June 7, 2025 • 34 mins
Farmer Matt from the hit show "Farmer Wants A Wife" is back - but this time he's brought the woman he chose from the show, Chelsi!
Mentor Bob Guiney is catching up with the couple about what life has been like since cameras stopped rolling, if they're getting engaged soon, and if their personalities are as alike as they thought!
Bob may be getting kicked out of every room he goes into during this episode, but he's still making sure to find out if we'll be seeing Matt and Chelsi on our TV screens again soon!
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hey, everybody, it's I Do Part two.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I am one of your celebrity mentors, Bob Guinney from
the Bachelor and The Today Show and of course the
podcast I host with the lovely intalent In Trista Sutter
nay Wren, almost famous to ogs. Today we have a
repeat guest on the podcast, which is very exciting because
you listeners love getting to know him at the beginning
of his love journey. But now he's back because the
season's over and he's chosen his person. I am talking
(00:38):
about Farmer Matt from Fox's Farmer Wants a Wife, and
today we were joined by the wonderful woman he chose, Chelsea. Sorry, guys,
I'm in a hotel room in New York and they
literally didn't have a room for me.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
So I'm running around and I just found this place.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Nice rogue here.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, totally.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
This could be tragic, but I don't know what's going
to happen. So but before I lose you, guys, I
want to get started so I can actually talk to
you because I loved I loved watching this show. I
had never watched your Farmer Wants a Wife. I'd never
seen it before, so my first question, actually, Chelsea, is
for you. So did you know that you were interested
(01:18):
in a farmer or was it was it was it
like a generic interest in that lifestyle for you or
was it more of a thing where you were approached
to be on this show and you were like, well,
I'm open to being with someone if he's the right guy,
and if he's a farmer, that's spectacular.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Like how how did that? What was the chicken in
the egg here? For you?
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yeah? So I came from a ranching family.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
Both my mom and my dad's side, because I have
ranches our entire life, so I've always had a passion
for agriculture. I never ever thought I would be on
a show trying to find love for with a farmer.
But I was approached in my DMS on social media
(02:00):
and I thought, you know what, why not give it
a try. I did try to back out a few times,
but the day before my roommate really just told me
I needed to go help me pack my bags, and
so I said, let's let's try it out.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I love that and I love that that's how it
happened because it's, you know, truthfully watching the show and
watching the two of you, it was like that, and
I and I'm you know, I don't know how much
we're allowed to talk about where things are at today,
but to me, you guys made perfect sense.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Right.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You both had that humble and kind demeanor. Both you
could tell you both are hard workers, you have big
family influence, and then you know you both are a
little bit shy, right, not necessarily, you know, and admittedly
for both of you guys, you know that this was
your more reserved and I just thought it was interesting,
you know, especially when your family showed up, Chelsea, just
(02:53):
you know how Matt. They were both like, oh my god,
this guy, like they are the same person, right, and
that had to make you feel really good and real.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I I would imagine that's a reaffirming feeling.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Most definitely.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Yeah, I think the approval of my mom and sister
was much needed.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, well, I can imagine that has to feel good,
and especially I'm sure it didn't hurt to you know,
be watching the show back and find out that you're
the only woman that Matt kissed on the show.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
That had to feel pretty good too.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
I think, Oh, yeah, don't worry. I asked him at
least fifty times.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I need to.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Amen.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Man, Oh my gosh, could you imagine because you wouldn't
even think about that going into it, right, You go
into it and you're thinking more about the fact of, Oh,
I just hope I don't look stupid, you know, I
don't want to embarrass myself, because I mean I was guys,
I was the Bachelor twenty some years ago, right, So
it was so new back then that it was like terrifying,
And all I could think of was I don't want
to embarrass my family, and you know, how do I do.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
This and navigate this? And especially I would think for
you too, Matt.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I mean, this is you know, this is your legacy
and your career, and and so you go on to
this show, and you know, were there any reservations for
you before you went on?
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Or were you kind of gung home and ready to
go oh big time somewhere to Chelsea, I was reached
out to on social media and this is never something
I would do an up until you know this a
handful of years ago.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I wasn't involved in farming at all, and so you know,
which I explained on the show. But I you know,
if you told me a couple of years back, I'd
be on a show, you know, reality dating show about
being a farmer. I you know, would have thought you
were crazy, but I, you know, I never had planned
on doing anything like that. And then obviously, you know,
(04:38):
the they kind of just presented itself and it was
kind of like a why not type of thing, and
I as well, tried to back out several times, but
at the end of the day, I was like, you know,
it could just be a neat experience, and you know,
obviously I'm very glad I did it.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now. Yeah, heck yeah, I mean, you guys both came
off so great. I was very I was telling our
producer that in watching the show, I'd heard about it obviously,
and I'd seen clips here and there, but I hadn't
been able to watch your guys season. I was just
so captivated by the two of you that they were,
you know, They're like, oh, you only really got to
watch these last you know, three or four episodes.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I went back, I told them the next day.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I'm like, okay, I was up till two in the
morning last night, guys, I watched the whole thing.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
I loved it. I love these two, and you know,
I hope you don't.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I hope you don't feel like I'm putting pressure on you, guys,
but I do have to ask. I mean, obviously you're
you're You've got some distance between you right now, right
I mean, Chelsea's in Texas, Matt, You're in California.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
How has it been navigating that?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Because that, you know, oftentimes I think the hardest part
about these shows, and I lived it so and I
speak from experience on this one. You're kind of thrust
into all of this stuff that you weren't ever, you know,
even prepared for, and people are asking you a bunch
of questions and it creates pressure and tension where maybe
there wouldn't necessarily need to be any in the first place,
(05:57):
but now all of a sudden it's there because every
ones you know, when do you guys, But it's almost
like when you get engaged and like, so when you
finally get engaged in.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Now, they're like, so, when do we have a kids?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
You're like, we haven't gotten married yet, Like, you know,
people just get so carried away with that stuff. Have
you guys felt a lot of that pressure, especially because
I feel like the two of you really, at least
from my experience, while watching the show became the darlings
of the show. Do you feel pressure from that? And
how's the distance been, I'll ask you first, Matt.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
Yeah, it's definitely really tough. And you know I've said
the same thing and I told Chelsea even on camera.
I think one of the episodes is, yeah, this is
really fun. This is a cool experience, and it's you know,
partially for everyone's entertainment, but between her and I, it's
an actual relationship. And you know, whether it be six months,
a year or a few years down the road, like
people are gonna forget about this show, and it really,
(06:47):
you know, her and I are more important our relationship.
So there's definitely that pressure, and especially lately, I think
we both you know, it's coming out finally that it's
her and I. You know, she was the one, so
it's like, all right, we have to like give an answer.
And I said the same thing I think guys I
did back then. It's like, you know, we can, we
can do what we want because our roast chip comes first,
you know where we're at. So yeah, there's a ton
(07:09):
of that pressure and it's been you know, challenging because
we're distances apart and excuse.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Me one second. Are you guys having your meeting in here?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, guys, this is horrible. I'm getting chicked out of
this room.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Okay, no problem, Yeah, no problem. Let me get out
of your hair. Guys. I swear this isn't normally how
we do this show.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
That's fine.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I met a very nice lady. Can you guys hear me? Still? Yeah? Okay?
She was awesome? All right?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So I got to ask you the question, Matt, which
I actually loved your answer and was listening.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
By the way, Chelsea, how about for you?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
I mean, how's been your reaction to obviously the show
coming out, everyone knowing it's you, guys, and now you're
kind of at this point where you know the distance
might start to feel like something you have to think about.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Right right, I will definitely go off of what Matt said.
I think especially I think it's the morning after the finale.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
You know, Matt and I have been taking things really slow.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
That's just who we are, that's our personality type, and
I think that's what we both love about each other.
