May 2, 2025 • 24 mins
Ben and Ashley are breaking down the latest headlines from Bachelor Nation!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with on our radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome to Thelma's Famus podcast. We are here today to
break down all the headline's going on in Bachelor Nation,
including updates on Paradise. Is it happening, Where is it happening,
What's going on, Who's going to be there? All the
answers will be revealed later on, but let's start with
the first headline of today. Ashley here, it is Bachelor
in Paradise alum Alexis Waters. I just think about hoops
(00:29):
when I think about her. Me too and Tyler Fernandez
are getting married after nearly six years together.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Well, they are married. They got married at a little
white chapel in Vegas the day after my sister got
married there. We did not see Alexis. I got a
couple of questions online asking if we did run into her. Nope,
she was the next day, very similar weddings. She was
in a different room, she was in the bigger room.
There's three rooms at this very famous chapel where Michael Jordan,
(01:02):
Britney Spears, Joe Jonas all got married.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
And where I have officially married ten people at that
chapel during my time as The Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Okay, I told Nas, So, you guys know, my your
friend Nas Perez, who I host another podcast, was was
one of Ben's. It was one of Ben's producers on
the show. And I said, did you record an episode
of The Bachelor there? Because she said that she'd been
there a number of times, and she said no, did
she not produce that date?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Probably not? It was Becca Tilly and I actually, yeah,
they together and yeah, we got to renew some vows,
marry some people's blast.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That's so fun. So Alexis was married in the thirty
person room and she was married by an Elvis impersonator.
She said that she and her now husband, Tyler, who
have been together for six years, they never really wanted
to do a big wedding, so Vegas was perfect for them.
(01:58):
His family has always been a fan of and her
mom also got married at the Little White Chapel. It
was her only marriage that lasted. She said, so I'm
just trying to get to keep the tradition alive in
the family.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That was a quote from Alexis. Yes, that's so good.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Got Alexis congratulating.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, great. Just a massive fun personality, always has been,
always will be super excited for her, and obviously this
new marriage. Six years is a long time to date
and so it's not a shock, but it is something
to be excited about. Well, switching gears from marriages to breakups.
Taysha Adams, who we haven't talked about in a long time,
(02:44):
still around, still doing great stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Of course, she's always gonna be relevant. I feel like
she's an ever green in Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
And Luke Golbranson reportedly split after two years together. Now
we've been with them while they were together. This is
Chris Harrison's wedding. They're splitting up.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, they've seeming they split up. We don't really know
a ton because these two have been private their entire
relationship for the past two years. They have never actually
confirmed their relationship. They've never posted of each other. But
just this week he has been posting some cryptic stories
on Instagram and including clips of him running and Bible
(03:29):
versus together. So it been Actually, since you are probably
more familiar with this Bible verse, can you can you
can you read this? I didn't know that there was
there was a reference to a spinning ballerina in the Bible.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, because this is not a Bible verse.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Okay, So so whoever wrote this article does not know
their Bible very well.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well, so this is a very popular like devote morning
devotion devotional. So the references to scripture are listed below
Hebrews twelve two and Psalms ten or it's actually one
oh two twenty seven. That's the references that this little
(04:15):
devotional speaking about. But this is the devotional that you're
looking at with a spinning ballerina. Is not exactly a
Bible verse. It's just do you want me to read it?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Still?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Sure? If you think it's something that you could break
down as far as a breakup goes.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'll read it because I think it gives insight into
where his head is at. Here's okay, make your focal
point as you move through this day. Just as a
spinning ballerina must keep returning her eye to a given
point to maintain her balance, so you must keep returning
your focus to me. Circumstances are in flux and the
world seems to be whirling around you. The only way
(04:51):
to keep your balance is to fix your eyes on me,
the one who never changes. If you gaze long, too
long at your circumstances, you'll become dizzy and confused. Look
at me, refreshing yourself in my presence, and your steps
will be steady and sure. So he's obviously talking about
he needs to stay focused, stay focused on this focal point,
which in his case seems to be his faith in Jesus.
(05:14):
This is a Christian devotional. I can't tell if this
is like actually the message translation of the Bible or
if it is a devotional after reading that, but I
think what we can get from that in general is
that he is focusing his eyes on something so to
not lose his balance in life right now, because it
feels like it's a little bit in chaos, especially if
(05:40):
they are breaking up.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yes, and also you can post that without breaking up
with somebody, so it's not completely.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Retailing murmurs of relationships. Now. Of course this one was
going to happen. This rumor is going to get thrown
out there. It's been teased, it's been talked about. Uh,
it's it's getting highlighted. Jason Tarctick and Kelly Flanagan reunite
at Stage Coach this according to Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
They say reunite as if like there was another memorable
moment I'm sure that Jason and Kelly have met before.
