Susan Is Enjoying the Ride

Published Oct 24, 2023, 7:01 AM

Today on “Bachelor Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena chat with Susan about her “Golden Bachelor” journey so far. In their discussion, Susan dishes the dirt and reveals her family’s reaction to her iconic 6 inches line from Night 1, what she wishes everyone got to see from the Talent Show date, and, of course, how she feels about all of the Kris Jenner comparisons.

Plus, Susan discusses how strongly she felt about her connection with Gerry going into the final week before Hometowns and what it was like being in the house without the rest of her ASKN crew. Listen now!  

Hey, everyone, welcome back to Happy Hour.

I'm Joe and I'm Serena.

We are here with none other than Susan from The Golden Bachelor.

Susan, how are you?

Hi? Hi? Everybody?

How you doing?

I'm wonderful, couldn't be better?

How you feeling? How's how's? How's everything? For you?

To be honest, I can honestly say I'm living my best life.

Yes, that's what I like to hear.

I love that. Where where do you live? Where?

I live right outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It's fall here. I just got done blowing leaves.

And are you like a Eagles Philadelphia Phillies or you you're a fan?

Yeah?

Phillies one again? Last we got in.

I've only been the Philly once. But have you been to Angelo's. It's it's like a pizza it's in the it's in the city.

Well, I used to live right in the city. I might have I don't know, just a pizza place.

Yeah.

Well it's a big city, Joe.

Yeah, I'm from I'm from Chicago.

I love Chicago. My my husband used to play for the Cubs.

Oh really, yeah, back when baseball was like day games only there were no lights there, Dicky Noles.

Wow, Okay, Joe is a huge cub staff.

Yeah. How in your you cook? Are you Italian? Because I am Italian?

A little bit of cold base?

My father would say, that's where the stubborn this comes from.

Wow, So my my family is also from from Naples.

Okay, look at that. I heard Well on the show, You're like you heard about the meatballs, right, the.

Sausage and peppers.

I was like, all right, Susan, Okay, So, Susan, how did you how'd you get on the Golden Bachelor?

How did I get on?

How'd you get on?

How did I get it on? That? You sounds so I thought you were saying.

Susan, this is not the podcast where you should be telling me how you get off?

Okay, long, how.

Did I get on?

So it was three and a half years ago. My dear friend called me up. I was living in the city at the time, and she's like, Susan, they're having an old people Bachelor. You have to fill this application. I'm like, what are you talking about?

Yeah?

That was it. It was three years later.

I never heard anything, and I assumed it was because of the pandemic. And then they called me in March, and it's been a whorld when ever since.

Any hesitation when they called you absolutely not no you so you're you're all in?

I was in all right?

So you see you get there. You see Gary the first night. What are your first thoughts on him? Is he your type or is your like?

I don't like this.

He was the right height, he was the right bill, He had beautiful, beautiful blue eyes, and I was in it to win it.

Wow, Okay, did you feel a connection.

I was excited when I first stepped out, and the things that I said to try to get some cuber going.

Uh which, by the way, we loved your chills joke.

I was really nervous. I think I was really.

Nervous for you. You came across very confident.

That's good thing, right it is.

Let me ask you. Let me ask you this. Let me ask you this question. You're talking about six eight inches? What do you think? What do you think Gary's packing?

Oh?

God, if he talks about the size fourteen shoe one more time?

Oh he's bragging about it? Okay, yes, way, oh my god.

He must have said it like four or five times.

There was one morning we were having coffee and we were off camera and somebody said, do you believe he said that again? And I shouted out something that I won't shout on here, but we all started with.

It's like, yes, Gary, we now, but does it work? You are seventy two?

This is this.

Is what makes it a good podcast. Were there any moments? Were there any movements where Gary was getting a little uh?

Any of the women, you know, a little excited, a little excited, not that I saw.

No, No, we don't know.

So we don't know. There's no I hope.

So okay, So you so you get in the house, what are your you know, we see later on who seemed to be your your group or your friends, but what are your thoughts on the women when you first get.

First get so this is a good one. You'll love this.

When I first got in there, I was nervous, excited. I hadn't seen women in so long. It felt like I was talking to everybody. I sat with everybody. I was sitting on the sofa and the woman next to me was in a jogging suit.

So I looked to my left and said does she work here? And she heard me. We start laughing.

She goes, no, I did a cheer and I go, oh, okay, I'm sorry. She said, I'm from Chicago. I was a cheerleader. I said, are you going to get changed? It's like all nervous for her. And then the next thing you know, it was time.

