The Way They Were

STOP THE PRESS! Another celebrity breakup has rocked our world, so Gráinne and Chantal dropped everything to bring you this emergency episode on a Sunday morning. Karmas a bitch, and she's with us right now as we dive into the end of the relationship between 'gay pop princess' Jojo Siwa and influencer Kath Ebbs. We cover all the ins and outs that led up to our star-crossed lovers publicly announcing their split after four months. Plus, we dig into Jojo's experience and personal growth in the Celeb Big Brother house — and her unlikely friendship with Chris Hughes. So if a 14-minute TikTok wasn't enough to satisfy your curiosity about this breakup, this emergency ep is here for YOU! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Put on your best powdered wig, pour a generous brandy, and brace yourself for scandal as we revisit one of history's messiest royal romances: the unholy matrimony of King George IV and Caroline of Brunswick. It's a love story makes Charles and Diana look dull. Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate welcome special guest Nikki Druce, the undisputed queen of macabre history podcasts, to spill the gory details. From odious first impressions to the most embarrassing coronation crash you don't want to miss this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Light a pungent candle, get yourself comfortable perched on a jade egg, and prepare to consciously uncouple as The Way They Were dives into the iconic noughties love story of Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin. Just remember, nobody said it was easy... Hosts Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate welcome BBC Radio 1's early-morning queen Alice Hopkins to explore this revolutionary pair. From the most iconic child name in celebrity history to the ultimate euphemism for a breakup, this duo rewrote the rulebook for celebrity couples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They thought that love could keep them together, but not even a Captain could weather this romantic storm. So pour yourself a piña colada, weigh anchor, and yacht rock into the night for the spectacular 100th episode of The Way They Were! Our very own centurions, Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate, are joined by comedy power couple Paul F. Tompkins and Janie Haddad Tompkins to explore the heartbreaking love story of Captain & Tennille. So grab your elastic bands, slap on your skipper's cap, and answer the question: will you do it with us one more time? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pour yourself a gin, pop on your pearls, and dust off your stiff upper lip as hosts Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate peer behind the velvet curtains of royal heartbreak in this special episode of The Way They Were. Joining them for a jolly good gossip is comedian, author, and undisputed queen of feminist history books, Eleanor Morton. Together, they'll dissect the delightfully doomed romance between the original royal rebel, Princess Margaret, and the roguishly charming Lord Snowdon. Expect scandalous insights into swinging sixties soirées, a sassy photographer called Cecil and the worst love notes of all time. Buckle up, dear listeners; it's a right royal affair! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crack open a tin of M&S cocktails and hop aboard the love train, because this week we're diving into a political pairing that's had more ups and downs than the Spring statement. Yes, it's the low-key, long-rumoured, and quietly history-making relationship between Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott. Joining Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate to unpack it all is journalist and political power house Jonn Elledge. From motorbike rides and graveyard dates to depressing Christmas dinners, these political trailblazers broke boundaries but their story of heartbreak is one for the ages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're getting into a real Rocky romance—the kind with muscles, shoulder pads, and more drama than the entire Rambo franchise. Yes, it's the short, wild, and gloriously roided-up love affair between Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielsen. Helping Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate make sense of it all is the effortlessly glamorous comedian Michelle Shaughnessy—a woman with a deep love for the '80s and a not-so-secret crush on Sly. From secret love notes to interfering mums, we've got it all—so grab your protein shake and your peroxide as we look back at one of the decade's most iconic (and chaotic) love stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey baby, can you hear the blues a-callin'? It's time to toss some salad and scramble some eggs. And this week, we're serving up a full plate. This week, British comedy power couple Glenn Moore and Katie Storie join Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate to psychoanalyse one of TV's most cerebral couples: Lilith Sternin & Frasier Crane. Their romance spanned three sitcoms and four decades. From their barbed exchanges in Cheers to their sensual years in Frasier, and we promise we aren't going to talk about that reboot. We're charting the highs, the lows, and the perfectly enunciated heartbreak. So, pour yourself a sherry, don your finest opera attire, and prepare for a love story as intellectual as it was doomed. Join us as we remember the way they were! