The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - I’m a Belieber

Episode Date: April 15, 2026

Ben and Ashley are ready to break down the latest Bachelor Nation headlines! We need to celebrate some Bachelor babies! Becca Kufrin has a new bundle of joy and Hakeem Moulton and his girlfriend are expecting!A Bachelor superstar has Justin Bieber in his DMs, and we find out what Ben and Ashley’s algorithms look like!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Before we get into headlines, though, since we're always online, I want to know what is on your TikTok algorithm these days, Ashley. I was, we flew this week to see my family, spent a lot of time on social media, kind of as the plane was getting ready to take off. And it was funny, Jessica was doing the same. Her algorithm, my algorithm, looked very different. Mine is golf and pretty much golf exclusive.

Hers is puppies and babies and funny videos of, husbands. Wait, she doesn't have skincare all over her stuff? I think she does, but I think that's more on her, like, business page. So, okay. I think she's specific about when she's on her personal page, what she's looking at compared to when she's on her business page. Okay. Well, mine is all mom stuff. Housewives of Rhode Island. All like the bloggers pop up. And then I got some, some Broadway stuff, some Aaron to Bate stuff. I have a lot of Jonas

that has been a little bit tamer recently just because they're not on tour. But if there's Jonas News, that'll always pop up to the top. And then bomb stuff as well. Yeah, lots of parenting jokes.

I feel like I've honed in on my algorithm, golf. That's really what I want to watch. I like watching golf swings. I like watching golf courses. Heather, Easton are with us today behind the scenes. I'm very curious about both their algorithms. What pops up. I feel like Heather's has to just be reality TV. It is a lot. It is a lot. I do have now

a lot of Rhode Island Housewives content coming at me, which is great. But something that I've actually shared with Easton, so I feel like we have a little bit of overlap on our algorithms, is an account called Mrs. Fallout. So it's actually a account where a woman opens canned food from, canned foods from Fallout shelters, like from World War II, like will open like a packaged meal or water or a brownie. From like 100 years ago. She sometimes eats it, like takes a bite out of it off camera.

imagine off camera why doesn't she just give us the entertainment it's only hands so like we only see the hands opening the cans and like pouring out the food um so that's like one weird thing that's on my algorithm that i have fall out you know sent that to easton because i felt like he could appreciate it and then honestly the weirdest thing that's also on my algorithm well i follow um frank the tank a overweight doxen on his weight loss journey. But also weirdly, I don't know what this says about me, but so much police body cam footage. I get a lot of it. It's always, it's always like, it always kind of hooks me. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Easton, do you, do you probably have like, I have actually no idea. Easton has the most eclectic algorithm out there, I'm sure. There's a lot of like,

I see a lot of amateur magicians on mine. Precisely. Very amateur. Not really pulling it off, but like giving it they're all. A lot of, let's say, I'm just scrolling through it right now. A guy, oh, guys making like gloves that have like a battering and a super soaker and like a bunch of, like making like, you know, superhero costumes, that kind of thing. That's cool. DIY superhero stuff.

Yeah, yeah. It's pretty, oh, there's a, I just got one of a robotic arm that golfs, like a lot of like robots, nerd stuff. That's what my algorithm is. It's all nerd stuff. I forgot mine has a lot of plastic surgery. Oh, that's good, Ashley. I actually do really enjoy plastic surgery videos. I will say, somehow I was, uh, my algorithm was taken over by a comedian named Morgan J. who I have never watched. Good for Morgan. He does crowdwork where he puts auto tune on a microphone and he goes and talks to the audience members and makes it sound like a song. I think that he's like if he's not big, he's on the verge of being big, but he has literally infiltrated my algorithm

and I have not looked into his comedy whatsoever, but I have watched so many videos of him doing crowdwork. See, they just knew that you would think that he was funny. Maybe. Maybe. They know you better near yourself. The algorithm's a weird place, team. I would love for you to comment under our next video and tell us what's on your algorithm.

Anything funky, weird, embarrassing. All of it's acceptable here at the Almost Famous Podcast. We're not here to judge. We're here to learn. Speaking of learning, we have a lot to learn about what's happening in Bachelor World this week. And let's start with a really good headline. The Bachelor's Becca Koufferin and Thomas Jacobs. Welcome baby number two, sharing the newborn's name.

