1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: with her Radio. It's time for the almost Famous podcast. Today, 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Ashley and I are starting our first official week of 4 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: off season. This is kind of a fun time for us. Yeah, 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: but it's also the shortest off scene, the shortest off 6 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: seasons a month. It's a month. Oh, I guess it's 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: not a month. The show is starting late this year, 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: it's like mid January. Okay, so we have a couple 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: of weeks of the off season. We love the off 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: season because it's time that I get to catch up 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: with you on the show and get to hear you know, 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: what's going on in your life. And then also we 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: get to catch up with past you know, participants that 14 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: were on the show. And then we get to talk 15 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: about headlines and really dive into the headlines because it 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: feels like to me, you tell me if I'm wrong. 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: Headlines really pick up when the show is not airing 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: well because a lot of the times we get headlines 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: during the season that are kind of closely related and 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: maybe we'll get like a new tidbit from a storyline unfolding. 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: But during the off season we get to find out 22 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: what's actually going on with the couples that we just 23 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: saw form exactly. Well, we've we've done our part in 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: creating some headlines so far since Paradise is over with 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: Genevieve and Johnny, some of those interviews, Uh, you know, 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: our hope here Ashley too, is these interviews. It's it's 27 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: it's hard sometimes not to pick sides. We don't want 28 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: to pick sides because there's always, as we said during 29 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: especially Johnny interview, there's always you know, multiple sides of 30 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: the truth. There's my truth, there's your truth, and then 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: there's the truth. And so it's just sharing, you know, 32 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: what everybody's story is and help you know, hopefully listeners 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: can make that conclusion. But Victoria, who was what Johnny 34 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: during Paradise, has not stopped making headlines. Uh. So we're 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Victoria today. We're gonna talk about uh 36 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: some exciting news with some bachelination engagements. But before we do, 37 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: I want to tell you actually about something I came 38 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: across just a few weeks ago. So a few weeks ago, 39 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: I spent time I think I shared it on here 40 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: at a pastor's conference like retreat at the Lost Valley 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: Ranch in Colorado, it's pastors from all the country come 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: in and the whole idea of it is to finish well. Obviously, 43 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: nobody listening to this is not aware of the issues 44 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: that exists sometimes in leadership within the church and the 45 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: things that can happen. Um and and this whole retreat 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: is just to get people together to love on each other, 47 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: holding accounta will have a lot of fun together and 48 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: then share what's going on. At this conference, I met 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: somebody who inspired men hear why. He has started an 50 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: app called Perposity. And I'm sharing this not because it's 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: an ad on the podcast and I necessarily I wouldn't 52 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: want to take their money. But here's what this idea is. 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna encourage all of our I'm gonna encourage 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: all of our I Heart family to go out and 55 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: check it out. Because here's the idea of this. School 56 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: systems and nonprofits can post needs within their community for 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: individual people like, hey, this kid needs shoes, he needs 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: a gift for the holidays. Uh, he's not gonna have 59 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: food for Christmas now his family can't afford it. And 60 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: so it's posted on Proposity and then um it's spelled 61 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: let me just spell it for everybody, so if they're interested, 62 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: you can go and find it. It's p U R 63 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: P O s I T Y. It's an app and 64 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: you can just pay for it. Just go on, click it, 65 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: take it off and it's a tax deductible donation. Uh. 66 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: And then you'll get a little follow up hopefully from 67 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: the person that you gave it to, where the school 68 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: system or the nonprofit that posted it, and you can 69 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: just cross off all these needs off the list. So 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: I think it's an important thing to share this holiday 71 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: season because for as fortunate as we are to know 72 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: that we're gonna spend holidays with family, probably have good drink, 73 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: good food, good times together. UM, there's a lot of 74 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: people out there who will not be experiencing that same thing, 75 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: and we need to be aware of that. And this 76 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: is one way, one small way or one big way 77 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: that you can help. Here's what I want to do. 78 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: Here's my dream for this. Actually proposity UM has set 79 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: up the system where you can build a team, so 80 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: we could actually have like an almost famous team on 81 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: this app, and we could show how much our team 82 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: has done for the communities around us throughout the year, 83 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,559 Speaker 1: so we can give updates like, hey, the almost famous 84 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: family has given x amount of money and done these 85 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: kinds of things for these people. How cool would that be? 86 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: If I love this idea? I love this idea. I 87 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: guess multiple questions. How is it different than go fund me? 88 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: And is it um? Can you like make sure it's legit? 