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Diplo
I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.
Bailey Zimmerman
It was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house and like, oh, hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay, you can.
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Kath
Welcome back to Bachelor happy hour's golden hour. Thanks for joining us today. We're so excited to be back. How. How are you, Susan?
Susan
Always excited to be back, Kath. I can't wait for today. We have a very special guest. Please welcome from this season of the Golden Bachelor. Peg is here.
Kath
Hey, Peg. Hey, Peg.
Susan
Look how gorgeous she is.
Kath
I mean, do you wake up looking that beautiful? That's what I want to know.
Susan
The hair, the cleavage. You are something.
Peg
No wigs. No wigs here.
Kath
Your hair is really. You look absolutely gorgeous.
Susan
And that smile could light a room. Really. We're happy to have you.
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Yeah.
Susan
So talk to us.
Kath
Let's get started. There's so much we want to dive into. Here we go. First, we want to get to know you a little bit better. Let's just start at the beginning. Where are you from?
Peg
Born and raised in Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Born and raised.
Kath
Okay.
Jane Austin
Wow.
Susan
I'm coming your way soon.
Kath
I know. Do you win? Do you win on the strip?
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Do you win?
Susan
Don't even gamble. People from Vegas probably don't even go to the strip. Is that right?
Peg
I can tell you I've gambled probably five times in my entire life.
Susan
And I have a question. Is it hard to date in Las Vegas?
Peg
Really hard to date? It's very hard to date here.
Kath
You know why? All the men are throwing their money away on the craft table. That's what's going on there.
Susan
And they don't live there. They just visit.
Kath
But you have had an incredible career, and my son was a firefighter. So I love you because thank you for your service all those years that you were one. But tell us about your life as a bomb tech.
Peg
Well, it was really. It was fun because I was on the fire department. I was hired in 1992. I was the fourth woman hired on, so you could only guys imagine. And back in 1992, it was kind of.
Susan
It was crazy.
Peg
And, you know, they did not want women on the fire department at all. They just did not.
Susan
And. But somehow you got in there.
Peg
I did, and I stayed because a lot of the women, when they get hired on, they leave about six months to a year. They leave because if you can't handle.
Susan
The heat, get out of the kitchen.
Peg
The guys don't want you there. They really don't, you know, So I did that for eight years on the floor. It's called fighting fires. I was on the ladder truck company. I was ventilating. I was on the pumper truck putting the fire out. I was on the ambulance. And then, to be honest with you guys, I got bored. I got bored.
Susan
I was going to say, did you have a favorite out of those?
Peg
When I was a bomb tech, So I got bored on the floor because the guys, you know, they love it. It's a big boys club, and they have a lot of fun and they smoke cigars and they play cards and they do their video games in between all the calls. And it really is a boys club. But the guys were great. I just have to say that. So I promoted to the arson division, so I went through the fire academy. And then after that, when I was promoted to the arson division, I went through the police academy. And after the police academy, I did that for a while, and then I was became promoted to a bomb tech. So I went through the FBI bomb academy in Huntsville and Redstone Arsenal. So the bomb. The bomb being a bomb tech, it was so much fun. I really, really enjoyed that. The guys were great. What I did for a living was great. I felt like I was the main character in a spy novel.
Susan
Did you actually get called to a scene and have to.
Kath
Yes. Oh, my God, no. Susan, she sat around and played video games.
Susan
Well, you know, you just learn it. But how many bomb threats are there? And you have to go dissect the bomb. Like what?
Peg
When you. We roll up on scene, we have our trucks, we have our equipment. Nobody knows we're coming because it's the entertainment capital of the world. So we slither in and we slither out there. We have a pipe bomb or we have an unknown device, we mitigate the situation, and then we get the hell out of there.
Susan
Yeah, right, right, right, right.
Jane Austin
Wow.
Kath
Boy.
Susan
Okay, tell me, how did you know? Did you watch the Bachelor? I mean, were you a fan of Bachelor? How did you get to beyond the Golden Bachelor? Do you saw.
Peg
I watched Tristan's and Ryan's season. That was it.
Susan
Okay, so tell us how you got here.
Peg
Well, my girlfriend Alana, my best friend from high school, she has never missed a season. And as soon as they advertised it, what, you guys, three years ago, two and a Half years ago, I think it was. She called me right away and she just said, you. I'm signing you up. You've got to do this.