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love is in the air—or should we say Je t'aime… moi non plus? Comedian Milo Edwards joins Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate for a deep dive into France's most effortlessly cool couple: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. A whirlwind romance of cigarette smoke, black paint, and an unfortunate incident with a ruler, their love defined an era—though, like a well-worn Birkin bag, it didn't stay pristine forever. This week, it's the most French episode of the podcast so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're so back, baby! Comedian Liz Guterbock needs to talk to somebody about the breakup of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills royalty Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky. Luckily, Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate had microphones set up and ready for the occasion. Theirs was a love story straight out of reality TV legend, but as we know on this podcast, all that glitters is not gold. This week, we're going to mention it all: the magazines, the teeth, the dinner party from hell, and of course Morgan Wade. So, what really made Mo say, "Goodbye Kyle"? Don't worry—Gráinne and Chantal have all the answers… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus episode! To get you excited for the new season of The Way They Were, Gráinne and Chantal have teamed up with journalist Miranda Sawyer to delve into the dazzling world of award shows in a very special crossover with Paper Cuts. Chantal shares her red carpet dos and don'ts while Gráinne discusses her mission to watch every Oscar-nominated film. Plus, get ready for the hottest awards show of 2025: The Breakies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the final instalment (for now) of this off shoot series of the main show, Grainne and Chantal get to the heart of why love and politics DO mix... at least in the case of Bill and Hilary Clinton, a power couple in just about every sense of the word, despite a few ummmm challenges that is. See you next week for The Way They Were Christmas special, maybe it's time to look at the lasting love of Mr and Mrs Klaus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's instalment of The Way They ARE, we are ALL amused at the right royal romance that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as it's often held aloft as the quintessential fairy tale love story.. but perhaps other motives were at work behind the scenes, and that one of the party weren't quite as on board with it as legend suggests? This ep is an eyeopener in more ways than one...believe me.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our next instalment of our mini-series, The Way They Are, Chantal and Grainne explore the tempestuous - and ultimately tragic - love story of JFK Junior and Carolyn Bessette, which was as overtly passionate, as it was stylish. As we know the lives of this beautiful young couple were cut way too short, so our hosts imagine what this romance could have been if it was allowed to run its full course.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chantal is back in the chair for this episode of The Way They ARE - and what JOY she is spreading, as she presents to us the elusive, but very much celebrated and newish love that appears to have formed between two of showbiz's most loved stars ... Meryl Streep and Martin Short! Grainne nearly jumped out of her seat when the realisation hit that we would be revelling in this most well deserved happy endings, the likes of which most movies could only dream of!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second outing of the little cousin of The Way They Were - aka, The Way They ARE - it's Grainne's turn to present us with a couple, who despite all odds, managed to keep their wedding vows. And in this case 'till death do us part' was probably the promise that saved them from the scandal of the divorce courts. And in Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd's day, it was probably easier to suck it up and hope they didn't have to stay wed in the afterlife!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Grainne and Chantal prepare another glittering series of The Way They Were, they have decided to keep the wolf from the door and bring us a mini series of episodes they've been dying to make ... welcome to The Way They ARE!  Over the next few weeks we'll be dipping into the romantic lives of couples who are achieving what most showbiz bods can only dream of .. a successful union, despite the celebrity pressures.  And to launch us into the stratosphere, Chantal is DYING to talk to us about the couple goals of Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, it HAPPENED! As promised, Grainne and Chantal did what most of us can only dream of and enticed 'The One and Only' Mr Chesney Hawkes into a room so he could tell us which couple he hasn't gotten over breaking up; and what a wild ride the escapades of Sam Malone and Diane Chambers' romance was.... almost worthy of a storyline from a 1980s sitcom*. Not only will you hear Chesney talk about his own romantic endeavours, but you'll also get to listen to some of the most dramatic - and electric - reenactments we've ever had on the show. Thank you to everyone who made it down to see this, no doubt you're still reliving the incredible performances Chesney did of his new track 'Get A Hold of Yourself' and THAT song from the 1990s, but for those of you who couldn't join us, this episode is a gift for you to enjoy...*CHEERS! Keep watching The Way You Were feed, as although this season is drawing to a close, Grainne and Chantal have some VERY exciting special episodes dropping every Friday from next week - 01/11/24.