The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Almost Famous/Bachelor Happy Hour Crossover with Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt PART 1

Episode Date: July 13, 2023

One couple from Bachelor Nation is about to talk down the aisle, but first they have more news to announce! Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt are with Ben and Ashley as the new hosts of "Bachelor Happy Hour"! Find out how wedding planning is going for the happy couple, and discover how they're dealing with a major decision.  Plus, Ashley confronts Joe about how he handled himself in front of one of the most famous people in the world.  Want to hear the rest?? Head over to Bachelor Happy Hour for Part 2!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're going to do part two over on their line. So if you want to tune into the whole thing, listen here, skip on over. Listen there. Joe and Serena, welcome. Hi, guys. Thanks for having us. I like that. The guy, what did you say?

The guy that makes the sauce or the guy with the sauce? You can do be whatever you want. I love it. Thank you. Thanks for that plug. Some days with Joe. appreciate it, Ben. Do you know how many jars of sauce I have in my basement of yours? Like, we are, we sell them like crazy at Audrey's, but we did have to buy 2,000 jars, right?

When we decided to have you guys sell at Audrey's. And sometimes I steal them if I need extra pasta sauce downstairs. It's so good. How are we doing on those? Yeah, I did. I sent over a full palette that was about 20-something. There was almost 3,000, I think. Okay. So it was 2,700. Okay. So it was 2,700. Okay, yeah. Well, we're probably have one third left, which is still really good for not even a year. It's been about 10 months. Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Audie's coffee shop is keeping

both generous coffee and Sunday's show alive. But, yes, those are side projects, but obviously your guys' biggest passion. The thing that you care the most about is the Bachelor franchise. And you are now hosting Bachelor

Happy Hour. How does it feel to be the host of this iconic and massive show. Ben, when you said the thing you care most about, I totally thought you were going to be like your relationship, your marriage, and instead you went Bachelor Happy Hour, the franchise. Yeah, yeah, just want to make sure you're listening. How does it feel? No, I honestly, it's, it's an honor.

It's an honor to, you know, I've been in this franchise now for almost five years and you guys might have been the first. It feels like you've been with us for longer. Well, you two may have been the first interview. I think I ever did was the almost famous podcast. And you weren't warmed up yet. You weren't ready for interviews. I was not warmed up yet. What a full circle moment. Yeah. And I remember doing that and thinking like I will like I will never be good at any of this. So to be hosting the official Bachelor podcast, feels really great and we love watching the show it's something we do together and it just it makes it makes our job the podcast just that much easier well it is obviously a big deal to be announced

to the host we're going to get into that in just a second but first uh as i jokingly expressed earlier um you guys do care about your relationship a lot in fact you're planning a wedding in charleston are the two of you ready for this? How long has the planning process been? And is it going to feel weird to be married? No, they're married. Well, we are already married. I guess to have a celebration now.

Yeah. Yes. No, I know what you mean. Yeah, I don't think it's going to feel weird necessarily. We're definitely excited. We started planning. I want to say it was end of September, beginning of October of last year. So it's been going on for a very long time.

As both of you know, wedding planning is a strenuous, never-ending process, or at least it feels that way right now, but we're coming to a close. And we're really excited. I feel like all the big decisions have kind of been made. We still have some things on the list of to-dos. But, yeah, we're like a month, a month and a half out. We are having the hardest time picking a first dance song. Yeah.

And there's just things like that that are like. like hanging over our heads. But yeah, we're almost there. Because, I mean, we're getting married, like South Carolina, the South. Where did you get married? Nashville. Kind of the South. It's like nobody knows what Nashville is.

Yeah, it's like, I guess it's, yeah, I guess it borders like Midwest South. I just, I'm worried about is just the weather. I just hope it's not too humid, you know? Yeah. Well, we're in the middle of hurricane season when we're getting married in the South. Is it outside? we have so the welcome parties outside um now we have like obviously plan B's if it rains and then our cocktail hour of the wedding is outside um so yeah fingers cross we just need to make it through

two days and obviously we want everyone that's traveling in to charleston to have good weather for the weekend so they can like really enjoy the getaway but nothing you can do about the weather you know what about you guys did you have outdoor weddings with weather issues all 50 50 we had backup up plans. I'm wondering because part of the, I mean, you guys have been married since what, October of 2022. So it's been, it's going to be over a year. Does it like one of the things that was weird about a wedding for me was this person that I love who I'm most comfortable with in the world. I'm also the most nervous to see for like eight hours, right? Like there's like this period of time where you're like, you know, the butterflies and you're giddy, but you're like, I don't know.

Like, why am I so nervous to see this person that knows me. better than anybody. Do you think the same feeling is going to happen for the two of you, even after being married, you know, for the last year? I think so. I'm already, like, when I think about it, I get anxious because I'm already worried about, like, saying my vows and standing there and seeing her walk up to whatever romantic song we choose and potentially getting emotional.

