Blake Moynes: Relationship Updates and Life on the Road — Part 2 | Happy Hour

Summary

Bachelor Happy Hour – Blake Moynes: Relationship Updates and Life on the Road — Part 2 | June 5, 2026

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Overview

In this deeply personal episode of Bachelor Happy Hour, hosts Charity Lawson and Rachel Recchia sit down with former Bachelorette contestant Blake Moynes for Part 2 of their candid conversation. The episode focuses on Blake’s demanding work in wildlife conservation, the unseen toll it takes on his personal life, and his evolving views on relationships after his reality TV journey. Listeners are treated to behind-the-scenes moments, honest reflections on heartbreak and sacrifice, and an unfiltered discussion about what it takes to juggle passion, friendship, and love while living an unconventional life.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. The Reality of Conservation Work (04:19–09:42)

• Documenting vs. Experiencing
  Blake shares how his role in conservation means he's often so focused on documenting and facilitating operations that he seldom truly gets to enjoy the wildlife moments.
  • “Not once did I even have the moment to spend five seconds admiring that animal.... I didn't look at the cheetah one time. I'm not there admiring it like I'm on some luxury tourism thing.” – Blake (04:35)
• Mental Load and Personal Sacrifice
  The physical and mental demands are intense. Blake describes being responsible for team safety, project outcomes, and organizational needs — all while neglecting basic self-care.
  • “There’s just so much that, like, there’s no sense of you. I told you I didn’t shower. I haven’t showered for two days... I don’t think about myself in any way.” – Blake (06:22)
• Sustainability Challenges
  Keeping both the cause (conservation) and yourself afloat, especially without real financial reward, is a huge struggle.
  • “Our model’s built on sustaining nonprofit organizations. If we don’t sustain nonprofits... it’s essentially like if we don’t keep them going, while trying to sustain ourselves, while trying to sell a product that isn’t a product — you’re selling, 'Let’s save wildlife.'” – Blake (08:24)

2. The Value of Friendship and Support (09:42–14:34)

• Core Friend Group
  Blake reflects on the importance of having close friends (including Bachelor alumni) join on his trips, noting the trust, belief, and support they bring.
  • “If I could have people out like you and backing me on a continuous basis, massive. It’s just hard to always make it feasible to do and pull those things off.” – Blake (13:53)
• How Friends Became Believers
  Many friends, like Greg and Justin, didn’t truly grasp the mission until witnessing it firsthand.
  • “To be honest with you, I don’t think they knew a goddamn thing before they got there... then when they got there, they bought in.” – Blake (13:16)

3. Relationship Real Talk: From The Bachelorette to Now (20:18–34:48)

• Shifting Priorities Post-Show
  Rachel asks Blake about how his ability and willingness to commit have changed since his on-screen relationship and engagement.
  • “Is the question like what’s the view on how hopeless or...how much hope I have?” – Blake (21:22)
• Struggles to Be Present
  Blake describes failed attempts at dating because he simply cannot give enough time and energy to another person amidst his constant travel and relentless work demands.
  • “Imagine showing up for somebody...you’re not present with them the way you could be...showing up as like a 4 to 10, when you know you could be a 10 and 10.” – Blake (22:02)
• Hope for Unconventional Partnerships
  Blake feels a relationship now would only work with another person who is equally independent and understands passion-led sacrifice.
  • “To at least 95% of the population of women that I’ve met...they’re not gonna understand...maybe a 5% that would understand or be in a similar position.” – Blake (23:40)

4. Candid Relationship Reflections: What Didn’t Work (25:33–34:48)

• Past Relationship Post-Paradise Blake recounts a significant, loving relationship with someone he met about a year and a half ago, admitting he was “an idiot” for letting it go.
  • “I think this could be, this could work, really work...she was just always, from the heart.” – Blake (26:52 & 27:18)
• Timing, Compatibility, and Lifestyle
  The breakup wasn’t about incompatibility, but about timing, lifestyle, and inability to offer financial stability or consistent presence.
  • “If I can’t be around the way that you would like me to and...maybe deserve and I can’t deliver that...these are the things that start to build...” – Blake (29:27)
  • “Those are the hardest ones. Because when it's something else, where it's like you're bickering, you're fighting...but it was never that.” – Blake (33:36)
• Regret and Big Picture Perspective
  While he doesn't regret devoting himself to Sosa (his conservation work), Blake admits to missing the companionship and value of the relationship lost to his lifestyle.
  • “I don’t necessarily regret the decision because I know the amount of impact we’re making right now from that component.” – Blake (34:26)

