November 21, 2023 • 23 mins
We have another member of Bachelor Nation making moves toward the wedding chapel! Ivan Hall from Tayshia Adams’ season of The Bachelorette is here to share his fairytale love story!
Find out what brought him back to his college sweetheart after he left Paradise, and hear the story of how he popped the question in a way you’ve NEVER seen before!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's holiday time of year, it is snowing in Denver, Colorado,
and we are here on the Almost Famous podcast bringing
in yes, some of your favorite contestants ever to celebrate
big things in their life. And today we have Ivan
Hall here. It's been a bit since you've been on
the podcast. Ivan, welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
What's up?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
I appreciate you guys having me back. I was good
to touch.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Base since we've had you on. So much has happened
that before we started recording, we said congratulations and you
said thank you, but on what.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
A lot of things going on.
Speaker 5 (00:41):
We met on your engagement but like tell us, like
just where life's at right now?
Speaker 6 (00:46):
Oh, life is just you know crazy really since ever
being off the show, I always was before that. I
feel like every year something new and big happens for
me in a good way. So I just got a
lot of business dealing. I run a nonprofit. Now we
got my me and a couple of business partners. Also
are in commercial real estate and that's.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Been very good.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
Oh while I still you know, continue all my regular
day to day engineering jobs.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
So oh you do both things now.
Speaker 6 (01:14):
Yeah, yeah, so I got to I like to automate
a lot of things, so it's not as much time
as one would really think. But yeah, no, I got
a lot of different responsibilities now and every year just
keep getting better and better. And then, of course the
biggest news I got engaged, you know, this year, so
that's been super exciting as well.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We're going to talk about the engagement. But obviously you
just mentioned a bunch of things. You're part of, Ivan
it is, you know. I hope for you that continues.
But you can say every year gets better and better.
I don't know if I could say that. You know,
about my life necessarily, I think there's been good years
and bad years. Okay, yeah, there's been good years in
(01:53):
bad years, there's But for you, you're saying like every
year there's been something new and big, and you've kind
of been it feels like building on the good. So
let's start with the organization that you started. Uh what
is it? What?
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Where did the passion come from? Where did it start?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Actually I actually didn't start it. It's it's called the
National Society of Black Engineers. I was part of it
in college at Texas Tech. It was a great way
for me to you know, get exposed to companies, learn
some things, mingle with other peers, you know, and then
I kind of just wanted to you know, do something
more in the Dallas Fort Worth community. So for the
last two years, it's an elected position. It's all volunteer based.
(02:35):
I don't take any money for it, but we I
ran for president. I've been the president the last two years.
We've grown like doubled our amount of members that we have.
I think we have a few hundred members in the
Dallas Fort Worth area.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Now.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
We won the national Chapter of the Year last year
because we are raising you know, ten times the amount
of money they were raising before. So yeah, we're going
to break a record with amount of scholarship money we
give out this year. We do a lot of volunteer
your work in the community, mentorship of college students, and
then also we'll get like our professional engineering professionals in
the area certifications, all types of things, so anywhere from
(03:09):
like you know, elementary school kids to you know, executives
at companies in the Dallasport Worth areas. So that's been
a good way for me to like balance, give a
little give a little bit back and just add some
more balance to my life.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
So what in the mission is to kind of highlight, promote, encourage, educate.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Yeah, it's to increase the number of you know, black
engineers in general. That's why we outreach the kids, and
then also help you know, engineers through their careers, managing them,
getting them, you know, appropriate guidance, just helping them in
certain ways.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
And then also of course.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
There's always the networking aspect of all these things as well,
which is a big part of it. So pretty like
holistic mission just to like help you know, minority engineers.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Throughout their whole career life cycle. Basically fantastic.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
So can you tell us a little bit up out
how you met your fiance Taylor?
Speaker 6 (04:03):
Yeah, we were called sweethearts, is the easiest way to
put it, Gosh, So yeah, it's yeah, it's uh, it's
pretty funny because like some people, I think it's like
a newer relationship, but I've known her over ten years now,
so it's like she went to ut Austin, I went
to Texas Tech University. I randomly enough met her while
I was at an engineering convention in Austin and she
(04:25):
was just out and about in Austin, and that's how
we originally met.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
She's been the only girlfriend I've ever had in my life.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
Went our separate ways when she went to med school
and I went out to Florida work to work for
a couple of companies or a company out there, and
then kind of, you know, reconnected. She's I think, I think, Ashley,
you'll you'll like this. She's an anesthesia resident here in Dallas. Yeah,
so she's Yeah, so once she got the job back here, we.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Kind of, you know, reconnected. She works in the area.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
She's in year three or four residency, so we're almost
done with that finally, and yeah, the ANSWER's from the
Frisco area, which is like a northern Dallas suburb like myself.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
So a lot of similarities there. And yeah, she's great.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
So then when you when she was kind of choosing
where she was going to do her residency, you're already
in Dallas. Did that Did you being there have a
role in her going there? Or was this just a random.
Speaker 6 (05:19):
That's a good question, I'll say, I'd say, honestly, because
we weren't really talking too much back then, it was
probably more so just because she's from the area, like
she's from thirty minutes from the downtown Dallas area.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
All her family's here, and that's kind of what brought
me back here.
