"Chick Chat" with Chad Schlee 2/12/04 LINDA: We have to show you what happened on the show, last night. Everybody was on pins and needles. ( they show the rose ceremony) Where you concerned Chad? CHAD: Oh , yeah, It came to the last rose . There was just Lanny and I standing next to each other, that hadn't got the rose. LINDA: Oh , my Gosh. CHAD: You could cut the tension in the room. LINDA: So now you are three. CHAD: Now, there are three out of three. LINDA: (Show Lanny,leaving) That's Lanny, he's a horse farmer. CHAD: Yes, he breeds horses. LINDA: And you don't. Do you think she was looking at that? CHAD: I don't know. Only Meredith knew what she was interested in. Now, it is the home town dates, where she got to meet the families and stuff. I just hope my family made a good impression on her and I was proud of my family. And I got the rose. LINDA: But did your family like her? CHAD: Yes, actually, I was gone for an extended time with the show and my family hadn't seen me. They saw me, but when they saw her, they didn't even greet me, they went right to her . They talked to her for about 5 minutes . I finally said: HI guys , I'm here, too. I knew they were going to open their arms to her, right away. It was good to see and it was like we had known each other forever, in that setting with my family. LINDA: Okay, now. What is freaking me out, you are the talk of emails and you should have your own web site. We're getting calls from women, to ask you questions fo you when you are here. Here's the thing, Chad. This happened and you don't seem broken-hearted. I'm trying to read into this and we know he can't tell us. CHAD: Everybody is trying to figure it out. LINDA: Yeah, we are trying to figure out how you are really doing. Are you already over it, because you weren't chosen, or have you been holding this secret away from us? (Chad just smiles) CHAD: Of course, I would like to tell you eveything, but I can't. LINDA: I know you can't. CHAD: Even last night, I was really tense, I knew the outcome, but my heart was racing as fast as that night (R.C.) We watched it at Gables again and I was still tense. Even though I knew I was getting the rose. It is so much more tense that you see on T.V. LINDA: When was this taped. How long ago are we talking? CHAD: I can't say. LINDA: You can't say anything. CHAD: The whole time frame, They don't want it told. People ask me when she was here in Buffalo. Where did you guys go, what did you do. I can't say ,so I say, pay attention to the trees and stuff like that. Then maybe you will get a hint. LINDA: What did Meredith say, when your mother said you weren't as well off as Lanny? ( I don't remember hearing this??June says) CHAD: (laughing) When my mother said the unemployed thing? LINDA: I don't know whether you want to say. CHAD: No that is fine, I prefer, "in between jobs" The pharmaceutical company closed. LINDA: Which was not your fault. CHAD: No. She, if you could see her facial expression( they show it and Meredith is smiling) I think her facial expression may have said it all. We had talked about it earlier. but to hear my mother talking about it so openly, made her feel comfortable that I have such a good relationship with my Mother and my family. I am who I am and this is just my situation in life, right now. LINDA: Now here's the thing. It is a competative thing, you want to beat the other guys. When do you know you want to win this for the right reasons? CHAD: That's what is tough about the show. People can go on the show and look at it as a competition. If I was truly into this girl and she kept offering me a rose, I would accept the rose. If I was not really into the Bachelorette, and I kept accepting the rose, I mean playing with somebody's emotions and heart, I wouldn't have kept going on, if I wasn't into Meredith. To me , it was never a game, It was never a competition. LINDA: I cannot imagine what your social life is like now. CHAD: what is better than comming here and talking to you? LINDA: I got to tell you, everybody wants to know. Is Chad as nice as he seems on T.V.? Yes, he is. Everybody is thrilled about that and they are rooting for you and they are rooting for you because you are such a nice guy and a nice representation of Western New York. We don't get a lot of that. (Linda made a comment here, that I didn't quit get.) CHAD: Thank you very much. LINDA: That's our Chad. Stay around and watch