The Way They Were

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

In this episode, Grainne and Chantal introduce a podcast called The Newsworthy which you MUST check out!

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.   Thank you to our sponsors: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code TWTW at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod 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

In today's episode, hosts Grainne and Chantal couldn't be more decided on which couple thrived and who survived in the power struggle that was Chris Pratt and Anna Faris! Cos if getting hench doesn't signal impending doom, joining an alt-right Christian religion sure as hell will!  Huge thanks to presenter and actor Scott McGlynn for finally allowing us some closure with this long-lamented showbiz couple.  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 early 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

Now, this is a story all about how Grainne and Chantal got flipped-turned upside down by this week's guest Miranda Sawyer, so take a minute and sit right there to learn how Will and Jada became Prince and Princess of Bel-Air, before seemingly abdicating by way of their stranger than soap opera style relationship... It's all here, the weird toxic positivity, the unwanted 40th birthday documentary, the 'open' marriage and of course, THAT slap.  So, take this podcast's name out of your goddamn mouth and tell your friends we're here, it's A Different World!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oops they did it again, yes Grainne and Chantal have another incredible guest on the show, who really brings the A-game of celebrity couples for us to pick our way through, so let's let comedian Sikisa, 'hit us baby one more time', as we cry a river over the lost iconic love of Britany Spears and Justin Timberlake!  This episode transports us back to a world where the prince and princess of pop's love burned brightly for the world to see, and when Sikisa was no doubt choreographing her own moves to their tunes.  But, what would a night out on the town with these guys be like and according to Sisika should our Patron Saint, Cher be dating?  All this and more is ready and waiting for your ears... enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a wonderful flight of fancy in which we delve into what we all thought was the teenage dream, but looking back was in fact a toxic hellscape of a relationship, and it's all thanks to brilliant guest, Steve Bugeja! Chantal was 'Saved By The Bell' when guessing who this week's couple was, as Grainne's clues 'Screeched' everything about who they were... and no doubt, you know too that this week, it's TV's teen IT couple, Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski from 'Saved By The Bell'.  Don't let the fact that this couple is fictional make you believe that it's any less dramatic, and this story certainly manages to stir some real life emotions in everyone involved in the episode. Time to hang by the school lockers in the hall to talk about who you're taking to prom and remember the name 'Lark Voorhies'!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of The Way They Were, we're selling sunsets galore with a couple who were PERFECT partners in lockdown, but couldn't really manage the bliss of forever.  Comedian Mary O'Connell spent her lockdown well, as she studied a romance which had one ruby slipper in showbizness land and one lace-up brogue firmly planted in the nine to five, when pop icon Ariana Grande decided that estate agent Dalton Gomez was selling the sunset she wanted to walk into. But it didn't take long for the gleam to fade as post-pandemic, she decided to put the marriage on the market for a quick sale and move on somewhere else... As always, Grainne finds the hottest tea to spill, while Chantal adds the biscuit to dunk.... drink up people!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode will cause hysteria for listeners who hail from the Emerald Isle, while those from other parts of the globe will have an education like NO OTHER, as we hear all about the ultimately doomed 'romance' between Ireland's biggest star and her philandering, oboist husband.  It's not often you hear about a cheating oboist, but thanks to this week's guest, comedian, writer Tara Flynn, we get schooled in the messy, messy saga of Adele King - aka Twink and her on – off fella, David Agnew.  Grainne was obviously DELIGHTED at being able to do a deep dive into what is one of Ireland's biggest showbiz couples, while Chantal (and most of the rest of us) can only listen agape at the goings on between this pair, not least an infamous voice mail, which coined the phrase 'zip up yer Mickey' and remains part of Irish folk law forever more.  Buckle-up for this bumpy, but glorious ride!  Come and see Grainne and Chatal LIVE when they record two episodes of ‘The Way They Were’ at the Museum of Comedy in London, on Wednesday 25th October 2023. The first episode is recorded with the fantastic Alexandra Haddow, while show two features the brilliant Cariad Lloyd! Museum of Comedy - What's On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode sees Grainne and Chantal go ape at this week's showbiz couple's shenanigans, as the wonderful and hilarious comedian Cally Beaton presents the real life fantasy world of Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter! We get to live our most privileged lives vicariously through the oddball director and eccentric actor and their seperate homes, as it would appear you can't take the girl out of Primrose Hill. If you can fall in love when one of you is dressed as a primate, you would think you would be in it for the long hall, so what on earth went wrong? And what happens when the romance in wonderland turns into the nightmare before Christmas? As always Grainne and Chantal take us head first into this hot mess of a gothic tale.  Grainne and Chantal are LIVE at the Museum of Comedy with a double bill of fantastic guests,as they record TWO episodes of The Way They Were on 25th October. Joining them to nominate two incredible celebrity car crash couples are comedians, Alexandra Haddow and Cariad Lloyd, tickets and info here  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing our stunning lineup for our next live show in London on October 25th... it's the incredible Cariad Lloyd and Alexandra Haddow! We absolutely cannot wait. Come join the fun and laugher from the front row! One ticket grants you access to our two amazing guests and two ICONIC couples! See you on October 25th. Grab your tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We listened to the fans and gave the world what it wanted with a live show at the London Podcast Festival! Yes, Grainne and Chantal stepped out in front of the lights - and a baying crowd - to pick over the bones of another lost love chosen by a VERY special guest, comedian and online sensation, the fabulous Christopher Hall!  