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What's in the Box?? · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with her radio. Hello, all, welcome to the Almost Famous podcast. Ben,
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  Speaker 1: How was your weekend? Tell me the high and the low?
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  Speaker 1: You know what you kind of sound like right now?
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  Speaker 1: What you know? I'm gonna forget her name, but she
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  Speaker 1: does like thirty years of um like love advice on
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  Speaker 1: on radio. Do you know what I'm talking about? No,
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  Speaker 1: she's hey, everybody, somebody somebody out there, Delilah, Yes, Delilah, Hello, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Almost Famous Podcast. It's very like a
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  Speaker 1: compliment as somebody who loves soft rock and all of
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  Speaker 1: her song choices. Thank you. Yeah, she brings she she Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she's fantastic. Anyways, Ashley, Before the podcast started, we were
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  Speaker 1: talking about our favorite chips, and I would really like
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  Speaker 1: to hear from the listeners what their favorite chips are.
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  Speaker 1: We're expanding this to um chocolate chips, even because Eastern,
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  Speaker 1: one of our producers, was like, I like chocolate chips,
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  Speaker 1: so we're gonna expand this to chocolate chips. I was
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  Speaker 1: thinking more along the lines of like chips that you
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  Speaker 1: put I guess you put chocolate chips in your mouth too,
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  Speaker 1: like barbecue chips. Or I'm even Sydney one of our
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  Speaker 1: new sur criman Onion Sydney, one of our new producers,
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  Speaker 1: mentioned that she likes um the lime flavored What do
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  Speaker 1: you call those, Ashley Tostados? Yeah, like the things you
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  Speaker 1: stick on your finger. It makes you look like Tostitos.
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  Speaker 1: That's it. I you know, if we're going that far,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go even the hallapenio flavored cheetos. Um. But
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  Speaker 1: it's interesting, So listeners, please message us, write us, tell
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  Speaker 1: us what you think on Twitter or on Instagram at
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  Speaker 1: Almost Famous uh Underscore podcast. Right, and I said earlier
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  Speaker 1: that my favorite chip was Doritos, which, yeah, I love Ardo. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: He said it was basic, and I started thinking, I
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  Speaker 1: guess like I like Kettle chips like cape cod chips
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  Speaker 1: um or I just think there's like a brand called
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  Speaker 1: Kettle right, and their hallepo is so good. But back
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  Speaker 1: to my question, Ben, what did you do this weekend?
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  Speaker 1: High and low? I golfed um a golf this weekend
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  Speaker 1: and uh, I shot the worst score I shot probably
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  Speaker 1: in ten years. Um. Here's a cool part though that
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  Speaker 1: might be interesting too many people listening. One of my
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  Speaker 1: best friends in the world. Um, he was not able
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  Speaker 1: to attend my bachelor party because about a year ago
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  Speaker 1: he was diagnosed with lime disease. Um. I mightbe have
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  Speaker 1: mentioned it, but he has a pick line in right
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  Speaker 1: now to help him get some medication. He was able
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  Speaker 1: to play golf for the first time since he was
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  Speaker 1: diagnosed with me. This weekend he was my golfing like buddy. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He crushed me, which wasn't fair because I felt bad
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  Speaker 1: becase he had a pick line in. I was like,
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  Speaker 1: I gotta take it easy, and then he just absolutely
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  Speaker 1: wipe me up and down the course. Um. But it's
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  Speaker 1: interesting as they learned more about lime disease, how many
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  Speaker 1: people out there stuffer worth it. So again, listeners, if
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  Speaker 1: you're somebody who has lime disease, all the info is
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  Speaker 1: really welcome right now because we're trying to learn more
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  Speaker 1: about it. But I mean, it's hard. It's tough on
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  Speaker 1: on him. Did he get it from a tick or
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  Speaker 1: a mosquito? I thought they were only from ticks, but
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  Speaker 1: I recently read only about mosquito. Now I got it
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  Speaker 1: from a tick. Uh during one of our camping trips.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's just interesting. But that was a big
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  Speaker 1: weekend for us. And then Saturday night, and I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: ask you the same question. Saturday night, Jessica and I
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  Speaker 1: had a date night, something that we are making a
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  Speaker 1: priority in our relationship for the rest of our relationship.
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  Speaker 1: And we went to a restaurant here in Denver called
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  Speaker 1: Barolo Grill. It was fantastic. But before we went to
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  Speaker 1: the restaurant, uh, she helped me pick out a new
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  Speaker 1: pair of basketball shoes because I'm gonna try to get
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  Speaker 1: back into it again and not tear my achilles. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And then we went and hung up shelves at her
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  Speaker 1: brand new skin studio in Denver that opened this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: She is now seeing clients. You go to Jesskin jess
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  Speaker 1: if you live in Denver coming through to see her. Um.
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  Speaker 1: So I hung some shelves up so she could put
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  Speaker 1: some product on the walls. That sounds exactly like our
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  Speaker 1: weekends this weekend, very similar. Before we went to dinner,
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  Speaker 1: we went to a really nice place in Bristol, Rhode
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  Speaker 1: Island called the Beach House. The Beach House, I think,
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  Speaker 1: and it was so cute right there on the water.
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  Speaker 1: And then before that we went to Lows where I
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  Speaker 1: put together my first ever flower boxes. Which made me
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  Speaker 1: feel like that was the adult moment. If I've ever
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  Speaker 1: realized that I am an adult, it was when I
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  Speaker 1: went to Lowse on my own, well not on my own,
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  Speaker 1: but with Jared because I wanted to go and make
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  Speaker 1: flower boxes, and then he got equipment parts to help
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  Speaker 1: enforce one of the shelves in my closet. So can
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  Speaker 1: you believe the parallels? It's it's exciting. I'll tell you
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  Speaker 1: what I mean. If anybody out there is going, hey,
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  Speaker 1: my life is boring, I'll tell you the things that
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  Speaker 1: bring me the most joy. I planned my garden this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: actually so planning flowers, planning a garden. I hung a
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  Speaker 1: bird house this weekend, hoping I get a nice little robin.
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  Speaker 1: We got a hummingbird feeder now sitting out side that
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  Speaker 1: I stuck up for Jessica. Uh, seeing some hummingbirds flying
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  Speaker 1: around color. I mean, you know what it's Uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: life that's exciting and fun and finding contentment and the
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  Speaker 1: things that maybe you didn't expect before. But hey, if
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  Speaker 1: you're listening, we still find it exciting, don't we. Actually, yes,
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  Speaker 1: it's very nice and comforting. I like my early thirties life.
