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One lucky bachelor is blind dating six girls, but all he has to go off of is their pre-glow up photo.

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?

Wow, guys, come on man.

Or is this guy gonna get the cold shoulder?

I think you just don't want a girl that's funnier than you.

I think that's...

Ooooooh!

Damn!

This is From Then to Ten.

What's up ladies, I am Tim Thatcher.

Excited to see your photos today.

Woof.

Oh!

And meow to you!

No, excited to see your faces, I'm sure they're way better.

Do you talk like this all the time?

Uh, y-yes.

Let's go down the line.

Uh, contestant number one, what's your name?

Hello, I'm Noiz.

Noiz?

Yeah, so like N-O-I-Z.

That's, that government?

That's a government name?

It's from a video game.

Yeah, where were we in this?

I mean, you're in a car.

This is my mom's car, because I was, uh, 17, so don't say no. So don't say no freaky, don't say no freaky.

Wouldn't say anything like that.

These aren't terrible photos, guys.

You actually, you know.

All right, a few of them.

Hey, they're all beautiful.

On a scale of one to 10, how much do you still look like this?

Probably like a three.

Really?

Yeah.

Okay.

What would your younger self be shocked to know about you today?

She'd fucking hate me.

Really?

She'd fucking hate me.

Why's that?

She had really low, low self-esteem and hated herself and tried to fit in really hard I didn't have any friends

So I went to high school and got friends

and then became the bully because I got bullied the classic the classic cycle, right?

Yeah, I think if she saw me

and she'd call me a couple names What would you call like when you're bullying somebody who looked like you?

What would you say?

No, that's me Oh no, I can't say that Oh, it's gonna be real bad Like in the simplest form be

like oh look what she got on you know right contestant number two.

What's your name?

My name is Melo.

Nice to meet you.

All right, lots of fun names today.

Thank you.

I appreciate it It's my last name, but it's the alias.

You feel me?

Okay.

What's your first name?

Do you care if I know that?

Uh, yeah, it's Alicia.

Alicia.

Oh, I like that better.

Yeah, I prefer my man to call me Alicia So we'll see

if you'll be calling me Alicia or Melo by the end of this.

All right, fantastic Where are you in this photo?

I was with my mother So that's one of those like mom pictures from Facebook, right?

I was victim to yes Well how old are you?

That has to be high school.

And on a scale of one to ten how much do you still look like this?

I want to say a five, six, maybe six.

I do look like that just you know cleaned her up, had a little makeup.

Just not 17.

Plucked them eyebrows a little bit.

It was very important to my mother before I went to high school to have two eyebrows instead of one.

I'm Mexican as fuck so I had a unibrow for sure.

Gotcha, fantastic.

I have a unibrow too.

Let's go Latino.

Yeah!

Whoa!

Shout out my unibrow.

You're not alone.

What would your younger self be shocked to know about you today?

Probably that I actually even had a glow up.

All of my haters and bullies back in the day now are like, I don't want to say fans, but we could say fans.

Okay.

They'd be stalking.

Yeah, they'd be stalking.

They know, yeah, they're here for it now.

All right, contestant number three, what's your name?

Hi, my name is Olivia, one of the most common names in the world.

Fantastic.

My name's Tim.

one of the most common besides Alex.

How old are you in this photo?

I was 14.

Woo!

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All right.

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But I don't do my eyebrows like that anymore.

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How many chins do you have in real life?

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What?

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Damn.

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And where are you from?

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The accent keeps changing.

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She's stimming.

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I'm from Texas.

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Texas.

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Is this how you normally take photos?

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Is this still a go-to pose for you?

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No, you know, it's just, I was just having fun with my friends.

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I think I just sent the selfie to, like, one of my pals back in middle school.

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Now it's one of my favorite photos of me.

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Amazing, yeah, mine too.

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She said she likes doing voices.

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Is that something you might be into?

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Oh yeah.

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What kind of voices do you do?

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Do you do impressions?

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Yes.

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Do you watch Big Mouth?

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I've seen enough of it.

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So I can do the hormone monster.

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This is how I say.

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Amazing, holy shit.

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That's pretty good.

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Get all crazy like this. That was so good.

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That was incredible.

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Thank you so much for doing that.

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I can also do Missy from her.

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She sounds exactly like this They replaced a voice actress, but I thought I could do her better.

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I've never seen Big Mouth, so I don't know.

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Can you can you do a voice Tim?

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Can't no. Yeah, you can. Do one. Do one.

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Come on.

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Like Christopher Walken's easy.

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Dude, no, that's hard.

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Try it.

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That is hard.

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Man, oh no. Oh, it's crazy.

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Oh, wow.

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All these women, they're in these photos and yikes.

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You're doing Trump hand effects for Christopher Walken.

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Hey man, hey man, women make me nervous, okay?

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What would your younger self be shocked to know about you?

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I recently worked on Sabrina Carpenter's music video house tour as their stand-in.

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Oh!

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Is it a stand-in?

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Yeah, it's a stand-in.

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That means she looks like Sabrina Carpenter.

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Dude, yes!

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Whoa!

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On a scale of your glow-up photo, your pre-glow-up photo, to Sabrina Carpenter, 1 to 10, where are you now?

