The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - BREAKING NEWS: Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 First Cast Members Revealed!

Episode Date: June 11, 2025

The first wave of cast for the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise has been unveiled, and Trista Sutter is here to break it all down! Things are definitely different this time around, with the Golden contestants hitting the sand, new taglines for every cast member, and possibly a new theme song?? We make some early couple predictions, and we might have a sneaking suspicion at who could be the next Bachelor on this Breaking News edition of the Almost Famous podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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they just released the first wave cast of Bachelor in Paradise and I have producer Maddie here to talk to me about our thoughts on this cast reveal kind of who we're shipping

who we're liking who maybe we're missing and some things along the way as well so welcome Maddie. Hi. Hi, everybody. I'm so excited to get into the first batch of Paradise. Yes, so exciting. I can't wait. Can't wait for the season to air. I can't wait to hear more about more people coming because I feel like it's not always just the first wave. You know,

I would love to have Ashley on because she's, you know, expert all things, Bachelor in Paradise, to know if there's like some statistics on how many relationships come from just the first wave and how many relationships come from like the second, third, you know, more and more as we go. I'm sure we could go on to Bachelor Data on their Instagram account and I'm sure they have all this information. But yeah, I'm really excited that we have just a sneak peek of who's going to be there and their vibe kind of walking in. It's kind of a whole new vibe, I would say.

You know, it's very like the music in the trailer was very island, and not that that's any different. But our producer Heather pointed out to me that in this trailer, they're not using the song, Almost Paradise, which they have used consistently. I feel like from the beginning of Bachelor in Paradise, right? So it's kind of,

of a new vibe, right? Totally. Do you think that we're going to get a new theme song? Are they just sort of teasing us for the big reveal in the first episode that they're going to drop the OG theme song again? I don't know. It's a good question. I feel like it's very, it was very, and yes, it was always on the same beach, right?

So this is different because now it's in Costa Rica. So, you know, it is a different location. But they always did it. on the beach or in the, you know, the resort, the Bachelor in Paradise resort in Mexico. And so it's new. They're walking into a new place. And it just, I don't know, it looks more like high definition. I'm sure it was high definition, you know, before. But it just has, I don't know, kind of a more sophisticated vibe. I feel like the intros back in the day were very, always very silly. Like someone was, you know, naked and covering themselves with the palm leaf or, you know,

whatever. It was all, all of the intros are most of them. I'd say 99% of them were very, like, silly like Three's Company, you know? And if you know what that is, you weren't even born when Three's Company was around. Well, I'm missing the silly and the cheesy, and I hope that they bring back those intros. I think that we're sensing more of that, like you said, that polished, professional, but let's bring back the fun. I'm excited to see what this crew has for us. I hope it's entertaining. Like we said, we've only gotten the first batch,

and that did not include any of the Goldens yet. So I'm excited to see who they bring down. I hope there are some surprises. Yes, there always, there will be. For sure, there will be surprises. Who knows when they'll come, but there will for sure be surprises. So let's go through the cast and let y'all in on who is actually going to be part of this first wave. So let's start it off.

We've got three girls from Grant season, which was the most recent season, and that's Alex with an E. I love that she spells her name with an E at the end. Bailey, who I loved from this season, and Zoe. And Alex was the one for those out there who might not know them by name, who. had the date in the mall, which they were playing on the piano. It was really actually really cute. I love her too. And Bailey is showing up to the beach.

She said her tagline was, I'm trading the bob for a bikini. And she's got these long braids in her hair. She looks phenomenal. I love the braids. And then Zoe is the one that, oh, in the beginning, she was the one who was in interrupting people. She caused a little bit of drama in the beginning with the interruptions or multiple interruptions. And she was the one also that they, I think they first announced her on the after the final rose for Grant. So what do you think about those three so far? Well, I have to say my favorite from Grant season was Alex. I love that her tagline plays into her intro to Grant. I left my no drama llama at home. I'm also a big idea of taglines in general as a housewives fan. I have to say some of the rest of the castes are not my favorite, but we can get into that.

Taglines. You mean some of the rest of the cast? Yes, got it. I think that some of them were trying a little bit too hard to be funny. And some of them missed the mark a little bit just in general. It seemed like they were just listing what they were looking for on the beach instead of really making it about themselves. I don't know that we can say that they came up with these on their own. I agree.

