Ben and Ashley join Bachelor Nation OGs Trista Sutter and Bob Guiney to break down the cast of the upcoming season of Bachelor Paradise!
Ashley has a BIG announcement to make that brings her back to the start of her relationship with Jared.
And, Ben uses the BIP cast announcement to make a bold prediction about who will be the next Bachelor!
This is the Benn and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast with her Radio. Hello, welcome to a special edition of the Almost Famous podcast, in which we are going to break down the newly released Bachelor in Paradise cast and guess what I think? I'm on the cast list? What I think? Jared and I have like a notable mention at the bottom on the press release and says, uh, it's as Ashley ken Eddie and her husband. That's funny. As with jaredy who found Love on the Beaches and Bachelor in Paradise are also set to appear later in this season, which is I guess the explanation as to I like, we make like a two little clips in the montage. Did you guys watch the montage? I saw the montage. Hey trist To, Welcome to the podcast. Thanks for joining us. Well, thank you. Let's start with this conversation by going through the list of the first cast. Uh, you know, the original cast, which is now referred to as the first Sand, First Sand, it's the slang term these days her Bachelor Nation. If you get first Sand, everybody gets really excited. So we've got Romeo from Michelle's season, we have Michael from Katie season. We have China from Clayton season, Jill from Clayton season, Brittany from Matt season, Justin from Katie season, Hunter from Clayton season, Sierra from Clayton season, Brandon from Michelle's season, Hay from Clayton season, Kara from Clayton season, Lace Morris from Well Bachelor in Paradise season three, and Ben's season. We have a Logan from this past Gabby and Rachel season, Genevieve from Clayton season, Jacob from this past season Rachel and Gabby's Serene from Clayton's, Andrew from Katie's, Teddy from Clay's and Casey from Michelle's. Wow, that was a mouthful. Any shockers there anyone? You guys are particularly excited to see I know you're really excited. I mean, obviously seeing Lace back to the beach is not only like surprising to me but also a little shocking. I'm excited to see how this plays out for Lace. You know, we've been removed from my season six years, and she's been Imparadise. Has been five years since Paradise I think, or maybe six for her as well. So that's that's going to be very interesting for me. I also want to point out that I have no clue who Haley Malls is zero zero, Like, really, did she go home the first night? Do we have like footage of her even being on the show. It's hard to find. Yeah, I was reading fan feedback and they were like convinced that this is like some producer reck and they're pretending as if she's been on a previous We've got to do some research there. And then, you know, I always thought that Hunter had a bad um just kind of an unfair experience during Clayton's season. You know, she was the one that was ousted for suffering with IBS became a big deal, and I would like to see her kind of shine on the beach. I mean, I could go on and on. I'm very excited for this season. Then Michael A. Michael as a guy that I like, I've I've been able to talk to. He's a great dude, and uh, I think this format could be really good for him. Um and so yeah, I mean, yes, I think this first sand group for me is exciting. I don't know. And Ashley, you and I have been able to talk about this in our podcast. You might be able to help me out here. I don't know who we're missing that I was expecting or excited to see on the beach. I'm most excited about the big three. I want to say, from like Katie season with Andrew, Justin and Michael Ay. Those guys were definitely notably missing from last year's Paradise, but for this year's Paradise, anyone. I mean, I think it's weird that we have such few, so few from this past season Rachel and Gabby. There's like no one here from Rachel Gabby. Obviously they'll be added, but do you know how many are typically from the season that's just airing? And we have to note that it got flipped, so you know, Bachelorette is usually in the fall and Bachelor in Paradise is usually in the summer, and I know it always follows something, but it kind of flipped this season because they put Gabby and Rachel during the summer. Well, I think we're seeing Paradise in the fall past based on the past couple of Bachelor in Paradises. I think we're seeing like the notable characters from the previous Bachelorette season kind of being held back a year or two seeing if they have Bachelor their Bachelor material um, and then doing it the following year. Yeah, that makes sense. So I'm really excited about Serene. I loved her on Andrew on uh, which season was Clayton season? I loved her. I love Michael A too. Everybody. I mean, who doesn't want to root for the you know, the single dad I do. But I do want to say that I would love to see a little bit older crowd like not UM just because