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  Speaker 1: Oh it's so good. Hey, actually onto the podcast today
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  Speaker 1: is a big day for us because we actually get
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  Speaker 1: to talk to one of Bachelor nations most recently engaged humans.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of our favorite people. Uh, a breath
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  Speaker 1: of fresh air in the Bachelor franchise. Somebody that is
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  Speaker 1: a fan favorite for sure. Aara Herron is going to
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  Speaker 1: be on the podcast today. Oh yeah, she's gonna tell
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  Speaker 1: us exactly how our boyfriend Dylan proposed. And then we also,
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  Speaker 1: of course have some hot topics and so many of
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  Speaker 1: you have entered. Our sweepsticks are four year anniversary sweepsticks
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  Speaker 1: that we have. The designer of the rings that we're
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  Speaker 1: giving away, Jessica Sacks Dobbie Mos coming on the podcast
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  Speaker 1: to talk about her jewelry line. But actually before we
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  Speaker 1: get started with all of that, we want to remind
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  Speaker 1: people that four or four year anniversary. We also have
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  Speaker 1: apparel for sale, right, and so if you're looking to
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  Speaker 1: buy some apparel, you're gonna my fan threads uh slash
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  Speaker 1: If you're a listener, we'd love for you to grab
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  Speaker 1: some of that. It's uh, it's special to us. Designed
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  Speaker 1: by the team um and uh yeah, so apparel. And
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  Speaker 1: then we're also doing a huge giveaway. Like we said,
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  Speaker 1: we'll tell you all the information on that at the
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  Speaker 1: very end of the podcast before we started. Let's take
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  Speaker 1: a break, we come back. We're gonna break down in
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more detail, a lot bit more detail
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  Speaker 1: without knowing anything about these guys, Katie's Men. Hey, we'll
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  Speaker 1: be back with almost nes podcasts. Alright, guys, So the
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  Speaker 1: photos for Katie's Men have been released. If you guys
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  Speaker 1: remember a few weeks ago. But and I did our
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  Speaker 1: first impressions of the guys as we usually do, but
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  Speaker 1: a lot of those photos where they're just like real
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  Speaker 1: life photos, right, a lot of them were in landscapes
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  Speaker 1: in their hometowns and all this The official photos came
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  Speaker 1: out last week, and a lot of the guys that
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  Speaker 1: we've already talked about are there in the official list.
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  Speaker 1: So there's twenty nine guys plus the box. Now the
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  Speaker 1: box is not a surprise to me. It's what's his
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  Speaker 1: name from Plantatious season? Yeah, Blake, So you know they're
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  Speaker 1: they're not releasing Blake as one of the cast members.
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  Speaker 1: But there is a little present It looks like with
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of questions marks underneath it, and that
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  Speaker 1: will be our surprise guests, and I mean, like it's
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  Speaker 1: got to be black, And honestly, I think Blake is
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  Speaker 1: going to get really far. If you guys are completely
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  Speaker 1: forgetting about the report that we had a couple of
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago, Blake was set UM spotted on set early
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  Speaker 1: on during the recording of Katie's season, and it looks
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  Speaker 1: like I think he was with Katie and some of
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  Speaker 1: the pictures, it looks like he's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: cast member. And I think he's gonna get far. Do
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  Speaker 1: you guys remember how like he was supposedly like really
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  Speaker 1: sexual and then we know that Katie is pretty open
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  Speaker 1: about her sexuality. I just think they're kind of gonna
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  Speaker 1: jive immediately. And yeah, I'm predicting that Blake gets top four.
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  Speaker 1: Um and some other fun little tidbits I got from
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  Speaker 1: these guys because their bios came out. I took some notes,
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  Speaker 1: um about the ones that stood out the most to
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  Speaker 1: me because we have occupation now in hobbies and all
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  Speaker 1: that there's a skin salesman, a skin salesman. I think
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  Speaker 1: this is Jeff. How do you feel about that? Do
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  Speaker 1: you know at all what that means. Ben, I'm imagining
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  Speaker 1: he's like skin graphs, so like he probably like works
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  Speaker 1: for a hospital and sells skin graphs. Yep, that is
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  Speaker 1: what it is. But I like the way the Bachelor
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  Speaker 1: calls him a skin salesman. Yeah, it could be a
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  Speaker 1: little better. Like, I'm sure that's like a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of of a diss on him. He's like, no, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: actually like somebody that matters and like help people. He's like,
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  Speaker 1: I helped burn victims, but sure call me a skin salesman. Um.
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  Speaker 1: Then there's a zipper salesman zipper Like, h like what
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  Speaker 1: happened to the days that we actually could find out
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  Speaker 1: what these people did for a living? Like there's is
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  Speaker 1: there really somebody that brokers zippers for jeans? I guess
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  Speaker 1: like that's the like I'm sure most of these gene
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  Speaker 1: companies just go through like the manufact acture. So what
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  Speaker 1: does he do? Call up you know, like SEVENS and goes, hey,
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  Speaker 1: I've got a brand new zipper that you're gonna By
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  Speaker 1: the way, zippers and I don't get along very often. Um.
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  Speaker 1: But so like when I hear this, it's just not
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  Speaker 1: like zippers on pants I'm I'm more of a button guy.
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  Speaker 1: It's safer for many reasons. But does he just call
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  Speaker 1: up SEVENS like, Hey, I got a good zipper for
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  Speaker 1: you this year? Could be? Um. We got a little
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  Speaker 1: tidbit from our producer Riley saying that there are four
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  Speaker 1: point five billion zippers of all kinds that are consumed
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  Speaker 1: amongst the American population, the US population per year. So
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  Speaker 1: zippers are apparently more important than we think, and we
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  Speaker 1: use them as they're part of our daily lives more
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  Speaker 1: than we think of. Look, I got a zipper right
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  Speaker 1: here in my shirt, and I bet you you have
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  Speaker 1: a zipper on right now as we speak. No, I'm
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  Speaker 1: you should know I'm wearing a T shirt and basketball shorts. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for calling me out. I haven't changed it. I
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  Speaker 1: worked out this morning. Oh that's okay. You know that.
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  Speaker 1: That's like me every week we're on here. Um okay.
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  Speaker 1: So then we have a guy who starts celebrating Christmas
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  Speaker 1: in October every year. Well, that's Jessica, that's my fiance.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of endearing, I believe. Don't quote me on this.
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  Speaker 1: That that is Josh who does this. Jared also would
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  Speaker 1: love to start celebrating in October, probably like November one,
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  Speaker 1: if we're going to be technical, because Jared does like
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  Speaker 1: to soak up his thirty days of Halloween. Thirty one
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  Speaker 1: days of Halloween. Yeah, you know what. Thanksgiving is one
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  Speaker 1: of my favorite holidays. I have a problem with this because, um,
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  Speaker 1: last year, Jessica really wanted to start celebrating in October
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  Speaker 1: and I said, no, we gotta wait till at least
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  Speaker 1: after Thanksgiving, because Thanksgiving is um is a time for
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  Speaker 1: my family and her family to all get together. We
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  Speaker 1: can't just skip over it. This isn't you know, this
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  Speaker 1: is a memorable moment. But I get it. I'm learning
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  Speaker 1: that people love to start celebrating as soon as, uh
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  Speaker 1: they feel appropriate, and I feel like for Jessica, it's
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  Speaker 1: like an all year thing. In fact, this two weeks
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  Speaker 1: ago we went for dinner and they had Snowman painted
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  Speaker 1: on the windows and she looks at me, she goes
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  Speaker 1: Christmas and I was like, Yo, you gotta be kidding me.
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  Speaker 1: We're married to the same person. Then, because that October
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  Speaker 1: through Christmas era, Jared is just super excited. It's his
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  Speaker 1: favorite time of year. He loves the holidays and everything
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  Speaker 1: that it means um, but I like to milk each
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  Speaker 1: one and I don't want to push one forward. That
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  Speaker 1: makes sense. Okay. So then last note of mine that
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  Speaker 1: that really stood out was there's one guy who says
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  Speaker 1: he's good in bed. Yeah that guy. Uh you know what,
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  Speaker 1: I've never hung out with any guy friend and been like,
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  Speaker 1: I like you if that's how Yeah? Yeah, it just
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  Speaker 1: feels like, like, you know, your actions speak louder than words.
