? You go first? What
is it about Gary? Do you think Billy really?
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Oh? He love me so warm on it and kind
and sincere and like a natural, down to earth, wonderful person,
a good hearted person. That's what Billy would love that.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, And then what would Tony love about Teresa?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Tony had a big heart, she was big at volunteering.
She put other people first. She would have been attracted
to that quality with Teresa because she does put other
peopleeople first. She's always thinking about how she can make
someone else happy. She's always thinking about how to answer
the comments that she sees on Instagram, and she'll stay
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up late and risk her own sleep time to make
sure she doesn't hurt someone's feelings on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Stop and your answer and all are everything?
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Huh well, especially direct messages?
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Pretty much?
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Good luck because finale, you're gonna be up every night
all night long.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
If you keep that up, you're gonna get a lot
of love your way.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
I'm wondering now, Okay, so big announcement. Last night, you
guys announced a date you are getting married. Let's talk
about that quick turn around now, Yeah, I mean that's quick.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
It took me a year to plane wedding.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Think you guys, what five weeks?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
This is great old.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah, think about it this way. You know, you can
wait a year when you're twenty years old, and it
might be three or four percent of your remaining life.
When you're seventy a year could be ten percent or
twenty percent. So we didn't want to put off what
we really felt was right. So when the obstacle of
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geography was overcome that which was really something I thought
would hold us back in timing. When that was overcome,
we really didn't have any problems. I mean, I think
we both realized how compatible we were. The feelings were there.
Our families are incredibly, in such a short time, incredibly
(17:55):
close to each other. They're talking all the time. They
refer to each other as sisters.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Now giving me beautiful sisters more.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Yeah, it's like, there's no we could not find a
good research to not move for work quickly?
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Yeah, wait, catch me up to date. Where are you
guys going to live? Did you have that plan.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Well, we're yes, it's going to be in South Carolina.
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Oh, we just got married there where Inston?
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Right?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
So in the Charleston area, right.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Oh, we love Charleston. Wait is that where you guys
are going?
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Or outside and Mount Pleasant So and he's always had
this thought, well for the last the last two years,
and no one really knew that. So it was sort
of like, oh, so are you going to go move
to Indiana? I could say I'm not moving to but
my you know, I have a son and a daughter.
I lived four minutes from my daughter and my three
grandson grandsons in Shrewsbury. But I have a son who
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lives in South Carolina, so it would be like an
hour and forty five minutes from there. And we really
plan on we want the family to vis it all
the time. We're trying to find a home that everyone
would love to come to, and we plan on visiting
family all the time. And yeah, so we're going to
have a very active life and family is so important
to us.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Yeah, I love that. I love that as a moment
of South Carolina. I love that too.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
That's so exciting.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
What a great way to start this new chapter of
your life, so marriage soon, and we're currently looking for
a home.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Correct, we haven't started looking at now we will because
we can't be seen in public.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
So there was a There was a pig your phone
call right as the taping was ending, and it was
a random sales call by a real estate person in
South Carolina, in the Charleston area. And it was early
in the morning, and I was a little groggy, hadn't
had my first cup of coffee yet, and I'm listening
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to her and they go, do you realize I'm planning
on moving to your area anyway? And her comment was,
Oh my god, what a way to start a Monday morning.
And so she's been sending listings several times a week
ever since.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
That was a lucky cold call.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Sign.
Speaker 6 (20:07):
That has to be a sign.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Yeah, there is.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Okay, So are we too old for bachelor bachelorette parties?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
No?
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Okay, do we plan? Do we plan one of those trees?
Are you planning a bachelorette party? Any girls from your
season that you're close with that you're inviting?
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Yes, planning a bachelorette party?
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Where?
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Oh where? I can't you know?
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Really you can't tell us. Are you doing Vegas.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Ah No, I don't think so, because I got Vegas.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
Those did Vegas, but we did different weeks.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yeah, No, I know my pickleball friends brought it up
this week if they could, you know, do some kind
of a bachelor party, and I thought, you know, if
we kind of if we wind it down by nine o'clock,
we can go anywhere you want, but.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
There somewhere with an active daytime.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
But yeah, I like that.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
Great.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
What else? What else? Let's uh, let's touch a little
bit on Gary the breakup with Leslie. We know that
that was that was pretty tough, and we don't have
to talk long about it because I know it's awkward.
But how how do you feel now that that's all
over with?
Speaker 4 (21:27):
Well, I feel awful that you know, it was a
difficult situation. There was no way out of it that
was graceful, and I think that was the worst of
it is that every direction I turned trying to find
the more graceful, the more gracious way out, it just
wasn't there. So, as you saw, I was able to
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break protocol with what the Bachelor Bachelorette franchise is typically done,
where two women go down, you know, one anticipating or
one and getting an engagement and one get sent home.
