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Speaker 1: Ready. This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous

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Speaker 1: podcast with our radio. The announcement is true. This is

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Speaker 1: the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast. I'm Ben,

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Speaker 1: I'm Ashley. We might have the most specialist guests I

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Speaker 1: think is all time coming on the podcast today. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: not only do we have a good um, who the

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Speaker 1: heck are you, but actually give our listeners a little

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Speaker 1: tease or a little taste of who we have coming

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Speaker 1: up on our first segment. I thought this man didn't

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Speaker 1: like me for a while, and then I realized he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: I don't know and then he Then I realized he's

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Speaker 1: just really snarky and he has like he's just he's

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Speaker 1: so much different off screen than he is on screen

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Speaker 1: because he has to be so put together on screen,

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Speaker 1: you know, Like he just he has his classic lines.

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Speaker 1: He needs to be the leader in love, the mentor

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Speaker 1: the leader of love. We gotta ask him if he

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Speaker 1: likes you though, I'm really I know he does now

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Speaker 1: know he does the picture with me. This man is

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Speaker 1: um the definition of professionalism, of friendship. We talked about

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Speaker 1: him all the time. Our our producer Amy has a

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Speaker 1: special place in her heart for him. Um my friend

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Speaker 1: man I look up to very much. Chris Harrison, the

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Speaker 1: host of the Bachelor, is coming on the podcast today.

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Speaker 1: Well I want right now, Chris, Welcome to the almost

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Speaker 1: famous podcast. Guys. How are you doing? Um? This is

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Speaker 1: our turn to be the host of you. This is fun,

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Speaker 1: I feel. Let me tell you something. Getting me on

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Speaker 1: a podcast, it's like you might as well see a

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Speaker 1: unicorn flying over a rain. Are we your first podcast?

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Speaker 1: This is how much I love you guys. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: see I told you he doesn't like me. Now, you

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Speaker 1: know the jury was out on Ashley for a while

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Speaker 1: because I just did. And I just remember during Crystal

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Speaker 1: season you wrote like, what is it your Yahoo reviews

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Speaker 1: of each episode? Well, here's the thing. Uh, you were

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Speaker 1: always good TV, which is good for me and my kids. Right,

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Speaker 1: So bottom line is you're putting my kids through college.

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Speaker 1: That's really what I That's really what I care about. Um.

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Speaker 1: I didn't get to know you that well obviously, Ben.

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Speaker 1: Even in Ben's first season when he was you know,

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Speaker 1: just on the batch, right, I didn't really get to

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Speaker 1: know him that well. But then he became the Bachelor,

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Speaker 1: we became friends. I got to know the other side

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Speaker 1: of him. You it took a little longer. We just

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Speaker 1: didn't get to spend much time together. That's something obviously

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Speaker 1: I do on purpose. I don't spend a lot of

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Speaker 1: time with the women just you know, it's smart, it's

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Speaker 1: just politically I don't do that. M But then, now

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Speaker 1: that I've gotten to know you after the show, you're

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Speaker 1: a lovely person. Thank you. Um, you're You're a lovely person.

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Speaker 1: We've gotten to know each other very well. And I

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Speaker 1: like the crying. I like that you are who you are.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Chris, And I'm so glad and I can help

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Speaker 1: you and your kids out. Yeah. Hey, hey, let me

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Speaker 1: tell you something. Private school and college does not pay

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Speaker 1: for itself. Hey, Chris, you need some Ashley eyes in

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Speaker 1: the world. I was just gonna say that you need

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Speaker 1: a couple of people like Ashley to make this thing popular.

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Speaker 1: But you've been around since beginning. Um, the Bachelor is

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Speaker 1: the beginning of time. The Bachelor's as popular as it's

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Speaker 1: ever been. You've seen the growth, You've been through the

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Speaker 1: its health and it's it's vibrancy, oddly so here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: because social relevance has changed. In sixteen years. There was

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Speaker 1: what social media is these days. Exactly right, It's it's Chris.

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Speaker 1: I've always wondered this, and I've never got to ask

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Speaker 1: when you became the host of The Bachelor, you obviously

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Speaker 1: I didn't fight it, but I was a little reluctant

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Speaker 1: So for that reason, I will never you know, bite

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Speaker 1: You don't just you don't get to come on and

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Speaker 1: just get lucky and win a million dollars. You have

430
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Speaker 1: to work for it and you have to be smart.