Speaker 6 (05:34):
Too, is just my family, like being close to them,
helping them out with stuff. So I'd say that was
probably the biggest role. But uh yeah, definitely reconnected. I
was a little bit after Paradise when she got her
job here, so reconnected. I was definitely trying to stay
single for a bit, but I kind of always in
the back of minds also knew, like when I first
(05:54):
met her, I was like, this, she's great wife material.
But I did think, and I don't know if this
was wrong or right. I told her I thought we
met too soon back in the day because I thought
she needed to do a little bit more life, and
I knew I needed to as well. So that's why
we were always, you know, on and off back in
the day as well. So we found our way back
to each other like we always have, and it's been
great ever since.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
That's so amazing. I was going to ask, I was like,
when you were on Bachelor in Paradise in the Bachelorette,
were you ever like this doesn't work out, not a
big deal. Probably probably thinking about going back to Taylor anyway.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Well, to be honest, I mean Taylor, I don't know.
I always have a positive outlook on most of it,
Like I don't like lose all hope as soon as
it doesn't work out on the shows, I was just like,
I'll find the right person eventually.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah. Yeah, So that lineup thinking is always.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Yeah. I always try to flip it in my head
to be a positive real quick, so I don't have
to like deal.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
With it as much. I'll say so exactly.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
It's always nice to have something like another another something
in the back of your head, like another plan.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Yeah, do you have that right now? Ashley?
Speaker 6 (06:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
When I got married, though.
Speaker 7 (07:02):
She's like, yeah, when you're single, though, you always like
have that like roster be like, Okay, I can revisit this,
I can revisit this.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
That's so funny.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's funny you say that because when I was single
after the show, after the Bachelor, there's a big season
of life for me where I was dating and I
had somebody that was dating consistently and she was amazing.
But before I had met her that, I was like,
I'm out, like I think I'm single, Like I don't
have anybody wind up, I have no option.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
I am done. I've gave it my all.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I even uh tell us about how you proposed her.
Obviously you said you guys were college sweethearts, you know
each other for ten years, you met when she came
back to Dallas. And then obviously the proposal was recently.
I don't know how recent. Actually, yeah, it wasn't too long.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
I mean it was in March, but yeah, and uh yeah,
the proposal was a was a funny one there. You know.
She had sent me a few rings that's like the
style that she liked, so I pretty much knew what
that was. And then one day when the mall, like
we kind of went into a place and I figured
out what her size was basically. But then I just
(08:10):
had to let it sit for a little bit and
so I could surprise her. Actually, so so my proposal.
The thing that I kind of caught headlines a little
bit was the fact that she's been eating a new car,
like she's got a really she had a really crappy
like old Nissan Versa from college. So I was like,
let me just go ahead and combine both these expenses
in one and just say fit And so yeah, I
(08:31):
proposed to her. It was in downtown Dallas on top
of this like a kind of parking garage area, which
worked out perfectly, had a good backdrop and stuff. And
then right after the engagement or the proposal, I had
my dad and my brother drive up her new brand
new Tesla.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
So which is love due alergic.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
I hope my wife does not listen to this episode.
I really do. I don't want her to hear this.
This is not something she needs to hear.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Through the big red bow on it too. And then
drove the tesla up. It was pretty cool.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
And then Susie was part of the was my videographer
for it as well.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Actually, what made you call Susie Evans to do this?
She doesn't live in the in the area.
Speaker 6 (09:13):
True, Yeah, so she Actually I've met her a couple
of times because she visited Dallas. I think she's friends
with Sierra Jackson out here, and I don't know, there
was time there, Like I met her twice, and I
know she's into the videography stuff and I like her content,
you know, ther reels and tiktoks she's made, so I
was like, oh, this would be great, and then she
actually suggested my photographer for it too, so I was like,
(09:35):
let's just.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
All do together. Then how about that?
Speaker 6 (09:37):
And so she did the videography and then her friend
did the photography and it all worked out pretty perfectly.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Really, that's cool. Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I actually, uh side note, have just really started to
dive into Susie's content because Ashley told me it was
such a great follow and I cackle like I am dying,
and some of the stuff she puts out there, she
is hilarious.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
She's really good.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Yeah, she's definitely shown her creative side for sure, and
I knew she had that entered too.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
She does great content, I will say, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
So then obviously you're engaged now she said, yes, have
you guys started wedding planning?
Speaker 6 (10:18):
We've done surprisingly little wedding planning, I'll say that.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
So yeah, that's the biggest thing.
Speaker 6 (10:26):
So as a resident doctor, you don't even want to
really know how many hours she's working per week. But yeah,
and honestly, for Taylor, the engagement is probably more important
to her, or is more important to her.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Than the wedding.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
I think she was happier with engagement over the potential wedding,
so we'll get the wedding done eventually. I'm thinking it
might have to be after her residency though, so we'll
see how that goes. But I mean, the only thing
we pretty much figured out is we want to do destination,
and that's where it stops because we don't have anything
else figured out and we have no clue where or
anything else. But we do think we want to do
(11:02):
a destination wedding, and you know, it'll give us some
time anyways to plan it, so no need to stress
out about it.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Yeah, I understand that. She's just like, oh, I just
want to know this is a forever thing and now
we can just relax. Did you you guys living together?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Yes, yes, we've been living together for a little over
a year.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
I think that's going all right.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Yeah, Like, how's the dynamic because she's like literally working
in like at least sixteen hour shifts.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Yeah, yeah, she Oh it's well, yeah, she's gone a lot.
