October 6, 2020 • 40 mins
Clare’s season is just around the corner! Chris Harrison says the drama starts on night one... what could that mean??
Lesley Murphy tells us about her MAJOR life changes, including how she found love through a drone. And we hear the dramatic moment when she found out she was pregnant!
And we break down what went wrong in Tyler C and Hannah’s “relationship”.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with i R Radio. We've made it through uh the
insanely long offseason, the off season that has never stopped,
the off season that we'll never get again. Well, who knows.
Actually this this has been crazy, But we are celebrating
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Claire's season premiering starting right now. With this episode, we're
gonna break down everything from Claire her Bachelor headlines, the
Bachelor headlines. We're gonna bring on some guests who I
think you're really gonna want to talk to, uh, Leslie
Murphy and Robert Graham. Uh. And then we'll be airing
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a second episode uh in just a few days, talking
about Claire's guys maybe what we think we can expect,
and then also talking to uh Tinley Moleson, Eric Bigger
and Lupel. Actually we've got a big week in front
of us. Yep, So two part guys, and just heads
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up because next week next week is the premiere. It
premieres on Tuesday. The Bachelor will be on Tuesdays this year,
so um this this podcast will also be airing on
well Tuesday nights, so after the episode this will be up. Yeah,
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we're not gonna spoil it. This will be like a
let's say it on Monday and you watch on Tuesday,
and you know what's gonna happen. It will be Tuesday nights, Ashley.
I think it's important right now to mention two things.
One thing less serious uh than the other. The first
is that if there's like some like pounding in the background,
it's not Jared who. What it is is you have
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like some construction going on around your house, don't you. Yeah, yeah,
there's some drilling going on. I'm sure it'll end soon,
but I'm sorry. Yeah, just forgiver, uh, for forgive the
people outside work and it's a it's a beautiful day
in Los Angeles to the outside. The second thing we
want to talk about is we uh we received some
messages this week, um and there they saddened our whole
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team here. Uh. It was in relation to the Facebook
group for the Almost Famous podcast. The group was started
a few years ago with the idea that we could
build a community around it with our listeners, that they
could interact, talk about the show, talk about everything they
love in life. Um. It was never intended nor is
it still the place for bullying, uh, and for putting
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other people down. Conversations in the healthiest ways are UH wanted, needed, accepted.
But we hope this Facebook group UM is a representation
of all of our listeners, including Ashley and myself and
our team. We hope this Facebook group is a representation
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of all of our listeners, Ashley, myself and our team.
And it won't be tolerated, UM to make other people
feel less than, or to bully or or to threaten UH.
That isn't accepted. We don't want it there UM. And
so please, if you're a part of that group, encourage kindness,
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encourage love, acceptance, understanding, UH, gentleness, UH, and listening. That
is what our hope is. That is what we ask
of all of us together. UH. As you've noticed here recently,
Ashley and I had to do a lot of listening,
a lot of learning, a lot of understanding. UH. And
I will tell you that I am better for it.
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I'll speak for Rashly UH and say that she is
better for it. UM and UH and we hoped for
all of you. So we want to start with that.
That is really important. UH. It is something we will
be monitoring UM. But we just we want to be
able to continue to have that platform and uh in
that place to speak, and so hey, uh we can
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move on there, Ashley. With some Bachelor headlines, and there
are many just I don't know how they keep doing it,
but Bachelor people keep doing crazy stuff. Um. But the
first headline is Chris Harrison on what to expect from
season sixteen of The Bachelorette. He says, and I quote,
it's a wild ride this according to people. Okay, so
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Harrison says that the drama starts on night one. He
also says that there will be an unprecedented twist in
season sixteen, beyond usual fights and romantic dinner dates. I
wonder what he's referring to their He then goes on
to say something that I actually think it is kind
of odd, and I don't really know if I like it. Ah,
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he goes What I can confirm is that this is
clear season one, it's all hers. It's about her story
and everything that happens after that you'll just have to
wait and see. What the heck. Don't you feel like
that it's really rude to Tasia? But we don't. But again, Ashley, UM,
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I mean tell me if I'm wrong, And a lot
of times you educate me and all this stuff, but like,
we still don't know what Tassia's role is in this,
right sure, but if we come to find out in
week three or whatnot, that she becomes the bachelorette as
everyone is reporting, isn't that just weird to say that
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it's one clear season and it's all about her, Like
that's so weird. Yes, So there's like two paths here.
Either one is they've really duped us and have very
little role this seaar wrong the whole time. They've kept
it a secret, which hey, as you and I know
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the Bachelor is really good at keeping secrets, or Tassia
is a part of this season and this ends up
being a really weird comment. I think it's is gonna
end up being a weird comment. I could even try
to excuse it by saying, like, maybe they have Claire
be part of the season. Throughout the entire thing, they're
always checking up on her, you know, she's part of
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at least five minutes of every episode. But the fact
that he says it's Claire season is super interesting. I'm
not hating on Harrison. We love Harrison, but this sounds
like an extremist comment. Given all the rumors, Okay, and
we can move on from here this but Harrison doesn't
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speak typically. I've I've never really, in my time kind
of following along with him, I have never heard him
in the promotion of a season speak unwisely and unthoughtful.
He says is very strategic, is very calculated, and he
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knows where his boundaries can be pushed. And so what
if we look into this and say, if I'm following
Harrison's lead right now, I'm saying TASTI is a smaller
part of the season. We think she's not she doesn't
become the bachelorette. Ditto what you said. Everything he said
says is usually so thought out that it's that it's
almost like he wants us to read into this statement.
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All right, Chris Harrison, well you did a good job,
because I don't know what anyways, that's a comment. Uh.
Next headline is The Bachelorettes. Mike Johnson reveals the advice
he gave first black bachelor Matt James is according to people, well,
it seems like he only spoke to him or gave
his advice when Matt was just supposed to be a
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contestant on Claire's season. The two of them met in
New York City and the advice that he gave him
is great advice. It's not specific for being the Bachelor
or the first black Bachelor, but justin a great advice
for anyone who's going to be on the show. He said, Um,
treat a girl how your mother taught you to treat woman.
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And then of course he jokes by saying, your shirt
is gonna be off at some point in time. So
I told him to make sure that you have a
better body than Tyler. Well, it's hard to do. Um,
it's not. That's not a challenge I want to accept. Anyways, Hey, Ashley,
you've talked about a few times, and it is something
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that we just seem to be celebrating every week over here.
And we're gonna bring on some some new moms, uh
in a future mom here to the next two episodes.
But The Bachelor's Ashley Fraser Welcome's daughter every ann and
the quote is absolutely perfect and healthy. This again, according
to People, the baby was born on September. Ashley says
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that you can expect baby Spam to come to her
Instagram and this just adds to our list of bachelor
lums having babies this this year. We went through the
entire list last week and it's just it's wild. It's wild.
