Jenn On Her New Era

Published Sep 11, 2024, 5:01 PM

Today on Happy Hour, we are back for Part 2 of our sit down with Jenn! We kick off today’s episode with more details Jenn wants us to know about her relationship with Devin. Then, we get into her finale; what was going through Jenn’s head during those intense moments? What was it like for her to see Marcus again? We get all the details, including the backstory on Devin following Maria. And of course, we get into Jenn, Jonathon, and Paradise—what’s the latest on it all? Tune in now to hear all this and more and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

Hey, everyone, Welcome back to bed for Happy Hour.

I'm Joe and I'm Serenette, and we are here with part two with Jed. Thanks for tuning back in. We have a lot more to talk about before we get into all of the craziness from Afar. Are there any other details you want people to know about your relationship with Devin, anything, any red flags that you want to call out that you experienced, or just any conversations you guys had.

Yes, Okay, so I want to add to paint this picture. I basically like, so, I've been saying he'd go missing for some days and some hours and like not give me an answer and whatever. But then at one point we just started sharing your location with each other safety reasons and also like if you're at a bar or whatever, I don't want to be texting you, you know, like this is a normal thing. Yeah, he later unshared his location with me, and I just I never thought anything of it. I never asked anything about it. But I don't know. I think it's a weird thing to unshare your location with somebody, and he did it in a very sly way in which you can go and find your friends and just stop sharing the location, but then it still says that you're sharing your location with somebody, but every time you go to see it's like it just says location not found.

So h so this is rough. Oh my god, I even know that was You're You're also in a position. I really feel for you in this position because you're in like a spot where you like, you could start feeling like the crazy one in all this and you're like, what what is happening? But yeah, yeah, rough, But let's get into AFR. We'll kick it off real quick because people aren't really here for Marcus, but we will talk a little bit about Marcus. Marcus Marcus was your was your runner up? You did fall in love with him, right, How was it seeing him for the first time?

It was great seeing him for the first time. Honestly, I had been just worried about him and like I wanted to make sure that he was okay. So it was good to see a friendly face again. And yeah, I mean I did I love him, like I loved him as a person, like he is such a beautiful story and he is someone who I resonate with in terms of just wanting to be loved so deeply and and having just like issues with with not feeling loved, Like I was resonated with him so much with that, So, uh, we just bonded a lot on that. And I think like I also was chasing something, you know, I was trying to like break this habit that I thought that I had known about. And I thought it was different because Marcus is such a good guy, Like he's not someone that like led me on like the other guys I've had in my past, But I think I have love for him as a person and just who he is, Like he's such a great guy. But yeah, like was I really really in love with him?

Like I don't know, are you comfortable? Do you feel like it was the correct decision letting him.

Go absolutely all the time, Like I truly don't see the season ending any other way. Every guy was so special and unique in their own way. But at the end of the day, like Devin was my strongest connection and I saw a future with him. I wanted to get married, Like I wanted to have kids with this, Like I don't regret that, because I do. I did feel that, and I did think that at one.

Point, you know, Okay, so this is when things get wild were you aware that you were going to be sitting there with Devin watching your engagement.

I was aware that that was going to happen. I didn't anticipate being as emotional as I was, And I also I wanted Devin to watch that, like he had been saying all this time, like I just don't feel it anymore. I felt pressure to get engaged. I'm like, watch you very free, willingly get engaged to me and gets out on the knee and promise me the world. So I wanted you to see it because I'm like, are you even listening to the things you're saying on the show? And yeah, I didn't know I was going to break down like that, And yeah.

What other than making sure that Devin, because I guess that is the only way you could be like one hundred percent sure that he watched it. Was like, I'm going to sit on this couch with you and watch you watch yourself declare your love for me. What were your other goals going into AFR?

