The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - DeAnna In The Wild: Get Your Flirt On

Episode Date: September 21, 2025

Ben has sent DeAnna off to a concert to test out her flirting skills! It's time to get back into the swing of things! Did she meet anyone or strike out horribly? Ben is getting into the nitty-gritty of what turns DeAnna on, and off! What kind of man is she attracted to, and what gives her the ick? We’re searching for her perfect man after she gives us the details!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to IVF Disrupted, the Kind Body Story, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. IHeart Podcasts bring you the ultimate Summer of Love Tree. This is famously available. Welcome back, Deanna, to the podcast. Now, recently, we sent you to Wango Tango. It's an amazing concert. I've been many times. That was back in May and you got to hang out at the beach

and start to see what you like, what you're interested in. And again, today we're here as we get this whole thing kicked off to kind of figure out what your type is or for our listeners to just understand more what your type is. So let's start with just the overview of everything. How was Wingo Tango? Oh, it was a lot of fun.

I haven't been to a concert in a really, really long time. And it was so fun. I really all I care about is Gwen Stefani. And I was just hoping she would play some of her old school, no doubt stuff. So it was actually really funny because Rachel and Genevieve, who are significantly younger than I am, were there. And we had, I mean, we were right next to the stage. We were like just having the best time ever. And some of her newer stuff, the girls knew. But when she started playing some of that no doubt stuff, the girls were like, yeah, no, I have, I have no clue what this song is. here I am living my best almost 44 year old life and she's playing like all of my high school

favorites and we knew every single word and we're jumping up and down and poor Genevieve she was like yeah I don't know this song at all like she had no clue any of the songs that Gwyn was playing so Genevieve is one of my favorite people by the way that I've ever hung out with in Bachelor Nation she is hilarious and then you get to see Rachel as well the two of them together is a power team did they know do they know your current situation that you are mingling and looking to potentially find a nice little dating partner? Genevieve was a little confused. So that was the first time that I met Genevieve.

And yes, she's delightful. And she also was on the prowl. So, you know, we were like working beside each other to try and find anything remotely attractive. And Rachel, I adore. And she's also super great. But Rachel knows about the podcast and was super stoked. Genevieve, I kind of had to explain a little bit what was going on. And she was like, okay, cool.

Yeah, let's find you a husband. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I'm in it for different reasons this time around. So, but Rachel, yeah, she was, she was on the prowl for me because it has been so long been since I have been in the dating scene that I kind of didn't know what to do. Like, I'm pretty good on my own. I'm pretty fun. I'm funny. I like to have a good time. But like I don't know how to interact with the opposite sex anymore, I'm realizing,

because I haven't dated in so long. And Rachel was like on the lookout trying to find me anyone to flirt with, any cute guy to talk to. And I just like, it was like I clamped up and I froze and I didn't know what to do. Okay. That's where we're going to start then. Because I think this is a very relatable and interesting topic. I didn't love dating.

I didn't. I wasn't great at it. It made me a lot more anxious than what I think was healthy. I would have sometimes really good times on dates, but leading up to those dates, it's all I could think about. Like I just couldn't like roll in, relax, and have a good time. So this is a skill set, I think. It is a muscle that needs to be practiced and worked on to get back out there again.

You haven't done it. Let's just call it what it is. You're not great at dating right now because you haven't done it. so long. How are you going to get okay at dating again? How are you going to get this muscle flexed and worked out? I don't know, Ben. And I believe that our listeners are going to be quite surprised to hear this because you're talking to two people here who went on national television to date and find their forever lasting love. So I always think that. And I'm, I am relatively an outgoing human being. I'm very extroverted. I thrive on being with friends and

and being able to do social events and stuff with other people. But I am with you. I didn't love dating even when I was single. And I actually didn't love it when I was The Bachelorette because I found it very hard to focus on multiple people at a time. I'm not a very good serial dater at that. Like I don't, I can't focus really on more than one person at a time. And most of that is just myself because I'm incredibly loyal.

And I need to just have one one thing, one man. one person to kind of put my time and energy in. I'm not very good at like disassociating when it comes to one person to another to another and all of that. And I also don't like dating in the sense of going and sitting down at dinner and having to get to know someone, you know, like, which is weird for me because I truly can get to know wall, Ben, like you could sit here for the next 45 minutes and not say a word and I'll leave this and be like, Ben is so great.

