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Ben and Ashley I's Old Fashioned Almost Famous Holiday Extravaganza! · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Ashley I Almost Famous podcast with i R Radio. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to put them on the spot, but Acshley.
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  Speaker 1: One of my favorite things is when Mark chimes into
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  Speaker 1: the podcast. Here. He always sits back in the back.
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  Speaker 1: He's quiet, he's patient, he's kind. I feel like Mark
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  Speaker 1: needs to introduce us today because this is a big episode. Okay, sweet,
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  Speaker 1: all right, here we go. Welcome to Ben and Ashley
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  Speaker 1: is old fashioned almost Famous holiday a spectacular. Here they
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  Speaker 1: are Ben Higgins and Ashley. I can eddie Mark. Have
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  Speaker 1: you ever been on the radio as a host? I was, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: whenever I listened to you on the podcast. I'm like
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  Speaker 1: he has missed his calling. He has a perfect radio
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  Speaker 1: voice and brain in my time, and then I moved
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  Speaker 1: behind the scenes and here we are today. It's amazing
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  Speaker 1: that that was all everything I wanted in more for
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  Speaker 1: this holiday season. Ashley Mary Christmas, Merry Christmas. Ben. It
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  Speaker 1: feels like, Okay, before we get this whole thing started,
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  Speaker 1: we explain how this episode is gonna work. When do
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  Speaker 1: you start listening to Christmas music? Um? Ideally the day
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  Speaker 1: after Thanksgiving? And will you listen to it every day
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  Speaker 1: up until Christmas? Um? I used to like it more
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  Speaker 1: than I do now. I love my Instant Christmas album.
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  Speaker 1: I love the Hands and Christmas albums. I like that
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  Speaker 1: Britney song and of course Mariah uh Um, a little
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  Speaker 1: old Nick Lasha and Jessica Simpson. That's a good one.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Clay against Christmas album. But Jared and I have
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  Speaker 1: been we have different Christmas music taste. I like really
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  Speaker 1: poppy current Christmas music. He likes the really traditional Bing
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  Speaker 1: Crosby stuff. Yeah, I'm more on Jared's side. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: really am. I I love Christmas music, but I'm real big,
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  Speaker 1: like I'll put on Elvis Christmas, which I think is
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  Speaker 1: the best album ever, like Elvis Holiday, if I'm going
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  Speaker 1: for the classics. My mom used to play Neil Diamonds
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  Speaker 1: Christmas album on repeat and apparently it was so well
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  Speaker 1: recepted that he literally made like four other Christmas albums
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  Speaker 1: after that. So here's our first request today. This episode
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  Speaker 1: is about bringing in the audience, bringing in the listener
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  Speaker 1: to a holiday extravaganza. As Mark talked about when here
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  Speaker 1: for all the listeners out there, please email us at
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  Speaker 1: bit and Ashley I heart me dot com. When you
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  Speaker 1: start listening to Christmas music and what type of Christmas
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  Speaker 1: music you like listening to, Here's here's one for you. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: you know who I think secretly came out with one
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  Speaker 1: of the best Christmas albums ever, and I'm not a
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  Speaker 1: fan of their typical music. Justin Bieber. Oh okay, all right,
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  Speaker 1: it's really incredible. I mean I just was listening to it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you could hear it when you called,
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  Speaker 1: but jamming out to some holiday music and Justin Bieber
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  Speaker 1: was my go to. Actually, here's how the show is
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  Speaker 1: gonna work today. We're gonna bring in anybody that wants
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  Speaker 1: to call us from Bachelor Nation and so we're sitting
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  Speaker 1: out this. We're relating this message right now. If you're
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  Speaker 1: out there listening and you're from Bachelor Nation and you
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  Speaker 1: want to talk to Ashley and I and chair your
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  Speaker 1: holiday plans, your traditions, what makes your holidays tick? Please
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  Speaker 1: call us. We'll take your call, and we're just gonna
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  Speaker 1: let this be a surprise along the way. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: who we get. We have a color we got Hello. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: this is Ashley and Ben's Christmas hotline. Who is this?
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  Speaker 1: What's what's going on? Guys? Is chasing Jesus Christmas? And
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  Speaker 1: Happy Honoka. That was Christmas and happy Honaka, Happy holiday guys.
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  Speaker 1: Now you have one bit. Your mom is your mom Jewish? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: My mother's jost and my father's Catholics. So that's how
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  Speaker 1: my dad was raised. And how were the holidays in
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  Speaker 1: your house? Does you have both? Oh, we double tipped.
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  Speaker 1: We got gifts on Hotako. We worked in it gifts
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  Speaker 1: by Christmas morning. It was great. But you know, one
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  Speaker 1: of the things we always do is in the morning
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  Speaker 1: of Christmas we do all the Christmas traditions, the gifts,
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  Speaker 1: the breakfast, etcetera. And then at night we do kind
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  Speaker 1: of My mother is adamant about doing more like the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish traditional celebration where that's when they'll go get some
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  Speaker 1: Chinese soon and they go to a glovie, it's play games. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: we saw all sides of both the religions growing up.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome, Jason, I you just said something. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if I know why Chinese food is that that's
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  Speaker 1: a thing that's a Jewish thing. Yeah. Really, it's just
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  Speaker 1: like a thing. Like I had a lot of Jewish
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  Speaker 1: friends that they joke around. They're like, all right, Chinese
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  Speaker 1: in the movie, we're doing it. So I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if that's just a group that I grew up with
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  Speaker 1: or that's the tradition across the country. But yeah, it's fun.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta ask you, you've obviously had a huge year. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: this has been. I mean if you look back on
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  Speaker 1: two eighteen, I think you would say, Jason, that your
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  Speaker 1: life has changed a little bit. Um. The holidays are
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  Speaker 1: a time where your family all gets together distance, cousins, relatives,
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  Speaker 1: people who don't see that often. Do you think, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how are they going to treat you? Is it going
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  Speaker 1: to be any different? You know? I think everybody it
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  Speaker 1: has been, and you guys have had the pleasure of
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  Speaker 1: going on the same journey, and one much more elevated
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  Speaker 1: than I have. But until you understand this, but I
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  Speaker 1: think everyone is just so intrigued, right, and they just
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  Speaker 1: want to know, you know, what was the process of
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  Speaker 1: the show, Like, what's it like been after? How have
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  Speaker 1: you reacted? Good? Bad and ugly? So I think everyone
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  Speaker 1: is just like really inquisitive that you wake up on
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  Speaker 1: January first and you're going about your life and you're
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  Speaker 1: you know, Bufalo Banker five hundred followers on Instagram didn't
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  Speaker 1: even know how to do a post, still really don't.
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  Speaker 1: And then you can go to the show and you know,
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  Speaker 1: you get this. Um, you go through this period where
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  Speaker 1: I don't like to say like your celebrity, because I
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  Speaker 1: don't think we are. But I think that you just
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  Speaker 1: become familiar. You're familiar faith, and you walk down the
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  Speaker 1: street and going to work and people recognize you, and
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  Speaker 1: you're in the airplane and people want to talk to you.
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  Speaker 1: So it's an interesting time and an interesting space. But
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  Speaker 1: I think people are just really inquisitive how it's been good,
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  Speaker 1: bad and ugly? You know, Um, you have been the
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  Speaker 1: probably number one person that people come up to me
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  Speaker 1: and see whether or not I can put you in
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  Speaker 1: touch with them. Everybody wants a set up with Jason.
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  Speaker 1: So all the girls out there dying to know, are
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  Speaker 1: you kissing anyone under the missile tree this year? I
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  Speaker 1: love that that that's entirely Ashley. Uh, I am you
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  Speaker 1: know this Christmas will I don't have anyone be just
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  Speaker 1: totly firm. I'll be like set up in his chair.
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  Speaker 1: So good. Well, I'm just thinking, you know, it's Christmas Day.
