Joan Vassos

And I don't think you can do that via text. Like somebody can be really witty and interesting and like a person you think you're falling in love with. And then you can walk into a restaurant to meet them and find out that that was totally untrue. And you wasted a lot of time.

Yeah, so as far as the cameras, they kind of become like a white noise, like a background. They're around you all the time. And, you know, you're mic'd up from the time you get up kind of in the morning. And, you know, they're catching, they want to catch the interactions between the man and, you know, each other and them and myself. And it just becomes...

Yeah, so as far as the cameras, they kind of become like a white noise, like a background. They're around you all the time. And, you know, you're mic'd up from the time you get up kind of in the morning. And, you know, they're catching, they want to catch the interactions between the man and, you know, each other and them and myself. And it just becomes...

Yeah, so as far as the cameras, they kind of become like a white noise, like a background. They're around you all the time. And, you know, you're mic'd up from the time you get up kind of in the morning. And, you know, they're catching, they want to catch the interactions between the man and, you know, each other and them and myself. And it just becomes...

like you don't really notice them after a while and that's kind of good because you let your guard down a little bit i think in the beginning i was really careful especially when i was on the golden bachelor that i didn't want to be like depicted as being foolish or um like not dignified in dating at this age so i was a lot more careful but then as like the time went on that kind of

like you don't really notice them after a while and that's kind of good because you let your guard down a little bit i think in the beginning i was really careful especially when i was on the golden bachelor that i didn't want to be like depicted as being foolish or um like not dignified in dating at this age so i was a lot more careful but then as like the time went on that kind of

like you don't really notice them after a while and that's kind of good because you let your guard down a little bit i think in the beginning i was really careful especially when i was on the golden bachelor that i didn't want to be like depicted as being foolish or um like not dignified in dating at this age so i was a lot more careful but then as like the time went on that kind of

I knew that the producers and that, you know, had a pure, like they really wanted us to succeed and they didn't want to make us look foolish, that like they really wanted to make us look good and give people hope and show people that dating at this age is fun and not undignified. So that kind of left my mind.

I knew that the producers and that, you know, had a pure, like they really wanted us to succeed and they didn't want to make us look foolish, that like they really wanted to make us look good and give people hope and show people that dating at this age is fun and not undignified. So that kind of left my mind.

I knew that the producers and that, you know, had a pure, like they really wanted us to succeed and they didn't want to make us look foolish, that like they really wanted to make us look good and give people hope and show people that dating at this age is fun and not undignified. So that kind of left my mind.

And once I was relieved of that worry, I was a lot more open on camera and I really wasn't worried. I didn't think that they were, you know, there was going to be some way that they could make me look not like me. And as far as the dates, the one-on-one dates, we choose them completely. They tell us what the date is and we have an input even to what dates we would like.

And once I was relieved of that worry, I was a lot more open on camera and I really wasn't worried. I didn't think that they were, you know, there was going to be some way that they could make me look not like me. And as far as the dates, the one-on-one dates, we choose them completely. They tell us what the date is and we have an input even to what dates we would like.

And once I was relieved of that worry, I was a lot more open on camera and I really wasn't worried. I didn't think that they were, you know, there was going to be some way that they could make me look not like me. And as far as the dates, the one-on-one dates, we choose them completely. They tell us what the date is and we have an input even to what dates we would like.

In fact, before the season even films, they asked me like what kind of dates I would like to do. They asked me what kind of guy I would like. They asked me what kind of dates I would like to do. And then they just kind of arrange them and you get to pick who goes on them.

In fact, before the season even films, they asked me like what kind of dates I would like to do. They asked me what kind of guy I would like. They asked me what kind of dates I would like to do. And then they just kind of arrange them and you get to pick who goes on them.

In fact, before the season even films, they asked me like what kind of dates I would like to do. They asked me what kind of guy I would like. They asked me what kind of dates I would like to do. And then they just kind of arrange them and you get to pick who goes on them.

Way better than I ever thought. Yeah. I mean, they're epic. They're big. I'd be like, oh, I'd like to go on a helicopter. Well, I went on a helicopter to a winery. They make it a lot of fun.

Way better than I ever thought. Yeah. I mean, they're epic. They're big. I'd be like, oh, I'd like to go on a helicopter. Well, I went on a helicopter to a winery. They make it a lot of fun.

Way better than I ever thought. Yeah. I mean, they're epic. They're big. I'd be like, oh, I'd like to go on a helicopter. Well, I went on a helicopter to a winery. They make it a lot of fun.

I guess most exciting may have been the Las Vegas date where I got to go on a private jet. Well, first I drove my red Porsche convertible to the airport for our private jet that brought us to Las Vegas to a suite where they had racks of clothes for us to try on to wear to our date that night. And in the meantime, as we're just finishing trying on clothes, Wayne Newton comes in and serenades us.