She wore it the whole night. I was shocking. I thought it was Renee, Renee, it was she was the redhead. She wore the track suit because she was she was.

Adorable, absolutely adorable. I love her, but I just was shocked, that.

Does she work. She's like, no, I ma contest it were you?

Were you at all any any insecurities when you when you saw the women? Or You're just like, I'm confident, I feel good, I look good. Let's go.

So when they finally came and get me out of my room, and when we go downstairs, we were allowed to take an elevator this time, and my handler said to me, don't make guye contact with anybody.

I said, are you kidding me? I can't wait.

Like I'm getting in a car with them, I can't look at them. Susans don't look okay.

So I'm going like.

This like this, and I'm like feeling okay, and then I look back there and I waved the one and I looked at it and I went, oh shit, she looked good. It wasn't Joan Joan with that little body and the oh Man, And we ended up sitting next to each other and we're good friends.

Yeah, she seems great.

I feel like.

A lot of what most of these.

Women are saying in their interviews, we're seeing a lot like you know, before I went on the show, I kind of lost hope for falling in love again.

Was that where you were before you went on the show, No, sir, Thankyeah, I didn't get that. I'm not getting I feel like I could go to I feel like I can.

I feel like I can go to Philadelphia on a Saturday night and run into Susan.

No, I'm really boring. You really can't.

I don't hang in bars and things like that. Maybe the casinos sometimes, but unless I'm going out with my girlfriends and having dinner. But I'm tired of the dating apps and getting ghosted, Like.

Who does that?

It's so easy to text somebody say hey, I'm just not into you or I'm not coming whatever.

They leave you hanging.

I was over it, so I'm all about love, like I'm in love with being in love?

Does that make sense?

It does? It does?

Yeah?

I feel like like because when you were younger, like even when I was younger, dating ass really didn't exist, and now it's just like the only way.

Oh my god. Yes, and it.

Makes it does It makes it very difficult I always had.

I mean, I can never really do it because I just felt like I like that more traditional old tool of meeting someone in person.

I know, but where do you do that? At my age?

I don't go to Sorry, did you just say you liked the traditional way of fighting someone? How did you read again, we've got a reality show. You've been on five reality shows? Okay, you're not. You're into the very non conventional way of meeting someone, and soon it's so are you now?

I think I have a really big personality and not everyone loves a big personality.

Yeah, well, are there any Do you think there's any women in the house that you're rubbing the wrong way with your big personality?

I'm a lover every I love everybody. Okay, I was nice to everybody. Yeah.

Did everyone get along or were they're like different groups? I mean, I know we saw like asking I know, I know.

You're you're the only group in the house.

Right, Yes, yeah, I think. But we love al I mean, we loved everybody.

But I don't know if you're letting others in.

They're not getting her letter in the group. But you'll hang out with them.

You asked Ellen, you asked Leslie.

No, you all seemed very social. It just seemed like the four of you had the tightest bonds, like you really got along and you had a.

Good time like family or like family.

Were you all in the same room with each other?

Okay?

Yeah, always this is you.

I'm just not buying it. I feel like you're you're the gangster in this group.

That's what I think is going on.

You'll see. Okay, look at him far I love everybody.

Okay, so we see.

Let's let's jump to this week's episode.

You know, we see you guys are doing like this little truth you guys the ice cream.

Never have I ever never have I ever, never have I ever talk No, I don't whose idea is that, Susan?

Not mine?

So out of out of all the women playing that, who who were the wildest you in April?

Yeah?

Oh no, really, Sandra, I was shocked out of my mind from who that would have been faith?

Faith, Yes, blew my mind.

That surprises me too.

Actually, yes, I took a double take and I was like, you're eating the ice cream.

But I feel like I got that like wild side like edge to her as well. It's just like she's got a very like sensitive soul and like soft exterior.

She's very really cool.

I feel like the show has to release the unedited version of that game that you guys.

I want to see it.

I didn't want to play, No, you were to do.

You got too many secrets, Susan.

There's not that many, but there was a few.

Okay, so let's go. So we see.

Trista arrives at the Bachelor mansion. Did you know who Trista was when she showed up? So you've watched the show for a few years.

Yes, I have watched the show, not every single season, but yes I have watched.

She's so beautiful.

She is beautiful. And you find out you guys are going on a pickleball day. How are you feeling?

Well, wait, wait, wait, before before we get into that real quick, how do you feel about Leslie getting.

The one on one?

I was excited for her. Okay, I get excited for everybody. I was still waiting for mine.