And so after the finale came out, it's like the
next morning, you're just reading all this stuff about people's
opinions on your relationships and how it's going.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
And then you know, Matt has.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
These pulls up like we're in a boxing ring against
me and Georgia, and so you know, that just added
to it, and so I see, I think on Friday
morning it was a relief that after you know, six seven,
eight months, everything was out, there was no longer a secret.
(08:55):
But it was also you know, there was a little
bit of a clock back and just reading things that
you know might not be true or that you don't
agree with, and just having to stand firm and in
who we know that we both are in the relationship.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
That we do have.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I you know.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
So it's funny because I was going to ask you
about that too, because you know, the oldest editing trick
in the book on every dating relationship show, by the way,
is we can't let everyone know who the obvious winner is, right,
so they always make you think And it's a lot
of editing that goes into that, and I can attest
to that from my personal experiences, but they always make
you think it's the other person, just so that there's
(09:31):
a surprise, right, there's a surprise reveal at the end.
So even if everyone's already feeling like, oh, it's got
to be Chelsea, right they then you have that shred
of doubt that maybe, I don't know, maybe it could
be Jordan. And you know, I wondered how that felt,
because I remember personally when I chose the woman that
I chose on a Bachelor. The next day, getting driving
(09:52):
to the Today Show and listening to the radio and
in the car them talking about how it should have
been the other person, and I'm like, oh my god,
like I hadn't we hadn't had a chance to see
anything because it was kind of in real time.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
The finale HA just aired in the next morning. We
flew through the night. The next morning we're there.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
And and it was so gut wrenching for me to
have to listen to that when I'm like, but what
what are they talking about?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
This connection was always like really, you know, firm, And
so I wondered how that felt.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
And I love your honesty about it because I think
for me, I've got twenty years behind me now where
I can speak so candidly about it, because you know,
it was twenty years ago, and you know, but I
would imagine for y'all, it's got to be a little
more fresh and a little more raw.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
So good for you guys on working through that together.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
Yeah, yeah, there's you know, in these days social media,
there's just so much out there, you know, so better
to not read a lot of that stuff. But everyone's
got their opinions on how you should have handled but
not kind of think it's like sure whatever, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, I love hearing that you guys are working together
with you know, on the distance, any plans in the process,
not to put any heat on you because I know
I just said that I didn't want to do that,
but here I am. Any thoughts on that or are
you guys spending some time together like maybe I know
you were just traveling Chelsea, Like are there things that
you guys can do together to make sure you're keeping
(11:12):
that connection fresh and fun.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (11:14):
Well, I tried to talk her into buying an RV
and traveling around the country, but she wasn't very into
that idea. So so for.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Now, maybe a weekend trip. I'm not doing that full time.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
There you go, that's a lot of work. It's a
lot of work.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
Luckily, we have a direct flight from my city to Dallas,
so that's you know, Mike, it ten times easier to
see each other. And all the traveling I've been doing
for press, I try to always put my connection through
Dallas so we can spend.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
A little time there.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
But you know, it's it's your What I always tell
people is you're starting a relationship long distance. Most people
that do long distance, you you know, maybe data for
six months and then one person has to move away
or something. But you know, we're like trying to get
to know each other, you know, off the bat are
you being separated. So it's it's point is tough, but
(12:02):
I think that it goes to show people, you know,
how much we do care about each other.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Just because it's been eight months of that and we're
still till year or so.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
I'll just say this, it was obvious how much you
guys cared about each other. It was not It didn't
seem like a one sided thing to me at all.
In fact, it seemed very mutual. And you know, I
happened to be part of the legacy of the show
that actually, like from the Bachelor stuff where this did
work right Tristan and Ryan, where my season I started
up on Tristan's season of the Bachelorette, and they are
like the gold standard when it comes to reality show
(12:32):
couples because they put each other first, right, So it
wasn't like one of them's off, you know, chasing a
you know, trying to be the new extra correspondent or something.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
They put each other first made.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Their relationship paramount for them and it really did work.
And I just feel like with your I mean, you're
both incredibly good.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Look at people. If you wanted to do all that
kind of stuff, I know you could.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
But I just feel like with your personalities, it strikes
me that you guys will kind of be like that
where you'll be like, you know what, this was an awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Experience, but we're good.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
You know, let's get our privacy back, let's have our
lives back and take advantage of some of those opportunities together.
But you know, not when it's like interfering with you all.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I'm working. Oh no, she just told me I could
just finish this in here. Well, guys, I'm getting kicked out.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's all right.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
They freed me from hotel prison guys. Oh no, oh
my gosh.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So you know, I'm also I'm in New York right
now because i do stuff with the Today Show, and
so they put me in a room that wasn't my room,
which was which is what all I originally asked for.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
And now I'm in this incredible suite. So I guess
it all works out.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Who knew?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Oh yeah, I appreciate you guys being patient and sticking
with me. Thank you very very much for that. Any
anything great happened while we were apart. I mean it's
been about three hours, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Any updates?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Yeah, we got engaged in the last couple of hours.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yes, Chelsea made the move. Chelsea's already on our way
to Cali. I love it.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Yeah, let me know where I can send that invoice.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yes, yes, yeah, we get you out of carrots. Oh damn,
I love it. You know.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I see part of you wants to make a farmer
joke there about carrots, but I know that that's not
your that's not your produce, that's not what you do.
So yeah, guys, just to recap, I would I had
never seen the show before, but I'm now big fans,
not only.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
The show, but also of the two of you and
your relationship. I feel. And again, these podcasts end up
being about what I feel.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
It's not even right for me to do it, but
it is I feel like too oftentimes when shows like
this come along, right, it's not really people that are
looking for.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Love, do you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
It's people that are looking for like a tooth whitening
kit deal, or maybe they want to have gummy bears
that make their hair shine, and so they're looking for
that kind of cra and they want to post it
on Instagram and.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Then if they fall in love, well, wouldn't that be nice?
Speaker 2 (15:04):
But the two of you seem to both obviously in
Matt's case, obviously I know that to be true, but
also for you, Chelsea, you both had your own careers
going on, You have your own things going on. This
was almost like a whimsical let's take a chance and
see what happens for both of you because you both
tried to bail in the eleventh hour, which I also
love that story. But I just think it's so great
(15:25):
when you see someone come through something like this and
you know, and I know there's always these haters that exist,
because believe me, I still get it twenty some years later,
but I think it's great when you're comfortable, confident in
who you are you know who you both are. I
saw that you cannot lie about on television that comes
through people recognize when people are faking it, and you
guys weren't. Your families both confirmed that, and then the
(15:48):
two of you just find each other and now it's like, yeah,
you know, it sucks sometimes because we live far apart,
but we're doing everything we can to make it work.
Also honest, also a great answer. Also not bs, and
I love that. So I'm just excited for you guys.
I mean, you know, I love that we were just
talking about an engagement because I do want to say
it is.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Called you know, farmer wants a wife. So I mean,
no one got engaged at the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
You guys were the ones that, obviously, I think America
wanted to see get engaged. So you have a lot
of people now invested in your relationship. So has that
conversation had had before we got kicked out of the
hotel where we were almost getting there? Has this conversation
started to happen or is it more like, hey, let's
just keep going the way we're going and maybe we'll
try to get together more.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I mean, where are you guys at with that?
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Kind of conversation because I know you're getting asked that
one a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Likely.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
I think we're naturally kind of on the same page,
Chelsea and I. You know, we're both at the point
where we have dated in the past. I've been through
multiple relationships and that kind of thing, and so I
think I can speak for both of us when we're
really not looking at like, you know, it's easy just
because this whole thing's so hyped up to want to
like jump it out there and be like, yeah, we're together,
(17:00):
we're in love, might kind of just go along with
that narrative, I guess you could say, which I'm not
saying that's.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Not the case.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
But we I think are both just being very careful
and taking it the you know, with the direction that
we're going with this, and making sure we really get
to know each other and in all these details about
each other that you don't learn on the show. Yeah,
you know, that's kind of stuff that takes time to develop.
