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Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I almost famous podcast

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Speaker 2: It's the almost famous podcast.

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Speaker 3: We are here with one of the sweetest and one

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Speaker 3: of the people from Bachcination with the best giggle, Chris Souls.

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Speaker 2: Chris welcome.

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Speaker 4: Thank you guys for having me. Good to be here.

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Speaker 5: You know, Chris, I was just thinking, you know, he

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Speaker 5: was talking about how you are so sweet. You're also

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Speaker 5: one of the most popular wedding guests in Bachelor Nation.

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Speaker 5: I feel like every Bachelor wedding I go to, you're there.

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Speaker 4: Well he's not.

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Speaker 2: He just comes.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. I'm the best wedding crasher. I mean I

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Speaker 4: learned that on my on my season. You know, remember

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Speaker 4: Waitning and I crashed that wedding actually remember that?

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Speaker 6: Well that's right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: And it was a big debate on whether or not

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Speaker 5: you guys came up with the idea and you actually

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Speaker 5: for fore went the rest the actual date plan for

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Speaker 5: the day, or whether it was this grand scheme from

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Speaker 5: the production standpoint to like make you guys think that

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Speaker 5: you were crashing the event, but like somebody put it

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Speaker 5: in your head.

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Speaker 4: It was a combination. It was funny because it was

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Speaker 4: production of course, but Winnie. It was like, we should

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Speaker 4: crash that wedding. I'm like, yeah, should like And I

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Speaker 4: like looking at Bennett and this is perfect because she

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Speaker 4: was already into it and it was already planned and

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Speaker 4: we had there was cameraman.

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Speaker 5: Ah wait, it was already planned, so that was your date.

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Speaker 6: But she came up with the idea.

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Speaker 4: Yes, we both kind of agreed that we should crash

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Speaker 4: the wedding without it, you know, anybody putting it in

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Speaker 4: her head. Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Interesting.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we all like were quite threatened by that move

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Speaker 5: because it just seemed like an intimate move, like something

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Speaker 5: that you two came up with together.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think we did. We did. But then they're

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Speaker 4: just as as chance would have. A production wanted us

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Speaker 4: to do it as well. Interesting, so they were there.

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Speaker 4: We was a teamwork without us, without Whitney even knowing it,

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Speaker 4: we were crashing. Whitney thought we were crashing wedding on

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Speaker 4: our own the whole time.

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Speaker 2: That's great. I mean that's what that's what they want.

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Speaker 3: They want, they want that real reaction, which is so

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Speaker 3: hard sometimes on the show.

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Speaker 4: It was special. I mean we were like we were

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Speaker 4: Whitney thought we were like we were so well and

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Speaker 4: we all, yeah, one hundred per and like we were

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Speaker 4: literally talking to the wedding guests and the friends of

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Speaker 4: the family, and Whitney's like trying to sell that I'm

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Speaker 4: her boyfriend and nothing to do with the show. And

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Speaker 4: she was on her game the whole time. It was funny.

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Speaker 4: She was was like, yeah, what she says?

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Speaker 6: Have you ever had that couple again?

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Speaker 4: Wow?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Whose wedding you crashed? Was it a real wedding?

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Speaker 5: Because I would have been annoyed that they took the

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Speaker 5: spotlight from me.

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Speaker 4: I don't think we took the spotlight. We enhanced it

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Speaker 4: all right.

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Speaker 2: They had a nationally televised wedding. That's special.

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Speaker 3: Speaking of enhanced weddings, we were all just at Nick

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Speaker 3: and Natalie's wedding in Savannah, Georgia. We had a great time.

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Speaker 3: It was great to see everybody. Chris, your ex Victoria

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Speaker 3: Fuller was also there.

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Speaker 2: How did that go? Is that a Is that.

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Speaker 3: A weird run in for you now? Or is that

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Speaker 3: just a run in? How does how do you process that?

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Speaker 3: Entering into it?

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Speaker 4: You know, it's I knew she was going to be there.