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Well, I got an L, maybe an 8.

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Is that good?

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Hi, guys.

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Alright, that's number two.

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Rate her.

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Nah, I'm just kidding.

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Like how she looks now?

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This is a 12.

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What you talking about?

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Alright.

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Thank you.

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You're vouching.

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That's awesome.

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Oh my god!

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Look, look.

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Sorry.

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Sorry, we're back.

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You were kissing, dude.

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You missed it.

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No, I fully missed that.

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Well, we're banging.

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Yay!

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You missed the real party.

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Contestant number four.

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Hi, my name is Nikki.

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Nice to meet you.

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Nikki, nice to meet you.

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Is this you graduating high school or college? or college?

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What do you think?

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High school?

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No, I graduated college.

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I was 20 in this.

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Legal.

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Legal.

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What's better?

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I like that better.

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What did you go to school for?

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Computer science.

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That's what I graduated.

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Okay, she's smart.

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I like that.

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Fantastic.

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Do you ever date women that are smarter than you?

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Most women are smarter than me.

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Okay, that's good.

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That was a good answer.

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Good job, good job.

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I think we know.

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Okay.

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What would your younger self be shocked to know about you now?

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So my younger self was super into anime.

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I'm a cosplayer now, so I think she would be super, super shocked that, you know, it is possible to become like the anime waifus that,

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you know, like were just like peak perfection for me back then.

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Who do you cosplay as?

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I think the one that people say I look the most like is Stellar Blade Eve.

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Someone look that up for me.

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No. Are you into anime or something like that?

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I'm not that much.

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No, I've seen Attack on Titan.

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Okay, not a gamer?

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Not really.

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Okay, all right, all right.

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I'm gonna show you what Stellar Blade Eve looks like and you can tell me.

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All right, wow.

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All right, fantastic.

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I think I'm in love with you.

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Okay.

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Wait, do you know what an anime waifu is?

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What is an anime waifu?

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Oh yes, a waifu is kind of like someone you worship.

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It's like wifey.

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Wifey, sure, but like waifu, you know?

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The huzz?

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It's like the huzz, yeah.

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Kind of, yeah, yeah, kind of like the huzz, sure.

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You had to translate it into your vernacular?

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And when you guys 6'7", do you huzz on it?

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Ah!

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All right, contestant number five.

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How are you?

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My name's Keepe.

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What's that?

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Keepe.

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Keith?

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Keepe.

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Keepe?

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Wow.

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Like the verb, no, like the verb K-E-E-P, like keep it in your head, keep it in your heart, keep me around.

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Keep it in your pants, I love it, okay.

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Contrary to how it looks, I'm not coming out of a vagina in this picture.

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It was like a Snapchat filter of my own head opening up and I was coming out of that.

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Got you, right.

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How much self-tanner did you put on here?

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Too much, I used to look like a walking hot Cheeto when I was in high school, it was a problem.

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No one told me I wore too much.

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It's okay, I still do sometimes.

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I love that your lips are the lightest thing about you in this photo.

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What?

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How old are you in this?

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I'm 16.

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16, all right, fantastic.

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What would your younger self be shocked to know about you?

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Probably that I'm not a doctor.

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Okay, what are you?

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Well, I went to school to be a doctor.

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I was on the Dean's list every semester, so I was doing pretty well.

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Fantastic.

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And then I took a semester off, I shot for Vogue and Playboy and realized I might be a little hotter than I am smart.

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She's educated and a baddie.

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I love that.

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I love that.

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Thank you so much.

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All right, contestant number six.

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What a photo.

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Yeah, all right.

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You dance.

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I am a dancer.

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Okay, still the dancer.

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Yes, I am.

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Okay What kind of dance do you do?

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I'm trained in everything, but my favorite is hip-hop.

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Okay, fin.

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I did competitive Broadway jazz No way you have to show up.

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I won't.

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Come on show me something.

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That's not Broadway jazz.

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That's as jazzy as we're gonna get today.

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I also did competitive ballet for a minute.

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Ballet?

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Yeah.

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Wait are you a split?

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I can't do a split.

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I can barely touch my toes now.

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Let me see your pointed toe.

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I wanna see a few.

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One, two, three.

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Second position.

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First, second, third. Do spin.

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No fucking way.

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I wanna see.

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V Mark Wahlberg.

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That's, yeah dude.

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Hey.

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How much would you say you still look like this, contestant number six?

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I would say like a two and a half.

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Two and a half.

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How old are you in this?

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I think 12.

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Okay, I would hope it's a two and a half then.

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Okay, great.

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What would your younger self be shocked to know about you?

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Um, to be honest, I think she'd be super shocked that I kind of lived the life of Hannah Montana.

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Are you a singer?

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Singer, dancer, actress, I think she'd be super proud.

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Okay, I love that.

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Yeah, but Hannah Montana has two lives.

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No, no, that's Miley Cyrus, man.

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No, Hannah Montana on the show is two people.

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Hannah's the- No, Miley Cyrus is the actor.

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She's not Miley Cyrus on the show.

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And she plays Hannah, er, and she plays Miley in the show, and then Hannah is the alter ego.

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Holy shit.

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I never watched it.

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Ladies, I got you back.

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Don't worry about it.

