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The Most Dramatic Q&A Ever · 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. It's the only saying this podcast. It's Ashley
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  Speaker 1: and Ben back with you, and we're going to do
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  Speaker 1: a listener Q and A. I'm going to start this
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  Speaker 1: question for Ben, Ben, do you want your next child
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  Speaker 1: to be a girl or a boy?
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  Speaker 2: Such a good question.
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  Speaker 1: I have the answer for you.
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  Speaker 2: I really kind of just want girls.
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  Speaker 1: I just want your next to be a girl too.
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  Speaker 1: I really have a thing about girls having sisters, and
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  Speaker 1: I love girls having sisters close in age, so I
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  Speaker 1: would I would love.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you want to answer this for me?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah I did. That was not my intention, but now
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  Speaker 1: it's sort of it. Yes, I have an opinion, is
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there is there's such a huge side of
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  Speaker 2: me that wants a boy obviously, like to rough house
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  Speaker 2: and to do all those things with But after experiencing Winnie,
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  Speaker 2: I really just like, I don't know, I love the
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  Speaker 2: process of having a little girl in my life and
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  Speaker 2: snuggling her and I don't know, getting her gifts that
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  Speaker 2: are like right now, very princess themed. I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: it's been really fun for me to have a girl.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't I didn't know, but and so it's hard
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  Speaker 2: for me to think about having a boy. But I
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  Speaker 2: would say if I get to choose, I'd be totally
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  Speaker 2: fine being a complete girl dad like straight through.
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  Speaker 1: That's so sweet, Ben, I love that I see you
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  Speaker 1: with all girls. Like I've said before, very Danny Tanner vibes,
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  Speaker 1: I could like see you with the girls. It's like
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  Speaker 1: the greatest compliment.
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  Speaker 2: Right, he's so unsexy.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, he is very unsexy. He's so right, but
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  Speaker 1: he radiates so much warmth and like goodness. Okay, comfort, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: comfort so much so as do you? Did you watch
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  Speaker 1: Barby's World too as a kid. Oh yeah, So between
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  Speaker 1: Danny Tanner and then Alan the Boy, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: dad for Boby the World. I love Alan too. I
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  Speaker 1: can't really pick which one. They give such different vibes,
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  Speaker 1: but they're both equally wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I've always seen myself as more of a mister Feenie, but.
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  Speaker 1: I can see you as mister feeni too, as you
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  Speaker 1: just love the older crob. I'm all about love to
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  Speaker 1: giving wisdom. That was from Renee Chang.
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  Speaker 2: The next question is for me as well, I guess,
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  Speaker 2: so Ashley take it away.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Ben, has anyone ever told you like Adam Brody,
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  Speaker 1: You're like the Christian version of the real life Seth Collin.
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  Speaker 1: That's so funny. Okay. So Adam Brody always, well, not always,
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  Speaker 1: but has notoriously played two Jewish characters. He is and
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  Speaker 1: he plays into that role so well. I just don't
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  Speaker 1: think you really look like Adam Birdie.
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  Speaker 2: I've never got I mean, I've never really gotten Adam Brody.
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  Speaker 2: I used to get. Yeah, I don't get a lot
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  Speaker 2: of celebrity lookites. I've gotten Jim Carrey, but he.
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  Speaker 1: Would never ever think I don't think so.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so either. But then I got the guy,
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  Speaker 2: oh from the Brady bunch a.
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  Speaker 1: Bu see, that's who you do like. You look like
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  Speaker 1: Peter Brady. I've always thought you looked like Peter Brady.
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  Speaker 2: You've always thought that. I've also back in the day,
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  Speaker 2: and I do see this. When I was in high school,
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  Speaker 2: he was in like some of the vampire shows. He
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  Speaker 2: was a huge deal back in the day, the guy.
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  Speaker 1: From Vampire Diaries, not the not the Ian Summer Holder,
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  Speaker 1: but the other one who I'm sure Heather knows, which
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  Speaker 1: is who was it?
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  Speaker 2: Let me look No, this isn't him. Not Paul Wesley.
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  Speaker 1: No, not Paul Wesley. Okay, no, this.
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  Speaker 2: Dude is like I'm saying, I'm thinking Prince, but that's
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  Speaker 2: oh Freddie Prince junior.
