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WTF Bachelorette?! with Rachel Recchia and Trista Sutter · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, guys, welcome to the Almost Famous podcast breaking news episode.
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  Speaker 2: We can finally say it's safe to say that the
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  Speaker 2: Bachelorette will not be happening this year. They are going
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  Speaker 2: to skip a season for now, That's what it seems like.
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  Speaker 2: So I had to have two bachelorettes on me on
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  Speaker 2: with me to talk about this news. We have Tristi
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  Speaker 2: Sutter and Rachel Rekia. Hey, guys, what was your initial
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  Speaker 2: take to this?
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  Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I was shocked because I heard
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  Speaker 3: they picked the lead. I heard the lead was like decided,
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  Speaker 3: and it made sense to me who they picked again rumors,
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  Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden, I saw this on Instagram,
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  Speaker 3: like really, like we hear stuff on the inside, I
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  Speaker 3: didn't hear anything.
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  Speaker 2: So Ben told us, I want to say, two weeks
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  Speaker 2: ago we were about to record an episode. I think
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  Speaker 2: he was with wells Or around that time, and he goes, so, guys,
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  Speaker 2: guess what, like I heard that the Bachelorette's not happening.
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  Speaker 2: Because sorry, Ben, if you didn't want me to tell
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  Speaker 2: you to tell this part, but he said, because those
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  Speaker 2: that housewives show the Mormon Housewives, which is different than
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  Speaker 2: like the Umbrella, you know, the Bravo Housewives. Because that's
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  Speaker 2: doing so well, they're going to use the Bachelorette time
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  Speaker 2: slot because it's the same demographic. Yeah, so the same
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  Speaker 2: people are watching that, but it's getting it's doing so
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  Speaker 2: well on Hulu that it did so well on Hulu
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  Speaker 2: the first season that they brought it to air after
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  Speaker 2: the Bachelorette. Current The Bachelor currently on Monday nights at
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  Speaker 2: ten pm, and now they're going to use the normal
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  Speaker 2: Bachelorette time slot for Mormon Wives. Trista, Wow.
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  Speaker 4: You know, honestly, I'm not that shocked because I feel
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  Speaker 4: like we kind of mentioned it before where we got
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  Speaker 4: on the before we started recording, and it's basically they
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  Speaker 4: find another show to replace it, and they've got so
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  Speaker 4: many shows in the bucket currently that I feel like,
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  Speaker 4: you know, with Bachelor in Paradise coming back, I assume
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  Speaker 4: that's correct, and then with the Golden Stuff, I feel
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  Speaker 4: like I wasn't shocked when I heard The Bachelor. Well,
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  Speaker 4: I was a little bit shocked when I heard The
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  Speaker 4: Bachelorne Paradise wasn't coming back, because I felt like it
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  Speaker 4: did there well yeah, yeah, exactly last year. So I
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  Speaker 4: wasn't shocked then, and it's I'm kind of in the
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  Speaker 4: same I'm in the same boat right now with Bachelorette.
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  Speaker 4: Like if there's you know, they've got Golden Bachelor Bachelorette,
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  Speaker 4: and they've got Bachelor and Paradise coming back supposedly, so
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  Speaker 4: maybe they're just gonna, you know, take a short little
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  Speaker 4: break for summer with Bachelorette. And I'm not taking it
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  Speaker 4: as it's going away forever, like I feel like some
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  Speaker 4: people probably are taking it as it's going away forever
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  Speaker 4: or might not ever come back. But I guess I
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  Speaker 4: just since I was the first to you know, be
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  Speaker 4: on it and it's stuck around for over twenty years
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  Speaker 4: that I'm like, it's not going away. If you know,
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  Speaker 4: it would have gone away earlier if it didn't, I
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  Speaker 4: don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I thought that there was a pause in it in
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  Speaker 2: the mid two thousands.
