The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Snap Judgements and First Impressions

Episode Date: January 6, 2023

We have the full list of contestants for Zach Shallcross' season of The Bachelor and it's time to reveal our first impressions! Find out the detailed backstories Ben gives the contestants and we read a few fan submissions to find out what YOU think of Zach's ladies!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This technology is already solving so many cases. Listen to America's Crime Lab on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts with IHartRadio. It's time for the Almost Famous Podcast, and we today have a very special episode. We are breaking down, Zach's Girls, we promised you in our last episode. We said it might take a week, it might take two weeks, instead it took two days. how cool is that actually oh it's great it's your favorite episode and as i've made point of saying it's my least favorite episode because i feel real awkward and i feel like somebody's going to

give me a ton of shit because i'm making judgments based on someone's face actually you're not making judgments based on just somebody's face you're making judgments based on nothing like absolutely nothing we have no idea who these people are we're literally just here saying whatever we feel like saying based on their profiles mostly i mean that's how i come with my stories you came up with the stories based on the profiles or just the picture yeah and the outfit they they don't choose to wear that somebody chooses for them to wear no you know that you know that those girls picked out their outfits i didn't pick out mine what do you mean because i'm not the most stylish person somebody came in my room and said let me see all your outfits i'm not kidding

i remember this story so i'm on the bachelorette i'm in a hotel room this producer comes in and says where are you going to wear for your photos and I'm like okay I got these three things and they literally said to me do you have anything else like well granted I didn't have that much

I mean I'm going on the show and I don't have many things and so I think I ended up wearing like a burgundy v-neck sweater and looking you did classic picture that was your real oh my God not Greg Brady

Peter Brady picture it is yeah it is I look I just look like I had never seen anything, uh, evil in my life. I've never done anything, which I happen. Ben, I'm a very pure man. You are right. Like, they do pick out your outfit based on what you have, but like, you picked out the clothes that are in your suitcase.

It's true. Uh, that is true. I don't, I don't want to edge back then. But now I have so much edge. I've, I've grown an edge over the years. Actually, I have big news for you. You want to hear it before we get started? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So everybody on this podcast, though, everybody that listens to Almost Famous Knows that I love golf, right? Yeah, this is when people are like, oh, fast forward 30 seconds, fast forward. Yeah, don't fast forward through this part. This is a big deal for me. So I play golf. I've played golf in my whole life, but it wasn't until my time on The Bachelor that I figured out that Chris Harrison, the host when I was on the show, no longer the host,

the former host, also loves golf. Thanks for explaining for the newbies out there. I might not know. Some of the new people might not know who Chris Harrison is. And then he's obsessed with golf. Also, Wells Adams, who became a friend of mine through the show, is also obsessed with golf. Wells and I play in this tournament every year called the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.

It's alongside the LPGA in Orlando, Florida. It's a huge event. It's on NBC for two days. It's on the Golf Channel for two days. And it's a lot of fun. I love it. My dad's my caddy. I talk about it often.

People know about it. I just got word yesterday that Chris Harrison is playing in this event. And Wells, Chris and I are going to be playing on day one together. I guarantee it. They usually pair similar people together. It is a dream of mine since I was the bachelor. This was my one dream in my life. My wife knows this.

My family knows this. It's to play along friends in this tournament with my dad there, my mom walking along in the rogues. So pumped. So tune in. it's in two weeks January 19th is the first day you can see Chris Wells and I competing against each other I guarantee you we will be competing against each other too there's a lot of pride in this well Ben we are so excited that you get to do this

alongside you know some of my favorite people in the franchise and you know I wish you the best of luck and how are you going to prepare I go to the simulator every night right now because there's three foot of snow on the ground and I hit as many golf balls as I can. That's what I have to do. Is that where you were before this podcast? I just came from it. For real, for real?

Oh, yeah. You're just saying this for the podcast, aren't you? No. Ashley, I'm not kidding you. Oh, really? Okay, cool. I'm a ball striker right now. That's all I do. Okay.

Jared wishes that you guys were together so that he could have somebody to go and hit balls with late at night because, yeah, there's nobody who will go to ball simulators with him at nine at seven 45 let's call them golf simulators just ball hitters actually we have a huge podcast today it is one of my favorites uh i was telling ashley before the podcast i'm 48 hours without sleep um right now uh based on uh jamming my toe in the middle of night and also my dog

eating um a whole bag of caramels two nights ago and having a sugar high and also a stomach issue so who knows what I'll say today it's going to be fun it's going to be interesting let's take a quick break ash when we come back we've got 30 women to break down 27 27 okay we've lowered the number we round up here um we've got 27 women to break down without knowing anything about them we're back on the almost famous pocket hi my name is enya umanzor hi my name is enya umanzor And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you.

But if you have unmedicated ADHD... Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psycho babble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom and listen now. Imagine that you're on an airplane.

and all of a sudden you hear this. Attention passengers, the pilot is having an emergency, and we need someone, anyone, to land this plane. Think you could do it? It turns out that nearly 50% of men think that they could land the plane with the help of air traffic control. And they're saying like, okay, pull this, until this. Do this, pull that, turn this.

It's just... I can do my eyes close. I'm Manny. I'm Noah. This is Devon. And on our new show, no such thing. we get to the bottom of questions like these. Join us as we talk to the leading expert on overconfidence.

