Exclusive: Peter Weber Tell All

For the first time, in an exclusive, Chris tells Peter why they didn’t bond during Peter’s season.
 
Peter takes this opportunity to ask Chris something that he has wondered about his season and never had the courage to ask.
 
Plus, Peter is dating someone he hasn’t met yet. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.
Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema coming to you from the
home office in Austin, Texas. We are excited to team
up for today's interview because we both know and genuinely
like this guest so much that we wanted to do
this together. It is Pilot Pete Day. Peter Webber, who

(00:24):
is on Hannah Brown's season of the Bachelorette. Left broken hearted,
but then he became the star of his own show.
He was our bachelor and ended kind of well. Didn't
go well, ended well.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
From an entertaining perspective, great television, didn't end great for Peter.
To refresh your memory, this was Madison, Pruett, Hannah and
sless Kelly Flanagan was involved and it all kind of
crash landed. I hate to say, but Peter is doing
so well and we're so excited to talk to him.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Peter Weber joins us now. And it has been too
long since I have seen you, my friend. How have
you been?

Speaker 3 (01:04):
I've been good man, it has it's been it's been
a minute. I think what was the last time is
when you were moving out of out of West Westlake.

Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yeah, I mean that was Oh my gosh, you came
over with Kelly flanagain.

Speaker 5 (01:16):
Oh my god.

Speaker 4 (01:17):
Yes, I forgot about that.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
We had a glass of wine on our back patio.
It was Lauren and I and you and Kelly. You
guys kind of came and hit out and we just
sat and had a nice bottle of wine, and yeah,
that was the last time we saw you.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
Do you remember when I would I'd fly my drone
over to your house from my house.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, do you remember that? We were like two kids.
It was like so so people that don't know Peter
lives in this thing called first neighborhood. I lived in
this little neighborhood called the Trails. We were up in
Westlake Village. Actually, bizarrely, as the crow flies, probably five
miles from the Bachelor Mansion is where Peter grew up
and where I lived. And if you you could almost

(01:57):
hit a golf ball from my back deck to Peter's
house and he would fly his drone and so he
would call or text me and I would walk out
and there'd be a drone right off my deck. And
it was it was we were like two kids with
walkie talkies. It's almost my brother and I we had
the soup cans with the strings. It's like Peter Peter
hear me. So yeah, we were like eight year olds.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
I got I gotta find that because I recorded I
had that footage somewhere, so I gotta find that.

Speaker 5 (02:24):
I walked out there.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
It was it was really bizarre.

Speaker 4 (02:26):
Wow, were you naked?

Speaker 1 (02:27):
I was buck gass naked.

Speaker 5 (02:29):
Yes, actually, we're not going to reveal that footage.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
But yeah, dude, so so not much has changed since
the last time we saw you.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
No, I mean a loe. Yeah, let's see. So I
was still living back. Yeah, I was living at home
and was like with my parents out there. I moved
out to UH to New York, New York City in
January of twenty one, and yeah, I've just been here
ever since. I had a little stint in Midtown East
and Upper East Side and now I'm in Flat Iron.

Speaker 5 (02:54):
Been out here for about a year. Just renew my lease.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
I'm gonna be here at least one more year, and
just living the dream man flying for United based out
of Newark on the seven eight, doing awesome flying out
to Europe, about to Asia, India, South Africa. So really
really enjoying that, yeah, and just enjoying living in city.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
But Peter, you're such a warm person. And I really
mean this. I was thinking about that because, by the way,
will pandemic time like threw us all off. I don't
know it was years, but was it. It feels like
no time has passed. But I just still feel it
doesn't feel like it's been that long, like I was wishing.
I was thinking today, I'm like, oh, yeah, well, I
forgot Peter couldn't come to the wedding.

Speaker 4 (03:34):
Was that because you were filming Traders?

Speaker 3 (03:36):
No, And I was so close. I was in Dallas
for another wedding I had to go to. Yeah, it
was with my brother and I was so bummed because
we were so close to Austin.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
I know, I wish we'd seen you at the wedding,
But it doesn't feel like it's been that long. But
I was watching you on Traders. I was telling Chris this,
and by the way, I loved you on Traders. You
were so great.

Speaker 5 (03:54):
But I thank you.

Speaker 4 (03:56):
It was such a different Peter.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
I'm like, maybe it has been a couple of years,
because you seemed so grown up to me. You seemed
so so much more comfortable in your skin, you seemed lighter,
Like do you feel quite different now than you did
a few years ago?

Speaker 5 (04:12):
Absolutely? Yeah, totally.

Speaker 3 (04:14):
And I mean I think I owe a lot of
that to honest in my experience, like getting into reality
TV and all the experiences I've had with that obviously
from The Bachelor and then moving on to The Traders.
I think a lot of that Also just moving to
New York City, you know, moving out. I lived at
home for a long time, so there's only, you know,
only so much growth you can have until that does happen.
But I've been, you know, super fortunate and and just

(04:37):
really enjoyed this time.

Speaker 5 (04:39):
And I've had a lot of time on my own.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
I've been by myself, you know a lot, and I
really never had, I guess, that opportunity until I came
to New York. So it's funny you say that, I've
heard that that kind of reception from a lot of people,
so I take it as a positive thing, and I
would tend to agree. But yeah, I think just a
lot of growth, for sure, has happened in the last
you know, a couple of years, for sure.

Speaker 1 (05:00):
Cutting that ambilical cord. There is something about safety and
something about just knowing that someone's there to take care
and whether it's your mom, dad, whatever, just you're at home, right.
It's and it's the friendly confines of you grew up
in Westlake Village. You just know everything and it's safe.
Growing when you were out on your own. Moving to
New York is obviously an extreme situation to be able

(05:23):
to grow and to kind of spread your wings, so
to speak. So it had to have been a good
thing for you and probably something you didn't even know
until you did it.

Speaker 5 (05:30):
It was great.

Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah, and listen, I definitely had you know, I think
obviously I probably lived at home probably a lot longer than.

Speaker 5 (05:36):
The average person. Mom.

Speaker 4 (05:38):
I forgot. Mom used to make breakfast for your dates.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
I forgot about that barb God, what an kind of television.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
I should have said, he cut the am barbical cord.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
No, it was. It was great.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
I mean, the good thing about when I was living
at home, though again, the nature of my job it
did afford me a lot of that independence.

Speaker 5 (05:56):
Still, I was gone at least half the.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
Month, you know, three quarters of the month just with
work in general, so I still had a little bit
of that independence. But yeah, I would definitely attribute just yeah,
moving on and growing up, if you will, kind of
getting comfortable into your own skin. Definitely was the move
out here, and it's been great. I've made an insane
group of new friends, awesome community. I've been able to
surround myself with so many opportunities out in New York.