I'll say that she's definitely gone a lot. She could
barely take any vacation off or whatever else. And then
I work from home full time, so I'm like not
that I'm locked in here, but like I am kind
of like just trapped in here all day, so I'm
always looking for an excuse like afterwork to like, Okay,
let's go to dinner, let's go whatever, a lounge or
(11:53):
something right, And then when she gets back, she's like,
I've seen so many people today, I just want to
like do nothing right. So we got to like kind
of figure out that that dynamic probably a little better
during the week at least, but during the weekends we
definitely love to indulge in and eat at, you know,
some of the nicer restaurants here, and it's one of
our main ways to connect. So we got we got
to mix it in. Like, she's thankfully off this week
(12:15):
for Thanksgiving, so this is a rarity.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
So we'll just be.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Doing a lot of hanging out training the new puppy
pretty much. And that's it.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
Yeah, yeah bad. And you want to talk to him
about new puppy life.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Yeah, it almost, you know, Jessica, I almost ended our
marriage about three months in because we got a new puppy.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Oh lord, it was hard. Now it's beautiful. Whalen's about
two years old.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
He's a good dog, But that first couple of weeks
I had no clue just how wild it was, yeah,
you know it is. It's it's a grind. So tell
us what kind of dog? What, what are you experiencing
so far? And has it been fun yet?
Speaker 6 (12:56):
Yeah? No, I just got a brand new ten week.
I can't go get him. I can do that, all right,
give you what second?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
All right?
Speaker 8 (13:04):
Yoll whoa, Oh my goodness, gret that is a that
looks fake?
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Is that an English bulldog?
Speaker 3 (13:26):
He's an English bulldog. He's about seventeen pounds. He's this
like myrtle color they call it his coat is. But
you're like the most rare color little English bulldog.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
So he's cool.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
He's got like little blue eyes too. I don't know
if you can kind of tell, but yeah, they're pretty sick.
So he's been good. He's very lazy. You could tell.
He's kind of chill, really chill.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
So that's what I told you to get the dog.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
I didn't know it was going to be the cutest
dog I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Yeah, I stied to post him. Actually I'm probably gonna
post them today. Yeah, we'll see. He's a cold.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Dogs are chill. Yeah, you don't have to worry about
him running around. You probably have to worry about him
wanting to good out and walk.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
Exactly exactly, and yeah, Taylor wanted like another I don't
even know what type of dog it was, but I
could tell it had way too much energy.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
And I was like, no, I can't do one.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Of those, like because I'm the one watching it most
of the day, so I need something that's not gonna
do too much.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, this is uh so Ivan has brought his For
anybody listening, Ivan's brought his beautiful puppy, uh onto the camera.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
There. What's the name?
Speaker 3 (14:24):
We call him? Roly?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Roly I mean really.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Is astutely gorgeous English bulldog, just chilling looking at the camera.
He has done nothing. I mean, the difference between Roly
and Whalen is incredible. Whalen would have been like my
dog would have been kicking and barking.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Oh, I mean, Ashley's in heaven right now.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
Oh no, shared and I have been contemplating a Golden
Retriever or an English bulldog and.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Oh no, you got to go English.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Oh no, I could actually probably handle that. I don't
if I could train the Golden Retriever.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah that's a year old.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Well, take back everything I said about puppies being difficult.
Because it looks like is going to be about as
much fun and as easy as can be.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, well we're still doing the training,
but I kind of made it up in my mind.
I was like, all right, these first three weeks are
gonna suck. Yeah, he's actually doing better than I thought
with you know, the whole partty training.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
So it's actually been decent so far.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, it's well, congratulations. You do have a lot going
on your life, and obviously the engagement kind of is
the thing we're talking about, because you know, Bachelor Nation
is known for love and hoping to make connection. I
even just a few more questions for you. Do you
do you think going on the show for you Paradise
(15:47):
and the Bachelorette, do you think it it all opened
your eyes up to wanting to be with Taylor or
do you think it helped you grow as a person.
Just kind of walk us through what you've now learned
looking back at that time in your life.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Now, Yeah, it definitely may help me grow as a person.
It made me I already thought it was pretty introspective,
but you as you guys know, spending hours and hours,
you know, talking about how you feel, and you know
what your plans are for the future. It's like, shoot,
you've become even more introspective than you thought you already
WORRI So I that was that.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Was good for me.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
And you know, I've never done, like, I don't know,
therapy or anything else. So like saying that to a
bunch of you know, random producers I don't really know,
and then other guys that I don't really know, definitely
made it a little bit easier for me to open up.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Especially to my closer friends.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
I'll say, I don't do that with everybody, but like
my closer friends, I'll be a little bit more open
with them because there's guys like friends I knew from
like college, are like, dang, I never knew this about you.
I'm like, yep, yeah, So I think the show definitely
helped with that.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Overall, man, I love my Bachelor and Bachelor experience or
Bach in Paradise, but I experience overall, like it's been
pretty much nothing but just good times.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Really a bunch of friendships.
Speaker 6 (16:59):
I talked to my boy DeMar Noah Thomas every day.
We're in fantasy football. We do a bunch of stuff.
So it's yeah, nothing but good vibes from it. You know,
a lot of great opportunities, experiences and stuff. So I
think and then, yeah, I don't know how much I
would have grown without the show, really, just because it's
exposed me to so so many more things that probably
(17:21):
would have been exposed to if I hadn't gone on it.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
So and I try to treat everything as a.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Learning experience too, So I definitely think it's made me
a better person and expedited my growth actually in a
couple of different ways.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I feel that did Taylor watch you on the show?