Kath
I love it.
Peg
Have to do this. I'm like, there is no way I'm putting myself on national television. There is no way. I am not going to do it. But she just kept on me and on me and on me. So I went ahead. She had started the process. I finished it.
Kath
You're. I'm guessing your friends and family supported you. How did you prepare to go on this? What? You know what. What were you hoping for? What were your expectations going on the show?
Peg
Well, when they announced Mel on a Wednesday, I think it was in April, I. They announced him. I'm like, oh, okay. He's kind of good looking, you know? And I'm thinking in my br. And I'm like, I don't know if I want to do this. But then my daughter's like, mom, what else are you doing? You have nothing else going on in your life. I'm tired of calling me ten times a day.
Kath
So. So. So I'm dating. You weren't dating, I take it, prior to this?
Peg
No, I know you guys. I go on a date here. I go out on a date there.
Kath
Well, I'm glad you do.
Susan
Okay, what did it feel like? Well, now you're there. You're there. Okay. Getting out of that limo for the first time. What were you thinking? What were you feeling? Cause we know you as being vivacious.
Kath
Like us, you know, energy vivacious. Like, what was it when you stood out and you had to talk to him for the first time? Tell us about those first.
Peg
I had the bomb suit on. I had the bomb suit on. The bomb didn't go off.
Susan
I know you tried.
Peg
So then we just did what we needed to do. I got dressed, and honestly, I can't remember two words I said to him.
Susan
But how about the women when you walked into the house? Just.
Peg
I was like, oh, shit. These are beautiful, gorgeous, accomplished women. And I'm really, really excited. Super excited for the whole entire experience.
Kath
So how much were you able to chat with him on the first night? Because you know how crazy that is. It's. There's a lot of women, not a lot of time. Did you get to chat?
Peg
Three minutes at the. At the.
Jane Austin
Three minutes.
Peg
It was three.
Susan
Yeah.
Peg
And I asked him, I said, what are you looking for? I said, this is what I'm looking for. Because I went in with the idea of, is he good for me? Yeah, you're tal. You're handsome, you're successful. I dated that before. I wanted to get to know who he was inside and get to know if he was right for me in my life.
Kath
And you did that in three minutes. Peg, I'm really impressed.
Susan
I remember asking these questions, thinking, wow.
Kath
Yeah.
Susan
She wants to find out, is this a good fit for me? And I gotta be honest, it's obvious, and I admired it.
Kath
Yeah. Because that's who, you know, that's kind of who I. We are that way.
Susan
And I didn't do that the first night. My first three minutes. No, I didn't. I was just.
Peg
I said to him, I said, well, what are you looking for? This is what I'm looking for. And I said, what are you looking for? And he said, you.
Susan
I know, I know. That was cute.
Kath
That was very cute. Okay, so the first rosetime of year, you've been up all night, the whole day. Were you confident? Were you nervous? How were you feeling?
Peg
I was so nervous. You guys. We're in this process. We go from our normal life, so we get whooshed into this, you know, this process of, you know, this dating, you know, reality show. And my heart was just pounding a million miles a minute. And I think we. All the girls were nervous. We were just.
Kath
Come on.
Susan
Did you expect your name to be called? Did you think you were in it? Yes. Okay, that's good.
Kath
Good. Be honest.
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Confidence.
Susan
Yes.
Kath
Who was there? Anyone that left that you were surprised they left?
Jane Austin
Yes. Tracy.
Peg
I just love Tracy. Her and I are really good friends to this day, and I just loved her. And I was just. Yeah, I just couldn't wrap my brain around that one.
Kath
Yeah, I heard she's got a lot of hats.
Susan
She died. She was adorable.
Kath
All right, so we're gonna fast forward a little bit. You get the one on one last week. Let's just get right into this fun day. Let me just. In case, Peg, your memory is faulty, which I know it isn't. I never had a one on one date. Neither did Susan. So we're desperate to hear all about it. What were you feeling when you found out it would be you?