Speaker 5 (06:18):
This is I am obsessed with it out here.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
It's funny like I feel like a lot of people,
either what I've learned, either hate New York or you
love it. There's no in between, right I'm the side
that I love it. I'm one of the only pilots
that I know that I fly with that's based out
of New York or New York that lives in the city.
Everyone thinks I'm crazy for doing that, all my colleagues,
but for me, it's just this city. I feel like
I just I thrive in it. I love the energy
and specifically this year, I've been saying, I don't know

(06:43):
what it is about twenty four. This has been like
the best year yet and I really really feel good
about it and what's to come, and just in a
really really good good place right now for sure.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
Wow, look at and by the way I meant it
in the most complimentary way you want.

Speaker 4 (06:57):
I know, Wow, So how do you feel like you've changed?

Speaker 2 (07:01):
Like, there was one thing you said on Traders at
one point I think you said, uh, this is so
much less stressful than the Bachelor.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
Well it was.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
So that made me wonder was Peter just super stressed
on the Bachelor or has he changed a lot since then?

Speaker 4 (07:17):
Maybe it's both. How do you feel like you've changed totally?

Speaker 3 (07:20):
So going back to that comment, I think, you know,
I just I love to reflect and I and I
just think super deeply and I do a lot of that.
But reflecting on my experience with The Bachelor, I I
was the biggest people pleaser in the world going through
that experience, and I thought I was just doing it
truly out of like the goodness of my heart, and
I thought that was the best way to go about
it in that unique kind of situation. Obviously, you know,

(07:44):
being in that role, you have a kind of a responsibility.
At least I felt to, you know, give a certain
portion of yourself to each individual woman, and they had
done so much to be there, and I just, you know,
looking back on it and then just replaying things and reflecting,
I was a big people pleaser, and that's one thing
that I've definitely grown out of. And I think actually

(08:05):
specifically kind of translating that towards The Traders, I think
I showed exactly that I wasn't so much in that
mode of trying to be people you know, Peter the
people pleaser anymore and just trying to make everyone happy.
And that's kind of just that's always been in my nature.
But I've definitely grown from that. And and I was
you know, making moves and and playing strategic games not
necessarily with that as like my main priority. And I

(08:28):
was putting myself first and a lot more of the situations.
And I think I've done not just on you know,
on TV or on The Traders, but just generally in
life as well. That's probably the biggest lesson that I
think I've learned about myself and like something I wanted
to kind of change and evolve into something different about
still maintain a little bit of that, because again, that's
just at.

Speaker 5 (08:47):
My core and who I am and in my heart.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
But I would say that's the biggest change I would see,
I would say for myself for sure up to this point.

Speaker 1 (08:56):
Well, it's very interesting people that come from our show
translate to other shows very well. A, they're very beloved.

Speaker 5 (09:03):
That's so true, Chris.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
But it's something about you, how I guess the mental
gymnastics and emotional gymnastics we put you through on the
Bacher Bacherrette. You know, whether Tanna Brown and Tyler went
off to do that Special Forces thing, you've done, Traders
already did Traders. What is it do you think about
boot Camp Bachelor that prepares you for these other shows?

Speaker 5 (09:23):
So well, that's a great question because you're you're spot on.

Speaker 3 (09:27):
It's it's there's been a lot of success from the show,
you know.

Speaker 5 (09:32):
I I don't, I don't know. I guess, I guess
it is just a very very to me.

Speaker 3 (09:38):
Specifically doing The Bachelor, it was truly the hardest, most
difficult two months I've ever gone ever, Like I can
truly say that in my life. And there were so
many incredible highs, incredible lows as well everything in between.
And I guess through the nature of the show, maybe
there's a lot of the people that come off of

(09:59):
it have similar experiences, some hire, some lower.

Speaker 5 (10:02):
But I think, yeah, it just it was such a.

Speaker 3 (10:08):
It was a great platform looking back on just to
be able to look back to and reflect and and
try to dissect why was I that way in that situation,
or you know, being able to compare difficult situations that
maybe I'm going through now later in life, and I
compare them back to moments that I can, in a heartbeat,
go back to and feel the exact sensation and feeling
that I was feeling, you know, back then that it's like, Ay,

(10:29):
this is this really isn't that bad?

Speaker 5 (10:30):
You know, I've got tougher skin. And there's a reason
for that. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
I think it's just a lot of good experience. And
obviously the show itself is designed to, you know, as
you know, to you know, just go find love and
hopefully find a partner. But there's so many other benefits
that come from that show and opportunities for growth that
the average viewer I don't think actually realizes is actually
happening and going on with that individual person. And yeah,

(10:54):
I think, like you said, it's just a great boot
camp in a weird way to kind of set you
up for success and other stuff.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
I like watching all of you go off and do
other shows, and it's I find it very interesting to
watch the dynamic and almost I feel like it almost
makes y'all producers. You becoming producer. You start thinking five
steps ahead of the game that's being played, which is
very fascinating. That's why I think you guys do so well.

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Maybe because Bachelor is so much about like analyzing who
you are and figuring out what's wrong with you and
why you haven't found love yet. And it's like a
lot of analyzing yourself and other people.

Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah, and I think it's also about you. Right. It's like,
I mean, you're you're one of one on the Bachelor, right,
it was you, man, it's your life. You are cut
open on the operating table and you are exposed. Whereas Traders,
it's like I can I'm one of many and I
can kind of be the persona I want it this time.

Speaker 2 (11:57):
And well that was what was so smart about you.
I'm like, oh, Peter surprised everybody. He's like, he's he's
not this like sweet little Pete on Traders.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
You caught some shit in the press. It's like the
way he's playing is ruining the game, and it's you know,
I'm like, oh this is awesome.

Speaker 5 (12:16):
Listen.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
Yeah, I played hard. I played really hard. I wasn't
holding back. It was so funny because I didn't really
I really didn't ever expect to go back on reality TV.
This was a really really cool opportunity that just came
to me, honestly, like a week before we even started filming,
and so super last minute.

Speaker 5 (12:31):
I was like, you know, you guys know me. I mean, yes, man,
I was like, yeah, let's do it.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
I had seen a couple episodes with Ari, so I
was like, all about it and I went into it
and it's funny, Yeah, you bring that up. I guess
if there is any kind of relation, it was more
relatable to the Bachelorette. You're right, because you can kind
of blend in a little bit more. It's not just
it's not the U Show, kind of like at the forefront.
And I don't know if I just I just kind
of thrived in that environment a.

Speaker 5 (12:54):
Little bit more.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
But I think I was able to take advantage too
of like some preconceived notions from people I know. Oh,
I definitely did, because people, I think were definitely underestimated me.

Speaker 5 (13:03):
For whatever reason. I didn't realize people thought I was
so dumb.

Speaker 3 (13:06):
I guess it's like that's a thing that I've received
so much of and I'm like, guy, it's not that
it's not easy to be a pilot.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
I never thought you were dumb. You're a pilot.

Speaker 2 (13:17):
You know, you had an experience I don't think anybody
else had. I mean I was literally filming my recap
show Roses and Rose like the night before shutdown happened.
It was like we got in that filming and then
I think the world shut down, and you had this
experience where most people come off doing a big reality

(13:39):
show and they have like all these opportunities and all
this press and everything's going on, and you kind of
went off your show and then went into the an
unprecedented lockdown.

Speaker 4 (13:48):
Looking back, how do you think that affected you like that?

