The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - S7 E2 Two Tickets to Paradise

Episode Date: August 14, 2018

Colton Underwood is back in-studio to help Ben go through everything that went down on the 2nd episode of Bachelor in Paradise Season 5. But Ben doesn’t let him off easy, and we get the real story of what was going on between him and Tia, and they talk about the emotional moment when Becca showed up to confront Colton on Paradise.   The guys give their take on what happened between Annaliese and Jordan, and Colton offers some behind the scenes info on the romance of Kevin and Astrid.   We play a round of “Who the Heck are You” with Brady Toops, and we check back in with David the chicken! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast with IHartRadio. Ashley looks a little different today. I'm Ben and I am Colton. Oh, we have a special co-host. Colton, welcome to the Almost Famous Podcast. You are a guest on this typically, but today you're taking a new seat. Yeah, I'm going to let you sort of guide me and help me out. You are co-host in this episode.

We're going to talk everything, Bachelor in Paradise. we're going to pick on colton a little bit we're going to get the true scoop on exactly what happened in paradise where his head was at where he went crazy we're also going to talk about the mentel all we're going to flash back a little bit because i had questions the colton i know and the colton i love and the colton i've hung out with was not the colton there was there at men tell all and i want to ask why and figure out why with that we're going to have a couple special guests he's going to bring on some friends we're going to get the dirt we're going to get the juice but before we do that colton how you holding up i'm going to

good man i'm good you uh okay before we just got to get started a couple weeks ago we watched men tell all colton jason was the co-host on that episode with us and i said man colton had something he came in angry about walk me through so because hey this whole thing's crazy it brings out the wildest sides in us walk me through men tell all were you angry about paradise at the time Were you sensitive to the people around you? Was there somebody that kind of like really made you upset? Or was just this, just the take that you needed to have when you sat down with all these guys to protect yourself? No, no.

And just like you said in the intro too, it's like, you know, everybody was just like, whoa, what side of Colton is this? And I think for me, you know, you get to see such a small portion of our personalities on The Bachelorette. And that's always been somebody I am. I'm not afraid to speak my mind. I'm not afraid to stand up for who I am. and during the season I was talking about serious things going on whether it was my virginity whether it was Tia when there was you know bringing her home to my family so nobody really got to see that edge and that's something I like to you know I have an edge to me and I stand up for

myself well how does that edge usually come out I mean I think you said it once uh during paradise recently during you know your sports career where you're professional athlete you know you kind of how always had this edge but you had to hold in a lot of your emotion you couldn't see you can let anybody see you hurt or upset now in life how do you typically let that edge out i mean just by being authentic and being genuine i mean i mean the one thing that coming off at the bachelorette and bachelor's is i'm so i'm much more comfortable in my own skin now and i think where i would have you know sort of bit my tongue in the past now i'm not afraid to sort of have loose lips and speak my mind i mean if if it's something on my on my if there's something on

my mind I'm saying it that's you bring up a great point there um coming off the bachelor app and coming off bachelor in paradise you're more confident in speaking your mind what we've talked about it many times in the show uh Ashley and I do and we bring it up that you know the show is in a sense therapy as the contestants kind of mold into their own maybe true identities uh while on the show especially if they're there long enough what do you think it is about this show that allows the contestants to truly be themselves? You know, for me, the Bachelor, it was so opposite of being in the athletic community. I mean, for me, talking about my feelings, talking about my emotions, letting people in,

letting people see me was so, like you said, therapeutic, but it also helped me grow as a person. And I think that was the main thing that I took away from it is I liked what it did to me. You know, I always hate when people say, oh, you change because you went on a show. It's like, yeah, I changed. I mean, I'm changing for the better. I feel like we all need change in our life. and to continue to grow, and that's what the Bachelorette and the Bachelor in Paradise provided for me. That's a great way to say.

You liked what it did for you. And so there's this crazy thing, you know, with The Bachelor and the Bachelorette especially, where it kind of sucks you in, right? I've talked to many contestants, and we bring in contestants on this podcast, and people say, I've missed it. Like, I went back on Paradise, or I went back on Warner Games, or I did one of these other shows because I've missed it. And it's not missing the fame because a lot of people don't really get fame from the show, right?

I mean, they're not there long enough. People don't recognize them long enough. They have a glimpse of fame. They maybe do a couple interviews, but a lot of people don't get celebrity from the show. And so the question always lies, why do you do it? And people tell us that they miss it. And what you're saying is you like what the show does for you. And so in a sense, you can see where people would miss being in those worlds.

Yeah, absolutely. I think being in that bubble is what sort of allows you to grow. I think we have so many distractions in our everyday lives that you don't have time to focus on yourself and to spend time, you know, working on self-growth. And I think when you go into that, yes, you're working on a relationship, but you're also working through issues that you have with, you know, internal issues and working through your own feelings, working through how you're going to deal with certain situations as a person. Cool. Do you cook? Oh, I love cooking, dude. Really? You're big into that? Are you actually into cooking, or do you say that on the podcast so that everybody out there listening goes, oh my gosh, he loves charity and he loves puppies and he cooks and, you know, I love cooking.

Mainly because I am a picky eater, like diet-wise. Yeah. So you want to eat healthy. I always want to eat healthy. Do you know about Blue Apron? I've heard of it before, yeah. Yeah, well, I'll tell you all about it. It's everything that you'd want.

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And we have had a huge season on the Almost Famous Podcast. I mean, we have really started to kind of roll into this identity of where we bring on these contestants. We let them speak their hearts. We get to know them a little better. Some contestants aren't received very well. Some are, once they come on our show. With you, we had a crazy response of people going, I finally understand Colton.

I finally get Colton. And the emails came in, the tweets came in. I could pull them up right now and read some of them. For you, do you feel like people have gotten to know you better through this process? Is there still more to learn? I mean, we're watching you on Paradise right now. And obviously, you are the hot storyline. I mean, we're two weeks in.

And it seems like every scene is a Colton and Tia scene. Do you feel like you're coming into your own on Paradise? Or do you feel like people are getting to know you less? No, I definitely think, like I said, I have a lot of. lot of layers to me. There's a lot more to me than what people saw on The Bachelorette. I think I'm trying to use social media to sort of show that too, whether it's my Twitter or my Instagram. You know, that's just who I am. I'm lighthearted. I'm fun. I'm a big goofy teddy bear, if you want to call it. But everybody on The Bachelorette got to see me in such a serious light.