Speaker 6 (17:38):
She watched Bachelorette, She definitely watched that. I don't think
she watched that much as Bachelor. Yeah, she didn't watch
that much at Bachelor in Paradise though I know she
saw like highlights of it and whatnot. But yeah, it
is like she loves watching reality TV, Love Island all
that other stuff too. But yeah, Bachler, Bachelorette, she doesn't
really care to anymore. She's got like the ick fort
just because I was on it kind of so.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
She doesn't really makes sense.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Yeah, like, well, like we've seen a couple episodes of
this paradise, but yeah, some things still throw her off,
which is kind of funny.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
Yeah, maybe the Golden Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
We watched the first episode. I've don't keep.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
I watched Paradise a little bit more a couple of times,
just because I still know a couple of guys out there.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
So it's, you know, kind of cool to check in
to see what they got going on.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But yeah, it is interesting to me how many really
smart people watch, like crave watching like Paradise and The
Bachelor and Bachelorette, because I think my my assumption is
all day they're being smart, and all day they're like
dealing with really serious stuff, and then when they get
home they're just like still human and they're just like
(18:42):
I just want to watch something that I don't have
to think anything about, Like this is I get to watch?
Speaker 6 (18:47):
Yeah, you're exactly right, Like she literally will come home.
She's like, I want to turn my brain off. Yeah,
it's whatever, Binge, Love Island, whatever, Real Housewives, those Potomac
and wherever else they are.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
U tall, trust me, I I hear and see some
of it now, and I.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Was a lord, but I'm good.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
Yeah, she definitely likes doing that because when it's when
she's around her and her co workers.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I can't even.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
Understand what language they're seaking honestly, sometimes like it's insane.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Yeah, so yeah, well it's uh, it's an incredible chapter
of life for you, Ivan, and it's it's great to
see and hear the things that you're doing.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
We we here really wish Taylor the best. I mean,
Ashley understands firsthand what it's like to go through residency
based on her dad doing that, and it's a grind.
We all are familiar with that, and you know, we're
hoping it finishes strong. And Ivan, just a final question
for you, Is there anything that we didn't talk about here,
(19:45):
anything next for you, Anything you want to clear up
that is in your future?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Man? Who knows? Man, that's I just think about this year.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
It's like, you know, I started a whole new career
with the commercial real eside stuff. I got engaged and
gave her a car, like just so many random things.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I got a puppy. So I don't know what's next.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
And one thing about myself is like I just know
I just want to keep growing every year and keep
exposing myself to a lot of things and figuring out
what I want to do in life. More and more
so I don't know what's next. It could be the
most random thing six months from now. I guarantee you
I could. That's how my life tends to go. Just
the most random thing pops up if I see it.
There's a good opportunity. I'm going to hop into that next.
(20:27):
But you know, everything for the most part's really good.
You know, you still everything's great, but then you know
there's always still the life struggles you just got to
push through. But my thing is, I'm just going to
keep getting better at every year somehow, So I just
got to stick to that.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
We're doing a great job. He's been very calm and
tackling at all too.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
Yeah, I've been exposed to quite a bit of my life,
so it's just not much that could rattle me anymore.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
It's kind of it's kind of wild. I've realized it's
but yeah, yeah, so just.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Wait till Roley wakes up at two am, five consistent
nights in a row, and we'll see.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah, I'll be pulling my hair out at that side.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Yeah, you'll be frustrated.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Hey, I've been great to catch up with you, great
to have you here in the almost famous podcast. Keep
us updated we'll be falling along for you know, whenever
the wedding is, get it, take your time, have fun
with it. And again congratulations to Taylor for you know,
being three years into a really four year difficult stretch
which he's the best man.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Definitely definitely appreciate you all. If you guys are ever
in Dallas, just let me know. I set up a
nice dinner or anything else.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
You know, so I would take a Tesla.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
You can come drive it.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
Yeah, I gotta get myself one next.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Maybe that's the new thing a gift to Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
So I don't drive at all really, so not really actually,
like I just uber everywhere or walk everywhere. So whenever
we move out to the suburbs, I'll get I'll get
a car for myself. But for now I don't really
need to even use one. It's got like a little
grocery getter for myself.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
Yeah, that's a good way, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All right, that's been Ivan Hall on the Almost Famous podcast,
breaking down well, his engagement, new career, some exciting things
with his new family's family of three now or becoming
a family of three. I don't know which one you
would say. I would call it a family of three
at this point, sounds like he's doing great. We'll be
(22:22):
back next week breaking down more episodes of The Golden Bachelor,
Bachelor in Paradise, having some really special guests on. We
have some incredibly exciting things coming our way. I don't
know if I can even speak about it yet, but
what I do know is we're going to have a
very exclusive, very intimate look into the Golden Bachelor. We're
(22:46):
gonna spend some time with the ladies. We're also going
to have an interview with Sidney from The Bachelor. Yeah,
Sidney Warner. That's a huge deal. Her husband right now
is crushing it in the NFL and she's crushing it
in life. And then we'll have headlines. My goodness, everybody's
doing something these days. Anyways, some exciting things coming your way.