Chris leapt on stage armed with a brilliant couple for us all to get our teeth into, as we revisit the heady days of the 2010s when Miley Cyrus met and fell in love with Liam Hemsworth. As always, Grainne's deep dives leave no stone unturned and let us explore the timeline right until the relationship's demise in 2020. Thanks so much to everyone who came to the show, and of course to our incredible guest, the frighteningly talented, Chris Hall.  If you missed out on this opportunity to see the show live, then fear not, as the gals will be at the Museum of Comedy on Wednesday 25th October with a double bill of a show!  The hilarious Alexandra Haddow will be one of our guests that night, stay tuned for details on who guest two is! Tickets and Info here - The Museum of Comedy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to relive the most brutal showbiz break up in history? Well buckle-up people, as this week's guest is the incredible comedy writer, Monica Heisey and her couple is none other than Minnie Driver and Matt Damon.  Grainne and Chantal are obviously delighted by the choice, as before things went all getting dumped on Oprah, 'Matt n' Minnie' were THE IT couple of Hollywood, and with good reason, as on paper it would seem these two were made for each other, so what went wrong?  Well, as always Grainne has managed to get all up in their business and we get transported back to the glamour of 1990s LA and we find out what a night out with these A-listers would be like and perhaps more crucially, if the romance's demise was written in the stars all along.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the success of our first live show at London Podcast Festival, we're pleased to announce that Grainne and Chantal return to the big stage on October 25th at London's Museum of Comedy! This is a two-parter, so join us for a whole evening of derailed romances and niche Irish references from Grainne! One ticket grants you access to two amazing guests and two ICONIC couples! We'll announce our guests very soon... We can't wait to see you on October 25th. Grab your tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of The Way They Were, Grainne and Chantal welcome some glamour to the show in the form of cabaret and burlesque star Dave the Bear! Now what kind of guest would such a character bring for us? Here's a clue, they definitely wore boot-cut jeans (according to Grannie though, so did Anthony and Cleopatra), they were the boy and girl band royalty, and they certainly made us whole again (for a little while anyway), it HAS to be Brain McFadden and Kerry Katona!  Yes, thanks to Dave, we revel in the time Boyzone and Atomic Kitten collided, before it all went a bit Jeremy Kyle and Take-a-Break and before anyone even thought of venturing into the jungle. How did it all start and how long did our star-crossed lovers have to keep it all a secret from the public AND Louis Walsh for?  This episode answers all the questions and serves as yet another warning to anyone thinking of tying the knot before the age of 40.  Come down to our next live show at the Museum of Comedy in London on October 25th! Get tickets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, hey nonny NO, you did NOT just create a whole, new religion just because you didn't fancy your wife anymore and the grass was green(sleeves)er on the other side of the fence?  That Henry VIII sure has a lot to answer for, including Brexit, in the opinion of this week's incredible guest, comedian and self-confessed romance king, Russell Kane.  Yes, this week, we're going all Tudor on your ass, as we get down into the business of KH the 8th and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who was selfish enough not to provide a male heir to the throne, so frankly, what else did she expect than being flung onto the scrap heap – it wasn’t the worst thing Henry ever did to his wife, after all. As always Grainne and Chantal revel in the mess and let's face it, the drama of today's royal family has NOTHING on the escapades of this lot.  So, grab your lute, don your ruff, and get this Tudor feast, fit for a king into your ears.    Don't forget to join Chantal and Grainne at this year's London Podcast festival on 15th September, with special guest, Christopher Hall! Tickets and info here - The Way They Were • Comedy • Kings Place Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The force is definitely with us for this episode, as Chantal and Grainne are the bridge over the troubled romance of Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon!  Yes, this week's guest, comedy writer Max Davis takes us into the amazing world of being young, famous and short in 1970s/80s New York, and what a scene it was - especially if Debbie Reynolds happened to be your mother... As well as being a great story for us all, Max gets to imagine a world where he hangs out with his longtime crush on a wild night out with our erstwhile couple - let your imaginations run wild - Max certainly has. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dry those tears, as your favourite celebrity romance podcast is BACK in your ears. Even Grainne and Chantal must stop with their hot girl summers when September strikes, as there are so many more failed showbiz romances to sift through and joining them with their own sieve is the wonderful, Maisie Adam!  Even though Maisie brought us a great couple to crack into, we could probably do her for trade descriptions, as this week's 'romance' is a little one-sided, to say the least. Get ready to cringe through your feet, as we take a deep dive into the years old drunk dial that was Drake and Rihanna’s 'relationship' - believe us, it'll make you feel much better about any time you may have ill-advisedly shot your shot...the schadenfreude is on us and it's good to be back. Don't miss your chance to see The Way They Were LIVE! They are at this year's London Podcast Festival on Friday September 15th and are DELIGHTED to be joined by Christopher Hall, fresh from his sell-out run at The Edinburgh Fringe - The Way They Were • Comedy • Kings Place AND they will be at The Museum of Comedy on 25th October, special guest TBA - Museum of Comedy - What's On Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey lovers! We're so excited to announce our fabulous guest joining us for our upcoming live show... it's the one and only Christopher Hall! Christopher is a comedian and the KING of social media who has collaborated with likes of Gwen Stefani and the Jonas Brothers. £5 says Chantal is going to bring up Gwen and Gavin at least twice. We're having a podcast party and you're all invited! Join us for the *first* of many live podcast shows at the London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in Kings Cross, September 15th at 9.30pm. Grab yourself a coupla tickets here: The Way They Were • Comedy • Kings Place Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grainne and Chantal here with a lil update... we have two dates to add to your diary! The next series of The Way They Were will air from Friday September 1st. We have yet another stellar lineup of guests and the stories of their favourite expired romances do not disappoint. Plus come see the podcast recorded live (featuring a special guest TBA) at the London Podcast Festival on September 15th. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-way-they-were/ P.s. We miss you too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our season finale, we're travelling back to the 80s to explore the once top-secret relationship between Culture Club's Boy George and Jon Moss. Thanks to George's memoirs, our eyes have been opened to this deeply complicated love story, but during this episode we discover this story majorly lacked the 'love' part. There's no one we'd rather spend our final episode with than the fabulous curator, party maker and self-professed Boy George aficionado, Glyn Fussell! Not only does Glyn bring the laughs, but he also fills this episode with compassion as we acknowledge the shift in queer culture and representation since the 1980s and the effects of overnight fame. Grainne and Chantal return in September for another series of The Way They Were, but in the meantime, don't be a stranger! Hit them up on social media and send your thoughts to thewaytheywerepod@gmail.com. Thanks as always for your unwavering support and see you shortly! XX P.S. LONDONERS! Come see The Way They Were live for the very first time on September 15th. We'd love to have you there: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-way-they-were/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week our guest, the hugely talented comedy writer Tom Neenan, takes us on a journey through time and space as we open the lid on the tumultuous relationship of Elon Musk and Talulah Riley. She's a budding English actress, he's a globally known nerd sat on millions of dollars... what could go wrong? Well, whatever broke this couple up, it did the trick not once but twice. It's not often we get a couple who wed each other twice - what a joy! Listen now before Elon takes the episode down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of The Way They Were, the fabulous, actor and writer Rebecca Humphries joins Grainne and Chantal and if the 'rumours' are to be believed, have an amazing couple for us to delve into the world of. No I won't tell you sweet little lies, because we are heading into the catastrophe that is Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham and the heady days of Fleetwood Mac. In this epic tale of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, we find out why our love struck pair eventually decided to go their own way and who thrived and who simply survived ... although no prizes for guessing the outcome of that. So, without further ado, press play and don't stop thinking about tomorrow while you're at it!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're doing things a little differently this week, as this week's guest unwittingly becomes host, as our Grainne spent long days and nights researching the wrong couple! This however doesn't hinder the show in any way, shape or form, as Ben Miller host of the brilliant Bad Gays Podcast, brings us the relationship woes of none other than Oscar Wilde and his ne'er do well of a lover, Bosie!  It would seem that Grainne had already done lifelong research on this doomed affair and Chantal, as ever, says what we're all thinking.... now, either those curtains go, or I do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, writer Sadia Azmat provides us all with a story of epicly batsh*t proportions in the shape of Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola! As per usual Grainne's deep drive and Chantal's encyclopedic knowledge of all things celeb allows us to immerse ourselves in the relationship in question, and I think you'll also be incredibly relieved that this particular union is no more...this is definitely NOT relationship goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode brings Grainne's investigative talents to the fore, as she practically went to the local library to get the knowledge on today's erstwhile loves which are brought to us by comedy writer and podcaster, Jack Bernhardt! With Jack we dive straight into the world of 1990s football, with a premiership star and WAG ... who was a WAG before WAGs were WAGs... remember the lost love of Les Ferdinand and Dani Behr? You do now, don't you! What a whirlwind that was. You'll be exhausted, but feel grateful YOU don't have to go with them to the sticky carpeted clubs to be papped in unflattering lighting. ENJOY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rejoice, rejoice for the day has finally arrived when we're allowed to go misty-eyed at the reverie of a VERY special pair of Hollywood exes, all thanks to this week's incredible guest, the fantastic comedian, Desiree Burch! Desiree takes us all the way back to the beginning of the 1990s, when Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins were couples goals for everyone in and outside of Tinsel Town. But, how on earth could such a holy alliance fail? Well, as always Grainne's rigorous research and Chantal's encyclopedic knowledge give us all a pretty good idea of what probably went down and how then-child star Saoirse Ronan may (or may not) have been the catalyst which ended this once-solid couple. We also get to find out why Ms Sarandan is forever linked with the world of ping pong - and it's got nothing to do with the movies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when we were all obsessed with the car keys in the bowl and the partying ways of London's Primrose Hill? The likes of Kate, Sadie, Pearl and that guy from Supergrass were rarely off the front pages of UK tabloids with their non-stop wild lifestyles. We were all glued to the exploits of the darlings of the scene, Jude Law and Sienna Miller, and it would seem for this week's fantastic guest, comedian Harriet Kemsley, this era is her Vietnam, as she never really left. Grainne and Chantal revel in the mess and mayhem of the bright young things of the mid-noughties and you'll be right back with them too, so get the skinny jeans and tassels out of storage, mama's got a date on the hill!