Join me for a little ”me time” in my closet. Yes, my closet! Because as a mom of 3, that’s the only place I can get some quiet time! So let’s get real & raw about life struggles!
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Got something to confess sis…? Good job because author and journalist, Candice Brathwaite, and actress and online personality, Coco Sarel, are inviting you into their closet of confession to drop their truths, and yours… Come and confess to us cousins, it’s *totally* anonymous and there’s nothing off-limits. Send in your secrets: https://forms.gle/isf8odGDSn1S3FSz7 Oh, and don’t forget - what’s said in the closet, stays in the closet… This podcast has been produced by Astrid Productions. Hos ...
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Welcome to Confessions of a Closet Romantic, a sweet and sexy show highlighting the smartest, most engaging romantic stories on the big and small screen — sometimes books— that share a common takeaway. I'm a writer, former film student and book reviewer who has loved romance forever — those hopeful, heartwarming and dramatic stories about sex, romance, connection and love. I've always felt shamed for loving this genre, but not anymore! Every two weeks, I'll be your ridiculously enthusiastic, ...
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Romance Replay: Second Chance Romance with Dr. J
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24:22Send us a text (I'll be taking a break in the next few weeks for my sweetie's extended visit!) Seeking hot, healthy sex and love later in life is quite the adventure, as I have discovered. It helps to have a compassionate, wise guide for the journey like sex educator Dr. Donna Jennings PhD. I interviewed Dr. J a few years ago about healthy sexualit…
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Expecting Love and Miracles
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19:25Send us a text The new Amy Schumer romcom Kinda Pregnant follows how far one woman will go to realize her fantasy of motherhood and a family of her own. After her best friend gets pregnant and tired of waiting for her own moment, she decides to wear a fake baby bump — only part time — and a hilarious, sometimes sad farce ensues. Schumer's trademark…
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House Love: No Good Deed
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18:57Send us a text (Some clips in this episode have minor spoilers). Oh I love a tone like this: funny, smart but also emotional, dark and dramatic: let's call it an American-neurotic cozy murder mystery. There is a mystery at the heart of this show, and an amazing house, but it's also about a beautiful neighborhood full of interesting couples grapplin…
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Bittersweet British Holidays: Last Christmas/This Is Christmas/That Christmas
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31:16Send us a text (I'll be taking a brief break in January – see you next year!) There's a unique flavor to British romcoms and especially British romantic holiday movies: a dash of vinegar mixed in with the sugar and spice, a grounding bite to the proceedings, a bittersweet gentle melancholy, an undercurrent that keeps it real and earns the emotion i…
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The Grace of Love: Dan in Real Life
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26:30Send us a text The world can be harsh place, but the grace of love — familial, chosen family, platonic and especially intimate and romantic love — always helps you through. It's a gift that keeps on giving and keeps you going, so let's be grateful for wherever and whenever we are graced with it. The best holiday movies and romcoms remind us that cu…
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Holiday Harmony: Meet Me Next Christmas
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18:51Send us a text Who doesn't love a romantic meet cute? Who doesn't love a double meet cute, a story about fate, searching for the one — when the real one is right under your nose? Add a great script, good banter, two lead characters to root for from the first minute, a great supporting cast and some funny shenanigans while chasing a spare ticket to …
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Spellbound: Practical Magic/The Love Witch
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32:26Send us a text It's the season: bring on the witchy energy. These movies could be called dark romcoms, because they center romantic love in their plots, and they're often funny, but it's a corrupted or disappointing love, with witches as the main characters scrambling to find their power and the right sorcery for success, illegal illicit or otherwi…
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Quick Take: Challengers
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17:22Send us a text It took me a long time to check out this sport romance, but to say I was knocked over by this inventive, dramatic, erotic story is an understatement. It's about a threesome, a love triangle, sport prodigies, early promise, the pursuit of excellence, the thrill and disappointments of growing up, playing the game of life and love, sex …
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Faith in Love: Nobody Wants This
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23:47Send us a text Mismatched family cultures, personal values and beliefs: most romantic couples can relate. The sexy atheist and the hot rabbi at the center of this funny and often deep and touching fish out of water romcom dodge devastating zingers, doubtful friends, meddling families, sarcastic siblings, and a culture that just doesn't want one of …
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Romcom Parody: They Came Together/Isn't It Romantic
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33:31Send us a text (I'm taking a little break over the next few weeks because my sweetie is coming to visit! See you in October). This month, I'm celebrating the fourth anniversary of my podcast! After more than 100 episodes, I had sunk into a tiny romance slump — then I discovered these romcom parodies, poking gentle but hilarious fun at romance trope…
