OK. Rebecca, arguably a big part of why you went home was because of your relationship with Sam. So would you have done things differently if you could do it again?

Rebecca: If I could've done anything again, it would've been maybe to… Actually, I don't regret anything, first of all, but…

Will: For the record, if ever Rebecca says “Oh yes, I wouldn't have gotten together with Sam, I would have denied what I was feeling,” I'm going to be frustrated. Because I was telling Rebecca from the start, “Go with what you feel, touch passion.” Live a little, basically. And like I said, the people are the prize here. So if she said “No, I have to play the game. I can't get close with someone whom I'm attracted to, who's attracted to me," ugh.


So did you feel an attraction to Sam right away, Rebecca?

Rebecca: I was, actually. I remember I looked over at him when they came in, and I said, “Oh God.” I said, "I am so attracted to him." And he actually wanted us to meet right away, and I was a little bit like, “No, I refuse. I will not, I don't want anything to do with him, I don't even want to get to know him.” And at the beginning, we just really kept our space, and then I started, I couldn't help it. Not only was I attracted to him, we had chemistry. We had some things in common as well.


For viewers at home, it looked like the beginning of that attraction was the game of Truth or Dare. Was that it, or was there something else that wasn't caught on camera?

Rebecca: Well, I can't really talk about what wasn't caught on camera. But what I can say is what I did notice personally. Before that, I noticed he would be looking at me. And I was kind of like, he would catch the corner of my eye, staring at me, and I was feeling the chemistry.

And when we did get to talk to each other, we would kind of flirt, but it wasn't anything I wanted to act. Because it actually, if he wasn't attracted to me, I could have went the whole game just hopefully, maybe not being attracted, or not having some kind of something there. But it was like, you just couldn't help it, there's something there that was unavoidable.


OK. And did either of you know that Sam is an actor? He's been in a lot of things like Veronica Mars, even. Did either of you know that?

Will: We found out.

Rebecca: He told us, he told me. He said, “Have you seen these movies? I was in this and that.” And I said, “Oh really? Cool." That crossed my mind too, maybe him being an actor, what if he was playing a role. But then I thought about it, and I thought, you know he's human, and there's really no acting you can actually do with it. I mean, it was reality TV. What was he going to do, act smart?

Will: He may be an actor, and we all found out or were told pretty quickly. But I'm convinced he wasn't acting, he was being himself.

Rebecca: Right, yeah. I mean, he was acting as much as anybody else would have been acting.

Will: Right.


OK, and what are both of you gonna miss most about Beauty and the Geek? Rebecca, how about you?

Rebecca: I'd have to say the whole experience. I mean, just in general, I never, ever thought about ever doing anything like this in my life. Being on TV was actually like really something, I just loved it. One thing I won't miss is the competitiveness. I don't like to compete like that, because it really takes a toll on your mind and body. But other than that, the experience in general was just amazing.


How about you, Will?

Will: Well, much of the quiet moments. There's days worth of footage you have to compress into an hour. So something that often gets missed is just sitting around and talking, or playing a game, or just being there splashing around in the pool, the bunch of us together.

Rebecca: What about just getting out of real reality? Like, just kind of just escaping your hometown for a little bit.

Will: Absolutely. In a way it's like a long vacation, it's a chance to get away from it all.


Now that you're back in real reality, as you say, are people coming up to you and saying, “Oh, I saw you on TV last night?”

Will: Do you get any of that?

Rebecca: No, nobody. I thought maybe it would be like that. I live in a fairly small town and it was in the newspaper and everything. And I thought that I would get a lot more recognition. But I have actually taken my extensions out—my long hair!—and my hair is not blonde anymore, it's actually brown.

So even if anybody would be looking out for me... I've actually had some girls waving at me, like, some young teenage girls, and I don't know, I thought about it for a second, but then I wasn't sure. I thought maybe they recognize me, but I could be wrong. I don't want to be conceited about it.


And Will?

Will: I haven't had anybody recognize me. I've had all sorts of friends and family coming in, and people I knew in elementary school and high school and college coming out of the woodwork to say something.

Rebecca: Not like celebrities, but not like I'm a celebrity for me to walk out of my house in sunglasses and a hat

Will: Essentially it's kind of nice to encounter all these names again. My God, I haven't heard that name since I was six years old. And apparently I got mentioned on the radio around here, they're thinking of seeing if I can go on the show.

But in general, it's actually been interesting to have friends and old friends and family friends saying “Hello,” or saying, “Dude, that went well,” or “Man, you really got steamrollered,” or all sorts of stuff. Generally I've been like, you know, it was a fantastic experience and I loved that.


Cool. That's really cool.

Rebecca: I've had a bunch of friends and family that were fnding out about it and contacting me.


Continue reading to find out Rebecca's take on Will's fashion sense, and what the two though about fellow competitor Jasmine.

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