Trashy Divorces

Choosing a career in the arts is always risky, but it's not like Hollywood legend Buster Keaton had a choice. His parents, dreaming of Vaudeville success, had him on stage when he was still in diapers, and by the time he was five, young Buster was the family's breadwinner. As an artist, Buster would go on to be a pioneering filmmaker and a world-renowned comedian - as well as the ex-husband of one...

Actress Glenn Close has been a driving force in Hollywood and on Broadway for decades, and while her professional successes are nearly unmatched, her romantic life has had a far more mixed run. Alicia has all the details, from her childhood years in a cult, to her liberated experience of being an accomplished actor in her 70s today. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and...

Vladimir Lenin famously observed, "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen," and it's such a fitting statement for the long-gone era when rock & roll was young. Traveling musicians had long indulged in their share of excess, but when Jimmy Page's Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene in 1969, they redefined what debauchery could be. At the same time, the fi...

Alicia kicks off her exploration of Sitcom Moms with one of the greats of the genre! In the mid-1980s, Phylicia Rashad became America's favorite mom and wife with her portrayal of Clair Huxtable on the smash hit, The Cosby Show. In her real life, however, domesticity was a harder slog, and even included a few years married to one of the Village People! Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series,...

Reality television stars are having a run of bad luck. Real Housewife Erika Jayne is, so far, merely fighting civil lawsuits related to allegations of fraud, while SLC Housewife Jen Shah is staring down a six and a half year sentence for bilking seniors in a telemarketing scam, but the troubles aren't confined to the Bravo universe. Over on the USA Network, Todd and Julie Chrisley have now been co...

Few actors typified cool in the late '80s like Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. As Detectives Crockett and Tubbs on TV's Miami Vice, they were bona fide sex symbols. But Philip Michael Thomas was something else, too - a man with a messy personal life, a small zip code worth of children, and aspirations that came off as arrogance. Stacie pieces it together. Want early, ad-free episodes, limit...

Beverly Hills 90210 blasted a set of young actors to stardom, but in the fishbowl of her sudden celebrity, Jennie Garth was struggling. Alicia has the full story of her overnight success, her starter marriage, her second divorce - and the marriage that seems to be working. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Further Reading...

Closing out Season 16 (!), Stacie brings us the baffling marital story of songstress Dionne Warwick, who married - and divorced - the same guy twice. We are off next week, and will return to your earbuds with our Season 17 kickoff on January 4. Until then: Have the happiest of holidays! Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Fu...

We've covered some doozies of divorces on this show, but today Alicia has a breakup that took years - in spite of the couple in question not being married. We're talking about actress Lorraine Bracco, whose messy split from actor Harvey Keitel made her life nearly impossible for most of the 1990s, before a little show called The Sopranos turned everything around for her. Want early, ad-free episod...

Stacie takes us through the three trips down the aisle - and two trips to divorce court - of actress Scarlett Johansson. At just 38, she holds the title of highest-grossing box office star of all time, and while her family life has taken some time to gel, there's a lot of reason to think that - Goldilocks style - the third try was finally just right. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Z...

Actress, television personality, and former model Garcelle Beauvais is a beloved cast member of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills these days, but her path there has not been without struggle. Alicia has the whole story, from a childhood broken home to an international move to some early-career on-the-street encounters that put her in front of fashion photographers before finding success on tele...

With news that two Good Morning America hosts have fallen in love, Stacie recalls the last iteration of this sort of thing, that of MSNBC's Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. Sitting atop a unique perch at the nexus of America's political and media industries, their public and private lives ended up on a collision course with a certain Twitter-addicted presidential candidate in...

It's funny to think that back in the 1980s, a leak of nude pictures could cause a headline-grabbing scandal, but that's exactly what happened to the first Black woman to ever wear the Miss America crown. Vanessa Williams, then 21, was roundly demonized in the press, and was subjected to intense public outrage for her supposed transgression. She was even forced to resign her crown, an overreaction...