this. You went out with our Helen(reporter) What would Chad do for Valentine Day? CHAD: Oh , no you are not going to air this again? I just got done blushing from yesterday. Chad goes shopping to a chocolate store, where he eats a chocolate and has as much luck as he did with the sushi. !! Then to a lingerie store to choose some pretty sexy undies and ends up modelling a pair of shorts with hearts on them. LINDA: I gotta tell you, everybody wants to know... Oh, is Chad as nice as he seems on TV... yeah he is! He's great. CHAD: Well, thank you. LINDA: I think everybody is thrilled about that. Not only are they rooting for you, but they're rooting for you because you're such a nice guy and your such a nice representation of Western New York. CHAD: Thank you. LINDA: And we don't get a lot of that... we keep getting "Wide Right" and "No Goal" [Linda joking in reference to Buffalo Bills first Superbowl loss, and Sabres Stanley Cup loss a few years back against Dallas Stars] So, it's like, YEAH, we got Chad, he's ours! You know? I gotta have everybody watch carefully over here, because yesterday you were incredible! You went out with our own, Helen Teteris.... What would Chad do for Valentine's Day? CHAD: Oh no, we gotta hear this again? LINDA: Are you kidding, air it again? They couldn't keep me from shutting up! I was going crazy! CHAD: I told you... I just stopped blushing from this whole thing yesterday... LINDA: You had a lot of sweat going yesterday at 4 o'clock when all this was coming... CHAD: I know! I told you! LINDA: All I can tell you is.... wait until the end.... ROLL IT! Roll Helen and Chad! [re-airing of previous day's taping begins] HELEN: Nothing says I love you better than a box of chocolates, so we decided our first stop should be Fowler's Chocolates. [Helen the reporter, and Chad shown in the chocolate shop] Chad and I checked out all the goodies. SALES CLERK: We have some heart boxes here. They're two pound heart boxes and they're filled with a complete assortment of chocolates that Fowler's sells. And back here we have the one pound box that's beautifully wrapped. That's our five pound heart, and that has a little bit of everything in it as well. It's wonderful. HELEN: A really popular choice this year... the chocolate covered strawberries... SALES CLERK: They come in this wonderful carton, dipped in Fowler's chocolate, and drizzled with white chocolate as well. HELEN: [joking] and you're getting a fruit as well. [Chad laughing] [clip of Chad tasting the chocolate-covered strawberries] Chad votes for these special delicacies as the most romantic sweet treat. [Video suddenly shows the store-front of their next stop.... "X-Sentuals" Lingerie & Novelties] [Background music playing 70's hit...."You Sexy Thang" by Hot Chocolate, while Chad opens the door for the reporter] HELEN: From sugar to lace, and everything in between.... we then took Chad to X-Sentuals in Amherst to pick out something a little naughty and a little nice. [Video showing various shots of lingerie in the store] LESLIE: What kind of look are you looking for? CHAD: A lot of times it's all over the board... something that's real simple and makes the girl feel sexy, and also something that leaves a lot to my imagination as well.... which is kind of nice. A lot of the blacks, a lot of the reds, colors as well. LESLIE: Well it's Valentine's... this is a Valentine's bustier... CHAD: Very nice.... Sexy.... LESLIE: There's another bustier over here which is wonderful.... CHAD: Yeah, that would definitely work! [Chad laughing] I like that. LESLIE: We also have the role playing.... we have a police officer... CHAD: Yes, I like that. LESLIE: We always need more police! [Chad laughing] HELEN: Especially that could fit into.... CHAD: Right. Yeah, if all the police would be wearing that, the female police.... that would be nice. LESLIE: Or a French Maid.... CHAD: Let's see the French Maid... sure! HELEN: OK, here are three of my personal favorites.... [Video shows Helen modeling each] the Naughty Nurse, Little Red Riding Hood, and the DIVA robe.... "Where is my stylist" [Chad walks up to her laughing] Thank you, Chad... CHAD: Well, Leslie, I think I narrowed it down to the final three... and I like to keep things kind of spicy, and not make one decision, so we can change each time I'm with my sweetheart... so these are the three that I really like... a little bit of the black, red, and