April 1, 2022 • 38 mins
Nicole Zanatta comes on the podcast to talk about proposing to her fiancee, the injury that ended her time on Double Agents, and of course... abs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up everyone, It's Tori and Anissa and today on
the podcast we are joined by the one and only
Nicole's Another. We talked to her about her engagement, the
injury that ended her time on Double Agents, and the
new Challenge Workout series. It was a very fun interview
and we hope you all enjoy it. She was on
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Real World Skeleton, she was on Invasion of the Champions,
Vendetta's Double Agents. She is Queen of Abs Nicole's and yeah,
like that introduction, I knew if I talked about your abs,
because nobody can see this, that they can know that
they're about ten of them. Yeah, definitely, and they're in
your back. So we got to add. That's one of
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my favorite things about you, Nicole is you will literally
just walk up to people within like five minutes of
talking and show your ass. You won't even say shit,
you'd just be like, look, there's not wrong with that, Listen.
I weren't hot for that. Yeah, I mean, like, I
have kids, forget about it, They're gonna be gone, and
then what do I have to show my fucking by
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ships your apps will come back to you. I feel
like you have that kind of metabolism if you push
the baby out. Well, first of all, I just want
to say congratulations because you have your new biance right
next year. How are you guys feeling fucking excited? Sotoked?
I mean obviously I was super like net nervous, like
I couldn't even really express the words like even like
(01:34):
talking about it now, I get like it choked up.
I mean, I'm just really really happy. Is that why
I had music over it? Because I was really waiting
to hear what you said to her when you got down.
I'll send you, I'll send oh thank you. This is exclusive.
I'll keep it close to my heart, I swear to god.
It just I kept looking at it. I'm like, is
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there gonna be one clip of her actually speaking? Or
is it gonna be music that makes me post as soon? Yeah? No, no,
hey listen. It was definitely rough. I mean I was like,
I mean, I was nervous, like like that's like the
one moment in your entire life that like you don't
know what to say, like I could honestly say, I
was like speechless. I was like, oh fuck, you should
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just showing your abs and in the amba, here you go,
the gold ring in the life and then dressed. Oh
my god, wait, so did you like write down an
idea of what you wanted to say? Oh yeah, script
and holding, and then I didn't say any of it.
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Oh good? Like oh shit, I was like, the way
do I saw it? Yeah? You really like I didn't
know what to say. I mean, like looking at her,
it just came out like that. So, oh, Lauren, what
did it sound like from your end? I was like, Okay.
So I was so shocked because I'm like thinking that
We're gonna go to home depot, like I'm gonna put
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outlook covers on the like outlets because I counted them
all to match like my day. So I'm like doing that,
and she like messages me keeping me a towel, and
I'm like, oh my god, she's sweating already. She's only
been in there for like twenty minutes working out. So
i'd with no shoes on, like in the ugliest sweater
I've ever worn in my life, and like I opened
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the door and I just see like this whole setup
and I just like literally remember just dropping my phone
and like walking over to her and just she had
like the sweetest things to say, had in true, Nicole
fashion had some jokes in there too that really uh
made me laugh. So it was perfect. I mean it
really was super thoughtful, super sweet, very surprising, and I
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couldn't have imagined it any other way. Oh it's so nice.
Good answer. See did you there's a script over there.
I want to know, Nicole, how long did it plan?
You plan? You? Jesus, how long did you planness four?
You guys don't even want to know trying to talk
to her? Oh yeah, well we'll put it like this.
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I mean, I obviously I needed but to talk to
me and a parent, and Lauren's dad died, so but
there wasn't very talk to him. So I was trying
trying but to contact the mom and I'm just like
I got told to you and something would just come
up every time. So it probably took about like three months.
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You said, no, not that long. I'd say, like, all right, well,
she's being annoyed about it, like a month and a
half to kind of like really do this. So yeah,
like I feel like like that's something you can't really plan,
like there's no way to do it. Oh man, Well
for the challenge. Fans that know you very well, Nicole,
and obviously now are going to be following you and
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Lauren's story. How did you guys need? Yeah? Boy? Oh yeah.
So we had a mutual friend invited us out to
her birthday dinner and we met in October and I
sat down and Nicole was true to nicole, um, you know,
vibrant and just like outspoken and whatnot. And I was like,
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is this girl you didn't pick someone else? You? Did
you did? She don't? Like, oh god, yeah, yes, coming
off a break up, hitting the streets running, that's our girl.
But yeah, so we were friends. We stayed friends for
a while. Um, and then I asked her out, and
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she originally was like, I don't know, like it's gonna
mess up our friendship circle. Um this that on the
third and I was like, okay, like whatever, that's fine.
And then New Year's Eve we down the bottle of
love and the rest is history. So wow, wow, you
were friends first? Look at you, Nicole? Come on, did
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it just happened like that? Do you guys have a
wedding bait set? We're thinking everybody keeps asking us that,
and I'm like I'm like, oh my god, Like I
guess this is stuff I should start really like looking
into so um, we have like a lot of really
exciting things going on with her family and mine. We're
just trying to time it right. Playing with the idea
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of doing a big New Year's Eve party for little
big New Year's Eve wedding. I'm so going to toy
with that idea. But if not early spring next year,
it's looking like nice, it's good. Hope we'll get invitations,
but uh, you know, Tory will be Tory will be
my date, and I will wear a suit because I
want to Will Live, will Live podcasts, will Live podcasts
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from the wedding, and TJ will officiate. We already asked
he's fine something off the list story. Oh my god, yes,
keep you com and keep it coming go out. Oh man, Well,
we are so happy for you guys. That's why we
literally had to get you on the podcast because Nicole
you mentioned this to me. I don't know if you
know his Lauren while we were out doing the workout
with Rachel the Rachel Fitness Workout collab out in la
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and she was like on proposing to my girlfriend. And
the energy that Nicole had, I was like, holy shit,
Like we need I need to like me. I need
to see that. I need to know, Like, was waiting
and looking on your instagrams for the post because I
knew it was coming. So I was not disappointed you guys,
like it was so exciting. So it's really been awesome
to have you wanted to hear about the story. You know,
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it's not awesome finding out that Nicole wasn't following me.
Oh shots, boyd, listen, I'm not following you either. Damn.
I thought we loved each other. I didn't see that
we don't follow each other's I have to do it now.
I'm gonna do. Take my sister all with me. What
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did you expect from me? Okay, listen, we're like sisters,
so that could have never happened, but your sister possibly. Wow.
All right, well besides this, because let's let's solve this here, ladies,
let's click that follow butt and keep it moving. I
got you following, Nicole. How have you been because we
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in the ch Island world haven't seen you since Double
Agents when obviously you left because medical, I wouldn't you
were medically to squalify, right, I was, medically I would
five anchors put in my shoulder. Yeah. What happened to
that shoulder. I have five anchors put in it. No,
but like what happened to it, my labor was but
completely torn off. It was like tear it was completely off.
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I mean I first think about it, I told him,
but just to pop it back in. I was like,
come on, like pop it back in and let's call
it a day. And they were just like you can't.