There hasn't been a moment that stands out to me
as been like so widely talked about. Their shipping though
has been talked about. You guys know what shipping is,
and I do have to remind you of what shipping
(06:30):
has been.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Uh No, I think I know, but please explain it
for those who don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
All right, Bachelor Nation obviously wants these two to can
be together. They think that they're very compatible. It's been
something that they've been like rooting for for a few
months now, ever since Jason and Cat broke up, well,
they've been They were together during Stagecoach weekend along with
a ton of other Bachelor alums. Ben believes that they
were staying at Jason's. Jason has like an a agency
(07:00):
of sorts, and I'm sure he talks about that in
his podcast all the time. But if you guys aren't aware,
he like kind of runs a social media agency. And
he thinks that this was the unofficial house of it
official or unofficial whatever house at Stagecoach where he had
a whole bunch of Bachelor lum staying and Kelly and
(07:22):
him were appearing in a lot of social media posts together,
of course, getting the talk all spiced up.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Some people are saying this is all like, this is
all just speculation, fans speculation. Some people are saying that
she's not ready to date, you know her, she's still
mourning the father, the passing of her father. I mean
that that morning will be a long time coming, but
you know, it's just not maybe the best time Vertistar relationship.
Some people are saying that Jason is definitely interested, and
(07:53):
they're talking about maybe seeing each other this summer in
the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
I mean, how long, okay, Ashley, you know this world
better than me, how long does this play out until
we get like a confirm that they're dating or not dating,
or is just just gonna be one of those things
that it will be like a perpetual rumor until one
of them come out dating somebody else or maybe each other.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
So I think that the rumors get more serious when
they're seen together without a bunch of bachelornation. If it
seems like it's just the two of them, it's good.
It's gonna be hard to just say they're just friends,
which is what they're saying right now.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
I want to talk about a next rumor that's going
around bachlination of somebody dating somebody else.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I like this one better.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Rachel Rekia and Blake mooyins are they dating? And they
are together without a lot of other people from Bachelor
Nation currently on a trip.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Yeah, like this seems romantic. The other one, to me
feels like, oh, they might get together just to get
tongues wagging for a little while. It might be you
know what I mean, It's like, oh, do I like headlines? Yeah,
let's maybe an milk of this. This feels like it
might be like real. Rachel Reccia and Blake Moy's they
are off in Africa together on a safari with Blake's
(09:25):
Wildlife Association, his organization Save Our Species Alliance and yeah,
no other Bachelor Nation members there. They are with other
people on the safari. I don't know how many, like
five maybe, But this is like kind of hot, Like
I kind of like them together. But listen, they're not
(09:50):
together at least that's what Rachel is telling me directly
when she posted this picture of her and Blake on
this like safari jeep and like they were like kind
of intertwined, Like it seemed like his arm was wrapped
around his leg, her leg. I said, I DMed her
to that, and I go, are you sure you're not dating?
(10:12):
And two is like, yes, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Maybe we're ruining this like headline shipping that could be
happening by saying they're not together. Maybe they want us
to think they're together to keep them in the headlines.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Oh so it's actually the reverse of what I initially said.
But between the two shipping couples, yeah, could be. You know,
this seems romantic.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It does seem romantic. There's a lot of tears, a
lot of like sunsets and animals.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
There's the coloring.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Right, There's a lot happening on their social medias that
makes it seem like if they weren't dating, they might
be after this trip. Right, It's like the bachelor always
says this is the perfect place to fall in love.
It feels like this trip for them is the perfect
place to maybe fall.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
In love if they're not together after this trip though,
like it's probably not gonna.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Happen, not gonna happen, and just do some leg touching now.
And again, I don't know any friends.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
There's I've never even when Jared and I were just friends,
and like of course flirty friends, we wouldn't naturally find
ourselves in that post if we weren't also making out.
They're like sharing a tent. Come on, guys, well you
know it's only a matter of time before we get
Rachel on here, as she's my favorite fill in for Ben.
(11:33):
So we'll have to griller.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, we have to Joan and Chock reveal why their
wedding planning is on hold for now.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
This is not that juicy. I also don't think that
they should like get married. I know, you guys know
how I feel about the Golden couples. I'm like, just
be together for a long time. You're not having children,
you don't need the certificate right now. Okay, their weddings
on whole because right now Jones's oldest son is getting
(12:07):
married this summer, so they don't want to like overshadow.