This is her, this is her second child with her husband,
Aaron Williams. Well, Ashley, before we move on, I do
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want to mention that there is a bachelor who has
recently announced that he is madly in love and it's
not with the person that he picked from his season.
But before we do, Ashley, let's talk a second about
so No Bellow. I have my mom's nose. Everybody says it,
I've got my mom's nose. Uh. I have my dad's personality,
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But I don't know if those things really translate with
so no Bellow Ashley, What what kind of genetics do
you get from both your parents? Well, I have a
flat stomach thanks to my mom, and maybe a big
booty thanks to my mom too, But I and I
have my dad's personality for sure. Uh. And then I
have my grandmother's arms, and that's the body part that
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I hold some weight in that I would like to
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a bachelor who has fell madly in love with somebody
that he didn't choose on the season. But before we
get there, we do have a headline that we have
to cover that came out this week. This According to Cosmo, Tyler,
Cameron opened up about not speaking to Hannah Brown this summer. Okay,
this is juicy stuff. He says, there was definitely a
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time where we didn't speak. We have a very different relationship.
It's hard to you know, we've had ups and downs
right now, I think he means it was hard to define.
We've had ups and downs. Right now, we're in a
great spot where friends were able to kind of come back.
It was really great to see her this week. If
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you guys didn't see, they were spotted hanging out in
l a Um. It was really great to see her
and hang out and be ourselves again and be friends
and all that. It was hard. We both weren't in
a great spot when we were hanging out earlier this summer.
Were in a much better place now as people, and
it's allowing us to have a good friendship now. So
if you guys remember, and I know you do, Hannah
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went down to Florida and was part of the quarantine
crew in March, and since then they apparently didn't really speak.
They had had some interactions on social media, and we
know that Tyler was standing by Hannah's side when she
was going through the trouble that she went through earlier
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this summer. Now, this whole article, this interview that Cosmo
did with Tyler makes me wonder and like, yes, I'm
just assuming here, and yes I am spitballing things that
I have no clue about, but I'm just gonna say it, right,
I feel like they did have a like a sort
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of like a friend on and off relationship romance. Something
was going on, right, There was definitely more than friendship
that happened in the quarantine house. Because if if it
weren't for a complicated are we friends? Are we friends
with benefits? Can we be more? I want to be more,
you don't want to be more type of situation, then
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why would they stop being why would they stop talking
for a period of time. So do we ever get
like confirmation from the two of them back during the
quarantine crew that they were like more than just friends.
I remember that time. I remember watching the videos. I
remember like the assumptions being made, like, hey, there's gotta
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be something going on, like there has to be. But
I don't. I can't recall that we ever found out
like what the status of their relationship was. I guess
now we never did. And if anything, they kept saying like, oh,
we're friends, right, friends? We're like yeah, I mean like
they're friends. But you cannot tell me that they didn't,
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like there wasn't a move made at some point in
the quarantine house, right, I mean, this is me gossiping,
Yes it is. I don't have facts on this. I
don't know that anybody beyond Tyler and Hannah and their
close group of friends have facts on this um. But
I think that what Tyler is saying is that their
relationship was complicated at some point and they're becoming friends now.
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And I'm speculating again, but I would just say that,
based on my own experience, somebody probably wanted to be
more than just friends, and then another person probably didn't
want to be more than just friends, and and maybe
somebody was like, I can't be around you if we're
not more than just friends, and um, we need to
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take a friend We need to take a friend break
because like it's just too hard for me and it's
not healthy for me to be around you if I
want more. Right, this is just my deduction from these quotes.
But it's good to see him back out together again,
and it's nice to see the two of them just
sharing life together in whatever way they have previous and
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are doing now. Who knows those kids those days, they're
they're always doing something. And speaking of recent Bachelor's, Peter
Weber and Kelly Flann again are and I quote very
in love and moving in together soon. This according to
US Weekly. Yeah, so the two of them are going
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to be moving to New York, but interestingly only for
a year. The plan is only for a year, and
they're going to get a house in the Chicago area
as an investment. UM. They are planning on moving to
New York in January for Peter's job. UM I don't
know that. I tell me pilots and families of pilots
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out there, if do do pilots have to live in
a certain area, I guess, like if they're going on
a certain route. So they're going to move to New
York for a year in January for Peter's job as them,
and they're looking for a house in Chicago now, and
they are very in love, very serious and committed to
one another. It's gonna be so interesting at these two
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like get engaged. It's gonna be so so fun, I know.
I mean, I feel like they're on their way right
like like I feel like it's I don't know, like
this relationship has blossomed in front of us. They were
very secret about it for long, I mean the corners,
and they've been really like side by side ever since then.
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I will say this, if you can quarantine in a
new relationship and then keep it going after courtly, you
know afterwards where there you know, it looks like now
they're out and about a little bit. Like that's a
pretty good sign. Uh, It's something to to celebrate. I mean,
they found love on this season, and yesterday maybe didn't
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happen the way we all thought it would, or expected
it would or got to watch it. But hey, as
we just said, Peter Webber and Kelly Flannagan are moving
in together and uh, looking like they're gonna start life toither. Well, Hey, Ashley, UM,
let's take a break here. When we come back, we're
gonna have one of our most special people. Uh, somebody
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uh that has a lot going on in their life,
somebody who has recently moved in with their love uh
and uh and who has a lot of exciting things
to talk about. We're gonna have Leslie Murphy on the podcast.
But let's take a break when we come back with
Leslie Murphy. Alright, guys, Leslie Murphy from Sean Lowe season,
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from our season of Bachelor Winter Games is on the
line right now. Hey, Leslie, You've got so much going on.
There's like three major things in your life. Okay, you
got engaged, I did. You got engaged this year pre
quarantine Okay, Then you announced last week that you're pregnant
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and gratulations, thank you, thank you. And this week you
announced that you're moving to back home to Arkansas. It's wild.
I don't even know where to start. I don't even
think it's all processed at any time, and it's crazy. Yeah,
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so let's start at the beginning. You've got you got
engaged a few months back. When was the exact dated
fourth I can't forget February fourth. Had it happened? He uh,
he proposed via drone via model plane. So he flew
him out a plane on the bottom of the drone
with the ring attached, all the way across the beach.
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And I thought he wasn't gonna put the ring in
it and just like pull it out of his pocket.
But yeah, it was pretty weasy, and the ring was
in the box the whole time. And so then he
had this little drop maneuver and he just pressed a
button and so then the dring, the ring dropped from
the drone and he got down on the knee on
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the beach and I, that's so cute. Yeah, it was cute.
It was like, oh, please, Ben, I'm sure your proposal
was beautiful. It was like an It was an ode
to how we met because I slid into his d
M S and hopes that this complete stranger at the
time would fix my drone. So then it all came
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full circle with the proposal. Wait a stranger would fix
your drones? Yeah, I had a I had a drone
that needed to be fixed, and so am a mutual
friend told me to to d M him to see
if he could fix it. And so I randomly just
slid into his d MS one day, like two years ago,
and he couldn't fix it, but he let me borrow
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his and hopes that we'd see each other again, and
so the rest is history. Was there any other like
reason for you d M E M or is it
really just for the drone? It was just for the drone.
