April 10, 2024 • 10 mins
We’ve watched our favorite members of Bachelor Nation search for love on TV, we’ve seen them get their hearts broken, and we’ve seen them start families of their own… but it’s time to hear from the people who know them best.
We’re going Beyond the Bachelor, and getting to know the inner circle of Bachelor Nation superstars.
From siblings to exes to parents and neighbors, we’re finding who has the secrets… and bringing it straight to you!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
For twenty two years, the Bachelor franchise has thrived and survived.
Eight years ago, a new kid was born, the Almost
Famous Podcast where we sat down and talked about the
(00:27):
beautiful and the intelligent and the dramatic aspects of this
incredible franchise. And today we have a new announcement. We
have a spinoff with one of Bachelor Nation's absolute favorites hosting.
It's called Beyond the Bachelor and it's with Susie Evans. Susie,
(00:50):
Welcome to the Almost Famous podcast family. It's growing, it's welcoming,
and we're happy to have you, and it's dramatic.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
If you can, I wouldn't quite tell.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Also, I feel like that made it feel like you
were introducing me as like a little baby, Like I'm
like you are. I'm like the baby of the Almost
Famous podcasts.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
They definitely are like one age wise the youngest, and
two been part of the franchise the least because we
have like Trista and Bob. You now, like Trista has
been around for twenty years.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Bob's been around for what nineteen?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Then? Yeah, I guess you're right way he was on
her season, so maybe they're tied there.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
The long time.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Susie. You you are new to so many people, but
you're familiar to so many people as well. You are
a favorite, You've been around now. I feel like at
this point you understand the ins and outs of the
show and kind of the aspects of all the characters
that come from the show. So you're perfect for this
(01:57):
because you're not only likable, but you're a great question asker,
which I found out in person a few times. Tell
us about beyond the Bachelor, Like why can listeners get
excited about this new venture?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
That's a great question. I feel like if you watch
the show, there's all these people that are either associated
but they didn't sign up to be on the show,
and sometimes they might actually be like the main character,
but their show and like their stories being told elsewhere
and it's just not being aired on live television like
(02:34):
The Bachelor. So to me, I think it's cool because
we're gonna seek out those people that kind of stole
the show, like the people that maybe should have been
on the show, or that people wish would be on
the show, and we're gonna get to interview them and
chat with them and discuss all the things that drew
us to them in the first place.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So you're gonna have Kelsey's dad on?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
I was literally just thinking, I mean, there's no confirmation
I know of that we're going to have him on,
But that is like the ideal person of somebody that
kind of steals the show where you're like, oh my gosh,
who is this person? I want them to be on
the show, or even if you don't want them to
be on the show, just somebody that's interesting and is
just like has that star potential.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
We've never had Peter's mom, Barb on the show, and like,
how crazy is in that we have a Barb? But
she is such a Bachelor figure.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Right, She's iconic, Like she's the dream guest to have
on this Bachelor. So hopefully we'll be able to get
yeses from all these people and I'll get to chat
with them and ask all the hard hitting questions.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Well, I mean, one of the exciting things is I
can think back on like some maturity siblings. You know,
people were freaking out about them. You have Kelsey's dad,
you have Barb, you have Sean Lowe's dad, who made
a big appearance. You obviously have these people who have
been on television who people have been intrigued by, but
we typically only get to see them for let's say
I'm most twenty men on a Monday night. And what
(04:02):
you're saying, Susie is you're gonna take these incredible people
who do have stories themselves, who have in their twenty
minutes of fame, absolutely drawn the audience in, and you're
gonna sit down with them here at Beyond the Bachelor
and get to know them better and hear their story
and actually get to understand what it is about them
(04:23):
that makes them different Exactly.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
You summed it up perfectly.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So you're basically interviewing people who are Bachelor adjacent. So
they haven't been on the they haven't been on the
show as a contestant, but they are very they have
very close ties to somebody who has.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Exactly Yeah, and I don't even think they have to
be on the show, Like I feel like there's people
that have I feel like even Matt James before being
the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I was gonna say Matt James before he was a Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Yes, like people like that who just kind of swoop
in in.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
The spotlight, like Whitney Fransway's sister is obviously a huge
TikToker massively for really big big name, like really famous
on TikTok. I think her name's Jacqueline. And then you
have people like Amanda Stanton's sister, and you have obviously parents.
