How do you manage to keep your illicit affair with a unwisely young runner secret in an industry that absolutely runs on gossip? You need expert media handlers – and some of the best in the business are YMU, formerly James Grant. How did they manage to keep Schofield safe all these years? Here’s a part of the puzzle…
For years, the Royal Family’s motto has been ‘Never Complain, Never Explain’ and Prince Andrew has neatly demonstrated why. It takes real finesse to talk your way out of a suspiciously close friendship with a suspected international child-trafficker – and Andy absolutely spooned it on his first go. So here’s a few notes for His Royal Highness for next time…
Of all the strange contortions involved in trying to rationalise Donald Trump’s most recent racist tirade, one of the strangest is the idea that Trump is actually making an extremely smart PR move. Why have we all become so obsessed with these Dead Cat tactics? And why do we see them everywhere we look?
Rumours involving a mad shagger MP and a relatively obscure internet celebrity have been doing the rounds in media circles this last week, but very little of it has ended up making it to print. So what’s the deal with this Bip Ling and Boris Johnson story? Has Boris actually bonked an internet influencer? Or have we all finally lost our minds?
As the nation buckles in for another grippingly gaffe-riddled Tory leadership contest, there’s no real telling which scandals and secrets will shake loose (and which will stay covered). So it looks like it’s time for Popbitch to do its national duty and give you a proper rundown of the candidates.
Is Paul Danan excitedly screaming obscenities at a crowd of children, teens and senior citizens in Preston city centre the single most significant event to have taken place in 21st century pop culture? Of course not. Is it where we’re going to start this story anyway? Oh, you bet…
We’ve been skirting around the edges of this for the best part of a decade now, trying to explain from the sidelines exactly why the UK keeps getting things so badly wrong at Eurovision. But after another last place finish, we’ve decided to fully map out the Popbitch Eurovision manifesto once and for all…
American shock jock Bubba The Love Sponge is back in the news after scandalous comments that Fox News host Tucker Carlson made on his show a decade ago have been unearthed. This is the second time that Bubba’s weird name has cropped up in a significant media story – so it’s maybe worth us explaining who he is, and why someone named after a ineffective spunk mop has become such a big deal.
One of the most enduring urban legends in music is the story about the rock star who got their stomach pumped to reveal pints of sperm swimming around in there – and not all of it human. It’s been attached to some of the biggest names in showbiz, but does it hold up to any scrutiny? And if not, where the hell did it come from? Popbitch investigates…
In honour of St Valentine’s Day – the day of all things love, sex and romance – we present to you some of our favourite stories of celebrity seduction, superstar shagging and other such shenanigans. We just hope you haven’t had lunch yet…