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<v Speaker 1>This is the Ben and Ashley I almost Famous podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>With I our radio. This is the almost SAMEOS podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today we are trying something new, not trying doing something new.

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<v Speaker 2>This is almost same as podcast today, we are doing

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<v Speaker 2>something new. We have taken in your questions. You've sent

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<v Speaker 2>us a bunch of questions. We're going to answer them

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<v Speaker 2>today because they're some of these questions could be answered

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<v Speaker 2>by both Ashley and myself. Our producer Hannah is jumping

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<v Speaker 2>on to ask us these questions that she feels our

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<v Speaker 2>most juicy or interesting, and then Ashley and I will

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<v Speaker 2>both answer them, or one of us will answer them.

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<v Speaker 2>This is exciting. Thank you for sending in these questions.

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<v Speaker 2>Please don't stop doing that. With that, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>introduce Ashley and Hannah. Come on in.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey guys, we have twenty six questions in front of us.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even want to take a look at them.

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<v Speaker 3>I just want Hanah to throw out what she thinks

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<v Speaker 3>is the most interesting to both Ben and I. Let's

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<v Speaker 3>do it.

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<v Speaker 4>There are a lot of questions.

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<v Speaker 1>We got a lot of good ones, but I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to start us off with this question. It reads, if

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<v Speaker 1>you could choose any former bachelor or Bachelorette to come

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<v Speaker 1>back and.

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<v Speaker 4>Be the lead again. Who would it be and why.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll go first? So there's a couple side questions that

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<v Speaker 3>I have for this. Does this person have a significant

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<v Speaker 3>other now? Or is if this is like a.

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<v Speaker 4>Dream land, dreamland does not matter?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Well, in a dream land, I think I'd still

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<v Speaker 3>want Caitlin Bristow to be the lead again because she

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<v Speaker 3>is so entertaining. Even if she had the most boring

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<v Speaker 3>cast ever, she would make a great TV show. And

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<v Speaker 3>of course she didn't find her happily ever effort through

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<v Speaker 3>the actual show, so I think she would be worthy

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<v Speaker 3>of getting another chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Ben, I would have to say Caitlyn Bristow as well.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm biased they so I'll try to pick somebody other

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<v Speaker 2>than Caitlin. I think Andy Dorfman season was fun to watch,

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<v Speaker 2>and desire A you Know was a good one as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Like those two stand out to me as iconic seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm surprised you didn't say Emily Maynard.

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<v Speaker 3>In my head already had two seasons. I'm not sure why.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's because she won Brad season and we

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<v Speaker 3>never see the winner end up becoming the lead, So

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<v Speaker 3>in my head she had to.

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<v Speaker 2>My Bachelor pick is like so good. I have two

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Firestone because I just love being around him and

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<v Speaker 2>watching him and I have the same I love being

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<v Speaker 2>around and watching just this person operate life, Bob Guinea.

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<v Speaker 2>I think those two coming back for a season would

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<v Speaker 2>just be good television, and because I like them as humans.

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<v Speaker 3>If I had to pick Bachelor again, I would be

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<v Speaker 3>not in a dreamland, it would be right here in

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<v Speaker 3>solid reality, and it would be Chris Sols. I just

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<v Speaker 3>really want him to have his happily ever after, and

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<v Speaker 3>now that he's sober, like he might just bet. He's

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<v Speaker 3>just such a different place in life. I just really

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<v Speaker 3>feel like that man needs to be a father and

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<v Speaker 3>a husband because he'll be so good at it.

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<v Speaker 2>That has a great choice. I didn't even think about that,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, Chris Soles coming back, it would be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a sweetness about him too.

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<v Speaker 4>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Next question, if you could change the ending of any

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<v Speaker 1>season of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, which one would

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<v Speaker 1>you choose and tell us the outcome you wish had happened.

