{"id":3984,"date":"2025-12-18T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:58:26","slug":"ashley-park-was-so-nervous-about-emily-in-paris-fan-reaction-to-mindys-hookup-with-spoiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/ashley-park-was-so-nervous-about-emily-in-paris-fan-reaction-to-mindys-hookup-with-spoiler\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Park Was \u201cSo Nervous\u201d About Emily In Paris Fan Reaction To Mindy\u2019s Hookup With [Spoiler]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emily in Paris. (L to R) Lucien Laviscount as Alfie, Ashley Park as Mindy in Emily in Paris. Cr. Caroline Dubois\/Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Minor spoilers for <\/em><\/strong>Emily in Paris<\/em><\/strong><\/a> Season 5 ahead. <\/em><\/strong>Emily In Paris<\/em><\/a> is back for another season of champagne-fueled chaos, couture-level escapism, and questionable romantic decisions, all wrapped in a brightly-filtered fantasy where the stakes are low, the outfits are loud, and the drama is deliciously unserious. If you\u2019ve been watching the show for four seasons, you know that it\u2019s usually Emily (Lily Collins<\/a>) in the midst of an ill-advised cobblestone alleyway makeout and while her bestie Mindy (Ashley Park<\/a>) is no stranger to a love triangle, she\u2019s usually the one dishing out advice for Emily on her messy entanglements instead of finding herself wrapped up in them herself. Not this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enter the scandal no one saw coming but everyone will have an opinion on: Alfie and Mindy<\/a>. Yes, that<\/em> Alfie (Lucien Laviscount<\/a>) \u2014 Emily\u2019s charming, handsome, British, jilted, (did I mention handsome?) ex \u2014 and Mindy, the glitter-soaked pop princess whose devotion to Emily is as strong as her impressive vocals. At the end of last season, Mindy was single, fresh off a breakup with Nico (Park\u2019s real-life ex, Paul Forman<\/a>), and moving on from Beno\u00eet (Kevin Dias<\/a>) and her band after they got disqualified from Eurovision<\/a>. This season, she flees to Rome to join Emily and outrun her problems, and runs straight into Alfie. Of course, drama is destined to ensue after you sleep with your best friend\u2019s ex, and it would be easy to write this off as a Season 5 gimmick the writers threw in because they were searching for storylines, but the Alfie and Mindy hookup feels fresh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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When we first heard about this might be a plot line, I really thought it was a joke, and I called [Lily], and I was like, \u2018Wait, what\u2019s going on\u2019? <\/p>\n

ashley park on alfie and mindy<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

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Emily In Paris. Ashley Park as Mindy in Emily In Paris. Cr. Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

First of all, the chemistry between Park and Laviscount is surprisingly steamy considering they\u2019ve interacted onscreen for seasons without even a hint of a spark. But this season, it\u2019s electric. What begins as a \u201cwhen in Rome\u201d moment (sparked by boredom, champagne, and more champagne) detonates into the most deliciously messy hookup the series has ever served, threatening the fragile ecosystem of Emily\u2019s inner circle. Like moving the series to Rome (temporarily), the new relationship has injected a much-needed jolt into a series that had been floundering under pretty clothes, quips about Parisian cliches, and not much else. This unsuspecting situationship is exactly what the show needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I tell Park and Collins how much I\u2019m feeling Alfie and Mindy together<\/a> over Zoom during the show\u2019s press junket. The real-life best friends are in Paris, naturally. \u201cI\u2019ve been so nervous how people are going to [react]!\u201d Park says, relieved. Collins chimes in: \u201cThat\u2019s great. We love that!\u201d<\/p>\n