So now in Paradise, you know, I am sort of letting more my personality out and they are showing more of that, which obviously I like because then people have a better understanding of me. I think after, you know, talking with you and Ashley, too, people hopefully got some answers that, you know, they needed. How are you feeling after all the tears last night? Yeah, I mean, even watching that back and, you know, there's been too, anytime watching yourself get emotional on, on screen sort of brings up those emotions again, whether you want to or not.

And, you know, for me, I just remember being in that situation thinking, like, am I ready? You know, what, you know, what is going on right now? Why am I here? And, you know, the bottom line is what I told myself when I was, you know, battling whether I needed to go to Paradise or not is you have to get back on the horse. You have to put yourself out there. I came into The Bachelorette looking for love. I'm going to do the same when I'm going to Paradise. Yeah, I mean, this is, Colton, you know, I know this, you are the co-host on this episode.

And we will get to you co-host the episode. But I think the first segment here, I really want to take some time to kind of drill in to who you are and where you're at right now because you are a big storyline on Paradise. If you don't want me talking about a little bit, you and I met up right before Paradise, and you asked me, hey, what do you think? Should I go or should I not? And my advice to you was not to go at the time,

but I remember telling you, if you feel like it's the right thing for you, if you feel like it's going to bring closure, or you feel like it's going to fix anything that's kind of left out there right now, unanswered, then go do it. And then I didn't really know what your decision was. And the next thing I knew I saw that you went on Paradise, are you happy with that decision?

Yeah. And I think one thing I took away from our conversation is, and you never said a definitive yes or no. You said, hey, here's a pros, here's a cons. And between you and I, you know, there was more, you had more cons for going on to Paradise. But the pros that I saw lining up for Paradise was, you know, I admitted, you know, the one hurdle for T and I was not enough time. We weren't in the same location. So for me, I'm sitting here like, I'm going to be very true and honest to how I was feeling. You know, that was the one thing that concerned me in a relationship.

And I know if you're going to be on a beach for a few weeks, like, that's going to give me the opportunity to sort of figure that out and get the answers I needed from Tia. Yeah. So now we're watching on Paradise today. And as Amy just brought up, we've seen it some emotion. We've seen some tears. What did you think about when the guys all gained up on you? I mean, so you come to Paradise. You're excited to get to talk to Tia.

you don't have a definitive answer if you're ready to date her or not you don't know where you stand with her you're just trying to figure out what the next best step is coming off of this relationship with Becca so you show up the paradise a little confused you start talking to Tia the guys just jump jump on you they gang up on you how do you feel about that to be honest with you it threw me off I was not expecting that I wasn't I wasn't understanding where they were coming from they wanted a definitive answer right now am I here for Tia or not And it's not that simple. I mean, those same guys who are questioning me are the same guys who went home, you know, three, four weeks in to Becca season.

So they didn't get to get to the level of a relationship that I got to with Becca. So they couldn't understand where my head was at. And they were just how they're hounding me for these answers. And I couldn't give them any answers because I really didn't know. It was weird. I thought it was so weird. Why didn't they just worry about their own stuff? Well, right.

And that's one thing I actually took. tweeted too. I said, you know, I hope everybody spends as much effort and focuses on their own relationship as everybody on that, you know, on that beach was towards Tia and I. I mean, everybody had an opinion. You looked at, you know, you watched that episode. I think we could just because it was talked about so much. I think everybody was talking about Tia Colton, Tia Colton. It's like, man, why can't you focus on a relationship with someone else? I mean, why are you got to be in ours? Amy, you've watched a show for years. Like I said last week, voted fan huge fan of the bachelor um i have never remember in my days watching a contestant be so

focused on one person especially in paradise as tia was to colton have you i mean other than maybe my beautiful co-host ashley i canetti when it came to chair yeah but it was so prominent i mean i actually like want to say to tia like oh bless her heart like it was so nuts for me if i'm going to be honest and I like Tia so this is just me watching the show she was like obsessed with Colton then he's not there then she's going to go out with Chris then she's going to like Chris screw Colton I'm this I'm not like she was so all over the place and then she was obsessed with Colton obsessed with Colton and then she's like the poor guy just got there he just broke up with Becca which he's talking about and then she's like I need an answer I need an answer right now right now right now and it's just

like oh my God oh my God and then he like says I can't give you an answer and she's like I am a woman and I am worth more and blah, blah, blah. And then now I'm going back to Chris. And it was so just like, oh. You know, but that was my first time seeing how much she brought me up prior. Because, I mean, obviously I wasn't on the beach. So I didn't know I was talked about that much. And that's where I think, like, it probably drove the other cast nuts.

It's like, hey, we're here to focus on our relationship. Why is everybody talking about T and Colton? Like, let's get Colton out of here. I think that's sort of where they're coming from. It's like, hey, I'm tired of talking about this. Let's just get Colton out of here. Well, and in real life, you would take, like, at least a week to decide if you are into somebody and if you want to be like, you know, committed to them. This is like one day.

And she's like, you need to commit to me or I am out. I deserve better. And it was just like. It wasn't even one day. I mean, it was a few hours. I was going to say. It was hours. That was the craziest part is I'm watching this, this week.

And I'm saying, I'm looking at this. I'm going, I feel like I've ridden this emotional roller coaster with Colton. and Tia, and she's still wearing the same bathing suit. Right. Like, it's one day. Like, nobody's changed yet. Right. And I already feel exhausted for him.

No, and that was something that I think you guys see is in that episode is I was taking punch after punch after punch from all sides. And it finally just got to me. And I don't like to ever say someone's broken, but it just finally broke me. I mean, it just got to be so much that I didn't know how to handle the emotions that I was going through because you talk about emotions I had every emotion going through me. Chris is ready to punch you over a girl. He's known for a day. I would like to see that happen. That would be awesome. He's like literally devoted himself to Tia and was like, I will be her for you. I will never

hurt you. And it's like, you met her yesterday. He's, he's got some lines on that guy does. You know, hey, I never put myself above my partner. I'm listening on, you could date me any day. Hey, we got a lot coming up. Obviously, as you can tell, listening so far, we're going to just continue to, I'm going to gang up on Colton. If everybody else is going to do it on the beach in paradise, I'm going to gang up on Colton all episode. And we're going to bring his friends in to help me do it. We're going to have a blast. We really are.

