Is Bonnie Blue a ‘sexual predator’ or an empowered businesswoman? That’s the question driving the controversial new Channel 4 documentary about the porn star’s sex extremism, including sleeping with 1057 men in 12 hours. We went to the doc’s press screening last week, with Bonnie herself in attendance for a post-screening Q&A, so we discuss the its most uncomfortable moments, as well as Bonnie’s motivations, societal responsibility and what she’s really like in person. Also in this ep, a look at the juiciest revelations from the new and unauthorised Gwyneth Paltrow biog, from Goop’s toxic work environment to her fallout with Madonna. Plus a couple of TV reviews for you to get stuck into!

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Recs/reviews

• The Assassin, Amazon Prime
• The Secrets of TikTok Shop: UNTOLD, Channel 4
• ONLYFANS: Bonnie Blue, sex stunts and the rise of the porn 'influencer' (our 28 May bonus ep)
• 100 Men and Me: the Bonnie Blue Story, Channel 4 
• Bonnie Blue: 1,000 men and the worrying normalisation of porn, The Times
• Confronting Andrew Tate & Bonnie Blue: World Exclusive: Have Men Lost Their Power & Has Feminism Ruined Society? Disruptors podcast
• Bonnie Blue, Channel four and the problem with commodifying sexual violence, Glamour
• The Affair podcast
• Gwyneth: The Biography, Amy Odell 
• Back Row, Amy Odell’s Substack
• Sorry, you’ll never be Gwyneth Paltrow. Whoever she really is, Washington Post 
• Shakespeare in Love, BBC iPlayer

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The Coldplay KissCam controversy has everyone talking about cheating, so this week we’re weighing in on affairs and internet sleuthing, as well as the scary rise of ‘sextortion’, investigated by Jordan Stephens’s brilliant new doc. Also on the show: Love Island’s toxic masculinity problem, Charli XCX’s wedding, yet more Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni drama and plenty of fab recs, from a fascinating memoir about the News of the World scandal and the new Jurassic World, to Eric Bana’s slick Netflix detective show and the funniest comedy you’ll see all year.

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Recs/reviews

• Jurassic World:Rebirth, in cinemas now
• Pulp Kitchen, Jurassic World Rebirth 
• Could we make a real Jurassic Park? Why? with Emma Kennedy
• The Return of the Dire Wolf, Time Magazine
• Heads of State, Amazon Prime 
• Lion, Amazon Prime
• Love Island 2025, brought to you by the manosphere, Glamour
• Hunting My Sextortion Scammer, Channel 4
• Don’t Let it Break You Honey, Jenny Evans
• Untamed, Netflix
• Such Brave Girls, BBC iPlayer
• Sweet Bobby, Tortoise Media 
• Why does Gen Z smell like sugar? Vox
• Yuka app
• Weleda Skin Food

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Today’s topics have all been chosen by you, huns, in our first ever ask us anything Q&A ep! From tweakments and our most embarrassing celeb encounters to dating, the apps and planning for children, nothing is off limits as we dive into your nosiest questions. We also weigh in on the Tattle Life debate and get into whether the influencer gossip forum is toxic or necessary, as well as advice for a listener going through it and the myth of having it all. Thank you sooo much to the hunnies who sent in questions, we’ll be answering some more in another ep v soon x

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Recs

• “Trolls on Tattle Life mercilessly tore me apart. The police told me there was nothing they could do” Grace Victory, Stylist
• The Big Kids Question: does anyone want to be a parent anymore
• Choosing love over IVF, with Camille Charrière, Conversations on Love with Natasha Lunn, Substack

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Lena Dunham remains one of the most controversial people in pop culture, but that hasn’t stopped a glittering roster of A Listers from appearing in her fun new London-based Netflix romcom Too Much. We assess some of her biggest online scandals, while looking at how autobiographical the show really is. Plus, an explainer of the Salt Path: the latest furore to rock the publishing industry. Are readers right to feel betrayed by writer Raynor Winn’s alleged lies and does publishing have a fact-checking problem? We’ve also got yet another juicy little Beckham family feud update for you, hunnies, plus a debate on whether prenups are feminist and two fab book recs! 

