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Should Dannelle Davidson of Let’s Marry Harry Be The Next Bachelorette? · 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: Welcome back to the Almost Famous Podcast. It's Ben and
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  Speaker 2: Deanna back to chat with the runner-up from Let's Marry Harry. Today,
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  Speaker 2: we're connecting with Danelle.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Danelle. Thank you for joining us today. Ben, mostly Ben,
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  Speaker 3: but me, we're so excited that you could come because
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  Speaker 3: myself and our producer heather have been following the show
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  Speaker 3: and i know that we have you guys for a
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  Speaker 3: short period of time today and i have so many
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  Speaker 3: questions i don't know how that i'm gonna get everything
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  Speaker 3: um answered.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna jump off from the beginning here because i
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  Speaker 2: know diana has a lot of questions like details and
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  Speaker 2: digging into stuff and i was just on social media
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  Speaker 2: and there's an argument going on on social media that
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  Speaker 2: i want to ask you specifically about okay danelle Do
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  Speaker 2: you think Harry actually wanted to find a wife?
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  Speaker 4: That's the million dollar question, isn't it? You know, I
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  Speaker 4: think he does want a wife. I'm just not sure
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  Speaker 4: if he's ready. I think deep down he, you know,
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  Speaker 4: he did everything that he could to prepare for it.
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  Speaker 4: His friends were saying, you know, he was reading all
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  Speaker 4: these books and doing all these things, talking to his
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  Speaker 4: like married friends, like getting advice before, like to prepare
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  Speaker 4: himself for the show. I think he really did want
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  Speaker 4: to find a wife. I don't know if he's ready.
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  Speaker 3: I have to ask something kind of tough to know.
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  Speaker 3: We had Amber on the podcast yesterday. All is well,
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  Speaker 3: but at the reunion, you said that you think Harry
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  Speaker 3: chose her over you because she was the safe option.
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  Speaker 3: Do you still stand by that?
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think that actually kind of ties into
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  Speaker 4: Ben's question. I think you see in the show, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Amber's a little more hesitant about getting married where I
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  Speaker 4: was like, Yes, I am ready. A thousand percent. No question.
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  Speaker 4: And I think he realized that maybe he wasn't ready
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  Speaker 4: and maybe Amber was also a little unsure. So I
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  Speaker 4: think that that's why he went that route rather than
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  Speaker 4: picking the girl that he knew that was a thousand
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  Speaker 4: percent for sure ready to marry him when he wasn't
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  Speaker 4: ready himself for sure. So why marry me to break
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  Speaker 4: my heart that way? I would rather him have not
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  Speaker 4: married me and broke my heart the way he did.
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  Speaker 4: than to marry me and then break my heart because
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  Speaker 4: he's not ready.
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  Speaker 3: So here's what, you know, as a, as a viewer,
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  Speaker 3: I was really thrown off because it is let's marry Harry.
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  Speaker 3: And Amber is using the word marriage a lot, but
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  Speaker 3: early on online, we saw that it is not a
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  Speaker 3: legally binding contract. And so, you know, At the reunion,
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  Speaker 3: I heard her talk about we were married, our honeymoon,
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  Speaker 3: all of these things. I just, I'm unsure how to
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  Speaker 3: feel about that.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, I didn't know that it wasn't legal
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  Speaker 4: until like they announced that. So when I was going
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  Speaker 4: into my wedding day that day, I thought that it
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  Speaker 4: was also a legal wedding. That's the impression that I
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  Speaker 4: was under. So I think that in her mindset, she's
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  Speaker 4: valid for thinking like, well, this is what we're signing
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  Speaker 4: up for. We're signing up to get married. So of course,
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  Speaker 4: we're married. They had the paperwork. The fact that they
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  Speaker 4: didn't file anything, though, I think kind of says a lot, too.
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  Speaker 4: So I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: But it got a little sticky because at the reunion,
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  Speaker 3: when she was talking about all of this and leaving Australia,
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  Speaker 3: and then the two of you connected after the show,
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  Speaker 3: you and Harry, she very much, it appears that she
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  Speaker 3: feels betrayed by you both given that situation. And I
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  Speaker 3: know that you've done several podcasts and I've heard you
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  Speaker 3: share that you didn't quite know. You trusted Harry, right?
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  Speaker 3: He said, we are not together.
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  Speaker 4: He told me, I am single.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: So what am I supposed to? Yeah. My whole thing
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  Speaker 4: on that is I was so in love with that
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  Speaker 4: man and he's telling me that he's single. He wants
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  Speaker 4: to see me. Why would I second guess him? If
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  Speaker 4: I was going to marry him, I should be able
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  Speaker 4: to believe him and take his word, you know? And
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  Speaker 4: also like now looking back, it's like I was maybe
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  Speaker 4: gaslit by Harry.
