The Cringe is Real
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Episodes
170 episodes
Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 4 (w/ Ash Flanders)
SCREENSHOTS, RECEIPTS, PROOF, FINGERBANG! Dinner is served and Ash Flanders is back to ramble with Sam about this fuckin’ insane show. MAFS continues to baffle, intrigue and fingerbang audiences and do you know what? We love it. Sorry. Gia is s...
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Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 4 (w/ Michael McDermott)
Michael and Sam are taking NUT AFTER NUT from this week of Australian Survivor an honey our girls are flaming out hard. Mark’s signing divorce papers and Simon is finally wearing his big boy boots and making moves. Aisha and Faith get cocky and...
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Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 3 (w/ Josh Taylor)
Lego Masters alum and Barren Tribe Buff owner Josh Taylor joins Sam from Adelaide to chat about this week’s Redemption shenanigans. And baby.. We are getting SPANKED by daddy this week. The three wise women are slaying hard, Simon is incapable ...
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Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 2 (w/ Jenna Suffern)
This episode is now 20% DIRTIER than dirty Harry himself.. And thats pretty dirty you guys. Icon, diva and legend Jenna Suffern returns to the cringe couch to entertain Sam’s foreskin jokes and give some deep lesbian takes on this season. And t...
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Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 3 (w/ Joel McIlvenny)
HELLO-WAH is back BITCH and so is Sam’s MAFS journey, this time with hunk Joel McIlvenny. These two fags have a lot to say about the new couples, OGs and dearly departed. Juliette and Joel are all drums and dildos, Alissa and Bec are half of Ad...
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Australian Survivor - Redemption Week 1 (w/ Nick Iadanza)
Australian Survivor legend and housewives girly Nick Iadanza joins Sam on the pod this week to crack open a fresh season of our fave show. But first we need to discuss the Countess’s visit to Australia, Golden God as host and our fave housewive...
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Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 2 (w/ Daniel Tan)
Sam and make-up artist to the stars Daniel Tan are here to catch you up on MAFS and bay-BE, we have an emergency situation on our hands. BRAND NEW revelations week had these mean girls and boss babes FIGHTING and Alessandra's intimacy week deli...
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Heated Thrivalry (w/ Kade Matthews)
SPORTS! That’s right, to celebrate the Winter Olympics, Sam is joined by community champion Kade Matthews for a chit chat on all things queer sport, ice hockey oh.. and maybe a little TV show you may have heard of that combines the two. The hea...
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Married At First Sight Australia - Season 13 Part 1 (w/ Ash Flanders)
Welcome back to heterosexual HELL divas! MAFS correspondent Ash Flanders is back on the couch with Sam to dissect the first week of MAFS mayhem as well as a housewives chat AND we hear about Ash’s TV debut in ABC’s Dog Park. It's a loaded episo...
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Rinna, You Bitch (w/ Eva Seymour)
Eva Seymour joins Sam on the cringe couch to round up the most recent Traitors US and housewives goss. She also tells us about her new show THE UNDERSTUDY and where to see it soon. Rinna and Stanbury be feuding, Candiace be conga-lining and the...
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A Melbourne Match (w/ Fatima Sabdia)
Bloody G’day Cringe kiddies! The off season continues with a candid check-in with Fatima Sabdia to recap Hallmark’s latest atrocity, ‘A Melbourne Match’. This down under romcom is a hate crime against Narrm and its people so we just HAD to talk...
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Traitorgeddon (w/ Karin Gunatilake)
Australian Survivor alum Karin joins Sam to wade our way through the torrent of Traitors content we are currently drowning in. RIP Momma Kelce and the biggest flop twist ever, gamers be gaming, Colton is running around in sweatpants and Candiac...
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Ryan Murphy Is The Secret Traitor (w/ Jacob Fisher)
Sam and Jacob are thriving in the 42 degree heat and not at all melting. The dolls chat Pluribus, Ryan Murphy’s chaotic new series The Beauty and deep dive on who the secret traitor on The Traitors UK could be! Then the gerls chat Drag Race Sea...