you know, I'm I'm the ancient one in the bunch, but I would love to see some people from not especially recent UM seasons. You know. I think that's what's a little bit disappointing is that lace is our only major throwback. Yeah, totally, I love it. Throwback. That's what we are worth, a throwback. Bobba's entered the chat. Where the heck are you guys? I was trying to slide into your over here, but the ancient one, and I will tell you I'm so excited about the single dad guy about him and uh, and I kind of agree. I would like a little bit throwback to Actually, that was really interesting what you said about kind of letting people marinate a little bit before they put them on Bashing Paradise. I didn't know that was kind of a philosophy of the show at this point. I think that's a great idea. Yeah, and now we're excited to see those guys again. But I do think that like they're holding back guys from this past season, because like, if you think of this season, who's been eliminated on Gabby and Rachel's season that you would have expected to see in the original cast Um Jordan's v Jordan's. I think I got his name right. He's the race car driver who got released. Oh yeah, I loved him, love him. He was awesome. He's married long enough, you know he was kicked off. You want to give him the best chance. That's how I kind of see Paradise is like you want to give people the best opportunity to find love, and it's everybody's kind of second chance, third chance, maybe fourth chance. That's why I think having some like throwbacks it would be really fun because people like from my season maybe who haven't found love yet. And I don't know off the top of my head who those are specifically, but how fun would it be, you know, four or five years later to see them back on the beach, um trying again. We can kind of catch up with their life. I would enjoy it, but I'm biased because that was my season. But even like you know, seasons passed then a little bit, I would like to say. I was just going to say, so, We've had so many people on almost famous o g s that I feel like would be awesome on Paradise Sarah Bryce, who was engaged to Charlie O'Connell. Um, she's seen newly single again. Um, Sadie from Lorenzo's season, who is so much fun and would be hysterical on cameras. My god, I love both of them. Um, I know we've had people on that that definitely would draw people in. I don't know why they're not pulling from you know, seasons past yours? Yeah? Interesting, right? Yeah? Why is it Nate here? Nate from this Gabby season? Oh, oh my gosh. Why he has to be coming later? He has to be Oh that's a good call, awesome. I don't know how people react, right, There's some like the Brooches object, you know online with Mike Flice's tweets, and obviously I don't know, um, the ins and outs of the details of that. We've broke it, you know, we talked about it here on this FAMI podcast, but fair not. I don't know if he how people will react to him being the Bachelor, but I think he is in the running at least I think we can at least assume he is. And so if he doesn't show up to the beach, I don't know, Guys who you've seen from this original cast list that you could possibly see pulling a Nick or a Culton and going to Paradise and then becoming the Bachelor because Brandon brand Oh, Brandon for sure, Andrew. I mean I think Andrew obviously, and Andrew and Michael I. I feel like Andrew and Michael A might be there just as like a warm up for Bachelor. Yeah, that would Yeah, my vote is Brandon or Michael. I love them. Actually, have we ever had a Batchel or come off of Paradise like we did with Nick as the Bachelor? No, No, we didn't. We haven't. No, but we have had go onto Paradise after Yeah, definitely. But hey, any former leads that okay, yes, yes, but removed? Yeah, you're right, it wasn't like because she was also on Winter games after she was on Paradise. Yeah, and then became Bachelor Bob anything out there, Bob is gone, Bobs, I need to tell you what I'm doing. Okay, fine, Yeah, you don't have gotten invited to Mark wall Mark Wahlberg's charity golf outing for Beaumont Children's It's like all benefits to Children's Miracle Network. So I, uh, that's where I'm at. You here on the almost same as podcast golfing with Mark Wahlberg. Holy, probably important to me. Yeah, I let's tell you. I had a wall Burger breakfast, burrito everything not, you know, not not trying to put out crazy plugs here, but fantastic. And I may have had a wallburg cheeseburger. I had a schedule also delicious. So I'm just putting my put my numbers out there for THEO. Was Paul Wallburg making the burgers? Yes, he's here. Walls is here. Yeah, tell Jared Polly Walls is here. He's cooking up a storm on the grill. Yeah. We were at a chair event last year and he was on the grill. I was like, this guy is so awesome. Is it's awesome? He's my favorite. I shouldn't say this out loud. One of my top I'm gonna say, one of my top three favorite Wallberg. Well, you know that Donnie, Donny my boy. Donnie's my actually friend, so I know Donnie. Well, I