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  Speaker 3: So was Amber.
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  Speaker 4: So, you know, I think we both were kind of
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  Speaker 4: just wronged. We were wronged.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Danelle, this is something that we dove in
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  Speaker 3: about on the podcast, the situation with you and Harry
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  Speaker 3: in the closet. And I'm wondering, what did you think
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  Speaker 3: when you watched the episode? Where you and Harry actually
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  Speaker 3: go in the closet and they played that audio? This
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  Speaker 3: was a huge topic of conversation for us because My producer, Heather,
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  Speaker 3: and I did not feel like the audio actually fit.
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  Speaker 3: And then we dissected the fact that when you get
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  Speaker 3: out of the bed, you still have your tennis shoes on.
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  Speaker 3: So we were really debating what went down with that.
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  Speaker 3: And so we're just wondering what you thought and when
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  Speaker 3: you watched it back and how you felt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, when I watched it, I was cringing and my
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  Speaker 4: jaw was on the ground. I was like, I can't believe...
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  Speaker 4: the way that this is looking like, this is not
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  Speaker 4: what it was, you know, but you know, at the
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  Speaker 4: same time I get it, it is what it is.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, the auto audio that was over it was
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  Speaker 4: definitely not my audio. I don't know who that was
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  Speaker 4: that they decided to throw that over. Um, but yeah,
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  Speaker 4: you clearly see us like walk into the closet and
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  Speaker 4: you can see the closet door is like a sliding door.
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  Speaker 4: Like when we walk out, we don't even open the door. Like,
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  Speaker 4: The door was already open. We walk out just fully fine.
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  Speaker 4: We were literally in the closet making out. So it
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  Speaker 4: was funny to.
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  Speaker 1: Watch, honestly.
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  Speaker 2: It's so wild when we talk to people who have
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  Speaker 2: been a part of new reality television shows. Danelle, I
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  Speaker 2: don't want to put words or emotions into you, but
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  Speaker 2: obviously we did talk to Amber yesterday. It seems, if
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  Speaker 2: I'm just guessing here, you're doing pretty well.
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  Speaker 4: Now?
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  Speaker 2: It feels like you've, you know, you've moved forward. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that's my question. Have you moved forward from this? And,
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  Speaker 2: and if so, what do you, what do you take
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  Speaker 2: from this whole experience?
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  Speaker 4: I definitely do feel like I've moved on from this
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  Speaker 4: whole experience. Of course, watching all the episodes, watching the
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  Speaker 4: finale was definitely hard. You know, it was mostly just
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  Speaker 4: hurtful to watch myself being hurt like that. you know,
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  Speaker 4: is what really got to me. But ultimately I am
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  Speaker 4: so far moved on from this, like ready to, I've
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  Speaker 4: already closed that chapter. Also something I want to say
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  Speaker 4: with that too, is cause I've seen some comments of
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  Speaker 4: people being like, stop.
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  Speaker 2: Wearing the ring.
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  Speaker 4: Why are you wearing the ring? And I'm like, I
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  Speaker 4: actually don't wear the ring. Why would I be wearing
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  Speaker 4: the ring? Come on, let's be realistic here. I honestly,
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  Speaker 4: even when I went to LA and saw Harry, I
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  Speaker 4: don't even think I wore the ring then. Like, The
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  Speaker 4: ring is, it was just, the ring is done. We're
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  Speaker 4: done talking about the ring.
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  Speaker 3: Where's the ring?
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  Speaker 4: I actually have no idea where it's.
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  Speaker 3: At right now.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to be so honest. I took it to
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  Speaker 4: LA with me for the reunion. Of course they all,
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  Speaker 4: it was suggested that I bring the ring, you know,
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  Speaker 4: and cause people want to see it for some odd reason,
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  Speaker 4: but yeah. But to answer your other question is, you know,
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  Speaker 4: what I've learned from all of this is just honestly,
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  Speaker 4: I've learned that I actually am very hard on myself
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  Speaker 4: when I shouldn't be. You know, this whole experience, I've
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  Speaker 4: just learned so much. And the girls in the house
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  Speaker 4: were all so amazing too. And at the end of
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  Speaker 4: the day, I've realized, well, I've already known this too.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you got to choose your friends over a man.
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  Speaker 2: Would you do other reality television?
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  Speaker 4: I don't want to say never, but like, am I
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  Speaker 4: a little traumatized still?
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  Speaker 3: Kind of.
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  Speaker 4: It's honestly, it has been like before I did the show,
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  Speaker 4: I only had like 4,000 followers on Instagram. I'm not,
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  Speaker 4: I wasn't ever, you know, being criticized by people on
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  Speaker 4: the internet. And now people want to share their opinion
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  Speaker 4: about every little thing that I've said that have left
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  Speaker 4: my mouth.