My goal was to be able to speak words on stage. Oh, I honestly, like, I knew it was just going to be a rough day, and I was so mad. I was so mad because Devin and I had talked about it and we were like, we want to see each other before AFAR. We're going to have a conversation just the two of us, and whatever happens happened, and we can like go to a far and like and just be normal, or or just tell our story and we can like part amicably. But I don't want to be doing this on live TV. And I don't feel like I don't feel like that conversation is going to be for us because it's not. It's for the world. And what I would have wanted is a little bit of respect and for him and just be like, Okay, let's just let's talk me and you because I owe you that. But he didn't. Like he led me to believe that he wanted to do that for me, and he never did. So I was pissed going into AFR. I was like, this man doesn't care about me at all. He sits here and he says he respects me, cares about me, he loved me like he's the love was real where wow, because you don't give a shit about how I'm feeling.

I don't know if you caught this. I'm sure you did because you were sitting there. But but right before we go to right before the show goes to break, you hear Devin say what is going on here?

Oh? Yeah, you saying that a lot?

Yeah, And he just seemed really confused and surprised and like, I don't understand where this is coming from.

Was kind of his energy.

Yeah, but then Jesse kind of teed him up to like, okay, then speak, and he never really gave an answer. What did he What do you think he meant when he said what is? What was? Why? Did he seem like he was shocked in the moment.

I don't know why he thought he was. He was shocked, But did you think was gonna happen? He'd been boasting me for the past week he went to New York with this squirrel like what, like, what do you mean? Like I had expressed him every single feeling that I had been feeling at Postpriac up, like I called him after I found out about the marina. I think I was like, what did you do that for to hurt me? Like I We've been talking, so I don't know what he was confused about. And yeah, I remember him just being like, what's going on here? And like just giving you like the weirdest look, and I'm like, why are you acting like I'm doing something unreasonable other than like unhashing our relationship, which is what we're here to do. Like I So, I don't know what he was thinking in that moment.

Do you think because you guys had talked, because it sounds like you both wanted to get to a place where things could be amicable and you could go out there and be like, hey, look this sucks, but we're okay, we're gonna part ways. Do you think he just expected it to go like that even though you guys hadn't talked.

No, Because so after New York, So the week before he went to New York, that was when we were like we're gonna like work through this and like whatever happens happens, but like let's talk and like let's see where this leads us. Right, That's where I was feeling very very hopeful. Then he went to New York, ghosted me all weekend, didn't aspandaion text. Then Monday, Tuesday the next week, I was like, let's get on the phone, like let's catch up after the weekend, like let's figure out, you know what we're gonna do here, and truthfully, I was still hopeful. I was like, maybe I can talk some senseence to this boy and we can be engaged and be happy or whatever. And he blew up on me at this point, he like was texting me crazy things like I never said that, Like I never said I wanted to see you, like he at this point, the Devin that I knew texting me on the phone was not somebody that I knew. So I was confused. I felt manipulated. I felt like you were just telling me those things to like get by for the week, and now that we're here, and like AFR is coming up, you're announcing that you never meant those things. So things were messy. Things things got messy. So I don't know why he would think we were on good terms because we weren't.

Yeh, what was what was all the Maria nonsense of it all? Like what what? Because? What what was the deal with that? And then I saw like she put out she put out like a statement or came and like said something on her social media account.

I mean I didn't when I had said that at AFAR, I just didn't know how much it would pick up. Like I just yes, and it hurt. It hurt me that he did that, that he went and followed her the day after, essentially, because why would you do that? Like that to me is telling me that you broke up with me. Now you're following a girl who was rumored to have been in the running for the Bachelor. It's like, okay, so did you ever even love me? Did you actually want to date her or somebody else? Like that's what kissed me off about it. And it had nothing to do with Maria and him, Like I know, I've known that nothing happened there, Okay. I never intended to make it seem like any No. I wanted to call him out, to call him out for doing what he did and what his intentions were.

Yeah, And I think it's it's good to note like that was about him, not about Maria. It was about his actions hitting a sore spot that he was fully aware existed. Exactly did you watch Maria's statement at all?

I did? I? Well, I didn't watch. I had heard about it. Yeah, Yeah, how did it make you feel? It was nice? It was nice, like we support each other from afar and like I knew, I knew nothing had happened so so yeah, it was it was a nice statement.