5. Rachel & Blake: Advice and Teasing About Love (41:39–45:26)

• Rachel’s Dating Choices Blake and Rachel banter about her poor track record with men, with Blake urging her to date people who are more self-aware and stable.
  • “I think you need someone more grounded and understands who they are and are more of a rock, because...” – Blake (43:24)
  • “But I know that's not interesting enough to you!” – Blake (43:48)
• What Blake is Looking For Blake describes his ideal partner as someone deeply passionate about their own life and purpose, not needing to give up everything to support him but able to understand and share in the fight for a meaningful cause.
  • “You want someone in [this space] who would be at least understanding...someone who has a lot of goals and is driven, is chasing a thing they've always wanted to. Because I so much resonate with that and support that.” – Blake (24:18 & 47:18)
  • “That 30 with somebody that is aligned with me would be, like, the best life in the world. I just think that it's so challenging.” – Blake (46:14)

6. Last Words and Wildlife Call to Action (49:50–50:54)

• Blake encourages listeners to learn about and support the organizations closest to his heart, especially the Zooland Conservation Trust and Zooland Rhino Orphanage.
  • “If you want to support with anything that we have going on right now...the thing that is the most heartfelt...is being done at the orphanage with Ronald and all the rhinos coming in here...I just adopted Reinold 12 days ago. You can too.” – Blake (49:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Always Putting Work First:
  “If I don’t deliver the things I need to deliver through brand things and this for the organization...then I do the disservice as the reason that I’m there and what my value is.” – Blake (04:35)
• On Financial Reality of Conservation:
  “We’ve been in the red for three years. There is no...I’ve taken zero for the last three years.” – Blake (08:03)
• On Committed Partnerships:
  “I can get behind [someone’s purpose] because I know how important it is to be supported. So like I’ll give you all of it. So I think that would be the one thing.” – Blake (48:28)
• Rachel, playfully to Blake:
  “Tell the listeners I’m perfect.” (14:39) “She’s perfect.” – Blake (14:41)
• On Relationship Regret:
  “I want to run into her again. I’d love to run into her again...when you have a really good friendship and you cut it, you know you’d be excited to see them again, especially when it didn’t end off on anything bad at all.” – Blake (35:18)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 04:19 – Blake describes the reality of conservation work and public misperceptions
• 07:36 – Blake details the financial challenges of running conservation projects
• 09:42 – Rachel and Blake reflect on friendship, trust, and support on their trips
• 20:18 – Rachel pivots the conversation to relationship “tea” and Blake’s worldview
• 22:02 – Blake describes the challenges of maintaining a relationship while “on the road”
• 25:33 – Blake opens up about his last serious relationship and what went wrong
• 41:39 – Rachel and Blake debate good vs. bad dating choices and compatible partners
• 47:01 – Blake on the importance of finding someone with shared passion and independence
• 49:50 – Blake closes by inviting listeners to support his wildlife work and shares about his recent rhino adoption

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Tone & Style

The conversation is raw, emotionally intelligent, and at times teasing or playful, maintaining the genuine and candid nature both Rachel and Blake are known for. Listeners will appreciate the mix of vulnerability, humor, and unfiltered honesty about both career and matters of the heart.

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This episode will resonate most with listeners interested in personal growth, altruistic sacrifice, and the real-life challenges beyond reality TV fame. For more on Blake’s conservation work, visit the Zooland Conservation Trust and Zooland Rhino Orphanage on Instagram.

Transcript

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[Rachel]

So.

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So let's get into it.

[Rachel]

Going into the next one, you see my interactions in front of incredible wildlife and crazy once in a lifetime moments. But what you don't see is that I'm physically there but mentally somewhere else, documenting the moment ahead of actually experiencing it.

[Blake Moynes]

Perfect example. Like the last week that I was here, we worked two different instances with cheetah relocating to cheetah out of a boma. The other one was doing a TB check on it to make sure that we could move it out of the boma and it was, you know, getting a proper vet check done. And not once did I even have the moment to spend five seconds admiring that animal. It's. I think people think that I'm there. Like this is no, it's like I'm this You got this shot, this, this we got back here. And I'm like, I don't. I didn't look at the cheetah one time. I'm not there admiring it like I'm on some luxury tourism thing. If I don't deliver the things I need to deliver through brand things and this for the organization to get things out, then I do the disservice as the reason that I'm there and what my value is. So I never get to take that in. It's making sure I'm delivering for the org and delivering for the animal at the end of the day.