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  Speaker 1: M m uh, producers, I hear that you guys are
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  Speaker 1: obsessed with the weird facts Eastern. Do you have any
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  Speaker 1: that I didn't mention? Possibly? Possibly? Let me let me
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  Speaker 1: pull up one of my favorites really quick. I love
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  Speaker 1: having Easton in the pod. You know, it's a rare
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  Speaker 1: treat and I appreciate you giving me this moment. Brandon
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  Speaker 1: lives to attend the occasional rave. Brendan really does not
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  Speaker 1: like vegetables. Wow, what a wacky fact. But there's one
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  Speaker 1: guy who really likes parades. Oh, here he is Christian
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  Speaker 1: heard about that loves parades, dreams of driving the Batmobile,
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  Speaker 1: and rocked a Foehawk in his younger days. Oh god,
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  Speaker 1: that is Jared's best friend. That might be Jared's new
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  Speaker 1: best friend. He loves parades, he like loves the pride
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  Speaker 1: that comes along with them, and he also, of course
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  Speaker 1: wants to drive the Batmobile. And I think, where is
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  Speaker 1: he from? Do we not? Do we know this? He's
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  Speaker 1: from Boston, Massachusetts. Oh my god, it really is Jared's
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  Speaker 1: future best friend. Are our raves still a thing? Because
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  Speaker 1: when I was growing up, going to a rave was
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  Speaker 1: like we always talked about in high school. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you kind of whisper like, oh, you going to the
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  Speaker 1: rave this weekend, and then you choke to this rave
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  Speaker 1: and everybody like paint like like a highlighter on each
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  Speaker 1: other and musically blast. Yeah, it was like underground raves.
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  Speaker 1: Is that still a thing? That sounds very uh illegal children? Actually?
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  Speaker 1: I mean if if I'm sure, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things I did in high school that were legal. Um,
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  Speaker 1: But yes, I think raves were a thing. I think
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  Speaker 1: we I mean, I wonder if they still are, and
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  Speaker 1: if not, maybe we could bring them back. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like they kind of came back, uh in in you know,
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  Speaker 1: the early two thousands to mid two thousand's. It came
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  Speaker 1: back from the eighties. So I mean, super interesting group
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  Speaker 1: of guys. You know my unique standout Courtney because he
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  Speaker 1: spells his name qu a r t n e y.
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  Speaker 1: I've never seen that spelling for Courtney. Maybe it is common.
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  Speaker 1: I just am, you know, kind of hide under rocks
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  Speaker 1: sometimes certainly not common. It's kind of cool. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: really cool. It kind of makes me want to court me,
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  Speaker 1: like you know, like a little really makes things special. Um, Ashley,
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  Speaker 1: if I was to ask you a question, yes, sir,
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  Speaker 1: that we do every year, it's a big question for us. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I was going to change this question top three. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I always feel like I'm like struggling for that three.
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  Speaker 1: So can I give too? Because I feel really strongly
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  Speaker 1: about two, Ashley, You're the boss you can give to.
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  Speaker 1: Who are your two standouts without watching an episode, knowing
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  Speaker 1: anything about them, just seeing their pictures and some interesting facts.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron and Marcus. But like I hope that's just not
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  Speaker 1: because like I enjoy their vibes. I might be picking
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  Speaker 1: them for my own companionship and less of Katie's because
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  Speaker 1: like Katie has a whole different personality than me. Not
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  Speaker 1: that I know Aaron and Marcus personalities either, but they
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  Speaker 1: stand out. So what about you? Uh? If I'm looking
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  Speaker 1: at these guys, and if I glance over them, there's
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  Speaker 1: two that stand out to me. Carl Uh. Carl is
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  Speaker 1: very confident. You can see it in his eyes and
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  Speaker 1: in the way he's holding himself. Why am I not
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  Speaker 1: seeing him? Oh? There he is, Carl with a K.
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  Speaker 1: That's why. Yeah, Carl with a K. And I'm also
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  Speaker 1: kind of like Vibe and Austin. Austin Uh goes with
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  Speaker 1: the old school burgundy golf shirt for his picture. It
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  Speaker 1: means he has some fashion sense. Um, he's facing the
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  Speaker 1: camera directly like he knows that he's entering into this
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  Speaker 1: thing in confidence. So Austin and Carl are standing out
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  Speaker 1: to me. If I'm only going to give two, if
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  Speaker 1: I were to choose a third, which I think I
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  Speaker 1: still can can do that, can I give you my
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  Speaker 1: third next week? Yeah, you can give me your third
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  Speaker 1: next week, I would say Marcus. I think Marcus Uh
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  Speaker 1: looks like a kind man with a gentle smile. I
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  Speaker 1: expect big things from Marcus. I will be really disappointed
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  Speaker 1: if he doesn't stand out. Um, I mean this group
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  Speaker 1: of guys and and be it might be the change
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  Speaker 1: of background now for the pictures that they're they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good looking group of guys who you know,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes we look at this and we're like, what in
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  Speaker 1: the world where they find these dudes? We look at
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  Speaker 1: this group and we're like, these guys, you know what
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  Speaker 1: they got something like this could be a good group
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  Speaker 1: of men. They're fine, but they're not as exciting to
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  Speaker 1: look at on these backgrounds as they were in that preview.
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  Speaker 1: Because remember when I saw the preview, I was like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: they're cute, and I'm looking at these pictures and I'm like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they're fine. I mean, if I'm just to be vain,
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  Speaker 1: and we all know that nobody looks their best. Everybody
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  Speaker 1: looks their worst actually in these photos. Oh, I mean
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  Speaker 1: they always do. It's it's sometimes like you watch ease
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  Speaker 1: and you see them on TV, it's a completely different person. Um. Well, Ashley,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited for this season. And to close out this
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: little segment, when remind me when Katie's season is actually
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: gonna start, because I feel like, uh, you know, it's
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: already been filmed, it's just it's gonna be a bit still.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: But when does this start? Monday, June seventh. Al Right, guys,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: Bachelor atte back on Monday's June seven. It's just a
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: two hour premiere. Um and then and then we'll know
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: all these men are a a little bit more with mentors.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Caitlin Bristow and Tatia Adams. They're calling them mentors now,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: not like coaches, not friends. I don't they've kind of
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: changed the verbage up a little bit, but um mentors
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: is what we're calling Caitlin and Tasha. They're around for
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: the whole season. It's gonna be an interesting season, a
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: lot of changes. It's probably gonna feel very different, which
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: will make a really fun season for us to talk about.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: And we will be talking about it right here on
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: the Almost Famous podcast. Well, Ashley, let's take a break,
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: get a drink of water. When we come back, we're
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: gonna be talking to the recently engaged Sarah Herron about
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: everything cool going on in her life. Alright, guys, Sora
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: Haron is here on the phone with us. Hey, Sarah, Hi, guys,
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: how are you. We are so good. We are so
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: happy for you. You have so much going on. Um,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: you just got engaged last week. You're wanting you guys
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: building a house and you're starting IVF. Yeah, there's so
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: much on my play right now. I think my parents
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: are freaking out for me. But yes, I just got
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: engaged last week. We did buy a piece of property,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: but we're like pushing pause on building for a while
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: just because the cost of building is so high, and
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: I mean all the things. And then yeah, we're beginning. Yeah, yeah,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: you get it. We're both they're crazy. And then and
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: then I'm starting my I'm starting IVF this week. Actually,
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: where to begin? All right, let's start with the engagement.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: You told me last week via text that you actually
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: were in the midst of designing. You didn't you're like
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: picking out your own ring, and that was months ago.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: So start at the very beginning, when you guys had
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: the conversation of all right, let's find a ring. I know, okay,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: so um, we had We've been talking about getting engaged
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: and getting married for a while because we started trying
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: to have kids last summer, and you know, the order
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: the sequence of the events didn't really matter to us.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: We just because we know we want to spend our
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: life together, we want to have kids, and so we
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: started having kids trying to have kids for first, which
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: was a little out of order, but we knew we
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: wanted to get engaged and get married eventually. So Dylan
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: knows nothing about diamonds or jewelry, and so he originally said,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: can you make like a Pinterest board for me to
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: have in my back pocket something? And so I started
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: doing that and I pretty much landed on this design
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: that I wanted, and I showed it to him and
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: I was like, I wanted something like this, and I
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: think you're going to have to have it custom made,
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: and so you know, I definitely had a hand in
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: the process and I helped him, but then I just
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: didn't know when or how it would happen. But I'm
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: very type as I wanted to design it. So when
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: what was important to you? Can you walk us through
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: the details of this ring? Um? So I just wanted
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: something very unique and original to me. You know, my
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: background is in design, so I like having almost like
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: my stand ump of originality on something. And it's very classic.
