1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: This is Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous in Depth, 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Tyler Cameron, Is this your first time coming on the 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Almost Same As podcast? No, I've done. I think I 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: did yours when I got off the show that remember 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: the like for after the roast, my final ROAs ceremony 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: you the next morning and did a show with you 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: and I believe that's when I met Ashley as well. 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: That's uh, that's pre uh Tyler Cameron blow up. That 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: was like the limbo stage before life for you just exploded. 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: It kind of life looked quite a bit after that. Yeah, yeah, 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: you're you're talking about heartbreak in the next week, you know, 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, on the cover of every magazine world. Um, well, 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: it's nice to have you, man, it's nice to going on. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Alright. So, 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: actually she just had a baby, your co host, right, 15 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: Yeah she did, so you just get me today. Um, 16 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: she's like four days past being a mom and so 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: everything good, everything's healthy, so healthy. So get In fact, 18 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: Jared and Ashley sent me a couple of pictures, uh 19 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: two days ago, which is cool of them because I'm 20 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: sure they're getting blown up and uh of them holding 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: the baby and it just it looks awesome. That's great 22 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: to hear. That's awesome. So they're busy, Um, you're busy. Okay, 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: we have a lot to talk about today. We have 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: about a half hour with you. Um if you can. 25 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: We know most of the in depths that we do 26 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: are really you get to know the human behind the show. Uh. 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: But and you have a lot of like I said, 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: stuff happening right now. Who were you before the show started? 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Like what was life looking like? Oh man? I was 30 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: a uh I was just getting done my football career 31 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: you know, never made it, which is a broke jock. Uh. 32 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: You know, I uh tried and I was with the 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: Ravens twice you got cut before I could ever make 34 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: a hand of money and then um try doing the 35 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: Developmental League. Was doing you know, working construction, you know 36 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: full time, you know, training from five to seven, going 37 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: to work from eight to four and then training and 38 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: get from five to seven at night or six months 39 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: went to the Belomental League. Blew my shoulder. I was 40 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: like up there goes My football career went back finished, 41 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: my n b A started building the houses, had like 42 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: two undred bucks in my name, went on the show 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: and everything just changed. Was this I mean, at what 44 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: point then did you say, Hey, the batchlor that's an 45 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: option for me. It was actually like I was home studying, 46 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: like doing my GC tests or something like that, and uh, 47 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: I saw an ad for like the w W or whatever, 48 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: and as like as a joke, I filled it out, 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, like to sign up for it, 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: and I sent it to my boys as a group 51 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: in the group chat from wake Forest and they're all 52 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: cracking up, like dudes, find more stuff to sign up for. 53 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: So I found the Bachelorette thing. I sent the most 54 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: ridiculous stuff in as a joke again and then it 55 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: just kind of snowball from there. So it was it 56 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: was just kind of like something funny with the boys 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: that kind of turned into all this. So w W 58 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: did they reach out? Yeah, like six months after I 59 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: was on the show, I'm sure they did. But like 60 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: you got hitting me, this is run Yeah, so you 61 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: as a kid, I always wanted to run around and 62 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: read on He's like Rick Flair, you know. So I 63 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: would have went for it if if they came first. 64 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: So are there hasn't been an option since then? Have 65 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: you ever thought about it? We've been and we've talked 66 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: before and stuff like that. It'd be fun, but I 67 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: just have so much going on. I'm not, you know, 68 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: not there yet. I can't. I can't wait until like 69 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: two years. So now who knows what life has brought you. 70 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: You're still thriving. And then the w W comes and 71 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: I turned on my TV and Cameron's on TV, you know, 72 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: dancing off the ropes that it's kind of what happened 73 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: to me was Saturday Night Live. I was watching Saturday 74 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: and Live and in my bed and all of a 75 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: sudden you popped up on it. I was like, you 76 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: gotta be kidding me. This guy's everywhere. Yeah, that was 77 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: That was just a random thing that turned out to 78 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: be a lot of fun. So take opportunities, you know, obviously, 79 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,839 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's anybody um from the franchise 80 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: who has made a bigger national name than you have 81 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: coming from and you, you know, and you won't even lead. 82 