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: Because I know with like go fund me, sometimes you're 90 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: donating things You're like, man, I really hope this story 91 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: is true not a money grab. Definitely good questions to things. 92 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: I think the difference UM with this app over go 93 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: fund me is go fund me is an incredible thing, right, 94 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: We use it for a lot of this stuff, like 95 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: Connolly's cause my buddy who with als, we use to 96 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: go go fund me for that. This is a lot 97 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: easier way to kind of see all the needs. They're 98 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: listed out, and so you're not like have You're not 99 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: having to see the need and go research it or 100 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: know the title of the the go fund me page 101 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: to find it. You just see, hey, so and so 102 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: in this area needs new shoes, and you can just 103 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: click and go. Now here's the way, you know it's verified. 104 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: The only people that can post needs our school systems, 105 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: So like the administrators and verified nonprofits, So nonprofits that 106 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: have gone through a verification process for this app proposity 107 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: and then they can go in UH and post the 108 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: needs that they see in their communities. So it's verified. 109 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: There's like a verified system that's awesome. So you say 110 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: it's community based, so like I can sign up, like 111 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: kind of put my ZIP code in and then find 112 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: people in the area that needs specific things like say, 113 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: say I'm having a baby shower, I get two strollers 114 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: and I need to give one away. I can find 115 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: someone in the area that needs a stroller. That's so amazing. Oh, 116 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: I think it's awesome. And and the reason I'm sharing 117 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: it here is because, you know, Almost Famous has been 118 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: an incredible journey for us, and we talked about all 119 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: the time. We're you know, we're what six or seven 120 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: years into this thing. Um millions, I mean tens upon 121 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: tens of millions of downloads and people that have listened 122 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: to this show. And it's really fun to do. We 123 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: love doing it, but there's always something about this season 124 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: where it makes us take a step back because you 125 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: hear and you know that you're fortunate to be able 126 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: to do what you're gonna do. During the holiday season, 127 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: and I think it would just be awesome throughout the year, 128 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: almost famous could could hold each other accountable boss so 129 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: celebrate that this listener group is doing incredible things in 130 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: their community. And this app just makes I guess I'm 131 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: sharing about this app because it just makes it easy 132 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: to track, like it's very easy, Like it would all 133 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: be done for us. So it's an idea to throw around. 134 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: And I would love to ask our listeners if this 135 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: is something they would be interested in doing as a 136 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: family and as a as kind of a group of 137 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: people who love the show, listen to this show and 138 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: uh and also want to do good in their communities. 139 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: I love that. I have one more question. Is it 140 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: up and running now? Very much? So? Very much? So. Yeah. 141 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: You can go find it around the app store, you 142 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: can go to the website, you can kind of explore 143 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: itwide nationwide. And they have some good corporate sponsors too 144 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: that are you know, that are obviously giving uh big gifts, um, 145 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: you know to this holiday season. So I just think 146 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: it's cool. And I got to meet the founder and 147 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: he was awesome and he's just he has a good 148 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: heart and I talked to him a couple of times 149 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: over the last couple weeks, we're gonna try to do 150 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: some stuff at Generous with him. I want to do 151 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: some stuff on my own with with them, uh, just 152 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: because I think it's cool and I think it would 153 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: be a great way to do something good. It's so 154 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: hard to celebrate the good. We don't hear good news. 155 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: We did during COVID, Remember, like, what was it the 156 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: good news network or the good news news station that 157 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: was blowing up because it was good news and we 158 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: needed it. Well, why did we stop. Let's start sharing 159 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: good news again and then start trying to help our 160 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,679 Speaker 1: neighbor out. I think it'd be cool. So I love 161 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: this because I like always have boxes of donations and 162 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't like love giving it to the donation stores, 163 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: you know, because I'm like, is it just gonna end 164 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: up like on a shelf and just sit there and 165 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: the person who really needs it it's not gonna be 166 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: able to find it. So I like the way that 167 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: this is like specifics it definitely. Yeah, And and hopefully 168 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: you get to follow up from the person that you 169 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: helped out, Like hopefully you get that like little gift 170 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: behind the scenes where they say thank you and you 171 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: can say Hey, no problem, just like, just happy to 172 