And so I think we've both been on that same page.
(17:26):
And in addition to that too, there's just so much
noise going on, especially for me, you know, over the
past however many months, as this show comes out everywhere
you go, everything you hear talk about people are asking
you about it and talking about it, and yeah, talking
about the other girls in their opinion on them and
all that, and it's like, you know, there's so much
noise all the time that now I think at this point,
(17:46):
it's like people realize it's Chelsea and I and so
we can really focus more on each other.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Yeah. No, I love that. I think that's I think
that's a great answer.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
I mean, you know you don't because you also, like
you said, you know it's I. When I at the
end of my season of The Batchler, I did not propose.
I got a lot of grief for it. And the
primary reason why I didn't was I literally said, you know,
I think we'd get along great, but how are we
going to get along without a bunch of cameras in
our face. I'd like to see how that goes, too.
(18:15):
And you know, back then I got grief for it.
Now I feel like I feel like that is the
right choice, especially for the two of your personalities. You know,
obviously people are always gonna want that pressure and want
to see that engagement in the big happy ending, but
that happy ending can be whenever it is that you
two want it to be. And you know you mentioned it, Matt,
so you went there. I got to oh there, I
(18:36):
got to ask a question. You said, you know that
you find out things about each other when you're off
the show.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
What kind of things?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Because obviously, you guys see like such a great personal
personality Max on the match on the show.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
What were some of the things that you found out
away from the show?
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Like are are you as great of a personality match
as you guys thought you would be? And are you
seeing you know that Wow, we were right. You know,
we can't get this thing right, Like, where are you
guys at with that?
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I think it?
Speaker 7 (19:01):
You know, for me, a big part of it, or
for both of us, is we're both very social and
we're both very involved with our families. So our family
and our friends is a huge part of it. And
so in relationships in the past, you know, you bring
a girl around your friends and they're like, yeah, you know,
she's nice, but you know, but so really important for
me and I think Chelsea too, for our families and
(19:22):
our friends to be not only improving but supporting. And
that's one of the biggest things is over these last
few months. You know, we've really gotten to spend some
time getting to each other's family, friends, and that's really well.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
So I think that was kind of a big, huge
feel least.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, you want to have that buy in. How about
for you, Chelsea? How has that been for you?
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (19:43):
I will definitely agree with what Matt said there. We're
both very social and so kind of bringing Matt into
that and getting him to me all of my.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Friends and family has been very special for me. Everyone
loves him.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
I'll speak for him when I say all of his
friends like me more than they like him.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Hey, I know my wife, I will tell you the
same thing about my friends.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
I agree with that. One. That's been matters and is good.
Speaker 6 (20:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (20:08):
No, but it has been great to see both of
our personalities kind of mixed in the real world.
Speaker 4 (20:13):
That's a lot more sweet than I am.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
I'm a little bit more sassy, But I think it's
a great mix between the two of us.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
We are both very social.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
We have big friend groups and they have big families,
and those are very important to us.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
And so I think especially like right after the.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
Finale, I had a huge trip and so everyone's like,
where's Matt. It's like this has been planned for a year,
and in the next few weekends, same situation. I have
plans that have been planned and he has his. And
that doesn't mean that we aren't together.
Speaker 4 (20:42):
That just means that we're good at living, living separately
but also together.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, I think the best couples are in all honestly,
I mean, I really do you know. I look, it
took me a lot of getting married before I found
my wife. I'm not going to kid you guys on
that one. Kind of an embarrassing stat there, but the
truth is, you know, it doesn't matter. It matters when
you're getting it right. It matters that you nurture it right.
And so you you keep that and you and you
respect one another. And you know, I mean FaceTime wasn't
(21:08):
even around, uh, you know, when I did The Bachelor,
so I would imagine there's probably a lot of face
timing going on, right.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
Yeah, that's huge, And I think people forget already that
that technology really makes a huge difference. You know, being
able to see see each other, you know, is a
big part of it. So that definitely helps. But i'd like,
you know, brothers here in person obviously absolutely does.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
The time zone hurt a little bit. I mean, I
imagine sometimes it probably does.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah, we go to bed at the same time.
Speaker 5 (21:39):
Yeah, we go to bed at the same time. I'm
a night out and he's.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
A more before. So that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
So guys, I mean we talked a little bit about.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Obviously the two of you being the ones that I
just fell in love with on the show, and I
know America did too, but there are obviously some other
couples on the show too.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
One of the ones that's kind of gotten a lot
of grief is Colton, right, because he was sort of like, well,
you know, I'm not really looking for anything serious, but
yet I want to make out with everybody, and then
at the end of the thing, it's like, I'll take
the one that's less serious. And I mean see, I
was actually prepared for this guy though, I really was,
because I even said to somebody, I was like, well,
I know there's one guy is that, like, I guess
(22:23):
makes out with everybody and then in the end he
basically is kind of like, well, you know, I'm going
to go this direction. And the girl I can't remember
the name of her that kind of called him on it,
but she was like, oh, so you guys aren't.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
I guess that makes me feel better. You're not gonna
be serious with her either, and he was.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Like, hold on, hold on, and he had to kind
of backtrack, right, and he had to a So I
mean from that perspective, I feel like he kind of
got himself in some heat and he's been feeling the
wrath of that. But I also found out that they're
not together anyway, So now he just looks like a
total player, right, And so I mean they're going to
see that a lot too. From I think shows like these,
you know, and when you do you never want to
(23:01):
be that guy, right, You want to be you want
to be the Matt and Chelsea man.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You want to be the ones that like said things
to each other that were true and you honored it.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
And I think I just, guys, I don't think. I
don't know if you could tell, I'm a big fan.
So really, you guys made fans out of me from
this show, and I think that's going to be horrible
for me moving forward, because I mean, now if they
don't have another casting couple like you, I'm gonna be
all pissed off.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
So I got a big line I'm sure, I.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Hope so man.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
So now, okay, you mentioned the families get together. You know,
have gotten together a little bit obviously. You know as
a I've been married now since twenty sixteen, so going
in nine years of marriage.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Here my wife.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
My wife lives in California, well lived in California. We
met while we were there, and then I moved her
back to Michigan. Okay, so yeah, I know Texon and
a California. I mean, Michigan weather is not appealing to
either one of you. But and it wasn't to my
wife either. But you know, the big plans started talking about,
well the holidays, right, Obviously, we love each other, we
care about one another, We want to be together for
(24:04):
the holidays. Have you guys started to have those kind
of conversations and if so, what are our plans so
I can come see you guys and hang out.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Hey, guys, I'm en route. Here we go.
Speaker 7 (24:17):
Yeah, that's a tough one, but you know, regardless of distance,
that happens in any family. And I have, you know,
three siblings, they're all married and they're you know where
families are all split up and all that kind of stuff.
So yeah, it's definitely a bummer. I wish everyone lived,
you know, down the street from me, but unfortunately this
is not realistic. And I think the biggest part is,
you know, as I've gotten older, I've learned that wherever we're,
(24:41):
you know, my wife will be in my family.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
That just comes first.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
And then you know, unfortunately it's that not to be
with everybody all at once. But you know, I'm trying
to start my own family here, and so as much
as I love mine that I have, now you.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Know that's going to have to take priorities.
Speaker 7 (24:57):
So but in addition to that, I mean, we're so
both of us are so fortunate to have you know,
great parents and siblings and all that kind of stuff.
And yeah, you know, I think it's fun in a
way to be able to do that because I love Texas.
I used to live there, so any so I get
to go see Chelsea or go visit her family and
(25:17):
her friends. It's like that's works out for me. I mean,
I want to go out there anyways right now.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm sure having a predisposition to Texas is helpful, right,
I mean, it's such a great state too.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I think she doesn't mind it out here too much.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah, what about you, Chelsea.