I think they're actually a big role. So let's not like, you know, blame them for maybe a bad tagline. But I think that, yeah, the ones that we like, I think are going to stand out more. It's the same as when they did the intros on the beach on previous seasons. There are some that I was like, oh, my. gosh, that was so cute and so, like, memorable. And then there were some that I was just like, really, that was kind of boring, you know? So there are definitely going to be taglines that we like and taglines that we don't. So I'm not a real housewife viewer. I mean, I've seen it before,

but not consistently. So this is a thing that the housewives do every season. This is a thing. And they base it on the events of the most recent seasons. They change every season, which is kind of fun. I like that. Don't know why they're choosing to bring it to Paradise because it's not part of the regular Bachelor show, but I think it's fun. I think they're trying something different. And like I said, I think some of them worked. Maybe we can get into which were our favorites and not favorites once we get through the rest of the cast. Yeah. I do want to say we said Alex and Bailey's, but Zoe's is here to, here's to shooting your shot again, which I think

is a little catchy. I mean, she did talk about how she was shooting her shot when she did those interruptions on grant season. So that factors in. But, um, okay, so moving on from Jen Tran season, we've got a lot of guys. We've got Brian, Hakeem, Ricky, Jeremy, Spencer, Sam M, and Jonathan, who I, I mean, he was pretty much a shoe in. I feel like anyone who watches of the show probably could guess that he was going to show up. He was definitely one of the ones that I thought would be on the show. Who were your favorites from this batch? Oh, that's tough. I've actually met Jonathan. Have you? I have at Ben's Baby Shower back in December. He was hilarious. He has the perfect personality for it. He's so personable. He's so charming. I think he's

going to be very popular on the beach. I have to say I'm also a Hakeem fan, probably because of his infamous reaction faces at the finale. At the women's all. He's always like, in shock. Right. I was also a big Spencer fan during season. So those three, I hope, go really far, and I hope they find someone on the beach. Yeah, for sure. Okay, so taglines, we've got Brian who said, hey, hey, hey, I'm trying to fall in love here. But I think it was, he's got a big accent, right?

Yeah. He's like New York or. I think it would be better if we could hear him say it. Yeah, true story, because I'm not going to try. We've got Hakeem's tagline is, I'm here for sparks, the kisses, and someone who gets my humor. So that's one of the ones I feel like they totally could have, um, they could have honed in on those like visuals, like the big eyes, like saying something like his big eyes or his

reactions or something like that instead of, I'm here for Sparks the Kisses and someone who gets my humor because aren't we all? I love him and I think that that was really generic. Yes, true story. Oh, yes. Actually, it may be that. is hinting at his season on Bachelor in Paradise. Like maybe there are some sparks going on for him in Paradise and some kisses and we'll get to see some of his humor. So that'll be fun. Let's see.

Who else was from that season? Jonathan, his tagline is, I'm just a medium king looking for big love. Okay, tell me what the medium king is because I don't remember that from previous season. Okay. He refers to himself as a medium king because he's not the tallest. He's not short, but he's not super tall. I would say he's probably 5-7, 5-8. So maybe he's looking for, well, actually, I don't want to say that he's looking for someone who's more petite than he is. Oh, I mean, maybe he isn't because he does say looking for big love. So maybe that means a taller woman. Who knows? Okay, I love that. That's so cute. And that's a good one. I like that. And does he play up that medium king thing on his social?

Is that something that he's kind of known for? Okay. Yes. Okay. We've also got Brian Heim Ricky, Jeremy and Spencer. Rickies is, oh, he said his tagline in Spanish. Like, it's very clear that he is fluent in Spanish. And I don't know a woman out there who doesn't like.

a man who can speak another language. So I think that'll be fun. I hope he's fluent in Spanish and that he didn't just... Yeah, it's true. Because they're on the beach. So true. He could have, and then there would be no connection to why he said what he said. But hey, um...

Either way, it's cute. Either way, it's cute. And either way, he sounds good saying it. So I like it. Uh, Spencer, no more shallow waters. I'm ready to get deep. Okay, talk to me about the shallow waters thing. Where does that come from?

