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Never Have I Ever (Real Housewives of Rhode Island S1 E1) · 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 I our Radio.
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Speaker 2: We are back on the Almost Famous podcast and the
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Speaker 2: time has finally come. Ashley is a Real Housewife of
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Speaker 2: Rhode Island, and who better. We teased it, we talked
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Speaker 2: about it. We vetted hundreds of co hosts for these episodes. Specifically,
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Speaker 2: we found the most talented, the most in touch, the
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Speaker 2: one willing to share. Ashley's sister, Lauren Hella Connetti.
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Speaker 3: Hello, everyone, I know her best, So who else but good?
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Speaker 2: Two of you talk?
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Speaker 3: Oh well, probably FaceTime four times today, which is crazy,
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Speaker 3: I mean, and then the text in between it's a lot.
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Speaker 3: I mean. Hunter is very patient, Jared is very patient
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Speaker 3: because like, we'll just have each other on FaceTime no
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Speaker 3: matter what we're doing, you know. So we talk a
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Speaker 3: lot now everything.
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Speaker 2: I cannot think of a better person do this with.
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Speaker 2: I can't get her away from the Ikeneties, and I
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Speaker 2: honestly don't want to. Okay, So we've talked about why
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Speaker 2: you're qualified to co host this show because of your
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Speaker 2: relationship with one of the housewives, your sister, Ashley. What
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Speaker 2: is your knowledge of the house Wives franchise leading up
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Speaker 2: to Real Housewives Rhode Island.
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Speaker 3: Well, I watched the oe G New York. No one
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Speaker 3: can beat Ramona Sonia Luan, like, like, no one can
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Speaker 3: beat them, okay so much that they like recast in
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Speaker 3: New York and it was a total failure because nothing's
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Speaker 3: gonna be as interesting. And then I watch a little
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Speaker 3: bit of Beverly Hills and that was you know, it's fine,
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Speaker 3: It's okay. Yeah, never watched Jersey, but this seems to
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Speaker 3: be kind of comparable. Rhode Island seems to be comparable
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Speaker 3: to New Jersey with the accents and the look kind
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Speaker 3: of And I know everyone's saying the cast of Real
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Speaker 3: Housewives of Rhode Island they all look exactly the same,
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Speaker 3: but I can say confidently after watching the first episode
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Speaker 3: like three times in a row, I can tell them apart.
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Speaker 3: Now what do you think?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's wild to me watch. I have a lot
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Speaker 2: of thoughts on this first episode quite honestly. They they
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Speaker 2: all do action more. I've been to Rhode Island so
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Speaker 2: many times. Yeah, and I haven't ran into these type
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Speaker 2: of Rhode Islands.
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Speaker 3: I know they're og Rhode Islanders. Like the accent is
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Speaker 3: so hard to believe that it is real, Like, how
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Speaker 3: can you say cracker like that and be like that
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Speaker 3: is correct English. You know the kracker like you just
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Speaker 3: know that's wrong. So I mean I think I've met
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Speaker 3: some of these like og Rhode Islanders through Jared, like
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Speaker 3: some of his like cousins and stuff. Like they are
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Speaker 3: kind of like this, like rough around the edges, like
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Speaker 3: not very quiet people. It is very Jersey like.
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Speaker 2: Uh okay, So we've covered your background and Housewives, We've
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Speaker 2: covered that you are Ashley's sister. Did you know anyone
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Speaker 2: from this cast coming into the season.
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Speaker 3: I only met Rosie. She's one of Ashley's closest friends.
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Speaker 2: Down they're like friends, right, yeah, actual friends, not.
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Speaker 3: Fit friends, they're real friends. They love, as they said
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Speaker 3: in the show, they love like teeny bopper stuff. But
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Speaker 3: Rosie is like a friend that she made later in life.
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Speaker 3: That is the kind of person that you need like
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Speaker 3: no energy for, no social battery for. And that's why
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Speaker 3: I love Rosie so much because she comes over to
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Speaker 3: Ash's house. They'll sit on the couch and they'll watch movies.
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Speaker 3: They'll play with Dawson and Hayden, and she's just chill,
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Speaker 3: so chill, chill all day. So I really appreciate that
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Speaker 3: and I'm glad that Ashley has like a true friend
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Speaker 3: in Rhode Island that she can just like do anything with.
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Speaker 3: So that's a true friendship. They're all actually friends, but
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Speaker 3: she's Rosie's the only one that I've ever really met.
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Speaker 2: Ashley obviously has not been able to give us too
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Speaker 2: many details because by the time she committed to going
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Speaker 2: on the show, head pretty much just started and so
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Speaker 2: we haven't gotten the behind the scenes. Do you remember
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Speaker 2: when Ashley was asked to consider being a housewife?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm kind of honestly, kind of vaguely because she
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Speaker 3: gets like calls all the time to go on.
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Speaker 2: Shows and stuff, and she's a big deal.
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Speaker 3: She's a pretty big deal. And I know, first off,
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Speaker 3: want to say, like how proud I am of actually,
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Speaker 3: because she's she's made like so much and I know
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Speaker 3: she's like a housewife, like it's just a housewife, but
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Speaker 3: like she's made so much out of her like five
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Speaker 3: week stint on like Bachelor and then just on and
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Speaker 3: on and on, and it's like because she just never
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Speaker 3: stops and she's always hustling, and she works really hard,
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Speaker 3: even though people proclaim and she doesn't have a job,
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Speaker 3: she works very very hard. But she got a call
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Speaker 3: and they said we're gonna do Housewives Rhode Island. And
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Speaker 3: I was like, that's a very weird stage to do
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Speaker 3: Housewives on, but okay, So I was like, you should
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Speaker 3: definitely do it because it's huge. Like I'm a hairstylist
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Speaker 3: and I have a lot of clients that watch Real
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Speaker 3: Housewives and they'll talk to me about it so much,
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Speaker 3: oh and over and over it and it's such a big
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Speaker 3: deal and there's Bravo Kahn and I'm like, you have,
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Speaker 3: you have to do this. And she was concerned obviously,
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Speaker 3: because people really dig into your personal life and you know,
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Speaker 3: not all relationships last, and people get in huge fights
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Speaker 3: and they dig things up from your past and you know,
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Speaker 3: things you shouldn't be worried about and things that have
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Speaker 3: happened with past housewives. But I'm like, you've already put
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Speaker 3: everything out there, You've already you already show ninety nine
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Speaker 3: percent of your life, So like, let's just say yes
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Speaker 3: and you know, keep this in going. So I told
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Speaker 3: her a little bit of the rundown too, because she
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Speaker 3: never watch Housewives either. She watched a little bit in
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Speaker 3: New York, but never really watched it before, so I
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Speaker 3: give her like the rundown of what it was going
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Speaker 3: to be like.
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Speaker 2: And if we're honest, I mean, Ashley is such a
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Speaker 2: great character for this show. She's a great person to
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Speaker 2: have on your television screen. She steps up to the plate.