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: do it anytime. It's easy, it's fun. Well think about it. 173 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: Thanks for Yeah, either way, I would love just it's 174 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: fun sometimes to talk about the really cool stuff going 175 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: on around around the world. So just either way, listeners 176 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: gone and check it out. I think it'd be fun 177 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: to share with your families. Your family can create a 178 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: team if you want to create a family team where 179 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: they're spread out all across the country and you're like, 180 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: I want the Shepherd family to track what we do 181 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: throughout the year, great, go do it on this app. Anyways, 182 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: that's it. Just give me gives the name again preposity, 183 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: so it's p U R P O S I T 184 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: y um. Yeah. They don't even know him doing this, 185 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: so they're gonna be hopefully they're excited. I hope they 186 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: don't mind me doing this. I don't think they will. Yeah. 187 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: Also another thing to celebrate in the intro, UH, we 188 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 1: have to say that Whalen's mother, my dog's mother, Gracie Um, 189 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: daughter of Elise Uh. Elise is an incredible human who 190 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: had a really rough year in Denver. Moves to Denver. 191 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: UH finds Gracie on the side of a road, Gracie's 192 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: abused and mounting tre and she gets Gracie back up 193 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: to health. Gracie falls in love with a lease at 194 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: Lease find a Lease, finds out that Gracie has eight 195 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: puppies inside of her belly. Whalon is one of them. 196 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: Very thankful for that. And then a couple of months 197 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: later finds out that Gracie has cancer and has head 198 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: cancer for a while. And so yesterday, twelve five, Whalen's 199 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: first birthday, Gracie had her last chemo treatment. So that's 200 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: something to celebrate, a big deal. They came up and 201 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: played for a while. It was really fun. And is 202 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: she cancer free? I would imagine, I don't know, I 203 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: mean last chemo treatment. I know the tumor was shrinking 204 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: and it was working, and then obviously, yeah, I guess 205 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: it would have been a very obvious question to ask, 206 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: But at the same time, it was like a celebration, 207 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: so I just assumed, yeah, yeah, it's always fun. Is 208 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: she young? How old she is? Like two years old 209 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: she was when she was pregnant. Yeah, that's just a 210 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: little but a little pregnant baby, a baby having babies, 211 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: a baby having babies, and now I have one of 212 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: those babies, and let me tell you, he is a handful. Yes, 213 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: he loves being loved. Yeah. I remember one time I 214 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: told you that dogs were harder than babies, and I 215 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: was sorely mistaken. I tell you about it when, Um, 216 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,719 Speaker 1: I said that when he was a new born, And 217 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: now I realized that newborns are so easy comparably, you 218 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like all they do is eating, sleep. 219 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: We also need to catch up a little bit with 220 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: you because I saw on your Instagram my mommy melt down. Yeah, 221 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: you had a mom meltdown and uh, I know a 222 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: lot of people probably could relate with that. Um, But 223 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: how are you holding up? How's Jared? How's the family 224 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: holding up? We haven't checked in a while. Oh my gosh, 225 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: it was corel. It was just like a pyle on. 226 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: We just couldn't catch up. We just had so much 227 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: work on different ends, and we had no quality time 228 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: like together as a couple, as a family. It was 229 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: like every time we'd be home together, it was like, Okay, 230 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: you watch him so I can do this, and you 231 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: watch him so I could do that. And it just 232 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: felt like even if we were like hanging together, we 233 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: just were weighed down by all the things that we 234 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: needed to do, and it was always a catch up 235 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: because you know, when it's it's all. It was just 236 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: always like it was all. We were just always trying 237 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: to catch up mode. And now we've had a nanny. 238 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: We've had full time nanny help pretty much full time. 239 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: It's like thirty hours a week for a couple of 240 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: weeks now and oh my gosh, what a game changer. 241 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: Do you hear him screaming in the background, Yeah, he's 242 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 1: those are most most screams are fun. Yeah, so we 243 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: it's just a whole lifestyle change. But that day that 244 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: I had the mommy built up was the day that 245 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: we hired um with the full time thirty hour yeah help. 246 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: And it's just been so nice because now when we're together, 247 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: like at night, like just say, like last night, Jared 248 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: and I got to watch the Buccaneers game together, uninterrupted, 249 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: decorated Christmas tree, had pizza, relaxed. It was fun and 250 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: it was because we didn't have to catch up on 251 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: things that we weren't able to do when Dawson was awake, 252 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: because previously it was like if he wasn't napping, we 253 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: were entertaining him. Yeah, that's and that's important, right. I Mean, 254 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: the the one advice that Jessica and I got from 255 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: when we got married was you have to find time 256 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: for each other and you have to go on