1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to a breaking news segment of the 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: Almost Manic Podcast. So we got our Golden Bachelorette announcement. 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: We've been waiting for a long time to find out 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: who's gonna be the Golden Bachelorette, and I think it 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: was a surprise, but it's a great surprise. It is 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: Joan Vass. We guys probably remember Joan as being the 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: mom who left about mid season with Gary because she 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 2: had a daughter who had just had a baby and 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,639 Speaker 2: she was going through about of bad postpartum depression. And 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: Joan is stunning, has definitely been a fan favorite. It 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 2: seemed like her her relationship with Gary was definitely cut short. 14 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: She probably had potential to go pretty far. And now 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: Joan gets a whole new chance with the whole cast 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: of guys. And she's from my hometown area, so she's 17 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: from the DMV. She's from the Bethesda Chevy Chase area 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 2: of Maryland, and I am very happy about this pick. 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: What about you, guys, We have Bob getting here to 20 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: just chime in on his opinion from you know, because 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: we have the the Almost Famous ogs, and he is 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: one of our OG's. And then of course that's my 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: lovely and beautiful and wonderful and fantastic Massic, the host 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: of Ben Higgins. 25 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: Guys Are Wild, Bob, I would love to hear your 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: thoughts on this first. This is obviously a big deal, 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,919 Speaker 3: and she is the first. She is the trista setter 28 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 3: of The gold Bachelorette. 29 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 4: I love it. 30 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: I love it. 31 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 4: I actually when we were out in California for the 32 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 4: almost start for the Golden Bachelor finale, I hung out 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 4: with her and I got I got a chance to 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 4: interview her and talk with her a little bit, and 35 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 4: I just I loved her, like honestly, God, it was 36 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 4: one of those things where I was like, what a shame, 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 4: you know that we didn't get to know her better 38 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 4: on the show, because the person I got to talk 39 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: to I just adored. And so I'm really excited for it. 40 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 4: I mean, I think she's you know, actually said she's stunning. 41 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: She's it's crazy to think she's sixty one. She doesn't, 42 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 4: she doesn't look sixty one. But on top of that, 43 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: she's got a great I think, just a vivaciousness, you 44 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: know about her, which I thought was really intriguing, and 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 4: then her priorities are straight, right. I mean, I love 46 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 4: that she went home for her child. I think, you know, 47 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 4: at the end of the day, like that's that's what 48 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 4: you want to see someone do, is put their children first, 49 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: and she did it, and I think that was awesome 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 4: and so good things come to good people. 51 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 5: So I'm fired up. 52 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 4: I'm gonna I'm gonna watch if they do the same 53 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: type of casting like they did for Gary season, where 54 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: it's age appropriate casting, which I loved. I think is 55 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 4: gonna be a great season, and hopefully it'll be like 56 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 4: Trista's season was, where you know, I was one of 57 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 4: the guys on that season and we just got along 58 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 4: so well, the whole crew did, and so I'm really 59 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 4: hopeful that, you know, we see something like that again 60 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 4: with the Golden Bachelorette. So I'll be watching. 61 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: Maybe she'll set the president of being married for the 62 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: next twenty plus years like Trista, like Trista did. 63 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, I mean, the the Golden Bacheler kind 64 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 4: of left us all, you know now I think with 65 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 4: sort of a different taste in our mouth than we 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 4: had originally. So I'm excited to see how the season goes. 67 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 3: Bob, my am I right, And we did so much 68 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 3: that evening at the Golden at the Mansion Bachelor Mansion, 69 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 3: when we recorded the podcast, we interviewed her together, right, we. 70 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 4: Did, Yeah, you and me and Trista actually or was 71 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: it no, it's just you and me. You're right, it 72 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 4: was you and I and then Trista came in later, 73 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 4: so uh, I think, but yeah, yeah, we talked with 74 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: her together, and I mean, I think we both walked 75 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: out of there feeling like, Wow, she's awesome. Like I mean, 76 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 4: I I've got to say, for all of all the 77 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 4: people I've met from the show, I've really all. I've 78 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 4: enjoyed all of them. But I think I just think 79 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 4: she's the right pick. I really do. 80 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 5: Well. 81 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: The thing that stands out to me is now we 82 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 3: have a better understanding of what the Golden Bachelor and 83 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: Bachelor it is going to be. Like the time, you know, 84 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: the age range, we kind of know they're going to 85 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: go maybe higher with the men, like closer to seventy 86 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: the women. You know, she's sixty one. She is gorgeous. 