00:00And that's where my suspicion kicked in.
00:02And so I literally was in my hotel room
00:05and was like, I don't feel right.
00:07Hi, I'm Esmina with Narcity.
00:09How are you both doing today?
00:10Hey, good.
00:12Nice to meet you.
00:13Lisa, I'm going to start with you.
00:15First off, congratulations on the baby news.
00:18I know it happened a while ago for you,
00:19but for me, it just happened.
00:22So, you know, when Nick Lachey mentioned you were pregnant,
00:26like, my jaw dropped because this has never
00:28happened on the show before.
00:30Well, tell me, you know, what happened?
00:33Did you have any suspicions before you found out?
00:36You know, when did you find out?
00:38How did that happen?
00:39I had no suspicions prior to coming on to the show
00:42because obviously our lady days were supposed to be
00:47actually the first week while filming.
00:49Clearly, mine's did not come.
00:51And that's where my suspicion kicked in.
00:54And so I literally was in my hotel room
00:57and was like, I don't feel right.
00:59You know, I feel like I'm acting normal.
01:02I feel overly emotional about things.
01:04So I took a pregnancy test and here it is.
01:08Yeah, and when you told Brian,
01:10obviously a bit of shock there,
01:13how has your relationship been affected by, you know,
01:16the baby and the show and just the overall experience?
01:21I will say, like, initially after leaving the show,
01:24we were in like a weird place.
01:26Obviously it took a lot of work, but that's it.
01:30It took work, you know,
01:32two people who were intentionally intentional
01:34about working on the relationship and we were that.
01:36And so now we are in a really great space.
01:39And Roxanne, moving on to you, going into the proposal,
01:42you said yourself that you weren't sure
01:44what you were going to say.
01:45You would, you know, see in that moment,
01:47what made you, because you were very adamant
01:49that you weren't ready to get married to Antonio
01:51from the start, but what made you say yes?
01:55My gut, I always go with my gut.
01:56I think through the whole season,
01:57what I did is go with my gut with everything with Alex,
02:01with our fallout through the season,
02:06to the moment I said yes to Antonio,
02:08I feel like a woman's gut is the most important thing
02:12you should listen to.
02:13And I was like, I'm not going to make a decision
02:15until I see him and he asks,
02:17and whatever I feel in my stomach
02:18is what I'm going to go with.
02:20Cause I did not know.
02:21And this is a question for both of you.
02:24How has going on the ultimatum sort of maybe affected
02:28or helped you understand what you're looking for
02:30in a partner and just what you need yourself need as well?
02:34I think for me going on here,
02:36it just made me more aware of what I wanted for sure,
02:42what things I'm willing to deal with
02:43and not willing to deal with in regards to my partner.
02:46And that has helped us because before we never verbalized
02:50like flat out, like what we like, don't like
02:53versus, you know, after the show is like,
02:56now we are verbalizing, like, I don't like this.
02:59I don't like this.
03:00And that helps your relationship move so much smoother.
03:05And I kind of took that for myself too,
03:07of like, okay, for myself,
03:09what do I want for myself out of life?
03:11And, you know, having that come to realization
03:15even after the show.
03:16So that's ways that it has helped us.
03:19Real quick, I was just going to say,
03:21when you're looking for a partner,
03:22for me, it was take out everything you think should be
03:26with a partner and just go with what your heart is saying
03:29and your mind, it goes back to the gut.
03:31You know, I had, for me, it was take out the checklist
03:35and with Antonio, it was, he is all these things
03:37that I need and want.
03:39And I thought Alex would have maybe
03:42been all those things truly.
03:44I mean, I was, you probably saw,
03:45I was super excited to be with the dude.
03:48I was.
03:49And sometimes you just got to forget
03:51about everyone else's feelings
03:53and what everyone else wants for you.
03:55Just go with what you want for yourself.
03:57That's it.
03:58Brian, I'm going to start with you.
04:00So I want to go back to that conversation
04:03that you were having with Lisa.
04:05You know, walk me through that.
04:07Was the first time you found out actually on camera,
04:09you know, what was going through your mind
04:10when you found out?
04:12Yeah, that was truly the first time that I found out.
04:14As you can see my face,
04:16it was much of a surprise to me, right?
04:18I didn't know if she was, if it was a joke or not,
04:21but, you know, like I said,
04:22I knew she wouldn't play around like that.
04:24But, you know, immediately within the first few seconds,
04:28I had to make the decision on whether or not,
04:31you know, this is something that I was willing to accept
04:34and move forward with.