Those who lack expertise lack the expertise they need to recognize that they lack expertise. And then as we try the whole thing out for real. Wait, what? Oh, that's the run right. I'm looking at this thing. Listen to no such thing on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, sis, what if I could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance, bro, tell you how to manage your money again. Welcome to Brown Ambition. This is the hard part when you pay down those credit cards. If you haven't gotten to the bottom of why you were racking up credit or turning to credit cards, you may just recreate the same problem a year from now. When you do feel like you are bleeding from these high interest rates, I would start shopping for a debt consolidation loan, starting with your local credit union, shopping around online, looking for some online lenders because they tend to have fewer fees and be more affordable. Listen, I am not here to judge. It is so expensive in these streets. I 100% can see how in just a few months you can have this much credit card debt when it weighs on you. It's really easy to just like stick your head in the sand.

It's nice and dark in the sand. Even if it's scary, it's not going to go away just because you're avoiding it. And in fact, it may get even worse. For more judgment-free money advice, listen to Brown Ambition on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York State number, and we own you. Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps, are short-term, highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training. These programs,

aimed to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming, and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything. Listen to shock incarceration on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. all right ben um do you have the list of ladies in front of you i always like to tell you and the audience that the best way to listen to this podcast is not in the car but to have the photos and the bios in front of you particularly the photos i have sent you the same list so we go in the same order. And earlier in the week, I said that because I feel awkward, doing this judgment, that I would like to read

fan feedback. Fan Snap judgments. Your stories, your stories, your fabricated stories about these ladies can compete with Ben's. We told you ready set, let's play. Let's see how they compare. All right. So it's interesting.

I have my notes. I have all the comments written out in my notes right now. What's super interesting is that there was like four or five ladies that got all the judgments and then

there is like 15, 16 ladies who didn't get any at all. Nobody cared about making a snap judgment about them. Actually, I think that's great. So will you do us a favor here? Because I think it gives some perspective into

the faint reaction. Tell us when nobody said anything. because you gave them plenty of opportunity to say something. A lot of people did get responses and those that didn't. Please tell us, hey, we didn't get anything about this person. I think it gives us an idea of, you know, where these people are at. We're going to still share what we think here. It might just be me.

That's okay. That's fine. So let's get started. I'm feeling good about this. I think it's going to be interesting. Yeah. And I want to say, too, this cast is beautiful. They're pretty stunning.

It's very stunning. Zach better live up to it, is what I'm saying. Here we go. Let's start with Allie. She is 26 years old. Allie is from Atlanta, Georgia. She's a healthcare specialist, strategist, I guess. We'll call her.

Ali has a beautiful smile. She just brightens up a room. Allie is going to be there for a long time. Here's who Ali is. Ali is somebody has an incredible family. She's going to talk about her family very often. Ali is going to lean on her family in difficult times with Zach. Ali has also always allowed her smile to get her through difficult situations.

So she's going to be the one that smiles when things get awkward, which might feel weird in The Bachelor sometimes. But it doesn't mean she's not. not a authentic person. It just means that, hey, she smiles in the face of difficult. Okay. Well, fun facts that Allie wrote herself

include she's a proud collector of porcelain dolls. She went to the same high school as Beyonce. And she loves brocolini, but hates broccoli. We did get some fan feedback on her. One person said, she's

given the, I'm not the villain. Am I the villain? I'm not the villain. Energy. Another person said, she looks like a really nice kindergartner primary school teacher who loves her job. Somebody else said, giving Michelle vibes. And someone else said, too smart for this show. Ooh, Ashley, I love all those comments. That's why I'm loving that we're getting feedback from the listeners right now. That's terrific. I like that she's a villain, not a villain. I I don't think she's going to be a villain. I do, though, think Anastasia is going to be a villain.

Anastasia's 30 years old. She's from San Diego, California. She's a marketing manager. Anastasia, to me, looks like somebody talks in third person. Okay. I can vibe that. Some fun facts about Anastasia, they're good. And again, these are from Anastasia herself.

Whenever I say fun facts, the girl herself wrote them in her bachelor survey. when she was there for casting weekend. We know from first-hand experience. All right, so her fun facts include she loves animals but is intimidated by monkeys. Anastasia has always felt a strong connection to Cleopatra, and Anastasia fears the day that low-rise skinny jeans become fashionable again.

It's a great fear. You know what I'll tell you. I think the skinny part of the jeans are scarier than the low-rise part. And then we did get fan feedback on her. uh people are calling her the villain got multiples of those and then someone says that she they assume that she competes in sand volleyball tournaments that's something new i never thought about that pat never thought about that pat um aerial is up next she's 28 years old Ariel is somebody that knows

she's good looking. That's what I get from Arrow. Like she has no problem in the regular dating world which makes me nervous for why she's decided to come on the show. I don't know Ariel personally, but she she's going to walk in

very confident and I'm assuming she's going to walk in wearing some type of like unicorn mask like a Jojo or something because she just knows that if she just walked out limo, it would all be done.

