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- So, you have a mostly
sort of sports background.

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Any of that experience

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lend itself to this opportunity?

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(Jesse laughs)

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- You gotta be light on your feet.

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- [Audra] Agile.

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- [Jesse] Drama is always
coming around the corner,

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don't get sacked.

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That's basically what it's all about

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at the end of the day.

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You're about to date

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the most men we've ever had.

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- Uh.
- We're here for that!

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- Yeah!
(Bachelorettes laugh)

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- This is your first kind of
one of each season, right?

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- Yeah.
- So the first Bachelor,

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first Bachelorette,

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first Paradise.
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- How are you feeling after all of that?

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- Yeah, I feel good.

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Like, I feel like I finally
sort of found my rhythm

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and my voice doing all these.

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Obviously all three shows

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are a little bit unique and different,

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and in different ways
and there's subtleties,

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but I feel like now that I've kind of got

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one of each of them under my belt,

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I feel like I'm hitting my stride

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and really kind of finding
my own, authentic voice

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throughout this whole thing.

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That is right.

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This is crazy.

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For the first time ever,

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we will have two Bachelorettes

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(audience shouts)
for the entire season.

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And I want you both to know that.

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- Oh, my God.

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- A major kind of criticism

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that I would love to address with you

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about this particular season,

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you know, it's the first
time we've ever had

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two women you know, as the Bachelorette.

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- Yeah.
- Two women who are friends

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and have this wonderful relationship.

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that's just been so
refreshing to really watch.

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- Yeah.
- But you know,

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as feminist as it is

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to have two friends finding love together,

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you know, rooting each other on,

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you know, a lot of folks online have said

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that it's been kind of
disempowering for them

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because you know, there's been a few men

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who have, you know just tried
to fall for both of them

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or engage in relationships
with both of them.

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And it's really sort
of re-empowered the men

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to have the choice

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versus them having that choice.

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Any critique of that?

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- I would say, you know,

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I think at the start of all this,

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when they made the decision
to have two Bachelorettes,

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they really didn't know
how this whole thing

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was gonna play out
because it was so historic

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and a lot of producers

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and the powers that be

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weren't exactly sure how
these journeys would unfold.

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And I think a lot of this
was trying to put the power

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into Rachel and Gabby's hands

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and give them the control
to make the decisions

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that they wanted to make.

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And to be there for one another.

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A lot of things have happened on this show

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that I don't think anybody
could have foreseen coming.

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But I will say, I think
the most beautiful thing

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about this season is just what you said,

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it's these two women, incredible women,

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beautiful, intelligent,

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independent, great friends.

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And we've really seen that
friendship shine through

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and they've needed each other,

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and they've been able
to rely on each other.

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