The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Here Comes the Bride with Kaity Biggar and Zach Shallcross

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

Caelynn Bell is taking over the Almost Famous podcast and hanging out with Zach Shallcross and Kaity Biggar! The happy couple gives us an update on their wedding plans, and they explain the moment they decided to elope instead of a big elaborate ceremony!   Plus, how would Bachelor stars handle being trapped in an avalanche or an erupting volcano??See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bachelor Nation members, including Katie and Zach. Welcome. Hello. Hello there. Great to have you guys on not my podcast. I'm excited to chat about weddings and your lives and everything you guys are up to you. Same. Okay, wait, I'm sure all of your followers know this, but I don't particularly know this. Where are you guys living right now? We're in Austin, Texas, and we've been in Austin since we wrapped up everything with the show ever since. Do you feel like that's permanent? For now, I think we'll definitely, like, raise our first kid in Texas and kind of just, like, feel it out from there.

But I know, I think we were telling some of Bachelor Nation, or at least on my platform, that we were thinking about moving to the Carolinas, whether it was like north or south. But that hurricane came through and kind of just like made me like really iffy about it. So yeah, what are you laughing about? No, nothing. Because we were like kind of dead set on North Carolina. Both of us have never been before. And we're like, it just sounds and feels right.

And then, you know, things change. And we're like, no, we're sticking in Austin. We're going to buy here. We can see a future here. Yeah. It just felt good. And we were like, I mean, at least me. You already had a community.

But I was like building like friendships. And it just finally felt good. So yeah. And it's, yeah. I think Texas is great for now. But who knows what's going to happen? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. I lived in North Carolina for a bit. It is a beautiful state. I hear it's amazing. The oceans, the mountains. You get the seasons. And it's also closer to my home, like my family in Canada.

so that's why many reasons why we gravitated towards that but I think right now we're just kind of setting our ways in Austin and yeah yeah okay I have a question before I get into the list of questions I have I was talking about this with a friend what natural disaster do you think you can live through earthquakes fires what are them all you go first I there's earthquakes fires what else are hurricanes hurricanes tornadoes tornadoes lava lava tsunami

okay avalanche oh yeah what do we think we could like what you everyone has to pick one you know pick one that you think you can live through

because like North Carolina hurricanes Texas tornadoes I feel like the least fatal would be an earthquake because there's different degrees to it hmm yeah so earthquakes I was going to say earthquakes by far

because like in California I grew up in California tons of earthquakes all the time they're like kind of a natural occurrence it doesn't like spook you too much until they say oh the big one's coming but I'd say and I've never experienced

up in Canada probably the worst would be lava because you're the worst yeah I've never heard someone bring up lava in this conversation but fair point I feel like lava is just a thing not a natural disaster.

Why would you say that? I don't know. Okay, so basically. Because it's like, it's a volcano erupting. That's a natural disaster, which leads to lava. So, okay, so I take it back, volcano eruption. Okay. With lava.

Okay, so you have to pick one. You have to pick one natural disaster and that's what you're sticking with. That we can live through? Yeah. And is it earthquakes? I feel like that's the least fatal. Right? This is an intriguing question.

Or do you want to risk it? We can talk about this all the time. Or we can risk it and think that we could live through lava. No, we're not living through lava. I'd say, earthquake's a great one, and I think hurricanes. So, okay, this settles it, North Carolina or California for where you should live. Oh. Oh.

Yeah. Sit on that. Sit on that. So you're saying we should move to California. Because they have earthquakes. North Carolina has the hurricanes. I guess we're moving to California. It's a good game.

Where should we move, you know? Yeah. Think about it. I just needs to become a billionaire before we moved to California. I'm trying. I'm trying. Okay, so let's chat about weddings. Do you guys have a wedding update?

Are you still eloping? We are still eloping. How small do you think it would be with an elopement? Literally there is seven people. That's amazing. Yeah, very interesting. very personal and that's it just fits our personality so well and I feel like you know we had the big contract we had the big wedding venue the you know the all of it was big and it was I think

we were quoted like 80K for the wedding and we had the contract in our hands and it was like this doesn't feel right doesn't feel like us like you know what you mean so we just kind of like looked at each other and it was just like you know what let's not sign this and just like take a step back. And we ended up deciding on eloping. And honestly, when did we think of the date? Like back in January? We were like, hey, should we get married this day? This makes sense. Feels good. And we're like, yeah, let's do it. Oh, wow. And then it all just kind of fell into place. Took a lot of pressure off too. Yeah. Oh, I can imagine. Would it be abroad or in the States? Austin. Austin. Nice. We're staying in Austin. Amazing. So you have a date. You have a location.