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is iconic in just about every way, there's the guest, comedian, drama queen and all-round deity, Dominick Pupa, and there's the couple he picked for us... and it's happened, as this week we get to delve into the world of the patron saint of the show and her erstwhile husband - It's Sonny and Cher! For a while they got each other babe, but ultimately, they had to deal with life after love when things fell apart.  It's a belter of a way to end this current series, but fear not, you'll be hearing more from Grainne and Chantal before the year is out, as there are exciting plans in the works... For now, though, get your ticket to see them LIVE at the Bedford Arms in London on October 19th  at this year's Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, with our VERY special guest, Chesney Hawks!! Details and ticket link below... AND don't forget you can see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024, where our very special guest happens to be The One and Only, CHESNEY HAWKS! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These are unprecedented times and so sometimes unprecedented things happen - not least in the world of podcasting, so please bear with us, while we work through a technical glitch with this week's episode, which will now drop this Sunday. Good things come to those who wait - and nothing is as good as this week's episode with Dominick Pupa, which will be in your ears in only a couple of days!  AND don't forget you can see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024, where our very special guest happens to be The One and Only, CHESNEY HAWKS! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This hasn't been the One and Only announcement of the current season of The Way They Were, but it's by far the biggest, as we can now FINALLY spill the beans as to the identity of our very special guest at our next live show at The Cheerful Earful Podcast festival on Saturday 19th October at 5pm, at The Bedford Arms in Balham London....  We can now tell you that Grainne and Chantal will be joined on stage by the legendary Chesney Hawks for this very special live episode - AND THAT'S NOT ALL, as he's also going to give us a special, intimate performance of his new single too! Grab your tickets while you still can!  Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode of The Way They Were is a screwball of delight, as writer Mark O'Donovan shares with us his passion for the one of the biggest showbiz couples the US has ever known, who still hold legendary status in pop culture, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz! What on earth would an evening out with this toxic twosome hold? Have a listen and find out.... AND don't forget you can see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024, where our very special guest happens to be The One and Only, CHESNEY HAWKS! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's finally arrived! Comedian Heidi Regan has given us all permission to wallow in the lost love of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and once again lament the fact that no one but Rachel will be kissed they way Ryan kissed her at the VMAs... but unless it's Ryan doin the kissing, what's the point? Theirs was a love straight out of a Hollywood film, going from hate to love - and in any good romcom, the director would have yelled 'cut' straight after that VMAs kiss and let them walk off into the sunset, but alas, they were in charge of their own destinies and theirs wasn't the fairytale ending of our dreams. So, what ultimately went wrong? Well Grainne and Chantal have all the answers... Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! And a VERY special announcement as to who the guest will be is imminent, so stay tuned! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode of TWTW is a 'voyage' into the swinging world of knitted sequin hats, platform silver boots and Eurovision.Yes, cabaret star Luke Merideth, really does a great job in knowing me, knowing you, and decided it was high time we took a deep dive into the torrid love story behind the stars of ABBA! But, as we didn't have three hours to record, this time we focus on what went on between the one half which contained Agnetha and Bjorn. Did the winner take it all when this romance ultimately failed, or were our erstwhile couple glad that the other took a chance on love?  As always Grainne and Chantal are ready to divulge the details and lay all the love on us, so here we go... Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! And a VERY special announcement as to who the guest will be is imminent, so stay tuned! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas has come early for Chantal, as we take a deep dive into the very couple she wanted more than ANYTHING to explore, and thanks to her her apparent soul mate, comedian and podcaster Zack Signore, she's able to rip the wrapping off the whirlwind 'romance' that was Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's more than vile (geddit?) union.  Even ardent team Jen's listening to this will be running over to the dark side to embrace this match made in the underworld - the campaign for them to rekindle this epic love story starts now!   Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! And a VERY special announcement as to who the guest will be is imminent, so stay tuned! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's offering of The Way They Were will have anyone with even a passing interest in the escapades of The G.C and Arg absolutely delighted, because thanks to comedian and podcaster, James Barr, that's the only way we're going with this ep! Yes, the Burton and Taylor of reality TV started their wild romance in the year of 2012, the Mayans were right to end their calendar then, as the next 10 years was truly the age of Essex.  