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  Speaker 1: Oh okay, okay, I could see Freddy. I could see
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  Speaker 1: Freddy Prince Junior. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I used to get that a lot when high school.
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  Speaker 2: And actually, if you look at my high school pictures,
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  Speaker 2: you're like, yeah, it's kind of similar, and he was
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  Speaker 2: kind of big back then, and it makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: But also not a vampire Scooby Doo related.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I was wrong on all fronts there.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I got so funny.
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  Speaker 2: Taysha from Alabama asks, has have either of you been
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  Speaker 2: mistaken for another celebrity? While out?
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  Speaker 1: So related question? But I've never been mistaken for a celebrity.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 1: You know what Jared does that makes me feel so awkward,
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  Speaker 1: And I know why he doesn't. I know why he doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: It's very humble and sweet. But he'll be in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of a country and somebody will say like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: do we go to school together? How do I know
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  Speaker 1: you? You look so familiar, And then Jared'll be like, I
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  Speaker 1: went to Warwick vets In Warwick, Rhode Island, and he's like,
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  Speaker 1: you ever been lived in Rhode Island? Like he legitimately
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  Speaker 1: will go through his entire like high school career, like
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  Speaker 1: you know, his entire I don't know what you would
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  Speaker 1: call like the list of places that he's lived before
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  Speaker 1: saying like maybe you've watched The Bachelor. And I'm standing
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  Speaker 1: there just like Currente when this person's trying to figure
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  Speaker 1: out like how in the world he knows he or
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  Speaker 1: she knows Jared. So that is funny and sweet and humble,
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  Speaker 1: but at the same time cringeler on my behalf.
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  Speaker 2: How do you respond to that? If somebody comes up to.
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  Speaker 1: You, I usually go do you happen to watch The Bachelor?
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  Speaker 1: So then there's a one time and you know, this
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  Speaker 1: is a real haha to me, is that somebody came
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  Speaker 1: up to us and they did Jared did the whole spiel,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, Jared, do you watch do you
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  Speaker 1: watch the Bachelor? And then the person goes, no, that's
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  Speaker 1: so good, and I'm like, okay, okay, never.
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  Speaker 2: Mind that you just have that famous face Jared, But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I respond the same way Jared does. I've never known
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  Speaker 2: how to because it happens a lot where people are like,
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  Speaker 2: what do I know you from? And I'm like, I
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  Speaker 2: have no idea what you know me from? Because I
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  Speaker 2: really don't. I have no idea what you know me from?
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  Speaker 2: Do you like coffee? Do you listen to Almost Famous podcast?
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  Speaker 2: We'll get there somehow, but it takes a while. Dana
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  Speaker 2: from Texas asks, when your kids are old enough we
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  Speaker 2: let them watch any of the shows you've been on.
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  Speaker 2: Why or why not?
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  Speaker 1: How do I do I watch? When the kids are
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  Speaker 1: old enough, Yeah, they're going to see clibs. It'll be fun.
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand why this is always such a controversial
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  Speaker 1: question because it's like, yeah, of course, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: it's like that's spicy. We're not on Love Island. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I know your kids, Ben aren't going to see you
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  Speaker 1: making out with other women, and like we're not going
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  Speaker 1: to show our kids the same. But like our first
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  Speaker 1: day sure.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, So you're saying with you and Jared together.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah that was you?
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  Speaker 2: That going for you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I was gonna say, like with boys, there's probably
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  Speaker 1: less of an interest in like watching the entire seat,
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  Speaker 1: like maybe there would be maybe there would be I guess, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it would be weird if Winnie was like Dad, I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to watch your entire season, but perhaps she could
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  Speaker 1: watch Caitlin season and that would be fun.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, parts of parts of it. I don't know. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think so. I mean, I think Winter Games would
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  Speaker 2: be a safe bet for me not here, but I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if anything else. Did you know Bachelor Happy
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  Speaker 2: Hours watching rewatching Winter Games right now?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Really, no I didn't.
