The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - And the DWTS Mirrorball Goes to....

Episode Date: November 27, 2024

Well, we recorded this before the winner was announced, but Ben shares what Joey texted him before dancing in the big finale as he and Ashley also dissect the off the dance floor chemistry between Jenn Tran and her partner Sasha Farber. They also recap some juicy Bachelor Nation headlines, including some BTS moments from Andi Dorfman's baby shower and Zach Shallcross' second proposal to Kaity Biggar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

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This is the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast with Iheart Radio. It is a holiday week, and we are here still because we love you all. And we have headlines to break down. Ashley, our expert, is here to break down every headline. Ashley, I felt really cool about myself last night. okay why because i got a text from the bachelor joey you did but before his big dancing with the stars finale oh yeah that really does make you cool i am so cool like i i feel awesome you know what happened to so he texts me and goes hey hate to do this ben of course um but i would really love your

support tomorrow night uh for dance with the stars and i said Joey, you always have my support. Oh my gosh. She's asking you to fly to L.A. No, goodness. I don't think anybody would let me in that building right now. NBC doesn't really seem to be a fan of Ashley and Ben. But the, no, he said, just can you share about on social?

And I was like, yeah, I'd love to share it. And social. I would do it no matter what. I actually should have been doing it all year. I just haven't thought about it. But you've been crushing it. I said, here's the only thing I need from you, Joey. the only thing I need to be able to support you well.

You come on the almost dance podcast as soon as you win. Yeah, I'm sure he would. He would love to. No, I said I need a shirtless picture of you to post. What? Yeah, because he's shirtless in every dance with the stars video. Yeah. Every time he dances, his shirts off.

Yeah. It was not on my bingo card this year that Joey would be the shirtless bachelor. He's not like into that. No. Didn't he talk about that before going on The Bachelor? Yeah, he's not into it, but I think it's working. And I think why, like, why, you know, change it when it's working? So I got some cool shirtless pictures of Joey on my phone right now that I'll be sharing with the world tonight.

Make sure you tune into my Instagram. If you want to see Joey in a wig, there's one in a wig that he has. There's one in a colorful shirt. It's going to be pretty exciting. Is it a two-part finale? Like, I'm always confused if they did it the way American Idol used to do the two-part finale, and I know like Dancing with the Stars did too, but I think that somehow they combined it into one night. Maybe.

I mean, I wouldn't be shocked. Like, why would they have it the day everybody's traveling for the holidays? Because I thought that, and producer Hannah, please let me know if you know the answer to this. How do they collaborate? Collaborate is definitely not the word. I don't know where you're looking for right now. What's the tabulate? Tabulate the votes.

How do they do that all in one, like, episode? They're from America. I mean, they do it quite all. I mean, it's pretty, they can probably do it pretty fast. Like, these are all texts in. It probably goes into a big database and spits out. I mean, if Joey doesn't win tonight. This is me being a millennial who like doesn't realize, like with American Idol,

we had to legit, you know, we called in. We called in from the time this episode ended. We had a two-hour voting window, and then the next day, they announce it to us. And Hana is telling me this. This is how little I watched Jen People of the Stars, no offense to Joey and all other Bachelor alum. But she said, because it's Eastern time zone, they combine it with the judge's scores, and it's that fast because you just text the number. Okay. So does that mean that only the East Coast votes count?

Ooh, that's a big question, actually. I don't know if I know that. That's not very fun with the Pacific, you know, the Pacific fans or the mid-year. Midwestern fans or anything like that. Yes, you can only text a number on Eastern Time. So basically, you could vote on Pacific Time, but you wouldn't have been able, you would have to, like, go on social media or something

to see the dance if you wanted to actually know if the dance was worthy of your vote. Yeah, so you would have to, like you're just pretty much doing a popularity contest then. Yes. I don't know if I agree with this then. Yeah, right? I mean, I hope that all of those people,

are watching on somebody's Instagram to make sure that their dance is, you know, worthy of a vote. Well, I'll be dancing for Joey and I'll be voting for Joey tonight. And that starts our first headline. Joey makes history as the first Bachelor to advance the Dancing with the Stars finale. That's really the headline, though.

We don't have much to elaborate on that. Everybody's just, yeah, it's just pretty cool. It's great. It's awesome. Good for him. Good for Bachelor Nation. they came out in support, yeah, the headline is that no bachelor. Now, I want to be clear, we're talking bachelors, not bachelorettes.