So I got home. I needed like a surgery. I
was out of work for like nine months. She was
actually by my side an entire time, like stretching me out,
like on the floor, like when I tell you it was.
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It was honestly the lowest part of my entire life.
Like I've never felt so like I couldn't take a shower,
like I couldn't, Like I give people so much credit
like with like what do you call it injuries? Like
injuries and disability like a rehab, Yeah, because honestly, it
just puts you in a very, very different the mindset.
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I couldn't get out of it, I mean straight up,
because if it wasn't far, it was just like it
was bad. It's hard. It's a bad headspace because you
can't do anything. You feel helpless. But you're normally super independent,
and then you don't want to ask anybody for help,
but you kind of need it. I'd say one thing
about being injured, it's like it does humble you a lot,
and you don't take ship for granted after of like
any part of your body. Hell no, but then gets
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straight after that. I fucking I got with her. I'm
now studying. I want to become a lieutenant. I'm gonna
be a boss. I've been putting in the work now
and life's been good, Like honestly, I can't really say
like nothing's been bad. Like my sister has has a baby,
my oldest sister has one, and then my sister Sam
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is printing with a second boy like the fan, Like
it's just been insane. Like it's like I definitely feel blessed.
Yeah that's awesome. Yeah, and yeah, think about how close
that brought you in, Lauren, like you said, like you
oh yeah, she was stretching out. Sure it all started
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there actually help showering, stretching out. You're like, you know what,
this is the lady that I could be with for forever.
If people, if people are there with you at your lowest,
do you know what I mean they're awa, Yeah, because
if someone's there when you're basically at the bottom of
the totem Paul, forget about it, you know what, Like
I could see it being really difficult for you and
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anybody who's like a workout fiend to go through and
Anissa too, to go through a recovery period like that,
because it's like, how are you getting your endorphins after
you can ice cream? Organs? I had one on like
this and I had That's what I said, orgasms and
ice Jesus Nicole. For those for those who didn't see it,
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missed out. You missed Yeah, you really missed out. We
got a whole sweatpant from it. But that's the guy's
like when I tell you, like, that's the worst thing,
because what do you do? Like nothing? I mean I
could say, I mean I could eat twenty four seven,
but what does that do? It doesn't do anything. I'm
happy for like a minute and then I'm over it,
you know. Yeah, but at least with your shoulder, you
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had your legs so you could walk around showering does
like it's like, yeah, walking around at least you for feet,
you know. Yeah, do you have any advice for anybody
who's dealing with an injury or a setback, take its
day by day and do not rush it, because as
soon as you rush it, forget about it, you're never
gonna get back to one hundred. I mean listen, because
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I had a bunch of firefighters and like what they
were constantly saying, but you're never going to be a
firefighter again. You can't do the job, blah blah blah.
And but to me, like that's like you can't tell
me that, Like I was like, like do you know me? Yeah?
Like that. I also think there are people in worse
shape than you starting off there, so exactly you'll be fine.
I mean, you can get over a shoulder injury. I
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don't think after an injury you're never the same, but
sometimes you get stronger in different ways. So exactly do
you have fears about potentially coming back to the challenge
or does that even sound like something that interests you anymore?
I love the shout on one show. Yes, I'm definitely
missed her being down the hall. Yeah, do you know what?
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I definitely missed it. I mean I've always put the
job first and that's never going to change. Like I'm
always going to put like the fire department first, my
fears of coming back. It's not about getting hurt, because
I promise you as far as like stability and all
of that, I'm training on it. It's more of a
this situation right here. I just want her to really
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feel like secure, like knowing that, hey, listen, I'm going
on the show to win. I'm not going on the
show to hook up with a hundred gals or even
one girl. Oh, I mean, I made you fonce. I
made you my girl for the rest of my entire
life for a reason. It's not like I'm taking this lightly.
I'm not. But the other end of the spectrum is
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she needs to feel secure in knowing that I'm going
on the show for the right reasons. Once that's not there,
well now it's like what do we do because this
is all and yes, Like will I say say no
at times? Yeah, I listen, I said no. But the
last time I couldn't go, like me and her had
a book trip, I had to say no. But I
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mean I would hope that she would allow me to
go and just be me Like that's not going to change.
I feel like I'm marrying her because she allows me
to just be myself like she doesn't. She doesn't care,
Like if I flirt, yeah, Like can I flirt and
take it to a different level? Fuck? No, Like, forget
about it, I'll fuck you up. Yeah, exactly, don't worry.
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I have to ca you don't. Yeah, Like there's definitely
a fine line. I mean I know how she gets
because we went out to a club and there was
a woman dancing next to me and she uh inappropriately
grabbed me and Lauren was like, hey, that's my girlfriend.
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No that. I was like no, no, no, no no, I'm
like that too, Like, oh my god, no one's ever
done that. Yo. I had to call her back. I
was like, why didn't you do it? I was like,
she grabbed her who ha Yeah yeah, nasty bitch. I
realy smacked her hand, but like, you know what, go
over there in the pervy section touch a lot. I'm
(14:42):
glad I wasn't there Lauren would have. We would have
been right there just boxing her out, like sorry, sis,
Nicole's taken. She can only dance by herself in that corner.
I would love to. I was though, I don't get
h Nicole. Do you think that you would play the
(15:07):
game differently? Going forward, either because of the fact that
now you're engaged or because you'd be coming in off
an injury. Definitely, with both of them coming off obviously,
I mean I was hurt so that I'm definitely going
to be like skeptical on the competition, on the challenge
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and all that. As far as like, because I'm engaged now,
there's no distractions like the gals that think they might
be a distraction, Like there is not, Like it's in
the back of my head, like I could kill less
if like a top model like Megan Fox like walked in.
I mean, I might let her do that one. I
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think it'd be better if you were there, Lauren. You know,
what's the experience if you can't experience it too. I know.
I'm just I'm an equal opportunity player here. We all
get to play. Yeah, make it fair? Yes, yeah, no,
Like definitely I would. It would be a different game.
I mean, I'd be curious to see on how I
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would play it because it's so many different factors now
it really is. Yeah, definitely, I mean, what was it.
I'm sure leaving Double Agents because of an injury had
to like leave this taste in your mouth, like oh,
it was the worst taste in my mouth. It was
like like leaving and that soon in the beginning of
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the game, I'm sending back like what do you mean
we just got here? I was like, like, this isn't
even like the second week or maybe the third week,
but it was just super short. I mean, I definitely
did not like that feeling. I mean, yeah, no, it sucked.
Like I don't even think that there's words to talk
about it. It was. It was horrible. I mean, hey, listen, Torid,
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A lot of people got hurt on that chock. I
know I was gonna say, yeah, yeah, I remember you
out there. Does that make you feel I was gonna ask.
I mean, not saying that anyone's injury should make anybody
feel better, but did did it less than the blow
to know that you weren't the only person hurt that
day and having to go home? I didn't even care.