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: I think that's something too, is like you won't even lead. 83 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: You were on the show and then all of a sudden, 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: your name is explodes and you do a really you've 85 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: done a great job of managing and navigating it post show, 86 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: so you look back on this season. Does it feel 87 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: like two different that you know lives or have they 88 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: all kind of came together? Honestly that that seems so 89 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: far away, you know, And I've gone through so much 90 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: since then, and and you know, you've been in it, 91 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: You've been in the light before with that stuff that 92 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: makes you grow, it makes you harden a little bit, 93 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: but you kind of you know, you know, it just 94 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: changes you a little bit, you know. And and for 95 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: better or for worse, you know. And but I'm but 96 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: the show has you know, giving me tons of opportunity, 97 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: and I'm so grateful for what has done for me 98 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: because the show would really changed my life, changed my 99 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: family's life, everyone's life, you know, my friend's life too, 100 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, and just provide so much opportunity. But yeah, 101 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: it's you know, it's it's definitely changed me. But I 102 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: think it's changed me for a better person. I mean, 103 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: do you look at the show with gratitude? Yeah, complete, 104 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: complete gratitude. You know, all the people I've met, everything 105 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: I've went through. You know, there's definitely you definitely go 106 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: through some you know, like you've there's downs, there's ups, 107 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: you know, Like I've never had anxiety so I came 108 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: off the show, you know what I mean, like dealt 109 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: with you know, you're saying one wrong thing to message 110 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: with somebody, you know what I mean. Like I never 111 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: had like like things like that, you know, And so 112 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: that was definitely because I've always been like a very happy, 113 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: go lucky person. And then you know, then you put 114 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: all the scrutiny on every single move, you know, like 115 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: I'm not perfect. I'm human. I do make every single 116 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: mistake that everyone else makes, you know, and I'm gonna 117 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: up you know, that's just who I am, you know. 118 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: And my dad always says, you either learn whether it's 119 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: gonna hurt really bad or it's gonna be really expensive. 120 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: So you know, I learned the hard way sometimes. But uh, 121 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: you know, it's definitely also made me a better person, 122 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: and you know, it made me grow up a lot 123 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: faster too. Yeah, you know, I feel the same way 124 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: I was. I was broke pretty much when I went 125 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: on the show, and you know, it has been good 126 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 1: to me, mostly because trains and brings and one of 127 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: the other things that's been good too. And one of 128 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: the things I've I've admired about you, um from a 129 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: distance is you know your friendships have seemed to stay close. 130 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: Something that was really important to me. Is one of 131 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: the best piece of advice I've ever got when I 132 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: came off the show is keep the people in your 133 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: circle that have been in your circle in your circle 134 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: post show and life. You know, you don't hance your life, 135 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: but it won't change completely. What if some of the 136 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: things that you've done intentionally or maybe not intentionally to 137 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: keep those friendships thriving and to keep those people around you. Yeah, 138 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: you know you've gotten it, Ben. When you get off 139 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: the show, everyone wants to be your friend. You know, 140 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: people you've never met before, you know, celebrities, whatever. Everyone 141 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: wants to be your friend. But like the end of 142 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: the day, like the people I feel safe with, the 143 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: people I don't have my back are like my people 144 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: from back home, and the people I've always had my back, 145 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: you know. And uh so, my same friends are the 146 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: same friends I grew up with, and that's who I 147 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: try to keep. Wrong. I know, I've made new friends 148 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: and I'm grateful for those friendships, but to the core 149 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: of it, you know, my two best friends are Katie 150 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: and Molly, who have knowns in seventh grade, and you know, 151 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: I live with one of the guys I went to 152 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: high school with, you know, Like it's just I just 153 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. They're the people who humbled me, keep 154 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: me honest and true. And and without them, I would, 155 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: you know, I would, I would be lost. So I 156 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: think it's so important to keep your home people, you know, 157 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: the people that help you know, see you grew up, 158 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: watch you grow up. You can check you know, because 159 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: and this is what everyone's gonna tell you. Yes, yeah 160 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: I do that. Yeah do that. We need someone to 161 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: tell you know, And