#2885 Love Hotel S01E7 Part 2: Hurricane Storms

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1:54Ben Mandelker: Watch what crappens, watch what crappens, who cares what happens when there's so much that crappens?

2:20there and without further ado let's get right back into the recap okay everyone real housewives know

2:27Ben Mandelker: a thing or two about tension on today's itinerary i'm giving you the opportunity for a major release blah blah blah you're going to the spa well nobody gives a better massage than james so that's all i need therapist person well hopefully james won't be giving the massage i give a great tantric massage last eight hours we come six times all right all right james all right nobody better touch the wind because she's my girl you better tell all them massage therapists to back the hell off that's my lady marcos it's fucking painful you know i mean really i mean how long do we have to listen to this bullshit from him it's like well as long as i have to stare at your sleeveless arms old man yeah so they're all pissed off because this guy is so fucking annoying and um mitch is like your handling is not the way i would handle a woman and she's like oh mitch you're missing the point you said james was disrespectful towards me and uh he's like i would punch him he's like i would punch him and everyone's like whoa whoa well it's like no one's gonna punch james like i would punch him all right all right please please don't fight don't fight over me if i'm smiling it's only because I'm just so nervous.

3:42Ben Mandelker: I'm not turned on by this at all. Not at all. Keep finding it. So they're like, do you feel stalked by this person who's basically stalking you? She's like, no. I feel like a princess. Princess Di had people following her all the time. Even Princess Kate has people following her in front of her house to see what she's up to. Of course, I don't feel terrible about it. I've waited for this my entire life. You can call me Princess Mononoke. Or maybe Princess Mononote. I don't know. So Luanne's like, the audacity. Mitch didn't respect me, because if you respect me, you would never say that to me. It's all about respect.

4:18Ben Mandelker: And I sing about that, by the way. Respect yourself, because no one else can change your path. Not even you, Mitch. Here are the rest of the lyrics. And my cabaret, coming soon to a bowling alley near you. James, did you know Mark called you a fraud, and he said he wants to punch you? Do something about it, James. What are you going to do? And he's like, well, I'm just expressing my feelings towards her. I'd scream it from the top of the mountain. Well, as long as she was up there, if she was down the mountain, I'd say, hey, get up to the top of the mountain or I'm going to have to roll down there and get you, love of my life.

4:49Ben Mandelker: So everyone's like, yeah, he's love bombing. Even Shannon's like, that is love bombing. So Luanne says, well, you know what? James gives me so much attention. He's always looking after me. He's always making me feel safe. Safe is an important thing for a woman. Luanne is like the one person in the world who actually is like not satiated with love bombing. she's like he's love bombing and she's like a she's like love los alamos like let the bombs go off and test them she's like do it all yeah love luann loves a love bomb and so they're like but what are you talking about what what are you saying he makes you feel safe we're in a resort where's the danger and she's like everywhere especially with you therapist person well and for a woman in general, but I'm going to send you off to the spa.

5:39Ben Mandelker: Thanks, Joel. Thanks for the PSA there, buddy. I'm going to be here alone overdosing on beta blockers because that was tough. Well, Joel, you need a massage too. So hopefully they will offer some spa services for the bellhops. Can we get a massage therapist who knows how to write scripts for television? That'd be great. Poor Joel. we give a lot of shit but i do feel bad for him i mean even the every time love island finishes and i let it play through it starts the first episode of love hotel and everyone is like welcome everybody to the love hotel we are i am so excited to welcome my guests here to have an exciting time in the love hotel i was like this poor guy what did he do to deserve this he's like i should be working in feature films by now?

6:33Ben Mandelker: Why am I? He's like, I have worked in feature films. Why am I hosting this show? No. So, um, they hate, they, everyone still hates James. Okay, so now they go to the spa and they're in robes and it's in the parking lot, probably, as all of these scenes are. And, um, there's an ice bath and a hot bath. And Shannon's like, oh, I want to go in the ice. Ooh, ooh, Shannon Bedore, going in the ice. Watch out, boys, this is going to be gold. Wow. It's finally a time I can get into a bath that reminds me of David's emotional behaviors. Cold. So they get in and then it's like, oh, my God, it's cold. And Phil is actually just he's just in there.