As always, Grainne has spent days in the archives in order to dig out the real story of this off and on again saga, allowing us to feel like we were at their first kiss thanks to dramatisations by Chantal and James.  AND, James comes up with possibly the best love match for patron saint Cher we've had yet.. Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, we see that young love can be just as heartbreaking and nuanced as any adult relationship - especially if the people concerned have stayed at the age of eight for 35years... which is exactly the state of play for Lisa Simpson and her bad boy love interest Nelson Muntz.  Yes, that right, we're going all the way back to the golden year of 1996, when our saxophone playing precocious genius, Lisa had her head turned by the local tearaway, Nelson, and for that we have writer, comedian and internet sensation, Benedict Townsend to thank! Haaahaa! According to the 'The Simpsons' Lisa and Nelson were never meant to be, but what happens to our star-crossed lovers beyond Springfield? Is there more than meets the eye to this story? Perhaps so, and there are dramatisations aplenty in this ep to illustrate what really happened in this sweet tale of first crushes...  Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

STOP ALL THE CLOCKS... CUT OFF THE PHONE... STOP THE DOG FROM BARKING WITH A JUICY BONE...  The day has finally arrived when the bell has tolled on Bennifer 2:0.  As you can imagine, the WhatsApp group sprang into action to bring you the SECOND emergency episode this week, as Grainne and Chantal invite Viv Groskop back on the show to once again pick over the carcass of this failed A-Lister love. Are JLo and Bennifer Affleck the Burton and Taylor of our times? The jury's out on that one, but have a listen to this episode for some comfort that everything happens for a reason.  Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

STOP THE PRESS! Another celebrity break-up has rocked our world, so Grainne and Chantal dropped everything to bring us this emergency episode, discussing what happened to make Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury finally call it quits.  We hear all the ins and outs that lead up to our star-crossed lovers publicly announcing their split, and we get the answers to all the burning questions including, who owns the house? What's the deal with the engagement ring? And who in their right mind would call their kid 'Bambi'? If you need more than pics of Tommy looking sad in a forest, then this emergency ep is here for YOU!  Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of TWTW, we are transported back to the first decade of the new millennium, when the IT girl of the era hitched her wagon to the frontman de jour, and we were gifted with Alexa Chung and Alex Turner stepping out at Glasto and gracing the gossip pages.  Comedian Amy Matthews is to thank for finally allowing us a good old dissecting of this much lamented king and queen of indie culture, so get your ballet pumps and skinny jeans on, and we'll see you down at Bungalow 8.  Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of The Way They Were is far from immaterial, as we take a holiday, with none other than Madonna and Sean Penn! Yes, thanks to author Justin Myers it's 1986 again, and the hottest man in movies just so happens to hook up with overnight mega star, Madonna .... and as you can imagine, everything went really well, with zero dramas... NOT! Seriously. stap in guys, cos Andy Warhol's got something to say about attending the Ciccone, Penn nuptials... Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've been wondering just when your hot girl summer will begin, well it starts NOW, as Grainne and Chantal are back with a brand new series of The Way They Were.  Kicking things off, we have the wonderful author, Caroline O' Donoghe who allows us all to bathe in the hot mess of the mid 2010s when our couple got hitched, right the way to the Covid fever dream that was John Mulaney and Annamarie Tendler's split. It's also worth exploring events that occurred in the aftermath of this twisty and turny saga, as there's also a VERY recent update to proceedings!  Come and see TWTW LIVE at this year's Cheerful Earful festival in London on October 19th 2024! Full info and tickets can be found HERE! See you there XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're so excited to announce that Grainne and Chantal are back with another live podcast recording on October 19th in London as part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival. Tickets are on sale now so get it in your diary! No excuses! Spend your Saturday afternoon with us at the beautiful Bedford Pub in Balham. Stay tuned to hear who our special guest will be... Secure your tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