87 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 3: I mean she is, she is beautiful, she is stunning. 88 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: I'm still not convinced that she was that into Gary. 89 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: I don't know how that all played out. I do 90 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 3: think there was some intrigue, but she did leave early 91 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 3: on in the season. So for her to be picked 92 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 3: over the leslies of the world is a little shocking. 93 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 3: You know, that's surprising for most I you know, being 94 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: around so many of these Golden women and they're awesome, 95 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: Like they're so much fun, they have so much energy. 96 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 3: The Kathy's and the Susans, We've been able to be 97 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 3: around so many times, and they're just, you know, joys 98 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 3: to hang out with. You know, they Kathy and Susan 99 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: not as much saying Hey, I want to be the 100 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: Golden Bachelorette. They've never made that as clear, but a 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 3: lot of the women have made it very clear that 102 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: they would love to be the Golden Bachelorette. That was 103 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: something they were after. And Joan even told us that 104 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: she would, you know, consider it and be very into 105 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 3: it and be very interested in it. And with her, 106 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: it did feel like she was made for it, Like 107 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 3: when she would speak about becoming the lead, she was 108 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 3: kind of made for that role. And I imagine now 109 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 3: that the men that will be casted are coming out 110 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 3: of the woodwork, like I would think. Now they're like, Okay, No, 111 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 3: this is somebody I'm into. This is somebody I'm interested 112 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 3: in totally. I'm coming out now like this. I was 113 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 3: waiting to see who they were gonna choose. They chose Joan. 114 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 3: That's who I want. We're after, Like, we're going right, 115 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: don't you think that now? 116 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 5: Yeah? 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean she's undeniably hot. 118 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: She is. 119 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: She does have a poise. 120 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 5: Do we know much about her background? 121 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 4: Yeah? 122 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 5: I do. 123 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 3: Okay, can you fill us in a little bit, because honestly, 124 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 3: I don't know Joan well, like we don't know her 125 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 3: from the show very well outside of obviously I think 126 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 3: Gary being very interested and in her obviously making her 127 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 3: priorities right and leaving when she left. Give us a 128 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 3: remind us who Joan is and what her story is. 129 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: Joan has four kids, Nicholas, Erica, Luke, and Alison, and 130 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: she is a grandmother the two grandchildren. And I have 131 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 2: to say she was very so sweet to me. We 132 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: were at the same table at the Golden wedding and 133 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: I was holding back the vomit and I wasn't telling everybody. 134 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 2: I wasn't making this big declaration right. But I had 135 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: Raven and Jade next to me, and they knew, and 136 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 2: I just was like looking at my plate and like 137 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: I was just like, how how much longer do I 138 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: have to sit here? Out of politeness? And I just 139 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 2: looked over at Joan because I was just not making 140 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 2: any conversation with anyone, and I go, I'm sorry, I'm pregnant, 141 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 2: and she goes, I pretty much knew that. She's like, 142 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 2: my daughter just gave birth. You look like a pregnant 143 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:56,559 Speaker 2: woman right now. 144 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 3: He was very sweet that I'm glad that you think 145 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 3: that's sweet, because I could never say that to somebody 146 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 3: and somebody be like that. 147 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 2: No, she was just like I figured it wasn't because 148 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 2: I looked like huge. 149 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 5: It was because she was like that. 150 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 2: Girl can't look at the salad plate right now. So 151 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: Joan was married for thirty two years to her husband John, 152 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 2: who passed away from pancreatic cancer. After losing her husband, 153 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: she found solace in the music of Elton John. So 154 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: I love her for that, spending time with her dog 155 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: and cooking. And she is a school administrator in Rockville, Maryland. 