Dirty Chats

Kelly Clarkson walked into Brooklyn toy shop Art of Play for five minutes and what has ensued truly makes my heart sing. And Molly's heart, also.  There was a Pretty Woman comparison, two Instagram statements that made everything worse, and the owner's responses that got increasingly worse.  So this week on Dirty Chats, I’m putting my hard-hitting journalism skills to work with a full ti...

Emma Grede is my favourite, but maybe I disagree with her this episode? Also, Brooklyn Beckham is being mean to his mum, Pete Davidson is being mean to influencers. And this week, I'm being  mean to millennial women... On the menu: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Paris Fashion Week date night Emma Grede's take on personal branding Pete Davidson's rant about female content c...

It's a big day, people!!! Taylor Swift has released Showgirl: The Encore, and I'm debriefing all four songs.  Here's what's also on the ep: The Laughing Cow's mysterious "Not Laughing Cow" campaign The Encore song reviews The science of manifesting (yes, actual science) First up, The Laughing Cow has lost her smile for the first time in over 100 years. I've...

It's our 50th EPISODE!! Can you believe it?!? First up in Dirty Dish: Shailene Woodley's 2026 Emmys look in Balenciaga couture was a disaster, and her stylist Karla Welch got eviscerated on the internet, got butthurt, and did the exact wrong thing.  Naturally, I break down the exact PR play she should have run instead... seven days of it, actually. Then Patrick Clancy sat down for his 60...

Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is back and I'm giving you my quickfire thoughts.  ... Taylor Frankie Paul, the engagement nobody believes, the co-parenting ick, and the one cast member I've completely changed my mind about. Then we get to Celine Dion, who has just returned to the stage for her Celine Dion Paris 2026 residency, and I have a take that's...surprisingly. ...

The Lindsay Clancy trial is officially a mistrial, Isobel Lorna launches a £300 planner that's made the internet whinge, and I break down the behind-the-scenes of my $50,000 USD launch.  First up in Dirty Dish: the Lindsay Clancy case has been ruled a mistrial, and I get into what one holdout juror changed, whether a retrial can ever find an untainted jury, and the thing about the public reac...

Dirty Chats is back after a four week break, and Meghan and Harry are BACK IN THE UK.  But first, how was my time away overseas? True thoughts about Powerhouse Women? And my take on the horrific true crime doco The Death of a Pastor's Wife.  First up in Dirty Dish, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a shock return to the UK. This from the man who swore he couldn't see a world where...

Kim Kardashian just dropped the most psychologically dialled ad of the year... and I'm jealous I didn't write it. 7.7 million views in nine hours (and counting). And no, it's not just because she's Kim Kardashian. But first, Dirty Dish. This week I'm covering: Robbie Williams, a FIFA interview, and the mystery white object that fell onto his mic. Amanda Batula shutting dow...

Phoebe Gates raised over $35 million for her shopping app Phia. Now the whole internet is asking one question... did she commit fraud? This week on Dirty Chats: The Phia cookie stuffing scandal taking over the tech internet Justin and Emily Baldoni's surprise statement after two years of silence A hot take on whether you should lie in your business to get ahead First, Justin Baldoni and Emily...

Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, and everyone (except me) is reading it wrong Taylor Alison Swift is married, and the internet is losing its mind over a peach curtain. In Dirty Dish, I'm unpacking the royal wedding of the year: the thousand guests, the raffle, the "T and T married" billboard in the world's most boring font, the Adam Sandler of it all....

Evan Spiegel launched Snapchat's new Specs AR glasses, and within 48 hours Snap had lost 2 billion dollars. Yes, with a B.  This week I get into the Snap Specs launch... the keynote, the $2,195 price tag, and why everyone online blaming the "ugly" glasses has it completely wrong. I break down the actual reason Evan Spiegel's launch tanked (it isn't the design, and it isn&a...

Olivia Rodrigo VS Taylor Swift (the whole story), how popstars market themselves, Brooklyn Beckham's DoorDash commercial annnnd I give my Summer House reunion thoughts.  Today's episode is mostly gossip...except the part where I unpack Olivia Rodrigo's personal branding and the common marketing thread that exists between popstars like Olivia Dean, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Katy...