Peg
Well, I was excited because, you know, I did not go in to hear Guns a Blazin because I was not happy with that podcast. And you can ask my daughter. I was like, you know, I was not happy. I'm like, I've dated those guys. I don't want to date those narcissistic, egotistical asses anymore. I've been there, done that. So I really kind of I paused and I knew I was going to get some alone time with him. And when I did, at the OC Fair, we were eating our turkey legs and we were, you know, drinking our beer and stuff. And then we had a break and I went to him, I said, look, I need to ask you something. I said, I'm glad that you apologize to all the women. I get that. I said, but I need to know who you are. And I told him this. I said, if you are that guy on that podcast, I looked him directly in the eye. I said, I don't want to date you. I don't want to date you. I don't waste my time and I don't want to waste your time. And I'm sitting here like a little Chihuahua because I'm like, I'm not going to open up my heart. I've dated these guys before and all they do is rip your heart out and they leave you bleeding everywhere.
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Bobby Bones
The Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. Check this out. So how did Ashes come together, Diplo?
Diplo
Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think, at Morgan's show, one of them. And I think he's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell, and I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do, and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house, I had a show. I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus. And we had like three hours play the record for him. We kind of, like, got a scratch, and then he handled it on his own on the road.
Bailey Zimmerman
Yeah, it was really cool. He really just, like, randomly showed up to my house, and I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.
Bobby Bones
You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.
Kath
Watching your date with Mel. He, like I said, the three of us, you know, we leave no prisoners. He looked like he was just watching you have a great time. Like, your energy, you could see that. He was like, wow, look at her energy. How did you feel about that? The whole thing?
Peg
You know what, you guys, I. After I got an apology from him personally and we talked about it a little bit, I realized he's not the guy that everybody's perceiving him to be. And I suspend judgment because I really wanted to know who was inside. Yeah, he's tall, good looking, all that great stuff. But are you right for me? Can you fit into my life? You know? And I just. I let down My guards and I just really started to have a good time. I have a lot of energy, you guys, and I annoy the shit out of a lot of people.
Kath
Raise your hand.
Susan
That's three of us. We said we're from the same mold.
Kath
Remember? The three of us. We both just all. Do you see us? We raised our hands in unison.
Susan
I mean, wait, I have a question. You were so full of energy, and I loved you knew every word to the song. And I was shocked to see kc. It didn't even look like kc. But was his energy matching yours? I did not see it, Mel. Yes.
Peg
Oh, hell no. You know, and I, I, I believe because, you know, getting to know him and, you know, he's nervous. He's a human being, you guys, just like we are. And he was, he was nervous as much as we were nervous, right? He's got this, you know, this little jumping bean, this little Tasmanian devil, and he's just like, what do I do with this?
Kath
Right?
Susan
He loved you being you, but you didn't seem nervous.
Peg
I was not nervous. I went in there, you guys, and I just, I wanted to be. Be me. You love me, you hate me.
Jane Austin
It.
Peg
I am who I am.
Kath
Can I just say, this has not worked well for me. I mean, I say the exact same things. I'm just putting that out there. I, I am who I am. And, and it's like, take me or leave me. The problem is they mostly leave me. But moving back to you.
Peg
But here's the thing. When somebody falls in love with you, they're going to fall in love with your authentic self. It's not that, it's not the representative. I don't want to fall in love with anybody's representative.
Kath
Oh, absolutely.
Susan
That's why I have to be 100% me to be real.
Peg
Kathy, keep being you. Somebody will come along.
Kath
Thank you, Peg. And you're going to make sure it happens. How did it feel opening up to Mel about your divorce? Was that hard?
Peg
No, it wasn't hard. His wife stepped out on the marriage, and my ex husband stepped out on the marriage.
Susan
So we.
Peg
That commonality and that hurt and that grief, and we understood each other.
Susan
But the best was the tattoo. Yeah, caring about the tattoo. Do you have any more?
Kath
Can we see it?
Susan
We could do that in the fantasy.
Kath
Can we see your tattoo? Can we see it? Where is it?
Peg
Tramp stamp, you guys. My husband had an affair, right? And I got a tattoo.
Susan
Kill me.
Peg
Whatever.
Susan
No, there's nothing wrong with it. But I love how you said. And I'LL show you.
Kath
Wait, don't you have a tattoo on your wrist with your daughter or something?
Peg
My Pisces. That's my Pisces girl right there.
Kath
Ah.
Susan
You know I'm a Pisces girl.
Jane Austin
Are you?
Susan
Yes.
Peg
I'm a cancer. So. Cancers in Pisces are like that.