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It's pretty crazy.

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Can you sing something for us?

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Oh god, um, sure.

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Should I do an original?

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Yeah, sure.

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You know that my life is poison.

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I don't wanna make you leave.

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Spending all my time just overthinking.

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All the words you said to me, eh.

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Eh!

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He's pirouette-ing.

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He was dancing.

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Tim, how you feeling right now?

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I feel great.

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I mean honestly, it was good to meet all these ladies.

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I, uh, it's gonna be hard to let one go at some point.

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Well, the good news is, that's right now.

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No, wait.

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No, no, I just met him, wait.

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Also, I know how this works.

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I'm gonna pull down one of their photos, and then a woman that I could never pull at a bar is just gonna walk up from behind the scenes.

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I'm gonna walk up from behind this curtain, and it's gonna devastate me, and I'm gonna think about it for the rest of the year.

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Dude, you're handsome.

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By the way, dude, you keep saying those jokes.

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I just wanna say, guys, you are a good looking dude.

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Hey, thanks, man.

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I appreciate it.

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I guarantee these women are way out of my league.

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No, yeah, I'm not, yeah, I agree with you.

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Oh, you agree?

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Oh, okay, sweet.

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David just kissed him.

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David kissed him.

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We want him that bad.

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This is a tough choice.

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Ah, um.

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The girl I will be eliminating is...

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Uh...

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Ah...

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Contestant number four.

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Nooooo!

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I know, dude!

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I know I don't want to!

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She's so funny!

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I know!

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No!

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Why? So, it's...

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I do like anime, but it's not a thing...

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If it's gonna be a key pastime of yours, it's just not mine.

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Um...

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Honestly.

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Real ones get it.

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Real ones get it.

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Yeah, I guess I'm not a real one.

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All right, let's go ahead and meet who you eliminated no

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I'm sorry I had to eliminate you know it's okay because the anime things a big thing for me, too Yeah, yeah, so I get it.

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Thank you contestant number four That hurt my ego a little bit.

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You fucked up, but the good news is you've got four more chances to fuck up.

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Okay, fantastic.

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Wait, Timothy, you're telling me you eliminated her because she likes anime?

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Timothy, I'm suing you for emotional distress, tragic taste, and illegal anime slander.

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Hunter, you can't sue a guy on a dating show because he doesn't like anime.

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You're not a real lawyer.

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I went to college for a few months.

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Did you pass the bar?

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I don't drink.

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If you're really going to sue someone, you need someone that knows what they're doing, like Morgan and Morgan.

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Morgan and Morgan, you need help from two guys with girls' names?

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No, Morgan and Morgan are the best.

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Real legal battles, take an army.

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If you're ever injured by someone else's negligence, you deserve to be paid.

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That's where the real experts come in.

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Yeah, but do Morgan and Morgan have a proven track record of fighting for the people for over 35 years?

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Yes, you just read my line.

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Oh.

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They have more than a thousand lawyers and over a hundred offices nationwide.

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They've recovered over 30 billion for their clients.

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I would take 30 billion from my clients.

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I would take 60 billion from my clients.

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I don't know how they do it, but they make it work.

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Alright, I'll say this.

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Now let's see if Timothy's next date is normal enough for him.

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Also, did you change for this brand deal?

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Yes, we filmed this an entirely different day and so did you.

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Oh, sue me.

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Before you ask the girls, what is your red flag as a potential partner?

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I would say I'm always traveling, I'm always out.

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I like to be a homebody, but I never can be home because I'm always at shows and I'm on set and stuff like that.

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So now that we know your red flag, Ask each of the girls what their red flag is.

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Alright, Noize, what would you say your biggest red flag is?

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I don't think it's my red flag, but a lot of people do tell me it is.

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I have bipolar disorder, so whenever I say that to somebody, they automatically go, Ah, you crazy, huh?

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Only half the time, though.

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Crazy's fun.

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Yeah.

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Crazy keeps you on your toes.

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Yeah, crazy's sad.

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I feel like crazy's like thrown out there, like lost its meaning.

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I tend to only date crazy girls, so that's kind of, you know.

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Oh, so twin.

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Yeah, there you go.

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I know I've gotten better at it.

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Like it's mostly just like I have really high emotions most of the time.

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Okay.

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And like the worst part of it, I guess if it's like really bad, is I don't have like a manic episode.

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So it'll like spike and I'll get really happy.

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So like, I'll be like perfect within like, like weak.

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Just don't talk to me for the rest of the month.

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Okay.

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That first week though, when she has that really, she's happy dude.

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She's cooking for it.

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She's doing all this awesome stuff.

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And then for the rest of the month, you go out of town.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You're right, you know what?

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I travel enough, we'll just have to schedule together.

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Yes, I cook, I can sew.

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I got a lot of pants I need hemmed.

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I can tap dance.

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She sews because she's gonna be ripping your clothes.

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Whoa.

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What?

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Whoa.

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Tim, what do you think about that?

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Have you ever dated someone with BPD?

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Yes.

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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How was it?

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It's the best when it's the best, and it's horrible when it's really bad, you know?

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Damn.

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That's true.

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Yeah.

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That's fair.

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It is, I mean, you're right, it is exciting, right?

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It does depend though on the person.

