Where Pop Culture Meets PR

This week on The Rest Is PR , Jacki and Lyle break down Meghan Sussex’s (formerly Markle) latest Netflix series, With Love, Meghan —a lifestyle show packed with cooking, gardening, and hosting tips . Released alongside the rebrand of her lifestyle business, As Ever , the series features Meghan hosting guests in a house that isn’t her own, while taking on elevated lifestyle tasks like beekeeping, b...

This week on The Rest Is PR , Jacki and Lyle break down British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s strategic response to the extraordinary clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump last week. 🎙️ In this episode: ✅ Starmer’s PR strategy —why his messaging has been praised on the world stage 🌎 ✅ The balancing act : Is Starmer’s approach too conciliatory fo...

This week on The Rest Is PR , Jacki and Lyle explore the power of authenticity in communications —whether it’s navigating a crisis, shaping a public image, or making a comeback . And who better to analyse than Taylor Swift ? 🎙️ In this episode: ✅ Taylor Swift’s silent strategy —why saying nothing can sometimes say everything 🤫 ✅ The Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds & Justin Baldoni legal dispute...

This week, Jacki and Lyle outline their tip tops when it comes to celebrities, and indeed anyone, looking to stage a comeback after a crisis. It comes after Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's appearance at the SNL50 anniversary show, where Reynolds engaged in a skit with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler where he appeared to joke about Lively's ongoing legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni...

This week, there really is only one place to start for Jacki and Lyle - Kendrick Lamar, his feud with Drake, and THAT Superbowl Halftime Show! Just days after Kendrick's song 'Not Like Us' won all 5 of the Grammys it was nominated for, including Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video, it was his Best Rap Performance win that he doubled down on at this year's Super...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss a topic that has once again got the whole world talking - the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Our duo are getting 2025 off to a flyer with an at times impassioned episode in which Jacki discusses Trump's successful election campaign and the lessons many other leaders could learn from his approach to communications, with Ly...

This week, on the first podcast since our very own Lyle Fulton became a father for the first time, our duo discuss the latest developments in the Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively saga as Baldoni is reportedly set to publish his receipts by launching a website 'containing all correspondence' with Blake Lively to 'quash her claims'. This latest development comes hot on the heels of news that the resp...

This week, Jacki and Lyle embark on part 2 of their 2024 lookback miniseries! In the second and final part of this series, Jacki and Lyle discuss some of the biggest stories covered in the podcast in the second half of 2024. On the agenda this week, our duo pick the bones out of not one but TWO seismic elections from both sides of the pond, with Donald J. Trump defeating Kamala Harris to become th...

This week, Jacki and Lyle take a trip down memory lane as they look back at the first half of 2024 in the first of our two-part miniseries! Red Bull Racing CEO and Team Principal, Christian Horner, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Mr Bates vs. The Post Office, and the Netflix film Scoop, starring Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, are all covered in this epic first p...

This week, Jacki and Lyle delve into some of the brilliant comments made by our fantastic audience on the most recent episode of the podcast, all centred on Justin Baldoni and his $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times. Our community started the new year off with a bang, with an array of intriguing comments on the previous episode. Many looked to unpick the legal action taken by Baldoni a...

Happy New Year from The Rest Is PR! In the first episode of 2025, Jacki and Lyle pick up where they left off in 2024, as Justin Baldoni fights back in his ongoing showdown with Blake Lively. The pair have now essentially exchanged lawsuits, albeit Baldoni's initial target is a somewhat surprising one. Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his publicity team earlier this week, alleging sexual...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss the latest instalment of a story that dominated the news agenda in the United States earlier this year - the saga that has evolved between movie stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Earlier this year, after the release of their film It Ends With Us based on the best-selling book by Colleen Hoover, reports emerged of a feud between the film's lead actors, Lively...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss the excellent Sir Lewis Hamilton, and how he has conducted himself over the last few months as his time with Mercedes comes to a close and he embarks on a new chapter with arguably the most iconic Formula 1 team - Ferrari. The pair discuss how Hamilton himself, Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff, and the entire Mercedes team have got their messaging and communicat...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are discussing a story that has dominated the news in the U.S. and all over the world - allegations levelled at Jay-Z that, along with Sean 'Diddy' Combs, he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at a VMA afterparty in 2000. In an incendiary and impassioned statement released earlier this week, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, dismissed the legal action taking by U....

