Nearly Beloved

It's Date Time! Let's visit an office block and put nappies on dolls! Let's have an Intimacy Coach watch us paint things on a large man! Let's drive in a Kombi van and lie in an empty tent! Plus Irena and Bella are still Sure Janning each other. And we text farewell to Juliette, Steph and Kaitlyn, which means there's officially no one funny left in the Mansion (Osher you're up). P.S. in next week's family visits: someone says FEMINISM!Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Kare...

WouLd aNyOne liKE a Starb*cks CoFfee?? Somehow Lockydown is over already so it's back to the Mansion to discover Bella and Irena hate each other, Roxi's introducing Ronda, Juliette's bringing that delightful chaotic energy and then everyone gets kicked in the dick by Intruder Bec. Plus find out if Karen and Lucy think 4-6 kids will fit in great with a life of "adventure"! Also use Blistex like Steph subtly told us to.Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (Noted...

"Who likes motorbikes?", asks Locky and take a guess whether Karen Beloved does. But actually forget all that because COVID-19 is here to force us into awks Zoom dates! Plus we say a sad farewell to crucial entertainment Areeba and Laura, and find out the phrase our first Nearly Beloved merch will proudly display (lol jk we will never get organised to do that).Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (Noted Public Femmo, Bachieverse newbie and lol-bringer) are con...

"Is this a joke?", asks Areeba, and pretty much same. More tears and whispered conspiracies during cocktail parties that never end, Roxi melts down over... ??, and Charley steps into a surely unsanitary public mud bath. Plus we discuss SPACE jumping and bid farewell to Zoe-Clare, Kristina and Rosemary (thank you for your penguin service). Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (Noted Public Femmo, Bachieverse newbie and lol-bringer) are concealing sparkly e...

"Do you like me Y/N", asks Juliette, and when it comes to cliffs Nicole says NOPE (we say fair enough). Join us as we discuss two episodes that seemed to comprise largely of tears and YouFoodz TM. Plus, we've turned on the Bach and sadly we mean that in the non-horny way.Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (Noted Public Femmo, Bachieverse newbie and lol-bringer) are concealing sparkly evening gowns under their penguin costumes while chatting this season of Th...

Zip up your penguin suits and get Sincere! The Bachelor Australia is back for 2020. We chat about the most important people in the show AKA all the women, our predictions for the rumored Love Oblong of later this season, and how Steph and Rosemary brought the energy 2020 needs. Plus find out what ocean animal terrifies Lucy, the new unit of measurement that Osher has minted, and whether Karen thinks the Big Bach will be decent enough to get her through this season. Also, yep, we discuss ...

Our summer fling is over, Beloveds! But before we say goodbye, let's enjoy Glisha, Cary and Menee pledging their troth to one another on our TV screens and two out of three doing the same on Insta afterwards. PLUS we announce the foolhardy decision we've made for love... yes, it's Season 3 of Nearly Beloved!Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (Noted Public Femmo, Bachieverse newbie and lol-bringer) take a dip in the warm Fiji bin juice of Bachelor in Paradise...

How good are Mums?! We splash ourselves in their amazingness during family Fiji visits: Donna thrills over Glenn, Elaine connects with Mary and Mary-Anne rips Ciarran to pieces. Plus the best Bachie moment in history which OF COURSE involves women being supportive and loving. Also, shriek along with us about who made The Ring.And thank you for your beautiful feedback on our bonus episode last week with Dr Jodi McAlister. Your co-hosts Lucy May (reality dating TV tragic) and Karen Pickering (N...

"Why do we watch these shows??" we cry, and Dr Jodi McAlister, AKA a Doctor of Love, answers intelligently while being very funny. Jodi is a feminist academic whose work focuses on romance, sex, love, women and pop culture. She gives us lols from her encyclopaedic knowledge of the global Bachieverse, a great outline of how dating show formats could (and should) include LGBTQI folk and why better representation of Black and Indigenous people and people of colour in these shows MUST be a priori...