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: It's Art Deco inspired, and it's just it's not a
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: ring you see on most people. So I just wanted
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: to be a little different. I wanted to have it
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: feel like it was truly mine and I don't wear
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: a lot of jewelry very often. I'm always like outside
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: doing things. So when I do where, I wanted it
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: to feel not like it didn't belong on me, you know.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: I didn't want it to feel out of character. So
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: did you see it before he popped the question? Now? Um,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: we had a family friend who owns a jewelry store
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: in St. Louis. Um, it's called Genevese Jewelers, and they
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: she so Nicole, the owner of the jewelry company, was
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: designing it with Dylan. So I didn't know thither ring
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: was there until like until they finished it. So they
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: were doing all the design and the production behind scenes
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: without without me. Now leading up then to the moment
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: that he asked you to marry him, can you walk
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: us through that day if you expected it kind of what? What?
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Where did he do it? How did it happen? Um? Yeah,
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: Well he was about to leave for a week long trip,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: and so I think he was just like I just
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: got to like pull the band aid off, just do it,
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: because he told he told me afterwards like he had
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: been trying to come up with all these plans like
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: should we do it while we're in California? Should he
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: you know, trying to basically come up with the most
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: dreamy scenario and then he was like, you know what,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna do it where we spend our time
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: where saying I know Sarah loves So we did it
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: at home in Carbondale. It was this typical Saturday. We
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: went out for a float on the river. We have
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: a raft and he knows it's my favorite river. My
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: best friend from home was there, and I think it
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: was just like, Okay, this is as perfect as it's
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: going to be for us because this is what we
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: love doing. And so um, he had kind of tricked
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: me into thinking we were going out to shoot photos
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: for a brand, and so he was like, be sure
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: to put on some makeup and like wear the clothes
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: for Eddie Bauer and so I was a little like, m,
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: you don't usually tell me to put makeup. So I
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: was a little tipped off, but yeah, I was still
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: pretty surprised. That's awesome. So I we hate to put
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: this pressure on because I know this is the question
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: that everybody asked when somebody gets engaged and it's like, wow,
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: it's been a week. Can we just enjoy engagement? But
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: what kind of wedding are you picturing? And when I
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: know on your Instagram this week you said that you
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: wanted a long engagement. Yeah, I want to be engaged
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: for at least a year. Dylan. He's like, I defer
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: to you. If you want to run off in a
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: lope tomorrow, I'll do that. Or if you want to
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: draw it out and have you know, something more special
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: later on, we can do that. So I'm more comfortable
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: with a longer engagement. And that's just because, like we said,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: we have so much on our plates right now that
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: I really just want to give each experience we're going
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: through enough time to like enjoy it. There's no rush,
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: you know. I want to enjoy a long engagement. I
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: want to be present through my IVF experience. I don't
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: want to feel like I'm trying to get everything done
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: by certain timeline. Do you do you mind sharing kind
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: of have then? How I mean you said that you
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: you kind of had talked with Dylan and you started
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: trying to have kids a year ago. How are the
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: conversations leading up to choosing to have IVF and how
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: has that process been for you? Yeah, it's been pretty
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: like rocky, It's it's pretty emotional. Um, we decided last summer,
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: like just something went off on a light switch went off.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: I decided, you know what, I really do want to
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: be a mom. I want to have kids with Dylan.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: I think it just like clicked for me. I was like,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: I want to see him, you know, taking his little
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: kids hiking and just fantasizing about it. So we decided
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: to start trying, and after about seven months of no luck,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: my gynecologists told me to come in and get tested
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: simply because I'm thirty four, and if you're over thirty
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: four and it takes a while, they want to check
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: on your hormone levels. So we found out I had
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: diminished ovarian reserve and that it was probably going to
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: be really difficult for me to get pregnant naturally. So
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: I had two options, and one option was to pursue
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: hormone just strictly like getting on hormones and still trying
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: UM naturally through intercourse. And then the second option was
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: to pursue IVF. And I had heard from many many
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: women that like, just go straight to IVF UM hormones
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: can really like kind of mess with you emotionally, and
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: I didn't really want to do that forever, especially if
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: time is of the essence. So we decided to jump
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: right in and you're starting that process. You're going to
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: California next week to get the eggs retrieved. So you've
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: been on a lot of hormones, I'm assuming the past
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: two or so weeks. How are you feeling? Um? I
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: actually start on Wednesday, So I'm out here prematurely, essentially
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: because I want to be here for the whole process.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: So I'll be here for three weeks um, and I'll
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: be visiting with my fertility specialist every other day. So
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: since we are not in the same location, I just
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: I decided it would be best if Dylan and I
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: were here so that we could be with her in
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: person rather than like you know, trying to do all
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: this remotely and then flying in right before the procedure.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: I just wanted to be here for all of it,
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: So I'll be all hormonal in an AIRBNBA somewhere. Well,
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: thank you for sharing all this. It's a personal but
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: I do think it helps a lot of women out
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: there when they hear this. Yeah. Yeah, And it's like,
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's such an uncharted territory when you come
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: into it for the first time, and so when I
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: found out. I just wanted to absorb everything I still do.
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: I read. I kind of stopped reading all the blogs
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: and the threads because you could just go down rabbit
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: holes forever. But you know, infertility was so nut I
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: didn't know. I didn't understand anything about it. So I'm
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: happy to share my experience because I know women have
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: a lot of questions, as do I. You know, it's
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: is it an exciting time? Like I mean, what are
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: what are your emotions right now? I mean you just
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: got engaged. You know, you're you're you are going to
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: have a longer engagement. This is happening in three weeks.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: Like how are you doing personally? Um? Every day is
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: a little different. Um, right now, I'm really optimistic. Right now,
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited. I must feel like it's a high
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: because you're like, Okay, this is a really proactive step
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: that has great results. So for the first time, I
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: feel like, oh my gosh, this could actually be it.
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: But I'm also trying to stay level headed because it
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: is a journey, and you know, not everything always works
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: on the first try, and it does seem like in
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: you know, getting up until this point, it's been a
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: roller coaster like, as soon as something feels really good,
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: something kind of inevitably punches you in the face. And
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: so I've just kind of like learned to roll with
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: those punches. But right now, in this moment, I feel
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: really excited and I'm just trying to like cling onto
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: that optimism. Awesome, Well, we are happy for you, were
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: excited for you, and sending you all the positive love
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: and vibes all the baby dust is. People keep saying,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: I know, let's go through some fun questions before we
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: let you go. I think I know the answer to
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: this one. Big or small wedding? What do you think small?