431
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Speaker 1: And there's something very American about that. I love. I

432
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Speaker 1: was so nervous. I don't I mean nervous, and and

433
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Speaker 1: myself don't relate much anymore. I don't get that nervous

434
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Speaker 1: before nervous for anything anymore because of these of getting

435
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Speaker 1: the bats a process, but the millionaire process. When I

436
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Speaker 1: was walking on, if I would have missed the first question,

437
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 1: I knew I would be so embarrassed. Um, I was

438
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Speaker 1: so nervous the whole entire time. I'll never forget that.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you could tell, Chris, but I

440
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Speaker 1: wasn't like calm at all for that. And you're right

441
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Speaker 1: because because it is real and it and it can

442
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Speaker 1: affect lives. You didn't have a poker face. You can

443
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Speaker 1: tell there was the shortness of breath. You could have

444
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Speaker 1: always asked the audience. But that's one of the things

445
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Speaker 1: I love. I love that that's part of my my job.

446
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,600
Speaker 1: And you think the Bachelor and Millionaire are very different

447
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,840
Speaker 1: as far as hosting, and they're really they're really not.

448
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Speaker 1: It's all about me listening, me reading, people not worrying

449
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Speaker 1: about being the star of the show, but allowing the game,

450
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Speaker 1: the contestant, the bachelor, of the bachelorette, whoever it is,

451
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Speaker 1: to kind of lead me into where we're going. And

452
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,720
Speaker 1: sometimes in Millionaire it's all about um, you know, trying

453
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Speaker 1: to get to a certain amount to pay off a

454
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Speaker 1: house or something like that. But then you might have

455
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Speaker 1: a game player that just wants to beat the fourteen

456
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Speaker 1: questions and so I read, you know, the contestant, and

457
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Speaker 1: they lead me where the game goes. And everybody is different,

458
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Speaker 1: and I love that. It's it's a blasphemy to host.

459
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Speaker 1: And it's been fun to kind of bring the show

460
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Speaker 1: back because it's it's a classic. I mean, I watched

461
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Speaker 1: with everybody else to change television, and so to be

462
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Speaker 1: walking into that arena that we just hosted, you know,

463
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 1: for so many years. To get to do that every

464
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Speaker 1: day is pretty cool. Because I want to give Astley

465
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Speaker 1: has one final question for you, and I know you've

466
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Speaker 1: got to get going. You're a busy guy. This is

467
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Speaker 1: not about your love life at all. I would not

468
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Speaker 1: do that to you. That is that is something I

469
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Speaker 1: care about deeply, but not on this podcast. I want

470
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Speaker 1: to I want to tell you to help me at all. Well,

471
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Speaker 1: you haven't helped me either. You haven't helped me. But hey,

472
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Speaker 1: here's a deal, and I wanted to have all of

473
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Speaker 1: our listeners here this. I've done a bunch of television

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Speaker 1: shows over the last couple of years. I've been on

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Speaker 1: a bunch of game shows, and I've been on a

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Speaker 1: bunch of talk shows, and I've I've met a lot

477
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Speaker 1: of people. Something that always stands out to me, and

478
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Speaker 1: it stood out to me on Millionaire, and it stands

479
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Speaker 1: out to me on The Bachelor. And I didn't know

480
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Speaker 1: if it was just the Bachelor's this is the case

481
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Speaker 1: because it's been around for so long. But from the

482
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Speaker 1: audio to the productions assistance, to the producers, to the

483
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Speaker 1: camera guys, to the fans, Chris Harrison relates, talks, listens,

484
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Speaker 1: and cares about each one of these people when he

485
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Speaker 1: goes on the Millionaire set. It was really cool for

486
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Speaker 1: me to see because I do care about Chris. He's

487
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Speaker 1: a friend of mine and I like that people like him.

488
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Speaker 1: I enjoy when I see people appreciating him. But on

489
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: that set, it reinforced the idea that people on set

490
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: appreciated him and he appreciated them as well, And and

491
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Speaker 1: that is unique. It is different. It is unique in

492
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Speaker 1: a world where I feel like people that have a

493
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Speaker 1: lot of status that are popular push other people aside.

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Speaker 1: And Chris, you've never done that. You haven't done it

495
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Speaker 1: to one single person that's done this show. You never

496
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Speaker 1: did it to me, and you don't do it to

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Speaker 1: the people that work on the show. So I want

498
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 1: to say thank you to that, because that's a big deal. Yeah, Chris,

499
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 1: you have the best reputation in Hollywood. Really well, it's

500
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Speaker 1: something I take very very serious and I appreciate it.

