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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley i Almost Famous Podcast
with i R Radio. Hey guys, welcome to another week
of the Almost Famous Podcast. We are excited to break
down Tasia's first official episode, and of course we have
bachelor headlines including two huge engagements. But first we are
going to have Ben Flannic come on to talk about

(00:21):
our very exciting friends giving, which you can be a
part of its next Thursday, So a week from this Thursday.
Hey Ben, how are you doing? You want to talk
a little bit about our bundle and how to get
access to this event? Yeah, definitely. So here's the thing.
When Being comes on, we're gonna talk a lot about
the bundle he's a part of. And that bundle uh
as you hear me mentioned many times, I'm sure it's

(00:43):
sixty dollars. That includes two bottles of two thou eighteen
ion rose uh bye, and that's by Ben Flannic. You're
also going to get within that bundle a personal note
from Ashley and myself. But you can also if if
that doesn't intrigue you, you can get a general admission
ticket which is fifteen dollars, or you can really step
it up and for two dollars Uh, it's a v

(01:04):
I P Meet and Greet bundle. You get access to
the Almost Famous friends Giving, an exclusive meet and greet
with uh Ashley and myself, exclusive merch and almost Famous
hat and topebag, a personal note from Ashley and myself. Um.
There there's just a few of these available. Uh. So
if you're interested in the v I P Meet and
greet for two, go out and grab it now. If

(01:26):
you want uh two bottles of wine by Ben Flannic,
that's sixty dollars, go out and get that now. Or
if you just want to join us for friends Giving
and celebrate uh this holiday virtually, which we really hope
you do, that's just fifteen dollars. Uh. And I know
we're super pumpedous this. We're gonna have some amazing guests
coming on. Uh some of our favorites for this friends Giving,
let me run through them real quick. Uh, We're gonna

(01:47):
have Chrys Soul's, Crystal Nielsen, Wells, Adams, Jared Havan, Ben Flannic,
and many more. Tickets are available right now on location
live dot com slash Almost Famous. All Right, so I
want to match up with you about you know, how
your weeks been. But first, let's get Ben on to
talk about all things Thanksgiving, and of course a little

(02:08):
bit more about what you can expect next week. You know,
it's been a bit since we were blessed with this
man's voice, and it's now been two times in the
last few months. Uh. He was so great last time
on the podcast when we did the In Depth that
we had to bring him back. And we have a
couple of other things that we're gonna talk about today.
Ben Flannic, Welcome back to the Almost Famous podcast. Thanks

(02:32):
for having me again. I mean you took some years off.
I don't know if it actually was the In Depth
the very first time you've ever been on the podcast. Yeah,
and and now this is the second time. And I
feel the first time, I'm always a little nervous. Uh.
The second time, I just I feel really comfortable talking
to you. I just feel like we we know each
other now. Um, we spent an hour on the podcast together,

(02:54):
and uh, we're gonna talk about some more time We're
gonna spend together into a second. But I want to
catch up with you a bit. Last time we talked
to you in the In Depth. You're kind of a nomad.
You're you're kind of moving around the country, spending some
time with friends. Where are you at right now? Has
life changed? Are you still kind of traveling around? Yeah,
I'm I'm I'm currently in New York City in Manhattan.

(03:16):
I I live at the SOHO Grant like the monopoly man.
But it's all, it's all. It's getting closer to UM,
to conclusion, conclusion, I should say. I. UM, I've decided
to become bi coastal and split my time between Cinema
and Manhattan. UM. Shortly, very very soon, I'm actually out

(03:39):
here looking at that homes. So what do you mind
sharing kind of what has caused that? What? Why is
that the decision? UM? I think that, you know, given
given the state and everyone's ability to to work remote
and UM, and for me like loving both places so much,
it's hard for me. It's hard for me to choose one.

(03:59):
I mean almost so lovely and AWFUM, but it's it's
slow for someone who's you know, and it's still single.
But all my friends have started to move back there
with their families and my families there, so those things
are very important. UM. But then being able to to
be in New York City, which is someplace that I've
always wanted to live. I've talked about it forever. Um,

(04:21):
it's kind of like a dream come true. Really. It's uh,
you know, how is New York doing you? You hear stories,
um that the city is struggling right now, it's pretty quiet.
Do you feel that way? And um? And if so,
are you gonna be a part of bringing people back
into that city or you have you not been there

(04:44):
long enough to tell? Uh? You know, I've been here
a couple of times during COVID and this this this time,
this current trip is is an extended stay for you know,
three plus weeks. Um, it feels fine to me. Ben
I you know, I know, I know everybody like reads
into the news and the media, but like the New Yorkers,
I'm not technically a New Yorker, but I love the

(05:06):
people from New York. They're all still here and they're
doing it, and they're keeping this place alive. And um,
people are you know, brunching and and dining and and
doing doing their thing. Um, you know, with with caution, obviously,
it doesn't seem like anyone's going going crazy. There's everyone's
wearing masks and doing doing what they should be doing. Yeah,

(05:28):
you know, it's a it's a city I love. I
love New York, um, and it's hard. It's hard to
hear when you hear the stories that it's not doing well,
that it's quiet, that they don't know until next year
it's gonna get back. And you know, New York has
that grit to it. The people of New York. Um.
You know, they fight traffic every day, they walk the

(05:48):
streets of day gets cold and wendy. They have grit.
They love the city and it's good to hear that
people are sticking around. Um. And you know what, hey,
if you can do it, being bicoastal seems like an amazing,
amazing way to live life. Yeah, I'd love airplanes too,
So like the journey back and forth is just as
good as both destinations for me. Although you know, flying

(06:12):
right now is is different and you need to be
courteous and cordial of others. Um so, But but I
I don't mind the flight. Have you been back home
since the last time we talked to you? Yeah, I was.
I actually was back in in marin and Sonoma for
the past a few weeks. I was in Los Angeles,
I was in San Diego. I've been kind of kind

(06:34):
of here, there and everywhere. I'm trying to figure it
all out. It was nice being home. I actually started, Um,
it was nice. I was living with my sister, which
was like the first time ever, and she has uh,
I have a two and a half year old niece,
her daughter, and we started filming these little cooking shows
together and it was just like really nice to be
home and connect with with her and she's a sweet
pee Ah. Well, before we're moving to the kind of

(06:57):
the not the surprise we've talked about before, but the
thing that will be doing with the almost famous podcast
and you, um, you know, we caught you on the
front end of this this trip. What have you learned?
I know this was this was kind of an exploration
your your heart was wide open to is there anything
that you want to share that you've learned through this journey? Um?