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Romantic Replay: Cyrano
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37:31Send us a text I've been feeling a bit under the weather, while also preparing for my sweetie's upcoming visit (a much longer visit this time), and my heart's full of romance and thoughts about when we first fell in love. So it's the perfect time to replay my episode about Cyrano, Joe Wright's lush romantic musical version of the classic Cyrano de …
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All the Single Ladies: Love and Independence
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37:29Send us a text Being single — whether it's a temporary identity or permanent — is valid life choice, but it doesn't often feel that way in our society. Living a romantic life can mean being part of a couple, and also includes being unpartnered, child free, parenting a pet, and falling in love with yourself. Some brave real life artists and fictiona…
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Romance Replay: How to Build a Sex Room
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18:29Send us a text The 4th anniversary of the show is coming up, and I have learned so much about myself and my desires while making this podcast. I appreciate every listener, and also feel so grateful for the journey I've been on, taking a closer look at some of the best romances in books and on screen. So I'm replaying an episode from my 2nd annivers…
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Hot Romcom Mamas: The Idea of You/Mother of the Bride/A Family Affair
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29:17Send us a text I'm child free but Anne Hathaway, Brooke Shields and Nicole Kidman are the hottest of hot mamas in these romcoms, and make motherhood look like living your best life on steroids. It's a difficult enough job without worrying if you qualify for the MILF label like these ladies do, and sure, they're guilty of mothering while sexy and go…
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Romance Replay: LGBTQ Love
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22:05Send us a text Let's close out Pride Month with a replay of my episode about two amazing LGBTQ screen romances: the romantic drama Supernova, and the gleeful musical about teen love, The Prom. Prepare for snotty crying, then bopping in your chair. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.com Don't miss my episode on the fantastic LGBTQ romcom Fire …
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Girl Crush: Bottoms/Booksmart/The Half of It
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37:04Send us a text Hey romance friends! Let's celebrate Pride Month with a trio of smart, funny, quirky movies about queer girl crushes on high school classmates. Classmates to lovers is one of the most popular romantic tropes ever, and these movies have quite the unique take on those beats. The friendships are deep and full of love, the romantic explo…
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The Romantic Awakening of Don Jon
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30:46Send us a text A romcom where a main character is addicted to porn? That's just the beginning of this amazing character study, written, directed by and starring Joseph Gordon Levitt. Jon is a difficult man to admire: he's a dishonest womanizer, marinated in heteronormative culture and toxic masculinity. Then two women cross his path and change it —…
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The Best of Your Confessions Part 2
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24:25To celebrate 5 seasons of Closet Confessions, we’re throwing back to some of the best cousin confessions. For part 2, we’ve got confessions covering cheating justification, the most vile revenge story and probably one of the craziest confessions we’ve ever received. Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod Don’t forget, what’s said in the…
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The Best of Your Confessions Part 1
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22:23To celebrate 5 seasons of Closet Confessions, we’re throwing back to some of the best cousin confessions. So enjoy the most iconic stories of petty revenge, broken hearts and a seriously chaotic Christmas. Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod Don’t forget, what’s said in the closet, stays in the closet and send your anonymous confessi…
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Quick Take: Bridgerton Season 3
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20:36Send us a text It's been a couple of years, a hot minute since we spent time with the Bridgerton and Featherington families. If this was real life, every single woman in the Ton would now be a confirmed spinster, but fortunately, in this glittering romantic period costume drama world, we resume the story as the wallflower Penelope Featherington fin…
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Your Confessions… “I cancelled their holiday”
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14:44Sarel’s confession brings out Candice’s responsibility to slay, but Sarel just wants to confirm outfits before the event… In the closet this week, Candice shares how dressing outisde of trends makes her feel powerful, the girls discuss the impact of a signature staple and they discuss the recent Amanda Seales pile-on. Follow the show on Instagram @…
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It’s not all stiff wigs and ski trips
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54:09Sarel’s confession brings out Candice’s responsibility to slay, but Sarel just wants to confirm outfits before the event… In the closet this week, Candice shares how dressing outisde of trends makes her feel powerful, the girls discuss the impact of a signature staple and they discuss the recent Amanda Seales pile-on. Follow the show on Instagram @…
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Your Confessions… “Am I Being An Unsupportive Friend?”