501
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,239
Speaker 1: And for you guys to notice that is wonderful. And

502
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 1: it has a lot to do with obviously, you know

503
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Speaker 1: your upbringing, my mom and dad and where I grew

504
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,360
Speaker 1: up in Texas, and but I also think a lot

505
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 1: of a lot of that comes from where I grew

506
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,399
Speaker 1: up in this business and the people that raised me

507
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Speaker 1: in this business. And I started back in Oklahoma City

508
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: as a sportscaster and I was easily the lowest man

509
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 1: on the totem pole, and I had an amazing mentor

510
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 1: and this this man named Bill Takins who found me

511
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,879
Speaker 1: in college and pulled me out and gave me my

512
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Speaker 1: first few jobs. But you know, he always made a

513
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Speaker 1: point and I took it, you know, very serious. Growing

514
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Speaker 1: up is no no everybody's job. And and back in

515
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: the day, I used to have to do everybody's job.

516
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Speaker 1: You know, I produced, I wrote, I edited, and and

517
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Speaker 1: hosted and did my own makeup and everything back in

518
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Speaker 1: the day when I was a sportscaster. And so knowing

519
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Speaker 1: what the director does and what the lighting guy does

520
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,560
Speaker 1: and what you know, every everybody what knowing their jobs

521
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Speaker 1: and appreciating what they do and realizing how important it is.

522
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Speaker 1: And and you know, I have this talk with all

523
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Speaker 1: of our bachelors and then you can attest to this.

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Speaker 1: I said, look there, you know, by the time you

525
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Speaker 1: show up on your date, you know there's been three

526
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,360
Speaker 1: to four hundred people who have busted their button. Everything

527
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 1: look as good as it does. And I know that

528
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Speaker 1: you're hot, and I know that it's late or whatever,

529
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: but look around you, and look who else is here

530
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 1: and how long they've been here and they'll be here

531
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Speaker 1: long after you're gone. And so having an appreciation for

532
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Speaker 1: what everyone's doing and knowing their jobs. Um, you know,

533
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Speaker 1: I always say that the last thing a production is

534
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 1: ever going to do is wait on me. Um, And

535
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: everybody jokes about you know how I'm I'm one take

536
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 1: wonder and I always walk on and do my thing.

537
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: It's like, because I for me to waste somebody's time,

538
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: to show up late and to not do my job

539
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: is I just think that the biggest sign of disrespect.

540
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Speaker 1: And so every day, you know, if if it's within

541
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Speaker 1: my ability, I'm going to be on time, I'm gonna

542
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Speaker 1: be ready to go, I'm gonna be damn good at

543
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Speaker 1: what I do. Uh. And because I feel like I

544
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 1: owe that to you, and I owed it to you

545
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: as the batchelor, I owe it to you Ashley on

546
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 1: the show, and I want to make your experience good.

547
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: And so you know I think you can have to

548
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: have that level of respect. Well, you certainly do that. Um.

549
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: We like to end our interviews with one last funny,

550
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: fun question. If you were the Bachelor, just humor us

551
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: for a second, who would you want to take your

552
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 1: job as host? Would be? I've actually thought I'll let

553
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: you I'll let you answer then, and and this isn't

554
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: just a chicken ship way of getting out of the answer.

555
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: I think what I would like to do is have

556
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Speaker 1: a lot of you guys there because I feel, oh,

557
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 1: I feel like I take you know, just like friendships

558
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: and relationships, I kind of take things different things from

559
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: each of you, um and and so I kind of

560
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 1: would like certain times it's kind of like a bullpen.

561
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 1: I would like to call certain people in certain situations.

562
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: There's times where I would need a woman and I'm like, look,

563
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,639
Speaker 1: I'm going to call somebody to be my host. And

564
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 1: then there's a time I just want to have a

565
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Speaker 1: little bromance and I need to talk to one of

566
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Speaker 1: my boys. So I think I would I would need

567
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: a group. I think it would take a village to

568
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Speaker 1: get me to find love. I don't see a village

569
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Speaker 1: being needed. But Chris Man, we appreciate you coming on

570
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Speaker 1: the podcast. I know it is difficult to get you

571
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Speaker 1: on a podcast, but it just it means a lot

572
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 1: to Ashley and I that you came on the Almost

573
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Speaker 1: Famous podcast. Before you go, I want to give a

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Speaker 1: shout out to say that Millionaire Are's weekdays at one

575
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Speaker 1: p m. And l A check your check your local

576
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: listings for air times and also the Bachelor special The

577
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Speaker 1: Road to Ori air is December eleventh on ABC. Chris,

578
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: thank you so much. We appreciate you. Ma'am Ben Ashley,

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Speaker 1: I love you too. And by the way, while we're

580
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 1: throwing out congratulations, uh, congratulations on the success of your podcast.