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  Speaker 1: That's hilarious.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I got to go back in and listen to
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  Speaker 2: some of their episodes to see what they're saying. I
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  Speaker 2: mean that, goodness, gracious, I can't wait till they get
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  Speaker 2: to the scene where I'm just bawling, just absolutely just
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  Speaker 2: man tears. It's just so conflicted in life, Ashley. I'll
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  Speaker 2: do this when you can do the rest. Maria loves
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  Speaker 2: Icon dream Center asks what do you like about your podcast?
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  Speaker 1: Well? I like that I get to hang out and
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  Speaker 1: talk to Ben every week. It's very very simple. It's
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  Speaker 1: just when I go through my best friends, I was
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  Speaker 1: just like, well, then there's Ben, because I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: can't even imagine not having this platform to be able
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  Speaker 1: to talk to you multiple times a week because we're
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  Speaker 1: just chatting and now are a great time every time.
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  Speaker 2: I would one hundred percent agree. I think Jess asked
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  Speaker 2: me the I kind of did a year in review
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  Speaker 2: and she goes, Okay, what's going on in your life?
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, Okay, I love this podcast because
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  Speaker 2: I do think our dynamic is it was either brilliant
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  Speaker 2: when it was started or it was just the luck
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  Speaker 2: of the draw. But because we come in from two
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  Speaker 2: separate perspective but yet share very common values and worldviews,
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  Speaker 2: I think it brings an element of you're going to
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  Speaker 2: get every angle, but neither of us desire to have
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  Speaker 2: this podcast as a place that hurts people, but we do,
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  Speaker 2: you know, want to be honest with you know how
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  Speaker 2: we feel when we watch some of this stuff. I
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  Speaker 2: love that element to get to talk to you and
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  Speaker 2: kind of the dynamic. I love getting to talk to you.
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  Speaker 2: I also think what I love about podcasting is it
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  Speaker 2: gives us a medium to ask very intentional questions very
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  Speaker 2: quickly to guests that like I don't get to ask
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  Speaker 2: in my regular life to people. I can't just sit
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  Speaker 2: somebody down who have never met and be like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so you just had a breakup, where's your heart at today?
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  Speaker 2: That's not something I get into very often.
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  Speaker 1: So true. I do love that we were able to
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  Speaker 1: ask really jersey questions with not much small talk beforehand.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, this is just like a rapid fire. You
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  Speaker 2: get forty five minutes. Let's try to make you cry.
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  Speaker 2: I like that part.
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  Speaker 1: That's so true, And.
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  Speaker 2: You know what, I think for both of us, it's
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  Speaker 2: kept us involved in the franchise during a season where
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  Speaker 2: the franchise hasn't necessarily been reaching out. Yeah, but it
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  Speaker 2: keeps us involved enough that I feel like, hey, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm at least still intrigued by what is happening
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  Speaker 2: on this show that I was a part of for
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  Speaker 2: so long. So that's fun. Without the podcast, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know how it feel or how much involvement I would
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  Speaker 2: actually have with the franchise.
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  Speaker 1: That's true, and I like keeping those relationships close to
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  Speaker 1: just because it means so much to me in my life.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Ben, have you ever had a rude celebrity encounter?
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  Speaker 2: This is from Katie from Washington. Oh, I know you
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  Speaker 2: have Ellen DeGeneres.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Ellen, I thought you're gonna secular rippa.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that one wasn't like exactly like heartwarming they're
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  Speaker 2: kind of back to back too. I think I did
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  Speaker 2: them like in the same week during press. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I know, you know, you don't want to like continue
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  Speaker 2: to beat it up. I know, Ellen, you know got
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  Speaker 2: some bad rap. And there's a little bit of and
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  Speaker 2: I'm not just trying to be an apologist here, there's
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  Speaker 2: a little there's an element inside of me that's like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: one of the nicest people I've ever met is Steve Harvey. However,
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  Speaker 2: on set, Steve Harvey doesn't talk to you. And there's
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  Speaker 2: a reason for that, right, He's very busy. He's got
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  Speaker 2: a thousand things going on. He's going back then from
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  Speaker 2: his talk show to family feud, to doing like some
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  Speaker 2: appearance somewhere and doing his own interviews. So there's boundaries
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  Speaker 2: that these people set up in their lives to say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be talking outside of the show
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  Speaker 2: that I'm filming, and then once the show's done, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going back to my dressing room. I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: talk to again. That's fair. The two other encounters that
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  Speaker 2: I had that you just brought up and that I
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  Speaker 2: spoke of, they felt more like, Hey, I am not
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  Speaker 2: welcomed in this space. And they're only doing this because
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  Speaker 2: some booker said they had to. And that isn't a
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  Speaker 2: great feeling, especially when you're not necessarily this celebrity and
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  Speaker 2: you're just trying. You're in awe of the things that
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  Speaker 2: you're doing, and then you walk and you're like, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not welcomed here. That doesn't feel great. Okay, So but
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  Speaker 2: still all that being said, those two stand out. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure, I'm sure at some of the other events,
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  Speaker 2: like maybe people like kind of like not paid much attention.
