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Celebrity scandals and apologies feat. Molly McPherson

FluentlyForward

CAKE MEDIA

News, Entertainment News

4.52.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Scandals and public crisis abound! Today we welcome Molly McPherson onto the show (check out her podcast here) to talk about celebrity scandals, apologies, and how public figures deal with "cancellations" or other online mistakes.  Timestamps: 5:16 Why do we love scandals so much? 11:18 What’s the best way for a celebrity to apologize? 14:00 Celebrities making their apologies hard to read and understand 19:16 How do bot farms play into this? 27:42 How the phrase “PR” gets misused online 35:58 Molly’s formula for a scandal 38:32 The Clinton/Lewinsky scandal 44:46 What advice would you give to a rising celebrity? 46:45 Armie Hammer’s scandal 50:20 Kevin Spacey’s scandal 55:40 The 5 Apology Languages Visit Carawayhome.com/FLUENTLY to take advantage of this limited-time offer for 10% off your next purchase. This deal is exclusive for our listeners, so visit Carawayhome.com/FLUENTLY or use code FLUENTLY at checkout. Non-Toxic cookware made modern. OUAI’s NEW Anti-Dandruff Shampoo keeps flakiness at bay. Do more than drugstore with the new Anti-Dandruff Shampoo from OUAI. Go to theouai.com and use code FLUENTLY for 15% off your entire purchase. OUAI gives you the confidence to win life your OUAI. NextEvo isn't just another CBD company. Their all-natural products are backed by more scientific studies than any other CBD brand, and developed by pharmaceutical professionals. Try NextEvo Naturals capsules, gummies, mints, and topical creams, clinically proven to be better absorbed by your body. Get 25% off your first order of $40 or more at NextEvo.com with promo code Fluently.

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, and welcome back to another episode of Fluently Forward.

0:04.4

For this week's episode, I'm really excited for today's guest, Molly McPherson,

0:08.9

and, you know, some episodes of Fluently Forward, we are the Fluzees.

0:12.8

It's scandals, it's blind items, it's celebrity threesomes, everything in between,

0:17.2

and then for some episodes or more of the forward thinkers over here, thinking about topics

0:23.1

and why something is, and sociologically, psychologically, what's going on with people.

0:28.4

This is a little bit of both. Molly is incredibly impressive. I've watched her videos on TikTok,

0:34.3

I've listened to her podcast, which is called indestructible PR podcast with Molly McPherson.

0:39.5

She's a public relations expert, and she is all about how to handle a crisis, and she talks about

0:45.6

different crises, crises that happen both with celebrities, both with companies, both with individuals

0:53.9

in your own life that could happen. So she kind of talks about PR mistakes that happen, celebrity

1:00.8

apology statements, and we dive all into that in this episode. So really fun content for you this

1:06.8

week. We're going to be talking about what makes a scandal. We're going to be talking about

1:11.6

celebrities using the Notes apology app, where they place their apologies, how they get into

1:16.9

scandals, what makes their apology or their statements fishy, authentic, everything in between,

1:22.8

and we're also going to talk about how social media plays a role in kind of like lighting the

1:28.2

fire on these scandals online, and also why we as humans kind of love it when somebody's getting

1:33.6

dragged. And I feel like last weeks or I guess last Friday's Patreon episode pairs really well

1:40.2

with this because we just did over on Patreon, blind items about Donald Trump and his family.

1:46.8

And if there's anyone who goes hand in hand with a scandal, it's certainly Donald Trump,

1:51.2

so we got all into his dirt over there, Melania, Ivanka, Donald Trump, Jr. Eric. I mean, really

1:59.1

all of them. The only person who didn't have a blind item was Baron Trump. And I would say just

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