(05:18):
And Ashley hasn't stopped thinking about Kelsey's dad since the
moment is on our television, which is wild, and we
gotta get him before he becomes the next Golden Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I know everyone's talking, everyone is talking about it. I
was interviewed today and somebody was like, who do you
want for the next Golden Bachelor. I'm like, I don't
want to say too much. I don't want to put
too much pressure on him. And without me even saying it,
she then prompted me, like, what about Kelsey's dad? I
was like, yeah, okay, I figured that's who you were
crying to see if I knew anything, But we'll see.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I have a ton of suggestions now that we are
starting this brainstorm. Joey's uncle who was kind of polarizing,
and we didn't see him again this time around, but
we saw on Charity season because he was the one
who was like, joe you're not being yourself and then
I would love to see you interview Joey's dad who's gay,
(06:10):
and they didn't talk about that on this finale, but
they did briefly mention on charity season, so true.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yeah, those are all things that it's like unanswered questions.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Susie. Obviously, this I think is going to be a
massive hit. I think it's gonna be really interesting, and
I think what is actually going to happen is this
is going to go be like I think, if we
lean too much as an almost famous family into the
Bachelor aspect, the show won't do as well as we do.
If we lean into the stories that will be far
bigger than the Bachelor. It's going to be one of
(06:42):
those tell us, you know what you've learned along the
way experiences. But I get I've gotten to know you,
and I really like you. I like my time with you.
I get excited when I see your name on any
type of event we're doing. You know, I get excited
when I get to see you and your wonderful boyfriend
in the mornings before you get in an uber ride.
(07:05):
There's so many things about you Susie that I just
think are terrific. But what makes you well equipped to
be the host of this new show?
Speaker 4 (07:16):
I don't know that I am. I'm gonna be honest,
but I'm gonna give it my best shot. And the
one thing I will say that I can give myself
credit for is that I love people like I've always
loved hearing people's stories. I feel like so often we
forget even like our parents or our grandparents, they lived
(07:38):
whole lives before us. And I'm always been that person
that's wanted to, like ask my parents detailed questions about
their life because I'm always so curious, like what their
lives have taught them, or what experiences they had before
I was alive or before I was old enough to remember.
So I think just being a really curious person that genuinely,
(07:59):
I feel like I'm pretty non judgmental and just I'm
just curious. So I think that I, if anything, I'm
just qualified to be a non judgmental person to listen
to whatever somebody wants to say. And I feel like
everyone's so interesting, so I'm just going into it with
an open mind and lots of questions.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And you're a great visual storyteller and we already know
this through your wedding videography and just your Instagram reels.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Really, thank you, thank you so much of course.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Well, Susie, this is an exciting time for the Almost
Famous podcast. We are pumped and just so excited for
you to be a part of it, you personally, and
then to hear kind of the people and understand the
people that you bring on along the way. So with that,
tune in too Beyond the Bachelor. It's going to be
on the Almost Famous stream wherever you can listen to
(08:54):
the podcast. So when you see Beyond the Bachelor from
the Almost Famous family pop up, you just click on
it listen to it. It's gonna be Susie Evans along
with some incredible guests who maybe you don't know their
names right away, but after listening to the show, I
believe you're gonna love them just a little bit more. Susie,
(09:16):
thanks for joining us.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Thanks guys, what's your sign off gonna be? Because ours
is I've been Ashley and I've been Ben So you're
gonna have to come up with some creative way to
wrap a show, so creative to say something weird, like
I've been yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Something so revolutionary like I've been that off every single guest.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
It makes them feel weird before they leave.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Perfect. I'm open to suggestions, but you'll have to think
about that. What my sign off should be?