[Rachel]

Yeah. And it's funny because even in this post that you made, I saw so many pictures that I took of you, which is funny because I think even, like, it's funny because a lot of the pictures that you use that I gave you were ones of you, like kind of not being so happy or kind of staring off into space. And in those moments of like making sure that me and the group is having the best time, but you are just thinking about what's next and thinking about what, again, you have to deliver. And it was actually very jarring to me to see those posts and knowing that I took those in a moment where I was so happy and I was like having this once in a lifetime experience, but you on the other end, having so much on your mind. It was really hard for me to see because I know you.

[Blake Moynes]

I think it's just a lot to juggle. Right. Like, there's the whole thing happening. It's very dynamic. It's so hard to like, you're working with fucking wild animals and these scenarios that are just like impossible to anticipate things. You have team and, you know, you want to make sure everyone's also fine and good and you're good and this is good and the things are charged. This and this. There's just so much that, like, there's no sense of you. I told you I didn't shower. I haven't showered for two days until right before then because I literally haven't. I don't think about myself in any way.

[Rachel]

And it was a cold shower.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah.

[Rachel]

I was like, oh. I literally was like, was it relaxing? He's like, it was cold.

[Blake Moynes]

Cold. Stepping in and out of it.

[Rachel]

Meanwhile, he made sure that my shower today was amazing and hot in the other building. So you think about everyone else before you. And it is hard for me to look at these posts and see that. And for me, I am one of. I would like to think you're good friends. To see you in this state, to know that it's been just such a hard year for you keeping Sosa alive.

[Blake Moynes]

There's. There's two pieces to this that make it extremely challenging and why it's not so simple to quit and why it just feels like you have to figure it out is because the decision that you're making to make a business decision is not about the money you're putting in your pocket, only because once you've done enough of it and you realize the good that you can do and what stories you're trying to tell, and the teams are bringing in the resources of all the things you've brought in, and I've told you about all the things we've brought in to Karn and her team over the next month, it's gonna be massive for her. The decision isn't just a business decision that you're making, because when you're doing it for something greater than you and you're doing it for rhinos and you're thinking about those things and the cheetah and this, you're not doing it to make a dollar. You're doing it to save them. We've been in the red for three years. There is no. My brother is working basically full time for me outside of being a pilot. I've taken zero for the last three years. I have two people that are on salary. The rest if we don't. Our model's built on sustaining nonprofit organizations. If we don't sustain nonprofits. So it's essentially like if we don't keep them going while at the same trying to sustain ourselves while trying to sell a product that isn't a product. You're selling it. You. Let's say wildlife. It's not something people need. It's not something that's in front of people's faces. It's not something that they can. They can compete with all the politics and the terrible economy and the issues that are happening in America. And we're trying to ask people to try and care about animals. And so it's not something that people need. We're trying to get people to care about something that are mostly ignorant or not educated about, and so trying to sustain that for ourselves and the nonprofits and the animals. There's not enough money in conservation to go around. No one cares. No one really needs it. And there's too many mouse to feed, whether it be the animals, the orgs, and ourselves.

[Rachel]

Well, obviously, we're gonna go. Okay, last one. I want to go into is relationships. So let's before that talk about what it's like for you when you have Greg and Justin and me on these trips, having your friends here showing up who care for you. What is that like having like. Because it's so funny and I think I. And we always talk about this story about when I first met you, I hated you because you were so annoying to me because I drank out of a plastic straw and you were like, you know, the sea turtles. And I was like, I didn't even put that. It came to me in this drink and I was so annoyed at you. Which is so funny that that led to me going on the first sea turtle trip. The sea turtle trip. But also like this friendship that we have built where you have had me completely buy into what you are doing. And you have people like Greg. I mean there's so many bachelor people that are able to come on these trips and help you. But what is that like having me and so many people that believe in you and what you're doing?

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, I've been fortunate. I think there's some like core people. You know, the first time I ever did it, did something was Zach and Noah came up to a shark thing. And that was the first time. I didn't know that was right after Noah.

[Rachel]

Noah really I didn't know that him

[Blake Moynes]

and Zach both came out.