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Recs/reviews

• My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 
• The Tenant by Freida McFadden 
• Too Much, Netflix 
• Too Much: what film and TV get wrong about London, BBC
• Did the Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff Relationship Lore Inspire Too Much?, Marie Claire 
• Will Sharpe went too hard on himself in the Too Much finale, Vulture 
• Lena Dunham’s change of pace, New Yorker  
• Too Much Is Full of Lena Dunham Lore, Vulture
• TALA founder: ‘We weren’t going to make payroll — so I sold my car’, Financial Times 
• The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation, The Observer 
• The Salt Path revelations should be no surprise to anyone in publishing, The Observer

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Brad Pitt’s carefully crafted F1: The Movie promo run has us thinking about how celebrities script their own stories and how easily we buy into them. From Brad’s quiet erasure of abuse allegations by Angelina Jolie to Chris Brown packing stadiums despite a long history of violence, we’re diving into the messy, age-old question: can you really separate the art from the artist? Also this week: a gorgeously candid Charlize Theron interview, Tim Key’s rom-com of the summer The Ballad of Wallis Island and Netflix’s jaw-dropping exposé on the cult of American Apparel and the toxic founder Dov Charney. 

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Recs/ reviews:

• Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
• Charlize Theron, Call Her Daddy 
•  Brad Pitt is Fooling You, Vulture 
• A Complete Timeline of Chris Brown’s Controversies, People
• Scooter Braun, Diary of a CEO
• Brad Pitt, GQ interview by Otessa Mosfegh, 2022
• I think I'm done with being interviewed by women. Jameela Jamil Substack 
• Millie Bobby Brown, ageing and Lucy Boynton on domestic violence, our March 6 episode 
• Trainwreck:The Cult of American Apparel, Netflix
• The Ballad of Wallis Island, in cinemas now

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Billionaires, botox, and a newly single Orlando Bloom – this week we’re diving into Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s ultra-extravagant Venice wedding, a spectacle that’s reminded the internet that money definitely can’t buy taste. From the Hollywood attendees that made headlines like Sydney Sweeney and Leonardo DiCaprio to the inevitable backlash to the whole thing, we’re getting into it all. Also, as Khloe Kardashian follows in Kylie Jenner’s footsteps and comes clean about her plastic surgery, we’re asking just how much we should applaud the KarJenners for their new transparency. And Ellie reports back from Glastonbury!

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Recs/ reviews:

• The Affair with Anna Williamson 
• Story Time with Kayla Jade
• Waterfront, Netflix 
• The Shark Whisperer, Netflix 
• The Shallows
• 47 Metres Down
• House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J Maas (Crescent City series) 
• Deep Cover, Amazon Prime 
• The Dark Poetry of the Bezos Wedding, Atlantic
• Vogue's Confidently Oblivious Lauren Sánchez Cover Story, Back Row, Substack 
• Khloé Kardashian Is Talking About Her Plastic Surgery Too, The Cut

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We’re on hols this week, hunnies, but ofc we weren’t going to leave you without an ep! So, we’ve dug into the archives and stitched together one of our very first specials: a *very* juicy two-parter on the iconic Noughties ‘It Girls’ Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie, which feels extremely relevant right now thanks to the publication of the amazing new book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. In this deep-dive, we cover everything from the toxic rise of tabloid culture and the paparazzi, to how this era ended up shaping celebrity and pop culture as we recognise it today. We know most of you haven’t heard this one yet and so we want to rectify that, bc we’re very proud of it!

We hope you enjoy and we’ll be back to usual business next week! We would love to hear your thoughts, pop culture recs and future special ideas so DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x

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It’s wedding szn hunnies so we get into the bonkers and wonderful world of weddings, from the most absurd and insufferable wedding tropes to our favourite wedding pop culture, including two excellent book recs. Plus, a few top tips from recent bride Kathleen!

