August 15, 2024 • 35 mins
Today on “Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena sit down with our next Bachelor, Grant Ellis! We’re getting to know Grant on a deeper level as we ask him some exclusive questions even he wasn’t expecting. We find out his ideal partner, some of Grant’s most iconic stories, and so much more. Plus, we play a round of “Red Flag or Red Rose” to find some of Grant’s potential deal-breakers.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, everyone, Welcome back to Bechler Happy Hour.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Joe.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, I'm Serena, and we are here with our newly
announced next Bachelor, Grant Ellis's hair Grant. Welcome back to
Betler Happy Hour.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Thank you guys for having me. I'm excited and you know,
I love I love y'all platform. You guys do a
great job and I'm excited to talk to you guys today.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
When you when we had you on the first time,
I was I don't know, Serena, didn't I say I
think he could be the next Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Yeah, you might have said something along those lines.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
I feel like I think said like, I feel like
you're gonna be around, Like we're going to see you again.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, that's paradise or something.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Thank you, guys. I was surprised myself. You know, I'm
super surprised.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I'm really grateful and just for the opportunity to hand
and you know, for me to meet my potential wife
and it's gonna be it's gonna be so fun and
I'm sure it's gonna be crazy exciting and I'm excited
for my love story unfold.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Yeah, so let's talk about let's talk about that moment,
because that's got to be it's got to just be
so exciting. What was it like getting the call and
being told you're the next bachelor?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Just if I could describe it, I'm just grateful. I'm
just super grateful. You know, all this is coming at
once and I'm just living in a moment. And when
I was called, I just I just expressed gratitude and
I was like, of course, you know, of course I will.
I'll take the role, and if you guys are gonna
help me find my wife, I'm I'm excited about that.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Did you have any hesitations? Because it is a bit
I mean, it is a big, big thing.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Absolutely zero hesitations. Wow, Okay, I was super excited. And
you know, when when you could when people can hand pick,
you know, your potential partner for you and based off
of certain things, and then you get to sift through
and see which woman is for you, which one is not.
Who wouldn't love to do that? So I'm blessed and
(01:55):
I'm in a great situation.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
What was your family's reaction to everything, because I mean
it's a lot to go back to back in terms
of the filming and being away and being you've been
through so much. Now they're just catching up and you're
gonna be gone again soon.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah, you know, my mom was happy, my sister was happy,
my dad was happy.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I've been in Texas kind of taking care of my
grandma because she she has Parkinson, So she she was,
she was happy, and then you know, I had to
kind of.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Tell her again like every every day. I'm like, you know,
so she was. Everybody was happy, happy for me, and
and I'm fakful fit.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Was there anyone that you were expecting to get the
role beside yourself?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I thought I thought, you know, Devin was was really good.
I know all the guys that were genuine and I
thought were genuine. Marcus was genuine. I thought Devin was genuine.
I thought Spencer was genuine, you know. And I just
think that it all comes down to who who you
know they want and who was really there to try
to find a relationship and try to find their partner. So, yeah,
(02:58):
there's a couple of guys and I would have and
super happy to them.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
So what is Grant looking for in a woman? Like
if you could describe your ideal woman to be cast
on this show, what are those qualities lightly. Yeah, No,
what do you mean, Joe, I think you're gonna say.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Super fucking hot.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The end, I want somebody who's who's genuine.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I want somebody who is has a heart for for
for other people, Somebody who's not self somebody who is affectionate,
who's kind.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Obviously, you know, a beautiful woman.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
But I'm I'm super open in this process because i
know that just through life experience, that sometimes the best
things come in in the most unexpected ways. So I'm
just I'm looking at what's inside of a person, and
I'm trying to that I'm really going to be getting
to know these women and asking the question.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
That I'm going to make them.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
You know, I'm gonna discover myself, but they're also going
to discover yourself in this process, you know. By the
way I'm going to ask them questions, I'm going to
figure out what they want, what they're looking for, and then,
you know, ultimately determine who's who's going to be my
best match.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
You're you're an athlete, you seem to be a successful businessman.
Preparation is key. How are you going to prepare? Are
you preparing to be the Bachelor.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Of course, you know, I'm studying.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I you know, so being an athlete, I have to
watch film and then being in the market, I have
to study and take notes after every session. So with me,
I'm watching previous Bachelors you I watched that season, I
watched Joey season, I watched the next season, I watched
Clayton season, you know, and I'm watching the I'm watching
these seasons and I'm I'm saying, Okay, like this is
(04:46):
a good takeaway, this isn't a good takeaway, but ultimately
I'm going to try to be myself, you know, just
just try to learn from other past seasons and put
my own.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Spin on it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
What after watching all those guys seasons, what would you
say is one takeaway of what not to do?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And when takeaway of what you want to take into
your season as well?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Well?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The number one takeaway of what not to do is
just I'm gonna start with what to do. It's just
to be sure of yourself and when you commit, you
need to commit, and that's something that I'm I'm ready
to do. So there's not going to be any I
love you and taking that back, there's there's not going
to be that you know when I see somebody that
(05:33):
I'm ready and I feel like I'm ready, it's going
to be it's going to be a decision that I'm
willing and ready to make.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
And then what not to do? Man?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Uh, just don't be insensitive, you know, just just be
emotionally aware of that that these women are going through
the experience.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Also, so even though I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Going to have to disappoint some people, I'm going to
try to make it to where I'm understanding the feelings
and it's them that you know, even though I'm not
your person, there's somebody out there for you that is
your person, and you're gonna learn from mis experience.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
What are you the most nervous for?
Speaker 5 (06:11):
And watching back all these seasons, is there anything that
made you feel more nervous entering this role.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
I'm honestly not nervous, Like I'm just I'm used to
being under the pressure and scrutiny of other people's opinions,
and to me, I look at it, look at it
as constructive criticisms. So I'm not nervous at all. You know,
I'm just gonna go in there and be myself and yeah,
and whether people take that or adhere to that or not.
(06:40):
That's that's completely up to them.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
You went pretty deep on gen season, and you clearly
had strong feelings for her, But would you say you
were ready to get engaged.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
If Jen would have chosen me, I would have been
all in. I would have I would have been all
in and I would have committed. And I feel like
that's why my feelings developed, because once I got that,
all that I needed was that emotional connection. And after
I went on one day when I when she understood
me and I understood her, I was ready to support
her and I was ready to, you know, be in
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the background and let her be, let her.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Be everything she needed to be, and just support her
and whatever she was doing.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
This is a little harder of a question, and you
may not have gone there yet, but have you thought
about what it's going to be like to potentially feel
like you're all in for three women?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I haven't thought about that.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
I haven't thought about that, And I know there's going
to be some adversity that I'm going to face, but ultimately,
I feel like there's going to be deciding facts in
a moment that I'm going to have to make a decision,
and I'm going to have to stick with that decision.
So I'm going to try to be calculated in the approach.
