Is This Real Life? With Mandy Slutsker
Jul 26, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min · 17 segments
Rob and Gianna step in for Mandy this week to give their take on the first season of In the City including what worked and what didn't. Then they venture over to The Valley and explain why season 3…
Rob RainsHost
Gianna KinsmanGuestMandy SlutskerHost
Um, and yet I feel that, uh, In the City has left something wanting, kind of something to be desired, uh, over the first season.
That was one of my favorite highlights of the whole season when Danielle said something like, "You think I'm coming from a negative point of view," and then the producers put on a montage of how negative Danielle has been over the past, like, decade of television.
That rivals Kristen's, uh, empath montage on The Valley, if [laughs] if you remember that.
I do think, uh, I don't know that I needed Amanda and Kyle a year in the life.
Um, and, uh, the more that I see them sort of interacting with their friends in daily life, um, it starts to become a bit of, um...
I mean, I'm, I'm also a famous animal lover, so I was horrified when they split up their dogs, uh, when they moved out of, uh, when Amanda moved out of the apartment.
But just in terms of, um, the, just how, how they move in the world, I kind of thought they might be putting it on a little bit for three months-
And obviously Kyle has his blowups through the season, but even Amanda keeps saying these things like, "We've always been committed to not making it awkward for those around us." Like-
Um, and yet I feel that, uh, In the City has left something wanting, kind of something to be desired, uh, over the first season.
That was one of my favorite highlights of the whole season when Danielle said something like, "You think I'm coming from a negative point of view," and then the producers put on a montage of how negative Danielle has been over the past, like, decade of television.
That rivals Kristen's, uh, empath montage on The Valley, if [laughs] if you remember that.
I do think, uh, I don't know that I needed Amanda and Kyle a year in the life.
Um, and, uh, the more that I see them sort of interacting with their friends in daily life, um, it starts to become a bit of, um...
I mean, I'm, I'm also a famous animal lover, so I was horrified when they split up their dogs, uh, when they moved out of, uh, when Amanda moved out of the apartment.
But just in terms of, um, the, just how, how they move in the world, I kind of thought they might be putting it on a little bit for three months-
And obviously Kyle has his blowups through the season, but even Amanda keeps saying these things like, "We've always been committed to not making it awkward for those around us." Like-
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