The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Baby Fever

Episode Date: October 3, 2024

It’s a big week for Bachelor Babies! Kendall Long is expecting, and Colton Underwood just became a dad! Ben and Ashley have all the details on the new bundles of joy! Plus, Ben gets some MUCH needed baby advice from Ashley on how to prepare, what he needs in terms of baby gear, and Ben shares some behind the scenes info on the secretive “happy couple” period after The Bachelor ends! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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many baby headlines all the time in Bachelor Nation. Actually, speaking of, how is Jess doing? She's almost midway through. She's midway through. She is midway. She has four months left. We just had our 20-week ultrasound. That's the anatomy scan to kind of check up everything.

As of today, the baby is the size of a large banana. Pretty good. It's pretty big. How did you feel during the ultrasound? Did you get emotional? To be quite honest, I never. ever really did. Jess does.

She gets really emotional. I don't. Mostly because at one point I was like, oh, she's so cute. And she's like, that's her stomach. And I'm like, oh, well, then I'm out of this. Like, I have no clue what I'm looking at. I have no idea what I'm looking at.

This is just a bunch of different things happening at once. You know, I am full speed ahead right now on, I've done the nursery. So I've put up, painted the nursery, put up some Waynes coat in the nursery. I'm redoing our bathroom, like right after this. I'm going to start working on the bathroom. You're nesting.

Yeah, early. So I don't have to be rushed at the end. I don't want to be rushed at the end. And so I get emotional at times when I'm doing that. Because I'm like, my baby girl is going to sleep in this one day. But for the most part, I haven't gotten very emotional at all yet. Just does for sure. She gets real.

Every day, there's videos and pictures. And I don't know, it's crazy. It's so awesome. It's such a fun season of life. for us. And Jess is, I don't know if this is like the proper way to say it, but this is how she said her, her belly's popped. They're like, sure, you can definitely see that. She's pregnant now. That's, that's the image. Yeah. That's the verbiage. The verbiage. Okay, good. I don't ever know what's right and wrong and what I can and can't say, but that's happening. You can say she's

popped. Yeah. Yeah. Good. Yeah. So anyways, really exciting times. We do have some baby headlines to get to today. Bachelor Nation. It just feels like a time for babies, doesn't it, Ashley? Yeah, it sure does. First headline is this, Bachelor Nation's Kindle Long, who we just had on the podcast actually, is expecting her first baby. Yeah, so she was in her first trimester when we had her on, maybe towards the end. And she did not reveal anything nor show any signs that she was pregnant. But they are due and she is due February 2025. And I think this will probably align with them coming back to the states because right now they're living in Germany. And of course, all of Bachelor Nation came out in the comment section of her Instagram.

We have comments from Sarah Heron and Claire. So everybody is really happy for her. Of course. This is a big deal. Probably why she was teasing that she didn't know how long they would be overseas. This was probably already in the works. It's a weird time when you know this big thing about your life and you're not telling anybody because like you do an interview and you don't know how to answer it because you're so used to probably

talking about it with your partner being like we're going to move back home right because you know exactly exactly Sarah Heron shares sweet newborn photos of her twin girls the quote is they were so small I know I feel for her every day I'm so interested in her insta stories because we're basically at the same part of parenting right now we both have kids we are her girls in Hayden I think are like two weeks apart so it's just like we're going through a lot of the same stuff but she's doing it with two and I don't know how she's doing it but I love to see how she's adjusting she seems to be doing so well and yeah they were born at 32 weeks and they were in the NICU for a month and so now she's just she showed pictures of what they were like then and how

they are right now they they're thriving we're very happy. for her. How old is Hayden now? Ten weeks. Ten weeks. Goodness. Time flies. Time is so flying. I'm like, oh, 10 weeks. He's still like, oh, a little itty-bitty. I'm like, no, he's two and a half months before you know and he's going to be three months and then before you know it he's going to be a year. Yeah, wild. Final headline before we get into some question and answers. Colton Underwood announces birth of his son. Our world is a million times better with you in it, he says. Yep. The baby's name is Bishop Colton Brown Underwood. So they hyphenated Brown Underwood.

Does he have to fill that name out on everything? Bishop, well, his name is Bishop Colton, Brown Underwood. But I wonder why they went with Colt. That's interesting that it would be Colton. I wonder if Bishop is from his husband's side, you know? So they, of course, welcomed the baby via surrogate. Colton was very open about how they went through this surrogate journey, and even before it was, the baby was in the surrogate, the fertility journey they went through because he had to undergo sperm rehab to get his sperm count up in order for them to conceive this baby. But yeah, we are so happy for them as well.