And I think it's so easy to say, you know,
(07:57):
because when your heart's in it, it's easier to when
your heart's not it.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
When your heart's it tends to cloud your your judgment
and emotions. So I'm going to try.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
To take a look back and step back and really
think about my decisions before I make them.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
Yeah, I feel like decisiveness is somewhat more challenging when
you're in these environments because you don't have your friends
and your family to confide and which can be a
good and a bad thing. What do you think your
strategy is going to be when you come to those
tough decisions and you would maybe be like I wish
I could call my best friend or my mom. What
(08:35):
like steps do you think you're going to take to
help yourself make these hard decisions?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Honestly, I'm going to pray about it.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
I'm going to pray about it, and I know that
the decision I make is going to be more that
it's going to be the right one for me ultimately,
So I'm going to be in there by myself. But
I'm not, you know, because you know, I'm going to
have what I what I grew up on my family's teaching,
my mom the way she raised me, you know, my
dad the way he is fire me to be better.
(09:01):
And you know, I'm gonna have a relationship and I'm
gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna pray about it, you know,
and ultimately, ultimately, I think that's gonna lead me to
the right decision.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Yeah, it's one of those things where it's like, you know,
to romanticize it. It's follow your heart, but there is
you do have to be somewhat calculated when you make
these decisions because you are falling for multiple people and
it isn't as easy as just following your gut because
that could be towards multiple or you could end up
(09:31):
maybe maybe you'll be the first bachelor to get engaged
to you could have a throuble or something.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
What do you I think nothing that Grant has said
has led us to believe that he's looking for a throubble.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Just to be clear, Joe's spice up the franchise.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Right now, you know, he you know, maybe you never know.
So you guys traveled right away to Australia for GENS season.
Is there any where you're hoping to travel on your season?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I love Asia, I like I love I love Asian food,
I love culture, I love Yeah. But ultimately or wherever, wherever,
I'm ready to go. I'm just like I'm just excited,
you know. So I'm not like.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Again, I just I can't express gratitude. So I know
that they're going to pick the right places, but yeah,
I had to pick you.
Speaker 5 (10:27):
Do you have like a dream date or activity in Asia?
I mean, like there's so many magical, mind blowing dates
on this show, helicopters, Yacht's like, if you could pick
a dream activity or date, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Oh? Man, So.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
It's going to sound crazy, but I'm really big on
martial arts, so like that's like I would love to
like see you know, some of the staples over there
and just some of the maybe some of the temples
or something just involving the culture. And because you know,
when you're involved in martial arts, you really have to
(11:02):
center yourself and it just ties into me with trading
and being impatient and just things like that. So yeah,
that's something big for me, and you know, yeah, that's
that's probably something I would like to explore.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
I actually just saw a study. I mean it was
TikTok I think so take it for take Over the
Great Salt.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
But it was a study saying that little boys who
are put into martial arts before the age of like
ten or something develop and like a way higher level
of self discipline and control as they age.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Anyway, just just a fun fact about Tick.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Going to Okay, before we get into deep dive questions,
what are you most excited for?
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I'm most excited to meet these women, and I'm most
excited to see what levels were compatible at and what
they and to hear their stories and how they grew
up and what makes them them and then being able to.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Realize realize what they've been through and what they're going
through and why they're here and then make a decision
based off of my connection with.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
The nice Okay, we have deep dive questions with our
next bachelor Grant.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
So what we're gonna do is one of our favorite
things to do here on Bachelor Happy Hour that our
bacheloring shore reporter Danny. I don't know if you've met Danny,
but she's the best. She actually did this with us
earlier this year, and for us especially having done a
lot of interviews.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Over the years, it was really really fun.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
So we're going to ask our next bachelor, Grant questions
he's definitely never been asked before on the show, on
a new podcast, and you will get to know him.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
On a deeper level.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Yeah, we did some. We looked into social media, some googling. Well,
actually I did, and but Danny diad and we are
going We're going way back. So Grant you ready, ready,
let's let's do it all right, all.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Right, let's kick it off. So let's start off strong.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
Can you Elise at the time you jumped out of
a window while you were at a party in college?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
See, I knew, I knew these were gonna throw them off.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
They threw us.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
I was like crazy, Like when Danny did these with us,
we were like, how do you know this?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Like did you call our parents? What is going on?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:16):
So yeah, I was. I was pretty crazy back then.
So it's crazy because I was on a full scholarship
tal you Onna, And there was a we had there
was a house party going on and I and I
was in there and uh, my boy Shanny, well, my
friend Shanny and his friend Will had had thrown it.
And I wasn't supposed to be out, you know, because
(13:36):
they the coach knew everybody in town. So it was
a little bit loud, and you know, somebody came to
the door and they knocked, and I just freaked out.
I was like, oh man, I don't want my coach
finding out, So I just jumped out of the window
and I kind of like ran away and I ended
up like injuring my foot a little bit. So ultimately,
(13:57):
it wasn't the best decision, you know, something something that
a young person would do, and it was it wasn't
a good decision.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Yeah, what did you take.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
My intentions? Right? I told him that I was skateboarding.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
And nice, okay, you said earning ten million is on
your bucket list? Why that number and how do you
plan to reach that goal?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Oh? Man, that's just you know, shoot for the stars.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And if you know you don't make it, you know
you you you fall short, You're still you're still pretty
high up there.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
So Tim, it's just a number, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
And ultimately, whatever whatever I do earn from the market,
I'm super grateful, but I'm just I'm just trying to
shoot for a high goal and anywhere in the millions
would be nice.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Can you can you tell us more about your career
as a professional basketball player overseas and why you eventually
stopped playing. I know we touched on this a little
bit when we had you on the first time a
while back, but just to refresh people's memory about you.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, So I've been playing basketball since I was probably
eight years old, and.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
I fell in love with it. I fell in love
with the.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Competition, and you know, I went to I was the
first division and recruit in my high school. You know,
I had a lot of offers coming out of high school.
I ultimately did get on my SAT and I committed
to I own them in the MAC and you know,
we we had some great runs in the tournament.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
And then ultimately I was.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Working out for the Dominican Republic national team, you know,
the quality to try to qualify for the Olympics and everything,
and one of the coaches over there was a coach
in the country, So I ended up getting drafted there.
I was a number five pick over there, and it
was it was it was really a really fun experience
in uh in that country, you know. But at the
same time, it's super cutthroat, and that's ultimately wanted made
(15:49):
me want to get in finance because I saw a
lot of guys that would either in the NBA Summer
League or had a stint with the Grizzlies or something
like that, and they would make this money and they
would come back and they wouldn't know what to do,
you know what I'm saying, who know how to buncht
their finances or you know, invest And that's what got
me into creating.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
But that's beside the point. In terms of basketball.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
I stopped because ultimately I I went baseline and I
dumped and I cut my elbow on the backboard and
then they didn't clean it out properly and then end
up getting effected.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
And I almost lost my arm and literally, yeah, it was.
It was a bad infection.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
It almost led to stepsis and like it just because
after that, I was like, you know what, I'm done.
You know, I'm done hooping. I'm gonna stay here. You're
at my family, and I'm gonna try to build a life. Ultimately,
you know, the overseas route, it's really cutthroat, and it's
like I've seen instances where there's been a guy playing
and he had one bad game, and I'll see his
(16:49):
replacement on the bench behind the game while while he's playing.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
So it's like they don't really care. It's just you
perform or you don't.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
And if you don't perform, Yeah, and in a way,
you're you're you're kind of just like a number. Yeah.