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17:09A cousin is struggling with her friend’s escapades with a sugar daddy. When is it concern or is it judgement? Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod If you have a confession you need to get off your chest, pop it anonymously in here: forms.gle/isf8odGDSn1S3FSz7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Pivot like you’re playing netball
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31:50Candice and Sarel discuss how scary it is watching the youth grow up online and the joy of not having to stick at one thing forever. In the closet this week, Candice explains why she hates Stitches on TikTok, not being a content creator forever and the girls wonder what the lasting impacts of iPad babies are going to be… Plus, in our cousin confess…
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Love and Taylor Swift
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33:58Send us a text Romance friends! I'm celebrating my 100th episode this week with an indulgent deep dive into the tear-stained emotion, blind love and delicious word play in Taylor Swift songs. My romance friend Mariah, a Swiftie from way back, returns to the show so we can gush together over the passion, the heartbreak, the artistry, the tiny exquis…
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Your Confessions… “GET OUT (The Movie)”
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16:41After a gorgeous story of Black love, a cousin has written in as she’s reconsidering dating a guy due to his favourite movie. Candice and Sarel discuss the intricacies of dating outside your rate and recall some unhinged comments made about dating Black women. Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod If you have a confession you need to g…
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Candice has found her first grey hair and it’s not where you think it is… This week in the closet, Sarel and Candice get into the reality of perimenopause, the desperation of wanting to learn more about our own bodies and how Black women’s health issues are constantly overlooked. Plus, our cousin confession features a lying husband, big-boobed whit…
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Serial Romantic: This is Me Now: a Love Story
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25:33Send us a text I'm a J Lo fangirl from way back, and even though the title of her narrative concept film based on the album of the same name seemed ridiculously self-absorbed, I got completely transported by it anyway, because...J Lo. It's not just the story of her second chance romance with the person she never stopped loving, and has reunited wit…
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Romance Replay: Second Chance Romance
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30:27Send us a text I have the sweetest hangover that I don't want to get over. My first ever visit with my long-distance sweetie was amazing, he's already gone home, and we're already planning our next visit. I'm exhausted, but in the very best way, so I bring you a replay of my second chance romance episode, which I created a little over a year ago af…
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This cousin is wrestling with her mum’s new boyfriend with a 27-year age gap. Candice and Sarel offer their thoughts on whether we worry about our parents too much and the dream of being a wealthy older woman. We’re going on tour! Come see us in Birmingham and Manchester, get your tickets at www.closetconfessionspod.com Follow the show on Instagram…
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You’re jealous and it stinks
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31:24Sarel makes it clear the type of person she finds the most annoying and Candice is reminding us why we’re not owed any information about… anyone. The girls discuss why you must be shameless in life, why they’re sick of the public villainising women’s sexuality and they advise a cousin who’s been told to teach their young son about shame. We’re goin…
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Your Confessions… “I just found out why my dad refused to teach me his native language”
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11:27This confession is a story of identity, secrecy and the ultimate betrayal. The question is, does this daughter tell her mum what she’s discovered? We’re going on tour! Come see us in Birmingham and Manchester, get your tickets at www.closetconfessionspod.com Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod If you have a confession you need to get…
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It’s giving Black Mirror
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34:38Candice reveals why she’s done auditioning and Sarel declares her love and utmost need to have her own space on holiday. The girls wonder why Rishi Sunak is acting like a reality TV star, why they’re put off by things that have too much hype and help a cousin who’s deciding whether to drop out of uni for a dream job. We’re going on tour! Come see u…
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Long Distance Romance: Going the Distance/What Happens Later
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29:29Send us a text I'm meeting my LDR sweetie for the first time this week, after more than a year of online dating, and excited doesn't begin to cover it. Humans are spread out all over the globe yet hyper connected, so many of us will experience a long distance romance at some point in our lives. LDRs are thrilling and intensely romantic, but can als…
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Warning cousins, this one’s gag-city. Candice and Sarel share their thoughts (and gags) about this creative cousin and their petty revenge… We’re going on tour! Come see us in London, Birmingham and Manchester, get your tickets at www.closetconfessionspod.com Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod If you have a confession you need to ge…
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Dealing with the green-eyed monster…
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41:50Sarel announces her dream to swap the closet for a HBCU which leads her and Candice into a reminder of exactly who is NOT invited to the cookout… They also discuss the dire state of the UK’s black education before dealing with a confessed cousin who is battling with the green-eyed monster. We’re going on tour! Come see us in London, Birmingham and …