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on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. We have some questions. one of which is have you gotten any baby advice from other bachelor parents yeah i mean you've given me good advice i think um when we were at alon's wedding obviously i was sitting next to nick and natalie um you were there raven and adam were there we're i mean the conversation the parents table yeah yeah it's very much about kids so i'm picking up on it you know i don't think anybody has directly said this is what you need to do and not do i do think there's been good advice on stuff we should get for the house.

I'm reading a couple books right now on, well, this is one of them. It's called the birth partner. What are you learning in the birth partner? I love this chat. Let's do it. What I can do to be a good partner from like this day forward, which the first chapter is about massages, where it feels good for me to massage and where it doesn't, a lot of foot massage techniques.

And then so I think that might be why I just gave it. to me. Um, also it leads into then like, hey, what are the signs that we're getting close? Uh, what are some ways like stretches and things that we can do together as partners, which will never do together as partners. But what, what are, what? What are some things that like we can do stretch wise or like exercise wise that can get just ready, um, for that day or help, you know, her core stay strong. Jessica works out still every day. Um, now it's, definitely a workout that is modeled for somebody who is pregnant. So she's now out there, like, squatting and running.

But she is doing, like, a lot of Pilates and a lot of, like, lunges and that kind of stuff. Good for her. Man. Yeah, she's doing it every day. She still wakes up at, you know, 6 a.m. and cranks it out for an hour. It's wild. She's strong.

Wow. And so, and then I lead up to different types of births. What can I expect in the birthing room? And that's where I'm kind of at. I'm at chapter five. There's, I think, 10 chapters. So I'm halfway through. I'm learning a lot.

Definitely preparing myself the best I can. But no, nobody's like directly been like, this is what you have to do or not do. It's mostly me kind of learning or hearing as I go or watching and learning. What's the product that people are recommending the most? Not just bachelor people, but overall. Goodness, you would be the one to ask me that. I'm going to explain it to you.

and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about, okay? Okay. It's a, like, really light, packable stroller. So it's like a transformer-looking thing where the car seat and the stroller are kind of attached. Yes. Multiple brands do that, but it is the, I forget the name of the one that's classic for that.

Mine does that, though, too, and I have an up-a-baby. both brands are great. Yeah. So I don't know what brand it is. This is not part of, we do have a registry out there right now. And so a lot of this stuff

just goes up on the registry and then it shows up to the house and then I either find a space for it right now or put it together. The other big one is kind of like the pack and play. I think we have a pack and play somewhere in this house. I don't really know, Ashley. Okay, my advice is,

the snoo for sure for the first five months. The unfortunate thing is that they do grow out of that around five or six months. And last night, it may not be solely because of it, but it definitely plays a role. We got six straight hours. That's a big deal. It's a big, big deal. Yeah. So the snoo is like a moving bassinet. And then we moved with Dawson to the cradlewise, which is it moves as well but for more of a toddler age yeah i feel like jess and i have a very nice home i don't know how in the world we're going to find space for all this stuff okay well welcome to my life now that is my i know it's super crazy but i'm it affects me it really affects me to see like so much clutter all the time so much kid stuff yeah it's it's it's not easy on on me right now i told jess okay yeah i have

issues because I walk through this house right now and I see a stroller in one corner and boxes in another and clothes here and I'm like, hey, like we got to, we got to figure this out quickly. See, I'm so glad you said that because I feel like I can't focus on work. I can't focus on lots of things when my house is just felt feels taken over and there's just no function to it. So I feel like whenever I get a free moment, I'm always trying to find more function. in the house. Yeah. How to get more function in the house.

I'm in it. I'm in it right now, Ashley. Okay. Final question that was asked to us, what exactly does a happy couple weekend look like for the bachelor couples? Well, that would be to you. It would be to me. I'm assuming this was asked because it was such a big topic during Jen season.

It was kind of brought up during the live show as, hey, during a happy couple. They've never referred to it as like a happy couple before. Maybe with Becca and Ari, that was the other time that it was. It was brought up because, like, that's where their breakup happened. I mean, when I was on the show, the happy couple was still supposed to be kept a secret that it was even something that was done for the couples coming off the show. Like, it wasn't something you really talked about publicly. Yeah.

Because they're usually in, like, very busy areas of Los Angeles or Palm Springs. And so people could find this house and, you know, take some pictures very easily. You're asked not to leave the happy couple house, but come on. I don't think there's ever been a couple that has been stuck in a house for a weekend together and never left. Everybody leaves. You guys left? Yeah, you leave. You walk in the park or you walk this neighborhood. No, you did not. You and Lauren went without any sort of camouflage. I'm sure we put on camouflage. Did you guys wear wigs? Yeah, I think we did have wigs back then and like a hat and sunglasses. Like if anybody's really going to like randomly be walking down the street and be like,

hey, there's Ben, like that would be crazy. And these are happening usually before even the airing of the show starts. And so nobody really knows who you are at this point. But the lead, you know who the lead is. That's like... You do, you do. You're being tall, too. You were very risky.