I don't like that though, about the infection. I don't
like that at all.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Joe has his foot right now and he's about to
go into a deep spiral.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Joe, your cut is fine.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Grand, it's really just us. Okay, okay, uh to touch
a little bit on basketball because you kind of touched
on this and then let into our next question. But
you did play AAU in high school. Me, you're one
of the at that time, you're one of the best
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players in the country. Correct, So I wasn't.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
I was ranked like two hundred and something country, the
top ten player in my state. The number one player
in my state was a guy by the name of
Kyle Anderson. Okay, league like twelve years so yeah, best
AU team in the state of New Jersey at the time.
It was called the New Jersey Places, And you know,
we traveled. You know, Kobe played for them, Tim Thomas, uh,
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Vince Carter played with them, j R. Smith, a lot
of guys. So, uh looking up to those guys and
just getting in that direction was was great. And you
know what it taught me. It taught me a foundation
that ultimately I still have today.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So yeah, do you know who was when you were
coming up? Do you know who was number one in
the country at that time?
Speaker 3 (18:24):
A guy by the name of Sabaz Muhammad.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
He went to u c l A. Uh.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah, he went to u c l A. Didn't want
it done, and he was a beast. It's crazy because
the level me and the best in high school. And
then you know, because I'm a high school team. So
I went to before I went to Capital, I went
to Saint Benedict's and we were number one in the
country and we were the number one team in the
whole country. We had we had a guy by the
name of Michael Bongo. He was like the number one
point guard, Xavier Munkbird. He played for the Grizzlies too.
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Tristan Thompson was there. I went there, so that was cool.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
One.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Then I went to I graduated from a team called
Hudson Catholic. We had five divisional players there, and then
stepping up to college was like everybody's the best.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, I got a shot there, and then just really
your work ethic is work has.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
To take to Yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
We know that you didn't quite make it to hometowns,
but an ideal hometown you don't make it Jesus show
What's wrong with You?
Speaker 1 (19:31):
The episode He's five, He's the next Bachelor.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
Well, as we said, you didn't make it totowns, but
an ideal hometown date would be seeing a show at
the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Are you into theater
and if so, what's your favorite play show.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
I'm not. I'm not into theaters like that, but I do.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
I'm not well versed in theater, but I do respect
the art form of being with big part. So being
able to take a concept, whether it's music or acting,
or take an idea, even if it to express it
in a way that is it requires creativity being thought
is something that I respect. So I don't have a
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lot of play these, you know, I probably would if
there was, If there was a play for the movie Avatar,
I probably would would love to go see that.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
But yeah, I wouldn't be shocked if they turn Avatar
into a Broadway musical, a Broadway play at some point
at some point.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, yeah, that would be That would be great.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
So but yeah, theater is something that even although I'm
not well versed in it, I respect the craft.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Seren.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I keep this in mind. I do really want to
go to the theaters and see the new Beetle Juice
movie when it comes out. Okay, we heard you have
an embarrassing hide and Seek story from childhood. Yeah, would
you care to share that with us?
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Okay? So I was playing hide and Seek and we
were in this townhouse and I remember I.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Was like, how old are you? How old are you?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I was probably like man going on ten maybe or okay, yeah,
I was pretty young.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
And I was like hiding. There was a space like
behind the wall on the bed. I was hiding behind
the are so smart, like they're never gonna find me.
And then they come around the corner and found me,
and they say, uh, yeah, they surprised me. When they
surprised me, I just I was so shocked that a
string of snot just came down my nose and it.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Was They were like, and I was just like, oh,
it was just like hanging there. So, yeah, that was
so embarrassing. I never I've never heard the end of it.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Like, I mean, that's better than pissing yourself.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Yeah, I thought for sure.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I thought you I thought, yeah, that's what I thought too.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
You know, like surprising me and I'm like, no, they
it was like a string just hanging there, and I
was like, oh my god, yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It was pretty embarrassed.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Okay, can you tell us about the tattoos you have
on your chest and your.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah, so this my left arm is a tattoo of
the wolf.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I actually got it when I was in American Republic
because you know, I was alone out there and I
didn't have any family and you know, out there and
it was just like I was going through a transition
period where I'm playing against these grown men, you know
what I'm saying, and it's my first year and these
guys are trying to support their family.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So I was, you know, and I had all these
expectations on me as a.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Number five pick, and I was having I was having
a rough time, you know, and uh, I felt alone.
So I kind of got a lone wolf on my
on my arm and you know, when I look at that,
it reminds me of some some that that period of
my life. And then this on my chest is just
the scripture versus songs one O three, and then on
the right side it says God's Child. Yeah, I got,
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I got, Well, I get more. Maybe I might get more.
You know, it's not like something that's a priority for me.
I might want to finish out this this left side,
but if I don't, then it's you know, I'm not
not in a rushka.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Can you tell us about your ferrari?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Yeah, so I ended up it was probably wasn't the
best decision to do. You know what I'm saying, money
and then you know, but looking back, the one thing
I will say is when you do get to a
place where you where you make some make some some
nice money, uh, just invested or save it, you know,
(23:27):
because with trading and the purchase that I made, there's
gonna be there's months where there's where it's up and down,
and then you have to keep you have to live
below your means. So that's something that I do. And
you know, maintenance, you know, you're you're fixing something and
it's like eight thousand here. It's like it's just a lot.
It's just it's a lot to maintain. That's when one
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that's one thing I will say about my car.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah yeah, that beautiful.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
It's probably fun.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Yeah, yeah, fun, it's fun, you know what I'm saying.
And people judge off of what you drive, and it's
just like it's a lot of attention. That is uh,
you know, I'm kind of a low key guy.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
So yeah, isn't giving locy energy?
Speaker 5 (24:07):
And so you got to change your identity there? Uh
you shared, you shared in a previous relationship. You're possibly
months away from getting engaged slash married. How did you
realize that wasn't right for you? And what do you
know now that you didn't.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Then it's not even that I realized that it wasn't
right for me because I was all in.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
It's just that people.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
People grow apart, and if you're if both parties aren't
willing to fight through the through tough times, then it's
not gonna work. So ultimately it was supposed to happen
that way. And a lot of times when you're going
through a tough situation, you don't you don't you don't
see what's on the other side, but ultimately things ended
(24:55):
up for the better, and I'm super proud of where
she is today. You know, I'll always supporter from the background,
and like, you know, I want the best for her.
And ultimately, yeah, it just it just it didn't. It
didn't work out the way I thought it would. But
you know, uh, there's a there's a better plan ahead
and a bigger picture ahead for me.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Do you consider yourself a good cook? If so, what's
your favorite meal to cook?
Speaker 2 (25:19):
I'm a I'm a little bit of average cook, you know.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Uh so I do have some Spanish blood in me,
so like I you know, my grandma always used to
cook steak and rice, rice and beans and you know,
mac and cheese, grilled chicken.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
So I think my fi broccoli is verygus My favorite,
my favorite meal to cook is probably a nice rabbi
with some black means and some steak and some salt
taped broccoli with some onions and garden.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
A little bit of a choice.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Yeah, it's probably I love a good rabvit, you know,
because it doesn't need a lot of it doesn't need
a lot of uh seasoning, and then you just you
can see that fat cap and like it's just it's.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Yeah, I just recently switched over to rabbis. I was
always I always did like a New York strip and
lately I've been getting a rabbi and I really enjoy them.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
My steak is like it's.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
A dream, you know, it is steak. Last night, it
was good. No vegetarians on this podcast, right to heally.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
But we know that you love poetry and reading. What
are some of your favorite books or authors?
Speaker 3 (26:24):
So it's gonna sound so crazy, but some of my
favorite books are trading books, which is such a nerd name.
