The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Tasteful Crazy with Justin Glaze and Andrew Spencer

Episode Date: December 21, 2022

Ashley is hanging out with Justin and Andrew from Katie Thurston’s season to break down the latest in Bachelor headlines! We discuss Chris Harrison finally breaking his silence and the upcoming wedding for Becca and Thomas, but you HAVE to hear Justin and Andrew tell the story of how someone left their number… on a thong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports Network. This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcast with IHartRadio. Hey, everyone. Welcome to The Almost Famous Podcast. Today's really special, and I know Ben says that all the time. You guys, every, like, when Ben and I are just doing the most boring episode ever,

he's like, we have a very special episode today. We're going through headlines. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love that. But I'll tell you, today's episode is actually quite special because I have Andrew Spencer and Justin Glaze in my kitchen right now. How are you guys doing?

It's a very lovely home. Oh, thank you. I feel cozy. The vibes are immaculate in here. Oh, thank you. It's feeling like Christmas. Except for Dawson's phone keeps going off. Dawson doesn't have a phone.

He's got a 14 pro max. No, it's hilarious. If you go through... Oh, we saw it. You saw it? He has an android in this play pen over there. Oh, no. That was on the iPhone.

The fake iPhone one. The fake iPhone? Oh, yes, yes. He is a fake iPhone. It plays Christmas music. Oh, does it really? Yeah. He can tell, though, between the real phone and his fake phone.

And he can even tell between, like, the Android and my phone. These kids are so smart with technology. It's like a second nature now. I know. It's like in their genes. I know. So he can tell that the Android doesn't, isn't, like, hooked up to the internet.

So he can't FaceTime my parents. I'm convinced he only cares about the phone so that he can face time, my family. That's actually pretty cool. I think so too. It's like, no, this isn't the real one. Okay, well, this is very exciting for you guys to be in my home. You are here in Rhode Island because you are so gracious and so sweet to bless us with two Audrey's appearances where you're meeting the hungriest ladies. You guys, they are out for your blood. It's Animal Kingdom out here. I don't know what hasn't been here in Rhode Island for a while, but, uh, you know, it was, it was, it was, it was quite, I don't know what I was expecting. I did, I don't think I was

expecting that. Yeah. What were you exciting? I was telling you that all the ladies of Rhode Island were like, this, this was their holiday season coming to see you. I told them that, that they were going to go wild. And then guys, tickets went on sale. There was like a hundred and some tickets per event. They sold them out in five. minutes so yeah we had to add the second night no they were um they're really nice but you know everyone was very lively and had a lot of energy um i think we got down to a lot of martinis a lot of martinis and you know it was getting a little frisky but it was fun justin um explaining the treat that was left by your meet and greet area so uh you know throughout the night

Andrew and I, you know, we got a couple of Christmas cards. We got a nice water bottle, you know, very couple numbers. I was asking for, you know, some recommendations around the area, Newport, whatever. At the end of the night, we received a thong. Oh, wow. Was it like the days of Elvis where they actually took off the underwear in person? Or was it the days of like one direction where they brought underwear in their person? to throw out you. That's a really good question. It is. So I didn't see anything come off live.

I think it would have seen that. Yeah. So I think it was like a predetermined gesture. I'm hoping it wasn't fresh off the body. Do you know what my sister, and I guess me by association, but I wasn't the one who did it and it wasn't my number at a Jesse McCartney concert, she attached her number to pair of a thong with like a little string, threw it up on stage, made sure that he knew that it was her that threw it up on stage. He called her afterward. No, he did it. Oh yeah. And we went on his bus. Wow. Wow. See, missed opportunity. This is years ago, guys. I know he's happily married now. I'm telling you, this is like 12, 13 years ago. How would you react if we were up there taking picture and you see somebody slingshot it, smacks you right in the

forehead? You know, like, how would you react? I feel like, I would, I would honestly, freeze and I'd be like oh who threw this I was like put it in the bag I'll get it later no I think I wouldn't know how to react in front of in front of a crowd and someone throws it at that's it's a lot of confidence to just

like pocket that you know that's strange my thing is you know whoever brought it they wanted it to get to us why not hand deliver it it could have been a discreet like behind the back like this you know what I mean like why plant it in Audrey's

Well, yeah, my question also is, like, why isn't a number attached to it? It's just, it's just, they're like, this is the mark you've made on me? Like, I mean, this doesn't help her get with you. It, you know, actually one of my favorite movies is National Treasure. So it feels like a treasure hunt at this point. We got to find out who in Rhode Island. We have to find out. It's like the glass flipper.

