The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Going After Gaga

Episode Date: November 17, 2023

It’s another round up of Bachelor Nation headlines, and thankfully we have a lot of GOOD news to share! Anyone who feared the worst about Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo will let out a sigh of relief when they hear what’s coming in their future. Will we see a “Golden” Bachelor in Paradise?? Gerry speaks out! And, find out Ashley’s reaction to one of her close friends starting a feud with Lady Gaga!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time for headlines. This is the Almost Famous Podcast, and we are pumped to have Ashley here to break them all down for us. She knows them all detailed. Sentence by sentence. What's going on? Hey, let's talk about the wedding of the week because there's been a lot of Bachelor weddings lately.

Here's the headline. It's Bachelor in Paradise's Kenny and Mari are married inside the Puerto Rico wedding. So just so everybody knows, we've recorded an episode with the two of them. So if you want some more details from their own mouth, can go back and listen to that episode as well. But here is the headline that is taking over Bachelor Nation. So just brief synopsis, guys, they got married in front of 65 guests in Puerto Rico.

She got walked down the aisle by her veteran dad on Veterans Day, and he was in full, his full military suits. And they are going to have a wedding later on in 2024, where they have all their friends, including Bachelor Nation. But this one was a little bit more intimate, best friends and family. And Mari shares some wedding dress drama to say the least on our podcast with them. The next headline is about Rachel Lindsay. Now, I'm so glad this is a headline this week.

I love this headline too. Well, the reasoning is because every time I post anything on social media now, there's always this scammer robot that just has no picture, like, two followers. It says, why don't you guys talk about Rachel and Brian breaking up? And I was like, well, because I didn't know they were or are they. I see that too under my stuff. It's weird. I don't know what's going on.

But here is a headline that will give us some clarity. Bachelor Nations, Rachel Lindsay, details family plans and journey with husband Brian. That bot that writes underneath our pictures, they keep saying like, they're breaking up because she wants, she doesn't want kids anymore. Okay. That's what this. It's not true. It's not true. They're actually seemingly trying to have children.

And I'm glad that Rachel's talking about this. This is why I like the headline because she's, she's. she's asked at this red carpet event like kids in the future and she goes it's something that we want it's been harder than i thought it would be we're trying you think oh yeah i'm ready i'll make it happen but it's just been a little bit more difficult for us but we're definitely starting the process okay covers it all then so it's like they're still together then yeah and just because they don't have kids now doesn't mean they're not trying to have children so it's like rude and let's not jump to conclusions that they broke up just because of a rumor that started

from a robot i mean they're obviously still together she's talking about it it's just not true they've been very vocal about the fact that they don't want to really share their relationship on social media and just one more little comment about just trying to conceive it's like yeah guess what it doesn't just take one time usually it often takes more than three months and then And it is, quote, normal for up to a year. You know, it's not infertility for a year. And, you know, let's just back off these ladies, all right. Next headline is this, Bachelor Nation's Carly Waddell, was not a fan of what she quotes,

extra college classmate Lady Gaga. Carly says she drove me crazy. Guys, I am friends with Carly, okay? Love Carly. Did not love this. conversation. I don't know why I'm so defensive of Lady Gaga, who I have never met in my life. I just felt like Carly could have kept this one to herself. Like, Lady Gaga is an absolute icon. And she just talks about how she annoyed her at lunch at NYU. She said that she would sit on the

piano every single day and just play and sing Wicked at the top of her lungs. And we were just all trying to eat lunch. It was break time. And we were a lot. And we were like forced to listen to her. A lot of this is about language. If she was just like, oh my gosh, I had class with her and she would sing at the top of her lungs during lunch. She was like, it was something to experience that. It's just the fact that she just seems a little, a little bitter about it.

Like she really, it sounds like she didn't like her. Okay. And then she said, we would just try to enjoy a break. I just wanted to eat my sandwich. And so I used to eat in the hallway. She was driving me nuts. She said that she would wear these really tight, ridiculous. She said she would wear these really tight leotards and she had really big boobs that they were coming out.

And she was so ridiculous. And when asked if she was noticeably better than the other students, Carly said, no. She said, I mean, she was one of the good ones. but I wouldn't have ever said she's like so above. But now she's so above. What's your take?