Trading in the zone of the psychology of Mark Douglas
is really good author. So it's it's not creative. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
those I love books like that because I just love
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to learn new things. And if i'm if I'm going
like based on.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
A let's see, like a.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Adventurous book or something that I read when I was
a kid. Hmm, that's a great question. I probably would
would pick. Man, I'm trying to remember this book. It
was like a series of unfortunate events, a series of
that was like I read that book.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I read those books. I used to love those books
growing up.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Those were fine, and then they meet into a movie
and it's kind of dark.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Yeah, it was way better.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Yeah, books are always better.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
You plan to visit every country in the world. Which
ones have you been to so far and which is
your all time favorite?
Speaker 2 (27:36):
So I've been to a lot of the Latin countries,
you know, so when I when I.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
Was traveling, I haven't really got to explore the way
I wanted to Like in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Europe,
you know a lot of places I haven't really got
to explore the.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Way I wanted to be.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I was always playing, Well, yeah, I really want to
Uh we want to go to Jamaica.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I really want to go to Asia.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
I really want to go to different different places, just
to see all the different culture that's involved in that.
Speaker 5 (28:10):
You said you've been to a lot of like Latin
influenced places.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Is that why you're some into s alta dancing?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Yeah, I'm into I'm into all types of dance. Yeah,
a little bit of everything.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
I'm not the best, but I like, I like, I
just like, uh to express myself in that way, especially
when you know, I.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Got a couple of drinks.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Did you see the break dancing at the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Yeah, that was hilarious.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
They should send you next year. You could definitely beat
that girl from Australia, right.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Right, right, that was crazy. Olympics was crazy. You see
that meme the dude from Turkey just walking.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah, yeah, no, I did it with the gun, right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Everybody else's like has the because the competition was, you know,
like it's a shooting competition and everybody else has like
the one eye goggles and had these these these goggles on.
He just walks in their glasses and wins second.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Yeah, oh yeah, you haven't seen that.
Speaker 5 (29:03):
The guy I've been seeing, the guy who likes chocolate
muffins and the breakdancing chick. And that's that's basically my
entire Olympic TikTok for you.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Yeah, it's crazy because the breakdancing thing is like when
you when you lie on your job applications.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
And yeah, but now she's getting like sued because I
guess she created the committee to decide who goes to
the Olympics for breakdancing and then like put her husband
as one of the judges and then auditioned herself and
like like she like snuck her way in there. Really
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it's a scandal, guys.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
But she got exposed on that because that was the
she didn't do the best.
Speaker 5 (29:44):
She's expoused. So Grant, you got your way in there.
And actually they're bringing break dancing back. But maybe she's
also worry about the bachelor.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Right now, that's that's all you need to worry about.
All right, before we let you go, Grant, we're gonna
play a quick game red flag or row with bachelor
Grant ls you ready, ready? All right? Is it a
red flag or a rose? If they don't post you
on their social media?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
That's a good question. Probably a probably a rose. You
know sometimes am I supposed to describe why? Or uh no?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Just I mean it's rapid fire. But I would say
if you're in a relationship for quite some time and
she never posts you on your social media, I feel
like that would be somewhat of a red flag.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yeah, some after a while, when you're first entering a relationship,
it's like, you know, because you never know what people,
people might might try to ruin your relationship when they
see this that you know it might be a little
so at first, yeah, keep it low, but then after
a while post.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Okay, don't offer to pay on the first date.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Oh, that's yeah, I don't mind. That's that's a rose.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
You know, first date is on me and the dates
are on me, and then you know, we'll we'll, we'll,
we'll figure something out with you know later.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
I agree, have a really close guy friend.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Uh, it's a good question.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
That's it. I don't mind. That's it. That's a a rose.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
If it was if you guys were super close before me,
as long as there was nothing there then you know.
But if he's just a new guy friend coming around
and one hugs and stuff, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I don't know. But if he's he's a guy. What
if he's he's a really close guy friend and they
have occasional sleepoverse?
Speaker 7 (31:28):
Well, all right, Uh, text you first after the date?
After text you first after the first date? Ruse that
always love to spill the tea with you.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Uh, that's a rose.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
You know, if if my woman wants to come in
and talk to me, I'm not much of a gosper,
but if she wants to talk about things like hey,
that'll stay with us.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Stren's such a gossiper.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
I'm not a gospeler, just a gospeler with you, still.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Have pictures of their ex on their Instagram. Oh it's
a red flag, okay, our friends with their acts.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Uh, I'm not gonna say if the rose are a
red flag, you could you could as long as there's
no you could care for them. But as long as
there's no like communication or you know, you could care,
if you could be, you could have love for them
as as a friend, but.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Just don't be talking to them. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
I feel like that's very like situational too.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
Like if it was like a two month relationship in
high school, like we can pass that, but if it
was like a two year girlfriend, like maybe not.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Hey, guys, I didn't come up with these questions.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
You know.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Uh, don't like holding hands in public, that's a red flag.
Speaker 3 (32:44):
We gotta we gotta, we gotta, we gotta hold hands sometimes.
But I understand you might need your space sometimes.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
I said I tell that to serreenal time. She never
on sold my hand in public. That's not true.
Speaker 4 (32:54):
I do hold your hand.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Call their mom every time. You guys argue.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Mhm, that's that's a red flag to me. You know,
we should handle our problems between us, you know.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Well that take hours to reply to a text.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Red flag.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Yeah, are a member of the Mile High Club.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Uh m hmm, I'm gonna be that might be a rose.
I like that.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Are are a natural flirt.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
Okay, I'm not I'm not gonna have to give a
red flyer rose. I'm so I don't.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
I'm not gonna say that might be a red flag.
But sometimes people just think you're flirting with them, you're not.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Yeah, that's like to cuddle while they sleep.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Uh, that's that's a that's a rose. You know.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
I like to to with me Sometimes I'm gonna start
cuddling and I might end up on the other side
of the bed, you know, at night.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
So yeah, ask about your past relationships.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
I don't mind. That's definitely that's definitely a rose.
Speaker 3 (34:15):
You have to, you know, figure out about somebody's paths,
you know, as long as it don't doesn't affect the
new relationship.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Yeah, I think that's a good answer. All right, Well, Grant,
we're gonna let you go because that's all we got
for you today, and I'm sure you're going to be
on this podcast at least minimum two more times. I'm
so happy that you are the bachelor, very excited for you.
So congratulations and thank you for taking the time today.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Thank you guys so much. Again. I love what you
guys do. I respect it.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
You guys do a great job and I can't wait.
I'm looking forward to hanging out with you guys again.
I appreciate every opportunity.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Absolutely, and to all our listeners, thank you guys so
much for tuning in. Make sure to download and subscribe.
We love having you guys here and we will have
more interviews and recaps coming up every week.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
Yep, lots of more exciting stuff coming from Gen season.
Speaker 5 (35:09):
The Golden Bochelray is just around the corner, so don't
get to subscribe and thank you for listening.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Bye.