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  Speaker 3: And it's hard. It's really hard.
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  Speaker 4: And it's really scary. And it makes it really difficult
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  Speaker 4: to want to voice that. your opinion on things because
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  Speaker 4: you know that you're just going to get backlash, whether.
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  Speaker 3: You're right or wrong.
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  Speaker 2: You know, as we've been following along, it seems like
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  Speaker 2: Harry has moved on from the show too. He has
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  Speaker 2: a girlfriend now. Have you met his girlfriend?
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  Speaker 4: No, I haven't met his girlfriend.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't assume so. If you had met, it was
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  Speaker 2: going to make a great headline. What do you think
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  Speaker 2: of the whole situation?
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  Speaker 4: That he has a girlfriend?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Part of me wants to say I'm not surprised.
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  Speaker 2: In a way.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't have a comment.
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  Speaker 3: Well, if Harry's moved on, what about you? What's next
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  Speaker 3: for you, Danelle? I am.
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  Speaker 4: I am moved on, but I am single still. I'm
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  Speaker 4: looking for my husband still. I definitely it hasn't scared
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  Speaker 4: me away from wanting to look for my husband and date.
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  Speaker 4: I just haven't. found him yet.
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  Speaker 2: You know, in today's world, Deanna and I are a
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  Speaker 2: little bit removed from this. Obviously, we're just talking about.
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  Speaker 3: You are removed from this, Ben. I guess you're right
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  Speaker 3: back in it. I am not removed from this. You are. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So, Danelle, share some dating advice. Where do you plan
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  Speaker 2: on meeting your husband? Outside of reality television, because I
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  Speaker 2: don't think we're talking... Well... Y'all might be into that.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Listen, maybe Danelle needs to come on over to our
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  Speaker 3: sister podcast, Famously Available.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, no, I honestly, I'm not a big dater. Like
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  Speaker 4: I don't do like dating sites or anything like that.
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I'm hoping to just meet my person
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  Speaker 4: like organically. Somewhere that I'm, I don't know, just meet
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  Speaker 4: him out with the people that I normally hang out with.
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  Speaker 4: You know what I mean? Not somebody that is so.
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  Speaker 4: Over here and I'm over here. And then we're trying
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  Speaker 4: to like merge our two worlds together. Like, I just
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  Speaker 4: feel like we'll be at the same place at the
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  Speaker 4: same time and it'll just work out.
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  Speaker 3: Like perusing the broccoli section at Whole Foods.
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  Speaker 4: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: That's my dream. Like that's where I want to just
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  Speaker 3: be looking at all the greenery and a man to
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  Speaker 3: come over and be like, oh my gosh, doesn't this
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  Speaker 3: head of broccoli look perfect?
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  Speaker 4: No, it's like you both reach for the same bag
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  Speaker 4: of broccoli.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: And you touch hands.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know where you can find Deanna at in her
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  Speaker 2: local Whole Foods is standing at the broccoli aisle looking
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  Speaker 2: left and right for hours at a time. Danelle, as
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  Speaker 2: we close up with you here, Danelle, we've chatted about
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  Speaker 2: the whole experience. We've chatted about the ups and downs.
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  Speaker 2: You've been a little bit removed from this show, but
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  Speaker 2: we always like to, especially in dating shows here on
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  Speaker 2: the Almost Famous Podcast, ask anybody who's who has had
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  Speaker 2: an emotional experience when it comes to reality TV, because
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  Speaker 2: it is hard and it is isolating at times and
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  Speaker 2: it does feel confusing for all the listeners out there.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing in closing here? How can people
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  Speaker 2: support you or find you, you know, in whatever you're
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  Speaker 2: up to next?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I don't know what's to come. I'm
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  Speaker 4: excited and hopefully it's something exciting. You know, I've seen
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  Speaker 4: a lot of comments of people being like, next bachelorette,
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  Speaker 4: let's marry Danelle. Like they think that I'm deserving of
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  Speaker 4: finding love, which is nice, you know? And I also
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  Speaker 4: do want to say too, I do go in and
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  Speaker 4: I read my message requests and I've gotten so many
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  Speaker 4: nice messages from girls, you know, being understanding of like,
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  Speaker 4: you were following your heart.
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  Speaker 3: You thought that he loved you.
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  Speaker 4: So it is really comforting to just see those nice messages.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, I don't know what's going to come next.
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  Speaker 2: Well, whatever it is, we are rooting for you. We
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  Speaker 2: hope for the best. We want every human who goes
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  Speaker 2: through the wild experience of reality television to come out
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  Speaker 2: on the other side better for it. Thanks for joining
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  Speaker 2: us on the Almost Famous Podcast. It means a lot.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you guys so much for having me.
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