"Chick Chat with Chad Schlee"
From AM Buffalo

LINDA: You've had quite a busy week.

CHAD: It's been a lot of fun.

LINDA: Where did you watch the show?

CHAD: At Gabel's on Hertel Ave. Back to Gabel's.

LINDA: We didn't see you a whole lot in the show until we got to the end
credits.

CHAD: It seemed like I was hiding, didn't it?

LINDA: Yeah, yeah. And it was funny....at the end during the credits, you told
us this incredible story, which I thought was about a thong....and you said "no,
no"

CHAD: It was bad enough wearing a Speedo.

LINDA: What happened?

CHAD: I was a swimmer my whole life, and I just forgot to tie my suit one time,
and dove in, and obviously you know what happened, and my butt was
showing....and the entire race. And you can't stop once you start a race!

LINDA: Where was this race?

CHAD: This was actually in high school.

LINDA: What high school; what pool was this at? I want to know!

CHAD: Well I went to Kenmore East High School.

LINDA: If anybody remembers, just call in! 644-9840

CHAD: It's good because I guess video cameras weren't real popular back then.
So maybe it's not in footage.

LINDA: How did you do in the race?

CHAD: I don't know; I think I just wanted to swim through the wall and keep
going....yeah....it's a blurr. (Linda and Chad laughing)

LINDA: It was a blur....let me go back and get my suit! Now, Meredith, did you
tell her this story?

CHAD: Yeah, she's actually the one who asked what's everyone's most
embarrassing moment, and there were 7 of us on the date and we all had to tell a
story. And I kind of went first, and everyone's like 'oooh, I can't top that.'
But they had some good stories.

LINDA: [to TV audience] Well you know what? I was very impressed with Chad.
First of all, he's been terrific on the show, but open up the paper and I see
that you have a little slot in the Living Section. And then, I read that it's
by Allen Pergamet, and I thought 'oh no...this poor guy...he's gonna get
murdered....but he was very nice about you. And I kept saying, 'OK, where's the shot at the
end, which Allen is noted for?' But he didn't give you one....so you really
made the cut.....that's amazing!

CHAD: I don't know---that was my first time talking to him and it wasn't too
bad. Not at all.

LINDA: Yeah, don't make a habit of that.... so tell us about last night.
Obviously you're in for another week.

CHAD: Yeah, I'm in for another week and last night was nice because things
began to unfold, so obviously that ATV date went on---that lasted all day and
partly into the night, but they only showed 3 minutes. So really, I did get to
speak with her; I wasn't shown, but I got to speak with her and talk with her,
and it was just nice to get to know her more. And then, actually last night to
see what some of the guys had spoken to her about really surprised me....how
intense and how really in tune they were to things.

LINDA: Do you get private moments with her though, when you go out with her a
little bit, or is everybody in on this date?

CHAD: That particular date was a 7 on 1 date. So you're all having fun,
but---at different times, maybe you get to speak with her for 5 minutes by
yourself.

LINDA: Do you feel like you're competing?

CHAD: Yeah, you can tell the guys are getting into her more than others. Some
of them are really starting to open up to her, and others are still kind of
staying off to the side.

LINDA: Are you guys starting to make friends too, or are there some guys that
are like 'I can't stand this guy.'?

CHAD: No, the guys actually got along really well. It was a good group date,
and everybody in the house---
the 15 that she picked---were really nice guys.

LINDA: OK, so nobody you hate yet?

CHAD: No, no.

LINDA: Oh, this is so much fun.

CHAD: Everybody's got their own opinions of everybody, but---

LINDA: Well, what's been happening in your life since this whole thing's
happened to you? "Man of the hour."

CHAD: You know, it's fun coming here, and going on the radio shows and stuff,
but I just go about my business and just have fun with it really.

LINDA: Have you met any other women? [Chad laughing] Are you looking for any
other women? Well, I guess that would reveal too much if you are.

CHAD: I can't say if I'm looking or not, but it's been fun.

LINDA: All right, Mary, who's in our kitchen today has a question for Chad....

MARY: I just have to tell the viewing audience, though....You think he's cute
on 'The Bachelorette', you should see this guy in person! [Mary quietly screams]
Anyway, my question is....has this enhanced your love life when you go out?

LINDA: Yeah, are women hitting on you? That's what Mary's asking you, Chad.

MARY: Yes!

CHAD: If I answer this question, do I get some tortellini?

MARY: Yes you do.

CHAD: Because I'm hungry. Um, it's a tough question because I can't really say
because of the show, but, I mean, I've just been going about my business and a
couple times when I go out, maybe I get a look here and there maybe, but---the
love life part---I don't really know. I keep low key

LINDA: Now your sisters promised that they would not let this go to your head.
Have they continued on their promise?

CHAD: My sisters, yes. They'll keep me in line.

LINDA: Brought you back down to earth?

CHAD: Yes. They'll say something nice and then they'll bring me right back.

LINDA: I gotta meet these girls. [Linda says 'Hello' and takes a phone call]

CALLER: Hi....this is his cousin, Bonnie. [Chad surprised and laughing]

CHAD: Hello, Bonnie!

BONNIE: Hi CH-CH-PING!

LINDA: What did she call you?

CHAD: Nothing, nothing. We can edit that part out [everyone laughing
hysterically]

BONNIE: I just wanted to call and say that we are so proud of Chad. We call
him the John F. Kennedy Jr. of the Schlee family.

LINDA: Oh, my!

BONNIE: And he's just made us so proud and he's just as nice as he is on the
show in real life. And I love him. And we just wanted to say 'Go Chad.'

