Re: Marcus Grodd - Bachelorette 10 Contestant - Spoilers - Discussion Thread #2

[Longhornfan]

I'm sure tptb knew what they had with Marcus the moment he was cast for the show.  The Mem Day picture he posted showed him in a boat, already tanned (probably floating down some river in Texas- a popular activity).  His friends look pasty white by comparison because they have desk jobs while we don't even know if Marcus has returned to work.  Does anyone know, does he own the cryo facility (franchise) with his brother?  Or just work there?  Anyway, I'm guessing he loves the sun and gets out in it as much as possible, but possible does his paperwork outside without his shirt on since he has those lines across his abdomen which didn't see the sun (looks to have been sitting up leaning forward).

It is possible that those untanned lines across his abdomen could have been caused from him sitting in a large inner tube while floating down the Guadalupe river near Austin, TX.  That could account for that.

I don't think anyone here knows exactly what Marcus' duties are at his place of employment.  Nor do we know if he has attended or will be attending college, since there seems to be very little information about him out there on social media.

So far, I am not getting that vibe of "oh, look at me" from his recent instagram postings.  He has stated in his bio that he is not the party starter but tends to hang back and observe until he feels comfortable in certain social settings.  So far that seems to be accurate.  I also get the idea that although Marcus is aware that he is a good looking guy, he might be the kind of guy who won't approach a woman until he feels comfortable doing so.  That is just my hunch.  From what I have seen so far, Marcus does not seem like a player, but rather someone who moves at a slower pace than what I have observed with Josh.

Marcus seemed genuinely surprised when Andi told him that she had been noticing him, even when he was sort of standing in the background. And I think that that is what is intriguing Andi about Marcus, but it could ultimately be his downfall - in this crazy six-week long speed dating process known as the Bachelorette.

[nd4reality]

I'm sure tptb knew what they had with Marcus the moment he was cast for the show.  The Mem Day picture he posted showed him in a boat, already tanned (probably floating down some river in Texas- a popular activity).  His friends look pasty white by comparison because they have desk jobs while we don't even know if Marcus has returned to work.  Does anyone know, does he own the cryo facility (franchise) with his brother?  Or just work there?  Anyway, I'm guessing he loves the sun and gets out in it as much as possible, but possible does his paperwork outside without his shirt on since he has those lines across his abdomen which didn't see the sun (looks to have been sitting up leaning forward).

From sleuthing done pre-season some have said that he co owns with this brother in law. I'm not sure how true that information is. Yes he is very much more tanned than his buddies and that itself is curious because if those are his best buds I would assume that he would be sharing similar activities with at least one of them in the past month or so after he was eliminated from the show. None of them are close in color except his brown friend whom I suspect was brown since the day he was born.
The lines across his abdomen tell me that the tan was not deliberate from a tanning salon which I have been suspecting. I wonder if I was alone in that suspicion ?
I would imagine that he has returned to work though unless he is super rich and can afford to take an indefinite sabbatical. In which case good for him. Once the rat race consumes us there is just no going back.
All these are just assumptions on my part.

ETA : Where does he work / Mange again ?

[Guest]

I'm sure tptb knew what they had with Marcus the moment he was cast for the show.  The Mem Day picture he posted showed him in a boat, already tanned (probably floating down some river in Texas- a popular activity).  His friends look pasty white by comparison because they have desk jobs while we don't even know if Marcus has returned to work.  Does anyone know, does he own the cryo facility (franchise) with his brother?  Or just work there?  Anyway, I'm guessing he loves the sun and gets out in it as much as possible, but possible does his paperwork outside without his shirt on since he has those lines across his abdomen which didn't see the sun (looks to have been sitting up leaning forward).

From sleuthing done pre-season some have said that he co owns with this brother in law. I'm not sure how true that information is. Yes he is very much more tanned than his buddies and that itself is curious because if those are his best buds I would assume that he would be sharing similar activities with at least one of them in the past month or so after he was eliminated from the show. None of them are close in color except his brown friend whom I suspect was brown since the day he was born.
The lines across his abdomen tell me that the tan was not deliberate from a tanning salon which I have been suspecting. I wonder if I was alone in that suspicion ?
I would imagine that he has returned to work though unless he is super rich and can afford to take an indefinite sabbatical. In which case good for him. Once the rat race consumes us there is just no going back.
All these are just assumptions on my part.

ETA : Where does he work / Mange again ?

I saw two women under his IG video comment about when he was gonna come back 2 work.

[notarose]

BTW does anyone know if smu was his university or is that merely somewhere he goes for a regular run (been too long) ?

I know his brother went to SMU, but I have no idea about Marcus. Im assuming he did too?

Does  Marcus have a college degree?? ( Pookie's checklist came to mind )

I haven't been able to find anything about his education.