We just have the most wonderful conversation ever. Please do. It makes my job very easy. See? See? So I can get to know someone and I can do a date. And I guess that's why I'm drawn to this, Ben, doing the podcast, which someone else will do the vetting for me. Hopefully, some good betting.

And send me on dates with some really great people that a connection might be there because I'm also not, I'm one of those women that I believe that chivalry is not dead. I'm not necessarily the girl in the grocery store who walks up to the handsome guy and is like, oh my God, hello. I'm divorced and single, are you? Like, I don't do that. I wait to be approached, and I like for the man to be a man and to take the lead. I very much want that. I think that I have so many parts of my life that I have to be really organized and I have to be in charge of. And I have to lead all of those places and those pieces in my career and with the kids and paying bills and things.

Like, I have to be an adult. And I think that the one thing that I have always desired in a relationship is for a man to do that part. I would love to be, and I'm going to use the word submissive, which I hate, because I am not a submissive human being. Like, I'm a very much, I'm a very strong, independent woman. But I think there is a place in a relationship that I've always craved, I'm sorry, for a man to take the lead. That's the one place I don't really want to have to be in charge. and maybe that's why I'm still here I haven't been able to find that

and maybe that's ultimately why I went on The Bachelor and became the Bachelorette. It was a unique space to meet someone to hopefully have a long-lasting relationship. And so that's why I jumped on this opportunity too because when I'm at home, I have my kids and when I'm at work I'm traveling the world and I love both of those pieces of my life

and I'm in charge of those pieces and those pieces I can control but I don't necessarily go out and meet guys to date to have that kind of part of my life. And so maybe that's why I jumped on this, being able to do the podcast because I like being able to give that control to you or anyone else to set me up on a date. And hopefully it's somebody really great and it turns into something and I don't have to do the legwork to get there. Does that make sense? It makes a lot of sense. There's a lot of questions I want to ask from what you just said.

But I think through this process, you know, you and I are just getting familiar with each other. and how this is going to work. I've always believed with any of my girlfriends who are still single or have been single and have been a part of my life, my job is to not spew advice. One, I don't have, like, the ultimate advice to give everybody. But I can ask questions that sometimes ruffle feathers, that sometimes bring to light maybe something you said or something you're doing to make us all think about it. And maybe you can convince me, no, this is the right way to do it.

I think the first part of this is you have just laid out your life currently. And on the last time we sat down, you laid that same life out. And you said, I have these kind of structures, these parts of my life where I have my kids and I'm focused on my kids and I love my kids. I have my job and I'm focused on my career and I love my career and I get to travel the world. And then I have this really fun time where like maybe those two things aren't happening. Neither of them are existing for a couple days. and you really love your alone time. Where are you going to find the space?

Or let's ask you the question that I think so many want to know, do you actually want to find the space again? I do. I do, actually. I really do. Something that I've said from the moment that I decided I was ready to start to date again because I think I shared with you before, I wasn't in that capacity for a really long time.

I really chose, and I have done this throughout every relationship that I've had, I really sit in a space of myself and find myself again, and I really grieve that stuff. I am not one to go back to relationships. Like, once they are done, they're done for me. I'm not someone who lives in the past. I heard this recently that when you, the past is depression, right? Past is depression. Future is anxiety that we all have to live in the present, right?

And I don't go back. I don't. When relationships come to an end, I don't go back. And I really utilize that space to, sit with myself and to grieve and to find myself again and learn how to be, you know, and myself, a woman, alone, you know what I mean? And I'm really okay with that. So I didn't date for a really long time. I didn't have any interest in it. I was with Stephen for 15 years. I was really out of loss when that marriage came to an end. And I think that that's okay.