And the name continues a very sweet family tradition. Yes, what is that? Okay, so their second baby was born on April 10th. The baby's name is Stephen John. They write, welcome to the world. Stephen John, our little honeybee cam arrived on Easter Sunday, and he's made our family whole. And we love you, more than you will ever know.

whole wonder if that means they're done anyway here I am just like everybody else are you done gonna have a third oh anyway well what's important here is that Stephen is Becca's late father's name so obviously this is dedication to him now I wonder who Benny's named after because you would think I mean here I am speculating everything but usually you named the firstborn after family that Benny, I'm sure, is very important to them as well. Benny's a good name. I'll just, you know, I'm a Benjamin. But we're not far.

We're like named cousins. So, I don't know. Hey, congratulations. I think his name is Benjamin. Good. It's a good name, powerful name. It's because you guys were on tour together so long. Yeah, she did tell me that she named it after me.

That was the importance of that name. No, you guys, let's be serious. It is very sweet that she is named their second-born, Stephen John after her dad, who we know that had a great effect on her. She talked a lot about it during her season, the loss of her dad. Switching gears a little bit, Bachelorette's Ashley Ebert felt stress from J.P. Rosenbaum. And the quote is, the marriage would kill her. This was something. This came up on my Instagram algorithm.

So it's been six years since they announced their separation. And she said on an appearance on our podcast and our related podcast, I do part two. She said, I felt you know how a lot of women hold in a lot of stress and it leads to an autoimmune disease. I'm like, this marriage is going to kill me. It's going to kill me. She also said that, like, her saying this was not an offense to her ex. She said, we talk all the time. I even tell him that I.

that I said that I thought our marriage was going to kill me. I made the decision to split because I care about myself and my health a lot, especially for my kids, my longevity, and to be there for my kids. They did go to couples but therapy beforehand. She said she really wanted to see if there was any way to fix the issues.

They both really did. But despite how terrible she was feeling, she admitted she was curious if the problems that were focusing were like, normal, then they, of course, ended up not. And they didn't want to stick around for the kids because, like, they don't, they shouldn't be around unhealthy tension. So that is a, that's what we got from that. But if you want to listen to Ashley explain how marriage affected her, you know, her physically, you can listen to the rest of that interview on the podcast that is

on our feed. I do part two. A bunch of people just got back from Coachella, and one of Bachelor Nations' favorites is bringing up the headliner of Coachella. Andrew Spencer reveals Justin Bieber de-empted him about The Bachelorette while at Coachella. Well, this is a little bit of a misleading headline. So Justin DM'd Andrew back in the day when he was on Katie season. Now, Andrew just revealed this DM after seeing Justin perform at Coachella. He said it was a full circle moment. So when he was on Katie's season, it was very, very cool.

And I guess Andrew had told me about this in private, knowing that, like, I would think it was super cool. Or maybe he said it on a podcast or something. But anyway, it's getting traction again because Andrew just posted the DM to his Instagram. The Instagram from Justin Viver said, My boy, my wife and I just watched you on The Bachelorette. Just wanted to say you were our fave, wishing you the best of luck on your journey, and we know that you will find someone perfect for you.

Justin responded by say, he also continued to say, keep going and putting yourself out there, proud of you, bro. And then Andrew responded by saying, appreciate it man it means a lot coming from you no doubt my person's out there if you know anyone that's a match let your boy know and then he hearted it Justin hearted it and now katie thurston has seen this and in the comments she was like for some reason i'm feeling embarrassed

and knowing that those two are pissed that i sent you home i'm sorry to the beber family yeah that is so crazy it is so cool i mean that is a big deal for Justin Bieber to feel so much about you that he reached out. It is. It's sweet. It's so cool. Yeah, it's super sweet. Very nice of him.

Ashley, a friend of yours, very good friend, Carly Waddell, reveals if there's any chance of rekindling relationship with ex-Evon Bass. This really came from a Q&A where somebody was asking about, like, her relationships right now after she broke up with her ex-fiancee, Todd. She said that she doesn't know what's up with Todd. She doesn't care. And then somebody also asked any chance of rekindling things with Evan. And she goes, I don't know. I'm about to see him at a singing event for Bella after school. Should I make my move?

Just kidding. Well, she's being funny there, but I can swear on my dog's life. They're not getting back together. So no chance. No chance for the Carly Evan rekindling. No, absolutely zero. Maria G. Charity Lawson and more Bachelor Nation stars are going to be seen on Vanderpump Villa. Yeah, this is super interesting.

So Vanderpump Villa, even though Vanderpump is a Bravo show, Vanderpub Villa is a Hulu show. And Sean, who we know from Bachelor in Paradise, will be joining Dotten, Jess Grood, You know, Jess, Ariel, Mercedes, Xavier. What a wild group for them to have on Vanderpom Villa. How did this come about? It's a big, big group. Yeah, obviously, charity is on there as well. And Maria is a big name who we haven't seen in a while.

