The Upshot

This is the first ever episode of Famously, a new podcast from The Upshot about famous rogues, rockstars and wrong'uns.

Get part two right now on the Famously feed:

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He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century.

So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills?

We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend.

Links from the show:

Elvis as a child - https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/imported-images/68.gif

That's Alright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI

Elvis t-shirt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq/

Elvis and Anita - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM_Ty0VEwZrr4QmrlPv0N3AfZ7EOm84RRV7y4L2KAkzyzPZfvis0FcowY&s=10

Hair cut - https://images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/elvis-presley-receives-an-army-crew-cut-bettmann.jpg

Priscilla waving goodbye - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/priscilla-presley-fashion-young-bn-220627-3a2e78.jpg
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On the show today:

- The Ballon d’Or hero who shagged a communist spy

- Jim Ratcliffe’s meddling in the Old Trafford kitchens

- China turns on Kylian Mbappe

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Links from the show:

Jason Tindall handshake - https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/tindall-jason-tindall-tindall-handshake-jason-tindall-handshake-tindall-snub-gif-18317446107002502978

Wham t-shirt - https://www.facebook.com/newcastleunitedblackandwhite/posts/jason-tindall-wearing-a-mocked-up-wham-hoody-with-his-and-eddie-howes-faces-on-i/1038490438319161/

Last Christmas - https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fypv1dt5lb14g1.png

Children’s hospital joke - https://x.com/MagpieJoe_/status/1871811440937709874

Banbury United - https://x.com/FlynnPB69/status/2113670922607436098

Jermaine Pennant - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jermaine-pennants-dog-1118397149_def1a4.jpg?resize=819,1024&quality=90&strip=all

Back tattoos - https://www.instagram.com/p/De79oFzILe0/

Jimmy Bullard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnca5gse8Nk

Kompany - https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1822932103379464543
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On the show today:

- Richarlison has his private island stolen

- Ian Botham is electrocuting people’s knobs

- Gary Neville is stealing from The Upshot

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Links from the show:

Overlap Daily - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKIwq6rgtmU

Coma Svensson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Fn_A8balE

Ronaldinho pic - https://imagez.tmz.com/image/1f/o/2014/01/16/1f399262792e5243a4fa131cdb17f8d5_md.jpg

Richarlison haircut - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png

Richarlison tattoo - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png

Jamie O’Hara - https://www.tiktok.com/@jas_82005/video/7496992108344085782

PAOK gun - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/12/greek-football-match-stopped-after-team-owner-invades-pitch-with-a-gun

LASK cups - https://www.facebook.com/GiveMeSport/posts/liverpool-fans-have-cleaned-up-in-austria-earning-3-per-returned-cup-at-lask-fai/1680310216792564/

Bonnie Blue, Lee Andrews - https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/12/bonnie-blue-tells-katie-prices-ex-lee-andrews-wants-deep-inside-her-29702995/

Katie Price to Emily Atack - https://www.tiktok.com/@emily.martin_/video/7059742699695508741?lang=en-GB

Grégoire Akcelrod - https://www.sportbible.com/football/gregoire-akcelrod-fake-footballer-transfer-471112-20230116

Now a football agent - https://ad.linkedin.com/in/gregoireakcelrod

Hartepool fans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJk8kbyTOg
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On the show today:

Messi’s kiss and tell

Ronaldo comes for Simon Jordan

Lee Andrews fakes his own death

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Links from the show:

Man City puns - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40651470/man-city-liverpool-banners-charges-insults-anfield/

https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1440%2cquality=70%2cformat=auto/https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/uXpwDtWMTrBS_jaOGjHT0gKle_1440x960.jpg

Mourinhome - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/8/18/1376854525152/Chelsea-v-Hull-City-008.jpg?width=1020&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none

Crewe - https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbk5XtmKOkg/

Simon Jordan - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xQmGIHSXlCs

Ronaldo response - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QbUruxbc14

Benin selfie - https://www.facebook.com/nativereportersng/videos/984721471334833/

Lee Andrews - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40617392/katie-price-ex-lee-andrews-faked-death-prison-release/

Karl Bushby - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/6551/live/60fd3180-461c-11f0-9942-8ded1e77a695.jpg.webp

Marathon cheat - https://cms.runrepublic.com/assets/uploads/images/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none_ns/48604/Bicycle-Ride.webp

Evra’s chickens - https://youtu.be/8_yKUtzclto?is=dj-VpnXnZrzAeC83

Dyche - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DePmZtioFw9/

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On the show today:

- Cristiano Ronaldo’s tantrum in Copenhagen

- Messi’s miserable farewell tour

- And Dennis Rodman banned from North Korea

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Links from the show:

Ronaldo banners - https://www.instagram.com/p/DeAL3_JiNs2/?img_index=2

Ian Holloway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfRP_TfwAo

Claudio Tapia - https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail

Sorriano - https://x.com/City_Chief/status/2104987349507854590

Spanish basketball team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-58598677

Rui Pinto GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-rui-pintos-life-football-leaks-whistleblower?cp_src=d

Richard Keys - https://www.tiktok.com/@keysandgrayunleashed/video/7691370998720957718
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