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Kelly Clarkson, a $15,000 mechanical bird and a Brooklyn hipster art shop owner: the celebrity feud we never knew we needed. This week, Gráinne and Chantal ask whether Kelly’s having her Pretty Woman moment or if this is her Ellen moment. Plus, Patreon subscribers get the latest from Halle Berry's parenting woes and we take a closer look at Selma Blair’s mile-high breakdown. Buckle up. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Gráinne and Chantal pick through the VMAs fallout, Richard E. Grant’s gloriously crap debut on The Traitors and Nigella’s glorious arrival in the Bake Off tent. Plus, Taylor Swift continues to fight misogyny with mediocrity, and Meghan touches down in the UK. Plus a special preview of our next episode with a very special returning guest. Thanks for all your parience as we try to figure out a new post baby recording schedule! We'll be back next week with our Charles Spencer Book Club and hopefully back to bi weekly content going forward on the main feed and bonus episodes here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A quick apology for the slightly chaotic schedule lately: babies and general life admin have been against us, but we’ll be back to our usual rhythm very soon. Thank you for bearing with us! This week, Gráinne and Chantal are finally reunited and naturally have several weeks’ worth of opinions to unload. Gráinne reports from the glamorous front line of new motherhood, Chantal considers a career change, and the pair prepare themselves for Earl Spencer’s latest contribution to the Diana lore. Elsewhere: celebrity babies, Dakota Johnson’s romantic choices, Practical Magic 2 gets the press-tour side-eye, and Brad Pitt’s ongoing family drama shows why he has the best PR in all of Hollywood.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Breaking news! Just when we thought Harry and Meghan had settled into their Californian era, the ex royals are heading back to Britain. Even though the baby is sound asleep next door, Grainne and Chantal have called an emergency The Way They Were summit to discuss what this means for the royal family and whether reconciliation is finally on the cards. Plus, over on Patreon: Dakota Johnson, Nicole Kidman and… Shane Richie? Three names we never expected to put in the same sentence, but here we are. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

From society weddings to headline making break-ups, Earl Charles Spencer's love life has generated almost as many column inches as the royal family itself. This week, Chantal and Gráinne are joined by the hilarious Davina Bentley to untangle the many relationships of Princess Diana's younger brother, from his marriages to his recent split from Countess Karen Gordon. From grand estates to front-page dramas, the trio explore how one of Britain's most famous families found itself back in the spotlight and ask why the romantic lives of the aristocracy continue to fascinate us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emergency episode! The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City relationship apocalypse is upon us, with Angie K and Shawn, Bronwyn and Todd, and Whitney “Wild” Rose and Justin all calling it quits. With Chantal off at a hippy festival in Sweden, Gráinne has roped in Housewives aficionado Michelle Shaughnessy to unpack the rumours, nastiness and accusations surrounding these separations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's the T? The Girls are figthing! There was a time when Nicki Minaj and Cardi B looked like they could rule rap together. Instead, they gave us one of the defining celebrity feuds of the 2010s: diss tracks, subtweets, fan wars and, eventually, a flying shoe. This week, Chantal and Gráinne trace how admiration curdled into all-out warfare, ask whether there was ever room for two queens, and wonder if there's any way Nicki Minaj can come back from her MAGA downward spiral. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, she's gone too far this time. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's nuptials allegedly involved secret locations, cryptic travel instructions, QR codes, phone bans and enough security to make a G7 summit look chill. Is this the height of modern romance, or have celebrity weddings become a little... gauche? Plus, don't miss a very special announcement... there's a new baby joining The Way They Were family. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You can't mistake their biology! This week on The Way They Were, Chantal and Gráinne are joined by Ben Anderson and Frazer York from Ur Welcome America to unpack the on-again, off-again romance between Girls Aloud icon Nadine Coyle and Desperate Housewives HUNK Jesse Metcalfe. Expect noughties nostalgia, Hollywood gossip, plenty of false starts, and a relationship that proved love isn't always Something Kinda Ooooh. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before reality TV power couples and Instagram fitness influencers, there was Chyna & Triple H. She was the trailblazing superstar smashing wrestling's glass ceiling. He was the ambitious future champion climbing to the top of WWE. Together they helped define wrestling in the 90s until their love affair became suprise triple threat. Gráinne and Chantal are joined by iconic comedy writer James Farmer (SNL UK) to revisit one of wrestling's most infamous break-ups and why, despite changing the industry forever, Chyna never got the ending she deserved. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Emergency episode! Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have split, and Gráinne and Chantal are diving headfirst into the Wickedly juicy chaos. Is Ariana trapped in a cycle of whirlwind romances and reinventions? How did Ethan Slater go from respected theatre actor to the internet’s most unwilling main character? And can Arianna ever recover from the reputation her most recent relationship has saddled her with? To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In 2015, Bad Blood turned a rumoured fallout between two pop princesses into the biggest cold war of the 2010s, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry became locked in a feud fuelled by stolen dancers, subtweets, stan armies and forensic lyric analysis. This week on The Way They Were, Gráinne and Chantal revisit the glittery, petty, weirdly addictive feud that defined pop’s Tumblr era and ask: was any of it ever really about the dancers? To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Gráinne Maguire returns from SNL UK as we slip into the fallout between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall. On Sex and the City, Carrie and Samantha felt unbreakable. Off-screen? Pay disputes, mean girl accusations and contract disputes. We look at one of the most high profile hollywood feuds in a special platonic edition of The Way They Were! To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gráinne is back for a very special edition of The Way They Are book club, diving into Famesick by Lena Dunham. A memoir that reads less like a victory lap and more like a slow, uneasy unravelling, it takes in blind-item anecdotes, her breakup with Jack Antonoff, and behind-the-scenes drama with her on-screen love interest Adam Driver. Chantal and Gráinne dig into the unreliable but captivating narration of one of the most fascinating celebrities of the modern era. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this special episode, Chantal and guest Michelle Shaughnessy zoom in on the glossy excess of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and size up the franchise’s newest arrival, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island! Plus over on the Patreon we get into the Summer House drama, Jen Shah's post prison interview and Carole Radziwill's problematic relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell. To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠ You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in The Gossip our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.