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  Speaker 2: But most of the time, I'm like, people have been
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  Speaker 2: very kind, and I've had some great conversations with people
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  Speaker 2: that I've looked up to my whole life. And I
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  Speaker 2: remember seeing I have pictures of my phone from Samuel L.
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  Speaker 2: Jackson and I standing together, and I remember having a
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  Speaker 2: great conversation with him, and even Jimmy Kimmel and I.
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  Speaker 2: He pulled me up to his dressing room when we
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  Speaker 2: talked for twenty minutes even before the show started, just
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  Speaker 2: about life. Like those are cool moments.
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  Speaker 1: Those are cool moments. I can't say that I have
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  Speaker 1: ever had a really bad one either. I think actually
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  Speaker 1: it's funny that you say Samuel Jackson because I think
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  Speaker 1: he did say something sassy to me, But this was
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  Speaker 1: before Bachelor. My sister, my friend and I used to
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  Speaker 1: like stalk out like the Correspondence dinner in DC and
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  Speaker 1: we would get pictures of the whole bunch of celebrities
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  Speaker 1: when they're coming out of the dining room and he
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  Speaker 1: I remember him saying, like I was asking him for
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  Speaker 1: a picture or something and he was like, no, something
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  Speaker 1: that I don't know. So I don't even want to
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  Speaker 1: really call him out for it. Michael Strahan was particularly
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  Speaker 1: kind just in the regard I've had so many celebrities.
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  Speaker 1: I mean not to I'm not like, but in the
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  Speaker 1: capacity that you were just discussing, like backstage at a
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  Speaker 1: talk show. He also like gave me time backstage just
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  Speaker 1: to chat and like face I'm a friend, which was
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  Speaker 1: really special.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always fun. So yeah, I would say for
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  Speaker 2: the majority of my experiences, they've been nothing but positive.
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  Speaker 2: There's just a few that stood out to me. And
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  Speaker 2: you also have to understand, Katie from Washington, that I
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  Speaker 2: am a very sensitive human and so I feel deeply
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  Speaker 2: and so when I don't feel like I belong, I
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  Speaker 2: might be overdramatizing some of this. I don't have any
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  Speaker 2: like stuff that pops off my head that's like, yes,
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  Speaker 2: this one.
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  Speaker 1: I only met Ellen on stage, and I'm really glad
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  Speaker 1: I only met her on stage because it was great.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's super nice. Yeah, it's like whoa what happened?
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  Speaker 2: Okay at Melanie Campus asks three questions. The first one
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  Speaker 2: is this, do they pre screen to make sure contestants
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  Speaker 2: have the same religious and political beliefs?
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  Speaker 1: No? Absolutely not. I mean as far as I'm aware,
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  Speaker 1: And usually it's not a discussion that's had until I
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  Speaker 1: would say fantasy suites. But I can't say that I
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  Speaker 1: had either of those discussions said fantasy suites.
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  Speaker 2: We have. What you might not know is producer Heather
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  Speaker 2: has a background in casting. Heather, You've casted so many
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  Speaker 2: incredible shows. Do they pre screen for political and religious beliefs?
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  Speaker 3: So, I've done specifically so many dating shows, and I
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  Speaker 3: can say religion is definitely asked, especially if it's a
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  Speaker 3: prominent thing in somebody's life. Is it a factor in
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  Speaker 3: how they match people? No, not necessarily, unless somebody is
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  Speaker 3: like a lead is extremely specific about like I will
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  Speaker 3: not you know, date study that's an atheist that's probably
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  Speaker 3: going to eliminate atheists.