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Speaker 4: I knew her and Natalie were good friends and still is.

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Speaker 4: Nick and her are good friends, and I was good

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Speaker 4: to see her. You know, I don't know, it's always

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Speaker 4: a little bit well, I don't know that it's weird

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Speaker 4: anymore in this world that we kind of live in,

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Speaker 4: that we've you know, I've got enough xces that's maturity.

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Speaker 4: Is is a level where I can handle that. You know,

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Speaker 4: she's a great person and happy for what she's doing,

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Speaker 4: and so yeah, still care a ton about her, and

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Speaker 4: so yeah, it was just nice to see her and

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Speaker 5: Did you did you secretly wish that she was just

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Speaker 5: still going to be with Greg and then you have

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Speaker 5: a quick hello like Hi, I know you're with someone,

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Speaker 5: just wanted to acknowledge your presence. But then when she's single,

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Speaker 5: you're like, oh man, this really adds a layer.

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Speaker 4: You're right, You're right, Ashley, it does add a layer

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Speaker 4: of like okay, but.

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Speaker 2: Not potential, potential, potential.

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Speaker 4: It's just question marks then instead of like black and white.

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Speaker 4: You know. So, but no, it's a truly good friend

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Speaker 4: and hope to keep it that way.

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Speaker 7: And and but yeah, well the wedding was a really

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Speaker 7: spectacular event, and it is always fun to be at

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Speaker 7: these weddings because there is run ins.

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Speaker 3: With other people from Bachelor Nation. But today we're here

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Speaker 3: to talk to Chris and Chris specifically Chris. Now we

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Speaker 3: just talked about your ex Victoria being at the wedding.

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Speaker 3: We have another one of your exes here on the

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Speaker 3: podcast today, Ashley.

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Speaker 4: I don't know, I'll say it does anymore question marks

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Speaker 4: are gone. We get Jared so.

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Speaker 3: And I wonder if you're dating anybody today. It's kind

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Speaker 3: of been kept secret for a while. We haven't got

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Speaker 3: to hear about your dating life, and I'm curious, are

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Speaker 3: you out there?

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Speaker 4: I'm definitely out there. I guess I'm not in a

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Speaker 4: relationship at the moment, but yeah, I mean I think

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Speaker 4: of yeah, class myself is single and out there.

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Speaker 6: How do you get out there?

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Speaker 5: Well, I forget the name of the town Arlington, Arlington, Iowa. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: what's out there? Do you have to literally go out

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you really do have to. The one fact still

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Speaker 4: remains is that Arlington is not a hotbed for dating.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, we're right in the middle of planting right now.

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Speaker 4: We're kind of have a rain day today, but yeah,

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Speaker 4: so getting away and going to weddings and doing things

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Speaker 3: So when you show up to a wedding, I mean,

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Speaker 3: you're a very handsome fella, You're looking good. You're going

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Speaker 3: to Nick and Natalie's wedding? Are you walking in kind

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Speaker 3: of surveying the crowd seeing who catches your eye?

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Speaker 4: Of course?

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Speaker 5: Can you tell us a good like wedding story, you know,

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Speaker 5: not not like I say, wedding crashers, because in wedding crashers,

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Speaker 5: the guys always used to hook up with somebody. You

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Speaker 5: already you are told your wedding crashing story, but like,

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Speaker 5: can you tell us a good story of like you

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Speaker 6: Have you? Is there anybody that was like the one

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Speaker 4: One that got away? Oh man, I can't remember any

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Speaker 4: of those things. But I don't know that I have

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Speaker 4: any great, wonderful stories that I can share. But yeah, no,

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Speaker 4: I mean it's I wouldn't say it's that's the number

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Speaker 4: one goal at a wedding for me. I don't get

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Speaker 4: take me the wrong way. I do go for you know,

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Speaker 4: yes to support my dear friends Nick and Nadlie and

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Speaker 4: those that are celebrating their day. But yeah, you know,

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Speaker 4: it's anywhere now when you're single, I guess it's you

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Speaker 4: have to be able to be open minded anytime that

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Speaker 4: be pursuing in order to figure this out.