Speaker 2 (13:50):
I mean I remember that was when like you and
Kelly kind of got back together and everybody was like, well,
what's going on? Where were you at that and how
did it affect you going from the show to lockdown?

Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah, I that when I kind of, like earlier on
said that, you know, there's moments that I kind of
go back to and I can compare, like, a it's
really is in that bad compared to something else I've
been through. I would say like the end of The
Bachelor was the biggest moments where I was tested as
like a human being. That was very, very difficult for me,
and I just had never experienced anything like that. You

(14:22):
got to imagine, you know, I was on top of
the world, right I'm you go through.

Speaker 5 (14:27):
A normal, normal guy.

Speaker 3 (14:28):
You know, obviously he got a job, he's you know, passion,
is obsessed with and life's going good. And then you
get these cool opportunities and you batch threat and then
your life just changes overnight.

Speaker 5 (14:36):
You're getting you know, travel around the world and just
this whole new world is open to you.

Speaker 3 (14:41):
And then to have this insane honor of hey, we
want you to be the guy and and have you
be the Bachelor. It's like this is getting better and better,
and just kept climbing it and you know, at some point,
probably something's going to crash, right, It's just life ups
and downs and and so I went through that whole phase,
and and we had so much success with the show too,
as you know that season was airing, and I was,
you know, definitely proud of all that.

Speaker 5 (15:02):
But ultimately, you know, what I really did want in.

Speaker 3 (15:06):
That it really was like I'd throw everything else away
to have found someone in that moment to you know,
have started a life with. And obviously that didn't happen
with me, and so that was really really tough, and
you know, and then there was you know, a lot
of the back and forth with certain relationships that just
kind of was like a little bit of toxicity just
coming into my life with that, and and then you

(15:28):
put in a shutdown, and then you put the end
of the world in right, and we mix all this
stuff together. It was just like, holy shit, I was
up here and now I'm right here.

Speaker 5 (15:36):
This is tough, and and.

Speaker 3 (15:38):
Yeah, it was. It was a tough period. And honestly,
I owe a lot of it to Kelly. I I mean,
she we I think that's also a reason why we
got so close so quickly, just because we you know,
especially I where I'd been and what I was going through,
and you know, her situation was a little bit different,
but we obviously bonded and we helped each other with that.
So I'm very thankful for that relationship for that reason.

(15:59):
And yeah, I just I don't know, it just that
was such a hard point in my life. But I'm
not mad about it. I'm very grateful for you because
now I see where I'm at again, and I'm so
grateful for where I'm at and all the opportunities that
have right now and where life's going. And I don't
forget though that again, that the pendulum of life and

(16:20):
how you can have those highs and lows. It was
a really, really incredible experience to go through for all
the reasons, and I'll never forget that.

Speaker 4 (16:30):
God, Peter, you were in such a good place.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
I'm like reflecting on this right now because sometimes we
talk to people and it'll be years after the show
and they're like, still really really in the trauma.

Speaker 1 (16:40):
And it's true. I mean, you can't enjoy the highs
if you don't go through the lows. And it's you know,
and the other adage that I think is very true
is don't get too high with the highs and don't
get too low with the lows. It's like they are
both going to happen. Your season was interesting, Like I
it was a weird time in the bats or you know.
I don't know if you noticed this, but I was

(17:00):
talking to Lauren about it. And again, I always reflect
and think back when I know a guest is coming
on and you know, our relationship wasn't that strong to
start like I was. It was almost like I was
kept away from you in the beginning, even though you
lived right below me, and I'm like, oh, there's this
guy from Westlake, and I was trying to get to
know you. And there were certain seasons where and it
had nothing to do with you or me. It was

(17:21):
more like the producers would be fighting over uh being
the bachelor whisperer, right. There was the power dynamic of
who was going to be, you know, Pete's best friend.
And I'm sure you felt that, and so I never
I didn't get to know you as well until kind
of later on in the show. I felt yeah. And
it was an interesting season because I also probably knew

(17:43):
you were women less than others, like I didn't know him,
an I didn't know Madison Pruitt that well. I don't
just did you just logistics. I think it was just
logistics of where I was maybe and maybe what was
going on in life. I don't remember. But and then
just the travel sometimes dictated whether I really got to
know or spend time with them in airports and on

(18:05):
planes and stuff. And we had a wild travel schedule
with you. I just wasn't as present, emotionally present, and
I there was a season where I felt like I
was a little bit detached from unfortunately, which I feel
bad because I'm like, can I I wasn't there for him.

Speaker 4 (18:21):
Now I'm going into interview mode with him. But do
you think you were getting burnt out on the show
at that point?

Speaker 1 (18:25):
For sure? I think yes. Again, I think there was
a lot of things going on in my life at
the time, and you know, producers would do their thing
and I would do my thing.

Speaker 4 (18:34):
But what does that mean?

Speaker 1 (18:34):
What do you mean like when we like well and
like we were in Brisbane and we were at one
hotel and then you guys, remember when you went up
north or we weren't in Brisbane. We were south of
Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and I forget, where's the rock?

Speaker 5 (18:47):
We went to the north. We went to the Northern
Territory up near Alice Springs.

Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yes, we're not near Alice Springs, And all my friends like,
do not go up there?

Speaker 3 (18:54):
It is there is nothing to do with Actually, you're right,
but I actually that was my favorite place we ever went.

Speaker 1 (19:03):
Well because you had, well, you had shit to do,
like because obviously we're planning stuff for you to do.
So you're going to the great stuff and you're in
the like for me, like you're gonna be in Alice Springs.
It is a barren waste land. You're going to be
there for some like. So I stayed in Brisbane and
hung out by myself in Brisbane for like six days
when you two was there, went and saw you two
concert place.

Speaker 2 (19:22):
Well that's when you went to that YouTube concert alone.
You went to a YouTube concert alone instead of hanging
out with you.

Speaker 4 (19:28):
What a choice.

Speaker 5 (19:30):
That's why we didn't get close on the show. Bro,
here's me for you.

Speaker 1 (19:33):
No, it was me, not you. Yeah, I was k
I was in a dark place. It was weird, weird times.

Speaker 3 (19:38):
You want to talk about that one of the hardest
parts and that it was with you?

Speaker 5 (19:42):
Oh my god, I can I ask you a question?

Speaker 3 (19:45):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (19:45):
You a lot to answer stuff.

Speaker 3 (19:46):
Hell, yeah, honestly you really are of course, Okay, I've
always wondered this. Yeah, because you went to the hardest
part I ever went through where I like I was,
I was ready to concede.

Speaker 5 (19:57):
I was like, I have nothing left to get strength.

Speaker 3 (20:00):
Gone was the finale day when we're out at the
that like really beautiful setup right for the engage.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
The most secluded place I've ever been, drove.

Speaker 5 (20:12):
For like an hour in the middle of nowhere to
get there, now insane.

Speaker 1 (20:14):
We put you by a pond. Yeah, and so I
came in. I came in and you were a mess.