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<v Speaker 3>M you go first.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say Gen season. I think it was the

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<v Speaker 2>worst too. Okay, Yeah, I think it was the worst

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<v Speaker 2>ending to a season we've ever seen, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>it was. I think we're seeing the ramifications of how

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<v Speaker 2>that season ended now with the Bachelorette not coming back

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<v Speaker 2>and people kind of checking out. I think Jen had

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<v Speaker 2>a very poor cast, So how I wish that season

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<v Speaker 2>would have ended. Well, she would have given the peace

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<v Speaker 2>sign to all of them, said you ain't worthy, I'm out.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk later, And that's how it would have ended

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<v Speaker 2>in my mind, and I would have loved it.

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<v Speaker 3>So when you get annulment, apparently you can put fraud

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<v Speaker 3>as a reason for getting an annulment. I just know

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<v Speaker 3>this from a Renee zelig Er checked off that box

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<v Speaker 3>when she was getting divorced from Kenny Chesney. They were

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<v Speaker 3>only married for like six weeks, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>that's Jen. She experienced fraud.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it just I think looking back, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>other seasons like seasons have had dramatic endings, right. We

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<v Speaker 2>think about the ri situation, we think about the Peter

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<v Speaker 2>Webber season, but those made like I know, it seems

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<v Speaker 2>drama like, dramatic and chaotic, but they make sense on

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<v Speaker 2>how it happened. They make sense on that they good people,

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<v Speaker 2>We're involved, feelings were mixed up, a lot of chaos.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, great television, We'll call it good gen

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<v Speaker 2>season felt like just a letdown at every level, and

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<v Speaker 2>then continued to be post with the finale. So I

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<v Speaker 2>would say that season, for sure, out of all the seasons,

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<v Speaker 2>would be the one I would change.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, good, good answers all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, next question, if you could remove one thing from

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<v Speaker 1>the show that you think negatively impacts the relationships, what

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<v Speaker 1>would it be?

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<v Speaker 3>This is a good question.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say tell All's, but then again, like

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<v Speaker 2>we just talked to Zachary Reality and he loves tell Alls,

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I know.

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<v Speaker 3>See, like I fantasy suites, as we talked about in

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<v Speaker 3>our previous episode of the Regist Record with Gabby el Nikki,

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<v Speaker 3>is that like they're called disappointment week or you could

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<v Speaker 3>call them like regret week or whatever. But I do

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<v Speaker 3>feel like what you get from a fantasy suite, which

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<v Speaker 3>is a for the first time, is so vital. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>how can you do it in a way that's not

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<v Speaker 3>so sloppy?

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't have to be sloppy. I don't think there's

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<v Speaker 2>I think that is up to the contestants, and so

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<v Speaker 2>we'd have to say like that that you can't change

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<v Speaker 2>that part of the show. I will say this, this

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<v Speaker 2>would be my answer. The thing that brings no drama

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<v Speaker 2>to the show, really, it brings nothing interesting to me

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<v Speaker 2>from the show, and it just feels unhealthy at every level.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the amount of exposure or how the show allows

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<v Speaker 2>others to watch, like the one on one relationships, meaning

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<v Speaker 2>like especially when there's kissing involved, there's typically like people watching,

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<v Speaker 2>sitting on a couch watching and they've set that up

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<v Speaker 2>so that they can see it. And I would just

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<v Speaker 2>say we could get rid of that on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't really ever make a storyline and it's more

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<v Speaker 2>just awkward and it's it's hard to move forward when

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<v Speaker 2>you're seeing like the front Runner doing that with the lead.

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<v Speaker 2>So I would just get that up. It just it's

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<v Speaker 2>a non factor.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good. That's a good answer, all right.

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<v Speaker 4>This next question is fun. I love this one.

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<v Speaker 1>It says if the show brought back a second chance

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<v Speaker 1>season for former contestants to find love again, who would

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<v Speaker 1>you be interested in being a part of it?

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<v Speaker 3>That sounds paradise no.

