The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Frankie Friday: Leave the Garments at Home

Episode Date: January 30, 2026

We're making sure you're fully prepped for Taylor Frankie Paul's season of The Bachelorette with another edition of Frankie Friday!We have a teaser poster! It's not official... but Taylor posted it and hinted that the REAL one could be more controversial. Taylor seems to have done a podcast interview, but with who?? And what did she spill?? Plus, Taylor looks like she's house hunting... what does that mean for the outcome of her season??See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast with IHartRadio. Hey guys, welcome to the Almost Famous Podcast. It is me and our producer Heather today. We're wrapping up the week with another Frankie Friday, where we are going to bring you everything that's happening, rumors, clues, all of it that has to do with our next Bachelorette lead, Taylor, Frankie, Paul. So our first headline, probably the best headline of the week,

Taylor posted something on our Insta story this week. was a teaser. It was a fan-created teaser for the Bachelorette poster. We love them. The Pachelorette posters come out. I've always loved the taglines. They can be very, very clever. This tagline said, leave the garments at home. And then Taylor reposted and said, people upset about this poster. Dot, dot, dot, wait till the actual one gets released. And she has her classic Mormon wives, you know, expression on. Now, I had to ask Heather, what garments meant before we got on to talk about this. And apparently some Mormons will wear like, it's kind, it's, I said, is it like a chastity belt? She said no, but you can go ahead and explain what they are, Heather. Yeah. So not dissimilar

to, I think, shapewear. And not all Mormons wear these. I want to be super specific, that it's only some Mormons wear garments, some don't. And I know that they have symbols on them, which are very private. I don't believe that all garments look the same. And I believe that only the people who see each other's garments are like husband and wife. And that's kind of the extent of my knowledge. I just know that you're pretty right on now that I'm looking at chat jbt on it yeah okay I think that that that post if that was the real poster would be a little niche I don't know of that a lot of people would understand what they're referring to in that but it makes us think if she thinks that that's scandalous which I mean I understand the scandalous to it what could the real one be

it's going to be about swinging then I'm assuming like it's going to have to be about polygamy right we were talking about this during her first couple episodes. Polygamy and then polyamorous are different. Yes. It's polygamy, right? No, no, no. Polygamy is when you're a man with more than one wife. That's sister-wide.

I know. Well, that's what they're going to make fun of in the real one, don't you think? Because she's going to have multiple boyfriends. No, because she doesn't subscribe to polygamy. I don't think that they're going to make that. I think there will be some sort of nod to swinging. And I think that. or there could be a nod to, I don't see ABC making a nod to baby daddy,

but I could see them doing something sly when it comes to swinging, swinging into a new season. It's definitely going to be swinging. Yeah. Yes, they wouldn't go the polygamy route. They just wanted to go with a stereotype, which I just wanted to clarify one more time. We know that that is not what most practicing Mormons do these days. Not at all.

Not at all. Not at all. No, no practice polygamy. It is something in Old Testament from the LDS faith that they do not subscribe to. Yeah, totally. So, but swinging, I would imagine it's going to be like swinging through a bunch of men or like swinging through all the. Swinging into chaos. Swinging, something like that.

They're talking about swinging. Absolutely. And I know that she was the one that broke the story. She said that her ex-husband, what they were swinging, right? They were part of the swinging group. So she is a former swinger. Yeah, soft swinging. But it did lead, I think that was ultimately what part of the catalyst of their divorce.

Yeah, soft swinging. Oral, but no P&V. Yes, but there was also like in sharing rooms together. so there's like voyeurism in there about doing it in front of other. There's a lot. We don't need to dive into all of it right now. Okay. Another news, Taylor is house hunting.

She posted, she's been posing stories about going like house to house saying her mom is her cute real estate agent. Her mom's a real estate agent. So that should make this hunt relatively easy, I think. She's probably to get first dibs at a lot of places. I feel really good for, Taylor that like literally she's had so much great success in this last year with, you know, secret lives and with the bachelorette that she deserves to upgrade her house.

I think that's cool. As a single mom, I think that's like an awesome thing that she's going to be able to do and provide for her family. Definitely. Totally agree. Leanne, her mom also celebrated her birthday this weekend with a Western party. The family all came together, cowboy hat. That's a dirty soda bar for guests.

Now, dirty soda, like, I know this is the third thing. It's a whole bunch of sodas and syrups and stuff mixed together. Could you make dirty soda also spiked? Like, some people who do drink, like, can you spice it? Absolutely. Like, it just depends on if you're at a, okay, I'm going to say something and correct me if I'm wrong, listeners, because I learned this term a long time ago. But I've heard that when you drink as a Mormon, you're called a Jack Mormon.

That's what they call each other when they drink alcohol. Or I don't think it subscribes to when they drink coffee. But when they drink alcohol, that's what they call it. But yes, I don't know if anybody in this family drinks or if there was alcohol at this party. But there are definitely, I have heard firsthand stories from Mormons in Utah that say, you know, yes, we spike the sodas. yes, we drink alcohol at the kids games, things like that. Okay. Wait, but I have to tell you the one thing that I was like kind of,

whoa by when I was like looking into this party was that I was like looking at photos that Leanne was like tagged in and stuff like that. And it looks like she arrived to her own party in a red helicopter. That's something. That's kind of insane. And we know, right, that Taylor hinted about filming more. So I'm wondering if like, if they're, if they're back to filming maybe season five or the very end of season four of Secret Lives and Mormon Wives, if we're going to be seeing this party. Because that seems like a very grand entrance just for your friends and family.

