Malik & Doug: Getting Real About ‘The Bachelorette’ and Run-Ins with Paparazzi | Happy Hour
Bachelor Happy Hour
iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros
3.9 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Today on “Happy Hour,” we’re joined by two more men from Taylor Frankie Paul’s season: Malik and Doug. Before we dive into our interviews, Charity and Rachel weigh in on the news surrounding Taylor Frankie Paul and no criminal charges moving forward against her.
Then, we start our interviews off with Malik, who gets candid about the current pause on the show. He also shares about his life and his journey to the show; who knew your “Bachelorette” love story could start at Sexy Fish in Miami?!
Next, we hear from Doug, one of the most talked-about men online right now. From his music career to being followed by paparazzi, nothing is off-limits. Tune in now, and be sure to subscribe to keep getting to know the men of The Bachelorette.
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| 0:34.8 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. It's Charity and Rachel here. |
| 0:41.2 | Today is April 16th and we have two amazing guests for you. We have Malique and Doug. We are so excited for you guys to hear from them. But first, there has been so much happening in the world of Taylor |
| 0:55.6 | Frankie Paul. So we wanted to kind of touch on that before we get into the interviews. |
| 1:01.3 | And before we dive into that, we wanted to give a quick disclaimer that we will be covering |
| 1:05.7 | some sensitive topics. All right, Miss Rachel. Let's get into it, shall we? |
| 1:11.9 | Where do we even start? Charity went on what's the reality with our girl AD and had so many |
| 1:18.7 | amazing points. So obviously, I want to get into your thoughts on all that. But this week, |
| 1:25.9 | the DA announced that they will not file any criminal charges against |
| 1:30.5 | Taylor, Frankie Paul. I think, like, to sum this up for, I guess, I don't know if everyone's |
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