October 8, 2020 • 42 mins
Chris Harrison says this is “100% Clare’s Season”, what does that mean for Tayshia??
We continue our preview of Clare’s season of The Bachelorette with the people that know her best! Ben and Ashley talk to VERY new mom Tenley Molzhan about motherhood and what she predicts for Clare’s season.
Eric Bigger got INTO IT with Clare at Winter Games! We hear the story of what happened off camera!
Luke Pell opens up about his time with Clare and we run down the list of guys vying for Clare’s heart.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with our radio. Hello guys, welcome to the second Almost
Famous podcast this week celebrating Claire Crawley's upcoming season, which
debuts on Tuesday. We're happy to be with you. Uh
double the dose this week? Hello Ben, what's going on?
(00:22):
Ash Hey? This is a huge week. On this episode,
we have Tinley, Eric Bigger, and Luke Pell all talking
about Clear Season. Obviously, all of us are getting very
very excited. As if you listen to the episode earlier
this week. Uh, you knew we were confused because we've
always thought there was two bachelorettes, but because right now
(00:44):
we only know of one of them confirmed, this will
be celebrating Clear Season until we know differently. Quick reminder,
our episodes will be airing on Tuesday nights. Uh from
here on out because the show is airing on Tuesday
nights and uh and we don't want to spoil anything
for you. Ashley big stance, Uh, just a little bit
(01:05):
over a week ago. Um from The Bachelor leading up
to Claire season. Obviously, bullying, which was what we talked
about on the last episode with our Facebook group. Uh.
Any type of hate filled comments Uh, well, the Bachelor
will now start blocking hateful and racist trolls from social media.
(01:25):
This according to Vulture, Yeah, this is interesting, of course.
I we don't want anyone saying the horrible, ruthless things
that a lot of contestants of The Bachelor do get
on social media. I wonder where they're going to draw
the line, though, I guess that's just my only question,
Like does criticism get deleted or is just pure hatred
(01:49):
get deleted? Because yeah, just like where if somebody is
criticizing but not in a super malicious way, is that
considered something to be deleted? It's it's gonna be interesting. Uh,
kudos to the Bachelor. I mean, obviously has been a
year of learning and growth and reflection and all of
those things, and a lot of also really hard things
(02:10):
for many people. Uh, but uh, the learning piece of
this has been something that I I do see the
Bachelor trying. And that's you know, if you go back
a few months ago when we started to broach this
subject of what does the Bachelor need to do? What
does this franchise need to do? Um, they're trying, and
I think, uh, I think that's something to be celebrated. Um,
(02:33):
and something to be admired, but they will start blocking
hate filled and racist comments that according to Vulture once again,
well hey Ashley, uh, we don't have any time to
pause in this episode because it's action packed. There's a
ton to go through and uh and Timley is on
the line now, Tinley Leopold, are you officially now going
(02:54):
by your married name? Looks like you dropped moles on everywhere.
I am um legally, I am Leopold animals on. So
it's a little confusing because I haven't gated to the
d m D. The dm D. It's a little bit
of the hard hard part. But social security on Instagram.
I'm trying to be ty Leopold, but Instagram still only
(03:15):
let it change. Oh well, you guys know Tonally fourteen
season of The Bachelor, on my season of Bachelor in
Paradise to um, you are a total friend to this show.
You're a regular. We appreciate you. And you just had
a baby girl on what was it? What was her birthday?
(03:36):
September and her name is Rell. Well, James, how is
motherhood treating you? What the past couple of weeks been like?
So yesterday she officially turned two weeks old, which is
just crazy that two weeks is blown by UM. We
are adjusting very well. The only she's been a perfect
(03:59):
little baby. She does really good at night, We get
good stretches of sleep and gen and Um is usually
alert during the days except for these little stretches of
nap time. So, UM, I had a really hard pregnancy,
and I feel like God is just kind of redeemed
that with how precious and good she is right now.
I know things can change, but we're doing We're doing
(04:21):
pretty good. Two weeks in. UM, I'm the only one
with issues I actually have. They kept us in the
hospital one extra day because UM, I have some strange
medical stuff going on that they don't even know. I
feel great, but we're gonna get down to those issues,
UM hopefully to speak. So I'm the only one with
problems as a girl who's terrified of delivery and plans
(04:46):
to hopefully have to deliver one day. How did that
go well? My birth story I will share another time
because it's a little bit long. I mean it's thirty
something hours. UM and I went natural for twenty like
twenty nine hours because that was my birth plan was
no medication, not so not nothing and to power through,
(05:09):
and oh my goodness, it was oh steep girl. Um,
she it took. It took a long time. Um, it's
it's a little too much to explain. But after twenty
nine hours it was like we needed to make room
for something else. So we went ahead and UM, I
got the epidural, which I was so I'm so grateful
(05:32):
um and also proud of myself for the antailor for
the twenty nine hours that we went through. He was
a rock. Um. There was a lot of prayer. I
played worship music. His mom is a retired duellet. So
we were over and purject with nobody freaks out with
the temperature turned down. Um, and we just labored for
(05:53):
twenty nine hours and ended up in the hospital thinking
she was coming in like an hour, and then maybe
eight more hours later or more than that, she finally
came into the world. So we thought she's gonna be
born September nineteenth for sure, especially since I went into
labor on the eight. So it just doesn't work like
you you imagine it for your first especially is that
(06:15):
I've hear heard so but she's here. Where are we
going to get this birth story? Um? Well, I will
try to tipe it up or share it somehow eventually
while it's still fresh. Um. But Tayler remembers more of
it than I do, just because I was in a zone, um,
which is really incredible that we're capable of doing so.
(06:37):
So Ashley, You're going to be a champ no matter what.
And the epidural, Um, I was so so afraid of
that needle. Go ahead and do what I'm I'm not
afraid of the needle. I'm a daughter of an antithesiologists
and I've been banking on the epidural since i was born.
There you go, Well, that's perfect because I will say
(07:00):
did it did make a difference once? It wasn't? But
and I'd be happy to share the full birth story,
but I think it would be along women might be
too much for men. Tears actually know Ben Hattan, Ben
knows his anatomy. Yeah, this podcast. I learned a lot
about this podcast, um, or just about everything from this podcast.
(07:24):
I would like to pause here and say, Tilly, you
aren't our only guest right now. Rel is in your
arms as we watch you via zoom. She is sleeping
comfortably right now. And uh, she is beautiful, like absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations. Uh,
what a cool deal. And uh and when you do
type this story up, please make sure to at least
(07:46):
send us a message so we can share it through
our channels, because I know that's something that most people
will be interested in falling up on. Alright, perfect, I'd
be happy to Um. It was. It was quite a story. Um,
so I'm proud of it. She came in the world,
she's healthy, she's good, right right, Well, Tinley, we have
(08:09):
to talk about Claire season coming up. Uh. Yeah, So
Claire has is the Bachelorette, and I was we keep
saying it, but I think it's important. As of right now,
she's the only bachelorette that we have been confirmed on.
So as you look forward to Claire season, what are
your thoughts. Well, I have been so excited for Claire
(08:32):
since the day that they announced her. In fact, I
think I had told Ashley or I told you guys
this before or something, but it was like a month
before she was announced that I just had this feeling.
I had said it to Taylor, um, and he's had
the privilege of meeting her once and I was just like,
I have this feeling of Claire. There was nothing about it,
and uh she was announced, I was just like, yes,
(08:53):
this was this is so meant to be. So Um,
I'm kind of bummed and excited for the merger, but
very very excited to watch Claire just in her own
element as the bachelorette for as long as we get
to see her as the bachelorette for Mercy true and um,
they think they are, but I just think that she's
(09:14):
going to be so solid and Claire is that kind
of She's just a woman who knows what she wants
and I think we're going to see that. And I
think that if again, if the rumors are true, that
is so claire like it to be able to go
ahead and and go for her heart's desire and that's
what it's about. Um. So I can't wait to see
(09:34):
it all unfold and hopefully there's a really true love story,
maybe two love stories that we get to watch coming up.