Yeah, okay, So then I mean this kind of all wraps it. Probably you probably couldn't have planned it to go worse. They're just like, what the.

Fuck, there's no way that that could have gone.

Well no, I'm saying like that, like your season is kind of like ah, like this this, this was not the way I wanted it to go. You have to lean into the chaos of what your life is right now, and it's a little chaotic and messy, but that's also like fun, Like not too many people get to do this, you know.

Absolutely absolutely, And here's the thing, like everything, it's a blessing in disguise what had happened. And as upset as it can be about it and was about it and still dam sometimes about it, I know that I'm so happy that this came out now rather than like five years later when we were married and had kids.

So yeah, no, that would that would be that would be the worst case scenario. Is there anything you think that Devin could have said at AFR that would have helped his situation or your situation?

I mean, he could have been nicer and actually like said sorry, like I don't think he said sorry one time at stage, like there was such a lack of empathy on that stage, where I was like, what is going on with you? Like, at least pretend to be sorry. You're like, you don't even seem like you are, So I don't know. That's why I left that conversation feeling very upset because I'm like, he had been telling me he felt sorry, and then he wasn't sorry on stage, and it was just it felt really weird to me. But also I don't think there's anything that he can say to help the situation, because truth of the matter is he broke up with me, is following a bunch of other girls. I'm like, if you just want to hook up with people, just tell me that just I would respect you so much more of you were just like listen, I want to go fuck around, please please. But and now he's seen with this his ex girlfriend, flying together, going on trips together, like I'm sorry, there's nothing that you could do to help that, Like, yeah, you made your bed and you're gonna lay in it, Like I can't do anything with that.

Do you feel like you got closure on the stage at as far from the relationship, or is it hard to feel closure when it went down like that.

The closure is now everything that's coming out about him, Like I've had so many excees reach out to me now being like you dodged a bullet and the pictures of him and this girl, Like now I have the closure I need because it's not me, it's you, Like you clearly have a lot of work to be done, and you did not handle this situation right in a good way at all. And and yeah, I mean there are so many girls that have been like he's been in my dam and since this day blah blah blah blah blah, or I dated him and he was this and that, this and that, like so like I just I have the closure I know, and knowing that the person that I met on the two be showed to never existed.

Yeah, and that's fair. Have you spoken to him since AFR? Right now?

I had texted him a couple of times and now he's just blocked and everything because the stuff with this girl, I'm done. There's nothing he can say to make that better. But yeah, yeah, okay.

Yeah, and then what's what's all this? Uh all? Jonathan? You guys are like doing TikTok together and in Instagram reels, what's tapping in there? Anything? We circle them back?

No.

I love him.

He's just so sweet and he's just so kind. And I feel like, truthfully, a little defeated from the season because I'm like, Okay, what do I have now? Like all these guys have each other and it's just me and I. I loved this journey so much, and every time I would see the guys, I'm like, I just want to hang out with them, Like I don't I don't need to kiss them. I just want to hang out and like be in the house with the guys. To come out of this with a really, really good friend like Jonathan is a win in my book. He's such a great guy. And truthfully, I'm not in a place where I can even date anybody right now or entertain the idea of somebody. My heart is just not there yet. But it feels really really good to have a friend like him to lean on and and to just have a support system, Like I'm moving to la I don't know anybody.

Yeah, I was gonna say, the good thing too, is you have now like this Dancing with the Stars family to kind of like feel like you're part of this community out in LA. Have any past leads reached out to you and shown support. I know Rachel Reccia was in the audience, and I feel like she had kind of a tumultuous ending as well with her season.

Rachel. Rachel has a very special place in my heart. We went to dinner a couple of days before a far and she's just been my biggest supporter through all of this, and I we could not have done it without her because she just put things into perspective for me. But yeah, I mean, she had a very It's funny because she was doing interviews before she even knew the ending and everything, saying that like he Evan reminded her of Tino, and I was like, I remember reading those things.