Speaker 5 (25:32):
Yeah, I'll say similar to Matt, I also have three
siblings who are either married or in a relationship. And
also us being thirty, I think, you know, our family
is a little bit more gracious with the time that
we've spend with them and away from them, and both
families support the relationship and really excited, and so it's
(25:54):
gone well so far. Not to say there won't be
bumps in the road. Texas is a long ways from California,
but we're trying our best to split time.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
No, I love it. Another honest answer. God, you guys,
you're killing me right now with all this wonderfulness. Okay,
so I have one more question for you. A lot
of times, especially for two people like yourselves, both you know,
really attractive, really honest, really in love, right, opportunities will
come along, right, So, I don't know, you know, it
(26:25):
might be like a Dancing with the Stars type of opportunity,
or Traders, or you know these other reality shows that
are out there that they just love to latch onto
the most popular people from a show like this one
that's really kind of taking off. If something like that
were to come along, would you guys consider it would
you guys think, you know, hey, maybe this is something
that we do or or I mean, is that something that.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Just wouldn't even be on the radar for you? And
I'll ask Chelsea this question first.
Speaker 5 (26:51):
Well, I'm seeing Matt's dancing skills and they aren't up
to par with Dancing with the Stars.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
I think I think we'd be open to something else.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I think our first shot we were both shy and
a little bothered by the cameras. So I think now
we're more open, we're more comfortable, our personalities come out more,
and so you know, yeah, maybe another shot, we would
try something else.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
That's a good one. How about for you, Matt?
Speaker 7 (27:21):
Yeah, I don't think either of us set out to
do that, because there's so many people in reality TV
now that are doing it for that sole purpose, and
you know, for me, it was more of just you know,
an interesting experience with hopefully finding somebody. But you know,
at this point we're here, we did it, or we're
pretty used to being on camera and all that, and
so you know, really just depend on what it was.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
I think we both be opened to it.
Speaker 7 (27:44):
And you know, there's there's some opportunities out there, and
it's like, why not already here?
Speaker 2 (27:49):
You know, yeah, hey, you've already done the hard Part's
over right. The hard part was yeah first time.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
You know.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
So does how does the farm work? I mean, because
I would imagine it's a pretty demanding lifestyle. How does
it work when you're doing all this filming?
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Do you do you have a lot of people that
can help you or are you sort of like picking
up the slack?
Speaker 3 (28:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
To be honest, you get that all the time, like,
well shouldn't you? You know, we're working at the farm
and all that kind of stuff, But our business just
really doesn't run like that. You know, it is owned
by my brother and sister in law, so you know,
they can survive without me. I guess this is what
I'm trying to say, I think, And you know, it's
an established business. The farm has been through the family
for the last twenty years, so we've got you know,
(28:32):
employees that have been there for a long time.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Stuff on a schedule.
Speaker 7 (28:35):
The seasons are relatively you know, the same every year
as far as win. Stuff starts and stops, and so
you know, there's always a million things to do. The
more people the better, and of course, you know, being
there is helpful obviously. Yeah, yeah, it does come with
challenges being gone. But you know, at the end of
the day, you know, I think finding your right person
(28:57):
and making that works more important. So the rest well, yeah,
not to say take the back burner, but you.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Know it'll work itself out right.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Thinks are more important.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Yeah, some things are way more important.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Man. I think you guys got your priorities right where
they need to be. Well, I just want to say
thank you, guys, thanks for bearing with me for you know,
having my security concerns here at my hotel, and for
being a part of the show.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
I mean, you know, it's kind of funny this show.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
You know, it's called I Do Part two, right, and
it's kind of about finding people finding love and you know,
the second time around.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
And I love that. I feel like you guys got
it right the first time around. And so I'm a.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Fan obviously, very clear about that, but more so just
the way you guys are as people like I really enjoy.
I'm glad you're who I thought you were going to
be when we got to talk today. So I really
love that and I appreciate that. And I think, you know,
I've been in this weird reality TV show you know
thing for twenty two years, and you will be shocked
(29:54):
at the opportunities. But I think that when you're honest
with who you are, and you're honest about you know
why you're there, it's just you're right now, you will
have more and more opportunities that will present themselves because
they're going to look for guys like you.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
For you and Chelsea in particular, like, oh well, I
love them on the show, Let's have them on this one.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Maybe they'll bring that same energy and help us with
the rest of the cast who might be absolute disasters. Right,
So you guys I think would bring some consistency and
some kindness to that and it would be really lovely
to see. So I'll watch that show too when the
time comes.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Well hopefully not to that would be you know.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
One thing I've realized is since the show is in
the farming and ag western space, a lot of the
things me and you know, the other.
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Guys I've gotten invited to go do has been awesome.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
I mean, we're going to rodeos, we're doing you know,
country music events and stuff, and I think for Chelsea
and act those are those are our type of people.
It's a really good, you know, a really good crowd,
and it's the kind of people we like, and and
so I think, you know, all the stuff we've been
getting to do and hopefully more so coming up is
around that space. It's just, you know, such a good
(31:01):
time and such neat opportunity, so well.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Maybe maybe you'll get So.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
My favorite job that I ever got after being the Bachelor,
as I got hired to host the CMA Music Festival
down in Nashville.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
I did it for seven years, you guys. It was amazing.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Oh my god, I loved it. And I lost my
gig to Taylor Swift and Julianne Huff.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I mean, are you kidding?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Oh my god. When they told me who was who
was replacing me, because I was so hurt, I'm like,
I love this job. They're like, well, we're gonna have
Juliane Huff and Taylor Swift do it. I'm like, oh, well,
I guess that makes perfect sense.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
You guys will have me.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Yeah whatever, you guys, I've run my course here.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
No, but yeah, I was gonna do it, you guys.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
I was gonna tell I was gonna tell you guys now,
But I did accept the invitation every time they invited me,
So please continue doing that. You know, don't be afraid
to put yourselves out there, and I know you're not
asking for advice, but put each other first. And I
think that you'll find that this opportunity, because I do
feel like going on a show like this, whether it's
becoming friends with the guys like I did on Trista's season,
(32:07):
or I mean the women that were on my season
The Bachelor. I'm still friendly with a lot of them,
and it's kind of nice because it is sort of
a once in a lifetime, weird opportunity that you might
kick yourself if you don't do it. And especially for
the two of you finding each other, I think that's
something that will really resonate for a long time. So
I wish you both the very best. Thank you for
joining me on the show. Is an absolute pleasure to
(32:28):
meet you both, And like I said, I'm rooting for
you guys. So I hope, you know, God, Christmas time
comes around if you guys end up rolling through Michigan.
You know, we got great summers up here, great summers
in Michigan. So but yeah, I have and please tell
your families I thought they all did really great on
the show too. I thought they came across really well,
because that's important. I know our moms can get kind
of stressed out about that stuff. My mom sure did.
Speaker 4 (32:50):
Yeah, you should have seen that behind the scenes.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Was it ugly? Was it terrible?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Matt's dad had about five mimosas before he started grilling
me with questions.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Oh yeah, I enjoyed it personally.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
That's good. Yeah, I'm sure you were, like, Okay, good job.
Speaker 7 (33:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
My sister and brother in law broa on my show
when I brought the to like the women home for
the thing, and oh my gosh, my whole family was
out of control.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
It was. It was a special time. Well, congratulations, guys.