Kath
Here I am, left out in the cold again. There it is. Kathy's gone again. Kathy, what are you? What do you think I am? Taurus the bull?
Peg
Oh, my sister. No, we get along as well too. You're just stubborn. I'm not.
Kath
I am not stubborn. No, I really am not. I'm not kidding. I'm strong willed. I'm not stubborn.
Susan
It's a better word.
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There you go.
Kath
I'm not. But. Okay, so.
Susan
But wait, wait. Did you think you were. Did you even think about the possibility of getting that date rose that night? Or is that furthest thing for your.
Peg
Mind from your mind? I was expecting them to call all the other girls. I was waiting for the other girls, you know, other women's names to be called. So I was a little taken back, to be honest with you.
Susan
No, no, I meant on your date. On your one. On one. When he gave you.
Kath
When he gave you the rose.
Susan
Yeah.
Peg
Oh, girl. We had some connection going on there.
Jane Austin
I knew.
Kath
I love this.
Susan
We both had that.
Peg
We looked. There was a moment that we both looked in each other's eyes and it was electrifying. And I was like, oh, shit, I'm in trouble.
Kath
I think we're gonna vomit.
Susan
Priceless.
Kath
Priceless.
Susan
Because when we met you, when we were there, you were at a different place. You hadn't had a one on one date yet.
Kath
We chatted and you said it on the show. You talked about chatty women and that. And I really. I empathize. Or I see myself in you as well. First of all, high energy, but also, you know, women. Groups of women to me are like, they're little, you know, stay away. That's how I am. And when you said you spent time in the firehouse with men, with all men, you know, I tend to get along with men better than women for the same reason. Like chatty. I hate to say Chatty Cathy's, but, you know, you said it and I wondered how was that?
Peg
Like, it was different, you guys. It wasn't good nor bad because there's no good and bad in life. It's just different. So I'm used to directness. I'm used to no bullshit with the guys. And then I come into the. Yeah. And you know, I. 25 years, you guys, I was with guys. That's a long time.
Susan
Yes, it is.
Peg
You know, one of the girls told me I needed to have more feathers. And I'm like, no, I don't. I don't. I like who I am. I like.
Jane Austin
I.
Peg
You know, and if you're like, your life, I'm honest, I'm direct, and I'm no bullshit, kind of.
Kath
And I'll tell you, Peg, what my line is. When men say to me I'm too much, I say to them, no, no, no, I'm not too much. You're just not enough for me.
Susan
You go.
Kath
And that's. That's truly what I think. So. Okay, so the drama with Nicole, by the way, we've renamed.
Susan
Just wait, wait, wait. Tell me how you felt with the pool party going on. Please.
Peg
You guys, you're gonna laugh. You're gonna laugh so hard.
Kath
You laugh so hard.
Susan
Right?
Peg
So you guys know how hard production is.
Susan
It is hard.
Peg
You know, if all those people out there knew what we went through. 15 hours a day, 17 hours a day of filming. You're exhausted. You've got your adrenaline running. There's a whole other world to this. After the. The rose, the first rose, after we did the cheerleading competition, and then we come back to do the pool party, and I'm exhausted, right? So I do my couple of cannonballs in the.
Susan
Great.
Peg
I went and took a nap.
Susan
All right, I have to use the ladies room. I'll be back. And when they find you, you had your power nap by that.
Kath
Okay, But I. So Susan and I.
Peg
So I missed the entire drama. So they woke me up.
Kath
They come on the door, and they're like.
Susan
They're like, you got to get up.
Peg
So I'm like this.
Kath
I'm just.
Peg
I'm sleeping. I got glue out of my mouth. I got the sleep in my eyes, and I'm like, okay, let's go.
Kath
Let's go.
Peg
And that was.
Susan
How did the women tell you? Like, she was all over them on the pool like a climbing tree, I think they said.
Jane Austin
Yeah.
Peg
You know what, you guys, I just don't pay attention to that stuff. And that's the truth. I just.
Kath
That's because you're confident. That's because you're confident.
Jane Austin
Yes.
Peg
There for Mel. I wasn't there for woman drama. I was really there to see if this man, there was a connection, my life, you know?
Kath
Right.
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Jane Austin
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Bobby Bones
It'S Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was There, check this out. So how did Ashes come together, Diplo?
