Please Bob and producer do your research. A simple google search will let you know that St Lucia is NOT territory of the United States. It used to be part of Great Britain as a matter of fact. How they were able to film the bachelorette finale over there, I don’t know, but you could have asked your friends show producers.

St Lucia is a sovereign nation. Not a US territory. Get with the times.

Trista, Regarding Taylor FP, what if it was a man instead of a woman? Would you have this much sympathy? It’s disgusting behavior no matter the sex. You went on & on about how sorry you felt for her because of her past & upbringing. We ALL have pasts, & we must choose to break whatever cycle we were born into, especially if you have children, & especially if they’re present! She has never put her children 1st, ever. She’s finally being held accountable for her actions.

Lately I feel like Ben and Ashley are never together. I understand both of them are busy but I feel like a lot of us OG listeners listen because of their chemistry together. Having other fill-ins who aren’t members of the Bachelor world don’t have nearly as much chemistry. Speaking of being an OG listener, I really enjoy the OG episodes. I can’t name one I haven’t enjoyed. I love when they catch up with past Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants. I listen because of them as well. I have enjoyed DeAnna’s perspective and look forward to hearing her more.

I don’t know who you are and honestly have no intention of listening to this podcast, but you must be punished for this atrocious Ivim commercial that plays on other iHeart shows. If I were running marketing for Ivim I would demand my money back. Get a pop filter or back off the mic, invest in iZotope RX, and for god’s sake read the ad copy before you record it so you can sound like you understand what you’re saying. It’s a bad look for your ad partner, and an even worse look for your podcast.

Just writing to agree with some other reviews I saw. I’ve listened from the beginning and have caught myself missing some here and there because I’m trying to avoid all the extra ones that show up under this podcast’s name. I don’t understand why other shows are labeled as the “Ben and Ashley Almost Famous Podcast”. Apple podcasts, please fix this or make it to where iHeart can’t do this. Editing to add that I LOVE when Amy pops on the pod. She’s so fun.

I wish they could remove Dirty Rush, bachelor OGs and all the other filler shows they added with boring hosts (I cannot stand listening to Trista, she’s always clueless and clearly half asses all episodes with zero research and presents such a generic boring take on everything). Please filter these episodes out and stop giving all these boring people podcasts when they can’t handle it.

I listened to both Peg and Mel’s interviews. Mel came off as condescending and arrogant. He’s actually quite offensive. I am Peg’s age, also divorced with no big desire to get re-married..so I get it. She did get preachy about her age and wisdom…which got tiresome, but she also had a point. I think the two of them are very proud of their careers and feed off each other’s inflated confidence. I wish them well but I think Peg ultimately deserves better and will get tired of Mel’s lack of depth.

I enjoy Ashley and Ben but can not be bothered with all these other podcasts showing up. I fast forward thru the ridiculous amount of commercials. Never ending!

You felt upset by the way that Peg downplayed your wisdom, but after re-listening, you kept hammering the fact that they did not get engaged and their love story did not feel real. She even told you your comment was hurtful. I felt that she was backed into a corner and had to continually defend her relationship. You should definitely have lightened up on those types of questions after she already had to answer it once.

Just finished listening to Mel’s interview. He really is missing the point of a few of your questions and didn’t really come off well in some moments. I really have to give Ben a round of applause for not backing down and letting Mel walk over you guys. You pushed back at the right moments and put him in his place. I love how you held your own when he tried to compare your time as a bachelor as to why he was so rude to the kids on the show. You really had Ashley’s back and stepped in at the right times when Mel was coming at her. This is why you are a Bachelor favorite, you prove chivalry is not dead. Thank you for being the calm in Mel’s bad interviewing skills.

I felt bad for Ben and Ashley when the interviewer Mel. He was very condescending to them. They held their own and kept it professional. Ben pushed back in Mel when he said of course he should have known about him. Just google me. Come on Mel! I hope that is just Mel’s way. I just found him very antagonistic. I loved his other interviews with Peg. This one struck me the wrong way. Kudos to Ben an Ashley.

Thank you for finally cutting back on the ads, it was nice to enjoy the podcast again! I was tired of having to mark dirty rush as played and skipping over ads. I hope this continues, this is what we want and need.

This is a rough follow. I listen because Ben and Ashley sometimes get great interviews from Bachelor Nation. But a lot of the rest of the content feels like 10 minutes of fluff so they can add 15 minutes of commercials. The other shows - Dirty Rush, I Do Part 2 - should NOT be on this feed. I skip all of those but it’s very annoying they’re in this feed

Love this pod, these two never discuss politics but do talk religion sometimes. Religion does not equal politics, soooooo maybe listen better? The reviews are weird I love Ben and Ashley keep it up guys!