When I ask for more of their thoughts on Alfie and Mindy and the ethics of hooking up with your best friend\u2019s ex, Park has a lot <\/em>to say. \u201cThe main thing in terms of girl code and your best friend\u2019s ex [is] first of all, Emily broke up with Alfie, there were a couple relationships [in between], there\u2019s time that\u2019s passed,\u201d Park says. \u201cI think that the hurt that is caused is because [Emily and Mindy] have always been each other\u2019s safe place, and they\u2019ve always been nothing but honest with each other. And for Mindy to be leading her life out of fear and assuming and projecting that Emily\u2019s gonna feel a certain way towards it, and not giving her the opportunity to be happy for her, that\u2019s not friendship. It\u2019s the first time we see that tested.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emily in Paris. Lucien Laviscount as Alfie in Emily in Paris. Cr. Caroline Dubois\/Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a viewer, the Alfie-Mindy situation feels both deeply wrong and impossibly right, raising thorny questions about loyalty, desire, and whether a friendship can withstand this kind of betrayal. But Park sees it differently: \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily about, oh, you slept with my ex<\/em>, it\u2019s how could you not trust that I would be so happy for you?<\/em> When we first heard about this might be a plot line, I really thought it was a joke, and I called [Lily], and I was like, \u2018Wait, what\u2019s going on\u2019? But it\u2019s because I didn\u2019t see how the story was going to blossom and flourish and in the end really deepen their sisterhood. And I think that\u2019s something we really enjoyed doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not necessarily about, oh, you slept with my ex<\/em>, it\u2019s how could you not trust that I would be so happy for you?<\/em><\/p>\n

ashley park on emily\u2019s reaction to alfie hookup<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Collins agrees, but when it comes to Emily\u2019s love life<\/a>, her advice for her character is to stay away from the drama. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to not have somebody that you\u2019re interested in. Like, you don\u2019t have to have somebody to be somebody,\u201d Collins says. It\u2019s a lesson that Emily is learning in real time this season as she starts a new romance with Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini) in Rome. But will Emily dive back into a serious relationship so soon after ending things with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo)<\/a>? Collins teases that with a new gig and new city comes a new outlook for Emily: \u201cThis year, we get to see her just being okay and saying this isn\u2019t for me, and not being afraid of what the other person is going to say,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time she\u2019s been really honest with the person she\u2019s talking to in her romantic life. I love that because I think there\u2019s societal pressure for people who are single to want to be in a relationship. But there\u2019s such a beautiful thing about Emily being single and being like, here\u2019s my focus, and here I am.<\/em> I think that\u2019s really cool.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emily in Paris. (L to R) Lily Collins as Emily, Eugenio Franceschini as Marcello in Emily in Paris. Cr. Caroline Dubois\/Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s also cool that Emily (via Collins)<\/a> has a new, sharp bob<\/a> this season. Usually, when a female character comes back from a hiatus with shorter hair, it\u2019s because she\u2019s shedding layers after a breakup (Felicity from Felicity<\/em><\/a>) or as a cruel punishment (Aria in Pretty Little Liars<\/em><\/a>), mostly because of a man. Emily\u2019s bob is barely even explained this season, and Collins loves that decision. \u201cShe didn\u2019t even need to explain it,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was just like a life choice. She\u2019s like, Okay, I\u2019m gonna change my hair. So what?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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She didn\u2019t even need to explain [the bob]. It was just like a life choice. She\u2019s like, Okay, I\u2019m gonna change my hair. So what?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

lily collins on emily\u2019s new bob haircut<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

You\u2019ll have to turn into Emily In Paris <\/em>Season 5<\/a> to see if Emily is just as chill about Alfie and Mindy. This season dares us to decide if their hookup is a betrayal or the most honest thing either of them have done all series. I\u2019m going with the latter. Both Alfie and Mindy have been done dirty in the romance department over the seasons and it\u2019s time they get their happily ever after. I just hope it\u2019s together. I also love seeing an interracial couple on mainstream TV that doesn\u2019t involve a white person because that representation is still so rare. Let\u2019s just forget that Alfie and Mindy\u2019s pairing comes with a side of betrayal. Hey, we watch Emily in Paris <\/em>for the escape, the eye-candy, the kissing, and the outfits. It\u2019s a fantasy that thrives on us turning off our brains for a bit and sinking into the comforting belief that even the most unlikely connections can feel inevitable\u2026 especially in Paris! Or Rome? Or whatever European adventure the show wants to take us on next.\u00a0Emily In Paris<\/strong> Season 5<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is streaming now on Netflix.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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