(23:07):
So until next time, I've been Ben, I've Been Ashley Sea.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
It's holiday time of year, it is snowing in Denver, Colorado,
and we are here on the Almost Famous podcast bringing
in yes, some of your favorite contestants ever to celebrate
big things in their life. And today we have Ivan
Hall here. It's been a bit since you've been on
the podcast. Ivan, welcome back.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
What's up?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
What's up?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
I appreciate you guys having me back. I was good
to touch.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
Base since we've had you on. So much has happened
that before we started recording, we said congratulations and you
said thank you, but on what.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
A lot of things going on.
Speaker 5 (00:41):
We met on your engagement but like tell us, like
just where life's at right now?
Speaker 6 (00:46):
Oh, life is just you know crazy really since ever
being off the show, I always was before that. I
feel like every year something new and big happens for
me in a good way. So I just got a
lot of business dealing. I run a nonprofit. Now we
got my me and a couple of business partners. Also
are in commercial real estate and that's.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Been very good.
Speaker 6 (01:06):
Oh while I still you know, continue all my regular
day to day engineering jobs.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
So oh you do both things now.
Speaker 6 (01:14):
Yeah, yeah, so I got to I like to automate
a lot of things, so it's not as much time
as one would really think. But yeah, no, I got
a lot of different responsibilities now and every year just
keep getting better and better. And then, of course the
biggest news I got engaged, you know, this year, so
that's been super exciting as well.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
We're going to talk about the engagement. But obviously you
just mentioned a bunch of things. You're part of, Ivan
it is, you know. I hope for you that continues.
But you can say every year gets better and better.
I don't know if I could say that. You know,
about my life necessarily, I think there's been good years
and bad years. Okay, yeah, there's been good years in
(01:53):
bad years, there's But for you, you're saying like every
year there's been something new and big, and you've kind
of been it feels like building on the good. So
let's start with the organization that you started. Uh what
is it? What?
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Where did the passion come from? Where did it start?
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Actually I actually didn't start it. It's it's called the
National Society of Black Engineers. I was part of it
in college at Texas Tech. It was a great way
for me to you know, get exposed to companies, learn
some things, mingle with other peers, you know, and then
I kind of just wanted to you know, do something
more in the Dallas Fort Worth community. So for the
last two years, it's an elected position. It's all volunteer based.
(02:35):
I don't take any money for it, but we I
ran for president. I've been the president the last two years.
We've grown like doubled our amount of members that we have.
I think we have a few hundred members in the
Dallas Fort Worth area.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Now.
Speaker 6 (02:48):
We won the national Chapter of the Year last year
because we are raising you know, ten times the amount
of money they were raising before. So yeah, we're going
to break a record with amount of scholarship money we
give out this year. We do a lot of volunteer
your work in the community, mentorship of college students, and
then also we'll get like our professional engineering professionals in
the area certifications, all types of things, so anywhere from
(03:09):
like you know, elementary school kids to you know, executives
at companies in the Dallasport Worth areas. So that's been
a good way for me to like balance, give a
little give a little bit back and just add some
more balance to my life.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
So what in the mission is to kind of highlight, promote, encourage, educate.
Speaker 6 (03:29):
Yeah, it's to increase the number of you know, black
engineers in general. That's why we outreach the kids, and
then also help you know, engineers through their careers, managing them,
getting them, you know, appropriate guidance, just helping them in
certain ways.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
And then also of course.
Speaker 6 (03:43):
There's always the networking aspect of all these things as well,
which is a big part of it. So pretty like
holistic mission just to like help you know, minority engineers.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Throughout their whole career life cycle. Basically fantastic.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
So can you tell us a little bit up out
how you met your fiance Taylor?
Speaker 6 (04:03):
Yeah, we were called sweethearts, is the easiest way to
put it, Gosh, So yeah, it's yeah, it's uh, it's
pretty funny because like some people, I think it's like
a newer relationship, but I've known her over ten years now,
so it's like she went to ut Austin, I went
to Texas Tech University. I randomly enough met her while
I was at an engineering convention in Austin and she
(04:25):
was just out and about in Austin, and that's how
we originally met.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
She's been the only girlfriend I've ever had in my life.
Speaker 6 (04:34):
Went our separate ways when she went to med school
and I went out to Florida work to work for
a couple of companies or a company out there, and
then kind of, you know, reconnected. She's I think, I think, Ashley,
you'll you'll like this. She's an anesthesia resident here in Dallas. Yeah,
so she's Yeah, so once she got the job back here, we.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Kind of, you know, reconnected. She works in the area.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
She's in year three or four residency, so we're almost
done with that finally, and yeah, the ANSWER's from the
Frisco area, which is like a northern Dallas suburb like myself.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
So a lot of similarities there. And yeah, she's great.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
So then when you when she was kind of choosing
where she was going to do her residency, you're already
in Dallas. Did that Did you being there have a
role in her going there? Or was this just a random.
Speaker 6 (05:19):
That's a good question, I'll say, I'd say, honestly, because
we weren't really talking too much back then, it was
probably more so just because she's from the area, like
she's from thirty minutes from the downtown Dallas area.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
All her family's here, and that's kind of what brought
me back here.
Speaker 6 (05:34):
Too, is just my family, like being close to them,
helping them out with stuff. So I'd say that was
probably the biggest role. But uh yeah, definitely reconnected. I
was a little bit after Paradise when she got her
job here, so reconnected. I was definitely trying to stay
single for a bit, but I kind of always in
the back of minds also knew, like when I first
(05:54):
met her, I was like, this, she's great wife material.