But there's not a part of you that's that's a little because we do see a lot of the women are now getting like in their heads and a little upset if they don't get gary.

I know a lot of women don't have game face either.

That's true. A lot of them don't know.

No, I was good, I was good. I'm sorry.

Yeah, go go tell us about pickle all day.

When I heard pickaball, I'm like, I don't know how to play that.

My ball likes to wait for me to hit it. You know what I'm saying. I play golf, Okay, I don't play pickaball.

I thought it was a racket until I got there, and it's a paddle, so for me. And and then Teresa wanted me to be her her partner. She came right up to me so as they said it. And there had just been a little bit of things going on in the house with Teresa and my girlfriend Kathy.

Anyhow, who are you Who are.

You tighter with at this point, Teresa or Kathy?

Kathy? Kathy again, I don't hear a tea and asking Joe.

There's no I am.

So when Teresa asks you to to be on her pick a ball team, what do you say.

You want me? I said, I've never played that game. You don't want me? She goes, no, please please? I said, okay, I did it.

And what are your what are your thoughts on Teresa because she is rubbing some of the women the wrong way?

Yeah, and we definitely see a lot of tension between her and Kathy on this pickleball date.

Out.

Yeah, naive, okay, yeah, we don't.

We don't.

Is it her talking about.

Her relationship with Gary to the other women?

Is that something that? Yeah?

Does that affect you like it affects Kathy because like me personally, I don't know if that would affect me.

I think it just I think certain people it rubs the wrong way. So how how are you now? How are you doing on this pickleball court?

Well, first of all, Joey comes and we're so excited because he's from around here. We're like neighbors. Yes, yes, okay, and I wanted her to pick him. No offense to the other guy, but I really did.

I love Joey.

Joey's gonna be just fine. He is about well, he mighty.

Are they closed, Are they done?

Or they might be done?

They're filming. I still I still think they're filming.

Still think they're filming. Okay, yeah, I can't wait to watch.

Yeah, we'll see what goes on with him. Okay, so then you you don't win.

You don't win, so well I pay I work that audience. Jesse said to me at the end of the game. You worked that audience. When I got up there, they were going choose.

And chooes and suess.

I was like, yeah, and if I did something right, it was like I did it. I did it, just like on the last week's show. On when I jumped out of the cake and do the karate thing, they only showed the little kick.

I did so much more.

I'm sure you did, Susan, I did.

I took the alphant off. I was in a leopard bikini. I taught him how to pajaba.

We're all the women going crazy when you were doing that.

Yes, it was great.

There's a lot of footage that needs to be released, but I need to see it. I need the solid show.

You have to see the whole thing. I wish it was longer, but I get it.

Yeah, Okay, So then we see, you know, a more serious side where Gary pulls you and you guys have a conversation and he gives her a rose court.

It was a moment. It was our moment.

To me, you remind me so much of my wife, you have so much empathy and strength. And then he said I have something for you.

I was like, oh, you know, I love No, No, I was hoping it was a rose. We I didn't have to sweat out the next rose. And then my thought was, oh, my goodness, if I open this box, what if I don't know what it is? Like everything's going through your mind and I know what it is. Of course, so.

On the pickleball court, we we saw a few things. One of the things we saw was April faked her sprain. Did you know she was faking it?

None of us.

Did you find out because we saw when.

I were her face the spotlights on you. Oh, I get it.

But the best part was she played after that. I was like, are you serious?

Did she?

Oh?

Yeah she did. She's likes feel like a lot better. Gary. I know, I know.

It was like, asrupt if you could go to Vegas with only one of these women, who is your girl?

Oh? H that's a tough one. Kathy or April. Yeah, I don't know. Nancy. Nancy is my safe bet. Though.

Nancy was on this podcast and she said that asking is going on a vacation.

Yes, I planned, and we're going to Saint Martin.

That is so fun.

One of my.

Favorite I take it back ap role was the one that said that April April good, when are you guys.

Going January seventeenth?

That would be so fun? What are you do you have? Do you have kids?

I did?

What do your kids think about all of this?

So they were very excited for me.

The one video that my son sent in it was hysterical. But after the first episode, I think my son stopped watching.

He was not to see mom make it with Gary How old is?

He didn't like the comment at all. Thirty five? I said, Chris, it's TV. It's fun, like have a sense of humor. Yeah. But then they.

Wrote a really awesome article about me in Philadelphia and how nice I was. The following week. Everybody loved me because I love everybody. I helped everybody. It did everybody's hair. So he lightened up a little bit.

Okay, good are you so?

Are you still cutting hair.

