The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Rent-Free Moments from Bachelor Nation

Episode Date: December 17, 2025

Which dramatic moment from The Bachelor franchise lives in your head rent-free?? We asked some of our favorite members of Bachelor Nation and you won't believe what moments they mention from the vault!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're talking about them all. Well, let's dive in. We're chatting with Carolina Sophia, Justin Glaze, Jonathan Johnson, our favorite golden's Kathy, Susan, and Joan, Katie and Zach and Golden Bachelor runner-up, Cindy Callers. Okay, well, there's a couple, but I think that my other. ones like are the same ones that everyone says. And I think there's one moment or at least one person that isn't talked about enough. And I don't know if she was part of your season, Ben. You tell me. I can't remember. There was a girl whose husband died. And she was like, I love my story.

She was so proud to have this trauma, which again, like, I'm so sorry that you've lost her husband, but it was kind of like, oh. That was me who went up, I went up against her in the badlands on my two on one. And Kelsey Poe. Okay. So everything that you saw was authentic to what she was like in real life. We tried to get her on the podcast a thousand times. No one talks about this enough. Not enough. I will tell you this little tidbit.

When it was in the airport two weeks ago, somebody came up to me and she goes, Ashley, I went to high school, lived in the same hometown as Kelsey Poe, my entire life. And we were, the whole town was Rudy you on. oh no well like that makes me it makes me happy for you it still makes me sad for her I don't want to like bully her either but maybe she's grown like maybe she yeah it's been 11 years

yeah maybe she looks back and she's like yeah that was bad she's a mom now we know that good for her uh you said there's another one is there another moment there's so many I mean barb icon barb is iconic wait Pete just went on a cruise just with his mom it was like you know a sponsored cruise but like he decided to take his mom on it so like that's so entertaining i got to go watch that content um yeah now i have two as well i didn't know that um

i've had dinner at barb's house by the way without pete there gosh without pete there how do you just drop this on us now tell us everything it was uh gary turner barb her husband and i and some of their friends um it never got aired on tv but we filmed the whole thing there it was so good it was so fun they're sweet people they had a whole photo booth set up they were so excited and they were so hospitable to us i remember going this is this is fantastic and she also is as barb is as real as real comes oh gosh um joes are probably all about himself no i mean mine probably is too when you say lives rent free in your mind what what does that mean exactly it just is something that like always pops up in your mind it's always there you don't have to like work to think about it it's just like something I would say yeah I mean it I think when you go on the show it's hard for it not it's to not be something that you did you did yeah yeah for me I think and listen our engagement was was great love it

It's fine. I wasn't expecting you to say our engagement, so you don't have to preface with that. Don't worry. I don't think about that often. But I would say for me because Because we recap the show and we recap so many night ones

and because my night one was, went so bad for me, I would say like just going home night one is something that that would be for me. Yeah, that one haunts you for sure. I'm going to go like most of the things that Clayton did. Okay.

Yeah, the scene where there was the three of them Or was it just the two of them still standing there Yeah, and then like Rachel crying on the stairs Yeah, exactly It felt so horrible that they had to go through that But those moments were really iconic And also again, Joe and I were just doing Like some like Bachelor hot takes and stuff like that

And we were saying like his season brought a lot of newness Like things that hadn't happened before and that's always fun. Yes, definitely. First thing that came up to my head was my hospital gown thing. Like, I can't live that down. It's a good one. It's a good one.

Oh, my God. Who would have thought that Jonathan, one of the more eligible men on that season, would have been the guy that came out in a hospital gown? You know what? I think if you asked anybody, the day that episode premiered, they would have been like, this guy's going home for sure.

Oh, 1,000. You're very lucky to get, through the first episode, but that's because you were hiding your face, too. Did you reveal your face right before your whole face was wrapped up? Yeah, I did. It was like a whole moment. I was in that mask for like

seven hours and oh yeah. How did you can't be good for that? I had to go back to the bathroom and rewrap like three times like you can't let the guys see your face. I was like dude, it's falling off. That was like an R-season James was in that damn box for 12 hours. He didn't actually ever come out. He never came out though.

Bro, I don't think so. He was just in the box. I was like, you couldn't pay me to do this. Oh, my gosh. You guys, but hold on with Jonathan, it's so interesting because you think that the guys thought that you were probably, like, not that cute. They did. They said it.

