Did boyfriends and a baby ruin Brynley Stent & Kura Forrester's 'Singles Club'?

When Billy T Award–winning comedians Brynley Stent and Kura Forrester dropped season one of 'Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club', it struck an instant chord. 

The show wasn't just another reality docuseries - it was a cathartic, hilariously raw look at modern singlehood that went on to earn a nomination for Best Factual Series and a win for Best Presenter: Entertainment at the 2025 NZ Screen Awards.

Now back for its second season, the series faces a major, brilliant plot twist: Neither Bryn nor Ku are single anymore. Plus, there's a baby and an engagement in the mix now. 

Brynley and Kura sat down with rova to reflect on how drastically their lives flipped between seasons. In season one, both set out with explicit predictions for their futures. Kura joked she wanted to be "pregnant, married, and already starting to hate him," while Brynley claimed her goal was to be "the biggest sl*t ever".

Fast-forward to season two and Kura is nearly two out of three on her checklist: She's engaged to her partner Mark, and the couple recently welcomed a baby girl.

Meanwhile, Brynley admits the "sl*t" thing didn't quite work out ("I think I need to have a deep, deep crush on someone to sleep with them," she laughs). Now 36, she’s navigating a new relationship with a younger partner while managing the looming expiry date on her UK visa.

The shift raised an obvious concern during early production: Did they accidentally destroy the core premise of their own show?

"Losing the singles thing was, like, a bit... But then we realised actually it's just still gold," said Kura. 

"A huge liking of the show is because of me and Bryn and just where we're at and what we're going through," she added. 

"So people are still gonna tune in because it's still us, and it's still us being crack up, and just where we're at at this point in our lives."

Despite being a docuseries, the show achieves the emotional depth of series like 'Fleabag', 'Everything I Know About Love', or 'Girls', and it's easy to forget there's no script. 

"We always forget, too," Brynley said of watching the footage back. "We were like, 'We're good actors!'" she laughed. 

That realness, however, brought new challenges. Transitioning from single life to a partnership meant considering the boundaries of significant others - and in Kura’s case, an entire growing family.

"In season one, I felt so open. Like, I was like an open wound," Brynley said. 

And then suddenly you're involving this other person... I was mostly calling him crying. Like: 'I said this. I hope it's okay.'

For Kura, entering production eight weeks pregnant brought an entirely different set of vulnerabilities. "We had to sort of think about what if anything happened. How we were gonna navigate that. How much of the pregnancy information I wanted to share, all that kind of stuff," she said. 

"I feel really lucky to be able to share our stories."

Despite the shift in relationship statuses, the duo - joined by a female creative team including director and co-creator Sophie Dowson and producer Jin Fellet - insist the title still fits, and the show has something for everyone, single or not. 

"I think that's why we wanted to call it 'Singles Club', and why we still call it 'Singles Club', because it's the 'club' aspect of it, right?" Brynley added. 

"You want it to feel like there's a group and everyone's involved. At its heart; it's like, this is a bunch of women figuring it out together."

Check out our full chat with Bryn & Ku to hear their advice for those still in the single trenches and what could be next for season three.

'Bryn & Ku's Singles Club' season two is available on YouTube and The Spinoff.