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July 8, 2021 16 mins

Ben and Ashley have an Almost Famous Special Report on the confirmed cast for season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise. 


Who was the biggest surprise?? What do you think will happen on the beach?


And we hear this season includes some drama we’ve NEVER seen on The Bachelor before… what does that mean??

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with i R Radio special report Almost Famous. Back, Ashley,
why are we here? The Season seven Bachelor in Paradise
cast was released in short. Uh, and it's going to

(00:24):
premiere on August and uh, should we run to the list? Yeah?
But real quick, wouldn't you say you're you're an expert here?
So when you're covering this story and you're saying, in short,
what do you meaning by this? Okay? That means that
we have the photos in the cast of who's going
to be their day one? Because this isn't all the cast.

(00:47):
There's a lot more girls than there are guys, and
I know of rumors of people who are not shown.
Let's give an example, like Piper. We know that brand
end in brendan Um. He was what was a third
place on Tatious season He is on this original cast list,

(01:08):
but Piper is not. And if you guys remember, they
were spotted together numerous times like dating, like dating dating
back in May so right before Paradise shot and they
but but Piper is not on this list. So my
assumption is that these two they did the old classic,

(01:32):
started dating and thought that they could get together on
Paradise as like, oh we're just meeting. Um yeah, yeah,
well we flirted before, we we talked a little bit.
But but but but maybe we'll solidify things here in Paradise.
I think that's going to create some drama. So do
we believe Piper shows up to Paradise. Oh yeah, Piper

(01:52):
is going to be that girl that comes like she's
probably I would say that she was going to walk
down like during the first week. But actually I think
they want to build the drama. People are probably going
to be asking Brendan out and he's going to have
to give another girl Rose before Piper comes, and that's
going to just be juicy juicy. Okay, Ashley, it's time

(02:15):
to run down the list of the most recent So
almost been two years since we've seen Paradise. That's wild.
The newest Bachelor in Paradise list, take it away, alright.
First we have Abigail, Then we have Brendan. Then we
have Deandra from Peter season. I don't remember her making
a big splash there. Um. Then we have Ivan from

(02:36):
Clarentatious season fourth place. Just Senia from Matt season. You
know she was always involved in the drama. H Then
we have Joe a Mobla grocery store. Joe the only
one to come from a season. Oh there's one other, Okay,
I was gonna say there. He's the only guy to
come from a season outside of Claire and Tatia, uh,

(03:00):
outside of Clarentatious season on the original cast, so he's
like a little bit more of a veteran. Then we
have Carl Smith from Katie season. Carl, of course we know,
started some drama early on in this season and was eliminated.
Then we have Kelsey Weir from Peter season, Kenny the

(03:20):
boy band manager from Claren Tatious season, Mari the pageant
girl from Matt season, Marissa Gunn from Peter's season Marissa.
Do you remember Marissa? I don't. I'm looking at their
pictures here. I think she had to be an early
exit because I don't remember her, Okay. Then we have

(03:41):
Natasha Parker from Peter season. You know she's been out
there a lot because she is one of Joe's co
hosts on what's our podcast called click bait Um. Then
we have Noah Herb He was on Tatious season. We know,
no we know what was Noah's thing, and he was

(04:04):
the one with he got annoyed with Mr Harvard. Y Okay,
So then we have Serena Chew of Matt's season. Serena
Chew oh, Serena okay, yes from Matt season. Um. Then
we have Serena Pitt from Matt season. And then we

(04:25):
have to Juan Hawkins Swan Hawkins from Colton season. So
the only other like more veteran from a past season
coming on. And then we have Tammy we know Tammy
was a little villainous on Peter's season. Victoria Larson, Victoria

(04:46):
the Victoria from Matt season, and then Victoria Paul from
Peter season. Okay, So that's the list that we have
right now, Ashley, to continue this conversation, is there anybody
in the original list that you are disappointed to not
see Brie? I would agree, one of my favorites of

(05:09):
all time and she's not on the list. I would
also say, we don't see Dr Joe on here. Um, yeah,
he could come, he could come. We don't know this,
but from the original cast he's not there. I want
to see as much of him as possible. Uh. In
addition to that, uh, I'm I mean this is this

(05:29):
feels like a good original cast. Now, we always know
that the the sleepers that come in week one, week
two are the ones that kind of shake things up,
and they're always kind of the the ones that are
more shocking, maybe more memorable and known. But this is
a good a good first cast. Uh. A little bit
of tidbit of information. Victoria Larson has blonde hair in

