Former The Bachelorette stars Charity Lawson and Rachel Recchia are taking over the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast from Joe Amabile and Serena Pit.

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After two-and-a-half years of hosting "Bachelor Happy Hour," Joe and Serena announced that they're done with the podcast.

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"We are here with you guys one last time," Joe revealed during the Tuesday, January 13 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast.

"It sounded crazy to hear you say that!" Serena chimed.

"To all of our listeners," Joe continued, "we're kicking off 2026 saying, 'See you guys later. We're leaving.'"

Joe added, "It's been a while, but we decided to stop doing 'Bachelor Happy Hour' as the hosts, and we're going to intro the new hosts."

Serena acknowledged "it's been a great ride" ever since she and Joe had started co-hosting the podcast in Summer 2023.

"Since being on this podcast, we got married, we had two weddings, and so many other amazing memories together," Serena gushed.

Serena said while it's "sad" to say goodbye to everyone, "this feels right" for the couple to be parting ways and starting "the next chapter" in their lives.

"There are two new hosts that we're going to announce today, and we're beyond excited to be passing our torches onto them," Serena teased.

"Yeah, so everyone, please welcome your new hosts of 'Bachelor Happy Hour' -- Charity and Rachel!" Joe announced.

Serena told Charity and Rachel that she and Joe had "known for a bit" that they'd be exiting the podcast. She asked the ladies, as a result, when they were approached to take over the podcast.

"I just remember being approached and asked to do a little mock interview with Rachel, and I was like, 'Oh, I am so ready for this!' Because Rachel is my girl! We obviously have a friendship outside of this show," Charity shared.

"But to be doing podcasting and hosting together, it's incredible. So I was definitely excited... We already had off the rip banter, so I was like, 'We're fine. We're going to be good.'"

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And Rachel admitted she was "shocked" to be asked to co-host the podcast.

"For a little bit, I thought I was blacklisted by The Bachelor because I did another show," Rachel said, referring to Season 3 of Perfect Match.

"I was like, 'Oh no! They're never going to ask me to do anything again!' And when I got the call, I was so excited -- even more excited that it's with Charity, but I'm a little scared."

Rachel and Charity shared how they're really looking forward to talking all about Taylor Frankie Paul's upcoming season of The Bachelorette.

"We're coming in at the perfect time because there is going to be so much to talk about," Charity teased of the new season premiering Sunday, March 22 on ABC.

"There's going to be so much drama, and it's going to be so polarizing!" Rachel added.

Serena and Joe claimed they had predicted that Charity and Rachel were going to take over their podcast.

"You were exactly who we thought they were going to go with," Serena said. "When we were speculating, we both said, 'It's going to be Rachel and Charity! We guarantee it.'"

Rachel joked about how she hopes she can lead "Bachelor Happy Hour" better than her own The Bachelorette season.

Rachel co-starred on The Bachelorette's 19th season alongside Gabby Windey after failing to win Clayton Echard's heart on The Bachelor's 26th season.

Rachel had accepted a marriage proposal from Tino Franco during The Bachelorette 19 finale, but they split up by the time they filmed After the Final Rose due to a cheating scandal.

Charity had competed on Joey Graziadei's The Bachelor season before starring on The Bachelorette's 20th season.

Charity is still happily engaged to her The Bachelorette 20 winner, Dotun Olubeko.

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Charity and Rachel's first "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast episode will be released on Thursday, January 15.

As for what's next for Joe and Serena -- who had fallen in love and gotten engaged on Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season -- Serena teased, "We're starting off 2026 parting ways with this. It just felt like, more than anything, the right time for us to close the door on this chapter."

"You know what?" Joe interjected. "I just couldn't do one more, 'So how did you get on the show?' I've probably done 85 of those -- maybe more, like 100."

Serena said their decision was "less about what's next" and more about "the right time for them to close the door on this season of life."

Serena concluded, "This opportunity, we're so grateful for it. But we're just ready to part ways with it."

Joe has actually been podcasting for the past five years.

Prior to joining "Bachelor Happy Hour," Joe had co-hosted the former "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast," which debuted its first episode in 2020 and ran through Spring 2023.

The "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast is apparently going back to its roots of being hosted by former The Bachelorette stars.

Warner Bros. had launched "Bachelor Happy Hour" with former The Bachelorette stars Rachel Lindsay and Ali Fedotowsky in July 2019.

Becca Kufrin and Michelle Young replaced Rachel and Ali in March 2022, and they co-hosted the podcast until June 2023.

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