JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers Say All Dating Shows Need On-Set Therapy (Exclu
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00:00 The big D, you're hosting this show,
00:03 and this time it is not your drama,
00:05 it is not your relationship
00:07 that is being picked apart on screen.
00:09 What is life like on the other side of things?
00:13 - Oh. - It's amazing, right?
00:15 I don't have to watch JoJo kissin' 20 other guys.
00:18 Like, I don't have to worry about all that, right?
00:20 I get to watch it happen.
00:21 - You know what's so funny, though?
00:22 Jordan and I have realized, like,
00:24 we love being the hosts of this show.
00:26 We've already lived it.
00:27 We know what happens with this show.
00:29 We are so invested, still currently,
00:31 as we watch each episode, we're like,
00:35 we're so invested, we're like, "Why are we like this?
00:37 "We know what happens, we've lived it."
00:39 But, like, my goodness, it is so fun
00:42 to be able to be the host of this show,
00:43 because I think for the first time,
00:44 this is one of the, Jordan and I have hosted shows
00:47 together before, right? - Yes.
00:48 - But this is the first one where we can take an experience
00:51 that we had together on a show like "The Bachelorette"
00:53 where we're thrown into this world of, like,
00:55 trying to find love in such a weird, unusual way,
00:58 and then going through challenges as a couple
01:00 and having to work through them,
01:02 to where we can take whatever little insight that we have
01:05 and share it with the people a part of this show.
01:08 - We're about to do something
01:09 you all are very familiar with.
01:12 Get married.
01:13 (laughing)
01:15 - Just like us, each of you have an amazing love story,
01:18 but in the end, yours didn't quite work out.
01:21 - But we're here to find the one thing you haven't had
01:24 since you signed those divorce papers.
01:27 New love.
01:28 - That's right.
01:30 No one seemed that excited about it.
01:31 (laughing)
01:32 - That's hard!
01:33 (laughing)
01:34 - Damn it!
01:35 - Doing this type of show,
01:37 where you are really having a keen, bird's eye view
01:41 into so many different relationships
01:42 at different phases of life,
01:44 did it help you to realize anything about your marriage
01:47 and maybe how to avoid some of these pitfalls
01:50 that these couples are finding themselves in?
01:53 - 100%. - 100%.
01:54 - And I think watching it, one of the biggest takeaways
01:56 is some of these issues aren't deal breakers.
01:59 But if you don't have the tools
02:00 to know how to work through communication issues
02:02 or other issues that come up in relationships,
02:05 that they become deal breakers.
02:06 So we would sit back and watch and go, "That's great."
02:08 You know, we talk about that sometimes too.
02:10 And actually having Dr. Jada on the show,
02:12 our relationship coach that's there,
02:14 we got a lot of kind of our own therapy sessions
02:17 in the green room as we're waiting to get on camera.
02:19 - Didn't even know what's happening,
02:20 but like we walked out of that, we're like, "Wow."
02:22 - That was about us.
02:23 That was about the show.
02:24 Wait a minute.
02:25 Wow, so a little impromptu therapy session,
02:27 you didn't even know it.
02:29 - Loved it, yes.
02:30 - And by the way, may I say,
02:31 how refreshing to see a therapist on a show like this
02:34 where people really are put through
02:36 so much like mental gymnastics.
02:39 Is that something that maybe you wished you would have had
02:41 when you guys were going through your experience
02:43 on "The Bachelorette"?
02:44 - 100% knowing that we had Dr. Jada
02:46 that was a very key part of this show
02:49 to be a resource to these people that were coming in,
02:52 I think made a world of a difference.
02:54 Sometimes on the show,
02:55 they will show some of these sessions with Dr. Jada
02:57 and you get glimpses of them and they're amazing.
02:59 But what you don't know is like that was happening so often
03:02 on the show, off camera, right?
03:04 Just to be a helpful resource.
03:06 And if I, I mean, we talk about this,
03:08 if we would have had that,
03:10 even just as a resource post-show as a couple,
03:13 for Sierra, it really would have helped.
03:16 And I'm like, I think that this is something
03:18 that every show should have.
03:19 Whether it's on camera or not,
03:21 off just knowing that that's there, I think is amazing.
03:24 (crowd cheering)
03:25 - Come on down!
03:26 (crowd cheering)
03:28 - Today, I have JoJo and Jordan.
03:31 They are gonna be hosting today's group day.
03:33 JoJo is someone I look up to.
03:35 I see her and I see where she ended up.
03:37 So I'm fangirling 100%.
03:39 Like, are you kidding?
03:40 I'm trying to stay calm right now, but I cannot.
03:42 - I'm curious, are you watching charity season?
03:45 - We have been catching little glimpses of it.
03:46 We got to meet charity and some of her guys in person.
03:49 - I actually ran into charity at the Barbie premiere in LA
03:52 and I went up to her and like,
03:53 I don't like to be the annoying one
03:55 'cause I had these questions myself,
03:56 but I was like, is it who I think it might be?