581
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Speaker 1: I love the fact that you guys are doing this,

582
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Speaker 1: and I know Amy Sugarman, who is one of the

583
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Speaker 1: loves of my life, as a big part of this

584
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: um But in all seriousness, it's been a huge success

585
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: and so it says a lot about you guys and

586
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: about Amy. So congratulations and anything you guys need, not

587
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: just on a podcast, but in life. You know, I'm

588
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: just a phone call away. It's a go advantage of

589
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: that this week, didn't if if if you need to

590
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 1: tee it up, you know, I'm a phone call. Well

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00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: that's right, Hey, thanks Chris, Well bye. So before we

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Speaker 1: I met my husband before, and how you meet sent

641
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: me running back. I guess okay, okay, tell us your story.

642
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: I want to hear your love story. How did you

643
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: meet and how did you get back to him? Okay,

644
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: so we date it for four years. We've met through

645
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: a mutual friend. Four years and yeah, crazy, Um, he's

646
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: gonna hate that. I say that he was on a

647
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: date and then asked the friend to set him up,

648
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: and like, I would never go out with a guy

649
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: that was on a date asking about me. And then

650
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,719
Speaker 1: now look we're married. He was on a date asking

651
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: about you. Yeah, it's really bad asking about you to

652
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: who this is a random friend of ours? It was

653
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: a happy Yeah. No, he was on a date. I

654
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: was with a girlfriend and he saw her started texting her,

655
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: was like who are you with? Like this guy is

656
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: on a date asking about me? Like I would never

657
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: go out with him, No way. Yeah. We dated for

658
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: four years, broke up for a year when on the show,

659
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: and then as soon as I got off the show.

660
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: We got back together, and you thought, Wow, one, Pablo

661
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: is so horrible, I'm going to go back to my

662
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: extid me running back. Nothing worse than that. No, Yeah,

663
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: while I was gone and all I thought about was him,

664
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: even though we had broken up for a year, it

665
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: was just I guess that time in my life where

666
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: I was ready to settle down. I mean, you know,

667
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: the Bachelor makes you do that. I guess. Dog dog

668
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: is still kicking, she's um, she's great. She has a

669
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: brother now. So I've got two dogs and they're good.

670
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: You have hi know, and a baby on the way.

671
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: Crazy and so you were known as a dog lover.

672
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: You brought your dog to want my dog to the Bachelor?

673
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: How did you get so lucky? Are we all able

674
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: to do this? It's so I mean, honestly, I just

675
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: asked whenever they were talking about casting, they asked what

676
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: was holding me back? And I had this rescue dog

677
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: that I was obsessed with, and I was like, I

678
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: don't want to board her for potentially nine weeks, so

679
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: can I bring her? And They're like sure. So she

680
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: lived in the house and best I became dog lover

681
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: and traveling. You got to keep her on the plane

682
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: with you. She stayed, well, we've travel on to like

683
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 1: South Korea, and so I don't know that that's the

684
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: best place for a dog. All right, producer's wife. And

685
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: then whenever I got off the show, I went back

686
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: to l I picked her up and then flew home.

687
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: So she lived her little wife on the show. I Uh, Kelly,

688
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: this is this is so intriguing to me. I remember

689
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: watching um that season and seeing the dog walk into

690
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: the mansion. H it did have to be a comfort

691
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: I can imagine. I kind of want, actually to go

692
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: back on The Bachelor and bring a dog, because I

693
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: feel like she would be so much more comforted and

694
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: comfortable and more yourself because emotionally so you had an advantage. Um.

695
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit to catch us up,

696
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: UM about your experience on the Bachelor. Really, tell the

697
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: our audience who who you are? What happened with Juan Pablo?

698
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: Why did you leave? What went wrong? Did you love

699
00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 1: the guy? Um? No, I love the guy. UM, sure

700
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 1: someone loves the guy. He was not my type. Look,

701
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 1: I knew going on the show I was not going

702
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: to be the prettiest girl in the house. They were like,

703
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 1: you know, everyone on the show looks great, so I

704
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: used my humor as a way to like stand out,

705
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: and she didn't speak like English. She didn't com right,

706
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: so it was a bad mix to begin with. He

707
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: wasn't really my type. I go for really smart guys,

708
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he's smart, but he was an athlete

709
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: and just kind of just wasn't my type. So I

710
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: went on there and just lead friends with the girls

711
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: and hung out with my dog and traveled a little bit,

712
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: and then like everyone kind of knew that nothing was

713
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: going on there, so going home. He was five when

714
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,320
Speaker 1: we were in Vietnam, and I have no regrets. Everything

715
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: was good. Um didn't spend much time with him, but

716
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 1: made great friends. I think that was like the first