7:17Ben Mandelker: I'm used to this in Bel Air. The temperatures rarely gets above the frigid temperature of 57 degrees. This is nothing for me, Bel Air. Yeah, Phil doesn't mind it at all. He does this every day and Giselle's like, I'm my fella. Are your balls okay? And Theo's like, yeah, I like being a man. I'm not going to go in there. Thanks. So now James and Luann are in the hot tub and his hand is between her legs. He's like finger banging her in the hot tub. What the hell is this show? They're in the corner dry humping. He's like, oh, yeah, do me in the hot tub. Let's get by the jet. Oh, get by the jet. Yeah, right here.

7:56Ben Mandelker: Put your shirt on. but I'm in the hot tub I don't care show some decor and put his shirt on call me Diana do me Dodie do me

8:07so the guys are still pissed off watching James and Mark's like I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with him and Ralph's like he's a child if you think of him a six or seven year old boy that's not medicated he's much easier to take

8:21Ben Mandelker: and Gus at them saying love hotel hanging out at the love hotel love hotel love hotel get out and ralph and ashley are flirty and wally is watching and he's like i can't believe i'm in a battle with a 60 year old european man if i'm being judged right now i agree damn he's just demoralized so um shanna's talking to earl she's like uh earl earl did you see the necklace that i wore tonight earl did you he's like yeah i mean what about it It's a lock and key, Earl. Do you see it? Do you see that, Earl? I'm trying not to be critical. Do you see it? It's a lock and key, Earl. Do you see it? I was averting my eyes because I was afraid it might have been a kohlrabi.

9:08Ben Mandelker: I just really can't take on any vegetables right now. I thought that was a broccoli that was supposed to fit into a mouth. I said, I don't know. It's not going to get me this time.

9:21Ben Mandelker: I'm really honestly very relieved it's just a lock and key. So am I going to get the lock? no you're not gonna get the lock am i gonna get the key no i have the lock and the key it's very romantic shannon i just don't understand why you're not excited and then we go to ashley love hotel oh yeah right there right there so ashley goes up to wale and she's like hey wale do you have a second he's like to get out yeah you want you don't want to he's like not really okay um excuse me okay that's that's that so she walks away because he's being like so it's one thing to be like I don't know what to do anymore but it's another to just be like like I'm not getting out of the hot tub for you he's being an asshole he's trying to get her to like beg him and it's just not going to happen Wale like they say on Love Hotel you are not the prize you're the contestant trying to win the prize so Wale tells the other guys he's like yeah if I don't want to chat I don't have to chat.

10:26And Giselle's sitting right there. And she's like, ooh. And he's like, yeah, you know what? You have enough information. So you have enough information to make a decision. And Giselle's like, well, have you told her that? And he's like, oh, that you have enough information? Well, no, I haven't said it like that. Well, you should tell her rah.

10:45Ben Mandelker: He's like, okay, I'll say it. So he gets up. And she's like, what's going on? He's like, well, I reached a point where I just feel like you have enough information to make your decision. and I just don't want to play the back and forth. I'm like, Wale, that is why you're here. It is a back and forth show that you went on. If you didn't want to do the back and forth, don't come on a dating show. I'm sorry. You have to play the game. You're losing your own game. So they have this argument yet again and Wale is being a little wuss and so he's like, you know, you have enough data to make a decision.

11:14Okay, stop being a PlayStation controller. So she's like, are you removing yourself? And he's like, well, I've given enough, you know, I've given enough to this. And she goes, okay, well, if you're already checking out, then you're making the decision for me. And he's like, but I haven't checked out. She goes, but this is you checking out. And he's like, wait a minute. Do I still get free breakfast? No, no. You're going to not be in the show anymore. You don't get us to eat breakfast while I, can I take a bagel to my room? No, you can't.

11:43Ben Mandelker: It's like, okay, well, let me finish up these spa treatments first. And then I'll talk about checking out. Yeah. It's like, this is why we're having difficulties because you're not actually listening to me. I'm telling you, I'm not checking out. And I'm telling you, I'm not playing your game. I'm like, yeah, you're saying that, but like there's, you're also being passive aggressive, which means that she's trying to figure out what you're really trying to say. She's like, it's not a game. He's exhausting. Like I really, I was rooting for him. I've been trying to, trying to root for him because I want her to choose him over Ralph.

12:13Ben Mandelker: But like he is, he really makes it hard. I think that she should choose neither of them at this point. Unfortunately. I'm not rooting for Wale. He's a baby. He's a baby. Theo and Giselle are talking and Theo's like, you know, this is easy. We get along, you know, and I'm not looking at it as winning. It's not like, oh, I need to beat Phil. You know, there's no beating. You know, she goes, well, that's how Phil feels. It feels so nice to have two men not fighting over me at all. This is great. You know what I love about our romance happening here, our three-way triangle, is that I am not interested in either of them and they don't seem to be interested in me either.