(07:18):
You know, I think you you talk about this a
lot too, And I think this is a really important
character trait and it's something that I've always kind of
prided myself on it and it's empathy. And I think
that having traveled around and tried to discover what what
what makes me happy? Professionally and personally. Like at the
end of the day, all the people that I've seen

(07:40):
in all the places that I've been, empathy and being
empathetic to everyone's situation. Um, not that I you know,
it wasn't before, but I'm probably even more so now.
You never know what anyone's going through, especially this year. Um,
so you never I was never quick to past judgment

(08:00):
and maybe I had done that before, but now it's
like try to talk to as many people as you can,
even with your mask on, and treat everyone with with
a ton of respect because we're all going through something
and that's that's the biggest thing. I think the biggest

(08:21):
tape will take away empathy. I think travel does that, man,
I really do. I think travel or you know, if
you're if you're able to travel, no matter where it
is a different town, a different county, a different state,
a different country, a different continent. Um, when you travel
and you see the lives of others, like for example,

(08:43):
we talked about it here. Um, actually I don't know
if we have yet. You know, we do a lot
of work in Honduras, and Honduras was just you know,
Honduras is I as of last year, it was the
second poorest um country per capita in the world, I think,
only behind Haiti. And when you hear that as a

(09:05):
stat uh, it doesn't make a lot of sense, right.
You can hear and you're like, oh, people are poor there.
But when you go and you visit and you spend
time with these people, and you see the way they
have to live life, and you see the stories, and
you hear the stories of people walking miles to get
clean water and miles to get to school if they
go to school, and then you see him get hit

(09:25):
by a hurricane and it wipes out everything that they
even had up to this point, which wasn't a lot.
There's a different emotional understanding that I have for those
people then I would if I never went to visit.
And I think traveling does that. It brings empathy, it's
shares the stories and so it's uh hey a story

(09:46):
of travel like yours, and that take being the takeaway
is one that I admire. So, uh, ben I do
want to jump in. We have a cool event coming
up here um with the almost famous podcast. You know,
the holidays are coming up and uh. Some thing that
it's always fun to do, uh is get together with
people on the holidays. Well, this year looks a little different, right,
We have to do a lot of this virtually, um,

(10:08):
and so we are gonna be holding a friends Giving
virtual event with the Almost Famous podcast and a bunch
of our favorite friends from the podcast and have been
guests of the podcast will be joining us that day.
You're gonna be there, but you're not just gonna be there,
You're offering a pretty cool benefit to coming as well.
Uh do you mind telling everybody what this is about. Yeah,

(10:29):
some some deep discounted rose for friends Giving. The very
least I could could do for for everyone. UM. Rose
is actually a pretty good Thanksgiving wine. I know most
people I think it's like a summertime jam, but I
like sparkling rose and and and you know red burgundy
peanot per for Thanksgiving. The with sixty dollars, uh, you'll

(10:53):
get your ticket. You also get two bottles of this
rose of your rose. This is the rose that uh
that you have architected and UH that includes shipping. So
you do have to be twenty one years or older
to purchase a ticket to this event. But it's a
cool benefit. Come join us. It's gonna be a ton

(11:15):
of fun. Ben's gonna be there. I'm gonna be there
the other Ben, Ashley Um, Chris Souls, Krystal Nielsen, Wells Adams,
Jared Havan uh and many more. We'll be joining us
to stay again if you buy a ticket that includes
two bottles of Ben's rose. Uh. Tickets are available on
location live dot com slash almost Famous. Again. That's on

(11:38):
location live dot com slash almost Famous. I hope this
is just an event, Ben. I know you love talking
to people. You just said it. I hope this event
where you can just kick back, relax, have a drink, talk, share,
bring on some really fun guests, uh, and have a
great time doing it. Hey, Ben, we are all going
to be sharing a recipe that maybe like has significance

(11:58):
in our family. What is a recipe that you think
you might be sharing? Uh? Specific to Thanksgiving? Oh, my
mom's stuffing is pretty ledge, but my dad stuffing is lit. So, like,
are we going to have a cook off? Yeah? I
mean if your dad stuffing has like nuts are fruit
in it, I know because that's not real stuffing. That's

(12:21):
not my type of stuffing either. No, my dad has
like sausage and potatoes and a lot of garlic. Okay, yeah,
well if you're doing that, then maybe I could Maybe
I could teach people my mom's pie crust. I mean,
you're welcome to also do stuffing. Yeah, maybe I'll do
them both, I don't know. And then our listeners can

(12:42):
make both Thanksgiving week and then they can taste us,
and you know, we'll get feedback as to which stuffing
recipe is better. Yeah, we keep it. We keep pretty
standard in the flantic household, with you know, just the
standard mash taters and stuffing and burn and all the
all the just dud. There's nothing out of the ordinary
on our Thanksgiving table. Oddly enough, have you ever been

(13:05):
to a Thanksgiving where they did have non traditional food? Um,
not non traditional, but when someone put dried fruit and
the stuffing and it drove me crazy. I'm like, what is?
What is? What's wrong with you? People? So unpopular opinion?
I don't like cranberry sauce. Oh see, I like that
ocean spray out of the can. Slice it. You have

(13:28):
to turn that last piece though, so it doesn't have
the cannon den so it looks look yeah, but I'm
into it. The you know what I'm gonna do. I'm
considering a different type of cobbler or pie. I'm a
big strawberry rubarb pie fan. In fact, it's my favorite
dessert in the world. And uh, some days, some years

(13:49):
I get lucky enough where somebody from my family, because
I typically travel in for this, will pull out a
strawberry rubarb pie and make my Thanksgiving something special. It's
it's something nice. Well, hey, we really want to make
your Thanksgiving really special. We want to spend it with
you again. The Almost Famous Podcast along with a bunch
of our friends, um are gonna be having a friends

(14:12):
Giving virtual event. Uh final time, I'll say it. I've
said a lot. Sixty dollars a ticket that includes two
bottles of two thousand eighteen Ion Rose by Ben Flannic,
a personal note from Ashley and I. In fact, I
just finished my notes right now, and you can get
tickets right now at on location live dot com slash

(14:35):
Almost Famous again. That's on Location Live slash Almost Famous.
Ben Flannic, thanks for coming on the podcast, man, We
really appreciate and we'll be talking to you really soon. Yep,
thanks for having guys. Bye, Ben, talk to you next week. Hey,
Ben Higgins I have another unpopular opinion. I don't like
fruit based desserts. Actually, there's not many things in life

(14:57):
that I am confused by you with. Now this is
one of them. It has to be chocolate. It's like
there has to be a chocolate element to it, with
the exception of maybe pumpkin pie or like a crispy pastry,
but like never fruit involved. Ashley Ashley, Ashley, Well, hey,

(15:18):
I'll need to try this rhubarb. Yeah. Well, like, I
don't know how many things givings we're gonna be spending
together in our lifetime. Actually, uh, friends giving virtually might
be the one and only time maybe every year. Uh,
but one of these times that we're together, uh, hopefully
sometimes when you visit the Midwest, Uh, we will give

(15:38):
you some fruit based desserts. Will make sure that a
nice grandma of some sort makes it for you because
those are always the best. And uh, and we're gonna
change your mind. Well, ash Hey, let's take a break here.
When we come back, Uh, we're gonna break down some
bachelor headlines, and there's many of them. Uh, So before
we do that, let's take a break. This has been
the almost famest podcast. Again, I just kind of brushed