CHAD: Hey, thanks Bonnie.

BONNIE: Thanks for making us proud.

CHAD: Thanks for the card last night---I loved it!

LINDA: Do you have a big family?

CHAD: I have two sisters and then, you know---- cousins that are all in the
area here, so last night we all got together again at Gabel's and did the same
thing. And they all showed up---so that was nice. So Bonnie was there.

LINDA: But, haven't your sisters tried to fix you up with anybody? Along the
way?

CHAD: Yeah, but I guess it just hasn't worked out. So they figured they'd try
again for this time.

LINDA: Yeah....big audience.

CHAD: Just somebody they hadn't met.

LINDA: This is fun [taking another phone call] Hi, you're on with Chad.

CALLER: Hi Chad. Well, you're representing us really well. We're very proud
of you.  And to be from Buffalo and be so handsome and charming and everything. We're
really thrilled for you and for us. Now, I have to tell you, I work in a
physician's office, and you're in pharmaceutical sales.

CHAD: Yes.

CALLER: So, you don't happen to sell dermatological products, do you?

CHAD: [smiling] No I don't.

CALLER: Oh darn! [everyone laughing]

CALLER: Now, this is the other thing. I did see a byte on TV---a preview---and
I believe I saw a clip where Meredith was walking you to a limo, so I suspect
you made the final few, but you got cut off at the end. [Chad laughing] But
I'm not asking you to say---confirm that or deny it.

CHAD: A lot of people are analyzing the clips, and everyone's drawing different
conclusions, so I guess you'll just have to wait to see what happens.

LINDA: Cause she could be walking you to say goodbye, right? Oh, we don't want
that.

CHAD: Everybody's got their own opinions. Yeah, she could be walking THAT
person to say goodbye, could be walking a date with that person, there's all
different things. And ABC's smart enough to put the clips together....to not
reveal anything, but to make people think about what's going to possibly happen.

LINDA: All right, another phone call for Chad----'Good Morning.'

CALLER: Hi. This is Alicia from North Tonawanda. I was wondering if you
recall on the last Bachelor program with Bob and Estella, how Estella's
interviews didn't get a while lot of air time, and how they didn't show a whole
lot of her interacting with Bob because she won.....
they didn't want to give anything away [Chad nodding] and I was wondering if you
had noticed that as well? [Chad laughs]

LINDA: Ohhhh! Here's someone who's kind of looking into the psychology of what
they're showing and not showing.

CHAD: Yeah, that's another thing where people are drawing conclusions...trying
to figure out....is if you're not getting a lot of air time, maybe you're a
person that made it far and.....Maybe I just have too many embarrassing moments
that they didn't put on, which I was thankful for, so, yeah it's interesting to
see what people draw....conclusions.

LINDA: OK, let's cut to the chase. Did you get to kiss her again? [Chad
laughing] What's everybody laughing at? I'm a reporter!

CHAD: I did get to speak with Meredith....that they didn't air last night. We
were back at the RV. So, we kissed. You know. It was, uh, a kiss.

LINDA: [singing] A kiss is just a kiss....
All right, we have a sound byte of last night....roll it! [showed a clip of
Chad talking about his speedo and white butt]

LINDA: Now, what stroke was that? [Chad laughing]

CHAD: Well thankfully, I was on my stomach.

LINDA: OK, I was going to say.....this could've been quite interesting on the
side of the pool.

CHAD: Yes, that was definitely an embarrassing moment.

LINDA: OK, now you were talking to her, but who was sitting next to her?

CHAD: I believe that was Brad.

LINDA: And how did he get that spot?

CHAD: [Chad laughing] He was lucky, you know, he just kind of sat there and
there she was, and he just kind of trapped her right in that spot.
[comment by me....Brad was standing next to Chad; it was actually Harold who was
sitting next to Meredith]

LINDA: No Indian leg wrestling? You could've wiped him right out of there.
OK, so what happens next week as far as what you can tell us?

CHAD: I think they aired a little bit of it last night as far as how the dates
are going to be decided. We also all took personality tests and psychological
tests, and they try to match those up.....really extensive tests and however you
match up is going to be who gets to go on the individual dates. So I could be
going on an individual date; I could be going on a group date....it all depends
on the psychological test.

LINDA: All right, so do you write really from your heart, or are you trying to
write....what are they going to be looking for?

CHAD: No, this is actually like a psychological test that took 9 hours to do.
There wasn't any writing.....it was fill in A, B, C, D, E type thing.....but a
psychologist looks over everything, so it's really, really extensive. So you
can't really just fake it.

LINDA: Well, you know, actually you can. Because when we like....give you a
microphone and Mike asks you to count 1 to 10, if you don't get to 10, you just
might not be on the next segment. We have our own little....

CHAD: I guess that's a good point [chuckling]

LINDA: All right, so you're gonna be back next week. We are going to be at the
Auto Show. So we may have to hold you until Friday.

CHAD: OK, I will be back Friday.

LINDA: I like that....we may have to HOLD Chad until Friday.....and it's cold
outside, but you're our little way of trying to keep that temperature up in
Western New York.

CHAD: Well, thank you. I'm glad you guys are having me.

LINDA: All right, this is great. Put in a little good word for us with Allen
(Pergamet) as long as he likes you. It's a good thing.....go with it.

CHAD: I'll do my best.

LINDA: All right, Chad Schlee, you're having a lot of fun and you're making us
all look good here in Western New York. Good luck on The Bachelorette. 9 p.m.
next week----you'll be back at Gabel's again? Is this an open party? Last
night it was friends and family.....