Happy Thursday, everyone. I'm not going to waste any time with an introduction because between the last two nights of Bachelor in Paradise, we have a lot to discuss.

Colton is the new Bachelor. Annalise is the picture of desperation. And Shoshana is clearly a witch, totally a Slytherin, if you ask me.

Akio episode.

Hey everyone, I'm Lindsay and welcome to the I hate Green Beans podcast. During each episode, I'll be discussing television, movies, music, and books with friends who love pop culture as much as I do.

For those of you wondering, yes, we will be talking about the Bachelor franchise. And no, I do not want to try your grandmother's famous green bean cassero recipe.

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It's episode 69 of the I Hate Green Beans podcast.

I'm once again here with some guy in Austin so we can figure out is Shoshana really a witch and how do we feel?

Man I almost got through that. So close. And how do we feel about Colton being announced as our next Bachelor? Here's my favorite thing about that. We have this whole thing about, hey, you need to do a voice memo and tell me who you think it's going to be and blah, blah, blah, blah. And we didn't do that. And then the morning they announced it, which was yesterday, we called each other. We're like, yes, Colton. We'll talk about it on the

regular podcast. It's fine. We were going to do something special, but then we just didn't

because it's Colton. Yeah, then it was just Colton. Let me get your thoughts first, because I

actually, before I found out that he was the guy.

I actually had an opinion as to why he left, but before I share that with you, I want to get your take on him being designated as a bachelor.

Well, I think if I had not watched Bachelor in Paradise, I would feel differently.

And it's not because I don't like him or he did anything bad per se. He handled his breakup with Tia, fine, whatever. Part of me wonders if they

put him on the show on Bachelor in Paradise. So they could have that Colton Tia drama. I don't

know. But what I, what I'm, I think where my feelings are coming from, where I'm

indifferent, is that he, he, he, on Monday, he was with Tia and then on Tuesday morning on

Good Morning America, he's the next bachelor. And I feel like the guy needs therapy more than he

needs to go on the show. Well, yeah, here's what I think. And this is, I'm not even trying to be funny, but I think the guy might be gay. I think it all adds up. I mean, I think that, you know, his lack of commitment to women, he's a virgin, which I think, you know, at least portends some sort of internal struggle. I don't think he's obviously said it's not some sort of religious or philosophical thing.

It's not faith-based, yeah.

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