717
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: season where the girls got really close, and then now

718
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: obviously everyone so close. I know Ashley has a couple

719
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: of questions for you here. I want to tell you

720
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: hearing your store in The Bachelor, you know, hearing how

721
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: you went home, Ashley, Uh and I both can relate

722
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: with that. I do agree with you. You may you

723
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: brought up a great point to actually and I talked

724
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: about often it prepares you to find love. The Bachelor

725
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: does a great thing. We just had Chris Harrison on

726
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: right before you came here, and and if anything, the

727
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: Bachelor opens your heart up to what you didn't know

728
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: you could feel. And I think it's great that you

729
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: walked right back into a relationship and that you were

730
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: committed to it. Now, congratulations and the baby and Ashley

731
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: take it over. Kelly, you have a huge role in

732
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: Andy's first book. It's not Okay because you're one of

733
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: the one of the greatest friends that she made through

734
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: the Bachelor process, and then you had to deal with

735
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: the heartache that she dealt with after breaking up with

736
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: Josh Murray. Tell everybody about like what it was like

737
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: to have Andy living with you as a heartbroken person.

738
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: So Andy is the greatest. She's one of my best friends. Still.

739
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: She was here this weekend. Um. I love her obviously

740
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,879
Speaker 1: enough to house her for a couple of months while

741
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: she was going through heartbreak because she needed a place

742
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: being that she and Josh lived together, and they lived

743
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 1: together and she didn't know she was like in a place.

744
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: She was like, do I want to stay in Atlanta?

745
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: Do I want to move? She was just it was

746
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: crazy for her to rent a place. I like, you

747
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: could stay with us. Um, we have plenty of room.

748
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: So she moved in. And at that point, I mean,

749
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: she was going through a very public breakup, and seeing

750
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: his friend go through any breakup is hard. But then

751
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,359
Speaker 1: she was you know all this stuff written about her,

752
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: and I mean it's a I opening experience, um, just

753
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 1: because you don't realize how much media gets to someone

754
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 1: until you're like that close to it. Um, but it

755
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: was good. I think that she was in my house

756
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: and able to drink wine all the time with me

757
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: and um get through it. I mean, honestly, we're drinking

758
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: wine one night and I was like, you should just

759
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,240
Speaker 1: write a book. And then that's how the book came about.

760
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: We were just drunk. We started with I was like,

761
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:19,280
Speaker 1: you should write a rap song. Our lyrics were terrible,

762
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: as like, I mean, the worst rap song ever. Like, Okay,

763
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,280
Speaker 1: maybe that's not gonna work. You should just write a book,

764
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 1: which was on her second book, Yeah, for because of You.

765
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: She's a New York Times best selling author and she

766
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: has her new book coming out, Single state of Mind.

767
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 1: Can you give us a little prem Single state of Mind?

768
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: It's like all of her dating and New York, so

769
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: it's her happy and like finding herself again, which is

770
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: going to be awesome. She's read me a little bit

771
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: of it, and I can't wait. She's an awesome writer,

772
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 1: Like she has success because of her not supposed to

773
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 1: be um. She has drinking wine with me and dumb

774
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 1: ideas that turned out to be brilliant. Guess that inspired her.

775
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: It's it's crazy. I mean I can remember that night

776
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: so vividly that it's like, Wow, now she's writing her

777
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: second cocking New York Times. That's amazing. And yes, Andy

778
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: has crazy dating stories and she tells stories so well,

779
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 1: like with such a vivid detail, and she's not afraid

780
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: to leave in the raunchy details. I can't wait to

781
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: read the full book. And of course I know some

782
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: of these stories, so it's very interesting what she puts

783
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 1: in there, Like everything I know, I'm sure it's going

784
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: to be just as cheesy. I just can't wait. It's

785
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: going to be good. She's living the Carry Bradshaw life

786
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: and you are living the mommy life. I know, the

787
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: exact opposite. When she was in town this weekend, I'm like,

788
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: I can't drink with you. This is very very odd,

789
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: Like I can't remember the last time I had a

790
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: sober conversation with her. iBOT, who you like whenever you're pregnant?

791
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: Still like her? I still love her? So that's great.