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1:01:04
Finding Mr. Christmas - Season 2 (w/ Paul Mizzi)
Happy Holigays! Paul and Sam are talking Heated Rivalry, Finding Mr Christmas Season 2 AND the winner’s film A Make or Break Holiday. It’s a stacked stocking stuffer of an episode just for you. Who will Melissa Peterman crown the hunkiest hunk?...
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Behind Behind Big Brother (w/ David Geoffrey Hall)
Former Behind Big Brother contributor and fabulous friend David Geoffrey Hall joins Sam on the couch this week to end the year reflecting on 2000s Australian Big Brother. The good, the bad and the turkey slap. The two discuss scandals, fandom, ...
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - Season 3 (w/ Lauren Downie)
Should we film a TikTok? Lauren and Sam swig on Season 3 of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and boooy is there MUCH to discuss. Allegations are flowing like sugar free sodas and the girls are fighting! And with DadTok in the mix, no one...
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Aussie Shore - S02E10 (w/ Fatima Sabdia)
Fatima joins Sam to cap off a brilliantly slutty season of Aussie Shore. Awards are dished out, the summer is over and Lily returns for one final party. The shag pad gets a red hot go too. That and some BBAU, Below Deck Med and more. Apologies ...
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Big Brother Australia - 2025 Week 4 Part 2 (w/ Hans)
Gay Christmas has come early folks, HANS is on the pod and honey does she have a lot to say about BBAU 2025. No housemates are safe from these reads, plus the gals chat Housewives, OG BBAU and more! Sam and Hans smash through the season in an e...
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Aussie Shore - S02E09 (w/ Curtis Hatton)
Curtis and Sam are back on the mic to chat about Aussie Shore once more. Its almost the end of the summer and family, fighting and fucking are in full effect. Lily’s reign of terror continues as she returns to the show in a glamorous moon boot....
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Aussie Shore - S02E08 (w/ Paul Mizzi)
Paul Mizzi is back in the slut hut with Sam to chat Aussie Shore for another week. This week we have Catia and Lachie causing tension in the house coz MUM AND DAD ARE FIGHTING! Manaaki isnt at all phased that Kyle is back in the mix coz hes hot...
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49:38
Aussie Shore - S02E07 (w/ Michael McDermott)
Dr McDermott is back in the shag pad (well, cringe couch) to chat Aussie Shore with Sam this week. But first we catch up on BBAU, The Celebrity Traitors UK and All’s Fair. Its a juicy action packed episode featuring spray tanning drag queens, c...
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1:01:44
Aussie Shore - S02E06 (w/ Fatima Sabdia)
Fatima is back on the couch with Sam to keep the Aussie Shore recaps flowing like tequila shots flow at Gilligan’s. And everyone is back on heat. Manaaki is getting more D, Rhi is getting more boring and Lily is getting even more unhinged for S...
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50:58
Aussie Shore - S02E05 (w/ Christian Gillett)
Our Aussie Shore coverage continues with more cringe FAMILY members, this week is Christian Gillett’s turn in the slut hut with Sam to rank the boys fuckability, shade the production choices and just generally enjoy this silly AF show! Lily’s b...
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Aussie Shore - S02E04 (w/ Curtis Hatton)
Dry Lasagna, wet bussies. The Aussie Shore house is CURSED by Nonna’s spirit this week and Curtis and Sam have a lot to say about it. Manaaki is getting laid, Lily is back to her old pick-me ways and Rhi and Jaeda go fishing for pubes. Oh and L...
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55:48
The Traitors Australia - Season 3 Trailer (w/ Annabel Fidler)
It’s a gay EMERGENCY! The Traitors Australia Season 3 cast has DROPPED and holy shit are we being fed.. from the reality TV garbage heap! Faithful diva with the best soft naturals going round, Annabel Fidler joins Sam to go through the cast and...
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