And um, just hoping and cheering for her and just
really excited to see her in action Tenley. If Claire
does leave after a couple of weeks, as as rumors
are saying, because she did find love so quickly and
(09:57):
couldn't perhaps fake it with anyone else. How do you
feel about that decision? I think it's honestly, it's never
been done before because well, there's a lot at stake.
But I think it's pretty realistic. So I'm really I'm
really excited to see her and just follow her heart. UM.
(10:17):
I'm not upset about it. I think that, UM. I
think it will be really interesting to see how it
plays out for sure. UM. But like I said, I
think it's very clear to stick to her guns and
go ahead and be like, I can't fake this. I
won't fake it. I'm out. And I've also had like
a theory that maybe this was all something that was
(10:39):
to happen, um, or like that they kind of knew
was gonna happen. She said, Hey, you feel that way. Yeah,
I feel like I wouldn't put it past them to
be like, well, clear, we've been in a bachelorette. If
you've fallen in love with somebody, we're gonna go ahead
and make it work. We're gonna make a story out
of it and then have whoever is next coming um,
(11:02):
perhaps Tasia um, and then her love story takes somewhere.
So I'm just really excited to see how it unfolds.
But like I keep saying, it's just I feel like
it's very clear just to follow her heart and to
not fake anything and not do anything for the cameras
or for Instagram or anything. Just be Claire. So that's
(11:22):
what I'm thinking. It's gonna happen, or it could have happened.
I have the same theory though, and I'm not I'm
not mad about it, Like I want to see if
they tell us, hey, Cleare's your bachelor at and we
get out there and we support her and then she
falls in love in between there somehow, some way. I
think it's great if they allow us to see it
or allow us to get a glimpse of it. What
(11:43):
I'm confused by is within the last few days, we
started an episode earlier, uh this week by talking about
how Chris Harrison says it's clear season and now we're
hearing rumors at it. You know, we don't hear Tassia rumors,
and so I think I'm just confused. But either way,
we're gonna get to see hopefully I'll love story play out,
(12:04):
and that's something that's something cool. Yeah, but what does
he mean by like they're showing us you blew up
the Bachelorette. Yeah, so I'm excited. Oh yeah when he
says that in the teaser. Yeah, but again, I can
always come back to the jumping the fence, like, when's
that gonna happen? What's happening? Technics? Well, the fence job
(12:26):
lived up to the hype, in my opinion, is true.
That is true? Right well, Tinley? Uh, again, congratulations. We
look forward to many nights of you and rel uh
and Ev Taylor watching The Bachelorette, celebrating Claire. Keep us updated. Uh,
(12:46):
just an awesome story and uh and I'm I don't know,
I speak on everyone's behalf and say, we're all celebrating you. Yeah.
And Tinley, I'm just gonna throw the idea out there
if you and Taylor to come on this podcast and
do it in depth of your relationship and your birth story,
we would love that. I would absolutely love to do
(13:06):
an in depth It might be a little bit of
pulling teeth for my introverts slightly introverted husband, Um, but
I think that he would be really excited for me
to get to share or maybe he'll spit by me
for a little bit of it, but would be Yeah,
that'd be a really good way to just get the
chat and catch up. But hey, you're the best. Thanks
for coming on. Thanks guys, good to see you both.
(13:29):
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(15:32):
Our next guest is another Uh, one time and the
only time so far winner game a lum Uh. He
spent time with Ashley and I in Vermont just a
few short years ago when our lives looked a lot different. Uh.
He was able to spend time with Claire on that
season Get to know her as a person, but I
(15:53):
also know he has some stuff of his own going on.
Eric Bigger, Welcome back to the Almost Sumeest podcast. May In.
It feels good. How you guys doing. We're good? How
are you most phenomenal? You know? Amazing. So we're having
a whole bunch of people on this week to celebrate
(16:13):
Claire because her season premieres next week. Um, you were
not in the Bachelor Winter Games house long, but based
on a couple of days you did get to hang
out with Claire. What was your impression? Um, Claire and
I actually got into it. People don't know, you know.
(16:36):
As I was saying those words, I was like, I
think that there was something sort of monumental there. Yeah.
I actually like Claire. I think she's she's authentic. M
she's real. Um, she's about her business. Um, she says
what she feels and thinks. And she's a Pisces. If
I'm not mistaken. I think her birthday is March. So
(16:57):
I'm a Pisce. So actually you're so, I kind of
know how we are. We're emotionally sincely, why do I
feel like she's she might be an aries, She's gonna cuss.
She she's like the first day, she's last day, piscey. Yeah,
she's on. But um, I mean she's solid, you know.
(17:17):
I think she's she's a woman. That's what you called
a woman right there. Um, she ain't for no bs,
she ain't playing no games, and she here to claim
her territory and what she needs. So um, Claire is
just a genuine, good, real soul. That's how I would
like to, you know, describe her. But yeah, you got
(17:38):
into an argument. So what was that? Yeah, I was
telling her. I think I was telling her. I said,
why is your guard up so much? You got your guarden?
What is that about? And I think it got to
a point where she told me about like the past
season she was on if I'm not mistaken, And we
talked about her dad. For a moment, we had like
a D D D deep deep combo was like off
(18:01):
like camera. Um, maybe they caught some of it, but
it was like a deep and then we kind of
had like claimed it up. It was cool. We just
I don't know, we had a moment, but I remember
that day in Vermont by the fireplace, and she wasn't
she was letting me I had it I don't know
the initial conversation reaction, but I know it was something
(18:21):
about her having her guard up and maybe I have
my guard up. I know it's something around those I mean,
this is what three years ago, so it's been a while.
But but she's UM, yeah, that that was the conversation.
And then I think we all expect those honest, authentic
moments to come from Claire as her season approaches. I
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don't think any of us are not thinking that if
if somebody says something that maybe she disagrees with or
comes out that she will not stand up and put
her foot down. I think, and you know, we've said
it many times, but I always have the theory that
you know, the it doesn't it doesn't matter if the
Bachelor or batch her is likable, like they can always
be likable on TV. I think the mark of a
(19:03):
really good Bachelor Bachelor is how they react to really
difficult situations. And that's why I've always thought Clear is
gonna be terrific at this um and I'm excited to
watch it. And I mean she has experienced, She's been
through every damn near phase of the franchise, from the
first show to uh Bachelor Paradise. Uh did she go
(19:25):
to bachel Paradise? And then she did a bunch of
games she had what's this guy? Ben? Why is it
balks walking? Yeah? Everybody yet the engagement Like so she
literally has been through damn here every emotion now and
it's time for her to get that crown and you know,
find her king and live happy after. So I think
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it's timing. You know, timing is everything, and it's her
time and I'm here and we all are here to
celebrate her and her love. So I can't wait. You know.
The anticipation must be like intense based on everything else
that's going on in the world. And m the plot twists,
I call it the plot twist. Uh yeah, so it
should be fun the plot twist of her season or
(20:07):
the world. Oh yeah, oh right, I just but you
know this should be It's going to get some eyes
for sure. I know I'm watching. So hey, I told
twelve right, okay, a day off. Yeah, it's gonna be
on Tuesday this year or this season, I guess, at
(20:28):
least for the time speaking. Uh, Eric, before we let
you go here, what have you been up to? Uh?
What what do you have going on that our listeners
can catch up with. Uh. Well, I just recently published
a book, a workbook, UM called Transformation. Change your mindset,
change your energy, change your life. Chris ran Dolin myself
(20:48):
published the book together. We wrote it together over the
pandemic and it's on Amazon and get it at Amazon.
And the intentions is to help people get out of
their own way and get a great understanding of who
they are. So you have tools and you have exercises
to do to become your best self and transform. It's
miracle season and I've just been working on work. Um.
(21:11):
I got another book coming out, a quote book, uh,
probably the end of this year. So I'm just creating
products and doing the best I can with what I
am saying. The attitude is gratitude. Well, I want to
know about your attitude. Based on one of Chris Harrison's
two quotes this week, he said that it's Claire season, Um,
(21:35):
how do you feel about that? If Tasia does end
up taking over at some point in the in the season.
