January 8, 2026 • 29 mins
Ben and Ashley are answering YOUR questions and nothing is off limits!
Find out if Ben would let Winnie watch his season, and if Jared and Ashley will ever do a rewatch of Paradise with their sons.
Have they ever had a “bad” experience with a celebrity?? And what does casting actuallyscreen for when booking reality tv??
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio. It's the only saying this podcast. It's Ashley
and Ben back with you, and we're going to do
a listener Q and A. I'm going to start this
question for Ben, Ben, do you want your next child
to be a girl or a boy?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Such a good question.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I have the answer for you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I really kind of just want girls.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I just want your next to be a girl too.
I really have a thing about girls having sisters, and
I love girls having sisters close in age, so I
would I would love.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Oh you want to answer this for me?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yeah I did. That was not my intention, but now
it's sort of it. Yes, I have an opinion, is
what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I mean, there is there's such a huge side of
me that wants a boy obviously, like to rough house
and to do all those things with But after experiencing Winnie,
I really just like, I don't know, I love the
process of having a little girl in my life and
snuggling her and I don't know, getting her gifts that
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are like right now, very princess themed. I don't know,
it's been really fun for me to have a girl.
I didn't I didn't know, but and so it's hard
for me to think about having a boy. But I
would say if I get to choose, I'd be totally
fine being a complete girl dad like straight through.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
That's so sweet, Ben, I love that I see you
with all girls. Like I've said before, very Danny Tanner vibes,
I could like see you with the girls. It's like
the greatest compliment.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Right, he's so unsexy.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
No, no, he is very unsexy. He's so right, but
he radiates so much warmth and like goodness. Okay, comfort, yeah,
comfort so much so as do you? Did you watch
Barby's World too as a kid. Oh yeah, So between
Danny Tanner and then Alan the Boy, you know, the
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dad for Boby the World. I love Alan too. I
can't really pick which one. They give such different vibes,
but they're both equally wonderful.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah. I've always seen myself as more of a mister Feenie, but.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I can see you as mister feeni too, as you
just love the older crob. I'm all about love to
giving wisdom. That was from Renee Chang.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
The next question is for me as well, I guess,
so Ashley take it away.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Okay, Ben, has anyone ever told you like Adam Brody,
You're like the Christian version of the real life Seth Collin.
That's so funny. Okay. So Adam Brody always, well, not always,
but has notoriously played two Jewish characters. He is and
he plays into that role so well. I just don't
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think you really look like Adam Birdie.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I've never got I mean, I've never really gotten Adam Brody.
I used to get. Yeah, I don't get a lot
of celebrity lookites. I've gotten Jim Carrey, but he.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Would never ever think I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I don't think so either. But then I got the guy,
oh from the Brady bunch a.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Bu see, that's who you do like. You look like
Peter Brady. I've always thought you looked like Peter Brady.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You've always thought that. I've also back in the day,
and I do see this. When I was in high school,
he was in like some of the vampire shows. He
was a huge deal back in the day, the guy.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
From Vampire Diaries, not the not the Ian Summer Holder,
but the other one who I'm sure Heather knows, which
is who was it?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Let me look No, this isn't him. Not Paul Wesley.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
No, not Paul Wesley. Okay, no, this.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Dude is like I'm saying, I'm thinking Prince, but that's
oh Freddie Prince junior.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh okay, okay, I could see Freddy. I could see
Freddy Prince Junior. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
I used to get that a lot when high school.
And actually, if you look at my high school pictures,
you're like, yeah, it's kind of similar, and he was
kind of big back then, and it makes sense.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But also not a vampire Scooby Doo related.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Oh yeah, I was wrong on all fronts there.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Oh, I got so funny.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Taysha from Alabama asks, has have either of you been
mistaken for another celebrity? While out?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So related question? But I've never been mistaken for a celebrity.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
No.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
You know what Jared does that makes me feel so awkward,
And I know why he doesn't. I know why he doesn't.
It's very humble and sweet. But he'll be in the
middle of a country and somebody will say like, hey,
do we go to school together? How do I know
you? You look so familiar, And then Jared'll be like, I
went to Warwick vets In Warwick, Rhode Island, and he's like,
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you ever been lived in Rhode Island? Like he legitimately
will go through his entire like high school career, like
you know, his entire I don't know what you would
call like the list of places that he's lived before
saying like maybe you've watched The Bachelor. And I'm standing
there just like Currente when this person's trying to figure
out like how in the world he knows he or
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she knows Jared. So that is funny and sweet and humble,
but at the same time cringeler on my behalf.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
How do you respond to that? If somebody comes up to.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
You, I usually go do you happen to watch The Bachelor?
So then there's a one time and you know, this
is a real haha to me, is that somebody came
up to us and they did Jared did the whole spiel,
and I was like, Jared, do you watch do you
watch the Bachelor? And then the person goes, no, that's
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so good, and I'm like, okay, okay, never.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Mind that you just have that famous face Jared, But yeah,
I respond the same way Jared does. I've never known
how to because it happens a lot where people are like,
what do I know you from? And I'm like, I
have no idea what you know me from? Because I
really don't. I have no idea what you know me from?
Do you like coffee? Do you listen to Almost Famous podcast?
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We'll get there somehow, but it takes a while. Dana
from Texas asks, when your kids are old enough we
let them watch any of the shows you've been on.
Why or why not?
Speaker 1 (06:15):
How do I do I watch? When the kids are
old enough, Yeah, they're going to see clibs. It'll be fun.
I don't understand why this is always such a controversial
question because it's like, yeah, of course, I don't think
it's like that's spicy. We're not on Love Island. Yeah,
I know your kids, Ben aren't going to see you
making out with other women, and like we're not going
to show our kids the same. But like our first
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day sure.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, So you're saying with you and Jared together.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah that was you?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That going for you?