156 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 4: You know, it's interesting, like one of the things I 157 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 4: am kind of taking away from the split, Gary's Golden Split, 158 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 4: there was an element that I never thought about. Honestly, 159 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 4: when when we know no concept of the show was 160 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 4: dropped and everything, you do kind of realize that, you know, 161 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 4: the one thing when this younger cast is people are 162 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: probably more willing to just pop and move or take 163 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 4: a chance, you know, things of that nature. 164 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 5: And when they're at this stage in their lives. 165 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 4: And they're close to their grandkids and things like that, 166 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 4: you know it will be interesting like will somebody who's 167 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 4: on the show who proposes to Joan be willing to 168 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 4: move to Rockville, Maryland, you know, or whatever it's called. 169 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,119 Speaker 2: Well, now we really need to make sure that this conversation. 170 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 4: Is that, Yeah, let's talk about it day one, can't we? 171 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 5: Yeah? 172 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: This should be this should be going into hey, are 173 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 3: you here for the right reasons? Are you ready for marriage? 174 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 5: Right? Following that should be are you willing to move? 175 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 5: Or am I willing to move? And yeah, like where 176 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 5: are you living in the world? And what are your 177 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 5: plans now for the future. 178 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 3: I mean, if that really was the breaking point and 179 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 3: I am done sharing what I've heard was the breaking 180 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: point with Gary and Teresa, because that just blew up. 181 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: I mean, I've never had so many articles written about 182 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 3: something I said on this podcast in my life. If 183 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 3: it really is where they're moving to is the biggest issue, 184 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 3: then that is an essential question. But to kind of 185 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 3: close out this breaking news podcast where Joan is announced 186 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: as the Golden Bachelorette, here's the thing that's cool, Here's 187 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 3: the thing that we should all celebrate, is, you know, 188 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 3: the Bachelor and Bachelorette for years kind of gave us 189 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 3: an inside look into what dating was like at the 190 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 3: beginning when Bob was just an all star on this 191 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 3: show and still is. You know, we were understanding now 192 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 3: for the first time ever, what real life dating look like. 193 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 3: There are so many questions of am. 194 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: I weird on dates? Am I asking the right questions 195 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 5: on dates? Are my intentions right on dates? And then 196 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 5: The Bachelorette and The. 197 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 3: Bachelor gave us that glimpse of what it looks like 198 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 3: for humans to fall in love, and we have enjoyed 199 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: that now for twenty six, seven, eight nine seasons the 200 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 3: Golden Show. We were still curious of what does it 201 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: look like to date? You know, at in life? What 202 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 3: are the questions you ask? What are the things that 203 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: are going to be breaking points? What are the things 204 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 3: you're interested in? And now we're understanding it. So our 205 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: first nugget of truth is as you get older in date, 206 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 3: where you're living and the roots that you've already set up, 207 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 3: how important are they to you to move from or 208 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 3: not move from? That is the first thing. And so 209 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 3: now we know if you're sixty seventy eighty years old 210 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 3: and you're going on dates for the first time in 211 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 3: a while, one of the big questions you need to 212 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 3: start asking, because of what the Golden Show has shown us, 213 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 3: is are you willing to transplant? 214 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 5: Are you willing to move? 215 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 2: Well? I hope that they end up casting a couple 216 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: of last minute guys from at least the general area. 217 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: I also think that when you get grandkids involved, so 218 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 2: because I also think when you get grandkids involved, you're 219 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 2: even less willing to move. 220 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, agreed, Yeah, I mean I can say I can 221 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 4: say honestly like, if my mom were to fall in 222 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 4: love with someone my dad died a few years, I'd 223 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 4: be like, well, when when's he moving here? 224 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 225 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 4: You know your life is here, mom, you have your 226 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 4: grandkids here, you know, so I move across the country 227 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 4: to be close to you, so you could have a 228 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 4: life with your grandchildren. Where the hell are you going? Yeah, 229 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 4: I mean I think I would be. I would feel 230 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: that way. So yeah, there's definitely that element, you know. 231 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 3: That's very fair. Well, Bob, we really appreciate you coming 232 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 3: on obviously. I'm sure you and Trista on the Almost 233 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 3: Famous Ogs will be talking about this a lot here 234 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 3: in the upcoming weeks. It's going to be really exciting. 