00:00I almost became The Bachelorette during all this.
00:02Wait, like...
00:02Because they're like, for real?
00:03For real, for real?
00:04Yeah, Mike Clayson and Ron Mills.
00:06I had a secret meeting with them.
00:08So suddenly, they're like, this is the modern-day Cinderella story.
00:11And I'm like, yes, put me in, boss.
00:13I'm done with this job.
00:15I was like 35, so I was also dealing with aging at that time
00:19and seeing these younger and younger girls on the show.
00:22And like, what about my heart?
00:23And then suddenly, you know, I'm a lover of rom-coms.
00:27I grew up on rom-coms.
00:28There's a reason I got this job with The Bachelor.
00:30I'm like, I love love.
00:31Now I'm producing a 20-hour rom-com.
00:33And then suddenly, I was kind of mixed into it.
00:37And, you know, so then I started dreaming of becoming The Bachelorette.
00:40And then that didn't happen.
00:41And then, like, everyone seemingly was rooting for Peter and I.
00:44Were you ever told why you ultimately weren't chosen as The Bachelorette?
00:48Why they went in a different direction?
00:49Because they ultimately chose Hannah Brown, right?
00:52Claire.
00:53That was Claire's season.
00:55Oh, wow.
00:55Oh, my God.
00:55Okay, so they were really trying out anything at that point.
01:00Okay, so.
01:00Can you imagine, like, for a moment thinking you might be The Bachelor?
01:04And then I'm going to go and produce Claire and Asia.
01:07Oh, did you produce them?
01:08I went back to producing them.
01:10How do you?
01:10It really was like Cinderella.
01:11Shut up.
01:12Oh, my God.
01:12It was really like Cinderella.
01:14That's crazy.
01:14Wait, did they ever know you were in talks?
01:17No.
01:17No one knew that.
01:19I kept it to myself.
01:20Yeah.
01:21Oh, my God.
01:21How was going to do that?
01:23Yeah, it was really hard.
01:24Yeah, oh, my God.
01:25Just watching them try on all the gowns and just, you know.
01:28Right.
01:28Were there any contestants that they had cast for them that you were like, oh, I would love
01:33to go on a date with him?
01:35Yeah, I mentioned it in the book.
01:37I'm like, okay.
01:37You know, I kind of create, like, okay, if it had been me, I probably would have picked
01:41Zach because he's, like, just such a good stand-up guy.
01:43He's such a nice guy.
01:44They had some hotties on that season, honestly.
01:46Yeah, there were a few hotties.
01:47Yeah.
01:48So, did they ever give you a reason why they went the Claire Tayshia route?
01:51They said, no matter how vulnerable you are, no one will ever believe a producer.
01:56Oh.
01:56She knows too much.
01:58Oh.
01:58Yeah.
01:58I guess that's kind of, like, I understand the argument.
02:01Yeah.
02:01But what was your reaction to that?
02:02Oh, I bawled my eyes.
02:03Oh, my God.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Yeah.
02:06Yeah.
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