New York City, New York she's from, she's a marketing executive. How many marketing ladies will we have? Shall we count? This is number two out of three ladies we've talked about. Fun facts include that Ariel loves to read Architectural

Digest. She doesn't do tarantulas under any circumstance and likes to dance to Abba. it makes her smile. Fan feedback includes this person said Ariel's life under the city that doesn't sleep

didn't work out for her. Navigating the dating sea of NYC had her finding more eels than princes. She's hoping that she's the girl that Zach wants to kiss. So we got a lot of little

mermaid references there. Goodness gracious. Of course, we would well up next is bailey she's 27 i'll be honest here i know bailey bailey is a friend of my wife jessicas um so this is a little unfair for me but just based on her picture when i looked through all the pictures earlier and i came up with my initial thoughts my initial thought about bailey was her best years were in high school she is somebody that still talks about her senior year in high school while uh in like social settings because her picture on the bachelor looks like a senior picture. She has her hand underneath her chin, just like they

would tell me to do if I was taking my senior picture in my letter jacket. Bailey thrived in high school. Wait, now we're confused. Is this real life story or is this fake? No, I have no idea of Bailey in high school. I know Bailey in her like, but she doesn't still talk about high school? I have no idea. She does not. No, when I'm with her, she's never talked about high school. But this picture here reminds me of a senior picture. Does it not? Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure. She's from Nashville, Tennessee.

She's an executive recruiter. Okay. Well, fun facts include she'd love to be a professional skydiver. She likes her margarita spicy, and her dog is named after Charlie Brown. We have fan feedback on her. A lot of it. A lot. I'm tempted to say that we got more feedback about Bailey than anybody else.

and it's funny because you ironically know her. This is just some of the feedback that we got. The normal one, who will leave night one or make it all the way. A reformed horse girl who has a raspy voice and loves to talk about her pets. A yogi? She loves her green smoothies and meditations. Bailey isn't on dating apps because she doesn't like to date around, but she's totally cool with dating the same guy as 20.

other women um and then yeah okay that's that's what we got but we got a lot of that she was like a a nature loving lady i'll tell you this if bailey does not make it to the finals i am going to question zach's intentions well she's awesome she's really great yeah she's she's beautiful she's kind uh i i do know her uh she needs to make it a long ways uh because she's a cash And if right now it just goes asked, hey, do you have any single friends? Bailey would be like, I don't know how the show ends for her, but it would be at the top of my list. So Bailey needs to be around a while. That's my thought here.

I agree. Up next, we got Rebecca or in quote, okay. Up next we've got Rebecca, or in this case, in quotation, Becca, which I'm assuming she likes to be called. She's 25 years old. Becca is somebody I respect. And you ask why, Ashley? Well, I'll tell you, she makes intense eye contact. That girl never stopped staring into your eyes.

Just like Ben. All right. Up next, we've got Rebecca, or in quotations. Becca, she's 25 years old. Lucas stares deep into your soul. So I want to say about Becca. She's somebody, and I respect this about her, because she's a good listener.

but Becca is a good listener because she has something else in mind she's a smart person and so she knows what she wants by listening to you she's in Burbank, California as a nursing student Becca's photo is making me realize that all the other girls' photos

including her own have their hair blowing in the wind they have now incorporated fans into this photo shoot wow what an upgrade jealous? Yes like so so jealous I feel like in your picture you had it braided though

I had it back I had it like half up half down I didn't lie that's a horrible picture Anyway Becca's fun facts include that she's a sucker for Forbidden romance novels She wore a lot of beanies in high school And gave off a skater girl vibe And then as far as fan feedback

Some people say Thinks that she's better than everyone else else, feisty, funny, rich princess, Andy Dorfman vibes, villain vibes, no sense of reality or self-awareness. Oh, well, that's a lot of mix here, better than everybody else,

and then no sense of reality. Like, how do we, how do we, like, balance those two things? I don't know. Yeah, I will say this. Why in the world would you wear a beanie when you have hair like that. Oh, that is a great thing to ponder. That's a good thing to ponder.

This question I'm asking myself right now. I'll lose sleep over that way. She wanted to be Avril Levine, except she was 25, so she was five when that album came out. So maybe I'm wrong about that. Up next we got Brianna. She's 24 years old. Brianna's too good to be here.

Brianna has made, she considers herself an entrepreneur, and Brianna is from, Jersey City, New Jersey. I'm sure if you're calling yourself an entrepreneur, you've probably done okay because it would be weird to be an entrepreneur that's not at all investing or working in things that are doing decently. I don't know why she's here. Maybe she's worked so hard that she hasn't found love yet.

Maybe she's been so distracted that dates seem to be a burden. And so The Bachelor is the best place to kind of just force. yourself to fall in love. But Brianna's going to come in here. She's great. She's super smart. She's not going to last a long time because her and Zach just don't click. Hmm. It's too bad.

She hopes to go cage diving with sharks one day. And she does not Netflix and chill. From the fandom we have this comment. She swears she's there for the right reasons, but she's really just looking to jump start her entrepreneurial career

after trying so long to work as Hallie Berry's look-alike in that career just didn't pan out. I don't see it. I think she's fine on her own. Here's the deal. She doesn't Netflix and chill because I believe she works her butt off. I think she just loves working. Or she just doesn't want to have a hookup.

She wants a serious relationship. Fair. I can't wait to see her and Zach talk to each other because right now in the preview, Zach has like, he just seems nervous. And I think nervous people typically don't do well, at least initially, until they can relax a little bit with people who are a little more like aggressive. And if you're an entrepreneur who is making your living on investing and working with new projects, you know how to ask good questions.

Oh, but we can't leave discussing Brianna until we say that she was the one that got America's first impression rose if you remember on the finale. Was it finale of The Bachelorette? Yeah, no, I don't remember that because that was like four hours long and I tuned out after last hour. Here we go. Brooklyn, she's 25 years old. Brooklyn is from

Stillwater, Oklahoma. She's a rodeo racer. Rodeo racers are typically down for anything. And I mean that and like, let's just down to take a risk. Like if you are down to riding a rodeo, you are down to risk not only breaking a bone, but risking a lot more.

