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

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Speaker 1: with on our radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Thelma's Famus podcast. We are here today to

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Speaker 2: break down all the headline's going on in Bachelor Nation,

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Speaker 2: including updates on Paradise. Is it happening, Where is it happening,

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Speaker 2: What's going on, Who's going to be there? All the

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Speaker 2: answers will be revealed later on, but let's start with

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Speaker 2: the first headline of today. Ashley here, it is Bachelor

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Speaker 2: in Paradise alum Alexis Waters. I just think about hoops

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Speaker 2: when I think about her. Me too and Tyler Fernandez

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Speaker 2: are getting married after nearly six years together.

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Speaker 3: Well, they are married. They got married at a little

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Speaker 3: white chapel in Vegas the day after my sister got

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Speaker 3: married there. We did not see Alexis. I got a

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Speaker 3: couple of questions online asking if we did run into her. Nope,

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Speaker 3: she was the next day, very similar weddings. She was

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Speaker 3: in a different room, she was in the bigger room.

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Speaker 3: There's three rooms at this very famous chapel where Michael Jordan,

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Speaker 3: Britney Spears, Joe Jonas all got married.

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Speaker 2: And where I have officially married ten people at that

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Speaker 2: chapel during my time as The Bachelor.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I told Nas, So, you guys know, my your

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Speaker 3: friend Nas Perez, who I host another podcast, was was

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Speaker 3: one of Ben's. It was one of Ben's producers on

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Speaker 3: the show. And I said, did you record an episode

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Speaker 3: of The Bachelor there? Because she said that she'd been

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Speaker 3: there a number of times, and she said no, did

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Speaker 3: she not produce that date?

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Speaker 2: Probably not? It was Becca Tilly and I actually, yeah,

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Speaker 2: they together and yeah, we got to renew some vows,

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Speaker 2: marry some people's blast.

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Speaker 3: That's so fun. So Alexis was married in the thirty

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Speaker 3: person room and she was married by an Elvis impersonator.

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Speaker 3: She said that she and her now husband, Tyler, who

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Speaker 3: have been together for six years, they never really wanted

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Speaker 3: to do a big wedding, so Vegas was perfect for them.

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Speaker 3: His family has always been a fan of and her

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Speaker 3: mom also got married at the Little White Chapel. It

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Speaker 3: was her only marriage that lasted. She said, so I'm

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Speaker 3: just trying to get to keep the tradition alive in

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Speaker 3: the family.

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Speaker 2: That was a quote from Alexis. Yes, that's so good.

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Speaker 3: Got Alexis congratulating.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, great. Just a massive fun personality, always has been,

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Speaker 2: always will be super excited for her, and obviously this

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Speaker 2: new marriage. Six years is a long time to date

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Speaker 2: and so it's not a shock, but it is something

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Speaker 2: to be excited about. Well, switching gears from marriages to breakups.

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Speaker 2: Taysha Adams, who we haven't talked about in a long time,

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Speaker 2: still around, still doing great stuff.

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Speaker 3: Of course, she's always gonna be relevant. I feel like

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Speaker 3: she's an ever green in Bachelor Nation.

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Speaker 2: And Luke Golbranson reportedly split after two years together. Now

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Speaker 2: we've been with them while they were together. This is

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Speaker 2: Chris Harrison's wedding. They're splitting up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've seeming they split up. We don't really know

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Speaker 3: a ton because these two have been private their entire

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Speaker 3: relationship for the past two years. They have never actually

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Speaker 3: just this week he has been posting some cryptic stories

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Speaker 3: on Instagram and including clips of him running and Bible

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Speaker 3: versus together. So it been Actually, since you are probably

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Speaker 3: more familiar with this Bible verse, can you can you

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Speaker 3: can you read this? I didn't know that there was

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Speaker 3: there was a reference to a spinning ballerina in the Bible.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because this is not a Bible verse.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So so whoever wrote this article does not know

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Speaker 3: their Bible very well.

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Speaker 2: Well, so this is a very popular like devote morning

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Speaker 2: devotion devotional. So the references to scripture are listed below

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Speaker 2: Hebrews twelve two and Psalms ten or it's actually one

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Speaker 2: oh two twenty seven. That's the references that this little

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Speaker 2: devotional speaking about. But this is the devotional that you're

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Speaker 2: looking at with a spinning ballerina. Is not exactly a

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Speaker 2: Bible verse. It's just do you want me to read it?

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Speaker 1: Still?

