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Mh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hous-hous- Oh, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, Hello and welcome to Shameless, the Pop Culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.

You are joined, as always is by Melbourne Writers, Sarah McDonald and Annabelle Lee.

Hi, Zazzy, and hello to our producer, Elish Killigan.

Hi, guys. Hi, guys. Coming up on today's show, deeping the unbelievable ascent of Olivia Dean, the celebrity wedding that is marred by family drama. Charlie XEX wants us to understand the bizarre experience of being a pop star, why Hollywood TV execs cannot crack Gen Z. And then Matthew McConaughey said a wet dream

led him to his wife and no, I didn't read that out wrong. Goodness me, but first, Belly,

before we get into the show, I am sure that many of our listeners will have seen that yesterday

or overnight Michelle shared on Instagram that her beloved mother,

Vicky, passed away this week after being diagnosed with brain cancer in January.

I am very well aware, I think, that this is certainly not my space to take up and not my

story to tell.

This is very much Michelle's story as well as it is.

Her siblings, Claire Evelyn and Tom and their partners too, Mitch, Steve, Locky and Meg.

But just as equally, I think it would feel even more strange to skim over this, as if it's not some

seismic event for both Mish or anyone who loved Vicky or loves any member of the Andrews family.

I think Michelle as a person I think made so much more sense to me once I got to know Vicky some

11 years ago. I think she was such a passionate person and so bloody clever and so kind, like so

deeply kind. But she was also so

interesting and interested. She, I think I said to so many people yesterday, everybody says

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