The Blunt and The Beautiful

This week on The Week That Was, Kate & Tansy unpack the internet's biggest moments - from Brad Pitt's apparent PR comeback and Gina Rinehart's very questionable bronzer to Karl Stefanovic's controversial podcast interview and why outrage has become the new currency. Also this week:• Zendaya's Spider-Man press tour looks • The movie trailers everyone will be talking about• M...

This week on The Week That Was, we're diving headfirst into the moments everyone couldn't stop talking about. From Rihanna's breathtaking magazine shoot and the surreal photography taking over fashion, to Madonna's provocative new short film that has everyone debating whether it's art, shock value, or both. We unpack why Broadway's new boom and who would have thought we would cover sports. Fashion...

This week on The Week That Was , Dua Lipa gets married in what may be the chicest celebrity wedding of the decade, Kate accidentally gets cancelled by flower enthusiasts, and Tansy reveals she tracks Broadway ticket sales the same way some people track horse racing. Also this week: • Dua Lipa and Callum Turner restore our faith in love • Cynthia Erivo heads back to Broadway and Tansy spirals into...

This week on The Week That Was … Katie Price’s husband mysteriously vanishes in Dubai after allegedly texting her while tied up “behind his back,” Burning Man attendees are crowdfunding a new Orgy Dome, and Kate & Tansy expose Architectural Digest home tours for what they really are: luxury realestate.com.au ads. Also this week: Kate reviews what may genuinely be the worst movie ever made Sash...

We are back! Happy Friday! James Charles gets dragged (again), Dua Lipa sues Samsung for a casual $15 million, Kesha announces she’s now “geosexual” and exclusively attracted to Italy, and Australian Fashion Week basically turns into a water park with better outfits. This week, Kate & Tansy unpack the internet’s latest descent into chaos, including: The James Charles GoFundMe controversy and w...

This week on The Week That Was … Kate and Tansy ask the important cultural questions: Why does every reboot feel like reheated nachos? Why are rich people dressed like dystopian wedding guests at the Met Gala? And why does Anne Hathaway have a dead possum glued to her head? We unpack: The Devil Wears Prada 2 and why Miranda Priestly flying economy is apparently the collapse of modern cinema The Me...

This week on The Blunt & The Beautiful, psych Taash Balakas (aka our new in-house therapist) is back! And we’re diving into one of the most uncomfortable, messy, and honestly… common topics right now: Estrangement. Yep. Cutting off family. Parents. Siblings. Kids. The whole emotional circus. And before you think this is going to be neat and tidy with a bow on top… it’s not. In this episode, we...

This week starts exactly how you’d expect… with no sleep, theatre rehearsals, and a casual conversation about Harry Styles being (possibly) engaged to Zoë Kravitz — and the absolute fallout from Olivia Wilde, Channing Tatum, and every other ex left emotionally… and publicly… processing it. Because apparently in 2026, the best way to handle a breakup is to post a poem on Instagram? We have thoughts...

This week on The Blunt & The Beautiful… we’ve got a woman who has spent 10 YEARS being paid to sit on the couch, drink wine, and judge television. Honestly? The dream. We’re joined by Isabelle Siblery (yes, that Isabelle from Gogglebox) and things get very real, very quickly. From how she accidentally ended up on one of Australia’s most iconic shows… to the very unglamorous reality of what hap...

This week, we’re serving everything from silky Sukin hair to bone-dry Caesar salads that should honestly be investigated. Tansy’s in her pyjamas, Kate’s across the cultural news, and somehow we’ve landed on theatre erotica, Carlton in autumn, and why a bad restaurant can still be… weirdly iconic. Then we spiral (naturally) into the Practical Magic 2 trailer, devilishly good fashion moments, and th...

Cancel culture… are we holding people accountable, or are we just bored and looking for someone new to absolutely ruin over breakfast? This week on The Blunt and the Beautiful , Kate and Tansy put on their imaginary judge wigs and dive headfirst into the chaotic, messy, morally confusing world of cancel culture… and yes, they absolutely start throwing names around. From celebrities who’ve been dra...

Kate and Tansy are back and absolutely firing, kicking things off with a conspiracy theory that honestly… checks out. From Sarah Jessica Parker casually “smelling the air” to launching perfumes two seconds later, the girls unpack the art of celebrity manipulation… and respect it. Then it’s into fashion, footballers and the ongoing cultural identity crisis of preppy brands, as Travis Kelce becomes...