And then he said that this is Chock, who is
talking to Parade Magazine, said that after this season of
weddings for Joan, the other son is probably going to
get engaged, so spoil our alert to the fiance out
there or the future fiance out there. And he's like,
(12:29):
so because of these weddings right now, we're putting ours
on hold. Yeah, so, he says that their schedule is
booked through October. They feel crazy busy. Putting a wedding
is just not on our schedule right now. It seems
like it would be overwhelming to add to what we're
already doing. And like, yeah, totally, don't worry. Don't worry
(12:49):
about it. You don't have to get married right now.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Moving on to other golden news, Gary Turner reveals new girlfriend.
I think at you say name Wana, very cute new
couple alert. It's it's really fun to see him smiling
and happy, and it seems like they're very smiling and happy.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Mm hmmm. He told the Happy Hour podcast a couple
months ago, earlier this month, you know, like in April,
said that he's dating someone new at this point, it's
going well, but I don't want to say too much
and drinks it. But then he revealed the picture just
this past week. Says that their first date was a
little bit over a month ago and they have been
(13:35):
inseparable ever since. They have met each other's family and friends,
and she's a retired teacher. She's very family oriented, and
Gary says that he didn't believe in love at first
sight in the past, but Alana has changed his tune
on that. What yeah, that's like, that's pretty big after me.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
He's not going to be in Paradise either, No, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
You would think that they would have tried to get
him down there for something they started. They have not
started filming. Today is May first that we're recording this.
They have not started filming it, but we do know
that the cast is down there in preparation.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Before we get to the Bachelor in Paradise News, let's
close our kind of rapid fire headline session with the
Serena Pit big announcement. Serena and Joe gave an update
to all of us on Serena's green card and it
says it didn't go as we hoped.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Okay, this is actually outdated because they've been trying to
get her a green card for years now. They got
married in September twenty twenty three. Legally they had their
you know, party, celebration wedding little bit after that. It's
been such a process for these guys, but they are
(15:06):
finally that she's finally got a green card. She's had
to go back and forth from Montreal a couple times,
and it expecting interviews a couple times, only for them
to say, you're missing a document. You have to go
back to New York and come back again next week,
like that kind of stuff. So she's just really relieved
(15:28):
that after two and a half years of this, the
day is done.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I mean, it's a big deal. It's big for them,
it's exciting for them. I think it does show the
effort that they had to put into this. I think
they thought we've been able to fall along with their
journey as this has happened. Well, Serena and Joe met
in Paradise. Correct, Yes, just like you and Jared men
(15:53):
in Paradise, and we're getting news coming in that Paradise
is kicking back up. We took a little time off obviously,
we've been anxiously awaiting the announcement if Paradise would come
back or not. I will have to admit that I
was wrong. I never thought it would come back. I
thought one you were a downer. Yeah, well, I don't
(16:14):
know how long it's going to be back for. Actually,
why you gotta do this? I mean, anyways, we're very
excited about Paradise coming back and being announced to come back.
We have some Bachelor Nation favorites already announced, including who
I think makes the show. Wells Adams is going to
be there as the bartender again. I think he is Paradise.
(16:37):
Jesse Palmer will be hosting along with Hannah Brown joining
this article says fellow bartender that she's going to be
carrying the title of I don't believe that is her title.
I think they announced it as like the Bubbly Server
or something.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Well, you know, it's because Hannah is a bubbly personality,
so they're trying to do a double entendre. I believe.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Okay, it's like.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
She's the bubbly girl, so she's gonna serve bubbly. So
I'm assuming that there might be like a Champagne toast girl. Okay,
that's something like that, or a different bar where she
does like Billini's and mimosas like maybe she's the morning
girl and then Wells is the night guy. Something like that.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
That makes more sense. I mean, you know, I'm very biased.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
You're very biased, and I also love Hannah, so you
be team Wells and I'll be Johana too. And I
just like Hannah of course, And I don't this like Wells.
It's just I have this weird girl crush on Hannah
Brown and I always have.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
I just don't think they needed another bartender. They've tried
this back in the day with Yuki, and like, Yuki's great,
but it didn't work. And I just don't understand why
they would need one more bartender on this show when
Wells has carried that role for eight seasons now, so
effectively and so well that bringing in Hannah feels like
(17:56):
it's a demotion for him, saying, hey, you need some backup,
unless she does carry a different role, which would be
like you said, a separate bar there are I mean,
I try to put my name in. I say this,
and then I'm a hypocrite because I tried to put
my name in to be the bartender for the old
people or the goldens.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I guess you should have been like the what's the
wine people called? Like the wine experts, Samalia's Samalia for then?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Or I could have been the coffee guy. Oh yeah,
bring him coffee in the morning, coffee in bed, Ben
is there? Yeah? But instead I have I don't get
a call from these people anymore. But I'm glad Hannah
Brown is going to be there. She does bring a
lot to the show. The Goldens are going to be
there as well. We have Gary Levinston Leslie, a big,
(18:42):
big win for the show to get her to come.