I don't really had no feelings towards that. Mean maybe
it is. I mean I don't. I can't. I can't
say it's not because I wasn't there to know the
famine process of what's going on. Of course that was
the initial thing that it was Claire season. We're going
(21:56):
to represent her um and I'm pretty sure at Age
will get some support as well. So I don't really
even the comment is so like general and vague, like
the hundred percent her siege, I don't even know what
that entails? What does that really mean? I would ask
Chris Herson, what are you really saying? Elaborate on that,
like what contexts are you saying that? Because you can
(22:16):
look at it so many different ways, But I always
believe that we it's easy to look at something one
way and have opinion, all being entitled to feelings, but
we don't really know what he's thinking when he said that.
So I have a follow up question, like, Chris, what
does that actually means? Is a hundred percent Hersey and
what aspect are you saying? Because you can anyone can
(22:37):
interpret it any type of way. But I don't think
he's like not thinking about Tajia. That's not that that's
not who he is, so, but it are so we're
more just curious, that's uh that that quote is interesting
because we've always thought tastious coming on Uh, and I
still think that we just don't know how, when, where
and what capacity. And we're pumped for this season because, honestly, Eric,
(23:02):
when they said, hey, it's gonna be in one location
and they announced like, I don't know the a million
guys that we're going to go on to her season
at one point, where like we don't know what this
is gonna look like or how this is gonna be good.
And now we're convinced and everybody's super pumped about clear
season of The Bachelor at potentially Tastia's who knows at
(23:23):
this point. Um, Eric, you're the man. Thanks for coming on.
Good luck with these books. Uh, keep writing, keep sharing,
keep spreading positivity. Thanks for coming on the Almost Same
As podcast once again. We'll be talking to you very soon.
Thanks for having me. You guys be phenomenal. Continue all
this success because it's Almost famous podcast. You Can Change
(23:44):
your mindset, change your energy, Change your life is on
Amazon now, Yeah, go get it. Transformation, peace and love.
Thank you guys. See buddy all right. From one Winter
Games star to another, we have Luke Pell on the line.
(24:07):
Hey Luke, thank you guys. How are you today? We're good.
It hasn't been long since we had you on the podcast.
You were here recapping JoJo's season episode of the Goat season. Um,
but we want you here again, of course because you
are a friend of ours, a friend of a pot
of our podcast. And um, you were with Claire on
(24:28):
Winter Games with us, and she you know, she was
there for a long time. You were there for the
entire time. And do you have any stories about Claire
that didn't make air? But you think are we're sharing? Clear? Um, No,
I didn't make air. I think most of those made
air that I saw. But yeah, I mean the first
(24:50):
thing that pops up is when you know her whole
hot hub, the back off, uh what was his name, blanket?
His name Christian was a Christian Yeah, and uh yeah,
I mean so that's at that point. That's why I
was like, well, Claire, she's not she's gonna take any
any funny business from anybody. She's pretty serious about Yeah,
(25:13):
she put put him in his place. You're serious about it,
and you know, or or don't come out with me
with these weird games and stuff. So and he and
he was upset too, I think, but it was just funny. Um.
Claire was like you know, she was so experienced. I
guess I don't know how many different Bachelor has been
off that she's done, but that was her fourth, so
this is her fifth. This will be her fifth season. Okay, yeah,
(25:38):
so I mean she's been experienced in that world and
and I guess the Paradise world as well, where you know,
there's guys and girls and kind of that that house environment.
And uh so yeah, I mean she was she was
cool to hang out and that was my first time
meeting her. Um was was in that experience, and we're
getting to know her, and um you know, make sure
(25:59):
to be where where her season goes. And it looks
like preliminarily that there's going to be real drama and
so I'm inclined for it, some real drama. And thanks
for bringing up the Jacuzy drama. Oh you're supposed to
me in the jacuz like you we're supposed to be
in Jacuzi and you didn't come to the Jacuzi. It was.
(26:21):
I was right there for that, watched the whole thing
go down those well, I was that that whole show
was was was an interesting experience to be living in
a house with a bunch of people, having relationships. I
don't even know. They were like mad at each other
for probably two weeks of the time that they're mad
at each other for dating or whatever. It was, Oh
my gosh. There was a cultural barriers, language barrier, and
(26:43):
that was definitely a huge logical in that house. So
I was, I was. I was glad you guys were there.
Do you guys remember how hard we cried when Yuki left.
Oh yeah, she's the best. We were so emotionally drained
after that. She was my favorite. That that was most
fun of the whole experience with it, like hanging out
with her, interacting with her. We cooked breakfast at one point,
(27:07):
me and her. She showed me how to put sugar
in some scrambled eggs. I never thought that that would
be good at all. She was particularly into you two guys.
She's really clung onto It was adorable. I was like, yeah,
you've got great taste. I was already gone by the
time Muku left, so I didn't have to cry for
her departure. You were you? I think she left like
(27:28):
hours after you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, she was. She was
a good She's just a good, a good human. Um luke.
Obviously it's not a secret. Has been a year of
changes and slowdowns and shutdowns and and everything in between. Uh,
you are a musician, you're an artist. How has your
(27:51):
life been affected by everything? Um, over the last few months.
I'm sure much like well out of us. You know,
it's it's it's had the varying degrees of impact, you know,
and they've kind of gone through these cycles where you know,
at the very beginning it was a lot of uncertainty,
and you know, everything starts changing rapidly and everything starts
(28:14):
getting locked down, and it's kind of surprises you at
certain times. You don't then the next week unfolds and
then you're like, wow, this is a reality. You know,
I have to kind of terms with it. And so um,
you know in Nashville, all of these folks and the
entertainment business, entertainment world there anything having to do with that.
You know, their their lives have been impacted greatly. And uh,
(28:35):
you know some of these people that was all that
they were into as far as business in their life
was just consumed by being in an entertainment world and
that completely got shut down. So um, you know, my
heart goes out to those folks, and uh, luckily I had,
you know, some other things going besides music. You know,
I've got the moving company that I worked with and
and some commercial those states stuff that that I'm into.
(28:58):
But um, but you music, you know, is it's such
a community, uh, you know, gathering of bringing people together,
and it's just been sad to see that just be
kind of non existent. People try to do it online
and streaming and whatnot. It's just it's been tough. So, UM,
I hear the growns, like the country music community, and
(29:19):
I think a lot of the music community general, they
want to uh engage with people whenever we safely can
do that again. Uh, they're literally looking forward to that
at that time. So I know, I am the I
mean you just mentioned it, and it's been a question
I have just out of curiosity as a musician. If
(29:41):
that was the only thing you have going on, uh,
and you're not able to tour, how how much of
your income life is attributed to touring? Or is there
ways that these musicians are still making it? Is there
ways that listeners can still support them? Um? Is there
(30:02):
anything that anybody can do, including musicians, to like get
back up and going again? I mean, they've had to
get creative. You know. I was with a buddy yesterday
who was, uh, he was making a living on songwriting
and making a living off playing shows. He was on
American Idol several years ago. Um and and and then
that was his thing. And he moved down from Maryland
(30:23):
or somewhere up northeast to be here in uh Nashville.
And and he's completely had to um pivot and go
back to working some other jobs in different industries and
things like that to uh, you know, bridge the death.
And so that has been a very common story that
I've heard of a lot of guys house here in
Nashville that um, you know had you know, their their
(30:47):
their careers kind of put on hold at least for
this year and and hopefully not too much longer than that.
But yeah, Luke, you told us that you were single
the last time you were on the podcast. Have you
tried the dating, the quarantine dating that's going on. No,
I haven't. Um, you know, I wanted time way to
(31:10):
kind of just get myself right and I think through
what was what was happening and where my life is going.
And I'm at that point where you know, parents about
you know, seasons of life that they're in and where
I'm at. You know, it's one of the things I'm
I'm looking for that next season of life where I
(31:30):
can you know, have kids and have a family and
and and not be in a perpetual uh cycle look
of you know, being single and uh, you know, just
living uh from trip to trip and and weekend the weekend.