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Highline?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah, well, Susie, we'll be listening till then.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast on
iHeartRadio or some wherever you listen to podcasts.
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
For twenty two years, the Bachelor franchise has thrived and survived.
Eight years ago, a new kid was born, the Almost
Famous Podcast where we sat down and talked about the
(00:27):
beautiful and the intelligent and the dramatic aspects of this
incredible franchise. And today we have a new announcement. We
have a spinoff with one of Bachelor Nation's absolute favorites hosting.
It's called Beyond the Bachelor and it's with Susie Evans. Susie,
(00:50):
Welcome to the Almost Famous podcast family. It's growing, it's welcoming,
and we're happy to have you, and it's dramatic.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
If you can, I wouldn't quite tell.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Also, I feel like that made it feel like you
were introducing me as like a little baby, Like I'm
like you are. I'm like the baby of the Almost
Famous podcasts.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
They definitely are like one age wise the youngest, and
two been part of the franchise the least because we
have like Trista and Bob. You now, like Trista has
been around for twenty years.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Bob's been around for what nineteen?
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Then? Yeah, I guess you're right way he was on
her season, so maybe they're tied there.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
The long time.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Susie. You you are new to so many people, but
you're familiar to so many people as well. You are
a favorite, You've been around now. I feel like at
this point you understand the ins and outs of the
show and kind of the aspects of all the characters
that come from the show. So you're perfect for this
(01:57):
because you're not only likable, but you're a great question asker,
which I found out in person a few times. Tell
us about beyond the Bachelor, Like why can listeners get
excited about this new venture?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
That's a great question. I feel like if you watch
the show, there's all these people that are either associated
but they didn't sign up to be on the show,
and sometimes they might actually be like the main character,
but their show and like their stories being told elsewhere
and it's just not being aired on live television like
(02:34):
The Bachelor. So to me, I think it's cool because
we're gonna seek out those people that kind of stole
the show, like the people that maybe should have been
on the show, or that people wish would be on
the show, and we're gonna get to interview them and
chat with them and discuss all the things that drew
us to them in the first place.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
So you're gonna have Kelsey's dad on?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
I was literally just thinking, I mean, there's no confirmation
I know of that we're going to have him on,
But that is like the ideal person of somebody that
kind of steals the show where you're like, oh my gosh,
who is this person? I want them to be on
the show, or even if you don't want them to
be on the show, just somebody that's interesting and is
just like has that star potential.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
We've never had Peter's mom, Barb on the show, and like,
how crazy is in that we have a Barb? But
she is such a Bachelor figure.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
Right, She's iconic, Like she's the dream guest to have
on this Bachelor. So hopefully we'll be able to get
yeses from all these people and I'll get to chat
with them and ask all the hard hitting questions.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Well, I mean, one of the exciting things is I
can think back on like some maturity siblings. You know,
people were freaking out about them. You have Kelsey's dad,
you have Barb, you have Sean Lowe's dad, who made
a big appearance. You obviously have these people who have
been on television who people have been intrigued by, but
we typically only get to see them for let's say
I'm most twenty men on a Monday night. And what
(04:02):
you're saying, Susie is you're gonna take these incredible people
who do have stories themselves, who have in their twenty
minutes of fame, absolutely drawn the audience in, and you're
gonna sit down with them here at Beyond the Bachelor
and get to know them better and hear their story
and actually get to understand what it is about them
(04:23):
that makes them different Exactly.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
You summed it up perfectly.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
So you're basically interviewing people who are Bachelor adjacent. So
they haven't been on the they haven't been on the
show as a contestant, but they are very they have
very close ties to somebody who has.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Exactly Yeah, and I don't even think they have to
be on the show, Like I feel like there's people
that have I feel like even Matt James before being
the Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
I was gonna say Matt James before he was a Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Yes, like people like that who just kind of swoop
in in.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
The spotlight, like Whitney Fransway's sister is obviously a huge
TikToker massively for really big big name, like really famous
on TikTok. I think her name's Jacqueline. And then you
have people like Amanda Stanton's sister, and you have obviously parents.