I'm happy for all your successes.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Well appreciate.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
You. You got it man.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Congratulations, and I hope I get to cross paths you
guys again.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Stands and take care.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah, all right, So there you go, guys.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Farmer, Matt and Chelsea absolutely lovely people, honest to god.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
I absolutely love them.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
I hope they have a hugely successful relationship now on
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Speaker 1 (34:03):
In p
Hey, everybody, it's I Do Part two.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I am one of your celebrity mentors, Bob Guinney from
the Bachelor and The Today Show and of course the
podcast I host with the lovely intalent In Trista Sutter
nay Wren, almost famous to ogs. Today we have a
repeat guest on the podcast, which is very exciting because
you listeners love getting to know him at the beginning
of his love journey. But now he's back because the
season's over and he's chosen his person. I am talking
(00:38):
about Farmer Matt from Fox's Farmer Wants a Wife, and
today we were joined by the wonderful woman he chose, Chelsea. Sorry, guys,
I'm in a hotel room in New York and they
literally didn't have a room for me.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
So I'm running around and I just found this place.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Nice rogue here.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, totally.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
This could be tragic, but I don't know what's going
to happen. So but before I lose you, guys, I
want to get started so I can actually talk to
you because I loved I loved watching this show. I
had never watched your Farmer Wants a Wife. I'd never
seen it before, so my first question, actually, Chelsea, is
for you. So did you know that you were interested
(01:18):
in a farmer or was it was it was it
like a generic interest in that lifestyle for you or
was it more of a thing where you were approached
to be on this show and you were like, well,
I'm open to being with someone if he's the right guy,
and if he's a farmer, that's spectacular.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Like how how did that? What was the chicken in
the egg here? For you?
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yeah? So I came from a ranching family.
Speaker 5 (01:40):
Both my mom and my dad's side, because I have
ranches our entire life, so I've always had a passion
for agriculture. I never ever thought I would be on
a show trying to find love for with a farmer.
But I was approached in my DMS on social media
(02:00):
and I thought, you know what, why not give it
a try. I did try to back out a few times,
but the day before my roommate really just told me
I needed to go help me pack my bags, and
so I said, let's let's try it out.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
I love that and I love that that's how it
happened because it's, you know, truthfully watching the show and
watching the two of you, it was like that, and
I and I'm you know, I don't know how much
we're allowed to talk about where things are at today,
but to me, you guys made perfect sense.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Right.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You both had that humble and kind demeanor. Both you
could tell you both are hard workers, you have big
family influence, and then you know you both are a
little bit shy, right, not necessarily, you know, and admittedly
for both of you guys, you know that this was
your more reserved and I just thought it was interesting,
you know, especially when your family showed up, Chelsea, just
(02:53):
you know how Matt. They were both like, oh my god,
this guy, like they are the same person, right, and
that had to make you feel really good and real.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I I would imagine that's a reaffirming feeling.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Most definitely.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
Yeah, I think the approval of my mom and sister
was much needed.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Yeah, well, I can imagine that has to feel good,
and especially I'm sure it didn't hurt to you know,
be watching the show back and find out that you're
the only woman that Matt kissed on the show.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
That had to feel pretty good too.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
I think, Oh, yeah, don't worry. I asked him at
least fifty times.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
I need to.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Amen.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Man, Oh my gosh, could you imagine because you wouldn't
even think about that going into it, right, You go
into it and you're thinking more about the fact of, Oh,
I just hope I don't look stupid, you know, I
don't want to embarrass myself, because I mean I was guys,
I was the Bachelor twenty some years ago, right, So
it was so new back then that it was like terrifying,
And all I could think of was I don't want
to embarrass my family, and you know, how do I do.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
This and navigate this? And especially I would think for
you too, Matt.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I mean, this is you know, this is your legacy
and your career, and and so you go on to
this show, and you know, were there any reservations for
you before you went on?
Speaker 6 (04:07):
Or were you kind of gung home and ready to
go oh big time somewhere to Chelsea, I was reached
out to on social media and this is never something
I would do an up until you know this a
handful of years ago.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
I wasn't involved in farming at all, and so you know,
which I explained on the show. But I you know,
if you told me a couple of years back, I'd
be on a show, you know, reality dating show about
being a farmer. I you know, would have thought you
were crazy, but I, you know, I never had planned
on doing anything like that. And then obviously, you know,
(04:38):
the they kind of just presented itself and it was
kind of like a why not type of thing, and
I as well, tried to back out several times, but
at the end of the day, I was like, you know,
it could just be a neat experience, and you know,
obviously I'm very glad I did it.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Now. Yeah, heck yeah, I mean, you guys both came
off so great. I was very I was telling our
producer that in watching the show, I'd heard about it obviously,
and I'd seen clips here and there, but I hadn't
been able to watch your guys season. I was just
so captivated by the two of you that they were,
you know, They're like, oh, you only really got to
watch these last you know, three or four episodes.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I went back, I told them the next day.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I'm like, okay, I was up till two in the
morning last night, guys, I watched the whole thing.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
I loved it. I love these two, and you know,
I hope you don't.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I hope you don't feel like I'm putting pressure on you, guys,
but I do have to ask. I mean, obviously you're
you're You've got some distance between you right now, right
I mean, Chelsea's in Texas, Matt, You're in California.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
How has it been navigating that?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Because that, you know, oftentimes I think the hardest part
about these shows, and I lived it so and I
speak from experience on this one. You're kind of thrust
into all of this stuff that you weren't ever, you know,
even prepared for, and people are asking you a bunch
of questions and it creates pressure and tension where maybe
there wouldn't necessarily need to be any in the first place,
(05:57):
but now all of a sudden it's there because every
ones you know, when do you guys, But it's almost
like when you get engaged and like, so when you
finally get engaged in.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Now, they're like, so, when do we have a kids?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
You're like, we haven't gotten married yet, Like, you know,
people just get so carried away with that stuff. Have
you guys felt a lot of that pressure, especially because
I feel like the two of you really, at least
from my experience, while watching the show became the darlings
of the show. Do you feel pressure from that? And
how's the distance been, I'll ask you first, Matt.
Speaker 7 (06:25):
Yeah, it's definitely really tough. And you know I've said
the same thing and I told Chelsea even on camera.
I think one of the episodes is, yeah, this is
really fun. This is a cool experience, and it's you know,
partially for everyone's entertainment, but between her and I, it's
an actual relationship. And you know, whether it be six months,
a year or a few years down the road, like
people are gonna forget about this show, and it really,
(06:47):
you know, her and I are more important our relationship.
So there's definitely that pressure, and especially lately, I think
we both you know, it's coming out finally that it's
her and I. You know, she was the one, so
it's like, all right, we have to like give an answer.
And I said the same thing I think guys I
did back then. It's like, you know, we can, we
can do what we want because our roast chip comes first,
you know where we're at. So yeah, there's a ton
(07:09):
of that pressure and it's been you know, challenging because
we're distances apart and excuse.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Me one second. Are you guys having your meeting in here?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Okay, guys, this is horrible. I'm getting chicked out of
this room.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Okay, no problem, Yeah, no problem. Let me get out
of your hair. Guys. I swear this isn't normally how
we do this show.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
That's fine.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I met a very nice lady. Can you guys hear me? Still? Yeah? Okay?
She was awesome? All right?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
So I got to ask you the question, Matt, which
I actually loved your answer and was listening.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
By the way, Chelsea, how about for you?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
I mean, how's been your reaction to obviously the show
coming out, everyone knowing it's you, guys, and now you're
kind of at this point where you know the distance
might start to feel like something you have to think about.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Right right, I will definitely go off of what Matt said.
I think especially I think it's the morning after the finale.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
You know, Matt and I have been taking things really slow.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
That's just who we are, that's our personality type, and
I think that's what we both love about each other.
And so after the finale came out, it's like the
next morning, you're just reading all this stuff about people's
opinions on your relationships and how it's going.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
And then you know, Matt has.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
These pulls up like we're in a boxing ring against
me and Georgia, and so you know, that just added
to it, and so I see, I think on Friday
morning it was a relief that after you know, six seven,
eight months, everything was out, there was no longer a secret.
