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Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast

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Speaker 1: with I our Radio.

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Speaker 2: We are back on the Almost Famous podcast and the

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Speaker 2: time has finally come. Ashley is a Real Housewife of

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Speaker 2: Rhode Island, and who better. We teased it, we talked

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Speaker 2: about it. We vetted hundreds of co hosts for these episodes. Specifically,

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Speaker 2: we found the most talented, the most in touch, the

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Speaker 2: one willing to share. Ashley's sister, Lauren Hella Connetti.

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Speaker 3: Hello, everyone, I know her best, So who else but good?

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Speaker 2: Two of you talk?

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Speaker 3: Oh well, probably FaceTime four times today, which is crazy,

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Speaker 3: I mean, and then the text in between it's a lot.

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Speaker 3: I mean. Hunter is very patient, Jared is very patient

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Speaker 3: because like, we'll just have each other on FaceTime no

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Speaker 3: matter what we're doing, you know. So we talk a

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Speaker 3: lot now everything.

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Speaker 2: I cannot think of a better person do this with.

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Speaker 2: I can't get her away from the Ikeneties, and I

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Speaker 2: honestly don't want to. Okay, So we've talked about why

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Speaker 2: you're qualified to co host this show because of your

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Speaker 2: relationship with one of the housewives, your sister, Ashley. What

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Speaker 2: is your knowledge of the house Wives franchise leading up

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Speaker 2: to Real Housewives Rhode Island.

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Speaker 3: Well, I watched the oe G New York. No one

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Speaker 3: can beat Ramona Sonia Luan, like, like, no one can

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Speaker 3: beat them, okay so much that they like recast in

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Speaker 3: New York and it was a total failure because nothing's

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Speaker 3: gonna be as interesting. And then I watch a little

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Speaker 3: bit of Beverly Hills and that was you know, it's fine,

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Speaker 3: It's okay. Yeah, never watched Jersey, but this seems to

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Speaker 3: be kind of comparable. Rhode Island seems to be comparable

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Speaker 3: to New Jersey with the accents and the look kind

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Speaker 3: of And I know everyone's saying the cast of Real

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Speaker 3: Housewives of Rhode Island they all look exactly the same,

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Speaker 3: but I can say confidently after watching the first episode

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Speaker 3: like three times in a row, I can tell them apart.

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Speaker 3: Now what do you think?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's wild to me watch. I have a lot

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Speaker 2: of thoughts on this first episode quite honestly. They they

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Speaker 2: all do action more. I've been to Rhode Island so

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Speaker 2: many times. Yeah, and I haven't ran into these type

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Speaker 3: I know they're og Rhode Islanders. Like the accent is

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Speaker 3: so hard to believe that it is real, Like, how

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Speaker 3: can you say cracker like that and be like that

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Speaker 3: is correct English. You know the kracker like you just

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Speaker 3: know that's wrong. So I mean I think I've met

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Speaker 3: some of these like og Rhode Islanders through Jared, like

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Speaker 3: not very quiet people. It is very Jersey like.

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Speaker 2: Uh okay, So we've covered your background and Housewives, We've

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Speaker 2: covered that you are Ashley's sister. Did you know anyone

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Speaker 2: from this cast coming into the season.

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Speaker 3: I only met Rosie. She's one of Ashley's closest friends.

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Speaker 2: Down they're like friends, right, yeah, actual friends, not.

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Speaker 3: Fit friends, they're real friends. They love, as they said

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Speaker 3: in the show, they love like teeny bopper stuff. But

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Speaker 3: Rosie is like a friend that she made later in life.

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Speaker 3: That is the kind of person that you need like

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Speaker 3: no energy for, no social battery for. And that's why

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Speaker 3: I love Rosie so much because she comes over to

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Speaker 3: They'll play with Dawson and Hayden, and she's just chill,

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Speaker 3: so chill, chill all day. So I really appreciate that

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Speaker 3: and I'm glad that Ashley has like a true friend

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Speaker 3: So that's a true friendship. They're all actually friends, but

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Speaker 2: Ashley obviously has not been able to give us too

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Speaker 2: many details because by the time she committed to going

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Speaker 2: we haven't gotten the behind the scenes. Do you remember

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Speaker 2: when Ashley was asked to consider being a housewife?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm kind of honestly, kind of vaguely because she

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Speaker 3: She's a pretty big deal. And I know, first off,

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Speaker 3: I was like, that's a very weird stage to do

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Speaker 3: oh and over and over it and it's such a big

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Speaker 3: because people really dig into your personal life and you know,

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Speaker 3: not all relationships last, and people get in huge fights

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Speaker 3: and they dig things up from your past and you know,

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Speaker 3: things you shouldn't be worried about and things that have

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Speaker 3: happened with past housewives. But I'm like, you've already put

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Speaker 3: and you know, keep this in going. So I told

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Speaker 3: never watch Housewives either. She watched a little bit in

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Speaker 2: And if we're honest, I mean, Ashley is such a

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Speaker 2: But Ashley doesn't have like skeletons that can necessarily even

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Speaker 2: be like so true what they find out about Ashley.