We're going to get down to the nitty-gritty. I want to learn here in a second from Colton, why in the world do you just not text Tia? I also wanted to hear from some of his friends that were on the beach. But before we do that, I got to tell you about Sleep Number. Cole, and you were on this podcast a couple weeks ago as we talked about. But one of the best parts about the Almost Famous podcast is we get to promote some of the coolest and best brands out there. You're a big guy. You need a good night.

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and Paradise has literally consumed my life. This seems so intense and so aggressive right now. My question to you, and the question that I saw on Twitter last night, and the reason I'm asking you this, why didn't you two just text each other? You have each other's numbers. Yeah. I mean, for me, for me, I knew that Tia came back when Becca broke up with me. She mentioned it and it just didn't make air. I was confused and so much confused that I felt like I was not going to reach out to her. I didn't, I didn't owe a text to her. And I was going to let her reach out to me first if it was going to happen. And it never happened. So there was just all this tension built up. And obviously you're seeing that play out. But for me, it's like, I I'm just getting out of a relationship, which I just introduced Beckett to my family. I said, I love you. And what am I supposed to as soon as I find out, break up and shoot Tia a text being like, yo, you know, WTF or what? Like how, if you, Ben, if you had to text Tia, what, I mean, what would you just have said?

I would have probably been angry, honestly. I think, I mean, so I'm playing this out, Cole. And you help me process through this with you. I'm a fan of the show right now. I'm watching the show. And I see you tell the guys last night that you love. that you were in love with Becca that you're still hurt over Becca and so I'm thinking okay if I really felt this way about this woman I was dating and this other

woman came in to kind of step in between now Becca is saying obviously that you know it wasn't Tia's words or her mittens to fall still being in love with you or liking you or whatever she's claiming it is they ended it but I'm coming from your perspective you're the we can only ask you if I'm in love with Becca and now I'm on the beach with Tia, I would have been angry, I think. Maybe I'm wrong here, and I've admitted my reactions of things typically aren't the best, but I think I would have been hurt by the way that my relationship with Becca ended based on this other person's feelings for me. Yeah, I mean, like I said earlier on your podcast, I can't fault Tia for saying it because if that's how she felt, that's how she felt.

But what I was is I was confused and I was trying to work through my emotions and I didn't want to just out of emotions. shoot her a text and not have any thought. And then in the back of my mind, you know, if I was considering to go to paradise, I knew Tia was going to be there, right? And why not have the first conversation, be in person? And if we're being really honest, I mean, for the, for everybody else that had to watch, you know, everything play out, that wouldn't have been fair to the fans as to, you know, for us to all of a sudden be on good terms coming onto the beach if we would of taking care of this business off camera. I mean, do you agree with that as an entertainment on an entertainment side of things for

the fans? Would that have been confusing? I mean, yeah, oh, 100%. I don't think as a friend I would have ever told you to go if you had like figured it out beforehand. Right. Where this was like, all right, step in and fill in the gaps from here on now. So I think yes.

And in terms of life and giving it time and then have an opportunity to be in paradise to not only figure out if you were into Tia, but maybe somebody else or just move on and move forward publicly. I think all of that, you know, made sense to me. The piece that doesn't make sense, and we'll close off your little girl session here and move into recapping episode two of Bachelor in Paradise, the part that doesn't make sense to me

and the way I have to get defensive for you is saying, I don't understand, and I know Amy feels this way with me, I don't understand why you had to say and make a decision so quickly. This was brand new. You just got there. You had so much to figure out,

And maybe it was that nobody, nobody understood that you were having to process all of your emotions, all of your feelings, all these questions within 24 hours. But I felt like you were expected to show up to the beach, confess your love for Tia or not confess your love to Tia, and have it all figured out from the very beginning. And I don't think that was fair. And we learned last night that you're just dealing with so much heartbreak still from Becca. Yeah. I mean, I think that, I mean, obviously Becca showing up threw me off my, you know, threw me off

anything that I wanted to talk about but you see the one the one person who sort of understood where I was coming from was Eric right and I I actually talked in depth with Eric at paradise about you know how he wasn't ready to go to paradise after his season with Rachel because he was you know he was just coming off of the hometown and being in love and he was the only one who could sort of sympathize with me at that point of being like man you guys just don't get it the other guys that are like hey make a decision it's like you guys don't get it because you weren't to that level in your relationship with Becca. You are just that friendship, more, you know, they weren't there yet.

And so they are asking me a question that's not fair to ask me, or they're asking for me to do something that's definitely not fair for me to do. I'm with you, man. I take your time. Paradise is a place of exploration, and you were going to explore what could have been. Somebody else that went to Paradise, first off, Colton, thanks for answering those questions. I know that's not fun. I know you're going to have to answer them a thousand times.

and respond to him a thousand times. But I hope that just getting you the platform to speak on it openly and honestly allows all of our listeners to get to know you a little better. It allows me to get to know you a little bit better. So thanks for doing that. But now let's transition to you being the co-host of the Almost Famous Podcast. We are going to bring on somebody that came to Paradise, looking for love, hoping for love, got a little upset with Colton at times.

And we're going to talk to him about it. We have Nick from Bachelor in Paradise. and also Becca's season of The Bachelorette right now. Nick, you out there. Yes, I am. How are you doing today? Nick, what's up, man? How are you?

Doing well, doing well. Nick, where are you at right now? I am at work. He's a lawyer. Nick's a lawyer, which I found slightly shocking. Why do you find it shocking, Amy? Because he was a little bit of shirt off Nick last night. Yeah, he's like, he's like,

He's like the ripped lawyer. But see, hey, everybody has layers. So you can't portray Nick as just a lawyer. He's got layers just like I do on the bat. Yeah, there's more. Hey, I'm keeping it fair with you, Nick. You know, everybody has different sides of their personality. You only get to see a small portion of us on screen.