[Rachel]

Well, I know you and Zach. Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

And Zach and I are actually. I know, I don't know. People don't know this, but Zach and I are running our first program this, this year in Alaska where we're blending our mental health, his mental health programs with ours. Conservation is healing people. People are healing. Conservation. We're doing our first co jointed program together which is huge. So he's always believed he's been out with me a lot. I think it as long as you're willing to pull the trigger, which didn't take you actually very much, didn't take much energy to get you out with

[Rachel]

the sea turtles is Florida and I'm a Floridian, so I think that's where it kind of all stemmed where it was so easy because we also went to my parents house on that trip and you got to meet my dad. And we like really bonded on that trip by you meeting my family and me doing that. But like me being here and like me like, you know, I believe in everything you do. That has to mean a lot to you because you're sacrificing so much.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, I mean, I Think there's certain people that can. One, opportunity can be cool, but two, I think there's trust that goes into these types of things. Now, this one is bigger than the others. There's a lot more riding on this one, particularly for the rhinos. That. But a lot of investment going. And I think the thing that we have here, if it's delivered properly, could just.

[Rachel]

Yeah, we don't have to go into that one. Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

But I think twofold. One, someone who understands the shit that I'm kind of going through is helpful to an understanding of what we're trying to do here from the production element of things. Right. And there's someone who gets. But anyways, talk about relationships, but storytelling, all that stuff.

[Rachel]

Let's talk about. Okay, so what is it like having people like Greg and Justin who jump onto these trips that believe in the Sosa talk about just that?

[Blake Moynes]

Well, to be honest with you, I don't think they knew a goddamn thing before they got there. They didn't. I mean, you. I can say, hey, come to watch. Yeah. You're gonna bring me it.

[Rachel]

Sure.

[Blake Moynes]

Right. They don't. They didn't know until they got there. Then when they got there, were.

[Rachel]

They believe.

[Blake Moynes]

And. And like, good for you. Like the. That you're doing here and, you know, donating money and doing all these things. Like, they did extra things they didn't have to do because they saw the impact of the program and then it resonates and it's like, you know, and Justin's. Like, when we go on the next one. Greg's. When are we going to.

[Rachel]

They said that?

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. I mean, that's just. You know what I mean?

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

The thing is, you just got to pull the trigger. I think there's a natural bridge or maybe there's a comfortability thing there, you know, and when you see it, then it's easy to get behind. And so, yeah, I mean, those. If I could have people out like. Like you and backing me on a continuous basis, massive. It's just hard to always make it feasible to do. Do and pull those things off. And I think there's very particular people that will be able to do a project like this. I don't. I don't know who else could help support this type of project where there's a trust element there. That could.

[Rachel]

Because I'm perfect, obviously. Tell listeners.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, perfect for sure.

[Rachel]

Tell the listeners. I'm perfect.

[Blake Moynes]

She's perfect.

[Rachel]

Oh, my. Okay.

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[Rachel]

Let's go into the next thing because I would really love for people to know that when we see each other, we immediately get into all of our relationship tea. And I caught him up because the

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[Rachel]

was going into perfect match into everything. With Clayton, you were there for like how nervous I was about everything. So when we saw each other it was catching up from there until the present. And I think a big thing that I do see online about you and that you touched on a little bit in your post is relationships. Because I'll be so honest and I want to like give the listeners like their point of view. You went on the Bachelor and you got engaged and now you're sitting here being like, I don't have time. Right. What is it like now and what is your view on relationships since you've been engaged and since you've been in that place where you could actually really meet someone.

[Blake Moynes]

Is the question like what's the view on how hopeless or. Or how much hope I have? Like what is like what is the talk about relationships?

[Rachel]

Cuz I think that's a big question cuz you were on the Bachelorette, you got engaged, you were ready for that, but now you're in a place where it's really difficult for you to have a relationship. So let's talk on how difficult it can be when you're in these situations where you're traveling for months at a time. How hard is it to have a relationship?