STOP THE PRESS! The Way They Were bring you an emergency episode following the demise of one of daytime TV's greatest love stories.  Where were you on Saturday 25th May 2024, when Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford announced they are divorcing? Well, Grainne and Chantal were all over the Whatsapp group in the aftermath of this devastating news and saw no other choice than to break their summer hiatus and get back on the mic to share their thoughts and insights of this shocking revelation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To mark the end of this epic season of The Way They Were, Grainne and Chantal once again took to the stage to entertain the masses and bring a long lost love story back to life, helping them with this task is comedian and all round good egg, Rachel Paris! But 'who is the couple that will see out the current series?' I hear you all scream... perhaps an icon of pop and their Hollywood A-lister lover? Maybe someone from the royal dynasty... or does it involve someone who was *in* Dynasty?.... no no, keep reaching for the stars, as we take a walk down the cobbles and pop in the Rover's Return for a natter about the actual soap opera that was the love story of Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rasheed - by eck it's a good un'.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the team welcomes a guest from across the pond, as writer, comedian and podcaster Chelsea Devantez ignores the time difference to bring us a couple who are the epitome of late 80s glamour and glitz - plus a firm favourite of Chantal's - it's Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson!  On paper this couple had everything, but behind the scenes it was a different story with some rather dark moments to boot. But what would a night out with this pair be like and was that famous moustache a third wheel in this doomed love story?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Grainne and Chantal show their cultured sides, as they rub shoulders with the literati, courtesy of this week's guest, the very highbrow comedian, Jen Brister! Not only do we get to imagine what a night on the town in the roaring twenties with Virgina Woolf and Vita Sackville-West might look like, but we are also treated to some excellent dramatisations of what went down with some award-winning performances by guest Jen and our very own Chantal ... and SCENE!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is a fever dream for everyone involved, as not only is one-half of this week's couple an actual friend of the show and past guest, but it's perhaps one of the most notorious celebrity romances to have emerged from reality TV.  Yes, it's true to say that this week's guest, writer Emer McLysaght played an absolute blinder when she brought the very public saga of Samuel Preston and Chantelle Houghton to the table for us to gorge on. And it would appear the show has now eaten itself, as Grainne was able to use the very episode Samuel appeared on as part of her investigation as to what on earth could have possibly gone wrong with this couple, who met surrounded by TV cameras on Big Brother, while one half of them was in a relationship... madness it didn't work out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode welcomes a Hollywood couple split for the ages! Presenter and actor Scott McGlynn joins us to talk about Anna Farris and Chris Pratt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Although it's very common to see May to December romances in Tinsel Town, today's showbiz couple raised eyebrows in the gossip pages, when an older woman dared to court a man below her age bracket - but the world was a different place when Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were stepping out, and now women have no prejudice against them for age, or looks and equal pay, so PHEW! The guest we have to thank for this EPIC tale of toxicity is the fantastic comedian, Olga Koch. As you can imagine, Grainne's deep dive unearths some jaw-dropping details and Chantel was cock-a-hoop at being able to get her teeth into it all.  But which party can be declared winner in this celebrity bun fight? Have a listen to find out... Come and see Chantal and Grainne LIVE, with fantastic guest Rachel Parris at The Museum of Comedy, London on April 3rd 2024 - full info and tickets can be found here - Museum of Comedy - What's On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, we say 'Hello Dolly' to 'Funny Girl' Sooz Kempner, who brings us epic proportions of Hollywood heartbreak, courtesy of a couple who probably STILL lament, 'The Way We Were' even after several decades apart. Grainne and Chantal would cross 11,12 or even 13 Oceans to find out what a night was like on the town with Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould, no doubt it would be a bit of a 'Mash', but everyone would stay the best of 'Friends'.... Oh, and one of our star-crossed lovers bought the bother a pig for an opening night gift, so there's that too.  Come and see Chantal and Grainne LIVE, with fantastic guest Rachel Parris at The Museum of Comedy, London on April 3rd 2024 - full info and tickets can be found here - Museum of Comedy - What's On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're breaking down the fourth wall and digging into the weeds of the wild relationship between the OG Newlyweds, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey! Thanks to our incredible guest, podcaster Yolanda Copes-Stepney, we get the chance to relive truly iconic reality TV moments and remember the magic of the noughties... the cream turtle necks, spicy email correspondence and THAT conversation about tuna. So what could possibly get in between these two young, good-looking lovebirds? Money? God? A Wonderbra? You'll have to listen to find out. Join Grainne and Chantal at their next live show at The Museum of Comedy in London on April 3rd, with special guest Rachel Parris - The Way They Were (ticketsolve.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's ep brings us the final 'Word' on what happens when geeks fall in - and out - of love, as we find out why the king and queen of Silicon Valley's feelings towards each other ultimately went micro-soft.  Yes, prepare to nerd out on the story of Bill and Melinda Gates, all thanks to this week's guest, writer and comedian, Daniel Foxx!  What would a night on tiles with this pair look like? And did a certain Mr Epstein have anything to do with the romance's downfall?  