And I didn't do any research on this guy. But
I remember pulling up to his house. His door was
already open, so I could see him before I even
crossed through the threshold. And I saw him and I
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was like, damn, I should have done more research on
this guy. He's hot. And that's how it started. And
then we saw each other again because I had to
give his drone to him. And then our first day
was when we went flying my new drune because he
bought me a new one. Where is he from? Where's
he lives? He is from Sydney, Australia and he lives
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with me now in Arkansas. How did you okay, So
were you in Australia when you're drone broke? No, we
were both living in l A at the time, so
this was two years ago. We were both on the
West side in l A, which never happens. You know,
if you live anywhere close in l A. It's it's
like a magical feats because I had to drive like
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eight minutes to his house to see if he could
fix his drone. And so it just worked easy from
from the get go. And and yeah, I'll started with
drones and ended with drums. That's really cute. That proposal
is even cuter now. So you're getting this guy who
is from Sydney, Australia to move to Little Rock, Arkansas, right.
I never thought there'd be a day like like this
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would happen, but it did. And he lovingly and willingly
said yes because he's such a family guy and the
Australian borders are closed for god knows how much longer
because of COVID, and so he said, you know, I
think family is so important, and when we have this baby,
I think it's important to be around family. If we
can't be around mine, we should be around yours. And
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so I've struggled really hard of it because I never
thought i'd move back to Arkansas. Um, never in a
million years, And then you know, I kept going back
to I'm never going to regret many more time with family,
especially when this baby is born. And so here we
are on day one in Arkansas. This is day one,
like this is this is the first move. Well, thanks
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for taking time to hang out with this. UM. What
are some things you're most looking forward to with the
move back other than family? I mean families obvious? Um,
the yeah, family is obvious. I mean that's the number
one reason we're here. And to have help with the baby. Honestly,
I mean I am not there yet. I certainly don't
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know what I'm doing. Uh, so I need all the
help I can get from them. Rekindling old friendships that I,
you know, haven't seen since high school or prior to that, um,
and being gone. I work in travel, and so when
we were living in l A, it's hard to create
a community there when you're constantly back and forth all
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over the world. And so here I have that stable
community and so I can leave and know I can
come back and have you know, the ones to see
you when I do, what do you plan on doing
when it comes to traveling and having a newborn? Drap
the kid on my back and go, yeah, so it's
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not gonna we don't think it's gonna affect your travel
as much. I think in the beginning beginning it will.
I mean, I'm so scared for that first ride. I'm
not gonna lie because we all we've all been there
where there's a crying kid behind us, and I know
it's gonna happen, and I don't know what to do
just yet. But it's like anything else, you figure it out,
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right and uh and yeah, I think it's everything is
learning process and an experiment. And like I said, I'm
I'm so nervous, but we we figured it out. People
do it all the time. Did you, guys, did you
ever set a wedding date? Like were you planning on
getting married this year or were you still like this
was still a planning year for you guys? Yeah, I
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mean he engraved ten ten twenty on this guy, which
is you know, in a few days from now. Um,
so it's a little it's a little sad knowing that
date is coming soon and we won't be getting married
and that's okay. I think as the pandemic went on,
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we realized that that date was less and less likely
to be ours, especially because he's from Australia and his
family is still in Australia. They can't get out, we
can't get in. It's it's just a crazy year. And
so I think we are doing the best we can
with the time we have by having a baby. First,
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he engraved a date. Um before you said yes, right?
Why why? Wait? Why that date is a really good
question because when he proposed shortly thereafter, he was like, okay, okay,
look at the look at the engagement ring Luke quotes
on the inside. And I was like, oh god. And
I looked at the sentence in twenty and I was
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so taken aback because obviously we we hadn't talked about that,
and and I came to find out that he had
just talked to my mom, and I guess my mom
always knew that I liked the October month for getting married,
although and I had never talked about it, so it
was still a bit random and like super super ballsy
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on his side. Um, But like I said, I've always
visioned in October wedding and I love even numbers, and
you can't forget a date like ten ten twenty. Uh
so it all kind of lined up. I was on board,
you know, other plan. I still can't. I find it
like kind of sweet that you're always remember based on
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that engraving, Like you'll look back and you, yes, that
wasn't the day. There will be a new date. But like,
I kind of find it sweet. I kind of find
it like. I like it too. First, I don't. I
can't put my finger on what it is about it,
but I like it. I want to do something special
on that date too. I don't know what yet, but
I want to. I want to celebrate in some way
of I guess what could have been. Um, yeah, we'll
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have a new dates. I don't know what it's gonna
look like. I don't know where it's going to be,
because it's hard to visualize something when another milestone like
babies coming first, and when a whole half of the
family is on another continent. There's just a lot of
things in the air that haven't settled. Yeah, Leslie Murphy,
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you have more things going on right now than most
humans have in like five years, and you're just packing
into the one year that like, why not, you know,
we got time on our hands, just go ahead and
have a baby, move and get married. But really, I
mean that's the thing. We do have time on our
hands because, like I said, I work and travel. Can't
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really do that right now. Um, And so I don't know.
I am not mad at this year. There are many
many hard hardships that have come with it, but I
think for the most part it's been, you know, pretty
good to the two of us, with an engagement and
a baby and a move back home to family. I
really can't complain. Well, can you share with us the
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day that you found out you're pregnant? Um? Sure, yeah,
I Um, I haven't talked about this anywhere. So here
we go exclusive and it's it's really not like anything dramatic.
I you know, as you do and you get pregnant,
if you were in tune with your body, you realize
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that you must period. And I did just that, and
so I said, I I had I just had a feeling,
and I m took a pregnant to test. I went
to Target and then waited until that night to take
the pregnancy test because it's such a big moment, and
I knew. I'm just knew in the back of my mind.
I was like, this is going to read positive. And
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I knew from that moment on that my life and
would be forever changed. And so I waited until that
night to take it. I actually took the test, said
it on the stink because it takes like a few
seconds or moments, and actually took a bath, and I
was like, Okay, I just need to like fends the fence.
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But I knew the moment I looked at it that
my life would forever change. So I just wanted a
few more moments of um, I guess peace and stillness
and the way life was and moment before it changed forever.
And so then I got out of the bath and
I immediately looked at it and it said pregnant on it,
and I literally just walked out of the bathroom and
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he's sitting there watching TV, and I go, um, we're pregnant.
I like had to get it off my chest. I couldn't.
I so badly wanted to do something cute and surprising
in some way, but it was nighttime. We were really
about to go to sleep, and I like it was
like word about it. I had to get it out
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of my body and have somebody else just know it.
