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Hello, everyone! On today’s show: Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are back on we would like to know if we are the only ones that care about that? Plus, rumours about Pheobe Bridgers and Paul Mescal being engaged are veering into conspiracy theory territory, Johnny Depp makes a controversial appearance at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show and drama at the finale of the Block. Then, of course, we need to...

Happy Monday, mates! Justin, Selena, Hailey - three names we’ve read side-by-side for years. So, what exactly is the story behind one of the world’s biggest pop stars, his first love, and his now-wife? And what were the many PR nightmares littered along the way? 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 ou...

Hello hello! On today’s show: People are mad about Billie Eilish’s Halloween costume, and we have a potentially unpopular opinion on it all. Rihanna’s released her first single in six years, Nicola Peltz-Beckham is back in the headlines for the 4000th time this year, radio’s golden girl Kate Ritchie is reportedly on the out, Matthew Perry’s arch nemesis is… Keanu Reeves? And then, we hear Zara’s t...

Hey, friends! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on the Olsen twins. TV stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen endured the leering eye of the world’s media for all of their teenage years. But once they turned 18? They were ready to channel their fame and power into something else entirely: fashion. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads,...

Link to this episode in the new The Shameless Book Club feed: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GE2gcv3W20yNKAHaWphWu?si=68074612b7ed419d Hello, book clubbers! This month, we read Aussie author Diana Reid’s second novel, Seeing Other People. Seeing Other People follows two sisters, Eleanor and Charlie, living two very different lifestyles in Sydney after lockdown. When the novel begins, Eleanor ha...

Hellooooo, everyone! On today’s show: Who is YungSweetRo and what do we make of the rumours that Travis Scott has been cheating on Kylie? Sophie Cachia announces that her engagement to professional basketballer Maddie Garrick has been called off, who the hell is advising James Corden right now? We can now name the A-lister who reportedly had a fling with Harry Styles before Olivia Wilde, and then:...

Happy Monday, everybody! Today, we’re heading back to 1986. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were the sisters you likely grew up watching: twins who took the television industry - and the world - by storm when they were just babies. But growing up under the spotlight came with countless challenges. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc)...

Hello, mates! On today’s show: Em Rata has launched a podcast that seems… an awful lot like another podcast. Why James Corden was banned - then unbanned - from a New York City restaurant, Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber had a way better plan than leaving a love heart emoji on each other’s TikToks, Drew Barrymore explains why she’s A-OK with going years without sex, and then: the nanny has spoken. O...

Happy Monday, everybody! Welcome to part two of our series on Bec and Lleyton Hewitt. In 2005, Australian women’s magazines were in love with the Hewitts. But in the space of a year or two, the mood completely changed. So, how did Bec and Lleyton go from being the tabloid’s darlings, to being the tabloid’s enemies? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes,...

Happy Thursday, pals! On today’s show: Kanye West has his social media accounts locked and draws the ire of Gigi Hadid, why Prince Harry’s memoir might never be released, Carrie Bickmore departs The Project, the oh-so juicy claims that this year’s Miss USA pageant was “rigged”, and then, it feels like every corner of the internet is declaring “thin is in”. If that’s the case, who’s to answer for i...

Happy Monday, pals! Today, we’re heading back to the noughties. He was the bad-tempered tennis star with frosty blonde tips. She, the homegrown soapie actress everyone adored. So when Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt got together, they became the most talked about celebrity couple in the country.  Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, et...

Hello, friends! On today’s show: Best mates Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne are involved in some ugly headlines about a paparazzo, the Beckham’s family feud might just be over, Bella Hadid is *the* face of the modelling industry right now, whoever is doing Emma Chamberlain’s PR deserves a raise, and then: Zara’s two cents - why, after so many years, will Hailey Bieber still not say Selena Gomez’...

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second and final part of our series on James Charles and Tati Westbrook. On May 10, 2019, Tati Westbrook posted the ‘Bye Sister’ video, which brought James Charles’s career crashing down. Only, within 12 months, the story behind YouTube’s biggest scandal ever would be totally and utterly flipped on its head. Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re a...

Gday gday gday. We have much to discuss. On today’s show: YouTubers The Try Guys announce they’ve dumped Ned for cheating on his wife, The Bachelor has been very… suspiciously… postponed, the publicity machine of Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo goes into overdrive, new music from Rihanna may well be on the horizon, and then! We need to talk about that viral TikTok video: is being an influencer rea...

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, we’re heading back to 2018. James Charles was one of the brightest stars of YouTube’s beauty community. Only, just as he was reaching the top of the mountain, his longtime friend and competitor Tati Westbrook released a video that would bring it all crashing down. 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/6CPf7JPJv66eMj53jUNXf1?si=19ed6e08e3e3427b Hey there, book clubbers! This month, we read the debut novel from author Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake. Black Cake is a novel that spans 60 years in the life of one Caribbean-American family. Byron and Benny’s mum, Eleanor Bennett, has died. She has left them...

Hellooooo mates! On today’s show: Blake Lively is pregnant with baby number four, Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick are being sued for tens of millions, everyone is talking about the state of Tammy Hembrow’s relationship, Trisha Paytas’s baby name is… not what we were expecting… and then: Adam Levine has been publicly accused of cheating on his supermodel wife, Behati Prinsloo. And - apparently - he...

Good morning, friends! Today, we’re heading back to 1986. For almost a decade, Jenna Marbles felt like everyone’s internet best friend. But after rising through the ranks to become one of the most followed women on YouTube, one night Jenna gave it all away for good. Head here to watch Dave Portnoy’s video titled, ‘I finally got my chance to confront Jenna Marbles’. Got some thoughts on this scanda...

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...