[Blake Moynes]

It's been extremely challenging to prioritize anything else. Imagine trying to show up for somebody and this is a really interesting scenario. Last summer, met somebody back home. It's great. There was no reason. Yeah. In Toronto, there's no reason why I would have not been able to. But when you're getting texts and it's taking you a really long time to text that it's back because you have all these other things going on. And it's not that I don't want to, but if I don't have the money, the time to show up and I'm stressed and you see me moving the way I move, I'm not present with you the way I could be, not present with anyone here that I could be. My mind is. Is elsewhere. And so if I'm meeting people that I actually do like, I'm like. And that's it. I put little. It kills me. And that's. I've had these scenarios bugs my hair where imagine showing up someone you actually really like and you can tell that they're kind of disappointed and they're like, you're like, this isn't my normal self. Cuz when I'm. When I have time and things are chill and if I'm working more of a normal job, the way that I show up is tenfold what I am right now. And so when you're showing up as like a 4 to 10, when you know you could be a 10 and attend, how you deliver and show up for someone that deserves it and how you would want to treat your person. So it's so challenging to. So why entertain it?

[Rachel]

So what you're saying is that the position you're in right now you feel like you're unable to give the time and energy to a woman.

[Blake Moynes]

To at least 95% of the population of women that I've met. I think there's a. In this exact moment, I think there's maybe a 5% that would understand or at least be in a similar position where they're trying to do something that. And though they're independent, but they're chasing this thing.

[Rachel]

So let's talk about the point you're at now which has changed Son's paradise. You are in a completely different position. What kind of a relationship and what are you looking for now currently, since everything has changed since people have last seen you in paradise.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. I think that the thing that would work would 1 I think someone that's aligned in this space you want someone in would be at least understanding. Because if they're not understanding then we're screwed. Right. Because it's not for the money.

[Rachel]

Understanding what if

[Blake Moynes]

understanding why I'm doing this because it's not for the money. And so wait, that's a great way to say it. And you're not even bringing in money and you're doing. You're like what are you doing? And like how is this even. How are you gonna. How are we gonna start a family? Blah blah. It's like I really confident that we'll get there, but right now it's just not the thing that I'm chasing. I think it's hard for people to understand that. You know, we've talked about these things before where it's like I'm so obsessed with animals that people are like, it's kind of weird.

[Rachel]

It kind of is.

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[Blake Moynes]

Right? Or it's like it's not for everybody.

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

And so not everyone's gonna understand me. And so I think that is one challenging aspect. I'm saying there's very few people in the world that you will run across, guy or girl, that will understand and get what you're talking about.

[Rachel]

Are you able to talk about your last relationship and what happened in that and why it didn't work out because of this?

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, I mean, the last, the, I mean the last, I mean, I'll call it, I think it was in between.

[Rachel]

You were in a relationship.

[Blake Moynes]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

[Rachel]

Yes, yes, yes. So a year and a half ago you were seeing someone.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, a year and a half ago, seeing somebody amazing.

[Rachel]

We loved her.

[Blake Moynes]

Yes. I mean, you said I was an idiot.

[Rachel]

Correct. Stand by that.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. And totally fair. And I, I, I think that's one of the hardest hitting things is that I also know that, that you're an idiot and that's what makes it challenging. But the thing also is that we're having honest conversations. Like she was incredible. Got along in every single way.

[Rachel]

You met someone that matched you, which is difficult.

[Blake Moynes]

Matched me, personality wise. We just hit it off in a way that I didn't think I was really going to. It was a really one off scenario.

[Rachel]

She surprised you?

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, yeah. And I was actually on my way to South Africa. I landed in New York, met up for a date. I remember I just gave her a date and a time and a DM and we met up and then it popped off from there and it was, yeah, it was a back and forth, an interesting situation, but she was, yeah. There's very particular moments where I remember feeling very like this. I think this could be, this could work, really work. There's no way that it. But it was on her. Very loving, very nurturing, very. She was very wholesome. You could tell that her energy, the way in which she presented herself was just always felt very, from the, the way I would say it, very from the heart. And that it was always, I know. I just remember feeling very, always. She was so gen. So genuinely wanting and, and I knew that she was very, very deserving. And I think the challenge. And she was always emotional. She always wore a hard earned sleeve and I think she's been fucked over a lot. I think that she hasn't.

[Rachel]

She had some trust issues.

[Blake Moynes]

Trust issues. And I think when she would break down those barriers and bring down those walls, which would take some time, which took us a lot of time to kind of get there. As first month we're going back and forth for a while until I got back from South Africa.

[Rachel]

So you're having these conversations while you're away, which is already difficult. All.