date 257 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: nights and and those type of things. You have to 258 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: continue to connect because you are the unit, right you 259 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: are the foundation of the family. Uh So, mentally, physically, emotionally, 260 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: are are you feeling better? Much better? I don't know 261 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 1: if better is the right word, or do are you 262 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: feeling like maybe a little more peace or you're still 263 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: feeling kind of like exhausted. No, I feel so much. 264 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: We feel so much better as of the past couple 265 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: of weeks, but for a while just felt like we 266 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: were truly just drowning. M Do you have any advice 267 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: Ashley for people out there who are new parents who 268 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: maybe cannot get a nanny. Maybe that isn't an option, 269 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: you know, I know we're so blessed to be able 270 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: to do that. So many people to suggest it to me. 271 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: You know, an in house daycare where it's like a 272 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: small daycare where you know, there's like six kids and 273 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: there's more one on one attention, and it just feels 274 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: like a safe, cozy spot for kids of this age, 275 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: and let's see. I mean, I think I would probably 276 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: tell yourself if you're like out there you're pregnant now, 277 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: or you have a one under a year or whatever. 278 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: If you work at home, which so many people work 279 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: from home post COVID, that like, just know that you're 280 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: still working from home, like you're working and that doesn't 281 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: and you know, just because you don't go to an 282 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: office doesn't mean that you're going to be able to 283 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: watch the kid seven, So feel feel fine that you 284 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: need help when you're working, because for me, I just 285 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: felt like, oh, is it silly that I'm going to 286 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: need help while I'm sitting in a room upstairs. I 287 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: thought that anybody would think that I was that was silly, 288 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: and it's absolutely not, especially when you realize how demanding 289 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: taking care of a child is. Yeah. Um, but yeah, 290 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: Like the solution as far as what to do, I mean, 291 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: you have to find help in some way, and maybe 292 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: it's enough just to say hey, if you cannot, um, 293 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: you can't get in nanny if you can't find help, um, 294 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: Ashley uh is in it, you know, with you, She's saying, hey, 295 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. You're doing great. You're keep going. 296 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: We know it's not easy. Um, we know it's exhausting. 297 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: There's like empathy now that you have I'm sure for 298 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: those people so much. Yeah, it's just I know it's 299 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: kind of cliche, but just know you're not alone in this. 300 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: It's okay to like want your kid and be excited 301 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: for your kid to go to bed so you can 302 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: have your alone time and like eat a meal like 303 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: a hot meal in peace. Don't feel guilty about stuff 304 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: like that. And no, I don't know one of my 305 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: friends who has kids who doesn't celebrate bedtime. It's like sad, 306 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: but also not one of my best friends. Just so 307 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: that my favorite time of the day is like eight 308 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: o'clock when the kids go to sleep. He can crack 309 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: open a beer and sit on the couch with his 310 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: wife and just like sit and just like be like 311 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: I'm in it, like I'm here now. Um, well, Ash, 312 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: we have a headlines to get to. It is off season. 313 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: There's no current shows running. Um within Batchel Nation. We 314 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: had enough of those. Uh the last couple of months. 315 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: We had plenty of hours of watching TV. But we 316 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: do have headlines to break down Bachelor Nation. Peeps do 317 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: not stop making headlines even though the show is not 318 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: running currently. So let's take a break. When we come back, 319 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: we're gonna tell you everything going on in Bachelor Nation. Alright, 320 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: first headline Bachelor Nations Victoria Fuller and Greg Grippo are 321 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: taking a major relationship step after scandal. This according to 322 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: the online So they're moving in together. Guys, goodness, gracious 323 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: in Nashville. What's going and all? Yeah, they're moving to Nashville. 324 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: He's leaving New York City. They are meeting each other's 325 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: families during the Christmas season, including a stay in Jersey 326 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: with Gregg's family for Christmas. So this relationship is is 327 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: definitely serious. It feels like there's a lot of chemistry 328 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: between the two of them. Uh, you know, I I 329 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: as I mentioned last week, I've gotten to be around 330 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: Victoria a few times now, Maddie Pruitt's wedding obviously in Vegas. 331 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: I think she's a great time. I think she's really 332 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: really engaging, a very interesting person to be around. Yeah, 333 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: she's funny, she's very funny. I did not at all 334 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: expect that she was in a relationship when I last 335 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: saw her at Mattie Prue's wedding. But you know, how 336 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: do you how do you even know? It just feels 337 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: like this relationship, no matter what the backstory, and obviously 338 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: we had Johnny on got to hear his story side 339 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: of the story, it feels like this is a very 340 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: like I want to say, serious relaship, but also like 341 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: one that could work. And um, we gotta we gotta 342 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: be excited about that. Like they found love, it seems 343 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: or I don't know if they're saying that, but at 344 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: least they found something good for sure. Yes, yes, they 345 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: they found love. No, they truly found love. They talked 346 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: about when they found when they actually said the words. 