She is high energy. She makes the house nervous because she is giddy. She is wild. She is down to party. And that girl knows how to shoot some whiskey. You know how to rodeo racer unless you don't to shoot some whiskey, which, hey, again, I respect.

But Zach, well, he doesn't get it. I was going to say, Brooklyn wins the award of most, the one that Ben Higgins most wants to hang out with. Have a beer with. I mean, how fun would that be? She's a rodeo eraser. Think what the questions you could ask her. Okay. Well, Brooklyn also wants to be able to teleport.

She's a two-stepping pro and loves to start her day off with a breakfast burrito. Time out. Time out. Ash. How in the world do you, are you able to wear like a belly shirt like that? Like, if I had a breakfast brood every day, like, I'm wearing a sweatshirt. It doesn't mean that has to be like a Chipotle-sized breakfast burrito. It can be like little tequitos, you know what I mean? Yeah, I get it. Okay. And they could be just so like packed with nutrients and protein and then he just should just hits the gym and all that. Okay, well, lots of fan feedback about Brooklyn.

One person says, looks like she has a strong opinion on gum brands, which ones are cool versus which ones are not cool. Oh, that's hilarious. Somebody goes, Brooklyn can perform legally blonde the musical by heart. And then in that case, she's a girl after my own heart because don't make me break out in song right now. Somebody else says, Brooklyn is a horse girl. must be a type a personality and another says

I don't know what a rodeo racer is but if Brooklyn doesn't pull up on horseback and full cowgirl she doesn't pull up to the mansion and full horseback gear it's really a missed opportunity yeah I was also going to add I think we'll see her on Yellowstone in two years

okay it's my thought Imagine that you're on an airplane and all of a sudden you hear this. Attention passengers, the pilot is having an emergency and we need someone, anyone to land this plane. Think you could do it? It turns out that nearly 50% of men think that they could land the plane with the help of air traffic control. And they're saying like, okay, pull this, do this, pull that, turn this. It's just, I can do it my eyes close.

I'm Manny. I'm Noah. This is Devon. And on our new show, No Such Thing, we get to the bottom of questions like these. Join us as we talk to the leading expert on overconfidence. Those who lack expertise lack the expertise they need to recognize that they lack expertise. And then, as we try the whole thing out for real. Wait, what?

Oh, that's the runway. I'm looking at this thing. Listen to No Such Thing on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you. But if you have unmedicated ADHD...

Oh my God, perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness, psychobabble. Yes, yes. Then Emergency Intercom is the podcast for you. Open your free IHeartRadio app. Search Emergency Intercom. And listen now. Hey, sis, what if I could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance, bro, tell you how to manage your money again.

Welcome to Brown Ambition. This is the hard part when you pay down those credit cards. If you haven't gotten to the bottom of why you were racking up credit or turning to credit cards, you may just recreate the same problem a year from now. When you do feel like you are bleeding from these high interest rates, I would start shopping for a debt consolidation loan, starting with your local credit union, shopping around online, looking for some online. online lenders because they tend to have fewer fees and be more affordable. Listen, I am not here to judge. It is so expensive in these streets. I 100% can see how in just a few months you can have this much credit card debt when it weighs on you. It's really easy to just like stick your head in the sand. It's nice and dark in the sand. Even if it's scary, it's not going to go

away just because you're avoiding it. And in fact, it may get even worse. For more judgment-free money advice, listen to Brown Ambition on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed. From a very rural background myself, my dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin. So like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. Well, 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Up next, we got Kara. She's 27 years old. She's from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She's a corporate recruiter.

Sarah looks like somebody that your teenage boy used to have a crush on because she was your tutor in high school. Ah, that's accurate. I love that. Kara says she's not a good cook, but she's great at assembling meals. so I'm assuming she's like a hello fresh girl and she says that nothing upsets her more than seeing garbage on the sidewalk.

Our fandom thinks that she might stir the pot for no reason. I don't see it, but maybe. Up next we got Catherine Cat is what she prefers to be called, 26 years old. She's from New York, New York.

She's a dancer. Well, here's a, what I think of Catherine Cat. You're in a deep make-out session with Catherine Cat, and she calls herself, she's like, do you like what Kitty Cat has to offer? And that's an ultimate, like, that's why she's on the show.

She doesn't work out for her. She calls herself and refers to herself as Kitty Cat. Well, she was also on the, you know, after the final rose. And I remember her being a little bit corky, somebody that I think is definitely going to make, like, Ashley S type impression possibly, if you guys remember Ashley S from my season.

Anyway, we got some, a lot of feedback about Kat. But first, her fun facts include that she loves capital L-O-V-E-S hot dogs and doesn't do dinner dates and dreams of sailing around the world. And the fans say this about Kat. Like, they say a lot of things. She's tied with Bailey for the number one amount of things. feedback. Cat is most likely to ask, can I steal you for a minute repeatedly?

Cat is probably a southern pageant winner. Cat has an annoying voice that she reserves solely for chats with Zach but doesn't speak that way around the girls. Another comment about her voice has a high-pitched voice. Someone says that she's going to be super emotional. Then we have a few about dancing. Cat is a dancer but can only

perform Katz the musical. I like that. Cat is a dancer from the city just she probably shows up night one with all the Rockettes at her limo exit. And finally, Cat is 100% psycho.