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I mean at that point, it's just like every challenge
I went on, I made it to a final, and
now I'm like, I don't even get get to see
a final another Challe challenge. But to me, it was
just like for the sought of the game, I felt
like I just got that that was a dangerous challenge though,
like a lot of people could have got their ass
I mean, whatever, No, but I think I always think
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because you know, I've definitely dealt with some similar injuries
when you leave, like you know, sometimes life just has
something else set out for you. You know, you might
not be where you are right now without that injury.
I don't know, I'm kind of I definitely don't think
I would have. I mean I came home, I and
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I came home to like I was breaking up, like
I actually basically and then and then I meet her,
like it was just very very different. Yeah, I mean
I'm not upset about it. I mean, I'm definitely mad
that it happened, but of course it happened. For it's
a setback, but now you're a part of this new
workout thing for the challenge the series ro Rael Girl.
(18:24):
I called her immediately. I was like, yo, Rachel for
a small gale. Forget about it. She a monster, There's
no there's no quit in her. She's very like but
this is what she does every single day for the
last however many decades. It's like natural for her to
do all of the things that she does. Um, how
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did you get involved in that. I got a call
and they were like, you want to work out? I
was like, I love work it out. And then when
I found out it was a body weight workout, I
was like, I've never done that before. I was like,
body weight, You've never done a body weight workout? Yeah,
but the Fire Academy, which is what like five five
(19:05):
years ago, I've done a body way to workout with
burleys and all that stuff. The body weights, it's normally
not my thing. Yeah, I'll be honest with so are
you're trying to say that body weights harder for you
than putting up weight? Yet we're doing more volume in
her workout. I'm sure it's higher volume than you just
picking up heavyweights and yeah, but to me, I mean,
you could tell me to do like the push ups,
(19:27):
to pull up and waits and carails and all that,
and that's fine bench, but if you tell me to
do like jump squads and burpies, drum squats, ropes, I'm
looking at you like what. Yeah. I was like, wait
a minute, Like when I tell you, like that workout
could get anybody in shape, And I mean especially now
like since I got home. If Rachel thinks that I
haven't been doing that workout. Forget about it. She's got back.
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I can't, Joe, because now I know you work Gal,
So now forget about it. I love that dude. For
anybody who doesn't really know about the workouts, Nicole, when
you just explained what it is, the Workout series is
a body weight workout for half an hour that is gruesome,
extremely high competitive, challenging. Whichever where do you want to
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put into it, and it will tone your body up
real fucking quick. I suggest you guys wash that tour.
It was a pot of it. I mean, the best
people were a pot of it. I don't know where
you are. I don't fucking know either. I mean the
world wants to know. They're like, she doesn't work out?
I mean I do, but this is proof that I do.
It would have been nice for people listening. But it's
(20:32):
okay because Rachel also sent me the workout, so I
have them apart and signed up on the phone and
do them across it. I'm fine, I'll be all right. However,
I am extremely fucking but hurt. All right back to you, Nicole,
No Coal, So I know that you said that you
weren't used to this body way workout and stuff like that.
But like, were you not doing any type of at
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home based workout during the pandemic or during recovery or
anything like that. I actually have a shed in in
my yard with like the proposal shed. Yes, and she
transformed her most favorite room inside this home and to
the proposal. So yeah, but it's she calling it a shed.
(21:15):
I feel like doesn't give it. It's like proper due diligence,
like you can literally it's like a small at home gym. Yeah,
I mean everything she needs in there looks like a
little guesthouse almost. Yeah, exactly. So I've been listened me
and Lauren fight or whatever. I'm just like, go in
the ship, don't talk to me where Sometimes I'm like,
you go in the shed. But by yeah, yeah, oh
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my gosh, I mean it doesn't look like a bad
place to spend some time, right, get out of frustration,
good quick work out, other proposals, Yeah, do some good thinking.
So Nicole, I know that you had to do like
an ab routine with Rachel and there was one point
in time no talking about her. I literally I cool Lauren,
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and I'm like, I don't know what he had me
doing it. I was like blocking my ass. Till this day,
it's like a few weeks after, I still can't fucking
do it. I have no idea how to hollow or
the suitcase. It's a hollow rock. It's a hollow rock.
You can't I don't it a hollow rock. It's called
a hollow a solid rock. Why why don't you hold
a piece of a granite, like something really nice, not
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a rock. I don't like a hollow rock whatever. Rolling rock.
To me, it was just like she tried to like
take my body and move it, and my body still
wasn't moving, So you can't rock back and forth in
the hollow position. Like they questioned my ass, like anything
was questioned, my whole integrity of my ass, and what
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they stood for was questioning that they're just for aesthetics,
they're not for show, and you know what you've shown up,
he was, I can't shabs. You've shabs your shows. I
hate that tour even how to bring that up because
it was the most embarrassing, so great. I just thought
it was so funny because like you didn't stop talking
(23:05):
about it, and I was like, wow, this really got
to her. Psyche. I still haven't stopped talking about day.
I think it's amazing that you can't, and I cannot
wait if we ever do a show together, we should
just dollow. I'm gonna sit there and just rock my body.
I crock my just gonna we'll tip you. Tory is
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gonna be on one side. I'll be on the other.
My body like that. It was like a see sel,
like what your body see for your body you should
work at. Yeah, you should do the holds first and
then slowly once you get the whole position. If you
think I can't plank for five minutes, I could. I
could hold hold a plank for five minutes. But if
we turn you on your back, it's over exactly. See,
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and that's why you're a top. Damn you know it
does come full circle. Wow, definitely, well played, well played. Well.
Let me just go back to this. I have one
question when we're questioning about Rachel. Okay, have you done
a season with her? Obviously because she's older, she's old school,
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but have you watched any of her seasons? And did
you know what you're getting yourself into. I'll be one
hundred percent with you. I don't watch this season unless
I'm on it, Julia, just because it changes the way
that you think about the people and and like, like
when I go on a challenge, like if I'm friends
with you, I'm friends with you in and out of
the show, and that's never going to change. So watching
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a season, I just feel like it would definitely make
me think differently about a lot of people. So, but no,
I didn't. I didn't know, like I what I was
getting myself into. I mean, I looked at her social media.
I was like, Oh, she's got a good body. I
was like, it's kind of like the same body type
as me. She might be smaller, though, so I'm good
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And then I'm not good. She's a beast man, She's
a beast's. Her body's just conditioned. She's the real deal
for sure. Nicole, what is your favorite type of workout
and what's your least favorite type of workout? Well, my
least favorite we already knows body Leach with a Roland
rock you would know, Um, that's my least favorite. My
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favorite is honestly like a hit workout. I would say,
like I fucking couldn't jog. I could do a bunch
of shit, like with weights and pull ups and pull
at a day and it's a hit and it's quick.
