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Chyna & Triple H with James Farmer
Jun 23, 2026
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Emergency Episode: Ariana Grande and Ethan "SpongeBob" Slater
Jun 10, 2026
34m 36s
Taylor Swift and Katy Perry
May 26, 2026
47m 52s
Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall
May 5, 2026
1h 08m 13s
Book Club: Famesick by Lena Dunham
Apr 21, 2026
58m 05s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 |  Chyna & Triple H with James Farmer | 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. | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  Emergency Episode: Ariana Grande and Ethan "SpongeBob" Slater✨ | celebrity newsrelationship dynamics+3 | — | W!ZARD Studios | — | Ariana GrandeEthan Slater+3 | — | 34m 36s | |
| 5/26/26 |  Taylor Swift and Katy Perry✨ | feudpop music+3 | — | W!ZARD Studios | — | Taylor SwiftKaty Perry+5 | — | 47m 52s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall✨ | Hollywood feudsSex and the City+3 | — | Sex and the City | — | Sarah Jessica ParkerKim Cattrall+3 | — | 1h 08m 13s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Book Club: Famesick by Lena Dunham✨ | book clubmemoir+3 | — | W!ZARD Studios | — | FamesickLena Dunham+3 | — | 58m 05s | |
| 4/10/26 |  Real Housewives Gossip with Michelle Shaughnessy✨ | Real Housewivescelebrity gossip+3 | Michelle Shaughnessy | The Real Housewives of Beverly HillsThe Real Housewives of Rhode Island | — | Real HousewivesBeverly Hills+4 | — | 21m 29s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan with Bella Hull✨ | celebrity romancebreakup analysis+3 | Barry KeoghanSabrina Carpenter+1 | W!ZARD Studios | — | Barry KeoghanSabrina Carpenter+3 | — | 1h 13m 41s | |
| 3/3/26 |  Jennifer Lopez and Diddy with Esther Manito✨ | celebrity relationshipstabloid culture+3 | Esther Manito | W!ZARD Studios | — | Jennifer LopezDiddy+5 | — | 1h 06m 32s | |
| 2/17/26 |  Napoleon and Josephine with Rosalie Minnitt✨ | love storieshistorical figures+4 | Rosalie Minnitt | W!ZARD Studios | — | NapoleonJosephine+5 | — | 1h 22m 40s | |
| 2/3/26 |  Kim Kardashian & Kanye West with Tracie Egan Morrissey✨ | celebrity culturerelationship dynamics+4 | Tracie Egan Morrissey | W!ZARD Studios | — | Kim KardashianKanye West+6 | — | 1h 23m 30s | |
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| 1/23/26 |  The Beckham Family Breakup Gossip Edition!✨ | Beckham familycelebrity gossip+5 | — | Spice GirlsPatreon+1 | — | Beckham familycelebrity gossip+6 | — | 26m 05s | |
| 1/20/26 |  Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren with Stuart McPherson✨ | Tiger WoodsElin Nordegren+4 | Stuart McPherson | W!ZARD Studios | — | Tiger WoodsElin Nordegren+6 | — | 1h 11m 11s | |
| 1/9/26 |  Ashley Tisdale vs. the Toxic Celebrity Mom Friend Group!✨ | celebrity gossipmom friendships+3 | — | The Traitors | — | Ashley Tisdalecelebrity moms+3 | — | 23m 26s | |
| 12/31/25 |  Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner: The Mystery That Still Haunts Hollywood | 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 mic for a magnifying glass and Gráinne pulls her fedora low as they step away from the usual romantic nostalgia and into the glittering golden age of Hollywood. This time, our sleuthing duo turn their attention to the tragic, endlessly puzzling story of Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner: movie stars, tabloid royalty, and the centre of one of Tinseltown’s most haunting mysteries. If you enjoy this kind of deep-dive, pop culture, history, mystery, and two hosts gently sparring their way through it, there’s plenty more where this came from. Join us on 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! Happy New Year!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  The Way They Were at Christmas: Crimbo Films of the Past, Present and Future | 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, through Jimmy Stewart’s moral reckonings, to Cate Blanchett’s ice-cool elegance and Alicia Silverstone teaching us that even Netflix makes mistakes .Along the way, Chantal reveals herself to be a Guardian Angel sent directly from Heaven to revive our Christmas spirits, while Gráinne is a big-city lady who’s forgotten the true meaning of Christmas and must be gently but firmly guided back to her Irish roots.Merry Christmas. God bless us, every one.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 12/12/25 |  Love Actually: Ranking Every Awful Couple | 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 Richard Curtis never did. Who do we hate the most? Are half these characters quietly unhinged? What exactly is going on with Keira Knightley’s extremely youthful bride? And is the secretary secretly a feminist icon? (No.)Along the way we interrogate Christmas number ones, language barriers, workplace power dynamics, and why we will always, always cry during that Emma Thompson scene.The full episode is available now on 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. | — | ||||||
| 12/9/25 |  Chelsea Birkby: Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom (Our first ever Kardashian episode!) | 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 married. Soon after, their love life was a franchise. For a moment, it looked like reality TV had actually delivered a fairy tale but it was not meant to be.This week on The Way They Were, Kardashian super fan and brilliant stand-up Chelsea Birkby joins Gráinne and Chantal to relive the whirlwind: the TV spin-offs, the tabloid storms, the sex doll, the hookers, and so much more that even the Kardashians couldn't keep up with it.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. | — | ||||||
| 11/25/25 |  Ian Smith: Effie Gray & John Ruskin (A Very Victorian Scandal) | 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. Unconsummated, uncomfortable, and the sort of story that would make Gen Z turn away in horror.This week on The Way They Were, Gráinne and Chantal team up with one of Britain’s best stand-ups, Ian Smith, to look at the grottiest couples we've ever looked at on the show.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. | — | ||||||
