The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - 2026 is Starting Off Rocky with A Breakup

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

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I love you. Hi, I love you. What's going on? Well, first of all, happy New Year, right? This is, you know, one of our first episodes of the new year. So happy New Year to anybody that's listening. But even though 2026 has just started, I know a lot of things have changed. So what's happened?

So I went through a breakup over the holiday. My applications are now open. I closed them before the holidays and now I opened them. Well, let's rewind. Yeah. Let's talk a little bit about what happened because I think from a listener's perspective, right, we were all really excited when you announced that you had a boyfriend and you seemed really excited about it. So kind of tell me, was this a long time coming or was this like something

happened over the holidays and this decision was made? So I did have a breakup over the holidays and this is not something that just happened, but I am a Taurus and I have a lot of bandwidth and then sometimes I just snap. And I had, some health issues last, last year. And I was going through a lot of things personally. And it really made me see what I wanted in my romantic life and like how I wanted to navigate that and move forward into 2026. So be a little bit more specific for me. What does that mean? Was this person not showing up for you? Were they not by your bedside when you were needed? you know, some nursing or aid, like what kind of, I guess, try to, try to break it down and be

a little bit more specific for me as to like what went into this decision. They did not show up when I really, really needed them. No. Not it. They did not show. Okay. That's unfortunate. So just to be clear, you were the one who had this breakup.

It was not a mutual decision. I'd like to say it was a mutual decision because in order for me to break up, I had to feel something that would encourage me to make that decision. So it's not like just like I woke up one day and I was like, oh, I'm going to break up with this person. It was a, this is not going to work. This is not going to move forward. And it's, you know, at the stage I am in my, life like I want a gorgeous family from my family Heather I want I've always from day one the reason I got divorced from my first husband and only husband is because I want a gorgeous loving healthy family for my family that's all I want I want to create a family I want to be in a loving

relationship and I want to be cherished and cared for I spent my life being the caregiver of every single man, with the exception of my twin brother or my father, though, the only two men that I haven't been the caregiver for. And I, it's time that we, that the tables turn and that someone cares for me, cherishes me, adores me, loves me for who I am. Exactly. I definitely think that those are wonderful things to want. And I think that, and I think that, you deserve those, no doubt. I guess when I say is it mutual, he wasn't shocked when you tried to break up with him. He wasn't trying to, you know, say, I can change or let's fix this or work on this. There was no that discussion because what you're expressing to me sounds like

you initiated this breakup. You wanted this breakup. I could feel that there was a change. I felt like there was a change in temperature. Okay. And I just knew in my heart that this is not right. And even, you know, I mean, I can't speak for him, but I know that he was not happy with the change in the temperature. Okay, got it. So the holidays happened. You guys were together, and I know that your kids were also there. What was your kids perspective on him or on your relationship because I ask that because I think a lot of people in their chapter two and their I do part two era tend to be parents, you know, and navigating dating as a single mom versus as a single person is very different, especially with you,

your kids aren't babies, they're young adults. So how much, you know, did they give their input or feelings on your relationship. How much of that do you take into consideration when you're making these kinds of decisions? Kind of tell me a little bit about that. So he's a very dynamic human, which is one of the things, very, very smart, very dynamic, very successful, which is, those are the things that I, and he has, you know, very good, good values. So he has, he has, he checks like all the boxes. That's why I fell in love with him. I fell in love with him because he was, I thought that he was my person. Wait, I'm going to jump in here. You said fell in love with him. You've also said on this podcast that you've never been in love before. True. I have never been in love. I fell madly in love with

him. I love him. So you were in love. Oh, I was so in love with him. Like, I had those love goggles on. like they were like so tight i was in madly in love with him he could do no wrong but you so so this is this is big then not to say not to little any sort of relationship but you have you know taken our listeners on this journey and expressed how you've never been in love before you know we you've had a lot of ups and down since the calling off of your engagement over a year ago So this guy, however, you know, the chemistry was, he was able to make a very strong connection with you and you were in love. I wasn't just in love.

