1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,279 Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I almost Famous podcast. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 2: With I our radio. This is the almost SAMEOS podcast. 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 2: Today we are trying something new, not trying doing something new. 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: This is almost same as podcast today, we are doing 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: something new. We have taken in your questions. You've sent 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 2: us a bunch of questions. We're going to answer them 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: today because they're some of these questions could be answered 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: by both Ashley and myself. Our producer Hannah is jumping 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 2: on to ask us these questions that she feels our 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: most juicy or interesting, and then Ashley and I will 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: both answer them, or one of us will answer them. 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: This is exciting. Thank you for sending in these questions. 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: Please don't stop doing that. With that, I'm going to 14 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: introduce Ashley and Hannah. Come on in. 15 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 3: Hey guys, we have twenty six questions in front of us. 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 3: I don't even want to take a look at them. 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 3: I just want Hanah to throw out what she thinks 18 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 3: is the most interesting to both Ben and I. Let's 19 00:00:59,160 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 3: do it. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 4: There are a lot of questions. 21 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: We got a lot of good ones, but I'm going 22 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: to start us off with this question. It reads, if 23 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: you could choose any former bachelor or Bachelorette to come 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: back and. 25 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 4: Be the lead again. Who would it be and why. 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 3: I'll go first? So there's a couple side questions that 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: I have for this. Does this person have a significant 28 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 3: other now? Or is if this is like a. 29 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 4: Dream land, dreamland does not matter? 30 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, in a dream land, I think I'd still 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 3: want Caitlin Bristow to be the lead again because she 32 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 3: is so entertaining. Even if she had the most boring 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 3: cast ever, she would make a great TV show. And 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: of course she didn't find her happily ever effort through 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: the actual show, so I think she would be worthy 36 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 3: of getting another chance. 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 2: Ben, I would have to say Caitlyn Bristow as well. 38 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: I'm biased they so I'll try to pick somebody other 39 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: than Caitlin. I think Andy Dorfman season was fun to watch, 40 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: and desire A you Know was a good one as well. 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: Like those two stand out to me as iconic seasons. 42 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 2: I'm surprised you didn't say Emily Maynard. 43 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 3: In my head already had two seasons. I'm not sure why. 44 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: I think it's because she won Brad season and we 45 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 3: never see the winner end up becoming the lead, So 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 3: in my head she had to. 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: My Bachelor pick is like so good. I have two 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: Andrew Firestone because I just love being around him and 49 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: watching him and I have the same I love being 50 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 2: around and watching just this person operate life, Bob Guinea. 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: I think those two coming back for a season would 52 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 2: just be good television, and because I like them as humans. 53 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 3: If I had to pick Bachelor again, I would be 54 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 3: not in a dreamland, it would be right here in 55 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 3: solid reality, and it would be Chris Sols. I just 56 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 3: really want him to have his happily ever after, and 57 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 3: now that he's sober, like he might just bet. He's 58 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 3: just such a different place in life. I just really 59 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 3: feel like that man needs to be a father and 60 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: a husband because he'll be so good at it. 61 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 2: That has a great choice. I didn't even think about that, 62 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: but yeah, Chris Soles coming back, it would be a 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: lot of fun. 64 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: There's a sweetness about him too. 65 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 4: All right. 66 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: Next question, if you could change the ending of any 67 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: season of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, which one would 68 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: you choose and tell us the outcome you wish had happened. 69 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: M you go first. 70 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say Gen season. I think it was the 71 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: worst too. Okay, Yeah, I think it was the worst 72 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: ending to a season we've ever seen, and I think 73 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: it was. I think we're seeing the ramifications of how 74 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 2: that season ended now with the Bachelorette not coming back 75 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,119 Speaker 2: and people kind of checking out. I think Jen had 76 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: a very poor cast, So how I wish that season 77 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: would have ended. Well, she would have given the peace 78 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: sign to all of them, said you ain't worthy, I'm out. 79 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 2: We'll talk later, And that's how it would have ended 80 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: in my mind, and I would have loved it. 81 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 3: So when you get annulment, apparently you can put fraud 82 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 3: as a reason for getting an annulment. I just know 83 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: this from a Renee zelig Er checked off that box 84 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 3: when she was getting divorced from Kenny Chesney. They were 85 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 3: only married for like six weeks, and I feel like 86 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 3: that's Jen. She experienced fraud. 87 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it just I think looking back, there's no 88 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: other seasons like seasons have had dramatic endings, right. We 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 2: think about the ri situation, we think about the Peter 90 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 2: Webber season, but those made like I know, it seems 91 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: drama like, dramatic and chaotic, but they make sense on 92 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: how it happened. They make sense on that they good people, 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: We're involved, feelings were mixed up, a lot of chaos. 