That's correct. That's definitely correct. We're going to jump in right here. What in the world? Like, why were you going to Bachelor in Paradise? So we just talked to Colton a little bit. He explained why he was going to Paradise, where he saw the pros being for him. What were the pros for you?

I think for me it was it was just more of a natural environment for me Bachelorette I really really enjoyed my time on it but you know it was it was more of a formal setting and I didn't think I was able to show like you know who I was I didn't you know it was difficult for me to really like open up because it was more formal setting and for me I watched a few episodes of Bachelor in Paradise and it kind of seemed more like more of my speed

for dating. So yeah, it just seemed more casual, more relaxed, more fun. Whereas Bachelorette was fun, but it was nerve-wracking, you know. It's one woman

and 28 guys or whatever where this is a good mix and a more casual environment. I mean, I could speak to that too, Nick, because I went through the season with you. I definitely agree. I think the environment in Paradise fits Nikki Slicks more than the Bachelorette suit and tie does. I mean, so that was Nick's nickname, Nicky Slicks, because he was just, you could tell Nick and you know this, too, on the season. There was times where, you know, you were just uncomfortable with, you know, the setting.

And I think, yeah, you're right. Paradise was more Nicky Slick's thing. We didn't really get to know you with Becca. We got to know you a little bit more this week. but what went wrong with Chelsea? That seemed a little dicey. Well, I think, I think that there's, I think that, you know, Chelsea and I spoke a lot during Paradise. We had a lot of conversation.

I think that that particular night, I know for a fact she wasn't feeling well. I think she had to get an IV or something as well and threw up that night. but yeah I mean for me there was a lot of conversation that Chelsea and I had and you know we really did have a

have a good connection but in terms of what went wrong I don't know if I can really speak to that but I think that you know Chelsea and I are we're good friends so

yeah I mean so whatever they put in Chelsea's IV led to her decision then, huh? It must have. Who did she give her rose to? I can't remember. David. Oh, the chicken.

We're going to talk to the chicken later. Yeah, we're going to talk to the chicken. Hey, Nick, on a scale of 1 to 10, how do you feel like your game was during Bachelor in Paradise? I thought that, I thought that, the game that we showed was poor but I think

that overall you know I was I was myself and you know I for me it was fun and I think my game I think I think it was more about showing who you are

rather than rather than some type of game or rather than showing something something else but you know am I disappointed of course no one wants no one wants to go home but uh but you know it was a great experience and and um I met phenomenal phenomenal people that I otherwise would have met and

some some phenomenal lifelong friends so I was hoping you're going to come on this podcast and just be angry like I met the worst type of people Colton you're a terrible person well you would have thought that after last night's episode right you would have thought I was I was the worst, the way that, the way that Nikki had to sit down and go after me. Yeah, why? What in the world? Yeah, I mean, I don't know. Like, I think watching it back and watching our season back, Nick, you could obviously

see, like, the different levels. And I think that that would have changed the dialogue of that conversation had you've known the depth with Becca and I. That's correct. And, you know, to clear the air on that, I was personally getting a side of, I got one side of the story. and I had not seen the rest of Bachelorette prior to filming. But as I've said, you know, I have all the love and respect for Colton as much as all the other guys.

But for me, my whole thing was, okay, you know, Colton had known Pia for six, seven months at this point. like let's either like give her a fair shot like i just i and you know what i had no had i had i seen all of the bachelorette prior definitely would have changed my opinion um but i was just hearing you know what i heard was what i heard and and i just wanted i want i expected bachelor in paradise to be a clean slate like everyone goes in there everyone you know it's paradise baby there's no such thing as a clean slate in paradise hey well you know i'm new to this whole thing thing as you can see i didn't i didn't uh make it very far on bachelorette but um no you know for me it was just like my my perception of it at that time filming paradise was okay you know

you've known to six seven months like of which three of those months were spent with becca okay yeah but the whole point is is like you know are you going to give it a shot or you're not going to give it a shot like let's break this off or like like like because it because you have to understand like I was looking at it as like she I didn't even know like I looked at it as like she was hung up on you and that there was something super serious that happened before and blah blah blah so so when you come in I'm just like all right like he's they're going to give it a shot oh nope not going to give it a shot all right well then I guess like let's then break it off and allow you know who's to get his shot and and that was my whole take on But besides that, I mean, to be honest with you, like, that's it. Like, it had nothing to do with, like, you or your character, anything, or anyone else's character is just like, like, let's make this, like, let's try to make this like a fair shot for everyone, whatever that may be.

The thing here, Nick, that you're bringing up that I think makes sense, uh, from a viewer's perspective is it does feel like watching the show. There's a sense of there's more to this Tia Colton's than what we're understanding, right? Like, it just felt like there had been this dramatic thing that have happened that connected you to and that, you know, there was so many unanswered questions and what Colton's saying is there really wasn't.

You guys hung out for a weekend. It wasn't that serious. You decided to go on the show. You met Becca. You fell in love with Becca. Tia comes back into the picture. Now you don't know if you want to pursue it or not. Nick, you're watching all of this from the beach going,

there's got to be more here. Like, this feels like a love story that has, like, been driven. dramatically broken up and really it wasn't and so now watching it back the picture makes more sense that's right i don't disagree with that i don't disagree with that whatsoever and as i've told you know as i i think the reason that i wasn't shown much on bachelorette was because i i didn't get into drama and i typically don't get into drama and i like that's even grew up even through the conversation with with colton i don't really have much to say

Because, again, like, I'm focused on my thing. I had no interest in Tia. I was simply, all I was simply doing was trying to be like, all right, you know, Goose has feelings for whatever, you know, like, let's either. You're Nicky Slick, man. You're Nicky Slick. You focus on Nikki Slick and Nicky Slick alone, and the rest of the people can date who they want to date. And why do you guys call that guy the Goose?

That's not my nickname for him. That's just what everyone calls him. I think it's because he had a bad haircut and he has like little baby hairs, so they called him goose. Really? Is that why? I think so. Nobody ever knew. I just knew he was goose, so he went by goose for the whole season.