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A lot of people do not care and have a lot of selfish tendencies.

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I used to, but I feel like I've gotten better at controlling my emotions.

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Gotcha.

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Well, thank you.

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You're welcome.

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Mello, what would you say your biggest red flag is?

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Well, if I have to tell you, I would say that I'm not that empathetic to people's feelings if it doesn't affect me.

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Sorry.

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Damn.

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All right.

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Sorry, not sorry.

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I feel like good kind of example is like somebody could be crying to my face

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and I'll be chillin But if I'm watching a movie

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and a dog dies or an army man reunites with his family I'm sobbing immediately.

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Okay, I relate to the second half of that.

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Okay Why is that the case Mello?

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I don't know you want to get traumatic maybe I had nobody be as empathetic to me my whole life

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So I'll be empathetic.

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Don't worry.

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Oh Aww.

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Yeah, I think I want like a softer kind of man, but just to me and then to everybody else like an asshole is kind of cool.

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That could be another red flag perhaps.

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What about a guy that does ballet?

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I don't know if he gets much softer.

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Right, right.

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That's tough.

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That's tough, yeah.

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You don't know how hard that is.

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It is really hard.

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Ballet is tough as hell.

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Tough as hell.

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Tough as fuck.

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Are you okay with that though?

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Yeah, when you have an emotion, I'm gonna disregard it.

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That was okay.

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Okay, yeah.

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Um, okay.

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Maybe, maybe a little bit, no?

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What about when they're your boyfriend or significant other, Melo?

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Do you just like not care when they're coming to you?

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If it's not that serious, please don't f*ing bother me.

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Like, you're a man, you can handle it yourself.

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Right, right, right.

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Um, obviously if it's serious, I'm gonna hear you out, babe.

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I'm gonna give you a nice little hug, but maybe I don't actually care.

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Okay, right.

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I mean, we did ask what the red flags were.

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I'm so freaking honest.

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I'm so honest as you can tell.

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Clearly, yeah.

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Yeah, and I'll tell you straight up like you trippin that's a green flip There yeah, I mean there's there was a lot of that that I liked

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and there was a lot of that that made me nervous We're all still growing nobody's perfect true true Olivia.

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What would you say?

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All right

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Olivia, what would you say your biggest red flag is my biggest red flag is I don't got no red flags.

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I'm a perfect little bean Type 2 So do you have a real red flag?

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Yeah, wait a minute.

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No red flags?

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I love too hard without even knowing you.

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Yeah?

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I fall head over heels for people, I don't know.

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Do you fall for multiple people at the same time or is it just one?

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No, one person.

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I'm a monogamous lover.

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Yes!

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Well that's a green flag.

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Consessant number 4 now, 5-ish, uh, Keepe.

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Hello!

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Hello!

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What would you say your biggest red flag is?

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I guess I'd say that my ex is still on my phone plan.

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Oh!

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Phone plan?

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Yeah, it's been like a year and a half.

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I keep trying to get him off it, but I don't think he is allowing it because I'm paying for it, and he won't let me free.

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Wait, can't you just kick him off?

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Yeah, I was gonna ask that.

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Get the head.

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But I also, I kind of like that you're the one who pays for the phone plan.

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That's kind of nice.

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Yeah, I provide, but I don't want to provide.

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No, we can solve that and you can jump on my phone plan.

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Hey!

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I like the sound of that.

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Is he tall?

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No. Oh, sweet.

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You thought that his height was a big reason why the phone plan situation was very tall?

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Well, if he's like a moocher on the phone plans, he's got to have something else that's like, you know I just can't let him go No, I want to let him,

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I want to cut that umbilical cord so bad it's been so long Tim, ask her about her slippers.

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Yeah, I like the the dogs going on You got the dogs inside the dogs.

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What's that about?

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Well, it's actually like my dog.

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This is I have a long hair Weenie dog.

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That's cute.

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I got a long-haired weenie too He has cancer Yeah,

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so keep that in mind if you eliminate me then a little boy doesn't get a phone plan

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My baby's dying so moving on to the next contestant all right Lindsay Nicole

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What would you say your biggest red flag is?

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I think my biggest red flag right now is like I

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used to be the type of person to excuse anyone's behavior

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and just be like It's fine like they're having a bad day like I love them It's cool,

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but now I'll just cut you off like if you hurt me like you're done You know your worth Protect your peace.

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I'm

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so mean like I just I'm in this like new area

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I feel like where it's just like I want to grow as a person

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and if you hurt me like that's it No one should be hurting you.

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I like that.

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That's great.

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Thank you.

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I love you I hope you've grown a lot as a person since this photo, so that's yes.

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Yes.

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That's good I didn't ask, but did you get braces since this photo?

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I did, yeah.

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Damn!

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I was curious.

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That's crazy.

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Hey man, I was just curious.

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Yeah.

588

I wasn't saying it was good or bad.

589

I was just saying.

590

That being said, we're headed to another elimination.

591

Another elimination.

592

How do you feel after that round?

593

I feel good.

594

I definitely know him a lot better now.

595

And it's going to make this choice a lot harder.

596

The next person I'm going to eliminate is contestant number two.

597

I knew it.

598

I thought you were gonna win.