792
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: Cople other people that are questionable. All the things you

793
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: learned are Kelly, thank you so much for joining us. Yeah,

794
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: it was fun, guys. I appreciate it. Hey, Kelly, before

795
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: you go, what are you up to now? Is it

796
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: just mom life for you? I mean, as we say

797
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: goodbye to you here, we're not going to get a

798
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: follow up? Is entering in the mother's season? Are you

799
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: writing a book? I'm not writing a book. I'm working

800
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: on website, but not writing a book. I don't think

801
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: that mom life will be that exciting on this then,

802
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: so um, you know, just keeping up with Instagram then

803
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 1: do part time marketing. It's very, very boring life in Atlanta. Hey,

804
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: it's all good. Good luck with everything, Kelly, thank you

805
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: for coming on the podcast. We're glad we are. We

806
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: know who the heck you are? How great? Uh? Is

807
00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: it that the Bachelor brings about friendships? Friendships as he

808
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 1: was talking about with Andy that have lasted now years

809
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,879
Speaker 1: and there to share so many things together. I would

810
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: imagine just like my friends and I and I'm I

811
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Speaker 1: Hey uh as I actually just mentioned anybody listening, Please

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Speaker 1: through each and every one of them. I will skim

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Speaker 1: I just social media? Yeah? I'm not. I'm not a

850
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Speaker 1: fast reader and I'm not social media savvy. Hey, what

851
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: a good show. Chris Harrison, Kelly Travis was great. Um.

852
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 1: I mean we pretty much promoted Andy's new book, and

853
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: so I feel like at some point Andy needs to

854
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 1: come on the podcast. She'll be on in January, you

855
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: know it. Yeah, she needs to be Um Ashley. A

856
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 1: couple a couple of weeks ago, Um, we talked about

857
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: how we're getting ready to film and host a show

858
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:42,760
Speaker 1: together called First Look. We're gonna We're gonna participate in

859
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 1: in in an episode for the Golden Globes. I really

860
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: love hosting things with you. We we are a good team.

861
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,799
Speaker 1: I think we work well together. I'm comfortable with you,

862
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: and I think it just makes the whole job easier.

863
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 1: I had something happened during this though you had something happened.

864
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 1: It happened in front of me. I don't want to

865
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to say this. It really affected me

866
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: too much other than UM just making us closer. Actually,

867
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,760
Speaker 1: can you please tell our listeners walk them through exactly

868
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: what happened that day? Okay, So I zip up my

869
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: new dress. It's really tight, but it's like a body

870
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: con dress. It's supposed to be like skin type. UM.

871
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: I had a little trouble with the zipper, but it

872
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 1: was it was fine. It went all the way up. Well,

873
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: we're in the dressing room, finishing up final touches and

874
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: all that, and all of a sudden, just talking casual conversation,

875
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: my entire back, I mean, from the nape of my

876
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 1: neck down to my knees, the zipper pops open like

877
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 1: dramatic fashion. It wasn't like it just slowly, you know,

878
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: sank down. No, it was like poof. And if I

879
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: had been facing the other direction, Ben would have seen

880
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: all of my body, just like the entire back, like

881
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: the whole booty delicious thing. Um, I'm glad, I don't know.

882
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 1: I'm glad you didn't see it. If not bad to

883
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: look at. I don't think it's that bad, but it

884
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 1: would have been just like that. I think it would

885
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: have been embarrassed by But now it's a good story,

886
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: so you blamed it though. The funniest is, so this

887
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: happens in front of a bunch of people that we've

888
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,359
Speaker 1: never really met before, and it pops open. I'm sitting there.

889
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: I leave the room because obviously I'm not going to

890
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: stand there. Is there They fix her wardrobe, um, and

891
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 1: Ashley just as laughing. She's not embarrassed, She's not ashamed.

892
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,319
Speaker 1: She goes that this is kind of funny, and you

893
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: blame it on what on my booty Blast classes. I

894
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: have been taking honestly, like two to three booty Blaster

895
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 1: classes a week because I love like I am not

896
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: that girl who wants to new model skinny, Like I

897
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: love curves, and I like, I don't want a Kardashian

898
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: but but like I like a nice round button. I

899
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 1: think I think a lot of people appreciate that. Right.

900
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: So I've been taking these classes and I swear to you,

901
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: if it weren't for them, that Zipper would have never

902
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: popped the way it did. Thank you be blast here

903
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: for blasting open the dress. Shout out to love for

904
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: plates can be free classes. Amazing. Actually, we want to

905
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: end this, uh this episode, because this has been an

906
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 1: amazing podcast and we could end it right now and

907
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,720
Speaker 1: it would be a success. I mean, they were amazing

908
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: guest today. But I want to ask you a few

909
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: questions to close. Yeah. Fun, this is gonna be fun.

