The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Ben Nose Best

Episode Date: March 12, 2026

Ben and Ashley have the latest in Bachelor Nation headlines, but the news isn’t the only thing they’re breaking! Find out why Ben might have to go straight to the E.R. after he wraps the pod!Clayton Echard reveals why reconnecting with an ex from his season of The Bachelor led to his world-changing paternity scandal. Kat Izzo has an update on how she ended up with a black eye. AND… we find out what role Bachelor Nation will play on the Oscars red carpet!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. Listen to Love Trapped on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast, Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby, we unpack the story of an unimaginable tragedy that gripped the UK in 2023. But what if we didn't get the whole story? Evidence has been made to fit.

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So we got a headline on our hands all. How awkward are you? I just got on the Zoom and Ben is like bleeding from his nose. And it looks like from this point of view that like you're dribbling blood into your mouth. But that's just because the cotton up your nose. And yes, he already used tampons and like, well, he couldn't. They wouldn't fit. Yeah.

Oh gosh, Ben, your nose is broken. I literally told Ben when I first saw him. He has the cutest most perfect nose. This is something that I've always admired about your face. How cute and sloping your nose is. And he literally just broke it outside right before getting on our podcast. Ben, can you please explain to everybody what just happened and how you're going to the ER after recording the podcast, even though totally unnecessary.

We told him he could go now. No, I'm doing it for the fans. Doing it for the fans. Yeah, I can tell you the whole story. I, we have massive winds in Denver right now. They're up to 70 mile per hour. And one of my neighbors called and they said, hey, can you help us pick up some of the trash that's coming to our neighbor,

or into our yard? Because the whole neighborhood kind of like funnels down into their yard. And I was like, yeah, I'm home. Why not? So I grabbed the trash bag. I went out there. I was helping them out. And then I looked up and the whole neighborhood is covered in people's like trash.

Like the whole place, trash cans are blown over. People are at work. So I was like, you know what? I'm going to take the dog for a walk and I'm going to take this trash bag with me and I'm going to pick up the trash along the side of the road. By the way, I won't mention some of the things I found, but you don't want your neighbors going through your trash.

People are buying some real, they're having some fun at their house. So job that now, Ben, you must. Oh, I mean, I found boxes of intimate products. Like beyond condoms? Like loops? Yeah. Like self-pleasuring toys. Oh, goodness.

Yeah. Wow. Two of them actually. In a very similar spot. So either one family is really diving deep or two different people in the neighborhood have just felt like the winter has gone on long enough. And they need to. Okay. But this is not for my neighbors to hear and think I like to go through your trash.

Hey, I don't know whose it was. I respect my neighbors, privacy, but just know I was trying to help. And so I make my way around the neighborhood, and there is a trash can that's tipped over, and some of the trash from the trash can has spilled out. So I picked, oh, I picked the trash can up, and I start picking up the trash around the trash can. And I'm like, you know what, I'll just throw it back into the trash can instead of putting it in the garbage bag that I have. And as I stood up, the trash lid picked up by a gust of wind came and smacked me, right smack dab in the middle of face. What kind of material was it?

It's a plastic can. It's like the lid is attached. Yeah, okay, a classic garbage can. But it's big. And so when it picks it up, it was going pretty hard. Or at least it felt like it. Yeah, so it got me. I mean, you could see where it got me.

And it just smashed my nose in. So after this, I want to go into the hospital, see what they can do, see, because I'm in a lot of pain. And my eyes are getting... I guess he's so swollen. You want to hear the craziest part? Yeah. Tomorrow we're celebrating my mother-in-law's 60th birthday. Oh.

And for her birthday, her one request is that all the kids chipped in for a family picture. Well, that is funny. So, yeah. So they're going to say that's my son-in-law, who we are well-pleased. She wanted every kid to have their own session. For photos? Or are they all getting together? We're all getting together.

Oh, you're flying to Nashville tomorrow. Yeah, we're going to... That's going to feel really good, too, the pressure on your nose. Oh, right? I don't know if they're actually... Once I go to the yard, I got to ask if they'll allow me, but... So, hey, we're here with a broken nose on the almost famous podcast. We're here with headlines today, breaking down everything happening in Bachelor Nation.