(08:55):
But it was also you know, there was a little
bit of a clock back and just reading things that
you know might not be true or that you don't
agree with, and just having to stand firm and in
who we know that we both are in the relationship.
Speaker 4 (09:09):
That we do have.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I you know.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
So it's funny because I was going to ask you
about that too, because you know, the oldest editing trick
in the book on every dating relationship show, by the way,
is we can't let everyone know who the obvious winner is, right,
so they always make you think And it's a lot
of editing that goes into that, and I can attest
to that from my personal experiences, but they always make
you think it's the other person, just so that there's
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a surprise, right, there's a surprise reveal at the end.
So even if everyone's already feeling like, oh, it's got
to be Chelsea, right they then you have that shred
of doubt that maybe, I don't know, maybe it could
be Jordan. And you know, I wondered how that felt,
because I remember personally when I chose the woman that
I chose on a Bachelor. The next day, getting driving
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to the Today Show and listening to the radio and
in the car them talking about how it should have
been the other person, and I'm like, oh my god,
like I hadn't we hadn't had a chance to see
anything because it was kind of in real time.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
The finale HA just aired in the next morning. We
flew through the night. The next morning we're there.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
And and it was so gut wrenching for me to
have to listen to that when I'm like, but what
what are they talking about?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
This connection was always like really, you know, firm, And
so I wondered how that felt.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
And I love your honesty about it because I think
for me, I've got twenty years behind me now where
I can speak so candidly about it, because you know,
it was twenty years ago, and you know, but I
would imagine for y'all, it's got to be a little
more fresh and a little more raw.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
So good for you guys on working through that together.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
Yeah, yeah, there's you know, in these days social media,
there's just so much out there, you know, so better
to not read a lot of that stuff. But everyone's
got their opinions on how you should have handled but
not kind of think it's like sure whatever, you know.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Well, I love hearing that you guys are working together
with you know, on the distance, any plans in the process,
not to put any heat on you because I know
I just said that I didn't want to do that,
but here I am. Any thoughts on that or are
you guys spending some time together like maybe I know
you were just traveling Chelsea, Like are there things that
you guys can do together to make sure you're keeping
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that connection fresh and fun.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (11:14):
Well, I tried to talk her into buying an RV
and traveling around the country, but she wasn't very into
that idea. So so for.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Now, maybe a weekend trip. I'm not doing that full time.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
There you go, that's a lot of work. It's a
lot of work.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
Luckily, we have a direct flight from my city to Dallas,
so that's you know, Mike, it ten times easier to
see each other. And all the traveling I've been doing
for press, I try to always put my connection through
Dallas so we can spend.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
A little time there.
Speaker 7 (11:41):
But you know, it's it's your What I always tell
people is you're starting a relationship long distance. Most people
that do long distance, you you know, maybe data for
six months and then one person has to move away
or something. But you know, we're like trying to get
to know each other, you know, off the bat are
you being separated. So it's it's point is tough, but
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I think that it goes to show people, you know,
how much we do care about each other.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Just because it's been eight months of that and we're
still till year or so.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
I'll just say this, it was obvious how much you
guys cared about each other. It was not It didn't
seem like a one sided thing to me at all.
In fact, it seemed very mutual. And you know, I
happened to be part of the legacy of the show
that actually, like from the Bachelor stuff where this did
work right Tristan and Ryan, where my season I started
up on Tristan's season of the Bachelorette, and they are
like the gold standard when it comes to reality show
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couples because they put each other first, right, So it
wasn't like one of them's off, you know, chasing a
you know, trying to be the new extra correspondent or something.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
They put each other first made.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Their relationship paramount for them and it really did work.
And I just feel like with your I mean, you're
both incredibly good.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Look at people. If you wanted to do all that
kind of stuff, I know you could.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
But I just feel like with your personalities, it strikes
me that you guys will kind of be like that
where you'll be like, you know what, this was an awesome.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Experience, but we're good.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
You know, let's get our privacy back, let's have our
lives back and take advantage of some of those opportunities together.
But you know, not when it's like interfering with you all.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
I'm working. Oh no, she just told me I could
just finish this in here. Well, guys, I'm getting kicked out.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's all right.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
They freed me from hotel prison guys. Oh no, oh
my gosh.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So you know, I'm also I'm in New York right
now because i do stuff with the Today Show, and
so they put me in a room that wasn't my room,
which was which is what all I originally asked for.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
And now I'm in this incredible suite. So I guess
it all works out.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
Who knew?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
Oh yeah, I appreciate you guys being patient and sticking
with me. Thank you very very much for that. Any
anything great happened while we were apart. I mean it's
been about three hours, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Any updates?
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Yeah, we got engaged in the last couple of hours.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
Yes, Chelsea made the move. Chelsea's already on our way
to Cali. I love it.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Yeah, let me know where I can send that invoice.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Yes, yes, yeah, we get you out of carrots. Oh damn,
I love it. You know.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I see part of you wants to make a farmer
joke there about carrots, but I know that that's not
your that's not your produce, that's not what you do.
So yeah, guys, just to recap, I would I had
never seen the show before, but I'm now big fans,
not only.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
The show, but also of the two of you and
your relationship. I feel. And again, these podcasts end up
being about what I feel.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
It's not even right for me to do it, but
it is I feel like too oftentimes when shows like
this come along, right, it's not really people that are
looking for.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
Love, do you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
It's people that are looking for like a tooth whitening
kit deal, or maybe they want to have gummy bears
that make their hair shine, and so they're looking for
that kind of cra and they want to post it
on Instagram and.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Then if they fall in love, well, wouldn't that be nice?
Speaker 2 (15:04):
But the two of you seem to both obviously in
Matt's case, obviously I know that to be true, but
also for you, Chelsea, you both had your own careers
going on, You have your own things going on. This
was almost like a whimsical let's take a chance and
see what happens for both of you because you both
tried to bail in the eleventh hour, which I also
love that story. But I just think it's so great
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when you see someone come through something like this and
you know, and I know there's always these haters that exist,
because believe me, I still get it twenty some years later,
but I think it's great when you're comfortable, confident in
who you are you know who you both are. I
saw that you cannot lie about on television that comes
through people recognize when people are faking it, and you
guys weren't. Your families both confirmed that, and then the
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two of you just find each other and now it's like, yeah,
you know, it sucks sometimes because we live far apart,
but we're doing everything we can to make it work.
Also honest, also a great answer. Also not bs, and
I love that. So I'm just excited for you guys.
I mean, you know, I love that we were just
talking about an engagement because I do want to say
it is.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Called you know, farmer wants a wife. So I mean,
no one got engaged at the end of the season.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
You guys were the ones that, obviously, I think America
wanted to see get engaged. So you have a lot
of people now invested in your relationship. So has that
conversation had had before we got kicked out of the
hotel where we were almost getting there? Has this conversation
started to happen or is it more like, hey, let's
just keep going the way we're going and maybe we'll
try to get together more.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
I mean, where are you guys at with that?
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Kind of conversation because I know you're getting asked that
one a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Likely.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
I think we're naturally kind of on the same page,
Chelsea and I. You know, we're both at the point
where we have dated in the past. I've been through
multiple relationships and that kind of thing, and so I
think I can speak for both of us when we're
really not looking at like, you know, it's easy just
because this whole thing's so hyped up to want to
like jump it out there and be like, yeah, we're together,
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we're in love, might kind of just go along with
that narrative, I guess you could say, which I'm not
saying that's.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Not the case.
Speaker 7 (17:05):
But we I think are both just being very careful
and taking it the you know, with the direction that
we're going with this, and making sure we really get
to know each other and in all these details about
each other that you don't learn on the show. Yeah,
you know, that's kind of stuff that takes time to develop.
And so I think we've both been on that same page.
