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Bachelor Breaking News! · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with her radio. There is a lot going on in
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  Speaker 1: Bachelor Nation, and that's why you only hear my voice
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  Speaker 1: on this very very special mini episode of the Almost
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  Speaker 1: Famous podcast Ashley and Jared are. She is out today
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  Speaker 1: because they're at some syrup lab making a syrup for
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  Speaker 1: their new coffee shop, So she's out of the studio today.
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  Speaker 1: This was unexpected that I was going to be jumping
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  Speaker 1: on today, but there's some big headlines in Bachelor Nation
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  Speaker 1: and we didn't want to keep anybody waiting until tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: to announce them. So I'm gonna spend the next few
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  Speaker 1: minutes with you all doing something super exciting reading through headlines.
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  Speaker 1: So the very first headline, and it feels weird doing
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  Speaker 1: this without Ashley anyways, Hey, the very first headline in
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  Speaker 1: Bachelor Nation is Chris Harrison is engaged to Lauren Siema.
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  Speaker 1: The caption on their photo says, the next chapter starts.
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  Speaker 1: Now why I think all of us and Bastelination can
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  Speaker 1: celebrate this incredible love story. Uh. Lauren Ziema is is
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  Speaker 1: the host that you've seen on Entertainment tonight. Um. She
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  Speaker 1: has been had an incredible career. The two of them
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  Speaker 1: have met years ago, uh through her work kind of
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  Speaker 1: interviewing people in The Bachelor. They started dating. Uh just
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  Speaker 1: a few years ago they announced that they were dating.
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  Speaker 1: They had been dating quite a bit before that, and
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  Speaker 1: now they are engaged. People were wondering for a long time,
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  Speaker 1: was this ever gonna happen? What was their plans? You know,
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  Speaker 1: Chris's kids are gotting ready off the college, one's already
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  Speaker 1: in college, So we didn't know kind of where they
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  Speaker 1: stood in their relationship. But now we can finally officially
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  Speaker 1: celebrate their engagement. What an incredible thing to two awesome friends.
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  Speaker 1: So we're sitting at the almost famous podcasting, congrats, guys,
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  Speaker 1: it's something incredible. Well, next headline reads The Bachelor at
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  Speaker 1: Michelle Young, she is. The next headline reads The Bachelorette
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  Speaker 1: Michelle Young on balancing reality TV fame with life as
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  Speaker 1: an elementary school teacher. This according to Variety. Obviously, we
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  Speaker 1: just had Michelle Young on the podcast and we talked
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  Speaker 1: to her about what it's like to be a teacher
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  Speaker 1: and to go into school and probably have everybody just
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  Speaker 1: absolutely loving on you and watching you then date on TV. Well,
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  Speaker 1: Michelle is her quoting this, Uh they think it's cool
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  Speaker 1: when speaking about her students and UH co workers. They
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  Speaker 1: want to know the details and they're like, we won't
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  Speaker 1: tell anybody, Michelle says. She responds, and you sound like reporters,
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  Speaker 1: Young tells Variety with a laugh. And maybe there are
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  Speaker 1: some future reporters that I'm seeing in my classroom. But
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  Speaker 1: I absolutely love them and would not want to be
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  Speaker 1: anywhere else right now. Well, it's really incredible. Obviously, they
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  Speaker 1: they've pushed back her season of The Bachelor because of
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  Speaker 1: her time as a teacher. UM super important that she
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  Speaker 1: was at the school this year, and so now her
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  Speaker 1: season is airing and they have previously taped it. Next
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  Speaker 1: headline is James calls Rachel Kirknell the brightest spot in
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  Speaker 1: the year since his Bachelor journey. Isn't that cute? Well,
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  Speaker 1: this is according to People, and the article says James
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  Speaker 1: and Kirknell, who's twenty five, have come a long way
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  Speaker 1: since passed. Racially insensitive behavior of her surfaced online earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year, engulfing the franchise in controversy amid the terminal.
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  Speaker 1: The pair confirmed during his seasons after the final Rows
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  Speaker 1: special March that they had split, but Archer continues they
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  Speaker 1: found their way back together, with James confirming the following
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  Speaker 1: months that he was pursuing a relationship with Kirknell again.