And I was able to not do that with Leslie
and break the news to her the night before as
she saw and it was horrible. I'm not gonna lie,
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There's no there's no way to dress it up. It
was a horrible moment. I had such strong feelings for
such admiration and respect, only to be the guy that
had to send her home and deash your dreams.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
And I want to add this that I was really
good friends with Leslie in the house. I cooked her dinner,
she taught me exercise routines, and we sat and talked
a lot. We even one time cried together. So this
isn't fun to you know, have to have that happen
to any other human being. I didn't like that. And
along those same lines, I was really good friends with Faith.
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So I would say that people I was the closest
with in the house were Faith and Leslie. How you know,
how does that happen?
Speaker 3 (22:51):
But that's I feel like that's not uncommon, though, because
you are the people that are really bonded from this
journey because you've gone the furthest together, right, and you've
been through so much, and I know that you know,
Leslie did say she had nothing but really nice things
to say about you, which is nice to see, like
those friendships continue after everything. But Gary, Leslie did say,
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you know, she felt you were kind of pulling away
or a little bit off on that last date, which
we can kind of assume you know your heart was
pulling you to Teresa in those moments. Was there a
specific moment that you really knew like I need to
end things with Leslie, this is this is not it
for me.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
So there were there were conversations in the fantasy suite
that were very revealing to me, And quite honestly, because
they're in the fantasy suite and are not in front
of cameras and microphones, I feel like it's appropriate to
keep them in the fantasy suite and leave that you
know there. But but yeah, there were some things that
we talked about.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
And then you had a quick turnaround, obviously, from a
really emotionally charged breakup with Leslie to then a proposal
with Teresa the next day. How did you kind of
transition out of that mindset into feeling excited for your
future with Teresa, Because obviously there's.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Just so many emotions.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
I'm sure going through your head.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
There was, but you know, it's like with every step
along the way, reminding myself that this is my journey
and what my ultimate goal was, which was to find
that one person that was right for me. And so yeah,
I felt really bad through the course of the night
because of Leslie, but quite honestly, I turned that corner
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only because of that face right there. I mean, it
was in my head. I couldn't get it out, and
I realized that I'd walked through hell if I had
to to get to her, that the ultimate goal was
right there and I wasn't going to walk away from it,
and that put me in a much better headspace.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Yeah, that's amazing. Well look at you, Teresa, you you
got him, You got He's good.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Don't say that he is.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
You're both in love. It's a happy ending. That's what
we love to see, you know.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
Yeah, Yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
That was I want to ask you guys a question.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
So this is the first season of The Golden Bachelor, right,
so the first time we're ever seeing this. You're talking
to you know, twenty something a thirty something year old
who have found love on this show. You're both at
your second time of finding love. What was different this
time around that you were looking for versus when you
(25:44):
were looking for your first love?
Speaker 6 (25:45):
Does that make sense?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Makes a lot of sense. I mean, the first time
you're looking for your first love, you're looking to start
a family. You know, that's that's a way different dynamic
that you're looking for not only a good husband, but
a good father. And this time I think we're looking
for equal partners, someone who will enjoy life with you
(26:08):
and who feel it has the same philosophy about life
as you do. So and it's also it's also about
really knowing. I think that when I was on this journey,
you know, you heard me say so many times, I
love you. I kept telling him, And I did that
because I think when you're old, I don't know, or
maybe ever, if you feel something, you should say something.
(26:29):
Because if I didn't give him that information, then he
wouldn't have that to know that he had that option
with me. So I knew that throughout this journey I
had to be vulnerable and lay it all out on Shable,
just the way he did with every woman. And he did.
He really did, really give every woman his full attention.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
Why did you do that, I think you had. I
think you just have the perfect mindset for you, really do.
And I think that that really helped your guys's connection
because you were not scared to be vulnerable and put
it all out there, and you did it pretty soon.
And for someone like Gary who's dating twenty something women,
(27:13):
that really helps you stand out of the crowd.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Yeah, you are a very self assured, confident woman, and
you were so vulnerable the whole time. It was very
impressive and it was really love me to watch, and
I'm glad you two found each other.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
It was absolutely no insecurities and no jealousies from her,
and that also stood out. You know, if you were
a keen observer and you watched throughout, that was pretty
unique for Teresa to display that.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
Oh yeah, and it's hard. It's hard to do, really,
it's so hard to do.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
But yeah, that's how I felt.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Yeah, well, what are you guys most excited for now?
Speaker 6 (27:55):
That everything?
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Holiday seasons are coming up? Now, you guys can spend
the holidays with each other's special to.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Have our families together, and yeah, it's been really Yeah,
that's true. I would say the most important thing right
now has been the holidays together, the wedding, oh my god.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Well and getting away a little bit from the glitz
and glamour and the high profile of the Golden Bachelor,
and being able to silently slip into normal life and
do the common things. I mean, we haven't grocery shopped together, right,
(28:32):
you know. It's like the little things like that that
we kind of look forward to as being fun experiences.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
It's so funny because before going on this show and
doing this podcast, if you ask me what like the
top three normal couple activities are, I would have never
listed grocery shopping. But every couple that comes on here,
the first thing they say, and we said it too,
we said it too, is oh my gosh, we just
can't wait to go grocery shopping to get.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
But the thing is, I eat, really, oh my god,
we eat. The biggest horror story for me was that
first cupcake that went in my mouth. If you looked
at some guy, it works out to me. She said,
what are you gonna do? They ask you, sugar, I said,
Joe just gonna eat it. So, you know, first night,
putting a cupcake in his mouth and can you lick
(29:22):
it off?
