May 6, 2024 • 32 mins
Ben and Ashley are catching up with Chris Soules to get the latest on his dating life on and off the farm!
We get a recap of Chris’ experience at Nick and Natalie’s wedding, which was less than a fairytale entrance…
And… Chris gives us his take on the Golden Divorce (with some insider info!)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I almost famous podcast
with I our Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's the almost famous podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
We are here with one of the sweetest and one
of the people from Bachcination with the best giggle, Chris Souls.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Chris welcome.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Thank you guys for having me. Good to be here.
Speaker 5 (00:19):
You know, Chris, I was just thinking, you know, he
was talking about how you are so sweet. You're also
one of the most popular wedding guests in Bachelor Nation.
I feel like every Bachelor wedding I go to, you're there.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Well he's not.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
He just comes.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, exactly. I'm the best wedding crasher. I mean I
learned that on my on my season. You know, remember
Waitning and I crashed that wedding actually remember that?
Speaker 6 (00:44):
Well that's right.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
And it was a big debate on whether or not
you guys came up with the idea and you actually
for fore went the rest the actual date plan for
the day, or whether it was this grand scheme from
the production standpoint to like make you guys think that
(01:05):
you were crashing the event, but like somebody put it
in your head.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
It was a combination. It was funny because it was
production of course, but Winnie. It was like, we should
crash that wedding. I'm like, yeah, should like And I
like looking at Bennett and this is perfect because she
was already into it and it was already planned and
we had there was cameraman.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
Ah wait, it was already planned, so that was your date.
Speaker 6 (01:32):
But she came up with the idea.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Yes, we both kind of agreed that we should crash
the wedding without it, you know, anybody putting it in
her head. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Interesting.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Yeah, we all like were quite threatened by that move
because it just seemed like an intimate move, like something
that you two came up with together.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Yeah, I think we did. We did. But then they're
just as as chance would have. A production wanted us
to do it as well. Interesting, so they were there.
We was a teamwork without us, without Whitney even knowing it,
we were crashing. Whitney thought we were crashing wedding on
our own the whole time.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's great. I mean that's what that's what they want.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
They want, they want that real reaction, which is so
hard sometimes on the show.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
It was special. I mean we were like we were
Whitney thought we were like we were so well and
we all, yeah, one hundred per and like we were
literally talking to the wedding guests and the friends of
the family, and Whitney's like trying to sell that I'm
her boyfriend and nothing to do with the show. And
she was on her game the whole time. It was funny.
(02:38):
She was was like, yeah, what she says?
Speaker 6 (02:43):
Have you ever had that couple again?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (02:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Whose wedding you crashed? Was it a real wedding?
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Because I would have been annoyed that they took the
spotlight from me.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
I don't think we took the spotlight. We enhanced it
all right.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
They had a nationally televised wedding. That's special.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Speaking of enhanced weddings, we were all just at Nick
and Natalie's wedding in Savannah, Georgia. We had a great time.
It was great to see everybody. Chris, your ex Victoria
Fuller was also there.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
How did that go? Is that a Is that.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
A weird run in for you now? Or is that
just a run in? How does how do you process that?
Entering into it?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
You know, it's I knew she was going to be there.
I knew her and Natalie were good friends and still is.
Nick and her are good friends, and I was good
to see her. You know, I don't know, it's always
a little bit well, I don't know that it's weird
anymore in this world that we kind of live in,
that we've you know, I've got enough xces that's maturity.
(03:54):
Is is a level where I can handle that. You know,
she's a great person and happy for what she's doing,
and so yeah, still care a ton about her, and
so yeah, it was just nice to see her and
got to talk to her a little bit at the
at the wedding reception, and so it was good.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Did you did you secretly wish that she was just
still going to be with Greg and then you have
a quick hello like Hi, I know you're with someone,
just wanted to acknowledge your presence. But then when she's single,
you're like, oh man, this really adds a layer.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You're right, You're right, Ashley, it does add a layer
of like okay, but.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Not potential, potential, potential.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
It's just question marks then instead of like black and white.
You know. So, but no, it's a truly good friend
and hope to keep it that way.
Speaker 7 (04:46):
And and but yeah, well the wedding was a really
spectacular event, and it is always fun to be at
these weddings because there is run ins.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
With other people from Bachelor Nation. But today we're here
to talk to Chris and Chris specifically Chris. Now we
just talked about your ex Victoria being at the wedding.
We have another one of your exes here on the
podcast today, Ashley.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I don't know, I'll say it does anymore question marks
are gone. We get Jared so.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
And I wonder if you're dating anybody today. It's kind
of been kept secret for a while. We haven't got
to hear about your dating life, and I'm curious, are
you out there?
Speaker 4 (05:37):
I'm definitely out there. I guess I'm not in a
relationship at the moment, but yeah, I mean I think
of yeah, class myself is single and out there.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
How do you get out there?
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Well, I forget the name of the town Arlington, Arlington, Iowa. Yeah,
what's out there? Do you have to literally go out
there to find people?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, you really do have to. The one fact still
remains is that Arlington is not a hotbed for dating.
So yeah, we're right in the middle of planting right now.
We're kind of have a rain day today, but yeah,
so getting away and going to weddings and doing things
are sort of my getting out there.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So when you show up to a wedding, I mean,
you're a very handsome fella, You're looking good. You're going
to Nick and Natalie's wedding? Are you walking in kind
of surveying the crowd seeing who catches your eye?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Of course?
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Can you tell us a good like wedding story, you know,
not not like I say, wedding crashers, because in wedding crashers,
the guys always used to hook up with somebody. You
already you are told your wedding crashing story, but like,
can you tell us a good story of like you
really hitting it off with somebody at a wedding?
