00:00So we have the New York City Marathon is just over two weeks away.
00:03Can you give us a status update on your training?
00:05Yeah, we're in the middle of training still because I just ran Berlin three weeks ago,
00:11which is a little unusual.
00:13A lot of people aren't running that close to the marathon, but there are people that do it.
00:16I have a coach, and she really helped me put a plan together.
00:19The training is also about taking days off and resting, making sure you're taking care of your body,
00:24getting good sleep, just staying off your legs really is probably more important than running sometimes.
00:31Exactly. So what are you doing on those rest days?
00:34Honestly, like today's a rest day, which I'm not really resting, resting,
00:37but, you know, it could be a combination.
00:40Just stretching. I like to use a roller at home.
00:43I stretch. Sometimes we'll go to a cold plunge or sauna.
00:47Massages. Some days just eat a bunch of food and not do anything and just veg out.
00:53It can be a variety of things, but I try to do stuff that hopefully will be healthy in general.
01:00Gotcha. And if I'm not mistaken, this marks your fourth marathon.
01:04This will be my fourth marathon.
01:05Are you aiming for a particular PR, or is this kind of mainly just for the vibes and excitement of
01:10it all?
01:11No, I'm aiming for a PR. I'm trying to be under four hours.
01:14Okay.
01:14I've been very close. So New York City last year, I was 4.04.
01:19London in April, I was 4.02.
01:21In Berlin, I was 4.24.
01:24So I'm right there.
01:27But, yes, sub four is the goal.
01:29Love it.
01:30And the New York Roadrunners, the nonprofit behind this marathon,
01:33announced some of the stars running the marathon, including yourself.
01:37Is there anyone on the list you're most excited to run alongside?
01:40Uh, Tiki Barber is the New York Giants running back.
01:44I saw him on the list.
01:45I love sports.
01:47Jennifer Conley is an incredible actress.
01:48I saw her on the list.
01:50Um, you know, some of my other cohorts in the reality TV world, of course, are fun to run with.
01:55Uh, but, yeah, I think it's just a tremendous honor to be able to be a part of such an
01:59amazing day in New York.
02:00You know, I'm really proud of why I'm running, which is I raise money for addiction and mental health services.
02:05You know, there's a community here in New York called Release Recovery.
02:08They have a foundation.
02:09And a lot of the money that we raise to run actually pays for someone's rehab that can't afford it.
02:14And a lot of times, people that need the treatment can't afford it.
02:17So to be able to use my running story to help other people, that's, like, that's everything.
02:21That's why I do it.
02:22So it's really powerful.
02:24And I feel like one of the essentials for success in a marathon like this is a support system, especially
02:30in the crowd on race day.
02:32Do you know anyone who will be cheering you on come November 1st?
02:35I mean, I hope to see some of my summer house friends.
02:38You know, Kyle, of course, maybe Lindsey, maybe some of the others, Jesse, KJ.
02:45We'll see.
02:45I don't know if everybody's going to be up and at them that Sunday morning.
02:49But, no, like, I have my Release Recovery community.
02:52There's about 150 of us here in New York City that are running for the marathon.
02:57Our community of sober people, it's not judgmental.
03:00Like, not everybody that's running is sober, but we all run for the same cause.
03:03And we're all allies of the sobriety and mental health movement.
03:06And you were telling me earlier a little bit about the music that you've been listening to while training.
03:11Tell me more about it and some of the artists that will definitely be on the playlist while you're running
03:15this marathon.
03:15Yeah, I mean, I have a unique running music thing, which is here in New York, we're blessed with so
03:21many amazing artists that come from these different neighborhoods and boroughs.
03:26So, when I'm running through Brooklyn, I'll listen to Jay-Z or Biggie.
03:30If I'm running through Queens, which I run through Astoria and Queensbridge, Nas, Mobb Deep, 50 Cent.
03:37You get across the Queensborough, now you're on the Upper East Side.
03:39Harlem, you got A$AP Rocky, you got Cameron, you got the Diplomats.
03:44Work your way back down.
03:45Like, there's just so much cool music, I think, that while you're running, they're actually rapping about the areas that
03:49you're literally on the streets of.
03:51That's awesome.
03:52No joke.
03:52Like, I've been, I mean, there's the Jay-Z line, 550 State Street, which is next to Barclays Arena.
03:58Like, you literally run by the building he's rapping about in the music.
04:02So, it's, for me, it gives me a lot of energy.
04:05I like to be connected to the city.
04:07I love music.