So that's how it happened. Did he know like that
you had an inkling or was he just completely like
was just out of nowhere. No. I in fact, I
didn't tell my box pregnant's test that day, um, because
I I like this the shock factor a little bit,
so I was I didn't even tell him I was
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taking the test, So I just kind of watched in
the bathroom, took a bath, and then came out with
a massive surprise. And you know what is the funniest
part of this whole thing is so, like I said,
this is at nighttime. I just think about we're about
to go to sleep. So he gets in bed. I
walked back to brush my teeth, and I can hear
him kind of breathing really hard in the bedroom, like
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almost like he's hyperventilating, And I'm like, are you okay
in there? And he's like, yeah, I think I'm fine.
It's just, you know, it's just a lot to process.
And so I walked back in the bed, I sit down,
and he immediately gets up and runs to the bathroom
and vomits everywhere. Oh, it was just a lot to
handle for him, I think. But in the moment, all
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I can do is laugh because I was like, I'm
a pregnant one, actually, and it was it was a
funny moment. I'm always interested though. I think those I mean,
those moments are so special ones that you can't forget.
But like, what was his first reaction? Because I put
myself in his position, Yeah, and I mean, honestly, you
don't know what you know, you don't know how you're
gonna what was his initial reaction and instinct it was
(31:03):
not as it wasn't as like dramatic as I had hoped.
And so I walk out of the bathroom and I
don't even give him time to think or look or anything. Immediately,
just word vomit, Uh, we're pregnant. And it takes the
seconds to register in his brain. And then he was
just like, oh my god, are we really Wow, He's
(31:29):
just tell he's just sitting and processing, sitting and processing.
And I'm like, yeah, that's that's it. That's all I got.
And I think, you know, and then about a few
minutes later is when he threw up everywhere and so
still processing. But ultimately, I mean, with all having said,
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he is thrilled. I mean, he wanted to be a
dad last year, so this is these thrills minus the
you know, vomit. Speaking of vomit, how is your first trimester, Ben?
How you feeling? Yeah? Good? I have had no morning thickness.
Good for you, none, I would. I am lucky in
(32:10):
that aspect. I it was really really tired, a lot
of fatigue, a lot of bloating, but that's about it.
I really I was shocked because I had prepared myself for,
you know, the worst, and it it didn't come. That's amazing,
couldn't for you? It's amazing, Leslie. We uh we hear
(32:32):
the almost famous podcast. I want to say congratulations and
all this stuff. I mean, that's just a huge deal
for you, uh and in so many ways. And moving
back home is obviously a big move. And people love
you and follow you because of your travels and because
of your adventure. And this is a new adventure, one
that we can't wait to fall along with. If people
(32:52):
out there listening go, hey, uh, I just need a
little bit more of Leslie Murphy in my life. Where
can they follow you? Where can they tune into this journey?
I love it? You can tune in various places, one
being Instagram at Leslie and Murphy or my blog The
road Less Travels with one s as in Leslie, we
can't let you go before we talk about Claire. Of course,
(33:16):
of course you and Claire got really close during Bachelor
Winter Games. Tell us all your thoughts about her being
the Bachelorette, if you talk to her since she's left
the show or anything that you got. I know, and
we were all there together on Bachelor Winter Games, so
you guys know just as much as I do. But um,
I love I love that she's the Bachelorette. All I
(33:38):
guess one of two? Uh this season? Well, let's pause there,
let's actually pause there. Um, Leslie, there's a quote this
week from Chris Harrison. Okay, and we we spoke about
it before you came on. We don't know how to
decipher it. In fact, we're super confused by it. And uh,
and before we move on to your thoughts on Claire,
(33:58):
I do think it. I want to hear your thoughts
on this this quote. So Chris Harrison came out this
week and told people, uh, he says. What I can
confirm is this is clear season a dent it's all hers,
it's about her story and everything that happens after it.
After it, you'll just have to wait and see. Leslie.
(34:19):
If you're just uh an almost famous listener and two
hosts that try to do their best to make sense
of it all, what's your thoughts on that? Knowing that
we've always thought there was two bachelorettes, Yeah, no kidding.
I guess my initial thoughts are, I'd love to sit down,
drink a bottle of wine with Chris and really get
the deeds. Because I now I'm just thoroly. I don't know.
(34:43):
I am fairly confusing. I just want to I just
want to get Chris intoxicated, so it tells me all
be good. But I don't know. I uh, I'm still
regardless of that quote. That is very that's still very vague.
I still think we got we got two bachelors. I
think we do too. Okay, anyway, sorry to Storty to
(35:04):
do uh go off on a teange there. We just
I have no clue what to do with that. Um
thoughts unclear. I don't know what to do with this
whole season. But going back to Claire, I love Matt.
They chose her first as the bachelorette. I love that
she is fierce. I love that she knows what she
wants as a woman. I love that she hasn't settled
(35:27):
as a thirty nine year old. I think a lot
of women, um, I can't generalize their blanket that statement,
but by any means, but I think some women as
they get older tend to settle and and she's not
done that. And I think the world of her for that,
um And I think it's a good She's a great
role model for others to find their power and find
(35:49):
the person they're meant to be with in the end.
And I hope she does that with us as an
audience being able to watch it. I'll play out because
we didn't. We didn't get there around Bachelor Winter Games,
and that's okay. They get another dose. I love the
other dose. And let's just point out that you and
Claire used to take baths together in the Winter Games house.
(36:10):
We sued it, um but is one of my favorite
moments from that season, and the edit from that is
just great. I mean, really, I don't know. I don't
remember if you guys were in the hot tub, but
it was full, so we had to make our own party. Yeah,
the party in the bathroom was better. There was there
(36:32):
was way too many bodies in the hot top it
all times. It's not for me to make your own
parties sometimes, you know, right Well, Leslie Murphy, you're the best.
Congratulations on all the things going on. UM, good luck
with the move. This is a an exciting one. Ashley
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and I both love our families. I know you love
your family. UH is not an easy decision, I'm sure,
but one we can all celebrate and know it's for
the good. Leslie Murphy. Everybody, thanks for coming on. Thank
you guys, appreciate it. By hey. As we mentioned UH,
this week, we will be releasing a second episode breaking
down all of Claire's guys. We're gonna have mini guests,
(37:15):
three guests actually onto the podcast to talk about Claire season,
to talk about their lives. It's gonna be awesome. It's
gonna be great. I also have to give a shout
out to Last week was a National Coffee Week. If
you don't celebrate National Coffee Week, you crazy. UH. And
obviously UH for me it was extra personal because generous
UH had a tremendous week with a lot of support
(37:37):
and a lot of support from all of you listening,
so thank you for that. Ashley, You're the best. I
will talk to you here in just a few days
and I'm pumped for it. With that, I've Been Been,
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with i R Radio. We've made it through uh the
insanely long offseason, the off season that has never stopped,
the off season that we'll never get again. Well, who knows.