Join Chantal and Grainne on this epic Bing search into billionaire love...  AND join them at their next live show at The Museum of Comedy in London on April 3rd, with special guest Rachel Parris - The Way They Were (ticketsolve.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helloooo London! We're back with another live show at the wonderful Museum of Comedy in Holborn. We all need something to look forward to right now and this is just the ticket. Kicking off at 7pm on April 3rd, Grainne and Chantal will be dissecting a brand new couple breakup chosen by our ultra special guest, comedian Rachel Parris! We can't wait to see you there. So that's Wednesday April 3rd at 7pm. Grab your tickets here, friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to cast your minds back to the heady days of 2022 for this week's celebrity mess brought to us by live link-up all the way down under with Australian comedian and actor Michelle Brasier.  Yes, this week The Way They Were straddles many time zones, as our London-based hosts speak to our antipodean guest to explore the total car crash that was the romance of Kanye West and Julia Fox. Hat's off to Chantal, who guesses this erstwhile love match in record time, despite the clues set by Grainne.... And if you want to see Grainne and Chantal, take a deep dive into a past love of comedian Rachel Parris' choosing, come along to the Museum of Comedy on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 for the next live show! Tickets available now: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873643758 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And we're back in the room, as we kick off the series proper with the next batch of celebrity guests, bringing us their fave showbiz couples for Grainne and Chantal's take on why things just didn't work out.  This week, actor and comedian Sunil Patel brings us a hot mess of 90s East / West Coast, with a story notorious in just about every way, as we find out just what happened when Notorious B.I.G/Biggie Smalls and Faith Evans became the star-crossed lovers of the rap scene... and it would appear no one who got in their way came out unscathed, especially if Faith had anything to do with it.  We find out just why this story of love gone wrong so ignited the interest of a teenager from Bath and as always, what their star signs had to do with the relationship's ultimate demise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's award season, which can only mean one thing …. Yes Grainne and Chantal are BACK!  Before they get stuck in to the latest incredible series with guests such as Sunil Patel, Olga Koch, Daniel Foxx and Emer McLysaght, they are here to give out some trophies of their own, as they announce the nominees and winners of the inaugural ‘Breakie Awards', giving recognition to the stars of stage and screen for their skills in breaking up with their partners gracefully. We also hear from some past guests who after gliding down the red carpet read out the nominations and winners and our hosts give Tina Fey and Amy Poehler a run for their money. Welcome back - we've missed you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ho Ho HOOOOOOOO! It's the Yuletide season and the elves have been working around the clock to bring you a Christmas special episode of The Way They Were!  Yes, Grainne and Chantal had their annual IRL meet-up to discuss iconic romances from festive films and which celebrity couples they lament the break-up of in 2023, while also looking ahead to the new year and which showbiz partnerships look to be on the ropes.  Grainne does what she does best by giving us her take and a VERY deep dive into Christmas film cringe-fest, The Holiday... but do you agree with her hot takes? Give us a review with yours.  We'll see you in 2024, as the team are already booking in some incredible guests, all of whom are ready to share their celebrity break-up crush, but until then a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS from everyone at The Way They Were!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The long-awaited second part of Grainne and Chantals double bill at The Museum of Comedy with the wonderful Cariad Lloyd is finally here!  That's right, if you couldn't make it on the night, then you can finally find out what happened when Cariad transported the room back to the golden age of Hollywood where an extramarital affair could ruin a starlet's career and get you blacklisted from the film industry... It's soon clear that today's A-listers have nothing on the dramas that befell Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Be prepared for life to be way stranger than art as our star-crossed lovers cavort in this gloriously technicolour story, which also happens to be the final episode in this series.  Fear not, our hosts are back for another Christmas special and are already plotting the next series for ear;y 2024! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode tells the tale of when Chantal and Grainne took to the stage at the iconic London Venue, The Museum of Comedy with a double bill of brilliant shows. Up first, is the hilarious comedian Alexandra Haddow who was bursting at the seams to unleash the early noughties emo hell that was Pete Doherty and Kate Moss on us all!  You'll be pulling on those skinny jeans, getting a ticket to next year's Glasto with your Hunter wellies and running around Primrose Hill even before you get to the part where Alexandra tells us who she thinks Cher should be with.  It's more fun than you can buy in a baggy, that's for sure... and a lot cheaper.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices