October 21, 2025 • 9 mins
Ben is getting you up to date on the latest Bachelor Nation headlines!
We get a sneak peek at the Bachelor Mansion makeover show, and Ben reveals who he thinks is the clear frontrunner.
Plus, Tyler Cameron could be dropping down to one knee, and Rachael Kirkconnell helps Ben learn what being “demisexual” means.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's Almost Famous podcast. We're here today to bring you
the latest headlines and Bachelor Nation. These are some exciting headlines.
We're very, very pumped for this. We have Heather on
call here for any explanations I need, because as you
all know, I need explanations in life. But we're gonna
dive in with the first headline today, bachelorlum Daisy Kent
(00:26):
gets engaged to Thor in flower filled proposal in Italy.
Of course, they got engaged in Italy. If you look
at Dais's social media, which is a great follow by
the way, it looks like they live the dream that
their life is full of love and happiness. In fact,
(00:46):
Daisy captioned on the photos love you Forever. The two
of them are now engaged after dating for quite a while.
We're very excited for them here at the Almost Famous Podcast,
and we will be watching closely as kind of wedding
plans start. In fact, Daisy is a friend of the
show and so I can't wait to bring her on
(01:07):
to talk about all the wedding plans that she has
in mind. Here's one thing I promise you their wedding
will be nothing short of spectacular. Switching gears a little bit.
Bachelor's Rachel kirconnell hasn't had sex in years, she says,
despite Matt james romance reveals, she's demi demi sexual. I
(01:32):
had to look up what this means. I'm kind of
behind the times here in life in general, anyways, What
if you're wondering what it means? Demi sexual is a
sexual orientation in which a person feels sexually attracted to
someone only after they developed a close emotional bond with them.
(01:52):
Forming a bond doesn't guarantee a person will feel a
sexual attraction, but the bond is needed before sexual active
is even possible. Maybe that's what I am. I don't know. Anyways,
here's the deal. Rachel O'Connell has kind of been all
over social media here recently after an interview she did
(02:15):
with The Extra Dirty podcast on October sixteenth. This podcast
dives into a plethora of topics, but they spend quite
a bit of time talking about Rachel's current sex life.
A quote from Rachel directly is I feel like a
virgin again. I haven't had sex and way longer than
(02:36):
you think it's been years now, if you listen to
that quote carefully, I haven't had sex way longer than
you think it's been years. She's obviously hinting tugg in
cheek to the relationship with Matt James that she had
that ended about a year ago. But years and a
year two different things. And so I think what she's
(02:57):
saying is her and Matt weren't intimate towards the end
of their relationship. Maybe I'm reading into things too much.
I don't think so. I think she knew what she
was saying. And then they go on to talk about
who she's attracted to, who will come in next in
her life. At this point, in from a quote of Rachel,
she's in a what a dry spell is what they
(03:19):
call that? Next time line is this Katie Thurston reveals
why she isn't getting a masectomy in a positive breast
cancer update. Round of applause here it's almost famous podcast
for a positive update. A couple months ago, Katie revealed
the news that her breast cancer had spread to her
liver and is now at stage four. Katie recently started
(03:40):
a new treatment plan and has opened up previously about
possibly needing a double misseectomy, but now she's sharing a
new update and confirming that she will not be receiving
the surgery after all. Katie posted a picture of a
report from her doctor that revealed her treatments have been
working and the tumors in her body are shrinking. We're
(04:03):
all celebrating the good news. Katie celebrating the good news.
In fact, she wrote, celebrating the good news the update
someone with stage four breast cancer hopes to hear the
medicine is still working, the tumor is still shrinking. This
is great news and yet a reminder that cancer is
still there. We will continue to fall along with Katie
(04:24):
Thurston updates as we go. This is a very very
exciting update, though, and we want to celebrate these updates.
We want to celebrate and be joyous in this season
and also know that there is a long road to come,
but we hope it's full of good updates. Next headline
find out who will Trade roses for paint brushes and
(04:46):
HGTV's news show Bachelor Mansion Takeover. You may have seen
this announcement. It's a pretty big deal for HGTV to
be entering into the space and They've recently announced a
brand new design competition series called Bachelor Mansion Takeover. According
to a post shared online, next year, twelve Bachelor National
(05:08):
alums with expert renovation skills we'll return to this iconic mansion,
this time to renovate it. They will trade roses for
paint brushes, how clever. The show will be hosted by
our beloved Bacheloration host Jesse Palmer and fan favorites Taysha
Adams and Tyler Cameron. They will be there as judges.
(05:31):
Now Bachelor Nation stars who will be on the show
will be competing for one hundred thousand dollars and of course,
bragging rights. Some of them that will be there Jill Chin,
Sam McKinney, Joan Vassos, Dean Ungler, Bell, Courtney Robertson, Brendan Morius,
(05:51):
Sandra Mason, Jeremy Simon, Noah Herb, Christopher Stalworth, Tammy kay Lee,
and Alicia Gupta. That's a pretty solid cast. We got Jill,
we got Joan, we got Dean. My vote's on Dean.