Although Ben & Ashley have greatly improved, Ben still monopolizes time, including the guests’ & way too much Christian talk. Villains series is fun, OG hosts are great, but the part 2 , Rush & Golden shows should be spun off to different feed

This podcast has turned into a GIANT commercial. If I would have reviewed this 365 days ago, I would have said 5. But man, a LOT has changed. Please, please just drop your political views for an hour during this podcast. This is not why we listen, if I wanted politics, I would find a podcast on politics. This used to be a good escape from the world; my “guilty pleasure in my free time”, now it’s just Ben and Ashely telling us why we need to hold their same political views. If you’re looking for conversion on bachelor and not their political views, not the podcast for you- there are better ones out there that actually stick to what the know. If you’re looking for a podcast on politics, Dear God I hope you pick something better than this.

Love the podcast but really don’t like how iheart radio started adding other podcasts to the lists. I find it very confusing when going to see what new episodes are there and it’s made me stop listening to a few Iheart podcasts

I love Ashley & Ben! I used to subscribe but had to stop since I kept getting frustrated with the number of commercials AND the shoving of podcasts I have zero interest in listening to. I do like Deanna & Trista/Bob but let me subscribe to them if I want to. Every time I come to check what’s now on the show it’s unless scrolling through pods and people I don’t care about. Anyway, I came today to listen to the episode with GOR since Lizzy and Clues are two of my favorites and I wanted to hear them with Ben/Ashley.

The podcast with Cindy was a joke. She is so delusional. Mel had to date numerous women & play the game. It’s a reality show. She thinks she’s such a prize. She barely had any time with him but thought it was realistic for him to give an engagement ring. Would she want her daughter to get engaged so fast ?! Mel didn’t show much on the show but now we see the real man. I LOVE him & Peg-great couple! Cindy’s ego was hurt. Get over over yourself. Ashley was so immature in this interview. Fawning like a kid & not getting it at all

My first time listening to you guys, sent by game of roses podcast. Loved the dynamic between you four and would love to see more in the future!

I’ve listened to the Dirty Tush episodes. While it is fun to listen to, I cannot continue to do so. The amount of time Daisy Kent says “like” is unbearable. She really needs to go back and take an English class!

Please have Game of Roses back on your podcast! It was so amazing to have this collaboration!

I was disgusted you gave Gerry the opportunity to plug his book and bash Teresa . His true colors came out the second part near the end . He is mean spirited man and I don’t doubt has a very dark side to him. I expected more from you two.

I agree 100 percent the other podcasts that pop up can’t be removed. I don’t want to see them especially the sorority one never having gone to college. I don’t mind I Do Part 2 but it is a pain to scroll through all them to see what I want to listen to. Also way too many ads but at least I can FF through them. Otherwise love the original podcast.

The lastest News update 11/12/25 was just too Mean Girl for me! Talking about another bachelor nation member’s post about his encounter with Taylor Swift, Ashley called it “cringey”! Ok, I get it, you don’t like him, so why do you follow him? How is his encounter cringier than Ashley’s Jonas Brothers posts? Why be mean? Why admit that you sent it to some others to gossip about?! Too much!

I still love the show but i haven’t been a big fan of the pettiness on the reporting of certain bachelor nation people. Even if one is friends with one half of a couple - I don’t enjoy hearing the negativity about exes. It feels like it happens a lot lately. I do still love it but I loved it when it is building up. Not tearing down

For J & the Swifties! YOU (the hosts) give me the ICK! You yap about JoBros & B_Kaitlyn! ICK ICK ICK ICK! You are the ICK!

I love listening to Ashley and Ben but am getting sick of all of the extra new podcasts that get lumped here. I subscribe to hear them but don’t want all of the others clogging up my feed.

I have mixed feeling about this podcast. I don’t listen to the extra hosts as I am not interested in what they have to say except for Trista and Bob. The commercials are half of the segments which is ridiculous! My rating would be higher if you cut the commercials by half. As for the interview with Nancy regarding Gerry Turner/Theresa Nist, you need to do your research before commenting. Gerry came out with the book and spoke negatively about Theresa. Theresa did an interview with Dear Shandy in response to the book. ENews ran with a small segment of the interview without giving credit to Dear Shandy. You should listen to that interview rather than comment on a small portion of a more than an hour long interview to see the context of that portion. Go listen to it and then make your comments. Do better.

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I absolutely love listening to Ben and Ashley on the Almost Famous Podcast! I love there take on all things bachelor nation. I really love the extra episodes each week of Ben and Ashley. If you’re looking for a podcast that’s fun, engaging, and all your Bachelor content then this is it! I love all the new podcast series Ben and Ashley are doing too. My only request is to have only Ben & Ashley’s almost famous episodes together. For some reason I’m seeing other podcasts that aren’t Ben & Ashley. I want to see only Ben & Ashley’s episodes

I’ve listened to Ben and Ashley’s Almost Favorite for years and still really enjoy the podcast, but I HATE how iHeart includes other podcasts like Dirty Rush and I Do Part 2 under the Almost Famous umbrella. I have no interest in these other podcasts and I hate that they are automatically put into my podcasts since I’m subscribed to Almost Famous. I find this so annoying that I constantly consider unsubscribing from Almost Famous every time I go into my podcasts. Please separate them! No one wants these other podcasts, and if they did, then they would just chose to subscribe to those too.

Too many advertisements

This podcast is my go to for all bachelor related updates. But I hate that we are being bombarded with extra episodes of stuff I don’t want to hear. I guess it’s easy to not listen to them, but I hate that I have to scroll through so many opinions to only hear Ben and Ashley. And where the heck is Ashley?!?! I miss hearing her honest opinions about Paradise. I feel like she was missing for most of the recaps. I miss it the way it was.

Praying for yall. Don’t worry about losing followers. Keep being the light.

I love Ben & Ashley’s podcast episodes, as well as the OG episodes with Bob & Trista. But THOSE are the podcasts I want to hear. PLEASE STOP with the other podcasts that you’ve been sneaking in under the Almost Famous umbrella. It’s so frustrating. I don’t want to hear from the other self-proclaimed “mentors” (what a misnomer!) from I Do Part Two, and definitely don’t want to hear Dirty Rush. Stop pushing the other podcasts on us.

People listen to this podcast to hear about Bachelor and Bachelor adjacent news. I unfollowed both Ashley and this podcast after she posted about Charlie Kirk. I thought this was a place where we didn’t discuss politics - so it was an easy unfollow for me. Should have left a long time ago.

I’ve been listening to the beginning and love to hear Ben and Ashley together! Can we only get them doing the podcasts? Especially the recap episodes, I hate missing out on one of their thoughts on the episode. Plus Trista doesn’t add much at all to recaps which is annoying.

I love this podcast. I know you have to have adds to keep the money flow however, there are SO many. 4 minutes of adds at the beginning and 4 minutes of adds each break of adds. It’s a lot.

What is this holier than thou garbage? Pretty scary times to be lifting up someone up that is so judgmental.

l’ve listened for years despite the crazy ads & used to like Ben. And the irrelevant podcast clutter of no interest is bad enough (you can’t manipulate us into listening to something we don’t want to by forcing it upon us), but now Ben GoodnessGracious Higgins is getting a bit unbearable, condescending, long-winded and arrogant to both Ashley and the guests. Ashley remains polite back to him even when she clearly is taken aback by his mansplaining. perfect god loving Ben is also giving major ick when he has swinging convos with Trista, who remains classy. Bob is just too goofy & was so inappropriate to Brian/Parisa continuously telling them to reunite. Keep Ashley and Trista and lose everyone else. and good god, never bring on a guest as hateful and disingenuous as Madi P again.

I saw you had Madi on and thought I’d give you guys a try again. If you’re going more conservative, I’ll support you. Tired of the woke left rhetoric.

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Maddie is a very special influencer who is using her wisdom to save His sheep! Truth. Love you Ben and Ashley and one day we’ll be together..if not here then in Heaven!

Is there a way to filter out these other random podcast that are showing in their show episode list? I’m not interested in hearing about Rush or Divorce. Sincerely, A Ben and Ashley I Fan

I love the almost famous podcast and have since day one! I am a big fan of Ashley because she is so real, relatable and hilarious. I am also a big fan of Ben because he has a pure heart, is so genuine and kind, and funny too! They are both excellent interviewers and ask the questions everyone wants to know … even the tough questions. I also enjoy Trista and Bob a lot and always listen to their episodes! They have great perspectives, have good interviews with former cast members, fun banter.. very entertaining. I loved when they recapped Special Forces and Dancing with the Stars, too. I don’t mind the ads and want to remind people they can skip them if they want. Personally, I am all for the Famously Available and any other spin off show that Ben or Ashley does (and will totally listen) but what I don’t like is the other podcasts that they add to the feed such as Dirty Rush and I Do, Part Two. I’m not saying that I do not like those podcasts but they do not belong on this feed. It is annoying. But I love Ashley and Ben.

THE ADS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. I STOPPED LISTENING!!!

Can there be an almost famous add-on show? I spend too much time trying to find the Ben and Ashley episodes. Clean up the feed please.

I don’t typically listen to episodes with the OG‘s hosting, only if I’m really interested in the topics and or guess. I recently tried to listen to the interview with Brian and Parisa, but had to stop halfway through because Bob would not stop making comments about how they needed to be together, and it was extremely clear that they did not want to be together. I don’t know if all of his interviews are like that or if that was a one off, but it was extremely frustrating to want to hear that interview, but not even be able to finish it because it was uncomfortable. I also understand promoting other shows, so occasionally putting other shows in the feed is fine, but EVERY WEEK multiple other shows just get put into the feed, it’s obnoxious! I listen to a lot of podcast and this one has BY FAR the most ads. It’s such a cash grab. I appreciate Ben’s interviewing a lot!