There's nothing less attractive for a nickname than goose. And he refers to himself as goose, which weirds me out more. But Nick, but Nick, you're part of goose gang. Can we talk? Can we talk about you? You're part of the goose gang. To be honest with you, I didn't know that I was ever part of the gang until last night. apparently so apparently i got initiated while i was sleeping or something but that's fun yeah hey

nicky slick we appreciate you thanks for coming on the podcast thanks for answering those questions best of luck with everything now post bachelor in paradise and post bachelor at will we'll possibly see you again and if not um man enjoy this wild ride hey thank you guys so much for having me i really appreciate have a great day nick go kick some ass in the courtroom you too all right see you guys I can't believe that guy's a lawyer. Hey, so during the season, we actually had mock trials. And I got to see him, like, go to work. It was really cool.

And the things you do when you get bored. All right. Episode two of Bachelor in Paradise aired this week. It's juicy. It's hot. It's full of a lot of Colton and Tia. But we've talked Colton Tia to length already in this podcast. We still might bring it up.

I mean, why not? We've got Colton here. But before we do that, we've got to talk about Annalise and Jordan. One of the most surprising relationships on the beach. Colton, you had a front row seat at this. Did you see it come in? Does it make sense? What's this all about?

Yeah, you know, I didn't know much about Annalise other than I remember watching Ari's season and knowing that she had like a lot of fears. And she had, she led with her emotions, which makes sense. And then obviously the one thing I do know about Jordan was, you know, he's Jordan. so for me and let me just clear this up with Jordan too is like I'm okay with Jordan as long as I'm not dating the same girl

so I had no interest in Annalise so I was actually pro Jordan and Annalise on the beach I mean why not Jordan's come off the show I mean so far Bachelor in Paradise has been a redemption story for him

of sorts right I mean we've watched him he's still Jordan he still makes the weird comments he's still a character but we We start to see more and more of him in Paris. And we also, I mean, I honestly watch this week's episode and saw Jordan sitting there with Annalise. And what I thought in my head was I'm seeing this guy actually be a real person for the first time. Yes.

Ever. Like he's, he still had his like moments where we're like, stop being such a just weirdo. But he was actually a real person that I liked, that I enjoyed watching. And that's something that, you know, surprised me too is, you know, he's, Jordan slowly started growing on me. Just because I got to see, like I said, everybody has layers. I got to see another layer, another side of Jordan. And it was one that I actually liked because it was real.

It was genuine. It was authentic. It was what I was expecting him to bring to Bachelorette that he didn't. The only thing I've known in Jordan so far to this point is that he is a model and he loves fashion. And for anybody out there listening, if you love fashion as well, maybe you aren't as upset. with it as Jordan is and right now Colton's wearing a purple jacket and like I said you come off the show and you just have a level of confidence that's on that's never been seen you can wear a purple jacket and actually good doing it but anyways that's beside the point um if you love fashion

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uh blossoming between kevin and astrid this one looks like it's going to work it's quiet Astrid's beautiful I know Kevin from Winter Games Colton what's your take Yeah I mean I think you know Kevin better than I do at this point And I really had no clue who Astrid was But you're right

They were quiet She's a good looking woman Yeah And I mean obviously I saw last night Astrid in her interviews at least You know had a lot to say But you know being on the beach and being there She didn't really get into much drama

So they kept it themselves, and I think that's a key in paradise. Keeping to yourself and working on your relationship, that's the way that it's going to work. And this whole relationship blossomed from what we saw last night was Crystal and Kevin kind of had this thing. Yeah. Kevin was a hot commodity. Crystal was a hot commodity. Kenny comes in, steals Crystal off her feet. They go on this wrestling date that was so weird.

I mean, Kenny being a wrestler is great. But, like, yeah, I mean. not the most romantic setting no he gets he gets in the ring and starts tossing chairs over somebody it was absolutely ridiculous but i mean it worked right you saw these relationships up close and personal and i think for me this is the one that's like okay it makes sense we didn't get to see a lot of depth because of the like the wrestling date this crystal and Kenny like is there a connection there that you were seeing on the beach um i mean for me you're right though ben with it with the wrestling like i don't know

of seeing somebody tossed chairs and other people over their shoulders the most romantic thing and like being like oh yeah that did it for me um but also crystal isn't your your typical you know woman that you go after she's got you know she's got her edge to her and she's a little she's a little out there and a little bit of layers as you say she's a little she's got a layer yeah crystal's got a lot of layers in which i'm still trying to figure out but you know strangely enough the weirdest things can work out in paradise i i i think that's what makes paradise awesome and we've seen it right and this is what the show really celebrates the carline evans of bachelor nation where it's so like the people come into this

show we don't really know them because they're probably either gone early on in the bachelor or bachelorette seasons or they're quieter or whatever and they fall in love in paradise and these real relationships blossom so people go on to these you know kind of you know spin off shows thinking it's going to be fun like Nick said it's going to be different it's going to be a new environment and I think before people know it and I've never been there so Colton I'm kind of asking you to fill the gaps here they find themselves like falling harder and quicker than they could have ever imagined yeah and I think one thing that you guys have to realize in paradise is you know sort of what Nick was bringing up it's like well you need to make a decision and everybody's like

you need to figure out what you're doing I understand it's an accelerated process but what you realize when you're there is there's other couples forming and there's other relationships developing right in front of your eyes so naturally as a human you're benchmarking yourself and your relationship with another person against them and it creates a sort of competitive environment to really you know like dig deep it really it really motivates you to like hey i'm going to give this relationship my all because i want to you know i want to be the best strongest couple here do you think digging deep and giving your all is why chris was so mean to you during these interviews that we watched last night i mean we've talked about you and tia you know

we saw Tia give this emotional speech at the Rose ceremony where she's saying that she wants somebody to put her first and that she's not going to be second and she goes right to Chris and all this stuff happens that just kind of makes me feel awkward and at the same time, sorry, but I love watching it because it's just great TV. But Chris is being so mean to you in these interviews. Why is it? Do you like him? Are you guys friends?

Like what's going on? No, you know, and this is the first time that I'm seeing this. I mean, the thing about Chris is he never said this to my face other than the one time they confronted me. So for me, watching this back, it's like, wow, you had a lot of strong opinions and said some things that honestly were a little uncalled for. For what? I mean, I'm trying to figure it out too.