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Speaker 2: But Ashley doesn't have like skeletons that can necessarily even
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Speaker 2: be like so true what they find out about Ashley.
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Speaker 2: I know, I know she got like a be in
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Speaker 2: history or something.
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Speaker 3: Like like there's yeah, there's nothing to pull out there,
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Speaker 3: but yeah, she is like a very sweet girl and
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Speaker 3: she has no skeletons, which is also why I was like,
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Speaker 3: are you even going to be good at this housewiter thing?
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Speaker 3: Because you kind of have to be cutthroat. So it
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Speaker 3: was very funny after filming to hear the call movie
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Speaker 3: so what was drama today? And like what did you say?
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Speaker 3: And I mean, you guys, I can't give too much away,
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Speaker 3: but she has great reactions to drama that isn't directly
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Speaker 3: affecting her. It's basically her role here.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, so far we're gonna dive into episode
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Speaker 2: one now, Yeah, so far and Ashley, I'm trying to
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Speaker 2: think back in the Goodness eleven years. I've known her crazy.
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Speaker 2: It's crazy, it's crazy, you know. I've been around so
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Speaker 2: many weird situations with Ashley. She she isn't verbally mean
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Speaker 2: or I can't remember her being, but her eyes and
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Speaker 2: facial expressions. Yeah, which, if they can capture that, we'll
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Speaker 2: tell a story. But I don't know if it's gonna
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Speaker 2: necessarily get her in trouble on this show, because it
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Speaker 2: feels like these women really are more interested in what's
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Speaker 2: said and not set like really what's said, not even what's.
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Speaker 3: Not set right. Yeah, Yeah, she can't hide her emotions
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Speaker 3: at all. We know that she like definitely rolls her
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Speaker 3: eyes at things, and then also in the interviews after
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Speaker 3: the fact, she says some more like candid things, so
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Speaker 3: she may roll her eyes in the moment or like cringe,
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Speaker 3: and then you'll get her real thoughts in the interviews.
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Speaker 3: So I'm looking forward to that. I have no idea
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Speaker 3: what she says in those, but yeah, this first episode
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Speaker 3: is basically all about Kelsey and how she has two
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Speaker 3: boyfriends and her one boyfriend has two girlfriends or something,
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Speaker 3: and if we're getting into all of that, I don't
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Speaker 3: understand why Kelsey would be at all bothered by someone
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Speaker 3: inquiring about her relationship, like that's what you do? You say,
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Speaker 3: how are you and how is your relationship? And she's like,
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Speaker 3: don't ask about I'm like, if it wasn't taboo, then
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Speaker 3: you would be okay with us asking, you know, so
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Speaker 3: I'll bealely. Something is weird about it, you know.
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Speaker 2: It's the storyline that felt like when they found out
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Speaker 2: about it, or maybe they did beforehand. Yeah, the show
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Speaker 2: said this is a home run and again we're in
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Speaker 2: Rhode Island. This is Real Housewives Rhode Island. It starts
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Speaker 2: the episode saying that it's a small state with the
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Speaker 2: biggest attitude. The intro kind of goes through each character.
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Speaker 2: I'm just going to go through them by name because
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Speaker 2: you're gonna have to watch this show to understand who
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Speaker 2: we're talking about and what we're talking about. And everybody
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Speaker 2: listening has watched the show. We have Alicia, Liz, Rosie, Joe, Ellen, Rula, Kelsey, Ashley, Liz,
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Speaker 2: and Liz. That's the final. Liz is the final kind
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Speaker 2: of character. And then they run through all these people's
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Speaker 2: homes and kind of their personal lives. We really don't
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Speaker 2: meet Rula in episode one. I don't. It says in
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Speaker 2: the intro that she's a boss.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, she comes in in the next episode, and she
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Speaker 3: is the most interesting storyline in this whole season. And
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Speaker 3: if you guys watch the episode one, you have to
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Speaker 3: go to episode two. Like, if you're on interested in
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Speaker 3: episode one, you have to go to episode two because
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Speaker 3: that's when Rula comes in and there is so much
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Speaker 3: drama and it's kind of one of the juicy things
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Speaker 3: I've seen on housewives. So stick around.
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Speaker 2: There's a reason she's kind of I mean, like every
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Speaker 2: other reality show, you save your biggest character for later on. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: we meet Alicia first. Yeah, Alicia is uh, she has
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Speaker 2: a fiance, Billy. They own a bunch of restaurants in
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Speaker 2: Rhode Island, m h. In fact, I don't think I've
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Speaker 2: been to any of those. I have any either, actually,
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Speaker 2: but they're restaurant tours. Yeah, they're gonna be crazy busy,
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Speaker 2: along with Audrey's good Yeah, and good for generous because
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Speaker 2: they do buy generous coffee. Thanks to Ashley and Jared
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Speaker 2: for being the best as of friends and Ali. Okay,
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Speaker 2: here's where we're gonna have to tie the dots and
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Speaker 2: you're gonna have to help me keep track of my
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Speaker 2: Alisha has known Liz since she was a kid. Yes,
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Speaker 2: so we meet Liz next. Liz has a gorgeous house.
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Speaker 3: On the water, walks her cat on a leash.
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Speaker 2: Yes, very like fun opening. So does my mom when
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Speaker 2: she had a cat, she was also cat walker. No shame,
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Speaker 2: just a lot of confusion, no matter what there. Liz
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Speaker 2: is married to Gary now. Gary has three daughters from
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Speaker 2: a previous relationship. They own some cannabis shops around Rhode Island.
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Speaker 2: He's actually known as the Cannabis King. This gets only
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Speaker 2: weird to me. Okay, so again Alicia knows Liz when
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Speaker 2: like it just kind of passed over that they're related,
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Speaker 2: and like why was that added?
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Speaker 3: Which I don't know why that was added a storyline.
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Speaker 2: It was just said like hey, we're like you want
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Speaker 2: to be called daddy, which really made it weird for me.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't like that. I didn't like that at all.
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Speaker 3: It didn't come back around. Maybe it will come back around,
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Speaker 3: And I don't.
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Speaker 2: Know why I would unless like really closely related, like a.
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Speaker 3: Really interesting tidbot that they that they needed to add.
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Speaker 3: That didn't add anything to the show.
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Speaker 2: Okay, So Liz and Alicia. Our friends Liz and Kelsey
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Speaker 2: are friends, which is where we're introduced to Kelsey. Kelsey
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Speaker 2: lives a very luxurious lifestyle. Her house is huge. As
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Speaker 2: you mentioned, Kelsey is the biggest kind of storyline from
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Speaker 2: this episode. Kelsey's boyfriend comes from one of the most
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Speaker 2: prominent families in the state of Rhode Island. Interesting tidbit.
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Speaker 2: I've tried a deep dive on who her boyfriend actually is.
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Speaker 2: It's very hard to find out.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually have never seen a picture of him,
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Speaker 3: but I also haven't tried that hard. So I will
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Speaker 3: come back and I will have a picture of him
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Speaker 3: or a little more information and make it not so
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Speaker 3: like elusive but biggest drama. But honestly, like I'm sorry Kelsey,
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Speaker 3: but like she gives us the little least personality too here.