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Speaker 2: I know, I know she got like a be in

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Speaker 3: Like like there's yeah, there's nothing to pull out there,

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Speaker 3: she has no skeletons, which is also why I was like,

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Speaker 3: Because you kind of have to be cutthroat. So it

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Speaker 3: was very funny after filming to hear the call movie

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Speaker 3: so what was drama today? And like what did you say?

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Speaker 3: And I mean, you guys, I can't give too much away,

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Speaker 3: but she has great reactions to drama that isn't directly

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Speaker 3: affecting her. It's basically her role here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, so far we're gonna dive into episode

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Speaker 2: It's crazy, it's crazy, you know. I've been around so

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Speaker 2: many weird situations with Ashley. She she isn't verbally mean

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Speaker 2: facial expressions. Yeah, which, if they can capture that, we'll

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Speaker 2: feels like these women really are more interested in what's

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Speaker 2: said and not set like really what's said, not even what's.

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Speaker 3: Not set right. Yeah, Yeah, she can't hide her emotions

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Speaker 3: at all. We know that she like definitely rolls her

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Speaker 3: and then you'll get her real thoughts in the interviews.

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Speaker 3: So I'm looking forward to that. I have no idea

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Speaker 3: what she says in those, but yeah, this first episode

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Speaker 3: is basically all about Kelsey and how she has two

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Speaker 3: and if we're getting into all of that, I don't

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Speaker 3: inquiring about her relationship, like that's what you do? You say,

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Speaker 3: I'll bealely. Something is weird about it, you know.

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Speaker 2: It's the storyline that felt like when they found out

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Speaker 2: said this is a home run and again we're in

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Speaker 2: Rhode Island. This is Real Housewives Rhode Island. It starts

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Speaker 2: the episode saying that it's a small state with the

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Speaker 2: I'm just going to go through them by name because

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have to watch this show to understand who

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Speaker 2: we're talking about and what we're talking about. And everybody

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Speaker 2: listening has watched the show. We have Alicia, Liz, Rosie, Joe, Ellen, Rula, Kelsey, Ashley, Liz,

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Speaker 2: and Liz. That's the final. Liz is the final kind

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Speaker 2: There's a reason she's kind of I mean, like every

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Speaker 2: we meet Alicia first. Yeah, Alicia is uh, she has

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Speaker 2: but they're restaurant tours. Yeah, they're gonna be crazy busy,

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Speaker 2: for being the best as of friends and Ali. Okay,

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Speaker 2: here's where we're gonna have to tie the dots and

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Speaker 2: Alisha has known Liz since she was a kid. Yes,

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Speaker 2: so we meet Liz next. Liz has a gorgeous house.

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Speaker 3: On the water, walks her cat on a leash.

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Speaker 2: Yes, very like fun opening. So does my mom when

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Speaker 2: just a lot of confusion, no matter what there. Liz

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Speaker 2: a previous relationship. They own some cannabis shops around Rhode Island.

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Speaker 2: He's actually known as the Cannabis King. This gets only

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Speaker 2: weird to me. Okay, so again Alicia knows Liz when

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Speaker 2: like it just kind of passed over that they're related,

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Speaker 3: Which I don't know why that was added a storyline.

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Speaker 2: It was just said like hey, we're like you want

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I didn't like that. I didn't like that at all.

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Speaker 3: It didn't come back around. Maybe it will come back around,

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Speaker 2: Know why I would unless like really closely related, like a.

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Speaker 3: That didn't add anything to the show.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So Liz and Alicia. Our friends Liz and Kelsey

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Speaker 2: lives a very luxurious lifestyle. Her house is huge. As

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Speaker 2: I've tried a deep dive on who her boyfriend actually is.

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Speaker 2: So you've lived this really beautiful, big, luxurious lifestyle for

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Speaker 3: One hundred scent. And he was never going to commit,

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Speaker 3: Like I think he's made that clear to her. He

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Speaker 3: So I'm happy that she's at least dating other people.

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Speaker 2: it's a very sensitive subject and we know it's sensitive

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Speaker 2: Throughout the whole episode. We also get to meet Joe Ellen.

