The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Mysterious Trips

Episode Date: May 29, 2024

Ben and Ashley have the latest in Bachelor Nation headlines and they’re ready to break down all the facts! We get into Trista Sutter’s disappearance from social media, the return of Ali Fedotowsky, and a celebrartion for a new Bachelor baby!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I think it's special forces. Interesting. Even press articles are saying that it's most likely special forces. Well, here at the almost famous podcast, we're going to say they allegedly were on special forces. They are now back. And Trista Sutter breaks her silence about her absence and reunites with husband, Ryan, and kids. Okay. So first off, how, how bad do you think Ali feels that her husband didn't go on diatribe and on social media about missing her? Oh, she's like coming home. She's like, wait, what, you didn't miss me? Like, what was going on here? In fact, if I was her husband, I would have seen Ryan's post and just be like, well, I have to. You don't have to be so melodramatic, but you gotta do something.

You gotta do something. Nope, nothing. Well, Trista was really funny when she got back. She said, geez, people, can a girl have a nervous breakdown slash trial separation slash midlife crisis slash death slash divorce and peace around here? In all seriousness, for those concerned, I'm safe and sound, happy and healthy and love and grateful for those who'd rather focus on being critical and searching way too hard for darkness. Good luck. Good luck with that. An opportunity for perspective and personal growth presented itself and the unconditional support of my family and friends. I chose myself and betterment

knowing that my stay-at-home mom job and my kids' end of the year school needs were in the best most capable hands. If you guys are a little late to this and don't know what Ben and I are joking about, Ryan Sutter posted about, I don't know the exact number, I want to say five. Very dramatic, yet loving and caring posts about him being out of touch with his wife, her going through some sort of life journey, and him just doing life without her for two weeks. and Ryan posted something yesterday about the fact that he usually just posts about his dogs and he's going to go back to just posting about his dogs because he can't believe that for the first time in basically 20 years so many press outlets picked up on his social media activity

that there was headlines with his name in it he says blah blah blah but 21 years ago I was pretty famous I don't have millions of followers and I'm not influenced anyone but for some reason every now and then people still pay attention apparently that has recently been the case i strayed from the safety of my usual dog theme posts and i post some messages to my wife for a time which she could eventually read them she understood the context so did i no one else did however and that's where things went sideways it was suggested that trista had died i don't know about that we were in trouble or that it must have been a bit life crisis amongst other creative ideas some thought it was intentional that i was misleading people

in order to somehow benefit from it it got picked up by entertainment news sites i started getting text from people concerned um blah blah but he said but to be honest um it felt good to know that people still cared and worried and wondered it felt good to be noticed and inspired me to um start paying better attention to others when they do good or when they need help so yeah you know we were just we were talking last week about how like i that is a lot of miss like he really missed her and we know that if it was special forces that it only films for about 10 days of course with travel and pre-production and stuff it probably comes to about 14 15 days but like we were like man i want to be missed like that and i was thinking my dad does miss

my mom like this. He writes her notes every morning. And then he, my mom came for the weekend. She was here for three nights. And then my sister looked up the plane tickets, just how much it would be to switch and add like an extra day. And it was only $100. And she was like, I have to get home to dad.

Like dad needs me. Like my dad legitimately, like doesn't have any sort of like real mental or physical need for my mom. mom's, you know, presence, but, like, he will text her, like, I'm sad, I'm lonely, I want you home, I miss you, like, within hours of her leaving for a three-day trip. It was very sweet. Yeah. And whatever it's always been that way.

Well, I will always be team Ryan and Trista. Love those two, like two of the coolest best people, love them to death. I do feel like here, though, they should both look at this and be like, no, we definitely set ourselves up for this. Like 100% I can see why people are like, what is happening? Where is Trista? Where is she gone? Especially, like, did the show get annoyed by this?