Speaker 4 (29:23):
That's all I said no, and then I didn't know this.
I wasn't aware of it. And then we go to
Santa Monica Pear and there's the cotton candy and I'm
practically shoving candy like I was. And then like the
next day someone told me, you know, she doesn't eat sugar.
I go at all, they go at all. So it's like,
(29:47):
oh my god.
Speaker 6 (29:50):
You're gonna have two separate grocery carts.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Store.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
That's actually similar to us because when, yeah, when Serena
came to Chicago after we did get in aged and
we were like in hiding, she came to Chicago and I,
I'm Italian and I always order like Italian food and
pizza and Serena can't eat cheese and dairy, and she
didn't want to tell me.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
See, every once in a while, like if we go
out to like a really good pizza spot, I'll have
a piece of pizza, but.
Speaker 6 (30:16):
Yeah, like I will. I don't eat a lot of
dairy ever, And Joe.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Was ordering an ice cream and buying all this dairy
I'm putting making it cheesy onmewds. And I didn't want
to say anything for like the first four months because.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
I would like, wake up to this, you know, really
cheesy eggs. I'm like, oh, thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
And eventually I was like, Bade, this has to stop.
I can't my body can't handle this cheese anymore.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
No, you talk about what's the difference right when you're
young and old with my husband. My husband, first, Billy,
I wouldn't tell him that I didn't eat these things.
I tried to hide it too, because I didn't want
to seem so strange, like Okay, you should have eat this.
But now I just feel like I'm going to influence
him on food cart and he's going to balce me
to go to Benn earlier because I could have been there.
Speaker 6 (31:00):
You go, You can exchange healthy habits.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Okay, Before before we wrap for part one, I want
to ask Teresa this question. What is it about Gary
that you can't live without?
Speaker 2 (31:14):
I can't live without his heart and his soul and
his intellect and his passion and his drive. Yeah, it's
the maybe the passion.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Passion.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Passion is really really so important for me and a man,
you know, to have passion, you know, not just about life,
but anything in particular, to get really excited about life
and excited about things.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I see I see it in his side, to see
the way he looks at you. I want to see
carry like, take it easy. Wait, we're still we're still recording.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
But now wait a minute, Serena, did you notice that
all during that answer she held her hand like this
with the wedding ring. She was explaining things, flashing the wedding.
I think subliminally what she was really saying is, I
can't live without Jerry's ability.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
I can't live without Gary or the diamond on my
finger equally, they're equally as important. But she can't live
without sugar, just not Gary or the diamond.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
There we go. It's a beautiful ring. It's a beautiful ring, Bachelination.
There is still so much to talk about with Gary
and Teresa, so make sure to come back next week
for part two with Gary and Teresa. Thank you, guys,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
You're great.
Hey, everyone, welcome back to the Bachelor Happy Hour. We
are live and ready to go because we are here.
Well I'm Joe and I'm sorry, and we are here
with the lovely Golden Bachelor, the first Golden Bachelor couple ever,
Gary and Teresa. Welcome the Happy Hour.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Welcome, Thank you so much, Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
How does it feel you guys are finally out and together?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
If you glowing?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
So, you're glowing amazing.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
The relief is overwhelming. You not have to hold in
a secret of this size for another minute is fantastic.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I have to tell you. I didn't even tell my sisters,
and they've been dying this entire time, and it was
going back and forth between oh, no, you were kind
of sad when you came back, So I think it's
a now. Oh but then I think you got all
these clothes. I think it's a yes. I think it's
a now Teresa telling me and I wouldn't tell them.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So did you tell your daughter?
Speaker 5 (01:01):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, my daughter and my son in law and the
three boys knew and they kept the secret this entire time,
and my son and his wife.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
But it's going to be so exciting, It's must be
so exciting now that they know, and not only them,
but all of the viewers, everyone watching. I remember that
was like the best feeling when our finale was done.
It's like just a weight off your shoulders.
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Yeah, exactly, Yeah, that's the way I felt. I know
that it's like a whole new chapter. You don't have
to hide, you don't have to couch. Everything you say
it's out there so you can enjoy yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Get ready, you're out in the open.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Now.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Let's just jump right into this. Let's get into what
the people want to hear. We'll go right to the engagement. Teresa,
I feel like I learned so much about you during
this engagement, just the way you handled what you thought
was going to be a letdown. Because Gary that one.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
And we knew, like as the audience, we knew that
it was Teresa, you were going to propose it. Even
for a second I was like, oh no, oh no,
poor Teresa.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
But it was I said, oh my god, somebody come
and take me away, like take me out of here,
like this is so embarrassing, Just get me out of here.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
This is bad.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
And yeah, but Teresa, you were so great because the
minute he was like and I feel like, it's just
kind of a It just shows how compatible you guys are,
and like how much your sense of humor lines up.