I know Dean skills. If he doesn't win, I'll be surprised.
(06:13):
Alex Gotten respond to rumors that she and Andrew Spencer
secretly got married. Have you heard this rumor? It's a
big rumor. The couple loves to keep fans updated with
their lives on social media, and this week, Alex took
to her Instagram story to clear up some rumors about
their relationship. As we've been breaking down recently. Here this
headline that they got married is from AI. It is
(06:34):
not officially. It is not true. It is not official article.
You got to look into these things now. Her quote is,
oh my gosh, people know it's AI. We're not married. Also,
my poor grandma keeps asking me if these articles are true.
We got to stop this, stop talking about it. Final
(06:54):
big headline of today, Tyler Cameron teases proposal to girlfriend
Tate Matt Tyler found love offscreen with girlfriend Tate Madden
and we are pumped for them. Here they stop by
Jason tartis Trading Secrets podcast where they opened up about
their future of their relationship. Jason asked how their long
(07:19):
term relationship planning is going and if Tyler needs a
ring guy because Jason has one on hand. Tyler responds
with it's going really well. I know you've got a
ring guy. I think things are going in a great direction.
Tate chimed in saying, I just don't want to be
that girl who's like, when are you going to propose
to me? So I just kind of keep my mouth shut.
(07:42):
Sounds like things are on a really positive course for
their relationship. Tate shared that I would marry him in
a second, but I also wanted to be the h
that he wants to marry me, and Tyler responded saying,
I do want to marry you. All I mean, goodness, gracious.
Thing we'll have to stay attuned to is this relationship
(08:03):
and when the ring might be proposed to Tate. This
is exciting time in Bachination. Tyler Cameron, one of the
show's most popular contestants of all time, if not the
show's most popular contestant of all time, is in a
loving relationship with Tate Madden, and it sounds like the
next steps are just in front of them. These are
(08:24):
some big headlines for the week. Again, we want to
celebrate the positive update that Katie Thurston shared. Continue to
follo along with Katie as she gives us insights and
a glimpse into her journey. We're celebrating, obviously, also the
exciting steps that Tyler, Cameron and Tate are taking in
their relationship. And then, finally, let's just all hope that
(08:49):
Rachel Kirconnell has not shared too much about her personal
life on the Extra Dirty podcast and if you want
to hear even more, feel free to tune in Sounds Juicy. Also,
congrats to Daisy Kent she got engaged the thor Jes
Love is in the air. Anyways, that's the headlines for
you today from the Almost Famous Podcast. We'll be back
(09:11):
more this week with incredible content coming your way and
more headlines next week because Bachelor Nation doesn't stop until
next time.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I'm Ben. Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous
podcasts on iHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's Almost Famous podcast. We're here today to bring you
the latest headlines and Bachelor Nation. These are some exciting headlines.
We're very, very pumped for this. We have Heather on
call here for any explanations I need, because as you
all know, I need explanations in life. But we're gonna
dive in with the first headline today, bachelorlum Daisy Kent
(00:26):
gets engaged to Thor in flower filled proposal in Italy.
Of course, they got engaged in Italy. If you look
at Dais's social media, which is a great follow by
the way, it looks like they live the dream that
their life is full of love and happiness. In fact,
(00:46):
Daisy captioned on the photos love you Forever. The two
of them are now engaged after dating for quite a while.
We're very excited for them here at the Almost Famous Podcast,
and we will be watching closely as kind of wedding
plans start. In fact, Daisy is a friend of the
show and so I can't wait to bring her on
(01:07):
to talk about all the wedding plans that she has
in mind. Here's one thing I promise you their wedding
will be nothing short of spectacular. Switching gears a little bit.
Bachelor's Rachel kirconnell hasn't had sex in years, she says,
despite Matt james romance reveals, she's demi demi sexual. I
(01:32):
had to look up what this means. I'm kind of
behind the times here in life in general, anyways, What
if you're wondering what it means? Demi sexual is a
sexual orientation in which a person feels sexually attracted to
someone only after they developed a close emotional bond with them.
(01:52):
Forming a bond doesn't guarantee a person will feel a
sexual attraction, but the bond is needed before sexual active
is even possible. Maybe that's what I am. I don't know. Anyways,
here's the deal. Rachel O'Connell has kind of been all
over social media here recently after an interview she did
(02:15):
with The Extra Dirty podcast on October sixteenth. This podcast
dives into a plethora of topics, but they spend quite
a bit of time talking about Rachel's current sex life.
A quote from Rachel directly is I feel like a
virgin again. I haven't had sex and way longer than
(02:36):
you think it's been years now, if you listen to
that quote carefully, I haven't had sex way longer than
you think it's been years. She's obviously hinting tugg in
cheek to the relationship with Matt James that she had
that ended about a year ago. But years and a
year two different things. And so I think what she's
(02:57):
saying is her and Matt weren't intimate towards the end
of their relationship. Maybe I'm reading into things too much.