12:53Ben Mandelker: So they're not fighting over me and I'm not fighting for them to fight over me. I love it. So now Earl is excited because he's the only one invited to move in with Shannon or with a woman, but specifically Shannon. He's like, ah, you know, now she can see me in the raw. I can see her in the raw. Well, keep it clean over there, Pinellas County.

13:15Ben Mandelker: So he brings his little suitcase in and he's like, well, tell me where I should put my stuff. Wherever you want, Phil. I mean, Earl, anywhere you want. Well, I might require more than two drawers, maybe two and a quarter. God, I'm really charming. And I can tell that this is the beginning of a great relationship between the two of us. So they sit and eat. And she's like, you're going to fall asleep in my arms tonight. We're going to wake up together. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be so good, Shannon. She's like, oh, gosh. Well, I just want to know, will we make it? Will we not make it?

13:46When I'm sleeping with a noise machine, that's a non-negotiable. but is he a snorer? Am I going to wake up and his arm flap is going to be right over my face like a blanket? Or is he going to cuddle me right in his elbow? In his elbow nook? How's it going to go? Is he going to smell like lake? Am I going to wake up with algae? So much could happen!

14:05Ben Mandelker: Earl, I am STD free just so you know. He's like, so am I. But unfortunately I am ETD laden which is emotional traumatic disease laden. So if you're okay with that. I am going to have to deal with that. I'm also gluten-free. I'm preservative-free. I'm basically a kind bar. I'm also microplastics-free, so I prefer if we could leave your plastic suitcase outside.

14:38She's like, okay, well, I'm going to go to dinner with the girls, and I'll be back in a few hours. A few hours. A few hours. thunderclap

14:50Ben Mandelker: thunderclap so the wind gets bad, trees are swaying and then a news announcer within 5 hours of becoming a stage 4 hurricane Helene has made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida causing a state of emergency another report, Hurricane Helene hello, this is meteorologist Countess Luantel except, Hurricane Helene killed 248 people, maybe if they went to a cabaret that be safe national hurricane center report finds leaving a biblical devastation as the death toll climbs to 90 yikes and i just looked it up and it says helene was the strongest storm to impact pinellas in 80 years yeah remember it's such a big deal over two feet higher than the previously recorded at clearwater beach that's crazy they were and they thought it was actually even worse remember like it was like we're all watching it because it was it was gonna be like this direct hit it was to be the storm of the century it was this whole big thing and um it was scary it's time for a commercial it's time for a crappin's commercial there was a time about 10 years ago when i was in the worst credit card debt of my life it was insane i could just i couldn't get out of it like no matter what i did it just it just was always there i was in the hole but then i finally you know i got my stuff together and and i was able to chip away at it and you see the light at the end of the tunnel, and when you're finally able to claw out of it, it is such a wonderful, liberating feeling.

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18:23Ben Mandelker: So then, now we cut to the real victim of the hurricane, Shana Madore. So we see her curlers in her hair, crying, sobbing, if you will. and the girls all come in like, what's going on? Oh my God, what happened? What happened? Breathe in, breathe out. Okay, here, here's a bongo. Slap on it. Tell me what you're feeling through the bongo. Left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand. You can do it. Booga, booga, booga. Here, I'll show you. What would you do if we ran out of time and we were only friends for a second? Show me a curler and put it in your hair and I swear we'll be friends for life. Oh, I send cabaret to my friends He told me at 7.30 that he was really tired And he said, well, we're going to go to dinner Why don't you try and get some sleep now?

19:12So, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I went to dinner with the girls And then the screen ripples And we see iPhone footage of Shannon on a table Dancing and partying with Luanne And Giselle's spinning around with sparklers in her hands And everybody's cheering and having a grand old time And he had already moved in So Earl and I would see each other when I returned to the hotel

19:34Ben Mandelker: And before we went to dinner, I said the following. How is the hurricane? And he said it didn't hit St. Petersburg, which is good because it's landlocked. So perks for land, right? And it's going towards Tallahassee. And I said, see, I told you, you know, I said, I told you your house is going to be okay. I told you. Why don't you ever listen to me when I tell you things? So next time maybe you'll try a vegetable. So he said, yeah, everything's okay. And then I hadn't heard from Earl And I went and knocked on his door And he didn't answer And I came home and I read a text And I'm like really bummed that we only have three nights here And I invited you to move in and where are you We're supposed to fall asleep in each other's arms And I haven't heard from you all day today What did I do?