Like, she basically revealed herself as a cast member. Sure. But, like, I know that they're both probably like, hey, everybody overreacted this. And I'm sure we did. Like, I'm 100% sure we overreacted to these posts. But I can see why people overreacted to these posts. Like, I can 100% say, yes, I, when I read these, even knowing the two of them

and wanting to believe the best, I was like, is everything okay? Like, I don't know what's happening, but my biggest question in general was, is everything okay? But you don't think that knowing Ryan and Trista, but particularly Ryan in this case,

he was never asking for attention. Goodness, no. Like, absolutely not. Like, this guy, like, doesn't search for attention whatsoever. He's the quietest and most private amongst everyone every time we have, like, a group trip.

Ryan, there's zero thought in my mind that Ryan at any point when it's in fact I think he probably did this for for a lack of attention not knowing what social media exactly did he just thought he was sending messages to trista and she would probably be able to get them via social media better than text messages i bet that honestly i don't think it's probably far from the truth Ryan was not looking for attention here uh he is not like most of us he's a very quiet he is you know head to the ground hard worker and I do probably think he was writing these as a love letter to his wife that he did miss and then all of a sudden he was like holy cow I doubt Ryan even knew that these things caught

fire and got attention from publicity until like days after we did like I bet at some point he woke up one morning he was like hey why is my name on like CNN or my Google alerts are popping up and then all of a sudden he's like oh crap like now I got to type another one that made it a little bit worse, and everybody freaked out a little bit more. Well, kind of in concert here, Ali Fittowski discusses crazy emotions after her mysterious trip. And she says she doesn't quite feel like herself. Just give a timeline. Her kind of, as I said, disappears. I don't know what else to call it from social media. Also happened about the same time Tristas did. Yeah, okay. So she said, hey, everyone, I'm back.

I've been off social for a bit. I'm happy to be back. You know, wait to share what I did. I have so many feelings around it, crazy emotions around it. And I honestly, mentally don't feel quite like myself right now because of it. I promise as soon as I can share with you, I will. I just can't now. She said it feels good to interact with her followers again. And again, can't wait to share everything she can when she can. I think both of them, it's interesting to me, Ashley, if it was special forces. And we are allegedly saying that is the the best, you know, point to where we think they went. It's interesting they're both kind of going about this, talking about their kind of mental health and bettering themselves. I wonder if

special forces is kind of marketed to contestants as this place to believe in yourself again and to do something powerful and to show your strength. I wouldn't be surprised because I do think the show does that. You know, it's an incredible endurance of mental strength. strength. And it does kind of catapult you back out into the spotlight for a period of time. And people watch you go through these grueling tasks. But both Allie and Trist to kind of have similar language on what they were doing and why they were doing it. Totally. You're right. And the show did have Nick and Tyler on last season from Bachelor. So then it would just make sense for them to have two females from Bachelor. Yeah. Interesting choices, I would say. Yeah. I mean, I don't want to.

offense to Ali, but I think that Ali is a little bit more of a random choice. Trista makes a lot of sense. She's the mother of the franchise. She will always be a name. And to me, Ali, while of course, like we know her from The Bachelor, I think of her more as like a mommy blocker these days. Because she's done a lot since the show. She did E. She did some lifestyle shows. She's very concentrated on social media now. So just a little bit, just more of a left field choice for me. You don't think of her as the Bachelorette anymore. You think of her as, yes, something different.

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each season. This isn't something something new or abnormal. It doesn't mean that Joan wasn't their first choice. It doesn't mean that she was their first choice. It just means that they kind of call a bunch of people. They did it when I was The Bachelor. They bring them in a room. You have dinner with, you know, the creators of the show. You sit down. You talk about what you're all about. And then, you know, you really don't know you're going to be the lead until they announce it. So not shocking, but Susan Lucci, big name, getting the call. They're obviously, I think the biggest thing out of this is they are, are considering when it comes at least a golden to go outside the franchise.

It feels like every year we get a headline of a celebrity saying, like, I was asked by production to be the lead. They obviously are really trying. They never say yes. They're really trying for this. And one day I really wanted to happen for us. It would be really fun. And with Susan Lucci, holy moly, does that really make a lot of sense for them to get an audience

that they don't currently have? Yes, did the Golden Bachelor bring in a lot of older audience, a lot more vast of range when it comes to age range? Yes. But with Susan Lucci, you're going to get so many fans of all my children, which my mom was for years. Just lots of soap fans. The whole show itself kind of is like a soap. So I think she'd fit right in perfectly. And then I think you're going to get a lot of people who are older who are like, what is this? This show that Susan Lucci is doing, that's so interesting. She's 77. I mean, she looks amazing. Her husband died two years ago. She has been a really fun candidate for it, but she did say, I believe that they contacted my publicist, and it wasn't for me.