It's like a twenty minute solid workout. Yeah, I'm with
you on that. A hit is definitely the way to go. Actually,
you saying pull ups reminded me of the time on
Double Agents when there was like a line of people
(25:45):
doing a pull up contest and you, oh, yeah, you
were the only girl out there. We were like by
like two I think it was like seventeen, no three,
It was like a seventeen verses. Also competitive, they started
doing other things. She's like, I'm gonna do it. I'm mam,
don't kill yourself before we even start competing. Well that's true. Yeah, yeah,
(26:06):
that's where you really get hurt at the home the
challenge home gym. I mean you want to we're all competitive.
We want me on the fucking more competitive I know it.
Does your competitiveness translate into being a firefighter too? Oh yeah,
one hundred percent, because, like I mean think about it,
like being a female firefighter, you're kind of down here,
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like no one's gonna think that you're with with the guys. Ever,
and like the competition with that, it makes me want
to be a better firefighter. Like now, like I'm studying now,
I'm just like, I'm gonna do it, like but there's
no I mean, look like listen, but there's not a
question in the back of my head but that I'm
not doing this like I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna
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be a boys and I'm going to be the best boys,
like possibly big Are you mad about firefighting outfits because
you can't show your abs? Do you want them to?
Like a two piece number still baggy and still still effective,
but a two piece. As soon as I finish a job,
(27:11):
I immediately I bump gear and my T shirt is
so wet that is stick but to my ad and
you can actually see the end print of my AD.
So I'm act I love it. I love it. Says
when did you start being a firefighter? How did you
get started? I was an EMT first, I was a
(27:32):
colock actor, and then I became a Fi fi five
and a half years ago. Actually, wow, so it'd be great. Yeah,
And you know what, Like even going back to you
saying every obviously, aside from Double Agents, every challenge you've
been on you made it to a final. It's just
not a surprise to me because your experience in like
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the outside world definitely translates over into the challenge and
that's what makes you such a great petitor. So I
really hope that you can't. Yeah, I appreciated, of course.
Yeah you're a beast. Um. And do you have any
tips for anybody maybing me, anybody who's listening that wants
to be like really good at either competing or any
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skills that you think make somebody a good challenger. So see,
I don't know, because I feel like like that's such
a wide range, quite question, because like think about it, mate, Physically,
I do think that I'm up there puzzle wise, I'm not,
but I've been practicing my puzzles, so I'm not stupid.
I'm actually smarter than what people think now and as
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and what to me, it's like, I mean, like that's
the game too. I mean, if you talk a great game,
you're good. I mean, like look at West and Johnny,
Like the way that they're talking, the way that they
just skate through the game really is insane. Um. It's
just like you need to know your strong point and
run with it because like that that's kind of as
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far as like a alliance that you make. You need
to kind of say, hey, like you got this, but
I had this. Like that was why Devin to me
was the best pawn ever because like physically I had it,
intelligence wise and no offense. But Devin, as much as
Devin like wants to joke about like being oh but
I'm not the fittest guy, Devin is fit. Like Devin
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knows how to fucking work out, and Devin's not not
how to move his body. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree
with you. I agree. There's so many aspects that make
somebody a good challenger, and I think you hit the
nail on the head with that. Now, my last question,
any tips on how to have a good proposal? Do
we need to buy a shed? Make sure? Make sure
you're ready for it? Like that's the first one. I mean, like,
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I'm gonna be straight up, I definitely wanted to be
engaged to like previous ones. And then it's just like
something wasn't right, something didn't feel right. It wasn't the
right move, which is why I'm now happy with her.
But is you got to be right ready for it
and just think think about yourself, but think about the
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other person as well. Um, you don't know what to say.
You could write up a whole fu fucking notes thing.
It doesn't happen that way, and you don't need approval
from the parents, but you definitely need them to kind
of agree and give give the blessing because to me,
like that's important. I mean, like the family with me
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is always number one. And I mean like when when
you get engaged to somebody, you marry someone, you're marrying
their family as well. And then like if she didn't
get along like with my sisters and my parents, forget
about it, like she would have been out the doot,
you need it like, but good luck to oh it
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is a second job, and you always need to think
about that person. So like a proposal advice wise, be
ready to just say it's not just you now, it's
you and hey for you and him. I think when
she also didn't mention, it's like she's just she spoke
from the heart. She was very genuine. Um a lot
of things that meant something to me. She included in
certain ways in the proposal that oh, no one knows
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that tell them with the York story. So she everyone's
like looking at the video and there's like your Ceperman
patties and everyone's like Oh, that's so cute. Like, what's
to deal with your Cepman patties. When my father was alive,
we would go to the store and he would always
eat your Pepperman patties and he would say, don't tell
mom because mom wants me on a diet. And we
would just stop our faces with your Cepym patties, the
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heart patties. Good, Nicole, you're fucking sweetheart. People don't know that.
Thank you, Thank you. It's because I have such a
hot hill, so many ads on my show. Yeah, I
got I know. That's so sweet. I'm really happy for
both of you. That really is. Yeah. Well, if anybody
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hasn't seen the proposal, it's on Instagram, Nicole, it's on
your page, right or laurens Okay, where can we follow
you guys on Instagram? What are your your pages and
underscores in order? Mtv z A N A T TA
and mine is Lauren la Rin Brittany b r I
T T A N y O nic and she's private.
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I think she just made it on private. I told her, Okay,
it's really hard to stock you when I can't thank me.
No one knows her like Anissa, like not even joking.
I think that that was the one thing that made
this relationship like perfect. Nobody can get inside of that.
No one knows anything about her, so it was like, oh,
(32:40):
it's a secret girl. Like I was like, well, cats
out of bag, Nicole, She's not secret anymore. We all
know her. I'm stuck with her for the rest of
my life. All right, sappy babies, Why don't you go
cuddle up with the dog. You want to come over
and on the shed, ye can't. I have to go
to the gym. Oh, thank you guys so much. It
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was a pleasure of talking to you, Nicole. It was
great catching up with you. Yeah, and I hope your
ads feel better from doing those rolling rocks or whatever
they're called. Lauren. It was lovely to meet you and
so nice meeting you, Lauren. We were to talking to
you guys soon. Thank you so much for coming on
the show. You all right, love you God. Nicole's nada.
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There's literally nobody like her. When I was not one person.
When I was doing the workout series with her, I
was like, we have to get you on the podcast
because your voice is something people need to hear. It's incredible.
So for any funny yes, and for anybody who wants
to know about the workout series, it will be available
on the Challenges YouTube page on April eighteenth, so make
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sure you check it out and try to do those
rolling rock things that she was talking about, because we
all got to see you if we got it. I
can't wait. I hope they actually show her trying to
do it as failing LB too, Me too, Anisa, Where
can we follow you on Instagram and support you? You
can follow me at Anisa MTV on Instagram. That's a
m E s a MTV. And Tori where can we
(34:13):
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Challenge podcast
What's up everyone, It's Tori and Anissa and today on
the podcast we are joined by the one and only
Nicole's Another. We talked to her about her engagement, the
injury that ended her time on Double Agents, and the
new Challenge Workout series. It was a very fun interview
and we hope you all enjoy it. She was on
(00:31):
Real World Skeleton, she was on Invasion of the Champions,
Vendetta's Double Agents. She is Queen of Abs Nicole's and yeah,
like that introduction, I knew if I talked about your abs,
because nobody can see this, that they can know that
they're about ten of them. Yeah, definitely, and they're in
your back. So we got to add. That's one of
(00:53):
my favorite things about you, Nicole is you will literally
just walk up to people within like five minutes of
talking and show your ass. You won't even say shit,
you'd just be like, look, there's not wrong with that, Listen.