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  Speaker 4: You're right, Like, I mean, I'm talking about big picture,
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  Speaker 4: it hasn't gone away like it's come like if it's
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  Speaker 4: taken a break, it's come back. And so I guess
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  Speaker 4: I just don't. I I've been with the show for
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  Speaker 4: so long that I just feel like it's not going
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  Speaker 4: to go away forever. Maybe it will someday, but I
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  Speaker 4: don't know if this is the time.
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  Speaker 2: Basically, they have too much on their docker right now
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  Speaker 2: once they've added the Golden Bachelor to the franchise, Like
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  Speaker 2: four shows a year is too much. So last year
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  Speaker 2: they took out Paradise and this year they're going to
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  Speaker 2: take out Bachelorette, and I guess it'll just kind of
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  Speaker 2: be a wait and see to which one which way
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  Speaker 2: works out best for them.
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  Speaker 3: Writings wise, is Golden that well?
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  Speaker 2: I didn't. I don't think that Golden Bachelorette did spectacular,
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  Speaker 2: So I think they're just probably going to try this
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  Speaker 2: cycle and then we'd one out. It would be really
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  Speaker 2: weird long term if the Bachelorette is what they weed out.
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  Speaker 3: Agree they need it for Paradise, Like you have to
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  Speaker 3: have the continuous cycle for Paradise to work. Which I
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  Speaker 3: feel like Paradise is their best show, not last season,
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  Speaker 3: not the last one they did traditionally it does.
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  Speaker 2: The best well, not writings wise, but it seems like
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  Speaker 2: in the fandom's opinion, it's what they prefer to watch.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that's so true. They need it for for Paradise.
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  Speaker 4: They have to have they have to have Bachelor, and
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  Speaker 4: they have to have Bachelorette unless they're going to do
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  Speaker 4: a Golden Paradise, which I don't see.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god, can.
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  Speaker 2: You imagine We're gonna have to like dive back into
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  Speaker 2: that time during the mid two thousands where they continue
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  Speaker 2: The Bachelor but didn't do the Bachelor atte for a while.
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  Speaker 2: Figure out how long it was without Does anybody have
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  Speaker 2: any I'm talking to producers right now, but do we
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  Speaker 2: have any insight on this season's ratings? Did they make
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  Speaker 2: this decision final because of the premiere? I think it
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  Speaker 2: was before the premiere that this was something talked about
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  Speaker 2: amongst the higher ups, because Ben seemed to know before
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  Speaker 2: this season permiered that this was something that they were considering.
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  Speaker 2: We do have a little info from our executive podcast
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  Speaker 2: producer right here. She said that the whole team found
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  Speaker 2: out Friday. There's lots of uncertainty, a lot of crew
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  Speaker 2: out of work because an entirely new team is doing
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  Speaker 2: Paradise and the future of the Golden Show is to
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  Speaker 2: be determined. They are still running those ads for casting,
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  Speaker 2: but nothing is set and stone. So does anybody think
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  Speaker 2: that this is the beginning of the end, Like, no,
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  Speaker 2: it can't be.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's like crazy to believe. But I did hear,
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  Speaker 3: like because obviously I hear the Paradise rumor mill, like
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  Speaker 3: people are starting to get that call, and yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: know it's like none of our producers are going to
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  Speaker 3: be there. Wow, I can't even imagine filming and like
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  Speaker 3: just having a whole new team, Like it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be a completely different show.
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  Speaker 2: You wouldn't have the relationship with those producers going into Paradise,
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  Speaker 2: which makes I mean that makes the interviews knowing those
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  Speaker 2: people being so comfortable.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't imagine going to parent. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: I would go if it was.
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  Speaker 2: All I will tell you that, Like the main reason
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  Speaker 2: that I went the first time was because I was like,
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  Speaker 2: oh my gosh, I get to hang out with my
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  Speaker 2: friends again. And a majority of those friends, I would say,
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  Speaker 2: was producer's side, Like I just wanted that family back.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that makes total sense.