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<v Speaker 1>But if if they chose a lead in all of

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<v Speaker 1>the contestants that came back.

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<v Speaker 4>We're on the show again. Let's say that.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the they just redid the entire show again with the.

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<v Speaker 2>Same contestants that stand out to you. Yeah, a few

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<v Speaker 2>contestants that stand out to you.

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<v Speaker 4>From the past.

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<v Speaker 2>From the past, who would you want to see come.

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<v Speaker 3>Back as part of a main cast on one of

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<v Speaker 3>the main shows not Paradise.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I think I can think of a few. Peter Weber,

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Sols you just mentioned would love. I would love

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<v Speaker 2>to see the two of them coming back. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the women.

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<v Speaker 3>Jen, I'd want to see Jen Jen.

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<v Speaker 2>Would come back. I think that'd be great. As you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>like a Caitlin Bristow would be an amazing cast member

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<v Speaker 2>because we still don't have any confirmation in this world

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<v Speaker 2>on where she stands romantically. She could be single, she

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<v Speaker 2>could be single. Jason Tarctick, I think would be great

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<v Speaker 2>to throw in there, just because he's single and he

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<v Speaker 2>comes to mind, and he was a, you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>big character during those seasons. A lot of the people

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<v Speaker 2>from the show, and it would be interesting to do

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<v Speaker 2>a little research and find out, like who is still

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<v Speaker 2>single that came off this show all.

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<v Speaker 3>Star Cast is basically like your is your paradise on

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<v Speaker 3>on steroids? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Those are good, Those are good answers Rachel.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she'd be a top for us, Rachel. Reki on

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<v Speaker 2>another season would just be fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>She's great TV and she's so lovable.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Next question, I think this is kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you be open to a version of The Bachelor

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<v Speaker 1>slash the Bachelorette where no one gets eliminated until the

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<v Speaker 1>very end, forcing the lead to really get to know everyone.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I would not be okay with that, but I

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<v Speaker 3>would like there to be more stages where it's like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to do the first night and we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to eliminate anybody that I feel like nothing with, and

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<v Speaker 3>then I'm going to have this group of twenty and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to get to know them for three weeks,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I'll narrow it down to ten, and then

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<v Speaker 3>from ten, I'll go to four three weeks after that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think i'd be okay with it because I

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<v Speaker 2>think the way it works now works, it's very it's

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<v Speaker 2>very rare that somebody that's eliminating, like week two, the

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<v Speaker 2>lead is like, I wish I wouldn't have, I know, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it all kind of plays its way itself

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<v Speaker 2>out the way it should over time. I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure there's some like I wish she would have been

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<v Speaker 2>there or he would have been there another week, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's very rare that you're like, can I bring that

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<v Speaker 2>person back from week two just to see if there's something?

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<v Speaker 2>So I like the way it is. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it needs a change.

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<v Speaker 3>You're right, Ben, and this is coming from you in

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<v Speaker 3>the lead perspective. I guess I'm just thinking about ways

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<v Speaker 3>we can mix up the show, but it probably would

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<v Speaker 3>actually be more boring that way, because it would feel

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<v Speaker 3>like less consequence if there wasn't an elimination every week.

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<v Speaker 1>Next question, if you could choose one controversial moment from

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<v Speaker 1>the show to revisit in a reunion style special, which

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<v Speaker 1>one would you choose and why?

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to see Sean Loh and Nick Vile

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<v Speaker 2>sit on a couch together again and just start talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the situation that happened on Caitlin season, because I

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<v Speaker 2>know the two of them.