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And in addition to that too, there's just so much
noise going on, especially for me, you know, over the
past however many months, as this show comes out everywhere
you go, everything you hear talk about people are asking
you about it and talking about it, and yeah, talking
about the other girls in their opinion on them and
all that, and it's like, you know, there's so much
noise all the time that now I think at this point,
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it's like people realize it's Chelsea and I and so
we can really focus more on each other.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Yeah. No, I love that. I think that's I think
that's a great answer.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
I mean, you know you don't because you also, like
you said, you know it's I. When I at the
end of my season of The Batchler, I did not propose.
I got a lot of grief for it. And the
primary reason why I didn't was I literally said, you know,
I think we'd get along great, but how are we
going to get along without a bunch of cameras in
our face. I'd like to see how that goes, too.
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And you know, back then I got grief for it.
Now I feel like I feel like that is the
right choice, especially for the two of your personalities. You know,
obviously people are always gonna want that pressure and want
to see that engagement in the big happy ending, but
that happy ending can be whenever it is that you
two want it to be. And you know you mentioned it, Matt,
so you went there. I got to oh there, I
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got to ask a question. You said, you know that
you find out things about each other when you're off
the show.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
What kind of things?
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Because obviously, you guys see like such a great personal
personality Max on the match on the show.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
What were some of the things that you found out
away from the show?
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Like are are you as great of a personality match
as you guys thought you would be? And are you
seeing you know that Wow, we were right. You know,
we can't get this thing right, Like, where are you
guys at with that?
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I think it?
Speaker 7 (19:01):
You know, for me, a big part of it, or
for both of us, is we're both very social and
we're both very involved with our families. So our family
and our friends is a huge part of it. And
so in relationships in the past, you know, you bring
a girl around your friends and they're like, yeah, you know,
she's nice, but you know, but so really important for
me and I think Chelsea too, for our families and
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our friends to be not only improving but supporting. And
that's one of the biggest things is over these last
few months. You know, we've really gotten to spend some
time getting to each other's family, friends, and that's really well.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
So I think that was kind of a big, huge
feel least.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Yeah, you want to have that buy in. How about
for you, Chelsea? How has that been for you?
Speaker 4 (19:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (19:43):
I will definitely agree with what Matt said there. We're
both very social and so kind of bringing Matt into
that and getting him to me all of my.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
Friends and family has been very special for me. Everyone
loves him.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
I'll speak for him when I say all of his
friends like me more than they like him.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Hey, I know my wife, I will tell you the
same thing about my friends.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
I agree with that. One. That's been matters and is good.
Speaker 6 (20:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (20:08):
No, but it has been great to see both of
our personalities kind of mixed in the real world.
Speaker 4 (20:13):
That's a lot more sweet than I am.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
I'm a little bit more sassy, But I think it's
a great mix between the two of us.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
We are both very social.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
We have big friend groups and they have big families,
and those are very important to us.
Speaker 4 (20:25):
And so I think especially like right after the.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
Finale, I had a huge trip and so everyone's like,
where's Matt. It's like this has been planned for a year,
and in the next few weekends, same situation. I have
plans that have been planned and he has his. And
that doesn't mean that we aren't together.
Speaker 4 (20:42):
That just means that we're good at living, living separately
but also together.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, I think the best couples are in all honestly,
I mean, I really do you know. I look, it
took me a lot of getting married before I found
my wife. I'm not going to kid you guys on
that one. Kind of an embarrassing stat there, but the
truth is, you know, it doesn't matter. It matters when
you're getting it right. It matters that you nurture it right.
And so you you keep that and you and you
respect one another. And you know, I mean FaceTime wasn't
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even around, uh, you know, when I did The Bachelor,
so I would imagine there's probably a lot of face
timing going on, right.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
Yeah, that's huge, And I think people forget already that
that technology really makes a huge difference. You know, being
able to see see each other, you know, is a
big part of it. So that definitely helps. But i'd like,
you know, brothers here in person obviously absolutely does.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
The time zone hurt a little bit. I mean, I
imagine sometimes it probably does.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yeah, we go to bed at the same time.
Speaker 5 (21:39):
Yeah, we go to bed at the same time. I'm
a night out and he's.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
A more before. So that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
So guys, I mean we talked a little bit about.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Obviously the two of you being the ones that I
just fell in love with on the show, and I
know America did too, but there are obviously some other
couples on the show too.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
One of the ones that's kind of gotten a lot
of grief is Colton, right, because he was sort of like, well,
you know, I'm not really looking for anything serious, but
yet I want to make out with everybody, and then
at the end of the thing, it's like, I'll take
the one that's less serious. And I mean see, I
was actually prepared for this guy though, I really was,
because I even said to somebody, I was like, well,
I know there's one guy is that, like, I guess
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makes out with everybody and then in the end he
basically is kind of like, well, you know, I'm going
to go this direction. And the girl I can't remember
the name of her that kind of called him on it,
but she was like, oh, so you guys aren't.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
I guess that makes me feel better. You're not gonna
be serious with her either, and he was.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Like, hold on, hold on, and he had to kind
of backtrack, right, and he had to a So I
mean from that perspective, I feel like he kind of
got himself in some heat and he's been feeling the
wrath of that. But I also found out that they're
not together anyway, So now he just looks like a
total player, right, And so I mean they're going to
see that a lot too. From I think shows like these,
you know, and when you do you never want to
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be that guy, right, You want to be you want
to be the Matt and Chelsea man.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You want to be the ones that like said things
to each other that were true and you honored it.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
And I think I just, guys, I don't think. I
don't know if you could tell, I'm a big fan.
So really, you guys made fans out of me from
this show, and I think that's going to be horrible
for me moving forward, because I mean, now if they
don't have another casting couple like you, I'm gonna be
all pissed off.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
So I got a big line I'm sure, I.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Hope so man.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
So now, okay, you mentioned the families get together. You know,
have gotten together a little bit obviously. You know as
a I've been married now since twenty sixteen, so going
in nine years of marriage.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
Here my wife.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
My wife lives in California, well lived in California. We
met while we were there, and then I moved her
back to Michigan. Okay, so yeah, I know Texon and
a California. I mean, Michigan weather is not appealing to
either one of you. But and it wasn't to my
wife either. But you know, the big plans started talking about,
well the holidays, right, Obviously, we love each other, we
care about one another, We want to be together for
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the holidays. Have you guys started to have those kind
of conversations and if so, what are our plans so
I can come see you guys and hang out.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Hey, guys, I'm en route. Here we go.
Speaker 7 (24:17):
Yeah, that's a tough one, but you know, regardless of distance,
that happens in any family. And I have, you know,
three siblings, they're all married and they're you know where
families are all split up and all that kind of stuff.
So yeah, it's definitely a bummer. I wish everyone lived,
you know, down the street from me, but unfortunately this
is not realistic. And I think the biggest part is,
you know, as I've gotten older, I've learned that wherever we're,
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you know, my wife will be in my family.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
That just comes first.
Speaker 7 (24:44):
And then you know, unfortunately it's that not to be
with everybody all at once. But you know, I'm trying
to start my own family here, and so as much
as I love mine that I have, now you.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Know that's going to have to take priorities.
Speaker 7 (24:57):
So but in addition to that, I mean, we're so
both of us are so fortunate to have you know,
great parents and siblings and all that kind of stuff.
And yeah, you know, I think it's fun in a
way to be able to do that because I love Texas.
I used to live there, so any so I get
to go see Chelsea or go visit her family and
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her friends. It's like that's works out for me. I mean,
I want to go out there anyways right now.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm sure having a predisposition to Texas is helpful, right,
I mean, it's such a great state too.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
I think she doesn't mind it out here too much.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah, what about you, Chelsea.