Diplo
Well, I kind of briefly met Bailey, I think at Morgan's show, one of them. And I think he's just the guy in Nashville. He's cool as hell. And I had a new kind of sound I wanted to do, and I think he's the one guy that could carry it. And I came to his house, I had a show, I pulled up real quick, he was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus. And we had like three hours play the record for him. We'd kind of like got a scratch. And then he handled on his own on the road.
Bailey Zimmerman
Yeah, it was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house and like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. And then now we're here playing it live.
Bobby Bones
You can listen to the full episode out now, wherever you get your podcasts. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade hybrid.
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Susan
So your first impression when you met all the women, and I'm speaking of Nicole right now, did it change over time?
Peg
Well, I had the closet. I had the big room, and Nicole was in the room.
Kath
So did we.
Susan
Yeah, I've heard.
Peg
So I want to have a podcast that says inside the closet.
Kath
In the big room, I was going to say. Or words from the big closet.
Jane Austin
Yeah.
Peg
So you really get to know these women once you have. I had Nicole, and I had Cheryl, and I had Debbie. I had Carla. I had all of us in there. So let me just put it this way. Who Nicole was at the house was a little bit different than now. Who I'm seeing, who she is.
Kath
Well, and so we are struggling because our show, we felt, was pure. So this whole thing of monetizing, becoming an influencer, this whole shtick that she's producing even yet now online, how do you feel about those things that she said about, you know, I'm kissing for America and, you know, the women on the first season, how do you feel about that, that whole scenario?
Peg
Here's how I feel about it. You know what? Everybody has motives in life, and we all have to make a buck, but don't come on a dating show and take somebody else's spot that's truly there to find love.
Kath
Oh, my God. We love you, Peg.
Susan
That's perfect. Well said.
Peg
I have a problem. She wants to go and be an influencer. Go do your thing because you took somebody else's spot like me and like you guys saw on tv, I just. Nice guy.
Kath
Did anyone confront her? Did you. Did anyone confront Nicole and say, hey, girlfriend, wrong thing to say about the women from season one. Wrong thing to be here. You know, here.
Susan
You don't have to give us names.
Kath
No. Yeah, I don't have to give a statement, but did anyone confront her?
Peg
I will when I see her, you know, I will tell her. That was very rude. It was.
Susan
What's been said is she was a lot of fun in the house. She did people's makeup. Like, she was good in the beginning until all that started coming out.
Kath
We were there because we were the first ones. We didn't know what influencing was. We were there to find love. So now your second season, you people have watched it, right? So you know what can come of it. Susan and I did not know we were going to have a podcast. We did not know where our lives were going to be. But I want to know if any of the other Women wanted, like, told her to chill out. Did anyone. When you came back for your one on one, were people like, oh, you won't believe what Nicole said.
Susan
Guess what she did or said.
Kath
I mean, you don't have to give names, but if you want to feel free.
Peg
You saw Cindy talking about it and you saw, you saw Robin about it.
Jane Austin
Yes.
Peg
And I, you know, to be honest with me personally, you guys, I got bored with it. I'm like, bye, I'm gonna go take another nap.
Susan
I don't have time for this.
Peg
Yeah, I don't have time for this. My focus is Mel and that's why I'm here. But those guys dove into it and I really wish they would have called, gave Mel the name because I think.
Susan
From seasons past, that person that does the telling never ends up good for them. And I thought she handled it well. I did. She planted that seed. She said there's things going on. I'm not going to be the Chatty Cathy girl that comes and tells you.
Peg
All the, you know what, you guys, come on, we're 60 year old women. You know, say, hey, look, Nicole's here not for the right reason. This is what I heard. Now what you do with this information is your business. But I need to tell you that because I am a woman of integrity and self respect and self dignity. That's how you know.
Kath
But what Susan said is true. It never plays well for the person who, who quote unquote, rats him out. And, and you're. It's just so interesting, I have to say personally, it is so interesting hearing.
Susan
Your take because she could give a less.
Kath
Well, none of us, we didn't care either. I mean, I was in the stupid drama, but we didn't care. Like we knew that, that how quickly we forget his name.
Susan
Gary.
Kath
Gary was not our guy. But I think that's the right way to play it. Right?
Susan
Yeah, it is. Absolutely.
Kath
All right, so this week you guys have the final group date before hometowns. How were you feeling going into this week?