04:08I actually just bookmarked Soft Bar and Belly.
04:10I'm very excited to check it out.
04:12You recently celebrated a year of being in business.
04:15What has that meant to you?
04:16I mean, it's amazing.
04:17I'm really proud of my team and the community that we're building.
04:22It's not easy, obviously, but, you know, we've been working with my core Soft Bar team since April of 2024.
04:29So, you know, we were building and getting the concept up and running.
04:32We did pop-ups.
04:33We then were building our space.
04:35But to be open for, like, 12 months in New York is not easy.
04:39We've done a lot of great stuff.
04:40We've made mistakes, but we've learned a lot.
04:42And my goal is to prove the concept we are, you know, really building, I think, a real third space
04:48and a real brand.
04:49But the key thing is our drinks are incredible.
04:52We serve some of the best cocktails, I think, in New York alcohol-free.
04:57But it's one step at a time.
04:59You know, I've seen a lot of brands that have these crazy rocket ships, and a lot of times they
05:04come right back down.
05:04So I want to just build slow and steady, build things the right way strategically, listen to our community, listen
05:11to the market, but just trying to kind of keep moving it one day at a time.
05:16Season 11 recently wrapped production.
05:18Is there anything you can tease in terms of what storylines we might see going forward?
05:23Kyle's single.
05:25Period.
05:26Yeah, everybody's single, and Kyle is single.
05:29For the first time in, I think, our show's history, where the entire group is coming into the house, you
05:34know, single.
05:36So, you know, I don't know how long you've been watching the show for, but that's never happened, and I
05:40think it will provide some different energy in a good way.
05:44We're also in a new house.
05:46So two new things right off the bat, which are never been a brand new house, everybody's single.
05:52Feels pretty good to me.
05:53And what would you say are the biggest changes in the new house compared to the old house?
05:57Basketball court in the new house, which is sick.
05:59I love that.
06:01The pool is a little bit smaller in the new house, but the new house is newer.
06:07So there's just something about living in a nicer, fresher.
06:12And for me personally, I mean, we had many summers in the house we had just been in.
06:17Season 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
06:20Five seasons in that house.
06:22There's a lot of memories, a lot of history, you know, from I wasn't with Lindsay season 6 to then
06:27being with her.
06:28Then we're in a relationship.
06:29Then we break up.
06:30Kyle and Amanda, all of it.
06:32Like, there's a lot of history in that house.
06:34So to start fresh in a new house, I was excited about.
06:38And I think it will lend itself to a, it's going to feel like a totally new season because we're
06:44not in that same house.
06:45And did it feel like tensions were as high as they were when season 10 ended?
06:50Or would you say, okay, definitely a little calmer.
06:53I mean, I think the tension you saw was kind of.
06:55At its peak.
06:56At its peak there.
06:57And then I think we've all tried to move on and enjoy the opportunity that we had.
07:02And it was, I know, unique for some of us.
07:05I mean, walking into the house and not seeing Amanda Petula was interesting.
07:09I have been friends with her for a long time and not seeing her was definitely an adjustment.
07:12But it was also exciting because we had some new faces.
07:15You brought up your relationship with Lindsay, which I feel like is so admirable.
07:19And I've loved seeing how close you guys still are or have gone to this place.
07:23What would you say is your biggest piece of advice to get to that point with an ex?
07:31Accountability, like really taking some time, I think, also.
07:34I think time heals a lot.
07:37But you have to move forward with respect.
07:39And I think anytime there's breakups, there's always going to be those resentments and feelings.
07:44And you've got to kind of work through that and release all of that.
07:47And, you know, for her and I, it's not been overnight.
07:51I mean, we broke up in August of 2023.
07:54It's, you know, October 2026.
07:56So it's three years now.
07:58We had so much history together.
07:59And it is unusual for a couple to be engaged and then become friends again.
08:03But we were friends longer than we were together before we got together.
08:08So I'm just really proud that she's allowed the conversation.
08:12She's been willing to explore the friendship again because I missed the friendship.
08:18And I think people forget we were really obviously very tight as friends.
08:22And then we'd start dating.
08:22But once we broke up, she, I mean, disappeared from my life.
08:27I get why.
08:28But you don't think, you don't feel that until it's happening.
08:32So it was an adjustment for some time not having her in my life, even though I know why.
08:36So I'm really just happy that she's been so cool and so willing to explore what it could be like
08:43to be friends.
08:43And it's been really healthy.
08:45So I'm going to make some of my life.
08:45So I'm going to take some of my life.
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