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  Speaker 1: Just being able to take her to my favorite spots
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  Speaker 1: and really enjoy Nimicole and for the beautiful property it
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  Speaker 1: is and not have to move around and secrecy is
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  Speaker 1: going to be so nice, he told People on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a lot that's happened over the past year,
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  Speaker 1: and she's been the brightest spot of that. I'm excited
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  Speaker 1: for what lies ahead for us. So Matt and Rachel
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  Speaker 1: are doing well. They are all over social media document
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  Speaker 1: in their lives. After Matt James's departure on Dancing with
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  Speaker 1: the Stars, next headline is The Bachelor Sarah trout Moren's
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  Speaker 1: Father's death years after a LS diagnosis. Honored to know
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  Speaker 1: you Disaccording to People, well, this one hits hope close
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  Speaker 1: to home and this headline is the one that I
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  Speaker 1: know many of us were involved in her story while
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  Speaker 1: she was on The Bachelor. UM. But just about a
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  Speaker 1: month ago, my best friend was diagnosed with a l S.
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  Speaker 1: If you went out to social media UM today you
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  Speaker 1: can see me talking about it. For the first time,
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  Speaker 1: and we're gonna start talking about a lot more. But
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  Speaker 1: it's the same friend as months ago. Uh you heard
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  Speaker 1: me talk about saying he had lined disease, and he
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  Speaker 1: did have lime, but on top of that, he was
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  Speaker 1: also struggling from a LS for the last year, and
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  Speaker 1: just a month ago, UM, his diagnosis was confirmed. Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm not here to make it about my buddy. But
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  Speaker 1: here's where Sarah's story, her father's story, and my friends
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  Speaker 1: story comes along. A l S is UM a really
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  Speaker 1: really difficult disease that takes life of many um every year,
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of people's quality of life is not
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  Speaker 1: incredible once the diagnosis happens. The problem is that funding
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  Speaker 1: is short, that people don't talk about it enough. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: that awareness and advocacy are out there. I mean I
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  Speaker 1: remember just a few years ago, right, the ice bucket
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  Speaker 1: Challenge was a big deal. But it can't stop. Um.
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  Speaker 1: We there's a lot of people out there on the
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  Speaker 1: search for a cure. That funding was available. If there
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  Speaker 1: is awareness available, advocacy available, people would no longer have
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  Speaker 1: to struggle with this their whole lives and so our
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  Speaker 1: hearts here go out to all of those who know
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  Speaker 1: somebody or somebody out there listening who is struggling with
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  Speaker 1: a l s UM, we feel free you. I feel
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  Speaker 1: free right now a lot. In fact, this week I
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  Speaker 1: have to take off tomorrow of the podcast because after
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  Speaker 1: the diagnosis, my my buddy Brandon and his fiance Sam
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  Speaker 1: pushed up their wedding a year UM so that they
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  Speaker 1: would able to walk down the aisle and UH and
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  Speaker 1: celebrate in style. And so tomorrow is the rehearsal. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm the best man, UM co bestman, I guess I
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  Speaker 1: should say, and uh. And so we're gonna have that
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  Speaker 1: wedding on Wednesday and celebrate them the best ways possible.
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  Speaker 1: But UM, we're morning for Sarah. This is tough. It's
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  Speaker 1: not easy to talk about, and so UM we just
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  Speaker 1: want to thank Sarah for sharing about her journey. I
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  Speaker 1: know she has been UM an advocate UH and I
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  Speaker 1: know her father had a huge role in her life,
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  Speaker 1: and so the work is still continuing even after her
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  Speaker 1: father's death. UM from all sides, and awareness and advocacy
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  Speaker 1: will be a part of I know Sarah's life, but
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  Speaker 1: also the lives of all of us who have been
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  Speaker 1: affected in some way UM from this terrible disease. And
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  Speaker 1: we have some breaking news today. After a recent stand
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  Speaker 1: up set, Katie Thurston and Blake have officially announced that
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  Speaker 1: they are breaking uh their relationship ins just a few
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  Speaker 1: months after their finale aired. Blake has been spending time
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  Speaker 1: um over in Africa and Katie has been here in
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  Speaker 1: the US. A lot of sources have been speculating that
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  Speaker 1: their relationship was on the rocks. However, both Katie and
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  Speaker 1: Blake supported their relationship and said it wasn't over. However,
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  Speaker 1: today the couple individually both announced on their respective instagrams
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  Speaker 1: that the relationship has been over, is over, and they
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  Speaker 1: asked for the respect of all of us as they
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  Speaker 1: moved through this next chapter in life. Ryan Fox's ex
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  Speaker 1: girlfriend was shocked by his Bachelor appearance. Her quote is
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  Speaker 1: does she think the notes were planted? Well, we got
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  Speaker 1: to watch Ryan Fox. Uh. Last week on the show,
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  Speaker 1: Becka couferan came on, talked about how he was a
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  Speaker 1: bachelor actual live on stage. We shared and felt like
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  Speaker 1: all Vachelination kind of shared their opinions on his playbook.
