Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne

iHeart Australia & Deadset Studios•www.hookedhitchedhungup.com

An eight-year-old Jason Momoa sees Lisa Bonet on the TV screen, and never forgets his Queen. A pizza delivery to the White House escalates an affair between the intern and the President. Ben Affleck pines for the one who got away, while Jenny from the Block cannot stop collecting rocks. From butterflies and grand gestures to conscious uncoupling and pining for the one who got away. In Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up, Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley dive deep into the breakups and makeups, the rollercoaster of ups and downs of the most fascinating celebrity love stories of all time. Follow the show for free on the iHeartRadio app, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is a podcast from iHeartPodcasts Australia, Deadset Studios and The KIIS Network. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made.

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Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher — Lost youth, lapsed sobriety and ghosts from the past

She was a movie star packing box office clout, an action star ex-husband and three kids. He was a successful 20-something sitcom actor with eyes for Hollywood’s leading lady. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s unexpected marriage seemed like a fairytale... at first. They flipped the script on the usual Hollywood relationship age gap. They were the It Couple of mid-2000s and Demi’s ex Bruce Willis even came to their wedding. But as the allegations of Ashton’s infidelity came swirling and Demi’s deca...

Jul 05, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Freddie Mercury & Jim Hutton – A match made in a nightclub called Heaven

As the era-defining singer, songwriter and front man of rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury’s life story is bursting with great romances. And none were greater than his last - those picturesque and peaceful final years, spent with Irishman Jim Hutton at the idyllic Garden Lodge. But Freddie’s romantic life was complex and nuanced, and dominated by two great and enduring loves. The man who nursed him on his death bed and the woman who inherited his fortune. For the seven years leading up to his deat...

Jun 28, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Elon Musk & Grimes – A secret baby, a hostage situation and whole lot of Twitter nonsense

Featuring everything from secret babies to an alleged hostage situation with a famous rapper, the love story between billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and futuristic musician Grimes (aka ‘ c ’) is not your cookie cutter romance. Our jaws first dropped when we saw the pair on the Met Gala red carpet, and those jaws remained firmly on the floor as they went on to have babies with unpronounceable names and to disagree with each other in very public forums. But when your meet-cute is the result of a ...

Jun 21, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez – Pop's perfect tween power couple or straight up publicity stunt?

He was every teenage girl’s dream crush, and she was the perfect Disney princess, but all that pressure sure didn’t lead to any diamonds for Jelena. The meteoric rise of Canadian popstar Justin Bieber became the blueprint for a new kind of fame: plucked from obscurity thanks to home videos posted on YouTube, Justin became a best-selling sensation overnight. It’s the dream, right? Maybe... if your dream is to be completely unrelatable, to grow up under the scrutiny of millions, and for nearly eve...

Jun 14, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5

BENNIFER 2.0 - A green diamond reboots Hollywood's greatest love story

Wait, what?! Another engagement ring, another butt-kiss on a yacht. It’s a fresh start for Bennifer 2.0! Pop icon Jennifer ‘J.Lo’ Lopez and Hollywood heartthrob Ben Affleck met and fell in love filming a rom-com in the wee years of the twenty-first century, and quickly became the most famous couple in the world. There was the infamous Jenny From the Block video, featuring the even more infamous butt kiss on a yacht and then... It ended as swiftly as it began. The whirlwind romance whooshed off i...

Jun 07, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Tiger Woods & Elin Nordegren – A picture-perfect love story with a smashing ending

This is not your average love story. He was destined for greatness. His father believed he was so talented he would literally change the world. He was breaking world records before he was even a professional athlete. One of his first major sponsors sort of implied he might... end racism?! There was a lot of pressure on Tiger Woods in the first half of his career. His parents, his sponsors, his supporters, and even people who’d previously never watched a second of golf in their lives, were watchi...

May 31, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet — It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over

Actors Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet were the most optimistic – and human – fairy tale love story in Hollywood. They’re rich, famous and beautiful, sure, but they also showed us that building a loving, respectful, blended family – even in the spotlight – was possible. They had the style and the substance, and Jason had a beautiful bromance with Lisa’s ex, Lenny Kravitz. We were here for it. But now they‘re no longer together, Britt and Laura have some QUESTIONS. The girls are taking this one down t...

May 24, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Relations With ‘That Woman’ — Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and the benefit of hindsight

Remember that time the whole world scapegoated a 20-something-year-old intern but not her very married, much older, very presidential secret lover? You might sort of know what happened between former US President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. But the story’s taken on mythical status over the years, blurring the memories of those who watched it unfold on TV, and making it a confusing mess for those who didn’t. Britt and Laura take you into an understaffed White House where ...

May 17, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 1

🥁 Introducing... Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up

From butterflies and grand gestures to conscious uncoupling and longing for the one who got away. In Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up, Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley unpack the breakups and the makeups, the fall-out moments and the happy-ever-afters of the most fascinating love stories of all time. An eight-year-old Jason Momoa sees Lisa Bonet on the TV screen, and never forgets his Queen. A pizza delivery to the White House escalates an affair between the intern and the President. Ben Affleck pines...

May 10, 2022•2 min

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