Speaker 3 (20:21):
Well yeah, but then what you told me just completely
destroyed me. And I think and then they even used it.
I mean, I know it was good TV, but they
used it to open up the season. But it was
like that line of you know, obviously I'd been going
through so much up to that point, and then you
tell them that Hannah and now doesn't know if she
wants to even show up, doesn't know if she wants
to come. And at that point, again, I can be

(20:42):
so brutally honest now, like I you know, I I.

Speaker 5 (20:45):
There was pressure.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
I probably should not have, you know, I shouldn't have
proposed to Hannah, and like I can honestly say that, and.

Speaker 5 (20:52):
I got caught all caught.

Speaker 3 (20:53):
Up in it for sure. But when you were saying
that to me, in my mind, I'm battling so much
here of can I is this the nything to do? Like,
I just feel so much pressure, I'm stressed out of
my mind. I'm exhausted, you know, what am I supposed
to do here? And then you told me that line
about how she doesn't even know if she wants to
come now at this point, and then I just I
think that's when I left, and like I think I
almost passed out. And uh that yeah, that you guys said,

(21:14):
have taken like that one of the houses there just
like lay on the bed because it was so.

Speaker 5 (21:17):
Hot out outside as well?

Speaker 3 (21:19):
Was that actually did they tell you to do that
or did she actually tell you that?

Speaker 5 (21:24):
Was that for TV? Or what I've always wondered.

Speaker 1 (21:26):
Number One, she did not tell me. I did not
talk to her. They would They would never. A producer
would never allow me to talk to her. A producer
told me one of them, and I forget who was it,
one of the executive producers, you know, just like three
or four of them. So what would have happened then
is I would have come into town. They would have
told me probably day of when I got there, this

(21:47):
is what's happened. You need to go out there and
tell Peter this is what she said. And then what then?

Speaker 5 (21:55):
Then?

Speaker 1 (21:55):
What would happen is I would follow my heart and
my then I would just try to help any way
I could. So when I told you, and I think
we were outside when I told you, right, and it
was it was like one hundred and ten degrees we
are You might as well have shot this on the
on the sun. We're in the Sahara desert.

Speaker 5 (22:10):
Up and suit it up.

Speaker 1 (22:12):
Yeah, suit it up, and we're by a pond. It
was really bizarre. And there was one house that had
aired air conditioning and you were starting to get faint,
and so we went in there. I remember you laying
on the bed and we were just talking and we
were just at that point talking. But no, how it
would have worked was executive producers would have told me.
I basically had my marching orders. I went out and
told you, and honestly, not knowing if it was true

(22:35):
or false, I don't know. I trusted them to tell me.

Speaker 5 (22:37):
Yeah the truth, Okay.

Speaker 3 (22:40):
I just had always wonder that because obviously she did
show up. But yeah, I just remember, like, man, was
that because that would have hurt if it was like
if that was done just for TV. At that point,
I was like please, like I would hope they wouldn't
have done that to me In that moment, just because
that was one of the that was the hardest.

Speaker 5 (22:58):
Hardest part of that was that was I was just curious.

Speaker 1 (23:01):
That was absolutely good.

Speaker 2 (23:02):
Wait, I'm not remembering was there footage of her saying
she wasn't going to show up? Like was it true
that she wasn't going to show up? And have you
ever talked to her about it? I can't remember this.

Speaker 5 (23:14):
There was no footage.

Speaker 3 (23:15):
I remember I briefly like asked her something about it
because we were doing a like one of those hero
shots after like we climbed up on this big rock
and we had like the glass of champagne and like
you know, cheers into like the end of the season
and like love and happiness and all that. And I honestly,
I don't think I really brought it up to her
again after that, just because I just kind of put

(23:36):
it behind me. I think she like vaguely asked her
was like no, like I was. I was. They had
me like in a studio or in one of the
houses for like a couple hours, but.

Speaker 5 (23:45):
Didn't get into too much detail. And that's on me.

Speaker 3 (23:47):
And I really don't know actually why I didn't dive
into that more with her, But I was just always curious.

Speaker 1 (23:51):
I'm going to get to the poll now.

Speaker 4 (23:52):
We need to know.

Speaker 2 (23:53):
I mean, I find Peter as I talked to him
about these things more and you can tell me if
I'm misrepresenting this, babe. But you were produced to a
certain extent, it's like you, meaning Chris, you were aware.
You've been doing the show for years, and you're like
aware of their tactics at this point, obviously one hundred
times more than someone knew who's coming in as a
contestant or a lead. But at the same time, you

(24:16):
don't know what you don't know, Like you have to
just trust that your producer's telling you this person feels
this way, because obviously you can't be like, well, roll
the tape and show me everything, and I'm and Chris
isn't there for everything. So to a certain extent, you
have to like trust what the executive producer is telling you,
but you also can't guarantee and some little part of
your brain has to wonder are they lying?

Speaker 4 (24:35):
I don't know?

Speaker 1 (24:35):
And we would walk through it, you know, I would
ask you if they told me this is what you know, Hey,
we need you to say this. I'd be like, Okay,
well you know this is going to crush him or
we might lose him and this might be the end
of the show. Are you guys aware that you know,
are we okay with this? And what I would also
try to do, as you know, kind of host slash
producer because you always had that producer hat, because once
I go into a scene with you, then it's kind

(24:58):
of on me, you know, and I'm like, Okay, what
do you guys want out of this? What's the end goal?
Like is it to you know, obviously drama and the
that is part of the goal, but also what is
our end result? Like are you okay with if Peter's
done and we just the show's over? And so you know,
I do fire those questions back to try and like

(25:20):
get a vibe of like what do you guys want
out of this? What's the point? And there's things where
they would push me too far or I think they
would do something inappropriate where if I felt like it
was real and it was honest, even if it was tough,
I would be okay with it. But if it crossed
that line of just that ethical line, Like there was

(25:40):
stuff with Colton that I wouldn't say or do, or
there was certain things that came to mind where I'm like, no,
I'm not going to say that on Life TV. I
don't think that's fair. You know, even with your mom.
There was stuff with your mom on the Live show
where they kind of wanted me to be harder or tougher,
and I'm like, no, like, that's this is his life,
you know, I take everyone got the picture.

Speaker 5 (26:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (26:01):
I remember hearing from one of the producers once they're
kind of explaining they're really honest with me, and they're like,
and again, I get it, because this is it's it's
a it's a TV show. It's entertainment at the forefront
for everyone that's watching. But it was interesting. It was
like the an ideal season, one of the producers told me,
was to have, you know, seventy five percent of it
where we can kind of churn up some drama and

(26:23):
make very difficult moments and.

Speaker 5 (26:25):
Make opportunities for really good TV.

Speaker 3 (26:27):
And but you do it to a certain extent where
you can get that far along the show with maintaining
that level of just suspense and drama and all all
the good stuff that people love to watch, but then
still the last twenty five percent be able to pull
out that great love story and have it not be
affected too much with you know, you know, too much
maybe toxic here there or whatever it is affecting the

(26:47):
relationship to really give it a chance to kind of
prosper in the real world. And it's and I remember
them even saying like, it's a fine balance. And you
obviously they're really good. They're good at what they do,
and so that's you know, they've had really successful seasons
for that reason. But I always thought that was super interesting.