Hey, everyone, Welcome back to Bechler Happy Hour.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Joe.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, I'm Serena, and we are here with our newly
announced next Bachelor, Grant Ellis's hair Grant. Welcome back to
Betler Happy Hour.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Thank you guys for having me. I'm excited and you know,
I love I love y'all platform. You guys do a
great job and I'm excited to talk to you guys today.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
When you when we had you on the first time,
I was I don't know, Serena, didn't I say I
think he could be the next Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Yeah, you might have said something along those lines.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
I feel like I think said like, I feel like
you're gonna be around, Like we're going to see you again.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, that's paradise or something.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Thank you, guys. I was surprised myself. You know, I'm
super surprised.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I'm really grateful and just for the opportunity to hand
and you know, for me to meet my potential wife
and it's gonna be it's gonna be so fun and
I'm sure it's gonna be crazy exciting and I'm excited
for my love story unfold.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Yeah, so let's talk about let's talk about that moment,
because that's got to be it's got to just be
so exciting. What was it like getting the call and
being told you're the next bachelor?
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Just if I could describe it, I'm just grateful. I'm
just super grateful. You know, all this is coming at
once and I'm just living in a moment. And when
I was called, I just I just expressed gratitude and
I was like, of course, you know, of course I will.
I'll take the role, and if you guys are gonna
help me find my wife, I'm I'm excited about that.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Did you have any hesitations? Because it is a bit
I mean, it is a big, big thing.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Absolutely zero hesitations. Wow, Okay, I was super excited. And
you know, when when you could when people can hand pick,
you know, your potential partner for you and based off
of certain things, and then you get to sift through
and see which woman is for you, which one is not.
Who wouldn't love to do that? So I'm blessed and
(01:55):
I'm in a great situation.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
What was your family's reaction to everything, because I mean
it's a lot to go back to back in terms
of the filming and being away and being you've been
through so much. Now they're just catching up and you're
gonna be gone again soon.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah, you know, my mom was happy, my sister was happy,
my dad was happy.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I've been in Texas kind of taking care of my
grandma because she she has Parkinson, So she she was,
she was happy, and then you know, I had to
kind of.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Tell her again like every every day. I'm like, you know,
so she was. Everybody was happy, happy for me, and
and I'm fakful fit.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Was there anyone that you were expecting to get the
role beside yourself?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
I thought I thought, you know, Devin was was really good.
I know all the guys that were genuine and I
thought were genuine. Marcus was genuine. I thought Devin was genuine.
I thought Spencer was genuine, you know. And I just
think that it all comes down to who who you
know they want and who was really there to try
to find a relationship and try to find their partner. So, yeah,
(02:58):
there's a couple of guys and I would have and
super happy to them.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
So what is Grant looking for in a woman? Like
if you could describe your ideal woman to be cast
on this show, what are those qualities lightly. Yeah, No,
what do you mean, Joe, I think you're gonna say.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Super fucking hot.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
The end, I want somebody who's who's genuine.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
I want somebody who is has a heart for for
for other people, Somebody who's not self somebody who is affectionate,
who's kind.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Obviously, you know, a beautiful woman.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
But I'm I'm super open in this process because i
know that just through life experience, that sometimes the best
things come in in the most unexpected ways. So I'm
just I'm looking at what's inside of a person, and
I'm trying to that I'm really going to be getting
to know these women and asking the question.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
That I'm going to make them.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
You know, I'm gonna discover myself, but they're also going
to discover yourself in this process, you know. By the
way I'm going to ask them questions, I'm going to
figure out what they want, what they're looking for, and then,
you know, ultimately determine who's who's going to be my
best match.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
You're you're an athlete, you seem to be a successful businessman.
Preparation is key. How are you going to prepare? Are
you preparing to be the Bachelor.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Of course, you know, I'm studying.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
I you know, so being an athlete, I have to
watch film and then being in the market, I have
to study and take notes after every session. So with me,
I'm watching previous Bachelors you I watched that season, I
watched Joey season, I watched the next season, I watched
Clayton season, you know, and I'm watching the I'm watching
these seasons and I'm I'm saying, Okay, like this is
(04:46):
a good takeaway, this isn't a good takeaway, but ultimately
I'm going to try to be myself, you know, just
just try to learn from other past seasons and put
my own.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Spin on it.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
What after watching all those guys seasons, what would you
say is one takeaway of what not to do?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
And when takeaway of what you want to take into
your season as well?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Well?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The number one takeaway of what not to do is
just I'm gonna start with what to do. It's just
to be sure of yourself and when you commit, you
need to commit, and that's something that I'm I'm ready
to do. So there's not going to be any I
love you and taking that back, there's there's not going
to be that you know when I see somebody that
(05:33):
I'm ready and I feel like I'm ready, it's going
to be it's going to be a decision that I'm
willing and ready to make.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
And then what not to do? Man?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Uh, just don't be insensitive, you know, just just be
emotionally aware of that that these women are going through
the experience.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Also, so even though I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Going to have to disappoint some people, I'm going to
try to make it to where I'm understanding the feelings
and it's them that you know, even though I'm not
your person, there's somebody out there for you that is
your person, and you're gonna learn from mis experience.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
What are you the most nervous for?
Speaker 5 (06:11):
And watching back all these seasons, is there anything that
made you feel more nervous entering this role.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
I'm honestly not nervous, Like I'm just I'm used to
being under the pressure and scrutiny of other people's opinions,
and to me, I look at it, look at it
as constructive criticisms. So I'm not nervous at all. You know,
I'm just gonna go in there and be myself and yeah,
and whether people take that or adhere to that or not.
(06:40):
That's that's completely up to them.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
You went pretty deep on gen season, and you clearly
had strong feelings for her, But would you say you
were ready to get engaged.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
If Jen would have chosen me, I would have been
all in. I would have I would have been all
in and I would have committed. And I feel like
that's why my feelings developed, because once I got that,
all that I needed was that emotional connection. And after
I went on one day when I when she understood
me and I understood her, I was ready to support
her and I was ready to, you know, be in
(07:15):
the background and let her be, let her.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Be everything she needed to be, and just support her
and whatever she was doing.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
This is a little harder of a question, and you
may not have gone there yet, but have you thought
about what it's going to be like to potentially feel
like you're all in for three women?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I haven't thought about that.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
I haven't thought about that, And I know there's going
to be some adversity that I'm going to face, but ultimately,
I feel like there's going to be deciding facts in
a moment that I'm going to have to make a decision,
and I'm going to have to stick with that decision.
So I'm going to try to be calculated in the approach.
And I think it's so easy to say, you know,
(07:57):
because when your heart's in it, it's easier to when
your heart's not it.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
When your heart's it tends to cloud your your judgment
and emotions. So I'm going to try.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
To take a look back and step back and really
think about my decisions before I make them.
Speaker 5 (08:11):
Yeah, I feel like decisiveness is somewhat more challenging when
you're in these environments because you don't have your friends
and your family to confide and which can be a
good and a bad thing. What do you think your
strategy is going to be when you come to those
tough decisions and you would maybe be like I wish
I could call my best friend or my mom. What
(08:35):
like steps do you think you're going to take to
help yourself make these hard decisions?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Honestly, I'm going to pray about it.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
I'm going to pray about it, and I know that
the decision I make is going to be more that
it's going to be the right one for me ultimately,
So I'm going to be in there by myself. But
I'm not, you know, because you know, I'm going to
have what I what I grew up on my family's teaching,
my mom the way she raised me, you know, my
dad the way he is fire me to be better.