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: I think you're gonna have like a little thing in
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: the woods with like thirty to fifty people. Probably yeah, probably,
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: I mean yeah, less than a hundred, I think, but
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: definitely like smaller is is my demo. Last week we
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: had Desert Heart stock on and she was picking out
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: wedding dresses for so many people that got engaged in
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: the last few weeks, and she talked about yours and
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: she said, if I remember right, something, yeah, athletic and
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: like that you could like get into the woods with
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: and like that's beautiful strap list and like yeah, just
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: like something Yeah, you should go back and listen, because
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: she kind of, without having any knowledge of what you want,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: we kind of picked your wedding dress for you. She
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: said it would be a form fitting, strapless bodice, but
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: then more flowing, like something that flows in the wind
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: with the bottom half. What have you've always imagined? I don't.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: I don't think I'll do something like puffy, So we
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: didn't think it was gonna be pofy. I think, um,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: but definitely like more on the classic side. I'm very um, yeah,
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: just like timeless, so probably form fitting. Um, I don't know,
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: I could see like just classic. I don't know. I
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: don't know. I need to like start studying. I guess
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: that will be my next Pinterest board. But it's funny
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: that Desert is like attuned to that because we were
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: on the show together and so she probably remembers like
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: a lot of the dresses that I wore. Smart, Yeah
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: he is. Our last question is do you foresee anyone
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: from Bachelor Nation being in your bridal party or a
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: prominent member of your wedding. Um? Not no, not in
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: my bridal party, because we don't think we're really going
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: to have Is that what the group what's the groom's groomsman?
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: See how much I know? Um No, I'll probably have
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: my sister be my maid of honor and Dylan will
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: have a best man and then that's it. Um. But
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: I would definitely love kind of I mean kind of
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: like you actually, like I would love to have a
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: lan and involved in some way like he's He just
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: means so much to me. I don't know about officiating,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: but it will definitely be invited. Hey, he's licensed and
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: he is spectacular when he does it, as he is
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: with pretty much everything. Yeah, I know he would be great.
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: So yeah, I hope I envisioned him being there in
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: some capacity. But we'll have a small wedding party. Mhm alright, Sarah, Well,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. We love having
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: you on, especially when you have these amazing updates. Thank you.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: You guys always make me feel so special and celebrated
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: and I appreciate you know having me on and reaching
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: out is so nice, So thank you. Well, the truth
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: is you are special, you are celebrated and frome ever
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: to hear wish the best. This is gonna be. Thank you,
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, guys. Um I'll keep you posted
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: on what please do? Cool bye. Always great having Sarah
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: Hearing on the podcast, somebody that we celebrate, a fan favorite.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: It's always great for her to give up some of
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: her time, especially she has a lot going on in
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: this in this season of life to talk to us.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: But now, uh, as we mentioned last week on the
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: headlines about all the people getting engaged, it's time for
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Bachelor headlines here. Ashley is our resident expert. Let's start here.
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: Jojo Fletcher reveals Tasha Adams texted her for Bachelor hosting
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: tips ahead of Katie season is according to us, So
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: there's actually two headlines in here. First, Jojo reveals that
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: she was not offered the gig of being one of
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: the hosts this year. She said that she was deep
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: into filming her news show The Big d in Costa Rica,
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: so that timing probably wouldn't have panned out anyway. Um,
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: but Tasha reached out to Joe Joe, who, if you
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: guys remember, did some hosting when Chris Harrison brought his
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: son to college during her season. So she said, hey,
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: can I pick your brain? She said, it's weird taking
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: over the host role on a show like that. She said,
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: Chris Harrison is amazing at his job, so it's a
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: lot of pressure and I'm excited for them. As in
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: Taitia and Caitlin. She said that she's never spoken to
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: Katie before, and she said she's sad about that. She
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: says as newcomers come into the franchise, she keeps feeling
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: further and further behind and not being able to connect
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: with them as easy. But she said that she's excited
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: her for her season because although she didn't really watch
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: Matt season dedicatedly, I don't know if as a ward
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: dedicatedly um, she said that she did see the episode
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: where Katie really stood out and she thinks she's going
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: to be a really good bachelor at Yeah, it's uh
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: And if I remember right, I mean Jojo was on
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: Matt season, but it was never shown, right, that's right
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: because Tasia and Jojo both did a date and it
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: was cut, which was crazy, so wild. Uh. Next headline
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: is this is a big one for the Bachelor franchise. Uh.
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of changes going on in
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: the whole Bachelor world. And you know, if you don't
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: know this, the Bachelor is global, so a lot of
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: different countries do have their own specific show, well, The
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: Bachelor Australia cast first openly bisexual lead to meet male
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: and female suitors. This according to E her name is
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Brooke Blurton and she was on Nick Cummins season of
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: The Bachelor in two thousand eighteen in the Australia version,
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: and then she was on their version of Bachelor in Paradise.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: I wonder the same says the following year. I don't
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: think that was the year that Jared was on a
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Bachelor in Paradise Australia. May have been the year afterward,
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: But I'm gonna have to ask if he knows who
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: Brooke is. So they are going to be casting girls
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: and guys for her season, which of course brings up
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of questions like will girls and guys
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: get together behind the scenes or like, actually, maybe not
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: so much behind the scenes as it is part of
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: the show. Will girls be getting with girls? Will guys
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: beginning with guys? Will everybody there be bisexual? Will people
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: be will certain people be straight? It's there's it's like
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: it could be like a whole other spinoff about what's
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: going on inside the house. If you you know, what
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: do you what do you think, don't you think that
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: it's going to create a lot more. I mean, I
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: think it's great, but I also think it's going to
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: create so much drama they're gonna need multiple episodes a
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: week to keep up. Yeah, it's gonna be really interesting
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: how they navigate it. Um, it's going to you know,
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: there's definitely gonna be storylines in the house, Like I
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: think that's justbvious, Like there's I mean, you know, even
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: if everybody goes in saying, hey, you know we're here
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: uh today, Brooke, Yeah, then you know, over time, like
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: connections will be made. You're spending all the time together,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: so you know, the question then is like how are
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: the housing people all that that we don't know? But
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: there's it's definitely gonna be uh intriguing to watch because
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: it's something that we've never seen this format talking the Bachelor, Bachelor,
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: we've never seen this format try this or we've never
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: seen this happening. Uh, you know, will be really interesting
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: to me, Ashley because obviously this is happening in Australia first. Uh.
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: In the US is still the main franchise, it's the
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: most watched, there's the most money going into it. It's
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: where it started. Will the US follow at some point
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: the lead of Australia and then yeah, how does that work?
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: My thought is, yes, I know that ABC and Hulu
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: are kind of merging, like joining forces together, and I think,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: you know what, we've had that hot topic about Rob
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: Mills and we have the spin off with the older
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: people being on The Bachelor Bachelorette, and if they do
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: expand the franchise onto Hulu, I think this would be
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: one of the first ones there. And let's just shut
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: out our friend Lance Bass is the perfect host for
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: a show like that. No, he's yeah, he's he's great. Um,
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting, So tune in. I don't know
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: if you can. I'm sure like on Hula or something,
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: you can tune into the Australian Brook Bachelor. I think
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: you can watch it on Hulu. They might be like
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: quite delayed. I don't know if you can watch it
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: in live time, like you know, week to week, but
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: they definitely upload the whole season up there. Because you
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: can watch Bachelor in Paradise, Australia on Hulu, I believe. Okay, well, uh,
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: next headline is the Bachelor, Shan Low says, there were
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: growing pains early in his marriage with Katherine Lowe. This
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: according to people. Yeah, he I don't think that this
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: is like the first time they've said anything like this,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: but he said, in the beginning of our marriage, we
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: had a lot of growing pains, which for those nearly
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: what's out there who are listening and maybe it's a
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: little rocky for you, that's normal. That's what we've come
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: to find out. There was a bit of pressure because
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: we did a lot of public appearances and they did
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: the show, um, you know, marriage boot Camp, and he said,
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: with things like that, you know, you get to put
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: on a brave face even though maybe thirty minutes prior
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: you got into an ugly spot at home. We've grown
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: and Catherine has tried so hard to be the best
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: wife possible. She's an incredible mother and hopefully I've grown
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: up a little bit too. Um. That has helped us,
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: um improve the marriage over time. And also it was
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: helpful for them was learning each other's love languages. Sean
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: also said that the key to forging a successful marriage
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: is being someone being with somebody who is your best friend.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: You know, they have been open about it, right, I
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: mean the marriage boot camp stuff was really hard on
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: them obviously his time on Things star as. Like you said,
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: I mean, they they've been very open about their struggles
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: and there, uh their relationship, and it's helpful. I think
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: for many it's probably why so many people still gravitate
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: towards them. Um, you know, I mean, I know Katherine
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: Lowe is temporarily at least filling in an intramural for
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: Rachel lindsay On on the Bachelor podcast. So, like you know,
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: the lows are still very much a part of the
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: franchise and uh, and a lot of people lean on
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: them for advice. Well, uh, this week I did see
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: this person commented on Shan Low's photo. Shan Loo was
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: preaching at a church this Sunday, and Matt James commented
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: on it. Well, we have some headlines for Matt James.