Speaker 1 (27:02):
Do you know, ironically, do you know what the term
for that that they used. It's called landing the plane.

Speaker 5 (27:10):
You want to push the turbulent flight, you want.

Speaker 1 (27:12):
To push the envelope. And this, I'm being dead serious,
this is what we would call it landing the plane.
You want to push the envelope as far as you
possibly can, but still land the plane. Wow, that's you
don't want everybody to sleep in the back. You want
you want the turbulence, you want a rocky road, but
you also want to land at Lagordia.

Speaker 3 (27:29):
And then the applause at the end for the landing,
What the hell you guys clapping and.

Speaker 1 (27:34):
We all know, of course, you know, the plane's on autopilot.
You're not really flying you were.

Speaker 5 (27:41):
I just can't flying that whole damn season.

Speaker 2 (27:44):
Peter, your season was so good. I'm feeling nostalid. God,
I missed that. It was such a good season, and
I mean that just from an like entertaining and I
didn't know that you felt like it destroyed you though
I'm soaking that in. Did that make you hesitant to
go and do Traders and do any other shows?

Speaker 5 (28:01):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (28:02):
I don't actually really think I've ever really told anyone that.
I mean close friends and everything, but like I'm not
like on a podcast or anything. And I guess destroyed
is like that's a strong word. Just again, very very
low moments is something I would is how I would
describe what I went through. But I think no. With Traders,
it had just been so many years removed. It also

(28:23):
had nothing to do with love, which was great, and
I was like, you know what, maybe maybe I just
wasn't cut out for the whole love dating aspect. But
you know, competition wise, that's always right up my alley,
and I've always really been into that and always thrived
in that environment too, just from you know, sports and
high school and all that stuff.

Speaker 5 (28:39):
But no, none of that.

Speaker 3 (28:41):
None of those feelings really made me hesitant towards the traders.
It was it was funny that I remember, like the
first couple of days showing up and you know, for me,
like right, I had been removed for a couple of years,
so you're out of like this the comfort zone of
you seeing all these cameras around and the mics and everything,
and just like the sets and all.

Speaker 1 (28:57):
That doing im interviews and.

Speaker 3 (28:59):
Yeah, I almost you don't forget it, but kind of
got rusty with it. And I remember like the first
couple like the first day, I was like, I know
I've done this, I know I can do.

Speaker 5 (29:08):
This, but I don't really feel comfortable yet.

Speaker 3 (29:10):
Like I got to get my bearings back and it
quickly came back, and again the show was just it
was It was stressful in other ways, but it was just.

Speaker 5 (29:18):
So damn fun Like I had the time of my life.

Speaker 3 (29:21):
So there was never a moment from like why like
there was no low moments even when I got like banished.

Speaker 5 (29:25):
It was it was just I appreciated the.

Speaker 3 (29:28):
Competition of the game so damn much that I didn't
even worry about it like that.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
But I'm curious did you to piggyback off LZ? Was
that low point exacerbated? Like did you feel like you
were abandoned by the show and kind of left on
your own? Or was it because of the response from
the viewers? What do you feel gut you so much?
What was it?

Speaker 3 (30:03):
I think so for me, I a lot of people
always are surprised by this, but like me at my
core truly and I'll always be this way, Like I
am definitely a more reserved person. I've always described myself
as like a shyer person, and of course that makes
no sense to people when they say when they say, oh,
you've been on you know, a couple of these shows,
But I've also I've done that for a reason. I've

(30:26):
always been a believer in pushing yourself to do things
to make yourself uncomfortable again and going back to the
whole growth aspect, I think that's what helps you get
to those points in the most efficient way. And so
as much as I was uncomfortable a lot of the cases,
I was okay with that. But again going back to
like how I've just I've always been more of a
private person, a shyer guy, more reserved, and then you

(30:49):
get you know, your life changes overnight. And when it's
all positive reception, it's great. It's easy to take that in.
But then when it kind of turns on you, that's
when that's when it tests you and it gets really difficult.
And so for me, you know, it was just it
was it was a mix of everything. It was. The
biggest one was I felt like almost I I just
had let myself down, you know, like I had put

(31:10):
so much into I wanted it so bad, and you know,
the end result wasn't what I wanted. And then you
mix in everyone in their mother's opinion about you as well,
and if it's negative stuff, that just it. No one's
meant for that, no or no one's like you can't
prepare yourself for that until you kind of go through it.
And so not being able to escape that for a
while and almost have like a I don't know, like

(31:32):
almost have a way to like prove them wrong or anything.
Like you can't really kind of fight back towards it.
You just kind of have to take it. And so
it was just a period of like feeling like powerless.
There was you didn't have much control over the situation.
And if there was a narrative that was trying to
be spun. You just kind of had to like go
with it and accept it, even though you knew the
truth and the people close to you, and that's all
it really matters, truly at the end.

Speaker 5 (31:52):
Of the day.

Speaker 3 (31:52):
But it was just that that period of trying to
adapt to that and become okay with it, that's what
was just difficult.

Speaker 5 (32:01):
It was new.

Speaker 3 (32:02):
But again, I really do when I want to say
that I appreciate that period, I really do, because, like
I said, I'll never forget that, and I can always
go back to that and I can see how far
I've come. And you know, if I ever you know,
hopefully I don't face anything like that again in my life.
But if I do, I know that I have the
strength and like the kind of like the battle scars
to get through.

Speaker 1 (32:20):
It sounds like we all went through something very similar.

Speaker 4 (32:23):
Well, I think that was honestly, I think so. I
think that was the.

Speaker 2 (32:27):
Great button on your whole career, babe, is that you
kind of went through what the show does to everyone.

Speaker 4 (32:32):
It's deeply ironic.

Speaker 1 (32:34):
Great irony.

Speaker 5 (32:34):
Isn't that that ironic? Right? That's wild? Actually if you
think about that.

Speaker 2 (32:38):
Well, That's something I've never said out loud before, but
which I've been thinking for a couple of years.

Speaker 5 (32:42):
Yeah, how many years, Chris did you do it?

Speaker 1 (32:44):
Nineteen years? Nineteen years?

Speaker 2 (32:47):
That's why he was going to see you two alone, Peter.
He's so burnt out.

Speaker 1 (32:50):
But you knew, you know, I I knew that dog
would come back to bite me at some day. But
then you kind of forget, like I knew early on.
So when they sued Bob Guiney and he was in
a band, he was The Bachelor, and then they wanted

(33:10):
to do a talk show with them, they were shooting
a pilot for a talk show and he was doing
his band. He was in his band, Fat Amy, and
they released an album. So he had a record deal
prior to The Bachelor, So who's he was trying to
honor this record deal. And then of course when he
did The Bachelor, he became so famous and it was huge. Well,
he was still trying to do both, and Warner and
ABC whoever was got really pissed off and got upset,

(33:33):
and you know, long story short, they sued Bob Guiney
for like a ton of money, and I just remember thinking,
he's our hero. He's our star. If they're willing to
go after him, why wouldn't they go after me?