I had no desire to jump into another relationship to focus on another human being, to pour into them to make them feel loved and cared for because I needed to do that for myself. I needed to do that for my children. They had been through a lot. And so I am just now in a space where I feel like I am personally ready to open that up. And for me, that's really great. And I feel really, you know, powerful in saying that because I would have been doing not just myself a disservice, but another human being before a disservice to just utilize

them for a period of time. because now I can say that I'm ready to do that. Now, I understand your question about clarity with my career, right? I'm not opposed to having someone that I genuinely care about in my children's life. It just has to be the right person. And what I mean by that is that I don't want a revolving door for my children in no way, shape, or form. I need to date someone for a significant period of time before I have them even around my children. at all. I, you know, and that's something that I can control and that's something that I

will do for myself and for them. And I believe that that is really important to them. I do not want them to see every person that I date. I don't want them to see a revolving door of men come in and out of my house. They don't need, you know, a stepdaddy, right? They have a dad. So I am going to be really picky about that person that I choose to invest my time in, let alone have around my children. So I think once that groundwork is there, then it will be easier for me to make those spaces in my life combined, right, with my children, someone to live in my daily life. And I really want that. In the meantime, I might have to get creative, you know, in the times that I am home and I'm not working and I don't have my children. That's a great time for me to date. Or I have always really

wanted a partner that would like to travel the world with me. I love my job, Ben, and I love to travel the world. I love to see different cultures, different parts of the world, different parts of the United States. I live for that, and I have always genuinely wanted someone who would enjoy doing that with me. And I've never had that. I've never ever had that, not even in my marriage. And so I also think that if that's a place for creativity, if I'm able to find someone that I really like, why not meet me when I'm in Cabo and date in Mexico? Why not meet me when I'm across the world in South Africa and let's go on a safari? I would really like to meet someone that has the ability to do that. The financial stability to do that would also be really cool. I'm not

looking to be someone's sugar mama bin. I realize that might come as a shock. Yeah. You know, and that's a big ask. I realize that's a big ask for someone. Hey, everybody, this is Matt Rogers. And Bowen Yang. And you're never going to guess who's our guest on Lost Cultureistas. It is Bradley Jackson, Elle Woods, Tracy Flick, herself. Reese Witherspoon. It must go in a girls' trip.

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I'll run the Q rating. No, on the Q rating on us. My resiliency score is down to adequate because we were on a red eye. My resiliency score. My grit. I got to get my grit score up. Now, don't think that you're going to come out Los Culture East. That's the podcast.

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not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. Well, 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house.

So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is a tape-recorded statement. The person being interviewed is Krista Gail and Pike. This is in regards to the death of a Colleen slimmer. She started going off on me, and I hit her.

I just hit her and hit her and hit her and hit her. On a cold January day in 1995, 18-year-old Krista Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee. Since her conviction, Krista has been sitting on death row. The state has asked for an execution date for Krista. We let people languish in prison for decades, raising questions about who we consider fundamentally unrestorable. How does someone prove that they deserve to live? We are starting the recording now.

Please state your first and last name. Krista Pike. Listen to Unrestorable Season 2, Proof of Life, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I started trying to get pregnant about four years ago now. We were getting a little bit older, and it just kind of felt like the window could be closing. Bloomberg and IHeart Podcasts present. IVF disrupted, the kind body story.

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Listen to IVF disrupted, the kind body story, starting September 19 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Before we start the rapid fire here on kind of diving into what you're most attracted to, I want to remind you of something. It has been 15, 16 years since. you were in the dating pool. And as you were talking, I reminded myself of this. And in fact, about six months ago,

I had a friend who's 31, she was wanting to find relationship so bad. She always struggled with it. And she called me and said, I've met somebody. And I think this is the right person for me. And here's why they think it's the right person for them. And I actually think this is simple and brilliant all at the same time,

and it's something we forget. Because, you know, we'll talk about red flags in a bit. We'll talk about, as the kids say today, the ick. What gives you the ick? Like those things that throw you off. Here's how she knew, and they're going to get married. They're engaged now.

She wanted to be around that person. You just said it. Like the space, there will be people you date where you're like, I really have no desire to see them tomorrow on my off day. But then all of a sudden, there might be somebody that comes through that you're like, oh my gosh, I cannot wait to see that person. Like this isn't a responsibility. This isn't a burden. This isn't a struggle.

And I want to remind you of that because it's been a bit, but that feeling does exist. And I think it really is a big factor on, is this the right person or not? Do I want to see them tomorrow or the next day? I, a thousand percent, agree with you because I only barely dipped my toe into dating in the last year. I tried the dating apps for a hot minute. It's just worse than anything else in the whole world, Ben. But I remember saying that to myself.