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Have you? Is there anybody that was like the one
that got away? You had a wedding the.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
One that got away? Oh man, I can't remember any
of those things. But I don't know that I have
any great, wonderful stories that I can share. But yeah, no,
I mean it's I wouldn't say it's that's the number
one goal at a wedding for me. I don't get
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take me the wrong way. I do go for you know,
yes to support my dear friends Nick and Nadlie and
those that are celebrating their day. But yeah, you know,
it's anywhere now when you're single, I guess it's you
have to be able to be open minded anytime that
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you are in a public place, not in a farm,
you know, in a cornfield. So I have to actually
be pursuing in order to figure this out.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
So when you are getting out there to date, then
we just mentioned weddings, uh, and you do attend a
lot of them because you're a good friend with many people. Uh,
and you're a supportive friend. Where are you going in
your life to date? Then if Arlington is not exactly
the hotbed that you are interested in, where are you
traveling to and going on these dates most often?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Oh? You know it's sort of I don't have a
specific place really. It just depends, you know, looking to
come out to Denver soon to come visit you, but
you're never there, Ben.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
That's Menver.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
They call it Menver for a reason. Yeah, you got
to go somewhere with a higher female population.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Yeah, you're right, And some of that kind of can
happen through social media too, right, you know, so I
don't really spit pick a specific area, and being from
a small town, I still like to travel. So I've
been sort of looking at different places that maybe have
you know, winter winters are pretty tough and in Iowa,
(08:55):
so being able to sort of build a have a
place place where I can go for weekends and and
uh weeks at a time when it's whether it's crappy
or not in the field. But I don't have a
like a go to and but so it's a little
little social media, a little direct messages here and there.
(09:15):
You know, whatever that.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Works, it works.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
It's a great plan. Yeah, I have no problem with
the direct message. I mean I found my wife direct
messaging her.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
That's how.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Yeah, you got there at midnight. And then the I
called them crystalism because like, for some reason, like it's
just funny when it happens to you, right, you got
(09:47):
you got to the hotel at midnight, and then they're like, oh,
we gave away your room, which is the weirdest thing.
I've never had a hotel say that, like, because you
didn't get there until late in the evening that they
gave away the whole tell Normally they call you and they're.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Like, hey, it was your flight light or like you
still come in. They're just now.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Yeah, they just they just happened to happened. It next
my reservation. So I got there at midnight and found
out that I didn't have a room, and so they
relocated me to downtown Savannah at it's kind of been
over a little rougher area, and they had an eight
(10:27):
and I was a little concerning, but yeah, it's quite
a quite an evening and and uh yeah it's things
got I was at my flight was a little delayed
out of Iowa and had some we were in the field,
and so yeah, it was kind of comical. The guy
at the friend desk just was not interested in helping
me out, so he just shipped me off to another
hotel and.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
And they made you pay for that hotel.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Yeah, it was weird. And then they booked me a
room for the following evening. I don't understand. He said,
there were a full and a lot of it is
just the things that happened to me.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
And then the next day, very funny, we saw you
downstairs in the lobby. You're happy to have a hotel
room at that hotel. You text me when we are
already twenty minutes into the trolley ride and go, hey,
when's the trolley leaving.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
It's a classic. And then you actually made it with
plenty of time.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
With your guy. That was perfect. It was perfect. I
had a great Uber ride. The guy actually picked me up.
He's like, you know, I'm not supposed to. I don't
I don't want it. I don't want this ride. I
don't know why they I don't know why they gave
me this ride. I'm like, well, sir, I'm going to
a wedding and I'm kind of late. Can you make
(11:43):
it work today? He's like, I don't know. I don't
know why they gave me this ride. I just don't
want it. I'm like, well, I can't help you there.
I don't work for Uber, but I'll give you a
good tip. And so we became friends though, and we
got me over there. He's like, the only reason I'm
taking you is because you're going to a wedding. Whatever it takes, man.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
You did.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
You showed up in style. But outside of the wedding
now kind of switching gears than Chris, we just uh
were a part of the Golden Wedding. Ashley and myself
attended the Golden wedding just uh, a few short months ago.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
I still have toenail polish on from that wedding. So
my toenail polish lasted longer than in the relationships. The
relationship but you know, yes, I do need another predictre.
That's my toenail since then. Okay, guys, and just the
lingering effects not going on.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
There was no judgment on this show.
Speaker 6 (12:44):
There's body I haven't painted them.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Is there any.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
There's not, but there is still fresh memories. It feels
like it was yesterday and it really wasn't that far
past yesterday. And the big reason now this couple has
decided to split is distance. They've realized that distance is
an issue in their relationship. Now, Chris, you also at
(13:17):
one time were the Bachelor and you were in a
relationship following the Bachelor with Whitney, and publicly you ha
said that distance was one of the main reason, if
not the main reason that relationship did not work. Can
you walk through for any listener why distance is such
a hard thing to figure out coming off of this
(13:37):
show and maybe also answer to why people don't figure
it out before they get engaged or married.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
It's just bs and it's a great excuse to put
out in the public.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Which part would would be BS. I don't think any
of it's BS. I guess really, I mean I don't
think the individual. I mean, I guess my personal experience
none of it was BS.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
I mean real you actually you actually broke up because
of distance?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Well, I didn't say that. I mean there was that
part of I mean, it's part of any relationship is
you know, proximity to your partner, right, So I think
it's I don't think you can put one thing on
my personal experience and how that relationship why it was
not successful. But distance, you know, after the show, I
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think has a lot of effects on on relationships just
because it's a you're you're living a different life right
off the bat for a few for a few months, definitely,
and for a few years and maybe forever. So I
think that, you know, and then then having all those
different dynamics thrown at you. I mean, I know that
my life was much different prior to being the Bachelor,
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much different, and my relationship relationships were much different. You know,
they weren't the same, and so you know the reasons
that we had distance were different from like what I
would have had normally in my normal life because of
agriculture and farming has always created a challenge with with
(15:13):
being able to live near each other in previous relationships.
But I think that, you know, I don't think you
put one thing on any relationship after going on the Bachelor.
It's such a such a tough experience. You're just taking
on so many different life experiences. And whether it's social
media or being public in a relationship, is is changes.
(15:35):
It changes the game no matter what who you are,
so and distance is I would say if that was
something that affected them, Maybe it is not quite one
hundred percent, but I would Yeah, kids, I wouldn't. Yeah,
I don't know if I'm answering that question if there
is a good answer. Really it's a loaded question.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
You know, But I think you're right when you say
it can be a factor which causes relationship.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Yeah, yeah, I want.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I wonder.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
I wonder if the path too is, Hey, we're needing
to make a decision on where we're gonna live, right,
If we want this relationship to work, we've got to
get closer to each other. And then as you start
having that conversation, then it starts opening up the door
to do we actually think this is gonna work, Like,
is it worth us to move closer to each other
because we have other issues that are very prevalent, and
(16:28):
distance is definitely the culprit for bringing those issues up,
because maybe we wouldn't have talked about.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Them for a few more months. But you know what,
we're not gonna work.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
It's not gonna work, and so we're gonna blame it
on distance because distance kind of is the factor. However,
if you know, if there was so many other good
things going on, then distance wouldn't be a factor at all. Chris,
could you agree with that or do you see holes
in that?
Speaker 4 (16:53):
No? I think it's easy to make kind of you know,
you can make a broad paint a lot of things
with a rod brush just to publicly say, you know.
And so there it's their right to kind of keep
some things personal and regarding their relationship. And I'm sure,
like you said, if it's one percent distance and then
there's a million other things that are affecting that, then
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putting it on distance and that being the the public reason,
and then you know, I'm sure there's a lot more
to any relationship.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
I mean, it's a lot easier than being coming out
and being like, well, he's selfish and you're you know,
and you're controlling, and he's this, and she's like just
distance is kind of this very level equal, like hard
to criticize it. I actually appreciate that distance is the
excuse more than no. This here's how I really think
(17:44):
about it.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
No, you do not.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
You would so much more appreciate that that would be
fun for us.
Speaker 6 (17:50):
It's like, distance really is the issue because I don't
want to move to you because I don't like you
enough to move to you.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
That's what it is. And there's that, you know, and
the other challenge, like I mean, I've gone through a
public breakoup. It's like, well, the reasons may be different
for both parties, right, So the one thing that they
can agree on is distance. You know, maybe the one
person has body odor, you know, we're not going to
talk about that on social media. I Mean, there's there's
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reasons that each person may just not want to, you know,
and they might disagree on the reasons that they're even
not going to be together. So but they can agree
on one thing, it's distance.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
I have an insider's story, Chris that I want to
bring up. This is a rumor. I want to be
clear that, as I preface preface this, this is a
rumor of a generalization of a conversation that that Gary
and Teresa had and I and I think you're going
to find it interesting. Now, this rumor is speculative, but uh,
(18:56):
it does seem to carry some weight in truth that
something like this did happen between them and it was
kind of the.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Culprit for the breakup. Ashley. Should I share it?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:07):
Have you shared this with me yet?
Speaker 2 (19:09):
I've not shared this with you.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
I love it. Go for it.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
This great.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
So there's a rumor.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
I want again, I'm going to be clear, this is
a rumor, and if anything, we can at least and
maybe not even speak to the fact that one of
them said this or didn't say this, but talk about
how it would feel to you if somebody said this
to you, Chris, because it will relate to you. There
is a rumor that on Teresa's visit to Indiana, Gary
picked Teresa up at the airport. It's about two hours
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from Gary where Gary lives. Now, that's just the thing
about living in Indiana. You're going to drive to an
airport two hours every time, trust me.
Speaker 6 (19:46):
And if she wants to go home a lot, see
the grandchildren.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
It's tough.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
That's tough.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Com Yeah, So after he picks her up, they're both excited.
But there had already been some issues in the relationship. Okay,
there'd already been some just grumblings and some things happening.
But they're excited to be with each other, but they're
not seeing eye to eye in life. They're driving this
two hours from Indianapolis to his lake house, and most
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of that drive is through cornfields. Most of that drive
is through agriculture and untouched land in a.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
And the rumor is that Teresa made the comment to Gary, Wow,
look at all this beautiful untouched land. Think about what
could be done if they developed it condos, office buildings, apartments.
Think about the towns that could congregate in these open fields.
And think about the people that would be interested in
moving here, because look at that lake. There's a lake
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with only cornfields around it. Think about if they build
up a resort where people could vacation too. And Gary's
comment back to her again a rumor was, you don't
take land from a farmer, And that was the star
of them realizing that they did not see the world
the same way.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
That are you taking this story up for Chris specifically.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I'm not.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Storyteller. I'm can you keep going?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
So this does have again, this is a rumored story
or rumored conversation that happened, and it did spark there.
And I don't know if there's a right and a
wrong here, Like I'm not I'm not picking a side.
I know how I would feel in this conversation. But Teresa,
being from the city, cees, you know, open land and goes, hey,
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how cool would it be if there's a park there,
if there's a condo there, if there's people there. Gary,
being from the country says, you know what, Like that
to me is what that land needs to be used for.
That's what's beautiful. We don't take that land, we don't
develop that land. And this was a big start to
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them disagreeing on how they saw the world and what
they imagine for the world and how they want to
invest into the world. And so Chris, if somebody were
to say this to you, how would you respond.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Probably someone has, but you know, I think there's a
I view that subject. I mean, there are I can
see both sides to that one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I mean, there's there's areas that that would benefit from development,
there's economically it makes sense. But there's a ton of
land out there. Farmers have plenty of land to farm,
and sometimes there's some misconceptions that maybe there's a shortage,
but they're not making new of it any more new land.
So there's that, But it doesn't seem like something that
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should interfere in a fundamental breakup of a relationship. I
would say, I think there's a happy medium that we
can all live with and have. Farmers can have their
land and we can we can sure build plenty of
condos near the cities or where they need to be,
So I don't think that should have resulted in a
But you know, each their own I guess. But I'm
(23:24):
pro pro development. I mean, I'm pro farmland, so we
just have to I'll work together.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Well.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
The purpose of that story, Chris is to really ask,
would that be a detrimental conversation in coming from a farmer,
one of the most successful farmers in the Midwest, would
that be a conversation that would end a relationship for you?
Speaker 2 (23:43):
And what you're saying is no, it wouldn't.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
It would actually do you could find kind of both
ideas and you could walk through that conversation.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Well, yeah, now I would have definitely embrace that conversation.
I think it's, you know, coming from this majority of
people I meet are not farming people, So it's I'm
very accustomed to having those type of conversations just because
it is different. I mean, the one percent of the
population lest someone percent of the population actively farms. So
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it's there's just a lot of unknowns out there, and
to be able to share them and help educate, you know,
people that aren't really familiar with agriculture and farmland. It's,
you know, he someone misunderstanding, misconceptions and misunderstandings about land
and what it should be used for and shouldn't. No. Yeah,
it's a delicate thing because people get pretty strong emotions
(24:34):
about both sides of it.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Actually, you really think I just made up that story,
don't you.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
I'm one, And this is where do you reveal it?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
No, I did not make up that story.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
That is here the story from.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
I cannot I cannot talk about my sources. I have
sources that stay in and involved and they're everywhere, and.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
So we're like planted this story in Ben's head because
they're like, this knows how to lie a little bit.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
This is not this is not a lie. There is
no lying involved here. Now, Chris, to kind of close
up here. I know you and I had this conversation
a little bit at the wedding. I always got this sense,
and I don't know if it was coming from you
or coming from the public that coming off your time
as the Bachelor, there was always this hint or idea
(25:25):
in your head that you would be potentially leaving Iowa,
or maybe there was a curiosity about what would life
look like if you did leave Iowa. I always found
that interesting because you have such an investment in Iowa,
your family has such an investment in your town, you
have such a successful business being ran.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Out of that town.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
I always thought it would be weird for you to,
you know, move, and you obviously haven't. You know, we're
years removed from you be on the show. You're still
in Iowa. Okay, So again, in a two part question,
were you ever actually considering considering leaving Iowa and where
do you stand today on that topic?
Speaker 4 (26:10):
It's a good question, Ben, You know, I've never really
wanted to move from Iowa. It would be more or
less having a place. You know, a lot of farmers
do have second homes, like because it you know, usually
you're in a very remote area without much social life.
I mean it is an aspect of mental health to
have some social life because inherently farmland is located in
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what areas. So having a place you know, where I
could you know, socialized, date or have a family in
near school systems that are you know, maybe have more
access to different types of education whatever. But yeah, just
from a lifet lifestyle perspective, having a second place has
always been a goal of mine. Actually to haven't accomplished
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that yet, but some of those you know, things I
think will come. I do find a relationship that is
that works, you know, and and boways thought in my head, like,
you know, until you make that move to have, like
go invest in a second place, probably want to have
somebody else that's wanting to be there as well, or
maybe already there. So that's always been part of the
(27:18):
master plan, you know, just to whether I go out
and invest in a place and have an Airbnb somewhere
or something like that that I can visit. It's always
been something I wanted to do. I mean I've I've
gone down to Phoenix quite a bit in the wintertime,
and that's kind of a that's where my grandpa used
to overwinter. My parents are visiting Florida in the wintertime
stay out of the winter, so you know, just uh,
(27:40):
they call them snowbirds, and you know, like you get
out exactly, say if they get your parents were so
kind of that would be my you know, eventual goal
is to have but this will always be where my
roots are, where home is. I mean, yeah, it's crossed
my mind, and I've had tons of people wanting me
to move to l A or Hollywood and do that
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sort of thing, and I just not me, you know,
and even no matter how you know, there's been enough
opportunity that I probably should have really considered doing it,
But I don't think i'd be happy you did.
Speaker 6 (28:17):
For a little while before COVID.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Yeah, yeah, I was out there for that was just
a little short stint and kind of doing some stuff
on the hemp, the hemp CBD oil deal we were
doing out there, and that was nice. It was enough
to know that it's still home. I can still remember
being when COVID is kicking in and we were starting
to get ready to plant corn, and uh, I was ready.
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I was done with that part of my life.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
Well, Chris, we are always rooting for you. We want
you to have a wife and kids, so we will.
If you're listening and email Ben and Ashley, it.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Sounds like Chris is checking his DM so so, so
feel free to slide in those dms.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Message Chris.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
He's active on social media. He's checking him every evening
and filtering through his interest levels. So if you're out
there you know somebody that would love the date Chris souls.
He is open to dating. And I can tell you
this going to multiple dinners with Chris, He's going to
be a really good date. Like he's going to be
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a lot of fun.
Speaker 6 (29:29):
Yep, yes he is.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
Well, I know who's the best dancer on this podcast
right now, it's all there is to it.
Speaker 5 (29:36):
Well, this was the first wedding in a while or
ever that I didn't get the two of you dancing together. Oh,
because it's just it's foolishness that must be seen from everyone.
Speaker 6 (29:46):
I was like, is you know Ben? Darn it?
Speaker 5 (29:50):
I really should have made it a thing, not get
you on film. I'm like, it's so ordinary to me. Now,
I'm like, oh, there goes Ben dancing. And then everybody
like kind of like nudges me during a wedding and
they're like, if you've.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Seen Ben dans.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
I'm like, yes, yes, his wife says that he goes
to bed alone those nights.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, it looks good, it looks really good. It's a fantastic. Yeah,
it's so smooth. Everything just works in unison. Chris Soles,
you're the man. We appreciate you coming on. We wish
you the best, keep us updated here. We're gonna make
a deal with you. As soon as you find a
relationship that you are dating somebody for more than let's
(30:32):
say three months, you're going to hit us up and
you're gonna come on our podcast and whenever you're open
to uh introducing this person to Bachelor Nation, then this
will be your stop to do. It will be nice.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
Real deal. That's a deal. You love you, guys, Love.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
You, Chrissy.
Speaker 3 (30:56):
That has been Chris Soles coming on to share his
life update. Obviously, this is the off season of the
Almost Famous podcast, and we commit to and promise to
bring back leads and contestants who've been memorable and left
a mark on Bachelor Nation. Chris is definitely one of
those we wish him the best. You know, I feel
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like Ashley most of the time we talk to Chris,
there is this deep desire to find love, and yet
it just feels like it hasn't happened for him. I know,
every time, it's like I want that update where he
comes on he's like, Yeah, I've been dating this girl
for two years. She's super great. She you know, just
you know, lives down the street and we're so happy.
(31:38):
But as of right now, he is very single and
very open to being damned damned.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Uh, but we'll be back.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
It's going to be a big week for the Almost
Famous podcast and we hope you tune in to every
episode because every episode will just add a little nugget
to Bachelor Nation into what's going on leading up to
the next season of The Bachelorette. Hey, so until next time,
I've been Ben, I've been Ashley.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
See you guys. Thank you for listening.
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's the almost famous podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
We are here with one of the sweetest and one
of the people from Bachcination with the best giggle, Chris Souls.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Chris welcome.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Thank you guys for having me. Good to be here.