Zoe from this last season, The Bachelor, Hakeem, Jonathan Johnson,
all those have been announced, Ashley. It isn't Costa Rica.
They the Bachelor is doing something different this year. I
follow some Bachelor like accounts on social media. Some of
(19:03):
the influence that influencers that talk very predominantly about The
Bachelor are down there right now in Paradise at the
resort that they're that the cast is now showing up to.
They're sending back some videos. Uh, and it looks very nice.
It doesn't look at all like the paradise of the past.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh because you think that they're gonna like have air
conditioned room.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yes, I think it's yes.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
I wonder how that's going to make a difference. There
was something about like their survival skills. There was something
about like exerting your body and your emotions and like
every way it like just it just felt more of
like a survival game. Because not only did you like
have to like find love and like play that game,
(19:51):
but you also needed to like be uncomfortable but also
look beautiful at the same time. So I just wonder
if there's gonna be like a little less desperate.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Hmmm, well, I mean I think it will add an
element where there was this really enjoyable viewer experience of
people like I mean, it's funny but like sweating on
each other and trying to be romantic in the heat
of the bugs and the animals, and like it did.
It felt less Bachelor Bachelorette esque and it felt more like,
you know, they were camping and we were to watch
(20:21):
people camp and I enjoyed that personally. If they are
in really nice resorts with air conditioning, it will feel
very too much like the Bachelor Bachelorette for me.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
I agree, and.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I could be wrong. I'm just saying these influencers down
there right now are sharing pictures from the resort.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
It looks well, let's also is this Are we sure
this is the actual resort and not like the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Well that's what they're saying. I could follow. I could
find it right now. She's she's very popular on social media.
I'll look at it.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
So the one screenshotting the other day.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay. Her Instagram handle is ka York City.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, they're the Bachelor's podcast.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's that's the one, and she's If you
get on her Instagram or her TikTok right now, Kay
York City, you can see a whole tour of what
looks to be the She says, ABC invites you to
Bachelor in Paradise and she's filming it, and there's private
pools and like very fancy suites and nice outdoor showers
(21:28):
with beautiful views and bars, and it looks and it
looks like there's other guests there, which I have heard
is going to be a thing that there will be
other guests on property while they're filming this show, which
feels chaotic.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
So that's more of like Vendonta. So at Vendonta, which
is like the resort that we stay at before and
after traditionally from the other nine seasons, you know, we
film dates there, we stay there sometimes, and there's thousands
of other guests there when we do that. This is different.
(22:02):
If they're gonna actually be here at all hours, you.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Know, it's gonna be really interesting. Ashley, as if reality
Steve shows up and it's like it's it's gonna be different. Okay,
So in closing here, we could drag this on forever.
Paradise is gonna be different than anything we've seen in
the past. Is it gonna be as good as what
it was in Mexico. I'm sure there's gonna be moments
where we're like, we miss the premier's spot for Bachelor
(22:31):
in Paradise, we miss being on the beach in Mexico,
we miss that element of the show. I hope this
new crew with new creative brains come in and they
utilize what was good about Paradise and they change it
up a little bit too, to make it a little
bit more exciting than it was maybe the season before
it ended. But it's changing and viewers are gonna have
(22:56):
to be okay with that. I do think it's gonna
They did announce a mere date Monday, July seventh, uh,
so it'll be a quick turnaround time. Sounds like they're
gonna film through the month of May and uh and
as we said, some Bachelor Nations favorites are gonna be there.
And I hope Wills Adams is on our TVs UH
(23:18):
for at least an hour of each episode, because that's
what he deserves.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Okay, let's also just mention this one little tibit that
I found out from somebody who will be there. The
airport is four hours away from this location. Is a
that is awful. Could you imagine being like, oh, I
got eliminated and gonna go have to take a four
hour drive?
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Now that sounds so bad. What what resort in Costa
Rica is built four hours from the closest airport.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
I don't know. I feel like that's a you, that's
a you question since you've been there.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
That just sounds like a bad planning on the resort side.
I don't know what's going on. Anyways, this has been
listening podcasts. We had some headlines today. We have some
Bachelor and Paradise news. We have news for you all
the time right here on this channel. We have some
great content coming up to some very exciting things coming
on in Bachelor Nation. We will continue to talk about Paradise,
all the rumors, all the people that we hear are
(24:16):
going down. We won't ruin anything for you that's wanna
be fun for anybody, but at least share what we
know because we're still fans of the show. We still
like to watch a show, even though we know sometimes
more than most, so continue to listen to Almost Famous
podcast until next time.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
I've Been Ben, I've Been Ashley.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Bye.
