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This week, we’re heading straight into the French countryside — where the champagne is crisp, the men have fantastic accents, and apparently everyone has access to an impossibly charming bookstore.

Think:
📍 The French countryside
📍 Stoic Germans
📍 Champagne (so much champagne)
📍 Silly heirs & family drama
📍 Hidden childhood books
📍 Bookstore kisses
📍 And two incredibly emotionally mature adults

What We Get Into This Episode

❤️ Why this movie restored our faith in rom-coms

After months of mediocre rom-com chaos, Champagne Problems came along like a warm baguette to the soul. Real adults! Healthy communication! No messy exes showing up at the 11th hour!

💬 The “grown-ass-adult energy” of both leads

We talk about why Sydney and Henri might be two of the most refreshingly secure rom-com characters in years.
No games.
No nonsense.
Just actual vulnerability and direct communication.
Honestly? Revolutionary.

📦 Why people “fall in love” while traveling

Kira unpacks why vacation romance hits different — and why it’s SO much easier to be your real self when you don’t think you’ll see someone again.

☕ Safety PSA: The one moment that wasn’t it

Listen, sleeping with a charming French stranger your first night abroad sounds romantic, but we break down why it's also… not always the safest move.

🛍️ The emotional maturity we loved to see

Including the tiny, beautiful moment when Sydney sets a boundary between Henri and his dad — without inserting herself or playing savior.

🤣 The comedy MVPs: Roberto & Otto

We pull the best lines, including:

• “My body is a temple. Mine is more of a bouncy castle.”
• “I drink champagne, I throw parties, and I know things.”

📚 The big love lesson: Love doesn’t need chaos to be interesting

This movie proves that two kind, grounded humans with good values are compelling enough to carry a story.
Drama optional.
Champagne mandatory.

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Welcome to the Rom-Com Rescue Holiday Extravaganza! Six holiday rom-coms over the next six weeks!

Conscious uncoupling, gingerbread throwdowns, one last “totally normal” family Christmas, inconvenient new crushes… and Pierson Fode in candy-cane underwear. That’s right. We went there.

This week on RomCom Rescue, Kira and Dr. Izzy break down Netflix’s brand-new 2025 holiday rom-com Merry Little Ex-Mas starring Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Jamila Jamil, and Pierson Fode— and let’s just say:
It is was rough for us.

Not magical. Not cozy. Not even Hot Frosty-level cute.

But it is full of relationship red flags, questionable choices, unmatched chaos, and enough emotional immaturity to keep two therapists busy until 2028.

We cover:

🎄 Conscious Uncoupling… or Conscious Unraveling?
Why this movie is basically a PSA for “please don’t date people who aren’t actually divorced yet.”

🍪 The Gingerbread House Incident Heard ‘Round the World
Unregulated emotions, public meltdowns, and one truly tragic cookie crime scene.

❤️ New Crushes, Old Wounds & Pierson Fode
Why he was here. Why he should’ve been an elf. And why none of it made sense.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The Kids Who Deserved Better
Divorce logistics, blurred boundaries, holiday blending gone wrong, and the parenting decisions that had us yelling at our TVs.

🌱 Kate’s Villain Era (and Environmental Rage)
Control issues, projection, victim mindset, and why being “right” doesn’t make you good at relationships.

🏡 Why the Ending Doesn’t Actually Fix Anything
Indoor grills are not couples therapy.
Perfume ≠ emotional maturity.
And “let’s just go back to how things were” is not a plot arc.

💡 Love Lessons (If We Squint)
– Don’t date someone mid-divorce.
– Don’t bring new partners home for the holidays when your marriage isn’t actually over.
– Take responsibility for your choices.
– Stop projecting your fears onto your kids.
– And for the love of Santa: get a therapist before you get a rebound.

📉 The Final Verdict:
Tacos: 1/5
Love Lessons: 1/5
Butterflies: 0
Plot Holes: Infinity

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Next week: We’re tackling Champagne Problems (Netflix, Nov 19) with Minka Kelly & Tom Woznicka.
Fingers crossed it’s better. (It has to be. Right?)

And remember:
We believe we create our own happily ever afters… and please, for the love of god, don’t date people before they’re divorced.

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Down-on-their-luck artists, reality dating chaos, mean girls and sabotage—The Wrong Paris has all the ingredients of a romcom…and almost none of the actual love lessons.

This week on RomCom Rescue, Kira and Dr. Isabelle break down the 2025 Netflix romcom The Wrong Paris starring Miranda Cosgrove and Pierson Fodé—and they’re joined by Nick Thompson from Love Is Blind Season 2 and president of the UCAN Foundation (Unscripted Cast Advocacy Network).

Together, they pull back the curtain on reality dating shows and ask:

Are these setups actually about love—or just entertainment dressed up as a fairytale?

In this episode, we get into:

• The Wrong Paris recap
• Reality dating shows vs real love
• Manipulation, archetypes & editing
• Women competing vs actually connecting
• Paradox of choice & dating apps
• Avoidance, independence & self-protection
• Will Dawn & Trey make it?
• Nick’s reality check on “success stories”

Guest Spotlight: Nick Thompson

Nick Thompson is a former cast member from Love Is Blind Season 2 and the President of the UCAN Foundation (Unscripted Cast Advocacy Network), a nonprofit that supports reality TV contestants’ mental health, rights, and wellbeing while advocating for industry reform.

Watch & Connect

• 🎥 Watch: The Wrong Paris — currently streaming on Netflix
• 🧠 Learn more about UCAN: Go to the UCAN site to support their work with reality TV cast members.
• 💌 Share your hot takes:
  • Was The Wrong Paris relationship goals or a walking red flag parade?
  • Vote in our Instagram polls and DM us your thoughts.

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