Actually this this has been crazy, But we are celebrating
(00:23):
Claire's season premiering starting right now. With this episode, we're
gonna break down everything from Claire her Bachelor headlines, the
Bachelor headlines. We're gonna bring on some guests who I
think you're really gonna want to talk to, uh, Leslie
Murphy and Robert Graham. Uh. And then we'll be airing
(00:43):
a second episode uh in just a few days, talking
about Claire's guys maybe what we think we can expect,
and then also talking to uh Tinley Moleson, Eric Bigger
and Lupel. Actually we've got a big week in front
of us. Yep, So two part guys, and just heads
(01:03):
up because next week next week is the premiere. It
premieres on Tuesday. The Bachelor will be on Tuesdays this year,
so um this this podcast will also be airing on
well Tuesday nights, so after the episode this will be up. Yeah,
(01:25):
we're not gonna spoil it. This will be like a
let's say it on Monday and you watch on Tuesday,
and you know what's gonna happen. It will be Tuesday nights, Ashley.
I think it's important right now to mention two things.
One thing less serious uh than the other. The first
is that if there's like some like pounding in the background,
it's not Jared who. What it is is you have
(01:45):
like some construction going on around your house, don't you. Yeah, yeah,
there's some drilling going on. I'm sure it'll end soon,
but I'm sorry. Yeah, just forgiver, uh, for forgive the
people outside work and it's a it's a beautiful day
in Los Angeles to the outside. The second thing we
want to talk about is we uh we received some
messages this week, um and there they saddened our whole
(02:10):
team here. Uh. It was in relation to the Facebook
group for the Almost Famous podcast. The group was started
a few years ago with the idea that we could
build a community around it with our listeners, that they
could interact, talk about the show, talk about everything they
love in life. Um. It was never intended nor is
it still the place for bullying, uh, and for putting
(02:34):
other people down. Conversations in the healthiest ways are UH wanted, needed, accepted.
But we hope this Facebook group UM is a representation
of all of our listeners, including Ashley and myself and
our team. We hope this Facebook group is a representation
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of all of our listeners, Ashley, myself and our team.
And it won't be tolerated, UM to make other people
feel less than, or to bully or or to threaten UH.
That isn't accepted. We don't want it there UM. And
so please, if you're a part of that group, encourage kindness,
(03:16):
encourage love, acceptance, understanding, UH, gentleness, UH, and listening. That
is what our hope is. That is what we ask
of all of us together. UH. As you've noticed here recently,
Ashley and I had to do a lot of listening,
a lot of learning, a lot of understanding. UH. And
I will tell you that I am better for it.
(03:38):
I'll speak for Rashly UH and say that she is
better for it. UM and UH and we hoped for
all of you. So we want to start with that.
That is really important. UH. It is something we will
be monitoring UM. But we just we want to be
able to continue to have that platform and uh in
that place to speak, and so hey, uh we can
(03:58):
move on there, Ashley. With some Bachelor headlines, and there
are many just I don't know how they keep doing it,
but Bachelor people keep doing crazy stuff. Um. But the
first headline is Chris Harrison on what to expect from
season sixteen of The Bachelorette. He says, and I quote,
it's a wild ride this according to people. Okay, so
(04:22):
Harrison says that the drama starts on night one. He
also says that there will be an unprecedented twist in
season sixteen, beyond usual fights and romantic dinner dates. I
wonder what he's referring to their He then goes on
to say something that I actually think it is kind
of odd, and I don't really know if I like it. Ah,
(04:44):
he goes What I can confirm is that this is
clear season one, it's all hers. It's about her story
and everything that happens after that you'll just have to
wait and see. What the heck. Don't you feel like
that it's really rude to Tasia? But we don't. But again, Ashley, UM,
(05:06):
I mean tell me if I'm wrong, And a lot
of times you educate me and all this stuff, but like,
we still don't know what Tassia's role is in this,
right sure, but if we come to find out in
week three or whatnot, that she becomes the bachelorette as
everyone is reporting, isn't that just weird to say that
(05:30):
it's one clear season and it's all about her, Like
that's so weird. Yes, So there's like two paths here.
Either one is they've really duped us and have very
little role this seaar wrong the whole time. They've kept
it a secret, which hey, as you and I know
(05:50):
the Bachelor is really good at keeping secrets, or Tassia
is a part of this season and this ends up
being a really weird comment. I think it's is gonna
end up being a weird comment. I could even try
to excuse it by saying, like, maybe they have Claire
be part of the season. Throughout the entire thing, they're
always checking up on her, you know, she's part of
(06:12):
at least five minutes of every episode. But the fact
that he says it's Claire season is super interesting. I'm
not hating on Harrison. We love Harrison, but this sounds
like an extremist comment. Given all the rumors, Okay, and
we can move on from here this but Harrison doesn't
(06:34):
speak typically. I've I've never really, in my time kind
of following along with him, I have never heard him
in the promotion of a season speak unwisely and unthoughtful.
He says is very strategic, is very calculated, and he
(06:55):
knows where his boundaries can be pushed. And so what
if we look into this and say, if I'm following
Harrison's lead right now, I'm saying TASTI is a smaller
part of the season. We think she's not she doesn't
become the bachelorette. Ditto what you said. Everything he said
says is usually so thought out that it's that it's
almost like he wants us to read into this statement.
(07:17):
All right, Chris Harrison, well you did a good job,
because I don't know what anyways, that's a comment. Uh.
Next headline is The Bachelorettes. Mike Johnson reveals the advice
he gave first black bachelor Matt James is according to people, well,
it seems like he only spoke to him or gave
his advice when Matt was just supposed to be a
(07:39):
contestant on Claire's season. The two of them met in
New York City and the advice that he gave him
is great advice. It's not specific for being the Bachelor
or the first black Bachelor, but justin a great advice
for anyone who's going to be on the show. He said, Um,
treat a girl how your mother taught you to treat woman.
(08:00):
And then of course he jokes by saying, your shirt
is gonna be off at some point in time. So
I told him to make sure that you have a
better body than Tyler. Well, it's hard to do. Um,
it's not. That's not a challenge I want to accept. Anyways, Hey, Ashley,
you've talked about a few times, and it is something
(08:23):
that we just seem to be celebrating every week over here.
And we're gonna bring on some some new moms, uh
in a future mom here to the next two episodes.
But The Bachelor's Ashley Fraser Welcome's daughter every ann and
the quote is absolutely perfect and healthy. This again, according
to People, the baby was born on September. Ashley says
(08:49):
that you can expect baby Spam to come to her
Instagram and this just adds to our list of bachelor
lums having babies this this year. We went through the
entire list last week and it's just it's wild. It's wild.
This is her, this is her second child with her husband,
Aaron Williams. Well, Ashley, before we move on, I do
(09:13):
want to mention that there is a bachelor who has
recently announced that he is madly in love and it's
not with the person that he picked from his season.