Speaker 5 (33:47):
That like planted the seat in your head early days.

Speaker 1 (33:51):
This is early days. Bob was like, what number three
on the list? Wherever I go? And I just always
stuck in the back of my mind, I'm like, if
they're willing to go after him, they'll go after me.
It's just a business. It's a business. You're a rounding
error to them. It doesn't matter. And so I always try.
You know, it's impossible not to emotionally get involved in
this stuff. You did it one season, I did it
for nineteen years, So yes, you have to get emotionally involved.

(34:15):
It's part of you. But at the same time, I
always tried to remember, this can come back, and then
it did, the great irony.

Speaker 3 (34:26):
Do you think you were ready that like in your mind?
Don't know if you ever talked on this before, but
were you getting ready to the point to like leave
anyways or were you still just right in the wave
or where were you out of that?

Speaker 1 (34:37):
Both? No? I was Lauren and I talked because we
were already dating. We were talking about I was my
contract was up, we were starting a new negotiation for
a new deal. I think they had offered me a
five year deal, and so we were in the middle
of negotiations when all this happened, and I'm like, do
I step away, like it's been nineteen years, Maybe I

(34:59):
just get to twenty and I call this, you know,
maybe just sign a one year deal and just be done.
It's like it's it's kind of run its course. My
heart's not in it like it used to be. And so,
you know, Laura, as Laura knows, I was emotionally struggling
with what to do. But at the same time, you
don't want to be ungrateful. It's a great job. It's
changed my life and I'm very grateful for it. So

(35:22):
I'm like, you know, you don't want to be that
jerk that just walks away from something fantastic, And you know,
do I just need a little time? Do I need
a little break? So I was fighting with all that
when it all went.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
Well, we've never said any of this out loud, Peter,
it's all happening today. He's never said that's literally just
saying that for the first time that, yes, he was,
it's all happening. We're flying the plane Peter up land
the plane.

Speaker 5 (35:43):
Baby, Okay, I'm gonna grease it on. Don't worry guys.

Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, I mean at the time, I will say this,
I always felt, because.

Speaker 4 (35:53):
Of where things are at with his contract, that they
were really using.

Speaker 2 (36:00):
Capitalizing off of what happened actually for a lark in
the beginning very much they were trying to like get
him for cheaper, like I think they were when everything happened,
they were like, oh, good, something's gone a little wrong
for him.

Speaker 4 (36:16):
Let's lean into it.

Speaker 2 (36:17):
Let's make it worse because then when we re sign him,
we can get a big discount. And so I think
that's what was happening in the beginning, and then things
for various reasons and choices, really spiraled out of control.
But that was why in the beginning no one was
like coming to his defense because they were trying to
leverage him in contract negotiations. So that's what I always thought. Yeah,

(36:39):
but crazy times, and here we are now. By the way, Peter,
I was just going to say, I think a huge
part of the reason you're in such a healthy place
now you did the smart thing. You kept your normal job,
you went back to it, and that is so smart
to do. I was thinking, like, why does it feel
like it's been so long since I've seen him? Oh,
because he's not at like every single Bachelor event, doing

(36:59):
every podcast, like living like you're like living a normal
life still, which is smart to be, Like, I'm going
to stay grounded even though you're.

Speaker 4 (37:06):
Up in the air well.

Speaker 1 (37:07):
I think that was part of your thing, was maybe
the silver lining of your show going into the pandemic,
was you really didn't have a choice. It's like, well,
there's nothing to do or not. There are no appearances,
so I'm going to keep flying. And I know the
dream was to be, you know, flying for United, which
you made that dream come true and you got to
fly with your dad, which was such a cool thing.

(37:29):
You and I talked to Oh my god, you and
I talked a lot about that moment and the fact
that you and your dad got to realize that and
before he retired, you guys were in the cockpit together.
It was just so cool. But what I'm interested how
many times when someone's on a United flight they find
out Pete is our pilot, and like, what that does?

Speaker 4 (37:48):
How many phone numbers have you gotten on your planes?

Speaker 5 (37:50):
Peter?

Speaker 4 (37:51):
That's what I want to.

Speaker 5 (37:52):
Know a lot.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Is it true that he was on cocktail Napkins was
at nine to eleven recent they started locking cockpit doors?
Was because you know of Peter? Yeah, because of Peter.

Speaker 2 (38:05):
Okay, I have to ask you about a rumor. Are
you on dating apps?

Speaker 4 (38:08):
What are you doing? I heard that you were on
dating apps?

Speaker 1 (38:09):
Well, first of all, are you single?

Speaker 5 (38:11):
Yes? I am single. I am on Hinge and I've
never gotten.

Speaker 3 (38:16):
Accepted to riots kind of like a funny running joke
with all my friends, but I've never got the invite
for that.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
Yeah, funny. Oh so, and is this a promotional deal
or are you like I'm on Hinge?

Speaker 5 (38:27):
No, like I'm legit. Listen. I've never been that kind
of person.

Speaker 3 (38:31):
I've heard everything like, but I've never been that person that,
oh you know, that's beneath like nothing, nothing's beneath anyone in.

Speaker 5 (38:38):
My opinion, right, I agree.

Speaker 3 (38:40):
I know I went on like a show, right, a
very successful dating show. But I also have no issue
going on Hinge. And if it ultimately is, if that's
the like my brother he met he re met his
now wife, my sister in law, Christine, through Hinge. They
actually went to high school for two years but never
talked anyways. Years later reconnected on Hinge. So that's a
success story. I've always thought, if I'm meet my wife,

(39:00):
the woman of my dreams through Hinge, so be it.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
If you meet the woman in your dreams in any
way for me? Who cares?

Speaker 3 (39:07):
How?

Speaker 1 (39:08):
Who cares that you got there?

Speaker 2 (39:09):
By the way, I've heard nothing good about Riyah, but
I know a lot of people who have met on Hinge.
I give props to Hinge. I think it's the most
successful one. I feel like just from stories I hear,
so like, how's it going, how's it going on Hinge?

Speaker 5 (39:22):
Yeah, it's going good.

Speaker 1 (39:25):
That's a ringing endorsement.

Speaker 5 (39:27):
I'm definitely no, I'm definitely.

Speaker 3 (39:28):
I'm definitely you know, dating, I'm definitely putting myself out
there a lot more kind of you know. It's funny, Chris,
I think about this day a lot. I remember when
remember we were driving around west Lake and we were
going all like the spots like my first job at Costco, and.

Speaker 1 (39:44):
Yeah, they had us miked up and you and I
were alone in the car.

Speaker 3 (39:46):
Yeah, yes, yeah, and we were just like driving a
cool spots like from growing up. But then you like
aspect really what you're looking for. I remember specifically we
were on we were about to merge, left going on
Canaan and I think to go out to the mansion,
and I was like, oh, I just want, you know,
like I'm looking for like my best friend and all that,
and which I obviously am. But I think I've realized
I've always said like I want, you know, I want

(40:08):
that sweetheart.

Speaker 5 (40:08):
I feel like I have a big heart.