(05:18):
And Ashley hasn't stopped thinking about Kelsey's dad since the
moment is on our television, which is wild, and we
gotta get him before he becomes the next Golden Bachelor.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
I know everyone's talking, everyone is talking about it. I
was interviewed today and somebody was like, who do you
want for the next Golden Bachelor. I'm like, I don't
want to say too much. I don't want to put
too much pressure on him. And without me even saying it,
she then prompted me, like, what about Kelsey's dad? I
was like, yeah, okay, I figured that's who you were
crying to see if I knew anything, But we'll see.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I have a ton of suggestions now that we are
starting this brainstorm. Joey's uncle who was kind of polarizing,
and we didn't see him again this time around, but
we saw on Charity season because he was the one
who was like, joe you're not being yourself and then
I would love to see you interview Joey's dad who's gay,
(06:10):
and they didn't talk about that on this finale, but
they did briefly mention on charity season, so true.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yeah, those are all things that it's like unanswered questions.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Susie. Obviously, this I think is going to be a
massive hit. I think it's gonna be really interesting, and
I think what is actually going to happen is this
is going to go be like I think, if we
lean too much as an almost famous family into the
Bachelor aspect, the show won't do as well as we do.
If we lean into the stories that will be far
bigger than the Bachelor. It's going to be one of
(06:42):
those tell us, you know what you've learned along the
way experiences. But I get I've gotten to know you,
and I really like you. I like my time with you.
I get excited when I see your name on any
type of event we're doing. You know, I get excited
when I get to see you and your wonderful boyfriend
in the mornings before you get in an uber ride.
(07:05):
There's so many things about you Susie that I just
think are terrific. But what makes you well equipped to
be the host of this new show?
Speaker 4 (07:16):
I don't know that I am. I'm gonna be honest,
but I'm gonna give it my best shot. And the
one thing I will say that I can give myself
credit for is that I love people like I've always
loved hearing people's stories. I feel like so often we
forget even like our parents or our grandparents, they lived
(07:38):
whole lives before us. And I'm always been that person
that's wanted to, like ask my parents detailed questions about
their life because I'm always so curious, like what their
lives have taught them, or what experiences they had before
I was alive or before I was old enough to remember.
So I think just being a really curious person that genuinely,
(07:59):
I feel like I'm pretty non judgmental and just I'm
just curious. So I think that I, if anything, I'm
just qualified to be a non judgmental person to listen
to whatever somebody wants to say. And I feel like
everyone's so interesting, so I'm just going into it with
an open mind and lots of questions.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
And you're a great visual storyteller and we already know
this through your wedding videography and just your Instagram reels.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Really, thank you, thank you so much of course.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Well, Susie, this is an exciting time for the Almost
Famous podcast. We are pumped and just so excited for
you to be a part of it, you personally, and
then to hear kind of the people and understand the
people that you bring on along the way. So with that,
tune in too Beyond the Bachelor. It's going to be
on the Almost Famous stream wherever you can listen to
(08:54):
the podcast. So when you see Beyond the Bachelor from
the Almost Famous family pop up, you just click on
it listen to it. It's gonna be Susie Evans along
with some incredible guests who maybe you don't know their
names right away, but after listening to the show, I
believe you're gonna love them just a little bit more. Susie,
(09:16):
thanks for joining us.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Thanks guys, what's your sign off gonna be? Because ours
is I've been Ashley and I've been Ben So you're
gonna have to come up with some creative way to
wrap a show, so creative to say something weird, like
I've been yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Something so revolutionary like I've been that off every single guest.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
It makes them feel weird before they leave.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Perfect. I'm open to suggestions, but you'll have to think
about that. What my sign off should be?
Speaker 3 (09:48):
Highline?
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah, well, Susie, we'll be listening till then.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast on
iHeartRadio or some wherever you listen to podcasts.
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