Those type of things that you know can kind of
happen if you get into towns like Nashville or l
(31:52):
A and New York where it's all about the vibe
and what everybody, what the cool kids are doing and
all that kind of stuff. So, um, I'm very much
looking forward to that next season. But I haven't. I
have not dated anybody else. Um, you know, I did.
Um My Acts and I we we talked something through
the summer, and we've spent some time together to try
(32:12):
to you know, just come to peace and come to terms.
I guess. So we're where we were ending off and
what our path forward would be and if there was
a chance that we could get back together and those
type of things. And you know, at the end of
the day, we loved each other so much and wanted
to support each other as people and and and one
of the best. So, um, that's kind of been It's
(32:34):
just been a very slow summer of trying to you know,
have quality relationships with everyone in my circle, you know,
and and and refocused on what the future may hold.
And I think that's been the silver lining for this
this difference years and that's been forced upon us, is
at the time to kind of reflect, you say, what,
(32:56):
what what the purpose in your own life? You know,
where were you at on that on that mountain of
life that we're all climbing, you know, and where do
you want to go from here? So I think that
that's what it's been for me this summer. And I've
had time to kick back and so the lake and
make make new friends and get a new circles and
give back to the community and do things like that
(33:17):
that really matters. So that's that's been that's been my focus. Well,
it's a great time for that. We just talked about earlier.
The reflection piece of this time has been important. Uh
and now you know, obviously uh at a different level, Um,
but uh, the same sentiment is we will now have
some time to kind of deflect and take our minds
(33:39):
off of it, watching clear season of The Bachelotte that
I know we're all excited to watch. Luke. Uh, we're
wishing the best. Keep coming on the podcast, keep catching up. Um.
Last question for you, just because I am intrigued. Are
you going to get back to music once this thing
passes and you can get back out there? You know,
I definitely will get back to music when this is
all we're It's something that I love, passionate about, and
(34:03):
so absolutely are you doing that and writing songs, from
creating music and hopefully putting some out for the people
here and enjoy And it's just uh, something I really
love and we'll always do so, Yeah, you're the man. Luke. Hey, Luke,
tell everybody thinks coming on the Almost soon as podcast.
We'll be talking to you very soon. Thanks to take
some time to chat with us today. All right, thanks guys,
(34:25):
enjoyed that you have a great day. Hi, Luke. You two. Well,
we have spoken to a lot of people about Claire.
You guys, if you think we're missing somebody that would
have a lot of a lot of experience, um living
in the same house with Claire, let us know who
we're missing, and we would we will try to get
them on Um, but until next week when we are
(34:48):
recapping The Bachelor, we have one more thing we we
should probably do. We should go through these guys again, Ben,
because they announced the list of men that officially yeah,
the final list, because we did go through a ton
of them, forty two of them a couple of months ago,
and now the thirty one that will actually be appearing
(35:08):
on this season we're now announced. Now. I don't know
if we should go like picture by picture, but should
we pick like our top three again? Because did you
know that my top one, the one I thought she
was gonna end up what, didn't even make the cut.
He was never filmed. That's wild, Yeah, that is true. Okay,
So I'm gonna just run through the names very quick, um,
(35:29):
just so people know now the final list, they can
confirm the final list, and then we'll pick our top three,
which we do every year. Ready for this? A j
twenty a software salesman from Pla A del Rey, California.
Ben twenty nine, an Army Ranger veteran from Venice, California.
Bennett thirty six, a wealth management consultant from New York City,
(35:51):
New York. Blake Monar thirty one, a male grooming specialist
from Phoenix, Arizona. A male grooming special list. Is that
a barber? I think so. I think it's probably the
bachelor's wild twist on Blake Moy's twenty, a wildlife manager
from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Brandon twenty a real estate agent
(36:14):
from Cleveland, Ohio. Brendan thirty a commercial roofer from Milford, Massachusetts.
Chasing thirty one, an I T account executive from San Diego, California.
Chris a landscape design salesman from Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dale thirty one, a former pro football receiver from Brandon,
South Dakota. DeMar Damar, a spin cycling instructor from Scottsdale, Arizona.
(36:40):
Easy twenty nine, a sports marketing agent from Newport Beach, California.
Ed thirty six a healthcare salesman from Miami, Florida. Actually
want to take it from there, Yes, I do. We
got a garden, Gardenen Garnen. He's thirty four. He's professional.
(37:01):
He's a professor of journalism from North Hollywood, California. Ivan
a arrow nautical engineer from Dallas, Texas. Jason thirty one
is a former pro football lineman from Arlington, Virginia. Jay
Is thirty a fitness director from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We
(37:22):
got Jeremy. He's forty and he's a banker from Washington,
d C. Joe he's thirty six. He's an antithesiologist from
New York, New York. Then we got Jordan's C six
he's a software account executive from New York, New York.
Then we got Jordan's m thirty year old, a cyber
(37:42):
security engineer from Santa Monica, California. Kenny Is thirty nine
a a boy band manager from Chicago, Illinois. How freaking
amazing is that? Mike thirty a a digital media advice
isser from Calgary, Canada. Um, then we got Page thirty seven,
(38:05):
a chef from Austin, Texas. Riley thirty an attorney from
Long Island. Robbie thirty one, an insurance salesman from Tampa Bay. Um.
Tyler See, you guys, got another Tyler see on her
hands and he's twenty seven. He's a lawyer from Morgantown,
West Virginia. Tyler s up to Tyler's again this year
(38:26):
thirty six years old, eight music manager from George Town, Texas.
Joseph is a thirty year old medical device salesman from Daphne, Alabama.
Zach and then we got two Zacks to finish out
the list, Zack C. Who was a thirty six year
old an addiction specialist from hayden Field, New Jersey, and
(38:49):
Zack J. Thirty seven year old who is a cleaning
service owner from St. George, Utah. Um. These guys are
definitely of the better age range than the first group,
but you remember how many like twenty and twenty seven
year olds there was in the first group. Yeah, so
there's my question for you have do you know Ashley?
(39:10):
Can you answer this question? I knew there are rumors
they're recasting. We broke down her season months ago when
they first announced the group. Are there any guys on
this list that made it that we weren't even on
that original list? I wouldn't. Oh, that's a great question.
I don't know that I have the answers for you
for that to compare um, but it's it's it's a
(39:33):
very diverse group. It's good. There's some older than Claire,
there's some younger than Claire. Um. We have a lot
of different backgrounds, ethnic, ethnic backgrounds, here as well. So
you guys, um Claire season, the whole cast is out there.
You can go look at their pictures. Pick who you
think is going to be in the lead. I'm gonna
(39:54):
go right now with Page, a thirty seven year old
chef from Austin, Texas. Maybe Jeremy the four year old
banker from d C and uh, I'm going to keep
it at that, just to just to go to for Claire.
(40:15):
You know this is this is us not talking about Tasha,
because I would have different picks for Tasia. Oh. Actually,
I'm gonna add Bennett in. Bennett is the thirty six
year old wealth management consultant from New York. That's for Claire.
I'm gonna go, uh, Mike a digital media adviser from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
I'm gonna go, Jeremy, a banker from Washington District of Columbia.
(40:39):
And I'm gonna throw someone out there that I think
can make it happen, Ivan Ivan, an aeronautical engineer from Dallas, Texas.
All Right, sweet picks. I I truly went on agan
profession there. But I also know that Claire she likes
a guy younger than her too. So these twi year
olds can definitely standard chance. I know nothing about these guys,
(41:03):
nothing at all. We don't know much. We're flying on
the seat of our pants. Guys. Hey, Ashley, this is great. Uh,
It's gonna be a terrific season. We're counting down to
days at this point. Our next episode will be breaking
down clear season of The Bachelor. We're gonna be in
season at that point for the first time in she's months,
(41:24):
and we could not be more excited for it. Everybody
out there listening, please email us at Been an Ashley
at I heart meatia dot com. Make sure you follow
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and hopefully something more of Ashley because that always makes
(41:47):
the fans happy. Ashley. Uh, look forward to talking to
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with our radio. Hello guys, welcome to the second Almost
Famous podcast this week celebrating Claire Crawley's upcoming season, which
debuts on Tuesday. We're happy to be with you. Uh
double the dose this week? Hello Ben, what's going on?
