Empathi in Hollywood Life: Week of June 15, 2026...

Empathi in Hollywood Life: Week of June 15, 2026

The Question Underneath the Kiss

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Sir David Beckham got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday night.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: David and Victoria Beckham’s Walk of Fame Kiss Says More About Their Marriage Than 26 Years Ever Could.

When a Best-Friendship Becomes a Liability

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Seth Rogen and James Franco made a career out of looking inseparable.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Seth Rogen Says He Hasn’t Spoken to James Franco in Years. A Couples Therapist on Why Some Friendships Can’t Come Back.

The Sneaky Danger Hiding Inside a Perfect Wedding

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Travis Kelce just dropped a hint that he and Taylor Swift’s wedding could double as the most patriotic party of the year.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Rumored July 4 ‘Taymerica’ Wedding: The Hidden Pressure Cooker No One’s Talking About.

The thing an affair actually breaks

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Eva Longoria just posed with Tony Parker.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Eva Longoria and Tony Parker, 15 Years Later: What Their Reunion Pic Actually Reveals.

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You watch long friendships vanish and wonder if anyone stays.

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The Moment Your Body Picks Someone

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Adele’s fiancé Rich Paul is finally talking.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Adele and Rich Paul Went From “Cordial” to Engaged. The Quiet Shift Most Couples Miss..

The Honeymoon Brain Is Writing Contracts

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Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles are now permanently inked into each other.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles Got Matching Tattoos. A Therapist on Why the Honeymoon Phase Wants Permanence..

The Paradox Hiding in the Album Title

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Olivia Rodrigo dropped You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love and the title alone did more clinical work than half the relationship podcasts on the internet.

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Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Olivia Rodrigo’s “You Seem Pretty Sad” Album Just Exposed the One Pattern Every Sad-in-Love Couple Repeats.

The Goldfish Bowl Nobody Else Has to Date In

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce strolled into the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday for a showing of “Oh, Mary!” and the internet did what the internet does.

Read the full piece in Hollywood Life: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Broadway Date Night: Why a Couples Therapist Says the Wedding Watch Is the Real Threat.


I publish weekly columns in Hollywood Life on relationships, attachment patterns, and what couples therapy actually does. For more, take the free Empathi Quiz or book a consult.

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Figs O'Sullivan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #79062) and the founder of Empathi. For 17 years he has helped couples move out of disconnection and back into secure, loving connection, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment science. With his wife Teale, he runs a San Francisco couples therapy practice, is a relationship expert to the Stars and Silicon Valley, and built Figlet, an AI relationship coach trained on their clinical work. His approach has guided more than 58,000 relationship assessments.

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