00:00I wear my heart on my sleeve. I guess this is why we have a reality show, because if I
00:04was
00:05stoic and emotionally stable, it'd be boring, right?
00:14We are here with Stephen McBee. I'm so excited to talk to you all about McBee Dynasty. I was just
00:18saying the season's so good so far. I want to ask you, first of all, how are you doing? I've
00:23been
00:23loving watching you on socials. You're always with your nieces. I think it's adorable. How are you
00:27doing? Because I know it's been a crazy time. It's been a whirlwind, to say the least. I'm doing
00:32well. Really just spending so much time with family, focusing on the businesses. Honestly,
00:37the last couple months have been some of the best moments and some of the best memories we've made
00:41with the family. Oh, I love that. Your dad, how's he doing? I heard, is he coming home soon? Yes,
00:49he is under 60 days now. September 11th is his release day. I think he's like 54, 55 days. He's
00:56doing great. He's ready to get home, ready to see the grandbabies, and ready to cook us some
00:59dinners. Oh, I'm sure. Have you gone to see him a lot over this last year? We've gone up there
01:03quite
01:03a bit. Yeah, I think I've been up there myself five times, and Cole, Casey, and the babies have
01:08been up there a lot more. Oh my gosh. He probably loves getting to see all of you guys. He
01:11does.
01:12Yeah, he loves it. He loves it. And he's actually watching the show, which is hilarious. Oh my gosh.
01:16Wait, so what does he think of everything that's going on? Right now, he's catching some heat.
01:21Masha is calling him, and yeah, he's catching some heat from Masha. Oh no. I just wonder,
01:29like, are they? I mean, I guess they're still together, right? Today? I couldn't tell you.
01:33I think they are. Well, it changes from what he tells us compared to what he tells Masha.
01:38We can't get a straight answer out of him. My belief is that yes, they are together. Okay. Well,
01:42the stuff going on with Masha is pretty wild this season. Between Masha and your mom, I was surprised
01:47to see her going after her because your mom's like an icon. I think your mom is amazing. She's so
01:51grounded. So I'm like, how could anybody go against that woman? Mom is a sweetheart, but she is
01:57definitely a mama bear. So she has a streak to her. Whenever you cross her, she's not going to put
02:01up
02:01with it. Yeah, there you go. That's being a mom of four boys, too. That's exactly right. That's exactly
02:07right. That's awesome. Well, you know, and everything with Galena and Masha is obviously pretty crazy.
02:11How's Galena doing this time around? Because she had a pretty rough last season. Galena's doing much
02:16better. I think mentally she's in a much better place and she's also of the understanding. I think
02:21she's put my dad behind her. I'm hoping so. Anyways, it seems to be the case rather than last
02:27season where she was still caught up on him or thinking there could be another chance. It's like
02:31she's closed that chapter and has moved on to focusing on her life, which has been much better
02:35for her. Yes. She's hanging out with the housewives. Yeah. I know you guys love that. Oh yeah. She's all
02:39over the place. She's from Miami to Orlando to LA to New York all over and in between. Well, I
02:44do want to
02:45get into some of the stuff going on with you this season. Obviously you have a new lady in your
02:48life
02:49this season. I am curious because a lot of people have been saying, oh my gosh, they're moving so
02:53fast. Did it feel like that in the moment? Yes, it did. But I knew what I was, or I
03:00thought I knew
03:00what I was looking for. So when Allie and I met, I was like, hey, you know, I'm 31 years
03:06old. My brothers
03:07already have started their families. I know exactly what I'm looking for. This girl seems to be it.
03:13But there's no time to waste. Like why, why waste time if I know what I'm, I'm looking for and
03:17I
03:17found it. Yeah, definitely. And I know there's always chatter online with these shows. I know
03:23there was some chatter about, you know, her and her contract and Casey kind of said she wasn't even
03:28coming down to see you until that contract was signed. What can you, can you add anything to that?
03:33What, what can you shed on that? Well, I'll just say this first and foremost, Allie is an incredible
03:37woman. And, you know, she obviously has her own career, very successful career as an influencer.
03:42So she has to be very conscious of that. So I don't blame her for, you know, how tough of
03:49a
03:49negotiator, you know, she was during that process. I understand it. It definitely threw another layer
03:54of complexity in a relationship because whenever I was first getting to know her, it's like, hey,
03:59I want to see this girl, but I have to work through her manager to see if it's okay, if
04:02she can come
04:02up, it was a very strange layer and it definitely added some challenges to the relationship. But
04:08obviously, again, I understand that she has a career of her own that she has to be very conscious
04:12of. Right. Absolutely. And part of that too, we saw in last week's episode that you were trying to
04:18give her 20% of the tallow business. Obviously some people online are like, what is he thinking?
04:23They barely know each other. What did you think of that whole thing now looking back?