No, come on. We don't know that yet. But yeah, maybe. Up next, we got Charity. She's 26 years old. Charity is definitely not psycho. Here's going to be Charity's problem. Charity doesn't last a long time.

Why? For one reason. She's too. normal. And she cares about the emotional well-being of everybody in the house and Zach so much that she's very intuitive and as a result, very quiet. We don't get to learn about charity during this season, which we're all very sad about. But Charity has a similar story to Bachelor in Paradise, which shows a Bachelor in Paradise and somebody there goes, I've been waiting for you, Charity. And then her life blossoms and everything gets better. But until that time, this season is not

her season because Charity is so smart, so intuitive, so caring. We just don't hear from her. Man, Ben, I think you're right on for that because we don't have any fan feedback on her. She's just not striking a chord. Fun facts, though, include that her all-time favorite movie is The Notebook. She wants to move to Disney World one day and she throws a mean axe. That's scary, but, oh, man, she's from Columbus, Georgia. She's a child and family therapist, which makes sense.

Christina, he's 26 years old. I'm looking at Christina right now. Christina missed her calling on The Bold and the Beautiful. Oh, I was going to say she looks just like Lauren Conrad. So she's like, could be just like a reality, so proper star. Yeah, she's from Nashville, Tennessee. And she's a content creator. So you're not a content creator unless you know you're good looking.

Well, I wonder if she hula dances on her Instagram because that's what she wants to learn how to master. She also calls herself a grandma to her daughter's pet turtle. So she has a daughter. And her favorite sport is CrossFit. Would you consider CrossFit a sport? Oh, heck yeah. Okay. Here, don't it?

No. I mean, like, I know it's an exercise. Yeah. That's why it's a sport. Okay. Because, yeah, it's a sport. hard. It's difficult. It's exhausting. And it takes a unique human to do it. All right. All right. Trust. I mean, obviously, I know how hard it is.

Next is De Villa. She's 25 years old. She's from Charleston, South Carolina. She's a marketing marketing manager. Alert. So I'm going to say, I mean, I think she's the villain of the season. I don't think she's like the villain that's since that she's mean. I think she's more of the villain because she saw after and she says things that rub the other woman the wrong one. Okay. She can't get out of her own way.

She's one of those villains. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, she says that no one has helped her through breakups more than Taylor Swift. Like it. She could live on oysters. Don't get it. Do you like oysters? I'm allergic. Okay. And then

pleasant, fun fact. She can out burp anyone we have no fan feedback on her uh any i'm not a burping fan it's my pet peeve with anybody guys girls yeah i'd much rather you fart in my face than i would you burp in my face well that's good that's because that's who i am yeah there's reasons for that right i'm not kissing um anything but your mouth and so when your mouth smells like something else i'm like yeah now that's not really my thing. There's just like something to it. It does, it grosses me out

too. Yeah, so good for her. I hope we can see it this season. Up next, we got Gabriella Gabby. She's 25 years old. She's from Pittsburgh, Vermont, never heard of it. She's an account executive. What do I think about

Gabby? I think Gabby is around for a while. I think she is never known. though. I think she's one of those people that make it until like the final eight that were like, who was that? Just because she's pretty normal.

She's pretty consistent. She doesn't cause drama. But her and Zach don't really have any of those moments that we get to watch. And so I think she's around for a long time because she's very pretty. But I don't think we know anything about her. And the fans don't know anything about her either. We got nothing.

But we do know that her favorite car. Kardashian is Chris. Like the uniqueness there. Fears. Up next, we've got Genevieve. He's 26 years old, and Genevie is from Baltimore City, Maryland. She's a neonatal nurse. She is in my final four.

I think Genovi is not only bubbly and charismatic and will help Zach break out of his shell. I also think she is beautiful and kind and the woman like her. That's why I have Genevieve in my final four. I think she is somebody that not only because of her occupation knows how to care for others, but I just feel like this environment is one that she's not threatened by because she's seen a lot harder situations than The Bachelor.

Okay. Love that. Love that. Well, that being said, she fears animals that are larger than her. She goes hard for the Baltimore Ravens, and she can drive a stick shift. Kinda. And that goes into one of our fan comments. It says that Genevieve's fun fact is that you can drive a stick shift. Dada, that's supposed to be some sort of innuendo that stalled out.

Oh, man. Someone's making jokes. Oh, I love it. That's a good one. I get it. I get it. Up next year at Greer, she's 24 years old. She's from Houston, Texas.

She's a medical sales representative. She's a night wonder. She's beautiful. She's kind. But Gurre's just quiet. She just doesn't quite get it yet. But Gurree has a story to tell. There's a reason she's a medical sales representative.

There's a reason that she's stayed in Houston, Texas. But she's a night wonder. I don't see her being around a while because I believe she is going to be too shy and too quiet. Well, that's interesting you say that because the description about her says that she's a bold and hilarious woman who isn't afraid to speak her mind. She, in her fun fact, says that she's never embarrassed. So you might be wrong about her. Oh, never wrong. Fun fact about her, though, is that she thinks that she can tell a lot about someone based on their sushi order.

I would like to know what her sushi order is and what mine has to do with, like, how the fact that I love a spicy tuna with spicy mayo on the side, what that means about me? What's your order? It's a spicy tuna roll with just a little wasabi. don't remind me that I forgot about the wasabi I guess you got to do this wasabi in the soy sauce you dip it in there and then you put it into the spicy mayo so it's like double dipped i don't know if i like her you know what you know why yeah because ordering sushi is such an intimidating thing right it's a different uh cuisine um there's a lot of different options um There's different things that the sushi chef is better at than others.