[Blake Moynes]

But it was, I think, the thing that allowed a lot of confidence when we got back and we started flying to each other. It was. It just. Everything made a lot of sense. We got along so, so well through. Through everything. Yeah. And it just fucking made sense in person. And I, you know, one thing is from the, from the phone, but then it started making sense in person and then the connection physically was there with just like little things and like the little.

[Rachel]

I'm gonna do that.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, but all the little things. But like those are things I hadn't had for. Since Katie, because it was true since Katie.

[Rachel]

So you hadn't experienced these feelings since Katie is the biggest.

[Blake Moynes]

Like the things that like feels like you're like, oh my. I'm like I'm in a relationship again. These are little things you do only when you're in a relationship.

[Rachel]

And explain why maybe it didn't work out.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah, I mean, there's a combination of things obviously that we can't get into. But when it came down to it, we would have periods of time because she was away and she was doing her own shows and I had my own things going on with a combination of different shows and things that were happening at that time. It was an interesting. So I think out of respect for her, when I was even dating her, I never even. We hung out all the time and would fly to see each other and, and continuously and it just wasn't. I think there was something about that that she really respected. I didn't even give a. About any of that stuff. And we kept it hush, hush and we, you know, moved through the city. I mean we were out in the city a lot in New York and, and, and hanging out a ton and some of the things. There were some photos that came out and stuff like that. But yeah, I, it just, it just wasn't that we just got along. I just. We felt like best friends while we're doing our thing and. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think, I think this is the unfortunate thing is that I didn't necessarily foster that the way I could have in the time. And I think timing was terrible otherwise I maybe would have managed that a little bit differently. But I think schedules, timing, the things I was getting into and we had a lot of serious conversations about you know, big picture and you know, what that would look like where ideally this person would, she, she would want to live and you know, financial stuff. We went into a lot of things and there's a lot of things we got into and financial. I'm like, okay, well that number going to be really challenging for me to meet probably in the next at least three years. And if I can't, like if I can't be around the way that you would like me to and it's gonna be challenging for me to meet that I'm not gonna necessarily be the type of lifestyle that maybe you would hope and expect and want and maybe deserve and I can't deliver that. These are the things that start to build over time. Even though it's such a great fun and scenario where it's like is I think that's why the break on it sucked. And I remember it very like it was an emotional breakup because it wasn't a thing based on personality and us getting along. It was like do those things make up compatibility wise for like an actual partnership based on the things that you're gonna need and based on where I am and what the fuck I do and kind of your vibe and, and your lifestyle is very different from mine. So it wasn't a me and you heart to mind issue where we weren't compatible. That wasn't the thing. I think it was the lifestyle and me prioritizing the situation that I was in at the time because I don't really have another choice and I just don't know if there was a full understanding there. But I think that's, I think the challenge. I think it was a time sensitive thing. I think if it was snipped another five years in terms of there could have been more things that alleviate the compatibility issues where maybe I'm much more ahead by that point and some of those things aren't even a thing anymore. And I think there's just a lot of stuff but I put a lot of it on myself because I remember neglecting a lot and I went wasn't as present and as I didn't show up the way that I should have wanted to. And that's the challenge I could want to do. I was like fuck, like how do I gotta choose right now? And when I was choosing I was choosing something else. Not because she wasn't fucking incredible. It's like when I have no money, what the fuck do I do? Especially if I can't deliver to be the person that she wants, needs it in her partner. And that's what the stuff I'm like, fuck. So that those are the hardest ones. Because when it's something else where it's like you're bickering, you're fighting and it's like, okay, whatever, fuck off. Like it's not gonna work. But it was never that.

[Rachel]

There's nothing about your guys's relationship that didn't work beyond the fact that you just have this lifestyle that is like, no one can really understand. Like, I can't imagine if I was

[Blake Moynes]

the, the earlier version where I had a lot of time that I could like fucking really dedicate. There's no, there's not a question. There's not a question. There's not a question. I wouldn't be in a relationship right now if I had time. Because I, it's. I've always been a relationship a whole fucking 20. So everything. But it's just there's decisions that have been made three years from now ago to now that don't allow me to be, to have the time, the energy to give to somebody.

[Rachel]

Do you regret anything in that, looking back now, because that was your last relationship?

[Blake Moynes]

I don't necessarily regret the decision because I know the amount of impact fucking we're making right now from that component. And so I think it's a like

[Rachel]

bigger picture for Sosa. Like you couldn't take back the time that you wanted to give her. In a way.