347 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: He asked her to be his girlfriend on Halloween. He 348 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: jokes that it's the most romantic day of the year. 349 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: And then a couple of weeks later, um said it 350 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: was a month later, he goes he told her that 351 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: he was head over heels in love. If you would have, 352 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: like had Greg Grippo in Paradise and say they've never 353 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: met each other, I would have said that is a couple. 354 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: They're very similar personalities. Uh just from what you know 355 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: you can see and what what we know, Um, both 356 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: very good looking people, which I don't know how that 357 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: much that matters. But I think there's like physic chemistry there, 358 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: and I would have said, yeah, this makes sense, like 359 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: this relationship makes sense to me. Well, I just wish 360 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: that Greg would have done Paradise so that we could 361 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: have seen it and there wouldn't have been all this 362 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: heartbreak along with it. Yeah, I agree, But I bet 363 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: here as weird as it is, because it's just how 364 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: the world works. In a year, if they're still together, 365 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: we will talk about Greg and Victoria like you know, 366 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: it's Greg and Victoria, and we'll kind of forget how 367 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: this all starts. I feel like you have an example 368 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: in mind, isn't there is there? Um um? I mean, 369 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess it's not really related. It's like 370 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: a Caitlin Jason situation where it's like very similar, Yeah, 371 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: very similar, Caitlin Jason with Caitlin Sean. That's a great example, 372 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 1: actually is Yes, So not that anyone who's really villainised 373 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: in that situation, as you know, I would say that 374 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 1: Victorian mind, there's like maybe a little villainization there on 375 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: the finale episode. But I do think that people will 376 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: move on if they are a serious couple and for 377 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: a year from now and just be supportive. Yeah, and 378 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: they didn't have like Caitlin and Jason and Sean that 379 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 1: they didn't have to air it out on through So 380 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: it was kind of all you know from a podcast 381 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: that Jason and Caitlin did that they were like, oh, 382 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm into you, I'm into you, and we don't know 383 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: where the Sean Caitlin really should exist was sitting at 384 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: that time and if it was good or bad or what. 385 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: But yeah, you don't think of Caitlin now with Sean. 386 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: You think of Caitlin with Jason, so very similar. Well, 387 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: wishing them the best. They are moving to Nashville like 388 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: everybody else in the United States. Um, you could have 389 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: moved to Nashville soon. I don't know. Not soon soon 390 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: is the word there that would stop me. But against it. 391 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: I like South Nashville. I like the like country out 392 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: of Nashville. Um, but we're really happy in Denver, Like 393 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: we have a great place, like just we're in the 394 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: mountains and there's elk around it and like I like 395 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: that and I talked about all the time. But it's 396 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: very relaxing for us. We enjoy I heard all about 397 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: the elk. Yes, Okay, Bachelor Nations, Kindle Long engaged Let's 398 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: go uh to boyfriend Mitchell. This according to the online 399 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: as well. I mean, could we be more excited for anyone? No? Wow? 400 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: After last season's Bachelor in Paradise where she had to 401 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: watch Joe who just despite what she may have said, 402 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: I think that she still had feelings for her and 403 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: she had to watch Yes, so she had to watch 404 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: somebody who she probably still had feelings for her and 405 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: nevertheless had a very serious relationship with fall in love 406 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: with someone, and he just got married to that someone, Serena. 407 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: And now I think she knows why it didn't happen 408 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: between the two of them, and that was because there 409 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: is a man out there named Mitchell that is her 410 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: perfect compliment in life. Wow. Wow Wow. I saw these 411 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: two in real life at Wango Tango got to interview them, 412 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: and they definitely made it seem like an engagement was 413 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: on the horizon. They just started dating. I think they 414 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: met in February. Started dating February. I think it was 415 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: kind of like an instant thing. Oh no, they met 416 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: a year ago December. Um, they started dating in February. 417 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: They were the cutest, like talk about two people cut 418 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: from the same cloth. They like had the same brain. 