“I don’t love you an atom; on the contrary, I detest you. You are a good-for-nothing, very ungraceful, very tactless…You never write me; you don’t care for your husband,” wrote Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife, Josephine, in 1796. But at the end of the same letter? He wrote, “I hope soon I shall clasp you in my arms and cover you with a million kisses…”

That’s Napoleon and Joséphine – a constant push and pull, up and down relationship. Before they became the first Emperor and Empress of France, she called him “Puss in Boots” behind his back while he wrote her mushy love letters.

Many history buffs believe Joséphine never really loved Napoleon. Others think he was happy to kick her to the curb eventually. And then there’s that prevailing story that Napoleon asked Joséphine not to wash for three days…Kel thinks there was more to the story. Let’s find out…

About Significant Lovers

Significant Lovers is a true-love podcast exploring couples throughout history and pop culture, hosted by cousins Kelly Anderson, Melissa Duffy, and Kaitlyn Anderson.

Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @significantlovers, listen on YouTube, and contact us at significantlovers@gmail.com.

In our February 2026 Valentine, Mel, Kel, and Kaitlyn discuss the following:

• Significant friendships: Ashley Tisdale and dealing with toxic friend groups

• Results from our Stranger Things poll

• Frank Sinatra ‘deleted scenes’

• Prioritizing your career/’dream job’ over love

• People who unabashedly marry for money

• New couple: Tom Brady and Alix Earle

• Heated Rivalry costars dating: François Arnaud and Connor Storrie

• “What do they even talk about?”

• Kait’s spoiler-free impressions of the Hamnet movie

• Gwyneth Paltrow’s return to film in Marty Supreme (without an intimacy coordinator)

• And more!

Hear the whole episode today by subscribing ⁠on Patreon⁠!

About Significant Lovers

Significant Lovers is a true-love podcast exploring couples throughout history and pop culture, hosted by cousins Kelly Anderson, Melissa Duffy, and Kaitlyn Anderson.

Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @significantlovers, listen on YouTube, and contact us at significantlovers@gmail.com.

We’re untying the Duane Reade bag handles and digging into the very messy marriage of Lily Allen and David Harbour. Our first dating‑app couple, they looked to be all love and light, at first. But in 2025, Lily’s brutally candid, masterpiece of an album, West End Girl, torched the Stranger Things star while revealing every nitty‑gritty detail of the open relationship that left the singer in emotional turmoil.

Do people ever actually follow the “rules” in these arrangements? Did Lily understand it was a non-monoguous dynamic from the start? Are middle‑aged men who’ve never settled down sleepwalking red flags? Should big-name pop stars have to audition for commercial theatre? And, who the fuck is Madeline?!? We’re ruminating on these questions and more in our emotional autopsy of these ex-lovers.

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This is a teaser for a bonus episode— the full episode is 2 hours 9 minutes long. You can listen to it in full ⁠on Patreon⁠.

About Significant Lovers

Significant Lovers is a true-love podcast exploring couples throughout history and pop culture, hosted by cousins Kelly, Melissa, and Kaitlyn.

Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @significantlovers, listen on YouTube, and contact us at significantlovers@gmail.com.