(16:10):
brushed over here with Ben based on his travels. But
if you aren't aware, UM, and and I understand, there's
a lot of need in the world, a lot of
need in your neighborhood. And UM, please never take these
statements as something to say, hey, don't help your neighbor.
I think we should fully help our neighbor, especially during
the holidays. But it is true that Honduras, Central America

(16:30):
was hit um with a really unfortunate hurricane. UM. Not
that hurricanes are ever fortunate. Uh. And fore ft of
water has wiped through Honduras, especially, that's the place I
know best, and and everybody's lost everything they've known. Now
it's it's different to me because I know how little

(16:50):
they already had and there's no insurance. So once you
lose your home, once it's washed away, once your electricity
is washed away, once your crops are walk washed away,
the hopelessness that ensues with that, and and from hearing
from the people in Honduras right now, it's devastating. And
so something really cool happened this week. Actually, before we

(17:11):
go into headlines, I'm just gonna say this real quick, uh,
right away, we started working UM to figure out how
we can bring aid and care for the people of
Honduras in Central America. And UH. It took a lot
of phone calls, a lot of texts, a lot of emails.
Finally I texted my buddy Juan, who owns UH some
of the restaurants with me in Denver, and he was
from Puerto Rico. And so when the hurricane hit Puerto

(17:33):
Rico a few years ago, he was one of the
leaders and bringing a to Puerto Rico. And I said, hey,
I know you did this in Puerto Rico. Do you
have any connections that I could talk to to see
if we can get some aid to Honduras. He said,
let me get on it. He connects me with a
group called the Global Empowerment Mission. The Global Empowerment Mission
is one of the largest UH relief warehouses in UM,

(17:54):
the country, maybe even the world, And so we got
on the phone with them. They connected us with the
Secretary of State from guadam Allah. UH. They connected us
with Bethany Frankel, who has a huge heart for service
and whenever there's a massive tragedy around the world, she
is well. I don't know if people know this about
her or not, but she's one of the first to
respond and use horror research sources and her connections to
help advocate and bring awareness to these locations. And so

(18:19):
Humanity and Hope UN did the Global Empowerment Mission, and
then Bethany Frankel's Be Strong. Uh. So we have all
teamed up together, and as we speak, there is a
corporate plane uh from Starbucks actually flying down with two
thousand pounds of aid to Honduras. UM. The Hunter and
President signed off for us to bring a down there.

(18:40):
We're gonna start distributing. We're gonna have more planeloads of
stuff going down over the next uple months because it's
not ending anytime soon. Right, once you lose everything and
you don't have any money to your name, you don't
have any insurance back it up, like you're not getting
anything back soon. And so I just want to ask
everybody out there who's listening, especially during the holidays, UM,
if you have extra toilet paper, if you have extra

(19:01):
t shirts, if you have extra toothbrushes, maybe even a
generator chainsaw, anything you can think of, And there's a
list that I'll post here after the podcast. UM, please
send it to the global Empowerment Mission. Uh, it's uh.
I'll I'll put the address in my in my Instagram
as well, and maybe we can on the almost Famous Instagram.
But we need to get aid to Central America quickly

(19:24):
because people, I'll share this and we'll move on. UM.
As of this week, I was hearing stories of people
going into his communities on boat because there's it's covered
in water and finding people men, women, children hanging from
trees trying to save themselves. UM, and they've been out
there for days and so, like, I don't want to

(19:45):
over dramatize this. I just want to give a clear
picture of what's going on and what happens in the
midst of a disaster. And I think the almost Famous family,
especially during the holiday holidays, could be a really cool story.
If if you just had stuff that you could send
in to donate, to send down to Honduras, or send
down to Guatemala, or sit down this one of these
places hit. Were there any areas that are like drop centers? Yeah,

(20:06):
so we just started one today and so UM I
have so the Global Empowerment Mission has a warehouse that
you can send all your stuff too. So and then
we'll take and we'll either do freight or air from
there from Miami to Honduras and then we're getting it
into Honduras right now. That airport just opened up this
morning in San Pedrousula, and so we're gonna start landing
planes uh maybe by this evening, hopefully by this evening,

(20:29):
uh and start onloading some of this aid and distributing it. Um. So, hey,
I don't know what you pray to or what you
what you find is your greater power, but any of
this is helpful right now. And um, people are really
cool when they step up and show some generosity. I
believe it's a good thing. And so um yeah, if
you can help, please help people are hurting. Well, hey,

(20:51):
I don't want to sit in that too long. I've
I've shared what I want to share, and we do
have some bachelor headlines to get into. Uh. And this
is the first Claire Crawley and Dale Moss and make
for public appearance since the bachelortte engagement. This is so
wild because it's been it feels like it's so soon.
It's so wild. Yeah. It was like the second those two,
you know, their engagement aired, they were all over social

(21:12):
media and they were visiting each other's hometowns. So, um,
they went to Claire's Sacramento first on Friday, and you know,
of course she was spotted all around town wearing that
amazing four point five Carrott dining Um diamond ring from
Neil Lane. It's so big, it's got to be the
biggest of all the Bachelor at rings. I'm going to

(21:34):
have to do a little research on that, or just
not ask Neil Lane himself because I've never seen one.
My sister goes, why don't Claire get the biggest ring
of all Bachelor time? And I was like, I don't know,
five seasons, and then you become the lead at fifth.
At your fifth season, it's best ratings of all time.
I don't know, she's good ratings. It could be that.

(21:55):
And then yesterday they were seen, you know, they were
documenting it everywhere on their social media that they were
visiting South Dakota. Uh. And then she was missing visiting
his family for the first time. Yeah. So the p
d A is everywhere and and they look happy. There

(22:16):
is one little thing I want to mention from their
segment from last night's episode. Yeah, go ahead, do you
want to get into it? Do you want to get
into that sex section or should we address it later
in the episode. We address it now. I think it's
fine because you know this this at some point. Actually,
we just gotta make this statious season because if not,
it's gonna we're always gonna be bouncing back and forth.
And so I think this is a good moment. Hey,

(22:37):
tons of happiness for for Claire and Dale. But I
think this is a good moment during headlines to kind
of close that chapter and move into tap Okay, sounds good.
So it was just kind of funny when Chris Harrison's like,
what's the next step for you guys, and Claire was like,
babies and then he got and then he think he goes,
so let's marriage or babies first, and she's like, I

(22:58):
don't care, it doesn't matter there and then and then
Dale was like, and we're gonna get married first. Yeah,
I mean that's a little aggressive. I was like, I
was watching it and I felt like that, uh, you know,
like you find somebody you love and they get super
excited and they say something like and you're like, just
not prepared for it yet. And I mean this has
moved so fast the way it is that I think

(23:20):
like you saw a real life example of Dale being like, uh,
we haven't talked about this yet, Like I know, I know.
He was like, yeah, we've talked about marriage, and yeah
we've talked about kids, but we haven't talked about like
reversing in order. So that was good. I think that
was a really like real moment, a real moment where