Speaker 3 (40:10):
And you know, to give to someone as well, and
I want that reciprocated. But on top of that, I
also kind of realized too, like I do I want
a little bit of fire in that as well, and
like I've never actually really been honest with that, I
guess to myself, but I do need a little bit
a little bit of that obviously not too much to
the point, you know where it gets a little out
of hand, but because ultimately I really realized, like I

(40:33):
am craving so much just to find a relationship that
really just brings me peace and I can really just
like dive into that like head first and really let
something beautiful grow. But I just always remembered, for whatever reason,
you asked me exactly what I'm looking for, and throughout
the years, I'm like, really, what am I looking for him?

Speaker 5 (40:50):
Like this or like that?

Speaker 3 (40:51):
And it just goes back to that. But yeah, I
think I have a good idea of what I'm looking for.
I'm dating, Like I said, nothing serious right now, but
you know hopeful.

Speaker 1 (41:00):
Well I can tell you as I'm sitting next to
this one. Being challenged is important. Someone yeishes you, someone
who challenges you makes you better and doesn't just say yes,
you're great, Yes you're right. Nobody needs a yes man.

Speaker 4 (41:15):
Peter, you too are very similar.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
I don't know if you ever felt this way with Chris,
but I'm realizing it now, like you saying the people
pleasing thing that is Chris, And we've talked a lot
about how like I think a quality can often be
a blessing and a curse, Like something that's so.

Speaker 4 (41:27):
Great about you, but if you take it too far,
it hurts you.

Speaker 2 (41:30):
Right Like it's awesome that you care about other people,
but then when you take it too far, it hurts you.
And I don't think you've it sounds like you both
kind of need a similar person, like someone who's going
to be your best friend but challenge you to not
do those things.

Speaker 1 (41:43):
But you I don't think it takes a really great
psychiatrist to realize we both have very strong moms.

Speaker 4 (41:49):
Oh yep, that's it.

Speaker 5 (41:53):
That's that's true as well.

Speaker 4 (41:55):
Yeah, and that's why that fire, you.

Speaker 5 (41:58):
Know what exactly.

Speaker 3 (41:59):
And I think I've have always maybe shied away from that,
but recently I'm like, no, I want that. Like you said, challenge,
I need someone that just like I want someone that's
smarter than me. I want someone that really is going
to like push me that way. And I don't know,
I just I never really looked at like that, But
ultimately I want peace.

Speaker 5 (42:15):
That's that's really the biggest thing.

Speaker 1 (42:16):
For God six man. Just you want some peace.

Speaker 2 (42:18):
But Hannah Brown was fiery, and you liked Hannah, so
I feel like, yeah, you've done that a little before.

Speaker 3 (42:23):
That's why I was about to leave the show for
her one hundred percent. And obviously that never happened. But yeah, Hannah,
Hannah exactly, that's she had that. She definitely had that.

Speaker 1 (42:31):
Okay, two things then in hindsight, And I don't know
how honest we can be because obviously you don't know,
but do you wish a you had just left the
show for Hannah b and and second, do you resent
the fact that because I've heard you in interviews say
that you were kept away from Kelly, do you wish
you'd had a better true shot at Kelly. While we

(42:54):
were taping your season.

Speaker 3 (42:56):
I remember vividly telling her like, I don't care about
all this. If you really want to like give this
a shot with me. This is a wild way to start,
but let's do it. And you know, she had her
contract at the time with the Answer with the Stars,
and it just it wasn't going to happen. But those
weren't just like soft like bogus words. I was what
I meant what I said.

Speaker 4 (43:15):
But do you wish you to happen?

Speaker 5 (43:17):
I listen. I truly believe everything happens for a reason.

Speaker 3 (43:21):
And I always go back to that saying that I
said on this show many times, you know, the one
that my mom has always told me of the hall,
like whatever is meant for you is coming for you,
is gonna be years and nothing can be done to
change that.

Speaker 5 (43:35):
So that's my life philosophy.

Speaker 3 (43:36):
And I'll never be hung up too much on a
door that's closed, because I always have that positive outlook
that it's because something else is coming down the line,
and it's preparing me for that, so to answer no.
But in that moment, I met what I said and
with Kelly. If I wouldn't have gotten so close to
Kelly and dated her for so long after, I probably

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would have had those thoughts.

Speaker 5 (43:59):
But I don't don't feel like they're like.

Speaker 3 (44:01):
We got to know each other extremely We dated for
on and off for about three years, so there was
nothing that I was like missing that the show could
have offered. It would have been really fun because her
and I got along so well, and it would have
been cool to see that dynamic play out on the
show more.

Speaker 5 (44:14):
But no, I don't regret that.

Speaker 4 (44:16):
Okay, I have a must ask.

Speaker 2 (44:17):
We've brought up your mom now, and god, she's one
of the best people I've ever seen on television. How
much is mom now involved in dating? Is she helping
you on Hinge? What is Barb doing? How involved is she?

Speaker 5 (44:29):
No, my mom is not helping me on Hinge? No
she's not. Think No, it's been No, it's great.

Speaker 3 (44:37):
My parents are extremely supportive and it's really cool because
they you know, I'm thirty two, not that I'm crazy
old here, but you know, a lot of my friends.
The majority of my friends from high school, all of
them are all settled down, married, multiple kids now at
this point, so I'm on second wives, you know whatnot.

Speaker 5 (44:53):
But it's cool.

Speaker 3 (44:54):
My parents haven't really ever put that pressure, like since
I've come to New York, Like they're letting me do
my thing. They're letting me go figure this out for myself.
Like obviously we'll talk and I'm very open with my family.
I'm very close and I love you know, sharing good
news and if I met someone that was really special,
like I'll you know, the first people I.

Speaker 5 (45:09):
Share that with.

Speaker 3 (45:10):
But I really appreciate that they haven't like put any
pressure on me, you know, at thirty two and having
you know, maybe all these ups and downs with the relationships,
like even though it hasn't worked yet, Like I know,
they're my biggest fans and they're in my corner, and
you know, they can't wait to welcome in whoever it
is to our family and kind of complete it.

Speaker 5 (45:26):
So very very happy I can say that I.

Speaker 2 (45:28):
Know there were the rumors about Ecken Soue, which in
part was because this is part of why I bring
up Barb, because Barb was hanging with Ecken soue.

Speaker 5 (45:36):
Yeah, that was just Ecken is amazing.

Speaker 3 (45:38):
Ecken and I there was a lot of rumors of
us dating and all that, but she had that was
about she had come out to uh we were doing
the reunion episode for the Traders out in LA and
so she she's from London, so she has went out
a couple of days prior and we were a good friends.
So they connected and they went out with Christie, my
sister in law. But no, nothing's going.

Speaker 1 (45:57):
On up a couple of times.

Speaker 4 (45:58):
Not a big deal since you're back in that.

Speaker 2 (46:01):
He's like, no, for the record, since you're back in
the reality TV world. Now, anybody else if you like,
if they came your way, are there any like crushes
you have of people out there who, oh maybe I
would date this person.

Speaker 5 (46:14):
Like specifically it's on TV right now as well, like
reality TV.

Speaker 4 (46:16):
Sure, anybody floating out there.

