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Hellooooo, wonderful people! On today’s show: The Queen’s death sparks just about a million headlines, Gisele Bündchen’s marriage is on the rocks, we finally have the answers to a curious mid-noughties scandal involving Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, are Gigi Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio dating, and the very imprecise maths behind standing ovations at Venice: what do they mean, and...

Happy Monday, everyone! In 2018, Tana Mongeau was already one of YouTube’s most controversial personalities. But her decision to throw a self-titled content creator festival to rival VidCon? Well, that would make her name so notorious, even New York Magazine couldn’t look away. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the...

Hey, friends! On today’s show: Lea Michele addresses the bizarre but increasingly popular conspiracy theory that she can’t read, Kanye West’s years-long collab with Adidas is on the brink of collapse, Spencer Pratt says Lisa Kudrow “is one of the worst humans I’ve come in contact with”, and Don’t Worry Darling has FINALLY premiered at Venice. Only, at the last minute, “Miss Flo” pulled out of her...

Oh haaaiiii, lovely people! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on Kate Moss. She was the world’s biggest supermodel when a UK tabloid published grainy images of her snorting an illicit substance on their front page. The headline? ‘High As a Kate’. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on o...

Helloooooo, everyone! On today’s show: Taylor Swift has a new album, a Bachelor couple is engaged, and a MAFS star is going global. Plus, Shia LaBeouf and Olivia Wilde’s feud goes nuclear, and then, we take a look at Australia’s first ever “Influence Index” that ranks Australia’s most influential personalities. This week, Mich recommended Look Both Ways on Netflix. Zara recommended reading the Ann...

Happy Monday, legends! Today, we’re heading back to 1974. She was the world’s biggest model of the nineties and noughties. So, how did some grainy photos on the cover of a UK tabloid almost bring Kate Moss’s career completely undone? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Bi...

Hello, everybody! Today, we’re heading back to 2011. We’ve given you the story of how Fergie and Prince Andrew met, married and broke up. Now you have that context, we have a more harrowing, but even more important story to tell: How Prince Andrew became involved with Jeffrey Epstein, and exactly the kinds of allegations levelled at him by Virginia Giuffre. Welcome to the third episode of a new se...

Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1absaYb3dT0XpgPniym8S0?si=e83fbbce18a64858 Happy Saturday, book club fam! This month, we read the incredible memoir from writer Amy Bloom, called In Love. In January 2020, Amy traveled to Switzerland with her husband Brian where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's....

Happy Thursday, besties! On today’s show: The New York Times has officially jumped on the Matilda Djerf Bandwagon, Harry Jowsey’s determined to sleep with more people than his mum, it appears Abbie Chatfield and Konrad Bień-Stephen are over, Andrew Tate has been deplatformed by just about every social media site under the sun, Brooklyn Beckham has been slammed AGAIN, and then!!! The return of the...

Hi, everybody! Welcome to part two of our new series on Prince Andrew and Fergie. He was the royal bachelor turned war hero. She was the fun-loving redhead who the public adored. But after their wedding? Well, just about everything started to fall apart. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta...

Hellooooo friends! On today’s show: The image of Tommy’s Lee’s peen is now forever embedded into our brains, Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’s court documents have been leaked to the media, are you guilty of “the millennial pause” and if you are, what does that mean? And then, Michelle’s Two Cents - why the hell do influencers keep trying to post on their ‘Close Friends’ Instagram story? This week...

Hello, lovely people! Today, we’re heading back to 1960. They’re perhaps the most confusing couple to ever come out of the royal family. So how exactly did Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew fall in love? And how did they fall apart? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big...

Happy Thursday, fam! On today’s show: We finally have all the details on the now-infamous Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull Block walkout, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are officially over, Kevin Federline has given a very unnecessary exclusive to the Daily Mail, there’s been a series of MAFS breakups that we are professionally obligated to talk about, the $90 million Batgirl film has been canned...

Hey, besties! Welcome to the final part of our series on Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery - the worst night of her life. So how, exactly, did the events of October 3rd, 2016, become a point of comedy and mockery? And how exactly did French Police track down the men who were responsible? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join...

Omg hi!!!!!! We’re back! On today’s show, we went everywhere: From the rumours around Em Rata’s cheating husband and the Wagatha Christie trial coming to an end, to one man’s quest for Sammy Robinson’s heart and the biggest offenders when it comes to celebrities and their private jets. Plus! Is Shakira going to jail, why is a Deux Moi blind item about a high-profile royal making headlines, and fin...

Happy Monday, friends! Today, we’re heading back to 2016. In 2016, Kim Kardashian was on the cusp of legitimacy. She was making millions, scoring magazine covers, and sitting front row at Paris Fashion Week. She was also about to experience first-hand the ultimate danger of life as a celebrity. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc et...

Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iWyeE7ZAkQCx7De1HmZ9b?si=a31f9875b4244ca4 Oh haaaaiiiii, book clubbers! This month, we read ‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by award-winning Turkish-British author Elif Shafak. The book follows the love story between two teenagers, Kostas (a Greek Cypriot) and Defne (a Turkish Cypriot), whose forbidden ro...

Happy Monday, besties! Welcome to part two of our Ellen DeGeneres series. She was a lightning rod for queer representation on our screens, and one of the most successful talkshow hosts in history. So when allegations of workplace bullying came to light, it sent the Queen of Kind’s reputation into a tailspin. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads,...

Hey there, lovely people! Today, we’re heading back to 1958. For decades, Ellen DeGeneres has dominated the television industry. But the journey there was littered with so many highs and lows, hers is now one of the most complicated celebrity legacies. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @s...

Hellllooooo, friends! Welcome to part two of our Anne Hathaway series. In 2012, Anne Hathaway was at the height of her career. Her performance in Les Mis was generating Oscars buzz. But as her career soared, she quickly became Hollywood’s most loathed star. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Ins...

Hellooooo, legends! On today’s show: It’s our last ep for a few weeks and all we wanna do is lean into the gossip. So, what’s the deal with the rumours that Victoria Beckham and her fresh daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz Beckham don’t get along? Plus, we obviously need to talk about the Robert Irwin glow-up, a MAFS lawsuit and the worst ratings in Aussie television history. Then, we open the Shameless...

Happy Monday, pals! Today, we’re heading back to 1982. We fell in love with her as the Princess of Genovia and Andy Sachs. But the real woman behind those adored characters? She had to deal with an ugly phenomenon: the rise of 'Hathahate'. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodca...

Happy Thursday, fam!!! On today’s show: Olivia Rodrigo sends a big “fuck you” to the Supreme Court justices who undid Roe vs Wade, Hailey Bieber faces a lawsuit, Kendall Jenner’s relationship status is about as confusing as the way she cuts cucumbers, Rupert Murdoch enters his fuckboy era and then, we *both* come to the table with Our Two Cents: Zara wants to talk about decision fatigue, and Mich...

Good morning, everybody! Welcome to the final part of our very special series on Rihanna. It’s 2014. Rihanna is already one of the biggest stars in the world. But over the next eight years? She’d rewrite history. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Hayu and...

Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0upIFOFUFi4pOOPwtHuk6A?si=40e1fdacf8f64970 Happy Saturday, book club pals! This month we read ‘The Wedding Party’ by New York Times bestselling novelist Jasmine Guillory. The book follows characters Maddie and Theo, who have two things in common: they share a best friend called Alexa, and they hate each...