| 11/11/25 |  Michael Clarke: Prince Andrew & Fergie | 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 cheeky, chaotic couple who briefly made the monarchy look like a Jilly Cooper book. From their whirlwind courtship and tabloid scandals to the toe-sucking! This was a love story that had it all. In fact maybe it had a little too much! This week, comedian Michael Clarke (Crybabies, Everything Is News) joins Gráinne and Chantal to dive into the doomed romance of the Ex Duke and Duchess of York. ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was recorded prior to the recent revelations about Prince Andrew’s formal removal from the Royal Family and Sarah Ferguson’s overly pally prison letters to Jeffrey Epstein. 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. | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 |  Gossip! Lily Allen and David Harbour Fallout, Ariana Grande's New Look and Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Are Official | 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 David Harbour bare. We talk through the fallout, the shock, and the pussy palace.Elsewhere, Ariana Grande’s got 'new' hair but no ponytail. What does it mean? Finally we’re checking in on a few of our favourite couples: JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes (Gráinne’s not convinced they’ll make it) and Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman (Chantal suspects there’s a touch of the 'David Harbour' about him).For extra episodes, ad free versions and early releases why not join our Patreon? You'll even get a shoutout on the show and a chance to chat with Gráinne and Chantel in our gossip room!To celebrate Lily Allen's new album we are giving away 20 month long memberships to out Patreon! Click here for more info - https://www.patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere/redeem/A3154patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/24/25 |  Emergency Episode! Lily Allen and David Harbour with Rosemary Mac Cabe | This week on The Way They Were, we’re diving into the breakup that everyone’s talking about: Pop Princess Lily Allen and Stranger Things star David Harbour. It was the lockdown love story that looked like a rom-com London girl meets Hollywood nice-guy, until it all went a little bit strange. Now Lily has a new album out which is going to set the record straight about the hottest romance to come out of the global pandemic. Gráinne and Chantal are joined by the wonderful Rosemary Mac Cabe who shares her own insights on transatlantic love affairs, David's secret Raya account and we do a deep dive on their carpeted bathroom. For extra episodes, ad free versions and early releases why not join our Patreon? You'll even get a shoutout on the show and a chance to chat with Gráinne and Chantel in our gossip room. patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | Jen Ives: Truman Capote & Jack Dunphy | This week we step back in time to the 1940s to meet the literary it-couple: Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy. Truman was the sharp-tongued genius and Jack existed in his shadow. So how did the socialite and the introverted novelist make it work for so long?This week, Chantal and Gráinne are joined by the brilliant Jen Ives to unpack the devotion, destruction and divine madness of Capote and Dunphy’s decades together. Expect post-war passion, very posh best friends like Lee Radziwill and the Queen Mother, plus an emotional affair with a killer on death row.For extra episodes, ad free versions and early releases why not join our Patreon? You'll even get a shoutout on the show and a chance to chat with Gráinne and Chantel in our gossip room. patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 |  Emergency Episode! Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Breakup Special | Sometimes the gossip gods hand you something so big you have to drop everything and run straight to the mics. . . Several days after the event (sorry we had a busy week) Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman. Over. Finished. Kaput. Was it the hair? The cowboy boots? The fact she's constantly working? This week, Gráinne and Chantal react to the breakup of Australia's greatest love. For our special Taylor Swift edition, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to our exclusive gossip chat room, join us on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 9/30/25 | Kevin Bennett: Rita Hayworth & Orson Welles | She was Hollywood’s “most agreeable” girl, he was cinema’s golden boy genius. Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles looked like the dream couple – but behind the glamour it was all drama, long distance, and the inability to separate work from pleasure. This love story from the golden age of Hollywood even features brilliant cameos from Hedda Hopper, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Judy Garland herself.Gráinne and Chantal take a trip to 1940s Hollywood with the fabulous Kevin Bennett, host of The Big Smoke Variety Show, in this very special episode of The Way They Were – as requested by our brilliant patron Lady K! Plus, we take a closer look at Charli XCX’s star-studded wedding and the Dawson’s Creek reunion.For early, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and access to our exclusive gossip chat room, join us on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
| 9/16/25 | Chris DeRosa: Brittany Murphy & Ashton Kutcher | A whirlwind romance that burned bright, fizzled fast, and left the tabloids confused as to what just happened. Ashton and Brittany gave us chaos, comedy, and a very short-lived love story. This week, Gráinne and Chantal are joined by Chris De Rosa, cohost of Fixing Famous People, to relive the highs, the lows, and the red-carpet PDA of one of the naughty's best celebrity pairings. We may even get some special insights from Chris's conversations with the afterlife… For extra episodes, ad free versions and early releases why not join our Patreon? You'll even get a shoutout on the show and a chance to chat with Gráinne and Chantel in our gossip room. patreon.com/TheWayTheyWereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | — | ||||||
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