I weren't hot for that. Yeah, I mean, like, I
have kids, forget about it, They're gonna be gone, and
then what do I have to show my fucking by
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ships your apps will come back to you. I feel
like you have that kind of metabolism if you push
the baby out. Well, first of all, I just want
to say congratulations because you have your new biance right
next year. How are you guys feeling fucking excited? Sotoked?
I mean obviously I was super like net nervous, like
I couldn't even really express the words like even like
(01:34):
talking about it now, I get like it choked up.
I mean, I'm just really really happy. Is that why
I had music over it? Because I was really waiting
to hear what you said to her when you got down.
I'll send you, I'll send oh thank you. This is exclusive.
I'll keep it close to my heart, I swear to god.
It just I kept looking at it. I'm like, is
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there gonna be one clip of her actually speaking? Or
is it gonna be music that makes me post as soon? Yeah? No, no,
hey listen. It was definitely rough. I mean I was like,
I mean, I was nervous, like like that's like the
one moment in your entire life that like you don't
know what to say, like I could honestly say, I
was like speechless. I was like, oh fuck, you should
(02:16):
just showing your abs and in the amba, here you go,
the gold ring in the life and then dressed. Oh
my god, wait, so did you like write down an
idea of what you wanted to say? Oh yeah, script
and holding, and then I didn't say any of it.
(02:38):
Oh good? Like oh shit, I was like, the way
do I saw it? Yeah? You really like I didn't
know what to say. I mean, like looking at her,
it just came out like that. So, oh, Lauren, what
did it sound like from your end? I was like, Okay.
So I was so shocked because I'm like thinking that
We're gonna go to home depot, like I'm gonna put
(02:58):
outlook covers on the like outlets because I counted them
all to match like my day. So I'm like doing that,
and she like messages me keeping me a towel, and
I'm like, oh my god, she's sweating already. She's only
been in there for like twenty minutes working out. So
i'd with no shoes on, like in the ugliest sweater
I've ever worn in my life, and like I opened
(03:19):
the door and I just see like this whole setup
and I just like literally remember just dropping my phone
and like walking over to her and just she had
like the sweetest things to say, had in true, Nicole
fashion had some jokes in there too that really uh
made me laugh. So it was perfect. I mean it
really was super thoughtful, super sweet, very surprising, and I
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couldn't have imagined it any other way. Oh it's so nice.
Good answer. See did you there's a script over there.
I want to know, Nicole, how long did it plan?
You plan? You? Jesus, how long did you planness four?
You guys don't even want to know trying to talk
to her? Oh yeah, well we'll put it like this.
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I mean, I obviously I needed but to talk to
me and a parent, and Lauren's dad died, so but
there wasn't very talk to him. So I was trying
trying but to contact the mom and I'm just like
I got told to you and something would just come
up every time. So it probably took about like three months.
(04:22):
You said, no, not that long. I'd say, like, all right, well,
she's being annoyed about it, like a month and a
half to kind of like really do this. So yeah,
like I feel like like that's something you can't really plan,
like there's no way to do it. Oh man, Well
for the challenge. Fans that know you very well, Nicole,
and obviously now are going to be following you and
(04:42):
Lauren's story. How did you guys need? Yeah? Boy? Oh yeah.
So we had a mutual friend invited us out to
her birthday dinner and we met in October and I
sat down and Nicole was true to nicole, um, you know,
vibrant and just like outspoken and whatnot. And I was like,
(05:06):
is this girl you didn't pick someone else? You? Did
you did? She don't? Like, oh god, yeah, yes, coming
off a break up, hitting the streets running, that's our girl.
But yeah, so we were friends. We stayed friends for
a while. Um, and then I asked her out, and
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she originally was like, I don't know, like it's gonna
mess up our friendship circle. Um this that on the
third and I was like, okay, like whatever, that's fine.
And then New Year's Eve we down the bottle of
love and the rest is history. So wow, wow, you
were friends first? Look at you, Nicole? Come on, did
(05:49):
it just happened like that? Do you guys have a
wedding bait set? We're thinking everybody keeps asking us that,
and I'm like I'm like, oh my god, Like I
guess this is stuff I should start really like looking
into so um, we have like a lot of really
exciting things going on with her family and mine. We're
just trying to time it right. Playing with the idea
(06:09):
of doing a big New Year's Eve party for little
big New Year's Eve wedding. I'm so going to toy
with that idea. But if not early spring next year,
it's looking like nice, it's good. Hope we'll get invitations,
but uh, you know, Tory will be Tory will be
my date, and I will wear a suit because I
want to Will Live, will Live podcasts, will Live podcasts
(06:33):
from the wedding, and TJ will officiate. We already asked
he's fine something off the list story. Oh my god, yes,
keep you com and keep it coming go out. Oh man, Well,
we are so happy for you guys. That's why we
literally had to get you on the podcast because Nicole
you mentioned this to me. I don't know if you
know his Lauren while we were out doing the workout
with Rachel the Rachel Fitness Workout collab out in la
(06:54):
and she was like on proposing to my girlfriend. And
the energy that Nicole had, I was like, holy shit,
Like we need I need to like me. I need
to see that. I need to know, Like, was waiting
and looking on your instagrams for the post because I
knew it was coming. So I was not disappointed you guys,
like it was so exciting. So it's really been awesome
to have you wanted to hear about the story. You know,
(07:15):
it's not awesome finding out that Nicole wasn't following me.
Oh shots, boyd, listen, I'm not following you either. Damn.
I thought we loved each other. I didn't see that
we don't follow each other's I have to do it now.
I'm gonna do. Take my sister all with me. What
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did you expect from me? Okay, listen, we're like sisters,
so that could have never happened, but your sister possibly. Wow.
All right, well besides this, because let's let's solve this here, ladies,
let's click that follow butt and keep it moving. I
got you following, Nicole. How have you been because we
(07:59):
in the ch Island world haven't seen you since Double
Agents when obviously you left because medical, I wouldn't you
were medically to squalify, right, I was, medically I would
five anchors put in my shoulder. Yeah. What happened to
that shoulder. I have five anchors put in it. No,
but like what happened to it, my labor was but
completely torn off. It was like tear it was completely off.
(08:24):
I mean I first think about it, I told him,
but just to pop it back in. I was like,
come on, like pop it back in and let's call
it a day. And they were just like you can't.
So I got home. I needed like a surgery. I
was out of work for like nine months. She was
actually by my side an entire time, like stretching me out,
like on the floor, like when I tell you it was.
(08:44):
It was honestly the lowest part of my entire life.
