The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Almost Famous OG: Pruning the Past with Chris Lambton

Episode Date: June 20, 2025

Our Bachelor Nation OG Bob Guiney is heading back to Ali Fedotowsky's season and catching up with the runner-up, Chris Lambton!He didn't win Ali's heart in 2010,  but you have to hear the story that brought Chris to his true love... who is also part of Bachelor Nation!And we HAVE to ask Chris an important question as a landscaping pro, will he join in on renovating the Bachelor Mansion??See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today, we are going to go back to Ali Fedatowski's season of The Bacheloret, that's season six, back in 2010, just a baby compared to Tristan myself. My guest today was the runner-up and did not end up finding love on the bachelorette, but surprisingly still found love in the bachelor world. A landscaper, a TV personality, part of a family-run oyster business, and an elected official. We're going to talk about all this good stuff. Please welcome to the pod.

My friend, who I actually know this guy, I don't normally know everyone. It's Chris Lampton, and I love Chris Lampton, so let's bring him on. What's going on, Bob? How are you, man? I'm great, buddy. How are you? Not too bad, thank you. Yeah, how's the family?

Tell me everything. What's going on with you, bud? Fam is great. Yesterday was the last day of school, so, yeah, you know, like today was fast and furious. Kids are, what, six and eight, so they're going to first and third grade, which still like. Yeah, crazy, isn't it? Yeah, it is. And then Peyton is crushing it.

not crushing enough that I can be a stay-at-home dad, you know, knock on what, soon, right? That's a dream, buddy. That's a dream for both of us. I'm into that one, too. Yeah. Well, not surprised, dude. I've often said you two are two of my very favorite people from Bachelor Nation and always love to see your success, love seeing you on HGTV and everything you were doing there. And, you know, I'm not sure if you heard the rumor, but they're going to do a little makeover, the Bachelor Mansion. Yeah? Did you hear because producers called you and said we need you to do this? Because that's what I would have done as a producer. I've heard that they're in the talking stages, and I was like, dude, you better have

pay the night on. Come on now. That's like a perfect thing. Totally. I feel like I'm talking to a good host of that show right now, so that would be great. Thank you, buddy. Yeah. Well, you know what, now that some synergy has changed around Bastro Nation, maybe I would have a chance. Who knows? Right. Why not? But back in the day, I would have gotten the tombstone, I'm sure, for the powers that be. But now we can get back in. So just to make it clear,

if HGTV makes the right choice and calls you, you're in. I would love to be in on that show. I mean, yeah, decade plus on HGTV and Bachelor stuff. Come on. I mean, if Peyton and that, I'd be a perfect fit. Oh, you really would, man. I mean, I don't think there's a better one out there. So, all right, so we're going to take it back, right, back to 2010, right, Allie Fedatowski

season. You're one of the last guys standing, and I remember, you know, you were a young guy. your first time on TV, good-looking dude, got the kind of awesome East Coast accent, which was, I've always found very endearing, just in general. But, you know, with you, you just had such a good nature about you and got along great with the other guys. You know, you were never a source of any other drama or anything like that, but you were definitely someone who stood up for themselves and was, you know, you did us proud.

You did us proud. Thank you. Thank you. But you ended up being the runner up on that season, right? And as I recall, so it came down to you and was it you in a report? Roberto, right, that it came down to him. And talked to him the other day. Did he really?

So I was trying to get him on the horn because I haven't talked to him in a couple of years. I was trying to. Oh, he's reclusive, man. He's like a Sasquatch. He's like, there's sightings of him every now and again. Is he real? Is he real? We don't know.

You know, is that him behind the tree? Yeah. Saw him once. Like 15 years ago. Have you guys gotten together at all? Have you guys got together at all? Have you guys got together at all? He came to my wedding.

That's awesome. That's the last time you saw him? That was what 13? How many years ago was that? Man, so we got married in Sink of the Mile, and this is, we got married 2012, so we've just had a 13th year. 13th year. That's what I thought, 13 babies. Hey, man, that's always the best, right?

You get past the seven-year-inch, you're golden. That's what they say. Not a golden bachelor, but, you know, you're golden just the same. Not yet, not yet. Yeah, exactly. So, all right, so you get done with the show, right? And I've got to believe, just because the nature of things at that time, that they have, I do have asked you to be the next bachelor.