I got the people around me 162 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: tell me. Now, have has their view of you? Change 163 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: it all you think? I mean, this is the way 164 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: you operate with them. Change No, I've at least you know, 165 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: that's the one thing like I've like my favorite compliment 166 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: I've ever gotten from my friends, Like you're still the 167 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: same old TC you know, and like the same same 168 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: goofball idiot, but also the same suite you know, Like 169 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: I take care of my people, Like that's what I 170 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: have always been. Whether I have, you know, money in 171 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: my pocket, r I don't, I'm gonna find a way 172 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: to help take care of you, you you know. And uh, 173 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: that's just the person I am and my friends have 174 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: always you know, that's why we stick together because like 175 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: we take care of each other. You know, it's not 176 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: sometimes it's them taking care of me and me take 177 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: care of them. And that's why I feel comfortable and 178 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: safe with my friends. And it's uh, it is and 179 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean it when I say it. I think it's. Uh. 180 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: It doesn't always happen. Uh. You know, you've been around 181 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,239 Speaker 1: this franchise long enough to see how it can uh 182 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: take people in, eat them up, spit them out. They're 183 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: left looking left and right and nobody's left there to 184 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: stand anymore. And I think it's one of the cool 185 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: things from watching you is having those people by you. 186 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: No matter where lives brought you, and no matter where 187 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: lives going there, they're still there. So it is live 188 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: by And it says you're not on until all your 189 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: people are on, and I believe it, you know, like 190 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: until you know, you know, I could be in a 191 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: great place, but it's not good unless you can share 192 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: with the people that matter the most to you, you know. 193 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: And so like you know, one of my best friends 194 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: we run us. I used stores together and we have 195 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: two restaurants. You know, it's like that to me is 196 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: like it's like when you start to make things happen, 197 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, but what are some of the things 198 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: that your friends have said no for to you about? 199 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: You know, what are some of the things that you 200 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: can look back on and be like they were there 201 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: for me? Um, you know, just like talking me through situations, 202 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: especially when I'm going through something or something's coming down 203 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: on me, or you know, or I'm feeling or you know, 204 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: just like bad news or bad press or whatever, they're 205 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: able to walk me through and talk me through it. 206 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: And or you know, there's been times where we're like 207 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: we're just doing dumb stuff. We're out, you know, having 208 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: a good time, Like no, no, we're not gonna do that. 209 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna come up here when gonna go here? Alright, alright, 210 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: come on because because I'll be honest, but I like 211 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: to have a good time, you know, and so and 212 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: so to my friends. So but they also wants to 213 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: protect me to in those situations. Oh yeah, No, I 214 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: need I need that too. I need that. I need 215 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: to friend handcuffs sometimes pulling me back tonight. We all 216 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: we all need it. We all need a friend that 217 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: can do that for us. You know, I would say, so, um, hey, 218 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: before we get into some of the stuff happening now 219 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: in your life. You know, you and I think have 220 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: a similar uh in a safe space like our happy place. 221 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: My my, my happy place growing up was on the 222 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: Indian River in Sebastian, Florida, on the inlet there we'd 223 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: fish it. My grandfather and his whole family always had 224 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: a house there and we go down and fish and 225 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: just take the boat out and when the waves were 226 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: small enough we get actually out of the ocean. Where's 227 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: your half happy space? You know, you your life swirls 228 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: around you a hundred miles an hour. Where do you 229 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: find peace? It's jupider Man, It's home. It's being on 230 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: my friends, being in my my gym that I built 231 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: in the garage, being be on the boat, you know, 232 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: it's uh, that's my happy place, being with my dad, 233 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: on on the on the job site. Like those those 234 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: things right there making me happy and like I found 235 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: like you can do two things. You can feed your soul. 236 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: You can future ego, you know, and uh, you know, 237 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: New York's fun and I have a blast that they 238 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: have great friends up there too. And but this, you know, 239 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: you can create around there and party and go to 240 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: all the clubs and and the events and all that stuff. 