The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - The Gift to GIVE yourself - seriously buy this for yourself

Episode Date: December 20, 2025

The I Do Part 2 crew has curated THE perfect gift guide for things to get the single person (or yourself!) this holiday season!  These gifts are a little naughty…and nice - things that REAL singles want!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's Susan Knowles And Kathy Swartz from the Golden Bachelor And the podcast Bachelor Happy Hour Golden Hour With the holidays right around the corner, the I do part two crew has come together to curate the ultimate gift guide for the single gal. We're going to talk about two great things you could get them this holiday season. Are you ready, Susan? Oh, boy. Okay.

The first thing we have to talk about is the love link friendship lamp. These are the coolest thing ever. What do you have yours ready? And we're going to tap away. Okay. So the way this works is. is you have a friendship lamp and you add your friends in on Bluetooth so that we're all connected via Wi-Fi.

And then we can send color. Hold yours up, Susan. Send me a color. I'm sending you purple. Oh. So all the connected lamps light up the same color no matter where they are in the world. Right. And there's no subscriptions.

Just connect your lamp. download the app and start using it instantly. Kathy and I have been sending each other colors all night. So if you just hold it for a couple seconds, then you can change the color you want to send. I don't know if you could actually view the colors. Susan and I were messing around with this last night, setting them up. You send a code to link.

It's very easy, but we are goldens. And so we were struggling a little bit. But we got it done. And so with this lamp, You can send and receive messages on the app when you're out and about. So you don't have to have the lamp with you. If I'm out driving, getting my hair done, grocery shopping, and I just want to say hi to Susan, all I have to do is open up the app, click on the button, and it will send Susan a fabulous

color, whatever color I decide to send her. We can also have secret codes. So I think how fun that is that nobody else can say. You create your own secret code so we know what we're doing. Yep. You can program unlimited colors and animation patterns. We're still working on that. You can send messages to the entire group that's connected with you or just an individual lamp.

And you get to set a sleep timer and more. Yeah, I love that because who doesn't want to wake up to beautiful colors? Okay, a set of lamps is only $135 or you can buy them individually for $70 each. and they offer bundles on up to six lamps. So fun, so fun. Now, I need more people to have these so we can send messages. I mean, I like the color code. Okay, Susan, I'm sending you red because I love you.

Did you get it? I got blue. Well, that's because I just sent blue. All right. I'm sending it again. Hold your finger on top for two seconds and it'll change. I know, but you know blue's my favorite color. So this is fun.

I love this because Susan and I talk on the phone every day. anyway, but this is a great way to let your friends, your family, your teenage kids, your young kids know that you're thinking about them. I think this is an incredibly creative gift. I do. It's awesome and I haven't stopped pressing buttons yet. I know. It's just, it's like we have our little friend all the time. I have Susan with me all the time. And I love that you can change colors. And as well as the second item, and this is from Sharper Image, a full support body pillow who needs a man when you have this so kathy i think received one of these i see but i did not however well that's because you have a man susan you don't need a pillow i have to tell you

i opened up this body pillow because i do have a queen-sized bed all to myself and in fairness i do fight with the cats they will the cats fight with me to see who's going to sleep right up next to me so i on here's my fabulous look how long that thing is oh it's getting to my antlers hold on i have to tell you this this is 10 feet long you're looking at about oh three feet of it i put it in the bed i thought when i when i came out of the box it felt like there was a guy next to you right no no no i felt like there were 20 guys in the subway next to me i put i put the pillow down in the bed if you could have seen the cat's faces like because i put it's like a sausage in the bed the problem is this thing

is longer than the bed. So I put it in the bed. I wrapped around my neck. And this is how I tried to go to sleep. Meanwhile, the cats were asleep on top of the pillow. And I'm thinking, okay, two cats, a man, a pillow. I don't know. What do you want?

I would have it between my legs up around my neck. But the full support body pillow by sharper image provides comfort and support in all the right places. This one piece, horseshoe shaped pillow is great for size. sleepers, like me, as well as those who suffer from arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, and neck and shoulder pain. And you know what the best thing is, Susan, wait, I have to say to you, I do have neck pain and arthritis.