of course, the bustier as well. HELEN: Now if you're wondering who Chad is buying for.... you're not alone. Everywhere we went, folks drilled the hometown favorite. Leslie went to extremes to try and find out if he gets the final rose... LESLIE: [whipping Chad with a "whip toy"] Tell me... [Chad laughing] Are you picked? I want to know! [continues to "whip" Chad's butt] CHAD: Some secrets I just can't tell, Leslie, so... LESLIE: Chad! [Leslie keeps whipping away...] CHAD: I can't do it... I can't do it! [Chad & Leslie laughing] [Video replay ends, and cuts back to Chad and Linda] LINDA: Wait a minute! You missed the best part! Go back to it! Go back to that tape! [cuts back to video of Chad wearing only some "heart boxers", blushing and shaking his head] LINDA: There we go! CHAD: I'm gonna get you back for that! LINDA: There we go! HELLOOO! [Chad and Linda laughing] CHAD: Now you know why I was sweating....OK! [Video ends] LINDA: Don't cut out too early! ... Look at you! You're a very good sport. Look at you, you're red again. CHAD: I know. I told you I'd get bright red from that. LINDA: Helen is my girl.... I gotta tell you! CHAD: She was a lot of fun. LINDA: She gets into it, did you notice? Puts herself right involved there. CHAD: She jumps right into those outfits, and was really into it. A lot of enthusiasm. LINDA: So, you got another week? CHAD: I have another week, and next week it's now down to three guys and next week we actually go on to the exotic dates. Um, which could be anywhere. LINDA: Did you buy that stuff for her? CHAD: [shrugging his shoulders] You'll have to wait and see. LINDA: Come on, Chad, spill... [tapping Chad with a red rose] Hmmm... I'm trying folks... CHAD: Trying to read my body language... LINDA: I'm trying... Those exotic dates...you gonna tell us where? CHAD: No, I can't tell you where we went. People, in the past, that have watched the other series, know that it's a lot of cool places... LINDA: OK. CHAD: So, you get to go on an exotic date, and then you have the option of spending the night in a fantasy suite together, or staying in separate suites... So all of that is all kind of revealed next week. LINDA: Oh, OK. Whose choice is that? Stay together or... CHAD: It's actually both of us. LINDA: Oooo, you don't want to spill there, do ya? CHAD: Can't spill there, of course not. LINDA: Cause I have an opinion... CHAD: I'd love to hear those. LINDA: I know, you would! [both laughing] Well, this has been great. It has been a lot of fun. CHAD: Well thanks for another embarrassing moment. LINDA: Well your welcome! I'm good for that. Well, here you go babe! [Linda hands Chad the red rose] CHAD: Well thank you. LINDA: There you go. I don't want Meredith to think she's the only one who can hand you a rose. CHAD: Thank you. LINDA: We're waiting to see.... and you know what? If she doesn't take you, hey, it's her loss. Cause that's how we think.... we love you here, you know that? You're part of the family now. CHAD: I'm having a blast with you guys. LINDA: Clothes on, clothes off, we want you back! [Chad and Linda laughing] This is fun. Is this harder than the taped network TV? CHAD: Yeah because you never know where you're gonna go. LINDA: Yeah, you don't, do ya? [both laughing] CHAD: You always keep me on my toes. LINDA: We never know where Helen's going to go. You know? CHAD: That is true.... and it's been an eye opener. LINDA: Well you know what... but that's why everybody loves you. Because you are very generous, you're a lot of fun, and you're pretty much up for all this crazy stuff. CHAD: Thank you. LINDA: And thank you for letting us have fun with you. CHAD: No problem. LINDA: Are we going to be seeing you in the tabloids again? CHAD: I hope in a good way. LINDA: Yeah? Ok... watch those people. CHAD: There were some... in STAR Magazine, they did a whole thing about us, and in US Weekly, they did an article about all the guys and stuff. So, hopefully it's only good things. LINDA: Yeah, good press. Good for you. All right, Chad Schlee.... we're going to be watching ABC's "The Bachelorette" will be airing again this coming Wednesday night at 9:00 right here at Channel 7, and you will be back at Gabel's with the gang, right? CHAD: Yep. LINDA: All right, no matter what happens, you'll be back on our show? CHAD: No matter what happens, I'll be back. LINDA: OK, Chad Schlee everybody.... be watching.... he's our guy. THE END.