It's the Cinderella's glass phone. It's a cryptic way to find out, this could be the love of our lives. So we don't even know it right under our nose. She could have been right now. Yeah, and she's just like seeing if we can, you know, find her leaving breadcrumbs. I kind of respect it. You think we'll find something else tonight? You think we'll find something else planted tonight?

Tonight, the girl has got a second ticket for tonight's event and she's going to leave a bra and she's breadcrumming you. She is. Now, I would say that it's kind of an ironic move considering at dinner last night. Andrew was telling me how he wants a wholesome girl. So I'm thinking that possibly this isn't the way

to win you over. That is correct. Yeah, yeah, I totally, yeah, no. I just, you know, I love clues. I love, uh, he likes games. You're on the right track there. Big game night guy. So, um, we're on the right track.

I don't think this is the game I don't want to play, but I feel like I have to finish, you know. So. Justin, is this a way? to win you over. You know, you know, perhaps.

Perhaps. And I'm going to tell you why. It's not why, it's not for the reasons that you think. It's because I respect the boldness. I respect the humor behind it. And I can't believe

I'm going to say this, but it's like, I like a tasteful amount of crazy. Not crazy, but like it's a little bit. It's like funny crazy. You know what I mean? Like for somebody to do,

like it's bold, crazy, funny. Does this surprise us being that he dated Genevieve and Victoria in Paradise. Not at all. He's a Gemini everyone. He's a Gemini. This is what he does as an Aquarius and a friend. I've seen how he loves just the bad banter

the toxic kind of banter. I'm just kidding. You guys have like legitimately just told your Paradise story so simply. You're with Teddy the Virgin and then he was with just the right touch of crazy. I don't think it was a

I was a little bit too much So it was a splash It was a little dousing It was a little dousing It was more than just a little splash I'm like that You know like when you have When you have like a

What do you call it a What's the brunch? Mimosa right? You see the videos It's like all champagne And it's like a little Yeah Of orange juice

Like that's what I like For crazy Like a little You know what I mean Not the whoa Like you know It's a little right or just bright orange you don't know no no just a little yeah so how much

orange juice is in jenevieve's flute uh bad that tropicana i'm just like i'm kidding i'm kidding um um um uh next question next question is um how much Tropicana is in Victoria's flute. Yeah, we love Victoria. We love Victoria. Sorry. Shout out to Victoria and Greg. You know, we love you guys. All right, all right.

Okay, well, we are going to do in-depth episodes with both Andrew and Justin today. We're recording them. They'll, I'm sure, be released sporadically. But what we're going to do, which is going to be fun, is Andrew and I are going to do being the hosts. of Justin's in-depth. And then Justin and I are going to host Andrew's in-depth.

So, like, we have a best friend interviewing the other. So that's going to be really cool. I just threw out the word best friend. Like, would you guys consider yourself, like, almost best friends? We're in a trio. We're, like, you know, it's me, Justin and Greg, and we could throw in Mike and Trey as well. But, like, we're really tight.

So when you say Mike, I'm just like now curious. Okay, so Mike is the virgin from Katie's season. Such a sweet guy. Yeah. But is he still a virgin? um yeah yeah he is he's he's uh he's he's he's still looking for his like perfect right person um i love him and i'm rooting for him and i would have loved him to be the bachelor he's yeah we we all thought he was going to be the bachelor it would have been a perfect bachelor it will

it was like right around the time that the colton thing came out so i feel like that may have swayed his bachelor campaign a little bit they're like oh not this again you know what i mean so i i think that probably could have happened you know so um but no we all thought thought he was literally front runner. And that's what Bennett was telling us kind of. He was just like, really? The people are going to love you. And we're like, oh, they're going to love him.

He wasn't on Paradise. He declined it. He did not want Paradise. No, he's done with the franchise. Why? He was so good. You know, just, just kind of how he got portrayed at the end. He's like, I'm more than just like this.

