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the latest info in behind the scenes juice on Becca's season of The Bachelor Ed and

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

Welcome to Podcasts. Number 79, I am your host, Reality Steve. And we have an interesting

podcast for you today. This is unlike anything I've ever done. I know I've been teasing

this one for a good week when we recorded this. And I just want to fill you in on a couple

of things here that you know this is real. And you're going to, I mean, you're going to,

in this podcast, Meredith reveals for the first time a story of an alleged sexual abuse that

happened to her while she was the Bachelor Ed, which was season two. You're going to hear

this podcast that I am pretty stunned by this story. There's a lot of dead air, a lot of me

stumbling around because I really don't know what to say next. There's a lot of, Meredith

is very deliberate in the way she speaks. She's very thoughtful. I think she puts a lot of thought

into what she says. So it's a lot slower moving than past podcasts where it's just, hey,

buddy, a fire question in the answer. And it's just a great combo back and forth. This is

an excellent conversation. It just moves a lot slower. Meredith is just more meticulous in the way she

speaks. And that's fine. That's the way she is. Meredith did not reveal the name of the

alleged perpetrator in this. So there's really no way for me to confirm the details on that.

But as with any story, we're only hearing one side. I would encourage everyone to keep

it open mind until all sides of the story are told if they are that being said, I'm glad

Meredith was able to share her story. I wasn't there. I don't have any reasons to doubt her.

I don't see what she has to gain by lying to me. So with that said, I do want to also mention

that there were there is a portion of this interview about 50 seconds to a minute that had to be

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