Episode 161 – The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
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We read a semi-fictional, semi-self-published, completely bonkers book about the inner workings of the reality show Model Muse which is, of course, legally distinct from the long-running reality show America’s Next Top Model. Bestselling author and ANTM superfan Mackenzi Lee joined us to discuss The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown by Jay Manuel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about how the greasy sausage of reality television gets made so you don't have to. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Renata. |
| 0:23.2 | And I'm Kate. And for this this episode we read The Whig, the Bitch and the Meltdown by Jay Manuel. Joining us to discuss this |
| 0:29.6 | America's Next Top Model A.U fan fiction is McKenzie Lee, a 30 under 30 media luminary whose bio |
| 0:37.1 | failed to recognize her as an America's next |
| 0:39.7 | top model top fan. |
| 0:41.5 | Hello. |
| 0:42.9 | Welcome McKenzie. |
| 0:43.7 | McKenzie's also, I mean, I guess media luminary covers it, but like a legit bestselling |
| 0:48.1 | author and returning worst bestsellers guest. |
| 0:51.4 | Yes. |
| 0:52.0 | And Instagram model. |
| 0:56.0 | Two of those are true. |
| 0:57.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:59.7 | How about this? |
| 1:02.4 | Pet mother to an Instagram model. |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah, that seems more accurate. |
| 1:08.3 | So last time I was here, we read Erin Baratica. |
| 1:12.5 | Yes. |
| 1:13.9 | And this time we read this, and I'm not sure which I was more uncomfortable, |
| 1:19.4 | made more uncomfortable by, which is saying a lot. |
| 1:22.9 | Yeah, either way, your niche is this kind of like real person fan fiction in a way. It really is, which honestly |
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