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<v Speaker 3>Would still got Sean low.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Shan bou Sorry, Shaan Booth and Nick to sit

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<v Speaker 2>down again because I know the two of them would

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<v Speaker 2>still like talk about it, like they would both be

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<v Speaker 2>willing to like revisit it and hash it out a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit, and I think it wouldn't be like a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty perfect outcome. I also would say this, I would

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<v Speaker 2>love if Jen could have a second chance on the

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<v Speaker 2>couch with Devin Ough just like now without reairing that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>where they could reair it again the emotions are gone

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<v Speaker 2>and just see what happens.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, good answers. Okay, I'm thinking Nick with Josh Murray

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<v Speaker 3>because that would be a really funny showdown as well,

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<v Speaker 3>because they had it on TV, and I just think

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<v Speaker 3>in real life they also just do not want to

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<v Speaker 3>be in the same room together. And then the ultimate

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<v Speaker 3>red Couch moment whatever was with Vienna and Jake Palvaka,

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<v Speaker 3>and I would love to just see if they still

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<v Speaker 3>hate each other too.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be good.

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<v Speaker 4>These are good ones. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Next question, if you could have a conversation with your

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<v Speaker 1>younger self before going on the show, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>tell yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>I would tell myself pretty much, do exactly what you did,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe close your mouth just for a few more moments,

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<v Speaker 3>just like, say a couple few less dumb things in

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<v Speaker 3>the interview room, but besides that, all the big things.

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<v Speaker 3>Do those again.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually I'm going to add to the last question

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<v Speaker 2>that I didn't think of. I would love to see

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<v Speaker 2>Ashley and Kelsey on a couch. That would still be good.

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<v Speaker 2>It would be good. I would say, have more fun,

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<v Speaker 2>like lighten up a little bit, loosen up, enjoy it,

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<v Speaker 2>soak it in, have more fun with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Next question, do you think a bachelor or bachelorette should

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<v Speaker 1>be allowed to look at social media during the process?

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<v Speaker 4>Why or why not?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have a strong opinion on this. You think yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>you think the social media tells you that much about somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's tells you more than what you see

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<v Speaker 2>on the show, and I think it would help. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it would help. I don't think it would change

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<v Speaker 2>the elimination process, but I think it would help the

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<v Speaker 2>clarity of everybody. If you had that kind of insight

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<v Speaker 2>on what was being shared before, I think it would

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<v Speaker 2>have answered a lot of questions. And I think the

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<v Speaker 2>drama could still exist. But I would love to see

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<v Speaker 2>like a little part of an episode at like week

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<v Speaker 2>five where the lead sits down with like an investigator

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<v Speaker 2>and they go through social media and like, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you who do you want to look up? Here's you

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<v Speaker 2>get four people out of your eight look up four

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<v Speaker 2>of them. Who do you want to look up? And

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<v Speaker 2>what do you want to find? I think it would.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it would be a fine element.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I don't want to too my own horn, but like,

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I'm pretty authentic to myself on social media,

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<v Speaker 3>which is probably why I'm like, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 3>it would make a difference, but yeah, you're right, Like

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<v Speaker 3>it could tell you a lot about somebody, especially when

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<v Speaker 3>you're in the bubble.

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<v Speaker 1>Next question is do you think Bachelor in Paradise is

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<v Speaker 1>a healthier environment for finding love compared to the main show.

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<v Speaker 3>I do because you are more in a real life,

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<v Speaker 3>living environment. You're not getting just fantasy dates and just

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<v Speaker 3>time to be on your best behavior. This person is

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<v Speaker 3>watching you just be for up to twenty five days,

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<v Speaker 3>and you have so much more time to talk to them,

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<v Speaker 3>and so much more off camera time to talk to them,

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<v Speaker 3>Like you could talk for up to sixteen seventeen hours

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<v Speaker 3>a day. You get to know somebody so well, which

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<v Speaker 3>is why I think that you see the more successful

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<v Speaker 3>couples coming from Menha.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really have an opinion. I've never really been

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't really know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's a hard one for Ben to Ben sir, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to end on this question super blunt. This

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<v Speaker 1>question is from Emily. She says, be honest, do you

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<v Speaker 1>think this is a dying franchise?

