WEBVTT - A Hidden Gem with Natasha Parker

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<v Speaker 1>This is the almost Famous podcast with iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost Famous to OG's Bob Guinea. Here without my lovely

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<v Speaker 2>co host Trista Sutter nay Wren. However, I have another

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful person with me today, Natasha. Thank you for joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>Natasha Parker, how are you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so good. Thank you for having me, Thank you

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<v Speaker 3>for being here.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have your golf chicon for today's almost famous, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>incredibly average something not entirely sure what the name of

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<v Speaker 2>this thing is, but the almost famous what is it called?

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<v Speaker 3>The famous Beverage very average, almost average.

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<v Speaker 4>Famously almost average golf day.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's what we're doing today. So Natasha, our viewers

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<v Speaker 2>and listeners will know you from, of course, from Peter

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<v Speaker 2>Webers season of The Bachelor, and then you went on

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<v Speaker 2>The Bachelor in Paradise not too long after that, So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you about a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of that, and then I want to get into what

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<v Speaker 2>you're up to right now, which I know the Hidden

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<v Speaker 2>Gems and watched a couple episodes the other day and

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<v Speaker 2>so I got myself, you know, into zone, so I

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<v Speaker 2>knew who you were last night and you're like, Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Thesasha. Yeah, yeah, no. But so you went on

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's season and this this was several years ago for you,

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<v Speaker 2>now right, I mean how many years ago was that? Five?

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<v Speaker 3>Pre pandemic? Twenty nineteen?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so yeah, five years yep. So you go on

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<v Speaker 2>it's twenty nineteen. Do you know that Peter's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be the Bachelor before you go? Now, what has you

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<v Speaker 2>even motivated to submit your information for a show like guess?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, a friend of mine, Julie Lapaca, who was a

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<v Speaker 1>producer on the show. It's the whole reason why I

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<v Speaker 1>went on that show, Okay, and we love her for

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<v Speaker 1>it and we hate.

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<v Speaker 3>Her for it. Yeah, a love hate thing that right,

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>She actually was like, she's she really wanted me to

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<v Speaker 1>go on the season before that, which was Colton's season,

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<v Speaker 1>and she really was trying to push. But I was

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<v Speaker 1>working in my corporate job. I was like, girl, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't quit my job to go on this show. But

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<v Speaker 1>I just so happen. Life happened. I quit my job

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<v Speaker 1>to go freelance anyway. And she was like, well, you're

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<v Speaker 1>between gigs right now, you should really just I've spent

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<v Speaker 1>a she said, She's spent three months with the bachelor

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<v Speaker 1>and you'd really like him.

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<v Speaker 3>This is one of my best friends.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, She's like, the best thing that could

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<v Speaker 1>happen is you'll never have to date again. The worst

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<v Speaker 1>thing that will happen is you have an experience. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, never having to date again, great sign.

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<v Speaker 2>Experience, Yeah yeah, at least an.

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<v Speaker 1>Experience, and exactly and experience, yeah yeah, And so I

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<v Speaker 1>was like sure, So she sent an email I sent.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to send her like thousands of pictures in

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<v Speaker 1>like a bio that took me forever to write myself,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I didn't hear anything for months, and then

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<v Speaker 1>one person called from casting, then another person, another person.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if someone just like if they backed

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<v Speaker 1>out or what happened, but apparently there was supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be thirty six people for our season and ended up

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<v Speaker 1>being thirty three. And I was like a very last edition,

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<v Speaker 1>just so much so they started calling Labor Day and

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<v Speaker 1>we left like on the sixteenth or something, so it

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<v Speaker 1>was like two weeks.

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<v Speaker 4>My experience was pretty similar for trist this season when

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<v Speaker 4>I was on her season with The Bachelorette.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a last minute person. But it was so

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<v Speaker 2>funny because I didn't send in anything.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't say, so how did they get in contact

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<v Speaker 3>with you?

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<v Speaker 2>They went through my assistance at my office and they

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<v Speaker 2>just flew me outside unseen to meet them. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>different story, I'll tell you later. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is about you, yea. But yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's so exciting because you know, sometimes that last minute thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't really have time to second guess it. You're

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<v Speaker 2>just like, oh, what the hell, here we go.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And that's honestly, that's so me.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's so many times in my life where I

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<v Speaker 1>was just like, let's go or let's do it, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've had like the best nights or the best trips,

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<v Speaker 1>just like booking it on a whim.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was like, why not?