The virgin. Yeah. I mean, we all feel that. All of us virgins on the show are like, holy shit. See me. And I think it was like the cuddling mom scene. that was like he's like come on like really like that's not how it was said and I was like I I called him before the show because he's west coast I'm like bro don't watch to remind our audience he said

something about the long long lines of like I can't wait you're reminding me of my mom I cuddle with something like that yeah yeah no he's just he's so much I'm telling you this dude is kind of a jerk honestly in a way like he's got an edge he's not he's got an edge he's not this like cookie cutter like guy. I mean, yeah, he's a Christian and really godly man and I think we're all pretty god-fearing, but he's actually like, he's super funny, he's throwing out jokes throwing out jabs all the time.

Like, really rude. And we bring him to the club. So like, when we go out, I will say I've met like, I respect a lot about him, but, you know, we're not a huge, huge party guys, but like when we do go out and have a good time, I mean, he doesn't drink and he will, and the thing is, it's not like he's just standing a wallflower,

right? He will have conversations, he will dance, completely sober. And I'm like, dude, this is like, this is going to be tough. And you'll stay at until like 2, 3 a.m. He'll be up there. We'll have chats about it in the morning. And he's just like, oh, remember this? I'm like, dude, why do you act like you were? You were like,

in the mix with us, you weren't. And they were like, he was in the mix. He really was in there. You don't notice that he's, you know, not, because he's fun. Like, people think he's just like this virgin, doesn't drink. I'm like, no, he's such a good time. He is all those things, but he's so much more. Yeah.

Love that. Love that. Okay. Well, I want to go more into why the two of you were never The Bachelor, because we know that you were in the running. But we're going to do that during your in-depth episodes. We're going to take a quick break right now and then go into Bachelor headlines. And you're going to help me break them down. Really, I'm going to tell you what they are. And then you're going to give me your feedback. Okay. 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.

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Like the visionary behind a movie pass, Black founder Stacey Spikes, who was pushed out of Movie Pass the company that he founded. His story is wild and it's currently the subject of a juicy new HBO documentary. We dive into how culture connects us. When you go to France, or you go to England, or you go to Hong Kong, those kids are wearing Jordans, they're wearing Kobe's shirt, they're watching Black Panther. And the challenges of being a Black founder. Close your eyes and tell me what a tech founder looks like.

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In this trailer, he says, every day he thinks about that. So this is the preview came out yesterday. And this is the quotes. I'm a little nervous. I have not spoken publicly for two years about this. And I have a lot of thoughts. I think about this every day. Truly, every day of my life, I think about this.

And what I want to say. The podcast is called the most dramatic podcast ever with Chris Harrison. He says he knows how important it is that he speaks to everyone for the first time. It's so heavy, really heavy. We'll see how it goes. We may scrap this whole thing, to be honest. I don't know, but I think it'll be cathartic.

I'm going, I'm looking forward to getting this off my shoulders and repairing this moving forward and letting everyone hear from me. Now, that's his quote. Now, the description that Iheart gives is fans can expect to hear from Chris open up like he never has before using his unparalleled expertise, he will dig into all things relationships every week. Fans will no longer just be going along for the ride.

They'll be up close and personal with Chris as he navigates through dating, marriage, love, loss, and more. And for the first time ever, Chris will discuss everything. There's no telling what he's going to say. So you guys were from the first generation of people who didn't have Chris as the host of their, yeah, of their, of their show. So do you have any feelings on this? Like, I'm very excited to hear, like, his on, like, you know, like, I know that he did an interview. He did an interview with ABC, but that was

before he was taken off the show. So I'm just excited for him to, like, I'm just excited to hear what he has to say, like, two years removed. Yeah. I mean, I feel like we're, we're, like, the most un, like, people to talk about it because we didn't meet him. You know, I don't know who he is we were the first season to not have him so i i can just only speak an experience of like um what we kind of like missed out on uh just like the whole like you know chris harrison effect i don't know what that is and everyone talks about it um you know i'd be very interested in hear what he has to say obviously there's are like really pressing matters and like you know in two years is a long time um but at the at the end of the day like i just hope that you know he understands what he's did

what he's done or what he said and how affected some people and i hope we all can move on like it's It's not the end of the world to me. You know, I think we get into this realm where we want to punish people, like, pass whatever. And I just feel like, you know, if he really understands what he said and why offended people, and I think we just move on and, you know, let him be him. And, yeah, maybe he comes back and hosts again. I don't know. I do love Jesse Palmer, though, so I don't know.