(09:01):
And you know, I'm gonna have a relationship and I'm
gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna pray about it, you know,
and ultimately, ultimately, I think that's gonna lead me to
the right decision.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Yeah, it's one of those things where it's like, you know,
to romanticize it. It's follow your heart, but there is
you do have to be somewhat calculated when you make
these decisions because you are falling for multiple people and
it isn't as easy as just following your gut because
that could be towards multiple or you could end up
(09:31):
maybe maybe you'll be the first bachelor to get engaged
to you could have a throuble or something.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
What do you I think nothing that Grant has said
has led us to believe that he's looking for a throubble.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Just to be clear, Joe's spice up the franchise.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Right now, you know, he you know, maybe you never know.
So you guys traveled right away to Australia for GENS season.
Is there any where you're hoping to travel on your season?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
I love Asia, I like I love I love Asian food,
I love culture, I love Yeah. But ultimately or wherever, wherever,
I'm ready to go. I'm just like I'm just excited,
you know. So I'm not like.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Again, I just I can't express gratitude. So I know
that they're going to pick the right places, but yeah,
I had to pick you.
Speaker 5 (10:27):
Do you have like a dream date or activity in Asia?
I mean, like there's so many magical, mind blowing dates
on this show, helicopters, Yacht's like, if you could pick
a dream activity or date, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Oh? Man, So.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
It's going to sound crazy, but I'm really big on
martial arts, so like that's like I would love to
like see you know, some of the staples over there
and just some of the maybe some of the temples
or something just involving the culture. And because you know,
when you're involved in martial arts, you really have to
(11:02):
center yourself and it just ties into me with trading
and being impatient and just things like that. So yeah,
that's something big for me, and you know, yeah, that's
that's probably something I would like to explore.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
I actually just saw a study. I mean it was
TikTok I think so take it for take Over the
Great Salt.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
But it was a study saying that little boys who
are put into martial arts before the age of like
ten or something develop and like a way higher level
of self discipline and control as they age.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Anyway, just just a fun fact about Tick.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Going to Okay, before we get into deep dive questions,
what are you most excited for?
Speaker 2 (11:42):
I'm most excited to meet these women, and I'm most
excited to see what levels were compatible at and what
they and to hear their stories and how they grew
up and what makes them them and then being able to.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Realize realize what they've been through and what they're going
through and why they're here and then make a decision
based off of my connection with.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
The nice Okay, we have deep dive questions with our
next bachelor Grant.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
So what we're gonna do is one of our favorite
things to do here on Bachelor Happy Hour that our
bacheloring shore reporter Danny. I don't know if you've met Danny,
but she's the best. She actually did this with us
earlier this year, and for us especially having done a
lot of interviews.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Over the years, it was really really fun.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
So we're going to ask our next bachelor, Grant questions
he's definitely never been asked before on the show, on
a new podcast, and you will get to know him.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
On a deeper level.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Yeah, we did some. We looked into social media, some googling. Well,
actually I did, and but Danny diad and we are
going We're going way back. So Grant you ready, ready,
let's let's do it all right, all.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Right, let's kick it off. So let's start off strong.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
Can you Elise at the time you jumped out of
a window while you were at a party in college?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
See, I knew, I knew these were gonna throw them off.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
They threw us.
Speaker 5 (13:09):
I was like crazy, Like when Danny did these with us,
we were like, how do you know this?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Like did you call our parents? What is going on?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:16):
So yeah, I was. I was pretty crazy back then.
So it's crazy because I was on a full scholarship
tal you Onna, And there was a we had there
was a house party going on and I and I
was in there and uh, my boy Shanny, well, my
friend Shanny and his friend Will had had thrown it.
And I wasn't supposed to be out, you know, because
(13:36):
they the coach knew everybody in town. So it was
a little bit loud, and you know, somebody came to
the door and they knocked, and I just freaked out.
I was like, oh man, I don't want my coach
finding out, So I just jumped out of the window
and I kind of like ran away and I ended
up like injuring my foot a little bit. So ultimately,
(13:57):
it wasn't the best decision, you know, something something that
a young person would do, and it was it wasn't
a good decision.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Yeah, what did you take.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
My intentions? Right? I told him that I was skateboarding.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
And nice, okay, you said earning ten million is on
your bucket list? Why that number and how do you
plan to reach that goal?
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Oh? Man, that's just you know, shoot for the stars.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And if you know you don't make it, you know
you you you fall short, You're still you're still pretty
high up there.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
So Tim, it's just a number, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
And ultimately, whatever whatever I do earn from the market,
I'm super grateful, but I'm just I'm just trying to
shoot for a high goal and anywhere in the millions
would be nice.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Can you can you tell us more about your career
as a professional basketball player overseas and why you eventually
stopped playing. I know we touched on this a little
bit when we had you on the first time a
while back, but just to refresh people's memory about you.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Yeah, So I've been playing basketball since I was probably
eight years old, and.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
I fell in love with it. I fell in love
with the.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Competition, and you know, I went to I was the
first division and recruit in my high school. You know,
I had a lot of offers coming out of high school.
I ultimately did get on my SAT and I committed
to I own them in the MAC and you know,
we we had some great runs in the tournament.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
And then ultimately I was.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Working out for the Dominican Republic national team, you know,
the quality to try to qualify for the Olympics and everything,
and one of the coaches over there was a coach
in the country, So I ended up getting drafted there.
I was a number five pick over there, and it
was it was it was really a really fun experience
in uh in that country, you know. But at the
same time, it's super cutthroat, and that's ultimately wanted made
(15:49):
me want to get in finance because I saw a
lot of guys that would either in the NBA Summer
League or had a stint with the Grizzlies or something
like that, and they would make this money and they
would come back and they wouldn't know what to do,
you know what I'm saying, who know how to buncht
their finances or you know, invest And that's what got
me into creating.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
But that's beside the point. In terms of basketball.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
I stopped because ultimately I I went baseline and I
dumped and I cut my elbow on the backboard and
then they didn't clean it out properly and then end
up getting effected.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
And I almost lost my arm and literally, yeah, it was.
It was a bad infection.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
It almost led to stepsis and like it just because
after that, I was like, you know what, I'm done.
You know, I'm done hooping. I'm gonna stay here. You're
at my family, and I'm gonna try to build a life. Ultimately,
you know, the overseas route, it's really cutthroat, and it's
like I've seen instances where there's been a guy playing
and he had one bad game, and I'll see his
(16:49):
replacement on the bench behind the game while while he's playing.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
So it's like they don't really care. It's just you
perform or you don't.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
And if you don't perform, Yeah, and in a way,
you're you're you're kind of just like a number. Yeah.
I don't like that though, about the infection. I don't
like that at all.
Speaker 5 (17:09):
Joe has his foot right now and he's about to
go into a deep spiral.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
Joe, your cut is fine.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Grand, it's really just us. Okay, okay, uh to touch
a little bit on basketball because you kind of touched
on this and then let into our next question. But
you did play AAU in high school. Me, you're one
of the at that time, you're one of the best
(17:34):
players in the country. Correct, So I wasn't.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
I was ranked like two hundred and something country, the
top ten player in my state. The number one player
in my state was a guy by the name of
Kyle Anderson. Okay, league like twelve years so yeah, best
AU team in the state of New Jersey at the time.