599

I knew it.

600

It's because I'm a whistle.

601

I wouldn't say that.

602

It's the empathy thing.

603

And it was, it was, you were very willing to say that?

604

That's what I'm saying.

605

It's because I'm a whistle.

606

You know, I would use it in so few words on that.

607

So many, you know, my grammar is actually my red flag.

608

That's, hey, okay.

609

You're right.

610

It's not me.

611

It's you.

612

It is.

613

Yeah.

614

Yeah, please forgive me.

615

All right, well, let's give it up to contestant number two Guys come on man Hi, nice to meet you Tim, nice to meet you Nice to meet you How are you?

616

Good, I love your eyes I really appreciate you Thank you, I like your eyes How are you?

617

Good, good You wasn't feeling all this?

618

No!

619

That's fair enough What about now?

620

Yeah, I feel you now Yeah, yeah, yeah That's what makes you so hard It's not that hard though Cause I'm out of here All right

621

Good luck This is tough, thank you I wish you the best Those women are amazing Good, that's good to hear You're down to the final four.

622

Yeah, it's tough.

623

Uh-oh.

624

The fantastic four.

625

But at the same time, I mean, I think I made the right choices.

626

I'm hoping I made the right choices right here.

627

For this next round, we're gonna find out what caused their glow, but first, I think it's only fair if you show us your glow right now.

628

The problem is, is actually, I think I had to glow down.

629

I think I was more attractive.

630

Holy shit.

631

He peaked in high school!

632

Dude, you did peak.

633

When was this?

634

I was 18.

635

Wait, how old are you now, Unc?

636

26. Oh, okay.

637

Oh, same.

638

I just want to ask Melo, the girl you just eliminated.

639

Melo, do you think he used to be hotter?

640

I think he was definitely attractive back then.

641

Oh!

642

No!

643

It's giving like a Justin Bieber, but not like the hair flip era.

644

That means the world a bit.

645

What about now?

646

Now?

647

Love the stache.

648

Keep the stache.

649

Oh, okay!

650

Oh, he has a stache?

651

I would never know.

652

I think it's only fair

653

if maybe you want to hold the sign up above for all of them to see

654

so ladies you can look up I can see the ballet Okay Holy shit Are you are you holding it?

655

Is that you're gonna?

656

That's all yours now.

657

Hold on question.

658

Are you blonde?

659

No good I do not trust a blonde man.

660

I don't know.

661

I was blonde as a man.

662

I wasn't blonde in that grow up only blonde men are babies Yes!

663

Contestant number one, Noyes.

664

What was your villain origin story?

665

What was the moment that led to your glow up?

666

I would say, like, because I graduated 2020, and that's like when the pandemic hit.

667

I had more time with myself, so I was like, thinking and shit.

668

I reverted back to like what I usually liked.

669

No one was telling me that I was like, you know, emo or like stupid for dressing like how I wanted to dress.

670

Noyes, what else did you say when we were chatting about your glow origin story?

671

You said something like...

672

Oh, it was also a boy who broke my heart.

673

No!

674

That'll do it, donkey.

675

That'll do it.

676

Yeah, he was interesting.

677

He used to tell me he used to sleep with old men for sex.

678

Oh!

679

No!

680

Oh my god! And money.

681

Do you care that Tim still does that?

682

No, as long as you're open about it.

683

Then I can keep having sex with 40 old men.

684

Yeah, yeah.

685

Do you have sex with old men ever for money?

686

Uh, it's not usually for money.

687

It's usually for the glint in their eyes.

688

Olivia, what was the catalyst for your glow up?

689

Middle school, right?

690

I was new, got into a friend group with a group of girls, but it turns out one of them told me

691

that there was a girl that said that I was the ugliest one in the group.

692

So I said, oh hell no!

693

And now I'm awesome and beautiful.

694

You've always been beautiful.

695

Good job.

696

Absolutely.

697

What's your address on Fighter right now?

698

Girls are mean, girls are mean.

699

Girls are mean.

700

Candestate number three, Keepe.

701

Hi.

702

What was the cause of your glow up?

703

Well, I had an ex when I was 18.

704

He had to run from the cops, left the state, took money from me, got someone pregnant, came back, I took him back.

705

He threatened to kill himself every time I tried to leave him.

706

He stalked me.

707

He wouldn't let me wear makeup, wouldn't let me wear cute clothes or post on social media.

708

But thanks to him, I will say I do love myself without makeup now

709

So the trauma created someone who is me Serious Yeah!

710

Yeah!

711

She sounds like exactly my type I don't know She's everyone's type What do you think keep looks like?

712

I would say we mentioned tattoos earlier.

713

Is it do you have a lot of tattoos?

714

I think I have like 26 Damn Okay, I think she's my type tattooed I have a tattoo that's matching with my ex-girlfriend.

715

I have my entire room.

716

What?

717

What do you say?

718

Well, I mean, I don't have like a tattoo of my ex or anything, but I will say all except for a few of my tattoos were done by my ex.

719

Whoa.

720

In the living room while we were drinking, and so I was just like, blast me up when I was with him.

721

And they're all free, but they look really good.

722

Okay, so he's a good artist.

723

He was, yeah.

724

He also would like draw me and paint me.