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah? I was gonna say, like with boys, there's probably
less of an interest in like watching the entire seat,
like maybe there would be maybe there would be I guess, yeah,
it would be weird if Winnie was like Dad, I'd
like to watch your entire season, but perhaps she could
watch Caitlin season and that would be fun.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, parts of parts of it. I don't know. I
don't think so. I mean, I think Winter Games would
be a safe bet for me not here, but I
don't know if anything else. Did you know Bachelor Happy
Hours watching rewatching Winter Games right now?
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Really, no I didn't.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Yeah. I got to go back in and listen to
some of their episodes to see what they're saying. I
mean that, goodness, gracious, I can't wait till they get
to the scene where I'm just bawling, just absolutely just
man tears. It's just so conflicted in life, Ashley. I'll
do this when you can do the rest. Maria loves
Icon dream Center asks what do you like about your podcast?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Well? I like that I get to hang out and
talk to Ben every week. It's very very simple. It's
just when I go through my best friends, I was
just like, well, then there's Ben, because I mean, I
can't even imagine not having this platform to be able
to talk to you multiple times a week because we're
just chatting and now are a great time every time.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I would one hundred percent agree. I think Jess asked
me the I kind of did a year in review
and she goes, Okay, what's going on in your life?
And I was like, Okay, I love this podcast because
I do think our dynamic is it was either brilliant
when it was started or it was just the luck
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of the draw. But because we come in from two
separate perspective but yet share very common values and worldviews,
I think it brings an element of you're going to
get every angle, but neither of us desire to have
this podcast as a place that hurts people, but we do,
you know, want to be honest with you know how
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we feel when we watch some of this stuff. I
love that element to get to talk to you and
kind of the dynamic. I love getting to talk to you.
I also think what I love about podcasting is it
gives us a medium to ask very intentional questions very
quickly to guests that like I don't get to ask
in my regular life to people. I can't just sit
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somebody down who have never met and be like, Okay,
so you just had a breakup, where's your heart at today?
That's not something I get into very often.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
So true. I do love that we were able to
ask really jersey questions with not much small talk beforehand.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
No, no, this is just like a rapid fire. You
get forty five minutes. Let's try to make you cry.
I like that part.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
That's so true, And.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You know what, I think for both of us, it's
kept us involved in the franchise during a season where
the franchise hasn't necessarily been reaching out. Yeah, but it
keeps us involved enough that I feel like, hey, you know,
I'm I'm at least still intrigued by what is happening
on this show that I was a part of for
so long. So that's fun. Without the podcast, I don't
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know how it feel or how much involvement I would
actually have with the franchise.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
That's true, and I like keeping those relationships close to
just because it means so much to me in my life.
All right, Ben, have you ever had a rude celebrity encounter?
Speaker 2 (10:30):
This is from Katie from Washington. Oh, I know you
have Ellen DeGeneres.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Oh, Ellen, I thought you're gonna secular rippa.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Oh yeah, that one wasn't like exactly like heartwarming they're
kind of back to back too. I think I did
them like in the same week during press. I mean,
I know, you know, you don't want to like continue
to beat it up. I know, Ellen, you know got
some bad rap. And there's a little bit of and
I'm not just trying to be an apologist here, there's
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a little there's an element inside of me that's like, Okay,
one of the nicest people I've ever met is Steve Harvey. However,
on set, Steve Harvey doesn't talk to you. And there's
a reason for that, right, He's very busy. He's got
a thousand things going on. He's going back then from
his talk show to family feud, to doing like some
appearance somewhere and doing his own interviews. So there's boundaries
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that these people set up in their lives to say, hey,
I'm not going to be talking outside of the show
that I'm filming, and then once the show's done, I'm
going back to my dressing room. I'm not going to
talk to again. That's fair. The two other encounters that
I had that you just brought up and that I
spoke of, they felt more like, Hey, I am not
welcomed in this space. And they're only doing this because
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some booker said they had to. And that isn't a
great feeling, especially when you're not necessarily this celebrity and
you're just trying. You're in awe of the things that
you're doing, and then you walk and you're like, I'm
not welcomed here. That doesn't feel great. Okay, So but
still all that being said, those two stand out. I mean,
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I'm sure, I'm sure at some of the other events,
like maybe people like kind of like not paid much attention.
But most of the time, I'm like, people have been
very kind, and I've had some great conversations with people
that I've looked up to my whole life. And I
remember seeing I have pictures of my phone from Samuel L.
Jackson and I standing together, and I remember having a
great conversation with him, and even Jimmy Kimmel and I.
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He pulled me up to his dressing room when we
talked for twenty minutes even before the show started, just
about life. Like those are cool moments.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Those are cool moments. I can't say that I have
ever had a really bad one either. I think actually
it's funny that you say Samuel Jackson because I think
he did say something sassy to me, But this was
before Bachelor. My sister, my friend and I used to
like stalk out like the Correspondence dinner in DC and
we would get pictures of the whole bunch of celebrities
when they're coming out of the dining room and he
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I remember him saying, like I was asking him for
a picture or something and he was like, no, something
that I don't know. So I don't even want to
really call him out for it. Michael Strahan was particularly
kind just in the regard I've had so many celebrities.
I mean not to I'm not like, but in the
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capacity that you were just discussing, like backstage at a
talk show. He also like gave me time backstage just
to chat and like face I'm a friend, which was
really special.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Yeah, it's always fun. So yeah, I would say for
the majority of my experiences, they've been nothing but positive.
There's just a few that stood out to me. And
you also have to understand, Katie from Washington, that I
am a very sensitive human and so I feel deeply
and so when I don't feel like I belong, I
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might be overdramatizing some of this. I don't have any
like stuff that pops off my head that's like, yes,
this one.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I only met Ellen on stage, and I'm really glad
I only met her on stage because it was great.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Yeah, it's super nice. Yeah, it's like whoa what happened?