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Speaker 3: So when you are getting out there to date, then

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Speaker 3: we just mentioned weddings, uh, and you do attend a

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Speaker 3: lot of them because you're a good friend with many people. Uh,

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Speaker 3: and you're a supportive friend. Where are you going in

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Speaker 3: your life to date? Then if Arlington is not exactly

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Speaker 3: the hotbed that you are interested in, where are you

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Speaker 3: traveling to and going on these dates most often?

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Speaker 4: Oh? You know it's sort of I don't have a

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Speaker 4: specific place really. It just depends, you know, looking to

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Speaker 4: come out to Denver soon to come visit you, but

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Speaker 4: you're never there, Ben.

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Speaker 6: That's Menver.

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Speaker 5: They call it Menver for a reason. Yeah, you got

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Speaker 5: to go somewhere with a higher female population.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're right, And some of that kind of can

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Speaker 4: happen through social media too, right, you know, so I

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Speaker 4: don't really spit pick a specific area, and being from

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Speaker 4: been sort of looking at different places that maybe have

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Speaker 4: you know, winter winters are pretty tough and in Iowa,

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Speaker 4: uh weeks at a time when it's whether it's crappy

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Speaker 4: little social media, a little direct messages here and there.

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Speaker 3: It's a great plan. Yeah, I have no problem with

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Speaker 3: the direct message. I mean I found my wife direct

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you got there at midnight. And then the I

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Speaker 5: just funny when it happens to you, right, you got

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Speaker 5: I've never had a hotel say that, like, because you

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Speaker 5: gave away the whole tell Normally they call you and they're.

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Speaker 6: Like, hey, it was your flight light or like you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they just they just happened to happened. It next

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Speaker 4: relocated me to downtown Savannah at it's kind of been

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Speaker 4: and so yeah, it was kind of comical. The guy

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Speaker 6: And they made you pay for that hotel.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was weird. And then they booked me a

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Speaker 4: room for the following evening. I don't understand. He said,

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Speaker 4: just the things that happened to me.

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Speaker 5: And then the next day, very funny, we saw you

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Speaker 5: room at that hotel. You text me when we are

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Speaker 5: already twenty minutes into the trolley ride and go, hey,

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Speaker 6: It's a classic. And then you actually made it with

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Speaker 4: With your guy. That was perfect. It was perfect. I

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Speaker 3: You showed up in style. But outside of the wedding

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Speaker 5: I still have toenail polish on from that wedding. So

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Speaker 2: There was no judgment on this show.

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Speaker 3: There's not, but there is still fresh memories. It feels

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Speaker 5: It's just bs and it's a great excuse to put

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Speaker 4: Which part would would be BS. I don't think any

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Speaker 4: Well, I didn't say that. I mean there was that

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Speaker 4: But I think that, you know, I don't think you

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Speaker 4: It's such a such a tough experience. You're just taking

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Speaker 4: It changes the game no matter what who you are,

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Speaker 5: You know, But I think you're right when you say

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I want.

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Speaker 2: I wonder.

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Speaker 3: I wonder if the path too is, Hey, we're needing

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Speaker 3: If we want this relationship to work, we've got to

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Speaker 3: to do we actually think this is gonna work, Like,

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Speaker 2: Them for a few more months. But you know what,

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Speaker 3: It's not gonna work, and so we're gonna blame it

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Speaker 4: No? I think it's easy to make kind of you know,

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Speaker 4: like you said, if it's one percent distance and then

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a lot easier than being coming out

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Speaker 6: No, you do not.