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: We've kind of followed this story every week and we're
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: getting more and more information as the weeks go on.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: But Bachelor's Matt James and Rachel cuddle up during trip
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: to Miami. You guys, they're going strong. They had a
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: p D a packed week at week weekend together spotted
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: last Monday, make seven teenth. Um, his arm was around
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: Rachel as they strolled on the beach, and they were
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: also spotted hugging, um, you know, on the beach, and
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: an eyewitness said that they were on a cozy date
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: together at David Grutman's Komodo restaurant in Miami. They said
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: that they both sat on the same side of the
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: booth and they were very close to each other. Their
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: affection was on display, they weren't hiding it. So it
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: seems like they have hung out multiple times since well,
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: I mean that New York trip which apparently they split
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: up again, but then they rekindled in l A. It
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: seems like every week there's a new Rachel and Matt sighting.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: But I mean, if I for one, I'm really happy
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: to see to see it. Yeah, it seems like they're
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: making it work, or at least trying to, which is
• 41:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, which is exciting for you know, for a
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: lot of bat foundation, but it also is a little
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: bit frustrating for me, you know why I get it.
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if we had the same reasoning,
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: but go ahead. Well, it's just like, you know, Matt
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: got so much criticism for how the season ended, and
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: it felt like then there was so much left unset, right,
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: I mean there after the Final Rose was an important
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: episode and we all kind of left going wasn't like
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: there's so much that's still confusing, like what happened? Like
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: what what really went wrong? Like is do they dislike
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: each other like fully or they still have feelings for
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: each other? And then it just kind of ended and
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: it felt like now we're seeing that, yes, there was
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: still feelings for each other, like they did want to
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: make it work. Um Matt was interested in finding a partner,
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: which he got criticized for not wanting to find a partner,
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: but it just wasn't good timing then and there was
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: so much happening then it's like, well, uh, you know,
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: it's not none of our business, right, but it's like, man,
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: I kind of want to know what's going on like this,
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: Let's celebrate them a bit, and I hope they feel
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: celebrated for at least you know, try it, Ben, I
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: get it. I mean to me, thinking back on after
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: the Final Rows, which is still so recent, you know,
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: two months in some weeks, it feels like he threw
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: under the bus a little bit to me because it
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: was just seemed like the way he behaved toward her,
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: was that he was so disinterested in spending any more
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: time with her, and then fast forward for weeks and
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: all of a sudden he wants to get back with her.
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: It just seems like he was hiding some feelings there
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: and he was doing something for the cameras that he
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: doesn't really feeling inside. Maybe maybe he just needed some
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: time away to right. And I mean sometimes the cameras
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: like it's like a vacuum and it's so much deaf
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: spinning around that you're like, Okay, let's take a break.
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: Let's take a step away from the cameras. Let's relike
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: think through this. Let's maybe talk without cameras in our face,
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: and you know, you know, just chat about what's going on.
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: But I mean, yeah, I mean, he got so much
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: criticism for not wanting to find a partner, and then
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: we're like, well, wait, no, he kind of did from
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: the show, we just didn't get to see it. Well,
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: speaking of partners from the show, this is a story
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: I'm very interested in because these two people are close
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: friends of mine and I've already mentioned on this podcast
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: that I think it would be the best in their
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: of paradise if these two people showed up, were there
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: for like an episode, and left together. Because I just
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: get this sense that something is happening and I don't
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: know what. But Bachelor alum Becka Koufern and Blake Hurtzman's
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: flirty friendship. I know it's gonna say that they're just friends,
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: but I feel like that can't be possible. They liked
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: each other too much to just now be friends. Ben,
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: you might be able to get more insight than this
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: source does, because this source is just saying that they're
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: both single. They aren't dating one another. They just like
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: flirting with each other and it doesn't mean they're dating.
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: They run, They run in similar crowds, and they run
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: into each other from time or two. Every time or two.
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: They were even spotted on Kenda Long's Instagram last week
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: or last month and Becca was jokingly giving Blake a rose.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: Come on, you know more? You even have Bilake at
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: the Bachelor party. Does I know that there's no way exclusive?
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: Or did I get that they're not exclusive? But like,
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: have they kissed? That's my question? Have they show? You
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: gotta ask, I will ask. Guys don't ask their guy
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: friends stuff like this, And you know you know if
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: we had Blake on, which we did very recently, I
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: would straight up ask him this and make everybody uncomfortable,
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: and he'd probably say no, But then i'd over analyze
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: his facial expression or he'd laugh, and we'd know the
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: truth was yes. Well, here's what I do know, and
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: keeping you know, the respect of the friendships. I don't
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: know if they've kissed. I don't even I mean, like
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: I see Blake and like talk to Becca and they'll
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: be like, oh, yeah, I hung out Blake. I don't
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: want to dig, because I do want to they're they're
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: friends of mine. All I know is this um that
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: I belime. I don't know this. I guess I'm assuming
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: is given the right circumstance. Knowing how much Blake liked
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: Becca on that season, like literally was like this could
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: be my wife, and knowing how Becca felt about Blake
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: and the interest there and the things left unsaid and undone,
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: given the right circumstance, I believe they would at least
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: give it a shot. And I think, like dating again,
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: I think there's just like there's tension there. There's just
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: no way they can just go back to being friendly.
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: Like they're both single, they're obviously they Okay, the sources,
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: they run in the same circles. Well, they're both on
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: the franchise and like they but like you know, there's
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: a lot of people from the franchise that live in
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: Denver that I never see, Like you have to make
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: an effort to see them, and so I don't know.
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like Paradise is the spot, and
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: I feel like even if they're trying to fight it personally,
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: if they're like, hey, this is too much, we can't
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: do this, whatever, I believe that the show works so
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: hard to get him on Paradise. They walked to the beach,
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: both single. You tell me there's not a spark, and
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: they don't go, let's give it a shot. I'm calling
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: it right now. I think it happens. I think it's beautiful.
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: I think it changes their worlds. I think they at
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: least can date after that. I don't know. Then I
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: have more to say. Okay, you keep bringing up Paradise,
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: and I really have a hard time believing that Becca
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: would do Paradise after becoming a lead. We saw that.
