DUNZO!

During the late 80s and early 90s, La Toya Jackson became one of the most highly publicized and ridiculed members of her family for being honest with the public in reference to her father’s abuse and her mother’s compliancy. She was also one of the first people to speak out against her brother Michael in 1993 during his sexual abuse case. At the same time, La Toya was forced into an extremely abusive and controlling marriage with her music manager, Jack Gordon. This week we’ll explore all the details surrounding their relationship.

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In light of the recent New York Times profile on Ryan Adams and the investigation surrounding claims of sexual misconduct, Troy takes a look back on his 7 year marriage to Smush Room Princess, Mandy Moore. He breaks down everything from their no-frills courthouse marriage in the South to Ryan’s very public fall from grace and substance abuse struggle. He also spends some time discussing the effect Ryan had on Mandy’s career.

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Hey Smushies! Troy is under the weather, so instead of taking the week off we decided it would be fun to run the Denise Richards & Charlie Sheen episode for free, in full, as a special treat. Enjoy! This week's episode requires rubber gloves, a sanitary face mask, and debris protectors for your shoes. You guessed it, were going to be discussing Charlie Sheen and his marriage to Denise Richards! More specifically, their horrible divorce! We’ll revisit Charlie’s bad boy past, from the Heidi Fleiss scandal to his multiple arrests. We also take a look back at the interesting start of Denise’s career. 

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Remember that time a 23-year-old Julia Roberts, who had just made herself a household name, fell in love with the self proclaimed “bad boy” Kiefer Sutherland? Remember when they planned what People Magazine described as “the wedding of the decade”? Remember when she broke it off three days before the big day because of his partying and took off with his best friend? If not, you’ll LOVE this episode! Troy tells the story of how Julia Roberts became known as the “runway bride” eight years prior to the film’s release!

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This week, Troy invites back friend of the show and Housewives aficionado, Brandon Alvarado to discuss one of our most beloved couples, Teresa and Joe Giudice! As a fellow New Jersey resident, Brandon gives Troy his hot takes on all things Real Housewives Of New Jersey, including the current cast and all the drama surrounding previous seasons. They end the episode by discussing what they believe the future has in store for Teresa and Joe as a couple. 

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Troy invited the queen of Teen Mom and host of Feathers In My Hair, Liz Bentley, to join him for a lovely deep dive on a couple mentioned in passing many times on this podcast (but never given the full episode they deserve)... Dina and Michael Lohan! They break down everything from their quickie marriage to Dina’s years as an alleged Radio City Rockette. They also examine Michael’s many arrests throughout the years, starting in the late 80s.

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This week, Troy is joined again by Molls for the third and final chapter of the Brittany Murphy trilogy. They peel back the layers on her very complicated and questionable marriage to the notable Svengali, Simon Monjack. Troy and Molls start by examining what the press refer to as the “straight to video” era of her career and the introduction of Simon in her life (who she’d known since she was a teenager) as a romantic figure. They also discuss the details of both Brittany and Simon’s mysterious deaths, which were just five months apart.

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For the second installment of our three-part Brittany Murphy series, Troy is joined by Molls to discuss her very short but impactful relationship with Ashton Kutcher. They revisit the two meeting for the first time on the set of their critically panned film, Just Married and the “engagement” that soon followed. They also examine this particularly interesting time in Ashton’s career, 4 years into That 70’s Show and 1 year prior to staring in and producing the pop culture phenomenon that was Punked on MTV. 

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To call this week's episode a “relationship” would be a bit of a stretch. This is a classic case of two people hooking up a few times and being forced to answer questions about it for several years (which is totally good enough for us). Today, Troy looks back on the very short fling between Brittany Murphy and Eminem during the filming of the movie, 8 Mile. Of course, he will start by examining the career of the extremely talented Brittany Murphy and her not so great relationship with the press. He also revisits the world’s introduction to Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady, in the late 90s.

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In December of 1988, a then-unknown, 18 year old aspiring musician was invited by a friend to a music executive’s gala and was introduced to the recently hired head a new record label called Sony. You guessed it, this week Troy will be discussing Mariah Carey’s extremely tumultuous marriage to Tommy Mattola! Troy examines how these two went from being described by the media as the music industry’s “Cinderella story” to Mariah adapting the nickname Rapunzel for being trapped by Tommy in their home, requiring permission to leave. He also takes a peek into Mariah’s career during the period and how it inspired her Butterfly album in 1997.

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