Speaker 3 (46:21):
I'm gonna say, I'm gonna answer no on that, because
there there is something right now that's kind of just
started that I'm really excited about.

Speaker 1 (46:27):
So excellent, excellent. Oh I love this from Hinge.

Speaker 5 (46:31):
No no comment on that, but yeah.

Speaker 4 (46:34):
It's Phaedra, isn't it it's.

Speaker 3 (46:36):
You got good, you are good. It's it's that it's
that green cloak in that turret. Man, it really got me.
But uh no, there's something I'm really excited about.

Speaker 4 (46:46):
And uh so it is someone from another reality show.

Speaker 5 (46:49):
No, not from not from TV, not from hinge, not
not from any.

Speaker 4 (46:52):
Of that excellent, not someone famous.

Speaker 1 (46:54):
I'm hopeful. So these are early days though, yeah, very
very very early. Earlier is because he already said he's single,
so he's still but he's he's what he is right now.
He's single but hopeful. You know how they say it's complicated.
It's not complicated. It's single and.

Speaker 4 (47:08):
Hopeful, single and focus.

Speaker 5 (47:10):
Great way to find it.

Speaker 1 (47:10):
Yeah, it's fun. By the way, this is the best
time of part of a relationship. It's that early days
when you're so excited and you can't wait to find
out more and you can't wait for that next chat,
the next talk.

Speaker 2 (47:20):
Okay, well, then let's get a cute moment on the
record for when you two end up together.

Speaker 4 (47:23):
What do you like about this person?

Speaker 1 (47:24):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (47:25):
Yeah, we are extremely similar. We come from very similar backgrounds.
I'll be honest, I haven't even met her yet, but
going to be meeting soon, and there's a lot of
we have a lot of mutual friends that that think
we'd be a pretty good match. And we've just been

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you know, just texting and and and on the phone.

Speaker 1 (47:48):
I love it.

Speaker 3 (47:49):
That's that's really it's it's it's just started. But I
know it's that's a little too soon to like be excited.
But that's just how I am.

Speaker 1 (47:55):
And no, it's not.

Speaker 5 (47:55):
That's something I'm excited about.

Speaker 1 (47:56):
If you're not excited about, why are you doing it?

Speaker 5 (47:59):
That's actual, that's true.

Speaker 1 (48:00):
That's the point.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
By the way, again, Peter Chris is the same way.
Like in the beginning, he was like, I'm like, oh,
he's like really all in.

Speaker 4 (48:06):
Yeah, quickly I'm.

Speaker 1 (48:07):
Excited like when I started. When we started dating, that's
I mean, seriously, that's I quickly realized, where did you
guys meet on the show? On the show, she knew
some of the people like Ben and maybe even you
before she knew me. It's like, so we met, well,
I really she interviewed me on the show.

Speaker 4 (48:26):
For years and then can get down That makes sense.

Speaker 1 (48:29):
Yeah, but then and then we didn't really talk talk
until later and then but then when we started dating,
I really got excited. And again, that's that's how I
knew it's I think that's.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
A mark of like and you tell me, Peter, maybe
if it's because you feel like you've grown up a
little bit, but like when you get into your I
think I wish I could tell my twenty something self this.
When you get into your thirties, when you've had some
like dating experience, you kind of know quicker because you
know what you're looking for more, you've made some mistakes,
you figured it out, Like, do you feel like you're
at that place where you could know pretty quickly?

Speaker 3 (48:58):
And that's one thing to like I in the most polite,
respectful way, Like if it's not serving either of us,
I'm quick to kind of like I'm not I'm not
looking to waste time.

Speaker 5 (49:07):
I know what i want. I'm excited for that, and
you know, I just I don't want to waste.

Speaker 2 (49:11):
Anything to forward past the bullsh Well, Peter, I'm super
happy for you. The only reason I'm a little bummed
is I'll be honest. Before this podcast, we were kind
of like, as we move into the reality dating show
space again, is Peter Weber on the on the roster?

Speaker 4 (49:27):
So I don't know.

Speaker 5 (49:28):
Hopefully I am not available for that.

Speaker 4 (49:30):
Really, would you ever do would you not ever do
it again?

Speaker 1 (49:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (49:34):
You would No, not if I find something before that.

Speaker 4 (49:37):
If you're single.

Speaker 1 (49:38):
No, if you're single. That's what we're going to end on. Hey,
in all seriousness, man number one, it was good to
catch up with you. Number two. I really am so
genuinely happy to see where you are in your life.
You just it looks like your shoulders have dropped and
you got this glow about you and you're living your
life on your terms, and I I truly love that

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for you. We're we're very happy for you.

Speaker 5 (50:04):
Thank you, guys.

Speaker 3 (50:05):
Yeah, that means a lot. I appreciate that. It's good
to see you guys too.

Speaker 4 (50:08):
It's so good to see the person here. I know again.

Speaker 2 (50:11):
You were the you you Raven and Adam they had
they were the wonderful tea booth sweating, but we were like,
oh I wish those three have been able to come.
That was a bummer. We wanted to see you. So
fly through Austin sometime soon and we'll take you out.

Speaker 5 (50:23):
You know.

Speaker 3 (50:23):
I know it's when I whenever I upgrade, there will
be a good chance because I'll be back on a
seven thirty seven or airbus doing domestic flying right now.
All this stuff's international, but I'm actually seeing seeing Tyler
and he's got his uh event tonight for a show
and Jason will be there.

Speaker 5 (50:38):
So oh Cole, guys.

Speaker 1 (50:40):
Good Bud. Tell everybody we said hello, and give him
our love and we will see you soon.

Speaker 4 (50:43):
It's so good to see you. Should we feel safe
on the boeings? What do you think?

Speaker 5 (50:48):
Yes, yes, yes, all right, we all get figured out,
no work.

Speaker 1 (50:53):
We will talk to you soon, my friends, thanks for taking.

Speaker 4 (50:56):
The time today. So good to see you.

Speaker 5 (50:57):
Fine of course. Likewise, guys see it.

Speaker 2 (51:00):
Oh my gosh, I'm so glad we got to catch
up with Pete. It's always interesting to me people come
on and I've noticed they like need a little like
when Peter said, Chris have always wanted to ask you this,
and also I always remember this moment.

Speaker 4 (51:14):
It really makes me. Honestly, we just think you're so.

Speaker 2 (51:17):
Good at your job because you impact people so much,
and they always like have a couple burning or unanswered
things for you.

Speaker 4 (51:23):
It's like they need a little therapy with you. I
think it's.

Speaker 1 (51:25):
Things I don't realize things that you know, there's moments
that because there's so many for me that I vibe
aria and you never know what impacts that person or
what really stood out to them. And it's interesting to
me the things like I would have probably forgotten about
the time we drove around west Lake together, but obviously
we had that moment and I vividly remember it now.
But it's very interesting, and I love when they do

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have a burning question because it means it meant something
to them.

Speaker 2 (51:51):
All Right, everybody, thank you so much, and we'll be
back soon because say.

Speaker 1 (51:55):
It, babe, we have a lot more to talk about.
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