Okay at Melanie Campus asks three questions. The first one
is this, do they pre screen to make sure contestants
have the same religious and political beliefs?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
No? Absolutely not. I mean as far as I'm aware,
And usually it's not a discussion that's had until I
would say fantasy suites. But I can't say that I
had either of those discussions said fantasy suites.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
We have. What you might not know is producer Heather
has a background in casting. Heather, You've casted so many
incredible shows. Do they pre screen for political and religious beliefs?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
So, I've done specifically so many dating shows, and I
can say religion is definitely asked, especially if it's a
prominent thing in somebody's life. Is it a factor in
how they match people? No, not necessarily, unless somebody is
like a lead is extremely specific about like I will
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not you know, date study that's an atheist that's probably
going to eliminate atheists.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
From the list.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Politics, absolutely not. I've worked on so many shows even
after high political election years, and that is not something
that is ever asked. Like ever, you can usually deduce
sometimes from somebody's social media where they fall, but it
is not a pre screen question.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I did an interview recently with the Huffington Post, and
you know, they're trying to talk to me about the
current political landscape and if I had interest ever again
in running for politics. And we went through this hour
long interview. It never got posted, which is kind of sad.
I think it also speaks to kind of speaks to
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the climate that we're in. But we get there with
an interview and she's like, you might be the only
like moderate right down the middle person I've actually ever met,
like you actually are right down the middle. So I
do feel like politics would be hard Heather to cast
for because I think there's so much of America right
now that just really like sinners and so like you
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can't really pull much out of them.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
I agree, and I think that a lot of people
will say right that you can have loving and substantial
relationships with people that do not agree with you. Politically
not have to be with somebody who is exactly the same. Now,
when it comes to faith based that can be a
little bit more of a deciding factor, which is why
it is asked on a lot of shows, and usually
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it's asked in the pre screen in the applications that
you guys fill out to be on shows, and then
dependent on the show, you know, the context of the show,
it can be brought up more.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, yeah, interesting really. I mean, my faith is obviously
something that would be very tough for me to find
a romantic connection with anybody outside of my faith politically.
If anything, I just love the conversations that politics can
bring about, and so I love different sides. Like my
ideal world is hosting a show where everybody's like discussing
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and arguing and sharing why they believe what they believe
without really like any type of outcome. But that just
isn't ever going to be listened to because people want
of course.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Isn't that the view?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Of course.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
It could be Bill Maher, Yeah, I think the like
Bill Maher, Yeah, the view might not be sitting in
that seat any you know, as much as we used
to think they.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Were all right, are we going to go to her
second question, which is do you give a get a
copy of the whole season or do you have to
set your DVR. You have to set your DVR, your
Hulu or whatever, and you never get a copy of
your season, which is kind of a bummer because it
says on your DVR, right, and then eventually you'll change DVRs,
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like because now I don't have this. You know, it
was on Kivo back when we were on the show,
and now we don't have TiVo. Poor TiVo.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, TV probably got boughted for billions. They're fine, definitely, so.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
We don't I don't have Like, I know that Apple
has my entire season, so if I ever want to
go back and watch episodes, I know that they have
like the whole collection.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I don't get it. I didn't get a copy. I
had a link in my email that they used to
send me and I could watch it. I think it's
like a total of three times and then it kind
of like disappears, and that's I'd have to go back
and find it, just like anybody else would now as.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Lead, were you able to watch your episode before the
show aired.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Though, sometimes unless they didn't want me to okay.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
So normally cast doesn't get to watch before their episode hours.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Most of the weeks I did. There's I think two
episodes that they were like, oh, we're having editing issues.
I'm like, no, you're not. It's two days before this
thing goes live on national television. They're like, oh, we
just can't get it to you.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah. Yeah. Usually the producer will call you and give
you a brief rundown of what you should be worried
about or what you will enjoy in the upcoming episode,
and I hear that with Housewives. I get my episode
before it airs, which is nice but also nerve wracking.
It's kind of you know, cause then you're gonna want
to control it and you're looking white, but once it's
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already out there, you can't do anything about it.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I had some pretty contentious conversations after watching some of
these more dramatic episodes during my season with the producers,
where I was like, oh, no, I try to control everything,
not really my place. How much time really elapses at
hometown dates, especially the portion with the.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Family, I don't know, and that's up to you to answer.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
You're there all day, you are like eleven to eight,
maybe eleven to nine. It's a long day with the
families and kind of navigating the interviews and the different conversations,
and then maybe you'd sit down for dinner. Those were
in the They were really fun days. I for the
most part, I really enjoyed those because it felt more
real and you're in somebody's home, which is always kind
of special. So that's a long day. Eleven to eight,
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I think would be a great estimate on how each
of the much time each of them took. Jacqueline from
South Carolina asks me, I'll let you read that then,
because if I answer the question that I read, that
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feels weird.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Ben. Before you became the lead on The Bachelor, do
they make you do role playing scenarios for the producers
in network, like how you would be on a date?
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Oh? I thought I was my mind so much? Yeah, yeah,
I was like, WHOA, what a question, Jacqueline. You do
do some pr training, so I do remember doing very
little amounts, but kind of if this question is asked,
how would you answer it? But no, for the most part,
let me just like squeeze in what happens when you
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become the Bachelor? You become the Bachelor, you get announced
in some form or fashion. You show up to Los
Angeles about a week before filming starts, and they do
a bunch of b roll with you, and you get
to live your best life. You're like, I love being
the Bachelor. They pay for everything. You go out to
these fancy dinners, you're staying in a nice hotel, you
get room service, you're hanging out. It's great, it's the best.
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And then all of a sudden the show starts. You're like, goodness, gracious,
this is hard, and that's really it. I remember, I
don't think I've ever shared this. When I became the Bachelor.
