Chaotic Questions: Kylan Darnell on Signing a Baby's Forehead & the Real Bama Rush GPA Secrets

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2:07podcast. Hey there everybody, Amy Robock and TJ Holmes here from the Amy and TJ podcast. A lot of times the story of the day is what we're all talking about and buzzing about and yes sometimes it's love island and sometimes it's serenoprobes. Coming back to the US open sometimes it's obsession and Spider-Man making box office history. Hopefully Rose, people get our point. Listen to Amy and TJ on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hey guys and welcome back to another episode of casual chaos. This is a continuation of Monday's episode with Thailand. Are you ready for some chaotic question? I'm ready. So what was the most ridiculous thing someone said to you during a Bama Rush season? Oh my gosh. I think I was asking a girl a question like in the house and I was asking her like do you have any questions for us and she said yes. What's a song that describes data and can you sing it?

3:10Guess what I said? Home! Home! You know what song I was like? I love it. That one. Yeah I sang it too. And that was just like I was like alright what Rush Coach told you to say that. That's ridiculous. But yeah. I was just bad taste of my mouth and that girl. She's so cute and sweet. I mean also though come on. Yeah. Do you think I don't want to sing it? I don't want to sing right now. Yeah. But I did because I did like her. Did being called the Queen of Bama Rush ever feel overwhelming? I loved it. I loved it. I loved every ounce of it. It made me feel so deep. I loved whenever people were like oh my gosh she's the diamond the season. I'd be like yes I am. I was a lot of fun. Especially since I put so much money and work and everything into like the outfits and to the production of the videos. So it was like fun to be to be recognized like your work paid off for all those videos and skits. What is one stereotype about sorority girls that is actually kind of true?

4:11There are some two faced ones out there. It's kind of say two faced and bitchy. Yeah. That's a good stereotype to be honest. Not all. No. But it's like oh this is going to ruffle some people's feathers when I say this. But I feel like especially Alabama a lot of the sororities are like like you know like sororities will get like all the sororities that are they get like code names the guys get to them. Yes. I think that's so ridiculous because if you think about it like every sorority has like a girl that's like a bit more promiscuous. Every sorority has the girls that dress more risqué. Every sorority has smart girls. Every sorority has like the more religious girls. Every sorority has the more nice girls like you can't just like give like bad like like a bad label to a sorority because it has a literally like a melting pot of all the girls. So that always aggravates me whenever I hear like oh that sororities this because it's really not. No I agree. It's like the couple it's like the group of girls that like set that standard where it's like there's about 400 girls in the chapter.

5:12Yeah and then they're talking about maybe 10. Yeah like alright why give them like a negative connotation for the reason. Yeah for sure. What is something about brush that people would be shocked to learn? The behind the scenes of it they don't know that like a sorority like whenever the girls are getting ready to come into the house like the door song and all that stuff like the sorority recruitment aspect of it. That is like eight months of practice before the girls walk in the house. And I think I would want to bang my head against the wall and we had to do brush practice. Yeah it was rough but I loved it. I really did love it. Like I was always in the front like clapping and screaming. But another thing is how important the GPA is. People online will see like a cute girl that has like a adorable outfit on. Obviously like she'll have like a designer bag so everybody will think that like her parents can like put the money into it. And then they'll like attack the sorority that they wanted her to get in because she didn't get into it. But then they don't know that she's like a 2.5 GPA.

6:14So that's another one. What was the GPA requirement for Bama? It depends on the sorority. Oh really? Yeah. So for rockers it was a 2.5. Okay. You have to have a 2.5 or above to rush. Yeah. I think ours like I know Zeta's cut off is 3.4? You have to have a 3.4. Yeah. Wow. I love Bama's very strict because we have swaps through like freshman year and like those girls are going on swaps. And that's like a mixer with a fraternity. And those will be like Thursday and Tuesday of the week. And then they'll have like chat mandatory chapter. They'll have a date party. They'll have a fundraising event. And our GPA is so high because of how involved we are with the school. And it's important to have a high GPA going in because if like let's say you had a low GPA in high school. And that's whenever like you're with your parents when your parents are taking you to school. When your parents are making you do your homework or you'll get grounded. Imagine at college whenever you have all this freedom. The GPAs obviously dropped.

7:14My GPA dropped so bad freshman year because I was so busy and I to be honest after my influence in career like kicked off. I was like, school. My parents, I did not care. And my parents were on my butt. Now my parents are the parents to get mad if I have B. But yeah, my grades did drop a little bit. I had to bring them back up. Yeah. But I did. Wow, that's super shocking. Those are pretty high GPA requirements. Yes. There's one on campus I think is a 3.6. Wow. Wow. Like doesn't even look at the girl in the last. Just in general. Like this like this associate rush from the process. But going into college like you just said as a freshman to maintain that high of a GPA it's hard. It's really hard. Also sometimes these you know, we don't know what we want to do. So if you're taking a biology class or like a really like hard economics class, your freshman year, like that could tank your GPA. Yeah, and that's like the first time you get to go out and party and do all that. Yeah, wow. But it was for me. But yeah, that's crazy. What has been the weirdest fan interaction since blowing up online?