But I did think, and I don't know if this
was wrong or right. I told her I thought we
met too soon back in the day because I thought
she needed to do a little bit more life, and
I knew I needed to as well. So that's why
we were always, you know, on and off back in
the day as well. So we found our way back
to each other like we always have, and it's been
great ever since.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
That's so amazing. I was going to ask, I was like,
when you were on Bachelor in Paradise in the Bachelorette,
were you ever like this doesn't work out, not a
big deal. Probably probably thinking about going back to Taylor anyway.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Well, to be honest, I mean Taylor, I don't know.
I always have a positive outlook on most of it,
Like I don't like lose all hope as soon as
it doesn't work out on the shows, I was just like,
I'll find the right person eventually.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah. Yeah, So that lineup thinking is always.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Yeah. I always try to flip it in my head
to be a positive real quick, so I don't have
to like deal.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
With it as much. I'll say so exactly.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
It's always nice to have something like another another something
in the back of your head, like another plan.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Yeah, do you have that right now? Ashley?
Speaker 6 (06:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
When I got married, though.
Speaker 7 (07:02):
She's like, yeah, when you're single, though, you always like
have that like roster be like, Okay, I can revisit this,
I can revisit this.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
That's so funny.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's funny you say that because when I was single
after the show, after the Bachelor, there's a big season
of life for me where I was dating and I
had somebody that was dating consistently and she was amazing.
But before I had met her that, I was like,
I'm out, like I think I'm single, Like I don't
have anybody wind up, I have no option.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
I am done. I've gave it my all.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I even uh tell us about how you proposed her.
Obviously you said you guys were college sweethearts, you know
each other for ten years, you met when she came
back to Dallas. And then obviously the proposal was recently.
I don't know how recent. Actually, yeah, it wasn't too long.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
I mean it was in March, but yeah, and uh yeah,
the proposal was a was a funny one there. You know.
She had sent me a few rings that's like the
style that she liked, so I pretty much knew what
that was. And then one day when the mall, like
we kind of went into a place and I figured
out what her size was basically. But then I just
(08:10):
had to let it sit for a little bit and
so I could surprise her. Actually, so so my proposal.
The thing that I kind of caught headlines a little
bit was the fact that she's been eating a new car,
like she's got a really she had a really crappy
like old Nissan Versa from college. So I was like,
let me just go ahead and combine both these expenses
in one and just say fit And so yeah, I
(08:31):
proposed to her. It was in downtown Dallas on top
of this like a kind of parking garage area, which
worked out perfectly, had a good backdrop and stuff. And
then right after the engagement or the proposal, I had
my dad and my brother drive up her new brand
new Tesla.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
So which is love due alergic.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
I hope my wife does not listen to this episode.
I really do. I don't want her to hear this.
This is not something she needs to hear.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Through the big red bow on it too. And then
drove the tesla up. It was pretty cool.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
And then Susie was part of the was my videographer
for it as well.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
Actually, what made you call Susie Evans to do this?
She doesn't live in the in the area.
Speaker 6 (09:13):
True, Yeah, so she Actually I've met her a couple
of times because she visited Dallas. I think she's friends
with Sierra Jackson out here, and I don't know, there
was time there, Like I met her twice, and I
know she's into the videography stuff and I like her content,
you know, ther reels and tiktoks she's made, so I
was like, oh, this would be great, and then she
actually suggested my photographer for it too, so I was like,
(09:35):
let's just.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
All do together. Then how about that?
Speaker 6 (09:37):
And so she did the videography and then her friend
did the photography and it all worked out pretty perfectly.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
Really, that's cool. Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I actually, uh side note, have just really started to
dive into Susie's content because Ashley told me it was
such a great follow and I cackle like I am dying,
and some of the stuff she puts out there, she
is hilarious.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
She's really good.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Yeah, she's definitely shown her creative side for sure, and
I knew she had that entered too.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
She does great content, I will say, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
So then obviously you're engaged now she said, yes, have
you guys started wedding planning?
Speaker 6 (10:18):
We've done surprisingly little wedding planning, I'll say that.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
So yeah, that's the biggest thing.
Speaker 6 (10:26):
So as a resident doctor, you don't even want to
really know how many hours she's working per week. But yeah,
and honestly, for Taylor, the engagement is probably more important
to her, or is more important to her.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Than the wedding.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
I think she was happier with engagement over the potential wedding,
so we'll get the wedding done eventually. I'm thinking it
might have to be after her residency though, so we'll
see how that goes. But I mean, the only thing
we pretty much figured out is we want to do destination,
and that's where it stops because we don't have anything
else figured out and we have no clue where or
anything else. But we do think we want to do
(11:02):
a destination wedding, and you know, it'll give us some
time anyways to plan it, so no need to stress
out about it.
Speaker 5 (11:09):
Yeah, I understand that. She's just like, oh, I just
want to know this is a forever thing and now
we can just relax. Did you you guys living together?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Yes, yes, we've been living together for a little over
a year.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
I think that's going all right.
Speaker 5 (11:24):
Yeah, Like, how's the dynamic because she's like literally working
in like at least sixteen hour shifts.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Yeah, yeah, she Oh it's well, yeah, she's gone a lot.