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Speaker 3: I feel bad saying it, but like I don't know
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Speaker 3: who she is, and I don't know if any of
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Speaker 3: the cast really does. I think that's kind of why
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Speaker 3: she's depressed, honestly, because she's been with this guy for
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Speaker 3: ten years, years and ten years, and like she hasn't
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Speaker 3: explored anything else, and I think maybe she's lost herself
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Speaker 3: a little bit, which is why she does not want
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Speaker 3: to talk about it, but yes, Kelsey is a great
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Speaker 3: source of drama. Very beautiful, stunning.
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Speaker 2: Stunningly beautiful. They met when she was nineteen. Now, oh
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Speaker 2: my god, she's spent ten years living this luxurious lifestyle
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Speaker 2: and if you need to stay at home, want to
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Speaker 2: stay at home. She calls it leisure, like a leisure
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Speaker 2: luxury lifestyle. That's great with me. However, here's my concern immediately,
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Speaker 2: and it could just be like my old man like
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Speaker 2: dad mentality coming out love. It is you're just dating
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Speaker 2: this dude, yea, and he you have openly said, he's
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Speaker 2: gone for months with this other person in Miami, meaning
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Speaker 2: there is no contractual ties to when you break up,
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Speaker 2: if you break up, that you have anything to your name.
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Speaker 2: So you've lived this really beautiful, big, luxurious lifestyle for
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Speaker 2: ten years since you're nineteen. It's all you know, and
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Speaker 2: this guy isn't willing to commit to you or promise
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Speaker 2: you that you will be supported long term. That's where
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Speaker 2: I would say, hey, it's probably smart to get a job,
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Speaker 2: like yeah, you know, you're really putting all the cards
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Speaker 2: on the table. This dude is not going to say
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Speaker 2: goodbye to you at some point, and it sounds like
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Speaker 2: after ten years. If I was her father, i'd say, hey,
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Speaker 2: make him commit.
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Speaker 3: One hundred scent. And he was never going to commit,
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Speaker 3: Like I think he's made that clear to her. He
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Speaker 3: was never going to commit. But it would have been
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Speaker 3: amazing to have this game plan. First of all, get
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Speaker 3: all the gifts and jewelry you can because you don't
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Speaker 3: have to give those back, so that would have been smart.
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Speaker 3: Hopefully she did that. Secondly, hone a skill while you're
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Speaker 3: living in this mansion. Maybe she did do that and
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Speaker 3: we just got it. And obviously save all this money
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Speaker 3: because you're not paying rent or mortgage or anything for
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Speaker 3: the past eleven ten years. So I don't think she's
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Speaker 3: going to Yeah, I don't think she's gonna see light
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Speaker 3: at the end of tunnel and she's gonna marry this man.
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Speaker 3: I think she should start dating other people. It sounds
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Speaker 3: like she already has because there was they were alluding
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Speaker 3: to her having another boyfriend with the gifts and stuff.
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Speaker 3: So I'm happy that she's at least dating other people.
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Speaker 3: So we'll see what happens there.
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Speaker 2: This is the underlying storyline really through the episode is
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Speaker 2: people begin to ask Kelsey about her relationship and she's
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Speaker 2: it's a very sensitive subject and we know it's sensitive
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Speaker 2: from her lunch with Liz. She gets emotional talking about
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Speaker 2: it that you know, she's kind of figuring things out
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Speaker 2: and maybe is very fragile right now, and she is
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Speaker 2: feeling that, hey, I just turned thirty. I want maybe
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Speaker 2: a more committed relationship. Maybe there is dreams I had
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Speaker 2: and I'm seeing those kind of like come push up
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Speaker 2: against my timeline here. So it does feel very sensitive.
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Speaker 2: Throughout the whole episode. We also get to meet Joe Ellen.
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Speaker 2: Joe Ellen is also a huge character in the first episode.
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Speaker 2: She's married to Gary. They met in high school. She's
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Speaker 2: kind of scary to me, and she says that she's scary.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so before there was ever filming of Housewives, the
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Speaker 3: one person through the grapevine that everyone warned Ashley about
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Speaker 3: was Joe Ellen. So ash was very nervous to me Joellen,
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Speaker 3: and then when it was time to meet she was like,
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Speaker 3: she's actually like kind of lovely and as you can see,
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Speaker 3: she is very nice and warm to you, but she
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Speaker 3: can flip a switch. I think she is one of
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Speaker 3: the most interesting characters. I think that Liz and Joellen
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Speaker 3: are very very interesting characters. I also think that Joellen
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Speaker 3: is also gorgeous, and I think she looks like to
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Speaker 3: pay from woman's world with very dark hair. Do you
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Speaker 3: see it?
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Speaker 2: Good poll? I do see that. Yeah, that's a good poll,
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Speaker 2: especially with her like middle school picture. They showed her high.
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Speaker 3: School per yes. And and another thing that they mentioned
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Speaker 3: was that her sister was dating Gary right and Gary, Yeah, yeah,
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Speaker 3: dating Gary in high school and then she swooped in
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Speaker 3: and took him as a freshman.
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Speaker 2: They kind of like tried to make that dramatic. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: and I'm thinking that is not a dramatic story.
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Speaker 3: I think that it probably happens a lot with sisters.
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Speaker 3: I will say that Ashley and I are esquimo sisters
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Speaker 3: in some in some areas, which doesn't make which is
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Speaker 3: kind of weird to some people, kind of not weird,
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Speaker 3: but it's like if you're in the same friend group,
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Speaker 3: it is kind of bound to happen. But yeah, they'll
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Speaker 3: probably make a juice here. If Joelle and sister comes
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Speaker 3: in and starts talking about it and she still has
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Speaker 3: weird feelings about it, that could be an interesting storyline.
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Speaker 2: After I mean, she's got to be what in her
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Speaker 2: like forties at least after.
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Speaker 3: Who knows she could have loved Gary.
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Speaker 2: H that'd be good, actually, that would really make things up.
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Speaker 2: That feels like what I'm watching. Yeah, when I'm watching
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Speaker 2: The Housewives is like waiting for those moments where all
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Speaker 2: of a sudden, like there's a twist. I'm like, goodness,
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Speaker 2: what is going on? And I have a twist? I
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Speaker 2: need to talk to you about a bit here. Alicia
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Speaker 2: and Rosie know each other. Lisha feels like a common
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Speaker 2: thread through this kind of show being friends with so
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Speaker 2: many As you mentioned, Ashley and Rosie are friends as well.
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Speaker 2: But Alicia and Rossi go on a walking date. Uh
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Speaker 2: they hang out together because they say it's just a
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Speaker 2: good time, like they have a lot of fun. They
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Speaker 2: do look like they're good friends. It's a very much
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Speaker 2: of a like Housewives date their walk What are those
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Speaker 2: things that are walking in I don't know.