There's no bachelors made it to the finale. We're going to see Joey on the finale of Dancing with the Stars. It's been a big year for him. Also, speaking of Dancing with the Stars contestants and the leads of the franchise, Jen Tran posts flirty video asking, and I quote, Honey, Sasha Farber, to teach her a dance for her birthday. I'm telling you what, Ashley, if they are not dating, then I will actually kind of be angry, like, not angry.

I don't have that much invested into the relationship. I'm going to be disappointed because they're either stringing us along and playing this social media game for likes and comments and headlines, which I, you know, don't love when it comes to love. I get that it happens. Or they really are romantically interested in each other. and that'd be really cool. Okay, but now I'm going to, I'm going to create the suspense even more

because I do want to get into those. But I also want to let you guys know that the three bacheloretts that have one dancing with stars, Melissa Rycroft, Hannah Brown and Caitlin Bristow. And Ben, do you think, call it now, do you think that Joey's going to win? I think Joey's going to win. I think Joey's going to win. I don't think, yeah. I mean, I think he has the fanfare.

I think he has the popularity. I think he has done a good job, like a great job dancing. I think his partner is very likable and loved by the Dancing with the Stars community. I think it's set up for that. Yeah. Okay. Now are you ready for this Jen stuff? Because it is good.

Yeah. There's two videos that really got me being like, okay, there's just, there's, well, a few things that popped up on the internet this week. There was like, okay, they're together. They were seen shopping arm and arm. it's not her you know it's not our gay best friend in which case like you know girls can do that and be like is my gay best friend yeah he's a guy but you know no you don't do that with with the guy that is straight and single supposedly right no we've talked about this before any two single people who are in like the age and committed to finding love it's harder and

harder to just be friends for too long and they've pushed the boundary now on their social media to where they hit at them not just being friends like you don't have your your best girlfriend and you're both attractive people sleep over at your house just to like hang out and that's what it seems is going on like in this video she says first honey honey can you teach me a dance for my birthday. And then he's like, no, why are you even in my house still? She's like, honey, can you teach me a dance? Why are you in my house still? Maybe I'll come over tomorrow. I think there's no question that there is an attraction and some type of something going on more than friendship. And I'm happy for them. I mean, that's great. We see this from dancing with the stars quite often.

I think that's why at the beginning of the season, if you remember, it feels like forever. ago. You had the Joey and Jenna situation where people are like, they're so flirty and they're so close to each other. And Kelsey came out and was like, yeah, they're dancing back, like back off, stop these comments. But you see it with single people on the show is because it is a very intimate process. But what's so exciting right now and why I feel and you feel invested in this is because Jen was so screwed over by Devin. And I'm so recent. that we like love the fact exactly i had to remember his name for a minute we just love that she jumps into dancing with the stars as a last minute add-on because she was so screwed over and

now she could be finding love again with her partner and it's great it's kind of just like the second chance that we want her the gap to have and then i just need to read this quote that he captioned his birthday post to her it's someone's birthday today that already sounds flirty so glad our paths cross at the last second you have been nothing but a joy to work with your dedication and your hard work is a testament to the person you are you always make me laugh when i'm down and say don't worry it's going to be okay you made me realize that life is one big dance and we can dance through it together let's go you have such a bright future ahead of you and I'm so excited for you.

Let's all go and wish happy birthday to Jen Tran. Come on. Like, that's it. That's confirmation that they're together, right? Yeah, I think so the only line that was weird to me was you've been a pleasure to work with. Like, have I ever said that to Jess?

Like, you know what? You've been a pleasure to work with. I know. Well, that's the beginning. And then he evolves it into, you make me laugh when I'm down. He saved it at the end. You make me realize that life is one big dance

and we're going to dance together through it. Yes. Just beautiful. Oh, he crushed. at the end there. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam.

Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, My boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet.

So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose? between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth. Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced.

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as part of the MyCultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. If anybody's wondering, Kelsey is also very supportive of Joey going into the Dancing with the Stars finale. She had a TikTok just explaining her admiration for Joey and his commitment to the process. It's awesome to see how well she's not handled it because this doesn't feel like something to be handled. It's just been amazing to see how their relationship has probably gotten stronger and probably had some really difficult moments too as he's gone through this process. and it's coming to an end. So the two of them will be able to be back together without the stage, without the dancing, you know, practices.

