The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Golden Besties with Christina Kempton and Edith Aguirre

Episode Date: December 12, 2023

Ashley is live from the Bachelor Mansion and getting all the Golden Bachelor tea from Christina Kempton and Edith Aguirre!Find out who they thought would get the final rose, hear some off-camera secrets and who MIGHT become the Golden Bachelorette!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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get your podcast this is the ben and ashley i almost famous podcast with i heart radio hey guys welcome to the almost famous podcast it's ashley and ben and i are doing our individual interviews with oh my gosh like all of bachelor nation who is here tonight at the bachelor mansion with me right now i have christina and edith from the golden bachelor and And while we're recording this, it happens to be the finale of the Golden Bachelor. Ladies, when you, assuming that you know the winner and once this episode comes out, everybody will know the winner. Did you predict it to be her at the beginning or when you left the mansion?

I actually thought it was going to be Leslie. Okay. So, you know, I was wrong. I have a feeling that is going to be Teresa, but, you know, I could be wrong. So I don't know. My predictions originally was Leslie and Nancy. Those were my top two, like the first night. I mean, of course, I wanted to be.

But I really felt that those two were. And then as watching the show and stuff, yeah, you kind of just felt like Teresa was going to be in there. Oh, my gosh. Wow. Okay, so you guys really felt at the end. You felt it. Now, you didn't feel like, she didn't think she was going to go all the way.

You know what? But when Teresa told me that first night that, you know, she went on the date with Gary and how she felt I looked at her, it was just like her eyes were just so bright and she was just mesmerized with this man. I'm thinking, oh, my God, Teresa's already fallen for him. And you know what? Right there, I said, you know what? It could happen. But I had just two of those people. It was Teresa and Leslie.

and it actually happened that they're the last two. So please tell me why I thought it was faith the entire time. Well, I think, I mean, she got the first impression rose, which always, if you've watched the show like I have for a long time, that person seems to go far and there's always seems to be this attraction to that person. Maybe that. And then I think as time went on, even I felt very different. about faith, how she portrayed herself

and how she was very vulnerable to everything. I was kind of blown away by how their attraction really got strong. Okay. All right. Well, I was just taken aback based on seeing his hometown with her and saying, I love you in front of the family. But he said that to all three.

But not Teresa. Why do you think he held back with Teresa? But he told her family. Yes. He said that he was falling in love with her to the family. but not directly to her. Okay, so why holding back with the person that he ends up with? I don't know, but I never saw it with Faith.

You know, Faith was in my, we were roommates, but I just didn't see it. I know that she was really into him, but I just didn't see Gary really into her. Interesting. Wow, the things we don't see on TV. And Leslie was my roommate. And from the beginning, I kind of thought that. that she was maybe a frontrunner. But then getting to know her, I could feel why she would be.

I mean, she's very warm. She's just very nice and all that. And I think he saw that in her as well. Yeah. So do you guys think that there'll be a golden bachelorette? Yes. But who knows what? You know what?

I know that it is, but we don't, you know. You know that there is? There is going to be a golden bachelorette. Only because the show was so popular. Yeah, that I think it's going to be, but I don't know who they're going to choose. And I'm, you know, most likely it's going to be the last, you know, two, Leslie or Faith. You know, I don't know. I have, I have, what I would like to see personally is them to change the format for the Golden Bachelor at or Bachelor,

not keep the same format as with the younger. Like I had suggested to some of the producers have three of the ladies. I mean, they have this incredible fan base and all these people who really like them that, figure out something to do and bring a couple of them back because you bring one back and there's going to be like all kinds of controversy. Yeah, but then we see controversy when we have double bachelorettes. Well, but that was with the young ones. Yeah, you think it will be different. You guys are definitely way more supportive of each other. I think so because we're really not, you know, we're just looking for love. We already have our families. We already have grandkids.

We, you know, we have our kids. So I guess it's going to be a little bit different. That's my, you know, idea. So I love that you bring that up because Ben and I have had a little bit of a difference on this throughout the season. To me, if I were, in so many of your cases, a widow or I've already had kids in a family life and all that, I would think that I'd be lucky to experience it again, but I also think that I would probably be just fine if I didn't. I think that on the normal bachelor show, because you haven't had that and you're working towards creating a family there's a little bit more of an urgency totally yeah um so what do you guys think about that like which which which which feeling is more intense the older version of the younger version i have to be

honest with you as us we're getting older we have the same heart the heart doesn't know the difference between being young or older okay that's what the younger generation does understand my heart still thinks that hey he's out there and i'm going to find him and i want the true love you know just like in the beginning before I met, you know, my, my husband and I had, you know, I had my kids and everything. I think that we still have this love that we want to give and that we want to find this. And so I have a feeling this is going to, you know, it's going to be different. It's, it's going to be, I can say, like I say, for me, it's a little different. I'm, I'm 74. And he look amazing. Thank you. Both of you. I, I live a really full life. I travel. I've been to

13 countries in the last five years. I'm very busy. I do all kinds of adventurous stuff. I'm happy and I'm fulfilled, but I really want that companionship again. I want to fall in love. I want to fall in love. I still want a fun love.

