'The Bachelorette' couple Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray: The last two months were very tough

The Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman and her new fiance Josh Murray are ready to embark on their new lives together in public and away from a camera crew.
 
The couple got engaged at the conclusion of The Bachelorette's tenth season after Andi dumped runner-up Nick Viall prior to the final Rose Ceremony. Still together, and claiming to be blissfully in love, Andi and Josh can't help but gush about one another and their new relationship.


During a Tuesday conference call with reporters, Andi and Josh talked about their The Bachelorette experience. Below is a portion of their interview. To read the rest, click here and here.

Andi, it's not uncommon to kiss a lot of frogs on this show.  Do you have any kisser's remorse after watching yourself?

Andi Dorfman: I really didn't kiss that many people in comparison.  Like, I can honestly say I kissed the guys that I had -- close your ears, Josh (laughs) -- I kissed the guys that I had, you know, relationships with.  I wasn't just handing them out like free goodies on Halloween, so I thought I did [well] in that department.

Andi, do you have any plans to go back to law, or are you going to take an approach similar to some Bachelorettes who have changed course in their careers after starring on the show?


Andi Dorfman: I definitely have intentions of going back to law.  You know, I'm pretty newly -- I'm a new attorney. I haven't been doing it for that long and I'm not even close to burnt out, so it's definitely something I worked hard for and definitely something I'm proud of. It's something that I'm ready to get back to soon.

Who do you think should be the next Bachelor?

Andi Dorfman: Well, from my season, I think Josh and I are both rooting for [Chris Soules].  I mean, he is a genuine guy, and I think you've seen the whole time -- and especially last night -- what a class act he is. So, I think we're definitely on "Team Chris" for Bachelor.

Josh Murray: Yes, Chris is the only one possible, really, from our season, to be honest right now. Out of the ones that are left...

Andi Dorfman: [He's] our favorite, yes, our favorite.


Josh Murray: Our favorite, yes.  The ones that aren't on Bachelor Paradise, and all that other stuff.

Andi, a follow-up to that work question, did you quit your job?  I had read you were you on leave and you're planning to go back to that job?

Andi Dorfman: Well, I was on leave, and obviously, you know, doing all the promotion for the show, I couldn't extend my leave. I didn't think that would be fair to anybody.  So I kind of, you know, resigned but definitely left it in a good place and it's something that I can go back to.

Andi, I loved so many of your fashion choices...

Andi Dorfman: Thanks!


... On the show.  There was a little bit of a departure from some of the other Bachelorettes, and I was wondering how you went about picking each dress, you know, who your stylist was, if you had a stylist, how much input you had, etc.

Andi Dorfman: I did have a stylist, Cary Fetman, who I am forever grateful for my fabulous wardrobe.  But we had so much fun.  I am definitely a girly girl, and we had tons of fittings and tried on different dresses.

And you know, we really picked each outfit according to the date, and the weather, and the place, and honestly, it was one of my favorite things about the show -- other than Josh of course. But I loved the fashion. That was like the girl in me that got to do that, that was a once in a lifetime thing.

Great, well you looked beautiful.

Andi Dorfman: Thank you.


And Josh, you looked great as well.

Josh Murray: Thank you very much.

Andi Dorfman: He's not too bad to look at.

Could you both talk about your experience with casting? Andi, you obviously did both The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Andi Dorfman: My casting experience obviously, you know, coming from The Bachelor, I went to a casting [call] in Atlanta.  I was single and my girlfriends were like, "Just go! why not?"  And I don't know why I went to this day.  Obviously I'm glad I did.


But I just kind of drove to the casting by myself, and I remember I had a suit on because I came from work, and everyone had these like cute dresses on. So I took off my blazer and just went in my skirt and blouse, and next thing I know, I was in LA.

Josh Murray: Yes, and for me, it actually -- I have family up north, and I have some friends down south in Georgia that, you know, were talking to me about The Bachelorette the whole time, for quite a while now, and I was kind of teased about it.

But I was at home, and I got a call from somebody on The Bachelorette asking me to come in, and they wanted to see me and everything.  So that's kind of how it got started, and I figured out that that's what I wanted to do. And I saw them in Atlanta, and you know, I just went for it, and said, "Why not?"  I haven't been able to find somebody in 29 years, so maybe this is the right time.