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is a right old Carry On, and then some, as we're transported to bohemian life in 1950s London, thanks to this week's guest, comedy writer and presenter, Gareth Gwynn! Grainne's deep-dive provides an education into the secret life of this week's star couple, Hattie Jacques & John Le Mesurier, whose public persona of respectability, masked a hotbed of affairs, parties that went on for days, and smokey jazz clubs. This episode is a lesson in what happens when two eccentrics collide, and it'll make you wish you lived in that world too, where the likes of Tony Hancock, Dudley Moore and a guy called 'Bruce' are key players. If you know who these legends of 50s, 60s and 70s sitcoms are, then you'll love this nostalgia fest, but if however, like our Chantal, you have NO IDEA about Carry On Films or Dad's Army, then buckle up and enjoy the ride, it's quite an education... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Grainne and Chantal welcome the incredible podcaster, illustrator and influencer, Darya aka 'Tiny Moron', to the show and OH MY GOODNESS what a treat she's brought for us all, as her couple is THE essence of the golden age of 2012 - none other than Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez!  Looking back on the pressure this young, hot, rich and famous couple were under, it's no wonder one of them ended up being photographed urinating in a bucket in public - we'd have all done the same. But, why did this romance ultimately fail? As per usual, Grainne has done her deep dive, and you won't' Belieb the results ...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you stan some 1980s Ramsey Street nostalgia, then this episode will feel like you're back in the days of watching Neighbours twice a day and wondering if Mr Udagawa will be selling Lassiters, but if what I've just said means NOTHING to you, then fear not, as you'll be in exactly the same state as Chantal in this episode and her life is richer for this education, and so yours will be too. Who do we have to thank for this week's stunning couple of Stefan Dennis and Gillian Blakeney (aka Paul Robinson and Christina Alessi)?  Well, this is the work of comedian Gearoid Farrelly, who finds a kindred spirit in Grainne for this deep dive into the real and fictional love lives of this once aspirational couple. But, who has thrived and who has just simply survived? You'll have to listen to find out, and we're sure it's 'gonna make you feel good'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dream team are BACK and what a way to start the new series, as Grainne and Chantal welcome host of the fantastic 'Crushed' podcast, Margaret Cabourn-Smith to the show!  And Margaret certainly doesn't disappoint when it comes to the couple she's brought to the table, the creators of Cool Britannia themselves, Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher. Although after hearing this, you might decide that they are definitely / maybe, not as cool as you might have thought back in 1995. Or perhaps it was a more innocent time, you decide. Management however will add the disclaimer that neither Patsy OR Liam were directly responsible for the invasion of any country...  It's GREAT to be back! X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the most romantic podcast on your podcast proving app, it would be remiss of us not to get stuck in to the season of love with a Valentine's special and in doing so, Chantal and Grainne have created their own Freaky Friday, as our hosts swap roles for one day only. Now the shoe is on the other foot as Chantal surprises Grainne with who this week's subject matter will be - and no spoilers, but it would appear Grainne is better at setting the clues than she is at guessing them. But, don't worry, you don't need to riddle your way out of this one, as we'll just tell you right now, that this edition of The Way They Were is a Pete Davidson special!  Not only has this guy accomplished HUGE things in his comedy career before the age of 30, but he's spent most of his 20s dating some of the world's most beautiful and accomplished women, from Ariana to Kim K and Sally Webster from Coronation Street's daughter in between - it's all been going on, but who has thrived and who has survived and WHO does Grainne want Cher to spend the rest of her life with? It's all here... Also, the team are taking a break for a few weeks, but don't worry, they'll be back in your ears on Good Friday, otherwise known as 7th April 2023 ... see you then XXX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's edition of TWTW has 1980s showbiz razzle dazzle in spades, thanks not only to musical comedian Vikki Stone, but also because of the couple she brought for us to celebrate. You'll be masking your excitement at the memories this romance will invoke, but don't get catty with the hot gossip... because Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Sarah Brightman are the darlings of 80s Westend... Well, Sarah definitely was anyway.  This episode has the lot, royal cameos, Elaine Page and messing around in swimming pools, so sit back, relax and immerse yourself in this jacuzzi of musical mayhem...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a full-on open-topped sports car tour of the 1980s... the music, car phones and musicals of the time are celebrated in full, as this week's guest, comedian, writer and podcaster, Matthew Crosby brings us the enduring on-off romance of Simon Cowell and Sinitta to pick through. The music mogul and creator of X-Factor have had a long documented relationship with the 80s singer, flip-flopping between friendship and romance for over 30 years, and as you can imagine, Grainne and Chantal were THRILLED to be able to take a deep dive into this incredible world of showbiz, heartbreak and oversharing on Twitter for your listening pleasure. You'll come away with the conclusion that Cowell is indeed 'So Macho'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, we have a guest who is a guru in the genre of why some relationships don't last the distance, it's comedian and author, Rosie Wilby! Rosie has written books and hosted podcasts on the theme of break-ups and so, it's no surprise that she could match the intel of Grainne and the encyclopedic mind of Chantal when she asked to talk about a couple whose tandemic rise to fame, a public shaming and ultimate break-up made the front pages throughout the 1990s.... ladies and gentlemen, please be up-standing for this week's couple... HUGH GRANT AND ELIZABETH HURLEY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the week when two titans of the podcasting world collide, as Grainne and Chantal welcome the star of a show which solidified their bond, it's Alright Mary's Colin Drucker!  