I love that answer. And yes, Jesse is awesome. He's a good hang. He's really sweet, sweet guy. Yeah. Justin, anything to say? Yeah, no, I mean, I agree. think it'll be interesting to see if it's more of, you know, like an ownership accountability

angle or like a justification type of thing. And I think whichever route it is will kind of speak volumes to the situation. I agree, you know, we're in like this whole cancel. I hate cancel culture. You know, people make mistakes and like nobody is perfect. And I feel like in our position, it's so easy to point the finger and expect perfection, you know, when you are in that light. But we're all humans. We all make mistakes. And so I think it'll be really interesting to see you know like you said if he it's been two years right and if we can kind of if he reflects and kind of like you said can understand

how he's offended people and move on from there I think it'll be well received because I remember you know I mean I didn't we don't know Chris at all and so we've heard nothing but great things from people who have interacted with him our only you know is right is seeing that

and it's like how could he be so tone deaf you know but then it's like because you guys weren't fans of the show prior like you guys we were talking about in the car on their way here they they have like no bachelor history other than their own none well it's like only time i really saw it was only time i saw was when my cousin clay was on the show so i was like oh well i'll watch it here and then but then soon he got eliminated which was very early every time i was not you did get further in pretty much i love no all the time

this guy guy plays in the NFL 10 years getting hurt playing football like Are you kidding me? We shamed him in the family. Oh, but Andrew, he is. Grandma's like, you can't come home. That's so funny. All right. Well, thank you guys for your feedback on that.

Now we'll talk about one of your friends, Michael Aalio. He is talking again about how he dealt with a situation with Sierra Jackson, that breakup. He was on the Right Reasons podcast. That's Us Weekly's Bachelor podcast. He says, that what I tried to do with Sierra was let her know the second I realized that it just wasn't there. And at the time when she had the rose where she could make the decision and I would do that all over again,

where I really tripped up, was not being able to explain myself in a way that she deserved, you know, letting her know that she just wasn't the right person for me. And I should have ended it really like that. And so for that, I apologize and I apologize to her at the reunion. and I wish her the best. And I know that she'll find love. She actually has a boyfriend right now. She's a really great person.

And Danielle and him are really focused on themselves right now. Do you think that it's like time to, I mean, I guess whenever you guys hit the podcast, you know, we're going to bring up the stuff from the summer. Right. But yeah, this has been like haunting him a little bit, huh? Yeah. I mean, it's following him. But like, there's no reason to that it should be following. It's honestly not as serious of a situation to me, I think.

I think Sierra and Mike are incredible people. When it happened, you know, obviously when we were on the beach, you know, it was sad. I saw how much like Sierra put into like trying to make things work with Mike, but also like we knew. You knew. We knew. So why did you know? Was he saying things or could you just, you know him so good? He's like, well, they were like, he's like, dude, I have this like incredible attraction towards her.

You know what I mean? But I just like. He's like so stunning. but he's like oh yeah she's beautiful and he's like well something's kind of missing and then like she's we're moving a little too fast on top of that and he just really couldn't articulate what he really wanted to say um and like i i even told him i was like i knew what you were trying to say i think you were trying to be so nice and try to be gentle as possible that you might have said the wrong words and then you staying makes it look a lot worse because that's not how you want it to

come off but um it's really hard like navigating as a as a male on Bachelor because every word you say is like being like highly like listen to and you have to really articulate yourself and say the right thing. I'm not jealous of you guys. Yeah, I it's it's it's so it's so tough you know and you know I think Mike is an extraordinary guy. I mean listening to him talk he was like our mentor like he was just he was so good for us and I just know 1,000 percent that's not any intentions that he had was to you know wrong do her and he had and he had no idea that Danielle's coming. I will promise you that. And they really didn't do anything but friendly DM.