I don't like to feel judged based on my sushi order because it is so intimidating from the start. So she's judging me, like characterizing me based on what I'm ordering at a sushi restaurant. I don't want to have dinner with her. I don't want to hang out with her. Like, what does that say about her and me? I don't know. But I bet you she would judge Jared because he. only does Tempora sushi.

Like he doesn't do any of the raw stuff. I don't like Jared either. Up next, we got Holland. She's 24 years old, Holland. Stunning. She's from Boca Raton, Florida, and she's an insurance marketer. Okay, so this is what I'm going to say about Holland. Insurance is, and I don't mean this offensively to anybody that works in the insurance world.

It's a great industry. It is the most tedious, boring industry. that i know of insurance is not creative and it's not fun but somehow as a marketer holland knows how to make insurance attractive which brings me to my story holland makes every moment more enjoyable oh well one of the um interesting things about her is that she needs a man who must love wine and sushi. I wonder if those two girls' bios are back to back for a reason. Her favorite TV show is, guess what it is?

The Bachelor. Well, that's because you read it. No. Really? Okay. Yeah. Bachelor? Oh, that scares me. I don't know if I like that. Her favorite TV show is The Bachelor, and she doesn't function without air conditioning. So let's bring her to Paradise and watch the fun unfold.

We got some fan feedback about her. One person said she's going to be a handful. We got two people saying she's going to be high maintenance. And then another person who says villain vibes. But one of the people that said high maintenance said that our red flag should be up because she's a fan of the show. But I venture to say that like 85% of the girls that are on the show are fans of the show prior. You're a fan show, right? Yeah, huge.

All right. Up next we got Jessica, Jess. She's 23 years old. She's from Winter Springs, Florida. She's an e-commerce coordinator. Oh, my. This is a tough one. I'll be honest. I don't have a lot to say about Jessica. I think she's very normal. I think she's very kind. I think she's a catch. I think she's around a while, but I think she's also very young. her hair is also blowing in the wind here because there's no way that gravity allows the side of her hair just to stand up like it is. I don't know a lot about her. It's hard to read her based on her picture. But I will say I think she's around one.

Okay. I think she's also going to be quiet. Her favorite date activities is playing with puppies. She doesn't leave the sun, the house without sunscreen and could play banana grams all day. long and never get bored. I don't know what banana grams is.

It's a great game. I used to play growing up. I don't remember the full rules, but it is a good board game. Okay. Yeah, it seems like a good time. It seems very normal. I like banana grams. I call myself normal, but that's just to keep me sleeping at night.

All right, Caitlin, Katie, is what she likes to be called. She's 27 years old. She's from Austin, Texas. And she's an ER nurse. Well, put those two things together. Austin, Texas is a place that has grown quickly. Nurses are needed in Austin, Texas. And you only move to Austin, Texas, if you want to be in the scene.

But not consider yourself in the scene. It's not like moving L.A. It's not like moving Miami or New York. Austin, Texas is this place that you say, I moved to Austin, Texas. And people go, oh, it's so cool, because you've got to be super chill. And that's kind of her style. Like, she is chill, but she wants to be known as chill. I don't know.

Her hair is too quaffed to be chill. Nice word there, Hatch. All right. Her fun facts include that she isn't afraid to slide into DMs. So another great storyline to look out for come Bachelor in Paradise. and she loves roller coasters, like loves them. That's intense. Up next, we got Catherine.

She's 26 years old. Speaking of, what, quaff hair? My goodness. Yeah, this is like Giselle hair. Yeah, I mean, that hair is flowing. You can't even see all of it. The picture will not consume all of her hair. She is from Tampa, Florida.

She's a registered nurse. Catherine is somebody that play some sporting event this year and she's going to push somebody over so hard because she wants to win so bad I mean that girl doesn't lose anything including board games

competitions she wants to win she says that she gets told that she looks like Julia Roberts all the time I don't see it at all do you no I don't but I'm good for her

Maybe it'll be different when we see her on TV. And then she doesn't camp. She only glamps. So maybe they'll have a glamping date. And she could live off breakfast pastries. Feel that. Yeah, didn't we all? All right.

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Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Up next, we've got Kylie. She's 25 years old. She's a postpartum nurse from Charlotte, North Carolina. You got things to say? What? No, I'm stuck. The reason is because I feel like Kylie is a Bachelor in Paradise participant.

So I think she's going to be around a while. I think she's bubbly. I think she's joy-filled. I think she's kind. I just don't think she lasts as long. long as what we maybe expect right now and as a result we kind of

forget about Kylie until paradise and I think she shines in paradise well I think Kylie is most likely to be my friend from this cast because one I like you know I'm just very interested in like women's like medical and health stuff so she's postpartum

nurse she likes her popcorn smothered with butter and mixed with M&Ms which is my ultimate favorite snack food and her celebrity crush is jimmy garoppolo so we have the same taste in men oh goodness gracious you sure do uh up next we got chandra leika she likes to be called leika she's 29 years old laca is somebody here who is a financial advisor from miami florida laca is somebody who's incredibly intelligent incredibly intuitive incredibly time. I think

Laca is around a long time on this show. And in fact, I think Zach falls head over heels for Lika. And so far in the same, I think she's in the final four. I think she's interesting. I think she's engaging. I think she keeps

Zach on his heels in a good way because I think Zach's going to be very nervous this season. And I think Laca is intelligent enough to hold him where he needs to be. Well, I can't wait to tell you this, Ben. Laika is the woman you would probably end up with.