Peg
Coming in, going into our final group date? I'm excited, you guys. I'm really excited because I know Mel and I have a connection and I can feel it. And I know you.
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He feels it.
Peg
And you know, when we look at each other, there's that electric kind of a connection between us.
Kath
So you don't focus. I'm, I mean, I don't know because I wasn't there if he has connections with other women.
Peg
So.
Susan
You took the words right out of my mouth. Did you, did you feel Any certain way when he was kissing Cindy or going somewhere with.
Peg
Honestly, you guys, I just, really, honestly, I just focused on that connection with him. And I. And I knew in my heart, deep down in my soul, that we had some. Something special. I felt it. I felt it at our one on one date.
Kath
So wait, how was it on your one on one time on the group date? Because we saw it on the. On your one on one, we saw you having a blast. But when you did, you were in the mud bath. Tell me, how did that feel? Because the fact that you got to do that on that group date was pretty amazing. I thought, I loved it.
Peg
I got. We had so much fun. We giggled and laughed. And that's one thing about our connection is it's fun and it's, it's light heartedness. There's no any of that other stuff. It's just we're enjoying life. And I told him in the beginning, our heavy lifting, it's over with. We raised the kids, we've done the career, we've put them through college. You know, now it's time to really just enjoy each other and enjoy life.
Kath
How many kids do you have, Peg?
Susan
1.28Dakota and I love that you made me cry. She got all teared up when the kids were.
Kath
Oh, I know. Yeah. We were saying you. How lucky were you that you got to see your kid on the show? Yeah, we didn't get that. So tell us about your hometown. What's it gonna mean to you? Tell us.
Susan
Oh, wait, when he did you. Well, obviously you felt a connection. Were you surprised at who he didn't pick?
Kath
When you mean for hometowns.
Jane Austin
No.
Susan
With the two that left.
Kath
Yeah. You were not surprised. Well, and the next question, as a.
Susan
Journalist, why and Cindy and. And Debbie were going to be there with you?
Kath
Yes, I knew.
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I knew that.
Kath
Tell me why. Why were you not. We were surprised that Cheryl didn't stick around.
Peg
I just getting to know Mel a lot, you guys, because our one on one date was 10 hours, so I got to spend a lot of time with him. 10 hours. So I, it is, it's lucky. So I really got to know him. And when I, you know, when you get to know somebody, I just knew that that connection wasn't strong enough with Cheryl. Nor that.
Kath
Okay, we're getting a little short on time. Come on, tease us. Tell us about your hometown date. What's it gonna be like?
Peg
It's gonna be so fun. You guys stay tuned because I take him to the firehouse.
Susan
Of course he doesn't Touch a bomb, does he? No.
Peg
No, he doesn't.
Kath
Wait, is your firehouse have the. Have. You know how they don't have the things anymore, the poles? Is there a pole at yours you.
Peg
Can touch this bomb.
Kath
You know what, Peg? I think I just fell in love with you.
Susan
I told you I love it.
Kath
Wait, do you have a pole at your firehouse?
Susan
Have a poll.
Peg
So I used to joke all the time, and people said, what'd you do for a career? You know, I'm like, why? I danced. You know, I had. I.
Jane Austin
What did I have?
Kath
I used to say I hung around on a pole.
Susan
I slid down the pole.
Peg
Being from Vegas, right? Being in Vegas, like, yes, I slid down the pole, you guys, in 1992. That's what I did. We slid down.
Susan
I love this. All right, in one word, how would you describe your experience on the show, on the Golden Bachelor in one word, what would that word be?
Peg
Amazing. Amazing.
Kath
Okay. I mean, you could see it just. It just. Your experience from what we've seen so far, looks incredible, and I can't wait to see your hometown. Okay, if you were. We always ask this question, Peg. If you were stuck. And by the way, I'm just gonna tell you, two of the names are Susan and Kathy. So think carefully about the third. If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only take three. Three women from your season. So not us. Who would they be?
Peg
It would be Terri, Tracy, and Debbie.
Susan
And why?
Peg
Just because I love them and they're super smart women, and I think we could, you know, put all our little intellect together and we would survive.
Susan
Each one different than the next. One would be a humor factor. One would be, she's gonna know how to start a fire. Oh, no, that's you.
Kath
No, she knows how to put it out. Are they your besties from the.
Susan
They are.