love Donnie and I'm friends with Jenny. So that's okay, nice cross reference. We've got all the family. This is great, this is great. Okay, well, Bob, thank you for even giving this us the time. But we'll let you go in a second. But like anybody you think we're missing from the Castle, is anybody you're hoping it comes through? You know, I will tell you I agreed with everything I was listening before I started talking because I didn't want to disrupt anything from the the T box because I'm a terrible, terrible golfer. So I will tell you guys that I agree with pretty much everything you were saying. I think I do like what Trista is saying too, though, and what Ben saying that. I do think it would be kind of fun for them to bring back some some cast members that were, you know, a little more removed from the process over the last couple of years. I do think that would be pretty awesome because you know, I think that's something that uh, you miss a little bit, right, and I think that we would love I love seeing it, So I'm gonna be great for our podcast as well to have some back from the screen. But I'm being on the stable that I really am. That's my guy who in this cast is going to stir up the drama. Oh drama uman, Yeah for sure, and still have story for her. Guys that usually Paradise tends on being like a different narrative. Yeah. True, But there's also Genevieve there, who they clearly didn't get along, so I'm sure there will be drama there. And then, guys, what about Brittany. Liked Brittany from Matt season. If you remember, there was a lot of controversy around her. There was a rumor going on that I'm not even going to repeat and perpetuate because it was awful. Um, So I'm glad to see her back. I think she's so stunning. Agreed, you gotta get, you gotta give. I mean, that's the kind of stuff on Paradise that I love that there's a spinoff show because people like her deserve to be seen in better, fresh new eyes, especially when she didn't have really a great moment to defend herself or like, how do you even explain yourself? So I'm really excited to see her on the beach. I hope, yeah, I hope. You know, all of these people kind of match up or at least get to explore these relationships. I'm excited for Paradise. I mean, I'm I'm I am a secret and eight season Bachelor Paradise fan, like I enjoy watching it. I look forward to watching it. I look forward to reason same. Hey, Christy Carlson Romano, the voice of Kim Possible, and you Fee from Kingdom Hearts, Hey Will for Del voice of Ron Stoppable, and Terry McGuinness aka Batman. How are you doing? I am so jazz that I Heart Radio is now producing I hear Voices our podcast. Can you believe that we are actually part of the I Heart family. I am so excited because we get to interview some of the coolest people ever in the voice over industry. I think so too, And you guys have to go ahead and listen to it because we interview amazing guests that are all icons in the industry, and they teach you plenty of things, from Eric Bowsa to who else, brock Powell, you name it, we got him on the show. Because where else, when you really think about it, can you talk to Batman and SpongeBob SquarePants in the same day. Nowhere, But I hear voices and you can listen to I hear Voices on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you listen to podcasts. So come and check us out if you want the inside scoop on the Voiceover World. Final question for everybody here Ashley and in Trista and Bob, who here do you see getting in a surprising feud? Surprising the surprising? Well, Sierra is definitely one of those girls that does not hold back. Talked a lot of smack in the press, not necessarily about like anyone from her cast, but she's like been really revealing of the behind the scenes stuff that goes on the show. I'm kind of surprised that she's here. I also remember how freely she was talking about how much she did not like Clayton Um, So I just don't think that she's scared about saying what's on her mind. So I think that that could possibly rub some people the wrong way. And also Lace, I mean she on that note, she is not afraid either. I could see her, I mean she doesn't care. You know, she doesn't just gonna care. She does not care. She's just gonna lay it all out there. So I could totally see her getting in a feud. Yeah. Yeah, I mean and she's experienced, right, She's been around and she's seeing the ins and out. She has some time removed. I think for me, if I found myself back on the beach, I do think five years removed, I would I don't want to say care less, I would just have I just be more relaxed. Like it's kind of like, you know, you just kind of get it, You're not so like nervous your second third time around. And so I see her just kind of relaxing and saying what she thinks, what she feels, and what she's seeing. And I think that's great for Paradise. Yeah, and let me say, I the care thing, you're you at it perfectly. She cares, or she wouldn't be there. She just is way more relaxed and totally removed from it, or at least