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Speaker 3: Sure? If you think it's something that you could break

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Speaker 3: down as far as a breakup goes.

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Speaker 2: I'll read it because I think it gives insight into

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Speaker 2: where his head is at. Here's okay, make your focal

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Speaker 2: point as you move through this day. Just as a

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Speaker 2: spinning ballerina must keep returning her eye to a given

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Speaker 2: point to maintain her balance, so you must keep returning

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Speaker 2: your focus to me. Circumstances are in flux and the

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Speaker 2: world seems to be whirling around you. The only way

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Speaker 2: to keep your balance is to fix your eyes on me,

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Speaker 2: the one who never changes. If you gaze long, too

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Speaker 2: long at your circumstances, you'll become dizzy and confused. Look

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Speaker 2: at me, refreshing yourself in my presence, and your steps

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Speaker 2: will be steady and sure. So he's obviously talking about

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Speaker 2: he needs to stay focused, stay focused on this focal point,

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Speaker 2: which in his case seems to be his faith in Jesus.

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Speaker 2: This is a Christian devotional. I can't tell if this

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Speaker 2: if it is a devotional after reading that, but I

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Speaker 2: think what we can get from that in general is

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Speaker 2: that he is focusing his eyes on something so to

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Speaker 2: not lose his balance in life right now, because it

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Speaker 2: feels like it's a little bit in chaos, especially if

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Speaker 2: they are breaking up.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and also you can post that without breaking up

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Speaker 3: with somebody, so it's not completely.

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Speaker 2: Retailing murmurs of relationships. Now. Of course this one was

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Speaker 2: going to happen. This rumor is going to get thrown

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Speaker 2: out there. It's been teased, it's been talked about. Uh,

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Speaker 2: it's it's getting highlighted. Jason Tarctick and Kelly Flanagan reunite

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Speaker 2: at Stage Coach this according to Bachelor Nation.

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Speaker 3: They say reunite as if like there was another memorable

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Speaker 3: moment I'm sure that Jason and Kelly have met before.

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Speaker 3: There hasn't been a moment that stands out to me

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Speaker 3: as been like so widely talked about. Their shipping though

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Speaker 3: has been talked about. You guys know what shipping is,

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Speaker 3: and I do have to remind you of what shipping

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Speaker 3: has been.

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Speaker 2: Uh No, I think I know, but please explain it

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Speaker 2: for those who don't know.

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Speaker 3: All right, Bachelor Nation obviously wants these two to can

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Speaker 3: be together. They think that they're very compatible. It's been

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Speaker 3: they've been They were together during Stagecoach weekend along with

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Speaker 3: a ton of other Bachelor alums. Ben believes that they

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Speaker 3: were staying at Jason's. Jason has like an a agency

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Speaker 3: of sorts, and I'm sure he talks about that in

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Speaker 3: his podcast all the time. But if you guys aren't aware,

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Speaker 3: he like kind of runs a social media agency. And

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Speaker 3: he thinks that this was the unofficial house of it

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Speaker 3: him were appearing in a lot of social media posts together,

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Speaker 3: of course, getting the talk all spiced up.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: Some people are saying this is all like, this is

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Speaker 3: all just speculation, fans speculation. Some people are saying that

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Speaker 3: she's not ready to date, you know her, she's still

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Speaker 3: mourning the father, the passing of her father. I mean

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Speaker 3: that that morning will be a long time coming, but

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Speaker 3: you know, it's just not maybe the best time Vertistar relationship.

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Speaker 3: Some people are saying that Jason is definitely interested, and

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Speaker 3: they're talking about maybe seeing each other this summer in

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Speaker 3: the Hamptons.

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Speaker 2: I mean, how long, okay, Ashley, you know this world

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Speaker 2: better than me, how long does this play out until

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Speaker 2: we get like a confirm that they're dating or not dating,

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Speaker 2: or is just just gonna be one of those things

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Speaker 2: that it will be like a perpetual rumor until one

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Speaker 2: of them come out dating somebody else or maybe each other.

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Speaker 3: So I think that the rumors get more serious when

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Speaker 3: seems like it's just the two of them, it's good.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be hard to just say they're just friends,

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Speaker 3: which is what they're saying right now.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about a next rumor that's going

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Speaker 2: around bachlination of somebody dating somebody else.

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Speaker 3: I like this one better.