(05:51):
this picture. She changed your hair's going blonde. If you
look at her Instagram, which I can't because I block,
Let's see if she's got some she's got a new
look going on. I'll have to look to see if
I if I still have access. Uh, Ashley, is there

(06:11):
anybody here that you're shocked to see on the original cast? No?
What are you talking about? I'm shocked to see Joe
grocery store Joe in the original cast? Did you really
not know who's gonna be there? I knew he was
going to be in Paradise at some point. I didn't
know he would be there week one. I feel like, uh,
he was somebody that would come down later. I thought

(06:32):
there would be a whole kindled Joe kind of showing
up same time. See what I just I'm shocked to
see him there from there. Definitely. If they're going to
play that storyline, they're not going to come at the
same time. It's gonna be very much like Jared and Me,
where somebody is settled and something finding somebody before the
other person comes down. Very interesting. Well, I'm looking forward

(06:54):
to Paradise, Ashley, as Paradise is coming upon us August
six on ABC. What are you most looking forward to?
What have you missed in the last two years? Um,
Like the sense of humor, the self of the sense
of self awareness, just lightheartedness. I think that's where The Bachelor,
I mean The Bachelor Paradise ex cels, and I think

(07:15):
it's always just like fun to have so many different
love love storylines. Well, speaking of low storylines, who here
do you see in the original cast potentially being a
good couple? This is hard. I want to just brush
on the fact that there's a couple of huge Bachelor
stars that aren't here that like, maybe I'm not surprised

(07:38):
now aren't there because like I've spoken to them about
their reasoning, But like Hannah Anne, Victoria Fuller, I don't
think Madison would ever do it. But like still, you know,
there's not a lot of big guy names like Ivan
and Joe are the biggest guy names. Brendan Brendan Okay, yeah, yeah,

(08:02):
so there's three yeah, um, but the girls don't have
a lot to choose from that first week actually the guys. Okay,
so the guys are going to choose the first week
because they are way more girls than guys. Yeah. So
out of this group, then what do you see? Mm hmm.
Maybe Brendan and Abigail. It's called Brendon and Abigail. They're
both like shy and sweet. I like that couple. What

(08:26):
about you? I'm all for it. Uh. You know, I've
been a fan of Ivan's since he was on the show,
and I would love to see Ivan with somebody like
a Natasha Parker or even like a MARII, Um, somebody
Ivan I can see with? Yeah, Natasha, I was thinking,
you know somebody who. Ivan's a sweet guy, he's very open.

(08:50):
I think they're both fairly vocal. You would you know,
it would be great to see him with Abigail. But
I do think the Abigail like Brennan think kind of
makes a lot of sense. They're kind of together in
this picture. Anyways, they just look cute. Um and then Joe,
it would be here's here's something I'd be really interesting
for me. This is the storyline I'll watch. I don't

(09:12):
think it probably ever plays out. But Joe and Natasha,
so they do a podcast together. Stop. That's the most
unrealistic thing, you think. Yeah, they've known each other for
like a year. But what if, like secretly, behind the scenes,
Joe's like this, Natasha is awesome, we co host together.
She's incredible, we're both single, we're both in the beach.

(09:33):
If we're going to give it a shot, why not? Now,
who knows, I don't know, anything could happen. You don't
like that story, huh No, I don't like it. It's
something I don't like it. It's just like, I feel
like we can pair Joe up with somebody else. Maybe
maybe Serena. Maybe. Um yeah, I'd say from this list,

(09:53):
Serena make the most sense for him. Okay, Well, if
you're gonna because you know a lot about Paradise, it's
kind of your bread and her. But if there's some
people that you're like, hey, I hope to see walk
down the stairs week one or two to really shake
things up, who were those cast members? Okay? Um, we
need Kendall, Like, that's an amazing storyline for me, but

(10:14):
also like potentially heartbreaking. Um, then I want to see
I definitely want to see Dr Joe and then I
really I don't know if he's gonna like stir things up,
but you know, and then i'd want to see Brie. Yeah,
I agree, Brie Dr Joe Kindle from Katie season. Oh yeah,

(10:37):
so there could be people in the in the original
cast from Katie season that's not up there. Yeah, I
mean Carl is up here now, so we have only
eliminated people. But I think her top four is gonna
be really strong. I'm hoping a couple of them choose
to go to Paradise because I don't you know, I
think we're gonna be like on the edge of our seats.
I'm thinking the Michaels of the world and also the Gregs. Yeah,