Did they come to you? Did they court you for it? They flew me out to an Angels and a Red Sox game in Anaheim. It was the coolest experience ever. I took a limo and like, I don't think I ever been at limo before. I was like, I'm like, come on. Like, let's do this. Like, they had good seats at a game because usually if I go to Fenway, like when I was younger,

like, you know, I was out in the bleachers and the nosebleed, you know? Right. So I had good seats. And yeah. Yeah, they asked. And did you say no, or was it one of those things where you were like, I'm open to it? And then they ended up, because I know a lot of times, like, I mean, I always heard the story because I was the first reject, so to speak, that went on to be a bachelor, right?

And I would always heard that they talked to like three or four people. And I remember when they first came to me, I actually said no. And they were like, why? I'm like, because I'm the lovable loser, man. And you probably had the same problem, right? I'm the lovable loser. I can't do anything wrong. Everyone thinks I should have won the thing.

And I, you know, so it was like, why would I go on and risk being a jerk picking the wrong person? Like, it's the fear, you know. Did you go through that kind of feeling? Yeah, the pressure, yeah. Yeah, because they asked me, but I was like, him and the honing, I was thinking about it. And I was like, well, the thing that I get caught up on, maybe you were the same way is like, it's one thing about me being on it. You know, like if you want to trash me, say stuff about me, do whatever, whatever, you know, like, I signed up for it, literally signed up for it. And then, you know, when I was on the Bachelorette, same thing.

People say stuff about you online, you know, which, hey, comes to territory. Yeah. But, like, they said stuff about, like, my brother, my dad, my sister, and like that. I said, you know what? If I go on The Bachelor, I'm signing my whole family up, you know, like, they're not getting any money for it. They're not getting anything for it. So I'm just, I'm putting them out there. And, like, my brothers are, they don't want the limelight.

You know, my dad didn't want it. And I know that they'd use my mom's story again. and yeah i was like you know what is it worth it but i mean i took the chance to go on a bachelorette because i was like you know what i'm open for finding somebody in a weird way because it hasn't worked at this point and i would never i would never change that experience love that experience of death made awesome friends uh alley was great you know she was sweet to me the whole time um but then that next step when you're like in the spotlight and your family's in the spotlight i was like yeah that might be a bridge too far

you know no you know it is it is a lot you're absolutely right it's a lot yeah no question i will say this um you know i i had said no for a lot of the same reasons at first and in retrospect i'm so glad but but again i was before social media too yeah so you were on the front end of social media when you you were doing it just start yeah people were savage right so even i mean people just sit there and say the meanest things none of it's true right and we didn't have that so at the time when I was doing it, I even remember, I went to my dad and I was like, you know, I want to do you proud and I don't want to embarrass our family. Are you okay with this? I won't do it if you don't want me to do it. Right. And my dad was like, you know what,

buddy, do it. Well, I'll tell you, he passed away in 2021 and the fact that I have him on video now talking in my kids, his grandkids can see it and go, look how young Papa was and stuff like that. It's awesome for me. That's cool. That's the biggest positive, right? that and the fact that I made a bunch of great friends, and I'm still friends with a lot of the girls, too, and stuff. But so, yeah, so you say no to that. Yeah. They go on to, who was the bachelor? Who did they end up making the bachelor?

Oh, the first two-time guy, the bartender from Austin. Yep. Brad, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So Brad comes on, really takes the heat off of you because he puts so much of it on himself. He's such a nice guy, but man, that dude, I felt so bad for him. I know, right? But you didn't find love on The Bachelorette, right? And so what a crazy twist that you end up meeting your wife who was on, I mean, did they ask you to be on Bachelor Pad?

Did they ask you to do that one too? No, okay. No, because when they were, they started taping Bachelor Pad like right near the end of Bachelors. So I was still on a Bachelor when they started taping Bachel Pad. Yeah. So thankfully I wasn't on that. And I say thankfully because one of my best friends on the show, Jesse Beck, was on Bacher Pad. And that was like the weird competition, you know, they hadn't figured it out that, you know, how to do it right at that point.

And his partner was Peyton. And he was like, Chris, Chris, I was talking to this Peyton girl and telling her how great you'd be together, you know. And fast forward, like just a few weeks after I said no to The Bachelor, two of us were at an event together in North Carolina, the Jimmy V Golf Classic. Oh, my God. I love that one. It was so much fun. So, Jesse's like, oh, I have a friend. I want to invite her over.

I was like, all right, like, who is it? He's like, this girl, Peyton, she's awesome. She was on the pad with me. I was like, where does she live? He's like, Dallas. I'm like, Jesse, you need to be better at geography because Dallas is not near North Carolina. Like, they're far apart. Yeah, yeah, very far.