Yeah, no, no, no. It's, and that's what everyone does in this show. Like, you friendly DM and you say, hey, maybe I could be interested in that person. That's kind of how it works. Justin, any thoughts? Yeah, I mean, my take on the situation was that in talking to him about, you know, the relationship with Sierra, I mean, he was super into her, and Sierra is phenomenal woman. my takeaway was that he felt like it was maybe like a little bit too much too soon in terms of you know and again I wasn't in their relationship so I'm only going off of kind of what I heard from him this all happened on like day six yeah this is so we're that's what I'm saying it's still early on

and I think he was a little a little alarm that maybe you know she was starting to picture and there's two sides that she was starting to picture herself you know in their lives as you know like a stepmother to James right and I think that kind of scared him a little because he's like whoa like you know what he said to me is like I'm looking I don't you know I don't not looking for somebody to replace Lara because nobody ever will I'm looking for somebody to compliment me in my life like this is this is my journey this I'm trying to find a partner I'm not trying to find a new mother for James right like he has a mom and I think he didn't do a great job of articulating yeah that's yeah I have a good memory so I don't think

you know I wasn't there for the we only what I saw aired was you know all that I know of the conversation, so I don't, I don't know, but obviously that didn't come across clearly. I don't think he did a good job of articulating that. And I think he was trying to be gentle with it. And it didn't make sense. We knew what he was coming from. And it didn't. He was trying to let her down easy. But at the same time, like in Sierra's defense, and again, like Michael has, you know, we talk a lot. I think Sierra had nothing but good intentions in saying, like, sometimes I think you overcompensate and you want, I think she won. And again, I can't speak first. I don't know. But I think she wanted. And again, I can't speak first. I don't know. But I

feel like perhaps she wanted to give Michael reassurance like I'm ready for this step like you know I may be younger but like I can do it I'm ready and so she has good intentions but he's taken as like oh like I don't need that right now yeah so it's just you know I also think the timing there was so sucky because like I think he was about to let her down and say we have to cool down and she was ramping up by getting him stars right which is so thoughtful but it's like oh my you're like I think that at the time he probably in his head was like okay so I could let this moment go and we can't enjoy this moment, but then I'm going to have to break up with their tomorrow, and that's going to be, is that going to be more?

You know, it's crazy? Sierra was so excited about the stars. And we all were like so, and we all felt so bad. We were like, oh my God. I'm like, that's the sweetest thing ever. And which we heard how Michael was going to take it. I was like, oh. Well, no, because we, that, you know.

Did you guys know. Yeah, we knew he was about to break up with her. And we knew it was the same. We were like, and literally, we were like, hey, maybe not today. Maybe not today. He was like, we were like, Michael, maybe. maybe not today. And he was like, no, I got to do it today.

I'm like, maybe not today. And he was like, got to do it. I'm like, oh my God. So we knew it was going to be like, we were, we felt so bad because she asked us off the jump. She was like, I got to tell you guys what I'm doing and I'm planning. And we're like, that is freaking crazy. I know.

I remember having conversation, I was so supportive of it too. I was like, you are the most special girl in the entire world. And like literally like maybe 20 minutes. I was like, yeah, man. I might have to break up with a rule like oh oh wait a minute wait so oh my gosh uh how do you feel about her feeling so played do you think that she was at all like I don't know she wasn't it just sucks because you know he just had a connection with Danielle Moore I mean he did he did break up with her on a week that she had the rose yeah absolutely absolutely um

Yeah, I don't think she should feel any ill world towards him. I think he did her justice, you know, with grace. And it wasn't too bad. Hi, my name is Enya Yumanzoor. 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. My name is Ed. Everyone say hello, Ed.

Hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer. And my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not... 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. The 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 up? to 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, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Adventure should never come with a pause button. Remember the movie pass era? Where you could watch all the movies you wanted for just $9? It made zero cents, and I could not stop thinking about it. I'm Bridget Todd, host of the tech podcast, there are no girls on the internet. On this new season, I'm talking to the innovators who are left out of the tech headlines. Like the visionary behind a movie pass, black founder Stacey Spikes, who was pushed out of movie pass, the company that he founded. His story is wild and it's currently the subject of a juicy new HBO documentary.

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Here we have another headline, Becca Kufran and Thomas Jacobs. They have booked their dream winning destination. That is, or the venue, it's happening. It's very exciting. She says, this is on Instagram, she goes, Tommy, we have some news to share. Are we allowed to share it? And then he goes, we got the wedding venue. We got the date.

They're cheering. And then she said they got their dream wedding venue. It seems too good to be true. Don't want to jinx it. So they're going to knock on some wood, but it's happening. And they said this exclusively to Bachelor Nation. Looks like they're probably getting to get married in San Diego. they want their dogs to be there.