Let's start out with this. Clayton Eckerd reveals how reconnecting with ex-Susie Evans led to paternity scandal. This was juicy. This is a juicy headline that he did not give us when he was on our podcast a week or two ago. So what happened was that he was really into Susie again. After the two of them had like gotten a drink or a coffee or something. And he said all these emotions came rushing back and he didn't know how to handle it. He was like, do we like try to give this another try?

I guess the hangout was like supposed to be just friends. But then he left it feeling more. he said he went home and he just was like smoking a lot of pot that week afterward. He said to tame his emotions. He wanted to suppress them. And then one of the things that he did when he was super high was bring back this girl who ended up creating this false paternity scandal with him. And because he was in touch with Susie throughout at all,

like she kind of had firsthand knowledge about everything that was going on with it. But at the same time, I guess he was like, so we're friends, but like maybe I like you. But then also I'm going to tell you right now that I just slept with a girl. Just ask my feelings for you? It seems like he was in a very, he does admit that he was like in a very messy situation in his life. And he was trying to like to numb it out. So, so Susie, if it wasn't for you, I'm kidding. He wouldn't have his own podcast.

I mean, I can relate with going through like seasons of like sadness over a love interest. I get that. And I understand that sometimes when you're in those seasons, you think the best way to solve it is to, you know, what's the saying they say? Get under someone. You have to get under someone to get over someone. Yeah. I don't know. I agree.

I don't think it's true. I don't think it's healthy. No. I understand. though, to like a, what, in the Ashley language, I always just needed to find a new crush to get over the old crush. You've always had a crush. I mean, not, like, yeah, celebrity crush. Yeah, I mean, that's who I'm talking about.

Those didn't satisfy? Well, no, because those could also become delusional, but like a lot of them also were like close enough. The, I am curious about Clayton's decision here. It feels like he continues to go back. Maybe he's like Rachel, right? He tried. Susie he tried. I wonder how often he sits and thinks, wow, I've really messed out on some great women.

I mean, I think he probably does often. I don't think he does that with Gabby, though. You know, I don't think he thinks about Gabby like that. Did he have a thing with Gabby? Oh, yeah, they were in the scenes. And then I remember he like, she made fun. She said lots of mean things about him. I forget.

I forgot that. Yeah, okay. Hey, next headline is semi-relatable to mine. Kat Izzo gets a black eye. Okay, we don't really know how she got a black eye. She didn't. Oh, okay. She said, I took a fall of this injury,

but it was so worth it for these key moments. So she fell while skiing. And I think my takeaway from this is that she was seen skiing on the slopes with a man that she kind of teased to us. was a flame that was starting to burn pretty strong when she was on the podcast about a month ago. Ooh, I love it. He's still in the picture. We love it.

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or the Veeps app. I'm Clayton Eckerd, and in 2022, I was the lead of ABC's The Bachelor. Unfortunately, it didn't go according to plan. He became the first Bachelor to ever have his final rose rejected. The internet turned on him. If I could press a button and rewind it all I would. But what happened to Clayton after the show made even bigger headlines. It began as a one-night stand and ended in a courtroom,

with Clayton at the center of a show. a very strange paternity scandal. The media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract. Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. Please search warrant. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped.

This season, an epic battle of He Said She Said, and the search for accountability in a sea of lies. Listen to Love Trapped on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, Bachelor Nations, Jade Roper knows Sun Reed would have been a perfect brother to late son Beau. Oh, he would be. Reed is the sweetest, little friendliest, bubbliest boy. He was so kind to Dawson. You know, I mean, Hayden, obviously he's 19 months, though. So, like, with Dawson, they made fast friends at our vacation in Mexico.

