Hashim

I'm sitting here. After that, I got my master's in instructional technology from Bloomberg University. I ended up moving to Texas. I was in Dallas for a couple years. Now I'm in Austin. Me and my boys, we started up a tech startup called Pilot. It's like a ticketing and booking software. And yeah, then Temptation Island happened.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The product wasn't done yet, so I had to fill my time a little bit.

Into Temptation Island? I just got a DM one random Sunday. I'm sure you got this. Well, both of y'all got the same thing. And then I had an interview, and then that Friday, they sent me my flight. So my process was super quick.

Yeah, mine was like, Two weeks before filming, got on the phone with the producer.

Two weeks is crazy.

It's Netflix. But I mean, I was open to, I went into just being like very open, open-minded, which I'm sure you guys both did. It was just excited for the process. Surely you were single or? Yeah, I'm not one of the ones that goes on with it.

I was single, single. DMs was dry. Oh no.

100%, 100% perfect opportunity.

Honestly, when I got on the phone with David, the producer, he was more excited than I was. He was just like, you know, we've been looking for someone like you. I didn't know what that meant. I was like, I mean, I don't know what that means, but I'll take it. Now I see what they meant. But yeah, they described it.

I kind of seen a couple episodes of prior seasons once the interview process started. I wasn't going to be the type to be doing whatever on TV. It's not me. But I was like, this is a respectful, tasteful way to still do it. For sure. Still get your shit off.

My family loved it. Yeah. I mean, I was like the sweetheart on the show. I feel like all the guys in our house were. But no, they loved it. I don't think my mom's watched it yet. I got a couple of texts from my nieces. I have an 18-year-old that's at FAMU and then a 16-year-old in high school on the scene where I was like 24.

Yeah. I don't think I told them what to do.

It's just a show.

I'm just going to Hawaii, you know, eat some fried rice. Quick trip. You just won't hear from me for a month. But my parents are older. They don't even have Netflix, so they didn't know. They didn't even know what it was, to be honest.

Yeah. I had a good time. I had a good time. The best part was probably the guys in our house. We had a really good group. We made it. I feel like we made the girls feel comfortable. Our side's a little different. We had to put the sociology degree to use. We were like the therapists of the show. Yeah. Which was fun. We were just trying to be there for the girls as much as we could.

Give them advice. If we were able to tempt, they tempted. If we couldn't, friends island, which is fine. Friends island is great.

Situationship, yes.

Yeah, look, I think Chante is great. I don't think I fully got to experience her in terms of her personality. She was very closed off up until the last three days of filming. I just think she didn't allow herself to enjoy the entire journey and process of it.

No, he did.

Yes, apparently he found God at the end and wanted him back.

She said it. They showed her saying it. They set boundaries, nothing physical.

From what I hear.

From what I hear, he did.

Okay.

No, I mean, so me and Shante, we went with the firm route. You could kind of tell she was just like, even on the first day, like she was just running from me. It's like, and there's a scene where like we're dancing or trying to dance. And like, I don't know, that whole day she was kind of just running away from me. Running is hilarious. Which is fine.

But granted, if I had a girlfriend and I was on that show, one, I wouldn't have went on the show.

I would have wanted my girl to act the way she did. She did amazing. She didn't give opportunity for any clips to even look bad. That's why I think Breon even said it. She didn't do anything. She was never talking to a boy in any of the clips. She did what she was supposed to do. All right, so commend her for that. At the end, she did what was best for her, in her opinion.

I'm sure most people would disagree, but...

It's her life. It's her. It's whatever worked for her.

How would you have acted on Temptation Island? Would you say like, I've had fun. I've been really closed off.

I mean, fun in terms of like personality. You seem like you have a very bubbly personality.

Dana would have been fun.

There's a way to do it. Ashley and Tay, they were having fun before they were like, hey, we're single now.

I am single.

Aidy, what are you doing?

Open dating, yes.

I don't go out. Honestly, with work, me going out is working in a way. I don't really have time that much. I'm traveling around a lot.

Yeah.

Okay, I'll be honest. I'll be honest. Guys, I've got some 30, by the way. So as I've gotten older, you know, I don't necessarily go for looks. I go for more vibe. Vibe, aura.

If she can dress, she's got to be able to dress. 80s over here. Check, check.

Yeah, yeah. Has to have her own thing going on. That's what I do, too. So it's like,

Perfect mask.

Yeah, fit. You know, I like to work out a little bit. I have a huge sweet tooth, though, so we got to be able to do both. I'm a big back, fellow big back.

That's the only reason why I work out, just like eat whatever I want.

Nah.

In my situation, no, but typically.

No. Okay. I mean, in past relationships, yes. Mm-hmm. As I've gotten older, I mean, I'm like an Instagram person. I mean, I guess now I have to be. You do. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Yeah. So, but now, no, not necessarily.

No, I'm down to post my partner. So you said if I'm not getting posted.

First of all, if he's not posting her, there's something wrong.

This is my water, right?

Y'all didn't get to see it. I'm a little goofy. Y'all didn't get to see it on the show.

How young are you?

Have it bladed. Thank you.

It's not necessarily a deal breaker, but I do want kids. Mm-hmm. So...

It could be. Well, yeah, long term. My thing is, I don't want a baby mom. So that's my thing. My brother and sister did that whole route. And they're older. They're like 48, 46. I've seen the whole baby mom and baby daddy thing. So I don't want that. So if it's not the right person, I'm just not going to have kids. And I can go that route.

But if it's the right person, then clearly I would want a kid. Or a couple.

Two or three.

I just don't want three girls. I'm down with two girls and one boy, but I got four nieces, so I need at least one.

I was going to chime in.

Are you doing? Fuck no.

Friends with the ex? Nah.

