Lovebugs in Paradise (Bachelor in Paradise Episode 9 Recap)
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The end is near! We're just a week away from the finale of Bachelor in Paradise, but first, Ashley is joined by Bob Guiney to recap this week's penultimate episode.
The contestants endure bugs, daggers in the back, and more we won't mention in the challenges this week. Spencer and Jess might be hitting the brakes, but Ashley and Bob have high hopes for Alexe and Andrew.
Plus, the cash prize is on the horizon, with the cryptic question of "love or money?"
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast with Iheart Radio. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the almost famous podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | It's me and today we've got OG Bachelor Bob breaking down the latest episode of Paradise with me. |
| 0:18.0 | Hey Bob, thank you so much for doing this while Ben is away in Italy, |
| 0:21.4 | getting some much deserved rest of this family. Yes, thank you, Ashley. I. It's exciting to see you. |
| 0:27.3 | It's so nice to see you too. So this episode, I rate it very highly. Maybe my favorite episode |
| 0:35.2 | of Paradise this season. What are you about you? I, you know, I was, |
| 0:39.4 | it was like drinking through a fire hose because there was so much going on in this episode, |
| 0:43.8 | which I was, I was kind of like of the mindset where I was like, oh my God, how much more can |
| 0:49.1 | they squeeze into this thing? And it was kind of crazy. So yeah, for me, I won't say it was one of my favorites, |
| 0:56.3 | but I will say it was definitely, there was a lot going on. And so in that regard, I found it |
| 1:02.4 | pretty interesting. I think I was really starting to root for couples. And when I say couples, |
| 1:08.3 | I really mean one. Who is your, before I reveal my favorite, who's your favorite couple right now? |
| 1:13.9 | Who do you feel is the most genuine and long term? |
| 1:15.6 | Well, God, it's tough because my favorite couple was still Keith and Kathy, which I know is not going to be. |
| 1:24.6 | I just, I love that they have like just taken on the role of being like counselor to everyone, |
| 1:30.0 | which I kind of thought might happen. |
| 1:31.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.5 | But, you know, I found myself today, for whatever reason, |
| 1:36.4 | finding the whole Spencer and, |
| 1:40.4 | and, is it Spencer and Jess? |
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