I was madly in love. Okay. So you were in love. And I also loved him. So it was twofold. I cared about him, but I was also, I had these very strong love feelings. I wasn't in my feelings. I was in love feelings.

So I digress. Go back. Tell me about your kids and their input and their thoughts. So the one thing that my kids said to me, they were like, Mom, you're just not yourself. You're just not yourself. And there were some, a couple of things that happened

that made them question what was going on and my relationship. And, you know, my girls and I were very, very tight. You know, I know a lot of people are like, my kids are my everything, and they always talk about how their kids, their kids, their kids. Like, I speak to my kids all day long. I see them every single day. I take them on vacations. I go everywhere. Anytime that I have free time in the past, I've always spent with them. Tuesday nights, Wednesday nights, Thursday nights, Saturday, Sunday, holidays, whatever it is. They are it. So how much does their opinion weigh in on who you date? They're a ton.

And I know that I know like there's probably going to be a therapist to say like you have to make your own decisions. Don't crowdsource your decisions for love. I'm sure that people are going to be analyzing it like crazy. I'm not crowdsourcing anything. I am saying that I have always been very adamant about making sure that every man knows that we're three people. we're not just one and it's really important for people to understand that they are very well educated very insightful very mindful loving philanthropic they're very well-rounded girls and they were just like mommy you're not you i think that's what makes uh dating in chapter two so much more

difficult than chapter one, right? Not only do you have the perspective that you gained in chapter one through your marriage, for example, of what you want, what you don't want, but then now you have adult children in the mix that you didn't have when you got married the first time. You have a whole different life and career than you had in chapter one. And you have now just a laundry list of things that you are looking for in this hopefully forever, you know, partner that you have for the rest of, you know, your life. So it does make things more difficult than, say, dating in your 20s. So tell me about now that it's over, where are the feelings of love? Is that complicating things? Is it making it difficult?

how are you feeling about him right now in this moment? Well, in terms of my health, I feel so much better. So my mindset is very clear, very calm. And I adore him. I still love him very much. I still think that he's an amazing human. I don't see him the way that I did maybe two weeks. ago. I saw a lot of things when we did have like a confrontational moment. I saw a lot of things

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Like would you ever think about doing couples counseling with him? I just feel like because it was such a short period of time that and so intense. Like when I saw him, I met him, I spoke to him on the phone. And when I saw him, I was like, there he is. And I've never, ever. I've never, I dated one guy before who I was just like, I had a similar feeling, but not as intense. I just was like, there he is. There's my person.

And it wasn't about the way he looks. It wasn't about anything. It was just like, I just was like, I just was. like that step that's the person so you're saying you don't think that you should do couples counseling because you hadn't been together long enough i don't know if couples counseling i just feel i you know i have these like these i always say things like you don't paint over you know rotten lumber and it's like the things that you can't unhear things and i can't unfeel things now i am going to agree with you wholeheartedly on that, Kelly, because I, too, believe you can't unring a bell.

And it is very hard for me to pretend or go back as if, you know, certain conversations haven't happened. So I totally understand where you're coming from with that. Okay, well, how you said your mindset has been better. How since this happened, have you been healing or making time for yourself? What's working for you? Are you still in therapy? Are you journaling? What have you been doing since this happened? So I journaled throughout the entire relationship. I bought us these orange books and I left one at his house and I had one at my house and I was just writing about every time I would go to see him. I'd play a little piano, eat some cookies and I would write something about my thoughts about him, which is very vulnerable of me. I mean, it was just, but I just wanted to write it down.

