The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Do You Accept This Q&A?

Episode Date: October 25, 2024

It’s time for another round of an Almost Famous Q&A! Ben and Ashley take on the tough questions of ranking their favorite Bachelor/Bachelorette seasons, and we find out which lead they’d like to see back on the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Okay. We'll start with this one. It's from Benny. Ashley, if you had to pick your favorite bachelorette season and your favorite bachelor's season, who would it be? And it can't be the one you were on. Okay. Well, my favorite bachelorette season would be probably Caitlin's because I was fresh off becoming friends with Caitlin.

So it was like watching a friend date all these guys. Obviously, my husband and one of my best friends came from that season. So, you know, so many friends are from that season. So it's just that it's just that's it. I thought that not just was the cast great, but it just was constantly interesting, entertaining, and you guys just, you all rocked it. I loved it.

And then one that I didn't see from a personal angle was Emily Maynard season. I just lived for that season every single week as a fan. Just, I don't know. I just loved Emily. I loved the way she handled herself. She was just badass Barbie. Love her bachelor season.

And that was not my own. Ben, I'm not going to choose yours because I'm not going to suck up for that. I'm going to tell you, the one that is the most monumental to me was the first season that I ever watched. And that was Brad Womack's second season. A lot of that has to do with Emily because I just loved her. And I was just so intrigued by the show. It's just something about watching the whole. sequence of it through fresh

eyes. Yeah, that's fair. I don't know if it was Brad or like anything from that or if it was just the first time watching. My favorite Bachelorette season would go back to Andy Dorfman. I don't know why, but that season stood out to me in so many ways. And it had so many

big characters and so many twists and turns leading up to even the finale. You watched it before you were on it? Yeah. Yeah, you did. Okay. yeah but like really hardcore you like actually watch week to week yeah i don't know why i think i was

home with my mom i don't know if it was when i had mono in college or what but i remember watching it consistently and being intrigued like invested uh into the the show and i don't get that invested i mean i guess since i've been on it very often um so my favorite bachelor season that's tough I haven't watched Minnie. I kind of only watched the... You mean besides working it? Well, that's what I was going to say. I didn't watch Minnie before my time on the show.

Okay. So I hadn't seen Minnie. I mean, I watched Souls' season because I thought it was valuable and important. And I thought that was really good. However, I would say my favorite season would maybe be like everybody else's right now and a little recency bias would be Joey's.

I know. Joey's came to my. reason we needed right like we needed it now and I think it really stepped up and filled a gap that was you know very needed during that time so I would say it'd be between those two but those might be the only two I've watched I mean Chris's was probably the only one I watched for fun for fun before my time so it's kind of hard for me to say and I just think for whatever reason the bachelor seasons in the last few years have been subpar, quite honestly.

Okay, I got a question from Kendall. Which contestant from any season would you think would make a great lead? I was always wanting it to be Peter Krause, like up until this year, I would have liked them to pick Peter Krauss, like, aka, like, right now. Like, I wish he was currently the bachelor, except for he just announced that he has a girlfriend. and crazy. I met this girlfriend

almost 10 years ago at an event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was a bachelor event. I think she was just a fan there. She was a local sports reporter. And I was like, this girl, like, I could see her on the show. Like, she's got it going on. And then, and I followed her.

I don't know. We like hit it off at this event. And she's one of like the 1,300 people that I follow. And then all of a sudden, I saw her post about him and then him post about her just as recently as like 10 days ago. So who would you pick then? Who would I pick now? Yes. On the market?

No, it's hard for me to even think of many people that are on the market. Yeah, everybody who I would pick, I think, is off the market now. So Peter Krauss, and then who would be the Bachelorette choice for you? Oh, the Bachelorette choice. This one's easy for me. I would love to see Caitlin Bristow run it back. Okay, fine. There you know. There you. I wish I could be interesting and unique and pick up somebody who you didn't just say, but that is, that it would be it. I would love to, especially with her sitting where she's at, knowing her personality.

She's a little taken, I think, too. Well, true. Good point. I even think about that. She is. I also think that secretly, there's been some recent seasons or some of those girls that we saw in Paradise would be great leads. the i forget her last name but you know is it jess geraldy i think is how you say she's so pretty um and i think some of her friends that she moved to san diego with i think could definitely be a lead um or contenders to be leads i think victoria fuller would bring a really funny season i think it would be pretty wild she kind of has the katelyn bristow mentality and i think that could be fun as far as mingo yeah i i'm very curious to hear this i mean he's married and been married for a long time. I always thought Wells or Dean would have been great leads. I think they would have

brought a really fun, like, vibe to the show that, you know, they both kind of do what they want when they want. And I think that was something important. So those would be like my men leads that I would have loved to watch. Neither one of them would have taken it seriously. No. And it would have been great. It's probably why they both weren't. Yeah, it would have been awesome. Yeah. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, 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.