Speaker 5 (25:32):
Yeah, I'll say similar to Matt, I also have three
siblings who are either married or in a relationship. And
also us being thirty, I think, you know, our family
is a little bit more gracious with the time that
we've spend with them and away from them, and both
families support the relationship and really excited, and so it's
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gone well so far. Not to say there won't be
bumps in the road. Texas is a long ways from California,
but we're trying our best to split time.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
No, I love it. Another honest answer. God, you guys,
you're killing me right now with all this wonderfulness. Okay,
so I have one more question for you. A lot
of times, especially for two people like yourselves, both you know,
really attractive, really honest, really in love, right, opportunities will
come along, right, So, I don't know, you know, it
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might be like a Dancing with the Stars type of opportunity,
or Traders, or you know these other reality shows that
are out there that they just love to latch onto
the most popular people from a show like this one
that's really kind of taking off. If something like that
were to come along, would you guys consider it would
you guys think, you know, hey, maybe this is something
that we do or or I mean, is that something that.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Just wouldn't even be on the radar for you? And
I'll ask Chelsea this question first.
Speaker 5 (26:51):
Well, I'm seeing Matt's dancing skills and they aren't up
to par with Dancing with the Stars.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
I think I think we'd be open to something else.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
I think our first shot we were both shy and
a little bothered by the cameras. So I think now
we're more open, we're more comfortable, our personalities come out more,
and so you know, yeah, maybe another shot, we would
try something else.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
That's a good one. How about for you, Matt?
Speaker 7 (27:21):
Yeah, I don't think either of us set out to
do that, because there's so many people in reality TV
now that are doing it for that sole purpose, and
you know, for me, it was more of just you know,
an interesting experience with hopefully finding somebody. But you know,
at this point we're here, we did it, or we're
pretty used to being on camera and all that, and
so you know, really just depend on what it was.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
I think we both be opened to it.
Speaker 7 (27:44):
And you know, there's there's some opportunities out there, and
it's like, why not already here?
Speaker 2 (27:49):
You know, yeah, hey, you've already done the hard Part's
over right. The hard part was yeah first time.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
You know.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
So does how does the farm work? I mean, because
I would imagine it's a pretty demanding lifestyle. How does
it work when you're doing all this filming?
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Do you do you have a lot of people that
can help you or are you sort of like picking
up the slack?
Speaker 3 (28:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (28:09):
To be honest, you get that all the time, like,
well shouldn't you? You know, we're working at the farm
and all that kind of stuff, But our business just
really doesn't run like that. You know, it is owned
by my brother and sister in law, so you know,
they can survive without me. I guess this is what
I'm trying to say, I think, And you know, it's
an established business. The farm has been through the family
for the last twenty years, so we've got you know,
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employees that have been there for a long time.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Stuff on a schedule.
Speaker 7 (28:35):
The seasons are relatively you know, the same every year
as far as win. Stuff starts and stops, and so
you know, there's always a million things to do. The
more people the better, and of course, you know, being
there is helpful obviously. Yeah, yeah, it does come with
challenges being gone. But you know, at the end of
the day, you know, I think finding your right person
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and making that works more important. So the rest well, yeah,
not to say take the back burner, but you.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Know it'll work itself out right.
Speaker 3 (29:05):
Thinks are more important.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Yeah, some things are way more important.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Man. I think you guys got your priorities right where
they need to be. Well, I just want to say
thank you, guys, thanks for bearing with me for you know,
having my security concerns here at my hotel, and for
being a part of the show.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
I mean, you know, it's kind of funny this show.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
You know, it's called I Do Part two, right, and
it's kind of about finding people finding love and you know,
the second time around.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
And I love that. I feel like you guys got
it right the first time around. And so I'm a.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Fan obviously, very clear about that, but more so just
the way you guys are as people like I really enjoy.
I'm glad you're who I thought you were going to
be when we got to talk today. So I really
love that and I appreciate that. And I think, you know,
I've been in this weird reality TV show you know
thing for twenty two years, and you will be shocked
(29:54):
at the opportunities. But I think that when you're honest
with who you are, and you're honest about you know
why you're there, it's just you're right now, you will
have more and more opportunities that will present themselves because
they're going to look for guys like you.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
For you and Chelsea in particular, like, oh well, I
love them on the show, Let's have them on this one.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
Maybe they'll bring that same energy and help us with
the rest of the cast who might be absolute disasters. Right,
So you guys I think would bring some consistency and
some kindness to that and it would be really lovely
to see. So I'll watch that show too when the
time comes.
Speaker 3 (30:27):
Well hopefully not to that would be you know.
Speaker 7 (30:29):
One thing I've realized is since the show is in
the farming and ag western space, a lot of the
things me and you know, the other.
Speaker 3 (30:37):
Guys I've gotten invited to go do has been awesome.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
I mean, we're going to rodeos, we're doing you know,
country music events and stuff, and I think for Chelsea
and act those are those are our type of people.
It's a really good, you know, a really good crowd,
and it's the kind of people we like, and and
so I think, you know, all the stuff we've been
getting to do and hopefully more so coming up is
around that space. It's just, you know, such a good
(31:01):
time and such neat opportunity, so well.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Maybe maybe you'll get So.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
My favorite job that I ever got after being the Bachelor,
as I got hired to host the CMA Music Festival
down in Nashville.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
I did it for seven years, you guys. It was amazing.
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Oh my god, I loved it. And I lost my
gig to Taylor Swift and Julianne Huff.
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I mean, are you kidding?
Speaker 2 (31:26):
Oh my god. When they told me who was who
was replacing me, because I was so hurt, I'm like,
I love this job. They're like, well, we're gonna have
Juliane Huff and Taylor Swift do it. I'm like, oh, well,
I guess that makes perfect sense.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
You guys will have me.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
Yeah whatever, you guys, I've run my course here.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
No, but yeah, I was gonna do it, you guys.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
I was gonna tell I was gonna tell you guys now,
But I did accept the invitation every time they invited me,
So please continue doing that. You know, don't be afraid
to put yourselves out there, and I know you're not
asking for advice, but put each other first. And I
think that you'll find that this opportunity, because I do
feel like going on a show like this, whether it's
becoming friends with the guys like I did on Trista's season,
(32:07):
or I mean the women that were on my season
The Bachelor. I'm still friendly with a lot of them,
and it's kind of nice because it is sort of
a once in a lifetime, weird opportunity that you might
kick yourself if you don't do it. And especially for
the two of you finding each other, I think that's
something that will really resonate for a long time. So
I wish you both the very best. Thank you for
joining me on the show. Is an absolute pleasure to
(32:28):
meet you both, And like I said, I'm rooting for
you guys. So I hope, you know, God, Christmas time
comes around if you guys end up rolling through Michigan.
You know, we got great summers up here, great summers
in Michigan. So but yeah, I have and please tell
your families I thought they all did really great on
the show too. I thought they came across really well,
because that's important. I know our moms can get kind
of stressed out about that stuff. My mom sure did.
Speaker 4 (32:50):
Yeah, you should have seen that behind the scenes.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Was it ugly? Was it terrible?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Matt's dad had about five mimosas before he started grilling
me with questions.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Oh yeah, I enjoyed it personally.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
That's good. Yeah, I'm sure you were, like, Okay, good job.
Speaker 7 (33:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
My sister and brother in law broa on my show
when I brought the to like the women home for
the thing, and oh my gosh, my whole family was
out of control.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
It was. It was a special time. Well, congratulations, guys.
I'm happy for all your successes.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Well appreciate.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
You. You got it man.
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Congratulations, and I hope I get to cross paths you
guys again.
Speaker 1 (33:29):
Stands and take care.
Speaker 3 (33:31):
Yeah, all right, So there you go, guys.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Farmer, Matt and Chelsea absolutely lovely people, honest to god.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
I absolutely love them.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
I hope they have a hugely successful relationship now on
this pod, it's all about the love. So if you're
ready to find your person, you got a whole bunch
of mentors here to help you, so you can email us,
you can call us. All the infos in the show notes,
so make sure you check that out. Follow us on
the socials, make sure to rate and review the podcast.
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