But before we do, Ashley, let's talk a second about
so No Bellow. I have my mom's nose. Everybody says it,
I've got my mom's nose. Uh. I have my dad's personality,
(09:35):
But I don't know if those things really translate with
so no Bellow Ashley, What what kind of genetics do
you get from both your parents? Well, I have a
flat stomach thanks to my mom, and maybe a big
booty thanks to my mom too, But I and I
have my dad's personality for sure. Uh. And then I
have my grandmother's arms, and that's the body part that
(09:57):
I hold some weight in that I would like to
you not hold wait in and holding weight in those
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(10:18):
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(11:48):
a bachelor who has fell madly in love with somebody
that he didn't choose on the season. But before we
get there, we do have a headline that we have
to cover that came out this week. This According to Cosmo, Tyler,
Cameron opened up about not speaking to Hannah Brown this summer. Okay,
this is juicy stuff. He says, there was definitely a
(12:09):
time where we didn't speak. We have a very different relationship.
It's hard to you know, we've had ups and downs
right now, I think he means it was hard to define.
We've had ups and downs. Right now, we're in a
great spot where friends were able to kind of come back.
It was really great to see her this week. If
(12:29):
you guys didn't see, they were spotted hanging out in
l a Um. It was really great to see her
and hang out and be ourselves again and be friends
and all that. It was hard. We both weren't in
a great spot when we were hanging out earlier this summer.
Were in a much better place now as people, and
it's allowing us to have a good friendship now. So
if you guys remember, and I know you do, Hannah
(12:52):
went down to Florida and was part of the quarantine
crew in March, and since then they apparently didn't really speak.
They had had some interactions on social media, and we
know that Tyler was standing by Hannah's side when she
was going through the trouble that she went through earlier
(13:12):
this summer. Now, this whole article, this interview that Cosmo
did with Tyler makes me wonder and like, yes, I'm
just assuming here, and yes I am spitballing things that
I have no clue about, but I'm just gonna say it, right,
I feel like they did have a like a sort
(13:33):
of like a friend on and off relationship romance. Something
was going on, right, There was definitely more than friendship
that happened in the quarantine house. Because if if it
weren't for a complicated are we friends? Are we friends
with benefits? Can we be more? I want to be more,
you don't want to be more type of situation, then
(13:55):
why would they stop being why would they stop talking
for a period of time. So do we ever get
like confirmation from the two of them back during the
quarantine crew that they were like more than just friends.
I remember that time. I remember watching the videos. I
remember like the assumptions being made, like, hey, there's gotta
(14:16):
be something going on, like there has to be. But
I don't. I can't recall that we ever found out
like what the status of their relationship was. I guess
now we never did. And if anything, they kept saying like, oh,
we're friends, right, friends? We're like yeah, I mean like
they're friends. But you cannot tell me that they didn't,
(14:37):
like there wasn't a move made at some point in
the quarantine house, right, I mean, this is me gossiping,
Yes it is. I don't have facts on this. I
don't know that anybody beyond Tyler and Hannah and their
close group of friends have facts on this um. But
I think that what Tyler is saying is that their
relationship was complicated at some point and they're becoming friends now.
(15:00):
And I'm speculating again, but I would just say that,
based on my own experience, somebody probably wanted to be
more than just friends, and then another person probably didn't
want to be more than just friends, and and maybe
somebody was like, I can't be around you if we're
not more than just friends, and um, we need to
(15:22):
take a friend We need to take a friend break
because like it's just too hard for me and it's
not healthy for me to be around you if I
want more. Right, this is just my deduction from these quotes.
But it's good to see him back out together again,
and it's nice to see the two of them just
sharing life together in whatever way they have previous and
(15:43):
are doing now. Who knows those kids those days, they're
they're always doing something. And speaking of recent Bachelor's, Peter
Weber and Kelly Flann again are and I quote very
in love and moving in together soon. This according to
US Weekly. Yeah, so the two of them are going
(16:04):
to be moving to New York, but interestingly only for
a year. The plan is only for a year, and
they're going to get a house in the Chicago area
as an investment. UM. They are planning on moving to
New York in January for Peter's job. UM I don't
know that. I tell me pilots and families of pilots
(16:26):
out there, if do do pilots have to live in
a certain area, I guess, like if they're going on
a certain route. So they're going to move to New
York for a year in January for Peter's job as them,
and they're looking for a house in Chicago now, and
they are very in love, very serious and committed to
one another. It's gonna be so interesting at these two
(16:47):
like get engaged. It's gonna be so so fun, I know.
I mean, I feel like they're on their way right
like like I feel like it's I don't know, like
this relationship has blossomed in front of us. They were
very secret about it for long, I mean the corners,
and they've been really like side by side ever since then.
(17:09):
I will say this, if you can quarantine in a
new relationship and then keep it going after courtly, you
know afterwards where there you know, it looks like now
they're out and about a little bit. Like that's a
pretty good sign. Uh, It's something to to celebrate. I mean,
they found love on this season, and yesterday maybe didn't
(17:30):
happen the way we all thought it would, or expected
it would or got to watch it. But hey, as
we just said, Peter Webber and Kelly Flannagan are moving
in together and uh, looking like they're gonna start life toither. Well, Hey, Ashley, UM,
let's take a break here. When we come back, we're
gonna have one of our most special people. Uh, somebody
(17:52):
uh that has a lot going on in their life,
somebody who has recently moved in with their love uh
and uh and who has a lot of exciting things
to talk about. We're gonna have Leslie Murphy on the podcast.
But let's take a break when we come back with
Leslie Murphy. Alright, guys, Leslie Murphy from Sean Lowe season,
(18:20):
from our season of Bachelor Winter Games is on the
line right now. Hey, Leslie, You've got so much going on.
There's like three major things in your life. Okay, you
got engaged, I did. You got engaged this year pre
quarantine Okay, Then you announced last week that you're pregnant
(18:43):
and gratulations, thank you, thank you. And this week you
announced that you're moving to back home to Arkansas. It's wild.
I don't even know where to start. I don't even
think it's all processed at any time, and it's crazy. Yeah,
(19:04):
so let's start at the beginning. You've got you got
engaged a few months back. When was the exact dated
fourth I can't forget February fourth. Had it happened? He uh,
he proposed via drone via model plane. So he flew
him out a plane on the bottom of the drone
with the ring attached, all the way across the beach.
(19:27):
And I thought he wasn't gonna put the ring in
it and just like pull it out of his pocket.
But yeah, it was pretty weasy, and the ring was
in the box the whole time. And so then he
had this little drop maneuver and he just pressed a
button and so then the dring, the ring dropped from
the drone and he got down on the knee on
(19:48):
the beach and I, that's so cute. Yeah, it was cute.
It was like, oh, please, Ben, I'm sure your proposal
was beautiful. It was like an It was an ode
to how we met because I slid into his d
M S and hopes that this complete stranger at the
time would fix my drone. So then it all came
(20:09):
full circle with the proposal. Wait a stranger would fix
your drones? Yeah, I had a I had a drone
that needed to be fixed, and so am a mutual
friend told me to to d M him to see
if he could fix it. And so I randomly just
slid into his d MS one day, like two years ago,
and he couldn't fix it, but he let me borrow
(20:29):
his and hopes that we'd see each other again, and
so the rest is history. Was there any other like
reason for you d M E M or is it
really just for the drone? It was just for the drone.