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, sometimes I think when you put too much into

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<v Speaker 2>it in your head, you might even have to ruin it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you talked yourself out of it for sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I read something the other day that said, at the time,

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<v Speaker 2>you were an event planner, but you also had a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of production experience too. So did you feel like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that kind of production experience helped you going

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<v Speaker 2>into the situation where you're like, Okay, I'm clearly being

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<v Speaker 2>produced in this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, I Well, the thing is is, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>watch the show. And it's funny that a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people say that all the time, and the producers even

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<v Speaker 1>said that. There's a clip in the very first episode

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<v Speaker 1>where the first impression Rose comes out and everyone's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like the what, Like, I literally did not

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<v Speaker 1>I did not watch this show. I watched Limo Entrances

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<v Speaker 1>the very first night, like like while I was packing

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<v Speaker 1>to go. That was the only thing that I did.

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<v Speaker 1>Because my friends were like, you have to watch that

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<v Speaker 1>at least and know what you're gonna do.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, But so I literally didn't watch. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I come from a film and like scripted television background,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's actors.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like sitting and interviewing Robert de Niro, you know, yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's very much a different thing when it's like

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<v Speaker 1>your actual real life. So it was funny because that

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<v Speaker 1>was a theme on our season. They were like afterwards,

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<v Speaker 1>I read it, and Natasha's a producer plant she worked

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<v Speaker 1>in production. I was like, I wish I knew what

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<v Speaker 1>was going on, honey, I wish I did not My

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<v Speaker 1>head was on a swivel. Let me tell you, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, then you go on and you meet, you know

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<v Speaker 4>a bunch of people who I know you have really

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<v Speaker 4>great friendships with still to this day, a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>the girls on the show, and then you know you

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<v Speaker 4>you were you were in here earlier when we were

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<v Speaker 4>talking about something else, which was of course at the

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<v Speaker 4>end of Peter's season.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, there was a lot of drama, right, drama

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<v Speaker 2>from his MoMA drama. Were you like so happy that

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<v Speaker 2>you weren't involved in that at that moment? It was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of dicey.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, oh yeah, but I mean I it was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was very clear that watching it, like watching it

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<v Speaker 1>back and then also remembering the conversations that we had,

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<v Speaker 1>but then also watching how the end happened.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like, Peter does.

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<v Speaker 1>Not know what he wants and you know, as a mom,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you think that about your kid?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>So I was it's a hard situation because obviously she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>he can do no wrong in her.

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<v Speaker 3>Eyes, which I get.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't have any kids, but I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I probably feel the same way your mom. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but does but does your but does your your why

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<v Speaker 1>feel that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's pretty much realized.

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<v Speaker 4>But but I will say this, at that once we're

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<v Speaker 4>at that stage, I'm hopeful we.

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<v Speaker 2>Could both see through the clouds. Yeah. No, I think

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<v Speaker 2>you're right too.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I think a lot I'm glad I wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>in that, I know, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of times those bachelors get to

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<v Speaker 2>that point and it's like, if you've already, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>dead set on one person, then that's one version, right,

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<v Speaker 2>But if you're still not knowing which direction you're gonna go,

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<v Speaker 2>you can be kind of pulled in a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>different directions.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's obviously I think where Peter was right to

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<v Speaker 2>a few of those things. So I mean, in that way,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you probably dodged a bullet. I'm sure he's

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<v Speaker 2>a very nice guy, but right, you kind of got

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<v Speaker 2>out of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Way with Peter. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's so funny how many people say that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, oh, poor Peter. I mean he is a

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<v Speaker 1>really really nice person, but not someone that I should

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<v Speaker 1>have dated.

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<v Speaker 2>Right there you go, right, and so you did get

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<v Speaker 2>to learn from your experience. Oh yeah, and you did that?

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<v Speaker 2>Did that kind of fine tune you for what you

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<v Speaker 2>were looking for out relationship wise after the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I definitely think this experience and going on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've talked about this on my podcast too. It's

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<v Speaker 1>such a social experiment and like you learn so much

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<v Speaker 1>about yourself because you're talking about your feelings all day

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<v Speaker 1>and like why you can express this, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>express this. And actually Serena Pitt was on my podcast

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<v Speaker 1>not too long ago and we were talking about how

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<v Speaker 1>like someone like her is very kind of closed in

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<v Speaker 1>real life, but she really thrives on the show, and

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<v Speaker 1>how I am someone who's very open in real life,

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<v Speaker 1>but then I like close down in the show, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>So it definitely you know, I wouldn't think that I

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<v Speaker 1>would be like that, and she was like, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>think that you would be like that either. So you

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<v Speaker 1>definitely learned so much about yourself going on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, and dating, Like I also was like a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the guys that I've dated in real life

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<v Speaker 1>would not go on this show or it would be

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<v Speaker 1>one of those situations where you know they're plucked out

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, there's certain exactly exactly exactly, So it's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely an eye opening experience for sure, and you and

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<v Speaker 1>you do and there's I mean, I've become so much

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<v Speaker 1>more vocal and relationships. You know, I feel like I

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<v Speaker 1>had such an anxious attachment style before going on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and I really had to work on that after in

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<v Speaker 1>like my there of his and yeah, yeah, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to. But yeah, so the reflection is like invaluable.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, what was it like for you two, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you go into a circumstance like that. Your

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<v Speaker 2>previous experience had been behind the camera, right, and so

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<v Speaker 2>now you go on that show and all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden you have all these people armchair quarterbacking how you act, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're they're chiming in on social media and things.