910
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna start with a couple of tough ones, okay, um,

911
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: a couple of different ones and we'll righten it up

912
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: as we go. Okay, well, then I'm going to ask

913
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: you a couple of questions. That's fair, Hey, let's play

914
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: a game. Ashley as he crosses his legs Ashley, Yes,

915
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,759
Speaker 1: what is your biggest insecurity? My biggest? Well, you know

916
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: what's sad is that, like physical ones came up first

917
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 1: in my head, my knees and my feet. My sister

918
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: says that my bunnians are the reason that I've been

919
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 1: perpetually single. Umi beature? Is that really what she says? Yeah? Okay, Um,

920
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 1: take your time here. I mean, I think it's important.

921
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: So your mind, you said, goes quickly to physical and

922
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: I think those are easy to pick out. I know,

923
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: I wish I could be more articulate, and I wish

924
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 1: my vocabulary could be bigger. Like I think it goes

925
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: hand in hand. One. Dean, who's sitting right over there,

926
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: has the best vocabulary. I'm really jealous of your vocabulary.

927
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,400
Speaker 1: And I thought that yesterday when you texted me just

928
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: instead of like just joking, he said, I'm jesting with you.

929
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: He's just so as actually just mentioned just so everybody

930
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 1: can hear it. Dean has been sitting in on this

931
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: whole podcast just to listen looking for advice on tips.

932
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: You know, he does his podcast Help I Suck at Dating, um.

933
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 1: And And so he was in the studio right before

934
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: we were So Dean has been sitting in here the

935
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: whole podcast. We're gonna bring him on here for the

936
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: last segment here in a little bit. But before we

937
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: do that, uh, Ashley, but yeah, but then I want

938
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: your your sense of articular see precisely. I want to

939
00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:00,080
Speaker 1: be as articulate as you are. You know you are

940
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 1: though you do this for a living. And I think

941
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: all of our listeners out there and listeners I'm gonna

942
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna call on you for a second. We need

943
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:06,840
Speaker 1: you in this moment. We're gonna for ask for a

944
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 1: little help. Will you send Ashley an encouraging email or

945
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: tweet this week? Please let her know how much you

946
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: love listening to speak, No, just saying how much you

947
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: appreciate her that you do enjoy listening to her, because

948
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:22,000
Speaker 1: what she doesn't realize. Uh, And I'm as I'm listening.

949
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 1: And this this is not to the mean or to

950
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: eliminate your insecurity or to say they're not they're not real. Um.

951
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: But oftentimes when we have insecurities and we speak about

952
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: them openly. Everybody around you guys A what like, actually,

953
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: like you have any physical insecurities, Like that's crazy because

954
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: you're beautiful weight, Actually you're you're insecure because you don't

955
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 1: feel like you can speak. Well, that's crazy. You do

956
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,439
Speaker 1: it for a living, but that doesn't But that doesn't work.

957
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: That doesn't work. So what you need is a lot

958
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,880
Speaker 1: of support, a lot of guidance and help and and

959
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: it means that you have a perspective of yourself that

960
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,279
Speaker 1: is really real and raw and knowledgeable. So Ashley, that's

961
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: very very sweet of you. Thanks Army out, but you seriously,

962
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: words just flow out of your mouth and I'm so jealous,

963
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: Like he always finds the right words to describe situation,

964
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, yeah, that's been so well. See.

965
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: Actually I think that that comes into play. I cannot

966
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: bullshit at all, And it goes back to me not

967
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: being able to lie, Like I can't lie, so I

968
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: don't know, I just never being able to like fabricate anything.

969
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: And I think that's one of my strengths is that I,

970
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: well I can't lie. And I'm like pretty genuine Okay,

971
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: final question for you, what inspires you? Okay, so I

972
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: asked that you're stealing my question. Dean knows that I've

973
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: been asking this question this month. Um, Dean, Dean, what

974
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 1: inspires you? Jump into the conversation and then I'll answer, um,

975
00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: what inspire? I think I'm most inspired by my own curiosity?

976
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: Is that allowed to answer it that way? Yeah? Okay,

977
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: that's definitely my it's your platform. You say what he wants.

978
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,240
Speaker 1: I'd say that's probably my driving inspiration, just a general

979
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: curiosity for all things at all times. It drives me

980
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:02,120
Speaker 1: to explore new ideas, new know different things that otherwise wouldn't.

981
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: So that's what kind of what inspires me again, And

982
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:06,320
Speaker 1: I like that Dean has that because then I'm able

983
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: to ask him questions that are so random and just

984
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: pop in my head, and I know that he's not

985
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: going to judge me for how random they are. Beautiful

986
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:14,360
Speaker 1: and and to you guys, the point I know you

987
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,360
Speaker 1: guys are asking each other what you find the flaws

988
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: that you find yourself. I want to say that what

989
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: I admire most about each of you, Ben specifically, I

990
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:24,719
Speaker 1: admire your enthusiasm about everything. I don't think i've ever

991
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: seen you not excited and not incredibly positive about everything

992
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 1: that you've kind of taken on, at least around me.