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  Speaker 1: But his ex did come out this week. She's speaking.
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  Speaker 1: Her name is Brittany Um and that his on She
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  Speaker 1: says his on screen behavior was spot on. She goes,
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  Speaker 1: I do believe the docs were real, said on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: He's very calculated. He documents everything. He has a Google
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  Speaker 1: doc for just about everything you can think of that
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  Speaker 1: he adds to on a daily basis. Britney claimed that
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  Speaker 1: the California native even has one about himself. She went
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  Speaker 1: further to say he puts feedback on it from previous
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  Speaker 1: relationships as well as a dream girl doc for all
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  Speaker 1: the qualities future spouse needs to have. Well, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know how well we take from this team. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan's behavior was odd, it was off, it was weird.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't seen it before. Uh. Some people even stood
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  Speaker 1: up for him and said, hey, he had a playbook,
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  Speaker 1: Like Jared last week said hey, I could see my
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  Speaker 1: friends putting the play back together. I think the difference
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  Speaker 1: here is um is just how strategic it felt like
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  Speaker 1: it was. But we don't really get to read the
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  Speaker 1: playbook yet. Maybe we will one day. You better frame
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  Speaker 1: that thing somewhere, because I bet that thing could be
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  Speaker 1: worse some money if you if you put it out there.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, his ex is coming out and saying yeah,
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  Speaker 1: not shocked, not surprised. That's Ryan take it or leave it?
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  Speaker 1: That is Ryan Well, as I just mentioned about Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Bastelation did come out and talk about
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  Speaker 1: the playbook. I mean, I said, I even had my
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  Speaker 1: name mentioned in it. Jason Tartek had his, Mike Johnson
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  Speaker 1: had his, Blake hortsman head is like everybody had their
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  Speaker 1: name mentioned in this. There's a lot of research that
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  Speaker 1: was done and as you could probably find on Twitter
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  Speaker 1: and according to a lot of articles this week, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people had quotes about this playbook. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Johnson went as far as to say this, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if I should feel offended because I only
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  Speaker 1: have one skill l O L or is this a
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  Speaker 1: proud moment? Mike's referring to I think the sentence in
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  Speaker 1: the play but that said, Mike Johnson's got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of swagger. Um, I think that was what they said,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that's the only thing shown, So Mike's
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  Speaker 1: assuming that's only school he has. Um. Well, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of bastel Nation did come out and talk about the playbook.
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  Speaker 1: It's obviously the talk of the town. An episode one.
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  Speaker 1: I doubt it's gonna be brought up again, or at
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  Speaker 1: least not until after the final rows next headline is
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  Speaker 1: this future Bachelor or at least assume bachelor. Clayton Echard's
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  Speaker 1: Season eight teen Bachelorette debut didn't make a strong impression
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  Speaker 1: on fans. This according to US Weekly, We're a little
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  Speaker 1: surprised here as almost famous podcast. We thought it was fine,
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  Speaker 1: He's not gonna be the start of this season, but
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna be there. But the article goes on to
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  Speaker 1: say that made Clayton did make his Bachelor Season eighteen
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  Speaker 1: debut on Tuesday, and viewers had a strong feeling about
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  Speaker 1: the future Bachelor's introduction. Not everyone, it says, and Bachelor
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  Speaker 1: Nation was impressed by the firmer college football players. Nice guy,
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  Speaker 1: your team The quote is this all the men I've
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  Speaker 1: seen just tonight? I'm still confused how Clayton is the
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  Speaker 1: next Bachelor? One viewer tweeted. Another social media user question
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  Speaker 1: the orthopedic sales reps choice of footwear for such an
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  Speaker 1: important occasion, teasing Clayton didn't even get nice shoes for
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  Speaker 1: the first night of That's the New Bachelor. Hey, let's
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  Speaker 1: give Clayton a break. Guys, just trying to figure out
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  Speaker 1: he didn't know he's gonna be the Bachelor when he
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  Speaker 1: signed up tonight one. But yes, there are some great
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  Speaker 1: guys in this season. I am uh excited to see
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  Speaker 1: how Clayton kind of rises to the top and why
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  Speaker 1: producers felt so strongly that he needed to be the
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  Speaker 1: Bachelor and where they already started filming while Michelle's season
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  Speaker 1: is airing. You know, I guess here we're kind of
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  Speaker 1: expecting clan to do like magical big things. The franchise
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  Speaker 1: really rallied around him. But yeah, so far, uh we
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  Speaker 1: we didn't get a seat on night one. So hopefully,
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  Speaker 1: hopefully soon we'll get to see him shine because we
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  Speaker 1: really want to cheer for the next next lead of
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  Speaker 1: the Next Bachelor. The next headline reads this Bachelor that's
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  Speaker 1: Claire Crawley reflects a messy breakup with Dale Moss. He
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  Speaker 1: knows the truth, little secretive there. The quote is this,
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  Speaker 1: My biggest regret is trusting the process, trusting a man,
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  Speaker 1: a man's words and he and who he showed me
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  Speaker 1: he was. She said, I don't think that that's a regret.
