Samantha Rollins
Samantha Rollins is Bustle's TV Editor. She takes special joy in analyzing the complex dynamics of The Bachelor, discovering random foreign reality TV shows, and breaking down the finer points of why Hannibal was the most underrated show on TV (RIP). Previously, she worked for Vulture, The Week, and The New York Times. In her free time, she enjoys playing the violin, checking out museums, and of course, sinking into the couch and watching loads of TV.

Emma Mackey Got Her Own Sex-Scene Education On 'Sex Education'

When celebrities hang out with Bustle editors, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time, Sex Education…
By Samantha Rollins

How ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Recreated The '50s Catskills, According To The Women Behind The Scenes

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's appeal is manifold. Though aspiring standup comedian Midge can get pretty far on charisma alone, the show's sumptuous attention to the period detail of 1950s New York City and eye-popping, stylized world-building has…
By Samantha Rollins

What Natalie Portman Knows About Fame That Her ‘Vox Lux’ Character Doesn’t

What do a pop star and a terrorist have in common? That's the bold question a journalist asks Natalie Portman's seasoned pop star Celeste in Vox Lux at a press junket that quickly goes off the rails. "I don’t see any similarities except that if you…
By Samantha Rollins

How Eleanor & Chidi Are Redefining The Concept Of Soulmates On 'The Good Place'

Spoilers ahead for Season 3 Episode 9 of The Good Place. What does it mean to have a soulmate? Are people fated to find each other through some divine plan, or does who we choose as a partner depend entirely on the circumstances we find ourselves in…
By Samantha Rollins

Why Ambrose Is Going To Be Your Favorite 'Sabrina' Character

When celebrities hang out with Bustle editors, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time, Chilling…
By Samantha Rollins

D'Arcy Carden From 'The Good Place' Has A Lot Of Questions About Janet's Insides

When celebrities hang out with Bustle editors, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time, The Good Place…
By Samantha Rollins

'American Vandal' Season 2 May Be Full Of Poop, But It's Going To Break Your Heart

"There's nothing in here, what was the point of this?" Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) says to Sam Ecklund (Griffin Gluck) exasperatedly as he tentatively pokes a pile of poop with a pair of chopsticks in an empty lot in an episode of Season 2 of…
By Samantha Rollins

'The Bachelor' Star Alexis Waters Is Ready To Be A Real Housewife

When celebrities hang out with Bustle editors, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time, Bachelor and…
By Samantha Rollins

Gillian Flynn Explains That Shocking 'Sharp Objects' Finale Reveal

Spoilers ahead for the Sharp Objects finale. Despite murder being at its center, Sharp Objects has consistently shown itself to be more concerned with developing its characters than it has been with following the procedural elements of the murders…
By Samantha Rollins

Michelle Wolf Isn’t Trying To Make You Uncomfortable — But If She Is, She's Doing Her Job

Michelle Wolf just got her makeup done, but she's not wearing a perfect smoky eye crafted from the ashes of lies, like Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Wolf's now-infamous 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. The comedian is standing in the…
By Samantha Rollins

Every Question You Have About How Bachelor Nation Contestants Pack For The Show — Answered

Here's the exact predicament faced by Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants as they pack for the show: You're going away on a trip. It will start in L.A., but you may be whisked to any location around the globe after the first two weeks. You'll be…
By Samantha Rollins

Sandra Oh's New Spy Show Is About Female Rivals, But It Actually Subverts The Sexist Tropes

There’s a moment in the first episode of BBC America’s new spy thriller Killing Eve, which debuts Sunday, April 8, that will make any woman feel a pang of recognition: A woman, in this case Sandra Oh's character Eve Polastri, stands in front of a…
By Samantha Rollins

Why Hollywood Needs More Complex Roles For Teenage Girls, According To 'The Americans' Star Holly Taylor

When celebrities hang out with Bustle editors, we want to give them the chance to leave their mark. Literally. So we hand them a pen, a piece of paper, a few questions, and ask them to get creative. The rest is up to them. This time, The Americans…
By Samantha Rollins

Becca's 'Bachelorette' Season Has Already Started

It's been a wild ride for Becca Kufrin on The Bachelor. She went from being the recipient of the first date on Arie's season of The Bachelor, to being engaged to him, to being broken up with on national television, to becoming the next Bachelorette,…
By Samantha Rollins

The Secret To Diverse Casting Is Actually Really Simple — Just Look At 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'

Imagine you’re staging a musical number for TV. It’s a peppy ABBA parody fronted by a female singer who’s flanked by female backup dancers. Who do you picture in these roles? Chances are, given Hollywood and society’s proclivity for young, white,…
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Carrie Brownstein On Why Even The Obama Era Should Have Enraged You

An icy January morning soon after Hollywood's show of solidarity for the #MeToo movement at the Golden Globes and almost exactly one year into the Trump Administration feels like a momentous time to be sitting across from Carrie Brownstein. The…
By Samantha Rollins

This Video Of A Silent Crowd During Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl Performance Is Awkward AF

Newly minted Man of the Woods Justin Timberlake had plenty to celebrate when he took the stage for his Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday night, but apparently not everyone in attendance was cheering him on. Yes, according to some accounts from…
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This Netflix Series With A Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score Should Be Your Next TV Marathon

Adolescence has a way of warping our perspective, making even the smallest crisis feel like the actual end of the world. But it's especially hard for the teenagers on Netflix's The End of the F***ing World (writer: Charlie Covell) to put their…
By Samantha Rollins

That Netflix Show You Made Fun Of Is Actually The Loveliest Rom-Com On TV

Antonia Thomas always forgets that the show she stars in is about chlamydia. But now that it's been a full season since Netflix christened the unfortunately named Scrotal Recall with the more apt title, Lovesick — Season 3 is out now — it's hard to…
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Why 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Gets Mental Illness More Than Any Other Show On TV

Somewhere between a doo-wop number about her complicated relationship with her mother and a bossa-nova-soundtracked detour at a swim-up bar in the third season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) makes a devastating decision that…
By Samantha Rollins