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Speaker 5: You would so much more appreciate that that would be

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Speaker 6: It's like, distance really is the issue because I don't

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Speaker 4: That's what it is. And there's that, you know, and

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Speaker 3: I have an insider's story, Chris that I want to

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Speaker 3: bring up. This is a rumor. I want to be

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Speaker 3: clear that, as I preface preface this, this is a

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Speaker 3: rumor of a generalization of a conversation that that Gary

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Speaker 3: to find it interesting. Now, this rumor is speculative, but uh,

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Speaker 2: Culprit for the breakup. Ashley. Should I share it?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Have you shared this with me yet?

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Speaker 2: I've not shared this with you.

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Speaker 6: I love it. Go for it.

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Speaker 4: This great.

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Speaker 2: So there's a rumor.

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Speaker 3: I want again, I'm going to be clear, this is

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Speaker 3: how it would feel to you if somebody said this

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Speaker 3: from Gary where Gary lives. Now, that's just the thing

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Speaker 6: And if she wants to go home a lot, see

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Speaker 2: It's tough.

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Speaker 6: That's tough.

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Speaker 3: Com Yeah, So after he picks her up, they're both excited.

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Speaker 3: But there had already been some issues in the relationship. Okay,

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Speaker 3: there'd already been some just grumblings and some things happening.

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Speaker 3: But they're excited to be with each other, but they're

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Speaker 2: Lot of ways.

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Speaker 3: And the rumor is that Teresa made the comment to Gary, Wow,

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Speaker 3: look at all this beautiful untouched land. Think about what

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Speaker 3: Think about the towns that could congregate in these open fields.

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Speaker 6: That are you taking this story up for Chris specifically.

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Speaker 2: I'm not.

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Speaker 4: Storyteller. I'm can you keep going?

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Speaker 3: So this does have again, this is a rumored story

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Speaker 3: And I don't know if there's a right and a

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Speaker 3: I know how I would feel in this conversation. But Teresa,

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Speaker 3: being from the city, cees, you know, open land and goes, hey,

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Speaker 3: how cool would it be if there's a park there,

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Speaker 3: if there's a condo there, if there's people there. Gary,

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Speaker 3: That's what's beautiful. We don't take that land, we don't

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Speaker 4: Probably someone has, but you know, I think there's a

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Speaker 4: I view that subject. I mean, there are I can

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean, there's there's areas that that would benefit from development,

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Speaker 4: So there's that, But it doesn't seem like something that

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Speaker 4: just have to I'll work together.

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Speaker 2: Well.

444
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Speaker 3: The purpose of that story, Chris is to really ask,

445
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Speaker 3: would that be a detrimental conversation in coming from a farmer,

446
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Speaker 3: one of the most successful farmers in the Midwest, would

447
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Speaker 3: that be a conversation that would end a relationship for you?

448
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Speaker 2: And what you're saying is no, it wouldn't.

449
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 3: It would actually do you could find kind of both

450
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 3: ideas and you could walk through that conversation.

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, now I would have definitely embrace that conversation.

452
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Speaker 4: I think it's, you know, coming from this majority of

453
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 4: people I meet are not farming people, So it's I'm

454
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 4: very accustomed to having those type of conversations just because

455
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 4: it is different. I mean, the one percent of the

456
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Speaker 4: population lest someone percent of the population actively farms. So

457
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,440
Speaker 4: it's there's just a lot of unknowns out there, and

458
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:19,679
Speaker 4: to be able to share them and help educate, you know,

459
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Speaker 4: people that aren't really familiar with agriculture and farmland. It's,

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Speaker 4: you know, he someone misunderstanding, misconceptions and misunderstandings about land

461
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Speaker 4: and what it should be used for and shouldn't. No. Yeah,

462
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 4: it's a delicate thing because people get pretty strong emotions

463
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Speaker 4: about both sides of it.

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Speaker 2: Actually, you really think I just made up that story,

465
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Speaker 2: don't you.

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Speaker 6: I'm one, And this is where do you reveal it?

467
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Speaker 2: No, I did not make up that story.

468
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Speaker 6: That is here the story from.