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  Speaker 1: Like I trusted somebody. I believe somebody that they were
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  Speaker 1: who they said they were, or that they would hold
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  Speaker 1: up to the promise this that they made when they
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  Speaker 1: got down on one knee. She continued, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if that's a regret I loved and I've always loved,
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  Speaker 1: and I had such a deep love for Dale. The
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  Speaker 1: reality star went on to address the former couple's very
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  Speaker 1: public breakup, which came amid rumors that Moss was somehow
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  Speaker 1: involved with his fellow franchise star Abigail Well. We know
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  Speaker 1: that can't be too true because she's very happy with
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  Speaker 1: no one now. But following a split, Moss issued a
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  Speaker 1: statement via his rep claiming that Crowley had blocked him
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  Speaker 1: on all social media. It can get messy, he says,
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  Speaker 1: very messy and very icky, and I always try to
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  Speaker 1: air on the side of taking the high road. No,
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  Speaker 1: isn't that sweet, even though there are a lot of
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  Speaker 1: things I could say, Well, these two, uh, these two
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  Speaker 1: just don't seem to be getting along, and they haven't
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  Speaker 1: really for a while. Now. We hope here they both
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  Speaker 1: move on and move forward. We followed this relationship really
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  Speaker 1: since the beginning. When they got together and celebrated that,
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  Speaker 1: and they broke up and we talked about that. Then
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  Speaker 1: they got back together, we celebrated that, and now they
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  Speaker 1: broke up again. It feels like this time is probably
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  Speaker 1: um over with. Both times have felt a little messy right,
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  Speaker 1: both times haven't felt clean. Uh, but well they're done
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  Speaker 1: for now and both sides are speaking up and it
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  Speaker 1: feels like both sides have pain in her involved. Well
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  Speaker 1: that's all the headlines we have for you today or
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  Speaker 1: for this week. Thank you for spending some time with me. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I know you probably missed our resident expert Ashley as
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  Speaker 1: she broke down the headlines, but it was kind of
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  Speaker 1: fun to sit here and read through them and try
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  Speaker 1: to follow him and try to figure them all out again. UM.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to Chris Harrison and Laurenzima on their engagement and
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  Speaker 1: also our deepest condolences, UM, and just an awareness of
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  Speaker 1: the difficulty of the last few years and of this
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  Speaker 1: situation for Sarah Trot her family, UM and in remembrance
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  Speaker 1: of her father, who I know had a huge impact
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  Speaker 1: on his life. Again, get out there and UH, if
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  Speaker 1: you have some time, UM, start to study a ls
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  Speaker 1: uh possibly advocate for it. Bring awareness to it. Is
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  Speaker 1: an incredibly difficult disease that so many struggle with and
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  Speaker 1: UH and I will be talking about it much more
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  Speaker 1: next week after we celebrate my buddy's wedding um. But
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  Speaker 1: for now, reach out to Sarah and just show her
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  Speaker 1: some love as she mourns the death of her father,
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  Speaker 1: who had struggled for years with a l S. Well again,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for having me today. I've been Ben and
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  Speaker 1: well Ashley. We'll be back tomorrow. Follow the Benn and
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