241 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: But that just feeds your ego, and that stuff, to 242 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: me is not very fulfilling. So I love it when 243 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: I can come home be with my people. You know, 244 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: I have so much work down here now. I got 245 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: houses I'm building, Like, I just love being here, so, 246 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: you know, especially damn cold in New York right now. 247 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: So I'm really enjoying being here right now. But yeah, 248 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: Jupiter's my home. It's my happy place. That this is 249 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: like where I want to have a family and kids 250 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: and and retire and coach high school football one day. Yeah, 251 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: you don't need too many more people feeding your ego. People, 252 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: people are pumping you up pretty high. You need some 253 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: friends to just like, you know, put you back. And 254 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: my friends a joke on me. You know. That's why 255 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: it's healthy for you. It's healthy. Hey, before you get 256 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: into the real dirty dancing, which I know is a 257 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: big deal and something your pumped about. What is going 258 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: on with your houses? I see it on Instagram. I 259 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: saw the other day your grandma was there checking it 260 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: out with you. Um, there's your grandma right, that's my name, yep. Um, 261 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: you're building some houses in Jupiter. There's your houses. What's 262 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: going on? Yeah, No, I'm I got my construction, my 263 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: contruction company moving and going now. I Uh, I got 264 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: four houses that I'm building right now. Uh, two are 265 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: out the ground, two more permitting and then those are 266 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: just spec Holms, and I have two more under contract 267 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: with other people that were gonna build for them. So 268 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: six houses total. We're busy. It's exciting, like I'm you 269 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: know these houses, I'm you know the spec Holmes I'm designing. 270 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,719 Speaker 1: You know, my dad's throwing his two cents in here. 271 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: It's like fun. We get to work together on them now. 272 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: But uh, it's really you know, me getting my hands 273 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: on it and getting after it. And the markets hot here. Man, 274 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: I hope it sells and hope it goes. So I 275 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: want to keep doing this and keep growing it and 276 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: and see where I can go. Do you think this 277 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: is the path for you? Like? Um, you know, I 278 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: think there's and I've seen you're there yet excited, no 279 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: clue if you are. But there's that moment it happened 280 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: for me last July. We're all of a sudden, I 281 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 1: have a pivot point where it's okay, do I want 282 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: to invest into the things that are like more business related, 283 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: less entertainment related. Let's uh, you know, front facing to 284 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: the world and more behind the scenes. Do you feel 285 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: like you're getting close to that point where entertainment is 286 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: maybe not the path, but like construction, you know, like 287 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: you said, coaching football is. Yeah, you know. My dream 288 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: is one day is when I'm forty, to stop everything 289 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: and just be a full time dad and coach high 290 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: school football and help kids go to college. But until then, 291 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: I want to run it up with construction entertainment. I 292 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: want to. I mean I would never you know, I'm 293 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: so up in entertainment world. I love it, I have 294 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: found with it. I want to see where that world goes. 295 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: But I also know that construction and something I get 296 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: to share it my dad and share with my people 297 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 1: down here, and like we take so much pride in 298 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: it that it's gonna it's gonna create a lot of 299 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: opportunities as well. So you know, I'm dabbling both, but 300 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: I think longevity wise, construction is going to be something 301 00:13:57,920 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: that I want to stay in for a long time 302 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: because everyone's gonna need a house, everyone's gonna build, and 303 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,599 Speaker 1: everyone keeps moving to Florida. So I'll keep moving and 304 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: I'll keep building, all right. They Florida is a hot spot. 305 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: My parents just moved down there, and uh, I'm telling 306 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: you the market is hot. They getting in at the 307 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: right time. Well, all right, you have been busy. Uh. 308 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: You came out with a book this year. Um, you're 309 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: also you know, you're premier of the real dirty dancing 310 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: just happened. Let's start with and we're gonna go out 311 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: of order here, but let's start with the real dirty dancing. 