And we don't know when it's going to be for sure, but it looks like it might be fall 2023, which is going to be here before you know it. Do you guys know these two? Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we spent a lot of time with them. We did Bachelor Live on stage with them, so we got really close.

So you'd wake up every day and see them. I will say, I better be invited this. That was my next question. Are you guys going to be invited? Yeah, I mean, me and Tom, me talk all the time like um we're just like yeah he kind of just shares notes with me like when i was in paradise you kind of give me a little hint it's like hey be careful this is coming up i was like thanks man how weird was it that they had a cameo in paradise and just like what was

barely aired i loved it but what did they do that we didn't get to see on tv well they were i was home at that point you were home home or were you hotel home i think i was home home this time yeah oh yeah because they had eliza ready to go to your front door yeah i was home twice but this is home home, not hotel home. No, um, they, they just kind of just like brought the energy that we need. I think we had just lost Rodney. Oh, he's dead. He just lost Rodney.

Um, so the beach was just in shambles. Um, so they came in. They're like, hey, we have a group day. We're like, yes, morale is swinging. And we kept saying morale. All the boys was like, the morale is low. We need a morale booster. And then they came in and sure enough, he's showing off his little ring.

and then honestly they just kind of danced and like had a good time with it's the same like they were around the whole time the whole dance so it was really fun and that party was special for them last year yeah that was like a real solidifying moment yeah yeah yeah absolutely I think I think they need more that more group dates like that was probably more whole group dates like as a family yeah well yeah get out of paradise I think more of that like it would be so much fun like instead of just like chilling on the beach you know what I mean and kind doing the same routine thing like get everyone out i feel like it caused more drama on that one little night yeah we thought it was like oh that was the please and you please and you please and you please

and you please night oh my god we'll be getting to that in the in depth but we have a few more headlines to go through congratulations to christian haggerty which we know who we know from being one of the few people um to not have been part of bachelor nation but be a contestant on bachelor in paradise because that was demi's girlfriend back at home and they got engaged in paradise broke up soon after in october 2019 but now she has found comfort in her best friend taylor whom um she grew up with in south florida and they eventually have fallen in love and now gotten engaged she posted on Instagram on December 14th with a series of photos documenting the engagement said she said yes and now until eternity with the woman who completes me this ring symbolizes the commitment

I already had to the love of my life it's very exciting news we're so happy for them and then those other one this is interesting um Peter Weber and this is like not really a timely headline just like kind of a fun fact Peter Weber holds the record for the shortest relationship and Bachelor history. Do you guys know Peter? Do you think this is funny? You're just sleeping on his couch last week. Did they break up?

No, no, no, no. This is his actual Bachelor relationship, the one with Hannah Ann is the- Oh, okay, gotcha, gotcha. I was like, I was like, we were literally just there last week. You slept on his couch in New York? Oh, he did. Okay. Yeah, we stopped by.

But yeah, no, we know Peter. Oh, fun. Okay, so, oh, wait, this is interesting. Okay, wait, this doesn't make sense. this isn't a big sense okay so they're saying that his relation wait that's not right who is the writer writer of this article i can't even believe we're reporting this we shouldn't have been but now that we are having fun with it we're going to say it's from this was a website called cheat sheet and that they go they are considering mattie pruit and peter webber

to have been together post after the final rose for two days that doesn't count because she would They were like, yeah, we'll talk and see how this goes. They didn't make it official on that stage. Anyway, okay, so number two, runner up for the shortest relationship would be Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft. They only lasted one month, but then he went on to marry Molly, his runner up. And then a very similar situation unfolded with Ari and Becca Kufram. He ended up marrying his runner up, Lauren Lyingdike, of course.

And he and Becca were only together for two months. Peter Weber and Hannah-Anne were together for also two months And your boy, Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bolin They were together for only four months All right And I think that is going to conclude headlines For this week Thank you to my guest, my co-hosts for the day

You guys bring the energy You bring the positivity, I love it Need to have you fill in for one of us whenever we're gone more often. Justin, Andrew, thank you so much. Now we're going to go record your in-depth. But until then, y'all, we love you. And I've been Ashley.

I've been Justin. I've been Andrew. Andrew, do you want to do an accent for the entire next podcast? Yeah, I can do it. No, no, no, we're not going to do that. Okay. All right.

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