He, and he's a year and some months older than him. And it was very sweet. but Jay just wanted to share a little read appreciation moment. The other day they went for a walk and then they stopped at a park. And a few older kids, she thinks that they're like in their teens with disabilities and special needs were playing there with their caregivers. And then Reed was very sweet and befriended one boy and gave him one of his hot wheels. And for about 30 minutes, they race cars down the slide. And she just was thinking about how good of a big brother he would have been to the baby that they,

They lost midway through her pregnancy, Bo. She said that Reed is just so patient and thoughtful and friendly and chatty that he is. And that she just would have thought that he would have made for a great big brother. I'm so proud of him. Very, very sweet. Very sweet. Speaking of something very sweet, Susie Evans' sister gives birth to her first baby while at the same time battling breast cancer. So sad.

her sister has stage two breast cancer and she even been undergoing some chemo treatments, light chemo treatments during the pregnancy. I really don't know how that works. I know that's a thing, but like how is that a thing? Do you have any idea? No. I mean, I guess I'm going to have to ask my dad about that one. So she just, she did do a really cute Instagram real where it was like her.

running to the airport and she gives her sister no attention and she just runs over to the baby. My sister, it was exactly like that. But she said that she's done three rounds of slightly less aggressive chemo before taking a three week break, getting induced at 29 weeks. And now she's about to get that going again. She has to do nine rounds. And then they're going to talk mastectomy. They're not sure yet.

And then see where to go from there. and she said that all this has changed a million trillion times the thing that sucks right now is that I feel like this is the hardest for me and I just really want to get the mastectomy done and I really just want to get this removed and then she also said that like she feels okay but like obviously she feels you know she felt pregnant and then she also has been going to the oncologist three times a week and so there's been a lot of doctors appointments lots of symptoms and she just says it's like so hard to watch your body fail when you've always been so healthy. So we are definitely thinking about all involved there and when she gets through this as quickly as possible. Quick correction. She was induced at 39 weeks. Oh, what did I say?

Oh, whoopsie daisy. That's a big huge difference. Big huge difference. Thanks. Well, we got you. Final headline is this. Tamron Hall and Jesse Palmer are going to host the Oscars red carpet on ABC. Who used to do the red carpet for ABC

For the Oscars? When the Oscars were like a thing Isn't it weird how the Oscars are just not a thing anymore? Yeah, I mean, they've died Absolutely died Like to the point where I don't even know If ABC will be doing it a few years from now It's because like none of the movies nominated

Are ever movies that we really see And then like a lot of the actors and actresses Like of course like you don't have to be a list You shouldn't have to be a list To receive these awards but it used to be like we knew all the movie stars and we had seen all the movies throughout the year and now it's just like indie movies

with actors that we don't necessarily know we go through every year you do it you watch all the movies well we mark them we try to watch most of them I'll be honest most of them like I don't follow yeah you don't like enjoy because like they're too dark and they're just like

these are depressing movies I do want like when Top Gun came out and that was nominated and everybody loved that movie and it made you feel pride that was the kind of movie that I felt like

they kind of needed to give the Oscar to for Best Picture just to be like look at America the movie we all loved got the award of being the most like the best even though like it maybe wasn't its art it wasn't argy fartsy i'm i'm with you i i used to love it

it used to be something i'd have on my calendar sit down and watch it i haven't watched it in a long time but doesn't take away from the fact that jesse palmer still finds a way to be fill his schedule up and it is with incredible efficiency that he does it he is everywhere ABC espn hulu they love him and i mean he is a wonderful dude and uh the the big thing for us is that the Taylor Frankie Paul and the Bachelorette special which is apparently only 20 minutes of, it's like a 30 minute special

and for us, you know, like without commercial it would be 20 minutes. That will be airing after the Oscars. It's a huge time slot. Even though obviously we just said that the Oscars aren't what they used to be, it's still a huge time slot to go after the Oscars because you get all the rollover effect.

It's kind of like how one of the most watched episodes of any TV is usually right after the Super Bowl. I used to host a show on NBC that ran right after Saturday Night Live. You guys did it too. Yes, first look. And it would be right after Saturday Night Live and everybody would fall asleep watching Saturday and Live and First Look would get all the viewers with TV.

It's still got like a million viewers a week. I mean, most of them are probably asleep. But I love working on First Look. You love working on First Look. So does Jared. Yeah. That's great. That's all the headlines we have for you today.