(00:22):
Ash Hey? This is a huge week. On this episode,
we have Tinley, Eric Bigger, and Luke Pell all talking
about Clear Season. Obviously, all of us are getting very
very excited. As if you listen to the episode earlier
this week. Uh, you knew we were confused because we've
always thought there was two bachelorettes, but because right now
(00:44):
we only know of one of them confirmed, this will
be celebrating Clear Season until we know differently. Quick reminder,
our episodes will be airing on Tuesday nights. Uh from
here on out because the show is airing on Tuesday
nights and uh and we don't want to spoil anything
for you. Ashley big stance, Uh, just a little bit
(01:05):
over a week ago. Um from The Bachelor leading up
to Claire season. Obviously, bullying, which was what we talked
about on the last episode with our Facebook group. Uh.
Any type of hate filled comments Uh, well, the Bachelor
will now start blocking hateful and racist trolls from social media.
(01:25):
This according to Vulture, Yeah, this is interesting, of course.
I we don't want anyone saying the horrible, ruthless things
that a lot of contestants of The Bachelor do get
on social media. I wonder where they're going to draw
the line, though, I guess that's just my only question,
Like does criticism get deleted or is just pure hatred
(01:49):
get deleted? Because yeah, just like where if somebody is
criticizing but not in a super malicious way, is that
considered something to be deleted? It's it's gonna be interesting. Uh,
kudos to the Bachelor. I mean, obviously has been a
year of learning and growth and reflection and all of
those things, and a lot of also really hard things
(02:10):
for many people. Uh, but uh, the learning piece of
this has been something that I I do see the
Bachelor trying. And that's you know, if you go back
a few months ago when we started to broach this
subject of what does the Bachelor need to do? What
does this franchise need to do? Um, they're trying, and
I think, uh, I think that's something to be celebrated. Um,
(02:33):
and something to be admired, but they will start blocking
hate filled and racist comments that according to Vulture once again,
well hey Ashley, uh, we don't have any time to
pause in this episode because it's action packed. There's a
ton to go through and uh and Timley is on
the line now, Tinley Leopold, are you officially now going
(02:54):
by your married name? Looks like you dropped moles on everywhere.
I am um legally, I am Leopold animals on. So
it's a little confusing because I haven't gated to the
d m D. The dm D. It's a little bit
of the hard hard part. But social security on Instagram.
I'm trying to be ty Leopold, but Instagram still only
(03:15):
let it change. Oh well, you guys know Tonally fourteen
season of The Bachelor, on my season of Bachelor in
Paradise to um, you are a total friend to this show.
You're a regular. We appreciate you. And you just had
a baby girl on what was it? What was her birthday?
(03:36):
September and her name is Rell. Well, James, how is
motherhood treating you? What the past couple of weeks been like?
So yesterday she officially turned two weeks old, which is
just crazy that two weeks is blown by UM. We
are adjusting very well. The only she's been a perfect
(03:59):
little baby. She does really good at night, We get
good stretches of sleep and gen and Um is usually
alert during the days except for these little stretches of
nap time. So, UM, I had a really hard pregnancy,
and I feel like God is just kind of redeemed
that with how precious and good she is right now.
I know things can change, but we're doing We're doing
(04:21):
pretty good. Two weeks in. UM, I'm the only one
with issues I actually have. They kept us in the
hospital one extra day because UM, I have some strange
medical stuff going on that they don't even know. I
feel great, but we're gonna get down to those issues,
UM hopefully to speak. So I'm the only one with
problems as a girl who's terrified of delivery and plans
(04:46):
to hopefully have to deliver one day. How did that
go well? My birth story I will share another time
because it's a little bit long. I mean it's thirty
something hours. UM and I went natural for twenty like
twenty nine hours because that was my birth plan was
no medication, not so not nothing and to power through,
(05:09):
and oh my goodness, it was oh steep girl. Um,
she it took. It took a long time. Um, it's
it's a little too much to explain. But after twenty
nine hours it was like we needed to make room
for something else. So we went ahead and UM, I
got the epidural, which I was so I'm so grateful
(05:32):
um and also proud of myself for the antailor for
the twenty nine hours that we went through. He was
a rock. Um. There was a lot of prayer. I
played worship music. His mom is a retired duellet. So
we were over and purject with nobody freaks out with
the temperature turned down. Um, and we just labored for
(05:53):
twenty nine hours and ended up in the hospital thinking
she was coming in like an hour, and then maybe
eight more hours later or more than that, she finally
came into the world. So we thought she's gonna be
born September nineteenth for sure, especially since I went into
labor on the eight. So it just doesn't work like
you you imagine it for your first especially is that
(06:15):
I've hear heard so but she's here. Where are we
going to get this birth story? Um? Well, I will
try to tipe it up or share it somehow eventually
while it's still fresh. Um. But Tayler remembers more of
it than I do, just because I was in a zone, um,
which is really incredible that we're capable of doing so.
(06:37):
So Ashley, You're going to be a champ no matter what.
And the epidural, Um, I was so so afraid of
that needle. Go ahead and do what I'm I'm not
afraid of the needle. I'm a daughter of an antithesiologists
and I've been banking on the epidural since i was born.
There you go, Well, that's perfect because I will say
(07:00):
did it did make a difference once? It wasn't? But
and I'd be happy to share the full birth story,
but I think it would be along women might be
too much for men. Tears actually know Ben Hattan, Ben
knows his anatomy. Yeah, this podcast. I learned a lot
about this podcast, um, or just about everything from this podcast.
(07:24):
I would like to pause here and say, Tilly, you
aren't our only guest right now. Rel is in your
arms as we watch you via zoom. She is sleeping
comfortably right now. And uh, she is beautiful, like absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations. Uh,
what a cool deal. And uh and when you do
type this story up, please make sure to at least
(07:46):
send us a message so we can share it through
our channels, because I know that's something that most people
will be interested in falling up on. Alright, perfect, I'd
be happy to Um. It was. It was quite a story. Um,
so I'm proud of it. She came in the world,
she's healthy, she's good, right right, Well, Tinley, we have
(08:09):
to talk about Claire season coming up. Uh. Yeah, So
Claire has is the Bachelorette, and I was we keep
saying it, but I think it's important. As of right now,
she's the only bachelorette that we have been confirmed on.
So as you look forward to Claire season, what are
your thoughts. Well, I have been so excited for Claire
(08:32):
since the day that they announced her. In fact, I
think I had told Ashley or I told you guys
this before or something, but it was like a month
before she was announced that I just had this feeling.
I had said it to Taylor, um, and he's had
the privilege of meeting her once and I was just like,
I have this feeling of Claire. There was nothing about it,
and uh she was announced, I was just like, yes,
(08:53):
this was this is so meant to be. So Um,
I'm kind of bummed and excited for the merger, but
very very excited to watch Claire just in her own
element as the bachelorette for as long as we get
to see her as the bachelorette for Mercy true and um,
they think they are, but I just think that she's
(09:14):
going to be so solid and Claire is that kind
of She's just a woman who knows what she wants
and I think we're going to see that. And I
think that if again, if the rumors are true, that
is so claire like it to be able to go
ahead and and go for her heart's desire and that's
what it's about. Um. So I can't wait to see
(09:34):
it all unfold and hopefully there's a really true love story,
maybe two love stories that we get to watch coming up.
And um, just hoping and cheering for her and just
really excited to see her in action Tenley. If Claire
does leave after a couple of weeks, as as rumors
are saying, because she did find love so quickly and
(09:57):
couldn't perhaps fake it with anyone else. How do you
feel about that decision? I think it's honestly, it's never
been done before because well, there's a lot at stake.
But I think it's pretty realistic. So I'm really I'm
really excited to see her and just follow her heart. UM.