8:17I've had my good amounts of like weird DMs of people finding out where I live and telling me that they're going to come to my house. That would happen in a lot in college. We would have like for app always like come up and like knock on our door and ask like for like a selfie with me and like try to do a video. We've had that. I've signed a baby's forehead. That one was fun. I love that one. No, you didn't. Yeah, I signed a little new like new one, baby's forehead. That's so cool though. That one was fun. Like the bomb asked you to do that. That's crazy. Imagine just handing it over your child. No, and be like, here's a sharpie side my child. Yeah. So that one was like, what about what? Did the mom not think about like the chemicals of the sharpie on this new baby? She didn't. She wanted that picture. But it was really sweet and she was so excited. So I was glad to do it. I mean, that's a go crazy. I love the unhinged moment. No, it was that's unhinged. Yeah, that's unhinged for sure.

9:17What is your biggest dating egg right now? I'm dating for me is so hard because I have such high standards. And I value that high standards, but it's also like, I think that I scare a lot of guys my age. So I need somebody a little bit older and more mature because I'm already like so successful at my age. It's hard dating in college for me was terrible. Yeah. To like find a guy at college that like was on the same thinking ground as me. Like I would always like struggle in relationships because I would be talking to a guy and he would want to go out whenever I like had to go get on a flight and go do something. And like they would always just like take out that anger and aggression. I mean, I did not like that. So my number one dating egg, you know, you're the bad manners. Yeah, you have to find a guy who also respects what you do and is in jealous of what you do. And is it intimidated about what you do or insecure? Yes. Because I will say as I'm up there interviewing all the store athletes, I get how I would be insecure.

10:17But don't take your frustrations out on me. No, it's true. And I mean, that's why and I kind of understand your perspective a little bit. But being as young as we are and obviously bringing in the revenue that we do, it's very difficult to compare our lives to the average 20, you're 22, yes, the average 22 year old graduating college. Yeah. Because their salaries are going to look nothing like your eyes. Yes. Basically all of my friend's salaries look nothing like mine. Yeah. And we're 25 now. It's very hard to compete with that. And I understand that. But also finding a partner while being in this industry like you need to be supportive. And you need to also work just as hard. Yes. I understand if you can't meet me at this level dollar signs. Meet me halfway. Yes. Okay, we're on the same love the way you just worded that because that is something that I have struggled with so bad.

11:21And it's like hard to find a guy that isn't intimidated by like being young and successful obviously. But and especially in a relationship as the woman. Yes. Be making this much money this young. Yeah. And like I'm saying. And it's always intimidating to man. Get a lot from like guys that I'll talk to. Oh, you don't care enough or oh, you're not nurturing enough. But I don't have time to sit there and pat on your back. Yeah. Like you have to know that you're doing good. I need somebody that's very actually like secure in his own skin. That honestly is the most like sexy like thing that's on my list is whenever a guy is confident in his own skin. Because I don't necessarily have the time to like constantly make sure that they're like okay and like pat on. I like reassurance and I will give reassurance. But I don't have time to like mother you. I think I think in this age a lot of the guys or age are looking for mothers not partners. Oh, I couldn't agree more. I don't want to be your mother. I ain't gonna be your mother.

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17:26Have you ever looked at someone online before meeting them and immediately gotten intimidated? Yeah. Oh my goodness. Well, whenever I was on, probably some of the athletes. Yes, definitely the athletes. And I will tell you, I was at the Super Bowl and I was walking in with Sandra. Yeah. And that was like the first time I had met her. She is so sweet. She invited me to go to the sports illustrated party with her after. I could not say enough like positive things about her. She was very kind. Yeah. And I know that a lot of people paint her and Alex really against each other. Alex Earl is freaking awesome too. I did not expect this. We were in the Canes party and Alex is walking by. She did not, I don't even know if she knows me, but she did not have to act like she did. She was walking by with her friends and she completely stopped and was like, oh my goodness, hey, gave me a hug. And I was like, I saw her and I was getting nervous because she is so iconic. And I was like, and then I noticed like she was going in for a hug and I was like,

18:29hi. So I was nervous with her. And yeah, there are two girls who are very awesome and very kind. I have met so many people in the industry that like you see them online and then they are very genuine in person. I think that it was really nice going on the tart trip and meeting everybody there. And they were all so nice. And I love that. Now I have met some negative ones, but. I have, I think we have everybody has. But I think it's just sweet. Like being like, oh, I love how you're nice online and you're nice in person. That like gives me a good like, oh, moment in my heart. Well, yeah, because then it's like at least we know you're being true to yourself. Yes. Yeah, wow. I just thought about this in my head. I guess TikTok influencers, it could be like a little bit of a sorority game. It is. That's genius. It is a lot like that. Because you know, sometimes you know people, sometimes you don't, sometimes people are fake, sometimes people aren't. Yeah. It's literally. There's different houses, different friends. It's just like it. Every house. There's a different friend girl.