You could, like, you could still be friends on Instagram if y'all ended cordially. Like, if it was like, hey, we just not working. But if one of y'all was cheating, nah. Can't do it.

It's just something about it. It just don't sit right with me. It just don't sit right with me.

Why would you still want to?

Why? Are y'all connected? Are y'all trauma bonded? Like what's going on?

Y'all don't set that up either and make us about it. We won't do that to you. We got you.

All right, let me go make that margarita real fast. I would have left so fast.

You tipped him?

I can top that? No. Okay. So I live in Austin. When I first got out there, I went on a date and went to grab some drinks. For some reason, I don't know if this is like just, just in Austin or this is just university. Y'all let me know. First question. She goes, what's your, what's your sign? Mind you, that's not bad. It's fine. I'm cool. I'm a Leo. Okay, what's your moon rising, fire sign?

What is that? I don't know the terms.

Okay, so moon rising. I know there's a fire sign in there somewhere.

So she was like, okay, what's your moon? Trying to piece things together.

She was like, okay, what time were you born? What time were you born? She was trying to do a whole chart. She was trying to do my whole chart. This is our first time ever speaking, talking.

She's like, what time were you born? I'm like, I don't know. She's like, can you call your mom? So, mind you, I'm very nice, right?

I'm very nice. I called my mom.

I'm like, she's up. My mom be staying up late for no reason. Called her. I said, hey, mom, what's my, like, what time was I born? She said, Ron, they hung up. I said, yeah, 12.02. Yeah, that's really. No. Yeah, never talk to that girl again.

I don't know. I gave a fake time, so it could be off. Could be off a little bit.

No, never saw her again. Never saw her again.

Probably for the better.

I got a question for y'all. Oh. Have y'all ever been blocked by someone you were on a show with?

By someone on your show?

Yeah, I'll give y'all some tea. Shante blocked me like a couple days before the show.

Before it aired. I thought we were homies.

For real?

So I had never reached out. She just commented on a couple things here and there. And then all of a sudden.

One of my homies asked me what the girl from the show looked like.

And I was like, yeah, I'll show you. I think she, hold on, I spelled her name wrong.

Yeah.

I don't think it was, I don't think it was off of her own strength. I think, um, Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I'll be honest, I have not talked to them, nor have I ever met Breon. Sure. Yeah, nor have I ever met Breon. There was an article that came out today about all of the couples. Apparently they're still together.

And, you know, they fought through it. They've apparently figured it out. I'm happy for Shantae.

As long as she's happy, I'm good.

As long as she's happy. Yeah. As long as she's happy.

I mean, it didn't, I wasn't hurt by it. I was just like, I was just trying to show my friend. I was shocked because it was like, we didn't have like that.

Yeah, I was like, oh, this is, oh, this is.

I'm black, but I don't know what to say.

I'm like, oh, let me check. Are you? Oh, yeah. He's like, yeah, I got it.

Just some tea real quick.

I actually met him in Austin.

Yeah, during South by Southwest, like, two weeks ago.

Yeah, a lot of the Love is Blind cast was there.

Yeah, I didn't recognize him. He was just like, hey. Really? Yeah, I didn't recognize him.

It's me.

28.

100%.

Yeah, I have trust issues now. I didn't before.

Seeing that, yeah. Damn.

I would take someone that, I would need someone that's very insecure, or not insecure, someone that's very secure in themselves. Like, know what they want to do, know what they want out of life, career-wise, who they want to be, know how they like to be loved, how they know how they like to be treated.

Because, like, I can love them a certain way or treat them a certain way, but if they don't even like it, then it's just like, it's not going to hit them the same. So it's like, and also me understanding how they like to be loved, also, and vice versa, like, what I need.

from a partner i think is what i'm gonna really take because if you don't know those things that's when you end up on sensation hour or something like that just yeah do you feel like you saw that with the couples that people were just unsure of how they wanted to be loved or how they were loving um i think more on the guy's side they were just kind of unsure from from what i saw on the show seemed a little bit unsure about themselves and like what they even

what they even needed from their partner. So that's why they're like, Oh, let me see what this one can do for you. Let me see what this one, whether that's physical, emotional, or just how they even like to be just talked to and have a banter they like to have. Um, so I think you just need to be fully securing yourself and then saying, and vice versa for the partner.

That's a good question. I don't know. I guess it would be harder. I guess it would be harder just to like cipher through.

Yeah. You know? I mean, I was, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not dry anymore, I guess.

I was just joking. But I think it would be harder just to decipher, just like as I move along with our startup and then just social media stuff or the social media world, trying to decipher who likes you for you versus who just wants to be next to you and take pictures.

I would definitely go on Perfect Match. So the reason why I would want to go on Perfect Match, because I didn't necessarily get that opportunity to flirt or even banter or have that back and forth with somebody. Because I did go into it with an open mind. The person I was matched up with was pretty close-minded, which is amazing for her. That's what she was supposed to do.

But from my experience, it was kind of hindered just because I didn't get that opportunity. So that's why I would want to do Perfect Match.

It's also my favorite show.

To watch, yeah.

It's just, I mean, cause you, the whole point of it is like, you've seen these people on other shows. It's like the Avengers. It's like an Avenger call. It's pretty cool to see who matches up. See if it's like a genuine connection.

You could get engaged. I love this for you. You never know. You never know. So,

Nothing.

I don't have a flight back yet.

This was a whole setup.

When I saw you in the lobby, I was like, did they set this up?

And I saw you in the lobby.

Thank you. Thanks for having me.

I'm good. I'm good. This LA traffic is crazy.

Hi, so my name's Hashim. I grew up in Florida, went to Princeton, played football and basketball.

Sociology. Okay. I tried to use a little bit of it on the show.