(23:41):
all of a sudden you just saw him like dead
Simon just like, uh, so good. Well, we did get
to see him on their episode last night. It was
nice to catch up with him. It felt act what
do you think before we get into some more clear topics,
It felt like the show was trying to move on

(24:03):
from that as quickly as possible. It was weird that
it was in the middle of the episode. Even Chris
Harrison addressed it. He's like, I know, this is the
time where you're expecting to see Tashaw on her first dates,
but we're going to stop. It was really weird that
it was at the beginning. It was in the middle
of the episode. Why not put it in the beginning
and then just close the chapter and move on. Do
you think, uh, if you had to take a guess,

(24:25):
are we like, are we done with the Claire and
Dale story from here on out, or if like they
do do a tell all or whatever kind of like
conclusion to the season, will we see them again? Or
is they're done? This is there that we will they're done.
I don't think that if there's a tell all that
there will be any mention of like Claire stuff. I

(24:46):
think like it'll be tacious tell all. I also have
to address that I think that that Dale is feeling
a little overwhelmed, is can I feel kind of honest
and say that, like, maybe part of him is like,
wait a second, I'm too much in a WorldWind right now.
I'm kind of stressed out. I would be stressed out
even if you like and that like probably comes from

(25:08):
a bunch of love too. So even if your love
you love somebody like this is the right thing, all
of a sudden, you're engaged. After that, you're thrown into
the spotlight. After that, you find yourself being critiqued, criticized,
celebrated by millions of people, and now your relationship is

(25:30):
at the is the focus point to millions, and so like,
I think it's fair to be overwhelmed, And I don't
think that has to hint to the fact that he's
still not super into it and she's not into it.
I just think it's like, how do I process so
many emotions so quickly in such a short amount of time. Yeah,
I completely agree with that. It's wild. Well. Uh, Claire's

(25:53):
headlines though, uh and at least Alama was famous. Podcasts
have not ended Want Pablo uh shade Claire Crawley after
Dale Moss bachelorette drama. This according to Cosmo, Okay, so,
Juan Pablo tweeted last week that he was in Mexico
and he couldn't watch the show, and he's like, can
somebody keep me posted? It's like, also sounds like he's

(26:14):
being a little bit sarcastic because we know that he's
not on the greatest terms with Claire. And then he
liked a fan's response to this tweet and the response said,
you know, one, we all thought she dodged a bullet
with you, but I think you dodged a bullet with her,
and then he liked, Yeah, he liked that. So I

(26:36):
just don't think these are good moves on anybody's part,
Like you're I don't know if this is a good
move for anybody, no matter what your situation is, if
you're on the reality televin show, or if you're somebody
that had a high school breakup or a college breakup
or a divorce later in life, Like, I don't think
this behavior is something any of us should be entering into.

(27:00):
You don't, don't add to the pain that has already
obviously there, Like, what are you trying to prove? What
are you hoping for by liking like a mean tweet?
Do you hope like all of a sudden, the world
is healed? No, this just adds more pain to the situation.
We should stop this. And hey, Juan Pablo, he can

(27:21):
do what he wants. I mean, it's it's crazy that
people have even uh paid attention to how he's been
following this, and Claire has moved on, like you know
what Claire and was is done moved on with Dale. Uh.
In fact, just a little headline they you know, as
Ashley mentioned, they went and visited uh Dale's hometown, which
is really cool and UH and Chris Harrison has been

(27:42):
the first now to defend the couple, saying, you know,
according to people, uh and saying that this is something
that we should really get behind that this is a
love story. I think that's really all there is to say. Um,
people who are not vibing Clarien Dale, it's like there,
you can't win. You can't win with everyone. I can't
apologize for you don't apologize for love, my apologizing for love.

(28:06):
And I feel like there's skepticism every time there is
an engagement on the show, no matter no matter what
people are gonna say it was like two too quick
or like I don't feel this, I don't find that.
Just time will tell whether your little opinion that the
lead doesn't care about or I hope doesn't care about,
it's true. I think the lead oftentimes does care though. Uh,

(28:30):
we're we're seeing that as really clear became more open
about how much the public opinion affected her and uh
and so just be careful. Well, hey, uh, a little
bit of clear news here. But really about Becka Koufern Uh,
she says publicly she's jealous of Claire Crawley and Dale
Moss after Garrett moves on, and she quotes, I miss

(28:53):
having that partnership this. According to US Weekly, Becca said
this on her podcast this week hat the Hour that
she and Rachel had Claire and Dale on and she said,
I'm low key a little bit jealous. I miss having
that partnership, but I'm incredibly happy for you guys. Um,
that's it, you know, just it is sad. Of course,

(29:16):
I'm just glad that she kind of admitted that jealousy. Like,
I feel like people hate to admit jealousy and try
to work their way around like wording it so that
it's not jealousy, but just say it how it is. Yeah,
Beca has been pretty vulnerable and honest about this, how
hard this has been for her. And she hasn't doesn't
feel like she's like brought Garrett down, She hasn't been

(29:37):
mean to Garrett. I think that. I think she's just
been pretty honest about how hurt she's been. Um, just
not just like it's sad, it's hard, it's weird and
uh and it's moving fast. Um. Obviously Becca is in
l A now starting life there. Uh and I bet
due to COVID, like it's a little bit lonely. I'm

(29:58):
assuming there's not a lot going on in so uh. Yeah, again,
it's pretty cool to see Becca be vulnerable, but it's
also hard, um to hear those words come from her.
I know she she's hurting. Uh. Matt James Season of
The Bachelor sets January premier date. This, according to People,
Matt James is coming up in front of her eyes, Ashley.

(30:18):
He will be our bachelor officially on January four. Very excited.
That's like right around the corner. That's gonna be here
before you know it. Yeah, it really is. Um. You
guys don't have no downtime in between seasons. I'm sure
you love it. Yeah, neither will we um, which is good. Uh. Well,
right now we are watching now Tasia Adams season of

(30:40):
the Bachelorette, and she does have an X that we've
all got to watch their relationship on Paradise John Paul
Jones and he reacts to her debut as the Bachelorette
and Cosmo calls it wholesome, very it was very sweet.
He got on his Instagram posted a story of her

(31:01):
exit on the limo you know, her official Hi, I'm
the bad New Bachelor rotte tation moment and he says,
yea go tete, and I have no doubt that there's
actually like he genuinely means it. It's uh, you know
what it's it's awesome to see that support, but uh,
it's hard not to support Tasia. I mean, the America

(31:24):
was supporting her of her this week, and I think
that they had good reason why. We'll get into the
tatious season in just a second, but before we do,
we have a couple more headlines to break down, some
really exciting ones, but one here that's a little bit funny.
I think Chris Hemsworth is coming up in Bachelor talk.
Chris Hemsworth threatened to fire his trainer after he was

