Summer Scandal: When Hugh Grant got caught

Shameless

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Hiya! Welcome to your third and final Summer Scandal… and today we’re deeping Mr. Hugh Grant!He was the floppy-haired heartthrob of just about everyone's dreams. He was also the committed boyfriend of model and actress Liz Hurley. So, when police caught Hugh Grant in a car with a sex worker, the media went into overdrive. This episode of Shameless is brought to you by the movement to stop normalising suntanning – let’s end the trend. Also, shout-out to Disney+! Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shameless Media
0:05.6	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by the movement to stop normalizing sun tanning.
0:11.5	Let's end the trend.
0:14.7	You're about the new moves.
0:16.7	Call me a win a game.
0:18.3	The one in the lion's cage.
0:20.3	Slipping on lemonade.
0:22.4	I'm a dream.
0:23.5	Got your majesty
0:24.6	act.
0:25.4	Back on the sea.
0:26.9	Yeah, you can call me the queen.
0:29.3	Okay, Zazzy, I think we say this in the intro to the original version of the
0:32.9	scandal series, but my goodness, it's kind of amazing how little this particular story we're about to
0:39.8	tell today affected Hugh Grant's career long term. Completely. As you guys probably have the gist
0:46.2	by now, we are condensing a two-part series into one bumper episode for you for your holiday
0:51.1	break. And this incident occurred back in 1995 at the very beginning, pretty much at
0:57.4	the very beginning of Hugh Grant's acting career. It was before Notting Hill. It was before
1:01.3	Bridget Jones's diary, before About a Boy. So all the films that we know Hugh Grant for today
1:06.9	happened after this incident. I know I'm about to put analysis before the actual details, but I want to pose a question
1:13.6	that we, the listeners can just ponder on.
1:15.8	For a man, does this work?
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