The Viall Files
E922 - The Valley w/ Alex Baskin, Mormon Wives Preview, Golden Bach Reveal, Paradise & Making Reality TV
Thu, 24 Apr 2025
Welcome back to The Viall Files: Reality Recap! Happy Thursday! Get ready for an all access BTS into the Valley with Executive Producer Alex Baskin. What really happened between Brittany and Jax? How do producers go about handling sensitive and dark storylines? All this, and more are answered! Plus, Nick and Natalie spill the tea on Hulu’s Get Real event, we get back into Mormon Wives mode, discuss George Clooney’s new hair and lack of fighting with Amal, and more! Make sure to tune in! “We’re attracted to originals.” Subscribe to The ENVY Media Newsletter Today: https://www.viallfiles.com/newsletter OUT NOW! Listen to Humble Brag with Cynthia Bailey and Crystal Kung Minkoff. Available wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@humblebragpod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humble-brag-with-crystal-and-cynthia/id1774286896 Start your 7 Day Free Trial of Viall Files + here: https://viallfiles.supportingcast.fm/ Please make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode and as always send in your relationship questions to [email protected] to be a part of our Monday episodes. Follow us on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheViallFiles Listen To Disrespectfully now! Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disrespectfully/id1516710301 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0J6DW1KeDX6SpoVEuQpl7z?si=c35995a56b8d4038 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCh8MqSsiGkfJcWhkan0D0w To Order Nick’s Book Go To: http://www.viallfiles.com If you would like to get some texting advice on Office Hours send an email to [email protected] with “Texting Office Hours” in the subject line! To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/theviallfiles THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Sundays For Dogs - Get 40% off your first order of Sundays. Go to https://sundaysfordogs.com/viall or use code VIALL at checkout. Beekeeper’s Natural - Today, Beekeeper’s Naturals is offering you an exclusive offer. Go to https://beekeepersnaturals.com/viall or enter code VIALL to get 20% off your order. Or enter code VIALL. Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:26) - Hulu Get Real (05:15) - Household Headlines (12:24) - Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Trailer (19:00) - Bachelor In Paradise News (21:48) - The Valley Initial Thoughts (28:29) - Alex Baskin Joins (29:37) - RHOBH (36:32) - Denise Richards and Her Wild Things (38:36) - Vanderpump Revamp (39:29) - Ally Lewber (47:02) - Scandoval (49:33) - The Valley with Alex (01:00:52) - RHOC (01:01:56) - Producing BTS Questions (01:10:38) - The Valley Final Notes (01:18:32) - Chipotle (01:20:35) - Meredith (01:23:54) - Exchanging Photos (01:24:34) - The Yacht (01:25:58) - Outro Episode Socials: @viallfiles @nickviall @nnataliejjoy @thealexbaskin @ciaracrobinson @justinkaphillips @the_mare_bare @leahgsilberstein @dereklanerussell
Chapter 1: What happened at Hulu's Get Real event?
what's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the vile files reality recap edition i am your host nick and boy do we have an incredible exciting episode for you today we went yesterday to hulu's big like showcase like i don't know if i had like an official get real get like it's like get real you know play on like
Was it all reality television shows?
Yeah, it was like Hulu announcing like the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives trailer just dropped yesterday. Khloe Kardashian has a new show that they are producing.
Robert Irwin as like the first contestant of the new Dancing with the Stars. There's a lot of like announcements in the Hulu world.
The Golden Bachelor. The new Golden Bachelor was announced. He's a newbie. He's a normie.
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Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on The Golden Bachelor?
Did they give you any info, any background on this man?
Yeah, yes. He is a former Los Angeles Rams football player. Oh.
Still resides in L.A., so any women who might live in Fort Lauderdale or something might want to bounce on over to L.A. It's a fun place to go.
Okay, drag Fort Lauderdale.
The inside tea for the Golden Bachelor is like, yeah, there is an extra effort, and I think part of the consideration of picking this new Golden Bachelor, what's his name? Mel. Mel? What's his last name?
Owens Robbins Mel Owens literally Mel Owens is that him residing in like a major city was a plus for them it's just like they're always hoping that they can introduce someone to someone and love happens and like it's just maybe more likely that someone might relocate to a city like Los Angeles than like the middle of Indiana no offense to Indiana beautiful state beautiful state like I'm from Wisconsin you know like maybe they don't want to move to Fond du Lac for love
You don't even know where that is.
But it's like Joan and Choc got their apartment in New York City. So it's like, yeah, I think having a golden bachelor who resides in LA will definitely be a lot easier to have a connection that lasts.
We showed up a little late to the event. We brought River.
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Chapter 3: How do reality producers handle sensitive storylines?
I was going to say, this is starting off.
I am listening. And he looked at me and he was just like, hey, man, I just want to tell you that whatever is going on in your role, and I don't know who's telling you what, but you don't have to get married.
And thank God for that.