It's like you're saying you're falling in love with Tia already after one date. I mean, I guess Tia did that one to me. I don't know. I'm just trying to grasp it like that. That's just not where my mindset's had. So I can't even relate to what Chris is saying. And he's getting the girl. So it's like, take the high road, bro, chill.

Right. I mean, yeah, I don't get it. Honestly, I can't relate to what Chris is saying. I can't understand where he's coming from. And like I said, I mean, during the mental all too, it's one thing if you say it to my face because I could be there to defend it. But if you say an interview and I don't get to see it until it's on TV, it's like, well, and we know he gets in his head and as hard as he works to not be in his head.

Oh, Chris is in his head. He's in his head. whether he wants to say he's not i think especially in paradise a lot of people are in their head yeah we we could see it all right to close out this episode it was a good one but kind of i feel like a filler episode this connect the dots um to some of the relationships i'm excited for the rest of the episodes coming up um especially this week but to close out this episode angela gave her rose to john then out of nowhere bibiana let's colton around for another week colton congratulations she gives colton her rose tia is so mad oh this is her be

This is her island, and Cole, and you are not invited into it. Bye-bye, Nick and Wills, and let's move on to the next episode of Bachelor in Paradise. Hey, we have special guests. We're going to pull back like we do every year during Bachelor in Paradise, the Who the heck are you segment. But before we do that, I want to tell everybody out there about third love. All right, everybody's talking about it. Everybody loves it. Ashley loves it.

She talks about it. Amy's talking about a lot of time. I don't understand it. Colton, you don't understand it either. I mean, Amy, help us out. So what's your shoe size? I mean, my shoe size is a 12 and a half. Okay, that seems like a lie, but pretend you always just had to wear a 13 because there was no half.

It wouldn't fit you right. Your shoe wouldn't fit right. And that's what they- I can't find half. But it's a, my shoe size is a perfect 12 and a half, but I can't find half sizes. Well, similar to most people shopping for bras. So that's the same situation. So Third Love, they just added 24 new sizes, making them the industry leader with seven.

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So sometimes, like, the label can cause these kind of itch. The straps won't flip, ultra-smooth fabrics, lightweight, they're awesome. Okay, here's my question. This is going to be a lot, Amy, for you. But I like to take this podcast sometimes and ask super weird questions because I just, I need to educate myself. And just from the show and what Colton's admitted, I think he needs to educate himself a little bit, too.

Are bras breathable? I just have a feeling. Some, yeah. But they seem so thick and so, like, I feel like after a big day outside, mine are not. It would just be. No, not necessarily.

It just depends. I mean, also, if you're working out, you maybe would wear a separate bra than you would if you're going out. Like, also what's kind of cool now is, I think in the olden times, the bra needed to be hidden. But, like, I show mine. every day. So I get really cute, stylish bras from Third Love. I'm trying to figure out Ben

educate me then, man. Let's talk bras. I mean, because I can talk bras. Do you guys like when you can see the bra like if a girl like see how this is? Yeah. You know what I like? I like a girl who feels comfortable enough just to wear a sports bra in public and like just out to lunch. Like that that does it for me. With no shirt over. Yeah, no shirt. Yeah. I mean, prop tops are back so you can totally do what you want now. But yes, especially in Los Angeles, the bra. The bra, is meant to show. Show it off. Okay.

It's like a fashion accessory. Oh, yeah. You should see some of the bras I have in my special drawer. What's it? Amy, what's a special drawer? A special drawer is where many girls keep. No, no, Cole.

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15%. off. Add something to your special drawer. Yeah, your special drawer. Yes. Doing these feels so weird with that Ashley. It's a talk that Amy about her for all sizes. Anyways, we're going to bring back our, one of our most

popular, most beloved segments. Who the heck are you? And this week we have a special Who the Heck Are You with Brady Toops. Brady Toops. Who the heck are you? Who's Brady?

well I just a guy live in that show hey guys what's up Ben Colton good to be with you guys what's up man Brady I'm looking at a picture of you right now you have phenomenal hair

I like you already you have very good hair and you have a good smile so I appreciate that Brady Colton really has no clue who you are we're friends

we've done a couple things together here recently that we'll talk about but to fill our listeners in how would our listeners know you where are you from? Have you been on this franchise before for how many days? And what did it end up doing for you? Yeah, my story is a little bit different.

Obviously, I was on the season with you, and then Caitlin and Britt were the two bachelorette. I live in Nashville. That's where I'm from, Strump, so I flew out there, and we kind of were part of that crazy season, where on the first night, we all voted on who to keep. And I remember I was lobbying for Britt the whole night, and then at the end of the night, Brett got voted off. And so I decided in the middle of First Night's Rose ceremony to piece out and see what Brett was up to and see if she would be open to some ice cream.

And, yeah, that's sort of my three seconds of fame. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You can't end it there. Did you get ice cream? We did get ice cream, actually. We did it for a few months, and it was really exciting. The Bachelorette franchise followed our story throughout the season. and we were sort of the last few minutes clip, update,

and probably one of the craziest, most transformative experiences is my whole life. You know, that's what I actually was just talking to Ben about, too. I mean, I feel like you go in there, you go in there expecting to, you know, only dive deep into a relationship, but it's so self-discovering, too. It is. And I talked to them. They said, well, how was it for you? And I say, you know, it was probably the most exciting and the most painful.

And both of it led to me, led me to understand, you know, I don't know my, myself hardly at all. And when you watch yourself on national television and the way you talk and the way you interact with people and then have to deal with sort of the pushback of either being loved or hated or a little bit of both, I think it forces somebody to find a bit deeper of a center, at least to know why they do, what they do. And then hopefully in that process to grow and evolve and, you know, become a better person, a better human. I agree. So, Brady, just to be clear, you made, you were one of the most, I guess, well-known characters

from Caitlin's season of The Bachelorette because of your pursuit of Britt. You left that room. You knew it was her, the one that you wanted to pursue. You left the room. I still remember that rose ceremony where you just walked out, chased after her. you guys dated for a little bit and like you said they would show highlights back and forth but yeah even though you're only there i mean literally six hours this show still transformed your life in a lot of ways it really did you know even though it's ever six hours on two nights in a row

because the thing that they didn't show was that it took two nights of filming for the one night of edited uh first you know first night but yeah i think i was fortunate in the sense that I didn't have to experience all the craziness that you guys did in the house and the staying up late and getting up early and having to do really uncomfortable group dates and lots of interviews. I feel like I got to do the show and got the best parts of the show and to date one-on-one with some person while also not having to experience all the craziness. So I feel like I feel like I was the lucky one in the midst of the whole process. I mean, you got to experience. So we dated for, I think, about two and a half months. I don't remember the exact time, but I do remember when we started dating, it was like,

we would hang out 16 hours a day. I was in L.A. You know, you have to clear out your schedule for a couple months. So I had cleared it out. I'm a musician. That's what I've done the last 10 years. So I didn't have any concerts or anything. And we would just hang out the whole time.

