The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

It's the premiere of Hannah B's season of The Bachelorette! To help Ben and Ashley break down the new crop of guys, they've got BFFs from Colton's season, Demi Burnett and Katie Morton. We'll hear which of the guys stood out from the rest on night 1, and Demi shares some scalding tea she has on one of the contestants.  Demi and Katie let us know who they're excited about seeing in Paradise (*IF* t...

 Ben has a very special co-host this week… his girlfriend Jess! The Bachelorette Special was her first real exposure to Ben’s life on the show, and we find out what it’s been like for her to watch Ben in that setting.  In honor of the Bachelorette reunion, we talk to the very first Bachelorette, Trista Sutter. She fills us in on her life after the show, and offers some advice to Hannah B before he...

Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay is making some big moves in her life, so Ben and Ashley check in with her to get caught up on everything. We find out how things are going after her move to Miami with Bryan, and we get the latest on their wedding planning!  We get an update from former Bachelor Andrew Firestone, and Ben and Ashley discuss the new “surveillance van” that is set for Night 1 of The...

 Ashley lets us in on a major issue for her and Jared that she desperately needs help with.  We talk to Sharleen Joynt from Juan Pablo’s season about how she picked people from Bachelor Nation for her wedding guest list.   We hear the story of how she and Ashley  met, and you won’t believe the advice she gave Ashley!  Plus we break down Nick Viall’s hookup with a guy, Chris & Angela’s break up...

Ben and Ashley don’t really understand Coachella, but luckily they’ve got some BACHELOR friends that spent time on the front lines this last weekend. Tracy (Colton's Season) tells us about N*Sync performing with Ariana Grande, and Bri (Colton) shares her experience.  Plus, Bri sets the record straight about her DM history with Dean. And speaking of Dean, he’s a groomsman in Ashley and Jared’s wedd...

 Live from the Napa Valley Wine Train with a ton of friends from Bachelor Nation!  Blake Hortsmann opens up about his feelings towards Hannah G and we finally get an answer on if he’s going to Paradise. Derek Peth tells us about his date with Stephanie Pratt from The Hills. We find out why Venmo John was the most dated person on Paradise. Vanessa Grimaldi uses bathroom habits as an indicator of re...

Demi (@Demi_Not_Lovato) from Colton's season is here with us to open up about Paradise, her relationship with her mother, and how she deals with haters. And we check in with Krystal Nielsen and Chris Randone, and they reveal some secrets about their wedding, and we hear about their plans to grow their family. Ever wonder how some Bachelor contestants are "liking" on social media while they're film...

A listener thinks they found a connection that ties Tayshia to Ben, long before she appeared on The Bachelor.  Remember when everyone thought Wills was kidnapped?? We check in with him and hear what he's been up to.  And Ashley goes into total fangirl mode when a member of NSync joins the show! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Ben and Ashley don’t waste any time before giving a full rundown of the contestants for Hannah B’s upcoming season of the Bachelorette. And based on pictures alone, Ben & Ashley give their predictions for Hannah’s Top 3. And speaking of Hannahs, we have a list of who would be the best match for Hannah G, and Ashley’s reaction will shock you!  Rachel Lindsay thinks the Bachelorette needs to be...

Hannah G is here with us to give a behind the scenes look at what happened last night, and help Ben & Ashley break down Colton’s season finale. She’s got some things to get off her chest about Colton, and we find out if she would have accepted a proposal from him!  Hannah G gives us her honest thoughts on the new Bachelorette, Hannah B, and we find out if she’s upset that she didn’t get chosen...

We started Colton's season with Becca & Garrett, and now they're back to help Ben and Ashley break down the dramatic finale.  We hear their opinion on what is going on in Colton's head, and we might not even get a "final rose" this season!  But all eyes are on our guest of honor, Tayshia. After a critique of her bungee jumping form, we ask her what really happened with Colton in the fantasy su...

We’re live after Women Tell All, and we have Colton’s girls with us to spill all the tea. Kirpa has a MAJOR bomb to drop about one of the girls sliding into the DMs of a popular member of Bachelor Nation… while she was still on the show.   And we reveal who he is. Tracy stops by to give her side of the tweet controversy that went down before this season started filming and we find out if her feud...