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome to Thelma's Famus podcast. We are here today to
break down all the headline's going on in Bachelor Nation,
including updates on Paradise. Is it happening, Where is it happening,
What's going on, Who's going to be there? All the
answers will be revealed later on, but let's start with
the first headline of today. Ashley here, it is Bachelor
in Paradise alum Alexis Waters. I just think about hoops
(00:29):
when I think about her. Me too and Tyler Fernandez
are getting married after nearly six years together.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Well, they are married. They got married at a little
white chapel in Vegas the day after my sister got
married there. We did not see Alexis. I got a
couple of questions online asking if we did run into her. Nope,
she was the next day, very similar weddings. She was
in a different room, she was in the bigger room.
There's three rooms at this very famous chapel where Michael Jordan,
(01:02):
Britney Spears, Joe Jonas all got married.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
And where I have officially married ten people at that
chapel during my time as The Bachelor.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Okay, I told Nas, So, you guys know, my your
friend Nas Perez, who I host another podcast, was was
one of Ben's. It was one of Ben's producers on
the show. And I said, did you record an episode
of The Bachelor there? Because she said that she'd been
there a number of times, and she said no, did
she not produce that date?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Probably not? It was Becca Tilly and I actually, yeah,
they together and yeah, we got to renew some vows,
marry some people's blast.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That's so fun. So Alexis was married in the thirty
person room and she was married by an Elvis impersonator.
She said that she and her now husband, Tyler, who
have been together for six years, they never really wanted
to do a big wedding, so Vegas was perfect for them.
(01:58):
His family has always been a fan of and her
mom also got married at the Little White Chapel. It
was her only marriage that lasted. She said, so I'm
just trying to get to keep the tradition alive in
the family.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
That was a quote from Alexis. Yes, that's so good.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Got Alexis congratulating.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, great. Just a massive fun personality, always has been,
always will be super excited for her, and obviously this
new marriage. Six years is a long time to date
and so it's not a shock, but it is something
to be excited about. Well, switching gears from marriages to breakups.
Taysha Adams, who we haven't talked about in a long time,
(02:44):
still around, still doing great stuff.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Of course, she's always gonna be relevant. I feel like
she's an ever green in Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
And Luke Golbranson reportedly split after two years together. Now
we've been with them while they were together. This is
Chris Harrison's wedding. They're splitting up.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Yeah, they've seeming they split up. We don't really know
a ton because these two have been private their entire
relationship for the past two years. They have never actually
confirmed their relationship. They've never posted of each other. But
just this week he has been posting some cryptic stories
on Instagram and including clips of him running and Bible
(03:29):
versus together. So it been Actually, since you are probably
more familiar with this Bible verse, can you can you
can you read this? I didn't know that there was
there was a reference to a spinning ballerina in the Bible.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, because this is not a Bible verse.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Okay, So so whoever wrote this article does not know
their Bible very well.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well, so this is a very popular like devote morning
devotion devotional. So the references to scripture are listed below
Hebrews twelve two and Psalms ten or it's actually one
oh two twenty seven. That's the references that this little
(04:15):
devotional speaking about. But this is the devotional that you're
looking at with a spinning ballerina. Is not exactly a
Bible verse. It's just do you want me to read it?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Still?
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Sure? If you think it's something that you could break
down as far as a breakup goes.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'll read it because I think it gives insight into
where his head is at. Here's okay, make your focal
point as you move through this day. Just as a
spinning ballerina must keep returning her eye to a given
point to maintain her balance, so you must keep returning
your focus to me. Circumstances are in flux and the
world seems to be whirling around you. The only way
(04:51):
to keep your balance is to fix your eyes on me,
the one who never changes. If you gaze long, too
long at your circumstances, you'll become dizzy and confused. Look
at me, refreshing yourself in my presence, and your steps
will be steady and sure. So he's obviously talking about
he needs to stay focused, stay focused on this focal point,
which in his case seems to be his faith in Jesus.
(05:14):
This is a Christian devotional. I can't tell if this
is like actually the message translation of the Bible or
if it is a devotional after reading that, but I
think what we can get from that in general is
that he is focusing his eyes on something so to
not lose his balance in life right now, because it
feels like it's a little bit in chaos, especially if
(05:40):
they are breaking up.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yes, and also you can post that without breaking up
with somebody, so it's not completely.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Retailing murmurs of relationships. Now. Of course this one was
going to happen. This rumor is going to get thrown
out there. It's been teased, it's been talked about. Uh,
it's it's getting highlighted. Jason Tarctick and Kelly Flanagan reunite
at Stage Coach this according to Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
They say reunite as if like there was another memorable
moment I'm sure that Jason and Kelly have met before.