Like I've never felt so like I couldn't take a shower,
like I couldn't, Like I give people so much credit
like with like what do you call it injuries? Like
injuries and disability like a rehab, Yeah, because honestly, it
just puts you in a very, very different the mindset.
(09:06):
I couldn't get out of it, I mean straight up,
because if it wasn't far, it was just like it
was bad. It's hard. It's a bad headspace because you
can't do anything. You feel helpless. But you're normally super independent,
and then you don't want to ask anybody for help,
but you kind of need it. I'd say one thing
about being injured, it's like it does humble you a lot,
and you don't take ship for granted after of like
any part of your body. Hell no, but then gets
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straight after that. I fucking I got with her. I'm
now studying. I want to become a lieutenant. I'm gonna
be a boss. I've been putting in the work now
and life's been good, Like honestly, I can't really say
like nothing's been bad. Like my sister has has a baby,
my oldest sister has one, and then my sister Sam
(09:50):
is printing with a second boy like the fan, Like
it's just been insane. Like it's like I definitely feel blessed.
Yeah that's awesome. Yeah, and yeah, think about how close
that brought you in, Lauren, like you said, like you
oh yeah, she was stretching out. Sure it all started
(10:11):
there actually help showering, stretching out. You're like, you know what,
this is the lady that I could be with for forever.
If people, if people are there with you at your lowest,
do you know what I mean they're awa, Yeah, because
if someone's there when you're basically at the bottom of
the totem Paul, forget about it, you know what, Like
I could see it being really difficult for you and
(10:34):
anybody who's like a workout fiend to go through and
Anissa too, to go through a recovery period like that,
because it's like, how are you getting your endorphins after
you can ice cream? Organs? I had one on like
this and I had That's what I said, orgasms and
ice Jesus Nicole. For those for those who didn't see it,
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missed out. You missed Yeah, you really missed out. We
got a whole sweatpant from it. But that's the guy's
like when I tell you, like, that's the worst thing,
because what do you do? Like nothing? I mean I
could say, I mean I could eat twenty four seven,
but what does that do? It doesn't do anything. I'm
happy for like a minute and then I'm over it,
you know. Yeah, but at least with your shoulder, you
(11:22):
had your legs so you could walk around showering does
like it's like, yeah, walking around at least you for feet,
you know. Yeah, do you have any advice for anybody
who's dealing with an injury or a setback, take its
day by day and do not rush it, because as
soon as you rush it, forget about it, you're never
gonna get back to one hundred. I mean listen, because
(11:43):
I had a bunch of firefighters and like what they
were constantly saying, but you're never going to be a
firefighter again. You can't do the job, blah blah blah.
And but to me, like that's like you can't tell
me that, Like I was like, like do you know me? Yeah?
Like that. I also think there are people in worse
shape than you starting off there, so exactly you'll be fine.
I mean, you can get over a shoulder injury. I
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don't think after an injury you're never the same, but
sometimes you get stronger in different ways. So exactly do
you have fears about potentially coming back to the challenge
or does that even sound like something that interests you anymore?
I love the shout on one show. Yes, I'm definitely
missed her being down the hall. Yeah, do you know what?
(12:25):
I definitely missed it. I mean I've always put the
job first and that's never going to change. Like I'm
always going to put like the fire department first, my
fears of coming back. It's not about getting hurt, because
I promise you as far as like stability and all
of that, I'm training on it. It's more of a
this situation right here. I just want her to really
(12:49):
feel like secure, like knowing that, hey, listen, I'm going
on the show to win. I'm not going on the
show to hook up with a hundred gals or even
one girl. Oh, I mean, I made you fonce. I
made you my girl for the rest of my entire
life for a reason. It's not like I'm taking this lightly.
I'm not. But the other end of the spectrum is
(13:12):
she needs to feel secure in knowing that I'm going
on the show for the right reasons. Once that's not there,
well now it's like what do we do because this
is all and yes, Like will I say say no
at times? Yeah, I listen, I said no. But the
last time I couldn't go, like me and her had
a book trip, I had to say no. But I
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mean I would hope that she would allow me to
go and just be me Like that's not going to change.
I feel like I'm marrying her because she allows me
to just be myself like she doesn't. She doesn't care,
Like if I flirt, yeah, Like can I flirt and
take it to a different level? Fuck? No, Like, forget
about it, I'll fuck you up. Yeah, exactly, don't worry.
(13:56):
I have to ca you don't. Yeah, Like there's definitely
a fine line. I mean I know how she gets
because we went out to a club and there was
a woman dancing next to me and she uh inappropriately
grabbed me and Lauren was like, hey, that's my girlfriend.
(14:17):
No that. I was like no, no, no, no no, I'm
like that too, Like, oh my god, no one's ever
done that. Yo. I had to call her back. I
was like, why didn't you do it? I was like,
she grabbed her who ha Yeah yeah, nasty bitch. I
realy smacked her hand, but like, you know what, go
over there in the pervy section touch a lot. I'm
(14:42):
glad I wasn't there Lauren would have. We would have
been right there just boxing her out, like sorry, sis,
Nicole's taken. She can only dance by herself in that corner.
I would love to. I was though, I don't get
h Nicole. Do you think that you would play the
(15:07):
game differently? Going forward, either because of the fact that
now you're engaged or because you'd be coming in off
an injury. Definitely, with both of them coming off obviously,
I mean I was hurt so that I'm definitely going
to be like skeptical on the competition, on the challenge
(15:27):
and all that. As far as like, because I'm engaged now,
there's no distractions like the gals that think they might
be a distraction, Like there is not, Like it's in
the back of my head, like I could kill less
if like a top model like Megan Fox like walked in.
I mean, I might let her do that one. I
(15:49):
think it'd be better if you were there, Lauren. You know,
what's the experience if you can't experience it too. I know.
I'm just I'm an equal opportunity player here. We all
get to play. Yeah, make it fair? Yes, yeah, no,
Like definitely I would. It would be a different game.
I mean, I'd be curious to see on how I
(16:12):
would play it because it's so many different factors now
it really is. Yeah, definitely, I mean, what was it.
I'm sure leaving Double Agents because of an injury had
to like leave this taste in your mouth, like oh,
it was the worst taste in my mouth. It was
like like leaving and that soon in the beginning of
(16:32):
the game, I'm sending back like what do you mean
we just got here? I was like, like, this isn't
even like the second week or maybe the third week,
but it was just super short. I mean, I definitely
did not like that feeling. I mean, yeah, no, it sucked.
Like I don't even think that there's words to talk
about it. It was. It was horrible. I mean, hey, listen, Torid,
(16:54):
A lot of people got hurt on that chock. I
know I was gonna say, yeah, yeah, I remember you
out there. Does that make you feel I was gonna ask.
I mean, not saying that anyone's injury should make anybody
feel better, but did did it less than the blow
to know that you weren't the only person hurt that
day and having to go home? I didn't even care.