Because she the minute she realized it was a joke
and Gary was like, no, you're the one I can't
live without, she was like, oh my gosh, like that's
(02:44):
so great.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
That was really good, so good it was. It made
for a moment, really did it made it more exciting?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Yeah? Forgetting And so, I mean you probably know this,
but I missed the line. I wasn't even supposed to
say it exactly the way I did. The way I
said it had much stronger impact than what I was
supposed to say. So I had to quickly, you know,
change the course of things by saying the line that
(03:15):
it She's the one I couldn't live without.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
You called an audible.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
That's like halfway back to the car.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
He's like, no, wait, now he's walking away.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
It's looking backwards there, Gary.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You you did refer a lot to that line during
the whole season the find the woman you can't live without?
Do you want to explain to us what that truly
means to you?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Sure you know that line came from Tristan. Yes, it
gave me that as a piece of advice, and and
so the more I thought about it, the more I processed,
I realized, Yeah, that's exactly the guy post I need
to use going forward in this journey. It's like, there
are a lot of beautiful women there. They were all
elegant and well and you and I loved them all,
(04:02):
but I knew there was only one woman there that
I just couldn't live without, and that's the person I
had to find and lo and behold, that's the one.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, and what is it about Teresa that made you
go wow, Like, I can't live without this woman?
Speaker 6 (04:17):
These qualities.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
So when I went into the journey, there were several
things that I really looked for, I really needed to
have in a partner. One of them was the ability
to make me call you know, I can get carried
away and excited, and Teresa right away on that first date,
you know, with a touch on the shoulder and soft conversation,
she made me calm. Another one of the important qualities
(04:41):
was somebody who could match my strong personality. And she
certainly can match my strong personality. So it makes us
on even footing we're equal partners and everything. And then
there's the sense of humor, which is huge, but one
quality that I've kind I have come to realize a
little bit later in conversations that I thought was really important.
(05:05):
It was high on my list was the person that
will make me a better person, a better man, And
she does that. So all of those boxes were checked,
and I just knew it was easy at that point
to know who my person was.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Wow, that's beautiful, Teresa. Not to make you go second
to that wonderful answer. But what is it about Gary
that you feel like you can't live thou?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
So Gary is not only so warm hearted and kind
and sensed and good, he's a man of integrity and
he really stands up for what he believes in. He
doesn't back down. He's a really strong man. And so
even though you know, I think I would say that, Okay,
(05:51):
maybe I could live without a man, but I want
this man. I really want this man. So yeah, and
that we do complement each other so well. When we
were going into the when I was asked whether or
not I wanted to go into the fantasy suite, I
jumped at that chance because I really wanted it was hard,
(06:11):
it's difficult to really be yourself in front of the cameras,
and I really wanted that alone time to talk and
to find out, you know, a deeper level. And that's
what happened, I mean honestly. And I went in there
thinking I'm going to tell them the pros and cons
between me and Leslie. I don't help that way.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
And that was Oh we never got.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
To that, well, first of all, because first but then
we started we started talking and it got deeper and deeper,
and we started, you know, really talking on a very
deep level, and we realized how much we hadn't common
and we got more and more excited by the second.
(06:55):
Like I knew it the entire time that I was
on the show, but it just sealed it and confirmed
did for me when we were in the fantasy suits,
and it really was about that conversation, that deep conversation.
It was. It was you know, you probably felt it
like it was such a relief to not being in
front of the cameras and to really just be yourself.
It was great.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I think that you guys, yes, we definitely had the
same feeling. Well I had the same feeling. I can't
speak for you, but I can totally understand what you mean.
Teresa being like, I'm going to go in there and
make sure like he knows I'm the girl for him.
Like I'm going to go in there and be like, Hey, Joe,
I'm your wife, I'm the girl you've been looking for.
I just want to make sure with the cameras are
that you're aware of that too. Yeah, but not even
(07:37):
needing to push that in any way, because the chemistry
and the connection is just there and you just the
night just kind of flows, if that makes sense.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Yeah, that's what happened.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I will say though, as a viewer night of the
Fantasy Suites, the dinner beforehand was the first time that Gary,
I believe you learned that Teresa is a business woman
and it's still working, and that seemed like it was
something that really intrigued you and seemed like some of
you were really attracted to. Is that right?