I just was, I had no, I had no inhibitions, zero. I just felt really open. But I'm not, you know, there's flowers and there's gardeners. And I've been gardening, Heather, all my life. All my life. Let me take care of you. Let me do this for you. Do you need this? Do you need that? let me go here, let me go there for you. Let me do this, whatever you need, whatever you need, whatever you need. Oh, no problem. Oh, no problem. Doing everything all day long, all my life. And I'm tired. I'm tired. Yeah. Like, I know, it's like, I can only, you know, it's like just because I'm smiling doesn't mean I'm not exhausted, exhausted. No, for sure. I think that is, you know, in a healthy relationship, right? Nobody listening come for me when I say this. But one of the great perks

in being in a partnership, whether that's a marriage or a long-term partnership, is the fact that you have a built-in team player. Now, obviously, if the relationship is unhealthy, you don't have that. But that is one of the great perks of being in a partnership is when you are having a rough day, you have somebody to help pick up the load. When you are struggling with something, you have someone to lean on, somebody to talk to, somebody to do these things with and when you're single you don't have a person and it can be very challenging um to uh put that kind of weight and stress on family members or friends um so unfortunately as single people we tend to keep it in i know as a you know very loving and active mom you probably don't open up to your daughters too about these kinds of pressures and things because you're their mom

You're not their friend. No, I'm not their friend. I'm definitely a mom. So that's, you know, it's a very exhausting place to be in, for sure. I want to know from you, now that this is in the rearview mirror, when it comes to your next relationship, what intentions are you setting? I told myself in the car on the way here that I just, and I just, and I, told, I was talking about it this weekend, you know, on Instagram about giving people talking about me telling me what's going on and just talking about giving them grace and just giving my own

self some grace. It's okay. Why is this making you emotional right now? Because I, you know, I have such an amazing father with incredible values and he was such an unbelievable provider and he was always there for me and I just the men that I meet they're just not they're just they're just not pulling the weight

like they see me carrying the load and they're not like let me take it off of you. Oh my God what can I do for you? Like I was thinking in the car I was like what are the things that like really like make me feel good like when my daughter sends me a coffee or when I send her a coffee

she's like mommy I just sent you a coffee. I'm like Oh my God, I love you. Like, I'm a little thing kind of person. I will give you the shirt off my back, but I don't expect anything from people. And I'm going to start expecting. And I'm going to start dating with actual intentions. I'm not just going to go to dinner. And I'm not just going to be the girl that, like, has fun and talks to everyone about everything

and be, you know, happy go lucky. And, you know, I'm not going to be Barry Tyler Moore and smiling my way through things. I'm just going to be, like, very. real and raw with people. And I think that one of the biggest misconceptions is that, and I actually spoke to a friend of mine about it this weekend, he was like, well, you had this big Instagram presence and you do all these things and there's a lot of press. And I'm like, that's my work.

It's I know how to work. I know how to work well. I know how to make things happen for my clients and for all my brand partnerships and for the things that I'm doing. I understand how to do that job. reporting for duty i understand the assignment my personal life is my personal life i mean i told you guys that i fell in love because i wanted to share it i was like i feel in love yeah and now i'm like i'm heartbroken and i just want to be able to allow myself to like when i'm honestly like when i'm sick

They should be like, you need to lay down and watch a movie and do nothing. Yeah. Well, can we go back to the intentions real quick? I want to give you one to maybe try on for size in your next relationship. I want you to try the next time you're in something committed. Okay? So this is not somebody you're dating flippantly, somebody you're dating while seeing other people. This is in your next committed relationship.

I want you to consider doing a check-in date. Now, it is not a date where we decide to go to dinner and we're dating and we're talking over dinner. No, this is a intentional. We put it on our calendars and this is what we call our check-in date. It does not take place in public. It takes place in private so we can speak freely with one another and not be concerned about who might be overhearing at the next table and that is where you check in with your partner and you both openly talk intimately about how you're feeling currently in the

relationship whether that is about i am extremely happy right now i want you to know that when you sent me a coffee earlier this week that meant so much to me and i want to know what can i do to show up for you. And it has to be that give of telling somebody in your life that is important to you what they did right and asking, how can I show up for you? Because it is a two-way street in a relationship, right? Is there something that I can do better? I want to say for you this week, when you weren't picking up your socks and offering and I had a lot going on, that actually led to more stress in my life. It would help me out if, you know, this next week, you were more cognizant of socks on the floor, whatever it might be. You know what I mean? So he did do that. He did do that.