No, Devin's not to please now, seeing that you are good friends with Jonathan now and he was. He probably he was probably spent more time with Devin than you did in the house. Have you asked him like, Hey, were there any inklings that like the game want.

To keep them anonymous?

Yeah, We've had conversations about it, and at the end of the day, I'm not I'm not gonna like that's his that's you know, their narrative. Whatever they want to say, they can say. But yeah, we've we've definitely had some conversations around surrounding it.

Yeah, how I like Samm does he reached out? Why?

Yeah, I thought you were gonna say. I just wasn't expecting that person. That's actually funny. Yeah he did, Like a few of the guys, haven't. That means so much to me and sam em and Thosten. I've seen his tiktoks too with like the main thing, the main thing whatever. I mean, at the end of the day, Sam was not my person. Devin was not truly like that.

Yeah, but it is nice that the guys are reaching out and supporting you.

Yeah. Absolutely, It feels really good to have the guys make sure that I'm okay because I I I love them all, like I can't describe it, like we went through this beautiful journey together. And when I saw them at Mental Hall, like I hoped every single one of them, like I just I they have a special place in my heart. Like truly.

Point blank with Sam M and Thomas Wright about Devon.

Point blank is Sam M and Thomas were.

Right, Okay, how uh, how's your family? Because they your brother and your mom sitting there and having to watch all that, and you could tell like both of them were very took this very seriously and didn't want to see you go through a heartbreak. And then they you know, they're sitting there watching you go through a heartbreak.

Yeah.

And I will say we see a lot of protective brothers on the show, and sometimes they come in really hot and you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa. But your brother was asking some really good questions. Like, I was very impressed with him because I feel like he was trying to guide you and ask thought provoking questions but also let you do your own thing as a woman.

Yeah, he handled himself so so well, and I was I'm not surprised. He's somebody who, like all my friends go to for advice all the time. He's so introspective, he's so perceptive. He just he has this like ability to understand the situation fully and see it from all sides. So it was really great to have him there and be there and he adoring one of the commercial brigs at Afar. He came over and hugged me and he's like, I thought that I thought that it would make you feel better, but then you just kept sobbing and suffering in that moment, and then somebody comes and hugs you, and then you really just let it all out.

No, there's times where I'm upset where I'm like, nobody touched me because I'm gonna lose it.

Yeah, okay, so let's let's I'm just gonna paint this picture a little bit. Let's say, you know, Dancing with the Stars ends, you know, it's it's three months after that, you're feeling good, but you're still single, but you're in a good place. M h, You're gonna be a crazy like would what is there a world where you would consider going on Bachelor and Paradise?

No, no, I'm telling you it's not happening.

I mean, if I got to ask the question.

Oh no, no, I'm so serious. First of all, I'm going back to peace school, and the plan right now is like there's just no more breaks to be had, and like I've did two shows, I do not need a third one. Clearly this is just like not for me. Also, I would have trust issues based on what happened to me this time.

So absolutely, Okay, Well, well the show is going to fly me out if you're out there, because I'm going to go out there and be like you lied, you lied, being Deavin.

No, No, I know it's not happening, and I would like to just meet I have love in the club or something like meet somebody in real life.

The club here.

Seeing at the club.

How is bosted?

Oh my god, Oh my god. Bossom is the first time I felt like I could finally be myself and I was free. Like the past month, I just changed myself up going to this breakup on myself grieving and like I know that when I agrieve, like I can't go out and party, Like I just can't. So I haven't done that. And like for the first time, I was surrounded by my friends and family and I just felt so good and it felt freeing to like have it all out there. And when I'm in Boston, really chaotic side of me comes up just because I lived there post college. It was like early twenties. I don't know, I just have so much fun in Boston all the time. It was like the perfect weekend that I need. But that's good.

I feel like once you're over the hump of the crying in bed face of a breakup. You need a good night out.

Undred percent. Like it's not it's not a linear process healing, Like there are days unsad, moments unsad, But it feels nice to finally actually like be happy for a second.

