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The podcast where every celebrity split is the one that got away. Each week comedians Grainne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate take a deep dive into a celebrity breakup, chosen by a special guest, that still lingers in their hearts and minds. We scour interviews, over-analyse iconic pictures and search for meaning in post-breakup media statements. Celeb gossip hounds will feel right at home, but really anyone who's experienced a breakup can appreciate hearing how the rich and famous take heartbreak to a whole new level. They might uncouple ‘amicably with love and respect for one another’ - but we never get over these lost loves! Join us every Friday for a new episode.
W!ZARD Studios hosts The Way They Were, a comedy show with 166 episodes published.
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 champio
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
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, subt
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-scree
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 unravel
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 Housewiv
Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter looked like one of those modern celebrity pairings that somehow made sense: the brooding Irish actor and the pop star with the sharpest tongue on the charts. Two pint-sized superstars
Love might not cost a thing, but this one came with a lot of receipts. When Jennifer Lopez (back once again!) fell for Sean Combs in 1999, it felt like pop had engineered its own super-couple. She was shimmering on the b
The original short king meets the ultimate revolutionary party girl and sparks one of history’s most chaotic love stories. Napoleon, the obsessive letter-writer who conquered Europe but couldn’t quite conquer matters of
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were never just a couple they were a full-blown cultural event. From Paris Fashion Week to reality TV, Instagram meltdowns and frequent attempts to break the internet, their relationship blu
The Beckham family feud feels less like a falling out and more like a prestige drama about what happens when you are born into a brand. This week on The Way They Were: Gossip Edition , Gráinne and Chantal dive into
Tiger Woods sold perfection: serene, disciplined, surgically controlled. Golf’s ultimate good boy, engineered from childhood to never miss a shot. Off the course? A very different game was being played. On The Way
It’s the first episode of the year and The Way They Were is back with a special GOSSIP edition . Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate get stuck into the delicious weirdness of celebrity mum friends
This week on The Way They Were , we’re unlocking one of our most popular Patreon episodes of the year and sharing it on the free feed. We’re doing something a little different today. Chantal swaps her m
This week on The Way They Were , Gráinne and Chantal hang the tinsel, spike the mulled wine, and take a sleigh ride through Christmas past, present and future via Crimbo movies. From Judy Garland’s golden-age yearning, t
This week on The Way They Were , we do the unthinkable: we go back to Love Actually . Gráinne and Chantal rank the couples from least offensive to “maybe we should call the police”, asking the big questions R
Back in the early 2010s, few celebrity romances burned brighter (or faster) than Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom . She was the breakout star of reality TV’s royal family; he was the NBA hero. One month in, they were marr
Effie Gray and John Ruskin looked like the perfect Victorian power couple: she, bright and brilliant; he, the era’s leading art critic. But behind the portraits was one of history’s strangest age-gap marriages. Unconsumm
Now this is a right royal mess. Before it all went spectacularly wrong. Before Epstein, before the exile, before the Palace decided Prince Andrew should probably just be Andrew: there was “Randy Andy” and Fergie. The che
This week on The Way They Were , we’re catching up on all the heartbreak, hair dye, and high drama of the celebrity world. Lily Allen ’s West End Girl has landed, a sharp, funny, furious record that lays her split from D
Taylor Swift
2 appearances on this show
Katy Perry
2 appearances on this show
Sarah Jessica Parker
1 appearance on this show
Kim Cattrall
1 appearance on this show
Barry Keoghan
actor
1 appearance on this show
Sabrina Carpenter
musician
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Lopez
launching facial-level body care · JLo Beauty
3 appearances on this show
Esther Manito
1 appearance on this show
Rosalie Minnitt
Award-winning comedy performer
1 appearance on this show
Kanye West
Head Of Product · Adidas
2 appearances on this show
Kim Kardashian
EP · SKIMS
1 appearance on this show
Stuart McPherson
Lakeland Church
1 appearance on this show
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The Way They Were is hosted by W!ZARD Studios. The show is categorised under comedy (interviews) and has published 166 episodes.
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