The Rom-Com Room

Meet Cute presents The Rom-Com Room, where we reclaim rom-coms as pleasures, and not the guilty kind. Every Friday, rom-com connoisseurs Kendra Okereke and Mercedes Gonzales-Bazan unite to nerd out about their favorites, their love-to-hates, and every crush and rom-com in between. www.meetcute.com

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Maid In Manhattan

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” our next stop in the month of J.Lo is the NYC, Cinderella-Esque rom-com, MAID IN MANHATTAN. We’ve got some major reveals this week…like who shares an 11/11 birthday with Mercedes, the best rom-com makeovers of all time, and Kendra’s deepest, darkest secret…If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Join the rom-c...

Mar 04, 2022•52 min•Ep. 6

The Wedding Planner

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” we’re continuing the month of J.Lo with her OG classic, THE WEDDING PLANNER. Swing by to catch Kendra’s top-notch dating-app swipe strategy and to hear Mercedes debunk the great myth behind brown M&Ms—spoiler alert, Matthew McConaughey is lying to us.If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Join the rom-com...

Feb 25, 2022•41 min•Ep. 5

Marry Me

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” we are kicking off an entire MONTH OF J.LO, with Hollywood’s newest rom-com darling, MARRY ME! We can all agree that Jenny from the Block is one of the undisputed rom-com queens, but what do Kendra and Mercedes think of Kat Valdez, her newest leading lady role? Tune in to get that sweet, sweet tea!If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on...

Feb 18, 2022•47 min•Ep. 4

Valentine's Day

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes nerd it up about the star studded movie about the loveliest day, VALENTINE’S DAY. Get ready for some hard-hitting facts, like how the entire PRINCESS DIARIES cast is in this movie, who used up all the bronzer in A STAR IS BORN, and some more EUPHORIA breadcrumbs (you’re welcome). If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories ...

Feb 11, 2022•46 min•Ep. 3

Always Be My Maybe

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes nerd it up about the Mariah Carey play-on-words movie, ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE. Tune it to find out why Mr. Kim has our hearts, why Keanu Reeves is the GOAT (as if you needed us to tell you), and what Sasha and Marcus better work out, if they’re gonna make it.If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spot...

Feb 04, 2022•43 min•Ep. 2

Legally Blonde

This week in “The Rom-Com Room,” Kendra and Mercedes nerd it up about cult classic, LEGALLY BLONDE, and the world’s most popular law student: Ms. Elle Woods. Come find out why Elle should join the pod, what Kendra’s superpower is, and if “Chutney” is a real name (spoiler alert, we don’t know either). If you’d like to submit questions or notes for our hosts, DM us @MeetCute on Instagram and @MeetCuteRomComs on Twitter and TikTok.You can listen to Meet Cute stories on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Jo...

Jan 28, 2022•40 min•Ep. 1

Introducing The Rom-Com Room

Ever wish that rom-coms could be reclaimed as pleasures? And not the guilty kind? Well pals, you’re in luck. Tune in to Meet Cute’s new talk show podcast, The Rom-Com Room, where rom-com connoisseurs Kendra Okereke and Mercedes Gonzales-Bazan unite each Friday to nerd out about their favorites, their love-to-hates, and every crush and rom-com in between. So follow The Rom-Com Room on the Meet Cute channel, wherever you get your podcasts, to come hang on January 28th, and every Friday after! You ...

Jan 11, 2022•50 sec

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