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<v Speaker 2>Was that tough for you? Yea, even though you had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people who obviously loved you and thought

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<v Speaker 2>you were wonderful and everything. But for me, the hardest

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<v Speaker 2>part was and this is even before social media to

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<v Speaker 2>date me even more. But I remember someone would say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a million nice things about me and it

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't even register, but one mean thing and that would

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<v Speaker 2>stick with me for days. Yes, And did you experience

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of that?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, oh yeah, I mean it's it's like inhuman

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<v Speaker 1>right to to hear not. I mean with social media,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like it's one thing to see a headline and

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<v Speaker 1>see someone write something salacious about you, like on a headline, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's another thing. And you know, like, okay, they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing that for clicks, and you get it. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>then you're like, uh, you know Susie two O two

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<v Speaker 1>two who like has a family and like a baby,

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<v Speaker 1>and like you know what I.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean, like.

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<v Speaker 1>Like she looks so sweet and she's like you go,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So it definitely was really hard, and like I was

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<v Speaker 1>like a clap backer when I first got.

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, oh, what we go?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like I was back and like trying to

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<v Speaker 1>defend myself for like people on my season and things

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<v Speaker 1>like that. And then you realize, like these people don't

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<v Speaker 1>know you. They see what they see or hit a

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<v Speaker 1>note for two seconds from what they see on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't feed into it, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So when I when I first came off the Bachelor stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>I did a lot with Oprah at the time, and

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah said the greatest thing to me that I've and

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<v Speaker 2>I've remembered this for years and then you should remember

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<v Speaker 2>it too. And if you ever asked this advice for

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<v Speaker 2>someone passing it along, Oprah always said, She's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone out there is watching you live your life, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're in there commenting on how you're living your life,

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<v Speaker 2>but they don't know you. They don't know anything about

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<v Speaker 2>your life except what they see on TV exactly. So

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<v Speaker 2>their reaction is going to be based on such a

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<v Speaker 2>finite moment of you, and it could be a very edited,

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<v Speaker 2>as we all know, moment where you react to something

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<v Speaker 2>that maybe you didn't even do that in the moment. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I took it really to heart and it helped me

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<v Speaker 2>a lot because I was I was going through because

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<v Speaker 2>such a people pleaser, I always want everyone to like me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was so hard for me to hear people

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<v Speaker 2>say negative things. And yeah, it really helped me. Food.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, well, I will say that Joe Grocery Store, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>one of my good friends. He gave me some of

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<v Speaker 1>the best advice that I ever had from Paradise after Paradise,

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<v Speaker 1>because I had.

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<v Speaker 3>A hard time after.

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<v Speaker 1>But he said, you know, you can't feed into the

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<v Speaker 1>good comments, and you also can't feed into the bad

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<v Speaker 1>comments because when you feed into the good comments, you

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<v Speaker 1>will feel also the bad comments. So you just have

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<v Speaker 1>to like really hunker down and like the people who

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<v Speaker 1>know you in real life and care about you in

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<v Speaker 1>real life, those are the people who's yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>Those are the opinions.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly, and that and that really stuck with me because

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, he's so right, because you can be

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<v Speaker 1>riding a wave one episode everyone's like yeah, Natasha.

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<v Speaker 3>In another episode they're like, what what's wrong with it?

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<v Speaker 3>That I feel like they really kind of oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah. I always say I'm not as great as

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<v Speaker 2>people think I am. I'm not as terrible as you

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<v Speaker 2>think I am.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly figure it out exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to talk real quickly before we let

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<v Speaker 2>you go about hitting gems about your podcast. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about production value. You can tell your history.