I remember the day. I'm very clearly. You show up
to the mansion early because like E was there in
some other places people doing interviews. Then you go up
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to the bathroom upstairs Ashley, like the big one that
you see in the show a lot with the tub,
and you get like your hair and makeup done. You
don't get that done every day, but just like for Rose,
ceremonies typically would make the Bachelor, you know, get groomed
up a little bit. And then I got my suit
on and they brought up so much sushi, and so
this whole all the producers and everybody sat there and
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ate sushi nice and then the sun goes down at
the time and Chris walks in. He's like, hey, you ready.
I'm like yeah, and you walk downstairs and all of
a sudden, the first limo pulls up. It's not there's
no like prep, there's no planning. It's really just for
me at least, it was like, go out there, sport,
good luck.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Heather is saying kissing after sushi. I think there's probably
worse things, but yeah. That goes with a follow up question.
Chelsea from Wisconsin says, and sorry, that question was from
Jacqueline from South Carolina. This one Chelsea from Wisconsin saying,
do they provide gum mints and mouthwash on the dating shows? Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (22:54):
What was the go to on Housewives? Because during Bachelor
it's listerine strips?
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Total Oh, oh my gosh, you just threw me back.
I forgot all about that being the go to.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
The go to is listening strips.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
We since there's no kissing, really there's it's not really
a priority. We didn't have anything being passed around.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Okay. Cindy from Maine asks what is media training and
how do you do it. I get answer this very quickly.
Media training is pretty much, as you can imagine, like
you're sitting in a room, maybe there's like three or
four other people and they're grilling you with questions and
then they're like digging deeper into the answers that you
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give to try to get you frustrated. So it can
be about anything sensitive and they'll and it's actually, I
think very helpful. And you know, executives do it, actors,
actresses before maybe a media circuit, but they just pretty
much grill you with questions and then kind of critique
the answers that you give and to see what gets
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you frustrated or not, to see if you get frustrated
or not.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Oh my gosh, Ben, this is so different than what
I thought, because the only thing that I've done is
just kind of sit on a zoom call for an
hour being like if you're asked something like this, you
know obviously you don't give like the full blown answer,
like don't reveal any secrets, and that's like it. I've
never been having to practice my answer.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
I think for me, it was what's gonna fire Bin up?
Like are we going to see him come alive here
or not. It was also you know, there was a
whole mixed bag. Like I just gave example of kind
of the panel, but then also there was that in
the marketing for The Bachelor. If somebody asks you, are
you happy? How are you going to answer that? And
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then you answer and they're like that gives too much information?
Maybe answer it this way, and you're like, okay, you
try to remember everything they say. Sometimes you do, sometimes
you don't. Uh, And that's that's kind of the media training.
Ashley Gina from California as do you get tired if
people recognize you from The Bachelor? Have you ever wanted
to distance yourself from the show?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
No, I think it's quite obvious, and I love it
when people come up to us. I never ever get
tired of that. It's so much fun.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
It's so great. It's just so fun. I think for me,
there's like the the ego part that I love.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Of course, I mean, of course, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Yeah, there's the ego part that I'm like, oh yeah, cool.
I also it's really fun for me actually to know
I did something in my life that people know me from. Like,
I just think that idea is cool. It's a story
that I'm going to be talking about for a long time.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
And so no, and it's a love language for me. Yeah, attention,
But not everyone's like us. There's a lot of people
that I'll like hang with and they they're not as receptive.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Just because we're really nice, all right, Actually ask the question, Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Haley from Georgia says, what items are the fantasy Suite?
Is it like the Hideaway on Love Island? Yes, there
are condoms in there, and there's a bottle of champagne
and there's usually snacks and how do you know this.
I've been in two fantasy suites. You forget these things.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Oh I go to the fantasy Suite every night of
my life.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Now, Oh the Hideaway has handcuffs and toys. No, it's
not like that.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Goodness gracious hideaway. Yeah, there's like a bowl and it's
not like an extensive list. It's kind of your necessities
sits there by the bed and just kind of like
creeping over your shoulder as you guys hang out. I
guess that's what I remember. I mean, I've told you this.
But the fun one for me was Caitlin because we
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had that bottle of bourbon that We pretty much smashed
that night and then just like snuck out and ran
around the lake up there in Ireland. That was fun.
We had a great time. She's like, she's like a buddy.
She's a buddy.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
I just love every time you talk about this fantas
sacelt it was.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
It was something.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
It seemed like that much of a buddy.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
She's a good friend. Chelsea asks you, Ashley, Actually, this
is a question I want to know the answer to.
I don't know the answer to this question. Will you
be recapping each episode of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
I don't think I'm allowed to do that, So no, what? No?
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Can I alone without you using your name on the
title of the podcast?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I guess I think I can lightly talk about like
my thoughts on the episode, but I surely won't be
able to say exactly how it happened in my memory.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Hmmm. We'll do what we can. We'll do as much
as we can, which can't get you into trouble, but
we can push the limits. At least I can push
the limit. We got to get somebody from that team
on the on I mean, goodness, if you don't have
the almost famous podcasting talking about your show is a
show really even existing out there?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I told them that they if they want to sit
on here and tell us what we can and cannot
put out on the air, sure come come do it.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Please be nothing but supportive as always a PR team.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Our PR team was a former Bachelor PR.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Team, one of my favorite PR people that I've ever
worked with, if not my favorite.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Yeah, I know right, incredible, so sweet. She was like
my friend, Like we would hang out in LA without
you know, having to do work.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, you, She'll be friends with you until she trips
you up to say something stupid and then all of
a sudden canceled. Ashley, Hey, this has been fun. I
hope we can do this again. I like answering your questions.
What are you curious about? What are you thinking about?