[Blake Moynes]

I think it truly comes down to time and I think it truly comes down to the moments that we were both in. And she also had a lot going on, but not to the same degree of being away and needing to, you know, fighting for your life, to sustain your life per se. She didn't have that problem, which time issues and time zone issues. But no, I mean, I, I always, I, I want to run into her again. I know I would love to run into her again.

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

Just to like. Because when you have, when you felt a really good friendship and you cut it since then, you know, you'd be excited to see them again. Especially when it didn't end off on anything bad at all.

[Rachel]

You know, it's so funny, cuz I just had that situation. You were in the car and you're like, well, if it didn't work out, it's just not supposed to work out.

[Blake Moynes]

With who?

[Rachel]

The relationship. I told you in the car.

[Blake Moynes]

Oh yeah, but that's fine.

[Rachel]

No, and let it be on the record that every single time I bring a man to your desk, you're like not good enough. No, no, no. Have you ever liked anyone I've ever brought you?

[Blake Moynes]

No. But you don't have a good picker.

[Rachel]

That's false.

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[Blake Moynes]

I'm sorry, but if we bring up those names. If we were to bring up those names, I think a lot of people.

[Rachel]

What is wrong with me? The men that I choose, in your opinion?

[Blake Moynes]

I don't know. It's like you like it to be challenging and like. Like, it's just like, why there's no grounded, like, honest. Just like, this is what they do. Like this. They know themselves. No, I feel like you. People that don't know who they are yet and they're still figuring themselves out, and that's a challenge on top of the. On everything else.

[Rachel]

I love a challenge. What can I say?

[Blake Moynes]

Well, I mean, you're choosing the wrong ones.

[Rachel]

Don't we know. Doesn't the world know that? That is the truth.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. So maybe getting out here and doing a little bit of a reset in this project. Come back.

[Rachel]

What do you think? I, like, ideally, like, should look for, Because we talk about this.

[Blake Moynes]

Who do I think you need? Or what are the qualities of characters?

[Rachel]

Yeah, because I think I. I actually do. As much as I want to fight, you think that there is a general consensus that I do not pick the best plan.

[Blake Moynes]

No, you don't.

[Rachel]

Yeah. So what do you think from. Cause you're one of my best guy friends. What do you think I should look for going forward?

[Blake Moynes]

What I think you need is what I don't like. I know you're not interested in it. That's what sucks. But I think. I just think you need. You just, I think choose people who don't know who they are yet.

[Rachel]

It's a good way to put it.

[Blake Moynes]

They're kind of usually like, lost, artsy, kind of like this. They're kind of just like. They're kind of like artsy, like. Yeah. I don't know. They're kind of. They're. They're just. They're uniquely different in ways. But I think that I Just think you need someone more grounded and understands who they are and are more of a rock, because.

[Rachel]

I agree, but I know that's not.

[Blake Moynes]

I know that's not interesting enough to you, but I think that it allows you to be you and do you and you can come back to something that's grounded and knows. I think when you're having somebody who's, like, volatile in their life doesn't help you. And I think that some of the people you have chosen in the past are rocky boats that you, like, don't know what the. Like, it's like a tipping canoe, and you're constantly on there trying to, like, balance it, and eventually you just tip off.

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

So why don't you, like, get more of, like, a bigger, nice, solid, big raft where it can't tip and, you know, and you can land on it whenever that you need to and it's not going to tip and you can go and. And do your thing.

[Rachel]

Sounds boring to me.

[Blake Moynes]

Okay, well, you can give it another five years and maybe you'll eventually change.

[Rachel]

Not five. That's crazy.

[Blake Moynes]

We'll keep picking the ones you have and the names that you've been throwing

[Rachel]

out to me, and I barely throw out a name. I literally, I'm like. I reconnected with so and so. No immediate.

[Blake Moynes]

Now two seconds out. Now two seconds. I know.

[Rachel]

It's so true. It is so true. And I love, though, that we know each other and we're able to, like, talk about these things because I feel like you are my sounding board.

[Blake Moynes]

Well, I see you in extremes, so I know how you're gonna, like, navigate.

[Rachel]

Yeah, yeah, that's. It's very true.

[Blake Moynes]

And so someone else is just, like, floating around through, like, not fully. No, you don't need that. You just don't.

[Rachel]

So what's next for you, relationship wise? Like, what's the ideal partner? Someone who loves rhinos, obviously.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. I wish I had the answer.