There hasn't been a moment that stands out to me
as been like so widely talked about. Their shipping though
has been talked about. You guys know what shipping is,
and I do have to remind you of what shipping
(06:30):
has been.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Uh No, I think I know, but please explain it
for those who don't know.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
All right, Bachelor Nation obviously wants these two to can
be together. They think that they're very compatible. It's been
something that they've been like rooting for for a few
months now, ever since Jason and Cat broke up, well,
they've been They were together during Stagecoach weekend along with
a ton of other Bachelor alums. Ben believes that they
were staying at Jason's. Jason has like an a agency
(07:00):
of sorts, and I'm sure he talks about that in
his podcast all the time. But if you guys aren't aware,
he like kind of runs a social media agency. And
he thinks that this was the unofficial house of it
official or unofficial whatever house at Stagecoach where he had
a whole bunch of Bachelor lum staying and Kelly and
(07:22):
him were appearing in a lot of social media posts together,
of course, getting the talk all spiced up.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Now.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Some people are saying this is all like, this is
all just speculation, fans speculation. Some people are saying that
she's not ready to date, you know her, she's still
mourning the father, the passing of her father. I mean
that that morning will be a long time coming, but
you know, it's just not maybe the best time Vertistar relationship.
Some people are saying that Jason is definitely interested, and
(07:53):
they're talking about maybe seeing each other this summer in
the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
I mean, how long, okay, Ashley, you know this world
better than me, how long does this play out until
we get like a confirm that they're dating or not dating,
or is just just gonna be one of those things
that it will be like a perpetual rumor until one
of them come out dating somebody else or maybe each other.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
So I think that the rumors get more serious when
they're seen together without a bunch of bachelornation. If it
seems like it's just the two of them, it's good.
It's gonna be hard to just say they're just friends,
which is what they're saying right now.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
I want to talk about a next rumor that's going
around bachlination of somebody dating somebody else.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I like this one better.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Rachel Rekia and Blake mooyins are they dating? And they
are together without a lot of other people from Bachelor
Nation currently on a trip.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Yeah, like this seems romantic. The other one, to me
feels like, oh, they might get together just to get
tongues wagging for a little while. It might be you
know what I mean, It's like, oh, do I like headlines? Yeah,
let's maybe an milk of this. This feels like it
might be like real. Rachel Reccia and Blake Moy's they
are off in Africa together on a safari with Blake's
(09:25):
Wildlife Association, his organization Save Our Species Alliance and yeah,
no other Bachelor Nation members there. They are with other
people on the safari. I don't know how many, like
five maybe, But this is like kind of hot, Like
I kind of like them together. But listen, they're not
(09:50):
together at least that's what Rachel is telling me directly
when she posted this picture of her and Blake on
this like safari jeep and like they were like kind
of intertwined, Like it seemed like his arm was wrapped
around his leg, her leg. I said, I DMed her
to that, and I go, are you sure you're not dating?
(10:12):
And two is like, yes, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Maybe we're ruining this like headline shipping that could be
happening by saying they're not together. Maybe they want us
to think they're together to keep them in the headlines.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Oh so it's actually the reverse of what I initially said.
But between the two shipping couples, yeah, could be. You know,
this seems romantic.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It does seem romantic. There's a lot of tears, a
lot of like sunsets and animals.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
There's the coloring.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Right, There's a lot happening on their social medias that
makes it seem like if they weren't dating, they might
be after this trip. Right, It's like the bachelor always
says this is the perfect place to fall in love.
It feels like this trip for them is the perfect
place to maybe fall.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
In love if they're not together after this trip though,
like it's probably not gonna.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Happen, not gonna happen, and just do some leg touching now.
And again, I don't know any friends.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
There's I've never even when Jared and I were just friends,
and like of course flirty friends, we wouldn't naturally find
ourselves in that post if we weren't also making out.
They're like sharing a tent. Come on, guys, well you
know it's only a matter of time before we get
Rachel on here, as she's my favorite fill in for Ben.
(11:33):
So we'll have to griller.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Yeah, we have to Joan and Chock reveal why their
wedding planning is on hold for now.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
This is not that juicy. I also don't think that
they should like get married. I know, you guys know
how I feel about the Golden couples. I'm like, just
be together for a long time. You're not having children,
you don't need the certificate right now. Okay, their weddings
on whole because right now Jones's oldest son is getting
(12:07):
married this summer, so they don't want to like overshadow.