When a divorcing couple owns a business together, figuring out how to handle it can be a huge pain. Today's couple, while never married, were the engine behind the founding and growth of a wildly successful company. As their personal animosity toward each other grew over the years, the in-office acrimony between TransPerfect founders Philip Shawe and Elizabeth Elting became the stuff of legal lege...

Today we're taking a second look at actor Rex Harrison. While we covered his trashy life recently, Alicia has a suite of spiderwebs featuring the man, with special appearances by Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, George Cukor, and many more. Buckle up your fury pants, Trashpandas! Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Al...

The world was captivated by the saga of Princess Diana when she married and divorced Prince Charles, but it turns out that marital trouble is a bit of a family matter for the Spencers. Alicia has the details on Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, whose two divorces and other romantic misadventures stand out even among the notoriously randy aristocracy. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Z...

It's Thanksgiving week here in the States, so we thought we'd detour into some introspection about the narrative framework of The Hero's Journey and The Heroine's Journey, including astrological insights from our friend Andy Bellatti of Astrology With Andy. Follow him on Instagram for more insights! Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trash...

Some stories shoot right past "trashy" and head straight for "disturbing," and that is the case of murdered socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland. Alicia recounts the troubling life and times of a family beset by mental illness and too much money, and the tragedy that unfolded as a result. Want early, ad-free episodes, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Spon...

Following up on our last episode, Stacie has the other half of the Eddie Cibrian/LeAnn Rimes cheating scandal, with the marriage, divorce, and further adventures of LeAnn and her ex-husband, celebrity chef Dean Sheremet. It turns out that when life runs you over with a truck full of lemons, you always have the option of going to culinary school to learn how to make the world's greatest lemonade. W...

Infidelity is bad enough, but to learn about your husband's infidelity from Us Weekly is a different level of bad. That's more or less the story of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Brandi Glanville and her ex-husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, whose high-profile split sounds like it was a real doozy. Alicia has all the dirty details, including some of the more memorable turns of phrase from Brandi...

Keke Palmer has questions for days, about everything under the sun. From the existential to the inconsequential. From pop culture to pop science. From the meaning of life to the meaning of W.A.P. From life in outer space to “Where the eff is Tom from MySpace?“ And everything in between. Because Baby, this is Keke Palmer, and she is here for All. Of. It. Each week, the multi-talented Keke is taking...

Lately it's felt like Trashy Divorces alums have been dominating the headlines, and not for any good reasons. Stacie catches us up with the costly anti-Semitism of Ye, the bizarre bird business blunders of Elon Musk, and the (allegedly) UTI-inducing management practices of Jeff Bezos. Seriously: Someone should probably check on our oligarchs. Sponsors Lomi by Pela. Turn your food waste into dirt w...

Today we wanted to give you a glimpse of Alicia's other podcast, Done & Dunne! She's been hard at work on a five-part series on Lord Lucan, which is now live. We covered the 1974 disappearance of Lord Lucan following the grisly murder of his children's nanny a couple of years ago, and in this bingeable five-parter, Alicia goes much, much deeper into the case. Enjoy part one - and grab the rest at...

While she wasn't exactly a Desperate Housewife in real life, actress Eva Longaria did find herself dragged into an ugly scandal by her second husband, basketball player Tony Parker. It seems that Tony had been carrying on with the wife of one of his San Antonio Spurs teammates for quite a while, a decision that ruptured two marriages and nearly got him excommunicated from his team. Join us this Th...

Who better to feature on Halloween weekend than a pioneer of Hollywood horror flicks? Actor Boris Karloff is best known for his nuanced portrayal of Frankenstein's Monster in the 1931 film. But as Alicia relates, his private life was anything but monstrous - in spite of his six marriages. Join us Thursday, November 3, for Trashcandy Confidential: A Trashy Divorces Studio Experience! Get your ticke...