20:14Ben Mandelker: I don't feel like a priority Earl I don't feel like a priority So we see Shannon's text Sweetie I'm super sweaty And want to see you Please come to my room If I'm not there just go in We'll be home soon. If you don't wake up, I'll come to your door. All the girls here, it's a bit crazy. Bit of miss you, and I want to see you. We've only got two nights. Oh, God, one night and 23 hours. Earl, where are you? Earl, I'm dying alone here. Earl, you're supposed to be with me. And then, and then one hour ago, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, David, David, David.

20:51Ben Mandelker: So Earl's like, how are you today? Fine. Well, it's not about you. When I said, how are you today? That was the question that you're supposed to ask me. Well, I had a rough day yesterday. I went to bed thinking a hurricane is coming towards both my houses, and we have an opportunity to be together, and you chose to go to a bar. When you were texting last night, it was just making landfall in Florida. The video of you dancing on the table and singing. Yeah, well, guess what? You were dancing on my heart in that moment because there was a hurricane in the Florida area. Wait a minute. You told me it wasn't going to hit your house.

21:24Ben Mandelker: Well, I said it wasn't going to make landfall there, but it was going to be in Florida, which means that the eye of the hurricane was not going to hit St. Petersburg. So it turns out it would have not hit my house, but it was going to hit nearby houses. So you should have thought about that. Okay, well, I apologize that I wasn't there for you. Well, that's not good enough. They were playing the limbo song. Well, you know what's in limbo? My house.

21:51and he's like yeah i'm getting alerts the entire time the path is in lawrenceville i try to be here every time something goes bad and i'll hold her we'll get through it i needed that i needed that last night just needed it i'll hold me and there you are dancing on tables we'll get fucking used to it have you heard of a place called the quiet woman i know have you heard of the trace amigas

22:10Ben Mandelker: which is now just vicky and shannon but either way there could be nuclear war outside and shannon will be dancing on a table at the quiet woman. That's just what you're getting, sir. Okay? This is so unreasonable of him. I think it's wildly unreasonable for him to want her to just, like, have the initiative to check on this hurricane. If he said to her, I'm really going through it, can you please come back? I think I really need you right now. I guarantee she would have done it. But he's just expecting her while she's having a fun time with her castmates in this resort. Probably, and the fact that the women were all going out together, it probably was like an obligation with the show, etc.

22:44Ben Mandelker: The fact that he's doing this, that he's putting this all on her, that he wants her to subvert her own fun time to deal with him while he's in this hotel room. You know, I understand if this was the other way around, if this was Shannon and there was a hurricane coming towards her house and Earl was out dancing at a bar, Shannon would lose her fucking mind, especially on the first night that they were together. He's just moving in. She would be there. You know, she would expect him to be there taking care of her. so but he's perhaps i still think he should have said something and be like come back but also the last note that she left on was him saying it's not it's not gonna hit my house well so she thinks when you're not somewhere when it's not happening to you it's i mean there's so many tragedies going on in the world all at one time it's like at the beginning of the show sometimes we'll talk about whatever's going on in the world and be like, I'm sorry to wherever it's being affected, but we don't do it every day.

23:45And there's literally stuff going on every fucking day. Like when LA was on fire, you know, I was just looking at my ring cam trying, cause I was in Texas. So I'm like looking at the ring cam trying to see, cause it was like a mile and a half from my house. So I'm like, where is at one point? So I'm like, where is this? I'm seeing the helicopters. I'm trying to figure it out. My family's just like, is the fire okay? And then they move on. They don't call you every five seconds. You know what I mean? But to me, it's like this huge thing. But if something is going on in Texas, I'm not necessarily calling them.

24:16It's just kind of normal. But I think when you're in a relationship, quote unquote, yeah, probably being out dancing on tables wasn't great. What I didn't like, it's just Earl's just being too much. He's just too emotional for this. I think Earl is right in that he has to communicate and be like, I'm really scared. and you need to help me if he's really that scared. I need somebody to be with instead of being like, everything's fine. Well, who cares if I said everything's fine? Why do you have a news alert for it? It's like, oh, well.

24:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah, we can't have two Shannons in this relationship, okay? Yeah, two Shannons don't make it right. He is allowed to be anxious absolutely about his houses, 100%. This was a hurricane that was making such major news. I mean, it was really, it was like everything stopped. And remember, there were a lot of headlines at the time, and everything stopped for this hurricane. So he has 100 % his feelings are valid. But when he says great news, it looks like the hurricane is not going to strike the house. And she says, I'm going to go out to dinner with my friends. He has an opportunity then to say, you know what?