I sure hope it was something that was filmed. Could you imagine if it was. I can't imagine. I can't imagine having a James Bond entrance to my Western party that's just on like a fandom day. I would think that she would just like arrive on. a horse, right? Right. Well, Leanne, listen, I know she's in our DM. She wants to come back from the pod. We love you, Leanne. Right. She's so fun. It's the best podcast. Next time you come on, we will have to get the full scoop on why you arrived in a helicopter to your birthday party. Definitely. She wasn't the only

person in Taylor's life that had a birthday this week. It was also Dakota's 36th birthday. and on his cake is the iconic face, but it's Dakota's face with the finger up to his mouth, and it reads, it's Dakota's birthday. Don't tell him mom talk. Don't tell. Oh, it's Dakota's birthday.

Don't tell mom talk. Okay, that's funny. Yeah, I mean, it was hanging out with two of the guys from Dad Talk. We're talking about Zach and Jacob. Looks like they went go-kart racing for his birthday. I think I did hear DeKheardt. Dakota recently say on a podcast that him and Leanne, I think if their birthdays aren't on the same day,

they're incredibly close. And, you know, looking through the pictures from Leanne's party, Dakota was not in attendance, but his son ever was. In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband, Mike, was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life. Forever. I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing.

And immediately, the mask came off. You're supposed to be safe. That's your home. That's your husband. So keep this secret for so many years. He's like a seasoned pro. This is a story about the end of a marriage. But it's also the story of one woman.

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we're here to give you the tools and advice to help you make it happen. Listen to How to Money on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What if mind control is real? If you could control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you have? Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? When you look at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused.

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If you want this to be the year you stop powering through pain and start understanding what's underneath, listen to the mailroom on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows. Our final headline this week is Taylor teases a podcast recording. And because it's a tease, doesn't say which podcast she's on, people are. already like doing a little investigative work want to know what her big first interview might be it's an orange background it's like panelling like wood paneling and there's a fiddle leaf fig so heather and i have come up with a few ideas it doesn't seem like it's the via files there's no green background um and both of their backgrounds that they record at are green then it's possibly amy polar's podcast I really tried to do a deep dive on this last night.

And Amy Poehler does have the wood background panels like this. And there is a fiddly fig in the shot. I think that Taylor Frankie Paul is going on Amy Poller's podcast. I highly doubt it. I even looked at Latia's podcast that she has with Chase. It does not match that background. Okay. Yeah, that would be a little bit.

of a huge guest for them. That's a new podcast. Exactly. So the other one I kind of found was the skinny but not fat podcast, which we love and is on brand for her, I would say. Exactly. And so that kind of has a similar background, but I couldn't find the fiddly fig in the shots. I could find some other three. I mean, Ashley, I was sending texts at like 11 o'clock last night. Maybe they added this fig for not skinny, not We're going to post the picture on our Instagram because you guys are more sleuthy than me sometimes, I feel like listeners. And so we want you to see if you know or recognize this background from a podcast that we didn't think to look at. I just said to, I was just saying to Heather that Amanda, the host of Not Skinny God Fat, I feel like she travels places sometimes for her podcast. So they're not always in the same background. and the backgrounds that I see from the studio that she often records at doesn't look so orange. It doesn't look so orange. You're right. That's kind of what's hard for me. I mean, I looked at Jake Shane. I looked at Harry Joussey. I looked at the skinny confidential him and hers podcast. I was looking at chicks in the office. I was, I mean, I was looking at all of them last night, really dissecting the backgrounds. in the office is a good suggestion. Yeah, it was not done. So if anybody, you know, has the intel of where

they think this photo was taken, tell us, because I was also looking at the kind of microphone that was being used. You are so funny. You are our detective. So thank you so much for the work that you do. Of course. That's what they pay me for. You really appreciate it. And because we were so, you know, slim pickings on the headlines this week. You really did the most with it. I try. I try, Ashley. I want everybody to have a really stacked full Frankie Friday. We got to find out these are, these are the things that keep me up at night. Where is this podcast? And now that I have finished the beast in me and he had rivalry, most, most importantly he had rivalry, I will be picking back up housewives, Mormon wives.

Not Housewives. That's the show I'm on. Ha ha. All right. It should probably pick up on that too. I'm so excited for this journey. Thank you. Thank you so much. All righty. We will see you next week. Sending you all my love. Until next time, I've been Ashley.

I've been Heather. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband, Mike, was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever. I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately, the mask came off. You're supposed to be safe.

That's your home. That's your husband. Listen to Betrayal Season 5 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Joel and Matt from How To Money. If your New Year's resolution is to finally get your... your finances in shape. We've got your back. Prices, they're still high, and the economy is all over the place. But 2026 is the year for you to get intentional and make real progress. That's right. Each week we break down what's happening with your money, the most important issues to focus on,

and the small moves that make a big difference. Kick off the year with confidence. Listen to how to money on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What if mind control is real? If you can control the behavior of anybody around you, what kind of life would you Can you hypnotically persuade someone to buy a car? When you look at your car, you're going to become overwhelmed with such good feelings. Can you hypnotize someone into sleeping with you? I gave her some suggestions to be sexually aroused. Can you get someone to join your cult?

NLP was used on me to access my subconscious. Mind Games, a new podcast exploring NLP, aka neurolinguistic programming. Is it a self-help miracle, a shady hypnosis scam, or both? mind games on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know, we always say New Year, New Me, but real change starts on the inside. It starts with giving your mind and your spirit the same attention you give your goals. Hey everybody, it's Michelle Williams, host of checking in on the Black Effect Podcast Network. And on my podcast, we talk mental health, healing, growth, and everything you need to step into your next season,

whole and empowered. New Year, real you. Listen to checking in with Michelle Williams from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.