419 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: And it's cute because in her message on Instagram her 420 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: her caption announcing the engagement, she says, I love your brain, 421 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: I loved your family, and I pretty much love every 422 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: single thing about you. I'm so incredibly over the moon 423 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: that we get to start our epic adventure together in 424 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: a new country. I've heard love explained to me by 425 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 1: my parents, and I was so scared that I would 426 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: never experience something so wonderful. But with you, love is 427 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: so much better than I could have ever imagined it 428 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: to be. I feel so lucky and I can't wait 429 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: to be officially a sage Lee. I'm just so thrilled 430 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: for her. She had to go through so much like oh, 431 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: like heart wrench last year. Mm hmmm. I wonder if 432 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: we talked to her, I would just imagine that some 433 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: of that like heart wrenge, that pain helped her in 434 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: one figure out you know, what she needed in a partner. 435 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: But then to like if it also encouraged her put 436 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 1: herself out there again, or if it did the opposite. 437 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: I don't know, but obviously this relationship happened semi quickly 438 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: in timeline wise and it is a very healthy, good relationship. 439 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 1: So I wonder if some of the pain also helped 440 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: lead her to something beautiful. Oh I love that. Yeah, 441 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: I think it always does. That's why I always tell 442 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: people who are to the thick of it of being 443 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: single and not wanting to be single. Yeah, I tell them, 444 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna look back on this and see the beauty 445 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: and the pain, and it's really weird to think of. 446 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: But when you're when you're out of it and you 447 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: find your person, you're like, wow, I survived that. I 448 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: got like, I became a stronger person because of it, 449 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: and it led me in the direction that I was 450 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: supposed to be in here this today. Yeah, somebody needs 451 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: to hear that today. It's a big it's a good word. Um, 452 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 1: you know what this reminds me of also the Kindle situation. Uh, 453 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,639 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of a wild But I just I 454 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: think she's great, Sydney las Waco. I love her so much. 455 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: She's great. Um obviously, see she is uh engaged, And 456 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: I saw in her Instagram that her fiance's family had 457 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: invited the two of them to Disney, and her fiance 458 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: hey getting sick and so he couldn't go, but she 459 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: was like, I'm still going, and it's like it just 460 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: looked like the best time. And I I just think 461 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: that's like a beautiful when those things happen and you 462 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: enjoy being around your partners families, um, you enjoy like 463 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: having that relationship with them. You can have fun with them. 464 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: They accept you, they love you, they see you as 465 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: one of theirs. Like, I just think that's cool. I 466 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: remember hearing from Kendall and Mitchell on the podcast that 467 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: I did at Wango Tango, So you guys, if you've 468 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: listened to that, and this will be a repeat story, 469 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: but whatever, I don't know if Ben hurd it. So 470 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: I said, like, give an example of like your relationship, 471 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 1: and they said, well, we downloaded multiple podcasts and music 472 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,239 Speaker 1: for a trip that they took a road trip from 473 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: l A to San Francisco and they weren't even able 474 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: to finish one podcast because they kept stopping to discuss it. 475 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: And I was like, that is the perfect match for Kendall. 476 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: That is the perfect match for Kendall. I Yeah, I 477 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: just I think it's so awesome. Good for them, we're 478 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 1: celebrating them, We're excited for them. Somebody else we're celebrating. 479 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: Here's the headline, Well, Bachelor Nations, Becca Koufern and Thomas 480 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 1: Jacob's wedding beyond TV this according to the online um, 481 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: this is a shocking headline to me because that has 482 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: been done a long time. I was gonna say, are 483 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: we even asking people this question anymore? So we don't 484 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: do it anymore. We don't do it, So what do 485 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: we know about this? They're not going to get married 486 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: on t V one because like ABC won't do it, 487 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: but it would be a nice fun thing to start 488 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: doing for Hulu. The last marriage that I think we 489 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: saw on TV was Carly and never contain carly Nevan 490 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: carly Nevan Paradise. Yeah, but the first, like the only 491 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: isolated wedding, like a big bang. Yeah, that was so 492 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: it's been, oh my goodness eight years in January. The 493 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: viewership on that wedding must have not been top notch 494 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: because they would have continued to do it if it was. No, 495 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,199 Speaker 1: it wasn't that well, it was part of a special US. 496 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,439 Speaker 1: It was part of like a Valentine's Day twenty anniversary special. 497 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: It's because you were the twentieth bachelor and it was 498 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: like part of that twentieth anniversary thing. I can't believe 499 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: you're the twentieth bachelors and there where that the twenty 500 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: came before your, nineteen eighteen came before you. Eighteen men 501 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: came before you in that role. Okay, but whatever. So 502 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: that was the last time was very honored to be 503 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: remember being like very proud of being the twentieth bachelor. 