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Ben Higginscould have never imagined he’d become a reality TV star.
For the small-town man from Indiana, entering the famous franchise was pretty daunting, to say the least.
What he didn’t know at the time was that his whole life was about to change.
Although Higgins colleague gave him her vote of confidence, his friends assumed he’d fail miserably.
Spoiler alert it’s not all roses and champagne flutes.
A lot of them are very open-ended."
“We found out separately,” he shared.
“They told us to watch it to find out who it is.”
One thing Higgins discovered early on was that production does have some influence on how a contestant appears on-screen.
The two went on to have a four-hour-long conversation and even ended up becoming friends IRL.
“And still today, I get messages when somebody feels this way in life,” he shared.
“I got a call.
“And they called and they said, ‘Hey, we want to ask you.’
Turns out, they were definitely asking him!
And I’ll let you know,'” he confessed.
“I wanted to ask friends; I wanted to ask family their advice,” he recalled.