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Speaker 3: I would say the McMoon boots or something. I don't
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Speaker 3: know what they are, but they's like supposed to be
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Speaker 3: good for the booty or something. Maybe I don't know,
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Speaker 3: it's I don't know, but everything has to be pink
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Speaker 3: with Rosie. That's the common thread. Everything will be pink
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Speaker 3: her her jeep is pink. Her moon boots are pink.
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Speaker 2: So she really went all out in the outfits too,
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Speaker 2: Like she really did it up.
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Speaker 3: She did. She looks great. Alicia. Yeah, Alicia and Rosie
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Speaker 3: were talking about how scared they were to see Joe
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Speaker 3: Wellen at the picnic because because Rosie brought a six
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Speaker 3: dollar bottle of wine to her party, her like hangout party.
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Speaker 3: Do you think six dollar bottle of wine is too
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Speaker 3: cheap to give someone? Yes, I know it is, Rosie.
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Speaker 3: I'll defend you to the end of time, but not
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Speaker 3: with a six dollars bottle of wine.
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Speaker 2: It's so yeah. I mean like I would drink a
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Speaker 2: six dollar bottle wine between my wife and I. Yeah,
18:35
Speaker 2: like we would have that at our own home. That's fine.
18:38
Speaker 2: But if you're bringing it as like a party favor
18:40
Speaker 2: or a gift for hosting you, it's kind of like, huh, Now,
18:44
Speaker 2: somebody did that to me, A friend of that to me.
18:48
Speaker 2: I do think I'd like joke with him, But I
18:50
Speaker 2: don't like this mad. Yeah, I hope, And this is
18:55
Speaker 2: my concern. Maybe I'm just sensitive. I have never watch
19:00
Speaker 2: the Housewives. I'm watching this season and I'm excited to
19:03
Speaker 2: watch it because I love Ashley so much and Jared.
19:07
Speaker 2: I got to see so much of Jared and he's
19:08
Speaker 2: such a handsome man. But in the first episode of
19:12
Speaker 2: the Housewives of Rhode Island, it felt like they were
19:13
Speaker 2: trying to make drama out of very minor issues.
19:17
Speaker 3: That's all Housewives is, oh, is it?
19:20
Speaker 1: Like?
19:21
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sorry to to there's it's not a lot
19:23
Speaker 3: of drama. Maybe once they get much much bigger and
19:28
Speaker 3: they get more famous, like the Beverly Hills Housewives, Like
19:32
Speaker 3: there's like really big drama, like people are robbing their
19:34
Speaker 3: homes and people are like, you know, getting huge divorces.
19:38
Speaker 3: But now everything is very tame, so they have to
19:40
Speaker 3: make drama out of six dollar bottles of wine, you know.
19:43
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I know I was expecting, like the polygamy
19:47
Speaker 2: storyline to kind of like filter through that every couple
19:49
Speaker 2: and I was like, whoa, I know, this is crazy.
19:52
Speaker 2: What are they going to find out about Ashley and Jared?
19:54
Speaker 3: I know, but after Secret Laves and Mormon Wives. I
19:58
Speaker 3: don't know if you watch that or not, but like
20:00
Speaker 3: the polygamy swinger thing is honestly very boring to me.
20:03
Speaker 3: At this point, like I need something juicier than that.
20:06
Speaker 3: That's how really going. I don't know. Polygamy to me,
20:13
Speaker 3: and like swingers, it is like, you know, it just
20:16
Speaker 3: sounds bad. It's like, okay, I'm both couples, like both
20:18
Speaker 3: sides of the relationship. They're both agreeing to it. But
20:22
Speaker 3: if someone's getting cheated on someone else by someone else,
20:24
Speaker 3: which is coming on episode two, I find that to
20:27
Speaker 3: be way more juicy.
20:29
Speaker 2: Yeah, because there's like, uh, it's not consensual, like not
20:33
Speaker 2: two sides. No, it's almost like a secret. And so
20:35
Speaker 2: the secrets are the ones that draw in the drama.
20:39
Speaker 2: The like, hey, we've agreed to this thing to you
20:42
Speaker 2: was kind of boring.
20:44
Speaker 3: Yeah, just like Joe Wellen, they said that she was
20:47
Speaker 3: a swinger. Hey, I don't know, that's what they said.
20:51
Speaker 3: They haven't addressed it really even if she is okay,
20:54
Speaker 3: so to like all these consenting adults are saying, okay,
20:57
Speaker 3: it's fine with me. I'm juicy.
21:00
Speaker 2: It's not like a huge storyline. It is still a
21:03
Speaker 2: little bit shocking. And are they is like Rhode Island
21:08
Speaker 2: known for this, Like is this a very big swingers
21:11
Speaker 2: like state. It's not a big state. Every knows each other.
21:14
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, this is my theory. I feel like
21:17
Speaker 3: they always talk about how close knit Rhode Island is
21:20
Speaker 3: and how everyone grew up with each other, and I
21:22
Speaker 3: feel like a lot of people maybe met their spouse
21:24
Speaker 3: in high school, kind of like Joe Ellen, and then
21:26
Speaker 3: they get a little bored, they get a little rusty,
21:28
Speaker 3: and then they start swinging. Maybe. So that's kind of
21:31
Speaker 3: my theory. But yeah, I mean, I guess it could
21:36
Speaker 3: still be interesting. It'd be interesting if they start swinging
21:40
Speaker 3: with someone else in the cast.
21:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, make that happen. Is that a Housewives type of thing?
21:45
Speaker 3: We can make it, I'd say, I like, say we
21:47
Speaker 3: could make it asn't. We're on it.
21:50
Speaker 2: We're not far We're not far away. So the big
22:05
Speaker 2: first meetup of this season happens at Rosie's picnic. Joellen
22:10
Speaker 2: is there, Alicia's there, Ashley is there, and obviously Rosie
22:13
Speaker 2: is there. This is where we're introduced to your lovely
22:15
Speaker 2: sister Ashley. They talk about her being married to the
22:19
Speaker 2: wonderful Jared, who is a Rhode Island native, and I'll
22:23
Speaker 2: be honest, he is nothing like anybody else we've met
22:26
Speaker 2: on this show yet. He is very much a down
22:28
Speaker 2: the earth guy who works his butt off. We know
22:32
Speaker 2: so much about Ashley and Jared at this point because well,
22:34
Speaker 2: this is her show. The wild part to me and
22:40
Speaker 2: this is the picnic is fine. There's like some contentiousness
22:45
Speaker 2: and like people are arguing back and forth about some
22:47
Speaker 2: of the things we talked about, especially Joellen and Rosie.
22:49
Speaker 2: And Joellen one thing I respect about her, no matter
22:52
Speaker 2: if she's scary or not, She's gonna tell you what
22:55
Speaker 2: she said and where she stands. I have yet, and
22:58
Speaker 2: I appreciate that about somebody. Maybe I don't like that behavior.