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Speaker 3: I cannot I cannot talk about my sources. I have

470
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Speaker 3: sources that stay in and involved and they're everywhere, and.

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Speaker 5: So we're like planted this story in Ben's head because

472
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Speaker 5: they're like, this knows how to lie a little bit.

473
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Speaker 3: This is not this is not a lie. There is

474
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Speaker 3: no lying involved here. Now, Chris, to kind of close

475
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Speaker 3: up here. I know you and I had this conversation

476
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Speaker 3: a little bit at the wedding. I always got this sense,

477
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Speaker 3: and I don't know if it was coming from you

478
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 3: or coming from the public that coming off your time

479
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,360
Speaker 3: as the Bachelor, there was always this hint or idea

480
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Speaker 3: in your head that you would be potentially leaving Iowa,

481
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Speaker 3: or maybe there was a curiosity about what would life

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Speaker 3: look like if you did leave Iowa. I always found

483
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Speaker 3: that interesting because you have such an investment in Iowa,

484
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Speaker 3: your family has such an investment in your town, you

485
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Speaker 3: have such a successful business being ran.

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Speaker 2: Out of that town.

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Speaker 3: I always thought it would be weird for you to,

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Speaker 3: you know, move, and you obviously haven't. You know, we're

489
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Speaker 3: years removed from you be on the show. You're still

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Speaker 3: in Iowa. Okay, So again, in a two part question,

491
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Speaker 3: were you ever actually considering considering leaving Iowa and where

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00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 3: do you stand today on that topic?

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Speaker 4: It's a good question, Ben, You know, I've never really

494
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 4: wanted to move from Iowa. It would be more or

495
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 4: less having a place. You know, a lot of farmers

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Speaker 4: do have second homes, like because it you know, usually

497
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Speaker 4: you're in a very remote area without much social life.

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Speaker 4: I mean it is an aspect of mental health to

499
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Speaker 4: have some social life because inherently farmland is located in

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Speaker 4: what areas. So having a place you know, where I

501
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 4: could you know, socialized, date or have a family in

502
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Speaker 4: near school systems that are you know, maybe have more

503
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,639
Speaker 4: access to different types of education whatever. But yeah, just

504
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,439
Speaker 4: from a lifet lifestyle perspective, having a second place has

505
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,199
Speaker 4: always been a goal of mine. Actually to haven't accomplished

506
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 4: that yet, but some of those you know, things I

507
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 4: think will come. I do find a relationship that is

508
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 4: that works, you know, and and boways thought in my head, like,

509
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,239
Speaker 4: you know, until you make that move to have, like

510
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 4: go invest in a second place, probably want to have

511
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 4: somebody else that's wanting to be there as well, or

512
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 4: maybe already there. So that's always been part of the

513
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 4: master plan, you know, just to whether I go out

514
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 4: and invest in a place and have an Airbnb somewhere

515
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 4: or something like that that I can visit. It's always

516
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 4: been something I wanted to do. I mean I've I've

517
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 4: gone down to Phoenix quite a bit in the wintertime,

518
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 4: and that's kind of a that's where my grandpa used

519
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 4: to overwinter. My parents are visiting Florida in the wintertime

520
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 4: stay out of the winter, so you know, just uh,

521
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 4: they call them snowbirds, and you know, like you get

522
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 4: out exactly, say if they get your parents were so

523
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 4: kind of that would be my you know, eventual goal

524
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 4: is to have but this will always be where my

525
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 4: roots are, where home is. I mean, yeah, it's crossed

526
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 4: my mind, and I've had tons of people wanting me

527
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 4: to move to l A or Hollywood and do that

528
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 4: sort of thing, and I just not me, you know,

529
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,440
Speaker 4: and even no matter how you know, there's been enough

530
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,440
Speaker 4: opportunity that I probably should have really considered doing it,

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Speaker 4: But I don't think i'd be happy you did.