Peg
I just love them dearly.
Kath
So wait, Debbie, Tracy, and who else?
Jane Austin
Terry.
Kath
And Terry from Houston's my number one.
Peg
Her and I, we just bonded right away in the house.
Kath
That's how we were. That's how we were. That's how we were.
Susan
All right, now it's your turn. I love saying this, Captain.
Kath
Oh, I know. Go for it, Sza.
Susan
Do you. We got to ask you a ton of questions. Do you have any questions for us?
Jane Austin
Yes.
Peg
Who did your facelifts?
Kath
Cause I need.
Peg
I needed a little tuck. You guys look so good.
Susan
It's just the mini. Yes, and it's wonderful. I'll tell you all about it.
Kath
Peg. I'm gonna. Honestly, I'm gonna Say this to you. Yes. I've had a little bit of work done. Both of us have. Not major.
Susan
Minis. Minis.
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Minis.
Susan
I wish I could do what Christina has.
Kath
You are stunningly beautiful. You know, my whole thing is about women empowering women. You are absolutely gorgeous. So do whatever you need to do to make yourself feel better, but do it to make yourself feel better, because you are beautiful, so you don't need it.
Susan
I need to know. How old are you? 62.
Kath
62.
Susan
You are a perfect example. What? Women of your same age, just proving to them that life is not over. The experience that you just had. I mean, not everybody's going to end up on a show like we say, you know, but get up and live again. I mean, you're a perfect example.
Kath
Pure smile, pure happiness, and your energy is infectious. And we want you to join our crowd because you are.
Susan
You're one of us.
Kath
You're one of us. Okay, well, this. I hate to say it, but this was so much fun. And thank you, Peg. You are a wonderful person, wonderful guest. It was so nice getting to know you more.
Peg
Thank you, ladies, very much. I really appreciate it. It was a lot of fun.
Susan
Thank you. Well, we're gonna have you back again. We're gonna have to, because I can't wait to see these hometowns. We're gonna. And thank you, everybody, for tuning in this week. Make sure to follow Bachelor Happy Hour as we have new episodes coming out every week, and you don't want to miss them.
Kath
You do not. So listen to Bachelor Happy Hour's golden hour on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Susan
Until next time, have a great week.
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Bobby Bones
The Bobby Bones Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio music festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo?
Diplo
I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus and we had like three hours.
Bailey Zimmerman
It was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house and I'm like, oh hey Diplo, what are you doing? He's like I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay.
Bobby Bones
You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcasts and big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. Had a blast cruising around festival weekend in the all new Palisade Hybrid.
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Episode Title: Peg’s a Firecracker!
Date: October 21, 2025
Hosts: Kath & Susan
Guest: Peg, contestant from "The Golden Bachelor" (Season 2)
In this dynamic and laughter-filled episode, Kath and Susan sit down with Peg, a standout contestant from the second season of "The Golden Bachelor," for an energetic, honest, and heartfelt conversation. The hosts and Peg explore her journey on the show, her unique career as a firefighter and bomb tech, her approach to dating and authenticity, and memorable behind-the-scenes moments with the other women in the mansion. Throughout, Peg’s no-nonsense humor and bold personality are front-and-center, offering deep insight and plenty of quotable moments for fans.
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| Segment | Time | |---------------------------------------------------------------|----------| | Peg introduced, early firefighting career | 03:57–06:16 | | Journey to The Golden Bachelor | 06:47–08:03 | | First impressions/night at the mansion | 08:12–09:32 | | Approach to love & authenticity | 09:13–12:16, 18:19–20:12 | | The OC Fair one-on-one date | 11:14–12:16, 18:02–22:11 | | Group dynamics and mansion drama | 22:20–24:57, 30:13–33:37 | | Bonding with Mel, thoughts on group dates, comedy moments | 34:39–37:03 | | “Desert island” picks and friendships | 38:26–39:02 | | Conversation about self-image and empowerment | 39:22–40:15 |
This episode was a whirlwind of laughs, genuine moments, and firecracker energy courtesy of Peg and the hosts. Peg’s story of resilience, honesty, and pursuit of real connection (on the show and in life) stands out as an inspiration for women of all ages. The chemistry among all three women fostered an environment of candor and comedy, leaving listeners rooting for Peg—and reminded that it's never too late to be authentic, speak your mind, and have a little fun.