Yeah, you deserve it after the crazy few months you've had. I feel like everyone comes off this show saying they've learned so much. What do you feel like you've learned about yourself? And then what do you feel like you're now looking for in a partner that you maybe didn't have on your radar before.

Well, I learned so much about my own and why I go for certain people, and the feelings that I've had with people is not necessarily a good feeling, like when I go, oh, there's this chemistry that's whatever, Like sometimes that's a bad thing because I might not necessarily know what a healthy love is, which is why when I picked dev and it was finally like, it's a healthy feeling in the moment. But what I'm learned not lost, but I will be chasing that healthy feeling now in a new relationship. It's like, there doesn't need to be this push and pull, There doesn't need to be this weird undreescribable chemistry. It's like, no, you just need a loving partner and someone who can support you and understand you. And I'm happy that I for a second got to know what that healthy love felt like. And now that's the feeling that I'll be chasing.

I like that. I think that's good. What would be your advice for the next bachelorette?

Advice? But I don't know, you don't know how to help you.

I mean, no, that's fine, that's okay.

You know with this situation, I truth, we don't know.

No, But you know what, you couldn't have avoided this situation, I don't think. And I think it's good that you can recognize that, because how could you have known.

I think you did it the right way. I mean, you fully leaned in it. Just it didn't work out. But that's okay, Like in the long run, it's going to work out, like it's already, it's already panning out.

Are you happy? Do you feel like this that Dancing with the Stars has kind of closed your journey on a positive note, at least a little bit.

Absolutely, it definitely closed my journey a positive note because now I'm doing something for myself something that I've always wanted to do, and I'm working on myself and learning something for myself. So it feels really good to come out of this stronger as a person and to be working towards something that's gonna make me feel happy.

Yeah.

Good, Okay, last question, So throughout this season you have paired every week with a tails of song, which has been so fun to follow along. What is your tailor, swift song or era for moving forward into this next stage of your life?

This is an excellent, excellent question. I'm in an undefined era of totally swift, but no, truthfully, like it's still like I made the last song for the episode, like what like I can do it with broken heart, and truthfully, like I'm still healing, like I'm still mending, and like I'm happy that I get to have these moments in these interviews and all these shows where I can like be happy, but like I'm deeply like still hurt from the situation. But I'm pushing through and I'm still just going to be the best version of myself because I have to do that for myself. But yeah, I am like hurting sometimes and that's okay, But as soon as like I if I just keep believing that I'm going to be happy, then I'm going to be happy and it's all going to work out.

I know that.

Gotta feel pain the fieled joy. Okay, well wow, that's.

Beautiful way to follow up her really beautiful words with that cheesy quote.

Jed, thank you so much for joining us on Happy Hour.

Thank you for having me.

I love being here, we love having you rooting for you on dancing.

Thank you. Okay, I need tips, Joe. What am I supposed to be doing here?

Just have fun? Lean into it and in halfy it's so but it's so don't let the day of yeah destroy you because it's such a stress it's very stressful. Like it's very stressful. You're gonna be anxious, like really just kind of like lean into the fact that it's a stage. You're there to perform, and just do your best and enjoy it and have fun, because like there were so many like I was really bad, but there were so many moments where I'm like, I wish I would have just had a little more fun and got out of my own head because it's overall, it's such a great experience and you only get to do it once and you look back and you're like, that was so much fun. I wish I enjoyed it a little more, you know.

Okay, what do you mean? You were?

I mean, but yeah, that's because people kept voting for me, or or honestly or just take a shadow whiskey. I mean, I also did that.

So okay, I'll be taking a shot at tequila before my dances clock.

There you go, John, Thank you so much for coming on. That's your happy hour. We really appreciate it so much.

I loved I loved being so I'll come back.

Yeah, come back soon.

You've been a phenomenal lead and it's been so much fun chatting with you throughout the season. And for all our listeners, make sure you guys tune into Jones' premiere of The Golden Bachelorette on Wednesday, September eighteenth. We'll have recaps and exclusive interviews way before you know it. I'm the way, and don't forget to subscribe.

Thanks for listening. Bye,

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