So, Sean posted two group photos to announce this exciting news. He said, now you know what we did last summer. Catch us on season three of Vanderpom Villa. the trailer shows everybody is staying at the villa to celebrate Doughton's birthday. And in the clip, Charity says we're here at Lisa, Liser Vanderpombs estate, celebrating Doughton's 33rd birthday. Me and Dotton, of course, my aunt, Bachelorette. So we got engaged and this is how we got connected with all our amazing friends that you see here in this episode. So we shall see if this will be like an awesome.

ongoing collaboration because you know that Hulu and Disney and ABC are loving their crossovers right now. We saw one crossover recently that didn't really work out well though. Who? Who? Oh, yeah, The Bachelorette. You're talking about the Bachelorette. So obvious, you forget.

So how, when they come to the villa, Ashley, are they there for like one episode or are they there for the whole season? Yeah, yeah. They stop in. It's like a villa where they like stay for an episode or so. You're a reality star is often. That makes sense. Hakeem Moulton and girlfriend Monica share gender reveal video.

I just cannot believe that this woman is pregnant after he was on our podcast being so funny about their relationship and how her parents don't like him. Yeah. It was wild. I'd recommend anybody go back and listen to that. So they are, they're just funny. They have, they announced the news. on April Fool's Day that the pregnancies, no joke, and they did the gender reveal,

and they're having a baby girl in this video. Hakeem and Monica are shocked. They were both convinced they were going to have a boy. He says he's so excited, and Monica starts crying because she's so happy. Very cute. Very cute. I did see this. It's just classic Akeem. Just keep making content like this, Akeem, because, I mean, your eyes, your expressions, nobody needs to know you're from The Bachelor to enjoy your videos. No, he's good at it. Jason Tardick buys Dream Home with girlfriend Catherine, and the caption is just closed.

Okay, so I'm a little confused, but also, I mean, you can have two houses, I suppose, obviously. Jason bought his house in New York, right, recently? Didn't he just buy a place in New York? He did not buy a place. He was renting. He was renting an apartment in New York And I think I saw something where he had said

If you would have told me like a year and a half ago That I'd be living in Nashville It never would have been true But you know The two of them met and I think it changed his mind Okay so what happened was that he like lived in New York For about a year I think I remember him saying that his lease was about to be up

And he had to make like big decisions Wow Well they ended up going back to Nashville With his his girlfriend She is the founder of of wags and walks in Nashville. So, of course, she's very heavily based there. And they said that they bought their dream house together.

You get a little tour on their Instagram if you want to see it. And he said, yeah, just over a year ago, I told my best friends, I don't know what next year will look like, but I know certainly I won't be in Nashville. And here I am just closing on my dream home in Nashville with my dream girl. What a difference a year can make. I would have assumed that they met in Nashville. I think they did because he still had his house. there for, well, you know, a long time.

Are they still, is Caitlin and Jason still like dog sharing or is that done? No, they don't dog share anymore. It's been like almost a year since they stopped dog sharing. Okay. But he has his own dog now. He's dating Catherine. They buy a house together in Nashville. Buying a house is like super duper serious.

This is way more serious than he was with cat, obviously. Yeah, well, sure. How long have they been together? Do we know? I'm guessing, like, close to 9-1. but I think they've only been public for maybe six, maybe not even that long. Well, good for them.

They seem like they really like the time they spend around each other. Obviously, he loves dogs, she loves dogs. They seem to like each other quite a bit. They did a whole Tommy John ad together. The Tommy John ad cannot be forgotten. Yeah, I mean, if that doesn't like hard launch your relationship. Ben's remembering this because it's, Well, hard to forget.

We have a package front and center. Yeah, there's a package just being shown to all of us. Oh, my. Hey, that's all the headlines we have for you today. Congratulations to Becca and Thomas on the birth of their second child. Also, again, Hakeem and girlfriend Monica are expecting a little baby boy. And that's exciting, right? Baby boy.

No, baby girl. Baby girl. Baby girl, little baby girl being girl dad. Woof, the best. Big things happening out of Bachelor Nation. This week we're going to be breaking down the real housewives of Rhode Island with Ashley's sister Lauren as the co-host of that. We're going to be digging into all the behind the scenes, all the opinions, our thoughts and feelings.

We love Ashley, but it doesn't stop us from speaking truth into power. Please make fun of me. We will, I promise. All right. Yeah. We'll be back with more. content coming your way this week. Until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley. See you guys. Love you guys. Bye.

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