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Speaker 2: She's married to Gary. They met in high school. She's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so before there was ever filming of Housewives, the

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Speaker 2: Good poll? I do see that. Yeah, that's a good poll,

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Speaker 2: They kind of like tried to make that dramatic. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think that it probably happens a lot with sisters.

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Speaker 3: I will say that Ashley and I are esquimo sisters

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Speaker 3: it is kind of bound to happen. But yeah, they'll

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Speaker 3: probably make a juice here. If Joelle and sister comes

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Speaker 2: After I mean, she's got to be what in her

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Speaker 3: Who knows she could have loved Gary.

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Speaker 2: H that'd be good, actually, that would really make things up.

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Speaker 2: That feels like what I'm watching. Yeah, when I'm watching

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Speaker 2: The Housewives is like waiting for those moments where all

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Speaker 2: need to talk to you about a bit here. Alicia

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Speaker 2: many As you mentioned, Ashley and Rosie are friends as well.

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Speaker 2: But Alicia and Rossi go on a walking date. Uh

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Speaker 2: of a like Housewives date their walk What are those

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Speaker 3: I would say the McMoon boots or something. I don't

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Speaker 3: it's I don't know, but everything has to be pink

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Speaker 3: with Rosie. That's the common thread. Everything will be pink

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Speaker 3: her her jeep is pink. Her moon boots are pink.

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Speaker 2: So she really went all out in the outfits too,

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Speaker 3: She did. She looks great. Alicia. Yeah, Alicia and Rosie

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Speaker 3: Do you think six dollar bottle of wine is too

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Speaker 3: cheap to give someone? Yes, I know it is, Rosie.

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Speaker 2: It's so yeah. I mean like I would drink a

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Speaker 2: like we would have that at our own home. That's fine.

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Speaker 2: But if you're bringing it as like a party favor

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Speaker 2: somebody did that to me, A friend of that to me.

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Speaker 2: I do think I'd like joke with him, But I

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Speaker 2: the Housewives. I'm watching this season and I'm excited to

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Speaker 2: I got to see so much of Jared and he's

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Speaker 3: That's all Housewives is, oh, is it?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sorry to to there's it's not a lot

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Speaker 3: But now everything is very tame, so they have to

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I know I was expecting, like the polygamy

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Speaker 2: What are they going to find out about Ashley and Jared?

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Speaker 3: I know, but after Secret Laves and Mormon Wives. I

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Speaker 3: That's how really going. I don't know. Polygamy to me,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because there's like, uh, it's not consensual, like not

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Speaker 2: two sides. No, it's almost like a secret. And so

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Speaker 2: the secrets are the ones that draw in the drama.

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Speaker 2: The like, hey, we've agreed to this thing to you

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just like Joe Wellen, they said that she was

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Speaker 3: They haven't addressed it really even if she is okay,

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Speaker 2: It's not like a huge storyline. It is still a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, this is my theory. I feel like

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Speaker 2: Yeah, make that happen. Is that a Housewives type of thing?

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Speaker 3: We can make it, I'd say, I like, say we

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Speaker 2: We're not far We're not far away. So the big

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Speaker 2: be honest, he is nothing like anybody else we've met

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Speaker 2: and like people are arguing back and forth about some

429
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,720
Speaker 2: of the things we talked about, especially Joellen and Rosie.

430
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,640
Speaker 2: And Joellen one thing I respect about her, no matter

431
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 2: if she's scary or not, She's gonna tell you what

432
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,399
Speaker 2: she said and where she stands. I have yet, and

433
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,160
Speaker 2: I appreciate that about somebody. Maybe I don't like that behavior.

434
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 2: It feels a little bit bullyish, but at least if

435
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 2: you're like, hey, Joellen, were you talking about me to Rosie,

436
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 2: she says, yes, I was.

437
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 3: M hmm.

438
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,879
Speaker 2: Here's the wildest part. I've already texted Ashley about this

439
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,159
Speaker 2: and I don't what. I didn't get the response I

440
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 2: needed out of her. They play Never Have I Ever?

441
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 2: And Ashley gets to start the game and she goes hard,

442
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,399
Speaker 2: really hard, like right away, like, yes, why was that

443
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 2: her first question? And why was that on her mind?

444
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 3: Ashley is never like, never have I Ever? Okay, we

445
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 3: would be at parties growing up and everything and never

446
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 3: have I ever she was She would always bow out

447
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,200
Speaker 3: of she's I'm not doing it because she hasn't done anything, okay,

448
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 3: and it's embarrassing, and she was embarrassed by it. So

449
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 3: she's never played this before. And I guess she was thinking,

450
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 3: like literally, like she could have said, I've never done

451
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 3: a drug in my entire life.