You know, my girlfriends were super excited for me because thankfully, friends think I'm pretty great and they would like for me to find someone really great. And when I would go on a date, they'd be like, oh, you know, what do you think? Or like when I would come home from a trip, you know, a guy would be like, let's go get dinner. And I would say that to myself, if I really liked someone, I would want to hang out with them. I would want to use my spare time to be with them. And I have not experienced that. When I come home from a trip, I have not found anyone, not that I've dated a lot. Okay, only a few people. But none of those few people have I come home from a trip and thought, I'd love to go out and see that person and grab dinner.

No, I couldn't wait to take my shoes off and lie on my own couch and make myself dinner and eat alone and watch what I wanted on television. Like, I knew in my heart of hearts that should tell me something. I agree. No, I think that's a good marker. We are going to work our hardest to find you some incredible people to date. And you will date them and they might be incredible and you might have something with them or you might not.

That is not the pressure that you need to feel or should feel. That's part of dating. And I think that's what's so fun about. this show is it's going to give people an insight. And as you said, you're great at describing and explaining your feelings and your emotions and your thoughts on what you were into and what you weren't. And I think a lot of people are going to relate with it when they listen and say, wait, I felt that same way. Now she's putting words to what I felt in a way I could never do it. And that's what I'm excited about. But I want to dive in here to find out kind of what we're

looking for when we go out here on our search it's not going to be a hard search i have a feeling there's going to be many men going hey i would like to date her but let's start with an easy softball question uh when i ask you who is your celebrity crush first person that comes to mind i hate this question ben i don't have one i truly yes you do who do you find attractive then are you a george cluny are you a brad person are you no um who was i looking at the other day that i was like goodness that dude is handsome i mean they're handsome i think this is okay let me this is a bad question for me because in my career i have flown a lot of celebrities and i am not i'm the least fan girl kind of person i never had that you know everybody has that like list that that that

that list that even if you were with someone you could sleep with those people you're crushed i just yeah i don't have any of that i really don't like i can appreciate handsome but like yeah i've never thought or i want a hall pass to be able to sleep with brad pitt okay that's fair okay then let's start with this you mentioned on the last episode and it's clear to your friends and your followers and your fans that your faith is really important to you and it is not just a faith of words but this is a not only a lifestyle this has your relationship with your faith has changed your life from the inside out so as a result is faith a massive i don't want to say issue. That makes face sound like an issue. Is faith important to you and your next partner?

It's very important for me. If I am going to date someone long term and have a long term relationship, partnership, companionship with someone, uh, yeah, I ideally would like to date someone who believes in God and believes in Jesus. That's what I do. I want, I envision myself holding a man's hand at church on Sundays. Like I would really love that. So ultimately, long term, for me, those things have to coincide. Yeah. And I think it adds a depth to the relationship. How in the world are you supposed to confront any type of difficult conversation if the two of you aren't coming from a similar place. And this is what we believe about humans. And this is what we believe about the world around us. So I do think it adds a depth for longstanding relationships. Yeah. I start my day in prayer and I end it in prayer. And I would love to do that with someone. I think that's fair. Okay. That's a good. That's a really good marker as we begin this. And, you know,

in the same breath, we've seen it, you know, more and more where, you know, there's single dads out there, they're wanting to date and they're speaking the same kind of language you're speaking where it's like, I don't, I want to date, but I don't know if I have the time or the space or the abilities. When you think about a single dad with kids, still raising children, is that something that's attractive to you? Is that something that's just a, hey, that's cool? or is this a no, a non-starter? Like, I can't also add in those kids. No, it's super attractive to me, Ben, for many reasons.