And then I think we actually ended up around the airing of night one. think maybe just after that first Monday night of the of the show of our season going live, which actually was a massively traumatic thing that people probably didn't realize because I actually got my heart broken. I was really into Britt and she's the one officially that kind of broke it off. And then I had to watch the whole season and try to keep it hush and couldn't really say anything. And so basically what I did for the next two, two and a half months while the season was airing is I grabbed my guitar and I wrote

the saddest songs you didn't heard. Oh. You're trying to process my pain, you know? Hey, Brady, what are you doing now? We just did a podcast together that I enjoyed. You're coming kind of with this. I guess the best way to do this is the podcast you're working on now

is a little different than anything anybody's really done from the franchise before. I just did the podcast with you and I enjoyed it a lot. So tell our listeners how they can find you, what your podcast is about, and why they'd want to listen to you. Yeah. Well, I remember our conversation. We basically

talked for three hours. I edited it down. But I think it started to get good when you were on your third bourbon and I was switching from wine to bourbon and we really got into it. So I was inspired recently by a quote. Yeah. I was inspired by a quote from a Jewish

philosopher in the 20th century named Martin Boobber, who said this. When two people authentically and humanly relate, God is the electricity that surges between them. And I've always been fascinated by that electricity. I think you experience it in certain conversations. You experience it in certain different romantic love relationships. Well, my favorite thing to do is to sit down with people and ask them all the big, deep questions about life. Questions like, what is God? What is the meaning of life? What happens after you die? If you could ask God one question, and what would be, and then see what they say. So really, my podcast is a podcast that explore spirituality from people with people that are

at all different sort of stories and backgrounds. And I think I just love to hear people's stories and why they believe what they believe and why they practice what they practice. And, you know, we had a beautiful conversation that's up in the podcast. The podcast is called The Unravel with Brady Soup. It's probably the best way to find you. Just go to my Instagram at Brady Soup and look at the link in the bio. the Unravelpodcast.com, but I had you on it, and I've had a number of other artists,

um, creative people throughout TV stars. I just said, well, Adam on the podcast where I asked him questions at the, uh, at the end in our podcast. And basically, I think I just stole a bunch of questions from Oprah and a few other people and put it together. And, and I love to just see what people say. It's a, it's a really fun time and I love doing it. I you know what Brady I think it's awesome man as you know I enjoy you know talking and processing the depths of life with somebody likes to talk about it also so Brady thank you for doing it thank you for the project also thanks for coming on the podcast it's great to get the update from somebody like you that I know our listeners love and they probably haven't heard from in a while so if you want to check out Brady mixer you so if you want to check out Brady make sure you look up his his newest project

Brady, we'll have you on the podcast again soon. I love it. Nice getting to know you, Brady. Colton, I was rooting for you all season. Hey, I appreciate it. Now I know who you are. You got the football thing, man. You got the football thing going on.

Thank you, Brady. I was a professional baseball player, so I get that background. I appreciate it. Yeah, if you're not an athlete, high school football. Come on, Ben. That's cool, right? Oh, shit. I appreciate you guys.

Hey, good luck, Brady. Thank you. We're moving in now. one of my, one of my favorite segments that somehow just continues to pop up on this podcast. Amy, I don't know how this always happens, but David, the former chicken has became one of our favorite guests on the podcast because I just think he adds a level of, of sincerity and brilliance and humor to life that we need on the almost famous podcast. So we're having David, the former chicken

in his weekly segment back on the podcast. How's it going, Ben? What's up, Ashley? Hey, my name's Colton, I'd Ashley. Nice try, chicken. Oh, Colton. What is up, man?

Nothing. I'm just hanging to Ben today. You guys having some fun there? Oh, yeah. David, it's always more fun when you come on the podcast. Like I was just saying, I mean, you're become a regular. I remember the first time you stopped in, you were a little, nervous you're blushing you're red now you just answer the phone confidently uh there's not a crackle in your voice you're ready to take on these questions i'm ready for it then i'm ready for it

all right david the very first thing we got to step into is what was your opinion of the colton and tier relationship in paradise and and david i'm going to before you start i'm going to warn you i can't have you dancing around this question okay i'm already ready to answer it as direct as possible. Yeah, so, I mean, we all knew that Tia was there from day one, and we knew Colton was going to be there. So when Tia got the day card initially, you know, we were all like, well, Colton's not here. What's she going to do with it?

And then when you, when Colton shows up, day two, I was all like, all right, you know, beat breath. Colton's here. She is here. They can figure their stuff out. And, you know, I think we'll have to watch the rest of the season to see how that plays out but it looks like it was off to a pretty good start anything colton you thought that was off to a pretty good start would you not agree um i i think yeah i think the the start of it was getting

answers to you know questions that i had right i don't know if i'd call it a good start i mean i think it was a start it was a restart right maybe maybe the chicken suit David, let's just call you David. You know what? I feel like the chicken suit is demeaning. At this point, you're regular on the podcast. You deserve better. David, I appreciate it.

I feel like you're analyzing this Colton Tia situation a little differently than the rest of America. And that's okay. The thing that came up last night, and I expected better from you, because I thought we had talked about it, was you brought up Jordan again. When did I bring up Jordan?

When have you not? You went right up to Annalise. You went right up to Annalise. She was sitting there. I remember this moment. And you said, I just want you to know what you're getting into and that I think you deserve better. Oh, do you remember that now? I guess, yeah.