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<v Speaker 4>That things good, things always great, But you actually had

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<v Speaker 4>you had Rachel the Beast at Rachel on your season

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<v Speaker 4>right after she kind of announced her separation, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>from from her husband. Yes, and you could tell that

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<v Speaker 4>the two of you really clicked because I've always liked

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<v Speaker 4>her and I think that she was you know, really

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<v Speaker 4>she's always kind of been an open book to a

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<v Speaker 4>certain degree, but with you, I felt like she really

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<v Speaker 4>kind of opened up. And that's one of the videos

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<v Speaker 4>I watched the other day and I was like, I

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<v Speaker 4>want to make sure I bring that up because I wondered,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, did you do you feel like from your

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<v Speaker 4>interview with her in that moment? Like does she feel

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<v Speaker 4>good about where she's at? Did you feel good about

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<v Speaker 4>the interview you had with her?

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<v Speaker 2>And being a woman who's you know, gone through public

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<v Speaker 2>breakups and you know how difficulty can be. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>were you hearing good stuff? And you know how was

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<v Speaker 2>that for you?

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<v Speaker 1>I well, so before we started the podcast, because Rachel

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<v Speaker 1>and I are good friends and she is someone from

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<v Speaker 1>Bachelor Nation who the moment I went on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>she reached out and was like, Hey, if you ever

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<v Speaker 1>need any advice, if you need this, if you need that,

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<v Speaker 1>like very great, and we just continue to develop our friendship.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, she's not she wasn't ready to talk

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<v Speaker 1>all the way through because obviously she's still fully going

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<v Speaker 1>through this divorce right, Yeah, exactly, she's in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of it.

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<v Speaker 3>But I told her, you know, this is our safe space.

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<v Speaker 1>We are we will edit anything that we need to

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<v Speaker 1>edit in out whatever, you know what I mean, like,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you want to go there and we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it, we definitely can.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you don't, then we don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you're so great, you have so many other accomplishments,

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<v Speaker 1>have so much stuff going on. This divorce should not

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<v Speaker 1>define you, you know. And obviously it's something that she

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<v Speaker 1>was going through and heavy on her heart. And the

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<v Speaker 1>whole podcast is about being stuck and getting unstuck, and

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<v Speaker 1>she was like, this is a very stuck moment in

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<v Speaker 1>my life. So she wanted to talk about it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so I just I I look at her, I talk

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<v Speaker 1>to her, I check on her all the time, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously it's not easy what she's going through,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's handling it so well.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah she really ist network Yeah you don't, I'm still.

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<v Speaker 3>Here exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was the thing, and it's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I really am excited for her when it is when

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<v Speaker 1>she can get to a resolution and she does want

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<v Speaker 1>to share her story in whatever way she wants to,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's kind of there's there's you know, obviously there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot that she did not say, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, And it's just the way that she is

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<v Speaker 1>still like showing up. She'll call me and be like hey,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just like, oh, girl, you're dealing with this

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<v Speaker 1>so well. You know, I'm like, I just saw this

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<v Speaker 1>like video that this man just posted in all this craziness,

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<v Speaker 1>and like, you know, the.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope she's wearing blinders right now too.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost like you have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and she and she's staying close to the people

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<v Speaker 1>who really care for her, and I think that that's

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<v Speaker 1>like the best thing that you know, someone can do.

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<v Speaker 3>And she was, you know, she just went home and

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<v Speaker 3>visited her family and things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So really that interview, I've obviously, you know, we've been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about her coming on the podcast for long and

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<v Speaker 1>she was also a big champion for me to start

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<v Speaker 1>my own podcast too, And it just so happened when

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<v Speaker 1>she announced her divorce and all that was going on,

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<v Speaker 1>so we did talk about it, and I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone picked it up and all.

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<v Speaker 2>The because she helpful and I mean on purpose too. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>she was somebody randomly does know.

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<v Speaker 1>And she also is so and she also said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>she's Rachel is like so smart and she's so great.

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<v Speaker 1>And she also was just like, why would I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to anyone else, you know, but my friend

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<v Speaker 1>who I know is going to have my back, And

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<v Speaker 1>then like one you know, well you.

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<v Speaker 2>Could tell you guys had a great friendship. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a great conversation and a great a great pod, as

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<v Speaker 2>I believe we say in this industry. I don't really know,

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<v Speaker 2>but I enjoyed it, and I wish you continued success

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<v Speaker 2>on it. I hope it keeps going great for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and thank you. I hope you play good golf today

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<v Speaker 2>because you look wonderful. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Supposed to be a tough course, so you need to

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<v Speaker 2>help out there. Don't don't ask me, ask Ben. He's

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<v Speaker 2>much better than me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm going for the whole in one today.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, hoping we'll win a car or something. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>we got a prize. I mean, this is a golf tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So, Natasha Parker, thank you so much for joining us

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<v Speaker 2>on almost famous the ogs. I appreciate it and I

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<v Speaker 2>look forward to talking with you against sum Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much.

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<v Speaker 3>You're welcome