Yeah. I'm looking for the right person out there, and I know he's out there. I just haven't found them. And to enjoy the things I like to enjoy. I mean, I'm fulfilled and I live a good life, but I want to share it with somebody. I want a partner to share those things with me

that we're on the same level with things. So I think that's the difference because our kids are raised and I have grandkids and everybody's doing fine. But I really want to do more and have someone to share it with. So can you guys remind us?

I keep saying you guys, but like you guys are ladies. So I need to stop with that. Ladies, can you remind us of your backstories individually a little bit? Christina, what's your family and relationship background? I have two children, one's 54, one's 52. Isn't that mind-blowing?

I wish you guys could see her right now during this interview. You have 54-year-old children. Thank you. I have four grandchildren, 26, 21, 18, and 15. And my 26-year-old grandson just got married. So, I mean, in my family, everyone's very successful, doing well, no issues, and we're very close. My family's my heart. My family's everything.

But, I mean, they want me to find somebody else. It's like almost a worry. like you're alone and stuff and I tell them I'm okay but they really want to see me with somebody else and know that I would enjoy that but I'm very lucky I have such a great family and they're extremely supportive well you see we're going to need all these people to be

the bachelor at how are we going to do this so we really need Bachelor in Paradise Golden Oh I will I will jump in into Golden Paradise Oh I love that if they ask me right now you're going in it i'm well like ready i take off right now yeah you guys are going to look great in bathing suits i can already see it we don't we don't like

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And you'll meet the team behind the scenes at Othrum, the Houston Lab that takes on the most hopeless cases to finally solve the unsolvable. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ivis, please tell us your background. I was married for 25 years to my love of my life. And apparently, you know, I fell out of love, but I had these three beautiful kids, 36, 34, and 31. Amazing. Oh, no, 32, I'm sorry.

Two boys and my youngest daughter. Amazing. I love them. They just want me to be happy. They're very supportive. And just trying to get out there. and find them. That's my New Year's resolution, one of mine.

Get better pick a ball and find a man. All right. We'll all start talking to the producers about this paradise situation. What if it was like a mix and mingling situation where we had the olders and the younger's together? Oh, that would be interesting. Oh, my God.

But we're even the younger ones, like I think things to do to make sure that they go through life to be happy in their later years. You know, we can give them so much advice. Yeah. What if we had all the things we could tell them that they would make all those mistakes? What if we had like one beach with you guys, one beats with them and then like you would visit

each other and like cross the beach? And they could ask us questions and we could be like consulting. Yes, exactly. Oh, that will be so amazing, Christina. Because we can help them a lot. I want to be a consultant. Oh my goodness. Oh, I love that.

I love that idea. Yes, it would. I would love that. This has been so fun with you ladies. Just last question to wrap things up. Is Gary your prototypical type? Is this a man that you would have seen walking around and been like, ah, that is the kind of man I'd like to go to a date with? So, when everything first came out about him, literally we had everything in common.

Everything he listed important, we had something in common. In this environment, it wasn't meant to be for me. I feel like if I was to meet him in the real world out in, you know, Pasadena or something. I would have had a chance to get to know him because we did have an awful lot in common. I was very attracted to him. I thought he was very handsome. He was so nice and charismatic. But in this environment, it didn't work for me.

I understand that. Yeah. I get it. I bet you do. I'm a little bit more. For us, we needed to be friends first, for sure. I definitely needed a little bit more of a slower process. Exactly.

And for me, very much so. Yeah. But in terms of like the therapy that you basically go through as part of the show, did need that okay edith what about you oh you know what as soon as i saw him i was so like i was excited just to look at him and i you know i was just so crazy about meeting him and and you know what i had the spark but apparently he didn't have no spark for me well yeah and we left the same time so it's sad to see you both leave oh we were sad too but you have each other now we do we live close by way.

Yeah. It's so cool. Yes. So great. Well, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Thanks for celebrating the finale with us.

Oh my God. We're so excited. Yes. We're excited to be here. Bye. Thank you. Bye-bye. Thank you.

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