diff --git a/packages/features/bookings/lib/getBookingResponsesSchema.ts b/packages/features/bookings/lib/getBookingResponsesSchema.ts
index d3e61a883dde0e..d19b8247fc6b3c 100644
--- a/packages/features/bookings/lib/getBookingResponsesSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/features/bookings/lib/getBookingResponsesSchema.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { dbReadResponseSchema, fieldTypesSchemaMap } from "@calcom/features/form
 import type { eventTypeBookingFields } from "@calcom/prisma/zod-utils";
 import { bookingResponses, emailSchemaRefinement } from "@calcom/prisma/zod-utils";
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
 type View = ALL_VIEWS | (string & {});
 type BookingFields = (z.infer<typeof eventTypeBookingFields> & z.BRAND<"HAS_SYSTEM_FIELDS">) | null;
 type CommonParams = { bookingFields: BookingFields; view: View };
@@ -103,7 +102,9 @@ function preprocess<T extends z.ZodType>({
           };
           try {
             parsedValue = JSON.parse(value);
-          } catch (e) {}
+          } catch (error) {
+            console.error("Failed to parse radioInput value as JSON:", error);
+          }
           const optionsInputs = field.optionsInputs;
           const optionInputField = optionsInputs?.[parsedValue.value];
           if (optionInputField && optionInputField.type === "phone") {
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ function preprocess<T extends z.ZodType>({
         }
 
         if (bookingField.type === "email") {
-          if (!bookingField.hidden && checkOptional ? true : bookingField.required) {
+          if (!bookingField.hidden && checkOptional) {
             // Email RegExp to validate if the input is a valid email
             if (!emailSchema.safeParse(value).success) {
               ctx.addIssue({