And I'm not kidding when I say, I slept with this around my neck. And I woke up, my neck wasn't hurting. I'm not kidding. I mean, it looks, I look ridiculous. I look like I'm a snake. Who cares? Who sees you? Do it for a few nights and really tell me if it really helped.

I will. And, you know, what else? It includes a machine washable zipper pillowcase, which is really nice because, you know, I sometimes go to bed without taking off all my makeup. And so I can take that and wash it. And that's great. The full support body pillow by sharper image, it aligns your body for restful nights of side sleeping without pain or pressure. And I'm telling you, I'm a side sleeper. So sleeping on my back, on my side, this pillow worked. It's snugly. oh it's all one piece 10 feet long 10 feet long you know that's taller than your boyfriend I'm just saying it's like having two men for the price of one and you can shape and twist it right into a circle yeah no look I have it right on my it's a horseshoe I mean it really is believe it I'm looking at it guys you should see this thing it well they can see it it's firm support and it really I even could put it in a circle use it like it's a donut it promotes alignment of the back neck hips and spine And I would like to say that those things don't matter, but at our age, they do. They do.

It even alleviates pressure in the back, in your legs, your knees, your feet. And it's a great pregnancy. Okay, you and I don't need that. But for our kids, my daughter who's still, you know, in those birthing years, I might let her borrow it. So I might be single now. You might have single friends. But one day, if you get pregnant. So for all those single people out there, and there's a lot of you out there, men, women, this, if you get pregnant, this will serve a whole other purpose for you.

Oh, yes, indeed. Yes, indeed. And it's made with hypoallergenic fusion, polyester fibrofill, resist clumping and maintains its shape. And it can also be used for reading a bed or lounging on the floor. And I can attest to that last night, Susan, because I used this. And I had it just like I have it around my neck and down between my legs to support my back. And I sat there reading. It was great.

Kathy, the most impressive part of all because, you know, I skeeve when things get 30. It includes the machine washable zippered pillowcase. I know. And Susan is a clean freak. So if she had one of these, I love it. But I thought you would say what the best part is. The best part is it only costs $1.27.99. You find a man for me.

that only costs $127.99 cents, I'll buy two of those. I'm going to have to share it, Kat. I'm going to have to try when I have to give up my boyfriend to get a pillow. Is that it? He's long distance. He's not here every night. I need the pillow. I'll share with you.

Honestly, though, I have never had one of these pillows. My daughter had one when she was pregnant, swore by it. She said it did. It alleviated her lower back pain. Oh, I love a pillar between my legs. Yeah. I mean, that's how I slept with it. I have to tell you, when I unwrapped it and I thought, wow, this thing is bigger than I am,

but it really is amazing. The firmness of the pillow, again, I'm a side sleeper. Sometimes I'm a back sleeper. It just kind of curled with me. I am a believer. So I don't know. If you are looking for a gift. Between messaging your friends with colored lights, I'm sending one, Kathy.

She sent me another green. Okay, so between this fabulous pillow that I'm going to use every night and my friendship lamp that I'm going to use, I think if you all still need a gift, because the holidays are here and you might not be finished your shopping, happy gift-giving to someone you know or even to yourself this holiday season. These two items are going to be fabulous. Okay, friends, real talk. are worth the weight. We've all been there, giving our energy to connections that didn't honor ours

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visit gentlemen's cut bourbon.com please enjoy responsibly Hey, guys, welcome to iTunes Part 2. It's your celebrity mentors, Cheryl Burke, and Kelly Ben-Simon. Great. Hi, Cheryl. Hey. Hey, girl, hey. And we are here again.

I love you. I missed your face to continue the ultimate gift guide. Did you know that? I love me some gift guides. I love a gift guide. I am so crazy about one. I have something to show you. because not only do we have our own gift guides, right,

that we're going to do a little show and tell, but if you know a single gal and you're struggling on what to get her this holiday season, I got you covered. Okay, so if you're single and you just want to get something for yourself, too, that's cool, because that's what I did this Christmas. I just went shopping for myself, actually. Shopping for one.

