EXCLUSIVE Hakeem & Monica Part 1: Baby Names, Family Drama, and an Engagement?! | Golden Hour
Bachelor Happy Hour
iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros
3.9 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today on “Golden Hour,” we’re sitting down with Hakeem and his girlfriend Monica to talk about their recent announcement: They’re expecting a baby girl! We start things off from the very beginning, getting Monica’s POV on their relationship. She tells us all about the family drama, the rekindling, and where they’re at today.
We also discuss future wedding plans and Kathy is wasting no time. She told Hakeem it’s time to propose... Did he do it? Tune in to find out!
Plus, we get to hear what they’ve decided their daughter’s name will be. It’s such a fun, special episode, and today we’re only getting started with part one! Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode, including part two dropping TOMORROW!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome back to Golden Hour. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Kathy. |
| 0:15.8 | And I'm Joan. |
| 0:16.7 | I'm back filling in this week for Susan. |
| 0:18.9 | And we have such a special guest this week from Jen's season. Hakeem and his beautiful girlfriend, Monica. Welcome to the podcast, you guys. Thanks for having us. What else, boy? Hakeem, I just got to ask, how did you score such a beautiful woman? I'm going to be honest with you. I don't know. I tell myself all all the whole time. I'm like, yo, I tell Monica, I'm punching for sure, meaning like she's out of my Is that like batting above your batting average or something? Is that what that means? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, UK term? UK term. Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 1:14.0 | But she's gorgeous. Yeah, she's gorgeous. I want her to talk more because obviously, you know, me and so forth. It's all about this beautiful woman right here. Well, I think it's all about you guys being a couple now. Because that's the big news. I am so glad Monica's now welcomed into Bachelor World. We're so happy to have you. And before we get started, we got to say congrats. |
| 1:14.0 | I mean, that's the story. Monica's now welcomed into Bachelor World. We're so happy to have you. And before we get started, we've got to say congrats. |
| 1:15.6 | I mean, that's the story of the hour. |
| 1:16.5 | It really is. |
| 1:19.2 | Welcome, welcome, Monica. |
| 1:20.8 | Yeah, welcome, Monica. |
| 1:24.2 | And we want to hear all about your love story. |
| 1:28.2 | So I know Kathy's had a chance to talk to you, Hakeem, but now we have Monica on and we get to get her perspective |
| 1:31.5 | a little bit. |
| 1:32.5 | I mean, share how you guys met. |
| 1:34.4 | Okay, yeah, it's a long, |
| 1:37.6 | I talk with my hands loud, but it's a long, |
| 1:39.8 | twisted, I don't know, roller coaster of a story. |
| 1:43.0 | So we actually met on Hinge back in |
| 1:46.0 | 2021. 2021, Hakeem was living in Milwaukee. That's where I'm originally from. We went on a first |
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