(11:01):
like I want Greg to be in the original cast.
If any of those dudes aren't the Next Bachelor, or
if they're not with Katie, it would be it would
be incredible to see them walk down the stairs. Uh.
I mean, can you imagine somebody better for Paradise than Andrew?
Like fun, loving, honest, Yeah, he'd be really good, like
huge smile on his face all the time. Paradise is

(11:22):
feels like it would be his jam, Like it would
be awesome for him. Yeah, I see him there. Um,
I mean Greg would be huge. But I also feel
like Katie's top four in our heads are all going
to like hold out for the chance of being bachelor.
But I guess Colton kind of proved that like a
way of going about things wrong, because you can still

(11:43):
go to Paradise and become the Bachelor. Actually, it may
increase your rods. It might increase I mean Nick Vile
came from Paradise to be the Bachelor. Colton did the
same thing. It feels like a trend at some level.
And hey, it doesn't hurt you at least at this point,
and it doesn't completely separate you from the opportunity of it. Uh. Well, Ashley,
we're gonna really start Paradise. It's a great cast. We

(12:04):
want to announce it to all of you listeners because
because we know that you trust us for your Bachelor
news and this is big news and we have more
big news to get to. We're gonna take a break
when we come back. We're break down Bachelor headlines that
have happened in the last like three and a half days.

(12:28):
Bachelor headline says this wells Adams quote, I was shocked
by the twists and turns of season seven of Bachelor
in Paradise. This according to us. Lots of quotes here,
and this is his fifth season doing Paradise. He's been
on so many episodes of the show, but this may
be one of his favorites thus far. He says, you

(12:50):
get everything. It's hot, it's sweaty, there are crabs everywhere,
the beach kind um, he's hopefully just the beach kind.
And then he said, there's a lot, there's romance, there's
a lot of drama. You got everything. The drinks are bad,
the advice is worse, but the bar is open. And
there's some twists and turns that I was shocked by
and I never thought would happen on the show. And

(13:12):
I think people are really really gonna love this season.
He says that it starts out with drama and comedy,
but then there's a lot of really wonderful love. He said,
the earth isn't healing until Paradise is back, and I
can't that that's perfectly said, He said, I feel like
we needed this for so long. I'm just excited for
everyone to experience it. You know, America, America gets to

(13:36):
kind of show up at the gates of Paradise and
walk down those steps with us, which is very nice.
And then he says, people are really going to enjoy
this season. If you were single during COVID so else
he goes, and you didn't get laid for a year basically, Um, well,
there's a lot of sexual tension built up in these

(13:58):
cast members, So I think it'll trends like quite nicely
on television. I think I think America feels the same
way too. If you're trying to make up for lost time.
Everyone feels like they got robbed of a year. So
I think people are a little more prone to be
bald and they probably would normally be on the beach,
which is nice. Said from the new host of the

(14:21):
Rose Ceremonies, Wells Adams, it sounds like he's a host now.
He's really promoting this like he's he's out there. Um,
he's out there now. Well, next headline and final headline
of the last three and a half days, it's a
big one. The bachelorette Claire Crawley and Dale Moss Here
are engaged again six months after breakup. This according to

(14:44):
E Yes. Well, it's a close source to Claire and
they told E News about it, said that they're engaged again. Um,
but a second proposal didn't happen. Claire has been wearing
her ring for months and put it back on one
Stale stepped up and they decided to give their relationship
another shot. But it's more of a promise in a

(15:06):
commitment from Dale. There's no wedding planning at this time.
They had a conversation over a month ago about their
future and decided that they wanted to be engaged again.
They aren't rushing anything and they aren't even living together
permanently yet. I mean, let's celebrate that that's been a Yeah,
I think Rocky Road. It's really awesome. It hasn't always
gone smoothly, and that's to be expected, not shocking, because

(15:29):
this whole thing is wild and weird. But the fact
that they took some time away and they said, hey,
we still want to give this a shot is something
we should celebrate here, and we are celebrating here. It's
pretty awesome. Well, that's the headlines in the last three
and a half days, along with the list of cast
members for the very first episode of Bachelor in Paradise.
Get Excited. It's coming again August six on ABC. It's

(15:52):
the season seven premiere, which is wild. We've had seven
seasons and we took almost two seasons off. Hey, uh, Ashley,
have a great rest of the week. We're gonna come
back next Monday. This Monday, I guess, with another breakdown
of Katie's season. It's gonna be exciting, it's gonna be awesome,
and we're gonna be here for it. But until then,
I've been been, I've been, I've been actually almost forgot

(16:14):
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