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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,

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And it was sent to me. He wanted us to talk about it. And so Michael, I am answering this question. He says, I'm from a small town in Eastern Canada called Fredericton, very clicky town. Everyone knows everyone. I grew up without any social skills until university and gained skills and confidence. and friends when he was at university. I was not diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

So in small towns, you get labeled. That's an important sentence. Been single on and off since mid-20s. I use dating apps. However, I get bored usually. Any recommendations on how to meet new people? I don't know how you get over it. I think you probably get out there socially a little bit more.

you probably like you know join some community things um you find more friends and then the word is spread that you know this guy's actually really cool um we were wrong about him all that and then perhaps ladies or gentlemen whatever you're into will get you know the word and then you can start hanging out with bigger groups and that's probably the best way of dating anyway is meeting through groups and through friends. I did see recent statistic now that 80% of people do meet online and friends and family used to be 90% of the way that people met and that's dropped down to like 13% here in the recent years and only going to get more.

So that's why he brings it up. Yeah. The dating apps aren't the best for him. I appreciate that Michael sent us this message. It means a lot that he trusts us with his advice, and I'm guaranteeing he's listening with a hopeful ear of what can he do. And I think I actually touched on some really important things. Here's what I've learned in my, you know, 35 years on Earth.

We all have something, right? And there's really no way to quantify pain. There's different levels of pain, different levels of trauma. But we all have something that causes us. to be different and different is good and so here's my first piece of advice you got to own this difference can't be ashamed of it and so I think the more you advocate for people like you I think the more that you surround yourself with friends as Ashley said and not that you're obsessed with talking about this you know diagnosis that you've had but that you're not ashamed

of it because the truth is it is what makes you you and so you own it so that it's not doesn't feel taboo people can ask you questions about it they can be curious about it that's half of what dating is anyways right is asking questions and getting to learn and understand somebody for who they actually are i think the other way to your question of how you meet people i think you pick a few things that you're really passionate about and i think this goes it can be done in a lot of different ways you can sit down at home and write down some things that really fire you up in life that really gets you excited and as actually said you start to join volunteer groups. You start to join community groups that are focused around these things.

Maybe it's animals or maybe it's, you know, children's hunger. Maybe it's all of those things. And you start to involve yourself in those activities because your presence, your time and your effort are valuable. Those places need you and they need people like you. So you get there because you're going to meet people with similar, you know, interests. You're going to be able to talk to them about the things that you're working on. And you're going to become a vital part of that community where people know you and they say, yeah, that person is such a good volunteer

for this great organization in this small town that we live in. I understand the social skills aspect. But here's the thing that I know to be true. There is going to be somebody, and I believe there's going to be multiple people, they're going to love you for who you are. once they get to understand you, once they get to learn from you, once they get to hear, you know, why sometimes you need to step away and getting quiet because you get overwhelmed or whatever, you know, it is that happens to you, they're going to be like, that just makes Michael Michael. Yeah, Michael needs a break. That's okay. That to me is the place that you can get to. But this first step, and I go back to it, is to get confident in the fact that, yes, this is you. This isn't going to.

to change and to own who you are so that people can start to ask the questions that need to ask, like, hey, why do you, you know, hide out? Or why do you seem to get really angry really quickly and didn't feel so bad for it? Like, they can start to understand this about you and they can start to fall in love with who you are as a person. This, I know it feels daunting. And I know it feels like you're looking, you know, through the window at everybody else who seems quote unquote normal and you're like, I just want to be like them. Why can I react the way they are?

The truth is, once you get to know people, all of us have our differences. All of us have our thing. That's what makes the world cool. Beautiful answer. So good luck to you. I think he's going to do, I think he's going to take your advice to heart.

Yes. It doesn't, it won't be easy, right? It's always weird. No, because like signing up for that stuff, becoming part of the community can be a little awkward at first, but once you're, like, immersed. Yeah, then it's, then it's like high flying. I mean, it's kind of like he said when it comes to university, right?

When you step into college, you're like eyes wide open, so scared, so nervous. Everything's new. Everything is, yeah, weekend, you're like, I know all my favorite places, I know my people, I want to join this, you know, it happens, it's just life, and own it, own the differences. Hey, that's been another episode of the Almost Famous podcast. This is a question and answers, a few fun ones, and then one from Michael. The one from Michael is very special to all of us. If you're out there and you have some questions that you would love Ashley and I to talk through

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