Okay, I don't know off the top of my head either, but I'm wondering if they're also hinting at his season of paradise. Maybe he has a date where they go swimming. They have a little kiss and a water. I'm thinking that that's what they could be referring to here. Maybe he's referring to shallow waters like he didn't get to hang out as long and get as deep into a relationship with Jen as, he would have liked maybe that's it too who knows um but we'll find out of course okay so

there are some wild cards and this one has been discussed uh i know on almost famous with ben and ashley dale claire crawley's ex-fiance who um you know i think has kind of laid low I think since they broke up, maybe he hasn't and maybe I just am not in the no, but I feel like he's kind of laid low. So the fact that he's coming back is really, really, I think, going to make people emotional in one way or another. Like they're either going to be really excited to see him or maybe they're going to have the opposite reaction. How are you feeling about Dale? I was shocked to see his name on the cast announcement. I really was. You know, I think it's interesting. He's a little bit older than most of the other contestants. We'll have to see if he's really able to gel with the group. I think it would be really interesting also if he's prepared to get engaged right now. You know, he can't judge to Claire very fast. And I wonder if he's ready for another quick turnaround like that. I also have a really crazy theory that I want to put out there. I wonder if Dale could possibly be thinking about being the next bachelor and he's going on

paradise to sort of reintroduce himself to Bachelor Nation and test the waters and put himself out there if it could be a next file move I don't know I'm really excited to see what happens though and I do have some ideas of who I think he could be paired well with so we'll definitely get into that, but I want to go back to what you just said. And that is that he is thinking that he could position himself to be the next bachelor. I think that is so smart. And I think there is definitely some possible validity to that. But yes, I feel like he's been kind of under the radar for so long. And, you know, the breakup, after he and Claire left the show engaged, was definitely dramatic.

You know, one of the most dramatic things to happen in Bachelor land, but I think it was really dramatic. So, and I don't think people looked very highly on it. I know that if you're friends with Claire, which I am, I definitely was kind of siding with her. And, yeah, I think, I'm wondering what she will have to say about it.

Actually, do you know if she's had anything to say about this yet? Maybe we need to have her on the podcast. We should ask her what our thoughts are. Maybe once it starts airing and we start to see what he's doing down on the beach, she can come and weigh. But I don't think she said it publicly. So that would be a good idea to ask her. Yeah, yeah, we need to have her on the podcast.

Okay, let's see. We've got, oh, I wanted to get into his tag. line because he said something about football and I'm just going to leave it at that it was about football and nothing about how he had been on Bachelorette before that he had been engaged before like there was nothing like that and I feel like they could have like poked fun at that at himself I think that's always um a really attractive feature when someone has some humor about or, you know, kind of admits to things that they've maybe done poorly in the past or maybe not made the best decisions in regard to. So I feel like

they lost an opportunity there to have that tag nine, not to say that the tagline is everything. Like obviously, he'll be on the beach having lots of conversations probably with lots of women or maybe just one or two. We'll have to see. But hopefully he'll he'll get into, you know, what happened with him and Claire and take some ownership of things that he's done. Totally. And I think they really threw it back with his tagline. They're almost giving him a clean slate. Yeah. A little bit of acknowledgement that he sees a major veteran from Bachelor Nation. Yeah, totally. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport.

The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled metal, glass. The injured were being loaded in. to ambulances, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, and it was here to stay. Terrorism.

Law and Order Criminal Justice System is back. In Season 2, we're turning our focus to a threat that hides in plain sight. That's harder to predict and even harder to stop. Listen to the new season of Law and Order Criminal Justice System on the IHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your 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, 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? sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. 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. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. writer strong and wilfridel from pod meets world and we're bringing you viva las content that's right we are back in las vegas the city of sin and giving the people what they want a full week of y2k content wait we're back in Vegas tell me why well for the backstreet boys residency at sphere of course we sat down with kevin richardson and a j mclean just minutes before they took the stage and our very

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How long can I push my own limits? Listen to On Purpose with Jay Chetty on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. cause. It was an unimaginable crime. It's four consecutive live terms for Brian Koberger who killed the four University of Idaho students. The defense are on a sinking ship. It was clear at that point. He was out of options. Nearly 30 months of silence until bombshell development, Brian Coburger appearing set to accept a plea deal just five weeks before his quadruple murder trial was

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Kat, who actually got engaged, didn't she? Last season of Bachelor in Paradise? John Henry. Yeah. Yes. So that is a huge one for me, considering she was engaged and is coming back to a beach, not the beach that she got engaged on, but to a beach on Bachelor in Paradise

to try again. And I love that her tagline taps into that. She says, I'm back. You know what they say. Cats have nine lives. I love that tagline. That might be one of my favorites. I thought it was so cool. And it's funny. And she takes fun at herself that she tried to try again. You know, I had really mixed feelings about Kat last season. It was hard. She was the main character of Paradise, I would argue. But her time was really tumultuous. She also wasn't the nicest.