(31:45):
asked to join The Bachelor. This according to e Online. Okay,
this sounds as if Chris Hemsworth was asked to be
the Bachelor but no, no, no, So his trainer was
asked to be part of the Australian version of the show,
and when the trainer asked Chris for approval to go

(32:05):
on the show, he said no. He said, if you
go on The Bachelor, I will fire you. Oh man,
that's that's sad. Chris Hemsworth not a fan. Well, no, no, no,
you know what I bet this is coming from. I
bet Chris Hemsworth knows that the storyline would be that
this guy was Chris hemsworth trainer and Chris's name would
be brought up, brought up on The Bachelor one too

(32:26):
many times for his comfort and liking. Okay, I would
think so, I don't know, probably be used too much.
I'm Chris Hemsworth trainer. I'm Chris Hemsworth trainer. Yeah, it'd
just be too much. So it's kind of funny though,
And uh, and I'm glad that that story got brought out.
I'm I'm really excited about these next two stories. This
is things that are just really cool to see and

(32:48):
to celebrate. And so if you've been kind of like
snoozing during the first part of Bachelor Headlines, I'm asking
you right now to wake up a bit because we
have some really exciting things to talk about. Bachelor Nations.
Derek Path and Gauge to model Saffron Veder so excited this.
According to people, it is awesome. Derek's a great friend
of the podcast. It came on our live shows before,

(33:09):
been very open with us about a lot of things,
and this is something to celebrate. Yeah, they got they
got Instagram official back in June. And you know, he
posted on Sunday night that the two of them got engaged.
So I wonder how long they've been together. Do you
remember if he was single? In January moved first saw him.
I feel like he was this is a quick engagement,

(33:30):
it was. I actually was with him on a second
date with her. I was sitting in a bar, really
then give us the deeds. Yeah, So I was sitting
at a bar with him and Wells in New York
City back during the last no right before the live
show hit. So we're doing press actually, so this was
in February and we're sitting at this bar and we're

(33:53):
talking about life and catching up and he's like, hey,
I just had this date with this girl that I'm
like that I like, I really kind of like like
and we're like, how many times you date her? I
remember this? And he's like, Oh, we just want on
one date. Like you're you're crazy, come on and he's like, well,
she's gonna come here tonight if that's cool and meet us.
And I was like, yeah, that's fine, and she did
and the two of them sat at the corner of
the bar and talked to each other the whole time,

(34:13):
like you know, I don't get And that's when you know,
like when you see a good friend and you haven't
seen him in a while, and you plan this night
out and then all he wants to do is have
her in and he doesn't even like he introduced her
and was like kind of cordial, but then they just
went away and talked the whole time. You knew something
special is going on. Did you feel the fireworks? I did,
because I've texted him often since then and said hey, like, um,

(34:34):
how's it going with her? Especially right away, like are
you still seeing her? And he was like yes, and
then and then it turned into I think we're gonna
quarantine together. And then it was, uh, you know, we're
gonna start like finding a place together, and I was
like this seems serious. Um, so yeah, I think that
night I could see fireworks. She was awesome. She's beautiful.
He's a great dude. Again, a good friend of the podcast,

(34:57):
good friend to me, and uh, and we'll celebrate them now.
One person we haven't had on the podcast in a
long time. I think we only had on once, like
right after the season. Uh, John Graham. If you remember
John Graham, he was beloved uh during his time on
on The Bachelor at and uh John Graham gets engaged
to girlfriend Brittany Noel by popping the question at the

(35:19):
Sonoma Coast. This, according to Daily Mail, this is Venmo John. Guys,
I had no idea his last Amazagram. Yeah, Venmo John's
like what we referred to him as, right, what season was? Actually?
I think it was last season of Paradise. He just
had gone on like five dates. You know, every girl
kept asking him out. But now he's engaged. Uh. We

(35:41):
don't know much more about this engagement except it happened
this weekend and you can go to their instagram to
see the pics. It's really something special. Uh. John Graham
and Dark Paith finding loved during COVID. Uh we'll celebrate
it no matter what, and both to loved figures in
the bachelor world. The one crazy part is it wasn't

(36:03):
that long ago that Derek Paith was being talked about
to be the dex Bachelor based on his run in Paradise. Uh,
he will be the Bachelor. Uh, he will be in
Bachelor talks no more. And and I think Vin Moo
John actually uh had had some talks as well. He
was loved. Um. Well, ash, that's been Bachelor headlines. Uh,

(36:25):
there's more headlines to come. But that's just during tatious
season of the Bachelorrette that just began. Let's take a break.
When we come back, we're to break down Tatia's very
first episode as the bachelor at tatious season of the

(36:46):
Bachelorette began. We're gonna start referring to ng it reform
tatious season of the bachelortt just began. We're gonna start
referring to it as tatious season. If not, just just
gets confusing. Ashley, Um, I think the best way to
do this is your initial thoughts, your excitement, your concerns,
your questions, take it away. Well. I was just very
excited to see the guy's reaction to Tasia when she

(37:09):
walked in. Of course, she just looked so stunning. I
find her to be very approachable, Like she's the kind
of girl that you look at her and you're like, okay,
I'm intimidated, right, But the second you sit down and
talk to her, all that goes away. And I love
that the guys really felt that. They said that they
were connecting with her very easily, and there were some
men who I thought would have a heart. Well, I

(37:32):
guess there's really just one specifically Blake I thought was
going to keep his feelings for Claire a little bit longer.
You know, they had that special connection. One night one
he said that she, um, you know that he did
research on Alzheimer's for her mom, and she kissed him.
And I feel like Claire barely kissed anyone. But he

(37:53):
seemed very receptive of Tasia. Were you surprised by that
or did you Were you much expecting the reaction from him? Uh,
I'm probably expecting it. I mean, yeah, I mean, as
you said, though, like Tassia like Tassia stunning, Like when

(38:14):
she walks in the room, like I think everybody's gonna
seem a little thrown off just because she like she's
like glows, like she really does, like she lights up
the room and um, and she did that. She had
that Bachelor at glow we talked about more than want
anyone I've seen in a long time. It was actually
like there was like coming off of her. She's just
as beautiful on the inside as she's on the outside.