23:01
Speaker 2: It feels a little bit bullyish, but at least if
23:03
Speaker 2: you're like, hey, Joellen, were you talking about me to Rosie,
23:06
Speaker 2: she says, yes, I was.
23:07
Speaker 3: M hmm.
23:08
Speaker 2: Here's the wildest part. I've already texted Ashley about this
23:11
Speaker 2: and I don't what. I didn't get the response I
23:13
Speaker 2: needed out of her. They play Never Have I Ever?
23:16
Speaker 2: And Ashley gets to start the game and she goes hard,
23:18
Speaker 2: really hard, like right away, like, yes, why was that
23:23
Speaker 2: her first question? And why was that on her mind?
23:26
Speaker 3: Ashley is never like, never have I Ever? Okay, we
23:29
Speaker 3: would be at parties growing up and everything and never
23:33
Speaker 3: have I ever she was She would always bow out
23:35
Speaker 3: of she's I'm not doing it because she hasn't done anything, okay,
23:38
Speaker 3: and it's embarrassing, and she was embarrassed by it. So
23:40
Speaker 3: she's never played this before. And I guess she was thinking,
23:43
Speaker 3: like literally, like she could have said, I've never done
23:45
Speaker 3: a drug in my entire life.
23:47
Speaker 2: She could have said, has a lot of things she's
23:49
Speaker 2: never done.
23:49
Speaker 3: I don't know why it went there, but she called
23:52
Speaker 3: me the second she saw this episode. She goes, the
23:54
Speaker 3: only thing I'm really worried about is why the hell
23:56
Speaker 3: did I say I've never done butt stuff. It's like, well, Elise,
24:01
Speaker 3: if our parents are watching, they're really proud of you
24:03
Speaker 3: for onto a bot stoe. Okay, I don't know, but
24:05
Speaker 3: I don't know why she said that. What did she
24:07
Speaker 3: say to you when you asked her.
24:09
Speaker 2: I think she is I could I could read. I mean,
24:11
Speaker 2: it's not like.
24:13
Speaker 3: She just like, I don't know, I'm an idiot.
24:15
Speaker 2: I think she said she wanted to win the game,
24:19
Speaker 2: and so she she she thought that would she thought
24:23
Speaker 2: that would be her differentiator, but other ones.
24:26
Speaker 3: I guess that makes sense. Yeah, I mean, she could
24:28
Speaker 3: have done a lot of things, but obviously based some
24:30
Speaker 3: Rosie's response saying that she will do it with skinny Wieners,
24:35
Speaker 3: which is a repulsive she got her out.
24:39
Speaker 2: So it did feel like Ashley hit like a she
24:45
Speaker 2: did hit a home run with that question. Yeah, but
24:48
Speaker 2: knowing Ashley, I was just like, whoa, like you started,
24:52
Speaker 2: you want one hundred miles an hour right away?
24:54
Speaker 3: Yeah, Usually when she's on any kind of show or
24:56
Speaker 3: any honestly this podcast, like if I have like la
25:00
Speaker 3: la la, I close my ears, my eyes, I'm like,
25:02
Speaker 3: I'm so ready to cringe out listening to her and
25:05
Speaker 3: watching her on shows and stuff. I didn't cringe that
25:08
Speaker 3: hard watching Housewives, and I am so happy about that.
25:11
Speaker 3: The only it was only slightly cringing when she said
25:14
Speaker 3: the butt stuff.
25:14
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean I always asked for respect, Like, yeah,
25:19
Speaker 2: good for Ashley, she's trying to win a game.
25:21
Speaker 3: Yeah. She takes everything so literally.
25:24
Speaker 2: I mean, it's unreal. It's so good. Her facial expressions
25:28
Speaker 2: during this picnic are fantastic. It says it all I
25:32
Speaker 2: think you would know. But I mean, I'm assuming this
25:36
Speaker 2: is one of the first times she's met all these
25:38
Speaker 2: other women and all like right away they start kind
25:41
Speaker 2: of bickering back and forth and saying things to each other.
25:45
Speaker 2: Is ashlely like comfortable in those moments. Does that make
25:48
Speaker 2: her uncomfortable?
25:50
Speaker 3: I mean, it definitely makes her uncomfortable. She never gets
25:53
Speaker 3: in fire like we were really like sweep everything under
25:55
Speaker 3: the rug sort of situation, like we never confront anyone
25:57
Speaker 3: for feeling a certain type of way, which is very
25:59
Speaker 3: Milni all of us, we're like, no worries, It's fine.
26:04
Speaker 3: But it's she has to get into the into the
26:08
Speaker 3: mix when it comes to the housewives, you know. So
26:10
Speaker 3: I do know that she does eventually like stick up
26:13
Speaker 3: for herself and you know, yells at a couple of
26:17
Speaker 3: the other ladies eventually down the line. But this was
26:19
Speaker 3: her first meeting, so she was kind of just like
26:22
Speaker 3: watching the back and forth. I'm sure it was uncomfortable,
26:25
Speaker 3: but I'm sure she also is happy that it wasn't
26:27
Speaker 3: directed towards her. And I do remember watching her after
26:31
Speaker 3: the film that scene she was like, it was so
26:33
Speaker 3: sunny and I wanted to put my sunglasses on so bad.
26:35
Speaker 3: If you could see her squinting, But all she had
26:37
Speaker 3: in that moment was her facial expressions because she wasn't
26:40
Speaker 3: involved in the conversation at all. She's like, I had
26:42
Speaker 3: to keep my sunglasses off so I could at least offer.
26:45
Speaker 2: That she's smart. Uh. She also comes from the world
26:49
Speaker 2: to the Bachelor, We're never allowed.
26:51
Speaker 3: Never allowed glasses.
26:53
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'm sure she had that in mind at
26:56
Speaker 2: the time too. She finally does switch to the sunglasses
26:59
Speaker 2: just for her because I was starting to feel her
27:01
Speaker 2: pain when it came to the squinting.
27:05
Speaker 3: Yes.
27:06
Speaker 2: We then get a good taste of Ashley and Jared
27:09
Speaker 2: at Audrey's kind of following this up, and at this
27:15
Speaker 2: point we see Ashley and Jared kind conversing about life.
27:19
Speaker 2: I do know Jared works really hard and Audrey's is
27:23
Speaker 2: something that he's very proud of, and he should be.
27:25
Speaker 2: It's a wonderful space, and if you're ever coming through
27:28
Speaker 2: that area of the country, make sure you stop at
27:31
Speaker 2: Audrey's because they do a great job and the hospitality
27:34
Speaker 2: is fantastic.
27:35
Speaker 3: It's delicious too.
27:37
Speaker 2: This is where we see Ashley cry for the first time,
27:39
Speaker 2: though it.
27:41
Speaker 3: Only took to twenty seconds maybe, but I understand. I
27:45
Speaker 3: understand why she was crying.
27:47
Speaker 2: I mean, I haven't seen Ashley cry in a long time.