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  Speaker 1: I think my family I'll be having Chinese food, and
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  Speaker 1: on Christmas Night, I don't think there's gonna be any
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  Speaker 1: missiletoe in or celebration, So I'll give my mother a
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  Speaker 1: big wet one right on the cheek. Maybe you're not
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  Speaker 1: kissing anyone on the miss toe on Christmas. Maybe it's
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  Speaker 1: not serious enough for Christmas Day yet, But perhaps you
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  Speaker 1: are kissing somebody on the regular. No, I don't not
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  Speaker 1: a good well, you know, I don't know what the
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  Speaker 1: heck you're referring to. Actually, but no, everything's good. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just living. But I will ask you that actually you've
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  Speaker 1: got a great love story, and yeah, you got any
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  Speaker 1: recommendations for a guy going into two thousand nineteen, looking
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  Speaker 1: for the one. Oh um hm, I like how he
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  Speaker 1: turned this on you. That's what That's what somebody does
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  Speaker 1: when they're put up against the corner and they feel awkward,
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they'll turn the table and make
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  Speaker 1: you respond. Jason, great move about it. I'm not asking
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  Speaker 1: that to play to analyze this, I'm looking it's okay.
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  Speaker 1: You've literally given us an you don't need to give
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  Speaker 1: us any more. Jason, You've given us the dirt and
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  Speaker 1: you haven't even said anything. All. All I have to
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  Speaker 1: say in response to your question, I'll have. The response
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  Speaker 1: to your question is I had didn't realize this before
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  Speaker 1: I was with Jared, But you definitely have to be
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  Speaker 1: with a person. You have to be with a person
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  Speaker 1: who makes you feel like you're alone. That sounds the
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  Speaker 1: weirdest thing ever. I mean, being with them should be
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  Speaker 1: so comfortable that you feel like you're alone, like you
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  Speaker 1: enjoy being with them as much as you enjoy being
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  Speaker 1: with yourself. I've never heard anybody say that that that's
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  Speaker 1: a really that's good because some people say, you like,
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  Speaker 1: find your best friend, but I think that's even like
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  Speaker 1: deeper than finding you. I mean that is that's just
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  Speaker 1: a hit at a deeper level that resonate, that makes sense,
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  Speaker 1: that is yeah, but it really does because when somebody
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  Speaker 1: tells me to find my best friend, that almost seems overwhelming,
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  Speaker 1: like there's no best friend of mine that I want
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  Speaker 1: to spend every day with exactly exactly terrible because I
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  Speaker 1: think of my best goal pals and I'm like, no,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to spend more than two days with
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  Speaker 1: your Hey, Jason. Favorite memory of two MM, that is
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  Speaker 1: a really good question. Favorite memory of two thousand eighteen. UM,
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  Speaker 1: So other than other than coming on the Almost Famous podcast,
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  Speaker 1: which was the last active, it's such a great time.
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  Speaker 1: I honestly think it was going back to um, going
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  Speaker 1: back to Buffalo for the first time after the show,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, obviously Buffalo. It's small city, small town,
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  Speaker 1: And I don't think I realized how much I talked
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  Speaker 1: about it until I watch myself back and now I
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  Speaker 1: recognize every time I do talk about it. But home
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  Speaker 1: is just like where my heart is, and that's place
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  Speaker 1: beats so much to to who I am and who
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  Speaker 1: my family is. And I didn't realize, um, how appreciative
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  Speaker 1: people of Buffalo were for just talking about it and
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  Speaker 1: being able to show kids that on a TV show
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  Speaker 1: like The Bachelor, and to see the way people at
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  Speaker 1: home react until positively to that was just like one
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  Speaker 1: of them touching things. And it's something I'd never expected
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  Speaker 1: in my life to have. I never expected to go
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  Speaker 1: to my hometown and have crowd of people come up
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  Speaker 1: to me and thank me and um say how proud
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  Speaker 1: they were of how I represented our home. So that
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  Speaker 1: was just like a really touching time and one on
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  Speaker 1: them forget mm hmm. You spent the weekend in Vegas
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  Speaker 1: with Chris Radon, Blake and the man of the hour, Coulton.
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  Speaker 1: What did Colton did Colton? You know what Colton picks?
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  Speaker 1: That's all that's cut to the chase. I have no idea,
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  Speaker 1: no idea. The smart guy, Jason, you're good at this stuff. No,
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  Speaker 1: I just think you know, it was so good. It's
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  Speaker 1: like obviously a unique position where Colton, Blake and I
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  Speaker 1: were such close friends before the show, and we went
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  Speaker 1: through this process and this anticipation of you know, who
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  Speaker 1: will be the Bachelor, and we kind of all run
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  Speaker 1: the same page that honest or whatever, just creak and
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  Speaker 1: say you know and and and moving will be happy
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  Speaker 1: for that person. And it was so good to see Colton.
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  Speaker 1: And it does seem like even just being around him
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  Speaker 1: three months after this, everything seems he just seems happy,
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  Speaker 1: or he seems more of a last seems more like
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  Speaker 1: just it's like composed and mature, Like it's almost a
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  Speaker 1: different copen in the best way possible. Um. So that
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  Speaker 1: was like really refreshing to see it. I didn't blast
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  Speaker 1: them with questions or ask him what happened or how
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  Speaker 1: would happen? But Colton just seems much more of a
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  Speaker 1: confident and comfortable, composed Colpan than I've ever seen, and
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  Speaker 1: it was refreshing to see that. My last question is
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  Speaker 1: the three of you are so popular. The ladies love you,
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  Speaker 1: and you have that perfect combination of looks and personality.
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  Speaker 1: Is it like Beatlemania when you're walking around Vegas together? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I don't have I don't have the height or that
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  Speaker 1: that Colton and Blake Calf. I let them walk in
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  Speaker 1: front of me and I could just hide behind them. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I forgot how big Colt. Colton is a monster. That
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  Speaker 1: dude is like chick foot for two four five, pure
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  Speaker 1: animal um, and I forgot I think he was but
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  Speaker 1: it was you know, Vegas was actually really quiet this week.
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  Speaker 1: I think just in general, this is like one of
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  Speaker 1: their um quieter times. And there was I think it's
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  Speaker 1: the largest rodeo of the year was this past weekend,
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  Speaker 1: so it was relatively quiet. But um, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: will say when you travel in pack just coming off
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  Speaker 1: the show, and especially given Colton's notoriety, um yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: parts of attention. But then but best was when probably
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  Speaker 1: the most attention we got was when we went to
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  Speaker 1: the The Bachelor splot machine and we're like looking at
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  Speaker 1: Ben and taking pictures to send them to Ben and
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  Speaker 1: Busters chops a little bit, and everyone then thought we
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  Speaker 1: were there. Uh that was funny. Something get start that
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  Speaker 1: I walked up because I mean, seeing a slot scheine
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  Speaker 1: of yourself in Vegas is one of the weirdest things ever.
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  Speaker 1: But I walked up to that slop machine, the stop
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  Speaker 1: machine earlier this year, and I was just kind of
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  Speaker 1: staring at it kind of an awe, and the people
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  Speaker 1: playing it look back and it was one of the
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  Speaker 1: best moments ever because like, you play this game and
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  Speaker 1: then you look back and you see the person in
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  Speaker 1: real life and they do. People really enjoy that, so
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  Speaker 1: it makes it fun for me. So I like seeing
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  Speaker 1: those pictures. Thank you for sending me those. I like
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  Speaker 1: when you think about Jason, it means Man, actually, Blake
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  Speaker 1: and I played. We put five flocks, didn't We both
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  Speaker 1: lost and we go just another another loss to throw
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  Speaker 1: us in the Bachelor with oh Man. I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could say made a little money on that loss, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't, hey Jason, to sit you off. Colton has
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  Speaker 1: a big gear ahead of him. Obviously, you are always
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  Speaker 1: going to be a star in all of our hearts,
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  Speaker 1: but it is Colton's time to shine. Your message for
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  Speaker 1: Colton starting January seven, go and then we're gonna say goodbye. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: So there's gonna be Peak, there's gonna be Valley. There's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of commentary for the good that
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  Speaker 1: and ugly, and I think through it all, the only
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  Speaker 1: thing you could do is stay true to yourself, your family,
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  Speaker 1: your friends, um, and whoever that loved one may be.