312 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: You you're doing this? Well, first off, I remember and 313 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: tell me if I'm wrong. I think I remember your 314 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: intro package on The Bachelor that you were like dancing 315 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: through a house. Right, yeah, yeah, that was a thing. Um. 316 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: So as dance has always been like dancing always been 317 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: a part of your life. Is this something you've always enjoyed? Yeah, Ben, 318 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: I almost flunked out of college, uh my first semester. Uh, 319 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: and my football coaches are like, all right, well we 320 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: need to get your g bu. So there threw me 321 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: in dance classes. And Ben, it was me and thirty 322 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: girls in ballet. You know, I'm good. You do not 323 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: like it? And so I loved it. I was the 324 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: weird guy in the class, but everyone was so cool. 325 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: I learned so much from everybody, and then I just 326 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: kept taking it. Took hip hop, I took African dance, 327 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: I took all movement from men, and took all these 328 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: different dance classes. And I was so close to gonna 329 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: a minor until my coach told me to scram But uh, 330 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: I just like I became so fun of dancing, and 331 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: then I became the drunk guy on the dance floor, 332 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: always like having the best time. Like that was always me, 333 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: even if I was embarrassing myself, you know, like I 334 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: always had a blast dancing and grabbed my friends. We 335 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: all danced, so I loved it. And then this opportunity came. 336 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, yeah, I don't care what they 337 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: paid me, just give me out there. Yeah, dancing with 338 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: the stars was an option. Uh now they have they 339 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: haven't come Colin, so maybe maybe they see my moves 340 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: now they might want to fall me. But uh, but 341 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: you know that I'm speaking to Matt. That's a grinding 342 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: was tough, No, it is. You know. It's interesting because 343 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: I was watching last night and I had no I 344 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: will say this, I had no judgment on how good 345 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: I thought you'd be. I had no clue you're a 346 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: good dancer like you are, Like you've got moves, you're 347 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: you're not embarrassing, you're being nice man. But yeah, no, 348 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: I it was. It was. It was fun, you know, 349 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: and like we would learn, we'd get a dance that 350 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: we you know, we we learned our dance at night 351 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: before we had to perform, you know, like we have 352 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: twenty four hours to get it right. And uh testament 353 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: to some of the coaches we had around us that 354 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: kind of helped guide us a little bit. But you 355 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: know the people, you know, we we worked hard at it. 356 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: We were sweating, we were grinding. Lonnie was an incredible 357 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: dance partner. You know. We pushed each other very hard, 358 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: and you know, it was fun. And like I said, 359 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: I guess those dance classes in college, I guess paid 360 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: off a little bit. Yeah, you know. And and not 361 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: to switch gears complete, but you did mention your dedicating 362 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: doing this uh to your mother, who unfortunately has passed away. 363 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: Why it was important to dedicate this to your mom 364 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: because she always always like the one who pushed me 365 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: to like to to take chances and do with things 366 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: and and Uh, this is something like you're definitely dancing 367 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: is something you have to really just throw yourself out 368 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: there and take a chance. You know, you can't hold back. 369 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: If you hold back, you look like an idiot. You know. 370 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: It's a very vulnerable thing to dance, you know. And 371 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: my mom was always also the life of the party, 372 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: and so she'd always be the one dancing, and I'd 373 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: always be the one joining her and having fun. And so, uh, 374 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, just like if she was here, she'd be 375 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: so she'd be having so much fun watching this with me, 376 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: you know. So I knew that going. Like I remember 377 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: the first time we went out and did like the 378 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: dance and like we were all like just to see 379 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 1: who were paired up with. I was kind of like nervous, 380 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: you know. I was like saying inside you know what 381 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: I mean, like in a box and uh, and we 382 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: all went away, and I was like, man, kiten up, 383 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: Man make mama proud, Go out there and dance like 384 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: you're supposed to dance. Just cut it loose. And after 385 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: that it was it was I was a change dancer. 386 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: I was out there giving it, having fun. And so 387 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: we just lived by me. My brothers we always say 388 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: make mama proud, and she wouldn't be proud if we 389 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: were holding back, That's for sure. The did a emotional 390 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: for you at all at that moment um. Yeah, you know, 391 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: because because you know, if if I catch myself slipping 392 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: every I'm like, man, would mom be proud of this? Well? 393 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: You know, make mama proud and Mama proud. And you 394 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: know when I was half as dancing, you know, you know, 395 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: it was like, come on, man, get right. You know, 396 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: there's definitely talking about it got emotional, you know, but 397 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: you know it's something I've learned to live with and 398 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: and now just learn to honor her, you know, through 399 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: all this, you know, it's uh, I don't know. I 400 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: can't say it's unfortunate, but it's it's unique to be 401 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: in a public spotlight kind of at the peak of 402 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: your notoriety, and something like this happens for anybody listening 403 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: out there. And there's a wide range of people. Uh, 404 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: and I'm assuming some have lost somebody close to them. 405 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: Keep keeping with that. What's your advice to them, Like, 406 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: how could you speak some truth into them to help 407 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: them feel less alone? Yeah? Um, first of all, like, uh, 408 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: don't isolate yourself you know. That's it's it's the definitely 409 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 1: the easiest to do is I slay yourself, but you're 410 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: just digging a deeper hole. As soon as that happen, 411 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: all my friends surrounded me, you know, and we just 412 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: stuck together. And we stuck together, and there'll be times 413 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: where I would try and step out and do something 414 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: with them and I'm like, no, this isn't feel comfortable, 415 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: and they take me back to you know, home and 416 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: make sure I'm good. You know. So surround yourself with 417 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: the people that love you and you love them, you know, 418 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: that's definitely one. And grief comes and waves. You know, 419 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: you're good one day and then the next day something 420 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: comes up. It reminds you of something, and you know, 421 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: and it hits you. But that's a beautiful thing. And 422 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, there's a there's a song from Ed Sherian 423 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: and uh he says, the heart desferent broken heart. It 424 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: has been loved, you know, and the reason why you're 425 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: sad is because that person loved you and you love them, 426 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: and you know, it's a beautiful thing. And so, uh, 427 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: it's just trying to learn how to get perspective on things, 428 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: because it's definitely tough, Um, to see the bigger picture. Yeah, 429 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's we me and my dad will 430 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: think about it. Damn, I wish she was still here. 431 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: I wish she was still around to see this or 432 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: to see that you know she you having a ball. 433 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: But hey, that's how life is, and you just gotta 434 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: learn like life is fragile, life is gentle, and then 435 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: every interaction you have could be your last, so just 436 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: make the most of it. Yeah, it's it's tough though, 437 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: and you know we've we've never able to talk. But 438 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sot you went through that. But I'm 439 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: also uh, you know, you've been a good example. Um. Again, 440 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: it's so it's so crazy to me how somebody like 441 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: you who can come on the show life changes. You know, 442 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: you keep, like you said, you keep you keep mentioning 443 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: your friends here, Um, you keep mentioning the people you 444 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: surround yourself with. UM, And I I would truly believe 445 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: from an outside perspective that's probably one of the reasons 446 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: why you've been so successful is because you have that 447 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: safe place to fall back on and that place to 448 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: come back to. And so credit to your friends. Shout 449 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: out to to the group of people around you. I mean, 450 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: it's it's easy. You get in this world and you 451 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: can you know, people all want to come into your life. 452 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: And I've taken bad advice, I've gotten burned. You know, 453 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: all this stuff and just reminds you who's got you 454 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: and who's important, and then you just learn to stick 455 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: with that. So back to the show then a little bit. 456 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: Why should people tune in to the real dirty dancing? 457 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: Why would people enjoy this? Uh? I want to watch it. 458 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: Give a little shout out here. Yeah, No, I think 459 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: this show one is just so light hard. I mean, hey, 460 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: if you're watching The Bastlorette, you're getting torn and beat 461 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: up all the time in the drama. Come watch their 462 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: dirty dancing, you know where it's soft, it's fun, it's lighthearted. 463 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: It's just it's eight people having a blast, you know, 464 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: and we're recreating an iconic movie. You know, we're doing 465 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: the scenes, we're dancing, we're giving it her all. But 466 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: you also see people grow so much. I think one 467 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: of the greatest stories is is Rebella, and you know 468 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: where she comes from the beginning of the show and 469 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: to where she gets to the end of the show. 470 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: You see her grow so much and start to just 471 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: embody who baby is and even more so herself. You know, 472 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: she's like, I've been a mom for so long, i 473 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: haven't felt sexy, and she kills it. And she's so 474 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: sexy and so amazing. And you know, Lonnie is saying, 475 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: you know, she goes out there and just shows you 476 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: can do. You can be anybody and anyone and go 477 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: out there and dance and have a good time. And 478 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: Kat you know, she's been a mom of six and 479 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: just like finding herself again and just so many cool 480 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: stories and Angela, you know, being this little