Speaker 5 (00:19):
You know, Chris, I was just thinking, you know, he
was talking about how you are so sweet. You're also
one of the most popular wedding guests in Bachelor Nation.
I feel like every Bachelor wedding I go to, you're there.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Well he's not.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
He just comes.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Yeah, exactly. I'm the best wedding crasher. I mean I
learned that on my on my season. You know, remember
Waitning and I crashed that wedding actually remember that?
Speaker 6 (00:44):
Well that's right.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
And it was a big debate on whether or not
you guys came up with the idea and you actually
for fore went the rest the actual date plan for
the day, or whether it was this grand scheme from
the production standpoint to like make you guys think that
(01:05):
you were crashing the event, but like somebody put it
in your head.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
It was a combination. It was funny because it was
production of course, but Winnie. It was like, we should
crash that wedding. I'm like, yeah, should like And I
like looking at Bennett and this is perfect because she
was already into it and it was already planned and
we had there was cameraman.
Speaker 5 (01:28):
Ah wait, it was already planned, so that was your date.
Speaker 6 (01:32):
But she came up with the idea.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Yes, we both kind of agreed that we should crash
the wedding without it, you know, anybody putting it in
her head. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (01:42):
Interesting.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
Yeah, we all like were quite threatened by that move
because it just seemed like an intimate move, like something
that you two came up with together.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Yeah, I think we did. We did. But then they're
just as as chance would have. A production wanted us
to do it as well. Interesting, so they were there.
We was a teamwork without us, without Whitney even knowing it,
we were crashing. Whitney thought we were crashing wedding on
our own the whole time.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's great. I mean that's what that's what they want.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
They want, they want that real reaction, which is so
hard sometimes on the show.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
It was special. I mean we were like we were
Whitney thought we were like we were so well and
we all, yeah, one hundred per and like we were
literally talking to the wedding guests and the friends of
the family, and Whitney's like trying to sell that I'm
her boyfriend and nothing to do with the show. And
she was on her game the whole time. It was funny.
(02:38):
She was was like, yeah, what she says?
Speaker 6 (02:43):
Have you ever had that couple again?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Wow?
Speaker 5 (02:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Whose wedding you crashed? Was it a real wedding?
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Because I would have been annoyed that they took the
spotlight from me.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
I don't think we took the spotlight. We enhanced it
all right.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
They had a nationally televised wedding. That's special.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Speaking of enhanced weddings, we were all just at Nick
and Natalie's wedding in Savannah, Georgia. We had a great time.
It was great to see everybody. Chris, your ex Victoria
Fuller was also there.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
How did that go? Is that a Is that.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
A weird run in for you now? Or is that
just a run in? How does how do you process that?
Entering into it?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
You know, it's I knew she was going to be there.
I knew her and Natalie were good friends and still is.
Nick and her are good friends, and I was good
to see her. You know, I don't know, it's always
a little bit well, I don't know that it's weird
anymore in this world that we kind of live in,
that we've you know, I've got enough xces that's maturity.
(03:54):
Is is a level where I can handle that. You know,
she's a great person and happy for what she's doing,
and so yeah, still care a ton about her, and
so yeah, it was just nice to see her and
got to talk to her a little bit at the
at the wedding reception, and so it was good.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Did you did you secretly wish that she was just
still going to be with Greg and then you have
a quick hello like Hi, I know you're with someone,
just wanted to acknowledge your presence. But then when she's single,
you're like, oh man, this really adds a layer.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You're right, You're right, Ashley, it does add a layer
of like okay, but.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Not potential, potential, potential.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
It's just question marks then instead of like black and white.
You know. So, but no, it's a truly good friend
and hope to keep it that way.
Speaker 7 (04:46):
And and but yeah, well the wedding was a really
spectacular event, and it is always fun to be at
these weddings because there is run ins.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
With other people from Bachelor Nation. But today we're here
to talk to Chris and Chris specifically Chris. Now we
just talked about your ex Victoria being at the wedding.
We have another one of your exes here on the
podcast today, Ashley.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
I don't know, I'll say it does anymore question marks
are gone. We get Jared so.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
And I wonder if you're dating anybody today. It's kind
of been kept secret for a while. We haven't got
to hear about your dating life, and I'm curious, are
you out there?
Speaker 4 (05:37):
I'm definitely out there. I guess I'm not in a
relationship at the moment, but yeah, I mean I think
of yeah, class myself is single and out there.
Speaker 6 (05:49):
How do you get out there?
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Well, I forget the name of the town Arlington, Arlington, Iowa. Yeah,
what's out there? Do you have to literally go out
there to find people?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, you really do have to. The one fact still
remains is that Arlington is not a hotbed for dating.
So yeah, we're right in the middle of planting right now.
We're kind of have a rain day today, but yeah,
so getting away and going to weddings and doing things
are sort of my getting out there.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So when you show up to a wedding, I mean,
you're a very handsome fella, You're looking good. You're going
to Nick and Natalie's wedding? Are you walking in kind
of surveying the crowd seeing who catches your eye?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Of course?
Speaker 5 (06:37):
Can you tell us a good like wedding story, you know,
not not like I say, wedding crashers, because in wedding crashers,
the guys always used to hook up with somebody. You
already you are told your wedding crashing story, but like,
can you tell us a good story of like you
really hitting it off with somebody at a wedding?
Speaker 6 (06:53):
Have you? Is there anybody that was like the one
that got away? You had a wedding the.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
One that got away? Oh man, I can't remember any
of those things. But I don't know that I have
any great, wonderful stories that I can share. But yeah, no,
I mean it's I wouldn't say it's that's the number
one goal at a wedding for me. I don't get
(07:18):
take me the wrong way. I do go for you know,
yes to support my dear friends Nick and Nadlie and
those that are celebrating their day. But yeah, you know,
it's anywhere now when you're single, I guess it's you
have to be able to be open minded anytime that
(07:38):
you are in a public place, not in a farm,
you know, in a cornfield. So I have to actually
be pursuing in order to figure this out.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
So when you are getting out there to date, then
we just mentioned weddings, uh, and you do attend a
lot of them because you're a good friend with many people. Uh,
and you're a supportive friend. Where are you going in
your life to date? Then if Arlington is not exactly
the hotbed that you are interested in, where are you
traveling to and going on these dates most often?