03:59 - Did she give you the tea?
04:01 - So tight-lipped, so I didn't get anything out of her.
04:05 But I can tell you she's very happy.
04:07 Like, seeing her in person and her saying how happy she is
04:10 and how everything turned out was really great to hear.
04:14 - Jordan, are you still watching?
04:15 Are you an invested fan in the franchise?
04:18 - I watch here and there.
04:20 Like, a lot of it airs during football season
04:24 except for right now, so I miss the tail end of it.
04:26 And then when "The Bachelor" starts
04:27 or what will be "The Golden Bachelor,"
04:29 but I keep up with it as much as possible.
04:32 - You know, it makes me happy to see you guys
04:33 talking about the show with a smile
04:35 because just from what I've read and gathered online,
04:38 it kind of seems like "The Bachelor," "The Bachelorette,"
04:40 "Bachelor in Paradise,"
04:41 it kind of seems like it's in a state of flux.
04:43 There's a lot of alumni
04:45 who are seemingly distancing themselves.
04:47 They don't want to be a part of "Bachelor Nation."
04:49 They don't really want the ties to all of it.
04:52 And I'm curious, from your perspective,
04:54 do you guys think that it is still a phenomenon
04:57 or do you think maybe it is time for the show to reinvent
05:00 or maybe even give it a rest?
05:02 - I will say that I'm forever grateful for this show.
05:05 I love this show.
05:06 I know what it can do, so I will always support it.
05:10 You know what I mean?
05:11 - Yeah.
05:12 - But I do, I've heard the same things.
05:13 Honestly, after our season, we kind of did take a step back.
05:16 There was a lot that we were trying to navigate
05:17 as a couple and we felt the best thing for us
05:19 was to kind of like take a step back.
05:22 Don't be so involved because we needed that for him and I.
05:25 I think "The Golden Bachelor" is a great idea
05:29 because it is pivoting into something
05:30 that has been untouched.
05:31 And we feel the same way about the big D, right?
05:34 Divorce is a little bit untouched.
05:35 It's not something that people have seen.
05:37 And I think what we all love about these styles of shows
05:41 is that we like the drama that comes with it,
05:43 but we really love seeing something beautiful
05:46 come out of it, a real connection, a true connection.
05:49 - Jordan, I wanted to ask you
05:50 because leading up to "The Big D,"
05:52 there were some comments that you made that went viral.
05:54 I don't know if you saw this or caught wind of it.
05:56 You said that a lot of these reality shows
05:58 kind of set up couples to fail.
06:01 What can you clarify about that statement?
06:04 - Well, I think in today's streaming age, right,
06:06 you can go watch a show about anything you want.
06:07 I mean, we're big fans of "Married at First Sight,"
06:09 "Love is Blind."
06:10 I feel like in the reality dating show world,
06:13 everyone's trying to up the ante of the extremes, right?
06:16 So those absolutely, the quicker it's filmed,
06:19 the more extreme you are introduced to this person,
06:23 I think it is gonna be harder to create genuine connections.
06:25 So it's fun to watch, right?
06:27 But that's why I do still think like "The Bachelor"
06:30 at its core, in its simplicity, is still a beautiful thing
06:33 because it is filmed much longer than most shows.
06:36 Although we met on a reality show, we have nine weeks.
06:40 Most shows are filmed in a few weeks
06:42 and they'll do 10 episodes.
06:43 And you're expected to have a relationship that quickly.
06:47 Now, ours is still very quick,
06:48 but I think the simplicity of it
06:50 still does lend itself to genuine connection.
06:53 We love the crazies.
06:54 Trust me, I love the drama.
06:56 I love the fight.
06:57 I love it.
06:57 But at the end, we come to these shows
06:58 because we want that genuine connection.
07:01 - What do you say to people who sign up for these shows
07:03 in today's day and age,
07:05 where they want to get rid of their nine to five,
07:07 they hope they get the platform and the followers
07:09 and all the good that comes with
07:11 being on a television series?
07:12 - I think it's easier to see through those things now.
07:15 You know what I mean?
07:16 - You smell it out?
07:17 You can suss out who's in it for the wrong reasons?
07:20 - Yeah, I can suss it out.
07:21 And if not, if you don't suss it out
07:22 right in that very moment of watching it,
07:25 you very easily find out right after
07:27 and it doesn't work out for them, right?
07:29 So I would say to like,
07:31 this show is an amazing experience, right?
07:33 For most, 99% of the people that go onto the show,
07:36 you're not gonna find love
07:37 'cause she's gonna end up with somebody else
07:38 or he's gonna end up with somebody else.
07:39 However, so many amazing things can come of it
07:43 if you are genuine, if you are open
07:44 and you are, you know, there,
07:46 I hate this for the right reasons.
07:47 And if it doesn't work out,
07:49 if it doesn't work out,
07:50 it still was a great experience and you were open to it.
07:53 And I think that's the only way
07:54 something could happen from it.
07:55 - Yeah.
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