And so I'm really interested to see if she comes back this season as the villain or if she's going to play it more low-key since she's now an alum, and she's going to be one of the more seasoned members of this cast. Yes. Yes. I totally agree. And I have to go back to the tagline for one second and say that the end of it, it went, like a, you know, a cat with his claws out. And I was like, oh, that's perfect. Like the little audio right after she says her tagline was actually perfect to like kind of get into what you were just talking about that she wasn't maybe the nicest on the last season of Bachelor and Parish. So I just hope that there's some kind of redemption and maybe she learned a little bit from watching herself on Bachelor in Paradise last time. We'll see if she comes to the claws out this time. Exactly.

Let's see. We've got from season 17, Justin Glaze. We've got from Joey's season, Jess and Lexi, who I love. We're going to come back to her in just a second. we've also got Kyle Howard who was who Katie Thurston sent home on week two and I think that covers all of the cast members. I will say Lexi was one of my favorites in the beginning of Joey's season and when I saw the cast pictures, I am going to put it out there now. I have no idea if this will happen. I'm usually pretty bad at this.

But I would ship Lexi and Sam M from Jen Tran season. I just feel like they would, just based on looks, period. I think they're both gorgeous people. And just based on looks, I don't know too much about them and their personalities. But I would say just based on looks, I would ship Lexi and Sam. and then Alex, we said it already, Alex and Jonathan, who else was, I think, who were off the top of your head? Who are you shipping? Okay, wow, Sam M.

Are we talking about the same Sam M with the tattoo sleeves? I think so, but wait, tell me, remind me. It's such a hot take, Trista. He, I was going to pick him for villain. I wasn't even going to give him a ship, but I am. worked. Physically very attractive, objectively. However, his behavior on Jen's season, I'm not going to give him a ship. Okay. Wait, will you remind me of his behavior? Tell me and the rest of the viewers if they can't remember like me, like me, because they don't have a brain like me.

Okay, I need to actually look up his line. Yeah, I'll say it. Okay, so Sam's tagline for this season, Sam's is, I'm a Southern boy with a shy streak. So there's not much there. Like, that's pretty short. So tell me what he was known for. I'm sure I'll remember it once you say it. But I feel like at this point, I've been around for 23 years, how many seasons? How many years have gone by since 2002? Yeah, 23 years. So it's been a while. And there's, so many people on this show that I just cannot keep them all straight. So please, Maddie, remind me of Sam and his wrongdoings on Jen's season. Sam M was just really known for being a little bit full of himself. So he, I would say this was a tagline.

His line from Jen season was keeping the main thing, the main thing. And the main thing was himself. And then after Jen season ended, he announced like he was starting his own podcast. Oh, interesting. Well, we don't need to get into that, but that is, so he may be one of the ones that people say are not there for the right reasons. Is this what we're going? Is this what we're assuming? I think so. I think we might be able to assign him the villain role. I'm sorry. Hey, don't be sorry. This is your opinion. And you never know.

Like I feel like so many times on Paradise and even on Bachelor or Bachelorette, people become villains who I never would have guessed would have become a villain. And some people who I think are going to be villains, villains like get that redemption story. So we never know. You know, we'll have to wait and see what actually happens. But I think that's interesting. Another thing is that Kat was a little bit of a villain last. Bachelor in Paradise, so maybe we ship the villains together.

You know what? I don't hit that. Let's see what happens there. I think they could hit it off. They have similar personalities. I want to see Lexi, though, actually go on a date with Dale. I think that, I don't know if you remember, but from Joey's season, Lexi is very ready to get her married life started.

She's spoken openly about being scared of having reproductive. about how she wants to try as soon as possible and be a young mom, I think that that could be a great pairing. They're not that far apart in age, and they seem like they could be on the same level of maturity in terms of actually beginning a serious relationship after Paradise. I love that ship. I actually have to say something really funny.