My take is if I went to college and the most like the person that drove me the craziest ended up becoming like multi-platinum billionaire millionaire. Like I would be like, dang it. That's wild. That's like a big kick to my,

you know, front side. And the, um, the thought I would have personally would just be, it would kind of be a lesson for me on, you know, kind of quick to judgment is like, hey, yeah, obviously this person is very passionate about the arts. And so they were just singing all the time. It's kind of who Lady Gaga stayed. Like, it's not like her, it's not like people read this and like, yeah, I don't expect Lady Gaga be sitting down on a piano.

What I would probably say at this point, yeah, at this point in my life, what I would probably say would be, how crazy is it that every day at lunch, I got a free concert from Lady Gaga? I know. Like, I, I, I, I, I, just think that's probably would have been a better a better way to say it um listen you guys know that i'm not above talking like i will talk i just don't like talking lady gaga who i just have like loved and respected so long for so long and i don't know i didn't know personally you know she she knew her personally so maybe she just fell a little bit more angsty towards her but it's fine do you think in college she was lady gaga no she was stephanie she referred to her so carly

refers to her as Stephanie in the interview. Oh. It was all Jason's podcast. I wish she just would have gone all out. I'd been like, yeah, you can refer to me as Lady Gaga. Hi, my name is Enya Emanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom.

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But that's all he's got to say about that. It's all he's got. I would love to see it. I don't think it's going to happen, but I'd love to see it. Well, more love and more good stories here. Bachelor's Tinley Moleson is pregnant, expecting second baby with husband. has been Taylor Leopold. Yeah, I'm so happy for them.

I know that this was something that she wanted to do. Just, you know, the basic things that she writes in the, the Instagram reel in the posts and she goes, we couldn't be more excited. So relieved to finally be able to share this special news with all of you. Rell is so stoked to be a big sister. And to the heart, and she's very thoughtful to those who are trying and might be upset by the post of

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reading this on Instagram being like, it's totally Blake. It's so Blake. And a couple people were suspecting other people. And then a couple days later, boom, the Instagram drops. We're so excited to meet our spring baby. They're both 34 years old. They said nobody was expecting it. But as far as like their family goes, they said that no one was expecting it. But everybody has been so excited about it. The reactions have been spectacular. Lots of screaming, happy tears, jumping up and down. Final headline of the day is the Bachelor in Paradise's Cat Izzo.

Addresses her controversial behavior. And what she asks for is a call for kindness. Okay. Watching this week's episode, I just wanted to all also get on here and knowing that she had said this earlier in the week. Cat has been absolutely outrageous and she's definitely made some like questionable moves as we all do in Paradise. But I genuinely like her.

There's something about her that's like really fun for me to watch. She reminds me of an old friend that I had over the top, dramatic, but very easily excitable. But like you just overall like the person and that is exactly a cat. I'm not saying she's going to be an easy partner. to a to a man one day nor am I not at all

could talk to Jared about that but I really like Kat and I think and that's that's all I got I personally have to say this is what Kat had to say on her Instagram on reality TV

being open and vulnerable is tough and it shows like every and it shows that like everyone else we have these missteps in life we are all genuine people

and I apologize if my actions on the show inadvertently hurt others in unfiltered lens in the unfiltered lens of reality TV where vulnerability is both a strength and struggle. I feel you, girl. It's a reminder that as humans, we are bound to make mistakes along this unpredictable journey. Sharing our lives with the world takes a toll on our mental well-being. This is a call for understanding and kindness, not as victims or villains. I like the way she said that, but as people on paths to figuring out their own stories. Let's recognize our shared vulnerability as humans and encourage growth, learning, and understanding as we

deal with our imperfections. I think that's really well written. It is well written. I do think, you know, we've always said it. Your behavior on these shows sometimes can teach you a lot about yourself. You've never really watched yourself or watched the reactions that people have to your behavior. And I think watching yourself on The Bachelor, Bachelor, or other reality shows can really be a time to learn about, hey, yeah, I didn't know that I had this tendency. Or I didn't know that what I was saying was coming off so poorly. And so the hope here is that people just always learn, grow and become like a better, less maybe hurtful human, human on the back end of this. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes they do. But in Kat's case, let's let you know, let's celebrate the fact

that she's, you know, admitting to it, watching it, and now we can be nice to her, you know, because who wants to be, you know, pounded on when you're probably already hurting from the, you know, experiences on the show. Yeah. All right. Well, Ben and I have a lot of episodes this week. We have an interview with Mari and Kenny. And we are also recapping Bachelor in Paradise and the Golden Bachelor. So stay tuned for those episodes. Ben and I are about to record our recap of Bachelor in Paradise now where I can't wait to hear his thoughts about. Olivia, who I thought had her best week ever. Stay tuned for that.

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