94 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 2: You know what, great television, We'll call it good gen 95 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 2: season felt like just a letdown at every level, and 96 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 2: then continued to be post with the finale. So I 97 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: would say that season, for sure, out of all the seasons, 98 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: would be the one I would change. 99 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, good, good answers all. 100 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: Right, next question, if you could remove one thing from 101 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: the show that you think negatively impacts the relationships, what 102 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: would it be? 103 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 3: This is a good question. 104 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: I was gonna say tell All's, but then again, like 105 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: we just talked to Zachary Reality and he loves tell Alls, 106 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, I know. 107 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 3: See, like I fantasy suites, as we talked about in 108 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 3: our previous episode of the Regist Record with Gabby el Nikki, 109 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: is that like they're called disappointment week or you could 110 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 3: call them like regret week or whatever. But I do 111 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 3: feel like what you get from a fantasy suite, which 112 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 3: is a for the first time, is so vital. Yeah, 113 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: how can you do it in a way that's not 114 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: so sloppy? 115 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: It doesn't have to be sloppy. I don't think there's 116 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 2: I think that is up to the contestants, and so 117 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 2: we'd have to say like that that you can't change 118 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: that part of the show. I will say this, this 119 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 2: would be my answer. The thing that brings no drama 120 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 2: to the show, really, it brings nothing interesting to me 121 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: from the show, and it just feels unhealthy at every level. 122 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 2: Is the amount of exposure or how the show allows 123 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: others to watch, like the one on one relationships, meaning 124 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: like especially when there's kissing involved, there's typically like people watching, 125 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: sitting on a couch watching and they've set that up 126 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: so that they can see it. And I would just 127 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 2: say we could get rid of that on the show. 128 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: It doesn't really ever make a storyline and it's more 129 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: just awkward and it's it's hard to move forward when 130 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: you're seeing like the front Runner doing that with the lead. 131 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 2: So I would just get that up. It just it's 132 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 2: a non factor. 133 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 3: That's good. That's a good answer, all right. 134 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 4: This next question is fun. I love this one. 135 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: It says if the show brought back a second chance 136 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: season for former contestants to find love again, who would 137 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: you be interested in being a part of it? 138 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: That sounds paradise no. 139 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: But if if they chose a lead in all of 140 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: the contestants that came back. 141 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 4: We're on the show again. Let's say that. 142 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 3: It's the they just redid the entire show again with the. 143 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 2: Same contestants that stand out to you. Yeah, a few 144 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: contestants that stand out to you. 145 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: From the past. 146 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: From the past, who would you want to see come. 147 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: Back as part of a main cast on one of 148 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 3: the main shows not Paradise. 149 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 2: Yes, I think I can think of a few. Peter Weber, 150 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: Chris Sols you just mentioned would love. I would love 151 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: to see the two of them coming back. A lot 152 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: of the women. 153 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 3: Jen, I'd want to see Jen Jen. 154 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: Would come back. I think that'd be great. As you mentioned, 155 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: like a Caitlin Bristow would be an amazing cast member 156 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: because we still don't have any confirmation in this world 157 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 2: on where she stands romantically. She could be single, she 158 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: could be single. Jason Tarctick, I think would be great 159 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 2: to throw in there, just because he's single and he 160 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: comes to mind, and he was a, you know, a 161 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: big character during those seasons. A lot of the people 162 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 2: from the show, and it would be interesting to do 163 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: a little research and find out, like who is still 164 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 2: single that came off this show all. 165 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 3: Star Cast is basically like your is your paradise on 166 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: on steroids? Right? 167 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? 168 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 3: Those are good, Those are good answers Rachel. 169 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, she'd be a top for us, Rachel. Reki on 170 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 2: another season would just be fantastic. 171 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 3: She's great TV and she's so lovable. 172 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: All right. Next question, I think this is kind of fun. 173 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: Would you be open to a version of The Bachelor 174 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: slash the Bachelorette where no one gets eliminated until the 175 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: very end, forcing the lead to really get to know everyone. 