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And you two really are. Like, you two are one of those couples that, look, I get it. You know, whenever you live with someone and have a family with someone and everything else, you're going to have your moments, right? But the two of you have always seemed just wired so nicely together. And I've always thought that since the day I mean. match you guys and it's one of those things that it's like you see when you see it's right and you're like oh that's how it's supposed to be because I was I was still looking for my person at

that time you know when we first met and I remember thinking like oh god dude those two are so good together maybe I you know maybe I should do the bachelor whatever the time bachelor or paradise or whatever they were doing at that point but I was like I'm not going to be the first guy from the bachelor like the dude who handed out the flowers to be on this the show yeah I saved that I think they had I think they ended up having uh didn't Jake Pavelka do it one of the guys did it. I can't remember who it was. Or he did Bachelor Pad. Nick Viall. Nick Viall did that. Oh, Nick. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or the Paradise. Yeah, he was, he had done it all at that point, I think. But yeah, so, so then you guys get, you guys get together. And then you're together

for a little bit. And then the HGTV comes calling, right? And then that, that kind of picked up not too long thereafter. Yeah. So we had just started dating, Peyton and I, and I remember, I was like, Peyton, I got these emails from his DIY and HGTV. I was like, I was like, I I was like, what do you think? She's like, Google him. My God. So I Google this guy. And I was like, wow, he actually does work for HGTV.

Like, because, you know, like, you get like all these emails from people like after the show like, hey, do you want to do this? I'm like, that seems fake to me. I'm not going to do that. Right. And it all seems too good to be true. Yeah. Right. I'm like, oh, yeah, because I'm a landscape.

You want me on TV? Right. I don't believe that. So I email them back. I'm like, hey, you know what? Just so happens that I'm actually going to be in Tennessee, which is where the HGTV offices are for Christmas. to visit my girlfriend and meet her family for the first time. And they're like, can you come in for an interview?

Like, yeah, sure. So I remember, Peyton dropped me off in Knoxville at the HGTV studio. And she went to school in Knoxville, University of Tennessee. So we were like, oh, perfect. We'll cruise around, see her school, get a T-shirt, you know, the whole nine yards. And then go to her parents house, meet her parents. He dropped me off. And who do you think you would meet the first time, Bob?

Like, I don't know, like somebody in HR, I don't know. Sure, sure. I sit down and I start talking to this lady. And we talk for like an hour. And we leave and I'm sitting out there. And then she comes outside. She's like, hey, all the ladies in the office want to take a picture. You want to come in and take a picture?

I'm like, oh, yeah, of course. So we take a picture and I'm just laughing when everybody leave. And Payton was like, who did you meet with? I said, oh, this lady, I googled her name. She was the CEO of HGTV and scripts. And I was like, and Peyton starts laughing. She's like, if you knew that beforehand, you would be terrible in that interview. Yeah.

Instead, you think it's like a low-level person. You're like, you know, like, yeah, like, oh, if he does well, bump it up a level. Right, right. We'll bring him in again, you know, or whatever. And like, I'd never done many interviews. It says, like, I was either a landscaper or a teacher. So it's not like I was like applying to some, you know, big company and doing different interviews. I just assumed you started the bottom.

I would have assumed the same thing. Yeah, totally. Yeah, next you know, fast forward. They sent a film crew to my yard on the Cape to do like a little walk and talk and do like a little two-minute sizzle. And Peyton was like, I'm getting in on this. So she like jumped in the video. And then they were like, we would love the two of you guys together. She'll do the design.

You do the manual labor, like, you know, the landscaping. And we got our first show going yard. And I mean, like I always say, the Bachelorette completely changed my life. It got me a wife and a TV show on HGTV. and like... Might not have been the way that those producers wanted it to be

but it definitely worked out the way that you needed it to be and you and Peyton needed it to be in your heart now you got two beautiful kids and I mean

with that being the case right so Peyton went on a show and didn't find love also which is how she ended up on the pad obviously who season was she on

by the way I can't remember Admiral oh Andy Baldwin and who I met a couple times nice is doing the world super nice guy

yeah super nice guy he just had a baby runs like how we're old he is, he runs that many miles for his birthday. Have you seen this? Oh, yeah, yeah. Dude, he's what they call a, what do they call those? Ultra runner? Ultra, yeah, ultra marathoner. So he'll, yeah, I'll never forget. I was reaching out to him, this is years ago. I was still living in L.A. at the time. So it was

