Rausch gave fans an unexpected look into his "unorthodox childhood" as he homeschooled on a farm in a three-bedroom trailer. As Rob has become America's heartthrob since starring in the hit dating series, fans want to know more about the reality star's roots. During a guest appearance on podcast The Viall Files, the professional snake catcher reminisced about his childhood in .
During the episode, Nick and his wife Natalie Joy brushed past and dove more into who he is like before entering the villa. Natalie asked Rob: "What was your childhood like?" To which Rob laughed and replied: "Unorthodox I reckon." He continued: "I was homeschooled up until high school and I grew up on a 200-acre farm in a trailer, family of six and three bedrooms.
So I was always sharing a bedroom with one of my siblings." He then joked: "We went through like a cycle of like 'Okay I hate you' switch into the other one 'Okay we're good' then 'I hate you again' and switch into the other one." Rob, 25, shared that he discovered his passion for wildlife and the outdoors after spending much of his free time growing up in nature and exploring his family's farm.
He said: "I wasn't very materialistic. I never really cared about things or toys or stuff. I was a really hard kid to punish.
They'd be like 'take away his toys' and it's like 'all he has is sticks!'" He went on to explain that because he has a lot of siblings, he grew up very "independent" and almost like a "background character" which has led him t.