Not not like that, but he would say, I'm very happy with us. But I want you in your next relationship. I did not say that. But I want you to try on for size doing a check in date with whoever you're dating. And say to them, I really like you. And I really like you. And I really want to see this relationship flourish. So I think we should have a check-in date once a week. Maybe we do it on Tuesdays. We do it for 30 minutes, you know, and just see how if that deepens intimacy, if that deepens, because this is the thing. In knowing you, I think you are such a giver and you are such a light. But I think that sometimes you keep your feelings. of, oh, I didn't like when he did that or, oh, I didn't like when he said that, you keep a lot of

it buried and inside. And then like you said at the beginning of this episode, you snap. Okay. And it's a pressure building situation. I think if you are having a, this is a designated weekly check in time. It is not sexy date night. It is not we're going out for whatever it is. We are sitting together. We are alone. Check in date. That it will help you. you to vocalize more of those problems so that they don't build, build, build, build inside of you. And it will help you because I think that a lot of these guys you have dated have not really understood your love language. No, they have no idea of my love languages. But Kelly, that's partly on you, right? They're not mind readers. So how are they going to know what your love

language is if you're not taking the time to express and say, hey, if you send me a cup of coffee during the day, that really actually means a lot to me. Right. You know what I mean? Now, I'm going to play devil's advocate on myself right now. This is an area that I struggle in in relationships because my feeling is, oh, if I vocalize it and they do it, it's actually not coming from a place of being genuine, it's them doing it to please me because I have said it. Now, I have learned through a lot of therapy that that is not how I should be viewing things and that people are not mind readers. Right. And that we have to give people the benefit of the doubt and we need to be able to express what we want and desire in relationships. And if it then does not get met after we've

expressed, then that's a time where we reevaluate and say, hey, I have come to the table, I have said that X, Y, and Z is not working for me. If it continues to not work for me past, you know, this point, I'm going to have to make a decision. And that is, you know, but that is my two cents as somebody who has gotten to spend a lot of time with you and knows you and knows what a giving heart that you have. I think that sometimes you tend to give, give, give and you're waiting for that reciprocation. But I think that these men are not aware of how much the giving is part of your love language and that the reciprocation is what you hope to receive. So I think there's a little bit of a disconnect there. But you know, it's interesting.

Just to just to touch on that too, you know, it's like, you know, the listeners are going to be like, okay, here she comes with her Midwestern values. But I was raised in the Midwest and I started coming to New York when I was 15. And New Yorkers are much more open and verbal about their feelings and what's happening, the weather, all these different things. Like, that's just the way that that's such just the, the culture of New York as people are much more communicative about the things that are, they like, they don't like, Midwest, we don't, we don't say anything. I mean, I've never heard, I've never even heard anyone talk about the weather or talk about the travel plans to to X, Y, or Z. So I was never raised with communicating like that as an option. And so I'm a

listener and I'll listen and I, but I'm also a gardener. So if I see a pop up, if I've see some things, you know, you've seen this with how I am with you. If there's something that's bothering you, I'm like, I'm going to send Heather at present. I'm going to do something from her, like, I am that person. You know, I want you to know that like our friendship means a lot to me. And my relationships meet a lot to me. And I've just been so, so disappointed. So disappointed. And I think people think that because I am, like we talked about this before, because I have been a provider for my family and had been under so much financial stress for so long and still made sure that my girl said everything that I'm so strong.

And I'm just because I can, just because I can, I'm good at math and good at transactions. And I have an eye for aesthetics does not mean I'm not a wildly sensitive human. Exactly. And I think that's the big thing is that they don't realize how sensitive I really am. Like every single thing that you say, I listen. to. And I don't just be like, okay, Heather, I like, listen. I'll think about it. I'm going to use it in a sentence with you later. Like, I am that kind of person. Unfortunately, I'm not like, most people are like, yeah, what about me? I'm feeling gorgeous. I'm like, no, no, no, I heard everything.

