Nothing Is Off Record: Juliet Harris on Crisis PR, Rachel Leviss & Taylor Frankie Paul
After Reality with Courtney Robertson
Courtney Robertson
4.5 • 722 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
What happens when a celebrity scandal breaks, the internet is on fire, and everyone is waiting for the perfect statement? According to veteran publicist Juliet Harris, nothing is ever really “off record.”
This week on After Reality, I’m joined by the founder of IT Girl Productions for a behind-the-scenes look at crisis PR, celebrity scandals, and reputation management. Juliet has worked with major names including Nelly, The Backstreet Boys, La Toya Jackson, and Rachel Leviss, and she knows exactly what it takes to help a public figure survive a public storm. But what does accountability actually look like when the spotlight is on you — and is a statement ever enough?
Juliet shares how she went from studying criminology to managing high-profile reputations, and what really happens behind the scenes when a headline starts spiraling. We talk about how social media has changed the PR game, why accountability matters, and how publicists decide what to say — and what not to say — when the internet is watching.
We also get into the latest celebrity PR parallels, from Taylor Frankie Paul to Blake Lively, Spencer Pratt’s run for mayor, and how reality TV personas can collide with real-life consequences. Plus, Juliet shares her thoughts on The Bachelorette PR team, what they may be navigating behind the scenes, and how a franchise handles headlines when the story starts moving faster than the official messaging.
Juliet also opens up about balancing a demanding career with motherhood, staying organized under pressure, and why great PR is really a strategic chess game built on instinct, relationships, and knowing when to make the right move.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to After Reality. It's Courtney here. And today I'm so excited to bring in one of the best PR leaders in the industry. It's Juliet Harris of A Girl Productions. |
| 0:12.0 | Juliet has spent years behind the scenes, helping shape stories, protect reputations, manage public image and navigate the very messy world of the celebrity media. |
| 0:22.3 | And honestly, who better to help us unpack the Taylor Frankie Paul of it all? |
| 0:26.5 | We're getting into crisis PR, reality TV scandals, reputation, rehab, and why some women get |
| 0:32.9 | forgiven while others get dragged forever. |
| 0:35.8 | So we're going to talk about Taylor Frankie Paul, Rachel Levvis, after Scandval, the Blake lively and Justin Baldoni fallout. Also, I want to touch on Spencer Pratt. I am so excited to have you here, Juliet. Thank you. So many questions for you today. Welcome. Well, thank you. Thank you for the wonderful introduction. And we've been talking about doing this for a while. So I'm super excited to be here with you. |
| 0:57.3 | Ah, yes, we have. I think you were helping Rachel Levis. I had reached out to her after the Scandival. And you really helped her out a lot on her podcast. And that's how I kind of was introduced to you. And then I kept listening |
| 1:11.6 | because you are just wicked smart. I think to start today, I want to give the listeners like a little |
| 1:18.0 | introduction to PR and like, how did you first get started in public relationships? Yeah. Was that always |
| 1:25.1 | the plan? No, it's funny you say that because I know we're going to talk about, you know, motherhood a little bit too, but I actually went to school for behavioral science and criminology. |
| 1:35.1 | And I knew for sure since I was a kid that that's what I wanted to do. |
| 1:38.6 | I wanted to counsel and work with kids. |
| 1:40.5 | And through college, I took all of those classes first. |
| 1:46.7 | And then there were two major incidents, |
| 1:51.9 | well, three actually. One, I went on a ride along with the child abuse unit. Two, I went to a halfway house for foster kids. And three, they took us inside a prison where we had to sign away |
| 1:57.5 | our rights that they did negotiate if you were hostage. And I'm like, |
| 2:01.0 | this is a college course, right? Anyways, what I learned from those experiences after the ride |
| 2:07.1 | along, which was the most horrific thing I've ever seen in my life, I was shocked through the |
| 2:12.2 | whole thing. And then when I get in the car to drive home, I cried for three hours straight. |
| 2:18.2 | And then when I went to the halfway house, I cried. |
| 2:21.2 | And all I wanted to do is take all those kids home with me. |
| 2:23.7 | And the problem is I realized at that moment, I didn't have what it took to separate |
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