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Speaker 6: For a little while before COVID.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I was out there for that was just

534
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,919
Speaker 4: a little short stint and kind of doing some stuff

535
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 4: on the hemp, the hemp CBD oil deal we were

536
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 4: doing out there, and that was nice. It was enough

537
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 4: to know that it's still home. I can still remember

538
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 4: being when COVID is kicking in and we were starting

539
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 4: to get ready to plant corn, and uh, I was ready.

540
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 4: I was done with that part of my life.

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Speaker 5: Well, Chris, we are always rooting for you. We want

542
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 5: you to have a wife and kids, so we will.

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00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 5: If you're listening and email Ben and Ashley, it.

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00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 3: Sounds like Chris is checking his DM so so, so

545
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 3: feel free to slide in those dms.

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00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 2: Message Chris.

547
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 3: He's active on social media. He's checking him every evening

548
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 3: and filtering through his interest levels. So if you're out

549
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 3: there you know somebody that would love the date Chris souls.

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00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 3: He is open to dating. And I can tell you

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00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 3: this going to multiple dinners with Chris, He's going to

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00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 3: be a really good date. Like he's going to be

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00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 3: a lot of fun.

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00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 6: Yep, yes he is.

555
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 4: Well, I know who's the best dancer on this podcast

556
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 4: right now, it's all there is to it.

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00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 5: Well, this was the first wedding in a while or

558
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 5: ever that I didn't get the two of you dancing together. Oh,

559
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 5: because it's just it's foolishness that must be seen from everyone.

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00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 6: I was like, is you know Ben? Darn it?

561
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 5: I really should have made it a thing, not get

562
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 5: you on film. I'm like, it's so ordinary to me. Now,

563
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 5: I'm like, oh, there goes Ben dancing. And then everybody

564
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 5: like kind of like nudges me during a wedding and

565
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 5: they're like, if you've.

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Speaker 6: Seen Ben dans.

567
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 5: I'm like, yes, yes, his wife says that he goes

568
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 5: to bed alone those nights.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks good, it looks really good. It's a fantastic. Yeah,

570
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 3: it's so smooth. Everything just works in unison. Chris Soles,

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Speaker 3: you're the man. We appreciate you coming on. We wish

572
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 3: you the best, keep us updated here. We're gonna make

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00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 3: a deal with you. As soon as you find a

574
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 3: relationship that you are dating somebody for more than let's

575
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 3: say three months, you're going to hit us up and

576
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 3: you're gonna come on our podcast and whenever you're open

577
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 3: to uh introducing this person to Bachelor Nation, then this

578
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 3: will be your stop to do. It will be nice.

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Speaker 4: Real deal. That's a deal. You love you, guys, Love.

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Speaker 2: You, Chrissy.

581
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Speaker 3: That has been Chris Soles coming on to share his

582
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Speaker 3: life update. Obviously, this is the off season of the

583
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 3: Almost Famous podcast, and we commit to and promise to

584
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 3: bring back leads and contestants who've been memorable and left

585
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: a mark on Bachelor Nation. Chris is definitely one of

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00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 3: those we wish him the best. You know, I feel

587
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 3: like Ashley most of the time we talk to Chris,

588
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 3: there is this deep desire to find love, and yet

589
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 3: it just feels like it hasn't happened for him. I know,

590
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 3: every time, it's like I want that update where he

591
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 3: comes on he's like, Yeah, I've been dating this girl

592
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 3: for two years. She's super great. She you know, just

593
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 3: you know, lives down the street and we're so happy.

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00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 3: But as of right now, he is very single and

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00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 3: very open to being damned damned.

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Speaker 2: Uh, but we'll be back.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be a big week for the Almost

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Speaker 3: Famous podcast and we hope you tune in to every

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00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 3: episode because every episode will just add a little nugget

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Speaker 3: to Bachelor Nation into what's going on leading up to

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Speaker 3: the next season of The Bachelorette. Hey, so until next time,

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Speaker 3: I've been Ben, I've been Ashley.

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Speaker 6: See you guys. Thank you for listening.

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