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  Speaker 2: From the list.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: Politics, absolutely not. I've worked on so many shows even
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  Speaker 3: after high political election years, and that is not something
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  Speaker 3: that is ever asked. Like ever, you can usually deduce
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  Speaker 3: sometimes from somebody's social media where they fall, but it
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  Speaker 3: is not a pre screen question.
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  Speaker 2: I did an interview recently with the Huffington Post, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're trying to talk to me about the
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  Speaker 2: current political landscape and if I had interest ever again
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  Speaker 2: in running for politics. And we went through this hour
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  Speaker 2: long interview. It never got posted, which is kind of sad.
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  Speaker 2: I think it also speaks to kind of speaks to
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  Speaker 2: the climate that we're in. But we get there with
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  Speaker 2: an interview and she's like, you might be the only
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  Speaker 2: like moderate right down the middle person I've actually ever met,
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  Speaker 2: like you actually are right down the middle. So I
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  Speaker 2: do feel like politics would be hard Heather to cast
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  Speaker 2: for because I think there's so much of America right
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  Speaker 2: now that just really like sinners and so like you
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  Speaker 2: can't really pull much out of them.
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  Speaker 3: I agree, and I think that a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: will say right that you can have loving and substantial
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  Speaker 3: relationships with people that do not agree with you. Politically
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  Speaker 3: not have to be with somebody who is exactly the same. Now,
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to faith based that can be a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more of a deciding factor, which is why
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  Speaker 3: it is asked on a lot of shows, and usually
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  Speaker 3: it's asked in the pre screen in the applications that
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  Speaker 3: you guys fill out to be on shows, and then
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  Speaker 3: dependent on the show, you know, the context of the show,
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  Speaker 3: it can be brought up more.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, interesting really. I mean, my faith is obviously
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  Speaker 2: something that would be very tough for me to find
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  Speaker 2: a romantic connection with anybody outside of my faith politically.
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  Speaker 2: If anything, I just love the conversations that politics can
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  Speaker 2: bring about, and so I love different sides. Like my
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  Speaker 2: ideal world is hosting a show where everybody's like discussing
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  Speaker 2: and arguing and sharing why they believe what they believe
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  Speaker 2: without really like any type of outcome. But that just
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  Speaker 2: isn't ever going to be listened to because people want
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: of course.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Isn't that the view?
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Of course.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: It could be Bill Maher, Yeah, I think the like
• 17:34
  Speaker 4: Bill Maher, Yeah, the view might not be sitting in
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: that seat any you know, as much as we used
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: to think they.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Were all right, are we going to go to her
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: second question, which is do you give a get a
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: copy of the whole season or do you have to
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: set your DVR. You have to set your DVR, your
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: Hulu or whatever, and you never get a copy of
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: your season, which is kind of a bummer because it
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: says on your DVR, right, and then eventually you'll change DVRs,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: like because now I don't have this. You know, it
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: was on Kivo back when we were on the show,
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: and now we don't have TiVo. Poor TiVo.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, TV probably got boughted for billions. They're fine, definitely, so.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: We don't I don't have Like, I know that Apple
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: has my entire season, so if I ever want to
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: go back and watch episodes, I know that they have
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: like the whole collection.
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: I don't get it. I didn't get a copy. I
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: had a link in my email that they used to
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: send me and I could watch it. I think it's
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: like a total of three times and then it kind
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: of like disappears, and that's I'd have to go back
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: and find it, just like anybody else would now as.