(38:36):
And then when we so we see her shouting with
the guys, and then of course Chris Harrison comes. He
interrupts Brendan's time by saying that you know, he has
something surprise, and then one limo shows up with four guys,
four new guys, and of course the men back in

(38:56):
you know, the Rose ceremony room or whatnot, are all
and bothered about it. But it's like, guys, I know,
this is like kind of threatening, but the same at
the same time, it's the bachelorette that we're here to
hope find love. You know, this is about her, not
so much you guys. So sorry that you're having this realization,

(39:19):
but it would be kind of rude for them to be, like, Okay,
j you are replacement bachelorette, and you have a lot
of lute, a lot of sixteen men to choose from.
Most bachelor bachelorettes will have thirty, but you're gonna have sixteen.
So in my opinion, they should have added even more

(39:39):
guys in. But I understand the time restrictions that they
had on them. I don't think they should have been
shocked at all. If you've watched it before, somebody in
that room had to assumed that more guys were coming in,
like one of Like, so, I remember Tanner was always
this guy for us. Tanner was always a dude, to
be like, Okay, this is what's probably gonna happen next,
Like it feels like Chris is going to walk in

(40:00):
and drop a bomb on us, like, um, like you
had to have expected it. I think this would go easier,
Ashley if the first guy wasn't Spencer and the first guys, like,
the guys are probably a little upset with like whatever,
let it happen. And then the first guy walks in
and he and he starts like kind of mouthing the

(40:23):
way he did, and I think that's when the guys
are like, oh, this is getting that. Yeah. Yeah, they
were like, okay, so they're bringing in villains. We got
rid of Joseph and now they're going to bring another
villain in. And because he is he obviously he's very attractive.
But Tasia specifically, I think was learned by his appearance
a bit. And I also think that there is something

(40:45):
too the fact that they're both new Okay, it was like, oh,
you're the new kid, I'm the new kid. We're both
on the even playing field. And Tassia could feel as
if he was there for her and not for Claire,
and that's probably that was a comforting feeling for her,
and I think that's why he got the first impression Rose. Yeah.

(41:06):
I mean he he's a smooth talker, Like he's obviously
not afraid to talk. Very first thing he does when
he walks in, he says, so, which one of you
guys scared Claire away? Like without any background of what
had happened. That's his first comment. So he's obviously not
afraid to voice his mind, voice his opinion. Now, that
could end up really good for Tasia, or it could backfire.

(41:30):
But right now, I cannot I maybe I'm in a
league of my own here. I cannot say that Spencer
is a villain yet. I think he is showing signs
of being uh like getting underneath the guy's skin. Uh.
But I can't say that he is necessarily a villain

(41:51):
yet because he really hasn't done anything to hurt anybody else,
or he hasn't said anything that mean, he just is
like kind of just like picking a fight everywhere. Turn No,
but he has dick vibes. Yeah, I mean you're yeah,
he definitely puts your on edge. I mean, looking at
him in the pool, he's fighting hard. He's like grabbing
Riley all over the place, and like tackling him, which

(42:13):
I mean I was thinking about it was like if
I was playing pool basketball, you'd probably see a different
side of me come out, like that's that's my game,
and so you'd see me like, you know, ripping the ball,
will trying to rip the ball away from those dudes.
They're a little bit bigger than me, but like trying
to rip the ball away really going harder than paint. Um.
We also have a few more guys come in. We'll
just run through these real quick. Montell uh the gym owner.

(42:36):
But he did. He did say nice to meet you
a zillion times. It's basically all he said. It was
like he was walking nice to meet you. Hey, I'm Montel.
It's so nice, like he said at least three times.
So nervous It's okay. Everybody gets a pass in that moment. Yeah,
it's kind of endearing in a sense, right, Peter thirty two,
he's a real estate agent. Truly, don't remember what he

(42:59):
looks like, do you, No, I don't. I do remember. Noah.
Noah is a registered travel nurse. Uh. The sixteen guys
uh in the house obviously have to welcome these four
guys into the house and and there's like, I mean,
all four of those dudes, uh, good looking, confident. Uh.

(43:22):
It felt like they really brought out like an a
team to uh to join this group. Yeah. But at
the same time, I'm like not feeling this group of
mann right now. But I've been trying to like mathematically
figure out why. Logically it's because, well, one, the focus

(43:44):
was so much on day of the first four episodes.
But I think back on like episode five and how
well you know characters by episode five, and we know
so little. But I almost wonder if it was made
to be that way so that we would feel like
we were starting this season off clean slate right now,
because I feel like I can't pair Tasia with any
of these guys because I don't know them enough right now.

(44:05):
Like I'm I'm struggling and playing matchmaker for her. I
know that some guys are glimmering. I think we mentioned
them last week. Riley Ben Bennett Ivan Ivan was uh,
he really felt great about Tasia's arrival. He was like,
she's more of my type. I'm feeling her already. He

(44:26):
was very excited. And then the other guy who I
think really gleamed to me, if not shined was the
sweet and humble, total dark horse of it all. Brendan
mm hmmm interesting, yeah, adorable during their one on one. Yeah,
you're right, Yeah he stood up. I mean, it's cool

(44:49):
to see these guys really for the first time, you know,
we've like it's like it's it's such a weird dynamic
where we know of these guys. We've kind of watched
these guys complain mostly like hey, we don't see our Bachelor,
and that's why I don't love them right now, because
I feel like all they've been doing is complaining and
I'm like, oh, there's something there, there's something about me

(45:10):
that's like pushing these guys away, and it must because
of that. Well, so we have this group of guys now,
we have them locked in at twenty. The four new
guys obviously, uh show up big time on night one. Now, actually,
let's pause here, step away from the talk about the guys.
Let's talk about Tasha for a second. We've got to
see her now through night one through uh super rand
you know, super I should say, unexpected uh switch of

(45:34):
events for her to become the Bachelor. How would you
grade tastious performance or like not any other way other
than getting to know these guys. On Night one, I
can genuinely give her a ten, and I feel like
I've given I feel like I've given grades before where
I bump them up a little bit because like I'm
trying to be nice, but I'm I truly give Tasha

(45:55):
at ten. She's so easy for me to watch, like
she is herself with these guys as the same as
she is with me. If we're like sitting around having
a line. She was insanely relaxed, Like the way she
had she was laughing, she was like flitting around. She
was talking to these guys. She was commenting on you know,

(46:15):
the way they looked and the way they talked like
she It's weird. It was like she was made for
this moment. I completely agree. I've never been able to
I feel like I've never seen a lead that comfortable
in that in that in their shoes. No, I mean,
Night one is intimidating. And then given this scenario where
she walks into a house that she does she knows nobody,

(46:38):
but these guys already know each other. She I mean,
if if you really want to get critical, she's like
the replacement Batchelor at um, and yet she walks in
and says, no, this is this is my opportunity now
and I'm gonna shine And she shined fantastic. I think
most people feel that way too. I did too. I

(47:00):
can't wait. I know that you guys, we record this
a couple of hours before it airs, and I'm really
excited to see the social media feedback that we get
from the fans tonight. It's gonna be positive. Well, um,
we obviously just talked about the Claire and Dale sit
down that was next in the episode. Um. But then
we move into Tassia's first date and uh, it is

(47:22):
a group date where it's called they're calling it a
second shot at love. Uh. They're playing splash ball and
I want to pause here and say this the date
team given one location, giving like the unexed, like they're
doing all right, Like this is kind of a fun
date to watch. I enjoyed watching them play splash ball

(47:43):
and it wasn't boring for me, and it was good
to see their personality. Shine. I thought this date worked.
It was fine. It was cute. Competition dates, as you
guys know, don't usually thrill me. I just really like
to watch the one on one sit downtime, I can't
believe how great Tastia's hair looks straightened, curly and natural.