I think we'll close with this. Ashley, Age of Attraction has come out on. Netflix, hosted by Nick and Natalie. We mentioned it a few weeks ago. Have you watched it yet? I think it dropped last night. Okay. And if I'm correct, I think it drops the couple.

Let me just pull up Netflix really quick. You know what? One of my closest friends in the world, his sister, is on this season of the age of attraction. Yeah. Unfortunately, she wasn't shown very much. Wait, did you watch any yet? No, I haven't. And without, I mean, I'm curious about the idea.

I want to hear, I kind of want others to watch it and tell me if I should or not. But yeah, Ashley Wattring. Dude, there's a lot out. So five episodes dropped today. They're all an hour long. So that's a lot of viewing. It does seem interesting, though. So basically the premise is like all these people.

are like they get together. It's a dating show. And then you don't find out anybody's age. There's a huge range of ages. And I'm sure everybody looks fabulous. But you don't find out the person's age until a certain point, like once you basically are in love with them. That's, I mean, that's, that's wild. I like the idea.

The concept sounds interesting. And like, it sounds intriguing. Yeah. Could you imagine, like, Nick and Natalie, if they were just in the dating pool and they didn't know each other's ages, honestly, nobody would ever think that they would. were what they were. And obviously they're the host for a reason. Because I think I don't want to put hard numbers on it. I think Natalie may have been like 21 or 22 when they first met. And then Nick was upper 30s. But like Nick would have you would have thought could have been like early 30s.

Natalie, not that she looks older than her age, but like there's a maturity factor about her, especially back when she was in her early 20s. She feels like she could have been upper 30s. She feels like she could have been upper 20s and that they wouldn't have had an age difference. I was just looking at the feedback from the season, and it seems like people are into it. That's good. All right. Well, hopefully I will watch a few episodes until between our next podcast, and I'll let you know. Fill me in, Ashley.

Ashley, as always, thank you for helping us break down the headlines. Congratulations to Susie Evans' sister on the birth of her first baby in the midst. of a battle with breast cancer. Our thoughts are with you. And also, if you're going to be watching the Oscars, stay tuned for Jesse Palmer, the face of Bachelor Nation, hosting the red carpet.

But until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley. Love you and see you. Bye. Bye-bye. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcasts on IHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

Next Monday, our 2026 IHeart Podcast Awards are happening live at South by Southwest. This is the biggest night in podcasting. We'll honor the very best in podcasting from the past year and celebrate the most innovative talent and creators in the industry. And the winner is... Creativity, knowledge, and passion will all be on full display. Thank you so much. IHeart Radio. Thank you to all the other nominees.

You guys are awesome. Watch live next Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific free at Veeps. Or the Veeps app. You know Roll Doll. He thought up Willie Wonka and the BFG. But did you know he was a spy? In the new podcast, The Secret World of Roll Doll, I'll tell you that story, and much, much more. What?

You probably won't believe it either. Was this before he wrote his stories? It must have been. Okay, I don't think that's true. I'm telling you. I was a spy. Listen to The Secret World of Roll Doll on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Chetty, host of the On Purpose podcast.

My latest episode is with Hillary Duff, singer, actress, and multi-platinum artist. You desire in family like this picture, and that's not reality. My sister and I don't speak. It's definitely a very painful part of my life. And I hope it's not forever, but it's for right now. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Chetty on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your Podcasts. I'm Clayton Eckerd. In 2022, I was the lead of ABC's The Bachelor. But here's the thing. Bachelor fans hated him. If I could press a button and rewind it all I would. That's when his life

took a disturbing turn. A one-night stand would end in a courtroom. The media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract. Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. Listen to Love Trapped on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast, Doubt, the case of Lucy Lettby, we unpack the story of an unimaginable tragedy that gripped the UK in 2023. But what if we didn't get the whole story? Evidence has been made to fit. The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapsed.

What if the truth was disguised by a story we chose to believe? Oh my God, I think she might be innocent. Listen to Doubt, the case of Lucy Lettby on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.