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Welcome to the Real Housewives Family · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Almost Famous podcast.
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  Speaker 3: Ashley myself are here with you today, and since the
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  Speaker 3: news is out and we are excited for our Ashley.
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  Speaker 2: That sounds very weird, but I like see.
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  Speaker 4: I like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she's our Ashley.
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  Speaker 3: The Real Housewives of Rhode Island is going to be airing,
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  Speaker 3: and my co host is going to be on this season.
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  Speaker 3: We've asked some of our listeners to share some messages
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  Speaker 3: with Ashley. We're going to listen to those and she's
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  Speaker 3: going to respond. I'm going to take a step back.
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  Speaker 3: But before we get into it, Ashley, I know there's
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  Speaker 3: a lot right now that you cannot speak about when
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  Speaker 3: it comes to the show, and we're going to respect
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  Speaker 3: that here, however, and I want to also preface the
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  Speaker 3: messages that you're going to be hearing, Ashley are from
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  Speaker 3: other housewives, from some people that we definitely know the
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  Speaker 3: names of, and our fans. But before we kind of
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  Speaker 3: kick this off, I just want to ask you, why
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  Speaker 3: did you say yes to it? I think you could
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  Speaker 3: speak to that well.
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  Speaker 5: I can't go into casting, which is that sucks. I
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  Speaker 5: will say this when asked it was quite the debate
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  Speaker 5: in my head and a conversation between Jared and I
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  Speaker 5: that continued months. It wasn't a fast decision that we
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  Speaker 5: came to and that actually took like two months, and
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  Speaker 5: we were like pretty much on the same page, which was,
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  Speaker 5: if we don't do it, we'll regret doing it. If
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  Speaker 5: we don't say yes, we'll always wonder what if. And
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  Speaker 5: I've said many times on the show that I tried
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  Speaker 5: to eliminate as many what ifs in my life as possible.
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  Speaker 5: So I said I'd rather say yes and then later
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  Speaker 5: down the road say no, than say no and then
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  Speaker 5: never never be able to say yes. And I believe
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  Speaker 5: that stay true to myself throughout the filming process, and
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  Speaker 5: we will see how Bravo and that audience takes to me.
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  Speaker 5: Because I do find I felt myself to be untraditional
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  Speaker 5: in the role.
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  Speaker 2: That's good.
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  Speaker 5: So yeah, we'll see how it plays over with this audience.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe they won't like me. That's a good chance they
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  Speaker 5: won't like me.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the truth, Ashley. If you stay true to yourself
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  Speaker 3: and they don't like you.
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  Speaker 4: That's okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's okay. It's a different audience.
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  Speaker 3: We do have some messages from some stars from the
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  Speaker 3: Real Housewives franchise. We're going to start with messages from
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  Speaker 3: Jennifer Fessler from the Real Housewives of New Jersey and
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  Speaker 3: she is with Kelly Bensmon who from the Real Housewives
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  Speaker 3: of New York, who is a part of our iHeart family.
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  Speaker 2: Both very great, very sweet people. Let's listen to the message.
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  Speaker 6: Hi, Ashley, It's Jen Bessler from Real Housewives of New Jersey.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, Ashley, it's Kelly bensimone from the Real house So
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  Speaker 7: I was from New York.
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  Speaker 6: Hi, mikekel Kel, Hi beauty.
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  Speaker 4: I we are so excited for you, Ashley. We are
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  Speaker 4: so excited. We watched the trailer. It looks unbelievable. We
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  Speaker 4: are so excited to watch it.
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  Speaker 6: So congratulations my new friend, and welcome to this crazy,
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  Speaker 6: crazy Housewives world. So one thing we all know is
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  Speaker 6: that you are going to go to a crazy dinner party.
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  Speaker 6: So here's a piece of advice. Eat first. I can't
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  Speaker 6: preface that enough because by the time dinner is over,
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  Speaker 6: you are going to be so exhausted and if you're me,
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  Speaker 6: so completely starving because you will have expended so much energy.
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  Speaker 4: So I would suggest to you just to eat first and.
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  Speaker 6: It'll help you with stamina, and you're gonna need stamina.
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  Speaker 7: That is great advice. And you know what's so interesting
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  Speaker 7: is that I would always eat like chicken and vegetables
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  Speaker 7: and rice before every single big scene.
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  Speaker 4: I felt like an athlete.
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  Speaker 7: I was like, I am I'm going to be hydrated.
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  Speaker 7: I had my create four so I was like, all
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  Speaker 7: ready to go and an ultimate girls trip. It's like
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  Speaker 7: you're eating only when you're having the meals with the
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  Speaker 7: other housewives, which I did not eat a lot, and
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  Speaker 7: I did not eat enough, and I regret that.
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  Speaker 4: That's yeah, that's really hilarious.
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  Speaker 7: I already knew you were going to be on this
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  Speaker 7: show because we talked about it. I love that you
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  Speaker 7: called me right after we were on Almost Famous and
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  Speaker 7: you were like, oh my god, what's going to happen?