Yeah, always nice.

Nice, you have a salon in my basement. Okay, nice nice. Well, if I'm ever in Philadelphia.

Yeah yeah.

And then you see how pretty everybody's hair was for the Rose ceremonies.

That's all you.

Oh my god, my asking girls. They were up, dues, down, dudes, curls.

You're working overtime, I'm telling you.

I mean, you're getting a lot of love. How do you feel about all the Chris Jenner comparisons?

Oh my gosh, So that started, like I can't tell you how many years, thirty years ago? Yeah, I get that everywhere I go. If we're in Atlantic City. I was in the Bahamas, I was in Italy and somebody said it.

I couldn't believe it.

Have you seen autograph?

No?

But I kept telling Chris when I was there, I'd be on film with the producers.

And Chris, I'm only twelve minutes down the road. We got to do lunch. She hasn't reached out thus far.

She has it. How happy would you be if you got to meet my God?

It's like a dream come true.

You definitely have like a similar look. Is that just a coincidence or are you like inspired by her luck.

Now, I'm a hairdresser. My hair has been like this forever. Yeah, what it is?

I think I remind people of her because of my short, dark hair, and yeah, you know, especially when you wear makeup, you look better.

So I guess that's why I don't know.

Yeah, no, I think you guys think I think you look alike.

I see it, I see you. No.

We said it like when we did a review of Your Guys cast photos before the show aired, we said, this girl looks exactly like Chris Jenner.

And poor Kathy's getting Caitlyn.

I know she is getting a lot of Kate like of hairs.

But Caitlyn looks fabulous. Right now, there you go, you go, so.

Well, how do you feel right now at this point of the show. You are the last woman of asking standing.

That was shocking. Yeah, that was shocking. I thought it would be me that didn't get thrips. I really did. But Gary and I have a connection, and I was really shocked at April left.

Yeah.

Yeah, how about how about Kathy?

Well, Kathy and I kind of felt like maybe it's our turn to go because we didn't have a one on one yet. And you know what, I'm saying, and then with all the drama, so she kind of knew. She felt like she knew she was going, and Nancy gets hurt.

See, I was I was shocked.

I was Kathy.

I figured was it was probably her time because it does as a viewer, it does seem like Gary is more into Teresa, and now this drama is starting to affect everyone.

So it's like Kathy's got to go. I was shocked to see Nancy leave.

So Nancy got hurt at the pick a ball game and she.

Had a boot on and she was talking to us and we were thinking, from watching the show, we're probably going to travel after this cut, and she kept saying, what if we go somewhere with the beach. She goes, I can't struggle down the beach, and I said, you know what, go talk to him and she did.

Wow. I feel like at the end of the day, if I'm in her shoes or her one shoe and her boot, I like, if I'm really not going to potentially end up with this guy, I'm not fighting through this. I want to go home, So I don't blame her for I Yeah.

Can I just say one thing, do you guys have the photo I think this is priceless.

I know Kathy would kill me, but I want to frame.

It of Kathy and her little hat at the at the Talent Show and Theresa next door when Leslie was doing the dances.

Yes, I know what you're talking about. You try if you go on streaming and you pull it up, you could probably screenshot that, but you should definitely get out. That's so funny.

Oh, their faces were priceless.

They were just like, oh my gosh.

But out of all, out of all the group dates so far, what's been your favorite?

Yeah, the Talent Show, between the Talent Show and Pickleball.

Yeah, and now that you you make it through, you're the only one left on asking are.

You hopeful to get a to get a one on one next week?

Yes?

Yeah, yes, because you let everybody go. I won't let everybody go. The first ceremony, I got the last rose. You had to see that moment in.

My brain, I'm like, wait a minute.

I bought a lot of nice dresses and we got to get to know each other.

I can't leave Susan.

And I was like, yes, yeah, that's rough. Has Gary tried your bet balls?

He had my chicken cutlets.

Oh that sounds good. What's your what's your what's your what's your go to what's your your best dish?

If very if you If you're here to impress somebody, you gotta impressed, Gary.

Yeah, he comes over for dinner to your house. What are you making him?

So he seems being from Midwest? Maybe a nice rabbi on the grill?

So you can cook?

Yeah? I can cook. I can do.

I think I'm a good price. Hear that, Gary, I'm.

A good.

Okay. So you are a fan of the show. You've watched a couple of seasons. Do you have a favorite season or a few favorite seasons of the show. Do you watch all of them? Bachelor, Bacherette and Bachelor Paradise?