Yeah, party of one. I deserve it. I just kept, like, going through, like, all the online shopping. and I was like, you know what? I deserve this. I deserve this. You do. I do. So, yeah, the I Do Part 2 crew has put together a great bunch of items. Shall we show and tell or what? Let's go. Let's show and tell. Oh, my God. So, first of all, I'm not handy. Are you handy? Yes, I am. Okay, of course you are. I am not. I have to be, party of one. I am not handy. Do you need help? I do need help. But now I love that. I wish I got That's my toolkit. It's got 135 pieces. Hold on. I love that. I actually got myself one of those

as well, by the way. No, this is really fantastic. By the way, I love pink so much. And it's like, I mean, I have, I have like stupid stuff. Like I have a screwdriver, but I do not have all of these 135 items. It's got a 3.6 volt cordless screwdriver. It's got 100 fastener set, an 18 millimeter utility knife. It has bits, CRV, pH 1, pH 2, pH 3, PZ1,

PZ1, I don't even know. I've done an acronym or something. It has, it's literally perfect for do everything yourself. So don't ask me why, but I think I can do these things, but I can't, but now I know. You don't need to. You don't need to. You got a man.

No, now I can, like, I love interior so now I can hang my own pictures. I can do all these handy-dandy things in my apartments and all these other apartments. And I'm feeling, I'm going to feel gorgeous and like independent. Because when someone's like, measure that, I'll be like, gotcha. You know, that was my gift to myself after my divorce was one of those. This is fantastic. It is.

It is. It really is. I love it. Absolutely fantastic. And by the way, it's $35. That's it. $35. Wait, $35.88 at Home Depot. $35.88 at Home Depot.

does it deliver quickly? Yes, obviously super quickly. You know what this is? Guess. Oh my God. What is that? Wait, why is it so big? Exactly, because it's my new boyfriend. We've got the back pillow, not just for my old self, not for these old hips, but it's for my back. It provides therapeutic head, neck, and back support in a tub, not in a club, in a tub. Okay. So it goes into the bath? It goes into your bathtub. It's a bath pillow. Correct. That is fantastic. So that, you know, but it's too, sometimes you can get too comfortable. You don't want to drown.

So we got to be careful because this thing, it really is, first of all, it's UV resistant for outdoor use, obviously. No slipping or floating maintain shape and position during use. Yep. And all materials used for bade sofa path pillows are oko-tech. certified, okay? Just in case you were wondering. You can use this in a jacuzzi. A pool bathtub. A pool jacuzzi bathtub in the ocean. I'm kidding. I don't know. Maybe you could. You could probably use it as a floating device if you really wanted to. It would save your life, most likely. And it costs $179. It's washable, obviously compatible with bath salts and oils. Whenever I say

bath salts, it reminds me, remember that time when people were like straight up smoking bath salts and like turning into crazy people. Remember that time? Remember that? Good old day, the good old days. Anyway, talk about why these are great items. Okay, yeah. I love that pillow.

That is so great. I'm a bath queen. I love. I do like baths? I hate baths. No. I don't like them. But when I do take my,

so I have a woman that comes here weekly, she's the only woman that has prevented me from getting surgery. She does like so much body work on me and it's the most painful thing in the world. and she demands I take baths once a week. So I do because of her. Oh my God. I can see you like in there with all your candles.

I'm like, hurry up. No one's got time for this. Oh my God. Okay, okay, let's go, let's go, let's go. No, I meant the bath. The bath is debating. That's why I don't like to bathe. No one's got time for it.

Okay. Now, you're going to love this. So I, you're just saying on this because I actually tried this last night and it's fantastic. It's called the Bondi Boost Blow Dry Brush. Oh, God. I thought you're going to say something else. I think I just used it, by the way. Is it this one by any chance?

Oh, my God. Yes. Yeah. It blood dries me a bob. No, it was so fantastic. It gave me so much body. I curled my hair for you today, but I literally was using it for my hair last night. And it made it like so straight, but like not like beautiful.

Is that what you used? I swear to God. I used this. Oh, my God. This thing is fantastic. I mean, I literally like this is so great. So here, so yours is different. Mine's the Bondi boost.