Christian girl 481 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: and and but like boom, now I'm dancing and doing 482 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: all those things and just being sexy. It's it's okay 483 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: to be sexy. It's okay to have fun. And uh yeah, 484 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: and I got my shirt off a lot, so you 485 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: always find a way to get my shirt off. Then 486 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, you can keep putting that back on. 487 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: I have a wife on Instagram as well, and I'm 488 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: trying to protect her from people. Have a beautiful wife. 489 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: Then she wants to she she's got a great man. 490 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: She's you're good man, that's congratulations and all that. Dude, hopefully, 491 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: hopefully I'll be following your footsteps soon and all that. Yeah, 492 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: it's worth it, incredible, But I'm nervous for the day 493 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: that she looks at me and she goes, hey, there's 494 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 1: these muscles on Tyler's gut, and like, do they exist 495 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: for everybody? Cause I haven't seen him on you yet. 496 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm nervous. It's all right, it's all right, You're doing 497 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: just fine. I think I believe so. Uh, we're thriving. Well, 498 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, the show is is super fun, and I 499 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: do think you see the stories unfold as you watch it, um, 500 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: just as we close up here. Um, you know I 501 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: saw on Instagram day you called called it the summer House. 502 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: I think it's a summer camp. Summer camp. So behind 503 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: the scenes, even when the cameras are rolling, you're on 504 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: the dance floor. Were you guys growing together in the show? 505 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: We were having a blast. Even even the dancers you 506 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: know that work the show became so close with us. 507 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: They were they were so amazing, and they were just 508 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: such like someone for us to lean on when we're going, 509 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: like when we're struggling dancing or whatever. But I mean, 510 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: once cameras are off, we there was like an arcade 511 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: and we put a boom box in the arcade and 512 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: people are dancing and drinking and just having a good 513 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: time going to know each other. It was legit summer camp. 514 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: You know. We we have bonfires, We've wander all over 515 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: the place. We had so much fun. So like it 516 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: really was summer camp. And like I hate like like 517 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: like when we left, I hated being gone. I wanted 518 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: to come back and hang out with everybody and go 519 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: back to summer camp. So maybe maybe we'll have dirty 520 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: dancing too we go back to camp. So right, Yeah, 521 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: it's crazy, too cool. It's really cool to see parents 522 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: let loose a little bit. You know. Well, you also 523 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: have a book that I wanted to get to make 524 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: sure to mention you deserve better? Is is their title? Uh? 525 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,439 Speaker 1: What made you want to write this book? And then 526 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: why should people pick it up? Yeah? Um, you know 527 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: the whole the whole part of this book. You know 528 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: the reason why I wanted to write it is I 529 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: want to have a conversation. Um, you know, when I 530 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: got off the show, everyone was freaking out about fantasy 531 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: sweets and oh Tyler is uh feminist king and all this. 532 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: I'm just a guy, and uh, like, you know, going 533 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: through all that and seeing all this you know, stuff 534 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: written up on all his websites and all that stuff, 535 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, I just did what I hope my brother does, 536 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: every other guy, all my friends, you know, I help 537 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: all of them do. It is like, no, there's no 538 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: respected respect, you know. And so I wanted to create 539 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: a conversation about consent and all these things. And then 540 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: the book just kind of grew from there, you know. 541 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: And uh, you know, respects always been a big thing 542 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: with my dad and my mom, and uh, you know, 543 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: I felt like, you know, there's something that needs to 544 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: be talked about. Because if if I'm getting all this 545 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: page for the bare minimum, and then we have a 546 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 1: long ways to go, and so I wanted to kind 547 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: of create that dialogue and start that talk and and 548 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: so that everyone does his serve better, right man? Well, 549 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: uh continue, uh just thriving. We're wishing the best here. 550 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm wishing the best. Man. Thanks for joining us today, 551 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 1: Thanks for sharing your story. Again. You can go check 552 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: out The Real Dirty Dancing, uh featuring many but also 553 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: featuring back down Nations, time camer and also the book 554 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: You Deserve Better Tyler. Just to send us off here 555 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: um for any listeners out there, what's on your heart today, 556 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: what's on your mind? What do you want to share 557 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: with them? As we we say goodbye? I appreciate you, 558 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: Ben Hey, thanks man of course, By it would be good. Yeah. 559 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: Follow the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcasts on 560 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts