Episode 77: "The Bachelorette" Star JoJo Fletcher on Finding Love and Overcoming Relationship Struggles
America first fell in love with JoJo Fletcher as runner-up on Ben Higgin's season of "The Bachelor" in 2016–she went on to become "The Bachelorette" where she met her current husband Jordan Rogers. Since her time with The Bachelor franchise, she has become a successful entrepreneur, personality, and host, pursuing various endeavors from reality TV to real estate. Her latest venture is the founder of Saint Spritz, a ready-to-drink, cleaner canned beverage, which has partnered with bourbon brand Off Hours. In this episode, JoJo gets vulnerable about finding love on "The Bachelorette," the hard times they went through soon after the show aired, and what they had to change to get to a healthy, fulfilling marriage. She also shares dating advice she would give her younger self, how to apply self-worth to relationships, and the value of female friendships. JoJo also shares the one value she's prioritized to have a long-lasting career, her beauty and wellness non-negotiables, and spills behind-the-scenes secrets of "The Bachelor." You may think you know JoJo, but you've never seen her like this before.
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SHOW NOTES:
On this week’s Ask The Everygirl, Josie and Emma discuss one listener’s question of when they should think about moving in with their significant other. Josie shares some of her personal insight based on when she chose to move in with her boyfriend, and provides advice based on some of the things that her friends have done. Josie and Emma discuss how the decision to move in with one another should come out of sheer love and desire to constantly be around your partner, rather than out of convenience or because of feeling like you “should.” This Ask The Everygirl is very appropriate for the following interview with JoJo Fletcher, a former Bachelorette and the founder of the alcohol brand Saint Spritz. The interview begins with Josie asking JoJo what it was like for her to be involved on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, from the minute she decided to audition for the show until she met her current husband, Jordan Rodgers, on her season of the show. JoJo shares that she actually decided to audition for The Bachelor because she had just gotten out of a toxic relationship and wanted to shake things up. She explains the confidence and courage that she had to have in order to go on the show in the first place, and what it was like to put herself out there in the dating world while simultaneously being recorded for national television. JoJo discusses the valuable friendships that she formed as a contestant on The Bachelor, including her longstanding friendship with Becca Tilley. Josie and JoJo have a conversation about how crucial female friendships are, especially in the context of dating and relationship turmoil. JoJo also reveals some of the things about the show that audiences would be surprised to learn, such as how much of her romance with Jordan was cut from her season of The Bachelorette in order to make the final cut more suspenseful. Josie asks JoJo if she always knew that Jordan was “the one,” and JoJo shares some behind-the-scenes details of their relationship that viewers didn’t get to see during the initial season. She also reveals that Jordan never watched her season of The Bachelorette after it aired, in order to preserve their relationship. In a vulnerable moment, she explains what a difficult first year she had with Jordan, and how the two had to work together through relationship struggles in order to come out the other side even stronger and realize that they truly loved each other. Josie asks JoJo to share some advice for “fighting for” a relationship, and JoJo walks through the tactics that she and Jordan used to preserve their relationship during their rocky first year. Josie then asks JoJo to share the advice that she would give her younger self if she were able to go back in time, and JoJo explains how she wishes she had been more comfortable in her own identity outside of a relationship when she was in her early twenties. The two have a conversation about self-trust and relying on your gut and intuition to guide you when it matters most. The conversation then pivots to JoJo’s career as an entrepreneur after The Bachelorette and her newest venture with Saint Spritz’s partnership with Off Hours. She explains how she came up with the idea for the brand and the hard work that went into creating the business venture. Finally, the episode closes with some rapid-fire questions for JoJo.
Must-Listen Moments:
[0:49] Ask The Everygirl: How do I know when I’m ready to move in with my significant other?
[22:34] How JoJo got the confidence to first audition for and appear on The Bachelor, and the behind-the-scenes details of the show that audiences never get to see
[32:17] JoJo reveals the turmoil that she and her husband Jordan Rodgers faced in the first year of their relationship and how they overcame it
[40:33] If JoJo could give dating advice to her younger self, what would she say?
[50:22] All about JoJo’s journey towards entrepreneurship, plus the inspiration behind her newest venture, Saint Spritz
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