(48:08):
That I was most blown away by how beautiful she
looked even when she was wet, And uh yeah, that's
pretty much all I have to say about that in
between oh yeah, and then so at the night portion,
I guess the most. The thing the most stands out
is Zach talks about being single at thirty six, she

(48:29):
kisses him. I don't feel Zack like I don't. He's
not like my favorit right now, but she's vibing it.
Do you are you? How are you vibing Zach right now?
It's just hard to say. I mean, there's nobody I'm
with you, Like there's nobody right now that I am
extremely into when it comes to somebody for Tasha, just

(48:52):
I don't know these guys yet, like like I haven't
heard their stories. I don't know how they interact and
have fun. I don't know how they make her feel.
And first impressions are always so hard to judge because
everybody can put on their best face and put on
put their best foot forward for a few days and
then the clause come out. Every time, and so I

(49:13):
want to talk to you, like in two weeks and
tell you who I'm vibe and who I'm feeling. Right now,
I can't even give you an honest answer because I
just I just don't know easy it was trying to
so make a Dale and Claire move. When he says,
when you came out and I met you night one,

(49:34):
I felt like I just met my wife. Is he
not trying to pull like A did? Did we also
experience love at first sight? Move? I mean, the funny
part is like he's probably the back of his mind thinking, Okay,
I've already been here a few weeks. This has been exhausting.
If I can, like Tastia's a dream like she she's great,

(49:55):
if I can somehow convince her to leave this thing
with me in the next two weeks. And I've only
been here seven weeks. I found my girl, Claire has
found her a guy. Everybody's happy, and I don't have
to be here any longer. So yes, I definitely felt
like that was all. These dudes are just gonna be
the most hopeless romantics right now. They're gonna they're gonna
believe that this can like happen just like that every time. Now. Yeah.

(50:20):
Another funny thing that happened on the nighttime portion of
this date was when Riley starts calling Spencer lunch meat
and he's like, yeah, you you make the bologna sandwich.
You put some mail on it. It's like, I don't
know why you're talking about, but it's hilarious. Yeah. This, uh,
this dynamic is gonna be really fun to watch because
some of these guys are already so comfortable, uh that

(50:42):
you know, they've they've really sat in to the experience
that there's no whole bar. They don't recognize the cameras anymore,
so they're saying what they want when they want to
say it. These other four guys are new. Um, everybody's
a little intimidated by them just because of their new
It's like the new kids moving into the high school.
Everybody's talking about it, and um, it's gonna be really

(51:03):
fun to see how this place because you already see
the small gentle jabs that I think over time, well
I'm predicting will not be so gentle. Yeah yeah, but
they will be full blow and villain either. I don't
think nobody's could be a full blow and villain yeah, no,
it's probably true. Well, Ashley, Uh, the next day is
Brendon goes uh horseback riding with Tasia. You're a fan

(51:27):
of Brendan, you think he's been super sweet. What stands
out to you about this date? And uh? And why?
I also want to know why do you think he
gets this date? Well, to be honest, I felt like
they I don't know why he got this date. Maybe
he got the date because Chris Harrison interrupted him on
night one and she liked the conversation and she wanted

(51:47):
to continue with him something like that. Um, but I
felt like the beginning of the day on the horseback
with Chris Harrison trying to be funny and interrupt and
all that, I thought that was kind of awkward. I
was like, Oh, I don't know that they're getting like
their jive on. He keeps talking about kissing her and like,
I don't feel like that kisses anywhere in the near future.

(52:08):
But then they sit there in the pool and she's
like totally down for it, and the nighttime portion was fantastic.
Obviously they were they really bonded over the similarities in
their background, or they both got married young and they
got divorced, and it was just very endearing the way
he was nervous about talking about that and he realizes

(52:29):
that she went through a similar situation. I just felt
like he has very much hopeless romantic vibes. I mean
he was a young guy who you know, got married
so says he was commitment or he's commitment oriented and
maybe a hopeless romantic. And I just you think you
look at him and you're like, um, you're like a
sweet guy. Like I don't know that you'll like it's

(52:49):
kind of like Jack and Rose. I knew she's like
this powerful, assy, gorgeous, stunning, confident woman, and then he's
just kind of like a sweet regular dude. And you
don't really put them together naturally, but when they sit

(53:10):
and have a conversation, it makes a lot of sense.
You know, you're right, actually, I mean he is. He's
the dark horse, and there's something there that's special, There's
something that's standing out above the rest. Ashley, you had
some strong feelings though, for Jason, because obviously he was
the one that was probably the most Him and Blake,
we're the most focused on Claire, but Blake kind of

(53:30):
sold sold his clear Yeah, as soon as station walking
in the room, that guy got like nervous. He starts
like his bride eyed. He's saying some like non smooth stuff.
He's so excited for Tastia to be there, but Jason
still holding onto it. And I know you have certain
feelings about this. Yeah, I mean I know that so
many fans were very into Jason. I like Jason, wanted

(53:52):
him to have more of a chance. But I really
really like Jason. In this episode when he's telling Tasha
that his feelings are too wrong for Claire to stick around.
He gave her the shot on night one, but just said,
you know, I don't feel like it's right for me
to be here because my you know, my thoughts are
still as somebody else. It was so respectable, which made

(54:14):
me like him even more. He just seems like a catch.
And Tasia, from the little that she knows of him,
could sense that. And I think she was uh disappointed
that he wasn't going to stick around any bit longer.
And I could see getting discouraged about that, Like I
can see that getting her down um and her wondering

(54:34):
if there's any other guys in the you know it
left in the bunch that are still thinking about Claire,
but like, as a viewer, I can securely say he
was the only one that we were thinking could have
lingering feelings. Everybody else has very much moved on. It's
still shocking to me that he felt that strongly for Claire,
given the fact that she really didn't let anybody else in. Like,

(54:58):
I'm wondering if if Jason stuck around, or I hope
when he starts dating again, there's somebody in his life
that will like pursue him and make him know that
a good relationship is one where like you are supported,
you're cared for, you can open up, and you're protected
within that vulnerability. And I think Claire gave him that
option to be vulnerable. He did, and I think his heart,

(55:19):
I mean, I don't, I don't want to speak for him,
but I imagine it hasn't happened many times his life,
and his heart was pulled towards her, and now and
now he's leaving, and that's tough. That's sad because like
he he obviously is feeling this experience deeply, and because
there's no change of environment, you know what I mean, Like,
maybe if you like took even simply a week and

(55:41):
changed resorts. But his location is going to remind him
of those feelings for Claire, and I understand it. It's
kind of it's remind me. Did he ever Did he
ever tell Claire just how strongly he was feeling for her? Not?
I wouldn't say not. I wouldn't say he was super

(56:05):
obvious about it. I probably think that he probably didn't
want to get discouraged because he just saw what she
had with Dale, And yeah, I don't know one day.
It's sad. It's sad because it's not as if Claire's
was just like Jason, I'm not really into you. It
was I'm moving on with Dale. So you'd think that

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he'd have more closure. Uh, it's not as if he
could ever get her back. He wasn't going to win
her back. So that's why it seems sadder to me
that he won't open up to Tasia. Yeah, it's tough,
but well, there's a bright spot in this episode. You
and Jared make an appearance. I know, tell us about it.