pre-2015. I was reaching out to him about something that they wanted him to do with me. And he was like, I go, where are you? He's like, I'm in Chile or something. He's like Honduras or something. He was like super far away. And he goes, yeah, I just, I just, I just, just got done running like an ultimate marathon. I think I was like eating, you know, I was eating pretzel bites and drinking a Guinness. I'm like, okay. I'm having a taco and one hand of pizza and the other. I'm like, oh, okay, I can see why we probably aren't going to get the hang anytime soon. But yeah, he's a super nice guy, man. I mean, I've been hard pressed to find too many people that I haven't loved once I got to know them from the franchise myself too. But, but yeah, so,

all right, let's talk about this. You got your, you got your family business. You got your HGTV business. you've got your landscaping business, you've got your family, and then I just found out you also ran for political office. Tell me about this. Yeah, so I know, it's stupid to me. But before you say another one, I got to tell you this, I think about it all the time. Only because I'm like, I equally love, hate all the parties. Like, I'm not, I don't subscribe to one or the other. So I'm like, maybe I can be the great Uniter, you know. I still remember. It was like the 2000 teens and our town was trying to get a community. community center and it got voted down and there was just nobody young on the board and I was just

like listen like someone's going to do something and then instead of complaining I was like you know what I'm going to run so I ran for the select board in our town it comes to homo brag I won by the largest margin and by and I got the most votes in town history oh my god I love it yeah and so I just got re-elected for my third term. I'm the chairman of the Dennis Select Board. And I love it. And I'm still the, I'm not that young anymore. I'm still the youngest on the board. And as someone who's born and raised in this town, I have young kids who go to the public schools in town. Like, yeah, small business. My, one of my brothers is a police officer in town. Like, we're ingrained in this town. You know what I mean? And like, you got to, you got to, you got to, you can't just

complain. You got to step up and do something. So I try to get people to get out vote. I try to help push family-oriented things, help with housing, you know, all that kind of stuff. And I get paid $2,000, wait for it a year. So no big deal. Right, right, right. You're not into get rich, though, right? I mean, I get that. I do it because it helps out.

And I love it. I love it. No, I love that. Dude, I bet you're so good. I bet people find you so refreshing, right? Because you're such a good dude and you never look down your nose at anybody. and it's like, you know, you're in this great situation in life, but it's like you're someone who can help, right?

Because you actually do have young kids. And it's like a lot of those people forget what it's like to have young kids. They just don't want to pay anything else in taxes, right? So I don't want to do anything. Yeah. Right. I get it. I appreciate that because sometimes this is a thankfulous job.

But, you know, I love doing it. And everyone in the town is so much fun to work with and work for. And, you know, you go someplace like, hey, Chris, thank you for doing that. or hey, can you help me get a sidewalk or can you, you know. Sure, sure. Well, I'm sure, too. Like, my dad was a policeman in my hometown. So I know, I know that kind of thing, too, with your brother.

So it's like, everybody loves slash hates the cops, right? They love the cops if they need them and they need their help. They hate the cops that they get pulled over for speeding. So it's like one of those things, right? And I remember I used to always say to my dad, I was like, I was like, man, it must be so hard to be a cop. He's like, it's the most rewarding and most, what do you say, the most rewarding and taxing job all at the same time because you know you're never making everybody happy but at the end of the day it's like you get to know that community in such an intimate way and I'm sure that's that's got

to be something for you too like you know your brother's there your family's there you want everybody to have the things that they need you know and you're not your family's no different than anybody else's right it's just it's just we got to figure out how to make everybody happy all about family all about community that's you know that's why you do stuff right I love it you guys get down to Tennessee much to see Peyton's family yep we go a couple times a year. We actually went in April to it. The kids of Dollywood. I don't have been to go there too. I'm always wanting to go. Is it great? It's great. You know, because like we've been to Disneyland and like, you know, you're strict on the rides. Dollywood, they're like, my son's six.

They're like, how tall is you? I'm like, hey, you know, whatever. They're like, you go in all the rides. I'm like, I don't even want to go on all the rides, you know? Yeah. Well, that's funny that you say that. So the reason we haven't gone, we went to Disney World when my, when my oldest was four. And it was like, all we did was walk around and he was bored. Like, he was. He did not love it. So we were like, you know, we're going to wait a while, right? And so, or Disneyland, we went to this out in California where Canyon's parents are from. And recently we even said, we're like, well, you know, our six-year-old could probably

ride most of the rides now, maybe, still probably not a lot of them, but four-year-old's not getting on anything. So we're not going to go until they can both do it. Dollywood might be the answer. I like that idea. That was great, man. There's way more rides than I thought. I thought it would be like, two little rides.