For starters, they will understand what I'm going through. They will understand my lifestyle. They will understand that some days a date does not mean dinner at 6 o'clock. It means let's grab coffee after we drop our children off at school. Let's get lunch on Wednesday because our children don't get out until 2.30 in the afternoon. So for me, that's really attractive for that, like, scheduling piece. but also for someone who doesn't have children, they'll, I mean, and I say this in the kindest way possible, they're never going to be able to understand when I say, no, you know what, my

children need me tonight, I can't meet you this evening. They might be kind about it, but for me, I think that there will come a point where that will become a point of resentment because I'm always going to choose my kids over someone else. I'm just going to. I'm their mom, and those are my kids. So there's also that emotional piece that for me, a single dad is going to understand that. That first and foremost, I'm a single mom and my children are really important to me. And a single dad will also get that. So there's the scheduling piece. There's the emotional piece. And then I would like to think at some point, if it gets to that, then there's a piece of combining families. You know what I mean? Like that ultimately, if I'm looking really far down the road and I don't

have anyone, you know what I mean? But in my mind, when I'm looking at the long term and down the road of things. That's what I would like to have. Someone who understands parenthood, because again, I've shared with you, I don't want more children. I will be 44 this year. I have no desire to be pregnant again and breastfeeding for another year and the lack of sleep and up every few hours. You know it very well then. I don't have a desire to do that again. But I think I can be a really incredible stepmom. I think I can. Yeah. I think it's always so beautiful, no matter what life has brought, you know, these people together to see, you know, you go to the zoo and you see you can tell two families having fun. Usually the kids are very similar in age, which doesn't

like always get to exist when, you know, because you wait a year, two years to have your next kids. So sometimes there's like similar age groups that can play together and have fun together. I think it's a beautiful thing. And I get what you're saying too. They'll, when it talk, when you talk about space and when you talk about obligations and when you talk about the things they're important to you, somebody with kids will get that. They'll understand it. It won't have to be explained to them. They'll be like, I get it. Yeah, that's fine. Actually, tonight I wanted to sit at home too because I haven't been without the kids for the last two weeks. I'm exhausted. So yeah, I'm going to sit on the couch and maybe I'll text you later. Let's order takeout and watch a

movie and not have to get dressed. Like, that sounds ideal. The other thing that I didn't hit on is what I don't want is someone who doesn't have children. They either haven't had the opportunity to have children, so they still want children or they just genuinely don't want children, right? I can't live in either one of those spaces in because I don't want any more children. And the other piece is I don't know that I could date someone who has never had a desire to have children because then to incorporate them in my life because I love my children a whole lot and expect them to love them too is probably not going to happen. In either way of the spectrum, then it will ultimately lead to resentment.

And I'm not saying that in a negative way. I'm just pretty rational when it comes to that. Yeah. You've thought this through. You're going to be a tough one because you've thought, like we can't trick you here. Like we could, there's not like a, no, give him a shot. Maybe. You know what?

A lot of people are always like, oh my God, would you do The Bachelorette again? I'm like, no, because when I was 26, I was very naive. And I am no longer very naive. I would stand up for myself and I have an opinion and I feel really strongly about that. Hey, everybody, this is Matt Rogers. And Bowen Yang. And you're never going to guess who's our guest on Los Culturistas. It is Bradley Jackson, L. Woods, Tracy.

Flick herself. Reese Witherspoon. It must go in a girl's trip. I have to have a tequila. We must. Oh! The Q rating. When they run

diagnostic on you guys. I'd be scared. I'll run the Q rating. No, on the Q rating on us. My resiliency score is down to adequate because we were on a red eye. My resiliency score. Where's your grit?

My grit. I got to get my grit score up. Now, don't think that you're going to come out Las Culturistas, the podcast, and we're not going to at least bring up Big Little Lies Season 3. Whoever said orange is the new pink. We seriously disturbs.

Listen to Las Culturistas on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Jorge Ramos. And I'm Paola Ramos. Together we're launching The Moment, a new podcast about what it means to live through a time, as uncertain as this one. We sit down with politicians.

I would be the first immigrant mayor in generations, but 40% of New Yorkers were born outside of this country. Artists and activists, I mean, do you ever feel demoralized? I might personally lose hope. This individual might lose the faith, but there's an institution that doesn't lose faith. And that's what I believe in. To bring you depth and analysis from a unique Latino perspective.

There's not a single day that Paola and I don't. don't call or text each other, sharing news and thoughts about what's happening in the country. This new podcast will be a way to make that ongoing intergenerational conversation, public. Listen to The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos as part of the MyCultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin. What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago.