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  Speaker 1: And to not let all of the noise distract you,
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  Speaker 1: um from what you're looking to do in life and
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  Speaker 1: and I'm sure with cold for that, build a family
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  Speaker 1: and a career and everything of that nature. So stay
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  Speaker 1: in your lane. Stay focused, and I wish you one
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  Speaker 1: is all of that. Jason, You're the man. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: coming on the podcast, buddy. You know, Ashley. One thing
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  Speaker 1: I've noticed with this group of guys that just got
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  Speaker 1: off beck of season, and I had this a lot
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  Speaker 1: with my group as well. There are some awesome dudes
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  Speaker 1: in my season, including your fiance Jared, but they really
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  Speaker 1: support each other. The one thing I was missing that
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  Speaker 1: I kind of look back on and a little sad
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  Speaker 1: about our little jealous of r NBS F was once
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  Speaker 1: I was the Batchel. I don't remember many times being
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  Speaker 1: able to get together with friends that have done the show,
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  Speaker 1: like the Jason and Blake's and Colton's just got together,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that it feels pretty isolating and lonely
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  Speaker 1: right after you do that. It feels like Jason and
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  Speaker 1: Blake have really gone out of their way to surround
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  Speaker 1: Colton with love. That's a really cool thing. You don't
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  Speaker 1: see that too often within the franchise. Yeah, I know that.
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  Speaker 1: They obviously they're like, oh, I'm happy with anything. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he'll be a great badgel It will be great better
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  Speaker 1: badgelor than me. And of course there's like some some
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  Speaker 1: white lying to that, but I think genuinely they're really
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  Speaker 1: just great friends and they're really happy for Colton. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's a big bet. Colton appreciates it. I cannot wait
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  Speaker 1: to get him on the podcast here coming up the
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  Speaker 1: next few weeks. I know last week we talked about
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  Speaker 1: getting Sean Booth on the podcast here. It's the holidays,
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna spice things up, keep things Cherry. Sean will
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  Speaker 1: be on very soon. Won't be this week he calls in,
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  Speaker 1: but he will be coming on soon. And Sean was
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  Speaker 1: one of those guys as well that kind of surrounded
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  Speaker 1: me with support. Ashley. One of your favor sponsors this podcast. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's Crate and Barrel, and I know it's it touches
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  Speaker 1: very close to your heart because of what's coming up
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  Speaker 1: in your life and kind of the house that you
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  Speaker 1: and Jared are making together. Yeah. Actually, ever since talking
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  Speaker 1: about Crate and Barrel on this podcast here, Um, Jared,
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  Speaker 1: I have already received a couple of gifts from a
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  Speaker 1: registry which has been super cool. We got this marble
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  Speaker 1: serving platter which when we have friends over for the holidays,
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  Speaker 1: which we plan on and if you're in the city, Ben,
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  Speaker 1: we'd love to have you over with Jade Tanner and
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  Speaker 1: we will put our cheese and crackers and our little
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  Speaker 1: like Deli meats on the marble thing and you'll see
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  Speaker 1: how pretty it is and how much it fits with
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  Speaker 1: our apartment now and honestly, whatever esthetic we plan on
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  Speaker 1: decorating our house in the future, I love it because
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  Speaker 1: it is classic, timeless and it's never It's just never
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  Speaker 1: going to go out of style. No matter what we
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  Speaker 1: decide to design our home to look like. When we
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  Speaker 1: have friends over the tall season, we're gonna be using
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  Speaker 1: our Cambridge serving platter as well. Um we're gonna display
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  Speaker 1: Christmas cookies on there and through it's all. It all
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: looks so pretty on the serving platter. And Crate and
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  Speaker 1: At crton Barrel dot com. Perfect timing. Oh my goodness,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: who is this all right? Hello? Hello? Oh hi is
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: this Blake? It is Blake. We were just on the
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: phone with your buddy Jason, talking about your weekend in Vegas.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Quite the weekend. There was a fun weekend. Anything today,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: I like one thing is well. First off, Happy holidays, Blake,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: you guys too. This is that Ben and Ashley second
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: annual holiday extravaganza. We're having some a Bachelor Nation's favorite
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: people calling to the podcast if they so choose. Blake,
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: thanks for calling in. I don't get how you do it.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: I really don't. Ever since the show, you know, has ended.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: I I will not say you've done a pursuit of fame.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: I don't think that at all. But you've been going
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: hard the whole time. I don't know how you rest.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: You're my age, like you have energy for days. I
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: know it has. It has been a lone I'll be
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: honest that I am definitely getting burned out. We're talking
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: about Ja, We're talking about this weekend, and we were like,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: I don't I don't really have anything now and tell
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: them January excited just kind of hang out. But I mean, honestly,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: it's just the opportunities to keep rising. I mean, you know,
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: I'm just going to kind of concert because things like that.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Like nothing crazy, but I do seem to be busy
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: every single weekend lately. Okay, Blake, Um, we just asked
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Jason if he's kissing anyone under the mistletoe, and he was.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: He was quite coy. Um, But I have to ask,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: are you kissing Brandy Cyrus on New Year's Eve? Uh? No, no,
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: I will not be Oh did we just get more dirt? Wait?
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: Where did that come from? Is that? I don't know? No,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know. There's bums going around, of course, but
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: now we are not dating or anything like that. We
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: are just friends. Have you kissed nor then I'll drop it.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Ashley has done her research, Blake, I had no clue
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: about this. You know. The one thing is Ashley Brandy
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: now lives in Denver. Blake lives in Denver. I live
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: in Denver. Um. We we all are around each other lot. Actually,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: I gotta give Blake a shout out. Listen to this,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: ash you love this. So last week we did human
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: I hope you. I did a fundraiser, a trivia night
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: at a local bar here in town. Alan Tappenberger, Blake, Chase,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: and Brandy all showed up without There was no promotion
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: of it. We did not use them, but I just
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: asked them as friends, Hey, I'm doing a trivia night,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: will you come? And they all came and joined my team,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: uh for a trivia night. So Blake publicly, I'd like
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: to say thank you, buddy for giving up your evening
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: and come and hang out. Yeah, Alas, I couldn't really
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: contribute too much to the team. We didn't. We didn't
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: fair soone in the trivia night. But it was funny
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: you say you didn't know that they weren't very good
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: at the theme of trivia. It was hard. It was
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: all nineties trivia and it was It was really hard.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: I love to play Jared and I would have killed
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: you guys. There was movies and music. Listen to this
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: ash there's eighteen teams, Blake and Blake and I my
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: team last Darnett Blake. Have you checked out Ben's new restaurant?
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: I was just gonna stay an. I think I'm either
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: going to nine or tomorrow. I'm gonna swing by for sure.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to check it out. Though I thought
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: before it was completely done and it looks amazing, so
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: much about it. Yeah, so we opened up. What they're
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: talking about is Ashcar and Denver opened up. Tonight is
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: actually the first night the public U can get reservations.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: Blake on me in there. It's been awesome, it's been stressful,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: it's been a blast. Actually, one other thing, I just
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: gotta keep kind of promoting Blake because he really does
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: not stop moving all the time. I'm right now producing
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: a wedding festival called The Wedding Party. You can see
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: it on my Instagram. There's twelve couples getting married at
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: one time here in Denver. I'll be a part of that.