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Oh? You know it's sort of I don't have a
specific place really. It just depends, you know, looking to
come out to Denver soon to come visit you, but
you're never there, Ben.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
That's Menver.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
They call it Menver for a reason. Yeah, you got
to go somewhere with a higher female population.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Yeah, you're right, And some of that kind of can
happen through social media too, right, you know, so I
don't really spit pick a specific area, and being from
a small town, I still like to travel. So I've
been sort of looking at different places that maybe have
you know, winter winters are pretty tough and in Iowa,
(08:55):
so being able to sort of build a have a
place place where I can go for weekends and and
uh weeks at a time when it's whether it's crappy
or not in the field. But I don't have a
like a go to and but so it's a little
little social media, a little direct messages here and there.
(09:15):
You know, whatever that.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Works, it works.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
It's a great plan. Yeah, I have no problem with
the direct message. I mean I found my wife direct
messaging her.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
That's how.
Speaker 5 (09:27):
Yeah, you got there at midnight. And then the I
called them crystalism because like, for some reason, like it's
just funny when it happens to you, right, you got
(09:47):
you got to the hotel at midnight, and then they're like, oh,
we gave away your room, which is the weirdest thing.
I've never had a hotel say that, like, because you
didn't get there until late in the evening that they
gave away the whole tell Normally they call you and they're.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Like, hey, it was your flight light or like you
still come in. They're just now.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Yeah, they just they just happened to happened. It next
my reservation. So I got there at midnight and found
out that I didn't have a room, and so they
relocated me to downtown Savannah at it's kind of been
over a little rougher area, and they had an eight
(10:27):
and I was a little concerning, but yeah, it's quite
a quite an evening and and uh yeah it's things
got I was at my flight was a little delayed
out of Iowa and had some we were in the field,
and so yeah, it was kind of comical. The guy
at the friend desk just was not interested in helping
me out, so he just shipped me off to another
hotel and.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
And they made you pay for that hotel.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
Yeah, it was weird. And then they booked me a
room for the following evening. I don't understand. He said,
there were a full and a lot of it is
just the things that happened to me.
Speaker 5 (11:01):
And then the next day, very funny, we saw you
downstairs in the lobby. You're happy to have a hotel
room at that hotel. You text me when we are
already twenty minutes into the trolley ride and go, hey,
when's the trolley leaving.
Speaker 6 (11:16):
It's a classic. And then you actually made it with
plenty of time.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
With your guy. That was perfect. It was perfect. I
had a great Uber ride. The guy actually picked me up.
He's like, you know, I'm not supposed to. I don't
I don't want it. I don't want this ride. I
don't know why they I don't know why they gave
me this ride. I'm like, well, sir, I'm going to
a wedding and I'm kind of late. Can you make
(11:43):
it work today? He's like, I don't know. I don't
know why they gave me this ride. I just don't
want it. I'm like, well, I can't help you there.
I don't work for Uber, but I'll give you a
good tip. And so we became friends though, and we
got me over there. He's like, the only reason I'm
taking you is because you're going to a wedding. Whatever it takes, man.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
You did.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
You showed up in style. But outside of the wedding
now kind of switching gears than Chris, we just uh
were a part of the Golden Wedding. Ashley and myself
attended the Golden wedding just uh, a few short months ago.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
I still have toenail polish on from that wedding. So
my toenail polish lasted longer than in the relationships. The
relationship but you know, yes, I do need another predictre.
That's my toenail since then. Okay, guys, and just the
lingering effects not going on.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
There was no judgment on this show.
Speaker 6 (12:44):
There's body I haven't painted them.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Is there any.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
There's not, but there is still fresh memories. It feels
like it was yesterday and it really wasn't that far
past yesterday. And the big reason now this couple has
decided to split is distance. They've realized that distance is
an issue in their relationship. Now, Chris, you also at
(13:17):
one time were the Bachelor and you were in a
relationship following the Bachelor with Whitney, and publicly you ha
said that distance was one of the main reason, if
not the main reason that relationship did not work. Can
you walk through for any listener why distance is such
a hard thing to figure out coming off of this
(13:37):
show and maybe also answer to why people don't figure
it out before they get engaged or married.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
It's just bs and it's a great excuse to put
out in the public.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Which part would would be BS. I don't think any
of it's BS. I guess really, I mean I don't
think the individual. I mean, I guess my personal experience
none of it was BS.
Speaker 5 (14:02):
I mean real you actually you actually broke up because
of distance?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Well, I didn't say that. I mean there was that
part of I mean, it's part of any relationship is
you know, proximity to your partner, right, So I think
it's I don't think you can put one thing on
my personal experience and how that relationship why it was
not successful. But distance, you know, after the show, I
(14:32):
think has a lot of effects on on relationships just
because it's a you're you're living a different life right
off the bat for a few for a few months, definitely,
and for a few years and maybe forever. So I
think that, you know, and then then having all those
different dynamics thrown at you. I mean, I know that
my life was much different prior to being the Bachelor,
(14:52):
much different, and my relationship relationships were much different. You know,
they weren't the same, and so you know the reasons
that we had distance were different from like what I
would have had normally in my normal life because of
agriculture and farming has always created a challenge with with
(15:13):
being able to live near each other in previous relationships.
But I think that, you know, I don't think you
put one thing on any relationship after going on the Bachelor.
It's such a such a tough experience. You're just taking
on so many different life experiences. And whether it's social
media or being public in a relationship, is is changes.
(15:35):
It changes the game no matter what who you are,
so and distance is I would say if that was
something that affected them, Maybe it is not quite one
hundred percent, but I would Yeah, kids, I wouldn't. Yeah,
I don't know if I'm answering that question if there
is a good answer. Really it's a loaded question.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
You know, But I think you're right when you say
it can be a factor which causes relationship.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Yeah, yeah, I want.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
I wonder.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
I wonder if the path too is, Hey, we're needing
to make a decision on where we're gonna live, right,
If we want this relationship to work, we've got to
get closer to each other. And then as you start
having that conversation, then it starts opening up the door
to do we actually think this is gonna work, Like,
is it worth us to move closer to each other
because we have other issues that are very prevalent, and
(16:28):
distance is definitely the culprit for bringing those issues up,
because maybe we wouldn't have talked about.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
Them for a few more months. But you know what,
we're not gonna work.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
It's not gonna work, and so we're gonna blame it
on distance because distance kind of is the factor. However,
if you know, if there was so many other good
things going on, then distance wouldn't be a factor at all. Chris,
could you agree with that or do you see holes
in that?