452
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 2: She could have said, has a lot of things she's

453
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 2: never done.

454
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,120
Speaker 3: I don't know why it went there, but she called

455
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 3: me the second she saw this episode. She goes, the

456
00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 3: only thing I'm really worried about is why the hell

457
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 3: did I say I've never done butt stuff. It's like, well, Elise,

458
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 3: if our parents are watching, they're really proud of you

459
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 3: for onto a bot stoe. Okay, I don't know, but

460
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,879
Speaker 3: I don't know why she said that. What did she

461
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 3: say to you when you asked her.

462
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,880
Speaker 2: I think she is I could I could read. I mean,

463
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:12,680
Speaker 2: it's not like.

464
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,719
Speaker 3: She just like, I don't know, I'm an idiot.

465
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 2: I think she said she wanted to win the game,

466
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 2: and so she she she thought that would she thought

467
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 2: that would be her differentiator, but other ones.

468
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 3: I guess that makes sense. Yeah, I mean, she could

469
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 3: have done a lot of things, but obviously based some

470
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 3: Rosie's response saying that she will do it with skinny Wieners,

471
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 3: which is a repulsive she got her out.

472
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 2: So it did feel like Ashley hit like a she

473
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 2: did hit a home run with that question. Yeah, but

474
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,160
Speaker 2: knowing Ashley, I was just like, whoa, like you started,

475
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 2: you want one hundred miles an hour right away?

476
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, Usually when she's on any kind of show or

477
00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 3: any honestly this podcast, like if I have like la

478
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 3: la la, I close my ears, my eyes, I'm like,

479
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 3: I'm so ready to cringe out listening to her and

480
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 3: watching her on shows and stuff. I didn't cringe that

481
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 3: hard watching Housewives, and I am so happy about that.

482
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 3: The only it was only slightly cringing when she said

483
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 3: the butt stuff.

484
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean I always asked for respect, Like, yeah,

485
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 2: good for Ashley, she's trying to win a game.

486
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. She takes everything so literally.

487
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 2: I mean, it's unreal. It's so good. Her facial expressions

488
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 2: during this picnic are fantastic. It says it all I

489
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,439
Speaker 2: think you would know. But I mean, I'm assuming this

490
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 2: is one of the first times she's met all these

491
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,920
Speaker 2: other women and all like right away they start kind

492
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,120
Speaker 2: of bickering back and forth and saying things to each other.

493
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 2: Is ashlely like comfortable in those moments. Does that make

494
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:49,640
Speaker 2: her uncomfortable?

495
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 3: I mean, it definitely makes her uncomfortable. She never gets

496
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 3: in fire like we were really like sweep everything under

497
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 3: the rug sort of situation, like we never confront anyone

498
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 3: for feeling a certain type of way, which is very

499
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 3: Milni all of us, we're like, no worries, It's fine.

500
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 3: But it's she has to get into the into the

501
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,560
Speaker 3: mix when it comes to the housewives, you know. So

502
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 3: I do know that she does eventually like stick up

503
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 3: for herself and you know, yells at a couple of

504
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 3: the other ladies eventually down the line. But this was

505
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 3: her first meeting, so she was kind of just like

506
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 3: watching the back and forth. I'm sure it was uncomfortable,

507
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 3: but I'm sure she also is happy that it wasn't

508
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 3: directed towards her. And I do remember watching her after

509
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 3: the film that scene she was like, it was so

510
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 3: sunny and I wanted to put my sunglasses on so bad.

511
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 3: If you could see her squinting, But all she had

512
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 3: in that moment was her facial expressions because she wasn't

513
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,760
Speaker 3: involved in the conversation at all. She's like, I had

514
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,919
Speaker 3: to keep my sunglasses off so I could at least offer.

515
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 2: That she's smart. Uh. She also comes from the world

516
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 2: to the Bachelor, We're never allowed.

517
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 3: Never allowed glasses.

518
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'm sure she had that in mind at

519
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 2: the time too. She finally does switch to the sunglasses

520
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 2: just for her because I was starting to feel her

521
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,400
Speaker 2: pain when it came to the squinting.

522
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 3: Yes.

523
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 2: We then get a good taste of Ashley and Jared

524
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 2: at Audrey's kind of following this up, and at this

525
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 2: point we see Ashley and Jared kind conversing about life.

526
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,679
Speaker 2: I do know Jared works really hard and Audrey's is

527
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 2: something that he's very proud of, and he should be.