And it was just coming from a very sincere place of like, hey, I just want to make sure that you're not caught up in this whole Hollywood thing or producers are insisting you need to follow through with this. At that point, I... At that point, I kind of knew where our relationship wasn't going and was going.
But it just felt like he was giving me real human advice and he cared about me as a person. And like he's the only person who at his level who has ever done that. And I hope I get a chance to have him on the show and tell him that story. I really like him. It meant a lot. He's he gave me his email once when I came on the show.
He also a few times I emailed him.
He always responded.
he also loves, uh, or loved cause it's no longer my rations, the place, my sister and her, uh, fiance, the restaurant. He like, he like went there all the time and loved it.
It was always just a very personable human, like on a human level. Um, and just very generous with his time and, and, And I always appreciated that about Jimmy Kimmel.
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Chapter 4: What did Alex Baskin reveal about The Valley?
Chapter 5: What is the scoop on the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
But it's like Joan and Choc got their apartment in New York City. So it's like, yeah, I think having a golden bachelor who resides in LA will definitely be a lot easier to have a connection that lasts.
We showed up a little late to the event. We brought River.
You brought River?
We did. How was River's first event? What was her first event? Oh, excuse me. Did you feel like, are we bad parents? I felt like the Coachella mom. Yeah. Was River the only one under?
Oh, she's definitely the only baby. But to me, it was like, we're showing everyone that you can like have a life and like bring your children. Like children don't stop you from living your life. Like they join your life. And that's what she did. They were passing out French fries and she was holding her little French fries, eating her French fries.
Oh my God.
She was walking around, like kind of going up to people. She was living her best life. We were not bad.
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Chapter 6: What are the latest Bachelor in Paradise updates?
We had to walk through some loud rooms. But other than that, like, she's just like the only baby there. I was like, I was worried that people were judging us. And then Jimmy Kimmel showed up.
Oh, hello, Jimmy.
He is the host of Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, which is like part of the Hulu Disney family. Said hi to Jimmy. He did. He did. He recognized me, which was, you know.
You're like, hey, old bud. Hey, old bud.
Got to meet Natalie. He met River.
River stuck her finger in his nose.
She said, this is for all those kids you stole that candy from. He's great. You know, Jimmy, I think I've said this before, but like Jimmy Kimmel, when I was a bachelor, you know, you get obviously very cool opportunities. You get to do all these interviews. Ellen, watch what happens live. Jimmy Kimmel, things like that. I got to do some other daytime shows.
And everyone was very nice, even Ellen, to me. But Jimmy Kimmel, I got to meet a few times. And when I got to meet him, he was the only host that really took the time to try to give me advice. So I had to do these promos. I came in, and me and Jimmy are filming these promos they would do with various bachelors. And when we got done, he's like, all right, Nick, come here. And he took my mic off.
He took his mic off. He brought me into this closet, this little tiny room.
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Chapter 7: What insights did Nick share about Jimmy Kimmel?
Justin watches it all the time.
I'm just kind of obsessed with it.
She's shameless and I appreciate it.
She's so shameless. She's just able to keep coming back. She does not care. The way that I would not be able to handle a whole group of women being mad at me
She's a consummate professional.
And then she just makes a TikTok like... Dancing.
Uh-huh. No, these are special women. These are special women.
Yeah. Before we move on from Hulu land, can we talk about how Hannah Brown is joining Bachelor in Paradise?
Yes.
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Chapter 8: How do reality TV stars manage their relationships?
And like, like, are you watching it like this, like like us being like, oh, well, it was so funny.
So Kyle sent me that video right as it as it happened. And I wrote back to her, give that lady a diamond. But yeah, no, that happens all the time. But but you kind of accept at this point that you're just not going to be able to catch everything.
We used to feel that way about Vanderpump because there was so much turmoil in that group that like the minute that you put down cameras, you were missing story. But what are you going to do?
That had to have been like frustrating for so long. And then at some point you're like, God, I just got to give it up. Yeah.
You just submit yourself to it. It's like at that point we're doing 20 episodes.
Do you guys ever have conversations? For example, Love Island is a show that is essentially almost live. The turnaround is insane. The way technology is going, AI, the world's just more fast-paced. News is old. It's so fast.
Do you ever see a world where, you know, production companies like yours, Bravo in general, it's more like Truman Show in real time, like docuseries and getting content out there? Is that something like you wish the technology was available to you? Or are you almost like, like, like we're too much is changing too fast?
It's a great question. I think that a sort of faster intake would be great in certain circumstances. Obviously, the Kardashians did it because, you know, the previous iteration of their show felt like old news when you were watching it because you would already consume the story. And they're just so out there in the public and they're being covered constantly. Totally.
So I think it's a little bit different when the stories aren't already out there. But I do think that sometimes I think we could increase our metabolism. And look, for me, that would mean fewer notes. So I'm I'm OK with that. All right.
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