And then he said that this is Chock, who is
talking to Parade Magazine, said that after this season of
weddings for Joan, the other son is probably going to
get engaged, so spoil our alert to the fiance out
there or the future fiance out there. And he's like,
(12:29):
so because of these weddings right now, we're putting ours
on hold. Yeah, so, he says that their schedule is
booked through October. They feel crazy busy. Putting a wedding
is just not on our schedule right now. It seems
like it would be overwhelming to add to what we're
already doing. And like, yeah, totally, don't worry. Don't worry
(12:49):
about it. You don't have to get married right now.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Moving on to other golden news, Gary Turner reveals new girlfriend.
I think at you say name Wana, very cute new
couple alert. It's it's really fun to see him smiling
and happy, and it seems like they're very smiling and happy.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
Mm hmmm. He told the Happy Hour podcast a couple
months ago, earlier this month, you know, like in April,
said that he's dating someone new at this point, it's
going well, but I don't want to say too much
and drinks it. But then he revealed the picture just
this past week. Says that their first date was a
little bit over a month ago and they have been
(13:35):
inseparable ever since. They have met each other's family and friends,
and she's a retired teacher. She's very family oriented, and
Gary says that he didn't believe in love at first
sight in the past, but Alana has changed his tune
on that. What yeah, that's like, that's pretty big after me.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
He's not going to be in Paradise either, No, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
You would think that they would have tried to get
him down there for something they started. They have not
started filming. Today is May first that we're recording this.
They have not started filming it, but we do know
that the cast is down there in preparation.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Before we get to the Bachelor in Paradise News, let's
close our kind of rapid fire headline session with the
Serena Pit big announcement. Serena and Joe gave an update
to all of us on Serena's green card and it
says it didn't go as we hoped.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Okay, this is actually outdated because they've been trying to
get her a green card for years now. They got
married in September twenty twenty three. Legally they had their
you know, party, celebration wedding little bit after that. It's
been such a process for these guys, but they are
(15:06):
finally that she's finally got a green card. She's had
to go back and forth from Montreal a couple times,
and it expecting interviews a couple times, only for them
to say, you're missing a document. You have to go
back to New York and come back again next week,
like that kind of stuff. So she's just really relieved
(15:28):
that after two and a half years of this, the
day is done.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I mean, it's a big deal. It's big for them,
it's exciting for them. I think it does show the
effort that they had to put into this. I think
they thought we've been able to fall along with their
journey as this has happened. Well, Serena and Joe met
in Paradise. Correct, Yes, just like you and Jared men
(15:53):
in Paradise, and we're getting news coming in that Paradise
is kicking back up. We took a little time off obviously,
we've been anxiously awaiting the announcement if Paradise would come
back or not. I will have to admit that I
was wrong. I never thought it would come back. I
thought one you were a downer. Yeah, well, I don't
(16:14):
know how long it's going to be back for. Actually,
why you gotta do this? I mean, anyways, we're very
excited about Paradise coming back and being announced to come back.
We have some Bachelor Nation favorites already announced, including who
I think makes the show. Wells Adams is going to
be there as the bartender again. I think he is Paradise.
(16:37):
Jesse Palmer will be hosting along with Hannah Brown joining
this article says fellow bartender that she's going to be
carrying the title of I don't believe that is her title.
I think they announced it as like the Bubbly Server
or something.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Well, you know, it's because Hannah is a bubbly personality,
so they're trying to do a double entendre. I believe.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Okay, it's like.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
She's the bubbly girl, so she's gonna serve bubbly. So
I'm assuming that there might be like a Champagne toast girl. Okay,
that's something like that, or a different bar where she
does like Billini's and mimosas like maybe she's the morning
girl and then Wells is the night guy. Something like that.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
That makes more sense. I mean, you know, I'm very biased.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
You're very biased, and I also love Hannah, so you
be team Wells and I'll be Johana too. And I
just like Hannah of course, And I don't this like Wells.
It's just I have this weird girl crush on Hannah
Brown and I always have.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
I just don't think they needed another bartender. They've tried
this back in the day with Yuki, and like, Yuki's great,
but it didn't work. And I just don't understand why
they would need one more bartender on this show when
Wells has carried that role for eight seasons now, so
effectively and so well that bringing in Hannah feels like
(17:56):
it's a demotion for him, saying, hey, you need some backup,
unless she does carry a different role, which would be
like you said, a separate bar there are I mean,
I try to put my name in. I say this,
and then I'm a hypocrite because I tried to put
my name in to be the bartender for the old
people or the goldens.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I guess you should have been like the what's the
wine people called? Like the wine experts, Samalia's Samalia for then?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Or I could have been the coffee guy. Oh yeah,
bring him coffee in the morning, coffee in bed, Ben
is there? Yeah? But instead I have I don't get
a call from these people anymore. But I'm glad Hannah
Brown is going to be there. She does bring a
lot to the show. The Goldens are going to be
there as well. We have Gary Levinston Leslie, a big,
(18:42):
big win for the show to get her to come.