I'm sure when it comes to the future stuff here,
when it comes to Taylor's season of the Bachelorette and
then Ashley coming on Real Housewives and all the cool
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things happening there, you'll have more questions. So we'll do
this again throughout the year. But until next time, I've
been Ben, I've been Ashley.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
See you guys.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Follow the Ben and Ashley.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I almost famous podcasts on iHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you
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This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio. It's the only saying this podcast. It's Ashley
and Ben back with you, and we're going to do
a listener Q and A. I'm going to start this
question for Ben, Ben, do you want your next child
to be a girl or a boy?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Such a good question.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I have the answer for you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I really kind of just want girls.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I just want your next to be a girl too.
I really have a thing about girls having sisters, and
I love girls having sisters close in age, so I
would I would love.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Oh you want to answer this for me?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yeah I did. That was not my intention, but now
it's sort of it. Yes, I have an opinion, is
what I'm saying.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I mean, there is there's such a huge side of
me that wants a boy obviously, like to rough house
and to do all those things with But after experiencing Winnie,
I really just like, I don't know, I love the
process of having a little girl in my life and
snuggling her and I don't know, getting her gifts that
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are like right now, very princess themed. I don't know,
it's been really fun for me to have a girl.
I didn't I didn't know, but and so it's hard
for me to think about having a boy. But I
would say if I get to choose, I'd be totally
fine being a complete girl dad like straight through.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
That's so sweet, Ben, I love that I see you
with all girls. Like I've said before, very Danny Tanner vibes,
I could like see you with the girls. It's like
the greatest compliment.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Right, he's so unsexy.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
No, no, he is very unsexy. He's so right, but
he radiates so much warmth and like goodness. Okay, comfort, yeah,
comfort so much so as do you? Did you watch
Barby's World too as a kid. Oh yeah, So between
Danny Tanner and then Alan the Boy, you know, the
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dad for Boby the World. I love Alan too. I
can't really pick which one. They give such different vibes,
but they're both equally wonderful.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah. I've always seen myself as more of a mister Feenie, but.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I can see you as mister feeni too, as you
just love the older crob. I'm all about love to
giving wisdom. That was from Renee Chang.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
The next question is for me as well, I guess,
so Ashley take it away.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Okay, Ben, has anyone ever told you like Adam Brody,
You're like the Christian version of the real life Seth Collin.
That's so funny. Okay. So Adam Brody always, well, not always,
but has notoriously played two Jewish characters. He is and
he plays into that role so well. I just don't
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think you really look like Adam Birdie.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I've never got I mean, I've never really gotten Adam Brody.
I used to get. Yeah, I don't get a lot
of celebrity lookites. I've gotten Jim Carrey, but he.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Would never ever think I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I don't think so either. But then I got the guy,
oh from the Brady bunch a.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Bu see, that's who you do like. You look like
Peter Brady. I've always thought you looked like Peter Brady.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
You've always thought that. I've also back in the day,
and I do see this. When I was in high school,
he was in like some of the vampire shows. He
was a huge deal back in the day, the guy.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
From Vampire Diaries, not the not the Ian Summer Holder,
but the other one who I'm sure Heather knows, which
is who was it?
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Let me look No, this isn't him. Not Paul Wesley.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
No, not Paul Wesley. Okay, no, this.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Dude is like I'm saying, I'm thinking Prince, but that's
oh Freddie Prince junior.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh okay, okay, I could see Freddy. I could see
Freddy Prince Junior. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
I used to get that a lot when high school.
And actually, if you look at my high school pictures,
you're like, yeah, it's kind of similar, and he was
kind of big back then, and it makes sense.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But also not a vampire Scooby Doo related.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Oh yeah, I was wrong on all fronts there.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Oh, I got so funny.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Taysha from Alabama asks, has have either of you been
mistaken for another celebrity? While out?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
So related question? But I've never been mistaken for a celebrity.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
No.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
You know what Jared does that makes me feel so awkward,
And I know why he doesn't. I know why he doesn't.
It's very humble and sweet. But he'll be in the
middle of a country and somebody will say like, hey,
do we go to school together? How do I know
you? You look so familiar, And then Jared'll be like, I
went to Warwick vets In Warwick, Rhode Island, and he's like,
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you ever been lived in Rhode Island? Like he legitimately
will go through his entire like high school career, like
you know, his entire I don't know what you would
call like the list of places that he's lived before
saying like maybe you've watched The Bachelor. And I'm standing
there just like Currente when this person's trying to figure
out like how in the world he knows he or
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she knows Jared. So that is funny and sweet and humble,
but at the same time cringeler on my behalf.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
How do you respond to that? If somebody comes up to.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
You, I usually go do you happen to watch The Bachelor?
So then there's a one time and you know, this
is a real haha to me, is that somebody came
up to us and they did Jared did the whole spiel,
and I was like, Jared, do you watch do you
watch the Bachelor? And then the person goes, no, that's
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so good, and I'm like, okay, okay, never.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Mind that you just have that famous face Jared, But yeah,
I respond the same way Jared does. I've never known
how to because it happens a lot where people are like,
what do I know you from? And I'm like, I
have no idea what you know me from? Because I
really don't. I have no idea what you know me from?
Do you like coffee? Do you listen to Almost Famous podcast?
(06:03):
We'll get there somehow, but it takes a while. Dana
from Texas asks, when your kids are old enough we
let them watch any of the shows you've been on.
Why or why not?
Speaker 1 (06:15):
How do I do I watch? When the kids are
old enough, Yeah, they're going to see clibs. It'll be fun.
I don't understand why this is always such a controversial
question because it's like, yeah, of course, I don't think
it's like that's spicy. We're not on Love Island. Yeah,
I know your kids, Ben aren't going to see you
making out with other women, and like we're not going
to show our kids the same. But like our first
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day sure.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Okay, So you're saying with you and Jared together.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah that was you?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That going for you?
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah? I was gonna say, like with boys, there's probably
less of an interest in like watching the entire seat,
like maybe there would be maybe there would be I guess, yeah,
it would be weird if Winnie was like Dad, I'd
like to watch your entire season, but perhaps she could
watch Caitlin season and that would be fun.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, parts of parts of it. I don't know. I
don't think so. I mean, I think Winter Games would
be a safe bet for me not here, but I
don't know if anything else. Did you know Bachelor Happy
Hours watching rewatching Winter Games right now?