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Your Confessions… “Worst Valentine's Gift Ever”
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19:59This confession sends the microphones flying and cameras spinning in maybe the CRAZIEST story we’ve had in the closet. This week’s cousin loves her husband, even though he makes zero effort in and out of the bedroom. Now she’s questioning everything after he gave her the WORST Valentine’s gift ever… Check out the National Aids Trust for support. We…
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Don’t sit there with your scotch eggs
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44:26This week in the Closet, Candice and Sarel are discussing ghosting their PTs and what the streets are saying about the Royal Family drama. Candice talks about the complex nature of the fitness community, Sarel is wondering where the heck Kate Middleton is (p.s. this was recorded before the retouching drama) and the girls are wondering if the French…
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Spirituality and Desire: Black Narcissus
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46:39Send us a text I'm a classic film nut, and there's no better example of overblown, dramatic and romantic Hollywood storytelling than the movie Black Narcissus, starring Deborah Kerr. Based on the 1930s Rumer Godden novel, it’s a story that shows how women throughout history have so often buried themselves in service to others as they sublimate thei…
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Your Confessions… “My best friend is befriending my other friends”
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10:50Is it jealousy or is it control? This week's bonus confession comes from a cousin who isn’t happy with her best friend’s behaviour. Candice and Sarel offer their advice on whether she needs a reality check or to dump her. We’re going on tour! Come see us in London, Birmingham and Manchester, get your tickets at www.closetconfessionspod.com Follow t…
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Act on those red flags NOW
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59:38In the closet this week, Candice and Sarel review Usher’s Superbowl Half Time show, there is an EXTREMELY controversial confession from Candice about Queen B and Sarel proposes a new tax for the men of the world. Plus, Candice has a theory about a certain energy drink’s effect on her late father, Sarel explains why she isn’t talking about weight lo…
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Your Confessions… “Accordion Balls”
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11:02This confession is one of the wildest sexcapades we have had on the podcast so far, with a political twist: so strap in for the ride. We’re going on tour! Come see us in London, Birmingham and Manchester, get your tickets at www.closetconfessionspod.com Follow the show on Instagram @closetconfessionspod If you have a confession you need to get off …
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We almost quit the podcast
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55:37If you’re driving, then park your car for this one cousins, because season 5 has TRULY begun. In the closet this week, Candice and Sarel explain why they nearly didn’t come back for this season, they question why the common blind spot for Black women is… men and Candice shares her theory about cross-cultural relationships. Plus, our listener confes…
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Think Pink: Barbie Part 2
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43:12Send us a text In this episode, I'm joined by my romance friend Mariah to gush, giggle, get deep and then frothy again about the Barbie movie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, directed by Greta Gerwig. It was the most mega of mega movie hits last year, now Oscar nominated in many categories, and well deserved. It's been a long time since a …
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Your Confessions… “I hate my marriage”
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16:51In our Cousin Confession this week, we have a 28-year-old woman who is thinking of giving up her entire marriage because she’s wondering what could have been… did we mention her husband is 55? Plus, the girls share a lowdown of what to expect on their upcoming tour. We’re going on tour! Come see us in London, Birmingham and Manchester, get your tic…
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This week in the Closet, Candice shares her beef with the latest Apple gadget and Sarel reveals why she won’t even queue for Beyoncé. The girls discuss whether kids should be allowed on the internet, the fear of being abducted via MSN, and a horrifying story that instils fear of any man in you. Additionally, Candice explains why Pinterest is the be…
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Your Confessions… “Tell them or Ditch them?”
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16:08A cousin has come into some serious money and is wondering whether to tell her family or… cut them out and run away with it all! Candice and Sarel talk about why you need to trust your gut, how families can turn ugly when someone finds riches and why not sharing the wealth can be a perfect lesson in financial health. We’re going on tour! Come see u…
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It's season 5, baby! Candice and Sarel reopen the closet for more confessions and chaos. The girls recap what went down during their off-season break, their plans to escape the country to avoid the sketch comedy group also known as 'our government,' and a much-needed recap of The Grammys and all the mess surrounding it. We’re going on tour! Come se…
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Send us a text My favorite shows, books or movies feature women over the age of 40 finding sensuality, romance and connections of whatever type they desire. Unfortunately, society likes to pretend that women — especially older women —don't have desires. There aren't many examples of sexy fearless aging in Hollywood once you get beyond the Book Club…
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Send us a text I'm one of the last remaining people on planet earth to see this amazing movie, and it still managed to surprise me, even after all the hype. I love Greta Gerwig, I love her courage in telling a story about feminism and patriarchy using Bazooka pink, candy colors and a beloved, if stereotypical, doll. And I love Barbie even more now …
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