(10:17):
I'm not upset about it. I think that, UM. I
think it will be really interesting to see how it
plays out for sure. UM. But like I said, I
think it's very clear to stick to her guns and
go ahead and be like, I can't fake this. I
won't fake it. I'm out. And I've also had like
a theory that maybe this was all something that was
(10:39):
to happen, um, or like that they kind of knew
was gonna happen. She said, Hey, you feel that way. Yeah,
I feel like I wouldn't put it past them to
be like, well, clear, we've been in a bachelorette. If
you've fallen in love with somebody, we're gonna go ahead
and make it work. We're gonna make a story out
of it and then have whoever is next coming um,
(11:02):
perhaps Tasia um, and then her love story takes somewhere.
So I'm just really excited to see how it unfolds.
But like I keep saying, it's just I feel like
it's very clear just to follow her heart and to
not fake anything and not do anything for the cameras
or for Instagram or anything. Just be Claire. So that's
(11:22):
what I'm thinking. It's gonna happen, or it could have happened.
I have the same theory though, and I'm not I'm
not mad about it, Like I want to see if
they tell us, hey, Cleare's your bachelor at and we
get out there and we support her and then she
falls in love in between there somehow, some way. I
think it's great if they allow us to see it
or allow us to get a glimpse of it. What
(11:43):
I'm confused by is within the last few days, we
started an episode earlier, uh this week by talking about
how Chris Harrison says it's clear season and now we're
hearing rumors at it. You know, we don't hear Tassia rumors,
and so I think I'm just confused. But either way,
we're gonna get to see hopefully I'll love story play out,
(12:04):
and that's something that's something cool. Yeah, but what does
he mean by like they're showing us you blew up
the Bachelorette. Yeah, so I'm excited. Oh yeah when he
says that in the teaser. Yeah, but again, I can
always come back to the jumping the fence, like, when's
that gonna happen? What's happening? Technics? Well, the fence job
(12:26):
lived up to the hype, in my opinion, is true.
That is true? Right well, Tinley? Uh, again, congratulations. We
look forward to many nights of you and rel uh
and Ev Taylor watching The Bachelorette, celebrating Claire. Keep us updated. Uh,
(12:46):
just an awesome story and uh and I'm I don't know,
I speak on everyone's behalf and say, we're all celebrating you. Yeah.
And Tinley, I'm just gonna throw the idea out there
if you and Taylor to come on this podcast and
do it in depth of your relationship and your birth story,
we would love that. I would absolutely love to do
(13:06):
an in depth It might be a little bit of
pulling teeth for my introverts slightly introverted husband, Um, but
I think that he would be really excited for me
to get to share or maybe he'll spit by me
for a little bit of it, but would be Yeah,
that'd be a really good way to just get the
chat and catch up. But hey, you're the best. Thanks
for coming on. Thanks guys, good to see you both.
(13:29):
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(15:32):
Our next guest is another Uh, one time and the
only time so far winner game a lum Uh. He
spent time with Ashley and I in Vermont just a
few short years ago when our lives looked a lot different. Uh.
He was able to spend time with Claire on that
season Get to know her as a person, but I
(15:53):
also know he has some stuff of his own going on.
Eric Bigger, Welcome back to the Almost Sumeest podcast. May In.
It feels good. How you guys doing. We're good? How
are you most phenomenal? You know? Amazing. So we're having
a whole bunch of people on this week to celebrate
(16:13):
Claire because her season premieres next week. Um, you were
not in the Bachelor Winter Games house long, but based
on a couple of days you did get to hang
out with Claire. What was your impression? Um, Claire and
I actually got into it. People don't know, you know.
(16:36):
As I was saying those words, I was like, I
think that there was something sort of monumental there. Yeah.
I actually like Claire. I think she's she's authentic. M
she's real. Um, she's about her business. Um, she says
what she feels and thinks. And she's a Pisces. If
I'm not mistaken. I think her birthday is March. So
(16:57):
I'm a Pisce. So actually you're so, I kind of
know how we are. We're emotionally sincely, why do I
feel like she's she might be an aries, She's gonna cuss.
She she's like the first day, she's last day, piscey. Yeah,
she's on. But um, I mean she's solid, you know.
(17:17):
I think she's she's a woman. That's what you called
a woman right there. Um, she ain't for no bs,
she ain't playing no games, and she here to claim
her territory and what she needs. So um, Claire is
just a genuine, good, real soul. That's how I would
like to, you know, describe her. But yeah, you got
(17:38):
into an argument. So what was that? Yeah, I was
telling her. I think I was telling her. I said,
why is your guard up so much? You got your guarden?
What is that about? And I think it got to
a point where she told me about like the past
season she was on if I'm not mistaken, And we
talked about her dad. For a moment, we had like
a D D D deep deep combo was like off
(18:01):
like camera. Um, maybe they caught some of it, but
it was like a deep and then we kind of
had like claimed it up. It was cool. We just
I don't know, we had a moment, but I remember
that day in Vermont by the fireplace, and she wasn't
she was letting me I had it I don't know
the initial conversation reaction, but I know it was something
(18:21):
about her having her guard up and maybe I have
my guard up. I know it's something around those I mean,
this is what three years ago, so it's been a while.
But but she's UM, yeah, that that was the conversation.
And then I think we all expect those honest, authentic
moments to come from Claire as her season approaches. I
(18:42):
don't think any of us are not thinking that if
if somebody says something that maybe she disagrees with or
comes out that she will not stand up and put
her foot down. I think, and you know, we've said
it many times, but I always have the theory that
you know, the it doesn't it doesn't matter if the
Bachelor or batch her is likable, like they can always
be likable on TV. I think the mark of a
(19:03):
really good Bachelor Bachelor is how they react to really
difficult situations. And that's why I've always thought Clear is
gonna be terrific at this um and I'm excited to
watch it. And I mean she has experienced, She's been
through every damn near phase of the franchise, from the
first show to uh Bachelor Paradise. Uh did she go
(19:25):
to bachel Paradise? And then she did a bunch of
games she had what's this guy? Ben? Why is it
balks walking? Yeah? Everybody yet the engagement Like so she
literally has been through damn here every emotion now and
it's time for her to get that crown and you know,
find her king and live happy after. So I think
(19:45):
it's timing. You know, timing is everything, and it's her
time and I'm here and we all are here to
celebrate her and her love. So I can't wait. You know.
The anticipation must be like intense based on everything else
that's going on in the world. And m the plot twists,
I call it the plot twist. Uh yeah, so it
should be fun the plot twist of her season or
(20:07):
the world. Oh yeah, oh right, I just but you
know this should be It's going to get some eyes
for sure. I know I'm watching. So hey, I told
twelve right, okay, a day off. Yeah, it's gonna be
on Tuesday this year or this season, I guess, at
(20:28):
least for the time speaking. Uh, Eric, before we let
you go here, what have you been up to? Uh?
What what do you have going on that our listeners
can catch up with. Uh. Well, I just recently published
a book, a workbook, UM called Transformation. Change your mindset,
change your energy, change your life. Chris ran Dolin myself
(20:48):
published the book together. We wrote it together over the
pandemic and it's on Amazon and get it at Amazon.
And the intentions is to help people get out of
their own way and get a great understanding of who
they are. So you have tools and you have exercises
to do to become your best self and transform. It's
miracle season and I've just been working on work. Um.
(21:11):
I got another book coming out, a quote book, uh,
probably the end of this year. So I'm just creating
products and doing the best I can with what I
am saying. The attitude is gratitude. Well, I want to
know about your attitude. Based on one of Chris Harrison's
two quotes this week, he said that it's Claire season, Um,
(21:35):
how do you feel about that? If Tasia does end
up taking over at some point in the in the season.