But it's great to see a partner support a partner. And Kelsey has been that partner through the whole thing. Well, talking about Bachelor Nation stars supporting others, the headline is this. See inside Andy Dorfman's baby shower. And the question is, which Bachelor Nation stars attended? The Bachelor Nation Stars that attended, include Hannah Ann and Tasha.

Well, I think Hannah, I don't know if we have a picture of Hannah Ann there, but I know she's good friends of Andy, which I need to know how this friendship evolved because they're so distant in Bachelor, like their timelines and Bachelor history don't cross whatsoever. But also, I guess, Tasha and Andy.

But Tasha and Andy were both leads that makes me feel like she went to her for advice and stuff. So, yeah, they had a big, like, backyard bash. And Andy called Tasha, and Tatia. So they obviously are very close. They are very close. Did we also see Amanda Stanton there?

I knew her and Andy were very close. I knew her and Andy are close too, but we didn't see them there. So we didn't see Amanda there. Okay. Well, it's a really big deal, obviously, to be celebrating a baby shower. And it's really cool to see when you have these,

you know, the friends from this season of life pop back in. And so congratulations to Andy on obviously having, a baby, which is such a cool thing. It feels like we've been able to follow her journey for a while, but it's also cool to see the friendships evolve from the show. Well, Ben, yes. Jess is having a baby shower soon, and I'm so sad that I won't be able to go.

It's just going to be, it's just too much travel with the kids, and I feel bad, but I just don't care that much. No, shut up, but I got the invitation. I was like, I'm definitely going. And then I thought about the two weeks. I was like, I don't think I can go. Um, what is her theme? Can you give us a little into her shower and like what she is wanting? Is she have like a wish list that you guys haven't yet fulfilled?

I don't know the theme and I actually don't know if Jess knows the theme. Some of her like my mom and her mom and a few of her closest friends are throwing this. Yeah. It has like a host list. Like she has like a whole host of a whole host of hosts. Yeah. They all have their own specific roles. And so I don't actually know if we know the theme or if Jess knows the theme.

or if Jess knows the theme, it's really going to be great. It's in Nashville. Jess only wanted one baby shower. So if you know my wife and me, I guess at some level, even though this isn't about me, she doesn't love the idea of everybody doing something for her,

but she loves gifts and surprises. And so it's kind of a weird line to have to walk is she didn't want like six baby showers in every place that she's ever lived. So she just said, we're going to do one in Nashville. Well, that's what's hard. That's what's hard about baby showers when you have friends all over the country

and you've lived in different places. Yeah. We've gotten a lot of stuff, great stuff. Like, people have sent incredible gifts to our house. Here's the one thing I was talking to Jess about yesterday, actually, that we don't have yet that I would love. Like, in my only reason I say this is because my buddy got it from his friends. They all pitched in like six months supply of like diapers.

That is the best gift. to give if you don't know what else to throw into a baby shower gift or you're just looking for something to show up with when you actually got the gift online and you sent it to their house diapers are a great grifs because they will be used yeah get them get them a size with you up you know don't get all newborns get some twos get some threes in there it's just so nice to have that's a gift that uh i know we could use and then also we have so much many cool things and it feels like Jess is really wanting she just told me the other day like three month six month clothes because we have so many cool like baby clothes that we're going to use obviously

but then you know if when you're looking out at this like shower you're like hey I'm telling people now to look at three month and six month clothes yeah it's going to be awesome I don't know it's super fun to see just cries probably once every two days um she cries every day right now but once every two days it's over just how loved she feels like our baby already is and will be it's like yeah she it's like crazy that um we're in a situation in life where it just feels like there's so much love pouring out on our child that doesn't even hasn't even seen the world yet so sweet is there an item that you guys are debating getting you're like i don't know if it's worth it i don't know if we should use it actually i'll be honest i have no clue what we've

have um like yeah you'd have to ask jess i'm sure i'm sure just come on and we can have like a mom prep yeah you can have a breakdown of her shower and all the stuff and then what she's looking forward to i have no idea um i'm reading some books that's like what i'm into now is trying to figure out how in the world to do this thing even though i feel so incapable professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon.

This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating.

He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. A foot washed up a shoe with some bones in it.

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Unfortunately from Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York State number, and we own you. Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps, are short-term, highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training. These programs aim to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance. to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything. Listen to shock incarceration on the

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, I'm Janica Lopez and in the new season of the Overcover podcast, I'm taking you on an exciting journey of self-reflection. Am I ready to enter this new part of my life? Like, am I ready to be in a relationship? Am I ready to have kids and to really just devote myself and my time? I wanted to be successful on my own, not just because of who my mom is. Like, I felt like I needed to be better or work twice as hard as she did. Join me for conversations about healing and growth. Life is freaking hard. And growth doesn't happen in comfort. It happens in motion, even when you're hurting.

