FOF #2883 - Ben Widdicombe: How I Helped the Rich become Famous and Ruin the World
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Fausto Fernós
4.4 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
But then, something changed- “Keep my name out of your mouth” became “fake it til you make it" and fame and power became the ultimate goal. The rich hired publicists to capitalize on their image and now celebrity culture is another tool to keep terrible people in power.
How did we get here?
Today, gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, joins us to talk about how celebrity culture is destroying everything, which he details in his new book: “Gatecrasher: How I Helped the Rich Become Famous and Ruin the World.”
Listen as we chat with Ben about how the media machine that gave us Paris Hilton made it possible for Donald Trump to become president, celebrity sex tapes and lunching with gay legend Quentin Crisp.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | For much of history, the rich and powerful avoided the limelight, because they knew once everyone |
| 0:10.3 | knows your name and how rotten you are, the guillotine comes next. |
| 0:15.7 | But then something changed. |
| 0:17.5 | Keep my name out of your mouth became Fake It till you make it. The pursuit of fame and power |
| 0:22.6 | became the ultimate goal and the rich hired publicists to capitalize on their image. And now, |
| 0:28.1 | celebrity culture is another tool to keep terrible people in power. How did we get here? Today, |
| 0:34.4 | gossip reporter Ben Whitacombe joins us to talk about how celebrity culture is |
| 0:39.4 | destroying everything in his new book, Gatecrasher. How I help the rich become famous |
| 0:46.1 | and ruin the world. Listen as we chat with Ben about how the media machine that gave us |
| 0:51.6 | Paris Hilton made it possible for Donald Trump to become president. |
| 0:55.7 | Celebrity sex tapes and lunching with gay legend Quentin Crisp. |
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