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Really, no I didn't.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That's hilarious.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Yeah. I got to go back in and listen to
some of their episodes to see what they're saying. I
mean that, goodness, gracious, I can't wait till they get
to the scene where I'm just bawling, just absolutely just
man tears. It's just so conflicted in life, Ashley. I'll
do this when you can do the rest. Maria loves
Icon dream Center asks what do you like about your podcast?
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Well? I like that I get to hang out and
talk to Ben every week. It's very very simple. It's
just when I go through my best friends, I was
just like, well, then there's Ben, because I mean, I
can't even imagine not having this platform to be able
to talk to you multiple times a week because we're
just chatting and now are a great time every time.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I would one hundred percent agree. I think Jess asked
me the I kind of did a year in review
and she goes, Okay, what's going on in your life?
And I was like, Okay, I love this podcast because
I do think our dynamic is it was either brilliant
when it was started or it was just the luck
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of the draw. But because we come in from two
separate perspective but yet share very common values and worldviews,
I think it brings an element of you're going to
get every angle, but neither of us desire to have
this podcast as a place that hurts people, but we do,
you know, want to be honest with you know how
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we feel when we watch some of this stuff. I
love that element to get to talk to you and
kind of the dynamic. I love getting to talk to you.
I also think what I love about podcasting is it
gives us a medium to ask very intentional questions very
quickly to guests that like I don't get to ask
in my regular life to people. I can't just sit
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somebody down who have never met and be like, Okay,
so you just had a breakup, where's your heart at today?
That's not something I get into very often.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
So true. I do love that we were able to
ask really jersey questions with not much small talk beforehand.
Speaker 2 (09:30):
No, no, this is just like a rapid fire. You
get forty five minutes. Let's try to make you cry.
I like that part.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
That's so true, And.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
You know what, I think for both of us, it's
kept us involved in the franchise during a season where
the franchise hasn't necessarily been reaching out. Yeah, but it
keeps us involved enough that I feel like, hey, you know,
I'm I'm at least still intrigued by what is happening
on this show that I was a part of for
so long. So that's fun. Without the podcast, I don't
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know how it feel or how much involvement I would
actually have with the franchise.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
That's true, and I like keeping those relationships close to
just because it means so much to me in my life.
All right, Ben, have you ever had a rude celebrity encounter?
Speaker 2 (10:30):
This is from Katie from Washington. Oh, I know you
have Ellen DeGeneres.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Oh, Ellen, I thought you're gonna secular rippa.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
Oh yeah, that one wasn't like exactly like heartwarming they're
kind of back to back too. I think I did
them like in the same week during press. I mean,
I know, you know, you don't want to like continue
to beat it up. I know, Ellen, you know got
some bad rap. And there's a little bit of and
I'm not just trying to be an apologist here, there's
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a little there's an element inside of me that's like, Okay,
one of the nicest people I've ever met is Steve Harvey. However,
on set, Steve Harvey doesn't talk to you. And there's
a reason for that, right, He's very busy. He's got
a thousand things going on. He's going back then from
his talk show to family feud, to doing like some
appearance somewhere and doing his own interviews. So there's boundaries
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that these people set up in their lives to say, hey,
I'm not going to be talking outside of the show
that I'm filming, and then once the show's done, I'm
going back to my dressing room. I'm not going to
talk to again. That's fair. The two other encounters that
I had that you just brought up and that I
spoke of, they felt more like, Hey, I am not
welcomed in this space. And they're only doing this because
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some booker said they had to. And that isn't a
great feeling, especially when you're not necessarily this celebrity and
you're just trying. You're in awe of the things that
you're doing, and then you walk and you're like, I'm
not welcomed here. That doesn't feel great. Okay, So but
still all that being said, those two stand out. I mean,
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I'm sure, I'm sure at some of the other events,
like maybe people like kind of like not paid much attention.
But most of the time, I'm like, people have been
very kind, and I've had some great conversations with people
that I've looked up to my whole life. And I
remember seeing I have pictures of my phone from Samuel L.
Jackson and I standing together, and I remember having a
great conversation with him, and even Jimmy Kimmel and I.
(12:25):
He pulled me up to his dressing room when we
talked for twenty minutes even before the show started, just
about life. Like those are cool moments.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Those are cool moments. I can't say that I have
ever had a really bad one either. I think actually
it's funny that you say Samuel Jackson because I think
he did say something sassy to me, But this was
before Bachelor. My sister, my friend and I used to
like stalk out like the Correspondence dinner in DC and
we would get pictures of the whole bunch of celebrities
when they're coming out of the dining room and he
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I remember him saying, like I was asking him for
a picture or something and he was like, no, something
that I don't know. So I don't even want to
really call him out for it. Michael Strahan was particularly
kind just in the regard I've had so many celebrities.
I mean not to I'm not like, but in the
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capacity that you were just discussing, like backstage at a
talk show. He also like gave me time backstage just
to chat and like face I'm a friend, which was
really special.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Yeah, it's always fun. So yeah, I would say for
the majority of my experiences, they've been nothing but positive.
There's just a few that stood out to me. And
you also have to understand, Katie from Washington, that I
am a very sensitive human and so I feel deeply
and so when I don't feel like I belong, I
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might be overdramatizing some of this. I don't have any
like stuff that pops off my head that's like, yes,
this one.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I only met Ellen on stage, and I'm really glad
I only met her on stage because it was great.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Yeah, it's super nice. Yeah, it's like whoa what happened?
Okay at Melanie Campus asks three questions. The first one
is this, do they pre screen to make sure contestants
have the same religious and political beliefs?
