The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Bye, Beverly (And Her Appendix)

Episode Date: February 13, 2025

We were all wondering why Beverly Ortega never got her 1:1 moment with Grant, and now, we know why. Ashley heads to the mic to discuss the abrupt exit from "The Bachelor" and gives insight as to why producers most likely didn't use this as a dramatic storyline for the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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because we got info yesterday that really clarified why Beverly, Beverly Ortega left this season early. Rachel Recky and I were on here recapping a couple of days ago and we thought it was the weirdest thing that the show just made it seem like,

oh, she didn't feel, she didn't feel very good. And I think she's gone forever. Well, they love to do, they have had a tendency lately of taking, of making light of some things and editing out parts that probably should have been in there just to give clarification to the audience. And then they have liked to fill in these gaps on their official Warner Brothers show, which is the Happy Hour podcast with Grocery Store Joe and Serena. And so they had her on this week, they had Beverly on that. macho and they explained what really happened she was very sick but it wasn't just very sick it was

appendicitis so here's a quote i went to go take a nap and i wake up and my stomach's hurting and i'm like okay maybe i should go to the bathroom maybe the food didn't sit well and then all of a sudden i start throwing up and then i'm like okay maybe i just need to get out whatever it is her stomach continues to hurt and then she goes i'm in excruciating pain i'm continuing to throw up it's like a mess and this goes on for 12 hours. Like, wait, why wasn't this a storyline? Back in the day, this would have been a storyline. Because, I mean, it's awful for her, but it is kind of interesting.

Awful. But, like, what? At this point, you would think it would be drama. It would be one of those moments where they get the ambulance and they show the ambulance and the, you know, the scenes for the next episode and the big teaser. And then it ends up being like, you know, awful but not too much of a not too much of a big deal

well appendicitis is kind of a big deal she said that sometimes she experiences nausea during panic attacks and she has diagnosed anxiety and she was thinking maybe I'm anxious because I have a one-on-one later in the week I actually understand that knowing you have a one-on-one so much earlier

than just like the morning of would really get you kind of in a tailspin to be like, okay, in 24 hours, in 48 hours, I have to go on a first date with someone on TV. And it's going to last like 12 hours. That is anxiety-inducing. So she was just thinking, maybe this is all anxiety. But after ruling out food poisoning, she was taken to the hospital. And after three hours of being in the ER, the doctor came in and said, you have an appendicitis, and you're going to need emergency surgery.

All right. So this news was really hard for her to process, she said, especially with her being away from her family and her friends, and she underwent the surgery the next day. She went home to Howard Beach, New York shortly after the procedure. She goes, I was really, really sad. It honestly took me a month and a half to recover emotionally. physically obviously I was okay emotionally I was not I was left with the what if like what if Grant and I were to build a connection he saw and felt exactly what I was seeing and feeling and I know they didn't show a lot of our moments but we had a lot of cute moments and she said

that she didn't get to say goodbye to Grant when she left the mansion she said I hope I didn't he didn't think that I left just because you know and she goes eventually they start flying to places and it just wasn't safe or smart for me to fly when you're recovering from surgery which is why they didn't let her rejoin the cast and you know the short the long days and long nights I was just sad about leaving but once I got home and everything settled in I was just like I guess this was the best decision for me to come home and recover because it was a lot oh my goodness gracious I can't imagine I still think this is bizarre that they didn't put this into the show they normally would have been like having a goodbye scene like why wouldn't he go to the hospital

and be like hey I just heard you're going into for surgery tomorrow I'm so sad this is bizarre think about I mean this is obviously not a comparison but on Jones season chalk lost his mom In the midst of the season, they let him fly back for a few days to settle things at home, and then he flew back. This is a little different because, you know, the pain is not grieving pain. It's like actual physical pain, probably less painful, but it was a storyline, right? And they obviously had Chalk leave and come back because he was such a frontrunner. I think it could give Beverly a little bit. of relief in knowing that this is awful I'm sorry I'm sorry but I'm sorry Beverly if you're listening

to this you you having all those what ifs right and the what ifs suck I always say that I try to eliminate as many what ifs in life as possible so I know what you're going through but if grant and if production really thought that you were going to be like top four they would have made, I'm sorry to say, you a storyline. They would have made this sickness a storyline and they could have worked out some way for you to come back. Of course, this recovery, yeah, you probably shouldn't have been on planes to Europe. You probably couldn't have done that. So, I get it. But wow. Knowing this makes it even weirder for me that they didn't make it a storyline and then it's it's just I just feel really bad for her can't imagine be giving the

opportunity to feeling something with grant and then just to be plucked away from it and by something that you really can't control that's all but we wanted to get on here and do a mini podcast episode about this just because you know Rachel and I really ripped at this missing plot And now we have the answers. Until next time, talk to you later. Love you guys. 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 and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let's start with a quick puzzle.

The answer is Ken Jennings' appearance on The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience? in podcast land. Jeopardy Truthers, believe in... I guess they would be conspiracy theorists. That's right.

They gave you the answers and you still blew it. The Puzzler. Listen on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 crime, 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 iHeart radio app search

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