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna host to this event and then it's one
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: larger che reception and food and music festival. Blake came
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: the other day and helped me film a promo video
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: for it, because we went through and picked the twelve
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: couples that we're gonna get married, and Blake said in
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: on that meeting. So, Blake, you just continue to be
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: a good friend. I can't wait for that to happen.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna be there too when that party goes down.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: For that it's gonna be so much fun. It was
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: so fun, Blake. What are some holiday traditions you do
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: with your family? What are your holiday plans right now? Um?
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: You know what. Honestly, we don't. It's kind of crazy.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: We don't really have you know, my parents are bores. Um,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: so we don't really do any crazy traditions. As far
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: as that, we play a lot of games, a lot
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: of card games. Uh, do you guys know what nurves is?
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: By chance? Do you know the card game nerves? Okay?
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: So how a kids talk to explain? It's kind of
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: like solitaire, It's like group solitaire. I'm sure there's some
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: listeners who might know about I've met some people who
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: know about it. But that's a big tradition of ours.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: We all get together and we play a big game
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: in um, I figured my three years running now in
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: the annual nurs champ and in the family. So chat
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: about that. I'm gonna be defending my my title this Christmas.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Congratulations on that, thank you, thank you. What's on your
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: Christmas lists this year? Oh gosh, you mean as far
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: as like yees yea. Honestly, there's nothing I really want
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: right now. I feel so great for right now, for
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: my life and kind of where I've been and the
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: experience supping on this last year my family. I was like,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: you know what, guys like, I don't want anything. I
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: don't need anything, like I just want to enjoy it.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited to have the low key like then
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: just said, I'm a little I've been a little out
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: there time with the family and just enjoy enjoying quality
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: family type. I think that once you hit about twenty eight,
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: you're like, I really don't need anything, and like, honestly,
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: please don't like give me random things that are going
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: to sit around because I don't have space for that
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: either exactly. I was like, you know, give me a
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: bottle of line or something like that like that, I
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: definitely will, you know, use then it won't be in
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: my house for the next year or so. That's a
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: good idea. Yeah, um, you know what I want. My
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: mom asked me yesterday, She's like, what do you and
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Jared want? And I go, Mom, this is thirty I
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: want a bathfitter, bathfit or it's the perfect fit. You've
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: never heard bath fit or commercial? Okay, so I'm looking
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: it up. I always thought it was literally the grossest
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: thing ever because that like put like a plastic like
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: a plastic tub over your tub, uh, and it just
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: fits your tub. But they don't knock out the old stuff.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: So for me, and we're renting a place and we'll
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: probably continue to be in this place at least for
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: the next year and a half or so, I'm like,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to put like a ton of money
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: into redoing the bathroom and like, you know, pay five
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: thousand dollars for redoing the bathroom. But we hate our
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: shower and all I want to do is fix the
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: bottom of the shower and bath bitter. They fitch shower
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: bottoms too, That's all I want. Oh actually, yeah, yeah,
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: I loved it up yesterday. I was very excited to
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: see they did showers. Oh Astley, you're getting old. Like
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: the transition here though, is what do you and Jared want?
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: That's a big deal in Blake, I actually today got
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: to give you a job title on this video that
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: we created. In Your job title is pursuer of love. Blake,
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: looking back on two eighteen, you pursued love hard, you
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: did fall in love, You've you've admitted that, um, but
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: you are single now. What is your favorite just overall
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: memory of two thou eighteen. Oh wow, gosh, it's I was.
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: You know, it's kind of crazy because I was looking
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: kind of back over the last year at some time
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: to do that. I was like, it's been insane, but
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: I can't a year from now where I'm now, you know,
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: compared to year ago. It is just absolutely incredible with I. God,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the favorite moment um, you know, it might be that
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: that first night in the mansion, just because it all
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: kind of came, you know, because you're leading up to that,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: you still don't know if you're like an alternate or
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: you're you're going through all these motions. It's all stressful,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: but then want to get out there the first time,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: you know, I was on an ox. I wasn't in
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: the limo, but blocked up on that ox and I
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: saw back there. Once I got done with that first conversation,
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: stacking in the mansion and meeting all the guys out
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: follow me my best probably the best day, would say,
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: that's a very nostalgic night. It was. It was. It
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: seems so surreal because like I knew the show and
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: like being in the mansion and it's almost like a
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: movie set on that first night, you know, so that
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: was that was quite the experience for sure. You know
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: you mentioned being an alternate because um I also mentioned
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: this on our podcast. I think it was with Chris
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: and Crystal a couple of weeks ago. There are like
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: two or three alternates that sit in the hotel before
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: you know, for like three days before heading over to
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: the mansion with the rest of the cast heads over
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: to the to the mansion, and they don't even know
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: that they are backups, and then what the news is broken?
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: When is the news broken to them that they are
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: not actually going forward with the season. That is heartbreaking
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: and I think we need to get some alternates on
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: this podcast to talk about that feeling that goes through that. Yeah,
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: because I couldn't believe that that, Like in the contract
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: it says, I'm like you could possibly an alternate, and
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: I was like, what the hell I'm buying you know,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: some clothes, I'm doing all this stuff, and I felt
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: im in there and they get suff before you get
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: a chance, like this would be awful. So I heard.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: I do remember reading something I think it was nick
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: Are Already season about a girl who was an alternate
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: and I remember reading something on Instagram about it. Right,
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: So we only know about these alternates through the contract
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: because it is in the contract, and it definitely freaks
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: us out. You're like, wait, what if I am that one,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: two or three person um? But I wonder if they
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: fly them out. I wonder if they do stay in
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: that hotel the night before, the nights before. I bet
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: you that they have them like on speed dial. I
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: would think there's no way they fly him out, put
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: him up, And then I would think, yeah, there's no
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: way either of you will ever be alternates for anything
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: in life. So I don't I don't know where your
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: mind is going. Both of your all stars in everybody's heart,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: we just feel bad for those alternates. I actually was
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: at an event um yesterday for Capital one, and once
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: again my life consists of people coming up to me going,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: I love your podcast. I absolutely adore Ashley. Actually, one
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: of our biggest fans was randomly my waitress at the
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: restaurant in bel Mar, and she came up to me
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: and said, please do me a favor until Ashley, I
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: Connettie that I absolutely love her, and I promised her
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: I would, So once again, my life consists of either
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: taking pictures of Blake or just saying how great Ashley
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: is that? Every way, then I gotta give you a
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: sut out your story yesterday when you were ice skating,
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: I left at that thing for like fifteen minutes whatever,
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: whatever story that was a laughing so hard in the
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: airport yesterday. I'm just not a good ice skater, Blake.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: I don't you know. I feel everybody always says you
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: get this because you're in shape, and you're good looking
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: and you're strong. So people always come up to us
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: and they go, oh, you're an athlete, You'll you'll be
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: fine at this, And then when I do it, I'm
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: never good, which must mean I'm not actually an athlete,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: but for some reason people still assume I am. I
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: like to think I am. I'm good at some things,
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: not good at others. Ice skating is not it different,
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: It's it's just difficult. Every time it hurts. You're better
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: than me last year, dint Winter Games that. Remember how
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: bad I was? Remember how that how long it took
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: me to go around that rank three times? You're so bad. Actually,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: let's talk about this for a second before you say
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: goodbye to Blake. Do you have a second. Yep, Okay,
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Win Our Games one of the best things I've ever
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: done in back to Nation. It was a blast. It
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: was fun, it was revealing, it was authentic. It helped
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: me kind of process through some stuff. Win Our Games
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: was a really good time. And the Bachelor franchise, I guess,
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: has chosen not to do it this year. But if
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: they would have asked you to do Win Our Games,
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: would you have said yes, Yeah, aft I would have.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: I just really think I would have. I mean when