19:29Every one thing is just like me. Maybe that's why we're good at it. Because we're in one. What has been the most chaotic part of your life this past year? This year? Hmm. Definitely moving in with my sister. And yeah, that was chaotic. We actually have gotten into a couple like fights fights. But we, like the thing with my sisters that we love each other till the end, it's so nice having a sister because no matter what happens, she can't like leave your side. You know, like my parents would never let us have a like a sister break up. And so she just understands me. She's very patient with me because I'm very like high strong and high wired. And I'm wild tight. So she's very patient with me. And I just love her more than anything but moving in together was a challenge. Like I think it was just like spending, we hadn't moved in together since we were like, well we lived in the same house, but like, we had a break. So then whenever I went off to college, like she got her like own room in that whole vibe and like, it was definitely difficult as coming back together.

20:34Yeah. That was a challenge. I'm sure. But now we're better than we've ever been and we're like actual besties because a lot of people don't know this. But whenever I left for college, I was not the best sister to Izzy. I was so caught up in like the college girl life that like I just didn't even, I've got severe ADHD so I'm very out of sight out of mind. I didn't think to like call her up or like anything like that. And I could have been a 10 times better sister of apologize. And that's like one of my biggest regrets. But we started to grow apart and not like each other. We would have like little moments like where we were competitive against each other online. And it was just like not a good relationship. I think that I was becoming more successful when Izzy was at home and she had to watch. Izzy's always like wanted to do what I do when I do it, especially as young kids. Like if I got to dress up and go to homecoming and Izzy didn't, like she was just like, why can't I get dressed up or why can't I go out with my friends and Kylin can say out later? That was like kind of what it was. And looking up to your older sister, it's wanting to do everything that your older sister's doing.

21:35Yes. Totally normal. So that like especially adding almost like the TikTok fame that calls her relationship to separate. But then she started to get a piece of the pie too. So that made everything 10 times better and it's fun to travel together. It's fun to influence together. And yeah, living together is definitely fun now. But it was hard at the beginning. I'm sure, I'm sure. What is one thing from your college era that makes you cringe a little? Oh my gosh. There are so many. I have been posted on Yik Yak so many times. Oh my god, I hear that. Beer and stuff. I would do like funny. Okay. I was in the Zeta house and it was like 80's theme. I was wearing roller skates. Yeah. I took it a little too far. I was loving life. I'm like, like I said, I'm a thief. But kid, I loved it. Over the top though. Yes. All of your outfits. I love the theme. I love the theme. You've done, yes. You actually keep all the theme. I love it. Anyway, I was like in a handstand and like my legs are spread. It got like clips. It was a really bad angle and it was all over Yik Yak. There have been people like make like funny memes out of like videos I've done.

22:37Which I think that that's funny. But there's just a lot of little cringy moments that I've went through. A lot of them. Some of them all keep me up at night. I'm not getting. No. They do. Like I'll literally see a beer myself like. Hey. I mean, that was probably so hard. Being in school and having so much pressure on you, especially because you blew up at Bama. Yeah. So everyone at Bama knew who you were. Yeah. And just being out and just trying to also just be normal at the same time. Yeah. Never felt normal. That is one thing that I've always struggled with. I have always, with every new place I go, I always love a best friend. I'm such like a best friend, Gurley. I don't mean to. I just like getting my little click and I like it. And sometimes like friendships fall out and I forget that my ultimate best friend is my sister. So like, yeah.

23:38It's just hard at Bama. I mean, it was great. I'm so grateful for the experience. But girls down there are rough. And some of the sort, like the fraternity guys are rough too. Like with their burner verse and all that crap that they have, they're just as bad as the women. Yeah. What's a little piece of advice you can give to anyone who is about to go through Bama rush this summer? Oh my goodness, be yourself. There is no point of trying to replicate what somebody else did or don't be the person that everybody's telling you to be. Genuinely be yourself because I think that's really important. If there's a house that all your friends are going to, don't go to the house because all your friends are going to it. At the end of the day, it's your sorority recruitment. It's no one else's. Don't listen to your mom. Don't listen to just your friends. Be able to formulate your own opinion and have your own experience because that's why I love sorority rush so much. I didn't have anybody weighing in online. And I loved it. I didn't know the important top houses. I didn't know, like, I didn't really have friends at Bama at that point because I didn't go to school with any, like none of the kids I went to school with went to Alabama.

24:44So I had no idea what I was doing there. And I got to have the most ultimate genuine experience. And so I'm grateful for that. And I met my big and we're best friends this day I love her today. So it's been, yeah, be yourself girls, be yourself. Alright, Kyle. And well, thank you so much. I want to give you the honors. Close us out. Thank you all. I hope you all had a great day. Not just a good day with us. Hey, it's Bobby Beans. Join me and former NFL quarterback Matt Castle every Wednesday on our podcast lots to say with me, Bobby Beans and Matt Castle. You're in training camp and the rookie quarterback has one good throwing session in front of the media. Suddenly everybody online says he should start over you week one. How do you handle this? You just go back out to practice the next day and we're farming the mess up. Listen to lots to say with Bobby Beans and Matt Castle on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your name.

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