27:49
Speaker 2: It used to be very common obviously, Yeah, cries and
27:53
Speaker 2: you know, gets emotional, and it's really been we've paused that,
27:59
Speaker 2: you know, in our life here on the Almost Namous podcast.
28:02
Speaker 3: Yeah, did she use to cry on this podcast?
28:05
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, some great footage. Oh yeah, right, yeah, all
28:10
Speaker 2: the time.
28:12
Speaker 3: She was pre Jared probably.
28:14
Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you feel like she's less emotional at this point?
28:18
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, definitely. She doesn't cry a lot at all anymore. Yeah,
28:24
Speaker 3: That's why I was like kind of shocked to see
28:26
Speaker 3: the episode of when she like cried. I was like, whoh,
28:28
Speaker 3: I haven't seen that in a long time. Sometimes when
28:30
Speaker 3: she's super frustrated, yes, but it's not like out of sadness,
28:34
Speaker 3: it's just like frustration.
28:35
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it used to be out of like
28:38
Speaker 2: kind of everything, right, It was kind of her shtick,
28:42
Speaker 2: not that it was like fake. Ever, it's very much
28:44
Speaker 2: a thing. But I do feel like since Jared and
28:47
Speaker 2: since the boys, that element of her life it doesn't
28:51
Speaker 2: exist as much. And so I wonder what it is
28:54
Speaker 2: because we see it, and we see it in a
28:58
Speaker 2: few like lead ups in the pre you Yeah, what
29:01
Speaker 2: is it about the cameras that bring out the tears?
29:03
Speaker 3: It is so true. It is the cameras, I guess
29:06
Speaker 3: I think emotions are heightened. She it's definitely crying out
29:11
Speaker 3: of frustration a lot, like maybe she just can't articulate
29:14
Speaker 3: the way she's feeling, and so the it just comes
29:16
Speaker 3: out as tears. And especially with a group of women
29:18
Speaker 3: like this, trying to get a word in is tough
29:22
Speaker 3: and obviously, like filming is exhausting, Like they're really long days,
29:27
Speaker 3: so like you're you're tired, you're overly emotional, and then
29:30
Speaker 3: you just you just cry. It's a perfect recipe for crying.
29:35
Speaker 3: So I'm assuming. I'm assuming it's her not being able
29:41
Speaker 3: to express the way she's feeling. That's always how it's been,
29:44
Speaker 3: you know, immediate tears. And that's why Jared's like, why
29:47
Speaker 3: can't you talk about crying. It's like I just can't
29:49
Speaker 3: get the words out of my mouth and if I could,
29:52
Speaker 3: then I wouldn't cry. But this is how it comes out.
29:54
Speaker 3: And I think a lot of people can relate to that.
29:56
Speaker 2: Do you cry a lot? No?
29:58
Speaker 3: I don't.
29:59
Speaker 2: You're like hearted, No, I don't know.
30:01
Speaker 3: It just doesn't come to my eyeballs, Like it just
30:04
Speaker 3: doesn't the water doesn't come out. I cry a lot,
30:08
Speaker 3: like the like the two weeks after giving birth. Yeah,
30:12
Speaker 3: and then I just I dried up, can't do it anymore.
30:15
Speaker 2: Yeah again, it's uh. I cannot say enough how just
30:20
Speaker 2: like proud I am of Ashley. She is herself in
30:25
Speaker 2: the best and biggest of ways. She's such an asset
30:28
Speaker 2: to this show. I'm so glad she said yes to it,
30:31
Speaker 2: because having Ashley on our screens is a gift. And
30:36
Speaker 2: she looks so pretty during this episode, like just looks
30:41
Speaker 2: beautiful and that's never like a question. I guess that's
30:45
Speaker 2: not like a shock, but it's just a note for
30:47
Speaker 2: everybody as they watch it. I think they're gonna be
30:49
Speaker 2: like goodness, Like Ashley looks beautiful.
30:52
Speaker 3: She is actually like peaking and continuing to peak, like
30:55
Speaker 3: any woman who's scared of their like thirties, late thirties,
31:00
Speaker 3: Like she literally is more beautiful every single day and
31:02
Speaker 3: like her body is slamming. She's got two kids. She
31:04
Speaker 3: looks so good. So proud of her. And also if
31:07
Speaker 3: in the show she I want to say how Ashley
31:10
Speaker 3: she is. She brought munchkins from Duncan Donuts to a party,
31:14
Speaker 3: to a Housewives party, like so adorable. No, one would
31:18
Speaker 3: ever do that because you would bring, you know, a
31:20
Speaker 3: nice bottle champagne or something, which, like everyone loves munchkins.
31:24
Speaker 3: So I'm like, that's Ashley. I love it.
31:25
Speaker 2: Speaking of food and gifts, the final scene of the
31:29
Speaker 2: first episode happens at Joellen's Fourth of July party. She
31:34
Speaker 2: rents a house for this party, and it's a big
31:38
Speaker 2: deal in the July. In July fourth in Rhode Island
31:41
Speaker 2: is a big deal. I think it's a big deal
31:42
Speaker 2: throughout the country. Honestly, Yeah, it's a big deal in Indiana.
31:46
Speaker 2: It's a big deal in Colorado. I mean it's a
31:49
Speaker 2: it's a national holiday. We celebrate this. But she rented
31:54
Speaker 2: a house for this big party and all the girls
31:56
Speaker 2: are invited. Rosie says, Hey, I feel most comfortab driving
32:00
Speaker 2: with Ashley and Jared to this party because I'm a
32:04
Speaker 2: little nervous about stepping into another environment where i might
32:08
Speaker 2: get ripped on again. Lauren, you don't have to give
32:22
Speaker 2: us to behind the scenes, but let me just give
32:23
Speaker 2: you your opinion. I think what is intriguing to me
32:26
Speaker 2: is most of these people, if not all, are in relationships.
32:29
Speaker 2: I know, if my wife was walking into a scenario
32:33
Speaker 2: where she felt like she was going to get ripped apart.
32:37
Speaker 2: I would be very much on edge and very much
32:39
Speaker 2: in protective mode. How during Housewives do you navigate these
32:45
Speaker 2: elements with a partner?
32:47
Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like you have to kind of take
32:49
Speaker 3: a step back as a partner because, like you do, know,
32:52
Speaker 3: your wife signed up to be ridiculed and being fight
32:55
Speaker 3: with and being in a fight with women. But I
32:56
Speaker 3: also think you're a much better man than other men.
32:59
Speaker 3: I think that like, oh that girl drama, go have
33:01
Speaker 3: your girl, your girlfights and your cat caddy. Really stuff,
33:04
Speaker 3: I really think so.
33:06
Speaker 2: I think Jared would be very uncomfortable and very protective.
33:12
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm trying to imagine if someone's yelling at Ashley,
33:14
Speaker 3: would Jared come over and be like, what's going on?
33:18
Speaker 3: Ladies sort of situation?
33:20
Speaker 2: Yeah?