25:22Ben Mandelker: Could you actually stay with me? Because I am really a bundled nerves, and I could really use your companionship right now. He could have said that. or when she sent the dancing. He could have said so many things, but for him to actually expect her after he's basically told her, yeah, looks like we avoided disaster, he expects her in the middle of dinner to stop and check in on the hurricane and to also know really where he lives and everything. I think that's just a bit much. I'm sorry. Well, I think he's just saying something. And also her reaction to it didn't have to be like it is, but of course it's Shannon.

25:56So he's like, you know, I'm freaking out. I'm getting these alerts and the sing you dance on tables, she could have just been like, Earl, I literally thought it was okay. I'm so sorry. What can we do? Is your house okay? What can we do right now? And she does ask that. How can I support you? She's freaking the fuck out. She's like, I didn't know it was, you said it was over. She just starts, she starts shanning out on him. And I think it's just both of them being too emotional, but this could have been fixed by them both just communicating in a normal fucking way, but they're too much. But especially him.

26:28I'm sorry. this is more earl you're asking me yeah no i think he's like because she says i didn't know

26:32Ben Mandelker: and i thought it was over when you said it wasn't gonna hit he goes well so at the time you're knocking on my door it had just hit florida and there's a cone going it's a big cone a hurricane cone just like this right in the dead center of the cone that's my house and she's like well is your house okay he's like no she goes well which house my house in georgia so he's actually upset because it's the georgia house the the florida house is okay but the georgia house was the one that was in danger. And as we all know, that's the house that has the motorcycle in it for the stepson to come back to.

27:01Ben Mandelker: And she just found the address. So he's like, here's the house next to it. Tore off half the roof, or tore off a tree and damaged the roof. And now it looks like a field goal. And so we see photos. And she's like, Earl, Earl, I said if it didn't miss your house, you know, I didn't know I was headed to Georgia and now that you're having a difficult time. I mean, it's called communication. It's really difficult for me. And he's like, it's not about you. and so they have a fight about the community which i mean i agree it's all about communication he should have handled this better but she could have been more sensitive too you know she could i i think that she would have been sensitive i i i 100 believe shannon if she knew earl was really going through it about the that it's just that he is this is not the first time he's he's a big cry baby he's a cry baby it's not the first time he has hold himself up over some emotional thing and then he says well i get triggered by something or another and she just can't, she, she, she has put her, she has been in two big relationships where she did not put herself first.

27:59Ben Mandelker: And I think she's in a state now of like, I can't keep like putting, pressing pause on what I'm doing and what I'm liking and how, how I'm enjoying life to make sure a man is feeling okay right now. Now, of course you want to do that for someone that you really like, but she just, someone going through a natural disaster. Yeah. I mean, you should, But he let her know that everything was fine. She left going to that dinner with the idea that, hey, everything is fine. And then he's expecting her to understand the trajectory of this hurricane and also where Lawrenceville, Georgia even is and all that.

28:33Ben Mandelker: It's a lot that he put on her in that moment, and I just don't think that was fair at all. Okay. So he's like, well, if you said there were landslides and earthquakes by your house, I would have been thinking about you that whole time until it was over. And I needed to be priority last night. not you and you know maybe it's a good idea for you to process this and talk again later like oh god so that's not the right way earl not the right way but you didn't but why didn't you text me and say you didn't check up with me like i've been sitting here all day what say what did i do what did i do what did i do back to present yeah so then the girls are on you know supporting her She's like, you're not a mind reader.

29:14And this is red flag. Red flag. He can't come in here and say that bullshit. So now it's 24 hours until checkout. And Ashley's like, so he's mad that you didn't check in with him? And Shannon's like, well, I didn't know.

29:31Big Diet Coke hands on her head.

29:32Ben Mandelker: I didn't know. This is weird. This is weird. I am there for you every time, he says. And you're supposed to know the trajectory of a hurricane. Nah. He says, he says I should have been checking. She's now fully shaking and trying to like dot her eyes with like a tissue. He said I should have been checking. Maybe I should have. The weather channel dot com. I'll always go there before I go out.

29:58So Earl just sounds like, well, Earl is doing the most. He wants her to support him. But did he support her DUI anniversary? Something I've never even heard of before. But Shannon decided it's what she needed to do. No, he did not. And that was true. Like, I understand that she's insane for the request in the first place, but still she requested it.