I don't really had no feelings towards that. Mean maybe
it is. I mean I don't. I can't. I can't
say it's not because I wasn't there to know the
famine process of what's going on. Of course that was
the initial thing that it was Claire season. We're going
(21:56):
to represent her um and I'm pretty sure at Age
will get some support as well. So I don't really
even the comment is so like general and vague, like
the hundred percent her siege, I don't even know what
that entails? What does that really mean? I would ask
Chris Herson, what are you really saying? Elaborate on that,
like what contexts are you saying that? Because you can
(22:16):
look at it so many different ways, But I always
believe that we it's easy to look at something one
way and have opinion, all being entitled to feelings, but
we don't really know what he's thinking when he said that.
So I have a follow up question, like, Chris, what
does that actually means? Is a hundred percent Hersey and
what aspect are you saying? Because you can anyone can
(22:37):
interpret it any type of way. But I don't think
he's like not thinking about Tajia. That's not that that's
not who he is, so, but it are so we're
more just curious, that's uh that that quote is interesting
because we've always thought tastious coming on Uh, and I
still think that we just don't know how, when, where
and what capacity. And we're pumped for this season because, honestly, Eric,
(23:02):
when they said, hey, it's gonna be in one location
and they announced like, I don't know the a million
guys that we're going to go on to her season
at one point, where like we don't know what this
is gonna look like or how this is gonna be good.
And now we're convinced and everybody's super pumped about clear
season of The Bachelor at potentially Tastia's who knows at
(23:23):
this point. Um, Eric, you're the man. Thanks for coming on.
Good luck with these books. Uh, keep writing, keep sharing,
keep spreading positivity. Thanks for coming on the Almost Same
As podcast once again. We'll be talking to you very soon.
Thanks for having me. You guys be phenomenal. Continue all
this success because it's Almost famous podcast. You Can Change
(23:44):
your mindset, change your energy, Change your life is on
Amazon now, Yeah, go get it. Transformation, peace and love.
Thank you guys. See buddy all right. From one Winter
Games star to another, we have Luke Pell on the line.
(24:07):
Hey Luke, thank you guys. How are you today? We're good.
It hasn't been long since we had you on the podcast.
You were here recapping JoJo's season episode of the Goat season. Um,
but we want you here again, of course because you
are a friend of ours, a friend of a pot
of our podcast. And um, you were with Claire on
(24:28):
Winter Games with us, and she you know, she was
there for a long time. You were there for the
entire time. And do you have any stories about Claire
that didn't make air? But you think are we're sharing? Clear? Um, No,
I didn't make air. I think most of those made
air that I saw. But yeah, I mean the first
(24:50):
thing that pops up is when you know her whole
hot hub, the back off, uh what was his name, blanket?
His name Christian was a Christian Yeah, and uh yeah,
I mean so that's at that point. That's why I
was like, well, Claire, she's not she's gonna take any
any funny business from anybody. She's pretty serious about Yeah,
(25:13):
she put put him in his place. You're serious about it,
and you know, or or don't come out with me
with these weird games and stuff. So and he and
he was upset too, I think, but it was just funny. Um.
Claire was like you know, she was so experienced. I
guess I don't know how many different Bachelor has been
off that she's done, but that was her fourth, so
this is her fifth. This will be her fifth season. Okay, yeah,
(25:38):
so I mean she's been experienced in that world and
and I guess the Paradise world as well, where you know,
there's guys and girls and kind of that that house environment.
And uh so yeah, I mean she was she was
cool to hang out and that was my first time
meeting her. Um was was in that experience, and we're
getting to know her, and um you know, make sure
(25:59):
to be where where her season goes. And it looks
like preliminarily that there's going to be real drama and
so I'm inclined for it, some real drama. And thanks
for bringing up the Jacuzy drama. Oh you're supposed to
me in the jacuz like you we're supposed to be
in Jacuzi and you didn't come to the Jacuzi. It was.
(26:21):
I was right there for that, watched the whole thing
go down those well, I was that that whole show
was was was an interesting experience to be living in
a house with a bunch of people, having relationships. I
don't even know. They were like mad at each other
for probably two weeks of the time that they're mad
at each other for dating or whatever. It was, Oh
my gosh. There was a cultural barriers, language barrier, and
(26:43):
that was definitely a huge logical in that house. So
I was, I was. I was glad you guys were there.
Do you guys remember how hard we cried when Yuki left.
Oh yeah, she's the best. We were so emotionally drained
after that. She was my favorite. That that was most
fun of the whole experience with it, like hanging out
with her, interacting with her. We cooked breakfast at one point,
(27:07):
me and her. She showed me how to put sugar
in some scrambled eggs. I never thought that that would
be good at all. She was particularly into you two guys.
She's really clung onto It was adorable. I was like, yeah,
you've got great taste. I was already gone by the
time Muku left, so I didn't have to cry for
her departure. You were you? I think she left like
(27:28):
hours after you? Yeah, yeah, yeah, she was. She was
a good She's just a good, a good human. Um luke.
Obviously it's not a secret. Has been a year of
changes and slowdowns and shutdowns and and everything in between. Uh,
you are a musician, you're an artist. How has your
(27:51):
life been affected by everything? Um, over the last few months.
I'm sure much like well out of us. You know,
it's it's it's had the varying degrees of impact, you know,
and they've kind of gone through these cycles where you know,
at the very beginning it was a lot of uncertainty,
and you know, everything starts changing rapidly and everything starts
(28:14):
getting locked down, and it's kind of surprises you at
certain times. You don't then the next week unfolds and
then you're like, wow, this is a reality. You know,
I have to kind of terms with it. And so um,
you know in Nashville, all of these folks and the
entertainment business, entertainment world there anything having to do with that.
You know, their their lives have been impacted greatly. And uh,
(28:35):
you know some of these people that was all that
they were into as far as business in their life
was just consumed by being in an entertainment world and
that completely got shut down. So um, you know, my
heart goes out to those folks, and uh, luckily I had,
you know, some other things going besides music. You know,
I've got the moving company that I worked with and
and some commercial those states stuff that that I'm into.
(28:58):
But um, but you music, you know, is it's such
a community, uh, you know, gathering of bringing people together,
and it's just been sad to see that just be
kind of non existent. People try to do it online
and streaming and whatnot. It's just it's been tough. So, UM,
I hear the growns, like the country music community, and
(29:19):
I think a lot of the music community general, they
want to uh engage with people whenever we safely can
do that again. Uh, they're literally looking forward to that
at that time. So I know, I am the I
mean you just mentioned it, and it's been a question
I have just out of curiosity as a musician. If
(29:41):
that was the only thing you have going on, uh,
and you're not able to tour, how how much of
your income life is attributed to touring? Or is there
ways that these musicians are still making it? Is there
ways that listeners can still support them? Um? Is there
(30:02):
anything that anybody can do, including musicians, to like get
back up and going again? I mean, they've had to
get creative. You know. I was with a buddy yesterday
who was, uh, he was making a living on songwriting
and making a living off playing shows. He was on
American Idol several years ago. Um and and and then
that was his thing. And he moved down from Maryland
(30:23):
or somewhere up northeast to be here in uh Nashville.
And and he's completely had to um pivot and go
back to working some other jobs in different industries and
things like that to uh, you know, bridge the death.
And so that has been a very common story that
I've heard of a lot of guys house here in
Nashville that um, you know had you know, their their
(30:47):
their careers kind of put on hold at least for
this year and and hopefully not too much longer than that.
But yeah, Luke, you told us that you were single
the last time you were on the podcast. Have you
tried the dating, the quarantine dating that's going on. No,
I haven't. Um, you know, I wanted time way to
(31:10):
kind of just get myself right and I think through
what was what was happening and where my life is going.
And I'm at that point where you know, parents about
you know, seasons of life that they're in and where
I'm at. You know, it's one of the things I'm
I'm looking for that next season of life where I
(31:30):
can you know, have kids and have a family and
and and not be in a perpetual uh cycle look
of you know, being single and uh, you know, just
living uh from trip to trip and and weekend the weekend.
Those type of things that you know can kind of
happen if you get into towns like Nashville or l
(31:52):
A and New York where it's all about the vibe
and what everybody, what the cool kids are doing and
all that kind of stuff. So, um, I'm very much
looking forward to that next season. But I haven't. I
have not dated anybody else. Um, you know, I did.