(17:15):
I mean at that point, it's just like every challenge
I went on, I made it to a final, and
now I'm like, I don't even get get to see
a final another Challe challenge. But to me, it was
just like for the sought of the game, I felt
like I just got that that was a dangerous challenge though,
like a lot of people could have got their ass
I mean, whatever, No, but I think I always think
(17:38):
because you know, I've definitely dealt with some similar injuries
when you leave, like you know, sometimes life just has
something else set out for you. You know, you might
not be where you are right now without that injury.
I don't know, I'm kind of I definitely don't think
I would have. I mean I came home, I and
(17:59):
I came home to like I was breaking up, like
I actually basically and then and then I meet her,
like it was just very very different. Yeah, I mean
I'm not upset about it. I mean, I'm definitely mad
that it happened, but of course it happened. For it's
a setback, but now you're a part of this new
workout thing for the challenge the series ro Rael Girl.
(18:24):
I called her immediately. I was like, yo, Rachel for
a small gale. Forget about it. She a monster, There's
no there's no quit in her. She's very like but
this is what she does every single day for the
last however many decades. It's like natural for her to
do all of the things that she does. Um, how
(18:45):
did you get involved in that. I got a call
and they were like, you want to work out? I
was like, I love work it out. And then when
I found out it was a body weight workout, I
was like, I've never done that before. I was like,
body weight, You've never done a body weight workout? Yeah,
but the Fire Academy, which is what like five five
(19:05):
years ago, I've done a body way to workout with
burleys and all that stuff. The body weights, it's normally
not my thing. Yeah, I'll be honest with so are
you're trying to say that body weights harder for you
than putting up weight? Yet we're doing more volume in
her workout. I'm sure it's higher volume than you just
picking up heavyweights and yeah, but to me, I mean,
you could tell me to do like the push ups,
(19:27):
to pull up and waits and carails and all that,
and that's fine bench, but if you tell me to
do like jump squads and burpies, drum squats, ropes, I'm
looking at you like what. Yeah. I was like, wait
a minute, Like when I tell you, like that workout
could get anybody in shape, And I mean especially now
like since I got home. If Rachel thinks that I
haven't been doing that workout. Forget about it. She's got back.
(19:50):
I can't, Joe, because now I know you work Gal,
So now forget about it. I love that dude. For
anybody who doesn't really know about the workouts, Nicole, when
you just explained what it is, the Workout series is
a body weight workout for half an hour that is gruesome,
extremely high competitive, challenging. Whichever where do you want to
(20:11):
put into it, and it will tone your body up
real fucking quick. I suggest you guys wash that tour.
It was a pot of it. I mean, the best
people were a pot of it. I don't know where
you are. I don't fucking know either. I mean the
world wants to know. They're like, she doesn't work out?
I mean I do, but this is proof that I do.
It would have been nice for people listening. But it's
(20:32):
okay because Rachel also sent me the workout, so I
have them apart and signed up on the phone and
do them across it. I'm fine, I'll be all right. However,
I am extremely fucking but hurt. All right back to you, Nicole,
No Coal, So I know that you said that you
weren't used to this body way workout and stuff like that.
But like, were you not doing any type of at
(20:53):
home based workout during the pandemic or during recovery or
anything like that. I actually have a shed in in
my yard with like the proposal shed. Yes, and she
transformed her most favorite room inside this home and to
the proposal. So yeah, but it's she calling it a shed.
(21:15):
I feel like doesn't give it. It's like proper due diligence,
like you can literally it's like a small at home gym. Yeah,
I mean everything she needs in there looks like a
little guesthouse almost. Yeah, exactly. So I've been listened me
and Lauren fight or whatever. I'm just like, go in
the ship, don't talk to me where Sometimes I'm like,
you go in the shed. But by yeah, yeah, oh
(21:37):
my gosh, I mean it doesn't look like a bad
place to spend some time, right, get out of frustration,
good quick work out, other proposals, Yeah, do some good thinking.
So Nicole, I know that you had to do like
an ab routine with Rachel and there was one point
in time no talking about her. I literally I cool Lauren,
(22:00):
and I'm like, I don't know what he had me
doing it. I was like blocking my ass. Till this day,
it's like a few weeks after, I still can't fucking
do it. I have no idea how to hollow or
the suitcase. It's a hollow rock. It's a hollow rock.
You can't I don't it a hollow rock. It's called
a hollow a solid rock. Why why don't you hold
a piece of a granite, like something really nice, not
(22:22):
a rock. I don't like a hollow rock whatever. Rolling rock.
To me, it was just like she tried to like
take my body and move it, and my body still
wasn't moving, So you can't rock back and forth in
the hollow position. Like they questioned my ass, like anything
was questioned, my whole integrity of my ass, and what
(22:43):
they stood for was questioning that they're just for aesthetics,
they're not for show, and you know what you've shown up,
he was, I can't shabs. You've shabs your shows. I
hate that tour even how to bring that up because
it was the most embarrassing, so great. I just thought
it was so funny because like you didn't stop talking
(23:05):
about it, and I was like, wow, this really got
to her. Psyche. I still haven't stopped talking about day.
I think it's amazing that you can't, and I cannot
wait if we ever do a show together, we should
just dollow. I'm gonna sit there and just rock my body.
I crock my just gonna we'll tip you. Tory is
(23:26):
gonna be on one side. I'll be on the other.
My body like that. It was like a see sel,
like what your body see for your body you should
work at. Yeah, you should do the holds first and
then slowly once you get the whole position. If you
think I can't plank for five minutes, I could. I
could hold hold a plank for five minutes. But if
we turn you on your back, it's over exactly. See,
(23:50):
and that's why you're a top. Damn you know it
does come full circle. Wow, definitely, well played, well played. Well.
Let me just go back to this. I have one
question when we're questioning about Rachel. Okay, have you done
a season with her? Obviously because she's older, she's old school,
(24:13):
but have you watched any of her seasons? And did
you know what you're getting yourself into. I'll be one
hundred percent with you. I don't watch this season unless
I'm on it, Julia, just because it changes the way
that you think about the people and and like, like
when I go on a challenge, like if I'm friends
with you, I'm friends with you in and out of
the show, and that's never going to change. So watching
(24:35):
a season, I just feel like it would definitely make
me think differently about a lot of people. So, but no,
I didn't. I didn't know, like I what I was
getting myself into. I mean, I looked at her social media.
I was like, Oh, she's got a good body. I
was like, it's kind of like the same body type
as me. She might be smaller, though, so I'm good
(24:56):
And then I'm not good. She's a beast man, She's
a beast's. Her body's just conditioned. She's the real deal
for sure. Nicole, what is your favorite type of workout
and what's your least favorite type of workout? Well, my
least favorite we already knows body Leach with a Roland
rock you would know, Um, that's my least favorite. My
(25:24):
favorite is honestly like a hit workout. I would say,
like I fucking couldn't jog. I could do a bunch
of shit, like with weights and pull ups and pull
at a day and it's a hit and it's quick.