[Rachel]

You have an answer? We've talked about it.

[Blake Moynes]

I mean, I. I think to live and fight the kind of, you know, to fight the battle that I, you know, been on, where you feel fueled in the same passion. I think there's something so invigorating by that because it is a lifestyle, but it's something that is. I don't even know how to explain it. It's like. So it's. It's invigorating, but.

[Rachel]

Yeah.

[Blake Moynes]

And so to find someone that could do this, you know, I have the

[Rachel]

ability to bring people.

[Blake Moynes]

Yeah. Like, I think the pat. The aligned passion because otherwise I may always choose helping wildlife and helping endangered species and helping all the people that are dedicating their life to it. Because that is like a thing that I can always feel fulfilled by that I don't need to have something, someone else fulfill me because I could be fulfilled by doing that, that and helping the people that are out there with that passion fueled by that. And so, you know, that's why I can be happy with that 70 that I do have and not worry about that 30. But that 30 with somebody that is aligned with me would be like the best life in the world. I just think that it's so challenging.

[Rachel]

And I think something too we always talk about is I think a lot of people who see you on the Internet are like, he needs someone that they're gonna like give up their life to like come and like support you. But I feel like that's like the opposite of what you say that you want you.

[Blake Moynes]

I don't, I don't have to have you here. Do you want to come and do this? Sure. Look at how you've shown up. Right. Like I have the ability to bring people along and do this in different ways and support in different ways. And you know, we have needs across the board. I said we don't have that much cash. But I just need at least somebody who maybe fits the same mold but in a different light. Someone who has a lot of goals and is driven, is chasing a thing they've always wanted to. Because I can so much resonate with that and support that because I know how much support means to me. So I'm like, like I will send all that back to you. Do whatever the you want to do and I'll support you in any single way. And I know that you may not line up with the time where I'm like, there's one night where I'm waiting there be like I wish I could like get on a FaceTime with her because you're doing this or that. And there's times where I want that too. And that's the challenge that I had with that last relationship. I'm like.

[Rachel]

Cuz she had her own passion.

[Blake Moynes]

Like she has. Yeah. And so

[Rachel]

someone who shares the fire,

[Blake Moynes]

the fire of the chasing life in a way that fulfills you and you're passionate about. Because I can get behind that. I don't care if it's eight months until I see you. But if I know that you are so happy and driven and pursuing something that is meaningful, I get it. Because I know that I All I want in mind is just support in trying to do that and something that resonates in support of the decisions and the thing that I'm trying to do. And so if I some find someone that is doing that for anything else, I don't give a what it is, I can get behind it because I know how important it is to be supported. So like I'll give you all of it. So I think that would be the one thing.

[Rachel]

And I'm so glad we're able to have this conversation just because obviously I see things online, I see what everyone is saying about, you know, everyone has their opinion, especially on me on YouTube. But because we are so close and I know these things about you, I'm so happy that you're able to come on here and talk about it. I really do appreciate you obviously opening up about this. I know it's been such a crazy conversation and it's crazy having this conversation with you in this environment because yesterday we were sitting here having this heart to heart. So I really do appreciate you being able to open up to the listeners. Anything else you want to add?

[Blake Moynes]

No, I mean, I appreciate you coming. I think that this is a really interesting project that I hope turns out. I hope that you can see what I'm seeing and I think that you're gonna add layers to the pieces to the puzzle. That hard for me to see from like little. The little things. You know, I see the big picture. I know it needs to be slotted, but I think there's a straight story to tell and that's why I think you could be supportive on it. And I appreciate you coming. If you want to support with anything that we have going on right now. I mean, the Sosa is one thing, we cover a lot of different organizations, but I think the thing that is the most heartfelt and the thing that you could also stand by is being done at the orphanage with Ronald and all the rhinos that are coming in here, from the babies to the, the bigger orphans into the release project. There's a lot going on here. So Zooland Conservation Trust, Zooland Rhino Orphanage, both on Instagram. I just adopted Reinold 12 days ago. You can too. And we're going to follow along with his, his little life and see how the next two years go for him until we finally release him in, in two years from now.

[Rachel]

Well, we love Ryl and I know Bach donation loves you. So thank you for being here and make sure you guys follow along and you can follow us on Bachelor Happy Hour and Bachelor nation and make sure you rate, review and subscribe wherever you listen to the podcast. And thank you so much for being here.

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