It was called the New Jersey Places, And you know,
we traveled. You know, Kobe played for them, Tim Thomas, uh,
(18:02):
Vince Carter played with them, j R. Smith, a lot
of guys. So, uh looking up to those guys and
just getting in that direction was was great. And you
know what it taught me. It taught me a foundation
that ultimately I still have today.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
So yeah, do you know who was when you were
coming up? Do you know who was number one in
the country at that time?
Speaker 3 (18:24):
A guy by the name of Sabaz Muhammad.
Speaker 2 (18:27):
He went to u c l A. Uh.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah, he went to u c l A. Didn't want
it done, and he was a beast. It's crazy because
the level me and the best in high school. And
then you know, because I'm a high school team. So
I went to before I went to Capital, I went
to Saint Benedict's and we were number one in the
country and we were the number one team in the
whole country. We had we had a guy by the
name of Michael Bongo. He was like the number one
point guard, Xavier Munkbird. He played for the Grizzlies too.
(18:55):
Tristan Thompson was there. I went there, so that was cool.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
One.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Then I went to I graduated from a team called
Hudson Catholic. We had five divisional players there, and then
stepping up to college was like everybody's the best.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, I got a shot there, and then just really
your work ethic is work has.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
To take to Yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 5 (19:19):
We know that you didn't quite make it to hometowns,
but an ideal hometown you don't make it Jesus show
What's wrong with You?
Speaker 1 (19:31):
The episode He's five, He's the next Bachelor.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
Well, as we said, you didn't make it totowns, but
an ideal hometown date would be seeing a show at
the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Are you into theater
and if so, what's your favorite play show.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
I'm not. I'm not into theaters like that, but I do.
Speaker 3 (19:54):
I'm not well versed in theater, but I do respect
the art form of being with big part. So being
able to take a concept, whether it's music or acting,
or take an idea, even if it to express it
in a way that is it requires creativity being thought
is something that I respect. So I don't have a
(20:14):
lot of play these, you know, I probably would if
there was, If there was a play for the movie Avatar,
I probably would would love to go see that.
Speaker 5 (20:23):
But yeah, I wouldn't be shocked if they turn Avatar
into a Broadway musical, a Broadway play at some point
at some point.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Yeah, yeah, that would be That would be great.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
So but yeah, theater is something that even although I'm
not well versed in it, I respect the craft.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Seren.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I keep this in mind. I do really want to
go to the theaters and see the new Beetle Juice
movie when it comes out. Okay, we heard you have
an embarrassing hide and Seek story from childhood. Yeah, would
you care to share that with us?
Speaker 2 (20:54):
Okay? So I was playing hide and Seek and we
were in this townhouse and I remember I.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Was like, how old are you? How old are you?
Speaker 2 (21:02):
I was probably like man going on ten maybe or okay, yeah,
I was pretty young.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
And I was like hiding. There was a space like
behind the wall on the bed. I was hiding behind
the are so smart, like they're never gonna find me.
And then they come around the corner and found me,
and they say, uh, yeah, they surprised me. When they
surprised me, I just I was so shocked that a
string of snot just came down my nose and it.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Was They were like, and I was just like, oh,
it was just like hanging there. So, yeah, that was
so embarrassing. I never I've never heard the end of it.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Like, I mean, that's better than pissing yourself.
Speaker 4 (21:38):
Yeah, I thought for sure.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I thought you I thought, yeah, that's what I thought too.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
You know, like surprising me and I'm like, no, they
it was like a string just hanging there, and I
was like, oh my god, yeah it was.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It was pretty embarrassed.
Speaker 5 (21:56):
Okay, can you tell us about the tattoos you have
on your chest and your.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah, so this my left arm is a tattoo of
the wolf.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
I actually got it when I was in American Republic
because you know, I was alone out there and I
didn't have any family and you know, out there and
it was just like I was going through a transition
period where I'm playing against these grown men, you know
what I'm saying, and it's my first year and these
guys are trying to support their family.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So I was, you know, and I had all these
expectations on me as a.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Number five pick, and I was having I was having
a rough time, you know, and uh, I felt alone.
So I kind of got a lone wolf on my
on my arm and you know, when I look at that,
it reminds me of some some that that period of
my life. And then this on my chest is just
the scripture versus songs one O three, and then on
the right side it says God's Child. Yeah, I got,
(22:47):
I got, Well, I get more. Maybe I might get more.
You know, it's not like something that's a priority for me.
I might want to finish out this this left side,
but if I don't, then it's you know, I'm not
not in a rushka.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Can you tell us about your ferrari?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Yeah, so I ended up it was probably wasn't the
best decision to do. You know what I'm saying, money
and then you know, but looking back, the one thing
I will say is when you do get to a
place where you where you make some make some some
nice money, uh, just invested or save it, you know,
(23:27):
because with trading and the purchase that I made, there's
gonna be there's months where there's where it's up and down,
and then you have to keep you have to live
below your means. So that's something that I do. And
you know, maintenance, you know, you're you're fixing something and
it's like eight thousand here. It's like it's just a lot.
It's just it's a lot to maintain. That's when one
(23:48):
that's one thing I will say about my car.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah yeah, that beautiful.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
It's probably fun.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Yeah, yeah, fun, it's fun, you know what I'm saying.
And people judge off of what you drive, and it's
just like it's a lot of attention. That is uh,
you know, I'm kind of a low key guy.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
So yeah, isn't giving locy energy?
Speaker 5 (24:07):
And so you got to change your identity there? Uh
you shared, you shared in a previous relationship. You're possibly
months away from getting engaged slash married. How did you
realize that wasn't right for you? And what do you
know now that you didn't.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Then it's not even that I realized that it wasn't
right for me because I was all in.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
It's just that people.
Speaker 3 (24:34):
People grow apart, and if you're if both parties aren't
willing to fight through the through tough times, then it's
not gonna work. So ultimately it was supposed to happen
that way. And a lot of times when you're going
through a tough situation, you don't you don't you don't
see what's on the other side, but ultimately things ended
(24:55):
up for the better, and I'm super proud of where
she is today. You know, I'll always supporter from the background,
and like, you know, I want the best for her.
And ultimately, yeah, it just it just it didn't. It
didn't work out the way I thought it would. But
you know, uh, there's a there's a better plan ahead
and a bigger picture ahead for me.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Do you consider yourself a good cook? If so, what's
your favorite meal to cook?
Speaker 2 (25:19):
I'm a I'm a little bit of average cook, you know.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Uh so I do have some Spanish blood in me,
so like I you know, my grandma always used to
cook steak and rice, rice and beans and you know,
mac and cheese, grilled chicken.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
So I think my fi broccoli is verygus My favorite,
my favorite meal to cook is probably a nice rabbi
with some black means and some steak and some salt
taped broccoli with some onions and garden.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
A little bit of a choice.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Yeah, it's probably I love a good rabvit, you know,
because it doesn't need a lot of it doesn't need
a lot of uh seasoning, and then you just you
can see that fat cap and like it's just it's.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Yeah, I just recently switched over to rabbis. I was
always I always did like a New York strip and
lately I've been getting a rabbi and I really enjoy them.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
My steak is like it's.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
A dream, you know, it is steak. Last night, it
was good. No vegetarians on this podcast, right to heally.
Speaker 5 (26:18):
But we know that you love poetry and reading. What
are some of your favorite books or authors?
Speaker 3 (26:24):
So it's gonna sound so crazy, but some of my
favorite books are trading books, which is such a nerd name.
