The Bachelor Scandal So Bad Even Podcasters Walked Away (with Your Mom & Dad Podcast)
Game of Roses
Game of Roses
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jess and Evan Ambrose (Your Mom and Dad) join Game of Roses to break down one of the most shocking moments in Bachelor Nation history—and why they ultimately refused to cover the season at all. From the fallout of a canceled lead to questions about producer responsibility, casting ethics, and the increasing overlap between influencer culture and reality TV, this conversation dives deep into the “dark turn” of the game. The hosts analyze how the franchise’s long-standing playbook collided with modern audiences, what this moment says about the future of dating shows, and whether reality TV has crossed a line it can’t walk back.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the game of roses. Welcome to the game of roses. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the game of roses. Welcome to the game of roses. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to Game of Roses. This is Pace Case. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Batchelous. And today we are joined by two very special guests. |
| 0:23.4 | We are humbled. |
| 0:23.9 | We are honored to have the hosts of your mom and dad with us. |
| 0:28.5 | Jess and Evan. |
| 0:29.6 | Welcome. |
| 0:30.5 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:32.2 | What an honor. |
| 0:32.8 | You know, every time that we guess, which by the way, I mean, obviously always a supreme honor to be in the presence of our two favorite historians and professors and teachers and with some speakers. But every time we guessed on something and people introduce us and they introduce us as your mom and dad. I don't think I ever realized when we first started the podcast. Like your mom and dad LLC, like the checks. People at |
| 0:55.4 | the bank are like your mom and dad. Like they think we're dissing them. Who should I make this |
| 1:03.1 | that out to? Your mom. I'm like, I'm not trying to be insulting of your mother. That's actually |
| 1:10.5 | really funny. I've never thought of that. Oh, it's happened to me so many times. I just get a chuckle. People are like, what? And I'm like, just, that's like, uh, I use my HBO LAX email address that for the McDonald's app. And so they'll always be like, oh, HBO. And I'm like, yep, that's me. What you have an ad HBO? Oh, right from your old. Got it. Sorry. So first, like, nothing gave you one like when you signed up. And I was like, what? You had your own email. Got it. Okay. So you do that makes sense. Yeah, but it's embarrassing every time. The HBO. |
| 1:44.3 | I'm like, |
| 1:44.6 | just let me use my app in silence. |
| 1:46.2 | The HBO McDonald's crossover. |
| 1:48.4 | That's crazy. |
| 1:50.2 | My LLC that I made about 20 years ago for writing is called automated robotics systems. |
| 1:58.0 | Wow. |
| 1:58.8 | People think that I run like a robotics company |
| 2:01.5 | that's unreal |
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