I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. The 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a tape recorder statement. person being interviewed is Krista Gail Pike. This is in regards to the death of Colleen Slimmer. She just started going off on me and I hit her. I just hit her

and hit her and hit her and hit her. On a cold January day in 1995, 18-year-old Krista Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slimmer in the woods of Knoxville Tennessee. Since her conviction, Krista has been sitting on death

row. The state has asked for an execution date for Krista. We let people languish in prison for decades, raising questions about who we consider fundamentally unrestorable. How does someone prove that they deserve to live? We are starting the recording now. Please state your first and last name. Krista Pike. Listen to Unrestorable Season 2, Proof of Life, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I started trying to get pregnant about four years ago now.

We were getting a little bit older, and it just kind of felt like the window could be closing. Bloomberg and IHeart Podcasts present. IVF disrupted, the Kind Body Story, a podcast about a company that promised to revolutionize fertility care. Introducing Kind Body, a new generation of women's health and fertility care. backed by millions in venture capital and private equity, it grew like a tech startup. While Kind Body did help women start families, it also left behind a stream of disillusioned and angry patients.

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figured out in a human that right away is like, nope, not going to work? A grown man who lives at home with his mom and dad. That's wild. Pretty tough at this age. Someone who, you know, I don't know that. I was ever taught to have a conversation, but I believe there is a point in conversation where you ask genuine questions if you want to get to know someone. And so someone who you sit down to talk to and doesn't ask you a single question about yourself. That to me is a red flag,

like that they don't try to get to know me. And again, I try to be really graceful because I could get to know the wall in this room, Ben, really well and walk out of here and think, that was a great conversation. But someone that you sit down with and speak to for 30 minutes or an hour and they don't ask you one thing about yourself, to me, that's a red flag. You're the easiest date in the world, by the way. I mean, all I would have to do is show up and ask you one question and dinner. I would do all the talking. Yeah, and I'd be like, awesome.

Like, all the stress is gone. So anybody listening that will be maybe added to this show, just think of like four or five good questions for the first date when you're super nervous and let things fly. Like, just sit back and relax. Yeah. Yeah. she's i got i got some issues um another one is eye contact that's really important to me um i have always thought from her young age is someone who cannot hold or make eye contact is a huge red flag to me

because if you're looking at it scientifically it usually means that they're a liar and the other piece is it also tells confidence level so i personally and again these are my thing so just stating that ben i don't i'm not saying this is everyone and maybe this is a little judgmental on my part i find it unattractive to be sitting with a man who cannot hold eye contact because that immediately tells me he's either not mature or he's not confident enough and i don't care what you look like physically confidence is truly really attractive okay that's my next question and we're getting close to the end here because we're kind of getting an idea of what we're looking for you just mentioned you you said the words you don't care what they look

like physically do you mean that statement or is that just you speaking out like is there physical attributes that you are at least attracted to superficial humans big like i right we're all self-centered we're all centers there's a little bit in all of us okay i say that meaning for me confidence and personality is really important to me it truly is you could be the hottest guy and six foot three, tall, dark and handsome, and have the complete worst personality possible, and that immediately turns me off. But I am also an adult woman and understand that physical attraction is important. I can usually, again, I haven't dated in a long time, know right off the bat if I am physically attracted to someone. I can usually determine if I believe

in the first 15 to 20 minutes if it is worth a second date. And that would mean if I am physically attracted to someone and if the personality is there. I love a funny guy. Love a funny guy. When I first came on to The Bachelor

and people were like, oh, Bob Guinea was our best Bachelor ever. And I was like, I don't get it. I don't get it. You know Bob really well. Two seconds into talking to Bob. I was like, oh, I bet you those girls were all up in his bed

because he has the best personality and he's so funny. Rumors are they were. Rumor, hey, listen, I have heard the rumors, too. He is one of the naughtiest bachelors in the history of the show. But I get it. I get it. He's funny.

He's charismatic. He's confident. You know, he's just all around, a great guy. And that's important to me. Like, I want that. I want that. And so, but I also, there has to be physical attraction. And someone needs to listen.

I get it. I'm on here. You're trying to find me a date. But someone also needs to be physically attracted to me. I'm not everyone's cup of tea. and that's okay. Yeah. Shout out to Bob Guinea real quick.

Bob Guinea is down 25 pounds currently. So this guy is not only getting more attractive with age. He's also still funny and confident. Goodness gracious. He's the man. He's the man. I love that guy. Okay.