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But she, I don't think, said, anything about her writing a book, but here she is. She posted on social media saying, your girl has published her first book. It's called The Deaf Girl, a memoir of hearing loss, hope, and fighting against the odds. She showed us the cover. The cover looks cute.

She said in 2021, many of you met me for the first time when I stepped out of a limo and quest for love. In my introduction included a playful mention of my deafness, and I meant it as a light-hearted pickup line, but it sparked a much-needed conversation about hearing loss in the mainstream media. And since then, I've received numerous messages from people sharing their own experiences with hearing loss.

Some people reminded me of high school Abigail, unsure of where she fit in, born deaf, but received a cochlear implant at a young age, placing her between two communities. So she's describing that kind of person, herself. And others echoed my mom's journey, which is navigating the world as a parent of two deaf daughters, filled with the fear of the unknown. There were those who are like my now fiancé, who wanted to learn how to be a supportive partner to somebody with a disability, and many others who expressed the struggle with how to balance their disability with their personal identity. So she teamed up with her mom to look back on their lives and to put together this book.

She said over the past three years, my mom and I have combined our experiences into this book. In mine, you know, particularly focusing on growing up with a disability and navigating life's challenges and hers, her perspective of raising two daughters with a shared disability and facing uncharted waters. So it comes out in September and she hopes that it provides answers, comfort, and hope to those who need it. Absolutely awesome. Yeah. I love the combo. right what a good idea it's really cool we'll be bringing her on to get more insights as september gets closer about this book but really great when somebody uses you know whatever it is that catches

the attention of the audience something that probably at some point was an insecurity for her as she mentioned in high school and now it's her superpower now it's her it's the thing that she is talking about connecting with and helping others with absolutely cool absolutely awesome wishing her the best and the most success with that book. Ashley, final headline is this. Not really needing to be discussed, but we are getting kind of some glimpses into Jen's Night 1 as The Bachelorette. We get more and more excited here at the Almost Famous Podcast about Night 1 of The Bachelorette.

We believe that filming has now concluded. It's wrapped. The story is in a box. It's on the floor of some editing room at ABC. and it will be fairly soon in front of our eyes to enjoy. Ashley, any insights, details, hidden secrets that aren't spoilers that you have leading up to night one. No, except for the fact that she posted on social media four days ago saying

proof of life past couple months have been crazy, but I'm back. I'm grateful and it's only the beginning. Shocking that she did that honestly. most of the time you cannot share when you're back because they don't love for people to know. They don't love to know that it's over. Yeah, because then people start digging. People, you know, some fans still don't think

that the show is actually taped months before. I'll be honest, Ashley. Every once in a while, I'll get a spoiler like just come across my page. I've got nothing. Oh, really? I got the top four. I didn't, I think I looked at them. But I don't remember.

I don't recall. them guys when I'm recapping this I will not know but I was on X and sometimes it just there it is and I'm like oh which are these guys cute you know I've got nothing I'm coming into this thing completely oblivious so very excited I like doing that it's more fun for me you were pretty attached to Joey's season you know what I mean like because you guys became friends so that was like not that what that season was kind of it was still fun you were in the no right but for the most part you and I have not been in the know for seasons now.

Yeah, we kind of meant to do that. We've meant to come into this thing without the knowledge of what happens. Well, it's more fun for all of us. Speaking of knowledge of what happens, we'll have an almost good advice coming out this week. We'll have some more interviews coming out. Obviously,

the headlines episode is here as we get closer and closer to the Jen season as the Bachelorette. We're here at the Almost Famous podcast. Very excited for this season. A lot of unanswered questions because we don't know Jen well. But we're going to start to investigate to understand her a little better. So everybody here at the Almost Famous Podcast can go into this season as excited as we are. But until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley.

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