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: didn't When did you film in February? Right? No, it
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: felt it filmed in early December? Oh, early December round.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: I still think that would have been ready, I do like,
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: I definitely think that it would have been. And I
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: played hockey for six years, so I know what I skate,
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: I know it's so bored. I know how to do
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: all those things. So I would have been a blast
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: for me. I think it really enjoyed it so kind
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: of and they decided not to do it. Well, who
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: knows where, whether it was just because there wasn't an
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: actual Olympics. Maybe it'll come back. Oh what would the
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: year be? Kind of year it would be two years
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: from now? Oh my god, you're right February. God for you,
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: I don't be relevant. Then Michael g came on and
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: he's he's an antique in the franchise. So really there,
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: I'll keep hope out. Hey, Blake, before we send you
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: off here Roulette asking all of the people that call in, uh,
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: what is their message for Colton starting his bachelor legacy
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: on January seven? Blake, if you had a moment to
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: just pour into Colton, what would that be? And then
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: we'll say see you later to you? Yeah? So, I mean, yeah,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: I've had I've been lucky enough. I've been down in
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: a couple of times. Don't know where he's at and everything,
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: and I don't know, he spoilers everything really close with it,
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: but I do know, you know, I just I would
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: like to tell him and I have told him, but
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: check the set up and that this is gonna be
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: probably the hardest three or four months of his life,
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: but all of it will be worth it at the
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: end of five step well, you know, so hopefully I
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: keeps the set up through all of this. Uh. And
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: they threw himself even I mean during filming obviously, but
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: even you know, watching and seeing and reading all the
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: comments on that fun stuff. So that's what i'd have
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: to say to him. The man, Hey, you guys have
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: been great friends to Colton along the way, Ashton, I
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: were just talking about it. You've been a great friend
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: to me. Blake, Blake, You're a good dude. Happy holidays,
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: celebrate well and we look forward to talking to you
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: once again in two thousand nineteen. Wow. Awesome, Well, thank
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: you guys, Sick for having me. Happy holidays, Chris is
• 32:46
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• 32:49
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• 32:52
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• 32:55
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  Speaker 1: every right, you know, happy Honoka Sjordan's. Will you be
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  Speaker 1: spending this holiday season in Florida with your family? I
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  Speaker 1: sure will? Yeah, tell us about talking about what? Tell
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: us about all your holiday traditions. Um, the Christians are
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  Speaker 1: I make the ham Um typically I try to wear
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: a fan of hat all day. That way, uh you know,
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: I stay very humble. I cover up the hair, make
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: everyone feel like you know, um, you know, I'm not
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: any better than them, but people had a hair on
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: my head. I make the ham. I accept the table,
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: we make a prayer, and and uh you know we
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: obviously we we picked the avenue and then we were
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: always open to gift to par in the morning, So
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: that's the way that roles. So then, are you kissing
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: anybody under the missiletoe this year? We you've had a
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: big year. Jordan's you've been on this podcast before. We
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: gotta dig into a little bit of the drama that
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: surrounded your two thousand eighteen. But the main question we
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: gotta stick to right now, is there anybody you're kissing?
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: I mean, I think that there could be some romances
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: holiday for sure. Oh my goodness, gaurations. Do we know her?
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: Do we know her at all? No? No, that's even better.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: Another round of applause. Jordan's how did you meet this lady? Uh?
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: Just along um a long my travels. So okay, Jordan's
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: time out here. You've never been won to hold your words.
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: I appreciate your you know that you're you're holding this
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: tightly to your chest. That's great, But you're on a podcast.
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: Nobody listens to this podcast, so let's just talk openly.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: How did you meet this girl? Uh? He was associated
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: with the place that I was working with, so we
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: both ended up working for a similar the same company.
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: So she a model. I can't say that. I can't
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: I can't the whole cat of the bag. Is she
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: a model in your eyes? I mean, of course, there
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: you go. That's all we needed. Okay, Jordan's, before we
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: move on from this wonderful topic, what really stood out
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: to you? We know that you've probably gotten a ton
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: of attention over the last year, has changed your dating
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: perspective a lot. America film Love with You on Bachelor
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: in Paradise, so you obviously have gotten a lot of interest.
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: What about this partner stood out to you? You know,
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: just the ability to stay so like, I don't know,
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: down to earth and sensible and just you know, knowing
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: when it's right, the right time to stay, the right thing.
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: And it's it's just, I mean, you know, just it
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: just happens. It's not really it's the whole recipe. I think.
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: I don't think it's one thing that sticks out that
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: it's uh, it's just a whole deal, you know. So yeah,
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: not against him. That's what actually says about Jared. She
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: says it's just a whole deal. She actually just made
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: a comment Jordan's that I want to know if you
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: agree with you need to find somebody in life that
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: makes you feel like you're alone, Like, find somebody that
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: you can barely even recognize that they're there, because life
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: doesn't I guess what you're saying. Actually, it just feels
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: like life always has it just increased a lot with
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: this partner by your side. Yeah, it's that. I just
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: said that half an hour ago, in different in different words.
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: I just said that same exactly. I mean the same.
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: I deal. Um, you need to know that that work
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: you need to go to work on you and lift
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: your life. But but you're with them, and they make
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: you better, and they do it without really having an
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: influence there. They just something about that person makes you
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: want to be better within yourself, you know you man, Hey,
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: I agree with that. Hey, we're gonna have to say
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: goodbye to you, Ashley. I know you want to send
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: them off here, Yeah, I do. Um, now that you've
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: had this new lady, I just want to make sure
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: that Jenna is not creeping in your text messages anymore.
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: I mean there was, I've been texted, um, but it's
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: been uh been like a month and a half now
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: I haven't heard anything. So yeah, all right in the past.
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: In the words of Taylor Swift, you're now clean. There
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: you go, new beginning. Maybe the weirdest story in Bachelination
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: in two thousand eighteen with the Jenna Jordan's drama and
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: some lawsuit getting thrown out there and we couldn't fall
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: along Jordan's but we're happy. You're happy now. Thanks for
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: being a fan of the podcast. Thanks for being a
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: friend of the podcast. Jordan's Holidays here you happy holidays, guys.
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: Hope you stay safe. I hope you see your family.
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: Alrighty oh we're back to back here, ash you answer
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: this one. Okay, Hello, this has been Hey, well, hey,
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: welcome to the Ashley Event Holiday Hotline. Oh my god,
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: ho ho ho. I hear Wells. You're always loved. Everybody
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: loves Wells. I've never met one person in my life
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: that doesn't love Wells. I love Wells. And you have
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: a new project coming out that I think all of
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: your fans will be really excited about. Hearing. For all
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: of you out there who are lovers of reality television,
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: the show that kind of started it all off, The Hills,
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: just coming back, and obviously everyone's very excited for The
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: Hills to be back. Um, myself included, And so today
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: we announced that uh, Stephanie Flatt, the sister of Spencer
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: Pratt and I are going to be doing a show
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: for The Hill called The Pratt Castle. Will be talking
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: about the show, bringing on people from the show, breaking
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: it all down and getting all the tea from stuff
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: about what the heck is going on? Uh in southern California.
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: And I can't be more freaking pumptive. When does The
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Hill start airing again? It's it's coming up in the spring.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know if there's like an official date, but
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: I know that the spring is when they explained it
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: for it to be back. But I wish you would
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: just start now, like they're filming it right now. So
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: every time I sit down with steps she's got like
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: some juicy bit of gossip from the show. And from
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: what I understand, if you guys like The Hills before,
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be bigger, better and more ridiculous. All these
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: people ruggle back same but like she said, they just
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: live in bigger houses. About So, Stephanie Pratt, sister of sponsor,
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: and Heidi will all be on the show. Will Lauren
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: Conrad be on the show? I don't think uh, Elsie
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: is on um. But don't worry because they're replacing those
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: who aren't on the show. Um do you do you
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: remember the show The OC? Yesh, Misha Barton is gonna
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: be honestn't shake. Misha freaking Barton is going to be
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: on the show, which is this awesome and also weird
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: because like The Hills was like skin off the reality
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: version of the OC and now she's a part of
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: the show. So life imaginating life or whatever. That's good.