Speaker 1 (14:18):
No? Absolutely not. I mean as far as I'm aware,
And usually it's not a discussion that's had until I
would say fantasy suites. But I can't say that I
had either of those discussions said fantasy suites.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
We have. What you might not know is producer Heather
has a background in casting. Heather, You've casted so many
incredible shows. Do they pre screen for political and religious beliefs?
Speaker 3 (14:43):
So, I've done specifically so many dating shows, and I
can say religion is definitely asked, especially if it's a
prominent thing in somebody's life. Is it a factor in
how they match people? No, not necessarily, unless somebody is
like a lead is extremely specific about like I will
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not you know, date study that's an atheist that's probably
going to eliminate atheists.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
From the list.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Politics, absolutely not. I've worked on so many shows even
after high political election years, and that is not something
that is ever asked. Like ever, you can usually deduce
sometimes from somebody's social media where they fall, but it
is not a pre screen question.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I did an interview recently with the Huffington Post, and
you know, they're trying to talk to me about the
current political landscape and if I had interest ever again
in running for politics. And we went through this hour
long interview. It never got posted, which is kind of sad.
I think it also speaks to kind of speaks to
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the climate that we're in. But we get there with
an interview and she's like, you might be the only
like moderate right down the middle person I've actually ever met,
like you actually are right down the middle. So I
do feel like politics would be hard Heather to cast
for because I think there's so much of America right
now that just really like sinners and so like you
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can't really pull much out of them.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
I agree, and I think that a lot of people
will say right that you can have loving and substantial
relationships with people that do not agree with you. Politically
not have to be with somebody who is exactly the same. Now,
when it comes to faith based that can be a
little bit more of a deciding factor, which is why
it is asked on a lot of shows, and usually
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it's asked in the pre screen in the applications that
you guys fill out to be on shows, and then
dependent on the show, you know, the context of the show,
it can be brought up more.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, yeah, interesting really. I mean, my faith is obviously
something that would be very tough for me to find
a romantic connection with anybody outside of my faith politically.
If anything, I just love the conversations that politics can
bring about, and so I love different sides. Like my
ideal world is hosting a show where everybody's like discussing
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and arguing and sharing why they believe what they believe
without really like any type of outcome. But that just
isn't ever going to be listened to because people want
of course.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Isn't that the view?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Of course.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
It could be Bill Maher, Yeah, I think the like
Bill Maher, Yeah, the view might not be sitting in
that seat any you know, as much as we used
to think they.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Were all right, are we going to go to her
second question, which is do you give a get a
copy of the whole season or do you have to
set your DVR. You have to set your DVR, your
Hulu or whatever, and you never get a copy of
your season, which is kind of a bummer because it
says on your DVR, right, and then eventually you'll change DVRs,
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like because now I don't have this. You know, it
was on Kivo back when we were on the show,
and now we don't have TiVo. Poor TiVo.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, TV probably got boughted for billions. They're fine, definitely, so.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
We don't I don't have Like, I know that Apple
has my entire season, so if I ever want to
go back and watch episodes, I know that they have
like the whole collection.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
I don't get it. I didn't get a copy. I
had a link in my email that they used to
send me and I could watch it. I think it's
like a total of three times and then it kind
of like disappears, and that's I'd have to go back
and find it, just like anybody else would now as.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Lead, were you able to watch your episode before the
show aired.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Though, sometimes unless they didn't want me to okay.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
So normally cast doesn't get to watch before their episode hours.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Most of the weeks I did. There's I think two
episodes that they were like, oh, we're having editing issues.
I'm like, no, you're not. It's two days before this
thing goes live on national television. They're like, oh, we
just can't get it to you.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah. Yeah. Usually the producer will call you and give
you a brief rundown of what you should be worried
about or what you will enjoy in the upcoming episode,
and I hear that with Housewives. I get my episode
before it airs, which is nice but also nerve wracking.
It's kind of you know, cause then you're gonna want
to control it and you're looking white, but once it's
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already out there, you can't do anything about it.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
I had some pretty contentious conversations after watching some of
these more dramatic episodes during my season with the producers,
where I was like, oh, no, I try to control everything,
not really my place. How much time really elapses at
hometown dates, especially the portion with the.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Family, I don't know, and that's up to you to answer.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
You're there all day, you are like eleven to eight,
maybe eleven to nine. It's a long day with the
families and kind of navigating the interviews and the different conversations,
and then maybe you'd sit down for dinner. Those were
in the They were really fun days. I for the
most part, I really enjoyed those because it felt more
real and you're in somebody's home, which is always kind
of special. So that's a long day. Eleven to eight,
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I think would be a great estimate on how each
of the much time each of them took. Jacqueline from
South Carolina asks me, I'll let you read that then,
because if I answer the question that I read, that
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feels weird.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Ben. Before you became the lead on The Bachelor, do
they make you do role playing scenarios for the producers
in network, like how you would be on a date?
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Oh? I thought I was my mind so much? Yeah, yeah,
I was like, WHOA, what a question, Jacqueline. You do
do some pr training, so I do remember doing very
little amounts, but kind of if this question is asked,
how would you answer it? But no, for the most part,
let me just like squeeze in what happens when you
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become the Bachelor? You become the Bachelor, you get announced
in some form or fashion. You show up to Los
Angeles about a week before filming starts, and they do
a bunch of b roll with you, and you get
to live your best life. You're like, I love being
the Bachelor. They pay for everything. You go out to
these fancy dinners, you're staying in a nice hotel, you
get room service, you're hanging out. It's great, it's the best.
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And then all of a sudden the show starts. You're like, goodness, gracious,
this is hard, and that's really it. I remember, I
don't think I've ever shared this. When I became the Bachelor.
I remember the day. I'm very clearly. You show up
to the mansion early because like E was there in
some other places people doing interviews. Then you go up
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to the bathroom upstairs Ashley, like the big one that
you see in the show a lot with the tub,
and you get like your hair and makeup done. You
don't get that done every day, but just like for Rose,
ceremonies typically would make the Bachelor, you know, get groomed
up a little bit. And then I got my suit
on and they brought up so much sushi, and so
this whole all the producers and everybody sat there and
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ate sushi nice and then the sun goes down at
the time and Chris walks in. He's like, hey, you ready.