235 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 3: I'm very excited to get Trista's opinion also on The 236 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 3: Golden Bachelorette because obviously Joan and Trista are now sitting 237 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 3: at the highest point on the show as the first 238 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: you know, leads in their respective seasons, and so Trista 239 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 3: I think, is going to have a really cool perspective 240 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 3: on this as well. And also, if you don't mind, 241 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 3: Bob as a listener, I would love to get Trista's 242 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 3: advice for Joan, like, how do you do this? 243 00:11:59,320 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 4: Well? 244 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 3: Navigate this well, you know, because we haven't seen it before. 245 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 3: So we'll be listening to Almost Famous Ogs to get 246 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: your opinions on this announcement. 247 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: Thanks, guys. 248 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,119 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, we'll definitely. 249 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: Talk about I just want to ask, like, where's Trista 250 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: Because Ryan's Instagram post on Mother's Day was cryptic, not 251 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 2: in a bad way, but like it was like she's taking 252 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 2: a bad way. 253 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 5: I was freaking out. I was like, what's happening? 254 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: He's away for two weeks? Apparently Ali Mano Ali Feeder 255 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: Tawski is also a way for two weeks had a 256 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 2: very similar post, So like, she's shooting a show. Is 257 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 2: she on Special Forces? Because I told her she'd be 258 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 2: perfect for Special Forces? 259 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: She may well be. 260 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 4: I'm not, I'm not. I know that she. 261 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 2: Calling these things. 262 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 4: You are so good? 263 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 5: I love ite. Is she's still gone? 264 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: She's doing okay, which means if Trista Sutter and I tris, 265 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 3: if she wins the freaking show, then we have to 266 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 3: question what in the world is the Bachelor doing when 267 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 3: it comes to casting, because we I might be tougher 268 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 3: than I ever thought I was. 269 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: There, you go, it is your turn next. 270 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 3: Goodness would be the one that goes on my week 271 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 3: when I'm like, I'm sorry, guys, I don't got it. 272 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 2: You would would, then you would excel. You would be 273 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: the for Peter. I'm already seeing the future. I'm so excited. Okay, 274 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 2: well not a confirmer, deny that that's what's going on. 275 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: I'm just guessing because reality show that trist would be 276 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: gratefuld for for who knows. 277 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, all right, guys, thank you appreciate it. 278 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 3: So obviously in our conversation with Bob, we are very 279 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 3: interested in Trista's thoughts about the announcement of. 280 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 5: The Golden Bachelorette. 281 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 3: Well, we were lucky enough wherever she's at right now 282 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 3: in the world, and none of us really know. 283 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 5: And I mean that. 284 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 3: That Trista shared with us a little voice memo, breaking 285 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 3: the kind of silence that she's had for the last 286 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 3: few weeks, sharing her thoughts about the Golden Bachelorette announcement. 287 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: Let's bring Trista in now with her note. 288 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 6: Okay, so this is Trista, and I am so excited 289 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 6: for Joan. 290 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 7: I love her. 291 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 6: I love that she's getting a second chance because she 292 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 6: prioritized her family and headed back home when her daughter 293 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 6: needed her. I so respect that as a mom and 294 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 6: I just adore her. She has the best personality. She 295 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 6: is stunning. She has incredible values of family first, friends, 296 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 6: like just respect. 297 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 7: She is so. 298 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 6: Friendly and kind, and I think she's so willing to 299 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 6: be vulnerable with everybody, and that to me is endearing 300 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 6: about a lead. I really feel like all the leads 301 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 6: should be willing to share, and I know that she 302 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 6: will be. She's at a point in her life where 303 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 6: I think that she's been able to find light and 304 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: joy in life after losing her husband, and I think 305 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 6: she's ready, and so. 306 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 7: I'm just so excited. 