Eating For Free

We just can't help ourselves: our latest episode is the premiere of our brand new fall series, The Jonas Brothers' Chastity Crusade! In the first episode, we dive into the comically obvious PR spin being applied to Joe's divorce from Sophie Turner!   Click here for tickets to Crooks & Nannies' album release party 09/30 at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia!   Links: Johnny Brenda's, Crooks and Nannie...

In the finale of our series on Ariana Grande, things finally fall apart. Rumors of an affair with Wicked co-star Ethan break the internet as Scooter Braun jet skis in Europe. But is the story tabloids have told really what happened behind closed doors? Sources: Spongebob Musical Clip [ YouTube ] [2020] Why Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Split After 2 Years of Marriage: Source [ People ] [July 17,...

Our audio sync issues have been fixed!   Fresh off more scandals than she had rings, Ariana Grande "quarantine n chills" with now ex-husband Dalton Gomez. A pandemic looms, and the long shadow it casts over Grande's Midsommar-themed 27th bday bash spells doom for these star-crossed lovers! Links: Ariana Grande sued for copyright infringement over '7 Rings', 01/17/20 [ CNN ] Ariana Grande Dating Lu...

Following immense tragedy, Ariana Grande experiences a year of contrasts in 2019: record breaking achievements are overshadowed by more scandals and controversies than any other contemporary in her lane. That hair? She's gonna wish she never bought it! Links:  Victoria Monét Is Ready for the Work [ Harper's Bazaar ] Ariana Grande Sick During Sweetener Tour [ ET ] Ariana Grande mocked for Japanese...

About: Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner w...

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains long conversations about violence, terrorist attacks, suicide, drug use, and alcohol addiction.  As moral panic descends, let's be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week's third installment of our deep-dive series, we look into Ariana's modern pop culture moments and the events leading up to the...

As moral panic descends, let's be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week's followup to Part One, we look into Ariana's big-break moment and her debut commercial album to learn what turned the Nickelodean actress in the world's next big superstar.  Links: Scooter Braun, NPR 2022: [ NPR ] 10 Fun Fitness Facts with Ariana Grande, Februar...

As moral panic descends, let's be brave, and critically examine the mess Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made of everything! In this week's episode, we dig into their careers and personal lives to seek...absolution? Forgiveness? Healing? A ponytail joke? Sources: The happy-go-lucky 25-year-old Jewish guy who plays SpongeBob on Broadway [ Times of Israel ] Before she was a superstar, Ariana Grande w...

To get things started with a bang on our return from summer vacation, we brought on the most hotly discussed and begged for guest in E4F history: Joan's sister, the legendary fashion scholar and Barbie officianado, Rashida Renée! We talk Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, and Barbie! Links: 'Barbenheimer' Even Bigger Than Expected: 'Barbie' Soars to $162 Million, 'Oppenheimer' Jumps to $82 Million [...

We come back from our short-lived hiatus to bring you updates on possibly the biggest news story of 2023… Links: Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky Have 'Separated' After 27 Years of Marriage (Exclusive) [ People ] 'RHOBH' Star Kyle Richards and Country Singer Morgan Wade Fuel Romance Speculation With Matching Rings [ Radar ] Weird Events Happening In The Last Week Before Split [ TikTok ] PHOTOS:...

This week we've got the legendary BibleGirl on to tell it. What exactly? Everything! Quitting drag, bulding a drag merch empire, the Target controversy, and the liberation of Britney, bitch! Links: Biblegirl Spills the Tea On Drag Race & Target's Pride Month Collab [ Out ] BIBLEGIRL'S SLUMBER PARTY [ Grizzly Kiki ] Meet BibleGirl: The Jewish Drag Queen People Love to Hate [ Queerty ] Inside #FreeB...

This is an emergency broadcast of the E4F #DivaDown alert system!   Let's dig into the OceanGate submarine disaster: a step-son's feud with Cardi B/Blink-182, a CEO's dream of offshore oil mining, and capitalism's rapid response to endangered billionaires. Links: Everything You Need to Know About the Sub [ CNN ] Greece boat tragedy: What do we know about the coastguard's role? [ Al Jazeera ]  Did...

Shawn Mendes SLAYED the wildfire smoke and secured that Pride Month coin on this week's episode! Elsewhere, Demi Lovato said they're sick of you all, Kim K sided with cartoon cops, and Lady Gaga munched on some controversial migraine meds. Listen now!  Links: Kanye West serves sushi on nude women's bodies at 46th birthday party [ PageSix ] 'Milkshake' singer Kelis on rumored beau Bill Murray: 'Ble...