And I didn't do any research on this guy. But
I remember pulling up to his house. His door was
already open, so I could see him before I even
crossed through the threshold. And I saw him and I
(20:51):
was like, damn, I should have done more research on
this guy. He's hot. And that's how it started. And
then we saw each other again because I had to
give his drone to him. And then our first day
was when we went flying my new drune because he
bought me a new one. Where is he from? Where's
he lives? He is from Sydney, Australia and he lives
(21:13):
with me now in Arkansas. How did you okay, So
were you in Australia when you're drone broke? No, we
were both living in l A at the time, so
this was two years ago. We were both on the
West side in l A, which never happens. You know,
if you live anywhere close in l A. It's it's
like a magical feats because I had to drive like
(21:35):
eight minutes to his house to see if he could
fix his drone. And so it just worked easy from
from the get go. And and yeah, I'll started with
drones and ended with drums. That's really cute. That proposal
is even cuter now. So you're getting this guy who
is from Sydney, Australia to move to Little Rock, Arkansas, right.
I never thought there'd be a day like like this
(21:58):
would happen, but it did. And he lovingly and willingly
said yes because he's such a family guy and the
Australian borders are closed for god knows how much longer
because of COVID, and so he said, you know, I
think family is so important, and when we have this baby,
I think it's important to be around family. If we
can't be around mine, we should be around yours. And
(22:19):
so I've struggled really hard of it because I never
thought i'd move back to Arkansas. Um, never in a
million years, And then you know, I kept going back
to I'm never going to regret many more time with family,
especially when this baby is born. And so here we
are on day one in Arkansas. This is day one,
like this is this is the first move. Well, thanks
(22:41):
for taking time to hang out with this. UM. What
are some things you're most looking forward to with the
move back other than family? I mean families obvious? Um,
the yeah, family is obvious. I mean that's the number
one reason we're here. And to have help with the baby. Honestly,
I mean I am not there yet. I certainly don't
(23:01):
know what I'm doing. Uh, so I need all the
help I can get from them. Rekindling old friendships that I,
you know, haven't seen since high school or prior to that, um,
and being gone. I work in travel, and so when
we were living in l A, it's hard to create
a community there when you're constantly back and forth all
(23:22):
over the world. And so here I have that stable
community and so I can leave and know I can
come back and have you know, the ones to see
you when I do, what do you plan on doing
when it comes to traveling and having a newborn? Drap
the kid on my back and go, yeah, so it's
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not gonna we don't think it's gonna affect your travel
as much. I think in the beginning beginning it will.
I mean, I'm so scared for that first ride. I'm
not gonna lie because we all we've all been there
where there's a crying kid behind us, and I know
it's gonna happen, and I don't know what to do
just yet. But it's like anything else, you figure it out,
(24:05):
right and uh and yeah, I think it's everything is
learning process and an experiment. And like I said, I'm
I'm so nervous, but we we figured it out. People
do it all the time. Did you, guys, did you
ever set a wedding date? Like were you planning on
getting married this year or were you still like this
was still a planning year for you guys? Yeah, I
(24:26):
mean he engraved ten ten twenty on this guy, which
is you know, in a few days from now. Um,
so it's a little it's a little sad knowing that
date is coming soon and we won't be getting married
and that's okay. I think as the pandemic went on,
(24:47):
we realized that that date was less and less likely
to be ours, especially because he's from Australia and his
family is still in Australia. They can't get out, we
can't get in. It's it's just a crazy year. And
so I think we are doing the best we can
with the time we have by having a baby. First,
(25:08):
he engraved a date. Um before you said yes, right?
Why why? Wait? Why that date is a really good
question because when he proposed shortly thereafter, he was like, okay, okay,
look at the look at the engagement ring Luke quotes
on the inside. And I was like, oh god. And
I looked at the sentence in twenty and I was
(25:30):
so taken aback because obviously we we hadn't talked about that,
and and I came to find out that he had
just talked to my mom, and I guess my mom
always knew that I liked the October month for getting married,
although and I had never talked about it, so it
was still a bit random and like super super ballsy
(25:50):
on his side. Um, But like I said, I've always
visioned in October wedding and I love even numbers, and
you can't forget a date like ten ten twenty. Uh
so it all kind of lined up. I was on board,
you know, other plan. I still can't. I find it
like kind of sweet that you're always remember based on
(26:14):
that engraving, Like you'll look back and you, yes, that
wasn't the day. There will be a new date. But like,
I kind of find it sweet. I kind of find
it like. I like it too. First, I don't. I
can't put my finger on what it is about it,
but I like it. I want to do something special
on that date too. I don't know what yet, but
I want to. I want to celebrate in some way
of I guess what could have been. Um, yeah, we'll
(26:39):
have a new dates. I don't know what it's gonna
look like. I don't know where it's going to be,
because it's hard to visualize something when another milestone like
babies coming first, and when a whole half of the
family is on another continent. There's just a lot of
things in the air that haven't settled. Yeah, Leslie Murphy,
(26:59):
you have more things going on right now than most
humans have in like five years, and you're just packing
into the one year that like, why not, you know,
we got time on our hands, just go ahead and
have a baby, move and get married. But really, I
mean that's the thing. We do have time on our
hands because, like I said, I work and travel. Can't
(27:20):
really do that right now. Um, And so I don't know.
I am not mad at this year. There are many
many hard hardships that have come with it, but I
think for the most part it's been, you know, pretty
good to the two of us, with an engagement and
a baby and a move back home to family. I
really can't complain. Well, can you share with us the
(27:41):
day that you found out you're pregnant? Um? Sure, yeah,
I Um, I haven't talked about this anywhere. So here
we go exclusive and it's it's really not like anything dramatic.
I you know, as you do and you get pregnant,
if you were in tune with your body, you realize
(28:04):
that you must period. And I did just that, and
so I said, I I had I just had a feeling,
and I m took a pregnant to test. I went
to Target and then waited until that night to take
the pregnancy test because it's such a big moment, and
I knew. I'm just knew in the back of my mind.
I was like, this is going to read positive. And
(28:27):
I knew from that moment on that my life and
would be forever changed. And so I waited until that
night to take it. I actually took the test, said
it on the stink because it takes like a few
seconds or moments, and actually took a bath, and I
was like, Okay, I just need to like fends the fence.
(28:49):
But I knew the moment I looked at it that
my life would forever change. So I just wanted a
few more moments of um, I guess peace and stillness
and the way life was and moment before it changed forever.
And so then I got out of the bath and
I immediately looked at it and it said pregnant on it,
and I literally just walked out of the bathroom and
(29:11):
he's sitting there watching TV, and I go, um, we're pregnant.
I like had to get it off my chest. I couldn't.
I so badly wanted to do something cute and surprising
in some way, but it was nighttime. We were really
about to go to sleep, and I like it was
like word about it. I had to get it out
(29:33):
of my body and have somebody else just know it.