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Speaker 2: Rachel Rekia and Blake mooyins are they dating? And they

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Speaker 2: are together without a lot of other people from Bachelor

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like this seems romantic. The other one, to me

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Speaker 3: feels like, oh, they might get together just to get

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Speaker 3: know what I mean, It's like, oh, do I like headlines? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: might be like real. Rachel Reccia and Blake Moy's they

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Speaker 3: no other Bachelor Nation members there. They are with other

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Speaker 3: people on the safari. I don't know how many, like

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Speaker 3: five maybe, But this is like kind of hot, Like

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Speaker 3: I kind of like them together. But listen, they're not

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Speaker 3: together at least that's what Rachel is telling me directly

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Speaker 3: this like safari jeep and like they were like kind

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Speaker 3: to that, and I go, are you sure you're not dating?

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Speaker 3: And two is like, yes, I'm sure.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we're ruining this like headline shipping that could be

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Speaker 3: Oh so it's actually the reverse of what I initially said.

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Speaker 3: But between the two shipping couples, yeah, could be. You know,

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Speaker 3: this seems romantic.

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Speaker 2: It does seem romantic. There's a lot of tears, a

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Speaker 2: lot of like sunsets and animals.

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Speaker 3: There's the coloring.

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Speaker 2: Right, There's a lot happening on their social medias that

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Speaker 2: makes it seem like if they weren't dating, they might

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Speaker 2: be after this trip. Right, It's like the bachelor always

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Speaker 2: says this is the perfect place to fall in love.

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Speaker 2: It feels like this trip for them is the perfect

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Speaker 3: In love if they're not together after this trip though,

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Speaker 3: like it's probably not gonna.

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Speaker 2: Happen, not gonna happen, and just do some leg touching now.

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Speaker 2: And again, I don't know any friends.

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Speaker 3: There's I've never even when Jared and I were just friends,

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Speaker 3: and like of course flirty friends, we wouldn't naturally find

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Speaker 3: ourselves in that post if we weren't also making out.

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Speaker 3: They're like sharing a tent. Come on, guys, well you

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Speaker 3: know it's only a matter of time before we get

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Speaker 3: Rachel on here, as she's my favorite fill in for Ben.

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Speaker 3: So we'll have to griller.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we have to Joan and Chock reveal why their

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Speaker 2: wedding planning is on hold for now.

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Speaker 3: This is not that juicy. I also don't think that

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Speaker 3: they should like get married. I know, you guys know

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Speaker 3: how I feel about the Golden couples. I'm like, just

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Speaker 3: be together for a long time. You're not having children,

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Speaker 3: you don't need the certificate right now. Okay, their weddings

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Speaker 3: on whole because right now Jones's oldest son is getting

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Speaker 3: And then he said that this is Chock, who is

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Speaker 3: talking to Parade Magazine, said that after this season of

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Speaker 3: there or the future fiance out there. And he's like,

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Speaker 3: Okay, this is actually outdated because they've been trying to

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Speaker 2: I think makes the show. Wells Adams is going to

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Speaker 2: I just don't think they needed another bartender. They've tried

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Speaker 3: I guess you should have been like the what's the

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Speaker 2: Or I could have been the coffee guy. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 2: Zoe from this last season, The Bachelor, Hakeem, Jonathan Johnson,

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Speaker 2: all those have been announced, Ashley. It isn't Costa Rica.

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Speaker 2: They the Bachelor is doing something different this year. I

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Speaker 2: They're sending back some videos. Uh, and it looks very nice.

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Speaker 3: I wonder how that's going to make a difference. There

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Speaker 2: Hmmm, well, I mean I think it will add an

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Speaker 2: I could be wrong. I'm just saying these influencers down

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Speaker 3: It looks well, let's also is this Are we sure

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Speaker 2: I'll look at it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're the Bachelor's podcast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's that's the one, and she's If you

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Speaker 3: So that's more of like Vendonta. So at Vendonta, which

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Speaker 3: If they're gonna actually be here at all hours, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, it's gonna be really interesting. Ashley, as if reality

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Speaker 2: So in closing here, we could drag this on forever.

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Speaker 2: Paradise is gonna be different than anything we've seen in

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's also just mention this one little tibit that

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Speaker 2: Now that sounds so bad. What what resort in Costa

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I feel like that's a you, that's

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Speaker 2: great content coming up to some very exciting things coming

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Speaker 2: on in Bachelor Nation. We will continue to talk about Paradise,

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Speaker 2: all the rumors, all the people that we hear are

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Speaker 2: going down. We won't ruin anything for you that's wanna

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Speaker 2: more than most, so continue to listen to Almost Famous

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

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