We're back this week and we mention it all!   From Drew Barrymore's legendary crusade against tabloid media, Samantha Jones iconic return to SATC, to Joan's channeling of a demonic entity known at Matty Healy...   Links: Kim Cattrall's Samantha returns in 'And Just Like That' Season 2: HBO confirms to The Post [ NY Post ] 'Sex and the City' Costume Designer Patricia Field Dressed Kim Cattrall for...

Our favorite guest, Shamira, is back to talk about where Bravo can possibly go after Scandoval, and how this drama has fundamentally changed the industry of reality television forever. Listen now! https://shamirathefirst.com/ About: Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes...

Friend of the show and Tinseltown icon Ashlyn Thomas joins us to discuss the lead up to and impact of the most prominent organized labor movement of 2023 so far! Solidarity with all striking writers 🫡 and a perpetual "FUCK TED SARANDOS FOREVER!"   Links:  Striking screenwriters look to shut down Marvel set [ Youtube ] Writers Guild of America Calls Strike, Effective Tuesday, May 2 [ WGAW ] LIST O...

Links: BRITNEY GAGGED Britney Spears' autobiography delayed amid legal concerns about flings with two major Hollywood stars [ The Sun ] BOLD BRITNEY Britney Spears reveals first details on her upcoming memoir she's 'now writing' & slams her conservatorship as a 'cult' (02/05/22) [ The Sun ] Britney Spears set to pen tell-all book in bombshell $15M deal (02/21/22) [ Page Six ] Britney's Lawyer send...

Here's a little exclusive for everyone on our brand new Patreon exclusive podcast, Beautiful Women Updates, a podcast about sucking, fucking, and Sex and the City. Hosts Joan Summers and Alex V. Green will chat each week about two episodes of Sex and the City, and use them as a jumping off point for whatever discourse happens to cross their minds!  Episodes are available every Friday on Eating for...

Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell have entranced people with flirty press appearances & "scandalous" pap shots. The internet's convinced they're fucking, but that's only half the story being told to potential audiences of future hit movie "Anyone But You." Sources: Gigi Paris Instagram [ Instagram ] SYDNEY SWEENEY NOT DATING GLEN POWELL ... Still Engaged To Fiancé [ TMZ ] Tweet about it [ Twitter ] SYD...

Amid breaking news about Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet's nothingburger romance, a man who claims Kim Kardashian ruined his life has begun to tell his story around LA.   Let's dive into this 10 year saga of lawsuits and App Store trademark warfare!   Sources: David's Twitter Video [ Twitter ] Instagram Video [ Link ] Deuxmoi blind [ Twitter ] KYLIE JENNER HER CAR SPOTTED AT TIMOTHEE'S ...Fueli...

Joan's sick this week, so in lieu of our regular programming, your two favorite gay people sat down to talk about... Pedro Pascal's sugar mama, Jacob Elordi's bare feet, Tom Sandoval's war on feminism, and Vanessa Hudgens' demonic possession! Sources: Lili Reinhart passionately kisses new beau, TikTok star Jack Martin [ PageSix ] Weeks After Cole Sprouse's "Call Her Daddy" Interview Went Viral, Li...

A president was indicted? Who cares! We're still in #Scandoval . As the biggest news in the nation, VPR is Bravo's greatest success story, and its stars' highly lucrative nightmare.   Let's dive into the business of a scandal; this is how gossip gets made.   Sources: Andy Cohen responds to fans calling Raquel Leviss' apology 'terrible' [ Page Six ] [Mar 8, 2023] Andy Cohen issues PSA for upcoming...

In the fourth and final part to our series on Justin Bieber (catch "Justin Bieber's Purgatorio" on our Patreon), we explore the singer's relationship with God, his evolving public relations strategy, and Scooter Braun's future prison sentence. Get into it! Links:  Justin Bieber cancels rest of 'Purpose' tour without explanation [07/24/2017] [ Reuters ] Justin Bieber Focusing on 'Being Spiritual an...

This week on Child Star Hell, "Justin Bieber's Inferno", we begin to examine how the patron saint of "Bieber Fever" went from an unknown Youtube prodigy... to the most famous kid on earth... to the most hated man in America.. all in just five years! Links:  Justin Bieber Is Living the Dream [ NYT ] [12/31/2009] Scoop on the pastors we're gonna mention: [ Premier Christianity ] Justin Bieber Filmed...

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, haunted by adolescent fame, have been entangled for over a decade. Invasions of privacy, exploitation, and stints in rehab are just the tip of the iceberg.  What can save their souls from this child star hell? Links:  (RARE) Justin Bieber Meets Future Wife Hailey Bieber at the Today Show (13 Years ago OCT 12, 2009) [ Youtube ] Teen vogue premiere of 'monte carlo' he...