528
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 2: It's a wonderful space, and if you're ever coming through

529
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 2: that area of the country, make sure you stop at

530
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 2: Audrey's because they do a great job and the hospitality

531
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:35,440
Speaker 2: is fantastic.

532
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 3: It's delicious too.

533
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 2: This is where we see Ashley cry for the first time,

534
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 2: though it.

535
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 3: Only took to twenty seconds maybe, but I understand. I

536
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 3: understand why she was crying.

537
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 2: I mean, I haven't seen Ashley cry in a long time.

538
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 2: It used to be very common obviously, Yeah, cries and

539
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 2: you know, gets emotional, and it's really been we've paused that,

540
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 2: you know, in our life here on the Almost Namous podcast.

541
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, did she use to cry on this podcast?

542
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, some great footage. Oh yeah, right, yeah, all

543
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: the time.

544
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 3: She was pre Jared probably.

545
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you feel like she's less emotional at this point?

546
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, definitely. She doesn't cry a lot at all anymore. Yeah,

547
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,280
Speaker 3: That's why I was like kind of shocked to see

548
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 3: the episode of when she like cried. I was like, whoh,

549
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 3: I haven't seen that in a long time. Sometimes when

550
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 3: she's super frustrated, yes, but it's not like out of sadness,

551
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 3: it's just like frustration.

552
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it used to be out of like

553
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,479
Speaker 2: kind of everything, right, It was kind of her shtick,

554
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 2: not that it was like fake. Ever, it's very much

555
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 2: a thing. But I do feel like since Jared and

556
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 2: since the boys, that element of her life it doesn't

557
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 2: exist as much. And so I wonder what it is

558
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 2: because we see it, and we see it in a

559
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,479
Speaker 2: few like lead ups in the pre you Yeah, what

560
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 2: is it about the cameras that bring out the tears?

561
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 3: It is so true. It is the cameras, I guess

562
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 3: I think emotions are heightened. She it's definitely crying out

563
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 3: of frustration a lot, like maybe she just can't articulate

564
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 3: the way she's feeling, and so the it just comes

565
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 3: out as tears. And especially with a group of women

566
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 3: like this, trying to get a word in is tough

567
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 3: and obviously, like filming is exhausting, Like they're really long days,

568
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 3: so like you're you're tired, you're overly emotional, and then

569
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 3: you just you just cry. It's a perfect recipe for crying.

570
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 3: So I'm assuming. I'm assuming it's her not being able

571
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 3: to express the way she's feeling. That's always how it's been,

572
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 3: you know, immediate tears. And that's why Jared's like, why

573
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 3: can't you talk about crying. It's like I just can't

574
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 3: get the words out of my mouth and if I could,

575
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 3: then I wouldn't cry. But this is how it comes out.

576
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 3: And I think a lot of people can relate to that.

577
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 2: Do you cry a lot? No?

578
00:29:58,600 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 3: I don't.

579
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 2: You're like hearted, No, I don't know.

580
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 3: It just doesn't come to my eyeballs, Like it just

581
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 3: doesn't the water doesn't come out. I cry a lot,

582
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 3: like the like the two weeks after giving birth. Yeah,

583
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 3: and then I just I dried up, can't do it anymore.

584
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 2: Yeah again, it's uh. I cannot say enough how just

585
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: like proud I am of Ashley. She is herself in

586
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 2: the best and biggest of ways. She's such an asset

587
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 2: to this show. I'm so glad she said yes to it,

588
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: because having Ashley on our screens is a gift. And

589
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 2: she looks so pretty during this episode, like just looks

590
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 2: beautiful and that's never like a question. I guess that's

591
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 2: not like a shock, but it's just a note for

592
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 2: everybody as they watch it. I think they're gonna be

593
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 2: like goodness, Like Ashley looks beautiful.

594
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 3: She is actually like peaking and continuing to peak, like

595
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 3: any woman who's scared of their like thirties, late thirties,

596
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 3: Like she literally is more beautiful every single day and

597
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 3: like her body is slamming. She's got two kids. She

598
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 3: looks so good. So proud of her. And also if

599
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 3: in the show she I want to say how Ashley

600
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 3: she is. She brought munchkins from Duncan Donuts to a party,

601
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 3: to a Housewives party, like so adorable. No, one would

602
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 3: ever do that because you would bring, you know, a

603
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 3: nice bottle champagne or something, which, like everyone loves munchkins.

604
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 3: So I'm like, that's Ashley. I love it.