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: Lead, were you able to watch your episode before the
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: show aired.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Though, sometimes unless they didn't want me to okay.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: So normally cast doesn't get to watch before their episode hours.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Most of the weeks I did. There's I think two
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: episodes that they were like, oh, we're having editing issues.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: I'm like, no, you're not. It's two days before this
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: thing goes live on national television. They're like, oh, we
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: just can't get it to you.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Usually the producer will call you and give
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: you a brief rundown of what you should be worried
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: about or what you will enjoy in the upcoming episode,
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: and I hear that with Housewives. I get my episode
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: before it airs, which is nice but also nerve wracking.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: It's kind of you know, cause then you're gonna want
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: to control it and you're looking white, but once it's
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: already out there, you can't do anything about it.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: I had some pretty contentious conversations after watching some of
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: these more dramatic episodes during my season with the producers,
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: where I was like, oh, no, I try to control everything,
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: not really my place. How much time really elapses at
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: hometown dates, especially the portion with the.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: Family, I don't know, and that's up to you to answer.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: You're there all day, you are like eleven to eight,
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: maybe eleven to nine. It's a long day with the
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: families and kind of navigating the interviews and the different conversations,
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: and then maybe you'd sit down for dinner. Those were
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: in the They were really fun days. I for the
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: most part, I really enjoyed those because it felt more
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: real and you're in somebody's home, which is always kind
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: of special. So that's a long day. Eleven to eight,
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: I think would be a great estimate on how each
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: of the much time each of them took. Jacqueline from
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: South Carolina asks me, I'll let you read that then,
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: because if I answer the question that I read, that
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: feels weird.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Ben. Before you became the lead on The Bachelor, do
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: they make you do role playing scenarios for the producers
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: in network, like how you would be on a date?
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Oh? I thought I was my mind so much? Yeah, yeah,
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: I was like, WHOA, what a question, Jacqueline. You do
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: do some pr training, so I do remember doing very
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: little amounts, but kind of if this question is asked,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: how would you answer it? But no, for the most part,
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: let me just like squeeze in what happens when you
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: become the Bachelor? You become the Bachelor, you get announced
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: in some form or fashion. You show up to Los
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Angeles about a week before filming starts, and they do
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: a bunch of b roll with you, and you get
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: to live your best life. You're like, I love being
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: the Bachelor. They pay for everything. You go out to
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: these fancy dinners, you're staying in a nice hotel, you
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: get room service, you're hanging out. It's great, it's the best.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden the show starts. You're like, goodness, gracious,
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: this is hard, and that's really it. I remember, I
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: don't think I've ever shared this. When I became the Bachelor.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: I remember the day. I'm very clearly. You show up
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: to the mansion early because like E was there in
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: some other places people doing interviews. Then you go up
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: to the bathroom upstairs Ashley, like the big one that
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: you see in the show a lot with the tub,
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: and you get like your hair and makeup done. You
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: don't get that done every day, but just like for Rose,
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: ceremonies typically would make the Bachelor, you know, get groomed
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: up a little bit. And then I got my suit
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: on and they brought up so much sushi, and so
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: this whole all the producers and everybody sat there and
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: ate sushi nice and then the sun goes down at
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: the time and Chris walks in. He's like, hey, you ready.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: I'm like yeah, and you walk downstairs and all of
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: a sudden, the first limo pulls up. It's not there's
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: no like prep, there's no planning. It's really just for
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: me at least, it was like, go out there, sport,
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: good luck.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Heather is saying kissing after sushi. I think there's probably
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: worse things, but yeah. That goes with a follow up question.
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Chelsea from Wisconsin says, and sorry, that question was from
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Jacqueline from South Carolina. This one Chelsea from Wisconsin saying,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: do they provide gum mints and mouthwash on the dating shows? Yeah? Yeah?
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: What was the go to on Housewives? Because during Bachelor
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: it's listerine strips?
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Total Oh, oh my gosh, you just threw me back.
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: I forgot all about that being the go to.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: The go to is listening strips.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: We since there's no kissing, really there's it's not really
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: a priority. We didn't have anything being passed around.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Okay. Cindy from Maine asks what is media training and
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: how do you do it. I get answer this very quickly.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Media training is pretty much, as you can imagine, like
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: you're sitting in a room, maybe there's like three or
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: four other people and they're grilling you with questions and
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: then they're like digging deeper into the answers that you
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: give to try to get you frustrated. So it can
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: be about anything sensitive and they'll and it's actually, I
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: think very helpful. And you know, executives do it, actors,
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: actresses before maybe a media circuit, but they just pretty
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: much grill you with questions and then kind of critique
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: the answers that you give and to see what gets
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: you frustrated or not, to see if you get frustrated
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: or not.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Ben, this is so different than what
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: I thought, because the only thing that I've done is
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: just kind of sit on a zoom call for an
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: hour being like if you're asked something like this, you
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: know obviously you don't give like the full blown answer,
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: like don't reveal any secrets, and that's like it. I've
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: never been having to practice my answer.
