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Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe

Ali Manno Fedotowsky | From Bachelorette Roses to Her New TV Challenge on Special Forces!

Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy, Talk Radio

4.421.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

#800. This week, Kaitlyn is joined by former Bachelorette Ali Manno (Fedotowsky) for an episode packed with heart, humor, and jaw-dropping stories. Ali shares what made her say yes to Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, the grueling preparation (think ice-cold plunges and 3 workouts a day!), and the terrifying moments that pushed her beyond her limits. She opens up about a deeply personal story tied to her vegetarian lifestyle, reflects on her Bachelor Nation journey, and spills behind-the-scenes tea from the franchise. Plus, hear about her kids’ reactions to her reality TV return and the unexpected celebrity connections she made on the show. Tune in for laughs, confessions, and Ali’s incredible story of resilience! If you’re LOVING this podcast, please follow and leave a rating and review below! PLUS, FOLLOW OUR PODCAST INSTAGRAM HERE! Thank you to our Sponsors! Check out these deals! Clarins: Go to Clarins.com/VINE and use code VINE to get the Multi-Active Day & Night Cream for 10% OFF, A FREE WELCOME GIFT, PLUS FREE SHIPPING on your first order! Progressive: Quote at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS (5:10) - Why Ali said “yes” to Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test and how she prepared for the physical and mental challenges! (22:30) - A deeply personal story behind Ali’s decision to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. (35:20) - Behind-the-scenes tea from her time as the Bachelorette and reflections on Bachelor Nation. (48:55) - Ali’s kids’ reactions to her reality TV return and the surprising celebrity connections she made on Special Forces.

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0:20.6

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0:31.5

Hey everybody. Welcome to Off the Vine. I'm your host, Caitlin Bristow, looking like a pile of shit because, well, my sweatsuit's cute, but I just got my stitches out of my eyeballs. I'm

0:36.1

wearing big glasses. My gray hairs are coming in. I'm greasy. I feel gross, but I just got my stitches out of my eyeballs. I'm wearing big glasses. My gray hairs are

0:37.9

coming in. I'm greasy. I feel gross, but nothing compares to Ali Fedatowski, aka Ali Mano now that

0:45.2

she's married and her experience on special forces where I don't even think they showered. They were

0:50.8

filming 20 hours of the day, eating fake cheese sandwiches, and pooping in outhouses that I'd never want to wish on my worst enemy.

0:59.9

So it's a very interesting conversation.

1:02.6

And of course, we talk a little bit about Bachelorette, too.

1:05.1

This is so funny that we're like getting together for a podcast when we've been talking about getting together just to hang and have a glass of wine.

1:10.0

And I'm like, we would make it work. Like, not make it work, but make it like actual work. Yeah.

1:17.0

To see each other. Because we're both like that. We're both like that. I wish it was like seven

1:22.4

o'clock at night and we were just having a glass of wine and still with mics in our hands because I feel like that would that would be good we should do that one time I'm down for that yeah I'm so down for that this is

1:31.5

exciting okay so obviously we'll talk about everything in life but you are on the upcoming season of

1:37.2

special forces which I always said no chance in hell for me really I well I, well, okay, I've never, I've watched certain episodes and seen what they go through.

1:49.9

Yeah.

1:50.2

And I'm like, you have to be one of the toughest people out there, which I think is what they're

1:54.6

trying to prove, like how tough are you, to do it.

1:57.2

But like, as soon as they show one person dropping in an ocean, I'm like, and for that

2:01.6

reason I'm out. Yeah. I don't know why that scares me. The most set of being dropped in the

2:06.5

ocean. Yeah, I don't know why that scares me. We did have life jackets on when they done this in the ocean.

2:09.5

Sure. Well, you do better. Yeah. But still, I don't know. There's just so many crazy things and we'll get into all of it because I want to know about your living conditions. I want to know how hard it was for you mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, like in

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