As you would imagine, the host of a show which celebrates gay culture is going to BRING IT when it comes to our celebrity couple and Colin didn't disappoint, as we go back to a time before Gwynyth went Goop and celebrate the era of Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow!  It's a roller coaster of emotions, as we discover so much about our star-crossed lovers, including Gwynyth's natural ability to shoot an arrow, and Brad's facial blindness... plus, we have perhaps the best suggestion for Cher's life partner to date!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a CRACKING start to 2023, as not only do Grainne and Chantal welcome comedy royalty to the show, but the celebrity couple being celebrated is the epitome of 1970s cool.... OK, let's not leave you hanging (on the telephone) for longer than necessary, picture this, if you will, as Jo Caulfield is here to talk about Debby Harry and Chris Stein! Yes, we're taking a deep dive into 1970s and early 80s New York, and EVERYONE is here, Blondie, Bowie, Iggy, Warhol and we're all heading off to CBGB, so go home and get changed into something appropriate and tell your mum you won't be back for dinner...after all, dreaming is free.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we call a wrap on 2022, Grainne and Chantal sit by the fireside to contemplate the year just gone and look back at some of their, and your favourite episodes. And what a year it's been, from the bygone romances of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton to the on-off shenanigans of Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog barely a stone has been left unturned by our wonderful guests, but, as you'll hear from our hosts, there are still many past celebrity couples we've yet to lament and some current ones, which are surely only weeks away from featuring on the show... From the whole team at The Way They Were, we'd like to thank you for all of your support and wish you a very happy and healthy 2023! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's been... yes Santi / Santa has emptied his Christmas sack early and given us this absolute treat of a show in which our hosts dish the dirt on the festive films they want YOU to watch, and no, Die Hard isn't on the list. We also hear about some real-life planes, trains and automobile moments in the rush to get home for the holidays. So pour yourselves an eggnog and glow in the company of our elvin hosts Grainne and Chantal. HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL! XX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this truly magical episode, Grainne and Chantal welcome a guest who lifts the cape on one of the best-known love matches we all completely forgot about, David Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer...remember THAT? As our guest is none other than 7th best magician Sam Fletcher, he can let us into the magic circle to tell us how this erstwhile love between the world's most beautiful woman and the 8th best magician had its spell broken. Also, feel free to join in with a cracking game of snog, marry, avoid...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode looks at one of the more bizarre relationships of the 1990s, but rather than being an ACE pairing, it was far from LOVE ALL for Andre Agassi and Brooke Shields, as this week's fantastic guest, comedian Tom Ward can confirm!  This week's romance is full of temper tantrums and possibly one of the WORST proposals on record, but by god, it's a great tale ... ENJOY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to bring on the 1970s LA glam, so pull on your little black cocktail dress, light up a cigarette and hit the dancefloor, as tonight, thanks to this week's guest, actor Elena Saurel, you party with Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Houston! Chantal and Grainne are DELIGHTED to delve into this hot mess of an iconic off-and-on-again couple, and it soon becomes clear that Anjelica has the patience of a saint... a saint in a floor-length, backless gown. Although this relationship isn't for the faint of heart, it's clear these two had an unbreakable bond...until it was broken, so let's relive those heady days vicariously! TW: Please note, another of Anjelica's relationships is briefly mentioned which has elements of domestic violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now, if you've already binged the latest series of 'The Crown' and are missing that royal fix, then fear not, as not only do we welcome *comedy* royalty to the show in the form of Shazia Mirza but this week's couple is the stuff of royal legend, as the gang do a deep-dive into the regal soap opera that was Charles and Diana and let me tell you, this episode reaches the parts even Netflix wouldn't dare... even Queen Victoria would be amused!  You could even argue that this is the first thrupple of the series, but we couldn't possibly comment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Grainne and Chantal welcome two showbiz legendary couples to the podcast, one in the form of guests Catie Wilkins and Richard Herring, who as well as both being giants in the world of podcasting, also happen to be MARRIED! The other showbiz couple we celebrate was nominated by our guests, who aren't fortunate to have lived in such wedded bliss, it's that big. hot mess that was Paul McCartney and Heather Mills!  Yes, like a warm bath for the brain, we get to immerse ourselves in a simpler time, a time when David Blaine watched the unimpressed faces of Londoners from a perspex box, when sex manuels were in print rather than online, and when courtroom dramas were existed without Twitter.  So get comfy and prepare yourselves for the ride of your lives! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the use in sitting all alone in your room... when you could be sitting all alone in your room AND listening to this frankly, AMAZING episode, where Chantal and Grainne welcome old chum, comedian Sarah Kendall. And Sarah isn't the only fabulous GUEST this week, as the couple she brings is none other than Liza Minelli and David Gest.  It would appear it wasn't love at first sight for this episode's star-crossed lovers, but it soon becomes clear that they should have been a match made in heaven...hey ho, life is a cabaret after all.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we have TWO guests popping up on the show, but one of them only makes an appearance right at the very end, as the dominant force is the incredible comedian, singer and impressionist, Jess Robinson!  