Um My Acts and I we we talked something through
the summer, and we've spent some time together to try
(32:12):
to you know, just come to peace and come to terms.
I guess. So we're where we were ending off and
what our path forward would be and if there was
a chance that we could get back together and those
type of things. And you know, at the end of
the day, we loved each other so much and wanted
to support each other as people and and and one
of the best. So, um, that's kind of been It's
(32:34):
just been a very slow summer of trying to you know,
have quality relationships with everyone in my circle, you know,
and and and refocused on what the future may hold.
And I think that's been the silver lining for this
this difference years and that's been forced upon us, is
at the time to kind of reflect, you say, what,
(32:56):
what what the purpose in your own life? You know,
where were you at on that on that mountain of
life that we're all climbing, you know, and where do
you want to go from here? So I think that
that's what it's been for me this summer. And I've
had time to kick back and so the lake and
make make new friends and get a new circles and
give back to the community and do things like that
(33:17):
that really matters. So that's that's been that's been my focus. Well,
it's a great time for that. We just talked about earlier.
The reflection piece of this time has been important. Uh
and now you know, obviously uh at a different level, Um,
but uh, the same sentiment is we will now have
some time to kind of deflect and take our minds
(33:39):
off of it, watching clear season of The Bachelotte that
I know we're all excited to watch. Luke. Uh, we're
wishing the best. Keep coming on the podcast, keep catching up. Um.
Last question for you, just because I am intrigued. Are
you going to get back to music once this thing
passes and you can get back out there? You know,
I definitely will get back to music when this is
all we're It's something that I love, passionate about, and
(34:03):
so absolutely are you doing that and writing songs, from
creating music and hopefully putting some out for the people
here and enjoy And it's just uh, something I really
love and we'll always do so, Yeah, you're the man. Luke. Hey, Luke,
tell everybody thinks coming on the Almost soon as podcast.
We'll be talking to you very soon. Thanks to take
some time to chat with us today. All right, thanks guys,
(34:25):
enjoyed that you have a great day. Hi, Luke. You two. Well,
we have spoken to a lot of people about Claire.
You guys, if you think we're missing somebody that would
have a lot of a lot of experience, um living
in the same house with Claire, let us know who
we're missing, and we would we will try to get
them on Um, but until next week when we are
(34:48):
recapping The Bachelor, we have one more thing we we
should probably do. We should go through these guys again, Ben,
because they announced the list of men that officially yeah,
the final list, because we did go through a ton
of them, forty two of them a couple of months ago,
and now the thirty one that will actually be appearing
(35:08):
on this season we're now announced. Now. I don't know
if we should go like picture by picture, but should
we pick like our top three again? Because did you
know that my top one, the one I thought she
was gonna end up what, didn't even make the cut.
He was never filmed. That's wild, Yeah, that is true. Okay,
So I'm gonna just run through the names very quick, um,
(35:29):
just so people know now the final list, they can
confirm the final list, and then we'll pick our top three,
which we do every year. Ready for this? A j
twenty a software salesman from Pla A del Rey, California.
Ben twenty nine, an Army Ranger veteran from Venice, California.
Bennett thirty six, a wealth management consultant from New York City,
(35:51):
New York. Blake Monar thirty one, a male grooming specialist
from Phoenix, Arizona. A male grooming special list. Is that
a barber? I think so. I think it's probably the
bachelor's wild twist on Blake Moy's twenty, a wildlife manager
from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Brandon twenty a real estate agent
(36:14):
from Cleveland, Ohio. Brendan thirty a commercial roofer from Milford, Massachusetts.
Chasing thirty one, an I T account executive from San Diego, California.
Chris a landscape design salesman from Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dale thirty one, a former pro football receiver from Brandon,
South Dakota. DeMar Damar, a spin cycling instructor from Scottsdale, Arizona.
(36:40):
Easy twenty nine, a sports marketing agent from Newport Beach, California.
Ed thirty six a healthcare salesman from Miami, Florida. Actually
want to take it from there, Yes, I do. We
got a garden, Gardenen Garnen. He's thirty four. He's professional.
(37:01):
He's a professor of journalism from North Hollywood, California. Ivan
a arrow nautical engineer from Dallas, Texas. Jason thirty one
is a former pro football lineman from Arlington, Virginia. Jay
Is thirty a fitness director from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We
(37:22):
got Jeremy. He's forty and he's a banker from Washington,
d C. Joe he's thirty six. He's an antithesiologist from
New York, New York. Then we got Jordan's C six
he's a software account executive from New York, New York.
Then we got Jordan's m thirty year old, a cyber
(37:42):
security engineer from Santa Monica, California. Kenny Is thirty nine
a a boy band manager from Chicago, Illinois. How freaking
amazing is that? Mike thirty a a digital media advice
isser from Calgary, Canada. Um, then we got Page thirty seven,
(38:05):
a chef from Austin, Texas. Riley thirty an attorney from
Long Island. Robbie thirty one, an insurance salesman from Tampa Bay. Um.
Tyler See, you guys, got another Tyler see on her
hands and he's twenty seven. He's a lawyer from Morgantown,
West Virginia. Tyler s up to Tyler's again this year
(38:26):
thirty six years old, eight music manager from George Town, Texas.
Joseph is a thirty year old medical device salesman from Daphne, Alabama.
Zach and then we got two Zacks to finish out
the list, Zack C. Who was a thirty six year
old an addiction specialist from hayden Field, New Jersey, and
(38:49):
Zack J. Thirty seven year old who is a cleaning
service owner from St. George, Utah. Um. These guys are
definitely of the better age range than the first group,
but you remember how many like twenty and twenty seven
year olds there was in the first group. Yeah, so
there's my question for you have do you know Ashley?
(39:10):
Can you answer this question? I knew there are rumors
they're recasting. We broke down her season months ago when
they first announced the group. Are there any guys on
this list that made it that we weren't even on
that original list? I wouldn't. Oh, that's a great question.
I don't know that I have the answers for you
for that to compare um, but it's it's it's a
(39:33):
very diverse group. It's good. There's some older than Claire,
there's some younger than Claire. Um. We have a lot
of different backgrounds, ethnic, ethnic backgrounds, here as well. So
you guys, um Claire season, the whole cast is out there.
You can go look at their pictures. Pick who you
think is going to be in the lead. I'm gonna
(39:54):
go right now with Page, a thirty seven year old
chef from Austin, Texas. Maybe Jeremy the four year old
banker from d C and uh, I'm going to keep
it at that, just to just to go to for Claire.
(40:15):
You know this is this is us not talking about Tasha,
because I would have different picks for Tasia. Oh. Actually,
I'm gonna add Bennett in. Bennett is the thirty six
year old wealth management consultant from New York. That's for Claire.
I'm gonna go, uh, Mike a digital media adviser from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
I'm gonna go, Jeremy, a banker from Washington District of Columbia.
(40:39):
And I'm gonna throw someone out there that I think
can make it happen, Ivan Ivan, an aeronautical engineer from Dallas, Texas.
All Right, sweet picks. I I truly went on agan
profession there. But I also know that Claire she likes
a guy younger than her too. So these twi year
olds can definitely standard chance. I know nothing about these guys,
(41:03):
nothing at all. We don't know much. We're flying on
the seat of our pants. Guys. Hey, Ashley, this is great. Uh,
It's gonna be a terrific season. We're counting down to
days at this point. Our next episode will be breaking
down clear season of The Bachelor. We're gonna be in
season at that point for the first time in she's months,
(41:24):
and we could not be more excited for it. Everybody
out there listening, please email us at Been an Ashley
at I heart meatia dot com. Make sure you follow
us on Instagram at almost Underscore Famous podcast. Yes, that's
Almost Underscore Famous. Podcast. Will be updating you as the
season goes with h hints, clues, uh, content, background information,
and hopefully something more of Ashley because that always makes
(41:47):
the fans happy. Ashley. Uh, look forward to talking to
you next week with that I've Been Been, I've Been Ashley.
Thanks for listening to us so much this week, you guys,
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