Well, we're going to close up here with this. Now, we've talked about the physical attributes, confidence, personality, carrying a conversation, a good listener. I mean, I think our options here are, are fairly expansive, which I'm excited about, because I think there's a lot of really maybe uniquely interesting people who are great, who you maybe wouldn't have gone on a date with unless it was set up.

And that's what I'm excited about when it comes to this experience is we get to kind of look and support you from behind the scenes. Okay, well, when you find me one, Ben, make sure that he understands that chivalry is not dead, okay? I'm from the South. I would love for someone to open up my car door for me. You know, my wife's dad opens up the car door for her mom at every stop we make when I'm there in the South. It's a big deal.

Wonderful. My high school boyfriend, I dated him for five years, and there was not a door that I went through. He had lots of other issues. You don't get you wrong, but there wasn't a door that I walked through that he didn't open it up for me. And I remember thinking like that, I just really appreciated that, a man who puts a woman first, right? But I just, to me, that's important. I would like that. Yeah, it's beautiful.

Okay, so the big question, the one you probably haven't been asked in a long time. What are your physical boundaries on a first date and I'll make it easier for you to answer if you're having a great time? Let's start with the kiss and somebody tries to kiss you on a first date at this point in your life. Do you lean in or do you lean back? No, if I'm feeling I would kiss on a first date. I mean, I've been, I believe that it is well known at this point in my life that I am not a virgin. I've had at least two children. Yeah, that's a headline.

Yeah, no. If I'm, if I'm feeling it and I'm attracted to someone and it's a great date, I'm down for a first kiss. Yeah. Yeah. A little flirting, little touching, right? Small of your back. You know, you want to feel like someone's attracted to you. Yeah, especially at a concert.

You said you didn't really know how to do it at a concert, like how to flirt and stuff. Listen, I tried to flirt in. It did not go well. Listen, we saw these cute. I don't know what it is about women with men in uniform. Like we're really into firefighters and police officers and military men. Just put us in a uniform. I did four tours to Iraq and Afghanistan when I was single.

And it was like a kid in a candy land. Yeah. We tried to flirt with these firefighters. They were not paying us any attention whatsoever. We're all dressed cute and we're on the beach and we're just feeling ourselves. And we're listening to Gwen, having their best times. And we purposely go and stand in front of these four firefighters, and they're so cute. They don't pay us any attention whatsoever.

So we turn around some, there's all these kids smoking pot these days. I don't understand it, but just, you know, it's freaks, whatever. We kind of turn around and we look at them. We're like, I'm not you guys smoking, is it? And they're like, no, we're on the job. And we're like, oh, jokes on us then, you know, and that was it. Like, they didn't pay us any more attention. We were kind of like, wah, wah, I guess we better go, you know.

Yeah. Yeah, this is going to be fun. I can't wait for the audio at this thing when we hear what kind of pickup lines you're throwing. Ben, it's time to go. This is getting weird. Pull, pull me. Thank you for being so open here about what you're attracted to, what you're into, what you're not into, what the future could look like. We are opening up the applications.

We are sifting through all the prospects. and I am so excited to follow and kind of walk alongside this journey with you. But until the next time, thanks for joining today. Thanks, Ben. Hey, everybody, this is Matt Rogers. And Bowen-Yang. And you're never going to guess who's our guest on Las Coulteristas. It is Elle Woods, Tracy Flick, herself.

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Listen to The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? Answer, a new podcast called Wisecrack, where a comedian finds himself at the center of a chilling true crime story. Does anyone know what show they've come to see?

It's a story. It's about the scariest night of my life. This is Wisecrack, available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Introducing IVF disrupted, the Kind Body story, a podcast about a company that promised to revolutionize fertility care. It grew like a tech startup. While Kind Body did help women start families, it all. also left behind a stream of disillusioned and angry patience.

You think you're finally, like, in the right hands. You're just not. Listen to IVF Disrupted, the Kind Body Story, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On a cold January day in 1995, 18-year-old Krista Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in the woods of Knoxville, Tennessee. Since her conviction, Krista has been sitting on death row. How does someone prove that they deserve to live? We are starting the recording now. Please state your first and last name.

Krista Pike. Listen to Unrestorable Season 2, Proof of Life, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.