Speaker 4 (16:53):
No? I think it's easy to make kind of you know,
you can make a broad paint a lot of things
with a rod brush just to publicly say, you know.
And so there it's their right to kind of keep
some things personal and regarding their relationship. And I'm sure,
like you said, if it's one percent distance and then
there's a million other things that are affecting that, then
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putting it on distance and that being the the public reason,
and then you know, I'm sure there's a lot more
to any relationship.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
I mean, it's a lot easier than being coming out
and being like, well, he's selfish and you're you know,
and you're controlling, and he's this, and she's like just
distance is kind of this very level equal, like hard
to criticize it. I actually appreciate that distance is the
excuse more than no. This here's how I really think
(17:44):
about it.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
No, you do not.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
You would so much more appreciate that that would be
fun for us.
Speaker 6 (17:50):
It's like, distance really is the issue because I don't
want to move to you because I don't like you
enough to move to you.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
That's what it is. And there's that, you know, and
the other challenge, like I mean, I've gone through a
public breakoup. It's like, well, the reasons may be different
for both parties, right, So the one thing that they
can agree on is distance. You know, maybe the one
person has body odor, you know, we're not going to
talk about that on social media. I Mean, there's there's
(18:21):
reasons that each person may just not want to, you know,
and they might disagree on the reasons that they're even
not going to be together. So but they can agree
on one thing, it's distance.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
I have an insider's story, Chris that I want to
bring up. This is a rumor. I want to be
clear that, as I preface preface this, this is a
rumor of a generalization of a conversation that that Gary
and Teresa had and I and I think you're going
to find it interesting. Now, this rumor is speculative, but uh,
(18:56):
it does seem to carry some weight in truth that
something like this did happen between them and it was
kind of the.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Culprit for the breakup. Ashley. Should I share it?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:07):
Have you shared this with me yet?
Speaker 2 (19:09):
I've not shared this with you.
Speaker 6 (19:11):
I love it. Go for it.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
This great.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
So there's a rumor.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
I want again, I'm going to be clear, this is
a rumor, and if anything, we can at least and
maybe not even speak to the fact that one of
them said this or didn't say this, but talk about
how it would feel to you if somebody said this
to you, Chris, because it will relate to you. There
is a rumor that on Teresa's visit to Indiana, Gary
picked Teresa up at the airport. It's about two hours
(19:39):
from Gary where Gary lives. Now, that's just the thing
about living in Indiana. You're going to drive to an
airport two hours every time, trust me.
Speaker 6 (19:46):
And if she wants to go home a lot, see
the grandchildren.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
It's tough.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
That's tough.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Com Yeah, So after he picks her up, they're both excited.
But there had already been some issues in the relationship. Okay,
there'd already been some just grumblings and some things happening.
But they're excited to be with each other, but they're
not seeing eye to eye in life. They're driving this
two hours from Indianapolis to his lake house, and most
(20:14):
of that drive is through cornfields. Most of that drive
is through agriculture and untouched land in a.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Lot of ways.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
And the rumor is that Teresa made the comment to Gary, Wow,
look at all this beautiful untouched land. Think about what
could be done if they developed it condos, office buildings, apartments.
Think about the towns that could congregate in these open fields.
And think about the people that would be interested in
moving here, because look at that lake. There's a lake
(20:44):
with only cornfields around it. Think about if they build
up a resort where people could vacation too. And Gary's
comment back to her again a rumor was, you don't
take land from a farmer, And that was the star
of them realizing that they did not see the world
the same way.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
That are you taking this story up for Chris specifically.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
I'm not.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Storyteller. I'm can you keep going?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
So this does have again, this is a rumored story
or rumored conversation that happened, and it did spark there.
And I don't know if there's a right and a
wrong here, Like I'm not I'm not picking a side.
I know how I would feel in this conversation. But Teresa,
being from the city, cees, you know, open land and goes, hey,
(21:50):
how cool would it be if there's a park there,
if there's a condo there, if there's people there. Gary,
being from the country says, you know what, Like that
to me is what that land needs to be used for.
That's what's beautiful. We don't take that land, we don't
develop that land. And this was a big start to
(22:11):
them disagreeing on how they saw the world and what
they imagine for the world and how they want to
invest into the world. And so Chris, if somebody were
to say this to you, how would you respond.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Probably someone has, but you know, I think there's a
I view that subject. I mean, there are I can
see both sides to that one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
I mean, there's there's areas that that would benefit from development,
there's economically it makes sense. But there's a ton of
land out there. Farmers have plenty of land to farm,
and sometimes there's some misconceptions that maybe there's a shortage,
but they're not making new of it any more new land.
So there's that, But it doesn't seem like something that
(23:01):
should interfere in a fundamental breakup of a relationship. I
would say, I think there's a happy medium that we
can all live with and have. Farmers can have their
land and we can we can sure build plenty of
condos near the cities or where they need to be,
So I don't think that should have resulted in a
But you know, each their own I guess. But I'm
(23:24):
pro pro development. I mean, I'm pro farmland, so we
just have to I'll work together.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Well.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
The purpose of that story, Chris is to really ask,
would that be a detrimental conversation in coming from a farmer,
one of the most successful farmers in the Midwest, would
that be a conversation that would end a relationship for you?
Speaker 2 (23:43):
And what you're saying is no, it wouldn't.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
It would actually do you could find kind of both
ideas and you could walk through that conversation.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
Well, yeah, now I would have definitely embrace that conversation.
I think it's, you know, coming from this majority of
people I meet are not farming people, So it's I'm
very accustomed to having those type of conversations just because
it is different. I mean, the one percent of the
population lest someone percent of the population actively farms. So
(24:12):
it's there's just a lot of unknowns out there, and
to be able to share them and help educate, you know,
people that aren't really familiar with agriculture and farmland. It's,
you know, he someone misunderstanding, misconceptions and misunderstandings about land
and what it should be used for and shouldn't. No. Yeah,
it's a delicate thing because people get pretty strong emotions
(24:34):
about both sides of it.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Actually, you really think I just made up that story,
don't you.