504 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: I remember like impressively it was. Yeah, I think it's 505 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: just kind of like random coincidence. But I thought like 506 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: at the time, I thought it was like a like 507 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: I took a lot of pride in it. No, I 508 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: get it, there's like something. It was like very king 509 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: like it was because it was like a big celebratory 510 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: year and you got to be raining during it. But yeah, 511 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: we got to go on the flow of the New 512 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: Year's Day. Oh that was cool. My parents and I 513 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: helped design that flow. We were That was one of 514 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: the coolest memories I've ever had. And it was also 515 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: the first time I met Jesse Palmer was in the 516 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: elevator UM. During that of that UM, I was in 517 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: a hot tub on a float for like two hours, 518 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: getting pruny. But I thought it was so cool that 519 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: I was on a float with you. I was like, 520 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: oh my god, Ben Higgins, Oh my god. He's said 521 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: so cool. It's so cool. You're like the president on 522 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: the float, just like waving. I set up top like high. 523 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: You're like in a beach chair. I was. I was 524 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: in a tuxedo and you guys are like in uh 525 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: like some suits. Yeah, so silly, but I felt so 526 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: cool at that moment, not even because we were in 527 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: the New Year's Day float but parade, but because I 528 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: was on a float with you, who was like definitely 529 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: a celebrity to me. Okay, So yeah, the Jin Tanner 530 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: one was the last big wedding, and the reason that 531 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: they haven't done it is because like apparently like is 532 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: a wash. They make no money from it, but they 533 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: make money from it, but just enough that it was 534 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: to put on because like Jaden Tanner's wedding was like 535 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: a million dollars or something, so then they profited like 536 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 1: a million dollars, and I was just like, Okay, I 537 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: was glad to be invited that wedding. It was a 538 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: weird wedding because like David Spade was there. It's like 539 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: really I think or there's like a bunch of like 540 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: random celebrities that were there, like Kevin Maloney or the 541 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: Maloney guy, and like those people saw it was Jared. 542 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: That's the only person I saw. Were you guys together 543 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: at that wedding? No, they tried to make like a 544 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: storyline out of it, because I was like, guess what, 545 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: Jared and I made out like a couple of weeks ago, 546 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: and they were like what, They're like, let's put let's 547 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: confront this during Jade and Tanner's wedding. Oh, I could 548 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: see Jared loving that. I guess. I was so embarrassed. 549 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: Of course, I just told a friend and confidence and 550 00:30:47,640 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: it became a whole thing. Next headline, actually, this is 551 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: the headline that has been all over the place. UM 552 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: rightfully so UM just a massive, massive I don't know 553 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: what you wanna call it air um, a massive mistake. 554 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, of course it was a mistake, 555 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: but was an accident. It was. No, It's just bad. 556 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: It's bad at every angle and Bachelor Nations are in 557 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: Lauren Lindyke set Balenciaga shoes on fire. We're talking about 558 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: the Balenciaga UM conversation. That is one that obviously is 559 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: a whole big topic, but obviously a very expensive brand, 560 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: and so Ari and Lauren light their shoes on fire. Yeah, 561 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: I don't own any Blondciaga is very fancy stuff, but 562 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: it's also very disgusting stuff. Now, as this brand has 563 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: put out as it was like an ad campaign basically 564 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: what would you say, ums like child child It was 565 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: like basically like alluding to like child pornography. If you're 566 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: not familiar with the controversy right now, Yeah, that's exactly 567 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: what I would say. Is this ad was not only 568 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: UM highlighting it, but it was associating the brand with 569 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: child pornography. They were using children in their ad, uh 570 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: in terrible ways, and so the reaction has been warranted. Um, 571 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: the reaction has been uh fair like where people are 572 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: saying biblenc Yaga is kind of what Laurence says. Um. Yeah, 573 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. There's so much to this. I want 574 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: to discuss. We've been talking about my friend group, like, 575 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: how does this oversight happen? What did they think they 576 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: were going to give? I don't know what they were like, 577 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: what how is it disgusting? It's the weirdest thing. Okay, 578 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: you're telling me that there are so many people on 579 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: set of this photo shoot, right, the photographer, the set design, 580 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: all that they're all okay with this. Nobody stepped in 581 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: and said what the Yeah, I don't know, that's what. 582 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: There's so much confusion here on how a big brand 583 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: like this allows this to happen, how it happens, and 584 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: then what they were thinking would come from it. But 585 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: then I don't get it also been, so it's been. 586 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: There's been stuff in their past too, Like if you 587 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: go and look at some of their ad campaigns or 588 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: like runway shows, there's like a baby covered in what 589 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: looks like a blood like material. So it's kind of 590 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: like etched in their history a bit. And I just 591 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: don't get the fact that there's just a huge group 