You know why? If you were The Bachelor, not married and all that. Nope. Her love language is massage. Oh, let's go. I get it. Oh, that's why I like her. I like her.

And her, uh, soon to be seen in Bachelor in Paradise. Fun fact is going to stage coaches on her bucket list. Oh, those two things. kind of cross themselves out for me. Why do you want to go to stagecoach? We know what happens is a stage coach. Up next, we got Madison. She's 26 years old.

She's from Fargo, North Dakota. He's a business owner. He's fierce. He's competitive. She is somebody that looks you in the eyes and tells you what she wants. Why? Because she knows what she's going home to. She doesn't care if she's a celebrity in Fargo, North Dakota.

Who cares if you're a celebrity in Fargo, North Dakota? You get no advantage there. So, as a result, she has nothing to lose, and she's going to show it on this season. Okay, well, there's a fun fact down here that makes me judge her hardcore. She dislikes all sauces. She doesn't like condiments. She doesn't like pasta sauces.

What? Who is she? It says dislikes all. Capital A-L-L sauces. That's weird. That is weird. Good thing she has a good superpower wish. She wishes she could pause time.

That makes sense. I like that. Now, we do have some fan feedback on her. I know. It's been a couple girls since. Madison hates all sauces. So I guess that means that Zach is going to have to find another girl to get sauces. do it.

Oh, God. Oh, dear heavens. Up next, we got Mercedes. She is 24, and she's a non-profit owner from Bloomfield,

Iowa. This girl's got a big heart. She does. She cares deeply. And, like, she's seen the world, and she's seen injustice. And as a result,

she has a very patient spirit. She cares deeply. She loves hard, and she just wants to find a husband to walk alongside of her. And she looks like a mix of Victoria and Teddy. Mm. Doesn't she? Yeah, I think she does. Victoria Fuller and Teddy from her guys.

Yeah. Fun facts include her hobby is showing pigs at the Iowa State Fair. Ben, explain because you're an Iowan. No, Indiana, but it's very similar. That's Chris. Yeah, but doing pigs at the state fair, it's a big deal. We do it at our county fair. If you win your county fair, you move on to your state fair.

It just means that you have the most impressive pig in the group. And you typically get some type of scholarship money for walking your pig around a stadium full of people who are then bid on your pig. These are typically nice people who are farmers who have done all right in their life. And they're saying, hey, we want to support the young people. who are coming up, understanding, farming, and agriculture. And so they'll bid on your pig, buy your pig, and then you use that money to go to college with. It's a huge deal in the Midwest. It's a massive deal, and it's a really great practice.

The 4-H typically in Indiana does it. I don't know what it is in Iowa. But it is a scene that I would go and watch most years that I grew up is the showing of the pigs and the cows and the rabbits. No way. All right. Well, thanks, Ben. education yeah no problem up next we've got Olivia L she's 24 years old she wins the whole thing no question why uh because of the picture they had her take nobody else that they had this picture

like they literally probably took a hundred pictures uh for each person and they said let's choose the one picture where your hair is blowing in the wind you're facing camera your smile looks perfect like there's she has to be around a while because the show is making sure that she has the best picture available so she's a patient care technician from rochester new york and she actually became that because of watching gray's and matt gray's anatomy inspired her to work in the medical field olivia will also yell up people who litter and um we have no fan feedback that is is that something that's acting to yeah I think Zach's going to do that.

Yeah. I don't know. I see him being like that. Olivia M. 25 years old. She's from Cincinnati, Ohio. She's a stylist. Olivia M.

carries a lot. She's told all of her friends and family that she's going on this show. She hasn't kept it a secret. They actually had a big going away party for her where 50 people who are her clients and friends and family came and celebrated her. And Olivia M comes into this thing with. really high expectations and I don't think she lasts that long because she has too

high of expectations. She comes on strong and she comes on fast. Olivia doesn't get far because one of her fun facts is that she loves carbs because who the hell doesn't love carbs? That's not a fun fact lady. Not a

fun fact. Just a person fact. That is a person fact. But she also has a special talent in which she can sound like a dolphin. So if it doesn't work out with Zach, we should definitely hook her up with Chris Solz. Oh, he can. He just sounds like

a dolphin when he laughed. Yeah, when he laughed. Yeah, when he laughed, of course. Let's go. Sonia, 29 years old, project manager from Long Island, New York. Sonia here. Sonia?

Sonia. Sonia. Probably be the correct way to say that. It's very close with her family. In fact, her family and her friends are everything to her. We're going to hear about that four or five times in the first episode about her family. He loves her family, which makes Zach go. Could you love somebody outside of your family?

And yeah, Sonia, well, I don't think he's around for two weeks. All right. Well, she's obsessed with Elvis, which I respect as I am now obsessed with Elvis and or obsessed with Austin Butler. Still not really sure which one it is. And then Sonia never says no to a game of truth or dare, which I can see her being on a group date now in which there's some emotional therapy session tied in with truth or dare. You know, the only people that, so I confirm my initial story, the only people that aren't scared of truth or dare are people who have. Nothing to be afraid to admit to.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, they're like, I don't care if you tell me what to do. I'm not going to do it. And then I'm not going to tell you anything about my personal life because there's nothing really to hide, which is great. I respect that. But they're not fun to play with. Up next is Vanessa.