I'll say that she's definitely gone a lot. She could
barely take any vacation off or whatever else. And then
I work from home full time, so I'm like not
that I'm locked in here, but like I am kind
of like just trapped in here all day, so I'm
always looking for an excuse like afterwork to like, Okay,
let's go to dinner, let's go whatever, a lounge or
(11:53):
something right, And then when she gets back, she's like,
I've seen so many people today, I just want to
like do nothing right. So we got to like kind
of figure out that that dynamic probably a little better
during the week at least, but during the weekends we
definitely love to indulge in and eat at, you know,
some of the nicer restaurants here, and it's one of
our main ways to connect. So we got we got
to mix it in. Like, she's thankfully off this week
(12:15):
for Thanksgiving, so this is a rarity.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
So we'll just be.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Doing a lot of hanging out training the new puppy
pretty much. And that's it.
Speaker 5 (12:23):
Yeah, yeah bad. And you want to talk to him
about new puppy life.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Yeah, it almost, you know, Jessica, I almost ended our
marriage about three months in because we got a new puppy.
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Oh lord, it was hard. Now it's beautiful. Whalen's about
two years old.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
He's a good dog, But that first couple of weeks
I had no clue just how wild it was, yeah,
you know it is. It's it's a grind. So tell
us what kind of dog? What, what are you experiencing
so far? And has it been fun yet?
Speaker 6 (12:56):
Yeah? No, I just got a brand new ten week.
I can't go get him. I can do that, all right,
give you what second?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
All right?
Speaker 8 (13:04):
Yoll whoa, Oh my goodness, gret that is a that
looks fake?
Speaker 5 (13:24):
Is that an English bulldog?
Speaker 3 (13:26):
He's an English bulldog. He's about seventeen pounds. He's this
like myrtle color they call it his coat is. But
you're like the most rare color little English bulldog.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
So he's cool.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
He's got like little blue eyes too. I don't know
if you can kind of tell, but yeah, they're pretty sick.
So he's been good. He's very lazy. You could tell.
He's kind of chill, really chill.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
So that's what I told you to get the dog.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
I didn't know it was going to be the cutest
dog I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Yeah, I stied to post him. Actually I'm probably gonna
post them today. Yeah, we'll see. He's a cold.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
Dogs are chill. Yeah, you don't have to worry about
him running around. You probably have to worry about him
wanting to good out and walk.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
Exactly exactly, and yeah, Taylor wanted like another I don't
even know what type of dog it was, but I
could tell it had way too much energy.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
And I was like, no, I can't do one.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Of those, like because I'm the one watching it most
of the day, so I need something that's not gonna
do too much.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, this is uh so Ivan has brought his For
anybody listening, Ivan's brought his beautiful puppy, uh onto the camera.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
There. What's the name?
Speaker 3 (14:24):
We call him? Roly?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Roly I mean really.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Is astutely gorgeous English bulldog, just chilling looking at the camera.
He has done nothing. I mean, the difference between Roly
and Whalen is incredible. Whalen would have been like my
dog would have been kicking and barking.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Oh, I mean, Ashley's in heaven right now.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
Oh no, shared and I have been contemplating a Golden
Retriever or an English bulldog and.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Oh no, you got to go English.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Oh no, I could actually probably handle that. I don't
if I could train the Golden Retriever.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yeah that's a year old.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Well, take back everything I said about puppies being difficult.
Because it looks like is going to be about as
much fun and as easy as can be.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, well we're still doing the training,
but I kind of made it up in my mind.
I was like, all right, these first three weeks are
gonna suck. Yeah, he's actually doing better than I thought
with you know, the whole partty training.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
So it's actually been decent so far.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Yeah, it's well, congratulations. You do have a lot going
on your life, and obviously the engagement kind of is
the thing we're talking about, because you know, Bachelor Nation
is known for love and hoping to make connection. I
even just a few more questions for you. Do you
do you think going on the show for you Paradise
(15:47):
and the Bachelorette, do you think it it all opened
your eyes up to wanting to be with Taylor or
do you think it helped you grow as a person.
Just kind of walk us through what you've now learned
looking back at that time in your life.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Now, Yeah, it definitely may help me grow as a person.
It made me I already thought it was pretty introspective,
but you as you guys know, spending hours and hours,
you know, talking about how you feel, and you know
what your plans are for the future. It's like, shoot,
you've become even more introspective than you thought you already
WORRI So I that was that.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Was good for me.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
And you know, I've never done, like, I don't know,
therapy or anything else. So like saying that to a
bunch of you know, random producers I don't really know,
and then other guys that I don't really know, definitely
made it a little bit easier for me to open up.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Especially to my closer friends.
Speaker 6 (16:34):
I'll say, I don't do that with everybody, but like
my closer friends, I'll be a little bit more open
with them because there's guys like friends I knew from
like college, are like, dang, I never knew this about you.
I'm like, yep, yeah, So I think the show definitely
helped with that.
Speaker 3 (16:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:49):
Overall, man, I love my Bachelor and Bachelor experience or
Bach in Paradise, but I experience overall, like it's been
pretty much nothing but just good times.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Really a bunch of friendships.
Speaker 6 (16:59):
I talked to my boy DeMar Noah Thomas every day.
We're in fantasy football. We do a bunch of stuff.
So it's yeah, nothing but good vibes from it. You know,
a lot of great opportunities, experiences and stuff. So I
think and then, yeah, I don't know how much I
would have grown without the show, really, just because it's
exposed me to so so many more things that probably
(17:21):
would have been exposed to if I hadn't gone on it.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
So and I try to treat everything as a.
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Learning experience too, So I definitely think it's made me
a better person and expedited my growth actually in a
couple of different ways.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I feel that did Taylor watch you on the show?