725

Are you like an artistic man then?

726

I do.

727

Okay.

728

Ballet, art.

729

Whoa.

730

All right.

731

I'll play a on it.

732

Hello Contestant number four hyphen.

733

How are you?

734

Thank you for so much for coming hyphen.

735

That's so sweet.

736

Of course I'll call you three names the nicknames already.

737

This is great.

738

What would you say the reason for your glow-up was I

739

mean to be completely honest I mean I feel like like all of us girls back here experiences, but like middle school was so traumatic with bullying Especially when it came to appearance.

740

I feel so bad for all of you.

741

Oh, you know like you can obviously see like my teeth a little messed up So, you know, I got it on it for that Yeah, you brought it up by the way.

742

Thanks to bring up the drama.

743

Hey, my bad.

744

But I would say like my most traumatic thing was senior year of high school

745

and walking down like the hallways and being called a pancake.

746

Ooh.

747

Is this your butt?

748

She's got a butt now.

749

Tim actually has a big fat ass now.

750

Oh.

751

I thought you were gonna say something else.

752

What?

753

Big fat cock.

754

It's a counterweight to the front, you know?

755

You've heard what caused their glow up, but now you're about to cause another glow up because you have to eliminate someone.

756

Time for us to get hotter, girls.

757

Aw, man.

758

When they appear in the same video on either Jubilee or Nectar, they're gonna say that this caused their next glow up.

759

Yeah.

760

Yep.

761

So who are you eliminating?

762

Um, this is tough.

763

Truly, all of you guys, I would love to see you go to the final round, but I have to, because these animals over on the side want me to get rid of you guys.

764

Contestant number two.

765

No!

766

I know I feel so bad.

767

Is it because she's got the double the butt chin?

768

Yeah, yeah It's the butt chin.

769

That's for sure.

770

We did it.

771

It's not a button.

772

I think you just don't want a girl.

773

That's funnier than you Damn, I'm so sorry.

774

I didn't want to do this.

775

I apologize Number two Olivia No. No. Hello.

776

I'm so sorry.

777

No. I'm so sorry.

778

Olivia, what are your thoughts, dude?

779

He doesn't want a funny girl, so it's fine.

780

She is so funny.

781

Olivia was a tenure type.

782

I don't know.

783

All right, give it a more time for Olivia.

784

Woo!

785

No, Justin, no, no. Yes.

786

We are down to the final three.

787

We figured we'd end the video with the hottest part of the video.

788

Is he taking his pants off?

789

Everyone's good enough.

790

Oh, what?

791

We decided to finish this video with the hottest part of the video, which is the hot take.

792

You are going to finish this sentence.

793

Nobody wants to admit this, but just so you guys can feel safe, Tim, do you have a hot take?

794

My hot take is lobsters are wild.

795

I've never enjoyed lobsters.

796

Because lobster is actually the same species as cockroach.

797

They're like the cockroach of the sea.

798

I'm a big crab girl though, I'm from Maryland.

799

I'm a cancer, so I am a crab.

800

Oh wait, but see, you don't like the taste of them?

801

Yeah, they're horrible.

802

They're poppy and they...

803

What the f* about lobster eating where they're popping?

804

The tail?

805

Are you biting with the shell?

806

You gotta take the shell off!

807

It's like a bratwurst that it like snaps on the outside, and I don't want...

808

It's nothing like that!

809

You know how to like lemon juice...

810

Hey man, we gotta go to Red Lobster together.

811

No!

812

It was pretty bad.

813

Don't go to Red Lobster.

814

That's where I went!

815

You gotta go to Maastro's.

816

You gotta find yourself an old man.

817

F* him, he'll take you to Maastro's.

818

I was gonna say ladies I can't say we're gonna be able to afford masters.

819

Noyes contestant number one, what is your hot take?

820

Nobody wants to admit this but I think social media has ruined everything.

821

And like as a society.

822

It's ruined dating, it's ruined friendship, it's ruined like any sort of like personal image, niches, like music.

823

But it's also helped a bunch I'm not gonna lie

824

and as like a content creator it's kind of like ironic for me to say that.

825

But like you can't do anything unless it's on social media.

826

It's a good take.

827

I just don't think it's a hot take.

828

I think we all just agreed with you in the room that was...

829

Fair, fair.

830

It's ruined the clubs.

831

It's ruined dancing in public.

832

I'm 34 when...

833

When I used to be at the club, everyone had flip phones, you would dance.

834

Now everyone's just like this, you know, on the phone.

835

You can do things you regret the next day, but who cares?

836

You can forget about it if you want.

837

Yeah.

838

Thank you so much, Noise.

839

I appreciate that.

840

You're welcome, Alpha.

841

Okay, keep what is your hot take?

842

Nobody wants to admit this, but I think men that shave their pubes are misinformed.

843

Hmm.

844

What are they misinformed about?

845

Please just trim it.

846

I do not want to see what your balls have to say to me.

847

Keep those boys hidden with the bird's nest.

848

I like that.

849

I think we'll get along great.

850

I think if that's what about guys that shave their butt?

851

You didn't shake it.

852

Just not for me.

853

Don't cheat while you do it because bare booty farting is the worst thing I've ever experienced.

854

Oh, it's so wet.