She's 23 years old. She's a restaurant marketer from... Marketer. She's from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. About Vanessa. She's shooting for the moon here. I mean, I don't know what kind of restaurants are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. And I'm assuming some great college bars, some really nice places for alumni to go eat.

But The Bachelor is the biggest deal to happen to Baton Rouge other than the national championship in, what, 2019? So Vanessa is going to be a big deal in her hometown. And that's really what she wants. Like, hey, great if her and Zach work out. But what she really wants to do is walk back into Baton Rouge. People to go, hey, Vanessa, you did great. All right. Well, she may not want to be in Baton Rouge anymore because she works, you know, we know she works in marketing, but she strives to be as successful, a marketing genius as Chris Jenner.

So I feel like she is on her, this is her door to moving to L.A. She's hoping that things are going to open up for her. she loves cherries and Vanessa's dream duet partner is Barry Gibb of the Beegeys Ben who's your dream duet partner Elvis Okay cool I love it

Yeah I mean that's easy for me I love Elvis You do love Elvis? Let's talk about this off air I'm going to such an Elvis face Oh I love Elvis How about Chris Jenner getting some love? from these ladies and in fact on new year's i was with a couple friends and we were sitting around and were watching like commercials that the genders were on or that the Kardashians were on and they're

like we love chris jenner is chris like hitting her stride right now i feel like she always has but kind of have to respect that these girls are such boss ladies that they want to be like chris and not necessarily the ones just in front of the camera all the time because for them boss ladies love it uh speaking of boss lady victoria j she's 30 years old is up next i'm scared of this picture she's intimidating oh my goodness there's i'm not like scared of her she's obviously very pretty like this picture it looks like um it looks like a soap opera picture it looks like something like like the girl that's going to come in through the back door and ruin everything kind of picture. This picture

of her, which I think is very unfair compared to some of the pictures they chose of women, scares me and intimidated. She's from Fort Worth, Texas, and she's a makeup artist. She looks like she's in Texas. She also doesn't understand the hype around Pete Davidson. So that's interesting.

Is there hype around Pete Davidson? Yeah, of course. She doesn't understand why women are obsessed with Pete Davidson. I don't feel like they are. we are. What? Why? Where have you been in the past like three years on this planet? Every woman, every hot lady in the whole country, he reels them in.

He can have anyone they want. Yeah, because it's all PR stunts. He's like, hey, if you date me, people are going to talk about it because it's so unbelievable. No, it's not. It's not unbelievable. If you're a girl, you get it. I mean, most of us get it. He makes you laugh.

He's tall. He's got a great jawline and some full lips. And he's gonna treat you like a princess Or so we think he would You gotta talk to Jessica about this You don't know that he's the king of the BDE Oh, I get that Yeah, if he has BD, I get that he has BDE

Okay, I think he's like the poster man for it I can't even think of anybody else who does Oh my goodness Okay Well Victoria also says that she isn't made for the cold but she looks super cute in a ski suit and our music taste

is stuck in 2007 emo punk for life I don't know I'm still scared Victoria E she's their last lady nine years old she's from Vienna Austria she's a nanny this is the first

person we've had at least I think from anywhere outside of the United States which is kind of shocking usually we have some people from Canada at least But Vienna, Austria is definitely maybe a first, and she is a nanny. Victoria, she's around a long time because Zach is just super interested and intrigued. And she makes Zach feel comfortable.

Why do I say that? Because she's a nanny. That's what she does for a living. She makes people, little humans probably, feel very comfortable. She's caring. She's comforting. she's hospitable and Zach needs that

I think he's going to be very nervous this season and as a result he's going to really kind of lean on the people who calm him down a bit make him feel more of himself okay

okay and I feel that she is somebody to trust because she doesn't eat blue tortilla chips doesn't trust him you know it's weird blue tortilla chips Blue corn

Is it blue corn? Is it what's from it's from blue corn? Yeah. Is it healthier? Why do I always say that blue tortilla chips are healthier? They probably are. I don't know if they're healthier, but it's like not shocking. I never see a blue corn on the cob.

Have you ever eaten blue corn on the cob? I know you're from, I know it's an Indiana thing. You probably see corn all the time. Yeah, corn is very much what I'm used to. Have you ever seen blue corn on the cob then? Yes. Oh, I guess like when you go to like little like pumpkin patches and like fall harvest, there are multi-color corn, yeah. Yeah, it's not wild. Do we think it tastes different?

No, it's very much the same. I mean, there's difference between like sweet corn and like regular like corn in the cob and feeding corn, but no, like blue corn and sweet corn tastes very similar. Okay. Look at how judgy Ben just got. Okay, well, that's our last. corn come off it's corn all right well that's it that's all we got for you those are the people do you i will say actually this is a tough group to judge because they're all very very likable from their photos the bachelor has definitely stepped up the photo taking process um their bios are great i think uh this is going to be a great season uh i do think zach's going to do fine i think he is going to be nervous. I mean that when I say

that. I think he's going to be a nervous bachelor. But I think the cast is really going to shine and going to make this season absolutely spectacular. I have some picks that we're going to share next episode for the final four. I gave a little hints during this

little breakdown, but I do have some picks that I think will make the final four. Ashley will share her picks as well. We'll be back next week with another episode of the Almost Famous podcast. Until then, I've been Ben. I've been Ashley.

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