No, just I'm busy always like I tend to lean more towards the Bachelorette mm hmm show. I love Charity.

Yeah, she was really good.

I love her.

Yeah, she was great. Are you gonna watch Joey season?

Of course I am. He's like my little it feels like my own.

Wait. Were you one of the girls season that went to the Dancing with the Stars?

How was that?

Oh? It was the asking for that? Oh my gosh, what was thatbulous.

They took everything I had not to get on the stage to start dancing with them. I would love to do that. That is so fun and I love Bruno and all of them. Oh, it was a blast.

That is so much fun.

Yeah, what would be what would be your advice for women in their golden years who.

Want to go on this show and still want to find love.

That's what I think the show is really about about showing everybody sixty and up even fifties enough that gave up and are sitting home and not caring anymore and saying, I'll never get up.

Wake up.

There's a world out there. What I got out of the show not only did I meet fabulous women, I love myself again. I'm worth it and I discovered that about me, like, no matter what happens, I'm worth it.

Yeah, that's odd.

I agree.

And I think it's also because you took a risk, you know, and I will just become complacent.

And then they stopped taking risks.

Yeah.

Yeah, so everybody out there, come on, you still have a big life.

Go to the next We got a few more episodes left in the season. I think we're about what about halfway through yeah, I wonder what can you tease without giving anything away? Maybe like what word would you use to describe it? Or how would you tease the rest of the season.

Surprised?

Surprised? Okay, okay, well, we are very excited to watch. We have been thoroughly enjoying it. We can't wait to see what's the come. We can't we've seen more of you. But before we let you go, can we play a quick rapid fire game with you? Okay, fine, easy questions?

C all right, I want to ask the first one you asked the rest, No, go for a joke. I want to ask the first one. I'm going to do a random one.

Okay, do you think, oh god, this is off the charts right?

What woman had the worst gas from your meat balls?

They weren't for my meatballs, asked some of the producers. He even wrote it down because there's a lot of controversy. He said, However, I ate the meatballs and had no issues.

It was the guacamole, all.

Rightos circulating the house?

All right, it's the garlic and the onions.

What, No, you're good. What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? I pe there you go. What is your go to rose ceremony, cocktail, champagne. What was the first concert you ever attended?

The first big one?

Like any concert, like the first one.

Led Zeppelin maybe or the Rolling Stones there Floyds, that was.

All back then.

Yeah, like Bruce Springsteen, but that was like at the local college before he was big.

So that's so cool.

Yeah.

What is your love language?

Touch? Attention?

Love? How many hours of sleep do you need every night?

Six?

Six? Pretty good? What is your favorite place in the whole world?

Italy by far.

We just went to Italy on our honeymoon. Actually last month you did where we're at. We went to Lake Homo, Florence, and then we went to the countryside of Tuscany.

Couldn't you live in Florence?

It was very.

Your favorite region.

I've been all over.

I've been there five times now and I have to go there every time.

The food is fair food.

The food, I.

Mean the Amafi Coast is magnificent and the food is good there too, But Florence I feel right at home.

The trump all that you get, I.

Will I will say this. People may disagree with me. I think the food in Rome is better than the food and for.

Food and Rome is excellent. I agree like my grandparents would take that. I had good food all over.

It's the best.

What is your go to karaoke song?

Oh, I'll dance.

I don't sing no karaoke Versusan. Now, if you were to write an autobiography, what would you call it?

Enjoy the ride?

Nice?

Well?

Do you believe at love at first sight?

I believe it lost that first I used to think that was love.

Kind of yeah, okay, And last question is what is one word you're kids or grandkids would use to describe you?

Fun?

Me me? Is that what your great kids call you?

Me? Me me me?

Yes, that's As a matter of fact, my one granddaughter, Bella, I was just spent the weekend with them in Virginia and she goes, Mimi, how come you didn't tell the man about me? I said, I did, sweetheart. I showed him your pictures and told them your name, but they didn't show that.

That's all all so sweet?

Oh my god, sweet it was.

Well, Susan, thank you so much for coming on today. We really appreciate you.

I love you guys, and you guys give me hope. Look at you. Yeah, it only took you five shows.

To find your.

Good things. Take time.

Thank you to everyone for tuning in and remember all new episodes of The Golden Bachelor air every Thursday on ABC at eight seventh Central, followed by new episodes of Bachelor in Paradise, or you could stream both the next day on Hulu.

And make sure to tune into new episodes of Bachelor Happy Hour every week. We're gonna have some great guests on. We've got all kinds of exclusive interviews coming up, so don't forget to subscribe.

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