993
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: And actually, I think what I admire most about you

994
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: is your authentic affection for all things that you love.

995
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: I think, whether it's your sister or your friends, your dog,

996
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: your family, whatever it is, I think that you, Taylor Swift.

997
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: I think that you you show a certain level of

998
00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: love that is so rare and so um it's hard

999
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: to find these days. And that's like literally like one

1000
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: of the best things about if not the best thing

1001
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: about you. I'm like just glowing right now. I give

1002
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 1: you compliments all the time, and you glow not half

1003
00:49:54,560 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: as much alien that that means a lot, I think,

1004
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 1: because like I appreciate about myself the fact that like

1005
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: I love things, and a lot of people think, like,

1006
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,800
Speaker 1: oh my god, can that girl is like calm down? Like,

1007
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: I'm sorry a little bit. You can't calm down. We

1008
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: can't calm actually down. But I should tell you what

1009
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: was you said? What inspires? So I've been on this

1010
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 1: kick my it really branches out from my sister was

1011
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,120
Speaker 1: watching an episode of America's Next Top Model. They told

1012
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:28,359
Speaker 1: this model too to think about what inspires her as

1013
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: she was modeling, and they go and Lauren was like,

1014
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 1: I don't even think I'd be able to come up

1015
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:35,880
Speaker 1: with that, Like I don't even know what inspires me.

1016
00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:38,440
Speaker 1: So then we started asking this question to other people

1017
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: and I came up with three things that I know,

1018
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,799
Speaker 1: like always get, like my creativity flowing, and like my

1019
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:50,439
Speaker 1: heart and my heart warmed and all that stuff. Um,

1020
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: good weddings. I think Carly and Evans was probably the

1021
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,320
Speaker 1: most inspirational wedding I've ever been at. Actually I was

1022
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: at a wedding like two weeks ago. I felt that

1023
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: was just as inspirational. Um. Then romantic comedies or just

1024
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 1: romance movies in general. I guess it makes me think

1025
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:11,959
Speaker 1: that romance exists in a life where I haven't experienced much.

1026
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 1: And then autobiographies. I love autobiographies. Those are if I

1027
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:22,800
Speaker 1: could have guessed three similar categories that would inspire, I

1028
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,520
Speaker 1: would have guessed those good what yeah, you're you're romantic?

1029
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: Um and and autobiographies encourages all a good story does.

1030
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,359
Speaker 1: So I'm not surprised. You know, hey, this has been

1031
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 1: a podcast a full of compliments. Chris Harrison was passing

1032
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,480
Speaker 1: him out. We were giving him him things pass him out,

1033
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: actually pass him out. And it just seems as I'm

1034
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: sitting here that this, uh, this podcast should be a

1035
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: place of positivity and an inspiration. It should inspire us, right,

1036
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 1: we should inspire the people listening. So this week, between

1037
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: the airing or whenever this little podcast enters your ears

1038
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: until the next time um and inter's years, make this

1039
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: a week of compliments. Pass them out. Tell people how

1040
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: much you appreciate him, you admire them, what you like

1041
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: about them, what you what you feel, uh, how you

1042
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,239
Speaker 1: feel they're helpful to the world. You can't do that enough,

1043
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 1: and I don't think we're as an intentional as we

1044
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:17,799
Speaker 1: should be about doing that. So this week, please, I'm

1045
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: challenging you make this about inspiring people and send us

1046
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: your stories to Bid and Ashley at I heart media

1047
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:29,880
Speaker 1: dot com. Hey everybody, UM, what a great podcast. Actually,

1048
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:35,280
Speaker 1: thank you so much, uh for for your kind words. UM.

1049
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: Thank you to Chris Harrison and Kelly Travis. Again. Millionaire

1050
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: airs each weekday at one pm. Check your local listings

1051
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:45,359
Speaker 1: UM for the for the airings. Uh, Dean, thank you

1052
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 1: so much for sitting in today. We hope that if

1053
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:50,560
Speaker 1: you didn't learn anything you just enjoyed, uh staring at

1054
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:55,440
Speaker 1: us um everybody listening. We appreciate you time for some compliments.

1055
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 1: You are the greatest listeners, the best listeners. Your stories

1056
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 1: inspire us to keep going. Thank you to our sponsors everybody.

1057
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:05,480
Speaker 1: This has been the Almost Famous podcast. I've been Been,

1058
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: I've been actually and you're so smart. Then Actually romance

1059
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:15,960
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