Ben Higgins on Saying ‘I Love You’ Twice & Finding Real Love

When Reality Hits with Brittany Cartwright

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week on When Reality Hits, Ben Higgins from The Bachelor opens up about his journey from cubicle life to leading one of TV’s most famous franchises. He reflects on being the first Bachelor to say “I love you” to two women, the pressures of reality TV fame, and what dating was like after the show. Ben also shares how he ultimately found his wife, became a dad, and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody and welcome back to another episode of when reality hits.
0:18.6	This week we have Ben Higgins from Season 20 of The Bachelor.
0:25.4	There's so much more than I'm going to say.
0:27.4	But hello, how are you?
0:29.3	Hi, I'm so good.
0:30.9	I'm happy to be here.
0:32.5	It's fun to chat with you.
0:34.4	Oh, my gosh.
0:35.0	I'm so excited for you to be here.
0:36.6	You are The Bachelor from Season 20.
0:38.6	You're a podcast host from the Amos famous podcast, co-owner of generous coffee and author of
0:45.2	Alone in Plain Sight. Correct? That is true. Yes, that is me. Yes. That is you. Whenever I posted
0:53.9	that you were going to be on, so many people
0:55.8	wrote in and were like, oh my God, he was one of my favorite bachelors ever.
1:00.0	That's sweet. I want to talk about the book, of course. But whenever I have guests on that
1:05.8	we're ever on reality TV, since this show was called When Reality Hits, I like to go back
1:10.5	to the beginning.
1:11.7	How did you get chosen to be The Bachelor?
1:14.7	Like, what was that process like for you?
1:17.0	Yeah.
1:17.5	You know, I love talking about The Bachelor.
1:19.9	It's one of the reasons why I can write a book and why coffee can exist in my life.
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