Yeah. It's like 30 minutes away from our home. Our family's flying in. and it's going to be an hour ceremony. If that, yeah. And call it a day. Go for dinner. That's amazing. Yeah. Very chill.

You guys are very smart as someone who got me a year and a half ago. It is so expensive. We keep hearing that. It was a great day, but it's just the cost doesn't. It's crazy. But I do want to know who had more opinions about the wedding vibe between the two of you. Who had more like opinions on the wedding, like the vibe of the wedding, like everything.

Me. Yeah, yeah, me for sure. Zach is so amazing. He was like, baby, if you want the big wedding, let's do it. If you want the small wedding, let's do it. You want to go to Italy, we'll make it work. Like, he's so amazing. But I think, yeah, at the end of the day, like the eloping just was just perfect for us and just fits our vibe.

And we're so, like, chill and just like we don't need the limelight or anything like that. We don't need, like, a big wedding. We don't need the attention. We've had it. And it's honestly, this is just perfect for us. And we're not telling anybody the date because we just, we want to just, like, soak it in ourselves. Like, I don't want anybody to know until we're ready to, like, let people know. And we can share about it.

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Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. I think that's why people are so drawn to you guys is because some people from this show are drawn to that spotlight, you know, and drawn to the limelight and drawn to whatever it may be. And you guys just feel very real and natural and, like, natural. as a couple too. Thank you. This is my only second time spending time with you guys, but you guys do feel like real. Thank you.

I appreciate that. We get that a lot too and it's such a huge compliment. Yeah. Yeah, like one thing like we always like focus on is like what we did was crazy. What you've done is crazy. Like we all lived through it. But what's most important that we find for each other is like, all right, let's just, let's focus on each other.

And like that this, all this extra stuff, it's so fun. so fun. You never know like when it's going to change. But like what at the end of the day that Kate's all that matters and like our relationship is all that matters. And that kind of transpired into like how we view when we get married. Just keep it simple and about our love. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's like the healthiest approach that you can have. Yeah. I'm just so happy for you. Thank you. Appreciate that. We're so excited. Like literally every day, a love look at him and I'll be like, I cannot wait to marry you. And I'm not even, I'm not even lying. I literally do it. Probably more than once a day. No, at least once a. I just like, every time I look

at him, I just like see my husband, my future. I see everything. And I just get so excited. I just have to tell him like, I cannot wait to marry you. That's so special. It's honestly the best feeling when you're like, I'm marrying my best friend. Yeah. And we're doing it the way we want to do it and we're having fun with it. That's it. That's right. And it's been two years, right? Two and a half, two and a half. Coming on two and a half, yeah. That's a really good amount of time. And again, I don't know when you're getting married,

but that's a good amount of time where you can really feel out the relationship outside of the show, too. Oh, totally. Yeah. Living together and all that good stuff. Yeah. And we're buying our first home this year.

That's huge. Yeah. By the end of this year. Yeah. We got to start house hunting out of the list of things. Thank. Wedding, planning, and house hunting is a lot on your plate. It's crazy.

It's crazy. Yeah. Oh, my God. Wow. Okay, back to the wedding. Are there any non-negotiables? For the wedding? Yeah, for either of you.

Like things that need to happen. Yeah, like I must have this or I can't have this or I don't know. Honestly, okay, not really because like we were originally going to have a courthouse wedding, literally just go in. We started that, yeah. No videographer, nothing. We were going to go inside the page. and just like maybe do like some photos here and there and then go for dinner and then my mom was like hey have you thought about a chapel and I was like no no no and literally it wasn't until

like I want to say four or three weeks ago where I was like wait a second I think the chapel's a great idea I want a videographer I do want to document this and then it's kind of transpired into something bigger, but to answer your question, there really isn't any because it all started so... We started at the base line. Yeah, we were just like, we were just going to go to the courthouse. There was no florals. There was no big wedding dress.