Okay, yeah, but you're not supposed to leave and they provide you with games. And then do they give you food and drinks? Yeah, they load you up with food and drinks. So you have a grocery list. You can create, load you up with food and drinks. They usually put it in a pretty nice house in a pretty nice area. There's usually a backyard with a pool so that you can go and chill by the pool, those kind of things.

And that is your weekend. Like, a happy couple weekend is that just that? There's no entertainment. You know, usually the lead is kind of getting picked up during the day to go to do some interviews and kind of go around town. That's usually kind of was the headquarters, I guess. when you would do all the talk shows, when the season was airing, and then you go back to the house at night.

They're fun, I guess. They do also get kind of boring. I mean, you're stuck in a house for three, three, four, five days without the ability to leave, especially if you're the one chosen. You really have no opportunity to leave because nobody's asking you for interviews. And then the producers will randomly show up and kind of be annoying, honestly, for a bit. Wait, why? Why are they annoying?

I think they're doing like relationship checks. Where are you guys at? How are you doing? Just to see your vibe, kind of get a feel for the land. But they're fun. And I think they're important for a couple coming off the show because if not, you would go five months without ever seeing that person in person. That sounds ridiculous.

I was just going to ask you, like, do you think that they hurt or help? Because for some reason, I feel like whenever anybody brings them up, they have been with a negative connotation. Yeah. I think they help. I do think they help quite a bit. I think they're important because you're seeing that person again. I think they help in both ways. One, you figure out if you really want to be with this person. And another way is that you're like, no, we're not, we're not meant for each other. This is the beginning of the end. Yeah. And that's the beginning of the end. So that's what a happy

couple is. There's no thrills to it. There's no secrets to it. It's a Airbnb somewhere around the California, you know, Los Angeles area, Southern California area. And you just hang out for a few days. That's it. All right. Well, Ben, I'm going to rack my brain for other questions about the franchise that I wouldn't know, but you would know because you were a lead. You can ask me anything, Ashley, anytime. Okay, fine. I have one of the top of my head right now. This is my most common question and I have a canned, not maybe not the most common question, but it's a very common question. Okay. I have a can answer and that is always like, I wasn't the lead, but I assume, you know, it's during the first few weeks

do you give the villain or the crazy person a rose because you're told to? It's a good question. That probably is the most common question, honestly. Okay. My season was a little different because there wasn't a distinct villain.

However, I did have moments where I did want to send people home and the show wasn't for it. And so this is how I always explain it going down because this is how I remember it going down um i would go come into a room and let's just use jojo as an example right because she's obviously a star from the show um she wasn't going home anytime soon but she'd be so she's an easy

person to use but say it's like week two and i'm like hey i'm going to send jojo home the night somebody would a producer would be like okay and they would write it down and then like an hour later they'd come back and be like hey are you sure you want to send jojo home tonight i'd be like um yeah i think so i don't really know i don't know any of these people that well like I don't know half their names. And they would say, hey, I think Jojo has a lot of things you would be interested in.

And I think the two of you will actually make a connection, but it could be a slow burn. And so I'd recommend you keeping her around a while. And at that point, you're so susceptible to the input of the producers because you don't know much that you're like, yeah, okay, cool.

Like, I'm good with that. And that was always kind of my mentality. As long as it didn't affect a relationship that I was really confident in or really serious about, I'd be like, I trust you.

Like, if you think there's something there, if you think there's like something in the future for us, or if you think she's interesting and she just hasn't been able to show her true colors yet, then let's do it. Let's keep her around. Let's find somebody else. And I think they do that with the villain.

Because you honestly, as the lead, don't know they're the villain because the show protects you so much from seeing it for so long, that I think as long as you're a lead that's a little bit as long as you're a lead that's able to I want to say play the game a little bit

and understand that hey the show is being made and there's stuff happening that you don't know about and you can just say I trust you to make this decision if this is what you guys need right now then you're like yeah we can do this okay good answer good answer yeah for sure all right well send in your

Questions. DM us on Instagram at the almost honest podcast on Instagram. Email, Ben and Ashley at iHeartMedia.com. And we'll hopefully answer your bachelor questions. They can be current or they could be, you know, evergreens like that one. Yeah, it's always a good one. Hey, uh, Ashley, we'll be back next week with more content, more exciting things. Obviously, the golden bachelorette, uh, is, is going to be continuing. There's a lot of things happening in that show that I'm intrigued by and that I want to watch. And so I can't wait to talk about it with you here on the. the Almost Famous Podcast. So until next time, I've been Ben.

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