Younger's Nico Tortorella & Molly Bernard Talk Polyamory & Perfect Timing

What's up, guys? Hanging with me right now. I have Nico and Molly from Younger. Hi, Nicole. How are you?

Good. How are you guys doing?

Good. Good. So excited. Season six. How does it feel?

Great. So good. So cute. I can't believe I can't believe that we are in our sixth season. It's crazy. Insane. Who would? I I could have never predicted this. I mean, it had everything going for it. It had the cast. It had Darren, you know, it had the network that was really fighting for us from day one. And most importantly, it had the fan base, so it makes sense to me.

Right? Same. Yeah, it wouldn't be possible without our fans, though. We love we love our fans. They're so die-hard and like

They are. I feel like we're on um Game of Thrones.

Oh, I don't I don't feel like we're on Game of Thrones. Why? Explain further. I'm very jealous.

Because fans of Game of Thrones are like that, you know, like I'm a

Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah.

So, I know you guys can't share too much about what's coming next for season six. Although I wish you could, but we came up with some fun questions regarding like love and relationships that kind of relate to the show. So, I wanted to just get your opinion.

Yeah. Right? Here we go.

Okay. Do you think you can be in love with two people at once?

Yeah, duh. You can be in love with more than one person, two people, multiple people. Yes, absolutely. I think love is is is exponential. Um, and it is like an ever-glowing flame that just can be passed on from person to person.

I'm obsessed with you. What about you, Molly? Um, I feel like you can definitely love two people. Um, although I have never practiced, uh, polyamory, so I think it would be hard for me to be in a relationship with like two separate relationships with two separate people. It's a lot of work. Trust, communication, honesty, come first.

I know, Nico. You get a lot of great responses from your fans about like speaking openly about your book with um All of it is You, and your relationships and stuff like that. So, can you speak more on that? Like what the fan response has been?

Yeah, you know, it's it's interesting. It was kind of like, uh, another coming out of sorts talking about being in an open relationship and practicing polyamory because it's so taboo in the in in the world, right? People are very afraid of it. Yeah, because people are are at that caveman mentality of of ownership, right? Is still so strong. I mean, it's everything that we've always been taught. A relationship has to look like one thing when alternate relationships have existed since the beginning of time, right? And so I think this is just actually like a reawakening of alternative practices through the social media revolution.

Mhm. And I will say like I'm fairly close with Nico and Bethany, their spouse. And um, the two of them have like one of the healthiest relationships I've ever witnessed and been a part of. So, it's you two are very inspiring.

I agree. I follow you two on Instagram. Your Instagram stories are so cute. It's so real. Like when I was at your house a couple weeks ago, It was just like, this is they Full Instagram story in real life.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes. So fun.

Okay, next one. Do you have any tips for dating in a big city like New York?

Like on the show. New York, you can just go on endless adventures. And my favorite kind of date to go on is do something in New York with my partner that neither of us have done before.

Even living in a big city, it's especially New York, it's very easy to become isolated in your relationship. I think when we like live in these little apartments stacked on top of each other in New York, we It's it's it's it's just not difficult to just stay home all the time. And I think it's so important like Molly said to just explore. I think we take New York City for granted living there and there's just so much um to offer. And but that is everywhere. That's just not New York City, you know, just get out of the house. Go go explore. Get off your phone. Go play.

Yeah. Go.

Do you believe in timing needing to be perfect? So, you know the whole like right person, wrong timing situation. Do you guys have a stance on that whole debate?

I do. I believe in it. God. Thank you for being my microphone holder. Um, I totally believe in that. Maybe it's because I feel like that I've had that experience where I've definitely dated um the right people at the right time and that didn't work out. Or and I've dated the wrong people at the right time, the right people at the wrong time. But now I'm in like my prime I'm in my prime time. There you go. Um but I found my person and that's like um a tremendous relief. And it was just I I had the least amount of anxiety I've ever had in my life when I met my partner. And I feel very lucky because I met the person I had been waiting for for a very long time. And I think it timing was a huge part of it.

Totally. I mean, I've had some of the most just like incredible Disney love sagas that have ever existed in my life. And I have lost some of the most incredible people I've ever met, uh, because it just wasn't the right time. You know? And it my heart is still broken. But we create our own time as well, you know?

See, that's where I go on like the the debate. It's it's both. Like so, we can control the timing a little bit, right? And then there's like a greater

Well, it's also, I mean, I think it really just comes down to how you're taking care of yourself and where that energy is being directed. Uh, because I'm a firm believer that we take care of other people the exact same way we take care of ourselves. And if you're not stepping up to the plate, you know, for your person, you can't step up for anyone else. And vice versa, if you have, you know, a lack of self-care or self-respect, how can you do it for someone else? It's exactly what I just said.

You guys are marrying each other. Sure. I love you.

Listen, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you going to love somebody else? Can I get an amen? We're just quoting RuPaul right now. That's all we're doing.

Okay, last one in the in the love questions here. This is about the show specifically. What are your opinions on difference in age? It matters or it doesn't.

Like if if you want it to matter, it's going to matter. If if, you know, and you you can control that, I think. You fall in love with who you fall in love with or your lover is who your lover is. You don't also all every person you sleep with or have a four-month love affair with, you don't have to end up with. When I was 19, I was dating a 34-year-old for a couple years. And then I dated like a 60-year-old for a little bit. Uh, age is nothing.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, age is is nothing. Um, I mean, in so many ways like I was the older person spiritually in the relationship, too. Um, I mean, we're really not that far apart, you know?

Yeah. And it's a good experience to be like on either side, I think. Totally. Yeah.

What do you hope the younger generation learns about life and love with this next season?

There's always time to to rewrite your story. There's a lot of clear communication this season. There's a particular event that happens between Josh and someone else that is just

Astute.

an amazing example of clear communication in a relationship. But

And it happens actually twice this season in a couple of different ways. So,

Oh, we can't wait.

Communicate, communicate, communicate, communicate. Yeah. Speak your truth.

Mhm. So, to end this interview, can you describe this season in one facial expression? Three, two, one. You guys did the same run. I love you. I love you. Cuties. All right, catch him on Younger, guys. Peace.