It's time for Gate-gate! The fence jump we’ve been waiting for ALL SEASON is finally here, and it’s probably the craziest episode in Bachelor history. We break down what led to Cassie's shocking departure, and hear the moments Chris Harrsion had to go looking for Colton like a lost dog.  Ashley has some theories about what actually went down with Tayshia in the fantasy suite.  Tanner Tolbert is a...

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for, Ben’s new girlfriend Jess is on the podcast!  We hear about the crazy move he pulled on their first date, and what exactly Ben said when he slid into her DMs!  We answer many of your questions about Jess! Plus, Ashley has info from the Women Tell All, and reveals why we’re in store for the BEST Bachelor episode of all time.   And we break down the dif...

Comedian Heather McDonald is hanging out with Ashley to help recap this week’s episode of The Bachelor, Colton’s stance against getting groped,  and when flirtation goes too far. And do we really buy the girls excitement on the show? Is all the enthusiasm fake??  Then Arie checks in to give us all the backstory about his new billboard, which you need to see if you haven’t yet.  Plus, we talk to Ca...

 Michelle Money from Brad Womack’s season is here with us! She opens up to us about her relationship, and gives us her real thoughts about how Colton is doing so far. She and Ben break down Hannah G’s one on one date with Colton, which may be the sexiest moment in all of Bachelor history. Then we check in with Sydney from Colton’s season, and we hear if she regretted leaving the show. And we find...

 A lot of action went down on this week’s episode of The Bachelor, and Ben and Ashley are talking to some girls at the center of it all! We hear from Courtney about Elyse’s decision to leave the show after not getting enough time with Colton, and we get to the bottom of what Colton means when he says he wants to “take a relationship to the next level” Then Ashley talks to Catherine the dog girl, a...

After an emotionally heavy episode with Shawn Booth, Ben and Ashley return to address some of the feedback they’ve received. And after some discussion about Caelynn’s vulnerable moment with Colton on this week’s episode, Ben shares a deeply personal story about a close friend of his and her experience with sexual assault.  Then we talk to Bri, who was eliminated last week, and she gives us an insi...

Shawn Booth joins Ben and Ashley on this episode of Almost Famous: In Depth. He opens up about the painful moments since his relationship ended, and the questions that are still left on his mind. Ben and Ashley offer a unique perspective to Shawn’s situation, because Ben and Shawn are friends from their first experience on The Bachelorette, and Ashley is close with Kaitlyn from their time shared o...

Kendall Long is hanging out with us today, and she’s ready to give us the full story about all the headlines about her engagement to Grocery Store Joe! Then she sticks around to break down Colton’s pirate adventure group date, and she gets Ben to open up about his new relationship (and how Colton is involved!) And Ashley and Kendall give us their honest thoughts about Demi, and how Colton handled...

The Bachelor himself, Colton Underwood is here with Ben and Ashley, and he’s answering ALL your questions. Ashley and Colton compare their experiences of being Bachelor virgins, and we find out if he wished he had lost his virginity BEFORE going the show. Also, we hear how he’s been handling the constant virgin talk. We find out why he sent the Sloth Girl home, and then we talk to the Sloth to get...

It’s Bachelor premiere night! Ben and Ashley are live from the Bachelor viewing party in Park City, Utah, and they’ve got Becca and Garrett hanging out with them for the whole episode!  We find out which of their complicated last names they’ll be giving to their children, they reveal the place they’ve decided to move to, after bouncing back and forth across the country, and we hear who has the wor...

To close out 2018, Ben and Ashley welcome some surprise guests from Bachelor Nation to see what they’re up to for the holidays. We won’t tell you who stops by, but you might hear Bibiana talk about what’s going on with Peter Kraus, and you also might hear about what happened this weekend in Vegas when Blake and Jason hung out with Colton.  It’s the biggest holiday party ever on the Almost Famous P...

This show is part of a new series called “Almost Famous: In Depth”. Ben and Ashley sit down for an intimate and raw conversation with some of the characters we’ve fallen in love with from The Bachelor. On this first special, they welcome Arie Luyendyk Jr and Lauren Burnham, to see how they’re feeling in the first few months of their engagement, and since finding out they’re becoming parents.   We...

As Ben and Ashley get closer to the end of the off-season, the ramp up to Colton gets more intense. Now that the list of the contestants for Colton’s season have been released, Ben and Ashley do a “draft” of who they think his Top 3 will be.  They talk with Becca Tilley about how the show has changed in recent years, and what that means for the newcomers to Bachelor Nation. And, they talk about th...