This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cocomocoe.substack.com Welcome to today’s episode of “Ahead of the Curve with Coco Mocoe”! We will be diving into the hot mess that was the “Love Island USA” Reunion which aired last night on Peacock. I have never seen a reunion fumble so badly. For paid subscribers, we will be discussing more thoughts on the Blake Lively “It Ends With Us” marketing fiasco which only got worse since my last podcast about the topic: https://cocomocoe.substack.com/p/it-ends-with-us-pr-fiasco-or-genius Plus, I want to briefly touch on the bizarre world that is TikTok Shop. Has anyone else noticed how bad it has gotten? Thank you for reviewing the podcast on Apple and Spotify to help it grow in the charts! I believe we are in the top 30 of “Entertainment News” as of last week, eek! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Introduction  1:39 - Love Island USA Reunion  4:00 - How they should’ve formatted the reunion 6:50 - Liv is the leader of the cast 8:25 - The firepit convo where they voted out Andrea 9:50 - JaNa talks about unaired topics from reunion 10:23 - Aaron vs Kaylor Drama at Reunion 14:20 - Miguel & Leah vs Rob  16:24 - Kendall & Nicole Clip  18:20 - Love Island Vs. Love is Blind Vs. Bravo Reunions  24:36 - Blake Lively Situation Got Even Worse 26:30 - Colleen Hoover’s problem  28:00 - Where Justin Baldoni went wrong 30:40 - Why Blake Lively will struggle to repair her reputation 32:51 - Was this Blake Lively’s Oscar run? 36:05 - What does Blake Lively do next? 38:30 - The bizarre world of TikTok Shop Watch my previous episode on “Love Island USA” here: https://cocomocoe.substack.com/p/how-love-island-usa-used-the-vanderpump “Ahead of the Curve” is a weekly podcast about all things marketing and pop culture! We break down the behind-the-scenes of the internet’s most talked about stories. Thank you for listening! Email: [email protected]