I don't think so. I think she knew what she
was saying. And then they go on to talk about
who she's attracted to, who will come in next in
her life. At this point, in from a quote of Rachel,
she's in a what a dry spell is what they
(03:19):
call that? Next time line is this Katie Thurston reveals
why she isn't getting a masectomy in a positive breast
cancer update. Round of applause here it's almost famous podcast
for a positive update. A couple months ago, Katie revealed
the news that her breast cancer had spread to her
liver and is now at stage four. Katie recently started
(03:40):
a new treatment plan and has opened up previously about
possibly needing a double misseectomy, but now she's sharing a
new update and confirming that she will not be receiving
the surgery after all. Katie posted a picture of a
report from her doctor that revealed her treatments have been
working and the tumors in her body are shrinking. We're
(04:03):
all celebrating the good news. Katie celebrating the good news.
In fact, she wrote, celebrating the good news the update
someone with stage four breast cancer hopes to hear the
medicine is still working, the tumor is still shrinking. This
is great news and yet a reminder that cancer is
still there. We will continue to fall along with Katie
(04:24):
Thurston updates as we go. This is a very very
exciting update, though, and we want to celebrate these updates.
We want to celebrate and be joyous in this season
and also know that there is a long road to come,
but we hope it's full of good updates. Next headline
find out who will Trade roses for paint brushes and
(04:46):
HGTV's news show Bachelor Mansion Takeover. You may have seen
this announcement. It's a pretty big deal for HGTV to
be entering into the space and They've recently announced a
brand new design competition series called Bachelor Mansion Takeover. According
to a post shared online, next year, twelve Bachelor National
(05:08):
alums with expert renovation skills we'll return to this iconic mansion,
this time to renovate it. They will trade roses for
paint brushes, how clever. The show will be hosted by
our beloved Bacheloration host Jesse Palmer and fan favorites Taysha
Adams and Tyler Cameron. They will be there as judges.
(05:31):
Now Bachelor Nation stars who will be on the show
will be competing for one hundred thousand dollars and of course,
bragging rights. Some of them that will be there Jill Chin,
Sam McKinney, Joan Vassos, Dean Ungler, Bell, Courtney Robertson, Brendan Morius,
(05:51):
Sandra Mason, Jeremy Simon, Noah Herb, Christopher Stalworth, Tammy kay Lee,
and Alicia Gupta. That's a pretty solid cast. We got Jill,
we got Joan, we got Dean. My vote's on Dean.
I know Dean skills. If he doesn't win, I'll be surprised.
(06:13):
Alex Gotten respond to rumors that she and Andrew Spencer
secretly got married. Have you heard this rumor? It's a
big rumor. The couple loves to keep fans updated with
their lives on social media, and this week, Alex took
to her Instagram story to clear up some rumors about
their relationship. As we've been breaking down recently. Here this
headline that they got married is from AI. It is
(06:34):
not officially. It is not true. It is not official article.
You got to look into these things now. Her quote is,
oh my gosh, people know it's AI. We're not married. Also,
my poor grandma keeps asking me if these articles are true.
We got to stop this, stop talking about it. Final
(06:54):
big headline of today, Tyler Cameron teases proposal to girlfriend
Tate Matt Tyler found love offscreen with girlfriend Tate Madden
and we are pumped for them. Here they stop by
Jason tartis Trading Secrets podcast where they opened up about
their future of their relationship. Jason asked how their long
(07:19):
term relationship planning is going and if Tyler needs a
ring guy because Jason has one on hand. Tyler responds
with it's going really well. I know you've got a
ring guy. I think things are going in a great direction.
Tate chimed in saying, I just don't want to be
that girl who's like, when are you going to propose
to me? So I just kind of keep my mouth shut.
(07:42):
Sounds like things are on a really positive course for
their relationship. Tate shared that I would marry him in
a second, but I also wanted to be the h
that he wants to marry me, and Tyler responded saying,
I do want to marry you. All I mean, goodness, gracious.
Thing we'll have to stay attuned to is this relationship
(08:03):
and when the ring might be proposed to Tate. This
is exciting time in Bachination. Tyler Cameron, one of the
show's most popular contestants of all time, if not the
show's most popular contestant of all time, is in a
loving relationship with Tate Madden, and it sounds like the
next steps are just in front of them. These are
(08:24):
some big headlines for the week. Again, we want to
celebrate the positive update that Katie Thurston shared. Continue to
follo along with Katie as she gives us insights and
a glimpse into her journey. We're celebrating, obviously, also the
exciting steps that Tyler, Cameron and Tate are taking in
their relationship. And then, finally, let's just all hope that
(08:49):
Rachel Kirconnell has not shared too much about her personal
life on the Extra Dirty podcast and if you want
to hear even more, feel free to tune in Sounds Juicy. Also,
congrats to Daisy Kent she got engaged the thor Jes
Love is in the air. Anyways, that's the headlines for
you today from the Almost Famous Podcast. We'll be back
(09:11):
more this week with incredible content coming your way and
more headlines next week because Bachelor Nation doesn't stop until
next time.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
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podcasts on iHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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