Trading in the zone of the psychology of Mark Douglas
is really good author. So it's it's not creative. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
those I love books like that because I just love
(26:45):
to learn new things. And if i'm if I'm going
like based on.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
A let's see, like a.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
Adventurous book or something that I read when I was
a kid. Hmm, that's a great question. I probably would
would pick. Man, I'm trying to remember this book. It
was like a series of unfortunate events, a series of
that was like I read that book.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I read those books. I used to love those books
growing up.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Those were fine, and then they meet into a movie
and it's kind of dark.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Yeah, it was way better.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
Yeah, books are always better.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
You plan to visit every country in the world. Which
ones have you been to so far and which is
your all time favorite?
Speaker 2 (27:36):
So I've been to a lot of the Latin countries,
you know, so when I when I.
Speaker 6 (27:42):
Was traveling, I haven't really got to explore the way
I wanted to Like in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Europe,
you know a lot of places I haven't really got
to explore the.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
Way I wanted to be.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I was always playing, Well, yeah, I really want to
Uh we want to go to Jamaica.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I really want to go to Asia.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
I really want to go to different different places, just
to see all the different culture that's involved in that.
Speaker 5 (28:10):
You said you've been to a lot of like Latin
influenced places.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Is that why you're some into s alta dancing?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Yeah, I'm into I'm into all types of dance. Yeah,
a little bit of everything.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
I'm not the best, but I like, I like, I
just like, uh to express myself in that way, especially
when you know, I.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Got a couple of drinks.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Did you see the break dancing at the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Yeah, that was hilarious.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
They should send you next year. You could definitely beat
that girl from Australia, right.
Speaker 3 (28:36):
Right, right, that was crazy. Olympics was crazy. You see
that meme the dude from Turkey just walking.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah, yeah, no, I did it with the gun, right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Everybody else's like has the because the competition was, you know,
like it's a shooting competition and everybody else has like
the one eye goggles and had these these these goggles on.
He just walks in their glasses and wins second.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Yeah, oh yeah, you haven't seen that.
Speaker 5 (29:03):
The guy I've been seeing, the guy who likes chocolate
muffins and the breakdancing chick. And that's that's basically my
entire Olympic TikTok for you.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
Yeah, it's crazy because the breakdancing thing is like when
you when you lie on your job applications.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
And yeah, but now she's getting like sued because I
guess she created the committee to decide who goes to
the Olympics for breakdancing and then like put her husband
as one of the judges and then auditioned herself and
like like she like snuck her way in there. Really
(29:38):
it's a scandal, guys.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
But she got exposed on that because that was the
she didn't do the best.
Speaker 5 (29:44):
She's expoused. So Grant, you got your way in there.
And actually they're bringing break dancing back. But maybe she's
also worry about the bachelor.
Speaker 1 (29:51):
Right now, that's that's all you need to worry about.
All right, before we let you go, Grant, we're gonna
play a quick game red flag or row with bachelor
Grant ls you ready, ready? All right? Is it a
red flag or a rose? If they don't post you
on their social media?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
That's a good question. Probably a probably a rose. You
know sometimes am I supposed to describe why? Or uh no?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
Just I mean it's rapid fire. But I would say
if you're in a relationship for quite some time and
she never posts you on your social media, I feel
like that would be somewhat of a red flag.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Yeah, some after a while, when you're first entering a relationship,
it's like, you know, because you never know what people,
people might might try to ruin your relationship when they
see this that you know it might be a little
so at first, yeah, keep it low, but then after
a while post.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Okay, don't offer to pay on the first date.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Oh, that's yeah, I don't mind. That's that's a rose.
Speaker 3 (30:53):
You know, first date is on me and the dates
are on me, and then you know, we'll we'll, we'll,
we'll figure something out with you know later.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
I agree, have a really close guy friend.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Uh, it's a good question.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
That's it. I don't mind. That's it. That's a a rose.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
If it was if you guys were super close before me,
as long as there was nothing there then you know.
But if he's just a new guy friend coming around
and one hugs and stuff, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
I don't know. But if he's he's a guy. What
if he's he's a really close guy friend and they
have occasional sleepoverse?
Speaker 7 (31:28):
Well, all right, Uh, text you first after the date?
After text you first after the first date? Ruse that
always love to spill the tea with you.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Uh, that's a rose.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
You know, if if my woman wants to come in
and talk to me, I'm not much of a gosper,
but if she wants to talk about things like hey,
that'll stay with us.
Speaker 1 (31:55):
Stren's such a gossiper.
Speaker 4 (31:58):
I'm not a gospeler, just a gospeler with you, still.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Have pictures of their ex on their Instagram. Oh it's
a red flag, okay, our friends with their acts.
Speaker 3 (32:11):
Uh, I'm not gonna say if the rose are a
red flag, you could you could as long as there's
no you could care for them. But as long as
there's no like communication or you know, you could care,
if you could be, you could have love for them
as as a friend, but.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Just don't be talking to them. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:27):
I feel like that's very like situational too.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
Like if it was like a two month relationship in
high school, like we can pass that, but if it
was like a two year girlfriend, like maybe not.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
Hey, guys, I didn't come up with these questions.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
You know.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Uh, don't like holding hands in public, that's a red flag.
Speaker 3 (32:44):
We gotta we gotta, we gotta, we gotta hold hands sometimes.
But I understand you might need your space sometimes.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
I get it.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
I said I tell that to serreenal time. She never
on sold my hand in public. That's not true.
Speaker 4 (32:54):
I do hold your hand.
Speaker 1 (32:55):
Call their mom every time. You guys argue.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Mhm, that's that's a red flag to me. You know,
we should handle our problems between us, you know.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Well that take hours to reply to a text.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
Red flag.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Yeah, are a member of the Mile High Club.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Uh m hmm, I'm gonna be that might be a rose.
I like that.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Are are a natural flirt.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
Okay, I'm not I'm not gonna have to give a
red flyer rose. I'm so I don't.
Speaker 3 (33:44):
I'm not gonna say that might be a red flag.
But sometimes people just think you're flirting with them, you're not.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Yeah, that's like to cuddle while they sleep.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Uh, that's that's a that's a rose. You know.
Speaker 3 (33:59):
I like to to with me Sometimes I'm gonna start
cuddling and I might end up on the other side
of the bed, you know, at night.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
So yeah, ask about your past relationships.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
I don't mind. That's definitely that's definitely a rose.
Speaker 3 (34:15):
You have to, you know, figure out about somebody's paths,
you know, as long as it don't doesn't affect the
new relationship.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
Yeah, I think that's a good answer. All right, Well, Grant,
we're gonna let you go because that's all we got
for you today, and I'm sure you're going to be
on this podcast at least minimum two more times. I'm
so happy that you are the bachelor, very excited for you.
So congratulations and thank you for taking the time today.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Thank you guys so much. Again. I love what you
guys do. I respect it.
Speaker 3 (34:45):
You guys do a great job and I can't wait.
I'm looking forward to hanging out with you guys again.
I appreciate every opportunity.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
Absolutely, and to all our listeners, thank you guys so
much for tuning in. Make sure to download and subscribe.
We love having you guys here and we will have
more interviews and recaps coming up every week.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
Yep, lots of more exciting stuff coming from Gen season.
Speaker 5 (35:09):
The Golden Bochelray is just around the corner, so don't
get to subscribe and thank you for listening.
Speaker 4 (35:14):
Bye.
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