I couldn't either but his brother graduated from the Denmark International School of Business and has quite the accomplished resume. There seems to be a bit of a pattern evolving with some of the guys. I recall in Eric's 1-1 him identifying some of his siblings by job/post secondary like his brother who is an engineer and something about one of his sisters mentioned with her degree. I thought that was odd. Not sure what Eric's educational background was. Then we have Marcus with a professional athlete career now in a new career but no evidence of his training despite it being easy to find his brother's. We also have Josh, who does have a degree, however his brother has exceeded his former athletic endeavours.
Just interesting at this point.

[atem]

Time to keep an eye out on social media for Marcus.

[Longhornfan]

Time to keep an eye out on social media for Marcus.

I assume that you are talking about the possibility that tptb talked him into doing BIP, since that is still a rumor, correct? I will be disappointed if that rumor turns out to be true. So, yes, it could be a definite giveaway if Marcus suddenly goes completely silent on social media for the next 3 weeks, especially given the fact that he will be getting more facetime with Andi on TB show in the next 3 weeks.

Given the nature of how raunchy and degrading the Bachelor Pad got, which did not do ANYONE who appeared on it ANY favors, I can't imagine that BIP will be any different. But, I guess that those who are going to be on BIP have already signed on the dotted line, and there is no turning back now.

[atem]

Time to keep an eye out on social media for Marcus.

I assume that you are talking about the possibility that tptb talked him into doing BIP, since that is still a rumor, correct?  I will be disappointed if that rumor turns out to be true.  So, yes, it could be a definite giveaway if Marcus suddenly goes completely silent on social media for the next 3 weeks, especially given the fact that he will be getting more facetime with Andi on TB show in the next 3 weeks.

Given the nature of how raunchy and degrading the Bachelor Pad got, which did not do ANYONE who appeared on it ANY favors, I can't imagine that BIP will be any different.  But, I guess that those who are going to be on BIP have already signed on the dotted line, and there is no turning back now.

Yes.    There's a rumor he is, so let's keep an eye out!
RS an Chloep both say that the show is trying to distance BIP from BP as much as possible.  Don't know how that will actually happen.

[Isabel123]

I'm sure tptb knew what they had with Marcus the moment he was cast for the show.  The Mem Day picture he posted showed him in a boat, already tanned (probably floating down some river in Texas- a popular activity).  His friends look pasty white by comparison because they have desk jobs while we don't even know if Marcus has returned to work.  Does anyone know, does he own the cryo facility (franchise) with his brother?  Or just work there?  Anyway, I'm guessing he loves the sun and gets out in it as much as possible, but possible does his paperwork outside without his shirt on since he has those lines across his abdomen which didn't see the sun (looks to have been sitting up leaning forward).

From sleuthing done pre-season some have said that he co owns with this brother in law. I'm not sure how true that information is. Yes he is very much more tanned than his buddies and that itself is curious because if those are his best buds I would assume that he would be sharing similar activities with at least one of them in the past month or so after he was eliminated from the show. None of them are close in color except his brown friend whom I suspect was brown since the day he was born.
The lines across his abdomen tell me that the tan was not deliberate from a tanning salon which I have been suspecting. I wonder if I was alone in that suspicion ?
I would imagine that he has returned to work though unless he is super rich and can afford to take an indefinite sabbatical. In which case good for him. Once the rat race consumes us there is just no going back.
All these are just assumptions on my part.

ETA : Where does he work / Mange again ?

I saw two women under his IG video comment about when he was gonna come back 2 work.

I posted the below SC in the fan thread. In the comment section, there were 2 comments indicating he's back to work already.

[Longhornfan]

I don't know, but that first poster seemed to be making a sarcastic joke, meaning that she had expected to see Marcus back at work on that day, but he did not show up.  The next post "You are fired" also could be another poster joking with him as well.

I am surprised that we don't know of anyone who has called his place of employment to see if they can book an appointment with Marcus (with him and only him).  But, I would think that there are women calling and inquiring about treatments given by him, now that the show has started airing.

[nd4reality]

I don't know, but that first poster seemed to be making a sarcastic joke, meaning that she had expected to see Marcus back at work on that day, but he did not show up.  The next post "You are fired" also could be another poster joking with him as well.

I am surprised that we don't know of anyone who has called his place of employment to see if they can book an appointment with Marcus (with him and only him).  But, I would think that there are women calling and inquiring about treatments given by him, now that the show has started airing.

I agree with your assessment.

And please, I hope no one from here starts calling in the name of sleuthing. That is just   

[pbmax]

I don't think Andi would ever chase a guy. She liked both Josh and Marcus the most, but Marcus and his hang back attitude were not going to fly past the first few weeks. On the opposite side, Josh pursued her hardcore immediately and once she realized Marcus wasn't going to catch up, 110% of her attention was directed at Josh and Marcus was more than done by htd.

I certainly couldn't tell that from the preview clips. And remembering her reaction from JK. But I could be happy if really true cause I want him as the next lead. Could someone please point me to this htd pic of Marcus.

[Guest]

OK sleuthing Marcus fans - there is a tweet from someone seeing him Philly a few minutes ago. Just happened to see it looking at the #TheBachelorette hashtag. Could that mean anything re traveling for BIP?

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