592 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: of people that obviously have no more those in ethics. Yeah, well, 593 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: it's um, good on Arian Lauren for doing that. I 594 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: know it's an expensive brand. I know that wasn't just 595 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: like you know, lighting my my randoms like my sketcher 596 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: is on fire. It's a big deal and um yeah, 597 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: So just a conversation to have amongst your friends, probably 598 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: outside of this podcast, would be like when the world happened, 599 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: how did it make you feel? And then how disgusting 600 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: is that? It's just weird. There's like a lot of 601 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: stuff that I don't even understand as part of like 602 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: because obviously, like I shouldn't even understand, but there's like 603 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:42,399 Speaker 1: even like darker like references. Yeah, and I read that. Yeah, 604 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know what that's referring to, but um, 605 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: I guess that. Yeah, people do pointing it out and 606 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 1: just yeah, I don't know that the parents of the kids, 607 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,439 Speaker 1: so many questions understand, Okay, anyway, Yeah we have any 608 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 1: more headlines. Yeah. Bachelor Paradise is Dean Angler and Klin 609 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:10,800 Speaker 1: Miller Keys explaining why they're hot and cold about having kids. 610 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: This according to Yahoo, So basically, every time, like Klin 611 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: references having kids down the road, Dean will be like, 612 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure, and then like if he's then he 613 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: like changes his mind and he's on board, and he'll 614 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: be like, hey, when we have kids one day, blah 615 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: blah blah. She'll be like, I'm not sure. So basically 616 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: they're saying kids is a conversation that they'll have in 617 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: the future, not any time soon. She is only twenty seven, 618 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,839 Speaker 1: he's thirty one. They have plenty time. Uh, so we're 619 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,400 Speaker 1: not sure about when that's gonna happen, but we do 620 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: know that their wedding. They're trying to plan for next 621 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: fall and it's and Klin is in the midst of 622 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: wedding planning mode. She says that she feels like she 623 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,840 Speaker 1: should have been a wedding planner, so she's having a 624 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: lot of passion when it comes to all this. Dean 625 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 1: was also texting Jared and talking on help I set 626 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: up dating, about like the costs of weddings and how 627 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: outrageous they are and how absolutely mind boggled he is 628 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,399 Speaker 1: by finding out some of these numbers. Oh it's wild. 629 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,359 Speaker 1: I was the same way. I was always confused. Yeah, 630 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:22,719 Speaker 1: so crazy. And finally, uh, They talked about loving to 631 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: go loving visiting Plia Escondido or Bachelor in Paradise is 632 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 1: filmed because it's a place that their love story started, 633 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: so they always want to go and visit, and he jokes, 634 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: in classic Dean style, if she ever dumps me, you 635 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: know that's the first place I'll go, right back to 636 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: the beach. Mm hmm. I mean, as much as I'd 637 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: love to see Dean back in Paradise, I think this 638 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: couple is made for each other. I don't think there's 639 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: any dumping going on anytime. So it's so it's so 640 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: crazy how far Dean has come. Oh what a man 641 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: he is, Ashley. That's all we have for today. We're 642 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: gonna be back next week with another very special episode. 643 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:13,959 Speaker 1: You've been working really hard interviewing some incredibly talented people 644 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 1: from Bachelor Nation for a little Christmas special. Actually you 645 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,279 Speaker 1: want to tell us about it. Our Christmas special is 646 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: going to do with Kalen and Genevieve and hopefully Michelle, 647 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: and we're just gonna talk about all our Christmas traditions, 648 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,800 Speaker 1: you know, like what movies we watch, what songs we 649 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: listen to, what drinks we drink by the fireplace, all 650 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: those little like trivia tidbits of your favorite Bachelor Nation 651 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 1: contestants that it's just always fun to it to know, 652 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: it's always great. Well, until next time. The holidays are 653 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: coming up. We're gonna keep rolling here alone listening as podcast. 654 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,000 Speaker 1: We're not stop anytime soon again. The app I told 655 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: you about the beginning is preposity. If you and your 656 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,360 Speaker 1: family in the almost famous family want to get together 657 00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,360 Speaker 1: and do some incredible things this holiday season, this is 658 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 1: a great way to do it. Go check it out 659 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: and mom's out there. You're not alone. We got this, 660 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: and it's fine to cry and freak out every now 661 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: and again because, like they say, it truly is the 662 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,239 Speaker 1: hardest job in the world. And sometimes I don't think 663 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: that we share in our struggles as much as we should. 664 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,800 Speaker 1: As kind of like we in all of life, we 665 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 1: don't really share our struggles. Were always like, how are you? Oh, 666 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: I'm good, how are you? It's okay, let's say you're 667 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 1: not good. I'd say this one thing we do good 668 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: at the Almost Famous podcast. There's days we're like, yeah, 669 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: we're not doing all right. My dog's biting my feet, 670 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: I'm sick, I don't feel good. Um, but Ashley, you're 671 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,879 Speaker 1: a great mom. Keep it up until next time. 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