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<v Speaker 2>It matters? I mean, I think there's it matters what

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<v Speaker 2>you mean by dying. Do I believe that the show

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<v Speaker 2>is on a path to probably throwing up the white flag? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Do I believe it has to be. No, because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it's dying in compared compared to other shows

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<v Speaker 2>that are on network cable television. I think it's hitting

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<v Speaker 2>a really rough patch. I think they need to spark

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<v Speaker 2>it up a little bit. I do believe there's still

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<v Speaker 2>life there, and I think there's enough interest in kind

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<v Speaker 2>of that like following to make this a very healthy

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<v Speaker 2>network show. But I do believe changes will have to

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<v Speaker 2>be made in a way that makes it a little

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<v Speaker 2>more relevant, a little more exciting, a little more more

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<v Speaker 2>talked about. And so I think there's two sides to that.

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<v Speaker 2>I do think that we're on the fringe of the

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<v Speaker 2>show not getting renewed, but I don't believe that will

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<v Speaker 2>be the end of it, If that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 3>I pretty much believe and have believed for a while

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<v Speaker 3>with the spark that I got from Gary season and

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<v Speaker 3>Joey's season, aside that it probably seems to be better

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<v Speaker 3>suited on something like Hulu. You know, ABC Disney owns Hulu.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that people would maybe want to see it

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<v Speaker 3>in a binge format, and I think that they do

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<v Speaker 3>need to tweak some of it because some episodes really

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<v Speaker 3>drag on The two hour format might be a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit antiquated these days. I think that they need to

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<v Speaker 3>focus more on one on one dates and less on

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<v Speaker 3>group dates, especially group date activities. Is there If there's

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<v Speaker 3>good drama from you know, the cocktail portion, that's always

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<v Speaker 3>fun to watch. I think if they added an element

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<v Speaker 3>of realism there would be that would be good, whether

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<v Speaker 3>that's like going to hometown's earlier, getting to see people,

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<v Speaker 3>like kind of like what they do with Meridith for

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<v Speaker 3>a site where they have to go, and like kind

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<v Speaker 3>of they have regular life together. That would be interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess I do that in Love is Blind as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that there needs to be a more interactive

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<v Speaker 3>way to choose the lead. I think that they need

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<v Speaker 3>to listen to the fans more. And if that's like

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<v Speaker 3>a nationwide Dancing with the Stars like Pole, that would

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<v Speaker 3>be really cool. But yeah, something needs to be just

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<v Speaker 3>twisted a bit to make it a little bit more relevant.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think that could go on for quite some time,

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<v Speaker 3>just maybe not on ABC Monday nights.

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<v Speaker 2>So to answer the question, do you believe it's dying?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh No, I don't think it is dying. I think

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<v Speaker 3>it needs to be reiterated.

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<v Speaker 2>So you think it's you think at some level it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to exist for the next five ten years.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's hard to imagine a modern television situation

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<v Speaker 3>where the Bachelor's not included in it. It's such a staple.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it's going to leave. No, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think it's gonna leave. I think it's gonna be like

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<v Speaker 3>reborn in a way.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the final question today. We're going to continue to

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<v Speaker 2>answer these questions as we go throughout the year. It's

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<v Speaker 2>obviously we're coming up a few weeks away from the

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<v Speaker 2>off season, which is where we get to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>past contestants, have new guests go through Bachelor headlines. We're

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<v Speaker 2>also gonna do some questions and answers with you all.

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<v Speaker 2>We enjoy the off season for those elements, and we

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<v Speaker 2>hope that you stick around for that. This is an

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<v Speaker 2>exciting time in the Bachelor world because we're coming down

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<v Speaker 2>to the final weeks of Grant season of The Bachelor.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure you tune in next week and this week

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<v Speaker 2>as we break down every episode from the telaws to

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<v Speaker 2>the final moments. But until next time, I've been Ben, I've.

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<v Speaker 3>Been Ashley Sea.

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