176 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 3: No, I would not be okay with that, but I 177 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 3: would like there to be more stages where it's like, Okay, 178 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 3: we're going to do the first night and we're going 179 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 3: to eliminate anybody that I feel like nothing with, and 180 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 3: then I'm going to have this group of twenty and 181 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 3: I'm going to get to know them for three weeks, 182 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 3: and then I'll narrow it down to ten, and then 183 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 3: from ten, I'll go to four three weeks after that. 184 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 2: I don't think i'd be okay with it because I 185 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: think the way it works now works, it's very it's 186 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: very rare that somebody that's eliminating, like week two, the 187 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 2: lead is like, I wish I wouldn't have, I know, right, 188 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: and so it all kind of plays its way itself 189 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 2: out the way it should over time. I mean, I'm 190 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 2: sure there's some like I wish she would have been 191 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: there or he would have been there another week, but 192 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: it's very rare that you're like, can I bring that 193 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: person back from week two just to see if there's something? 194 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,079 Speaker 2: So I like the way it is. I don't think 195 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 2: it needs a change. 196 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 3: You're right, Ben, and this is coming from you in 197 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 3: the lead perspective. I guess I'm just thinking about ways 198 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 3: we can mix up the show, but it probably would 199 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: actually be more boring that way, because it would feel 200 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 3: like less consequence if there wasn't an elimination every week. 201 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: Next question, if you could choose one controversial moment from 202 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: the show to revisit in a reunion style special, which 203 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: one would you choose and why? 204 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 2: I would love to see Sean Loh and Nick Vile 205 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: sit on a couch together again and just start talking 206 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 2: about the situation that happened on Caitlin season, because I 207 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 2: know the two of them. 208 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 3: Would still got Sean low. 209 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 2: Oh, Shan bou Sorry, Shaan Booth and Nick to sit 210 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 2: down again because I know the two of them would 211 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 2: still like talk about it, like they would both be 212 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 2: willing to like revisit it and hash it out a 213 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 2: little bit, and I think it wouldn't be like a 214 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 2: pretty perfect outcome. I also would say this, I would 215 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: love if Jen could have a second chance on the 216 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: couch with Devin Ough just like now without reairing that moment, 217 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 2: where they could reair it again the emotions are gone 218 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 2: and just see what happens. 219 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: Yes, good answers. Okay, I'm thinking Nick with Josh Murray 220 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 3: because that would be a really funny showdown as well, 221 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 3: because they had it on TV, and I just think 222 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 3: in real life they also just do not want to 223 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 3: be in the same room together. And then the ultimate 224 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 3: red Couch moment whatever was with Vienna and Jake Palvaka, 225 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 3: and I would love to just see if they still 226 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 3: hate each other too. 227 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: That'd be good. 228 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 4: These are good ones. Okay. 229 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: Next question, if you could have a conversation with your 230 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: younger self before going on the show, what would you 231 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: tell yourself. 232 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 3: I would tell myself pretty much, do exactly what you did, 233 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: maybe close your mouth just for a few more moments, 234 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 3: just like, say a couple few less dumb things in 235 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: the interview room, but besides that, all the big things. 236 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 3: Do those again. 237 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 2: I actually I'm going to add to the last question 238 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 2: that I didn't think of. I would love to see 239 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 2: Ashley and Kelsey on a couch. That would still be good. 240 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: It would be good. I would say, have more fun, 241 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 2: like lighten up a little bit, loosen up, enjoy it, 242 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 2: soak it in, have more fun with it. 243 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: Next question, do you think a bachelor or bachelorette should 244 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 1: be allowed to look at social media during the process? 245 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 4: Why or why not? 246 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: I don't have a strong opinion on this. You think yes, yes, 247 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 3: you think the social media tells you that much about somebody. 248 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 2: I think it's tells you more than what you see 249 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: on the show, and I think it would help. I 250 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 2: think it would help. I don't think it would change 251 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: the elimination process, but I think it would help the 252 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: clarity of everybody. If you had that kind of insight 253 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: on what was being shared before, I think it would 254 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 2: have answered a lot of questions. And I think the 255 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: drama could still exist. But I would love to see 256 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 2: like a little part of an episode at like week 257 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: five where the lead sits down with like an investigator 258 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 2: and they go through social media and like, what do 259 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: you who do you want to look up? Here's you 260 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: get four people out of your eight look up four 261 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 2: of them. Who do you want to look up? And 262 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: what do you want to find? I think it would. 263 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 2: I think it would be a fine element. 264 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 3: Okay, I don't want to too my own horn, but like, 265 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 3: I feel like I'm pretty authentic to myself on social media, 266 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 3: which is probably why I'm like, I don't know if 267 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 3: it would make a difference, but yeah, you're right, Like 268 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 3: it could tell you a lot about somebody, especially when 269 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 3: you're in the bubble. 