So, yeah, like, first, I'm definitely going to have that feeling, even though we are already married. Now, getting that out of the way, I'm actually really happy we did because when we did that, it was extremely intense, more intense than I pictured going there. It was more intense going to the courthouse than you imagined. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We really downplayed to ourselves the courthouse wedding. And I think that's because, like, for a wedding, you have a year's worth of buildup to this one moment that you've been thinking about and talking about like some people the buildups like their whole lives and then the moment's finally here and you're walking down the aisle but for us we only had like two weeks of buildup to the courthouse wedding and we were just like oh yeah this is just

something like fun and casual we're going to do we went at like 930 am on a weekday like I didn't even dress up which I highly regret looking back we really downplayed it and then when the woman started reading what are they called like matrimonial yeah like we weren't saying our vows but she gave the like to have it to hold traditional yeah yeah and serena like i just saw like one tear come down serena's cheek and i was like don this is don yeah we were like oh my god like i don't think it really hit us until we were standing there looking at each other getting married that we were actually getting married um so yeah it was very emotional and we were standing in like a pink room with like ugly brown carpet so I can only imagine how it's going to feel when we're

like dressed up in a beautiful venue. That's amazing. I want to talk to you guys about Happy Hour for a second. There's a little drama over the fact that Michelle and Becca weren't exactly like they didn't like the way that it was handled where they were kind of pushed aside and you guys were brought in as host. Can you tell us behind the scenes how that all went down? Sure. I don't know exactly how it went down as far as the show and them as far like I when we got offered the job I called Becca and let her know because we were both kind of under the impression that all the podcasts were done I was part of clickbait for almost three years yeah so yeah I just kind of like let her know and she was honestly she said nothing but nice thing she was like I'm very happy for you like

If I was in your position, I would definitely take it. So as far as our relationship goes, we're on great terms. Okay. Hi, my name is Enya Emanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD...

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which I feel like probably makes it all easier because you guys just probably chat about this in your regular life. Now you're just doing it with microphones in front of you. Yeah, no, it's been good. definitely like nice to have a small portion of our careers overlap because we are in the same world and it's nice to kind of have our own separate thing and then also something that we work on together and it's very easy like obviously we literally are just chatting about the show which is very natural and organic for us and we actually enjoy podcasting together like we like being

co-host and we work well together so yeah it's been fun so far I'm glad that we get to do it together and share this kind of part of our, part of our careers. You know, it is a, this is a show that obviously Michelle and Becca both cared about because they were outspoken and kind of their maybe sadness or however, I don't you know, we'll let them put the emotion behind it and just having to say goodbye to it, which would be weird. Ashley and I actually talked in the phone after this was kind of announced and said, wouldn't that be weird if one day we got the phone call and almost famous was like being

handed off to somebody like this, it would feel odd and they'd have to change the logo. So I think we're going to forbid it. That's all. Yeah, that's all. But it's really great to hear that Becca was so supportive, Joe. You know, I'm sure there was still some, like, you know, hard feelings a little bit, but towards you and Serena that she wanted to see success. That's not the case always in this franchise.

You guys have probably seen. There's unique examples that I'm sure all of us have on here where people in this franchise want to, you know, destroy you. If you get an opportunity, they don't. And so it is good to see. And so with this new opportunity, one that the former hosts were obviously a little sad to give up, what do you guys want to do with it? Like, what are you most excited about? How do you see this opportunity kind of growing as you guys become the host? Yeah.

I mean, the thing I'm most excited about truly is just working with Serena, my wife. Like, we have, I feel like we have great chemistry and great, great banter when we. I hope. When we podcast, okay? When we podcast, I feel like we, no, but now when we podcast like this past episode with Aaron B, you know, we finished and it really doesn't feel like an interview or like work because I just feel like we jive and we jive so well together. Like there's a rhythm to it.

So that's what I'm most excited for and like potential opportunities from hosting together. And hopefully, you know, other entities see us as professional host, which. would be great. Yeah, that would be. Maybe one day we could do the red carpet like Ashley and Jared at the Mission Impossible event. So thank you for the opening on that. I have been dying to talk to Joe about this.

I'm still waiting for that phone call for Ashley and I to get together, but somehow Jared always replaces me. We did first look together as well. That was a really cool for his opportunity. And we did winter games together, if that counts. Okay, so Joe, funny situation with Joe, the other day. we look up it's like a multiple story premiere space in lincoln center and we look up and see joe there and jared and i are in the press area because jared and i were kind of there as like partially

influencers and then partially press and we saw him when we were in our press area and we knew that tom was tom cruise was probably going to go and say hello to the influencers up there because he literally says hello to everyone they told us we first started, when we first checked in at the press area, they're like, okay, so this is how it's going to work. Tom Cruise is going to come in. He's going to say hello to every single fan in the stands. So make sure that you allow like an hour and a half of just that. Then he'll start making his way around the press. And he's going to, so he's going to talk to every single press outlet. He's amazing. Now, we are joking with Joe up there. We're like, are you going to go say hi to Tom

when he comes up there? And, you know, he's Joe. He's like, yeah, I'll probably say hi, right? And then he goes up there. We see him up there mingling Tom Cruise. And then Joe text Sharon and goes, I chickened out. Couldn't shake his hand. What happened? So the only one. The only one.

