Tales from the Celebrity Trenches

Jamie East & comedian Alice Brine are back with another Weekly Dispatch, serving up their hot takes on the strangest stories in showbiz this week.

Katie Price once again proves she’s the greatest tabloid character Britain has ever produced. The pair unpack her latest Lee-in-prison saga, a Pride crowd being asked whether she should dump him, and why Pricey may actually be a marketing genius playing us all.

Meanwhile, Susan Boyle’s celebrity endorsement era continues. Fresh from Cornetto, she’s now teamed up with Franz Ferdinand and Irn-Bru for Scotland’s World Cup campaign.

Alice reveals just how much celebrities can earn for brand deals while Jamie remains convinced Susan Boyle has never once said the words “girders spirit”.

Alice also lifts the lid on life inside advertising including the Love Island star who couldn’t roller skate despite everyone saying she could, and the time Katy Perry spent hours lying in a freezing bath of lettuce dressed as a giant kebab.

Elsewhere the pair celebrate the golden age of ridiculous celebrity endorsements, revisit Graham Norton’s unforgettable salad cream photoshoot, discuss rumours of Dua Lipa’s luxury wedding giveaways, and get lost down a rabbit hole involving Charli XCX, Le Creuset and AI-generated dubious cookware ads.

Welcome back to the Celebrity Trenches!
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Host and Producer: Jamie East
Co-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt Richardson
Producer: Phil Stocker
Assistant Producer: Tippi Willard
Additional research: Chris Lockery
Editor: Rowan Jacobs, Alan Harris
Booker: Hannah Wetton
Artwork: Daniel McGarry
Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer
Social Media: Jack Webb
Youtube Manager: Sam Owen
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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This week GK Barry joins Jamie East for a completely chaotic episode and within minutes they’re discussing UFO pranks, ghost encounters, conspiracy theories and whether Britain’s Got Talent is secretly a money laundering operation.

GK spills on the reality of internet fame, the accidental TikTok that changed her life, and why Loose Women is even more unhinged behind the scenes than viewers imagine.

There’s also talk of the Strictly curse chaos, podcast rivalries, fake Avril Lavigne theories and the terrifying moment Jamie realised a live ghost-hunting show was completely falling apart on air.

There’s a whole lot of relationship oversharing, celebrity ghosts, and why prank shows desperately need to return to Saturday night TV.

It’s funny, outrageous and goes off the rails very, very quickly.

Welcome back to the Celebrity Trenches!
Got a tale from the trenches? Get in touch! Either leave a comment, drop an email to hello@celebritytrenches.com or WhatsApp us on: +44 7796 65712 starting with the word CELEB.
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A Seriously Popular production.

Host and Producer: Jamie East
Co-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt Richardson
Producer: Phil Stocker
Assistant Producer: Tippi Willard
Additional research: Chris Lockery
Editor: Rowan Jacobs, Alan Harris
Booker: Hannah Wetton
Artwork: Daniel McGarry
Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer
Social Media: Jack Webb
Youtube Manager: Sam Owen
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another week, another trip into the Celebrity Trenches.

Jamie & Alice start by discussing Susan Boyle’s much-teased comeback which turned out to be less chart domination and more ice cream advert.

We celebrate Jane McDonald’s Mighty Hoopla triumph and ask the important question, why isn’t she headlining Glastonbury by now?

There’s an update on Katie Price’s elusive billionaire boyfriend, who seems to appear and disappear depending on the day.

Elsewhere, the internet is losing its mind over the Off Campus book series, Jamie tries to work out whether Love Island still matters and Spencer Pratt’s latest career move somehow leads us into a discussion about the state of America.

We also get into Taylor Swift’s awards ambitions, Kim Kardashian falling off a bike in front of Lewis Hamilton, Jake Gyllenhaal’s scarves, and why star signs remain one of society’s great mysteries.

There's cruise ships, reality TV, Cornettos, celebrity rebrands, and a surprising amount of chat about ice hockey players.

If you listen, you're SURELY up to date.

Welcome back to the celebrity trenches!

Got a tale from the trenches? Get in touch! Either leave a comment, drop an email to hello@celebritytrenches.com or WhatsApp us on: +44 7796 65712 starting with the word CELEB.
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A Seriously Popular production.

Host and Producer: Jamie East
Co-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt Richardson
Producer: Phil Stocker
Assistant Producer: Tippi Willard
Additional research: Chris Lockery
Editor: Rowan Jacobs, Alan Harris
Booker: Hannah Wetton
Artwork: Daniel McGarry
Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer
Social Media: Jack Webb
Youtube Manager: Sam Owen
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week in the Celebrity Trenches, Alice & Jamie dive headfirst into the wild world of celebrity apology videos. The strange ones, the surprising ones!

Alice breaks down the Ariana Grande donut licking moment, the apology video vibes, and introduces Jamie to her theory of “llama humour”.

The pair unpack why celebrity apologies became such a thing & is “I’m sorry if you were offended” the oddest phrase ever?

Jamie drops a bombshell that he has received his own REAL celebrity apology text this week - from one of the new Strictly hosts! But who was it?

It’s messy, full of celebrity chaos, & for one week only, apologies!

Welcome back to the Celebrity Trenches: Weekly Dispatch!
Got a tale from the trenches? Get in touch! Either leave a comment, drop an email to hello@celebritytrenches.com or WhatsApp us on: +44 7796 65712 starting with the word CELEB.
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A Seriously Popular production.

Host and Producer: Jamie East
Co-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt Richardson
Producer: Phil Stocker
Assistant Producer: Tippi Willard
Additional research: Chris Lockery
Editor: Rowan Jacobs, Alan Harris
Booker: Hannah Wetton
Artwork: Daniel McGarry
Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer
Social Media: Jack Webb
Youtube Manager: Sam Owen
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it’s a HUGE Celebrity Trenches special as Jamie is joined by Big Brother 5 winner Nadia Almada, Fight Night icon Victor Ebuwa, legendary narrator Marcus Bentley and former Big Brother director Ben Hardy to unpack the most chaotic era in reality TV history.

Victor reveals producers gave the housemates an “apocalyptic amount of booze” before the infamous Fight Night kicked off. Jamie also points out they’d run out of cigarettes. Different times!

Nadia explains why BB5 felt like “social warfare” after producers removed books, writing materials and even turned sprinklers on housemates when they got too relaxed in the garden.

Ben Hardy reveals nobody expected the famous fake eviction twist to explode into total carnage and explains how the live feed accidentally made Fight Night sound so violent that viewers actually called the police.

Victor also opens up about his tensions with Emma from the very first night in the house, while Nadia reveals housemates were offered the chance to speak to police after the series ended.

Plus: Marcus Bentley reflects on becoming the voice of Big Brother, everyone agrees BB was the blueprint for every reality show that followed, and Nadia shares why her historic win became a pivotal moment for trans representation in Britain.

It’s nostalgia, chaos and reality TV history all rolled into one.

Welcome back to the Celebrity Trenches!
Got a tale from the trenches? Get in touch! Either leave a comment, drop an email to hello@celebritytrenches.com or WhatsApp us on: +44 7796 65712 starting with the word CELEB.
Follow us on socials @celebritytrenches

A Seriously Popular production.

Host and Producer: Jamie East
Co-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt Richardson
Producer: Phil Stocker
Assistant Producer: Tippi Willard
Additional research: Chris Lockery
Editor: Rowan Jacobs, Alan Harris
Booker: Hannah Wetton
Artwork: Daniel McGarry
Editorial Support: Joseph Palmer
Social Media: Jack Webb
Youtube Manager: Sam Owen
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.