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  Speaker 7: And what did I say to you? I said, be
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  Speaker 7: your gorgeous, fun kind self and the world is going
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  Speaker 7: to love you again and again, just like they loved
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  Speaker 7: you Impachination as You're going to.
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  Speaker 4: Do so great.
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  Speaker 7: Jenna and I are here for you.
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  Speaker 4: We love you. Dolores is there with you, and we
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  Speaker 4: love our Dolores. We absolutely do. We really mean it
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  Speaker 4: reach out anytime.
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  Speaker 6: Happy to be your big Bravo housewife sisters, not your mother,
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  Speaker 6: your big sister as.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, your iHeart team. We are here for you.
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  Speaker 7: We love you, and we're so excited to hear about everything.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Ashley, baby, Ashley sweet.
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  Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, guys, that's so nice. It's so funny
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  Speaker 5: because they don't have to tell me to eat. I
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  Speaker 5: am the girl that if they show it, we'll be
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  Speaker 5: eating in every single scene. One of the best things
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  Speaker 5: is that there's like always a charcouterie board.
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  Speaker 4: There and I think we all eat, but.
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  Speaker 5: I I use that as a distraction in a lot
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  Speaker 5: of moments. We're like, oh you guys, are you guys
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  Speaker 5: are having.
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  Speaker 2: A thing over there?
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  Speaker 5: Okay, I'm just gonna like wander over and emotionally eat
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  Speaker 5: over here.
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  Speaker 3: These messages are gonna be great.
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  Speaker 2: Onto the next one.
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  Speaker 3: We got Emily Simpson from The Real Housewives Orange County.
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  Speaker 8: Hi, Ashley, it's Emily Simpson from the Real Housewives of
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  Speaker 8: Orange County. I just wanted to say congrats on joining
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  Speaker 8: the Real Housewives. The best advice that I can give
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  Speaker 8: to you about being a housewife is just always saying
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  Speaker 8: authentic to who you are, to what you think, to
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  Speaker 8: your opinions. And also, I think Housewives really starts to
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  Speaker 8: decline when they try to drive the narrative or get
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  Speaker 8: a specific outcome, and I think you just need to
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  Speaker 8: stay away from that. You just need to have an opinion,
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  Speaker 8: not think about what the audience reaction would be, not
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  Speaker 8: think about how you want something to turn out in
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  Speaker 8: the end. Just whatever you think in that moment, just
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  Speaker 8: say it, because you can always apologize later. But it's
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  Speaker 8: just I think it's best to just be authentic, open
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  Speaker 8: and raw about what you're feeling and what you think.
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  Speaker 7: Right then.
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  Speaker 5: Interesting, Okay, Oh, there's so many things that I would
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  Speaker 5: love to respond to, but I'm like, I don't want
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  Speaker 5: to get that at call because it's so early. If
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  Speaker 5: you guys were to give me this advice, or if
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  Speaker 5: I want to be listening to these wall the show
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  Speaker 5: is airing, I think I could give you almost shame
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  Speaker 5: as audience a little bit more feedback, but right now
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  Speaker 5: I don't.
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  Speaker 2: But this is all.
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  Speaker 5: So interesting to hear. Yeah, after having already filmed, I.
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  Speaker 3: Think a lot of a lot of this right now
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  Speaker 3: is like a tease to what we're going to be
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  Speaker 3: able to get into together as the season starts and
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  Speaker 3: when you can start to openly discuss some of the
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  Speaker 3: stuff that's happening. This is like the tease for people
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  Speaker 3: to foreshadow and wonder what is going to happen? How
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  Speaker 3: does this all work? And I think that's healthy in
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  Speaker 3: its own way, and it's also great that these ladies
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  Speaker 3: who have been through are giving you this advice. Up next,
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  Speaker 3: we have two icons in the Real Housewives franchise, people
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  Speaker 3: we know and appreciate and I know know and appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Up next, we have a message from Teddy Mellencamp from
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  Speaker 3: the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and also Tamra Judge
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  Speaker 3: from the Real Housewives of Orange County.
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  Speaker 9: Teddy E Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, I want to give
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  Speaker 9: it congratulations to Ashley the new housewife and just let
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  Speaker 9: her know that just be yourself, don't let those girls
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  Speaker 9: push you around, be authentic, have fun, and make sure
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  Speaker 9: that whatever's on your mind you speak it all right.
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  Speaker 5: It's very similar to what Emily says.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it kind of feels like this trend Ashley, that
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  Speaker 3: I'm hearing somebody that's not familiar with what happened with
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  Speaker 3: your season and also the show. It just like authenticity.
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  Speaker 3: That feels like is what they're trying to tell you,
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  Speaker 3: because they're like, this could get crazy. Don't get yourself involved.
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  Speaker 4: It says.
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  Speaker 5: They're talking about like letting your opinions be known, though,
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  Speaker 5: and that's something that I've heard a number of times
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  Speaker 5: from different sources.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be excited to see if you do that.
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  Speaker 3: Napola from Real Housewives Miami has our final message for you.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, Ashley.
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  Speaker 10: It's Alexi Napola from the Real Housewives of Miami, and
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  Speaker 10: I want to say congrats on joining the Real Housewives family.