Speaker 6 (24:40):
I'm one, And this is where do you reveal it?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
No, I did not make up that story.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
That is here the story from.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
I cannot I cannot talk about my sources. I have
sources that stay in and involved and they're everywhere, and.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
So we're like planted this story in Ben's head because
they're like, this knows how to lie a little bit.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
This is not this is not a lie. There is
no lying involved here. Now, Chris, to kind of close
up here. I know you and I had this conversation
a little bit at the wedding. I always got this sense,
and I don't know if it was coming from you
or coming from the public that coming off your time
as the Bachelor, there was always this hint or idea
(25:25):
in your head that you would be potentially leaving Iowa,
or maybe there was a curiosity about what would life
look like if you did leave Iowa. I always found
that interesting because you have such an investment in Iowa,
your family has such an investment in your town, you
have such a successful business being ran.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Out of that town.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
I always thought it would be weird for you to,
you know, move, and you obviously haven't. You know, we're
years removed from you be on the show. You're still
in Iowa. Okay, So again, in a two part question,
were you ever actually considering considering leaving Iowa and where
do you stand today on that topic?
Speaker 4 (26:10):
It's a good question, Ben, You know, I've never really
wanted to move from Iowa. It would be more or
less having a place. You know, a lot of farmers
do have second homes, like because it you know, usually
you're in a very remote area without much social life.
I mean it is an aspect of mental health to
have some social life because inherently farmland is located in
(26:33):
what areas. So having a place you know, where I
could you know, socialized, date or have a family in
near school systems that are you know, maybe have more
access to different types of education whatever. But yeah, just
from a lifet lifestyle perspective, having a second place has
always been a goal of mine. Actually to haven't accomplished
(26:55):
that yet, but some of those you know, things I
think will come. I do find a relationship that is
that works, you know, and and boways thought in my head, like,
you know, until you make that move to have, like
go invest in a second place, probably want to have
somebody else that's wanting to be there as well, or
maybe already there. So that's always been part of the
(27:18):
master plan, you know, just to whether I go out
and invest in a place and have an Airbnb somewhere
or something like that that I can visit. It's always
been something I wanted to do. I mean I've I've
gone down to Phoenix quite a bit in the wintertime,
and that's kind of a that's where my grandpa used
to overwinter. My parents are visiting Florida in the wintertime
stay out of the winter, so you know, just uh,
(27:40):
they call them snowbirds, and you know, like you get
out exactly, say if they get your parents were so
kind of that would be my you know, eventual goal
is to have but this will always be where my
roots are, where home is. I mean, yeah, it's crossed
my mind, and I've had tons of people wanting me
to move to l A or Hollywood and do that
(28:02):
sort of thing, and I just not me, you know,
and even no matter how you know, there's been enough
opportunity that I probably should have really considered doing it,
But I don't think i'd be happy you did.
Speaker 6 (28:17):
For a little while before COVID.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Yeah, yeah, I was out there for that was just
a little short stint and kind of doing some stuff
on the hemp, the hemp CBD oil deal we were
doing out there, and that was nice. It was enough
to know that it's still home. I can still remember
being when COVID is kicking in and we were starting
to get ready to plant corn, and uh, I was ready.
(28:42):
I was done with that part of my life.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
Well, Chris, we are always rooting for you. We want
you to have a wife and kids, so we will.
If you're listening and email Ben and Ashley, it.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Sounds like Chris is checking his DM so so, so
feel free to slide in those dms.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Message Chris.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
He's active on social media. He's checking him every evening
and filtering through his interest levels. So if you're out
there you know somebody that would love the date Chris souls.
He is open to dating. And I can tell you
this going to multiple dinners with Chris, He's going to
be a really good date. Like he's going to be
(29:27):
a lot of fun.
Speaker 6 (29:29):
Yep, yes he is.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
Well, I know who's the best dancer on this podcast
right now, it's all there is to it.
Speaker 5 (29:36):
Well, this was the first wedding in a while or
ever that I didn't get the two of you dancing together. Oh,
because it's just it's foolishness that must be seen from everyone.
Speaker 6 (29:46):
I was like, is you know Ben? Darn it?
Speaker 5 (29:50):
I really should have made it a thing, not get
you on film. I'm like, it's so ordinary to me. Now,
I'm like, oh, there goes Ben dancing. And then everybody
like kind of like nudges me during a wedding and
they're like, if you've.
Speaker 6 (30:03):
Seen Ben dans.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
I'm like, yes, yes, his wife says that he goes
to bed alone those nights.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, it looks good, it looks really good. It's a fantastic. Yeah,
it's so smooth. Everything just works in unison. Chris Soles,
you're the man. We appreciate you coming on. We wish
you the best, keep us updated here. We're gonna make
a deal with you. As soon as you find a
relationship that you are dating somebody for more than let's
(30:32):
say three months, you're going to hit us up and
you're gonna come on our podcast and whenever you're open
to uh introducing this person to Bachelor Nation, then this
will be your stop to do. It will be nice.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
Real deal. That's a deal. You love you, guys, Love.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
You, Chrissy.
Speaker 3 (30:56):
That has been Chris Soles coming on to share his
life update. Obviously, this is the off season of the
Almost Famous podcast, and we commit to and promise to
bring back leads and contestants who've been memorable and left
a mark on Bachelor Nation. Chris is definitely one of
those we wish him the best. You know, I feel
(31:16):
like Ashley most of the time we talk to Chris,
there is this deep desire to find love, and yet
it just feels like it hasn't happened for him. I know,
every time, it's like I want that update where he
comes on he's like, Yeah, I've been dating this girl
for two years. She's super great. She you know, just
you know, lives down the street and we're so happy.
(31:38):
But as of right now, he is very single and
very open to being damned damned.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Uh, but we'll be back.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
It's going to be a big week for the Almost
Famous podcast and we hope you tune in to every
episode because every episode will just add a little nugget
to Bachelor Nation into what's going on leading up to
the next season of The Bachelorette. Hey, so until next time,
I've been Ben, I've been Ashley.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
See you guys. Thank you for listening.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
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