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: They say, No, it's so meta and so weird. So
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of su tier shed.
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not sure if it's gonna be on
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: the same level of actually I Connetti, but we can
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: we can only hope that the drama between Steps and
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: Spencer will continue on UM and all the other like
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: just crazy that it happens from The Hills. It's so
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: unique in my eyes that, uh, the show is having
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: one of their contestants actually on a podcast to talk
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: about the behind the scenes. I mean, you're gonna be
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: able to dig deep into the psyche of every single
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: person on this show because you have a co host
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: who's been there. Okay, So what I think everyone loves
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: about your guys the show is because you guys get
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: to give like the behind the scene t on the
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: battor I you can say like, well, uh, they cut
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: it weird there, or like I didn't really mean to
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: be to be said right there. Um, all that kind
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: of like interesting gossip from behind the scenes, and I
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: think we're gonna get the exacting interesting gossip and like
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: also there's gonna be storylines where we're gonna want more,
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: you know, and she'll be able to expound upon it.
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be there kind of driving the ship
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: and also like this kind of pulling things down a
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: step because, to be honest with you, Um, she's very
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: easy to like get to admit to things. So I'm
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: pretty sure we're gonna get in trouble with uh with
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: like nondisclosure agreements because you might reveal things that she's
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: not supposed to. Um. But I am a feeling that
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: everyone's really going to like like the show. It's gonna
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: be a good companion piece for the Hill. Awesome man. Well,
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: hey Wells, thanks for coming into the holiday Extravaganza hosted
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: by Ashley I, Ken Eddie and myself. We look forward
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: to listening to your latest project everywhere you can download
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: an iHeart Radio podcast. Thanks a lot. Well, hey, can
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: you guys do the applause thing real quick for me
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: as I walk off? Yeah, thanks, thank you, unbelievable. I
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: love you guys. Oh he's ridiculous that guy. That guy's
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: had a crazy two thousand eighteen, hasn't he. Yes, I
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: really did want to ask where he and Sarah will
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: be having their New Year's you've kissed, but we were
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: breaking up so badly there, I didn't want to start
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: another conversation. I get it. Yeah, that's one of the
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: best couples of two eighteen in my eyes. I just
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: I really love them together. I love being around them
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: um together. It's one of those couples that, you know,
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: maybe the outside thinks they're just, you know, a celebrity couple,
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: and they're really not. Like they love each other. Yeah,
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: they really do. Okay, so are we taking another caller?
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: What I can't hear you? Let me let me take
• 47:53
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• 47:55
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• 47:57
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• 48:06
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• 48:09
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• 48:11
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• 48:17
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  Speaker 1: somebody almost interrupted me, Ashley. Who is it? I don't know? Hello? Hello?
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• 52:17
  Speaker 1: say ben I and Elize, Welcome to the Benn and
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  Speaker 1: Ashley second Annual Holiday Extravaganza. Thank you, thank you. You know,
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  Speaker 1: people are going to look back and they're gonna be like,
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: did they do this last year? And they're like this
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: is a lot. They're like, I can go back in
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: their archives. Okay, So at least we're talking about Christmas
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: traditions and all that stuff on the podcast today. What
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: are your holiday traditions with your family? So we always
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: do Christmas Eve on my stepbrothers and it's just like
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: one uh one big extended family get together. Um, this year,
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna be making a couple picked off the other
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: friends holiday parties on my way, um, because so many
• 53:01
  Speaker 1: people have like kids and stuff now, so it's like
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: you gotta go and drop off the presence and um,
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: you know, having us a cake or something, um, and
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: then we go to Tahoe and we go skiing. So yeah,
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: that's what it's been the last couple of years, and
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: it is good. It's tyle where you spend a lot
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: of your time. I know that our producer Amy has
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: randomly ran into you at a couple of the shops
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  Speaker 1: in Tahoe. Yeah, it's true. Yeah, I've went to time
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  Speaker 1: since I was like seven years old, so I grew
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  Speaker 1: up going to the mountains and going skiing and hiking
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: and back packing and all that good stuff. So yeah,
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: I do spend It's only it's a four hour drive
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: from San Francisco, so it's not too bad. So it's
• 53:36
  Speaker 1: sort of like a good little getaway spot. You know.
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: It's always great to have panmatricians. Actually, I gotta tell
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: you something really quick. My mom calls me the other
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: day she says, I have to apologize. I said about
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: what Mom, You've been a great Mom, I love you dearly.
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: We still talk all the time. We're all tight um.
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: Everything's good, and she goes, I just had an interview
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: one of a local little ported in talk to my parents,
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: and they said, Okay, you guys are such a tight
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: knit family. You obviously have a ton of memories together,
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: which we do. And they said, what are some of
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: your family holiday traditions? And my mom broke down because
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: we don't have anything. I mean that, we literally have zero.
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: We couldn't even think of a holiday tradition. The only
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: thing we can think of is UM. When I was younger,
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: we used to go to midnight church service and do
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: the candle lighting, which I love UM, and listen to
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: the Holy Night. But my family, out of all the
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: good things that they've done, my parents epically failed on traditions.
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: You know, I've been I am right there with you,
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: which is kind of why I'm going to Rhode Island
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: for Christmas. And I didn't fight for having Christmas at
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: my place because for Thanksgiving we usually have the extended
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: family come over. That's our tradition. Like we've never had
• 54:51
  Speaker 1: a Thanksgiving just the four immediate family. We always share
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: that with other people. But for Christmas. It's it's less
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: of tradition, I would say, and more of just cycle
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: of the day. We wake up, we open get you know,
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: we get our coffee, we open gifts. We'd like play
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: with our gifts, you know, like set them up, batteries
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: in them, watch whatever we got, look there, books that stuff,
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: and then we usually go to a movie and then
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: we go out to dinner. So it's if that's tradition,
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: then that's tradition. But it's not like we have like
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: these little nuanced things that we definitely do. We would
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: also go to Christmas Um, Christmas Eve service, we do
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: the whole candle lighting thing. I always love Christmas Eve service.
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: But yeah, that's yeah, I feel like I'm in the
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: same boat with you guys. Then because Christmas Day, like
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: actual Christmas Day, we don't do anything. We just like
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: maybe exchange a couple of gifts. But then that's kind
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: of like if we don't have like huge tradition, it's
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: usually just like if we can see family and eat
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: the listious when we're good tradition, guys are making my
• 55:52
  Speaker 1: mom feel a lot better right now. Can't call and
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: apologize for that, Well, yeah she did that. That was tough. Funny.
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: I could tell she was nervous too. Was one of
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: those phone calls that I thought, like, something bad is
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: gonna be said, And all she said was I'm sorry,
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: And I was like, mom for what? Not having traditional mom?
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: Come on, We're good, everything's good. A lot of love
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: around here, an Alice. We know we do keep you forever.
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: You've got a busy life going on. You look back
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: up two thousand eighteen. This has been a good year
• 56:19
  Speaker 1: in a lot of ways and also a hard year
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. What is your favorite though
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: memory of two thousand eighteen? Oh man uh Um. I
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: think probably like officially moving into my house. Maybe that
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: was like a really big milestone for me. I bought
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: it um in two thousand seventeen, and it ended up
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: being like a total gut job, and so I wasn't able.
• 56:43
  Speaker 1: I was just like doing a remodel for you know,
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: the first year of owning it practically, so um, Like
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: I looked back at last year and it was like,
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: gut it. Just now I'm living in it and that's
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: really awesome. Um. That's probably like one of my biggest
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: accomplishments and kind of like the thing that I'm most
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: excited about. But yeah, it was. As you guys know,
• 57:03
  Speaker 1: it's a roller coaster every year for me for sure,
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: So I feel like there's even though there was some
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: of my highest highs, like definitely some of my lowest
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: mos as well. You know. Um yeah, um. I have
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: to say, as a single person, I literally hated New
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: Year's Eve. I will Jared will be my first New
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: Year's Eve kiss of all time at the age of
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: thirty on this year's eve. I'm really glad I got
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: to save that for him. And uh Annalys, are you
• 57:31
  Speaker 1: spending New Year's with anyone? No? Uh, definitely not definitely single,
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: but I'm feeling like I'm ready to start dating. Um. Yeah.