This week we’re joined by psychologist Tassh Balakas and honestly… strap in, because it’s a full audit of your mental health habits. We unpack why everyone thinks they’re “media literate” (you’re not), why your nervous system is fried before breakfast, and how watching 700 traumatic videos a day is not activism. And - • why your algorithm is not your friend (it’s actually playing you)• the differe...

This week, Kate and Tansy are talking It Girl sneakers, office women fighting in Aldi, and the deeply troubling fact that people no longer seem capable of watching a normal television drama without trying to solve it like it’s a murder mystery. Naturally, things spiral. We get into the rise of the Adidas Tokyo as the latest cool girl shoe, why slim little sneakers are apparently all anyone needs n...

We tried to talk about guilty pleasures like normal people….we are not normal peopleKate and Tansy spiral through the things they love that probably say too much about them — from stalking celebrity gossip like it’s a full criminal investigation, to spending hours watching strangers get things extracted from their bodies (don’t act like you’re above it). We also cover: Why Facebook Marketplace is...

Welcome back to The Week That Was! Don't forget to join our ⁠⁠Facebook Group⁠ What happens when hypocrisy, politics and Mount Everest all collide? This week… chaos. Kate and Tansy unpack the internet losing its mind over an American politician’s husband’s alleged secret life (and why the timing is chef’s kiss ), before diving into the very weird energy of global leaders suddenly addressing the...

Welcome back to The Blunt and The Beautiful! Kate and Tansy sit down with Amanda Goff (also known as Samantha X) for a conversation that goes far deeper than headlines, stigma, or Google searches. From high-profile escort to journalist to now openly living with a bipolar diagnosis, Amanda shares the reality behind the persona — and what happens when mental illness goes undiagnosed for decades. Thi...

Welcome back to The Week That Was! Don't forget to join our ⁠Facebook Group⁠ This week, Tansy returns from theatre isolation (read: a windowless black room for nine hours a day) and re-enters society like a slightly disoriented mole. Kate, naturally, is here to aggressively catch her up. We kick off with the Hannah Montana 20 year anniversary, which raises the important question: did we need it, o...

In this episode of The Blunt and The Beautiful, Kate turns the mic on someone you’ve heard a lot… but probably don’t fully know. Tansy Gorman. After years of people Googling “Tansy Gorman hand,” “Tansy Gorman disability,” and “what happened?” we thought it was time to just say it out loud. This is a raw, funny, honest conversation about growing up with a brachial plexus injury, navigating childhoo...

Welcome BACK to The Week That Was, where Kate Forster and Tansy Gorman break down everything happening in pop culture, whether it deserves it or not. This week, Tansy is running on theatre fumes (nine hours in a windowless room will do that to you), Kate is promoting her daughter’s show like a stage mum on steroids, and somehow we end up deep in the chaos of the Oscars, celebrity behaviour, and fa...

The Blunt and The Beautiful is BACK!!And Kate Forster and Tansy Gorman arrive in exactly the mood you’d expect: slightly feral, deeply opinionated, and officially done with a lot of things. From internet outrage and TikTok friendships to uncomfortable fashion, fake “closure,” and the absolute chaos of social media comment sections, Kate and Tansy run through the growing list of things they simply...

It’s been a chaotic week of celebrity news, internet moments and pop culture absurdity. Kate and Tansy unpack the surprise reveal that Zendaya and Tom Holland may have secretly tied the knot , why stylist Law Roach casually spilling the tea might actually be the most iconic wedding announcement ever, and the internet losing its mind over it. They also dive into Justin Timberlake’s DUI bodycam dram...

It’s an almost after-dark episode and absolutely nothing is off limits. This week we unpack the BAFTAs controversy and the BBC broadcast backlash, the editing decisions that sparked outrage, and why the narrative completely overshadowed the awards themselves. We dive into the Royal Family drama — Prince Andrew, King Charles, the £12 million payout to Virginia Giuffre, and whether the monarchy is f...

This week on The Week That Was , we’re cultured, critical and slightly unhinged. From front-row hay fever at Australian theatre to Hollywood’s favourite fake romances, Kate and Tansy spiral beautifully through the arts, the aesthetics and the absolute audacity. 🎭 Tansy’s gone full thespian — My Brilliant Career in the front row (bring antihistamines) followed by tap-dancing Mormon boys in The Boo...

This week we paused batch recording to scream at Bad Bunny’s halftime show, defend Puerto Rico with our whole chests, drag two crusty former Housewives, and somehow end up discussing hyaluronic acid… but make it athletic. From Doechii updating her Instagram bio, to the devastating loss of James Van Der Beek at 48, to Bethenny Frankel discovering that the internet has consequences — this episode is...