Speaker 4 (08:09):
So, Joe's sort of but not exactly. I knew that
she was still working, and I knew generally what she
did in that conversation. What was revealed to me was
that she was a logical thinker and that she was
analytical about her approach. And so the next step from
that is I could have this person with me being
(08:33):
a good problem solver when things get tough. And granted
that's a bit of a leap from conclusion to conclusion,
but that was how my mind went, is that I
understand how she thinks, and this is a person I
would want to be in my corner if things get tough.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, And we found more and more that we really
do think alike and you know, want the same things
out of life. And basically, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
I think that makes total sense because you both the
word partner a lot. I know, Gary, you said in
the beginning, you know you're looking for your partner, your
person you're equal, and if you kind of think the
same and you approach things the same and there's that compatibility,
I can see how you'd be like, wow, like this
is really gonna work because we can lean on each other.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
Yeah. I know too many couples where the man will
sort of take charge when it comes to decision making
or problem solving, and that's great if it works for
those couples. I didn't really want that. I wanted to
be a fifty to fifty with someone where both strong
personalities will both stand up for what we believe. But
(09:41):
that even makes it better because I think you learn
from each other when there's back and forth. And I'm
really thrilled that part of our relationship.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
Is that what you were looking for as well, Teresa,
when you went into this process, someone that you could
be fifty to fifty with.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yeah, absolutely, I did. Yeah, to be on the same
equal footing line. Uh, And you know, and intellect and
desire and drive and passion and what he wanted out
of life. And I will tell you this, from the
very beginning of this journey, I only ever wanted him
to find the best possible person. I wasn't really even
(10:16):
though I looked at I wasn't trying to push my
agenda on this. I really, I really coleheartedly. I'm an
extremely open minded person, and I really wanted him to
explore it with every single person. And because like, are
you sure, yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Otherwise be sure?
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Right?
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Right?
Speaker 1 (10:33):
So so Teresa, you weren't were you not nervous at
all during the overnights when he was with the other
with Leslie.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
That's a good question because I didn't know he had
been with Leslie. So I said, oh, you still have
to go out on a date with Leslie now, And
the overnights he said, no, better it happened. I said,
oh my god, I said, what did you do? He said, oh,
we just repelled off a cliff. I said, repelled off.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
A cliff and.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Wow, that's really and I was, yeah, so we talked
about that. So, yes, was I nervous? Yeah? I know,
Actually I don't know. That's not me because really, if
it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
Is that how you were.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Kind of throughout the journey and then down into the end,
then you know, it sounds like you are an oplind person.
You wanted him to explore, but obviously you're in love
with this man. How was that, you know, having your
feelings grow stronger and stronger and all the way down
to know, walking down to what could have been a
proposal or a breakup, How was that for you?
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah? That was that was difficult. It really it's hard.
You know that this is a process, You know that
this is the journey, that there are other women, and
so yes, I wanted him to explore everything, and that
was hard to have those feelings to go on that
first date. For me to think that first date was
so great, I knew that I had to step back
(12:05):
and I had to allow him to finish the entire journey.
And I think Gary said to me, he said, you know,
I was so excited after our first date, but he
kept saying to himself, don't get stuck on this first date.
You have to explore it with other people, like, maybe
this isn't right. Maybe you're just excited about the first date.
Maybe that's all it is. And then yeah, but I
don't know if you've seen it on the show, but
(12:25):
I was truly truly happy when Ellen got her date
and when Leslie got her date, and Faith did and like, yes,
cheering them on.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
I don't know why it was a nuts.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Wait did that throw you off at all?
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Though? Gary?
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Were you like, did that throw you off at all?
Her willingness to lean into this process and let you
lean into it, did any part of you go, oh,
maybe she's just got that into me. You know, she's
so excited for me to be dating all these women.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, I have to say, you're hitting on him, very
good point. I can't say it threw me off, but
I was overwhelmed at her level of unselfishness. And that's
it was really legit because at the first time or
two I thought, she's kind of faking this, This isn't
really her. But then when I saw it play over
(13:12):
and over again, I go, oh my god, this woman
is completely unselfish and open minded, and you know what
it does, It compels me to protect her heart even
more so that I can't let something happen to someone
who's as innocent as as she is about this.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, I feel like that makes sense because she in
return was giving so much care and thought to your
heart as well.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
She wasn't absolutely was the go ahead, Teresa.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
No, I was going to say so. Gary didn't get
to see how I was for the other dates until
he sought it back, so he wouldn't know how how
I was feeling about it. He really didn't know, because
really I kind of you know, there are so many
times that we're together you don't see so to really,
you know, further relationship that you're not seeing.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
But anyway, yeah, right, no, that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
It's always a different journey watching it back, and you
know there's hard part swatch, but then there's really nice
parts to watch of your partner as well. How is
it walking down then that last day because we knew obviously,
you know, Leslie was gone. It was just you and
we knew he was going to propose, but you didn't know.
How was that feeling?
Speaker 4 (14:23):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I was looking at the weather and was thinking in
the morning and him saying, okay, well, did Leslie just
go because now the sun is out? Or now am
I going first and she going second? I had no idea, however,
and I was yeah. I didn't find out untill later,
right after it was all over. I didn't know. I
never knew.