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: Last year was I think actually my first pie ever
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: New Year's kiss, like at New Year's you know, like
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: when the when it was midnight. Um. But yeah, I
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: feel like I'm sort of in the same boat. I've
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: never really had a New Year's he's kiss. Um that
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: really meant something, I guess too. You know. Sometimes it's
• 57:57
  Speaker 1: just like a like, okay, we got no one else, um,
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: but but yeah, no, nothing, no one to kiss this year.
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: All right, Well we gotta follow that question up would
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: you do Paradise again? Um, I don't know. I think
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: you should be something I don't know. Honestly, it's the
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: ways away, so because who knows what could happen in
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: in the time from now and then. But if I'm
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: not dating somebody, then I think I would be open
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: to it. Would you do Paradise with that alone? Though?
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: It's gonna be so much less fun. I know it's
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: gonna be so different. I feel like I just don't
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: know what what the Bactor franchise isn't even gonna look
• 58:32
  Speaker 1: like without him. It feels weird. It is a weird time.
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know how this is gonna be. We're all
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: going to miss Alan. Analyze. You better go on Paradise
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: because if not, we're going to miss you. Hey, thank
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: you for being a friend of the Almost Famous podcast
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: in two thousand and eighteen, Analyze. We wish you the
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: best this holiday season. Happy holidays from Ashley, I, Ken,
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: Eddie and myself. Thank you guys, Happy holidays and happy
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: New Year. Ask you guys in the new year. Bye bye, Ben,
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: thank you for being a friend. And then queue in
• 59:07
  Speaker 1: my head the Golden Girls theme song which I watched
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: that show in yours? All right, we got another color man.
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: They're just putting in Hello Baby, it's just the person
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: we wanted to hear from. Oh, Babby, we want to
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: talk about Christmas traditions, but we really want to talk
• 59:34
  Speaker 1: about what's going on with you in Peter Crass. Nothing
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: is going on with Peter Cross and I, oh, come on,
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: absolutely nothing. Was there something before? Like, was there something
• 59:45
  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago? I wouldn't say was something serious?
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: How does this kind of stuff get out? I mean,
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: there's okay, you don't go into details. I know there
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: is probably something either made out or you like hung
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: out one night, whatever that was, that's up to you, baby,
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: But how do the people find out so quickly that
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: that kind of stuff happens? I mean, well, like I'm
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: just gonna clarify and I don't know if he'll be
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 1: popular with it, but like him and I actually connected
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: right after I got that comparative, so that's kind of
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: like that's when it kind of like started off. But
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: then we just we stayed friends. And then he was
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: visiting Miami and I was like, well, why don't we
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: go to a heat game? And one of my good
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: friends helped me up with six feet. Turns out the
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 1: Hassan Whiteside decided to walk out in the fourth quarter
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: and they got this clip and we happened to be
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: sitting right by the locker room. So this clip is
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: like playing on bleadering court HPN. I guess that's your
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: fans caught a glimpse of it, and then it just
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: exploded into something that you know, Yeah, one thing led
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: to another. But yeah, so you were there with four
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: other friends. No, no, no, it was just him and I. Oh,
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: I thought you said six seats six seats. Yeah. Um,
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: thank you for clarifying. I know it's been something we've
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: discussed on the podcast before. We've got to do. This
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: is what the podcast is about. Thanks for clarifying that.
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: I know though that you are a hot commodity these days.
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: And I mean this with all due respect to you.
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: You're looking good, Dame Day like you is incredible. Your
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: phase is always fantastic. Well, I've been well, thank you.
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: I've been working really hard. I think it's just you know,
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: when you think about the whole, that my whole since
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: September last year through you know, the summer, it's been
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: even if I had time off from like filming, your
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 1: your mind and your body. Everything's like set on the show.
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: So I didn't really have time to just like disconnect
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: and just be by myself. And once I took a
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: couple of months after um Colton's announcement in New York
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 1: with Good Morning America, I was like, you know, if
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: I don't take this time now to just like like reset,
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: I'm not. I really wanted to start off the year
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: healthy and feeling good in my own skin. So hard
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: work pays off side, and thank you, thank you well,
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: it sure does. It is all over your Instagram proving that, Um,
• 1:02:09
  Speaker 1: you have a big family, lots of girls in your family.
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 1: What is Christmas like? So this year, my older sister
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: is actually meeting with her husband's family on this big
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: cruise and they're going to Europe and they're spending the
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: dyear in Paris. Or family is kind of broken up. Um,
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: but I'm staying pushed because my sisters deal with my
• 1:02:32
  Speaker 1: nephew and my niece and it'll just be like a
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: small it's more of an into my family gathering this year.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: We'll take it easy. So there's let's just clarify then
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: before we get into detailed holiday plans. You're there's no
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: kissing or celebrating with a significant other for you this
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: holiday season. Um, possibly maybe to tell us anything about
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: this well, I mean this is like I don't want
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: to drink it, but this guy is kind of like
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: too good to be true. So um, kind of just
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: like everything I would want in a person, and like
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 1: I believe in like projecting the kind of person that
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: you want and asking a certain way just to be
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: able to attract that kind of person like meet in
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: your life. And I think I may have found that guy.
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 1: But I want to tread lightly just because you know,
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: you can get all caught up reeling. But yeah, hopefully
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: for the news will be funny together. Okay, So, baby,
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: this is a guy that we don't know, nobody knows him, no,
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: and it's not Peter Crown. Baby gonna make me cry.
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: I know, I'm so happy for you. I really hope
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 1: this is the one. Okay, um, baby, tell me you
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: feel like the holidays are the time for love. I mean,
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: we've talked to a few people who have called it
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: now from Bachelor Nation, and first off, thank you for
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: everybody that has and those the people that have called in.
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: Are you there on the pursuit of love, have found love,
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: and they haven't read openly in a minute that they're
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: not going to be spending the holidays with a significant other.
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: What is going on? There must be something in the water. No,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: I mean that was me for a few years. I
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: don't think it's bad. It's anything. You just find a
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 1: bunch of single friends and you go out and party
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: a lot more than the typical person um. But I
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 1: don't think it's a bad thing. You think it's bad
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: and I'll have like a significant No, No, I think
• 1:04:25
  Speaker 1: I'm not complaining. I have one this year, and it's
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: just like a little like I'm really excited about it.
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: But for the most part, like I think that there's
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 1: so much going on with your family sometimes that it's
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: kind of good when you don't have someone. I think.
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: I do think that this time of year does make
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 1: you really nostalgic and it maybe maybe you're not with somebody.
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: Bit sometimes it makes you think of somebody that you
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: maybe could have been with or you have in the past.
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 1: So if you're single, I assume that there's usually that
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 1: going on in your brain. Yeah, I mean, I guess
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 1: last year, the last year I had just went from
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 1: Winter Games and I I was not thinking about a relationship.
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: Now you weren't. Okay, Well, let's leave you with this
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 1: fun question before we ask about your advice to your
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: pal Colton. Um, what is your favorite holiday food that
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 1: you like to break the diet with? Oh gosh, there's
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: so many to like. It's just too good. I'm a
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 1: sweets person, so right now I'm like heavy into looking
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: at dessert recipes. Like the other day, I know it's
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: like it's apple pie, but like I baked an apple
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: pie and then my mom made another pie yesterday. I'm
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 1: like really in surprise right now. So sweets, for sure,
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: pies are so underrated. What's your favorite pie? Ben uh
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: strawberry roobard from No Question. Ben Mines is a kid
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 1: right here. Mm hmm, it's always nice. Hey. Maybe one
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 1: of the most famous scenes of two thou eighteen and
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: all the Batch Nation, including the Bachelor at the actually
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 1: in Bachelor in Paradise, is when you told Colton to
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: step it up and be a man. We're asking me again, baby,
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 1: He's about to be the Bachelor starting January seven on ABC.