30:20Ben Mandelker: And guess what? It's actually a very fair point because then we see flashbacks of Shannon celebrating her like one, like made it through a shitty year of my life thing. And she wants to celebrate it with Ralph, but not Ralph, but with Earl. But Earl wasn't there because he was sulking about being yelled at about bread vegetables.

30:42It's all so crazy. So we see that clip. Today at 1159, it's a one-year mark of my DUI. And I shared that with Earl. And I just thought at 1159, he would go, look where you are now. And I would look at the phone through the bottom of the martini glass.

30:59Ben Mandelker: And I would say, we made it. We made it, me. Did we just have an earthquake, by the way, in this discussion of natural disasters? Or is that just me? Did we? Who knows? So much is going on in LA right now. It could have been a fucking bomb dropping for all I know. Jesus Christ. This town is in disarray. I would like it if Earl to Pearl would have seen anything shaking out there. You notice that thing when small earthquakes happen here in LA. You just sort of hear that it's not a crunch. You hear just all the walls make that noise. But maybe it wasn't. My mic isn't shaking. Usually my mic wobbles because it's not the steadiest mic.

31:36because we've learned in this episode. But yeah, I don't think so. I'm going to text Dom. I'll say, was there an earthquake or was that just me?

31:44Ben Mandelker: Just go on Twitter because you know everybody will be like, earthquake, I felt, did you feel it? Did you feel it? Dom, was there an earthquake? And why did you not come downstairs into the podcast studio? You know I was going through it down here. No, you're not checking on me, Dom. Okay, so now Ashley's like, well, why can't you just be a grown-ass man? And so they zip Shannon off. And now she's like, oh, you have a tag on. Get the tag off. So they're, you know, pumping her up and telling her she's beautiful. And Shannon's still like, oh, my God. Oh, my God. Now we have argument number two. I was feeling so good about it.

32:20Back to present. You don't argue with someone and have these blow ups when you first meet someone. I just I just I just I don't see how I can recover with Earl. I just don't see it.

32:31Ben Mandelker: so all the men are gathering in the lounge area for the latest strange meeting and i was like can we do some shots real quick and mark's like hey can i ask how's it's going with shannon you guys had your first night together right he's like yeah well we're gonna get into that in a bit here because they're coming and i'm not gonna talk about this while they're coming it's just not it's not cool it's not cool oh carl's please just have my back oh there he is sitting on the sofa holding a shot. Oh, God. Please have my back. Oh, God. I will. So, the man who greet the women and Joel comes in. He's like, oh, God.

33:04Hugs and kisses. That's a great sign. So, I think there's some things we need to talk through before we get to business today. And Ashley's like, well, Joel, we learned some things about Ashley and, I mean, sorry, Shannon and Earl today. Yeah, the ladies talked to Shannon. and we kind of want to just hear Earl's side.

33:30Ben Mandelker: It's not easy for me to talk about, by the way, an update from my side is that there was no earthquake. It was just probably the air conditioner going on in Ben's house. So just want to give an update to everyone there. But I still would have appreciated some text messages from Shannon Medore. Anyway, Shannon, you are just an amazing person and you know how I feel about you and things were going really great for us and I was just really struggling the night before and you guys saw me, You guys saw I had Pinellas County fear all over my face and I didn't, I didn't have my real happy face on. And I felt, well, so way down by the storm that was going on.

34:01Ben Mandelker: Shannon storms, that is vegetable agenda. I haven't heard anything about her seeing how, you know, she wasn't asking about how I was doing with my house. Isn't the hurricane stuff. So she said, she said, she said, she said it, but I don't remember her saying that. I don't remember her saying that she checked into my house, that she was happy about my house. She never said that. She never said anything about my house. I want to walk out. I want to walk out. right now. When we were hanging out together, I literally want to fucking walk out right now. How dare you? My favorite Shannon ism of all time.

34:35How dare you? By the way, the build up. Rest, rest, rest, quarter rest.

34:45Ben Mandelker: The drama with which they treated the situation was so amazing because also when Shannon was like, when they first came onto her crying in her room. They cut to her in the confessional and they were doing makeup on her and she had this look on her face like, I'm going to have to tell the truth now. It was some big reveal, like an expose documentary when they do that, but they're just like, okay, this person's about to say something important, so let's see them getting their makeup on. I was having margaritas and Earl was worried about hurricanes. Everything went down.

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