33:20
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that Jared also was a very good
33:23
Speaker 3: man too. It's tough, but also having a girlfriend, like
33:26
Speaker 3: walking in with Ashley to that party is kind of
33:29
Speaker 3: like more comforting almost than having your husband there. I
33:32
Speaker 3: don't know, it feels kind of like the women coming together.
33:35
Speaker 3: I would feel really comfortable with my best friend there
33:38
Speaker 3: and knowing that she can like kind of kind of
33:41
Speaker 3: just like I can lean on her and then she
33:43
Speaker 3: can almost clap back at the woman who's yelling at
33:45
Speaker 3: me too, because I don't know if a man honestly
33:47
Speaker 3: could so, I understand coming together at the parties, like
33:52
Speaker 3: the couples going together to the party.
33:55
Speaker 2: Do you think it's a surprise to Rosie Rosie that
34:00
Speaker 2: she is kind of the center of confrontation right now?
34:02
Speaker 3: I think so. I don't think she's that like polarizing.
34:06
Speaker 3: I don't think she's asking any crazy questions.
34:10
Speaker 2: I don't know.
34:10
Speaker 3: Maybe there's other things behind the scenes that I don't
34:12
Speaker 3: know about. But if it's just because she asked about
34:16
Speaker 3: Kelsey's relationship, this doesn't warrant the kind of like ridicule
34:20
Speaker 3: she's getting. No, I don't know. I don't jealousy, who knows,
34:26
Speaker 3: although everyone is stunning, I don't know what to.
34:27
Speaker 2: Be jealous about. You know, lizten Dolores show up together.
34:30
Speaker 2: Dolores is from The New Jersey Housewives. Also, she has
34:35
Speaker 2: a podcast on our network as well with Will's Adams
34:39
Speaker 2: breaking down the Traders. Dolorus is fantastic and a big character,
34:42
Speaker 2: and I know that people love her. Lizen Dolores do
34:46
Speaker 2: look very similar and the reason they do is not
34:48
Speaker 2: only because maybe they kind of always look similar, but
34:50
Speaker 2: they also have the same surgeon.
34:52
Speaker 3: And I love that they admit that. Okay, because how
34:55
Speaker 3: are these not twins? I mean, they definitely have similar
34:59
Speaker 3: vibes to yeah, but I love that they admitted to it.
35:02
Speaker 3: And what I've noticed a lot about this season is
35:04
Speaker 3: like everyone's admitting they have botox, they have fella, they're
35:08
Speaker 3: on weight loss drugs, you know, so all the things
35:12
Speaker 3: and it's not a secret anymore. And that is amazing.
35:16
Speaker 2: It's it's amazing because it opens up a level of
35:19
Speaker 2: vulnerability instead of us asking the questions and assuming we're like,
35:23
Speaker 2: all right, you know, you've told us another thing we
35:26
Speaker 2: find out during this picnic. This was like kind of
35:30
Speaker 2: shocking to me. Kelsey says she's known Joellen since back
35:33
Speaker 2: when Joellen worked at a tanning salon. At that time,
35:38
Speaker 2: Kelsey shares that Joellen hooked up with the owner and
35:40
Speaker 2: his wife, and Joeln's the freaky one in the group,
35:43
Speaker 2: which again goes back to Ashley winning the game of
35:47
Speaker 2: never Have I Ever? There was a thousand options she
35:49
Speaker 2: could have chosen, but she went hard in the paint
35:52
Speaker 2: right at the beginning, and she was gonna win every
35:54
Speaker 2: game of never have I ever with this group of
35:56
Speaker 2: what ladies for all time? I guess in this part
36:00
Speaker 2: of this episode, I'm a little bit confused at what
36:03
Speaker 2: we're trying to accomplish. Like, are these ladies at this
36:05
Speaker 2: point just like nervous and getting everything out there on
36:09
Speaker 2: the table to create storylines?
36:12
Speaker 3: Yeah?
36:13
Speaker 2: Or are these going to be underlying themes throughout the
36:16
Speaker 2: rest of this season? You know, the Housewise franchise. How
36:19
Speaker 2: does this work?
36:20
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think they all want to appear to be
36:23
Speaker 3: the most interesting, and so they're going to say like
36:25
Speaker 3: all the crazy shit they've ever done, aka swinging butt stuff,
36:29
Speaker 3: all the stuff, and then I think it will come
36:32
Speaker 3: back around. I mean, I don't know for sure, but
36:34
Speaker 3: the fact that they keep alluding to Joellen being so freaky,
36:38
Speaker 3: there's gonna be something, So I'm excited to see what
36:41
Speaker 3: it is. But Joellen is definitely going to be doing.
36:44
Speaker 2: Something, So that's Yeah, that's like foreshadowing for the rest
36:47
Speaker 2: of the season. That's what this episode is. It's setting
36:50
Speaker 2: it up for a story to continue.
36:53
Speaker 3: On, because why would we need to know that she
36:55
Speaker 3: hooked up with an owner of a Tanning Salon back
36:57
Speaker 3: in the day, right.
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Speaker 2: That was my question. Okay, and his wife.
37:01
Speaker 3: Yes, and his wife yeah, yeah, Well there you go.
37:05
Speaker 2: Rosie and Ashley arrive at the party. At this point
37:08
Speaker 2: in the midst of this, we're getting some drama happening
37:11
Speaker 2: where Joellen is telling Kelsey that Rosie was making comments
37:14
Speaker 2: about her relationship at the picnic. Kelsey is again upset
37:18
Speaker 2: about comments being made about her relationship. From my standpoint,
37:23
Speaker 2: her relationship is polarizing. It is. I am curious about it.
37:28
Speaker 2: You have to know if you're going to sign up
37:29
Speaker 2: for a show that one of the most interesting parts
37:33
Speaker 2: of your life when it comes to being in relationship
37:36
Speaker 2: with somebody who's not around all the time and everybody
37:39
Speaker 2: knows he's not around all the time, is gonna get
37:41
Speaker 2: brought up. But it's a very sensitive subject to Kelsey.
37:44
Speaker 3: It really is like, you can't be surprised when you
37:47
Speaker 3: show up to a Fourth of July party and the
37:49
Speaker 3: man who you are with, in whose house you are
37:51
Speaker 3: living in, doesn't come with you. They're gonna say where's
37:55
Speaker 3: what's his name? You know, for every single holiday. And
37:58
Speaker 3: she's been dealing with this for ten years, so she
38:00
Speaker 3: can't have been cry. She can't cry every time someone
38:03
Speaker 3: asked her about that. That's why I'm just like, how
38:06
Speaker 3: is this dramatic to say? How is your partner? You know?
38:10
Speaker 2: Yeah? I do forget though, who did bring it up?
38:14
Speaker 2: I mean I don't remember it being oh, who brought
38:18
Speaker 2: it up?
38:19
Speaker 3: So I think Joellen was like, oh, I was just
38:22
Speaker 3: with Kelsey and.
38:23
Speaker 2: Then she's struggling. I think she did say that, like she's, oh,
38:26
Speaker 2: you know, she's not doing great because of her relationship.
