She asks if she can put her balls in his mouth and then she puts something the size of a soft ball in his face.

She never seen me fall in my life.

I can't imagine how you consistently cook a meatball of that size.

I guess it's like a meatloaf at that point.

Welcome to Here to Make Friends, a half-post podcast about the Bachelor franchise

where we lovingly snark on the Bachelor and Bachelor adjacent shows.

Whether you love the Bachelor or love to hate it, we're here to break down every single delicious moment with you.

I'm Emma Gray and I'm Claire Fallon.

Look Claire, before we begin, I would just like us to do something a little bit different.

I'd appreciate it if everyone could bow their heads, let us pray for a Bachelor season that is entertaining,

not racist, and full of well-defined abs.

Yes, yes. Let our lead match aims be clothed in earth-tone turtle necks, let his roses be given in wisdom.

Amen, and of course, a woman. Thank you guys.

With that, you know, very important prayer out of the way, let's get to some heavy drinking and some light making out.

The 25th season of the Bachelor kicked off last night, and things are already getting to be as Tasha would put it a lot.

Oh yeah, yeah, it was a lot.

So here to dig into the premiere is Friend of the Pod and Co-host of the Relationship Podcast Dear Shandie, Charlene joint.

Thanks for having me, ladies.

And we're loving Dear Shandie. If you guys haven't checked it out, they talked to Bachelor nation couples that you want to hear from.

I think they recently had Rachel and Brian on, is that right?

Yes, it was a lot of fun.

Yeah, so check it out. And of course, it's time for us to dive into Night One of Matt James and his quest for love.

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