Friends-In-Law: Love Them, Loathe Them, But Can You Actually Be Friends With Them?
Mamamia Out Loud25 Aug 2025

Friends-In-Law: Love Them, Loathe Them, But Can You Actually Be Friends With Them?

Breaking: Your next newsreader could be… a TikToker? One expert swears it’s the future. Jessie and Holly are here to find out if we should be terrified — or just scrolling.

Also today: Serena Williams has picked up a new gig as the global face of weight-loss drugs. But there’s one big detail everyone’s missing.

Plus, Amelia has a theory about 'friends-in-law' — the people you only know because they're a friend of a friend. Why do we sometimes love them… and sometimes want to fake a scheduling conflict?

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