4.2 • 777 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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When Caroline Calloway first stepped onto the scene as one of the original Instagram influencers, she epitomized the 'it-girl' – studying at NYU and Cambridge, traveling through Italy, clinching a massive book deal. But then, Natalie Beach, Caroline’s ghostwriter and former best friend, drops a bombshell. Her tell-all article strips away Caroline's perfect façade, revealing a life riddled with deceptions. This episode delves into their toxic friendship, exposing the dark side of fame and the consequences of a 'fake it till you make it' lifestyle.
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0:15.5 | Matt, have you ever Caroline Callowade? I hate to give her another term, but have you ever Caroline Callowade? |
0:24.4 | That could mean a lot of things. |
0:27.0 | Truly. |
0:27.6 | I'm assuming you're asking if I've scammed anybody? |
0:31.2 | That's one of the things it could mean. |
0:33.2 | I don't think I have. I honestly, as someone on the internet, I feel a fear of like even having the appearance of ever Caroline Callowaying anybody. |
0:43.9 | I'm always like, what if they think I'm a scammer? |
0:46.7 | What if I don't deliver? |
0:48.1 | Yeah. |
0:48.8 | It's instilled fear in me, if anything. |
0:51.5 | It's for that same reason that I don't lie online, like, ever. |
0:56.0 | Right. |
0:56.6 | I'm like, someone will find out. |
0:58.3 | But what I meant by Caroline Callowade is, you know, gotten lost in your own narrative while |
1:06.0 | also being an extremely unreliable narrator. |
1:09.9 | No, I aspire to that level of getting lost in my own sauce, but yeah, I haven't. |
1:17.0 | It's unfortunate that we don't have enough time to get into all of Caroline's various schemes |
1:21.5 | and her entire history in New York and on the internet, but we will be talking about her most famous feud. |
1:30.5 | Let's get into it. |
1:32.8 | Caroline is a writer who at this point has yet to really write anything besides Instagram |
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