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: I think for me, it was what's gonna fire Bin up?
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: Like are we going to see him come alive here
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: or not. It was also you know, there was a
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: whole mixed bag. Like I just gave example of kind
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: of the panel, but then also there was that in
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: the marketing for The Bachelor. If somebody asks you, are
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: you happy? How are you going to answer that? And
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: then you answer and they're like that gives too much information?
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: Maybe answer it this way, and you're like, okay, you
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: try to remember everything they say. Sometimes you do, sometimes
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: you don't. Uh, And that's that's kind of the media training.
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: Ashley Gina from California as do you get tired if
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: people recognize you from The Bachelor? Have you ever wanted
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: to distance yourself from the show?
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: No, I think it's quite obvious, and I love it
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: when people come up to us. I never ever get
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: tired of that. It's so much fun.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: It's so great. It's just so fun. I think for me,
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: there's like the the ego part that I love.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: Of course, I mean, of course, yeah.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's the ego part that I'm like, oh yeah, cool.
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: I also it's really fun for me actually to know
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: I did something in my life that people know me from. Like,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: I just think that idea is cool. It's a story
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: that I'm going to be talking about for a long time.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And so no, and it's a love language for me. Yeah, attention,
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: But not everyone's like us. There's a lot of people
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: that I'll like hang with and they they're not as receptive.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: Just because we're really nice, all right, Actually ask the question, Okay.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Haley from Georgia says, what items are the fantasy Suite?
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Is it like the Hideaway on Love Island? Yes, there
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: are condoms in there, and there's a bottle of champagne
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: and there's usually snacks and how do you know this.
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: I've been in two fantasy suites. You forget these things.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: Oh I go to the fantasy Suite every night of
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: my life.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: Now, Oh the Hideaway has handcuffs and toys. No, it's
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: not like that.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Goodness gracious hideaway. Yeah, there's like a bowl and it's
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: not like an extensive list. It's kind of your necessities
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: sits there by the bed and just kind of like
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: creeping over your shoulder as you guys hang out. I
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: guess that's what I remember. I mean, I've told you this.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: But the fun one for me was Caitlin because we
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: had that bottle of bourbon that We pretty much smashed
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: that night and then just like snuck out and ran
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: around the lake up there in Ireland. That was fun.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: We had a great time. She's like, she's like a buddy.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: She's a buddy.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: I just love every time you talk about this fantas
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: sacelt it was.
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: It was something.
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: It seemed like that much of a buddy.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: She's a good friend. Chelsea asks you, Ashley, Actually, this
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: is a question I want to know the answer to.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: I don't know the answer to this question. Will you
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: be recapping each episode of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: I don't think I'm allowed to do that, So no, what? No?
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Can I alone without you using your name on the
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: title of the podcast?
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: I guess I think I can lightly talk about like
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: my thoughts on the episode, but I surely won't be
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: able to say exactly how it happened in my memory.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Hmmm. We'll do what we can. We'll do as much
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: as we can, which can't get you into trouble, but
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: we can push the limits. At least I can push
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: the limit. We got to get somebody from that team
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: on the on I mean, goodness, if you don't have
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: the almost famous podcasting talking about your show is a
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: show really even existing out there?
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: I told them that they if they want to sit
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: on here and tell us what we can and cannot
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: put out on the air, sure come come do it.
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: Please be nothing but supportive as always a PR team.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Our PR team was a former Bachelor PR.
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: Team, one of my favorite PR people that I've ever
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: worked with, if not my favorite.
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know right, incredible, so sweet. She was like
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: my friend, Like we would hang out in LA without
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: you know, having to do work.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you, She'll be friends with you until she trips
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: you up to say something stupid and then all of
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: a sudden canceled. Ashley, Hey, this has been fun. I
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: hope we can do this again. I like answering your questions.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: What are you curious about? What are you thinking about?
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: I'm sure when it comes to the future stuff here,
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: when it comes to Taylor's season of the Bachelorette and
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: then Ashley coming on Real Housewives and all the cool
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: things happening there, you'll have more questions. So we'll do
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: this again throughout the year. But until next time, I've
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: been Ben, I've been Ashley.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: See you guys.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: Follow the Ben and Ashley.
• 29:11
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• 29:15
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