Speaker 4 (14:43):
You didn't find out until later that Leslie never made right.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
I never I did not know that that was. Yeah.
I kept that that kept that away from me. I
still in my mind, I thought it was both of us.
Speaker 6 (14:55):
Wow, I didn't know if you.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Had, say, like, what percentage you thought, yes, he's going
to propose, and what percentage you were like, Oh, I'm
not sure, what would you say?
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Oh? I thought it. I was like one hundred percent sure,
actually actually like ninety nine nine percent. So when it
seemed like it wasn't, I went he changed his mind.
Oh my god, he changed his mind. Oh my god,
please you know. And that's when I started flinking away.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
And oh, that was just a really magic moment.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Teresa, you said you said Billy and Gary you said
Tony would both like each other? Or am I explaining
this correctly?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah? What is it about Trisy? You go first? What
is it about Gary? Do you think Billy really?
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Oh? He love me so warm on it and kind
and sincere and like a natural, down to earth, wonderful person,
a good hearted person. That's what Billy would love that.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah, And then what would Tony love about Teresa?
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Tony had a big heart, she was big at volunteering.
She put other people first. She would have been attracted
to that quality with Teresa because she does put other
peopleeople first. She's always thinking about how she can make
someone else happy. She's always thinking about how to answer
the comments that she sees on Instagram, and she'll stay
(16:25):
up late and risk her own sleep time to make
sure she doesn't hurt someone's feelings on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Stop and your answer and all are everything?
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Huh well, especially direct messages?
Speaker 4 (16:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Pretty much?
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Good luck because finale, you're gonna be up every night
all night long.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
If you keep that up, you're gonna get a lot
of love your way.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
I'm wondering now, Okay, so big announcement. Last night, you
guys announced a date you are getting married. Let's talk
about that quick turn around now, Yeah, I mean that's quick.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
It took me a year to plane wedding.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Think you guys, what five weeks?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
This is great old.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Yeah, think about it this way. You know, you can
wait a year when you're twenty years old, and it
might be three or four percent of your remaining life.
When you're seventy a year could be ten percent or
twenty percent. So we didn't want to put off what
we really felt was right. So when the obstacle of
(17:34):
geography was overcome that which was really something I thought
would hold us back in timing. When that was overcome,
we really didn't have any problems. I mean, I think
we both realized how compatible we were. The feelings were there.
Our families are incredibly, in such a short time, incredibly
(17:55):
close to each other. They're talking all the time. They
refer to each other as sisters.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Now giving me beautiful sisters more.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Yeah, it's like, there's no we could not find a
good research to not move for work quickly?
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Yeah, wait, catch me up to date. Where are you
guys going to live? Did you have that plan.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Well, we're yes, it's going to be in South Carolina.
Speaker 6 (18:20):
Oh, we just got married there where Inston?
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Right?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
So in the Charleston area, right.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Oh, we love Charleston. Wait is that where you guys
are going?
Speaker 4 (18:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Or outside and Mount Pleasant So and he's always had
this thought, well for the last the last two years,
and no one really knew that. So it was sort
of like, oh, so are you going to go move
to Indiana? I could say I'm not moving to but
my you know, I have a son and a daughter.
I lived four minutes from my daughter and my three
grandson grandsons in Shrewsbury. But I have a son who
(18:52):
lives in South Carolina, so it would be like an
hour and forty five minutes from there. And we really
plan on we want the family to vis it all
the time. We're trying to find a home that everyone
would love to come to, and we plan on visiting
family all the time. And yeah, so we're going to
have a very active life and family is so important
to us.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:12):
Yeah, I love that. I love that as a moment
of South Carolina. I love that too.
Speaker 6 (19:16):
That's so exciting.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
What a great way to start this new chapter of
your life, so marriage soon, and we're currently looking for
a home.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Correct, we haven't started looking at now we will because
we can't be seen in public.
Speaker 4 (19:30):
So there was a There was a pig your phone
call right as the taping was ending, and it was
a random sales call by a real estate person in
South Carolina, in the Charleston area. And it was early
in the morning, and I was a little groggy, hadn't
had my first cup of coffee yet, and I'm listening
(19:50):
to her and they go, do you realize I'm planning
on moving to your area anyway? And her comment was,
Oh my god, what a way to start a Monday morning.
And so she's been sending listings several times a week
ever since.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
That was a lucky cold call.
Speaker 3 (20:06):
Sign.
Speaker 6 (20:07):
That has to be a sign.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Yeah, there is.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Okay, So are we too old for bachelor bachelorette parties?
Speaker 2 (20:17):
No?
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Okay, do we plan? Do we plan one of those trees?
Are you planning a bachelorette party? Any girls from your
season that you're close with that you're inviting?
Speaker 2 (20:25):
Yes, planning a bachelorette party?
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Where?