Jess' couple still hold(ens) iconic status in the UK, despite not being together for over two decades, and have since found their family fortunes elsewhere, yes it's Amanda Holden & Les Dennis!  As you can imagine Grainne and Chantal were thrilled with Jess' pick, and our survey says listen to this glorious episode!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a real humdinger as guest writer and critic Kayleigh Donaldson brings some juicy content in the form of the former couple Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra! Chantal and Grainne really get to flex their showbiz muscles in this soap opera worthy romance, which also floats the important subject of using sign language on cats.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here it is, the most inspirational, celebrational episode to date, thanks to brilliant guest, journalist and writer, Coco Khan and this week's couple, whose will they, won't they relationship has had us enthralled for the last 50 years... Kermit T. Frog and Miss Piggy! But just how compatible ARE they, and do pigs and frogs have star signs? You betcha sweet ass they do ... kissy, kissy, kissy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And they're BACK!   After what feels like an eternity, Grainne and Chantal return to the airwaves for some much-missed vicarious celebrity romance.  But what on earth have they been up to? Well, Grainne has had a pretty romantic time of it herself, so have a listen to find out what happened there... oh and we also get to dissect the on-off love of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, no big deal! Yup, it's really happening and it's all thanks to our wonderful guest, comedian Brona C Titley, and no one is more excited than Chantal is to finally get to discuss the twilight of this romance ... maybe it was his love of cooking, or was it her 'grumpiness' - the rapping probably didn't help either ...IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another fantastic edition of The Way They Were! This week's guest is Esports and gaming presenter, Frankie Ward and my, my, did she bring the goods or WHAT? We get to reminisce about the romance between what are arguably the ultimate millennials, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, although it's pretty clear that Chantal, Grainne and Frankie are particularly enamoured with one member of this couple in particular...Emma, if you're listening, CALL US!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the BIG one... yes, you heard it correctly, this week on The Way They Were, Grainne and Chantal FINALLY get to offload EVREYTHING they think and feel about why Tom and Nicole split-up and it's all thanks to this week's guest, comedian Yuriko Kotani! If THIS doesn't start your weekend right, then nothing will... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OHHH EMMMM GEEEE! Yes folks, the day has FINALLY arrived, when we all get to poke our heads down under and relive the heyday of Aussie soap, Neighbours and remember when Stock, Aitken and Waterman's Hit Factory dominated the charts! Yes, it's KYLIE AND JASON DAY!  This is all thanks to comedian Daisy Buchanan, who like the rest of us, watched that soap opera twice a day and obsessed over the on and off screen romance of our Queen and King of TV and Pop - YOU'RE WELCOME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to get on your flares, put flowers in your hair and soak-up the 60s vibe, as this week's guest, comedian Will Hall takes us on the hippy trail of the west coast when he presents the long-lost love of songstress Joni Michell and musician Graham Nash. Of course Grainne's tireless research uncovers some gems of this couple's courtship, but is this the week Chantal is finally beaten from guessing who our subjects are? There's only one way to find out... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a TWTW first, Grainne and Chantal welcome the very first showbiz couple to discuss ANOTHER showbiz couple on the podcast, as screen writer and one third of Drunk Women Solving Crime, Hannah George & star of stage and screen, Toby Williams nominate the long lost love of Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger for dissection.  As Hannah and Toby join us FRESH from saying I do, the gang find out why Avril and Chad couldn't last the distance, how old you need to be to drink in Canada and if patriotism is the death of romance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This coupling had Grainne and Chantal jumping around their ensuites with joy and it's all thanks to comedian Ola Labib, whose guest slot is surely one of legendary proportions, because this week, we get to stick our faces into the quagmire of Mel B and Eddie Murphy's brief union and as usual Grainne's thorough research turns-up some diamonds in the rough... strap in folks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yippee-ki-yay, motherf*cker! Yes it's happening this week thanks to comedian and actor Freya Parker, we're lamenting the lost love of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore! Join Chantal and Grainne in a mansion full of dolls worth of excitement and imagine what the film Ghost would have been like with Brucie at the pottery wheel instead of Patrick... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YES.... IT'S REALLY HAPPENING! Chantal was jumping on the sofa on hearing the news that we will be delving deeeeeep into the world of Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, all thanks to this week's fantastic guest, comedian and journalist George Heyworth.  As per usual, Grainne's research has left no stone unturned. allowing a full examination of this doomed romance... a pleasure and a privilege, I'm sure you'll agree...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's couple provided a rather cryptic conundrum for our Chantal, which is no surprise, given that these guys were once the golden couple of British daytime TV, but even if, like Chantal, you're learning about this pair for the first time, Grainne's meticulous research and guest Lou's unparalleled enthusiasm will have you on a google deep-dive of your own in NO TIME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They couldn't live together, yet they couldn't live apart, which sounds absolutely exhausting, but Chantal and Grainne are cock-a-hoop to be able to delve into the on again, off again, on again, off again etc whirlwind of love that is Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton! This is all thanks to this week's guest who gave us this gift is icon of comedy, Holly Burn, who as well as coming armed with some amazing stories of her own showbiz life, allows us to immerse ourselves into some old skool Hollywood glamour... they don't make em like this anymore!