I'm like yeah, and you walk downstairs and all of
a sudden, the first limo pulls up. It's not there's
no like prep, there's no planning. It's really just for
me at least, it was like, go out there, sport,
good luck.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Heather is saying kissing after sushi. I think there's probably
worse things, but yeah. That goes with a follow up question.
Chelsea from Wisconsin says, and sorry, that question was from
Jacqueline from South Carolina. This one Chelsea from Wisconsin saying,
do they provide gum mints and mouthwash on the dating shows? Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (22:54):
What was the go to on Housewives? Because during Bachelor
it's listerine strips?
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Total Oh, oh my gosh, you just threw me back.
I forgot all about that being the go to.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
The go to is listening strips.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
We since there's no kissing, really there's it's not really
a priority. We didn't have anything being passed around.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
Okay. Cindy from Maine asks what is media training and
how do you do it. I get answer this very quickly.
Media training is pretty much, as you can imagine, like
you're sitting in a room, maybe there's like three or
four other people and they're grilling you with questions and
then they're like digging deeper into the answers that you
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give to try to get you frustrated. So it can
be about anything sensitive and they'll and it's actually, I
think very helpful. And you know, executives do it, actors,
actresses before maybe a media circuit, but they just pretty
much grill you with questions and then kind of critique
the answers that you give and to see what gets
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you frustrated or not, to see if you get frustrated
or not.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
Oh my gosh, Ben, this is so different than what
I thought, because the only thing that I've done is
just kind of sit on a zoom call for an
hour being like if you're asked something like this, you
know obviously you don't give like the full blown answer,
like don't reveal any secrets, and that's like it. I've
never been having to practice my answer.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
I think for me, it was what's gonna fire Bin up?
Like are we going to see him come alive here
or not. It was also you know, there was a
whole mixed bag. Like I just gave example of kind
of the panel, but then also there was that in
the marketing for The Bachelor. If somebody asks you, are
you happy? How are you going to answer that? And
(24:44):
then you answer and they're like that gives too much information?
Maybe answer it this way, and you're like, okay, you
try to remember everything they say. Sometimes you do, sometimes
you don't. Uh, And that's that's kind of the media training.
Ashley Gina from California as do you get tired if
people recognize you from The Bachelor? Have you ever wanted
to distance yourself from the show?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
No, I think it's quite obvious, and I love it
when people come up to us. I never ever get
tired of that. It's so much fun.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
It's so great. It's just so fun. I think for me,
there's like the the ego part that I love.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Of course, I mean, of course, yeah.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Yeah, there's the ego part that I'm like, oh yeah, cool.
I also it's really fun for me actually to know
I did something in my life that people know me from. Like,
I just think that idea is cool. It's a story
that I'm going to be talking about for a long time.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
And so no, and it's a love language for me. Yeah, attention,
But not everyone's like us. There's a lot of people
that I'll like hang with and they they're not as receptive.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Just because we're really nice, all right, Actually ask the question, Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Haley from Georgia says, what items are the fantasy Suite?
Is it like the Hideaway on Love Island? Yes, there
are condoms in there, and there's a bottle of champagne
and there's usually snacks and how do you know this.
I've been in two fantasy suites. You forget these things.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
Oh I go to the fantasy Suite every night of
my life.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Now, Oh the Hideaway has handcuffs and toys. No, it's
not like that.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Goodness gracious hideaway. Yeah, there's like a bowl and it's
not like an extensive list. It's kind of your necessities
sits there by the bed and just kind of like
creeping over your shoulder as you guys hang out. I
guess that's what I remember. I mean, I've told you this.
But the fun one for me was Caitlin because we
(26:50):
had that bottle of bourbon that We pretty much smashed
that night and then just like snuck out and ran
around the lake up there in Ireland. That was fun.
We had a great time. She's like, she's like a buddy.
She's a buddy.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
I just love every time you talk about this fantas
sacelt it was.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
It was something.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
It seemed like that much of a buddy.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
She's a good friend. Chelsea asks you, Ashley, Actually, this
is a question I want to know the answer to.
I don't know the answer to this question. Will you
be recapping each episode of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
I don't think I'm allowed to do that, So no, what? No?
Speaker 2 (27:32):
Can I alone without you using your name on the
title of the podcast?
Speaker 1 (27:36):
I guess I think I can lightly talk about like
my thoughts on the episode, but I surely won't be
able to say exactly how it happened in my memory.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Hmmm. We'll do what we can. We'll do as much
as we can, which can't get you into trouble, but
we can push the limits. At least I can push
the limit. We got to get somebody from that team
on the on I mean, goodness, if you don't have
the almost famous podcasting talking about your show is a
show really even existing out there?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
I told them that they if they want to sit
on here and tell us what we can and cannot
put out on the air, sure come come do it.
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Please be nothing but supportive as always a PR team.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
Our PR team was a former Bachelor PR.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Team, one of my favorite PR people that I've ever
worked with, if not my favorite.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
Yeah, I know right, incredible, so sweet. She was like
my friend, Like we would hang out in LA without
you know, having to do work.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Yeah, you, She'll be friends with you until she trips
you up to say something stupid and then all of
a sudden canceled. Ashley, Hey, this has been fun. I
hope we can do this again. I like answering your questions.
What are you curious about? What are you thinking about?
I'm sure when it comes to the future stuff here,
when it comes to Taylor's season of the Bachelorette and
then Ashley coming on Real Housewives and all the cool
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things happening there, you'll have more questions. So we'll do
this again throughout the year. But until next time, I've
been Ben, I've been Ashley.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
See you guys.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
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Speaker 1 (29:11):
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