But my thing is going back to it, why don't they know this about you? Why don't they know that you're sensitive? Why don't they know that you're looking for somebody to help take off the load? Because for some reason, I think that men, because they see that I am such a, I'm such a nurturer. It's because you don't tell them. I'm being serious. I don't tell them. I just think that they're like, she's over there taking care of everything. Everything's happening.

All the bows are tied. Everything's done. I don't tell them. What am I going to do? We're like, hi, I'm sensitive. Yes. Because you know what? Again, this is how I'm now thinking about.

men and men listeners if you're out there i really don't think you are i think we're all a lot of big girls out here we have a lot of men listeners male listeners sure what i'm about to say is is that all i know is that men are not mind readers no and it has to be said so we come into this relationship right with expectations and anybody listening that says you shouldn't have expectations when you're dating somebody. I'm going to say that's BS. When I get into a relationship with somebody, I have the expectation of monogamy. I have the expectation of communication, and I have the expectation of that I am that person's, you know, not necessarily maybe their main focus, but that I'm high on the priority list of that person. I am above friends. I will say that.

those are the first few expectations I come into in a relationship now when expectations change and build upon that sure depending on the seriousness of the relationship but you have a lot of expectations you're looking for somebody that can help provide you are looking for a family for your family you're looking for somebody that when you are sick is going to care for you You're looking for somebody who is going to check in, communicate, send maybe gifts or love notes or something throughout the day. No love notes. A text, maybe, but no love notes. You know what I mean?

I'm thinking of you. I'm so proud of you, whatever it might be. Communication. And so these kinds of expectations are key for you. They might not be key for somebody else. So I want you to just try and kind of keep things. thinking about that. This is important to me. It might not be important to them. They're not going to know it's important to me unless I tell them. And you have to say it. You have to say out loud.

Hey, I know that I might look like I have it all together when I'm out on a red carpet and doing a step and repeat. But I just want you to know that like I'm super sensitive. And like you might get to see that side of me, but just no. And like, you have to verbalize things more. And I think that that's something you should take into 2026 as we're navigating this landscape. We do have to wrap it up pretty soon. But I did want to ask you before we go, what do you want to say to the listeners who might be finding themselves going through a breakup right now at the top of the year? What would you say to them? You know, I really just, I'm going to have to go with what you just said to me because those, this is a new, these are new ground rules that I've never had before. And you're right. I can't expect people to, they're not mind readers. You know, friends aren't mind readers, partners aren't right, mind readers. They're not. And I have to be more forthcoming with that really hurt my feelings. I really appreciate when you said that. I have to. be more cognizant of showing them, you know, how much I appreciate them. And I hope I do.

I'm a, like I said, I'm a show person. Like I'm not like a talking person. Like I show up for people all the time. I am that person. And I want to be that person for my partner. You like to give gifts. You like to give experiences. You like to bring people. That's the perk of being in your world is like, you know, X, Y, and Z. So you like to share those things. with people. I would like to share all of those perks with my life, whether it's being able to go to a Knicks game or whether it's being able to go to the Rockettes together or whether it's being able to go to a fun movie or a fun event that, you know, is interesting. I love that. I love sharing that part of my life. But that's not my life. My life is me at home with Tarzan.

on my couch, eating Chinese food, what does that look like? What am I watching? You know, it's interesting because, like, I was, the summer was the summer that ever, you know, the summer I turned pretty. And that's how I felt. I felt like it was the summer that I turned pretty, except for the only problem was that I wasn't really feeling pretty. I thought that I was feeling pretty, but I had so many things that I wasn't communicating with the things that were really, really bothering me. And those were really, really big. And I just couldn't bring them into 2026. I just couldn't. I found myself in a physical situation and I had just had to turn it off. I just couldn't. I just couldn't do it. And I'm Hurricane de Bolu.