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's lost love lament comes from a lady who is no stranger to a podcast, it's one third of Drunk Women Solving Crime and screenwriter, Taylor Glenn, who still isn't over a 90s romance which combined Dead Poets and Pulp Fiction, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke! To say these guys were couples goals is an understatement, but alas, their love exists only in the time capsule of our hearts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode she's a couple SO iconic that Chantal guessed their identity so fast, it was practically telepathy.... or the fact that Grainne's opening clue contained 'material girl and lock, stock'... as you can imagine, this lost love is a treasure trove to delve into and it's all thanks to this week's guest, Journalist Stephen Leng!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Although a series of technical hiccoughs and a car accident lead the team to refer to this as the 'cursed' episode, this is absolutely NO reflection on our amazing guest and the epic couple they picked for us to dissect! This week Chantal and Grainne welcomes writer, podcaster and activist Jackie Adedeji whose chaotic choice of couple dominated the headlines in the early 2000s, yes it's none other than Billie Piper and Chris Evans! Yes, WE'D forgotten all about that too, but now the memories of all that messiness have come flooding back ... join us!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's no other way to describe this week's couple AND guest but ICONIC! Comedian and political commentator Ayesha Hazarika immerses herself and hosts Grainne and Chantal in the early noughties when Brangelina was born at the cost of the fairytale that was Brad and Jen.... ahhhh simple days.  Ayesha also takes us into the world of romance amongst the politicos ... brace yourselves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Grainne and Chantal for this week's look at celebrity lost loves is comedian Ed Byrne, who has much to say about 80s music power couple Sheila E. and Prince! Much is made of little Prince's seduction techniques (the man says it with flowers) and Sheila's musical heritage - something most people don't realise!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking civil wars, complex love triangles, winged eyeliner and weird welcome gifts. We're travelling back in time, further than we ever have on this podcast, as this week's couple got together in the summer of 48 BC! Our incredible guest comedian Ria Lina picked a couple who quite literally rocked our world - it's the iconic story of Cleopatra and Julius Ceasar. Thank you for this stunning choice Ria, we didn't know how much we needed this episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gráinne and Chantal immerse themselves in the life and romances of the luvvies who dominated the world of film in the 1990s, traversing from one EM Forster adaptation to another, and King and Queen of the luvvies were of course Emma Thomson and Kenneth Brannagh, who guest Pippa Evans still mourns the loss of to this very day... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Although this week's amazing guest, singer, songwriter Sam Preston has brought with him an epic celebrity past couple to analyze in the form of Lisa Marie Presley & Nicholas Cage, one of his own past relationships has also achieved iconic status and was a matter of time before it was featured on this show.  In the mid-noughties, the lovely Sam was better known as 'Preston', singer with The Ordinary Boys, and met his future wife Chantelle in the Celebrity Big Brother House.  Sam talks not only about the bizarre escapades of his chosen couple, but also what it's like to suffer a break-up in the full glare of press and publicity,  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to look back at a bygone romance which couldn't withstand the freelove vibe of 60s swinging London, despite one of them being an actual Beatle! Bringing us into the glamour of the Chelsea set is comedian, actor, and podcaster, Amy Hoggart, for whom barely a day goes by without her lamenting the lost love of George Harrison and Pattie Boyd.... join her why doncha! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grainne and Chantal are here again and this week's love lament is curtesy of comedian Joe Sutherland, who takes us back to the raucous mid-noughties and the turbulent romance between Linsday Lohan and Sam Ronson, let's just say Lindsay was 'peak' Lindsay during this time, but which of them has thrived and who has just survived? Listen and you'll find out...   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Chantal and Grainne reminisce about the time two worlds collided with luminous guest comedian Rosie Holt! Rosie takes us back to the glory days of the TV reality show 'Made In Chelsea' when one of its stars, Millie Mackintosh was embroiled in the Romeo and Julliette of the mid-noughties when she met her unlikely prince charming in the form of rapper, Professor Green.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chantal and Grainne are back for another look at love gone wrong and this week it's so, so wrong, thanks to the guest and her celebrity couple, yes comedian Sindhu Vee went there and presented us all with the log forgotten image of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng! As always, we delve right into the relationship and find out what they got up to on an exercise bike, and speculate if alleged unrequited love played a part in the demise of Rupendi.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we are transported back to the heady days of The O.C when writer and comedian Robin Morgan declares his long lost lament of the love that was Rachel Bilson & Adam Brody - it was a simpler time ... for them AND us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Chantal and Grainne are joined by the nation's sweetheart, Stephen Bailey, who treats his celebrity couple crush as more of a declaration of his own love towards one of the parties, owning actual merchandise with Zac Efron's face on it... I'm beginning to think he was GLAD when Zac and Vanessa's love ended...listen to the episode and see what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, well, well, I guess it must be 2009 (or thereabout) as we're entering the epic twists and turns of the epic 'love' story of Jessica Simpson and John Mayer courtesy of this week's guest, comedian Evelyn Mok.  