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How long were you down there for? It? Was this
a cool thing to do? Are you mad you did it?
Tell us all about it? Oh my gosh, I'm so
excited for this episode air. It was a really fun date.
Jared and I host the Grown ass Man Challenge, So
the guys are going to I'll just tease what you've
already seen, make breakfast for her in bed. There might

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be some basic elementary school math that they have to
do a tug of war. It's really fun. It was
one of those dates where while it was a competition
and an activity date, through the activity you really got
to tell about their personality and how they would treat
a lady in a relationship versus what you would get

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from splashball. And we loved it down there. It was
brutally hot. I cannot believe. Literally a fifteen every day. Um.
It was a gorgeous resort and the quarantine, honestly was
very relaxing. Got to just chill in a nice sweet
and there was a hot tub outside. It's a pretty

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good time hanging out with hanging out with your boy
down in uh palm springs do in your thing? Yeah? Yeah,
why not? Well? Hey, uh Tasias season kicks off to
a great start. Tasha is going to be an incredible bachelorte.
We also seen the teaser that emotions will be shown
that this gets uh this If you ever thought this
was gonna kind of be smooth sailing for Tasia from

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here and now it's not. It doesn't look like it
from the teaser um And I think when you have
somebody like Tasha, who is such an incredible person, and
some and hopefully these guys step up to the plate,
you're always gonna see emotions. You're always gonna see drama
because people put their heart into it. So we're excited
for another week of Tasious season. Next week will be
back with Almost Famous podcast Don't Forget, Please Don't forget

(58:35):
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and I. Hey, Ben, you said that in this episode

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you're gonna tell us the last story that you didn't
tell in the book. Oh yeah, I didn't, the very
most embarrassing story so much so I wasn't. I I
took it off my list because I thought you weren't
going to you should see my d M s this week.
Oh gosh, people are like, hey, I was just cruising
them to work. Listen to my favorite bachelor podcast, and

(59:19):
all of a sudden, I hear you're talking about fish
silas Like, ah, man, okay, well here's my last story.
Uh So the story I told last week happened um
in my in my senior year of high school. Okay,
this story happens in my junior, no, sophomore year of

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high school. So the last last was senior, today is sophomore. Yeah.
And so my better sport was basketball, um, especially when
I was younger, and so I was as a sophomore. UM,
just got out of football season and I had um
like a pain. And I'm telling this story because I

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think some people out there will relate. I had a
pain in like my testicles that hurt really bad and
it was like super sensitive. So I went long story
short and gut it checked out and I found out
that I had a Verico seal. A very co seal
is something that's a common in one in four men.
It's like a lot of men have this, but like
very few men have it to where they need to

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get removed. The reason you have to get removed is
a very co seal. Is just an extra vein or
an inflame vein um in the scrowtum and it overheats everything. Yeah,
and uh, I'm not I don't do well with veins.
Something about veins and arteries. It really make me weak.
And now you're gonna put that there um And so

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you had. I had to get removed because it was
putting too much blood and it was overheating things in
a like long term could have caused some spurn sperm damage.
So I go on to get it removed and uh,
I get it cut out and they just caught orize it.
It's super easy surgery. They just go clip clip both
sides out, remove the vein, caught it. Yeah. Yeah, you

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go to sleep for it, but it's not hard. And
like I said, one in four men have it, so
there's nothing to be ashamed of. Um. Well, I get
home that night and I'm laying there in bed and
I'm like, oh my gosh, like this hurts so bad,
Like this hurts so bad that I can't even like function.
And I was like, I don't think it was supposed

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to hurt so bad like this surgery wasn't supposed to
cause as much pain. Nobody warned me that it was
gonna hurt this bad. It feels like I'm gonna explode,
Like it feels like everything is getting so tight that
it's gonna explode. So I call my dad. Remember I'm
a sophomore in high school, like my dad. My dad
doesn't know this side of me anymore. And he had
to have known enough, being that you like had the surgery.
Oh he knew, but he, like you said, like a

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mom and dad, like this hurts. Man, he hadn't seen it,
and so I called him in. I was a dad,
this is post surgery. I'm hurting really bad, and I
need you to look at it and tell me if
you think something's going on. And he looks and he goes,
oh my god, oh my gosh. I was like, what
tell me more like what's going on? So he's like,
we need to go to the doctor. So we go
to the hospital. Walking to the hospital, Uh, tell them

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what's up, and they rushed me back from emergency surgery.
On my way back to emergency surgery, they actually take
a needle and they stick it inside of my scored
him and dry drain, not the blood. What happened is
they didn't caught her eyes the vein enough and blood
was just pumping into it like there was no vein
transferring it through. So blood was just pumping into the
sack and making it get the size of like maybe

(01:02:30):
like a great fruit, maybe a little bigger. Oh my god,
how did you sit? So this is where it gets better.
So I tell all this to lead up to this point.
So this is again my sophomore year of high school.
I am an athlete. UM. I played all three seasons,
so there's always a sporting event going on. UM. And
so once I get out of the hospital, I get home,
everything is still super swollen. It's gonna be for weeks.

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I have to I have to sit out of the
first couple of basketball games. So I showed my buddies obviously,
because that's what you do when something weird is going
on with your body, and they're like they get to
see the grapefruit sized like sacking it off me. And
then I have to walk around school sitting on a
pea like frozen peas or frozen ice. And I had
to sit on a donut, so like I had to

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sit with I had to like walk around with a
donut and frozen peas and then sit in high school
with this and so again, just because my luck, everybody
in high school knew what happened, Like, everybody in high
school knew that I had like and and everybody wanted
to see it, right, Like everybody was like, let me
see this massive thing that you have going on down

(01:03:34):
Like it literally became like a joke from my sophomore
year on still to this day. Uh. And so I
start telling the story to the producers on The Bachelor,
and uh, their nickname for me was hot nuts. Um
behind the scenes, how long did it take to go down?
I would think that I've looked down. Oh my god,

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I thought that they would have just like popped it. No, no, no, no,
that's actually I'd been too easy. So that's my last story,
and it hopefully gives you a little bit better insight
into when you wonder, like, uh, if your high school
experiences weird and you go, well, yeah they were weird,
but Ben's was weird too. I tell these only to
make you everybody feel a little more human and know that, hey,

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sometimes in life things pop up that you just can't control.
And uh, and it's it's embarrassing sometimes, but then if
you own it, it ain't that embarrassing. We're all fine,
We're all gonna be okay, so funny. All right, Well,
you're gonna get a lot more d M s now
about this story. And I'm glad we ended with this story.
It truly was the well it's grapefruit on top of

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a ridiculous al Right, guys, well, thank you so much
for joining us today. Make sure to get tickets for
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