The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Bright Lights, Big City

Episode Date: March 5, 2025

Ben reveals why he wants people to stop poking the bear that is Kaitlyn Bristowe as he and Ashley obsesses over Daisy Kent’s boyfriend’s unique name and their latest big life move. Plus, Katie Thurston announces she’s moving to The Big Apple.  Follow The Almost Famous Podcast on Instagram @almost_famouspodcast!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.

Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime Podcasts and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just like great shoes, great books take you places. Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never forget. I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robay, and this is bookmarked by Reese's Book Club. The new podcast from Hello Sunshine and IHeart Podcasts,

where we dive into the story. that shape us on the page and off each week i'm joined by authors celebs book talk stars and more for conversations that will make you laugh cry and add way too many books to your tbr pile listen to bookmarked by reese's book club on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast apple books is the official audio book and ebook home for reese's book club visit Apple.co. forward slash Reese Apple Books to find out more. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories

that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Why are TSA rules so confusing? You got a hood of you. I'll take it all! I'm Manny. I'm Noah.

This is Devin. And we're best friends and journalists with a new podcast called No Such Thing, where we get to the bottom of questions like that. Why are you screaming? I can't expect what to do. Now, if the rule was the same, go off on me. I deserve it. You know, lock him up.

Listen to No Such Thing on the I Heart Radio. Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. No such thing. This is the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast with IHartRadio. It's time for Bachelor Nation headlines. We're here this week on the Almost Famous Podcast, breaking down everything good, bad, ugly, and different happening within Bachelor Nation. Ashley, we have the first big headline of the week.

The Bachelor alum, Daisy Kent, reveals she and boyfriend Thor. What an incredible name. Can you believe? No, just absolutely. I have a picture in my mind of him right now. I think I've seen him a few times, but like in my mind, I'm thinking like hot guy. He doesn't look like Thor whatsoever.

Like, I don't say that he's not attractive, but he doesn't, he's not like this big burly Thor. He does not go along with his name. They're now roommates. Ashley, what's happening here? Like, I'm assuming they're living together is the headline. They're roommates. in the way that they are now roommates.

This is a funny way of saying she's living with her boyfriend now. She met him in San Diego at school, San Diego State University. And when he told her initially, hey, I'm from Las Vegas. She was like, wow, people live in Vegas, like as a real thing. And he was like, yeah.

And now here she is. They just moved to Vegas. They built the house. And right now they're moving all her stuff. They're going back and forth on road trips because it's four hours from L.A., which is where she was living, moving all the stuff over. It feels like this would be different if they just moved. He wasn't from Vegas?

No, building the house together feels like we're looking. I'm just going to assume we're looking at a step now to engagement. Like you don't build a house with somebody without seriously thinking that your future is with them. Yeah, totally agree. Okay. Well, speaking of building houses, with people. Caitlin Bristow.

She suddenly defends herself amid rumors. She's dating Tasha Adams' ex, Zach Clark. Wait, I felt these rumors started two years ago. Well, they have, it's not been two years. Let's not push it, but it has been over a year since Caitlin and Zach were first spotted at that New Year's Eve party on Instagram, and people saw them. But they haven't really been seen very much since them. maybe a dinner or two in New York City based on a nosy camera.

They're just good friends. Okay. Well, anyway, Tasia had some thing to do with Bumble's TikTok account, like a takeover or something like that. And somebody asked whether dating a best friend's ex was a pro or a con. And of course, she said, no, who dates a best friend's ex? And then a fan tagged Caitlin and said something along the lunch. of take notes, like, hey, Caitlin, you shouldn't date your best friend's ex, to which Caitlin

responded with, they said best friend. And tusha, Caitlin and Tasha were never best friends, nothing even close to it. Apparently, they had tension throughout them co-hosting the show. So, guys, even though on TV, they appeared to be very close friends, this is not what it was. so they're good at their jobs is what we're saying yeah yes very good at their jobs well you have the further thoughts on this benjamin you're laughing i just i think this i think at some point people have to realize to not poke the bear of kately bristow like she has no boundaries and she's so witty and she's so unapologetic that like katelyn is a very honest truth

We know that about it. We're friends with her. She will say what's on her mind, which gets her into trouble and also is what we love about Caitlin Bristow. Yeah. But as a result, at some point, let's say a scenario exists where her and Zach Clark have been dating for the last year since they've been seen at a New Year's party together and then seen consistently over the last year together off and on at dinners and whatever. Like at some point, Keisha, who I also think is great, would just say this isn't a topic I want to broach any longer because when I say something, Caitlin comes in a thousand times harder. Well, it was a generic question.

Data Best Friends Act, but I guess she took the question because, you know, and also who the hell is ever going to say yes to that? Like, I think that person, whoever was the person asking the question, was obviously just trying to get a fun reaction. Sure, sure. It's still a story until it's not. But the longer this stays a story, I think, is Tasia still with her boyfriend? I don't know.

