

The Way They Were
W!ZARD Studios
The podcast where every celebrity split is the one that got away. Each week comedians Grainne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate take a deep dive into a celebrity breakup, chosen by a special guest, that still lingers in their hearts and minds. We scour interviews, over-analyse iconic pictures and search for meaning in post-breakup media statements. Celeb gossip hounds will feel right at home, but really anyone who's experienced a breakup can appreciate hearing how the rich and famous take heartbreak to a whole new level. They might uncouple ‘amicably with love and respect for one another’ - but we never get over these lost loves! Join us every Friday for a new episode.
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Apr 29, 2022 • 1h 1min
19: Ed Byrne: Prince & Sheila E.
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

Apr 22, 2022 • 55min
18: Ria Lina: Cleopatra & Julius Ceasar
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

Apr 15, 2022 • 56min
17: Pippa Evans: Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson
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

Apr 8, 2022 • 51min
16: Sam Preston: Lisa Marie Presley & Nicholas Cage
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

Apr 1, 2022 • 59min
15: Amy Hoggart: Pattie Boyd & George Harrison
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

Mar 25, 2022 • 57min
14: Joe Sutherland: Lindsey Lohan & Sam Ronson
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

Mar 18, 2022 • 46min
13: Rosie Holt: Millie Mackintosh & Prof. Green
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

Mar 11, 2022 • 59min
12: Sindhu Vee: Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng
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

Mar 4, 2022 • 50min
11: Robin Morgan: Rachel Bilson & Adam Brody
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

Feb 25, 2022 • 51min
10: Stephen Bailey: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
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