You are listening to the Reality Steve podcast. With your host, Reality Steve, he's got

all the latest info and behind the scenes juice on Ari's upcoming season of the Bachelor

and interviewing some of your favorite reality stars. Now, here's Reality Steve.

What's up everyone? Welcome to the Reality Steve podcast number 46 on your host, Reality Steve.

Thank you for all tuning in. I appreciate it. And for listening for the last, oh gosh,

almost seven, eight months now since we've started this up. If you could rate, subscribe,

and review in Apple podcasts, I would really appreciate it. That would certainly help

the podcast. But let's get started this week with our guest. She is probably one of the

more polarizing figures in recent seasons of this franchise. You have, you first saw her

on Ben's season of the Bachelor. Then you saw her on Bachelor in Paradise season three.

And then this past season four, she has had quite a few public relationships in this franchise.

We are going to discuss all of it with Miss Amanda. Stan Amanda, how are you? Hey, I'm

good. How are you? I'm good. Obviously, there's a shit ton to talk to you about in your life

and everything that's happened to you in the last couple of years. But let's go all the

way back to Ben's season, even before Ben's season in terms of were you a fan of this franchise

before you went on Ben's season or applied or were you one of those that was kind of randomly

nominated by a friend and then the show contacted you and you decided, oh, this will be fun.

I'll do it. Yeah. So I mean, I had obviously watched the show before, but I wasn't a huge

fan. I was one of those people I'd kind of watch. I loved watching the limos and then

I'd watch the finale's, but I wasn't someone that watched every episode. But no, my mom

actually nominated me and I had no idea. And I started getting calls from the casting directors.

And I thought it was a joke. I thought someone was playing a prank on me. So I messaged

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