Speaker 6 (17:38):
She watched Bachelorette, She definitely watched that. I don't think
she watched that much as Bachelor. Yeah, she didn't watch
that much at Bachelor in Paradise though I know she
saw like highlights of it and whatnot. But yeah, it
is like she loves watching reality TV, Love Island all
that other stuff too. But yeah, Bachler, Bachelorette, she doesn't
really care to anymore. She's got like the ick fort
just because I was on it kind of so.
Speaker 4 (18:00):
She doesn't really makes sense.
Speaker 6 (18:01):
Yeah, like, well, like we've seen a couple episodes of
this paradise, but yeah, some things still throw her off,
which is kind of funny.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
Yeah, maybe the Golden Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
We watched the first episode. I've don't keep.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
I watched Paradise a little bit more a couple of times,
just because I still know a couple of guys out there.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
So it's, you know, kind of cool to check in
to see what they got going on.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
But yeah, it is interesting to me how many really
smart people watch, like crave watching like Paradise and The
Bachelor and Bachelorette, because I think my my assumption is
all day they're being smart, and all day they're like
dealing with really serious stuff, and then when they get
home they're just like still human and they're just like
(18:42):
I just want to watch something that I don't have
to think anything about, Like this is I get to watch?
Speaker 6 (18:47):
Yeah, you're exactly right, Like she literally will come home.
She's like, I want to turn my brain off. Yeah,
it's whatever, Binge, Love Island, whatever, Real Housewives, those Potomac
and wherever else they are.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
U tall, trust me, I I hear and see some
of it now, and I.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Was a lord, but I'm good.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
Yeah, she definitely likes doing that because when it's when
she's around her and her co workers.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I can't even.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
Understand what language they're seaking honestly, sometimes like it's insane.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Yeah, so yeah, well it's uh, it's an incredible chapter
of life for you, Ivan, and it's it's great to
see and hear the things that you're doing.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (19:24):
We we here really wish Taylor the best. I mean,
Ashley understands firsthand what it's like to go through residency
based on her dad doing that, and it's a grind.
We all are familiar with that, and you know, we're
hoping it finishes strong. And Ivan, just a final question
for you, Is there anything that we didn't talk about here,
(19:45):
anything next for you, Anything you want to clear up
that is in your future?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Man? Who knows? Man, that's I just think about this year.
Speaker 6 (19:55):
It's like, you know, I started a whole new career
with the commercial real eside stuff. I got engaged and
gave her a car, like just so many random things.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
I got a puppy. So I don't know what's next.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
And one thing about myself is like I just know
I just want to keep growing every year and keep
exposing myself to a lot of things and figuring out
what I want to do in life. More and more
so I don't know what's next. It could be the
most random thing six months from now. I guarantee you
I could. That's how my life tends to go. Just
the most random thing pops up if I see it.
There's a good opportunity. I'm going to hop into that next.
(20:27):
But you know, everything for the most part's really good.
You know, you still everything's great, but then you know
there's always still the life struggles you just got to
push through. But my thing is, I'm just going to
keep getting better at every year somehow, So I just
got to stick to that.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
We're doing a great job. He's been very calm and
tackling at all too.
Speaker 6 (20:45):
Yeah, I've been exposed to quite a bit of my life,
so it's just not much that could rattle me anymore.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
It's kind of it's kind of wild. I've realized it's
but yeah, yeah, so just.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Wait till Roley wakes up at two am, five consistent
nights in a row, and we'll see.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Yeah, I'll be pulling my hair out at that side.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Yeah, you'll be frustrated.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Hey, I've been great to catch up with you, great
to have you here in the almost famous podcast. Keep
us updated we'll be falling along for you know, whenever
the wedding is, get it, take your time, have fun
with it. And again congratulations to Taylor for you know,
being three years into a really four year difficult stretch
which he's the best man.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Definitely definitely appreciate you all. If you guys are ever
in Dallas, just let me know. I set up a
nice dinner or anything else.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
You know, so I would take a Tesla.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
You can come drive it.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
Yeah, I gotta get myself one next.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Maybe that's the new thing a gift to Yeah.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
So I don't drive at all really, so not really actually,
like I just uber everywhere or walk everywhere. So whenever
we move out to the suburbs, I'll get I'll get
a car for myself. But for now I don't really
need to even use one. It's got like a little
grocery getter for myself.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
Yeah, that's a good way, all right.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All right, that's been Ivan Hall on the Almost Famous podcast,
breaking down well, his engagement, new career, some exciting things
with his new family's family of three now or becoming
a family of three. I don't know which one you
would say. I would call it a family of three
at this point, sounds like he's doing great. We'll be
(22:22):
back next week breaking down more episodes of The Golden Bachelor,
Bachelor in Paradise, having some really special guests on. We
have some incredibly exciting things coming our way. I don't
know if I can even speak about it yet, but
what I do know is we're going to have a
very exclusive, very intimate look into the Golden Bachelor. We're
(22:46):
gonna spend some time with the ladies. We're also going
to have an interview with Sidney from The Bachelor. Yeah,
Sidney Warner. That's a huge deal. Her husband right now
is crushing it in the NFL and she's crushing it
in life. And then we'll have headlines. My goodness, everybody's
doing something these days. Anyways, some exciting things coming your way.
(23:07):
So until next time, I've been Ben, I've Been Ashley Sea.
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