So I was looking for the trailer on our almost famous Instagram page. And I came across when the cast was revealed and I looked at the comments. And someone put, honestly, I would like to ship anyone who is there for clout. We all missed the seasons past that had people there who genuinely wanted a connection. And someone said, I don't think shipping means what you think it means. So for all those people who are maybe listening, shipping means putting them together in a relationship in your, in your like dreamland of who you want to have a relationship

out of this show. Yes. Thank you for clarifying. Yes. We're not shipping them off the beach. No, but that would actually be kind of funny to actually ship them and maybe put them in a ship together and leave shipping. Like on a style island.

Crazy thought. Yes. There was a fan vote that you could sort of kick people off. the beach. Oh. In Asians every week. Oh, that's a brilliant idea. Kind of like in Hunger Games, when they send to like the drones or helicopters and they drop like supplies, you could actually the opposite, like the fans could all chime in and have someone like, yeah, your time is up. So, so sorry.

Um, that is hysterical. I love that. That, a big brother does that too, where they, um, where they have the fans kind of chime in and, like, win different things along the season. They should do that. They should have like fan interaction, like not physically there because it tapes, obviously, but, um, but they should do that somehow. I don't know how they could do that, but I would love to see a little fan interaction. Um, okay. So I'm also getting to the point,

oh, Love Island does that with fan interaction. Oh, I love that. I think that's genius. Okay, so Dale said in a statement why he decided to go on Paradise, and I think it's interesting. He said, I wanted to give up control and just see what was out there.

I'm really head down with travel and work and projects and things like that, but I definitely realize that there's more out there and sometimes you have to remove yourself from certain situations to get more clarity on that. So I'm interested to know what kind of clarity he wants and if he's truly looking for a relationship.

And of course, this is taken completely out of context so I haven't read the entire interview and everything that he said, but I wonder if he spoke to, men, maybe you know, if he spoke to actually wanting to walk away from Paradise with a relationship, or he just wanted to see what was out there? I think he's keeping it intentionally vague. You know, his follow-up was that he said,

I think the biggest thing now is that I feel really clear about what I want, but he doesn't say what he wants. to us. He's not letting us know what he wants. He might know, but we don't know. And he says, yeah, I'm only going to take a different approach. And he thinks the framework and the setup of this show is a lot different. Very interesting. So I wonder, and that might be him leaving us hanging or might be like the actual marketing team producers who are leaving us hanging because they want us all to tune in and find out what that actually means. December 29th,

1979, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush. Parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys. Then, at 6.33 p.m., everything changed. There's been a bombing at the TWA terminal. Apparently, the explosion actually impelled metal glass.

The injured were being loaded into ambulances, just a chaotic, chaotic scene. In its wake, a new kind of enemy emerged, and it was here to stay. Terrorism. Law and Order Criminal Justice System is back. In Season 2, we're turning our focus to a threat that hides in plain sight. That's harder to predict and even harder to stop. Listen to the new season of Law and Order. criminal justice system on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

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, 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 do. water 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 Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Writer Strong.

And Wilfredel from PodMeets World. And we're bringing you Viva Las Content. That's right. We are back in Las Vegas, the city of sin, and giving the people what they want. A full week of Y2K content. Wait, we're back in Vegas? Tell me why.

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Listen to PodMeets World on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast, and today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all time, Novak Djokovic. The world's number one male tennis player. He's won 14 grand slams in a glittering career. Novak Djokovic! You've been through so many injuries, losses. I always heard himself.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, who do you think other than Sam would be a likely villain? I feel like there are so many people on this show like Justin and Hakeem and Alex and Lexi that are definitely not going to be villains in my mind. I can't see them being villains. But I feel like Zoe could possibly be, possibly be a villain or maybe she gets a redemption story. Who do you think? Oh, I feel like it's a tough call because I can totally see her being a villain unintentionally.

I think that's her biggest doubt. Is that she just doesn't, she didn't understand that when she was interrupting that it made the other women upset with her. And I feel like she could do that again and unintentionally become the season villain. So we'll see if she's learned mistakes and if she's learned from any of the communication that she had with the other women on grant season. If she hasn't, then I think she could set herself up for a lot of conflict. You're so right. I feel like that's part of why it drives me crazy because people either want to do that on their

own and interrupt conversations or they have producers who are saying, like, you should go interrupt that conversation and either say no or to the producers who's asking you to do that or have the wherewithal to know that that can be taken as really rude, especially if you do it multiple times. And you've had time with him already, which I know happened with her and Grant. She already had like one on one time on at least one date and then interrupted again. So I just feel like there's just a part of all of this that, you know, treat others how you want to be treated in life, in general, in The Bachelor, in Bachelor in Paradise. Okay.