Speaker 2 (20:28):
Oh where? I can't you know?
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Really you can't tell us. Are you doing Vegas.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
Ah No, I don't think so, because I got Vegas.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
Those did Vegas, but we did different weeks.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yeah, No, I know my pickleball friends brought it up
this week if they could, you know, do some kind
of a bachelor party, and I thought, you know, if
we kind of if we wind it down by nine o'clock,
we can go anywhere you want, but.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
There somewhere with an active daytime.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
But yeah, I like that.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
Great.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
What else? What else? Let's uh, let's touch a little
bit on Gary the breakup with Leslie. We know that
that was that was pretty tough, and we don't have
to talk long about it because I know it's awkward.
But how how do you feel now that that's all
over with?
Speaker 4 (21:27):
Well, I feel awful that you know, it was a
difficult situation. There was no way out of it that
was graceful, and I think that was the worst of
it is that every direction I turned trying to find
the more graceful, the more gracious way out, it just
wasn't there. So, as you saw, I was able to
(21:49):
break protocol with what the Bachelor Bachelorette franchise is typically done,
where two women go down, you know, one anticipating or
one and getting an engagement and one get sent home.
And I was able to not do that with Leslie
and break the news to her the night before as
she saw and it was horrible. I'm not gonna lie,
(22:10):
There's no there's no way to dress it up. It
was a horrible moment. I had such strong feelings for
such admiration and respect, only to be the guy that
had to send her home and deash your dreams.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
And I want to add this that I was really
good friends with Leslie in the house. I cooked her dinner,
she taught me exercise routines, and we sat and talked
a lot. We even one time cried together. So this
isn't fun to you know, have to have that happen
to any other human being. I didn't like that. And
along those same lines, I was really good friends with Faith.
(22:44):
So I would say that people I was the closest
with in the house were Faith and Leslie. How you know,
how does that happen?
Speaker 3 (22:51):
But that's I feel like that's not uncommon, though, because
you are the people that are really bonded from this
journey because you've gone the furthest together, right, and you've
been through so much, and I know that you know,
Leslie did say she had nothing but really nice things
to say about you, which is nice to see, like
those friendships continue after everything. But Gary, Leslie did say,
(23:14):
you know, she felt you were kind of pulling away
or a little bit off on that last date, which
we can kind of assume you know your heart was
pulling you to Teresa in those moments. Was there a
specific moment that you really knew like I need to
end things with Leslie, this is this is not it
for me.
Speaker 4 (23:33):
So there were there were conversations in the fantasy suite
that were very revealing to me, And quite honestly, because
they're in the fantasy suite and are not in front
of cameras and microphones, I feel like it's appropriate to
keep them in the fantasy suite and leave that you
know there. But but yeah, there were some things that
we talked about.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
And then you had a quick turnaround, obviously, from a
really emotionally charged breakup with Leslie to then a proposal
with Teresa the next day. How did you kind of
transition out of that mindset into feeling excited for your
future with Teresa, Because obviously there's.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Just so many emotions.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
I'm sure going through your head.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
There was, but you know, it's like with every step
along the way, reminding myself that this is my journey
and what my ultimate goal was, which was to find
that one person that was right for me. And so yeah,
I felt really bad through the course of the night
because of Leslie, but quite honestly, I turned that corner
(24:42):
only because of that face right there. I mean, it
was in my head. I couldn't get it out, and
I realized that I'd walked through hell if I had
to to get to her, that the ultimate goal was
right there and I wasn't going to walk away from it,
and that put me in a much better headspace.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Yeah, that's amazing. Well look at you, Teresa, you you
got him, You got He's good.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Don't say that he is.
Speaker 6 (25:14):
You're both in love. It's a happy ending. That's what
we love to see, you know.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
Yeah, Yeah, and.
Speaker 6 (25:21):
That was I want to ask you guys a question.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
So this is the first season of The Golden Bachelor, right,
so the first time we're ever seeing this. You're talking
to you know, twenty something a thirty something year old
who have found love on this show. You're both at
your second time of finding love. What was different this
time around that you were looking for versus when you
(25:44):
were looking for your first love?
Speaker 6 (25:45):
Does that make sense?
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Makes a lot of sense. I mean, the first time
you're looking for your first love, you're looking to start
a family. You know, that's that's a way different dynamic
that you're looking for not only a good husband, but
a good father. And this time I think we're looking
for equal partners, someone who will enjoy life with you
(26:08):
and who feel it has the same philosophy about life
as you do. So and it's also it's also about
really knowing. I think that when I was on this journey,
you know, you heard me say so many times, I
love you. I kept telling him, And I did that
because I think when you're old, I don't know, or
maybe ever, if you feel something, you should say something.
(26:29):
Because if I didn't give him that information, then he
wouldn't have that to know that he had that option
with me. So I knew that throughout this journey I
had to be vulnerable and lay it all out on Shable,
just the way he did with every woman. And he did.
He really did, really give every woman his full attention.