270 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: Next question is do you think Bachelor in Paradise is 271 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: a healthier environment for finding love compared to the main show. 272 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 3: I do because you are more in a real life, 273 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 3: living environment. You're not getting just fantasy dates and just 274 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 3: time to be on your best behavior. This person is 275 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 3: watching you just be for up to twenty five days, 276 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 3: and you have so much more time to talk to them, 277 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 3: and so much more off camera time to talk to them, 278 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 3: Like you could talk for up to sixteen seventeen hours 279 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 3: a day. You get to know somebody so well, which 280 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 3: is why I think that you see the more successful 281 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: couples coming from Menha. 282 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: I don't really have an opinion. I've never really been 283 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: so I don't really know. 284 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a hard one for Ben to Ben sir, Okay, 285 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: we're going to end on this question super blunt. This 286 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: question is from Emily. She says, be honest, do you 287 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: think this is a dying franchise? 288 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: It matters? I mean, I think there's it matters what 289 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 2: you mean by dying. Do I believe that the show 290 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: is on a path to probably throwing up the white flag? Yes? 291 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 2: Do I believe it has to be. No, because I 292 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 2: don't think it's dying in compared compared to other shows 293 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 2: that are on network cable television. I think it's hitting 294 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 2: a really rough patch. I think they need to spark 295 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 2: it up a little bit. I do believe there's still 296 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: life there, and I think there's enough interest in kind 297 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 2: of that like following to make this a very healthy 298 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 2: network show. But I do believe changes will have to 299 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: be made in a way that makes it a little 300 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: more relevant, a little more exciting, a little more more 301 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 2: talked about. And so I think there's two sides to that. 302 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: I do think that we're on the fringe of the 303 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: show not getting renewed, but I don't believe that will 304 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 2: be the end of it, If that makes sense. 305 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 3: I pretty much believe and have believed for a while 306 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 3: with the spark that I got from Gary season and 307 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 3: Joey's season, aside that it probably seems to be better 308 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 3: suited on something like Hulu. You know, ABC Disney owns Hulu. 309 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 3: I think that people would maybe want to see it 310 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 3: in a binge format, and I think that they do 311 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: need to tweak some of it because some episodes really 312 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 3: drag on The two hour format might be a little 313 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 3: bit antiquated these days. I think that they need to 314 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 3: focus more on one on one dates and less on 315 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 3: group dates, especially group date activities. Is there If there's 316 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 3: good drama from you know, the cocktail portion, that's always 317 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 3: fun to watch. I think if they added an element 318 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 3: of realism there would be that would be good, whether 319 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 3: that's like going to hometown's earlier, getting to see people, 320 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: like kind of like what they do with Meridith for 321 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 3: a site where they have to go, and like kind 322 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 3: of they have regular life together. That would be interesting. 323 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 3: I guess I do that in Love is Blind as well. 324 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 3: I think that there needs to be a more interactive 325 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 3: way to choose the lead. I think that they need 326 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 3: to listen to the fans more. And if that's like 327 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 3: a nationwide Dancing with the Stars like Pole, that would 328 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 3: be really cool. But yeah, something needs to be just 329 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 3: twisted a bit to make it a little bit more relevant. 330 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: But I think that could go on for quite some time, 331 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 3: just maybe not on ABC Monday nights. 332 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 2: So to answer the question, do you believe it's dying? 333 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: Uh No, I don't think it is dying. I think 334 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 3: it needs to be reiterated. 335 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 2: So you think it's you think at some level it's 336 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 2: going to exist for the next five ten years. 337 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 3: I think it's hard to imagine a modern television situation 338 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 3: where the Bachelor's not included in it. It's such a staple. 339 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 3: I don't think it's going to leave. No, I don't 340 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 3: think it's gonna leave. I think it's gonna be like 341 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 3: reborn in a way. 342 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 2: That's the final question today. We're going to continue to 343 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 2: answer these questions as we go throughout the year. It's 344 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 2: obviously we're coming up a few weeks away from the 345 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 2: off season, which is where we get to talk to 346 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 2: past contestants, have new guests go through Bachelor headlines. We're 347 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: also gonna do some questions and answers with you all. 348 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: We enjoy the off season for those elements, and we 349 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 2: hope that you stick around for that. This is an 350 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 2: exciting time in the Bachelor world because we're coming down 351 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 2: to the final weeks of Grant season of The Bachelor. 352 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 2: Make sure you tune in next week and this week 353 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 2: as we break down every episode from the telaws to 354 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 2: the final moments. But until next time, I've been Ben, I've. 355 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,239 Speaker 3: Been Ashley Sea. 356 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcasts on 357 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.