38:29
Speaker 3: Yes, so Joeanne did she brought it up? She and
38:32
Speaker 3: if she really didn't want to talk about it or
38:34
Speaker 3: didn't think that Kelsey wanted it brought up, she could
38:36
Speaker 3: have just been like, she's good. No, we're on in
38:39
Speaker 3: Real Housewives. You're gonna say she's not doing well, and
38:42
Speaker 3: then Rose's gonna say why, or the whole table's gonna
38:45
Speaker 3: say why isn't she doing well? Why would you not
38:47
Speaker 3: ask that question? So and then so on and so forth.
38:51
Speaker 2: If you and I were sitting around hanging out talking
38:54
Speaker 2: and I was like, how's Ashley doing, You're like, oh,
38:56
Speaker 2: you know, she's not doing great because of her relationship,
39:00
Speaker 2: And I just sat there and quiet and stared at you. Yeah,
39:03
Speaker 2: that'd be very weird. My immediate a question would be,
39:06
Speaker 2: what do you mean by that?
39:07
Speaker 3: Yeah, like, exactly.
39:09
Speaker 2: Tell me a little bit more if you're willing and able.
39:11
Speaker 2: And so it's obviously hinting at bringing up a story
39:16
Speaker 2: that you want people to ask questions about, or that
39:18
Speaker 2: you're opening up the door for people to ask questions about.
39:21
Speaker 2: But I do think it's a weird decision to go
39:23
Speaker 2: right up to Kelsey and say, hey, Rosie was asking
39:27
Speaker 2: these things and saying these things about your relationship at
39:31
Speaker 2: the picnic. Yeah, to kind of start the fire burning,
39:35
Speaker 2: even though you're the one that has the gasoline.
39:38
Speaker 3: Yeah, so true, so true. That's why I hope people
39:42
Speaker 3: like stick around and keep watching, because like it isn't
39:45
Speaker 3: that much drama, but the person creating the drama is
39:48
Speaker 3: like kind of Joellen. If that's why I'm like, I
39:52
Speaker 3: hope that people can see past like kind of like
39:54
Speaker 3: the curated drama and just wait for like the real drama,
39:58
Speaker 3: because you know, Joellen was just trying to stir it
39:59
Speaker 3: up just to start up for the show kind of,
40:02
Speaker 3: but the real dramas get to come.
40:03
Speaker 2: Oh, the real drama. This is the first episode of
40:07
Speaker 2: Real Housewives of Rhode Island, Lauren, You're gonna be around
40:10
Speaker 2: with us for the entirety of this season and maybe
40:14
Speaker 2: seasons to come. Yeah, which is very exciting and very
40:17
Speaker 2: fun for me. Yes, we do see a preview for
40:20
Speaker 2: the rest of the season. The woman go on a
40:22
Speaker 2: road trip, Ashley says, does a little cheers and says
40:26
Speaker 2: sorry or cheers to not being sorry and moving on. Yes,
40:32
Speaker 2: there's a massk garade party and it looks like they
40:33
Speaker 2: stuck Ashley in like a full blown mask.
40:36
Speaker 3: Yes, she was so pissed that day because she was like,
40:39
Speaker 3: my makeup has never looked better and they put me
40:41
Speaker 3: in a full blown mask, like why They're also like
40:44
Speaker 3: taking away her superpower, which is her reaction to things.
40:48
Speaker 3: So I don't know how that day went, but that
40:50
Speaker 3: sucks for her.
40:53
Speaker 2: We do get to meet Rula at some point throughout
40:56
Speaker 2: this season, and Ashley and Jared are a big focus
41:02
Speaker 2: of the preview, mostly talking about like their life and
41:06
Speaker 2: the Audrey's is not making a lot of money. Just
41:08
Speaker 2: hold your horses, Ashley and Jared. You just went on
41:12
Speaker 2: Real Housewives and brought it to a whole new demo.
41:15
Speaker 3: I know Audrey's will be hiring shortly.
41:18
Speaker 2: I was gonna say they're gonna be doing fine. And Ashley.
41:22
Speaker 2: We do see Ashley crying on a boat, which is perfect.
41:27
Speaker 3: I love that part.
41:30
Speaker 2: Is it Ashley that tells her tells somebody I forget
41:33
Speaker 2: They're sitting there and she says, the girl's like, I'm
41:36
Speaker 2: crying and my makeup looks so good today, and Ashley
41:39
Speaker 2: is always the day your makeup looks the best.
41:41
Speaker 3: Yeah.
41:43
Speaker 2: I love it.
41:44
Speaker 3: I love them together.
41:46
Speaker 2: What a sweet comment by Ashulely. Just the best. Lauren.
41:51
Speaker 2: I know you know a lot about the season ahead,
41:54
Speaker 2: but if we can close up with your general thoughts
41:58
Speaker 2: on the first episode ode and like if you're honestly
42:03
Speaker 2: excited for the rest of the season.
42:05
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's so funny because like, why do you want, like,
42:10
Speaker 3: if you're already stressed out and you want to wind
42:12
Speaker 3: down at the end of the night, why are you
42:13
Speaker 3: watching women yell at each other? But I was fully enthralled,
42:18
Speaker 3: and it wasn't just because she's my sister. For this,
42:20
Speaker 3: for this episode and then the episodes to come, I'm
42:25
Speaker 3: just actually, I think it could be one of the
42:27
Speaker 3: best housewives. And I really hope that I know everyone's
42:30
Speaker 3: so mad because Miami's canceled and everyone loves Real house
42:33
Speaker 3: Sides of Miami, but this is taking its place, and
42:36
Speaker 3: I think it's gonna really hold up to Miami. So
42:41
Speaker 3: stick around. I think it's amazing, and it's really I
42:45
Speaker 3: know everyone's saying that everyone looks alike and you can't
42:47
Speaker 3: tell them apart, but you will get them down with
42:49
Speaker 3: the first episode, I promise.
42:52
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think if I can do it, anybody
42:56
Speaker 2: else can do it if I come forward too. Yeah,
42:59
Speaker 2: we're fine. Yes, Now, Lauren, well do a thing here.
43:02
Speaker 2: I'm Almost Famous podcast. I know you're an avid listener
43:05
Speaker 2: to our other show and so you know exactly what
43:08
Speaker 2: to do. But we will be here for the rest
43:10
Speaker 2: of the season of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island
43:13
Speaker 2: starring the one and only Ashley Ikenetti. And Ashley cannot
43:18
Speaker 2: be joining us obviously for obvious reasons during the breakdown
43:21
Speaker 2: of each episode, but we do have the next best
43:24
Speaker 2: thing in her sister Lauren, giving us all the scoop,
43:27
Speaker 2: all the details, all the opinions, and everything that we
43:31
Speaker 2: need out of an Ikenetti being on the Almost Famous Podcast.
43:34
Speaker 2: But until next time, I've been Ben.
43:37
Speaker 3: And I've been Lauren. Is that correct?
43:40
Speaker 2: You did so good?
43:41
Speaker 3: Okay good.
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