855

What?

856

That's what she said.

857

What the f* are you talking about?

858

If you clap your own cheeks with your butthole, I am scared.

859

What the f*?

860

That's hilarious.

861

I wish I could.

862

What is that?

863

Do you trim or shave your balls?

864

Or your pubes?

865

Trim.

866

Hell yeah!

867

What are you talking about?

868

One or two?

869

Three!

870

You can still have to have a little bit of like body to it, you know?

871

Otherwise it looks like a five o'clock shadow on your nuts and you're nuts, and that looks a little strange.

872

Would you shave my initials into your pubes?

873

I would do whatever you want.

874

I think women are misinformed.

875

Oh.

876

What do you think?

877

How so, David?

878

This will be enlightening.

879

Because I think pubes on a woman is sick.

880

I keep mine.

881

That's so cute.

882

I grew up looking at my dad's playboy, and they all had pubes.

883

So then, you know, girls don't rock the pubes anymore.

884

I do not shave my pubes all the way off because I feel like a little baby girl.

885

No, but I'm talking full bush.

886

Full bush is sick.

887

Oh, I've done that.

888

We can agree to disagree on that.

889

Okay, yeah.

890

Bring the bush back.

891

Sure, why not?

892

I love a good bush that had squirrels in there.

893

Don't be afraid of a jungle.

894

Sorry.

895

Thank you, keep.

896

Hyphen.

897

Okay, do you actually remember my name?

898

Lindsay Nicole.

899

Oh, I'm so proud, thank you.

900

Stop.

901

Lindsay Nicole, what would you say your hot take is?

902

Okay, nobody wants to admit this, but McDonald's Sprite actually has healing properties.

903

Is she Mexican?

904

Okay, what does it heal?

905

Everything.

906

Have you never had a cold McDonald's Sprite?

907

I, I, I, McDonald's Diet Coke will heal a hangover quicker than anything else.

908

Yeah, do you know what the conspiracy theory is behind what they do to their sodas?

909

The aluminum tanks.

910

The aluminum tanks?

911

Yes.

912

So do you agree with me with the sodas from McDonald's are the best?

913

I agree with you 100%.

914

Thank you.

915

And I think I'm in love with you.

916

By the way, what a hot take.

917

Thank you.

918

It's actually a cold one, ice cold.

919

Yeah, do you have another take that's more about you? Or anything?

920

A hot take about me?

921

Yeah, nobody wants to admit this, but I think Timothy was completely wrong with his statement about ballet.

922

Completely wrong?

923

I'm sorry, yeah.

924

Okay.

925

Yeah.

926

I agree.

927

I don't think it's boring.

928

I think there's just a passion for it, and a lot of people just don't understand it.

929

That's absolutely fair.

930

I would never shit on you.

931

But I do think he's hot.

932

I love him to death, but.

933

I don't think he's hot.

934

I think he's ruining my name.

935

I know, but everyone does agree with that, Lindsay.

936

No, actually.

937

When I gave you that option, it was more like, his hot take was crazy.

938

No, everybody disagree with me.

939

Everybody disagrees.

940

She's in her own world.

941

Okay, let her live.

942

Even own dancers say that.

943

Ballet dancers?

944

Yes.

945

Wait, I've never been to a ballet.

946

How long are they?

947

Ooh.

948

They're quite long.

949

They're a couple hours.

950

And is it just dancing or is there dialogue?

951

It's not usually dialogue.

952

It's usually they're telling a story with like, you know, their bodies with turns.

953

Can you show me?

954

Yeah, yeah if you want it's just There it is.

955

Oh, dude that is good

956

Between your ballet

957

and all your mannerisms you're like the Shane Gillis of Tom

958

Hollands I think that's the coolest thing anyone's ever said to me.

959

Wait those two guys?

960

That's a good combo.

961

Yeah, he's got Shane Gillis' width and Tom Hollands So is he more of a Shane or a Tom?

962

He is in shape, but he's like got big shoulders compared to Tom Holland.

963

Okay.

964

He's not 6'2", or whatever Shane Gillis is.

965

Wait, I thought he was tall.

966

Well, that was a bit.

967

Yeah.

968

If you guys want to leave now, you're welcome to leave.

969

Hey, come on.

970

Well, that being said, we're going into the final elimination.

971

No!

972

Dun-dun-dun.

973

You've now heard all their hot takes.

974

You've heard about their globes.

975

You've heard what Klaus did and where they're at now.

976

Now, the only thing left to do is eliminate two people.

977

Whoa.

978

Uh-oh.

979

Until you have only one perfect match left.

980

So which two girls are you eliminating?

981

I vibe with all of you.

982

This is, it's gonna be tough.

983

We have a lot in common with dancing over here.

984

I like your name.

985

That's fun.

986

Noise.

987

Yeah, that's a good qualifier.

988

Yeah, that's the takeaway.

989

Sick name, dude.

990

Sick name.

991

He only paid attention to the first round.

992

Yeah, yeah, past that, phew.

993

Huh?

994

I thought you had a pretty standard hot take.

995

I think we would get along in that way.

996

Keep, I think there's a lot we gotta work on with your dating history.

997

Hey, it was one guy, the rest of them were gems.