There was nothing. So, I mean, we've just kind of worked our way up to like make it a little bit more elevated in a chapel setting, but like, I'm not like, baby, we need this. It's just kind of like, hey. Does this sound like a fun idea to add? or is this like a dumb idea and then we'll like spit it back and forth and sometimes we'll be like yeah probably not worth it or yeah that's a good idea let's run with it but like overall it's a small yeah it's so small but i will say i'm really adamant on getting like a vintage car oh yes i was

i really want like kind of like old money vibes to it yeah so i'm trying to like hone in on that But, but yeah, like. Or in a good, like, photographer and videographer. Yes. Like, having that moment for life, like, you want to look back on that. Yeah. That is a really important thing. Yeah.

So it's all, like, long-winded dancer. But, like, it's all just kind of escalated a little bit. But at the same time, it's like, no. Not really. It's seven people. Yeah, it's really seven people. So, yeah. Yeah.

You fit everyone in the same house. Yeah. For our wedding. Yeah. No, I mean. There is really no non-negotiables. I'm really fascinated by this. Were you guys both, like, growing up?

Because I was, I don't know, obsessed with princesses and, like, my wedding day, obsessed over it. Did you guys have that period of your life or not really? I mean, I always dreamed of, like, having a wedding. And I think as I got older, and since meeting Zach, I've, like, thought about more of, like, a wedding day. But my mom never got married. So, like, I think growing up, I was like, oh, like, you know, if I get married, that's awesome. If it doesn't happen for me, I know I'll be okay. Like, I never really fantasized about having a wedding.

Honestly, what I fantasized about was having a good man in my life, not an extravagant wedding or, like, what my dress was going to look like. But, yeah, I never really, to answer that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. like I don't want to like pawn it off to like the typical I guess like maybe a typical guy answer but it's like for me it no like I didn't ever think like oh I need to have a big wedding and etc like for me what was most important at the end of the day is like the person I marry the person I want to wake up to every morning like that matters so much more than like this day that costs a lot of money like in my mind like that wasn't like a high priority was more like I just want to find that person to where we make it official and, you know, we're going to the end of days with. Yeah. So that's, that was more important than even thinking of like, what kind of florals am I going

to have? Or what's the color of my suit or tucks? Like I never actually ever thought of that. Yeah. Ever. The way that you guys talk about marriage and like the wedding, not marriage, the wedding is so impressive compared. I don't know.

It's like people don't talk about weddings or marriage or anything like the way that you guys do. fairly special. Because it's so much focused on like, oh, the dress was really stressful. The guest list was really stressful. And it's like stress, stress, stress. And you guys feel very, like, calm and at peace. Oh, we are. And it's because we're not like, you said this perfectly the other day. It's like we aren't doing this for other people. It's not like, hey, we should get this type of catering because these people are coming. Or you know what I mean? It's not about that. Like, you know what I mean? It's just like, it's just for us. Yeah. We're doing what is for us. Exactly. And like, that's to say, like, we did meet with a plan.

or you know months ago and we went through you know a lot of the the the loops to try to figure out like what could this look like and we were seeing that stress that like you know a lot of people go through and we're like we don't need to do this because like at the end of the day it's not about that and then we reminded ourselves yeah what it is yeah so yeah so I'm so happy dean isn't here when you guys are talking I'm like thank God he's not here because he'd be like we should have eloped yeah so beautiful honestly it's really really really happy for you guys it's crazy how much money goes into that wedding industry it's insane yeah no it's really disgusting um and you guys are so smart but seriously like i really do mean it the way that you guys

speak about this it's so beautiful and that's what marriage should be and that's what a wedding should be about so i'm so excited thank you thank you we're so excited and thank you guys for coming on the almost famous podcast without ben and ashley i really appreciate it of course thanks for having us My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her.

Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe. Find out how it ends by listening to the OK story. Storytime Podcasts and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Writer Strong. And Will Ferdell from PodMeets World. We are back in Las Vegas and giving the people what they want.

A full week of Y2K content. Tell me why. Well, for the Backstreet Boys residency at Sphere, of course. We joke and say this is our second marriage. But it takes a lot of communication. Plus, it's carrot top, baby. And finally, Ashley Simpson-Ross joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residency. Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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