Reality TV's New Era of Scandal
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Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
We tune in to our favorite reality shows for the onscreen drama, but lately the scandals have started to spill off the screen and into the real world, from Taylor Frankie Paul to the Bravoverse. This week, VF Contributing Editor Anna Peele joins Rebecca and John to break down this chaotic moment in unscripted television, from the shows that are still on the air decades after they first premiered to the upstarts coming for the crown. Plus, a first look at the Cannes lineup.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm John Ross. |
| 0:13.8 | Today on the show will be joined by Anna Peel, a Vanity Fair contributing editor and reality TV expert to break down all the reality TV scandals that have been popping up recently. |
| 0:23.6 | We've been feeling for a couple of years like reality TV is at a crossroads and the shows that used to be on top or maybe no longer on top and there are new shows that are capturing our attention instead. |
| 0:37.8 | It's really a very interesting moment in this space, and I'm very excited to have Anna on to |
| 0:42.8 | help us understand it. |
| 0:44.5 | But first, John, the canned lineup was announced last week. |
| 0:47.7 | I think we have some stuff to talk about. |
| 0:49.8 | How are you feeling about it? |
| 0:50.7 | Well, the initial response, I think, was there aren't enough American |
| 0:56.0 | films. There's not enough Hollywood films. And that is true. There certainly isn't a |
| 1:04.5 | mission impossible, which, you know, for the past couple of years, they've had a major sort of summer film screen |
| 1:13.1 | and do a premiere out of competition. |
| 1:16.1 | They don't have that this year. |
| 1:18.6 | What is noticeably absent, I think, is, you know, |
| 1:22.8 | the focus features film that normally is there |
| 1:26.0 | or films, A-24 doesn't have a big presence. |
| 1:30.2 | Very surprising. They had Eddington last year, amongst other films. And so it's just a lot more |
| 1:37.1 | international. I mean, the upside, I think, for cinema nerds is like there are so many |
| 1:44.0 | international atours coming. |
| 1:45.8 | I think it's the most jam-packed when we're talking about names like Pedro O'Maldivar, |
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