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  Speaker 3: The location, new team. I mean, I think the cast
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  Speaker 3: is going to be really good obviously because we have
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  Speaker 3: like a couple of seasons built up. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like either it's going to do like really really
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  Speaker 3: really well and then we'll go from there or maybe
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  Speaker 3: it is. I hope it's not the beginning of the end,
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  Speaker 3: but it is scary.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, any final thoughts, y'all.
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  Speaker 4: Are you guys watching the Mormon Show?
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  Speaker 3: Have I actually really like it? I watch I watched
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  Speaker 3: last season. It's interesting. Do I think he could go
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  Speaker 3: on for more than like three seasons? I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: They're really really messy, like they continue to have drama,
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  Speaker 3: like even off season. They post about it on TikTok.
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  Speaker 3: So I think the fact that they have the off
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  Speaker 3: season where they're still like a lot of interest.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Rachel, I just feel like it was
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  Speaker 2: really juicy when you said that they had already picked
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  Speaker 2: the bachelorette. So this seems like a ratings thing.
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  Speaker 3: I know, again, like we all hear so much, but
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  Speaker 3: I heard this it was like two months ago.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that they picked her, like right off the finale.
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  Speaker 3: They knew who it was going.
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  Speaker 4: To be after they filmed grants. Yeah, after they finished
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  Speaker 4: filming you mean they were they knew exactly who they
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  Speaker 4: were going to do.
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  Speaker 3: I heard that. I heard a name, Okay, and I
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  Speaker 3: heard from someone who usually like knows, like normally it's
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  Speaker 3: a good source, but I don't know. So maybe it
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  Speaker 3: is a ratings thing and maybe we'll just see her
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  Speaker 3: come back next year. And hopefully that's what it is.
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  Speaker 2: We have heard room Ben has heard. Okay, hold on,
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  Speaker 2: Ben has heard rumors of the ending of this. I
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  Speaker 2: don't even think he knows who, like the two women
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  Speaker 2: are at the end of this, and we know that
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  Speaker 2: there will be two because we know that Grant has
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  Speaker 2: to like has that dramatic decision the last day where
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  Speaker 2: he like doesn't even know the day of. So that's
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  Speaker 2: not a spoiler. But if Ben's what Ben has heard
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  Speaker 2: about the finale is true, you would think there would
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  Speaker 2: be issue in for Bachelorette like that the audience might
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  Speaker 2: get really annoyed. Yeah, that it's not number two, got it.
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  Speaker 3: I personally really enjoy it when it's the runner up,
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  Speaker 3: like Joey, Like, I love that because I know so
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  Speaker 3: much about them, I'm so invested in them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so totally hopefully.
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  Speaker 4: I would love to know ratings wise. Is so they're
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  Speaker 4: talking about, you know, not doing Bachelorette because ratings are bad?
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  Speaker 4: Is that what you're saying on Grant season?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean I can't remember I think I think
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  Speaker 2: Grand Season might be the worst of all seasons. Really, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: because Joey's spiked again. Joey seems like he is the
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  Speaker 2: savior of the franchise, right, they didn't they didn't keep
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  Speaker 2: it afloat.
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  Speaker 4: Or although Golden started with it and then he started
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  Speaker 4: with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's interesting to me because
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  Speaker 4: I feel like people are talking. I mean, I'm drawn in,
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  Speaker 4: Like I feel like there are multiple people who have
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  Speaker 4: said I wasn't going to watch the show, but now
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  Speaker 4: I am because I actually like it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: That's interesting to me that the ratings aren't great, but
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  Speaker 4: they always change, like people like grow, you know, like
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  Speaker 4: get invested as they watch, and I feel like it
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  Speaker 4: grows more and more as the season goes on. So
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  Speaker 4: it's that's shocking to me that they would already make
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  Speaker 4: a decision based on ratings.
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  Speaker 3: But isn't the first like Night one? Isn't that always
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  Speaker 3: Night one in the last.