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  Speaker 10: Welcome to this crazy housewife world where we have the
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  Speaker 10: best fans ever, and you're going to see that and
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  Speaker 10: you're going to love it. We do have the best
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  Speaker 10: fans ever. But you know it's also a little scary,
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  Speaker 10: so I hope you're ready for it. Just embrace it.
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  Speaker 10: It's a lot of fun. Your life is about to change,
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  Speaker 10: and I wish you all the best things in life,
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  Speaker 10: and just have fun. It's a wild experience and I
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  Speaker 10: want you to enjoy every moment of it. Actually, the
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  Speaker 10: best advice I can give you about being a housewifeist
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  Speaker 10: own your storyline. You have to say your story before
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  Speaker 10: somebody says it for you, because once the girls say
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  Speaker 10: the story for you, it's not going to be the
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  Speaker 10: same story that you have to say. And you know,
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  Speaker 10: there's usually rumors and confessionals and then it turns into
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  Speaker 10: a big mess. So just own your story and tell it.
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  Speaker 10: Be authentic to yourself, be authentic with the public. You know,
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  Speaker 10: don't try too much. I feel like a lot of
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  Speaker 10: the bookie housewives come in and they want to take over,
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  Speaker 10: and they try too much. So you know, just be authentic,
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  Speaker 10: be real, and everyone will love you.
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  Speaker 5: I love that that was good, and I will admit
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  Speaker 5: that there are many times throughout filming that I said
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  Speaker 5: I'm scared. Hi guys, I'm Ashley, and I'm really nervous
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  Speaker 5: to be here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 5: I would say that her advice seems to be the
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  Speaker 5: one that I feel most connected with herd gens. I
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  Speaker 5: want to say thank you to everyone, Jennifer, Kelly, Emily, Teddy,
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  Speaker 5: Tamra and Alexia for your calls.
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  Speaker 4: That's so so sweet of you.
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  Speaker 5: I am excited to see the fandom that is the
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  Speaker 5: Bravo universe because it's possibly more intense than even Bachelor Nation.
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  Speaker 3: It sounds like it could be. I'm excited for you, Ashley.
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  Speaker 3: Here's my advice for you. I have no clue what
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  Speaker 3: I'm talking about, and so my advice for you is
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  Speaker 3: just to keep being you, Ashley? Is there anything closing here?
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  Speaker 3: I know it's a weird time. We heard about standing
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  Speaker 3: up for your own opinions. We heard about staying true
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  Speaker 3: to yourself. We heard about the fear or how scary
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  Speaker 3: this whole new world could be. Ashley, is there anything
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  Speaker 3: even a nugget that you could share with us about
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  Speaker 3: some of the advice that you heard and how it
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  Speaker 3: made you feel? Or I guess even when you hear it,
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  Speaker 3: are you like, no, I don't really know what they're
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  Speaker 3: talking about, or when they know, I.
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  Speaker 4: Know exactly what they're talking about. And I guess.
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  Speaker 5: Opinions is interesting, opinions on things because your opinion on
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  Speaker 5: things means so much as a housewife. And it was
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  Speaker 5: something that wasn't front and center on Bachelor because a
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  Speaker 5: Bachelor's front and center is literally love. And that was
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  Speaker 5: my hardest adjustment, having a show that didn't have a
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  Speaker 5: focus beyond chatter.
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  Speaker 4: I guess I.
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  Speaker 2: Think that's great.
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  Speaker 3: I think that is Uh, that's your nugget.
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  Speaker 2: That's my nugget, and I'll take it. I'll take it. Ashley.
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  Speaker 5: Our producer is asking whether this felt like a game
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  Speaker 5: like Bachelor did, and I will say it doesn't. It's
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  Speaker 5: not a competition show. And so that element not being
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  Speaker 5: there was also a new thing for me where it
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  Speaker 5: was like, kind of you didn't know where it was
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  Speaker 5: gonna go, because at least on The Bachelor, you have
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  Speaker 5: a formula. You're like, you're gonna have a there's gonna
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  Speaker 5: be two one on ones this week, there's gonna be
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  Speaker 5: a group day, and then there's gonna be a rose ceremony,
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  Speaker 5: and you kind of knew what to expect as like
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  Speaker 5: an outline every week, and here you have no idea
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  Speaker 5: what's on your plate. And that was intimidating for me.
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  Speaker 5: All Right, Well, again, thank you to all the housewives
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  Speaker 5: who sent little messages of hope and support. I appreciate
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  Speaker 5: you so much and I'm excited to get to meet everybody.
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  Speaker 5: And just as a side note, it was so lovely
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  Speaker 5: getting to know Dolores over this summer as well. She's
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  Speaker 5: such an amazing woman and it was cool to see
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  Speaker 5: her at Bravo Con and all that talking about Rhode
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  Speaker 5: Island and what to expect. So thank you, guys for
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  Speaker 5: all the love and support from Instagram over the past week.
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  Speaker 5: And yeah, I'll be able to say more soon hopefully.
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  Speaker 5: Until next time, I've been Ashley, I've been Ben.
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  Speaker 4: Bye guys.
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