Who do you think is going to be the crier of the season, out of this first batch, at least? I think Jess from Joey's season, her tagline is, I don't kill. I smoochipoo. Ah! Oh, no. Remind me how that came up. Like, I remember her saying smoochipu, but remind me if you remember.

I remember it a little bit, but I don't think it was as big as she maybe thought it was to make it a whole tagline. I remember asking for a smoochipu, but it wasn't like her thing. Like, she didn't intro herself to Joey saying,

can I have a smoochipo? That would be weird. You know what? I give her a B on that tagline, though, for trying. And for trying to be unique. Again, I don't know if this was production or if this was her, but it gets a B.

I'm sure. I'm pretty sure it was production who set those taglines. They might have talked to them about it, but I'm pretty sure that that production was like, okay, this is what you're going to say. He was a big. Um, she was a big cryer, I have to say. And I think it was hard because, you know, she had a big conflict with Maria and Joey's season and they really went at it. And in some cases, I think that her edit portrayed her as a villain when she maybe was not necessarily the instigator and she was trying to resolve it. And I really thought she redeemed herself at the woman tell all, actually. So hopefully she doesn't cry.

on Paradise, but if she does, it's a guy. Hey, you know what? There's worse things. I mean, look at Ashley. She was the biggest crier of Bachelor in Paradise history, and now she's happily married with two beautiful boys. So, you know, there are worse things than a crier on the beaches of paradise. So true.

And I would love to see Jess get together, I think, with, hmm, looking through our list. Spencer or maybe even Jonathan. Ooh, that's a good one. I like that one. We also did not mention, let's see, where is it? I just saw this tagline. Kyle, you may not remember me, but after this, you'll never forget me. I'm like, that's actually really cute.

Because he's playing into being sent home week too. I love it totally I love that so we'll see if he actually um is someone who will be memorable and is able to you know forge a relationship on the beaches of paradise trista is there since they haven't announced the golden's cast is there any yes one of the on the beach oh my gosh I love my goldens I just love my goldens and I'm sad that they didn't announce it yet but obviously it's coming because there have been, you know, there's been talk about it and obviously they announced a few people who were coming or maybe it was just Leslie and Gary.

I think it's just Leslie and Gary confirmed her right now. Okay, got it. I love Jonathan Rome. So I'm hoping to see him. I think he's perfect for Paradise. He is the kindest man. Bob and I had the pleasure of interviewing him on the podcast. and oh, I just love Jonathan.

So I'd love to see him. Nancy is one of my favorites from Golden Bachelor. I would love to see Nancy. And then, of course, I'm pretty positive, 99% sure that Kathy will be there because she can't not be there, you know? Kathy is good television. I love that one. She's great television.

I know. She's amazing. So I think Kathy and Nancy would be great to see them. And, oh gosh, who's one more. I feel like, not unfortunately for them, but Kelsey's dad would, like, would have loved to see him, but I believe he's in a relationship. So I'm pretty sure that he will not be on the beaches of paradise, but would have loved to see him. So, yes, I feel like just in general, I love that paradise is still going strong because there are so many amazing. relationships to come out of this show and I love the entertainment of it all. I love

throwing them all on a beach. I love that Hannah Brown's there this season, uh, with Wells and Jesse of course. Um, and I'm really excited to first tune in. It's going to be premiering on ABC on Monday, July 7th at 8 p.m. Central. So you guys can all tune in. And of course, come back to almost famous. We will definitely be talking about. Paradise on the pod. And Maddie, I just want to say thank you for joining me today on this breaking news story and talking all things, Paradise. Thank you for having me. This was so fun. December 29th, 1975, LaGuardia Airport. The holiday rush, parents hauling luggage, kids gripping their new Christmas toys.

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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. Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime podcast and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, it's Danielle Fischel.

Writer Strong. And Wilfredel from PodMeets World. We are back in Las Vegas and giving the people what they want, a full week of Y2K content. Tell me why. Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency at Sphere, of course. We joke and say this is our second marriage, but it takes a lot of communication. Plus, it's carrot top, baby. And finally, Ashley Simpson-Ross joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residency.

Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast. And today I'm joined by one of the greatest athletes of all time, Novak Djokovic. He's won 14 grand slams in a glittering career. Novak Djokovic! When you reach your 30, you start counting your days. to your retirement. I'm 38 this year.

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