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: Who was that? Who did that? I don't think anybody's
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: ever been the lead. Thing you were the lead, and
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: you went on epic emotional failure, and then Blake has
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: such an issue with like the way Paradise last time
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: went down for him, that I don't think he'd ever
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: be willing to go back again. So how do you
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: see this happening in paradise? Do you think that Blake
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: actually would because you know him pretty well and I
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: know you must have talked to me about this, well,
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: I think they would. I don't think they want to.
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: I don't think it would be something that they like
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: desire to do. But I think you mean, well, because
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: here's here's how it plays out. I think I would
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: tell anybody like, yes, I want to win our games,
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: and yes, it was really hard for me. I can't
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: say it was a wrong decision. I think there's so
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: many things about it that I enjoyed, you know, beginning
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: to spend that much time with you, getting to hang
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: out with Dean the whole time, getting me yuki, like
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: those things are memories that I'll take forever um and
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: and help me get through a lot and confront a lot.
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: And so I think Becca should, I mean, if if
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: she wants to do it, I don't think there's any
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: problem with the league going back on a show like Paradise,
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: especially when they're single. Uh, and you know they're trying
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: to meet somebody for Blake, I mean quite frankly, even
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: in front of mine, it can't get any worse, like right,
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: and he survived it, like you know, he's doing his
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: DJ thing now. Like even as for as much hate
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: as he received and for as much hate as he felt,
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: he's doing fine. Like he's he's right back in the world.
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: So it's like, what, I'm gonna go back on this thing,
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: and they're gonna hate on me more? No, I know
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: how this plays out. Give us some time, people you know,
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: forgive and forget, or they just say, hey, it was
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: you know whatever, and they move on I and and
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: it just it just might be And and this is
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: what I'll say as a friend, it just might be
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: the push they need to like try this thing, because
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: I think they would both be hesitant without having that
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: intentional environment to enter into anything. And so it just
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: might be the push in the environment they need to say,
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: can we just try this? Like where we at? Are
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: we actually interesting each other? Or are we really just friends?
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: Which I just can't believe. I don't believe it would
• 49:55
  Speaker 1: live for it to watch it on TV and just
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: to go off of what you're saying about, like just friends,
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: how do you even do that? How do you get
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: that close to engagement end up going with somebody else
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: having not fully explored what could have been with this
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: other person, then you just decide not to do it
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: once you're broken up with the other guy. Mmmm. Actually
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: you're on the same page, and I think fans are
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: also well. Big headline this week all over the place.
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: Chicks in the Office had an incredible, incredible podcast that
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: they pulled a lot at of Kelly flann again, which
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: I'm starting to feel like she's a great interview because
• 50:32
  Speaker 1: I don't think she holds back. We should probably get
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: her on this podcast. Um, she's never really held back
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: even with us, and but she let it all out
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: there during Chicks in the Office. She shared away Kelly
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: Flannagan told bachelor Peter Weber to get the hell out
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: of my life after breakup, and there's a lot to
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: that statement. Ashley, what is going on? Juicy? Juicy? I
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: was actually listening to this podcast before we started recording
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: our podcast. I didn't get to the get the hell
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: out of my life or lose my Number part. But
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: she does confirm that they broke up in December when
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: they announced it like on the thirty one of the month,
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: and then they reunited briefly once they reconnected at the
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: super Bowl, and because they were on fine terms, even
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: though she said she was really annoyed at the fact
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: that that he announced on New Year's Eve that they
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: broke up, even though she wanted to wait a couple
• 51:27
  Speaker 1: of days and kind of like tell family and friends
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: and even the Bachelor producers told them to wait a
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: couple of days, but he went ahead and did it,
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: so that was annoying to her. But then when they
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: saw each other at the Super Bowl, they reunited in February,
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: only for it the last like another month or two
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: for it to end really badly this time, and when
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: you see really badly clarified because she does talk about this,
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: she doesn't. She doesn't. It's like kind of implied that
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: she found out that there were other girl roles that
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: she was that he was talking to. They even had
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: each other still on Find My Friends. I don't know
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: if you guys are all familiar with it, but it's
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: the app on the iPhone where you can track your people.
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: I checked Jared, he tracks me, but more like for
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: safety reasons, like I like to know when he gets
• 52:14
  Speaker 1: somewhere after he's driven for a long time, or like
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: is he that he's not answering his phone? Like where
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: is it? You know all that that I can't do that.
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: You don't do that. No, Jess would always see me
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: at the golf course and I'd be like ashamed, No,
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: I can't do that. Ben. This happens on a regular
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: basis in our family as well. I'll wake up at
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: nine and I'll be like where is he? Buy net?
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: Like what where is he? And then I always look
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: if I'm my friends and he's on the golf course.
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: Um okay. So she doesn't really say anything about like
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: their specifically being one girl but or or a girl,
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: or like any sort of cheating situation, but she said
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: she heard that like he's been hooking up a lot lately.
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: Like she said that she'll go to her friends in
• 53:01
  Speaker 1: Nashville and then they'll be like, oh, yeah, my friend
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: hooked up with Peter last week. And then she said
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: that sometimes Peter will check in on her, but like
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: her mentality is just don't respond, like she just hasn't responded,
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: hasn't talked to him since they ended badly, where again
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: she said to get the hell of my life and
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: lose my number, which, when you put all that together,
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: just sounds like that's not that. That sounds like an
• 53:24
  Speaker 1: argument where you found something out bad about the other person, right, Yes,
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: it does. I mean this was this was an episode
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: of the and we got to give chicks in the
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: office credit. I mean, they did a great job here.
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: Um and uh, but it was an episode you're listening
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: to and you I've talked about it here. You know,
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: when you get like cringe worthy, cringe worthy, like you
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: feel like you're hearing stuff that you shouldn't be hearing
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: and that you're involved in a conversation. This is what
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: I felt like. Almost the whole time. I was like, oh,
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: this is tough. I I don't I want to hear it,
• 53:53
  Speaker 1: but I can't. I can't stop listening, but I don't
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: want to hear this. Uh big podcast. A lot of
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: things said, um, and I mean, it definitely doesn't sound
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: like Kelly and Peter on good terms. I think we
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: can assume that she says this, Okay, this is what
• 54:07
  Speaker 1: happened She said that he texted her, she didn't respond
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: and then found out some news I wasn't happy with.
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: I found out news that I wasn't happy with. We
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: still had each other on my on Find my Friends.
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: We were closing it out. It was ending, but not
• 54:25
  Speaker 1: necessarily done. So that's that's the illusion for y'all. A
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: lot going on here, Well, final headline of today, and
• 54:34
  Speaker 1: again there has been a lot and there always is.
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: We'll end on a brighter note here. Bachelor's Hayley Ferguson
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  Speaker 1: has the same bridal party as twin sister Emily, and shocking,
• 54:46
  Speaker 1: they will combine their bachelorette parties. This according to us.
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  Speaker 1: I mean not much to say beyond that, but how
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: convenient You've got some money saving tactics going there. You
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: have the same bridal party, So that means that they
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: are going to have the same bachelorette parties and the
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: same bridal shower. They're all going to be combined. They
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: will not have the same weddings. They do say that
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: they both have really different wedding styles, so it'll be
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: nice to add their own touches to those things. But
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  Speaker 1: they are so excited to be engaged in planning weddings
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  Speaker 1: at the same time. So awesome. I bet that's gonna
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: be a blasts. It's fun to celebrate those two well, Ashley. Uh,
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: final segment of this podcast, as we talked about it
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  Speaker 1: is our four year anniversary coming up and we have
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: a big giveaway, massive giveaway for all of you out there.