307 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 6: At the wedding, we at the Golden Wedding, we talked 308 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 6: about it and whether she wanted to be the Bachelorette, 309 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 6: and she definitely did. She was very excited to be considered. 310 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 6: And I actually talked to Millsie Robert Mills, who's the 311 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 6: ABC exec and as all of you all know, and. 312 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 7: Just asked like, Okay, who are you considering? 313 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 6: And now I can say this because it's not spoiling anything, 314 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 6: but Joan was at the top of their list. There 315 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 6: was another person that I won't share the name, because 316 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 6: you know, I don't know what happened, if they actually 317 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 6: talked to her or not, but I know that Joan 318 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 6: was at the top of their list, and I wholeheartedly 319 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 6: agreed with him. She was at the top of my 320 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 6: list during the show as well. So love her. I 321 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 6: am just so excited for her. It is going to 322 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 6: be a beautiful journey, and I really hope I get 323 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 6: to be part of it in some way. 324 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 2: You know. 325 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 6: I was part of the pickleball date for Gary, and 326 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 6: I would love to go back and surprise her and 327 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 6: help her in any way, shape or form that I can. 328 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 6: Hopefully it's doing something fun. Hopefully it's doing something at all. 329 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:07,239 Speaker 6: Maybe Bob can come with me anyway so that he 330 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 6: doesn't hold this against me too, or if I get 331 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 6: the chance that he doesn't hold that against me too. Oh, 332 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 6: we got the We had the pleasure of talking to 333 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 6: Joan on our podcast, The ogs Uh, and she just 334 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 6: is so articulate and so intelligent, and she's just ready 335 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 6: for this. I know she's ready for this, and I 336 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 6: just hope that America gets behind her, because I know 337 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 6: dealing with social media and opinions are really difficult. 338 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 7: At any age. 339 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 4: Oh. 340 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 6: One thing that she said that I really resonated with 341 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 6: was that when you get older, you get forgotten and 342 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 6: or how did she say it, When you get older 343 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 6: you kind of disappear. 344 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 7: And that made me so sad. 345 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 6: Because I feel that I feel that in a way 346 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 6: when my kids go away after high school, which I do, 347 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 6: I don't even want to get into because I'll start falling. 348 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 6: And I know it's just a couple of years. It's 349 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 6: a couple of years away, so I've got some time, 350 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 6: but I just it breaks my heart to even think about. 351 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 6: And so when our kids are gone, not that life 352 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 6: will stop, obviously, I get to enjoy life with my 353 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 6: husband afterwards, but when they move off and or move 354 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 6: away and start creating their own families. 355 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 7: And I will be there for that. I'm so excited. 356 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 7: I can wait. No rush in that respect, but. 357 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 6: That will be the next chapter of my life and 358 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 6: I definitely will fully enjoy that chapter. But having them 359 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 6: not live with us and have them be part of 360 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 6: our lives every single day, every single second of every 361 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 6: single day, will be difficult. And I think that as 362 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 6: they leave and create their own families, that you do 363 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 6: kind of disappear into the shadows. 364 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 7: I know it's not dark shadows all the time. 365 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 6: It can be beautiful shadows, but you know, they do 366 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 6: deserve to create their own lives and go off and 367 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:37,239 Speaker 6: fly and sore. So it's just sad to think that 368 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 6: as we get older that we disappear, so she is. 369 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 7: Proving that we do not disappear. 370 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 6: She is going to be. 371 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 7: The opposite of disappearing. 372 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 6: She will be fully present and I cannot wait to 373 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 6: watch her journey. 374 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: Congratulations Joan, Thank you Trista for that, Thanks for taking 375 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: time out of whatever you're doing. 376 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 5: Thoughts and with that, that's been the Almost Famous podcast. 377 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: Breaking news, Joan was announced as our next and our 378 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 3: first Golden Bachelorette. 379 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 5: So until next time, I've been, Ben. 380 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 2: Been Ashley Bye. 381 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: Follow the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcasts on 382 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.