We haven't seen them a bit for a bit, but they were always very private. Okay. So really, who knows? It just wouldn't be fun to talk about your ex of so many years ago consistently. I cannot imagine it's good for your personal dating life. So, and I just would, I just wouldn't. get into a public battle with Caitlin like I just wouldn't

it's scary but you know this isn't a really a huge public battle I mean it's just a little it's just a little social media chatter nobody said this in a big interview that's a good point that's a good point a few months ago to just take a little something and run with it

yeah a few months ago maybe it would have been a bigger story when Caitlin I think said something like I should have sit her a picture of something You remember that? Oh, my God. That was a moment that I was like, oh, Caitlin, but I don't know how much I can defend you here.

That was a moment. 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 head. 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. Just like great shoes, great books take you places. Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never forget. I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robay, and this is bookmarked by Reese's Book Club. The new podcast from Hello Sunshine and IHeart Podcasts, where we dive into the stories that shape us.

On the page and off. Each week, I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars, and more for conversations that will make you laugh, cry, and add way too many books to your TBR pile. Listen to Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Books is the official audio book and ebook home for Reese's Book Club. Visit apple.co-forward slash Reese Apple Books to find out more.

Hi, my name is Enya Eumanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes.

Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom. And listen now. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all. Childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental,

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Rachel Lindsay has a new dating partner. Willie Jones, country star. You've probably heard of Willie Jones because he has a ton of followers for a country artist, especially on social media. He's best known for really two songs, but he has a lot of great hits out there. The two songs he's best known for are American Dream and Down For. He worked with Beyonce on her massive Cowboy Carter album.

Now, Rachel Lindsay and Willie Jones were rumored to be together. Oh, it's been quite a while now, honestly. I think they were initially kind of rumored to be together about a year ago kind of following the divorce from Brian but nothing really came out except for this weekend the two stepped out together at

the celebrities and artists unite at Project Angel Foods event Angel Art so they were seen together confirming that there is something going on a source says that he's a really cool guy. They're super happy for Rachel and they're really happy about this situation.

Now, to clarify, they were initially linked late last year. So it hasn't been a full year. So late last year, somewhere in the November to December timeframe, people started to rumor that maybe the two were dating. Her legal paperwork to end their marriage with Brian was started in January 2024. or Rachel didn't give any comment on the status of that at this time. So Rachel Lindsay and Willie Jones are officially, we could say, like a pair. Something's going on there.

He's a cool guy, according to sources. She's really happy. We're really happy for her. All right. We're going to completely switch gears to talking about something that we've been covering. And also an interview that we had. We had an interview with Kevin, who is Ali Finlayfell. Fittowsky's husband, Kevin Mano, right before he had surgery.

He was having his thyroid removed due to having a cancer diagnosis. So we are switching gears to talk about cancer here with two bachelor contestants that we love very dearly. And here's the headline. Allie Fittatowski shares update about her husband, Kevin's thyroid cancer. Here is the update. He is officially cancer free. Yes, we are so happy for him. She said the surgery went great.

They only took half the thyroid out. When they went into the surgery, they weren't sure if they were going to have to take the whole thing or the half thing. And they're still determining if he's going to have to be on meds for life. But he is just recovering well. And the pathology report came back negative. And we're really happy that they can rest easy now. Yeah, we did, if you haven't listened to that interview,

we did have an interview with Kevin right before he went into surgery. and the dynamic within the family was supportive and encouraging and also had a little nerves. Yeah, positive, but nerves to it because if I remember, Kevin hadn't really had many surgeries in his life, and this is obviously a big one. So for him to be officially cancer-free is such a big deal. We hope he gets back to his job, which is as a radio host, very quickly, because I know that was a concern also. Well, we talked about this quite a bit, and here is the next update within this dynamic.

Katie Thurston reveals she's moving to New York, which is a big deal. I don't think that was necessarily talked about at the beginning. And she gives an update on her breast cancer diagnosis. Her statement is, Ashley, at this point, it's likely stage three. Yes, which would mean that it's spread to. lymph notes, I believe, even though I thought that last week, she said that she, that they was, it wasn't found in the lymph notes when they did, when they did a little inspection in there. So I, I'm interested to know, I, I'm not pretending to be a doctor right now. I would think that

if it wasn't in lymph notes, that it wouldn't be stage three, but I'm just going to say exactly what Katie has said right now. She said that it's triple positive, invasive ductal carcinoma to be determined on the stage, likely stage three, and she found the lump herself. She said it was just how it, she was like, it just felt like a lump. Cancer doesn't discriminate. I probably first felt the lump in August. Don't do what I did and delay. So, yes, that is a teaching lesson here.

And then she also said that people were asking her on Instagram, different questions. and she's answering a few of them. And somebody asked, what did it feel like? And she said it kind of felt like a knot, sort of like when your body's sore and you have someone massage out a knot in your back. She goes,

like sometimes you get like a weird bump after a bruise. It was kind of like that. And she said, funny enough, my old doctor always checked me for lumps when I would go do my annual pap, but my current provider didn't. So it's really up to you to do these self-checks.