It's like a twenty minute solid workout. Yeah, I'm with
you on that. A hit is definitely the way to go. Actually,
you saying pull ups reminded me of the time on
Double Agents when there was like a line of people
(25:45):
doing a pull up contest and you, oh, yeah, you
were the only girl out there. We were like by
like two I think it was like seventeen, no three,
It was like a seventeen verses. Also competitive, they started
doing other things. She's like, I'm gonna do it. I'm mam,
don't kill yourself before we even start competing. Well that's true. Yeah, yeah,
(26:06):
that's where you really get hurt at the home the
challenge home gym. I mean you want to we're all competitive.
We want me on the fucking more competitive I know it.
Does your competitiveness translate into being a firefighter too? Oh yeah,
one hundred percent, because, like I mean think about it,
like being a female firefighter, you're kind of down here,
(26:27):
like no one's gonna think that you're with with the guys. Ever,
and like the competition with that, it makes me want
to be a better firefighter. Like now, like I'm studying now,
I'm just like, I'm gonna do it, like but there's
no I mean, look like listen, but there's not a
question in the back of my head but that I'm
not doing this like I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna
(26:48):
be a boys and I'm going to be the best boys,
like possibly big Are you mad about firefighting outfits because
you can't show your abs? Do you want them to?
Like a two piece number still baggy and still still effective,
but a two piece. As soon as I finish a job,
(27:11):
I immediately I bump gear and my T shirt is
so wet that is stick but to my ad and
you can actually see the end print of my AD.
So I'm act I love it. I love it. Says
when did you start being a firefighter? How did you
get started? I was an EMT first, I was a
(27:32):
colock actor, and then I became a Fi fi five
and a half years ago. Actually, wow, so it'd be great. Yeah,
And you know what, Like even going back to you
saying every obviously, aside from Double Agents, every challenge you've
been on you made it to a final. It's just
not a surprise to me because your experience in like
(27:54):
the outside world definitely translates over into the challenge and
that's what makes you such a great petitor. So I
really hope that you can't. Yeah, I appreciated, of course.
Yeah you're a beast. Um. And do you have any
tips for anybody maybing me, anybody who's listening that wants
to be like really good at either competing or any
(28:17):
skills that you think make somebody a good challenger. So see,
I don't know, because I feel like like that's such
a wide range, quite question, because like think about it, mate, Physically,
I do think that I'm up there puzzle wise, I'm not,
but I've been practicing my puzzles, so I'm not stupid.
I'm actually smarter than what people think now and as
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and what to me, it's like, I mean, like that's
the game too. I mean, if you talk a great game,
you're good. I mean, like look at West and Johnny,
Like the way that they're talking, the way that they
just skate through the game really is insane. Um. It's
just like you need to know your strong point and
run with it because like that that's kind of as
(29:00):
far as like a alliance that you make. You need
to kind of say, hey, like you got this, but
I had this. Like that was why Devin to me
was the best pawn ever because like physically I had it,
intelligence wise and no offense. But Devin, as much as
Devin like wants to joke about like being oh but
I'm not the fittest guy, Devin is fit. Like Devin
(29:22):
knows how to fucking work out, and Devin's not not
how to move his body. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree
with you. I agree. There's so many aspects that make
somebody a good challenger, and I think you hit the
nail on the head with that. Now, my last question,
any tips on how to have a good proposal? Do
we need to buy a shed? Make sure? Make sure
you're ready for it? Like that's the first one. I mean, like,
(29:45):
I'm gonna be straight up, I definitely wanted to be
engaged to like previous ones. And then it's just like
something wasn't right, something didn't feel right. It wasn't the
right move, which is why I'm now happy with her.
But is you got to be right ready for it
and just think think about yourself, but think about the
(30:06):
other person as well. Um, you don't know what to say.
You could write up a whole fu fucking notes thing.
It doesn't happen that way, and you don't need approval
from the parents, but you definitely need them to kind
of agree and give give the blessing because to me,
like that's important. I mean, like the family with me
(30:28):
is always number one. And I mean like when when
you get engaged to somebody, you marry someone, you're marrying
their family as well. And then like if she didn't
get along like with my sisters and my parents, forget
about it, like she would have been out the doot,
you need it like, but good luck to oh it
(30:50):
is a second job, and you always need to think
about that person. So like a proposal advice wise, be
ready to just say it's not just you now, it's
you and hey for you and him. I think when
she also didn't mention, it's like she's just she spoke
from the heart. She was very genuine. Um a lot
of things that meant something to me. She included in
certain ways in the proposal that oh, no one knows
(31:12):
that tell them with the York story. So she everyone's
like looking at the video and there's like your Ceperman
patties and everyone's like Oh, that's so cute. Like, what's
to deal with your Cepman patties. When my father was alive,
we would go to the store and he would always
eat your Pepperman patties and he would say, don't tell
mom because mom wants me on a diet. And we
would just stop our faces with your Cepym patties, the
(31:36):
heart patties. Good, Nicole, you're fucking sweetheart. People don't know that.
Thank you, Thank you. It's because I have such a
hot hill, so many ads on my show. Yeah, I
got I know. That's so sweet. I'm really happy for
both of you. That really is. Yeah. Well, if anybody
(31:58):
hasn't seen the proposal, it's on Instagram, Nicole, it's on
your page, right or laurens Okay, where can we follow
you guys on Instagram? What are your your pages and
underscores in order? Mtv z A N A T TA
and mine is Lauren la Rin Brittany b r I
T T A N y O nic and she's private.
(32:19):
I think she just made it on private. I told her, Okay,
it's really hard to stock you when I can't thank me.
No one knows her like Anissa, like not even joking.
I think that that was the one thing that made
this relationship like perfect. Nobody can get inside of that.
No one knows anything about her, so it was like, oh,
(32:40):
it's a secret girl. Like I was like, well, cats
out of bag, Nicole, She's not secret anymore. We all
know her. I'm stuck with her for the rest of
my life. All right, sappy babies, Why don't you go
cuddle up with the dog. You want to come over
and on the shed, ye can't. I have to go
to the gym. Oh, thank you guys so much. It
(33:03):
was a pleasure of talking to you, Nicole. It was
great catching up with you. Yeah, and I hope your
ads feel better from doing those rolling rocks or whatever
they're called. Lauren. It was lovely to meet you and
so nice meeting you, Lauren. We were to talking to
you guys soon. Thank you so much for coming on
the show. You all right, love you God. Nicole's nada.
(33:29):
There's literally nobody like her. When I was not one person.
When I was doing the workout series with her, I
was like, we have to get you on the podcast
because your voice is something people need to hear. It's incredible.
So for any funny yes, and for anybody who wants
to know about the workout series, it will be available
on the Challenges YouTube page on April eighteenth, so make
(33:49):
sure you check it out and try to do those
rolling rock things that she was talking about, because we
all got to see you if we got it. I
can't wait. I hope they actually show her trying to
do it as failing LB too, Me too, Anisa, Where
can we follow you on Instagram and support you? You
can follow me at Anisa MTV on Instagram. That's a
m E s a MTV. And Tori where can we
(34:13):
follow You? You can follow me at Tory Underscore Deal
on Instagram and everybody. If you enjoyed this episode and
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