The only inputs are. So we're up there. And like the security guard comes by. He's like, everyone please focus on the elevator. Talent will be coming through. And I'm just like, all right. Like we'll see. And then Tom Cruise walks in.

and everybody, everyone's lined up and they're all talking to him and he's very engaging and everyone's smiling and laughing and I'm like, okay, and I'm sitting back. I'm like, yeah, I'm going to go say hi. And then because I think I hesitated,

I got in my head and I was like, and then my moment came and I, and I panicked it. Did he look at you and like was ready to meet you? Yeah, and then my hands were getting clammy so I didn't want to shake his hand. Wait, is that way you posted that? thread that was like what's worse

being the person with the clammy hands or shaking someone's hands that are clammy? Yeah, and I'm like, I can't shake Tom Cruise's hand with a clammy hand. You could have done a pound. He does like half pounds and half handshakes. I could have, but it was, you know, seeing some, like he is like, right? Like, he

is the biggest movie star on the planet, probably. Is he like the last like movie star? Like he is an enlistor. So finally and finally seeing him in person, I was like, damn, that's that's Tom Cruise like serena and I we just watched she watched for the first time risky business and he's so young in that yeah but you can tell like in that movie he's a movie he's a he's a star

in that movie truly like yeah i remember watching it being like they must have just been like we struck gold with this guy like yeah it's amazing real breakout role yeah okay well that's just Joe sent me Joe sent me a photo of us down there he sent me a photo of you guys and then he sent me a photo and it was like a blurry kind of like behind someone photo. And I was like, is that Tom Cruise? Like, is that what this photo is up? And he was like, yeah. And I was like, oh my gosh.

You're like next to him. Like, did you say hi? He was like, no, I chickened out. I couldn't do it. But I realized he was saying hi to everyone except for you, Joe. You let that out. Joe, if you're with Serena, I bet you would have more guts. It's weird when you're by yourself.

If I was with, well, I was with my friend. But if I was with Serena, she would have said, let's, she would have said right away, let's go let's go stand up there and then i wouldn't have thought about it whenever i overthink a situation that's when i get nervous yeah and then i get in my head and then i'm just like okay well it's just better off i just sit back here but so tom cruise first night of the bachelorette same same same same same well tom cruise is now uh entered into three of our last three podcasts it has been a conversation for ashley uh for the last three podcast um to get back to why we're here. We do have the host, Bachelor Happy Hour, with us. Final question for you

guys. Ashley and I, in seven years of being married through a podcast, we've really, I think, figured out how to do this. I never worry about the drama between the two of us. We've never really had it. But we don't agree on everything. In fact, we have some passionate opinions towards certain things, certain people, certain situations, certain dates. Have you, have you, you two yet ran into where you're hosting this show and you guys realize you're not going to agree about this and how do you navigate that and kind of separate the fact that you're also married and you probably have arguments within that marriage how do you do that in a healthy way or how do you plan on doing it i think yeah i mean we just in life in general we disagree on

a lot and we respect each other's feelings and decisions and we have normal conversations about it but In the past, we had hosted, I think we hosted clickbait together a few times, where we did disagree on things on the podcast and that, like, for me, that's, I have a lot of fun, like, arguing back and forth and hearing somebody else's point of view. So, I mean, I truly enjoy it. I don't know about you, Serena. I like this. Yeah.

That's great. That's great. No, I do think it makes for fun, interesting conversation when we have differing opinions on something that's happening on the show and we can kind of go back and forth. I don't think anything's come up that we were like so passionately disagreeing about that it would result in any sort of argument. I mean, we're recapping The Bachelor. Like, it's just meant to be lighthearted and fun. But yeah, there's been no times where like anything transitions from the podcast where I'm like, how dare you disagree with me on that like later in the day? The Bachelor

franchise? Yeah. Yeah. No. That would not be a good move. Well, we're super happy to have you. We've always had a great relationship with Bachelor Happy Hour. We look forward to what content you're putting out there and for the future of the podcast. Congratulations on the job. Again, part two of this is going to be over on Bachelor Happy Hour. So make sure you just switch on over. If you're an almost famous loyalist, don't leave us. Don't be crazy. But hey, it doesn't hurt to put your toes in the water a little bit and listen to Bachelor Happy Hour. So go on over to listen to Part 2. Until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley.

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