has been for a while so she can let it all. Yeah. When we said she doesn't care, I meant she does not care. She's the center of drama. If she there's any conflict around her, she will face it. She's not scared. That's finally, And I do want to say a little um, a little personal input. My friend Jill is part of this cast, my fellow Rhode Islander, and I know that she may have had some off camera resentment between her and Kira. They may have been fighting over a man before hitting the sand, and we'll see how that unfolds. I think that's enough of a tease that I think that's a fine tease. That's a great tease. And I think we'd be a miss to leave this podcast without trying to pair up some of these cast members as love matches. So what do we think it's fallen in love? I'm gonna say from this initial cast what I'm seeing here, I'll give you two couples, right, I don't want to go on and on here. I'm gonna say Brandon Um in Brittany. And then I'm also gonna say I really want to pair up Um Andrew here because I think obviously he's gonna be one of the bigger names on the beach, and I could see Andrew with his like Smiley like jovial personality. Um really finding uh something special with somebody like Teddy because I think he spoke about Teddy when when that season was airing, and I feel like she is similar, like just a smiley, happy person. So those would be the two I'm looking for. Like for the one that surprises me here that I can't quite figure out is Casey. I do kind of remember him from Michelle season, but I feel like he could be a kind of one of those sleeper picks, uh where he finds a relationship here because he maybe isn't the biggest name, he hasn't had maybe the attention others have had, and so I think he's coming here really hoping for the right opportunity. These are all and Kenny that was like that would be like comparison. Is anyone thinking about Romeo? Am I the only one thinking about Romeo? Romeo must find luck on this list. That was the first one, okay, um yea, he has to find I love the cast descriptions, and I'm thinking he might be any Sugarman cast descriptions, But I really loved Romeo. And of course he's on the show because his name is Romeo. Of course he is he's he has to. He's he's a romantic at heart. You cannot be named Romeo and not have some like deep romance in a pursuit of love built into your your ethos. So true, which is why I was named Bob. I'd want to depend on this note, but I have to give my prediction. I feel like Brittany and Andrew could be cute together, Teddy and Andrew could be qued together. And I just see Serene with Brandon so much. I do too. That was going to be my pick, Serena Andrew and Brandon. Yeah, I love it all right. Definitely real Meo, Definitely single dad guy. Definitely the Brittany Murphy lookalike chick. She does look like Brittany Murphy. I'm so confused. I know, I don't. I didn't think so either. I didn't think so either. But she looks like a very happy person, so I felt like it was like I was kind of doing a little research, like she seems adorable, So I'm hopeful. I guess. I guess I would be better off seeing them. Yeah, okay, well, Bob, this is where we say goodbye to you. Get back to the tea station. We're gonna close out here. Thanks for joining us today, Thanks for taking time away from Mark Wahlberg. I know that you know, Trista, Ashley and myself are really big stars. Uh, and it's hard not to say yes to coming on this podcast. Um, you can go back to Mark now, hey, Ashley, to close out. Uh. It is now released that you and Jared went to the beach. Uh. We you know, that's obviously a very sweet moment, probably for the two of you. Anything you can tease about that that viewers can look look forward to, Jared and I go on a date. We're not just there to give out a date card. That's special. Yeah, that's very nice. That's very sweet. I'm excited to watch you too, just kiss and fall in love all over again. What if I tease and said something like Jared and I go on a date, not with a job. He doesn't give me the rose, He says, I'll see you back home. I need some time. Yeah, we'll fly separate flights out of here. Um. Hey, Trista, great to see you, Ashley. You're awesome as always. Bachelor in Paradise is airing. When exactly when can we expect this show to start? Yeah? One doesn't start. I think it's the last week of September. Last week of September. Very we cannot leave out that. Wells Adams is back as the bartender. Um, that has been confirmed. That's a big deal. Jesse Palmer is hosting obviously, uh this eighth season, so we look forward to watching it. Hey, this is just a special episode actually, and I will be back um breaking down the mentel all and breaking down obviously Avan's first or first and last hometown date. Uh. We're very excited to end this season, celebrate Gabby and Rachel and see where this go. So stay tuned, keep listening. But until then, I've been and I've been Ashley, I've been later guys, Hey, I've been Bob here. I'll never believe it. 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