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So to anybody that's going through a breakup right now, just like you, what would you say to them? You're going through it too, just like them. Communicate. I mean, if I'm going to communicate and we're going to spend the next couple episodes and this, you know, communicating. And I'm going to talk to you through how I communicate and what that's happened. What's how that's helped me or what that's been bad for me. And, you know, I'm always, I've always been honest. I have, I'm not here to sugarcoat. things and I wear my heart on my sleeve for you guys, but I haven't been wearing my heart on my sleeve for those guys. And so I need to, it's not about being vulnerable. It's about me being more communicative and opening up a narrative. I'm going to say it's a little bit of both. It is about vulnerability and it is about being communicative because I think you have no problem communicating here, there, and everywhere, whatever the plans are. But

it's about that vulnerable communication of, hey, I'm sensitive. That's vulnerability to tell somebody that. Or, hey, I'm really needing somebody to, like, help take the load off of me. Like, I got money. I got my kids. I got all that covered. But, like, I'm looking for somebody to be in a partnership and share a life with. And, like, if you're not willing to do that, then I don't want to waste anybody's time, your time or my time. And, you know, that's, that's, that's vulnerability. So I think it's a little bit of both. And it's scary. And that's probably why you've avoided having those kinds of direct conversations with people because you do like to be light and breezy and airy and a good time. But the weight is crushing you because you're taking on

too much and you're not being authentic to yourself. I already have a work life that is a mother load. I mean, people are constantly like, I can't believe what you do. And that's so nice that they say that. but that's what I have to do for my life. But for my personal life, I also feel, too, that what's been happening and what I've noticed is a pattern that I need to break is that men is when they meet me and they hear what I'm going through,

I think what they're listening to, they're not listening to, that's a great accomplishment, that's a great accomplishment. They're like, it's too much. I want to take her away and bring her home and keep her home and keep her safe so she doesn't have to do anything. But then they're not trying to keep me safe.

They're just pulling me away from what I'm doing and I'm not feeling secure and I'm not feeling good. Yeah. It's like you can't have both. You can't have me working hard and then being like, okay, she's got to be like the girl from Illinois.

I am the girl from Illinois. That's who I am. I wouldn't be able to do the things I do if I weren't that girl from Illinois. I think 2026 is the year of leaving less blank spaces to be filled in by somebody else and filling them in ourselves. And if we have the pen in our hand, we are in control of what's being written. And that is what you're going to do in 2026. You're going to stop leaving these blank spaces for these guys to fill in the holes. and you're going to write in and you're going to express to them what you are looking for.

Kelly, I love you so much. And I'm sorry to hear about this breakup, but I'm really excited about what this year could be for you. And we're going to take our listeners on this journey once again because it's I do part two. And you're looking for your part two. You want to get married and find love. And I have no doubt that you're going to find it. I love you, Heather. Thank you for that.

I really, really, really appreciate. your like constructive criticism and amazing thoughts to make me better. I want to be better. And I want to, I want to, I want a full, I want to feel full. But I'm just, I mean, the most important part of this breakup is that I felt love for the first time of my life. And I'm very, very, very grateful for that. That's amazing. You have to feel full on your own, not from somebody else coming into your life. So we'll work on that this year. But I love you. That's for another episode. Thank you so much for joining us today. And I do part two. You can follow us, Instagram. Everything is in the show notes. We are here for you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for coming on my journey with me.

I appreciate you and love you. I do part two. We're falling in love is always the main objective. Hi, I'm Dr. Priyanko Wally. And I'm Hurricane Dabolu. It's a new year. And on the podcast, Health Stuff, we're resetting the way we talk about our health. Which means being honest about what we know, what we don't know, and how messy it can all be. I like to sleep in late and sleep early. Is there a chronotype for that or am I just depressed?

Health stuff is about learning, laughing, and. feeling a little less alone. Listen on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Ed Zittron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, to cover the Consumer Electronics Show, tech's biggest conference. Better Offline's CES coverage won't be the usual rundown of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell or do to you in 2025.

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