All from one of my favorite spaces, The Kitchen. Honestly, these are going to come out so freaking amazing. Be a part of my new chapter and listen to the new season of the Overcomper podcast as part of the My Cultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. The Super Secret Festi Club podcast season four is here. And we're locked in. That means more juicy chisement. Terrible love advice.

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So Jojo and Jordan did this where they redid the reproposal. Anybody else do the reproposal besides Katie and Zach now? I'm sure if we think back. I think there's one other. Kenny did. I think there's probably like Paradise couples that we've seen do this. There's other people who have gotten like new rings. I know Jake got a new ring and stuff.

Okay. So Zach proposed to Katie again. After two years on their anniversary, they were in Lisbon and they were out on a boat and she showed off this insanely gorgeous ring. and that's all we really got from them. They are relatively private when it comes to, like, Bachelor couples. Yeah. He didn't even post about this reproposal.

He hasn't, like, posted since August. I get it. Oh, good for him. He's just doing his thing. He's like, I'm a dude. Yeah, I don't know. There's a point where he just said. He became Bachelor, and he's like, thanks.

I found my wife, and he's out. I'm good. I'm doing my thing now. But congratulations to the two of them. Obviously, their relationship is going in an incredible. incredible direction, and it's fun to see love thrive from this franchise that we all love so much. Hey, Ben. Yes.

Somebody, some people are asking in the comments, like, why a second proposal? And I think if you've been on The Bachelor, you understand the reason to do a second proposal is because, like, the first proposal is, well, you dump somebody else the same day. So it feels a little weird. And then you kind of, a lot of you consider after the proposal, then you really start to date. and so the second proposal is like hey um this is like actually our real life proposal yeah it's not for everybody i don't think but i think as a couple you kind of feel like your relationship has changed so much since that time on the show yeah that it is in a sense

it's a recommitment and it's also a reminder and then it's also i think it's really sweet to show that hey this show did this for us we met and it worked like we actually did love each other and we are meant to be together. But that's been years ago. And now we're ready to actually start the process of planning a wedding and getting married. And if a few years have gone on, I think it's nice to kind of say, hey, we're still doing this deal. Like, this is still us. So I think it's probably it. I think it's different for everybody. I get it. I understand why it would be like something that almost felt necessary, especially because like you said, the proposal day is sweet and it's nice. and I don't take it away from anybody that does it,

and that's how they've proposed. But it's also super weird. Like you have 20 people watching you and you're breaking up with somebody an hour before that person comes in and you're already feeling. And you've really only been on like three days with them. Yeah. And then all of a sudden,

like you're sharing your phone number once the cameras go down. It's just a weird deal. I get it. I understand. I get it. I get it for sure. I have nothing. I think it's a beautiful,

a beautiful kind of token to your love story is to say, if you need to a few years later hey just a reminder i still love you yeah in fact i might repropos to jess tonight that kind of sounds nice uh hey wouldn't that be sweet see if jared like got down on one knee tomorrow you'd be like hey that's cool i would love that yeah yeah i'm all about this i literally read i read this reproposal store and then i look at him and i go hmm well i like the fact that our proposal obviously was quite different when it comes to bachelor's because we did know each other for three years before getting engaged on the show. But you wouldn't hate it at any moment if he just is like, I just want to remind you that

I love you. Yeah, I love that. Just in the middle of the day. I hope you listens. I hope he listens and does it. Jared. Hey, and have a great holidays. Have happy Thanksgiving.

Celebrate with your family, Ashley. And to everybody listening, I hope, I know the holidays. I actually just got a text from somebody saying, hey, the holidays are really tough for me. I get that. I understand that. It sometimes is a reminder of some pains, but also for so many,

it's a time of celebration. So wherever you're at on your holiday journey, just know that the Almost Famous will be coming back with some great content for you next week. We'll be here and we're thinking about you. But yeah, have fun, Ashley. Enjoy the time.

Have fun. And have fun in Rhode Island without me. I'm so sad that we're going to. I miss you, like really, really, really sad. I just wanted to go to dinner and have some proper, proper quality time with you guys. I've been awesome. I would have loved it. But, hey, we'll do it again.

Until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley. See ya. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcasts on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon.

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