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss the latest developments in the Gregg Wallace scandal. Wallace, who last week 'stepped aside' from his presenting duties on popular cooking programme Masterchef after a BBC News investigation revealed a string of allegations of inappropriate sexual comments and inappropriate behaviour against him, released a statement on Sunday where he hit back at the allegations,...

This week, Jacki and Lyle respond to the disturbing allegations surrounding Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace. Wallace, who the show's production company Banijay UK say has 'stepped away' from presenting the programme pending an investigation, received a letter from BBC News on Tuesday setting out allegations of inappropriate sexual comments by 13 people who worked with him across a range of show...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss just how effective a tool reality TV can be when it comes to celebrities and public figures getting their message out there. This comes as another group of celebrities enter the jungle for this year's edition of 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!', with the likes of Coleen Rooney, Tulisa Contostavlos of N-Dubz, Danny Jones of McFly, former boxer Barry McGuigan...

This week, there really is only one place to start. Jacki and Lyle are discussing the election (or, indeed, re-election) of Donald Trump, who earlier this month became the 47th President of the United States. Trump had, of course, also been elected the 45th President of the United States before losing the next election to Joe Biden, a man who he in essence defeated along the way to his latest elec...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the brilliant Bill Beutler! Bill is a PR consultant who has figured out how brands can update their own Wikipedia pages successfully (and stay out of trouble while doing it!) Bill is also the president of Beutler Ink, which has worked with Fortune 50 companies, Ivy League Universities, Members of Congress, and has built a whole digital agency with Wikipedia...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss some of the more prominent documentaries that have appeared on the likes of Netflix and other platforms in recent months. Most notably, the pair focus on two highly significant documentaries that may ultimately affect the lives of the suspects involved - 'American Murder: Laci Peterson' and 'The Menendez Brothers', both of which are currently available on Netflix....

This week, Jacki and Lyle react to Giovanni Pernice's first television interview since the release of the results of the BBC's internal investigation into allegations made by Amanda Abbington about her experience working with him on Strictly Come Dancing. Interviewed by Christine Lampard on Lorraine, Pernice gets his version of events across, explaining how he had only intended to push Abbington a...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss the recent developments in the situations involving both Amanda Abbington and Phillip Schofield, with a particular focus on the decisions they and their comms teams have made, and whether they have helped or hindered their respective reputations. Amanda Abbington recently received and apology from the BBC regarding the complaints she made about her Strictly Come D...

This week, Jacki and Lyle are joined by the brilliant Günay Aliyeva. Günay is the co-founder of Gamelight, the largest Rewarded Marketing Platform for Mobile Games, with over 10 years of experience in mobile gaming and ad-tech. She has also previously worked in multiple mobile app, game and ad-tech companies across Germany, andI it’s safe to say she knows stuff when it comes to the app economy, mo...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss Phillip Schofield's return to our TV screens in Cast Away - a Channel 5 programme that sends celebrities out into the relative wilderness in the form of an island off the coast of Madagascar - and discuss the possible reasons why he and his team chose to use this show as a vehicle for his return to the public eye. Jacki mentions that when she initially heard Schof...

This week, Jacki and Lyle discuss a story that has dominated the headlines in the UK and all over the world - the incredibly serious allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment levelled at Egyptian billionaire businessman and former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed. Al-Fayed had owned a stake in House of Fraser, which owned Harrods, since 1984, before buying the entire company in 1985...