The year is 1982. A young video vixen named Lisa Vanderpump works the door of a club, and unknowingly flirts with its enigmatic owner. They marry just six weeks later, and over next 3 decades, build a gay club empire that would span from London to WeHo!

About:

Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Sources:

• #BeMyGuest @VillaBlancaBH [Youtube]
• FUNKY BUT CHIC: ROXY IN KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET + THE KEN TODD CONNECTION [Paul Gorman]
• Lisa Vanderpump: 'I don't know how I got here but I'm so glad I did' [Express]
• Naomi Campbell and Lisa Vanderpump Were Apparently on the Same '70s British Kids Show [W Magazine]
• Baywatch babe turns club queen [Standard]
• At 28, Lisa Vanderpump Traveled The World & Went On Tour With The Rolling Stones [Bustle]
• British housewife who's the real queen of Beverly Hills: Lisa Vanderpump went from a south London suburb to a £40 million fortune and a starring role in reality TV [Daily Mail]
• SUCCESS THROUGH PERSISTENCE: ACTOR AND RESTAURANTEUR GUILLERMO ZAPATA PAVES HIS WAY IN THE CITY OF ANGELS [LA Dreams]
• Zapata Rules: The American Dream Alive and Well at West Hollywood's Sur [WehoOnline]
• Lisa Vanderpump, Inc.: The Art of Leveraging Reality TV and Growing a Modern Hollywood Empire [THR]
• Bravo Launches Most Aggressive Slate of Original Programming for 2005-06 Season [Futon Critic]