A Confidential Affair

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Tv & Film, Film History

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Humphrey Bogart once said of Confidential Magazine that "Everybody reads it. Only they say the cook brought it into the house..." To unlock more tales of Hollywood history sign up RIGHT NOW at ⁠Patreon ⁠and gain instant access to not just this, but much, much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.8	Hi, everyone. It's Fred Grandy.
0:06.6	And I'm Ted Land.
0:07.7	And I'm Jill Wheeler.
0:08.6	And you may remember us from your favorite TV show, The Love Boat.
0:11.9	And now we're back together and ready to embark on a brand new adventure.
0:17.1	Each week on the Love Boat podcast, exciting and new,
0:20.1	we'll be joined by old friends, favorite guest stars, and more to share stories from our time aboard the Love Boat.
0:27.1	We can't wait to welcome you aboard.
0:28.9	Listen to the Love Boat podcast.
0:31.2	Every Saturday, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.0	Hollywood is yours.
0:37.0	To unlock the secret history of Hollywood, simply go to
0:40.5	patreon.com slash atterboy's secret or follow the link in the show notes of this episode. Humphrey Bogart
0:49.0	once said of Confidential magazine, everybody reads it, but they say that the cook bought it into the house.
0:57.6	Author Tom Wolfe described it as the most scandalous scandal magazine in the history of the world.
1:06.1	Time magazine called it a cheesecake of innuendo, detraction, and plain smut.
1:11.8	Dig up one sensational fact.
1:14.1	Embroiderate for 1,500 to 2,000 words.
1:17.1	If the subject thinks of suing, he may quickly realize that the fact is true,
1:21.5	even if the embroidery is not.
1:25.7	Time had perhaps more reason to badmouth confidential than the stars subjected to its brand
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