No, I guess that did happen. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. Not really. Put me in a little bit. I think David, or I think. Jordan was sitting on the daybed with Annalise and as you walked down Oh, oh, when I walked on the stairs.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, I mean, I was just going to shake Jordan's head. Stay with us. And, you know, just trying to make my rounds in paradise coming down the stairs, saying hello to everyone. No, no, no. We're off track here. No, there's a separate conversation

that you brought up Jordan again. You warned somebody that Jordan was pursuing about him. and and and this is again this is before you were on the podcast the first time so what happens is you you didn't even get to see your episode that you were released from the bachelorette until after you got back from paradise right or was that right before no we saw the first episode and then we then we went to stone paradise so so to your benefit you actually weren't able to like learn from your mistakes by watching the bachelorette first

Yeah, I mean, I hadn't watched anything back, and I hadn't talked to you yet. So before, you know, before I was able to get some fatherly advice from you, I mean, I had, I didn't know anything. Oh, David. You really are. Colton, I don't know how well you got to know David during these seasons that you've now participated with him, but he is a gym. I mean, this guy is one of the kind. He's genuine. He's authentic.

He cares. He listens very, very well to, to, to, to come. critical feedback um if i had a whole season to spend with david on the beach i don't think i can tame myself from laughing he the guy just makes me no and you know he's so optimistic about everything but jordan like even like my relationship he's like your relationship with tia was so great colton and then he'd be like you know on the opposite hand you have just jordan he's pro everybody but jordan and hey by the way david i appreciate you coming up and talking to me i know Obviously, I was emotional and it was a different side that you got to see.

But in that episode, you came up and I, you know, obviously, I had somebody to talk to. I appreciate it. No, that was a good moment. I mean, obviously it was, you know, tough for you. You were going through a lot. And I felt like you needed someone there. And, you know, I think that we get to see, you know, a couple, few people kind of attacking you and the right reason, police. But, you know, I felt like you needed someone in your corner and I'll do that for you.

Yep. David, how? Okay, we've talked to a few people. We talked to Nikki Slick. We've talked to Colton now. For you, going into paradise, what was your hope? And it's going to come off a little bit contrived and manipulated here. But what was your strategy going into paradise? Was it to find love? How were you planning on doing that? Were you planning on opening up to everybody? Do you have your eye on somebody's particular? But mostly, what was your mindset going? in to the beach? Yeah, so, I mean, I knew I was going to have a good time regardless. You know, regardless of finding love, finding someone, you know, I was going to have a good time. And, you know, I didn't go into it expecting to see just one person, expecting to see, you know, a single person.

I just wanted to meet a bunch of different people. Now, with that said, I'm not, I didn't play the game. And, you know, I think we'll have to see how the season unfolds. um so you know i don't i don't like to open up to too many people if i like someone else certainly open up to them um but you know that's definitely tough for me and that was a tough situation tough scenario and i think we'll get to see how that kind of plays out over the season david you're a stud we like you man this is a safe place for you i can't wait to continue to bring you on keep saying weird stuff please it just gives me a reason to laugh every episode and then

have you on here and just be like, David, you did it again, man. You just, you did it again. Oh, man. Yeah. Being in front of the cameras, being in that environment, a little difficult, but I like to just be able to sit back, chat with you, Ben, chat with you, Colton, and then you guys are good people. David, I love you, man.

Yeah, you're the best. David, the former chicken, the current stud, and the man on a mission in paradise. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me guys. See you, David. Bye. This has been an incredible podcast. Colton, you've lived up to the hype.

You continue to be a man on a mission and a man that comes on this podcast, adds clarity, adds vision, adds heart to everything that the listeners already love about you. Before we go, I have one question. As I said, I was laying in bed last night thinking about you. And I also started thinking about the last season

of The Bachelorette. I was thinking about Garrett and the fact that we don't know how to say Becca's last name. and then I thought about Garrett and I have no clue how to even spell, say or even hardly look at it. His name's hard to look at because I can't process it. How do you say Garrett's last name?

Garrett, you're groin. And is she going to become Becca, you groin? I think they're going to hyphenate. You're growing. That's the hardest last, please don't. It's either going to hyphenate. I think personally, personally I think Garrett should just go by Garrett Kufrin.

That'd be way easier. It really would be. Can you imagine their children in school? You're growing, I mean, they're literally going to live their whole life being that, their kids will have the whole life being that person that never gets their name said correctly. No, and they're not going to spell it right until they're like 10 or 11 either. That's so sad. That's so sad.

Well, anyway, hey, we're going to keep pumping along on the Almost Famous Podcast. We've got huge, huge weeks in front of us. we're lucky enough to have some of the biggest names from Bachelor in Paradise, The Bachelor, and The Bachelorette, on this podcast every week, not only co-hosting, but just stopping in and visiting. We're going to continue to bring in Colton, David the Chicken Suit, and all the rest of these wonderful people who have an up close and personal look at the love stories being created on the beach in Mexico. Colton, I'm sorry to do this to you, but next week, or not, Colton, I'm sorry to do this to you, but the next episode, looks brutal for you, buddy. We ended this episode with you bawling on a beach and Becca, your growing Kiffin,

coming up to you, and then the episode stops. Colton, can you give us a sneak preview of what happens next? I think you may know. Yeah, I have to have a conversation with her. And it's something that allows me to have closure and something that is pivotal for me

to decide if I want to stay in paradise or not. Is it worth watching? you should absolutely watch it really yes amen hey we're gonna watch the listeners are gonna watch everybody out there listening thank you we appreciate you email us at ben and ashley at iHeartmedia.com let us know what you think of colton did you do all right do you want them back um also who should the next bachelor be that seems to be a big question that we didn't talk about with colton today colton who's your vote for hmm are you on the table cold him everybody's on the table at this point you know what i honestly i really like

Jason. Obviously, he's my boy. But, you know, they've got a tough choice. There's six or seven strong candidates this year. Yeah, right now, I think our candidates are Colton, Jason, Peter, Blake, Ben. Maybe me? I don't know. I'm on the outsider looking in. I'm having a good time with this podcast. I don't know if I don't leave you up. Hey, everybody out there listening. Thanks. Send us your thoughts. Send us your emails. Ashley will be back next episode of the Almost Famous podcast. I want to give a thank you to sleep number. Visit sleet number.com to find the store near you. Threadup. Threadup.com

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