Russell Brand’s rape trial: Six women, disturbing evidence and a defence that raises more questions
Trigger warning: This article discusses allegations of rape, sexual assault and abuse. Some details may be distressing to readers. Russell Brand has spent much of his career presenting himself as an outrageous, sexually liberated...
Meghan Markle’s 2018 story about her father unravels
Meghan Markle’s story takes another twist: A disputed police letter, Harry’s Netflix confession and The Sun’s very curious investigation As shocking allegations against Thomas Markle Sr emerge, Meghan Markle has offered a dramatic new...
Harry and Meghan are moving back to Britain – apparently the freedom flight had a return ticket
Well, well, well. Someone dig out the inspirational background music, cue the slow-motion airport footage and fire up the private jet, because Harry and Meghan’s legendary “freedom flight” has apparently acquired a return ticket....
The anatomy of a PR defence: why Russell Brand admitted to sleeping with a 16-year-old
Russell Brand’s admission that he slept with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30 is a calculated public relations and legal manoeuvre designed to counter the sexual assault charges he faces in the United...
Courtney Stodden is naming the grown men who turned a teenage girl into entertainment
Trigger warning: This article discusses child marriage, grooming, sexualisation of a minor and alleged abuse. Courtney Stodden is revisiting some of the most disturbing moments of her teenage years and asking the question that...
Pete Davidson wanted to be a dad. Five months later, Elsie Hewitt said she was doing it alone
Key moments Pete Davidson spent years telling anyone who would listen that becoming a father was his “dream”. He finally achieved it with model and actress Elsie Hewitt – then their relationship collapsed just...
Meghan just posted her “candid” summer holiday photos and every single one is more staged than a West End production
Key moments Ah yes, “summer holiday” photos curated and performative to the nth degree. Taken by a professional photographer. This is the caption Meghan Markle slapped on her latest Instagram carousel this week as...
Harry and Meghan’s faux royal tour, real merching operation
Their sojourn to Australia proves the “tour” is just a monetised content circuit By day two, it’s no longer even pretending to be subtle. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aren’t on a “tour”. They’re...
Harry and Meghan’s “private visit”: a PR stunt so calculated it forgot the point
When your first stop is a hospital and your only contribution is yourselves If you were designing a PR tour for maximum emotional leverage with minimum actual effort, you’d struggle to do better than...
Aaron Phypers’ $160,000 fraud judgment is the grim bill for wellness-world fantasy
“Wellness guru” to court-ordered payout: Aaron Phypers’ $160k reality check The malibu mystic act has officially collapsed. And it’s not “energy frequencies” that brought it down. It’s a fraud judgment, a dead business and...