There's a ton of stuff there. Yeah. You know, a lot of fun. I was just down, so we invested in a property down on highway. 11. And that runs through Knoxville. It's like this road. And it's kind of a long story. But anyway, we, and so it's, I guess it's like an hour away from Dollywood. And my in-laws spent a lot of time down there for their, and they were like, well, next time we're going down, we've got to go to Dollywood. We're like, we're in. We're totally in. You know, I want to do it big

time. So I will call you guys when we're going. If it's only an hour. Highly recommended, man. Yeah. Great to the whole family. Yeah. What's on the horizon? Like, what's going on with you guys, like if you were to say to me right now, okay, Bob, here's our next 12 months in a nutshell. Like what, what are we working at? What are we looking at? Great question. So, you know, obviously, every day I go to work with one of my brothers. One of my brothers, Eric, my middle brother and I, we landscape together, which is fun. My youngest brother and I, Mark, we had the oyster company together, you know, with our wives. So we do that. And that's, I mean, that's so much fun because we drive out in a full-wheel drive truck during

low tide sort the oysters my daughter who is eight uh going on 28 i mean she can sort oysters she's a hard worker uh so they're out there helping out um so i love that aspect of my life um still doing the select board uh i may throw my hat into the next level soon enough running for a bigger office like like what would that next level be like maybe mayor unfortunately we don't I'm the mayor of our, of Cape Cod. So, okay. If it was, I'd be like, yeah. I was going to say, maybe you'll be the first mayor then.

Yeah. Exactly. And then, you know, Peyton is just doing, she's an interior designer. You know, if you're not born on the Cape, you're called a wash ashore. Okay. So she calls her company, Washashore home, which is incredible. That's awesome. That's awesome.

I always joke with her, like, yeah, baby, you're just a wash ashore. Come on, now. She's like, I've been here for like six years. I'm like, it doesn't matter. You're still a wash ash ashore home. No, still in Washington Shore. I love it. She embraced it.

She loves it. She calls it Walsh Shore home. So she is absolutely doing great with that. And I'm so, couldn't be more proud of her and the kids. And so now I coach my kids' teams, whether it be soccer or ice hockey. Hockey's big, man. We got my boy on skates this past year. Oh, really?

Yeah. Got him on skates. Now he's playing flag football right now. It seems to really enjoy it, but his attention span is such that it's like, you know, if he's not getting the ball, Six. Same age as my son. So yeah, same thing. Like, if they don't have it, they're like picking daisies in the corner, right?

Oh, totally. Yeah, yeah, not even paying attention. It's crazy. Yeah. Well, let me ask you one more thing. So with time on your side, right? I mean, obviously, Bachelor was years ago for you. Bachelor was years ago for you, 2010.

So what is that? 15 years now. Crazy to think, right? I mean, for me, it's 23. 22. Isn't that nuts? Which is weird because we're both, what, 34 years old? We're 34 years old.

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But would you have done anything different on the show? Would you have taken different, you know, steps after the show, or is it just the way it is today is the way it is today sliding door style? Like, you know, you know it's the reason because of the choices you made, the butterfly effect. Like, where are you at that? I mean, that's a great question because, you know, you look back at it and, like, it's still a blur to me. The fact that, like, I remember getting the call the first time, like, Chris, you're leaving in five days for L.A., and you can't tell anybody. And, like, I just told my two brothers and my dad, like, hey. what do I do and they're like tack your bag you're leaving in four days do like just take that

you know like just jump go for it yeah and uh all my friends thinking I just they couldn't tell him where's Chris I we're like I can't tell you um but that being said I mean honestly looking back I wasn't in a great place because my mom had passed away like a year before I was living in home my dad which was the right thing to do at the time but I was kind of just you know spinning my wheels. I didn't really know what that next stuff was going to be in my life. And I didn't have that perfect someone to help guide me through that. So if I hadn't had done that, like, I don't know what would have happened or what I would be doing right now. You know, so thankfully, I did that and like, went on that show and made some amazing friends who I still

talk to this day, just like you said. And like, even people who not my season who I see and talk to are awesome. It's a, it's like going to a small college. And like, Even if you didn't know that person, you start talking to me, you're like, it's like a college buddy right there. So it was the best move I ever made. And, yeah, got a wife, show, kids, like, you name it, man. I mean, I'm the poster shop. I'm the poster shop for why you should do the Bachelorette, you know? Yeah, no doubt.