605
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 2: Speaking of food and gifts, the final scene of the

606
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: first episode happens at Joellen's Fourth of July party. She

607
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: rents a house for this party, and it's a big

608
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 2: deal in the July. In July fourth in Rhode Island

609
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 2: is a big deal. I think it's a big deal

610
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,280
Speaker 2: throughout the country. Honestly, Yeah, it's a big deal in Indiana.

611
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 2: It's a big deal in Colorado. I mean it's a

612
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 2: it's a national holiday. We celebrate this. But she rented

613
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 2: a house for this big party and all the girls

614
00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 2: are invited. Rosie says, Hey, I feel most comfortab driving

615
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 2: with Ashley and Jared to this party because I'm a

616
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 2: little nervous about stepping into another environment where i might

617
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 2: get ripped on again. Lauren, you don't have to give

618
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 2: us to behind the scenes, but let me just give

619
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 2: you your opinion. I think what is intriguing to me

620
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 2: is most of these people, if not all, are in relationships.

621
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 2: I know, if my wife was walking into a scenario

622
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 2: where she felt like she was going to get ripped apart.

623
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 2: I would be very much on edge and very much

624
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: in protective mode. How during Housewives do you navigate these

625
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 2: elements with a partner?

626
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like you have to kind of take

627
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 3: a step back as a partner because, like you do, know,

628
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 3: your wife signed up to be ridiculed and being fight

629
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 3: with and being in a fight with women. But I

630
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 3: also think you're a much better man than other men.

631
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 3: I think that like, oh that girl drama, go have

632
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 3: your girl, your girlfights and your cat caddy. Really stuff,

633
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 3: I really think so.

634
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 2: I think Jared would be very uncomfortable and very protective.

635
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm trying to imagine if someone's yelling at Ashley,

636
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,959
Speaker 3: would Jared come over and be like, what's going on?

637
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 3: Ladies sort of situation?

638
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 2: Yeah?

639
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that Jared also was a very good

640
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 3: man too. It's tough, but also having a girlfriend, like

641
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 3: walking in with Ashley to that party is kind of

642
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 3: like more comforting almost than having your husband there. I

643
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,719
Speaker 3: don't know, it feels kind of like the women coming together.

644
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 3: I would feel really comfortable with my best friend there

645
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 3: and knowing that she can like kind of kind of

646
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 3: just like I can lean on her and then she

647
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 3: can almost clap back at the woman who's yelling at

648
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 3: me too, because I don't know if a man honestly

649
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 3: could so, I understand coming together at the parties, like

650
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 3: the couples going together to the party.

651
00:33:55,320 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 2: Do you think it's a surprise to Rosie Rosie that

652
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 2: she is kind of the center of confrontation right now?

653
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 3: I think so. I don't think she's that like polarizing.

654
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 3: I don't think she's asking any crazy questions.

655
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 2: I don't know.

656
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 3: Maybe there's other things behind the scenes that I don't

657
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 3: know about. But if it's just because she asked about

658
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 3: Kelsey's relationship, this doesn't warrant the kind of like ridicule

659
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 3: she's getting. No, I don't know. I don't jealousy, who knows,

660
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 3: although everyone is stunning, I don't know what to.

661
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 2: Be jealous about. You know, lizten Dolores show up together.

662
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 2: Dolores is from The New Jersey Housewives. Also, she has

663
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 2: a podcast on our network as well with Will's Adams

664
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 2: breaking down the Traders. Dolorus is fantastic and a big character,

665
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 2: and I know that people love her. Lizen Dolores do

666
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 2: look very similar and the reason they do is not

667
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 2: only because maybe they kind of always look similar, but

668
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 2: they also have the same surgeon.

669
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,919
Speaker 3: And I love that they admit that. Okay, because how

670
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 3: are these not twins? I mean, they definitely have similar

671
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 3: vibes to yeah, but I love that they admitted to it.

672
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 3: And what I've noticed a lot about this season is

673
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 3: like everyone's admitting they have botox, they have fella, they're

674
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 3: on weight loss drugs, you know, so all the things

675
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 3: and it's not a secret anymore. And that is amazing.

676
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 2: It's it's amazing because it opens up a level of

677
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 2: vulnerability instead of us asking the questions and assuming we're like,

678
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 2: all right, you know, you've told us another thing we

679
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 2: find out during this picnic. This was like kind of

680
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 2: shocking to me. Kelsey says she's known Joellen since back

681
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 2: when Joellen worked at a tanning salon. At that time,

682
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 2: Kelsey shares that Joellen hooked up with the owner and

683
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 2: his wife, and Joeln's the freaky one in the group,

684
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: which again goes back to Ashley winning the game of

685
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 2: never Have I Ever? There was a thousand options she

686
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: could have chosen, but she went hard in the paint

687
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 2: right at the beginning, and she was gonna win every

688
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 2: game of never have I ever with this group of

689
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 2: what ladies for all time? I guess in this part

690
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 2: of this episode, I'm a little bit confused at what

691
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 2: we're trying to accomplish. Like, are these ladies at this

692
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 2: point just like nervous and getting everything out there on

693
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 2: the table to create storylines?

