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JD Vance calls Emily in Paris ‘Shakespeare of our time’, says Emily should marry Gabriel
JD Vance has called Emily in Paris the “Shakespeare of our time” and said Emily should marry Gabriel and start a family in the Netflix series.
US Vice President JD Vance has offered a rather unexpected review of Emily in Paris, and he has a very specific idea about how Netflix's romantic comedy should end. According to Vance, Emily Cooper belongs with French chef Gabriel, and the show's famously complicated love story is actually a commentary on how millennials make decisions.
In a video shared on social media, Vance called the Lily Collins-led series a “masterwork of American television” before offering what he described as his “meta-analysis” of the show. He argued that beneath the fashion, Parisian escapades and romantic complications lies a critique of millennial choices.
JD Vance says Emily should marry Gabriel
For Vance, the answer to the show's long-running Emily-Gabriel question is straightforward. He believes Emily and Gabriel should stop complicating matters, get married and start a family.
“She goes to Paris, and it’s obvious to everybody watching the show that she should end up with the French chef. She should marry this guy. They should start a family, whether in Paris or America. They should build a life together. That’s what they should be doing. By the same token, the French chef should obviously end up with her, not the various craziest people that bump in and out of his life,” Vance said.
He was referring to Gabriel, the French chef played by Lucas Bravo, who has remained at the centre of Emily's romantic storyline alongside her other relationships.
JD Vance calls Emily in Paris ‘Shakespeare of our time’
Vance's assessment did not stop at Emily and Gabriel's relationship. He argued that the series represents something bigger than its glossy depiction of Paris, describing it as a commentary on millennial decision-making.
“And yet, what both of them do is they make a series of absurd, sometimes hilarious, sometimes not particularly believable mistakes, where she ends up with a bunch of random people or focused on her job. He ends up with a bunch of random people or focused on his job. And it’s like obvious: Fall in love, get married. You two were made for each other,” Vance exclaimed.
“The fact that they keep on making atrocious decisions is kind of like the best bit of cultural commentary — I would say cultural criticism of my generation, the millennials,” he continued.
He finally stated, “It is — at the risk of overstating it — the Shakespeare of our time.”
The comments come as Emily in Paris heads towards its sixth and final season. Netflix has confirmed that the final chapter of the series will premiere on December 24, 2026, with Emily returning to Paris after the events of Season 5 and travelling to Greece and Monaco during the new season.
Whether Emily finally chooses Gabriel remains one of the show's biggest unanswered questions. Season 5 ended with Emily and Italian love interest Marcello Muratori breaking up, after which Gabriel invited her to join him on a yacht in Greece.