You could, like, if you go on and don't have, like, weird ulterior motives, if you just go on and do yourself, have fun with it, have no preconceived notions. and just stay true to who you are and who your family thinks you are. Like, put your best foot forward and, like, can you come off at? Like, you have no regrets. I mean, intentions are everything, dude. I know they always say the road to hell is pay for good intentions, but I always say intentions are everything. Like, you know, the one thing about a camera is it can see if you're faking it, right?

I mean, it's not like we're, not like we're, you know, gifted, you know, like Anthony Hopkins style actors on that show, right? So if you're an asshole, people are going to realize you're an asshole, you know? I mean, and if you're a good guy and you're not trying to screw people over and you're just trying to be a nice person, they see that too, you know? And I think I think you're absolutely right. Like you are the poster child for going on that show. And I feel like, you know, for me, it's like I always love seeing people that I know and like having great things happen to them. Like I'm always like, oh, yes. You know, and I remember seeing that article about you and Peyton. I think that we had talked not too long thereafter. And I was just like, dude, this is amazing. You know, And I was so excited for you. But I'm still excited for you. I love everything that you're doing. I mean, eight-year-old and a six-year-old.

Are they boy and girl or both boys? Boy and girl. So eight-year-old Lila, six-year-old Hayes. I mean, incredible. My son Hayes got back, you know, to get those awards for kindergarten. He got an athlete at the class. I was like, there you go, buddy. The superlatives.

I love it. I love it. Yeah. Yes. So would you ever, if they came to you and they were like, Daddy, I got asked to be on the bachelor's, you know, when your daughter's, you know, in her 20s, let's say, early 20s. Would you encourage that, knowing what you know now?

I mean, if Hayes came to you and was like, Daddy, I want to be on the show, you know, would you encourage that, or would you be like, I don't know, guys. I mean, I feel, I feel, I'll answer what I think you would say. I think you would say exactly what you just said, you know, if you can remain true to yourself, if you can, you know, make good decisions, if you understand that you're reflective of your family while you're on that show and you think about it. then by all means go for it. The fact that both their parents were on different seasons

and their mom was on two different shows and then we then we were on like however many episodes of HGTV shows afterwards, I mean, there's no way I could say no, I'd have to like say yes. But then yes, exactly what you said. If you're going to go on, be true to yourself, be true to the family, be true to your last name because that's the only one you got and, you know,

just make the right decisions all the time. And, but at the end of the day, have fun. Like, that show and, like, if you're having fun on that show and you're being yourself, then those are the people that shine, even this day. Like, when you're watching it, you can see the people that are having fun and aren't trying to think about how they can get, like, followers or how they can spin it to the next thing. Like, I didn't go on there. How do I get a tooth whitening deal on, you know, after this thing?

Yeah, like, I didn't go on thinking, like, oh, how do I get on ACT, TV? No, just be yourself and have fun with it. And then, like, then they see it. And they're like, oh, because what people don't realize is that just being on that show and being in front of cameras and doing five billion hours of one-on-one interviews is the best training you can get for being on TV. I still remember after doing my first couple shows on TV, they're like, you're really good in front of the camera. I was like, I was in front of the camera for three months straight. Like when I was drunk, when I was sober, sleepy, not sleepy. It's like, yeah.

Doesn't matter. They're always there. And it was great training for anybody. No, that's so true. And then when you're on a show like AC, you know, on your show, like going yard, you were definitely always, you know, you're always perky and ready to go because you're, you know, you're doing your show. I mean, you're right. Yeah, people saw you at your worst and your best, you know, from doing the show like that, from all the camera time. There's no question.

Well, man, I'm glad America saw you for who you are. They were right, by the way. You are exactly who you are, which is just a great guy. Love that you're a family man, putting your family first and, you know, whatever comes along. You've got the great power of yes, right? You're willing to give it a shot if it makes sense, but you know, you're not going to sacrifice your values to do it. And I love you for that, brother.

I really do. I can't thank you enough for having me on, man, thinking of me. Oh, I love it. So proud of you and all your success. And thanks again for having me on. Hey, get Peyton and your children a big hug for me, will you? Oh, man. We'll do.

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