Andi Dorfman: And the same girl casted both of us.

Josh Murray: Yes, same girl. She's definitely coming to our wedding.

Maybe she's like your own personal matchmaker.


Andi Dorfman: I know.

Josh Murray: I'm telling you, she is.

When you start making wedding plans, do you think you guys would enjoy having your wedding televised?

Andi Dorfman: I mean, I think it would be fun.  We're definitely open to it, you know? We are fun and open with each other, so if there happens to be a camera there, then there happens to be a camera there, but we're going to have a fun wedding regardless.

You've talked about Chris Soules being mentioned as a possible next Bachelor.  What advice would you have for him if he was to be the next star?

Andi Dorfman: I mean, my advice, I guess, from a lead standpoint -- Josh might have different advice from a guy standpoint -- but I would say, you know, be open and honest with your feelings, and also, stand up for what you believe, stand up for the decisions that you make.


Because at the end of it, it's you and the other person hopefully, and you want to be able to look back and be proud of the decisions that you made.

Josh Murray: I just feel like somebody that's the next Bachelor should just be real, be themselves, and like Andi was saying, you know, make your own decisions -- don't be swayed or pulled in one decision or another, you know?

If you don't have feelings for somebody, then you don't need to show that you have feelings for somebody. Be very honest with them, and at the end of the day, if you're very real and honest with everybody, hopefully they'll be real with you back and you can find your perfect match.

I know you touched upon it a little bit, but what was the hardest part about keeping your relationship a secret the past few months?

Andi Dorfman: I think the hardest part for me was wanting to tell everybody, like as a woman especially, like I'm engaged.  You know, it's so exciting, and I couldn't really tell a lot of people.

Josh Murray: Yes, I just wanted it to be out in the open.  It was so tough hiding it, and you know, we're very open and honest people. We just want to go out there and tell everybody in the world, and we just had to keep it to ourselves.  And that was very tough, very tough for the last two months, but it's been well worth the wait, that's for sure.


Andi Dorfman: We're engaged!

Was it hard keeping the secret from your parents, or did you kind of let them in on it?

Andi Dorfman: We told our parents.

Josh Murray: We told them immediately.

Andi Dorfman: Yes, we told them like moments after the proposal.

Josh Murray: Same time.


Andi Dorfman: That's the thing for me, like I wanted to share that with my family, and he wanted to share that with his family.  That was really important to us.

Now you can scream your engagement out to the world. (Laughs)

Andi Dorfman: We're engaged!

Josh Murray: Woo!

When you talked to Nick at one point at the end of the season, comforting him, you repeated, "It will be alright." Did you look at it later and realize maybe where Juan Pablo Galavis was coming from with his "it's okay" phrase you had hated so much?

Andi Dorfman: Well, there's a difference between saying "it's okay" when someone's trying to voice their expressions and emotions, and it being a cut-off, versus a kind of, you know, encouragement, I guess you could say.  I was trying to encourage, that it's going to be alright, like everything will work out for a reason -- not cutting off someone's feelings. So there's a difference to me.


Josh really seemed to turn your smile upside down. I mean, you seem so much happier now.

Andi Dorfman: I am.

Andi, how did you feel about the grumpy cat comparison?

Andi Dorfman: See, that was funny to me, like it's funny, in the very beginning, I was kind of getting sensitive about little things, but now I've just learned to embrace it. Like I say stop a lot, and I say y'all, and you know, I do have that little frown face.  So it's funny, and I think everybody enjoys a little self-deprecation, so that's the route I've taken, and it's all good for us.

Josh Murray: I didn't even know who grumpy cat was.

Andi Dorfman: Now you do, I'm your grumpy cat.


Josh Murray: Yes, you're my grumpy cat.

So you've had several weeks, Andi, where you haven't been working and stuff. How did you actually spend your days the past two or three months?

Andi Dorfman: Well, I've been traveling a lot for the show, you know, we've done a lot of different press things, whether it be kind of filming things, or The Men Tell All -- so lots of traveling. To be honest, I'm still working on unpacking all my suitcases.

To read more from Andi and Josh's interview, click here and here.






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