998

It's one guy that's still on your phone plan, just saying.

999

Tim, who is the first person you're eliminating?

1000

First person I'm gonna eliminate is...

1001

He's noise.

1002

Oh!

1003

No, I'm sorry.

1004

No, make some noise!

1005

Yay!

1006

How are you?

1007

Hello, twin.

1008

Good, how are you?

1009

That is not what I thought.

1010

Nice to meet you.

1011

How different does she look than her photo?

1012

Incredibly.

1013

Incredibly.

1014

Noise, what do you think of Tim?

1015

You're cute.

1016

Thanks.

1017

I like your eyes.

1018

Thank you.

1019

Appreciate that.

1020

Uh...

1021

You want more?

1022

I like your hair.

1023

That's very cool.

1024

Yes.

1025

Yes.

1026

Listen, that's the first of two tough decisions.

1027

Everyone give it up for noise.

1028

Yeah.

1029

I thought they were going to kiss.

1030

Sorry.

1031

Kiss.

1032

Kiss.

1033

Kiss.

1034

You thought.

1035

You thought.

1036

Wait, don't kiss my man.

1037

Whoa.

1038

OK.

1039

What?

1040

It's now between Keep and Lindsay Nicole.

1041

Who are you eliminating?

1042

Oh, this is tough.

1043

I think Lindsay we we have quite a bit in common at least in past I don't really dance

1044

that much anymore But at least I know that world.

1045

Yes.

1046

Keep you're coming out of yourself in this photo.

1047

I keep thinking about that The next person I'm eliminating He's Lindsay Nicole

1048

It's okay, baby.

1049

I'll see you soon.

1050

I love you.

1051

Wow.

1052

I'm so sorry.

1053

Daddy.

1054

Hi, how are you?

1055

Hi, I'm Lindsay.

1056

Tim.

1057

Nice to meet you.

1058

Yeah, she's definitely not me anymore.

1059

Very different from you, yeah.

1060

Absolutely.

1061

Yeah.

1062

Pretty tough to pick up, big guy.

1063

This is a shitty game, guys, that we're doing here.

1064

Yeah.

1065

You guys have nice eyes together.

1066

It would have been...

1067

Yeah, we could have absolutely the same.

1068

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1069

Alright, give it up for Lindsay Nicole.

1070

Thank you.

1071

It's good to see you.

1072

Alright, Tim, are you ready to meet what Keepe actually looks like now?

1073

I sure hope so.

1074

I sure hope so.

1075

Keepe, how are you feeling?

1076

I'm feeling good.

1077

I imagine I just have a giant penis.

1078

Bring it on!

1079

Bring it on!

1080

Alright, Tim, meet Keepe.

1081

Go Batty!

1082

Batty!

1083

Batty, Batty!

1084

Hello, how are you?

1085

A valid answer.

1086

Hi.

1087

Nice to meet you.

1088

Nice to meet you.

1089

What do you think of your choice?

1090

I'm very happy with my choice.

1091

Sorry, ladies.

1092

I'll take it.

1093

They're also hot though.

1094

I might take them home later.

1095

Yeah, that's fair.

1096

What was I doing yet?

1097

Your lips are still there.

1098

Okay.

1099

That's actually a perfect impression of that person.

1100

You look very similar.

1101

Yeah, I didn't change too much.

1102

Yeah, back then we made this choice hard, but now I'm glad I made the decision I did.

1103

I saw like a bird's eye view of everyone else's photo next to mine and it looks like a horror villain.

1104

I don't know how he picked the monster, but I'll take it.

1105

That's really funny.

1106

That's great.

1107

Alright, let's give it up.

1108

Let's go into the sunset, baby.

1109

Woo!

1110

Congratulations, Tim and Keeber getting engaged.

1111

We're married!

1112

Make sure to check out the extended version on our Hero Hero Poppy Plus.

1113

This is stuff I can now leave on YouTube.

1114

Go check it out, super funny.

1115

I love you guys, bye.

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This video has 1115 sentences and 7428 words to shadow. The speech runs for 39:43. The speaker talks fast, about 187 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ (verb) — To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
glow /ɡloʊ/ (verb) — To emit heat and light without a flame.
anime /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/ (noun) — An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
ballet /bælˈeɪ/ (noun) — A classical form of dance.
shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
ruin /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ (noun) — The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
butt /bʌt/ (noun) — The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
tattoo /tæˈtuː/ (noun) — An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
dancer /ˈdænsəɹ/ (noun) — A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ (verb) — To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
blond /blɑnd/ (adjective) — Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
lobster /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ (noun) — A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a…
pants /pænts/ (noun) — An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
flip /flɪp/ (verb) — To throw so as to turn over.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
stand in (verb) — To substitute for; to replace
talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
back in (verb) — To reverse a vehicle into a space.
check out (verb) — To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
go into (verb) — To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
grow up (verb) — To mature and become an adult.
think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verb) — To ponder.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 273 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, width /ˈwɪtθ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, shell /ʃɛl/
Long words — get the stress right: eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, elimination /ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, aluminum /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like eliminate, glow, anime.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to look · used to be · used to tell
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've seen · I've never seen · They've recovered
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be shocked · be paid · being said
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	somebody who looked · women that are · people who comment

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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