We really hope you love this bonus special! We would love to hear your thoughts on all things weddings or ideas for future bonus eps, so DM us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x

Recs/reviews

• The Fence
• The Wedding People, Alison Espach
• You’re Cordially Invited, Amazon Prime
• The Materialists, in cinemas August 
•  The Ballad of Wallis Island
• Father of the Bride
• Bridesmaids 
• The Bachelorette 
• An Attempt to Make Sense of the Jennifer Lopez Wedding Industrial-Complex Canon, Vulture
• Four Weddings and Funeral
• Shotgun Wedding
• Ticket to Paradise 
• Crazy Rich Asians
• The Princess Diaries
• All Hail the New York Influencer Who Posted TikToks Throughout Her Wedding, The Cut 
• The Happy Couple, Naoise Dolan
• Dear Dolly, Should we let a pet dog come to our wedding?

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The backlash against Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover supposedly satirising the male gaze has left us grappling with difficult questions, from how much moral responsibility Sabrina owes her young fans to whether this satire serves any greater purpose. Tying in with the release of Laura Bates’s brilliant new book The New Age of Sexism, we debate everything from how messy female ‘empowerment’ has become and what misogyny actually looks like in our terrifying age of AI. On theme, too, is our review of Alex Cooper’s new documentary about her meteoric Call Her Daddy fame: how does her sexual agency compare to Sabrina’s? And on a lighter note we start off with a juicy debrief on Dua Lipa’s new British Vogue cover. Enjoy hunnies!

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Recs/review

• Dua Lipa, British Vogue 
• Dua Lipa, SkinnyTok and the Labubu doll craze
• Pop Culture Takes Up Smoking Again, New York Times
• Why Are People Mad at Sabrina Carpenter Again, The Cut
• How Sabrina Carpenter Dream-Come-True'd Her Whole Life, Rolling Stone
• The New Age of Sexism: how the AI Revolution is reinventing misogyny, Laura Bates 
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Conversation With Lana Del Rey, Pitchfork
• Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert 
• Call Her Alex, Disney+ 
• There's more to Alex Cooper than the 'Call Her Daddy' documentary suggests, Washington Post

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It’s a big week for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, with the judge dismissing Baldoni’s $400m countersuit against Lively and his $200m defamation suit against the New York Times. Who is now winning and where does that leave the trial in March? We bring you up to speed with all the latest developments, as well as news of another legal drama: nine women have accused Jared Leto of sexual impropriety. Now his ‘Mars Island cult’ feels very disturbing indeed. First up, though, we’re talking babies: from Nara Smith’s fourth pregnancy announcement to Jamie Laing’s podcast rebrand. Plus, a primer on Billie Eilish’s new boyfriend, as well as a much overdue debrief on Maya Jama’s adorable hard launch with Ruben Dias. And is the fallout from Bonnie Blue's now cancelled sex stunt valid? Finally we review BBC’s What It Feels Like for a Girl, which might just be the best show of 2025!

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Reviews/ recs:

• Chicken tarragon lasagne, So Good by Emily English 
• Pearl, Netflix 
• Sinners, AppleTV
• Newlyparents podcast 
• What It Feels Like For a Girl, BBC iPlayer 
• 'All of us felt like we had touched gold': What It Feels Like for a Girl, the BBC’s electric coming-of-age tale, Guardian 
• Jake Dunn Is Fiercely Protective of BBC Trans Drama ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’, Hollywood Reporter 
• What It Feels Like for a Girl star Ellis Howard on frank sex scenes, that toilet brush moment, and the emotional finale, British GQ
• Paris Lees and What It Feels Like For An Icon, Polyester 
• Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400m defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, BBC
• How Many Times Will Blake Lively Have to Beat Justin Baldoni in Court for It to Matter?, Slate

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