So that's how it happened. Did he know like that
you had an inkling or was he just completely like
was just out of nowhere. No. I in fact, I
didn't tell my box pregnant's test that day, um, because
I I like this the shock factor a little bit,
so I was I didn't even tell him I was
(29:53):
taking the test, So I just kind of watched in
the bathroom, took a bath, and then came out with
a massive surprise. And you know what is the funniest
part of this whole thing is so, like I said,
this is at nighttime. I just think about we're about
to go to sleep. So he gets in bed. I
walked back to brush my teeth, and I can hear
him kind of breathing really hard in the bedroom, like
(30:17):
almost like he's hyperventilating, And I'm like, are you okay
in there? And he's like, yeah, I think I'm fine.
It's just, you know, it's just a lot to process.
And so I walked back in the bed, I sit down,
and he immediately gets up and runs to the bathroom
and vomits everywhere. Oh, it was just a lot to
handle for him, I think. But in the moment, all
(30:39):
I can do is laugh because I was like, I'm
a pregnant one, actually, and it was it was a
funny moment. I'm always interested though. I think those I mean,
those moments are so special ones that you can't forget.
But like, what was his first reaction? Because I put
myself in his position, Yeah, and I mean, honestly, you
don't know what you know, you don't know how you're
gonna what was his initial reaction and instinct it was
(31:03):
not as it wasn't as like dramatic as I had hoped.
And so I walk out of the bathroom and I
don't even give him time to think or look or anything. Immediately,
just word vomit, Uh, we're pregnant. And it takes the
seconds to register in his brain. And then he was
just like, oh my god, are we really Wow, He's
(31:29):
just tell he's just sitting and processing, sitting and processing.
And I'm like, yeah, that's that's it. That's all I got.
And I think, you know, and then about a few
minutes later is when he threw up everywhere and so
still processing. But ultimately, I mean, with all having said,
(31:49):
he is thrilled. I mean, he wanted to be a
dad last year, so this is these thrills minus the
you know, vomit. Speaking of vomit, how is your first trimester, Ben?
How you feeling? Yeah? Good? I have had no morning thickness.
Good for you, none, I would. I am lucky in
(32:10):
that aspect. I it was really really tired, a lot
of fatigue, a lot of bloating, but that's about it.
I really I was shocked because I had prepared myself for,
you know, the worst, and it it didn't come. That's amazing,
couldn't for you? It's amazing, Leslie. We uh we hear
(32:32):
the almost famous podcast. I want to say congratulations and
all this stuff. I mean, that's just a huge deal
for you, uh and in so many ways. And moving
back home is obviously a big move. And people love
you and follow you because of your travels and because
of your adventure. And this is a new adventure, one
that we can't wait to fall along with. If people
(32:52):
out there listening go, hey, uh, I just need a
little bit more of Leslie Murphy in my life. Where
can they follow you? Where can they tune into this journey?
I love it? You can tune in various places, one
being Instagram at Leslie and Murphy or my blog The
road Less Travels with one s as in Leslie, we
can't let you go before we talk about Claire. Of course,
(33:16):
of course you and Claire got really close during Bachelor
Winter Games. Tell us all your thoughts about her being
the Bachelorette, if you talk to her since she's left
the show or anything that you got. I know, and
we were all there together on Bachelor Winter Games, so
you guys know just as much as I do. But um,
I love I love that she's the Bachelorette. All I
(33:38):
guess one of two? Uh this season? Well, let's pause there,
let's actually pause there. Um, Leslie, there's a quote this
week from Chris Harrison. Okay, and we we spoke about
it before you came on. We don't know how to
decipher it. In fact, we're super confused by it. And uh,
and before we move on to your thoughts on Claire,
(33:58):
I do think it. I want to hear your thoughts
on this this quote. So Chris Harrison came out this
week and told people, uh, he says. What I can
confirm is this is clear season a dent it's all hers,
it's about her story and everything that happens after it.
After it, you'll just have to wait and see. Leslie.
(34:19):
If you're just uh an almost famous listener and two
hosts that try to do their best to make sense
of it all, what's your thoughts on that? Knowing that
we've always thought there was two bachelorettes, Yeah, no kidding.
I guess my initial thoughts are, I'd love to sit down,
drink a bottle of wine with Chris and really get
the deeds. Because I now I'm just thoroly. I don't know.
(34:43):
I am fairly confusing. I just want to I just
want to get Chris intoxicated, so it tells me all
be good. But I don't know. I uh, I'm still
regardless of that quote. That is very that's still very vague.
I still think we got we got two bachelors. I
think we do too. Okay, anyway, sorry to Storty to
(35:04):
do uh go off on a teange there. We just
I have no clue what to do with that. Um
thoughts unclear. I don't know what to do with this
whole season. But going back to Claire, I love Matt.
They chose her first as the bachelorette. I love that
she is fierce. I love that she knows what she
wants as a woman. I love that she hasn't settled
(35:27):
as a thirty nine year old. I think a lot
of women, um, I can't generalize their blanket that statement,
but by any means, but I think some women as
they get older tend to settle and and she's not
done that. And I think the world of her for that,
um And I think it's a good She's a great
role model for others to find their power and find
(35:49):
the person they're meant to be with in the end.
And I hope she does that with us as an
audience being able to watch it. I'll play out because
we didn't. We didn't get there around Bachelor Winter Games,
and that's okay. They get another dose. I love the
other dose. And let's just point out that you and
Claire used to take baths together in the Winter Games house.
(36:10):
We sued it, um but is one of my favorite
moments from that season, and the edit from that is
just great. I mean, really, I don't know. I don't
remember if you guys were in the hot tub, but
it was full, so we had to make our own party. Yeah,
the party in the bathroom was better. There was there
(36:32):
was way too many bodies in the hot top it
all times. It's not for me to make your own
parties sometimes, you know, right Well, Leslie Murphy, you're the best.
Congratulations on all the things going on. UM, good luck
with the move. This is a an exciting one. Ashley
(36:52):
and I both love our families. I know you love
your family. UH is not an easy decision, I'm sure,
but one we can all celebrate and know it's for
the good. Leslie Murphy. Everybody, thanks for coming on. Thank
you guys, appreciate it. By hey. As we mentioned UH,
this week, we will be releasing a second episode breaking
down all of Claire's guys. We're gonna have mini guests,
(37:15):
three guests actually onto the podcast to talk about Claire season,
to talk about their lives. It's gonna be awesome. It's
gonna be great. I also have to give a shout
out to Last week was a National Coffee Week. If
you don't celebrate National Coffee Week, you crazy. UH. And
obviously UH for me it was extra personal because generous
UH had a tremendous week with a lot of support
(37:37):
and a lot of support from all of you listening,
so thank you for that. Ashley, You're the best. I
will talk to you here in just a few days
and I'm pumped for it. With that, I've Been Been,
I've Been Ashley by guys. Followed the Benn and Ashley
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