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  Speaker 2: One or Night one and the last one are usually
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  Speaker 2: the highest.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and if Night one already is starting off, like,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know who's watching this season, I haven't really
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  Speaker 3: heard much. I just started, But I mean I like
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  Speaker 3: it from what I've seen, but it could also be
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  Speaker 3: a thing again, right, I don't feel like I was
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  Speaker 3: as invested in grant story.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because we didn't know him beforehand. Maybe they need
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  Speaker 2: maybe they need to stop picking people that weren't in
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  Speaker 2: the top three.
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  Speaker 3: I agree, that's my opinion.
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  Speaker 2: Also, I know what's happened before in a wonderful way
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  Speaker 2: aka Hannah Brown was an exception to the rule. But
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  Speaker 2: let's be real, it's an exception to the rules.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like every time they've taken like someone who
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  Speaker 3: didn't even make it to hometowns, no one really watched.
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  Speaker 3: I guess Matt Jane's season was different too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Matt season was a little different I Grant.
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  Speaker 4: It's funny that you say that, because I've always had
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  Speaker 4: the opposite idea, is that I've always wanted them to
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  Speaker 4: pluck someone out of obscurity. And I think that is
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  Speaker 4: part of why The Golden was so popular, is because
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  Speaker 4: we all felt in love with Gary from this from
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  Speaker 4: the start, and no one knew him, you know, And
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  Speaker 4: so I feel like that was really popular. And maybe
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  Speaker 4: it was just because it was new and exciting, and
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  Speaker 4: you know, they obviously have this different storyline, but it
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  Speaker 4: would be interesting to see because I agree with you,
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  Speaker 4: the top three are the people who you're most invested in.
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  Speaker 4: But at the same time, I'm like, well, what about
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  Speaker 4: the flip side of somebody who nobody knows but we
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  Speaker 4: all get to fall in love with them together?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Okay, So so let's talk about ratings.
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  Speaker 2: I finally found it on the internet. It looks as
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  Speaker 2: if and I'm not a Nielsen expert, but it looks
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  Speaker 2: like it was down twenty percent from Joey season with
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  Speaker 2: two point seven million viewers watching, and then the following
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  Speaker 2: week they dropped to two point three million, So half
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  Speaker 2: a million almost dropped off. Wow, between the premiere and
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  Speaker 2: the second week.
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  Speaker 3: How does that compare to Zach's season? Though, Like, obviously
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  Speaker 3: Joey we know that. Spike was like, Yeah, when was
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  Speaker 3: last time we had viewers like that? I wonder if
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  Speaker 3: it's similar to Zach And it just looks like it's
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  Speaker 3: going down. But then again the second episode, that's.
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  Speaker 2: Bad, Yeah for sure, Okay, and then we finally want
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  Speaker 2: to talk about just people losing their jobs. That's just
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  Speaker 2: really sucky and really sad because we may know some
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  Speaker 2: of these people and what's the reason for hiring a
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  Speaker 2: new team to do Paradise like it just seems sloppy
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  Speaker 2: and really really unfortunate. That's very sad.
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  Speaker 4: I hate to think about people that we all know
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  Speaker 4: losing their jobs, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, especially once they it's like a way of life.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, they've gotten into this like you know,
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  Speaker 4: cycle of doing whatever shows on and and maybe they
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  Speaker 4: want to break who knows. Yeah, if some of them
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  Speaker 4: like actually are overworked, you know, in a way, not overworked,
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  Speaker 4: because I'm sure they wouldn't overwork them, but they're just
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  Speaker 4: really tired because they're constantly traveling and you know, the
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  Speaker 4: days are long, and so maybe that's what they're factoring in.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, but I do I would want them
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  Speaker 4: to have the opportunity to have a job instead of
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  Speaker 4: just you know, lose it outright, Yeah, make it be
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  Speaker 4: them their choice.
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  Speaker 2: Right in a month before they thought they'd be going
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  Speaker 2: for a whole of the round. All right, ladies, Well,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining me for this breaking news,
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  Speaker 2: this sad, breaking news, but also in my head, not
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  Speaker 2: super surprising. We will find out more soon, and of
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  Speaker 2: course we'll keep you updated year with the news and
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  Speaker 2: our opinions. On it until next time I've been Ashley Sea.
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