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  Speaker 1: This is a giveaway that is free and we're gonna
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: have the creator of our free giveaway gift on the
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: podcast right now, Jessica Sacks Davamos, coming on the Almost
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: Famous podcast to talk about this giveaway. So Ben, before
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: we get started with Jessica, should we go through how
• 55:52
  Speaker 1: everybody can win the rings that she's about to tell
• 55:55
  Speaker 1: us all about. Yeah, let me tell you all about this.
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  Speaker 1: So this is super cool again, these rings are really awesome. Uh,
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: can you believe it? Actually, it's been four years. This
• 56:04
  Speaker 1: is something incredible that I I just never thought it
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  Speaker 1: would be possible. And uh and thanks to the effort
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: of many including the producers on the podcast and yourself. Uh,
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: we're celebrating four years and Jessica is helping us do that.
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  Speaker 1: So here's what you need to do. Follow us on
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: Instagram at Almost Underscore Famous Podcast again, that's almost underscore
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: famous podcast. Then click the link in the bio and
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: register for the contest. That's it, So you go to
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: Instagram follow us, click the link in the bio register,
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  Speaker 1: You're good to go. We're gonna select these winners on
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  Speaker 1: June fourteenth, will randomly select four lucky winners. Uh. Super
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: pumped about this. It's a fourtune curate yellow gold ring
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: with diamonds and uh, I just I think it's incredible.
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: In addition to that, we're gonna get hidden garden flowers.
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: Are giving two dozen roses to the winners too. So, hey, Ashley,
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: let's bring Jesson. Yeah, hey Jessica, I got Jessica. You've
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: been working in the fashion and jewelry industry for twenty
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: years now, is that right? Yes? That is wow? Okay,
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: so how did you design these almost famous four year
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  Speaker 1: anniversary rings? Like? Are you a fan of The Bachelor
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: and Bachelorette? Did you bring inspiration from the show into
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: the design? So yes, I'm a Bachelor and Bachelorette fan
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: and mostly Paradise fan. So I'm hoping that that's back
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: this year. Back good. I can't wait. It's my guilty pleasure.
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: But yeah, I you know, I've been watching the show
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: for so many years, and it's interesting the transition of
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: the girl's jewelry as time's gone on, and now you
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: start to see that everybody's really fashioned forward and making statements.
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: And so when they asked me if I'd be interested
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: in doing something like this, I wanted to do something
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: that I would wear that I think is great and
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: funky and cool. And then somebody would say, hey, where'd
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: you get your ring? So with this ring, it is
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: really cool? Have you designed for anyone who's been in bachelination?
• 58:07
  Speaker 1: Has bachelination at all? Warner stuff before before? Now you
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: guys are the first. Hey, that's unexciting. That's very awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for doing this. Who would you
• 58:20
  Speaker 1: if you had to jewel? You know, how do you
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: say that Frost themselves for Paradise? Which contestant would you
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: most want to see your stuff on? Oh? There's a
• 58:34
  Speaker 1: lot of you I really liked, so that would not
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: be fair if I didn't say you. But no, it's okay,
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: don't say me, because I'm not going to be on
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: Paradise many there's so many of you guys that I
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: that I just adore watching I would say Caitlin because
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: she's a little on the badass side. Yes, I would
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: be kind of it would be kind of cool to
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: do something like that for her. I do something more
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: like black diamonds or something a little more edgy. But
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I think there's a lot of a
• 59:07
  Speaker 1: lot of girls in your in your group that just
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: would be an honor to get to do something with them. Well,
• 59:14
  Speaker 1: speaking of rings, rings in Caitlin Burstow, what do you
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: feel about like her engagement rings? Yeah? Well, you know
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: what's interesting? So I have done engagement rings for clients,
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: and that's the new thing, and that has not been
• 59:28
  Speaker 1: the new thing for a long time. That other people
• 59:30
  Speaker 1: are asking for different settings a little more traditional, the
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: double halo, the cushion cut, there's all those different things
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: that I've always been requested. And ever since Instagram has
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: taken off and all these bachelorettes are posting their new rings,
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: like Joe, Joe and Caitlin, it's a it's a totally
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: different style than I'm used to seeing. I mean, it's
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: a Chile that's come back. Isn't that crazy how the
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: trends change every few years. Because my wedding band I
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 1: feel like my what my band and my engagement ring
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: was the it looking one three years ago and now
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 1: it's all that small, tiny band, big stone look. Yeah yeah,
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 1: but see that stuff, and I think all of it's great.
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: But for me, I'm a girl with crazy long, curly
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: hair that would be caught in my hair every day.
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: So something that you want to wear and can be convenient,
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: so for me that would never work. But do you
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: see in your profession, like when the Joe Joe's and
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: the Caitlin's of the world post their rings, Like, can
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 1: you feel the change in your place of work? Did
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: people ever come in saying, hey, this is what I saw,
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: this is what I want to wear, or like, are
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 1: they trend setters? You know? I mean they aren't, except
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: for my clientele is a little bit older, so where
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 1: more of mid to late thirties to fifties, So it's
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: they're not really taking the trend from these influencers as
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: much for spending this kind of money. However, I have
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: in the most recent few months been asked if I
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: can do something and then they'll show me a picture
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: of one of those rings. So I guess it's slowly happening.
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: That's a lot of power. That's a big deal. Um.
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 1: So when it comes to this almost famous ring, what
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: what's what are you most excited about? Well, I mean
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: I think that anything that brings business to me and
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: I can get my name out there and my company
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: out there more is you know, obviously the key to it.
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: But then to be able to do something for personalities
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 1: that you already feel like you know a little bit,
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: it's kind of exciting, and you know, you get a
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: little bit of bread rights for everybody who does not
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: win these four rings, they can get your jewelry at
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: Love around the Neck dot com anything else you want
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 1: to add. So just I'm not online, and the reason
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 1: why I'm not online is because I do wholesale pricing.
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 1: So it's really through my Instagram, which is Love around
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: the Neck. But I don't have my presidents because I
• 1:02:22
  Speaker 1: give wholesale pricing and it creates issues with stores and designers.
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: So I'm basically through Instagram and then they DM me
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 1: and then we go from there. Gotcha all right? Well,
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 1: thank you so much for doing what you're doing for us,
• 1:02:39
  Speaker 1: and we hope that you enjoyed Paradise this season. I
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: can't wait. Thank you pleasure, Thank you. I thank care
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: so cool Ashley that we're able to celebrate our for
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: your anniversary with the help of again It's love around
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 1: the Neck on Instagram. Uh. Just uh, it's exciting for
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: us actually, as we enter into four years, as we
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: close out this podcast today, what does it feel like
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: for you? Um? I mean we talked about it last week,
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 1: just how thankful we are. But how how does the
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: idea that you've been doing this, talking and people about
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: there have been listening and growing with us for four years?
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 1: How does that feel? I can't really even like wrap
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 1: my head around it because three years sounds like, oh yeah,
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: three years, right, But four years is like, wow, that's
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: a chapter of your work life. I just can't believe
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: how much time flies. I think about that every day,
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: Like every single day. I'm like, where did the time go?
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 1: Where did the day go? But I appreciate each day
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 1: and I appreciate every single listener that has ever listened
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: to this podcast, and we are we are always looking
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: for your feedback to if you think we can be better,
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: let us know how. Um. But yeah, I mean I
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: feel blessed truly. I know it sounds that sounds cliche,
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: but it's been an her I mean, people listen to
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: our voices, our opinions on the show. It's just really
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: it's really cool. Yeah. People used to say have a
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: really annoying voice, but now you listen, and uh it's
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: my job. So last last on them. Well, Ashley celebrating
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 1: four years, coming up, celebrating you always. This has been
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: the Almost Famous podcast and I've been been, I've been Ashley. Bye, guys.
• 1:04:24
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