Zoe from this last season, The Bachelor, Hakeem, Jonathan Johnson,
all those have been announced, Ashley. It isn't Costa Rica.
They the Bachelor is doing something different this year. I
follow some Bachelor like accounts on social media. Some of
(19:03):
the influence that influencers that talk very predominantly about The
Bachelor are down there right now in Paradise at the
resort that they're that the cast is now showing up to.
They're sending back some videos. Uh, and it looks very nice.
It doesn't look at all like the paradise of the past.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Oh because you think that they're gonna like have air
conditioned room.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Yes, I think it's yes.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
I wonder how that's going to make a difference. There
was something about like their survival skills. There was something
about like exerting your body and your emotions and like
every way it like just it just felt more of
like a survival game. Because not only did you like
have to like find love and like play that game,
(19:51):
but you also needed to like be uncomfortable but also
look beautiful at the same time. So I just wonder
if there's gonna be like a little less desperate.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Hmmm, well, I mean I think it will add an
element where there was this really enjoyable viewer experience of
people like I mean, it's funny but like sweating on
each other and trying to be romantic in the heat
of the bugs and the animals, and like it did.
It felt less Bachelor Bachelorette esque and it felt more like,
you know, they were camping and we were to watch
(20:21):
people camp and I enjoyed that personally. If they are
in really nice resorts with air conditioning, it will feel
very too much like the Bachelor Bachelorette for me.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
I agree, and.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
I could be wrong. I'm just saying these influencers down
there right now are sharing pictures from the resort.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
It looks well, let's also is this Are we sure
this is the actual resort and not like the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Well that's what they're saying. I could follow. I could
find it right now. She's she's very popular on social media.
I'll look at it.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
So the one screenshotting the other day.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay. Her Instagram handle is ka York City.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, they're the Bachelor's podcast.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's that's the one, and she's If you
get on her Instagram or her TikTok right now, Kay
York City, you can see a whole tour of what
looks to be the She says, ABC invites you to
Bachelor in Paradise and she's filming it, and there's private
pools and like very fancy suites and nice outdoor showers
(21:28):
with beautiful views and bars, and it looks and it
looks like there's other guests there, which I have heard
is going to be a thing that there will be
other guests on property while they're filming this show, which
feels chaotic.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
So that's more of like Vendonta. So at Vendonta, which
is like the resort that we stay at before and
after traditionally from the other nine seasons, you know, we
film dates there, we stay there sometimes, and there's thousands
of other guests there when we do that. This is different.
(22:02):
If they're gonna actually be here at all hours, you.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Know, it's gonna be really interesting. Ashley, as if reality
Steve shows up and it's like it's it's gonna be different. Okay,
So in closing here, we could drag this on forever.
Paradise is gonna be different than anything we've seen in
the past. Is it gonna be as good as what
it was in Mexico. I'm sure there's gonna be moments
where we're like, we miss the premier's spot for Bachelor
(22:31):
in Paradise, we miss being on the beach in Mexico,
we miss that element of the show. I hope this
new crew with new creative brains come in and they
utilize what was good about Paradise and they change it
up a little bit too, to make it a little
bit more exciting than it was maybe the season before
it ended. But it's changing and viewers are gonna have
(22:56):
to be okay with that. I do think it's gonna
They did announce a mere date Monday, July seventh, uh,
so it'll be a quick turnaround time. Sounds like they're
gonna film through the month of May and uh and
as we said, some Bachelor Nations favorites are gonna be there.
And I hope Wills Adams is on our TVs UH
(23:18):
for at least an hour of each episode, because that's
what he deserves.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Okay, let's also just mention this one little tibit that
I found out from somebody who will be there. The
airport is four hours away from this location. Is a
that is awful. Could you imagine being like, oh, I
got eliminated and gonna go have to take a four
hour drive?
Speaker 2 (23:43):
Now that sounds so bad. What what resort in Costa
Rica is built four hours from the closest airport.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
I don't know. I feel like that's a you, that's
a you question since you've been there.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
That just sounds like a bad planning on the resort side.
I don't know what's going on. Anyways, this has been
listening podcasts. We had some headlines today. We have some
Bachelor and Paradise news. We have news for you all
the time right here on this channel. We have some
great content coming up to some very exciting things coming
on in Bachelor Nation. We will continue to talk about Paradise,
all the rumors, all the people that we hear are
(24:16):
going down. We won't ruin anything for you that's wanna
be fun for anybody, but at least share what we
know because we're still fans of the show. We still
like to watch a show, even though we know sometimes
more than most, so continue to listen to Almost Famous
podcast until next time.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
I've Been Ben, I've Been Ashley.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Bye.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
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