04:27Hindsight's always 20, 20. So now I'm looking at it going, what was I doing? But at the time it
04:31was like,
04:32hey, again, I think I found this girl that I want to spend the rest of my life with.
04:37To me, there's no bigger dream than being able to work with my partner day in and day out,
04:43bring her in, integrate her to not only my family, but everything we have going on and be able to
04:47work together and build this life up together. So for me, it was done with genuine intentions of
04:54like, hey, this is my life partner. I want to bring her in. I want to work together and let's
04:58take over the world together. Right. Now looking back, I was like, okay,
05:01that was not a good idea. I moved very quickly. Yes. Oh, I know you guys got Casey the pig.
05:06Have
05:07you gotten her an apology gift for that yet? Still working on that one. I probably owe Blair
05:12and Casey a pony or two for sure. Yes. Yeah. Well, you know what? We all get swept up. That's
05:18just it.
05:19Hey, I love heart. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I guess this is why we have a reality
05:23show
05:23because if I was stoic and emotionally stable, it'd be boring, right? Is that right? Yeah. If I was
05:30emotionally stable, I'm dead. Well, kind of like a little bit of a pivot because I know Sally Carson
05:36has like done interviews and said that you guys maybe had a little brief fling in the past. Is
05:40that anything that you would consider revisiting? I think the world of Sally, we had a lot of fun
05:46together in the, you know, the few weeks that we were hanging out. She actually came up to the farm.
05:50There was an event in Hamilton, Missouri with Craig Conover, had a blast with her and she
05:54was great with my family too, but we're very, very different people in the way that we live
05:58our lives. Nothing, you know, doesn't make one right or the other. It's just, we're very
06:02different people. Right. What do you think about her and Kyle Cook maybe potentially? I haven't
06:06kept up with it. I mean, I see some of the headlines coming out. Um, you know, I don't, I
06:11don't
06:11know what to think. I guess this, uh, this Bravo fam just doing all sorts of, uh, crossovers,
06:15I guess. We love a crossover. Yeah. Is there anybody that you met? Cause I know
06:19you and your brothers were at Bravo Conover. Is there anybody you guys met that maybe you
06:22clicked with or hit it off with anybody in the Bravo verse really? I mean, we've always
06:26hit it off with Craig Conover. Um, and I need to get him up to the farm. There's a lot
06:30of
06:30synergy between what he's doing, uh, you know, with his backyard, with the bees and everything
06:35he's got going on with what we're doing with the farm. I know he loves gardening. I love gardening.
06:38So I think there's a bromance that could be, um, stewing there behind the scenes. Craig could
06:43come up to the farm and hang out with us. Yeah. Oh my gosh, Craig and Shep. At Shep, uh,
06:47we have a lot
06:48of, um, outdoors related, uh, uh, commonalities that we like to do. Yeah. I feel like it's
06:53something about like the South and then you guys being in the farm. Maybe that's like the,
06:56the connection. Yes. Not so much like the city life. For sure. Yeah, for sure. Although you
07:00guys do end up in Kansas city quite a bit. We do. We go down to Kansas city quite a
07:03bit.
07:04Yeah. Nashville too. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That's yeah. That's right. And I think we have a Las
07:08Vegas trip planned. There's a couple of city trips in this season. Oh my gosh, that's exciting.
07:12Well, you know, you're in Kansas city. You guys ever see Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey hanging
07:16out? Actually a funny story. One time I did catch, uh, Taylor and Travis. I was down on
07:21the Kansas city, uh, Plaza where I have a condo and he was driving her around, um, with the
07:26top down in his, I can't remember what he was driving, but it was a, an entire scene. People
07:30were running after them. It was crazy. And this was when they first started dating. Yeah.
07:34Yeah. Do you know anybody in the Kansas city scene who was at that wedding? I do. Well,
07:38actually, uh, Eric stone street. Oh yeah. Oh, are you friends with him? Oh my gosh. Yeah.
07:43He's got a membership at the carwash. No way. Are you a modern family fan? Oh yeah.
07:47That was so good. How can you not be right? Yeah. He's awesome. He comes in whenever we
07:50get the opportunity, we walk him through the carwash, show him the back room and
07:53everything. Super nice guy. Oh my gosh. What a, what a small world. Isn't that wild?
07:56You wouldn't think. That's awesome. I have one more quick question for you. You know,
08:00what else can you tease about what we're going to see this season? There, there's a lot
08:03going on. There's a lot that's happened since the show has ended. And now will we get a
08:07reunion? Will we get a McGee reunion? To be determined. I'm not entirely sure if we're going to
08:11have a reunion or not, but for the rest of this season, there's so much coming down
08:15the pipeline. Things are just heating up and there are so many unexpected things to
08:19happen in these last few episodes, both good and bad. You'll just have to stay
08:23tuned. Well, I'm excited to see it. And thank you so much for stopping by. It was so
08:26great to chat with you. Likewise. Always enjoy it.