04:35But I knew, you know, instantly that she is someone
04:39that if anyone that I would want to kind of bring a child
04:42into this world with.
04:43And I think, you know, ultimately we had to make
04:46that decision and that was the one that was best for us.
04:49And you mentioned that, you know,
04:50a baby would obviously complicate things.
04:52You had just gone through a lot, you know,
04:55how did the baby impact your relationship
04:57and just overall, you know, everything?
05:01Yeah, I think the thought of it was like conflicting,
05:07right?
05:08Because it's like, there's no way we just went through
05:10this whole experience of the time that we did.
05:14And there's been, you know, ups and downs, right?
05:16As you can see, and thinking that it's gonna be easier
05:20moving forward.
05:21I think it was actually the opposite.
05:24Well, not the opposite of easy.
05:25It was actually the opposite of what I thought.
05:27You know, afterwards things got easier
05:30because we kind of looked at it from a clear mind, right?
05:33Being out of the experience at this time to say that like,
05:36you know, all right, we're gonna focus on the baby,
05:39but we're gonna also focus on fixing ourselves,
05:43working on our communication,
05:45and just working on that trust within each other.
05:48And it's worked out, it's been going well.
05:49And Antonio, moving to you and your experience on the show,
05:53you know, going back to having to make that choice
05:57on who to choose for the trial marriage.
06:00You know, obviously that's a tense situation.
06:02I can only imagine how uncomfortable it is
06:04hearing your partner talk about how amazing someone else is.
06:08What was going through your mind
06:09and what was that experience like having Roxanne,
06:12you know, choose Alex?
06:14I knew she was gonna pick him all along.
06:16I just knew it.
06:17I knew what she was looking for.
06:19And he was pretty much like the polar opposite
06:23of where I was at, at that point in my life.
06:25You know, successful business owner.
06:27I mean, more than once he'd already sold
06:29one of his own businesses
06:30and he was doing his own thing again.
06:32And he had this, you know, lifetime of experience
06:35that she really related with.
06:36And it was the, I was trying to, you know,
06:41gain that sort of skillset as we got onto the show
06:46and throughout the show and since after the show.
06:50So I was pretty scared.
06:52I was pretty dang scared when I saw
06:55that she had chosen officially and it all became real.
06:58And then going to the proposal,
07:01you seemed somewhat surprised when she said yes.
07:04What was going through your mind then
07:05and how has the whole experience
07:08impacted your relationship moving forward?
07:10Yeah, I mean, it's like,
07:13I can almost really only liken it
07:15to like when a cop's driving behind you.
07:17You may not be doing anything wrong
07:18and you know what the outcome is going to be.
07:20But in that moment, you're like, oh crap.
07:22Like what's going to happen?
07:24And I think that's kind of what was splayed all over my face.
07:27And not to mention that the first words out of her mouth
07:29after I'd said, will you marry me?
07:30Were, I just want you to be happy.
07:33So like, I don't know what that meant.
07:35Like, especially the moment I was like,
07:37so you're saying without you, I'm going to be happy
07:40or what are you saying?
07:41So, it was nerve wracking for sure.
07:45Since she has said yes, you know,
07:48and even before this, before all of this,
07:50and I've never been more sure that Roxanne is the person
07:52that I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.
07:54And that has since just been confirmed tenfold.
07:57So life is good.
07:59I've moved so far in the direction
08:02that I've been wanting to move in.
08:04I've become a business owner.
08:06Things are going really well.
08:07And I just, the future is something
08:09I've never been more excited for.
08:11Well, congratulations on the business
08:13and on the engagement.
08:14And just my final question is, you know,
08:17any regrets from the ultimatum going on the show?
08:19You know, having that ultimatum,
08:21either giving it or receiving it.
08:24What are your thoughts on that?
08:26No regrets.
08:27I mean, like the term I think James and I coined
08:30was high stakes therapy.
08:33And I learned a lot about myself.
08:36It forced me to really hold myself much more accountable.
08:39So I think I'm a better person for it.
08:42I think my relationship is stronger for it.
08:43And I don't regret a thing.
08:46Yeah, likewise.
08:46I would say the same.
08:48Definitely on the accountability part,
08:49I definitely learned a lot about myself,
08:52like really quickly too.
08:54And kind of had to kind of make that decision
08:56of whether or not I was gonna continue being stubborn
08:58within my own right,
08:59or like I was gonna be the person for Lisa.
09:03Well, thank you so much
09:04for taking the time to speak with me.
09:06It was a pleasure speaking with you both
09:07and I hope you have a great day.
09:09Thank you so much.
09:10Take care.