This week I sit down with Elijah Timmins-Scanlon, the Auckland model (signed to Red Eleven) who called out New Zealand streetwear brand Huffer of using AI to generate campaign images that looked suspiciously like him. Or like him and his brother, also a model, blended into one person. He tells me how he found it, what he did next, and how aggressively the brand moved once he said something out lou...

I unpack the 4 ways accounts are blowing up in 2026, and the common thread between my viral posts (that translates to reels, YAP videos and carousels). Also, Taylor Swift gets sued and the title of her new song is suspicious.  On Dirty Dish this week I get into: Taylor's Toy Story 5 song, "I Knew It, I Knew You"... and the Gracie Abrams of it all The Maren Wade lawsuit over The Life...

There's a new most-trolled Meghan in town... and I have a full PR plan to save her. In Dirty Dish I cover: The Anne Hathaway "I swear it's just two tight braids" facelift saga Marciano and Jessi from Love Is Blind and how they pulled off the redemption arc of the century Then in Dirty Business... I break down why Meghan Trainor's latest album Toy With Me debuted at #198 on...

Spencer Pratt is running for Mayor of LA and I have become genuinely, unironically invested. This week on Dirty Chats, I'm covering the marketing masterclass nobody saw coming, plus the unhinged economic ripple effects of one in eight Americans being on Ozempic. In Dirty Dish I'm covering: Alex Cooper's pregnancy announcement and why my PR prediction from three weeks ago has officia...

In a move no one saw coming, Blake Lively has settled with Wayfarer Studios... and I am in mourning. That courtroom trial was the only way I was emotionally getting through May 2026. (We're devastated. We're inconsolable. We're rewatching the Met Gala interview for forensic evidence.) This week on Dirty Dish , I'm breaking down the settlement no one wanted: what Blake Lively ac...

I'm ranting today. Women in the entrepreneurial space need to stop being put on a pedestal...because I'm starting to feel like a lot of them are being dishonest.  Also we've got Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen back in court...the judge absolutely clocked what's going on there... Plus Nike's embarrassing response to their Boston Marathon campaign backlash, and why...

ON THE POD TODAY>>> What happened in Belle Burden's  smash hit memoir Strangers? (and why did my carousel about it go viral?) I chat about the devastating prenup, what my husband said about the husband leaving, and what my carousel angle taught me about Instagram metrics.  The Alex Cooper Vs Alix Earle drama explained: what actually kicked the feud off, and why Matt Kaplan is all of...

Justin Bieber's $10M Coachella Set, The Masters' No-Phone Policy, and the Marketing Power of Doing Less Everyone has an opinion on Justin Bieber at Coachella.  Here's mine. This week I'm breaking down two very different events ...The Masters golf tournament and Justin Bieber's stripped-back Coachella set ....and what they both accidentally taught us about the most powerful...

Hold your florals, because in this episode I SAVE BLAKE LIVELY'S REPUTATION.  Also in this ep, it's the Blake Lively Justin Baldoni case explained - well, the updates anyway.  Because Judge Liman just gutted two thirds of Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni. So, in Dirty Dish: I break down exactly what happened with the Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni ruling. What was dismi...

Alix Earle just sold out a skincare brand in 19 hours. Here's exactly how she did it. In Dirty Dish , hundreds of thousands of Chinese social media users are changing their profile pictures to Kris Jenner's face....but why? Then in Dirty Business , I break down Alix Earle's pre-launch campaign for Real Actives, her new acne skincare brand. 🧩 Alix spent months feeding people's...

This week I'm unpacking the full Taylor Frankie Paul situation: the assault footage, the cancelled season, the lawsuit rumours, and the one question nobody's really asking....why did ABC cast her in the first place when they knew? (We're blaming Nick). I also have a full PR plan for three different parties caught in this mess:  * the Bachelorette franchise * The Secret Lives of Morm...

The one where I pitch Meghan Markle a business idea she didn't ask for - and break down Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign in history. This week on Dirty Chats, we're covering two stories that have absolutely nothing in common except that both involve famous people who both take themselves very seriously.  First up in Dirty Dish - Meghan Markle. The Her Best Life retreat in Sydney s...

Did Kim Kardashian just waste the best launch story of 2026? Obviously I have thoughts. This week on Dirty Chats: my husband bought me a Thermomix and I've basically become a different person, Lily Allen showed up to her tour opening night wearing a dress made of actual receipts (and it's a masterclass in specific storytelling), and Kim Kardashian quietly became co-founder of an energy d...