It's a torrid tale at times and it has to be said, that this may be a lesson in what DOESN'T make someone great boyfriend material... but that's just our opinion, you guys can make up your own minds about that one... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back to the 90s this week, as guest comedian, Angela Barnes whisks Gráinne and Chantal back to the epitome of Britpop cool, when they discuss the couple I don't think any of us got over, Damon Albarn & Justine Frischmann.  It was a time when we were only allowed to have ONE successful female Britpop star and she was it...when you hear what her hobbies were around this time, we guarantee you'll just love her even more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is the stuff of dreams, as hosts Gráinne and Chantal get to celebrate a lost love, which has actually rekindled! Yes comedian and writer Viv Groskop was DYING to talk to us all about her obsession with 'Benifer' and the utter joy that these two found each other again... if only all our couples were so bold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chantal and Grainne are here again and this week are transported back to the swinging 60s by a couple who were the epitome of the era... but just how glamourous were Mick and Marianne REALLY?  As well as taking a deep dive into the world of sex, drugs and rock n'roll we also hear why Mick probably never includes cabbage in a Sunday roast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's another epic week in the world of lost showbiz love as Gráinne (@grannymaguire) and Chantal (@chancentrate) welcome comedian, artist (she did the artwork for THIS very show), and award-winning podcaster, Poppy Hillstead! Poppy takes us all the way back to the 1970s when the love between budding make-up artist Devito( ... yes, REALLY) and aspiring actress Perlman met and fell in love... but despite being one of Hollywood's most stable couples, a happy ever after just wasn't to be, despite the efforts of Michael Douglas. Follow Poppy - @poppyhillstead Follow us - @thewaytheywerepodcast (Insta) @thewaytheywere pod (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chantal (@chancentrate) and Gráinne (@grannymaguire) are here again to prise another erstwhile celebrity couple crush out of the memory banks of this week's guest, comedian Sam Lake.  Sam doesn't disappoint as he takes us back to the days when 'I'm a Celebrity' was UNMISSABLE TV and the nation was gripped at the smoldering looks over the campfire and midnight hammock fondles of Katie Price and Peter Andre.  We get some top-class reenactments of what went down and as you'd expect, this episode is INSANIA! Follow Sam - @mrsamlake Follow us - @thewaytheywerepodcast (Insta) @thewaytheywere pod (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How could this episode of TWTW be anything less than a bumper edition when it's got comedian Laura Lexx AND the erstwhile true love of JENNIFER ANISTON AND BRAD PITT?! Chantal (@chancentrate) and Gráinne (@grannymaguire) had no choice but to give this one the extra time, as Laura regresses back to the real-life fairytale of Brad and Jen. But alas, no one told her life was gonna be this way, when our Prince Charming fell off his white horse into the waiting arms of the Wicked Queen Herself.., Angelina Jolie... But has the luxury of passing years softened our cold, judgemental hearts towards Ange? Was it Jen's book club that drove Brad to form Brangelina? Did Brad ever date Sinitta, or is it an elaborate government hoax?  All these questions and more are pondered by the best love detectives in town... Follow Laura - @lexxlaura Follow us - @thewaytheywerepodcast (Insta) @thewaytheywere pod (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello and welcome to this episode of TWTW and have Grainne (@grannymaguire) and Chantal (@chancentrate) got a treat for you? That's obviously a rhetorical question because their fantastic guest is the wonderful comedian and actor David Mills! As if that weren't enough, he came armed with a box of delights that is the lost love of Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche! Yep, it's a 90s thing, so put on your white, trouser suit and fantasize what a typical date with what is arguably the first famous lesbian couple would have been. Help us marvel at what a big deal it was for our trailblazers to be stepping out together, when perhaps more eyebrows should have been raised at Anne's previous relationship to the one with Ellen ... but like I said, it's a 90s thing. Who thrived and who survived? The answer may not be as obvious as you think... Follow David - @davidmillsdept Follow us - @thewaytheywerepodcast (Insta) @thewaytheywere pod (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first flurry of episodes of The Way They Were!  In this edition, Grainne and Chantal welcome you to join them to celebrate the lost love of the king and queen of Juicy Couture, Cheryl Tweedy, and Ashley Cole! And the guest taking us back to the days of ghetto fabulous and dubious self-tanning choices is comedian and writer, Athena Kugblenu! Yes, thanks to Athena, we get to cast our memories back to the days before Cheryl's name became too long for an autocue and Ashley still lived in a flat (Why?? He was a multi-millionaire... BUY A HOUSE). We walk through the early days of that erstwhile love affair and those first faltering texts Ashley sent to woo the nation's sweetheart (Silvia Plath he ain't) and find, ultimately who thrived and who just survived after the relationship.  Also, each week Chantal and Grainne will be asking the guest to come up with the perfect life partner for a very special single megastar and Athena's suggestion shouldn't work, but just does. Welcome to the wonderful world of 'The Way They Were'. Follow Athena - @athenakugblenu Follow us - Chantal (@chancentrate) and Gráinne (@grannymaguire) plus @thewaytheywerepodcast (Insta) @thewaytheywere pod (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If there is one thing Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin- Pate love more than discussing their own odd ex’s, it’s remembering weird celebrities that went out with each other too.  The glory days of Brangelina and Jelena may be over but Gráinne and Chantal, or should we say, Grantal?, have not forgotten. This podcast, Inspired by the cult Old Loves tumblr is a love letter to the celebrity relationships we adored at the time but now have forgotten ever happened. Every week Chantal and Gráinne will be joined by a different celebrity guest to discuss the celebrity romance they never got over. So take our hand and stroll down memory lane, as we remember .... The Way They Were....  THE WAY THEY WERE, COMING TO YOU IN JANUARY 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices