The Ring (and the Gloves) are Off! (Real Housewives of Rhode Island S1 E5)
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
iHeartPodcasts
3.8 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Lauren Iaconetti struggle with feeling overprotective of Ashley in this latest episode of RHORI, and Lauren has some sisterly insight that reveals what Ashley might be secretly thinking during these tense Housewives moments!
And all hell breaks loose at the polo match when the alleged mistress takes to instagram and the women act as FBI agents searching for a missing wedding ring!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | This is the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast with Iheart Radio. |
| 0:10.4 | We are back on the almost famous podcast with another recap of the Real Housewives of Rhode Island. |
| 0:17.0 | The best time of the day. |
| 0:18.7 | Why do I get excited to break this down? |
| 0:38.3 | I mean, I get excited about a lot of things on this show. I do love doing it, and I love talking to your sister, Lauren. She is one of my favorite humans that ever exists in the world. However, there is a different excitement for me when I get to break down this show for some reason or another. Well, it's different for you. You've never watched it before. |
| 0:40.8 | And the episodes get better and better every week. And I was very pleased with this week's episode. |
| 0:43.5 | And like Ashley would be in my top five women that I like feel a protection for and a love for in this world. |
| 0:52.0 | So we've spent 10 years together. |
| 0:54.5 | So when I watch this, I don't necessarily have the behind the scenes because it wasn't |
| 0:59.5 | like she was calling me confiding in me. |
| 1:01.4 | She was talking to you and her husband. |
| 1:03.6 | So I'm watching this like blindly as a fan and a friend and somebody. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm like, okay, I know she's awesome. |
| 1:11.3 | I'm so nervous right now. |
| 1:13.1 | I know. |
| 1:13.9 | It's like a. |
| 1:14.4 | And I want the girls to see and the viewers to see that like there's more to her |
| 1:21.3 | than what she's giving right now. |
| 1:24.3 | Yeah, because like you can sense her nerves in a lot of these interactions. So I feel, |
| 1:29.2 | I feel like, come on, Ashley, come on, say more. But I know she's so nervous. And it's just because |
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