Yeah, this is probably better. Pairs with a heat, protect, and spray. It's great for heat styling. It's got a voluminous finish, which is fantastic. I'm telling you, I mean, you're already, why am I telling you? You already know. It has a three-meter suave a cord, which is great. So, like, I mean, I literally was, like, pulling it almost throughout my bathroom.

Super versatile, and it has all these different speeds, and it is literally fantastic, and I used it last night, and I love it. You guys, this one is $85. That's, I think, cheaper than what I have. Okay. Somebody got me a necklace, 24-carat gold necklace. That isn't just a gold necklace, but it is a... Hold on, I actually have to unwrap it. You're like, and it is a...

What do you think it is? It's like the ultimate unboxing. I mean, it's like in real time. I'm obsessed. What do you think... This is multi-use, okay? You can wear it as an accessory, or... Or what do you think you can use it as?

I'm not going to say... after we charge this big daddy. It's a vibrator, folks. That's right. You're going to wear your vibrator around your neck this Christmas. That's what we're doing into 2026. Everybody's going to wear vibrators around their neck. And we're just going to not judge.

And we're just going to have a good old time with ourselves. It's like last Christmas I gave you my heart. This Christmas I gave you a smile. I gave you a 24-carat vibrate. I mean, I actually, I don't know if this was an episode on the Kardashians. I haven't watched the Kardashians in years. but I think was it Courtney Kardashian had this around her neck I swear to God this exact one let me see it let me see let me see wait it's cool it's an actual well yeah I mean this thing needs to be charged obviously so this is 24K gold necklace not just a necklace folks it's also a vibrator ah is stainless steel nickel free plating waterproof and submersible has four vibration patterns holy hell it comes in rose gold black and 20 24K gold. Yep, you charge it via USB and it has 40 hours of playtime and it costs $165. And the company,

by the way, oh, just this is from the company Crave. Okay. So it's like I'm craving something vibrate. That's vibration. That is a vibrating necklace. And it's created by a woman. I love that. It's created by a woman as it should be. 100%. Cheryl, you have to report back. I need to know if you wear it i'll fill myself i'm going to post it on instagram not only did i wear it i was i was using it but i really think if craves listening you should make a longer chain just like say because that we can just an adjustable chain an adjustable chain yeah give you at the dinner table and just to go to town i am dead i love that i hope my mom's actually super chic i's super chic and I love that.

I love that these things are coming out. I think it's just fun. I love a necklace vibrator. Yeah. I don't have a good time. What are we wasting time on? But first of all, I don't, yeah, I guess you, never mind. Okay, never mind.

Hi. I love, and I also just love, like, they're geared towards a single gal. You know what I mean? It's not like you're like, okay, you don't have to be single. True story. You could also be in a relationship and use this and not tell your partner. Yeah, that's the way to get, that's the way. I love these gifts.

because they are perfect for the single person who's like the single gal who's like, you know, she has everything and you're like, you know, you want her to have fun and just like enjoy the holidays. Like she's going to be hanging your own photos. She's going to be having fun with her vibrator. She's going to be doing the tub. Yeah, with her back all propped up. Uh-huh. And the vibrator doesn't talk back, you know, so there you go. You won't have to deal with any drama with this vibrator. It's a party of one. You know what I mean. Cheryl, I miss you so much. You have no idea. You are the best. You're the best. So I hope this helped for all my single people out there. You still have a little bit of time before, you know, it's actual Christmas. So get yourself a

vibrator. Crave knows what's happening over there. And have fun this Christmas. And I'll see you in the new year. Who would you call if the unthinkable happened? My sister was shot 22 times. A police officer, right? But what do you do when the monster is the man in blue? This dude is the devil. He'll hurt you.

This is the story of a detective who thought he was above the law until we came together to take him down. I said, you're going to see my face till the day that you die. I got you, I got you, I got you. Listen to the girlfriends, untouchable, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Jingle bells, jingle, jingle all the way. Yo, yo, yo, can we get a Thanksgiving first? I'm hungry.

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