Ashley, I mean, this might be a personal question. just tell me to shut up. How often do you check yourself? Well, see, we, we, we, I talked about this on the, the doctor conversation I had about breast cancer that like, I have had two breast biopsies. And, um, the right. This is like so TMI. Um, I mentioned just about like, the feel of my boobs, uh, are different now after having kids than it was prior. They used to be like a lot denser. I think that's common. Okay. Okay. Well, yes, that is common.

but I didn't breastfeed so I wasn't I wouldn't expect there to be as much of a difference in the field and there was and now there's so much easier to feel through than they were before I guess

you know it's a bit answer your question quite bluntly I really don't do any self-checks but I do sometimes this is the fucking weirdest thing I'm ever going to say but I do like play with my boo enough that I would I kind of would feel them you know like sometimes you just grab on to your chest yeah it's like you're doing it now which is not necessary no but I know this doesn't see

like a laughing matter but you know sometimes you you guys as men would just like you know rub your chest rub your shoulders sometimes it's like kind of like put my fingers through my boobs and I think I would note it I think I would notice because of that sort of habit and especially now with the texture that they're at and texture might be a weird word

saying that the consistency I would absolutely notice now I hope Jared doesn't listen to this Jared's like your texture your consistency holy cow wife

I would certainly feel it just by like feeling around myself now but I should have more intentional moments of check what is the recommended like if you

once a month in the shower soapy fingers smoothing over. Okay, you should like intentionally check once a month what is recommended at this point is because I know a lot of people way young of age. And we've, I mean, this Katie Thurston story is one that I've been following very closely. Her fiancee has been incredibly supportive and also bringing humor to a really difficult

situation, like in the most beautiful of ways. But the recommended is once a month, Ashley, you should be checking yourself intentionally for any lumps, bumps, bumps, not anything. Yes. Okay. Put your arm up in the air. Elbow over. All over. Yeah.

Checking around. Okay. So anybody listening, if they're wondering, that is the recommended amount. That is what we ask everybody to do because this is becoming, like, this is always been a thing. but it's not it's becoming more of a prevalent thing with people of younger age here as of the last few years right yes and same with colon cancer which is so scary yeah it's uh it's something to talk about we're thinking about katy goodness gracious her life has taken um such a turn i think i saw today that she was even in um help like getting her eggs frozen or thinking about it

yes we should definitely talk about that for a second okay so she has been super open on her Instagram stories and she's got a great she's always got kind of has a great attitude and she is still presenting herself like pretty upbeat on her stories and somebody asked her um why are you doing the egg freezing before doing chemo and that's because chemo can oftentimes just you know um make your egg situation a little less fruitful um and then even if the chemo didn't have an effect on her eggs, they still recommend to not have, um, to not have children within two years of wrapping up chemo and radiation. There's just a lot. It feels like a lot for her to process right now. Um, so again, our thoughts are with her and her fiance. I'm really glad that she has

him. Like, it's really nice to see their relationship. And like, and because he's a comedian, it just seems like he's always keeping her in a fun mood and like laughing through it. So I said he's like bringing a humor, not that he's making light of a situation that is really hard on her, but he continues to make her laugh in the midst of something very difficult, which is such a beautiful thing to witness from social media. And I think such an incredible role for him to play, it's absolutely spectacular. But it's also a situation where we're here thinking about her, lifting her up in prayer, lifting her up in, like, support because it is, it's extremely difficult. And I saw her Instagram story today of, you know, going through the process of freezing her eggs.

Which is demanding emotionally and physically as well. Yes. Yeah. Goodness. Like that. I mean, we've talked to people who've done that before. It's very difficult. So, Katie, you're with us if you listen to this or if you see a headline that pops up.

And then please, if you're out there and you're. and you're somebody really I think they say a man or woman but especially women but a man or woman like check yourself for these lumps that pop up in your body and if you have one don't want to ignore it check it yeah um know your body and don't just be like Ashley where you're sitting here on a podcast all of a sudden feeling yourself up and not thinking about why you're doing it um actually do it intentionally oh that was a good moment it was a good funny moment for us all right guys Well, until next time, we love you. I'm weird, and I've been Ashley.

And I've been Ben. We'll talk to you soon. Bye. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast 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. 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 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Just like great shoes, great books take you places. Through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters. you'll never forget. I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies. I'm Danielle Robeye, and this is bookmarked by Reese's Book Club, the new podcast from Hello Sunshine and IHeart Podcasts, where we dive into the stories that shape us, on the page and off. Each week, I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars, and more for conversations

that will make you laugh, cry, and add way too many books to your TBR pile. Listen to Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club. on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Books is the official audio book and ebook home for Reese's Book Club. Visit apple.c.O. forward slash Reese Apple Books to find out more. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom.

If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now.

Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. This is an IHeart podcast.