What's up everybody? We have a very, very special bachelor happy hour. I am sitting here. I feel like I should whisper you guys. I'm sitting here backstage. It's women tall. I've just watched the whole thing.

The ladies will be coming through and you know I've got a ton of questions to ask. We're going to get to it. Unfortunately, my girl Becca. She's not going to be here tonight, but that's okay. I told her I would pick up the pieces she wants to be here. She's here in spirit. She even sent in some questions for me. So I'm going to ask Becca's questions.

I'm not going to talk anymore because the first lady is coming up right now.

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First up to join me on the podcast. I'm so excited to talk to you. It's Sydney. Yes. How are you? I'm just about you look stunning. Let me just know when you give out this. I'll compliment.

I'm going to look amazing. I appreciate that. But how do you feel? You know what? I feel I feel like a certain calmness right now. I do. I feel like a lot has happened over, you know, an extended amount of time. And I finally have had a little second to breathe. And for everything to finally happen and to move on.

I know. Yeah. No, I mean, today was a lot. It was a lot. But like for different reasons, because one, you know, you're like facing the drives. It's a reunion show, you know, like we all love reunion shows because it's like you, it all comes to a head. You've seen what everyone's saying at ITM.

Right.

It's a Peter. All that's all that good bad stuff. Yeah. But like it's the first time y'all are seeing each other and talking. Then you have to see Peter for the first time. And it's been three months.

Ish, then we had this conversation that needed to be had that honestly, you spearheaded. Thank you. And no, thank you. It's a view though. No, it's not a person. No, we had to give credit. We're credit is due because, you know, we had to conversation where we talked about race. It was uncomfortable.

But it was necessary. And I don't know if you guys know this, but you know, Sydney and I had a conversation because of a lot of hate that she was receiving. Yeah.

And I am one of brush things under the rug. I'm like, okay, I get a message delete move on. But that's not what everybody does. And I'm acting like it's not an issue. And it's a problem. And it was you who made me say, you know what? It is a problem. And we need to talk about it. So how did you feel having that conversation?

Right. So when we had our conversation, I was just, you know, we were just talking about what, you know, looking up to you and what you had to go through, you know, as the first African American bachelor and being in this, it's, it's hard for women of color. It's hard. And I'll say that because I've lived this my whole life. And then now it being on such a huge scale. I've had to deal with, you know, someone doesn't like you. They go as low as they possibly can. And the lowest you can go as someone's race.

You know, so having this opportunity to talk about something that I'm so passionate about and something that I saw in this and I, I hope that changes.

Yeah.

It meant everything to me. And I just feel like it's my duty for girls that do look like us to know that you can do this number one. And number two, you can rise above the hate. Yeah.

Absolutely. See, and that's thank you. Thank you for that. How did it feel when the women came running over to you to comfort you after seeing some of those text messages that they know that were directed towards not to keep saying text messages, those DMs comments that were directed to you.

You know, a lot of people will say about the season that we didn't love each other and that we were always so caddy and against each other.

I don't have a question. But in that moment was a moment that I had felt nothing but love from those women and the support and the love means so much to me.

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