If you watch it back, they're like, this guy's probably beat. And I was like, this is crazy. That's so crazy. I'd have to unwrap on sight. No, I just flashed my ass, made them all uncomfortable. Justin, your moment? You know, I think mine's going to be really cliche, but

I think there were a lot of moments from Hannah Brown's season. The podium move. It's hard to beat. It's a windmills. It's hard. Yeah, it's hard to beat. Yeah. It's a good one. It's a good answer. That one doesn't get old. I also love

Leah's your welcome. When did you say that? This is in Paradise. I was like, hey, I just want to be friends and she got upset with me. Oh, at the Rose ceremony. She's put it in my face. goes, you're welcome. Have you met her boyfriend?

Yeah. I have. And how is he? Seems like a nice fellow. Super nice. Awesome. She was like being crazy, like getting him everything under the sun from CBS for that food that he had.

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Well, and some of them, I've honestly forgotten. Let's dive back into these. I have two. Good moments and bad moments. Yes, absolutely. My moments were Kathy and her Zipit and Joan, when we found out that you had to leave. It's for your daughter.

They were like two moments I'll never forget. I'll tell you the Zipit for me is one I'll never forget. One moment I won't ever forget is when Sean and Alicia came in at the end of the show with and basically attacked Dale and Kat, mostly Kat. I literally, I actually got up and walked off the set. That was so hard to watch for me.

That was a moment. I know. It doesn't live rent-free, frankly. That was a tough one. Mine is actually... Well, you lived that one. Yeah, I don't like we live in it. That hits your soul, yeah.

But the best one is like seeing Spencer and Jess and seeing them get engaged. Like, there's so many wonderful. To pick one is really tough. I think mine was and it's a good one and it just showed like the girl relationship

the girl's relationship when Daisy and Kelsey had their last encounter and Daisy said to Kelsey he's yours like I can see that this is and I'm bowing out I'm leaving and I was like God that just empowered like it empowered Daisy in such a great way and it

gave Kelsey like like no more guilt like this is yours and I want you to be happy and I don't want to part of your relationship and just like her bowing out like that was such a great moment. Yeah, that was. Aw. That is so true. You just brought up a memory for me.

They were in that limo. They were coming together. Yeah. It's like, oh, it was so good. So many good moments. The swamp? Yeah. That was, that was you know what? That's a good answer. Good answer. Honestly, the swamp. Remind the people what you're referring to?

that's when Zach broke the nose to me in a swamp while it's raining I've got like little tadpoles nibbling at my ankles I'm like humiliated so yes that would be the most

I love you so much big yeah we all have our bachelor moments when we're a bachelor married couple like the things that we have in the back in the history that we know about it's weird it's weird relationships aren't made

in all the rainbows and butterflies. They're made in the swamp times. There you go. Exactly. I can relate. The crabby times. There you go. See? Weird times. Weird times. You seem like you may have watched The Bachelor in the past. Okay. So I've seen a little bit of it. I've seen Trista's season back in the day. 22, three years ago? 23 years ago? Yeah, a minute and a half ago. In golden years. And then I did watch every episode of the both golden seasons for sure.

Okay. All right. And then a couple episodes here and there of other ones. Is there a moment in those seasons that you did watch that you think of all the time, as we like to say, lives red free in your mind? Outside of mine. Outside of yours or yours included. Well, you know, there's some epic ones in mind.

The walk off the dock was a pretty big one. It's a good memory for me as a viewer. I was like, yes. yes I was like yes I was getting a little vulgar watching TV I was very proud of you I think I heard a whole group of you guys yelling as I was contemplating that get up get up yeah yeah that was fun

I remember Hannah and I don't know what season because I don't watch it very much I remember at one point somebody came back and she there was he was trying to engage with her and she moved the podium she moved the the roseholder there was another one from a gold season, well, from Golden Bachelor's Season 1, where Nancy put on a wedding dress in a photo shoot. And you could just tell it was unexpected. It came out of nowhere, but it triggered something in her. And I always remember that came, you know, as I was, right after I was getting a divorce

and I lost my dad and I lost my grandfather. And just sometimes that grief out of nowhere can overwhelm you, like a like a wave in the ocean and I remember watching that and feeling so connected to that feeling. I want to say thanks to Bachelor Nation alum who jumped on with us. We've got more dramatic, shocking, memorable moments coming, but until then, I've been Ben. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast on IHeartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers? Who catfish is a city?

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