694
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 3: Yeah?

695
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 2: Or are these going to be underlying themes throughout the

696
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 2: rest of this season? You know, the Housewise franchise. How

697
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 2: does this work?

698
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think they all want to appear to be

699
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 3: the most interesting, and so they're going to say like

700
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 3: all the crazy shit they've ever done, aka swinging butt stuff,

701
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 3: all the stuff, and then I think it will come

702
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 3: back around. I mean, I don't know for sure, but

703
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 3: the fact that they keep alluding to Joellen being so freaky,

704
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 3: there's gonna be something, So I'm excited to see what

705
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 3: it is. But Joellen is definitely going to be doing.

706
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 2: Something, So that's Yeah, that's like foreshadowing for the rest

707
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 2: of the season. That's what this episode is. It's setting

708
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 2: it up for a story to continue.

709
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 3: On, because why would we need to know that she

710
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 3: hooked up with an owner of a Tanning Salon back

711
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 3: in the day, right.

712
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 2: That was my question. Okay, and his wife.

713
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 3: Yes, and his wife yeah, yeah, Well there you go.

714
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 2: Rosie and Ashley arrive at the party. At this point

715
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 2: in the midst of this, we're getting some drama happening

716
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 2: where Joellen is telling Kelsey that Rosie was making comments

717
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,240
Speaker 2: about her relationship at the picnic. Kelsey is again upset

718
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 2: about comments being made about her relationship. From my standpoint,

719
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 2: her relationship is polarizing. It is. I am curious about it.

720
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: You have to know if you're going to sign up

721
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 2: for a show that one of the most interesting parts

722
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 2: of your life when it comes to being in relationship

723
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: with somebody who's not around all the time and everybody

724
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 2: knows he's not around all the time, is gonna get

725
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 2: brought up. But it's a very sensitive subject to Kelsey.

726
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 3: It really is like, you can't be surprised when you

727
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 3: show up to a Fourth of July party and the

728
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 3: man who you are with, in whose house you are

729
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 3: living in, doesn't come with you. They're gonna say where's

730
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 3: what's his name? You know, for every single holiday. And

731
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 3: she's been dealing with this for ten years, so she

732
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 3: can't have been cry. She can't cry every time someone

733
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: asked her about that. That's why I'm just like, how

734
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 3: is this dramatic to say? How is your partner? You know?

735
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 2: Yeah? I do forget though, who did bring it up?

736
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 2: I mean I don't remember it being oh, who brought

737
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 2: it up?

738
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 3: So I think Joellen was like, oh, I was just

739
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 3: with Kelsey and.

740
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 2: Then she's struggling. I think she did say that, like she's, oh,

741
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,359
Speaker 2: you know, she's not doing great because of her relationship.

742
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 3: Yes, so Joeanne did she brought it up? She and

743
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 3: if she really didn't want to talk about it or

744
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 3: didn't think that Kelsey wanted it brought up, she could

745
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 3: have just been like, she's good. No, we're on in

746
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 3: Real Housewives. You're gonna say she's not doing well, and

747
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 3: then Rose's gonna say why, or the whole table's gonna

748
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 3: say why isn't she doing well? Why would you not

749
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 3: ask that question? So and then so on and so forth.

750
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 2: If you and I were sitting around hanging out talking

751
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 2: and I was like, how's Ashley doing, You're like, oh,

752
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 2: you know, she's not doing great because of her relationship,

753
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 2: And I just sat there and quiet and stared at you. Yeah,

754
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 2: that'd be very weird. My immediate a question would be,

755
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: what do you mean by that?

756
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, like, exactly.

757
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 2: Tell me a little bit more if you're willing and able.

758
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 2: And so it's obviously hinting at bringing up a story

759
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 2: that you want people to ask questions about, or that

760
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 2: you're opening up the door for people to ask questions about.

761
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 2: But I do think it's a weird decision to go

762
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 2: right up to Kelsey and say, hey, Rosie was asking

763
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 2: these things and saying these things about your relationship at

764
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 2: the picnic. Yeah, to kind of start the fire burning,

765
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 2: even though you're the one that has the gasoline.