Speaker 1 (26:49):
Why did you do that, I think you had. I
think you just have the perfect mindset for you, really do.
And I think that that really helped your guys's connection
because you were not scared to be vulnerable and put
it all out there, and you did it pretty soon.
And for someone like Gary who's dating twenty something women,
(27:13):
that really helps you stand out of the crowd.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
Yeah, you are a very self assured, confident woman, and
you were so vulnerable the whole time. It was very
impressive and it was really love me to watch, and
I'm glad you two found each other.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
It was absolutely no insecurities and no jealousies from her,
and that also stood out. You know, if you were
a keen observer and you watched throughout, that was pretty
unique for Teresa to display that.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
Oh yeah, and it's hard. It's hard to do, really,
it's so hard to do.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
But yeah, that's how I felt.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Yeah, well, what are you guys most excited for now?
Speaker 6 (27:55):
That everything?
Speaker 1 (27:56):
Holiday seasons are coming up? Now, you guys can spend
the holidays with each other's special to.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Have our families together, and yeah, it's been really Yeah,
that's true. I would say the most important thing right
now has been the holidays together, the wedding, oh my god.
Speaker 4 (28:12):
Well and getting away a little bit from the glitz
and glamour and the high profile of the Golden Bachelor,
and being able to silently slip into normal life and
do the common things. I mean, we haven't grocery shopped together, right,
(28:32):
you know. It's like the little things like that that
we kind of look forward to as being fun experiences.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:39):
It's so funny because before going on this show and
doing this podcast, if you ask me what like the
top three normal couple activities are, I would have never
listed grocery shopping. But every couple that comes on here,
the first thing they say, and we said it too,
we said it too, is oh my gosh, we just
can't wait to go grocery shopping to get.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
But the thing is, I eat, really, oh my god,
we eat. The biggest horror story for me was that
first cupcake that went in my mouth. If you looked
at some guy, it works out to me. She said,
what are you gonna do? They ask you, sugar, I said,
Joe just gonna eat it. So, you know, first night,
putting a cupcake in his mouth and can you lick
(29:22):
it off?
Speaker 4 (29:23):
That's all I said no, and then I didn't know this.
I wasn't aware of it. And then we go to
Santa Monica Pear and there's the cotton candy and I'm
practically shoving candy like I was. And then like the
next day someone told me, you know, she doesn't eat sugar.
I go at all, they go at all. So it's like,
(29:47):
oh my god.
Speaker 6 (29:50):
You're gonna have two separate grocery carts.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Store.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
That's actually similar to us because when, yeah, when Serena
came to Chicago after we did get in aged and
we were like in hiding, she came to Chicago and I,
I'm Italian and I always order like Italian food and
pizza and Serena can't eat cheese and dairy, and she
didn't want to tell me.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
See, every once in a while, like if we go
out to like a really good pizza spot, I'll have
a piece of pizza, but.
Speaker 6 (30:16):
Yeah, like I will. I don't eat a lot of
dairy ever, And Joe.
Speaker 3 (30:20):
Was ordering an ice cream and buying all this dairy
I'm putting making it cheesy onmewds. And I didn't want
to say anything for like the first four months because.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
I would like, wake up to this, you know, really
cheesy eggs. I'm like, oh, thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
And eventually I was like, Bade, this has to stop.
I can't my body can't handle this cheese anymore.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
No, you talk about what's the difference right when you're
young and old with my husband. My husband, first, Billy,
I wouldn't tell him that I didn't eat these things.
I tried to hide it too, because I didn't want
to seem so strange, like Okay, you should have eat this.
But now I just feel like I'm going to influence
him on food cart and he's going to balce me
to go to Benn earlier because I could have been there.
Speaker 6 (31:00):
You go, You can exchange healthy habits.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
Okay, Before before we wrap for part one, I want
to ask Teresa this question. What is it about Gary
that you can't live without?
Speaker 2 (31:14):
I can't live without his heart and his soul and
his intellect and his passion and his drive. Yeah, it's
the maybe the passion.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
Passion.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Passion is really really so important for me and a man,
you know, to have passion, you know, not just about life,
but anything in particular, to get really excited about life
and excited about things.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I see I see it in his side, to see
the way he looks at you. I want to see
carry like, take it easy. Wait, we're still we're still recording.
Speaker 4 (31:46):
But now wait a minute, Serena, did you notice that
all during that answer she held her hand like this
with the wedding ring. She was explaining things, flashing the wedding.
I think subliminally what she was really saying is, I
can't live without Jerry's ability.
Speaker 3 (32:03):
I can't live without Gary or the diamond on my
finger equally, they're equally as important. But she can't live
without sugar, just not Gary or the diamond.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
There we go. It's a beautiful ring. It's a beautiful ring, Bachelination.
There is still so much to talk about with Gary
and Teresa, so make sure to come back next week
for part two with Gary and Teresa. Thank you, guys,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
You're great.
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