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Gonna do something a little different with this week’s podcast. In light of the recent domestic dispute involving “Bachelor” creator Mike Fleiss, I thought we’d have a discussion about domestic violence in relationships. After Fleiss’ incident, you may have read Ashley Spivey’s reaction on Twitter, and if you haven’t, you should. Ashley suffered from domestic violence in a previous relationship and this incident triggered her. When I originally tweeted out the Fleiss story, you can see in the mentions how many women felt for Laura, Fleiss’ ex-wife and say the texts she sent to him that he released were a signal for help and someone involved in an abusive relationship. Shortly after that story broke, I received an email from someone named Mandy in Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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A long time coming for today’s podcast guest #139, as Vienna Girardi joins me for the first time to talk about her time on the show, her post-show life, and the tragic loss of her twin girls in the summer of 2017. I don’t know how many of you even know or remember the story, and Vienna knew I was going to bring it up, but I did not expect her to spend almost 15 minutes talking about it. Truly a heartbreaking story to hear her re-live that and I hope that at least one person out there who may have suffered through something similar takes the time to listen today and realizes that you can make it through, no matter how difficult it may … Continue reading →

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Taking a one week break from all things “Bachelorette” related to bring you the winners of “Paradise Hotel” this season, Tatum Smith and Bobby Ray. The interviews are done separately since, well, they don’t talk anymore. You can find out all about that while listening to the podcast today and draw your own conclusions. One thing I will say for “Paradise Hotel,” while it may have gotten episodes cut only a week in and didn’t do well in the ratings, like you’ll hear Bobby say in the podcast, that finale had a lot going on. Definitely was an entertaining finale with numerous twists and turns. And we’ve seen the “will you choose love or money” twist before, but the way this show did it I … Continue reading →