766
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, so true, so true. That's why I hope people

767
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 3: like stick around and keep watching, because like it isn't

768
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 3: that much drama, but the person creating the drama is

769
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 3: like kind of Joellen. If that's why I'm like, I

770
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 3: hope that people can see past like kind of like

771
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 3: the curated drama and just wait for like the real drama,

772
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 3: because you know, Joellen was just trying to stir it

773
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 3: up just to start up for the show kind of,

774
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 3: but the real dramas get to come.

775
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 2: Oh, the real drama. This is the first episode of

776
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,720
Speaker 2: Real Housewives of Rhode Island, Lauren, You're gonna be around

777
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 2: with us for the entirety of this season and maybe

778
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 2: seasons to come. Yeah, which is very exciting and very

779
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 2: fun for me. Yes, we do see a preview for

780
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 2: the rest of the season. The woman go on a

781
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,800
Speaker 2: road trip, Ashley says, does a little cheers and says

782
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:31,760
Speaker 2: sorry or cheers to not being sorry and moving on. Yes,

783
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 2: there's a massk garade party and it looks like they

784
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,240
Speaker 2: stuck Ashley in like a full blown mask.

785
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 3: Yes, she was so pissed that day because she was like,

786
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 3: my makeup has never looked better and they put me

787
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 3: in a full blown mask, like why They're also like

788
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 3: taking away her superpower, which is her reaction to things.

789
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 3: So I don't know how that day went, but that

790
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 3: sucks for her.

791
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 2: We do get to meet Rula at some point throughout

792
00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 2: this season, and Ashley and Jared are a big focus

793
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 2: of the preview, mostly talking about like their life and

794
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 2: the Audrey's is not making a lot of money. Just

795
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 2: hold your horses, Ashley and Jared. You just went on

796
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 2: Real Housewives and brought it to a whole new demo.

797
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,760
Speaker 3: I know Audrey's will be hiring shortly.

798
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 2: I was gonna say they're gonna be doing fine. And Ashley.

799
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 2: We do see Ashley crying on a boat, which is perfect.

800
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,240
Speaker 3: I love that part.

801
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: Is it Ashley that tells her tells somebody I forget

802
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 2: They're sitting there and she says, the girl's like, I'm

803
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 2: crying and my makeup looks so good today, and Ashley

804
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 2: is always the day your makeup looks the best.

805
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

806
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: I love it.

807
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 3: I love them together.

808
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:51,320
Speaker 2: What a sweet comment by Ashulely. Just the best. Lauren.

809
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 2: I know you know a lot about the season ahead,

810
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 2: but if we can close up with your general thoughts

811
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 2: on the first episode ode and like if you're honestly

812
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 2: excited for the rest of the season.

813
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's so funny because like, why do you want, like,

814
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 3: if you're already stressed out and you want to wind

815
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 3: down at the end of the night, why are you

816
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 3: watching women yell at each other? But I was fully enthralled,

817
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 3: and it wasn't just because she's my sister. For this,

818
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 3: for this episode and then the episodes to come, I'm

819
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 3: just actually, I think it could be one of the

820
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 3: best housewives. And I really hope that I know everyone's

821
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 3: so mad because Miami's canceled and everyone loves Real house

822
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 3: Sides of Miami, but this is taking its place, and

823
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 3: I think it's gonna really hold up to Miami. So

824
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 3: stick around. I think it's amazing, and it's really I

825
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,439
Speaker 3: know everyone's saying that everyone looks alike and you can't

826
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 3: tell them apart, but you will get them down with

827
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 3: the first episode, I promise.

828
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think if I can do it, anybody

829
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 2: else can do it if I come forward too. Yeah,

830
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 2: we're fine. Yes, Now, Lauren, well do a thing here.

831
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 2: I'm Almost Famous podcast. I know you're an avid listener

832
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 2: to our other show and so you know exactly what

833
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 2: to do. But we will be here for the rest

834
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 2: of the season of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island

835
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 2: starring the one and only Ashley Ikenetti. And Ashley cannot

836
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 2: be joining us obviously for obvious reasons during the breakdown

837
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 2: of each episode, but we do have the next best

838
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 2: thing in her sister Lauren, giving us all the scoop,

839
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 2: all the details, all the opinions, and everything that we

840
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 2: need out of an Ikenetti being on the Almost Famous Podcast.

841
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 2: But until next time, I've been Ben.

842
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 3: And I've been Lauren. Is that correct?

843
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 2: You did so good?

844
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 3: Okay good.

845
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcasts on iHeartRadio,

846
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,120
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