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: If you had some advice for Colton today, what would
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 1: it be uh, continue to go with your guts And
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 1: I spent two sungle Morning American readingtare it but don't
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: be afraid to ask for their clubit score your credit score? Yes,
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: him and I, it's so funny. We were talking. Started
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 1: there's like an airplace flying above me right now, But
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 1: him and I were talking and like, I don't think
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: I think people overlook like you're so like wrapped up
• 1:06:36
  Speaker 1: into a feeling and love, and like you don't think
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: of the world's outside of bachelor, like what you know,
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 1: like how do they manage your finances? Like what are
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 1: their long term girls? So him and I had like
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: a little joke for like or one one can I
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 1: ask for their credit score? And I'm like, uh, that
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 1: is definitely a question on my list. Even before your
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: official I had a girlfriend asked her now husband their
• 1:07:00
  Speaker 1: second day his credit was. I think it's completely fair.
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 1: You do not want to get with somebody and you
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 1: try to book a flight and all of a sudden
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 1: you see that the credit card just gets him pushed back. Baby,
• 1:07:11
  Speaker 1: You're wise and smart as always. We absolutely love you
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: on this podcast. You're one of our favorite people ever.
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: You've brought us some of the most popular hits the
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 1: almost Famous podcast has ever had. Baby, never stop being you.
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: We wish you the best is holiday season and you know,
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: fingers crossed. We just hope this guy brings you a
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: lot of joy somehow, someway. So baby with that, thanks
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 1: for calling into the Ben and Ashley Friday Holiday Extravagance.
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 1: A happy holiday, okay by Alright, alright, alright, good scoop
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 1: here with these questions. It's just like so easy. So
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 1: it's like, so are you kissing any one of the
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 1: Mischills though? Or what about your New Year's kiss? It's
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: just like so natural, but we're getting scooped. I just
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 1: am glad that we're getting some people in relayation ship
• 1:08:00
  Speaker 1: from Batchel Nation. I feel like I kind of thought
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: about this the other day. Actually, I feel like so
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: much of our kind of generation of Batchel Nation just
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 1: has stayed single. I don't know many of them who
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: have gotten in relationships outside of the show. So this
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 1: is big. I feel like there's love or something happening.
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 1: So we need you to find someone. We need Nick
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: to find someone, We need Dean to find someone. Who
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: else would we consider to be a single person from
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: our crew? Um it's a good question. The girls. Peter Okay,
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 1: Peter Okay. I don't know Peter. I mean I don't
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: know him. That's that's why I was just like, he's
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: not part of my crew. Yeah. Actually, speaking of being
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: single or not being single, you have an obsession with
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 1: Jared Now, I think it's fair to say you love
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: that man y, Yeah, you love that and a lot.
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: You also have an obsession with one of our most
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: consistent two eighteen sponsors, threat Up. Let me tell you
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: about throat Up. This is a true story happened over
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 1: the weekend. Jared and I filmed a small film. He
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 1: has a friend from Rhode Island who's been living out
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 1: here in life for like five years. He's a director
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 1: and sometimes he does these small films. So Jared and
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 1: I were the only two characters in this film. And
• 1:09:13
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys will be able to see it
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 1: probably around like February and March. It was really fun,
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: long day and I like give actors credit. Now it's like, well,
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: do it again, do it again, dude again, You're like, Okay,
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: I thought I got it right. Anyway, Um, for the
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: small film, I need to wear a dress that kind
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 1: of could be a timeless dress. Honestly, that could seem
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: like it was normal in the fifties or today. And
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: his director friend was looking through my closet and he
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: was like, this is the best And it was a
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: dress that I got from Throat Up. And when I
• 1:09:44
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  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it's Chicken. He has returned. You just
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  Speaker 1: can't stay away. I mean literally in two eighteen, David
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  Speaker 1: the Chicken went from my worst enemy to my favorite
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  Speaker 1: And how are you, guys? Good, good, good David? Have
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  Speaker 1: you are? Do you celebrate Christmas? Hanka? I celebrate Haranica? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so give us some honaka traditions tradition, so I don't
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  Speaker 1: candles every night. Um, awesome tradition. You know. I do
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  Speaker 1: so you could do that in great tradition. And then
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  Speaker 1: obviously presidents can't, can't presidents? Right? What was on your
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  Speaker 1: Did it get it? Did it happen? Everyone? Umen has
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  Speaker 1: been a big year for you, David. You've gone um
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  Speaker 1: of Bachelor Nation's most memorable two eighteen characters. David looking
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  Speaker 1: I would say, you know, changes that's gone through the
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  Speaker 1: the change in stride and uh kind of starting to
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  Speaker 1: ums all life down smarter now and uh more than anything,
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  Speaker 1: I think that you know twenty and a challenge for
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  Speaker 1: you know, with all stootings totally so to be a
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  Speaker 1: better year. And uh about you're breaking up a bit.
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  Speaker 1: But we do want to ask you one more question
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  Speaker 1: out of people. What are your New Year's Eve plans?
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  Speaker 1: And will you have a lady to kiss at midnight?
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  Speaker 1: I do not at the end of the US or
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  Speaker 1: Dent two years, I hopefully will find the lady to
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  Speaker 1: You know how, you know how we should do Like
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  Speaker 1: we wanted you to be the bachelor for almost famous,
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  Speaker 1: like the almost famous bachelor. Somebody at my other I
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  Speaker 1: don't get it. Podcast meet up was like inquiring about
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  Speaker 1: being a part of your your almost famous season. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I'm down, but let's make it happen that of course
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  Speaker 1: you are. David. Yeah, that's all the work coming back
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  Speaker 1: Come on, David, I'm just living the dream and living
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  Speaker 1: like that's all that. I love that guy. He's it
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  Speaker 1: the best. David, sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for giving us endless entertainment this year. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for making fun of yourself, describing yourself. I knew
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  Speaker 1: that was coming coming on the podcast, and just being you.
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  Speaker 1: You've never ceased to be the nicest. David the Chicken Man.
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  Speaker 1: Happy holidays and thanks for coming on the podcast. Thank you. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate you. We say that every podcast, but we mean it. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: This has been a blast, and it's crazy to think
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  Speaker 1: know that two eighteen has been a year that I've
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  Speaker 1: would never be able to have as much fun as
• 1:17:45
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• 1:17:47
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  Speaker 1: warm my heart, Ashley. It is a crazy idea and
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  Speaker 1: I can not wait to talk more about this with you.
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  Speaker 1: That two thousand nineteen will be wrung in with your
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  Speaker 1: very first New Year's kiss. I hope it is one
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  Speaker 1: to remember. I hope it is one that starts the
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  Speaker 1: future to a lasting long relationship with Jared. But also,
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  Speaker 1: just thanks for dealing with me for another year. We're
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  Speaker 1: closing a chapter to this podcast that I never thought
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  Speaker 1: we would get to, but one more year down, Ben,
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  Speaker 1: really thanks to you. Did you write that? No? I
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  Speaker 1: didn't write that. Well, all I can say is that
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: you have these wonderful speeches, and then I'm like, Ben,
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  Speaker 1: I love you too, and you're so fantastic. You're when
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  Speaker 1: I think of Christmas people, though, I think about you
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  Speaker 1: find that lady this year. I think you might. I
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• 1:19:04
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  Speaker 1: really do. I believe that two thousand nineteen will be
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  Speaker 1: spending life with. And that brings up a good point. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we this podcast is inclusive, all different beliefs,
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  Speaker 1: all different backgrounds, all different personalities and people, and whatever
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  Speaker 1: your orientation is at any level, we just love you.
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