Chelsea sits down with London Hughes (To Catch a Dick) to ask her 10 questions for memoirists. They discuss London’s brand-new book, Living My Best Live Hun, including 24 hour meetings with Kevin Hart, racist editors, and other books we want to emulate in our own writing. Show Notes: Normal Family - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chrysta-bilton/normal-family/9780316536523/?lens=little-brown I Heart Mess Newsletter - https://www.iheartmess.com/ London Hughes' Living My Best Life Hun - h...
Sep 26, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Lizzie Bassett (What Went Wrong) pounce on Tippi Hedren’s 2016 celebrity memoir. From coming up in the 1950s modeling scene, to being assaulted Alfred Hitchcock, to a surprising amount of lion violence, to her relationship with her daughter Melanie Griffith, and granddaughter, Dakota Johnson, this memoir is an unexpected journey! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! Show Notes: ROAR! episod...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and her manager and producing partner Jordan Moncada sit down to talk about Glossy, the new book about Emily Weiss and the founding of Glossier, and dish a bit about how it relates to the business we’re building here at Glamorous Trash. Fair warning - a pitcher of espresso martinis was involved in the making of this episode. If you’re just interested in book stuff, book discussion starts at 12 minutes in! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Bec...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Sierra Teller Ornelas (Rutherford Falls) and Caissie St Onge (Busy Phillips is Doing Her Best) are absolutely in love with Maria Bamford’s 2023 celebrity memoir, Sure I’ll Join Your Cult. From a “Haagen-Dazs” childhood in Minnesota, to full-on spreadsheets of her financial information, to her “mentals”, this book is hilarious, vulnerable, and life-affirming. Where to find our Guests: Caissie St. Onge Instagram Podcast Sierra Teller Ornelas Instagram For more book recaps & gentle tea,...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Beth Silvers & Sarah Stewart Holland (Pantsuit Politics) get overly self-assured with Melissa Etheridge’s new celebrity memoir, Talking To My Angels. From the minimal info on her rise to fame, to her two messy divorces, to being in a hot tub with Hollywood’s power lesbians, this book probably shouldn’t have been written. Where to find our Guests: Beth Silvers & Sarah Stewart Holland Website Instagram Podcast Patreon We’ve rebranded! The content of the podcast is staying the same, b...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’ve rebranded! The content of the podcast is staying the same, but the name is changing! For 3 years we have recapped and discussed celebrity memoirs. We have laughed about gossip, cried about trauma, and laugh-cried about our own personal obstacles, and one day it became clear that we needed a new name that would more accurately reflect the depth of the show and the thoughtful and hilarious community who surrounds it. And so, Celebrity Book Club has become Glamorous Trash! We’re celebrating w...
Sep 05, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea & Rebecca Woolf (Sex & The Single Mom, The Braid) get sincere with Jewel’s 2016 memoir Never Broken. From singing in Alaska frontier bars as a child, to dating Sean Penn, to her momager stealing all her money and channeling an ancient being, this book was a sleeper hit and a new fave! Become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! Links: Jewel's poetry book, A Night Without Armor Jewel's first single Who Will Save Your Soul Where to find our Guest: Rebecca Woolf Book Website Substac...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Traci Thomas (The Stacks) and Chelsea deep dive into the Bachelorette finale, whether the Bachelor has anything worthwhile in store for us, and what this season of the show can tell us about the upcoming election (yes, really). Also in the Glamorous Trash Menagerie: Britney Spears’ divorce post, book recommendations, and freediving documentaries. Where to find our Guest: Traci Thomas The Stacks Podcast Instagram For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Beco...
Aug 23, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Claire Rothrock and Ryann Weir (Our Ladies of Brooklyn, Basic Witches) get down to show business with Carol Burnett’s 2011 memoir This Time Together: Laughter & Reflection. From feeding whiskey to multiple animals, to the mysterious benefactor who paid her way to NYC, to her friendship with Lucille Ball, this book packs a punch of optimism that tbh we really need right now! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrit...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Samantha Irby (We Are Never Meeting In Real Life) rise and grind on Vivica A. Fox’s 2018 memoir/”guide to success”. From her wig business, to mysterious real estate investments, to a male stripper show, Vivica’s into more than you ever expected! To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Where to find our Guest: Samantha Irby Su...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea & Janie Haddad Tompkins (Stay F. Homekins, Night Court) get “unladylike” discussing Geena Davis’s 2022 memoir, Dying of Politeness. From pretending to be a mannequin in NYC store windows, to NOT sleeping with Jack Nicholson, to the revelation of Susan Sarandon, this book is a delight!! To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Wher...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and fellow podcasters Kristen Meinzer & Jolenta Greenberg (How To Be Fine/By The Book) get royally screwed by Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s 2011 memoir Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself. From riding her pony to the candy store as a child to still being in love with her ex-husband, to relying on Oprah perhaps…too much, this book sure did get written quickly! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrity...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and comedy friend Ali Lu climb Mount Crushmore with Gina Yashere’s 2021 memoir, Cack-Handed. You may recognize Gina’s book from an earlier episode with Gina herself, but this time we go deeper, from Gina’s early career as an elevator engineer to taking the high road with haters to her family accepting her as a lesbian because they believe she is the reincarnation of her grandmother, this book takes us on a ride straight to the top! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Ins...
Jul 14, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea brings back official Monster Memoir Correspondent Chris De Rosa (Fixing Famous People) for two of Kathie Lee Gifford’s TEN books. From “stealing” Gloria Steinem’s boyfriend to punching a nurse to Kris Jenner Christianity, these books make us want to chug Kathie’s QVC wine. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! Thank you to our sponsors! Tanteo Tequila -- @tanteotequila Natalie's Juice Company --...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Glamorous Trash Talk, Chelsea and Cookie Caitie recap and discuss Caroline Calloway's brand new memoir and Natalie Beach's new memoir-ish collection of essays, side by side. If you don't remember this friendship saga don't worry, we will take you through the whole story and both their books in this very special episode discussing everything from best friend break ups to vibrators to the last word on who is the bougier bish! For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on ...
Jun 30, 2023•2 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Traci Thomas (The Stacks) discuss three nonfiction books that Traci recommended and Chelsea read, and then get deep into their differing opinions on the upcoming season of the Bachelorette. From books discussing the murders that exposed the cruelty of the foster care system, to essay collections on justice, to whether there’s hope for this season of the Bachelorette, this episode contains multitudes! We're calling these shorter episodes: Glamorous Trash Talk - it’s where Chelsea take...
Jun 20, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea, Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel (2 Black Girls, 1 Rose) get salacious with Karrine Steffans’ memoirs Confessions of a Video Vixen, and The Vixen Diaries. From her relationships with Ja Rule, Bobby Brown, Vin Diesel, and Bill Maher (yes, really), to the ethics of rich cheaters, to Limp Bizkit’s penis piercing, these books spill ALL the tea and yet…kind of make us sad? For ad-free & bonus episodes, become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! For more book recaps & gentle tea...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and bestie Kenzie Elizabeth to discuss their favorite reality show of the year: The Ultimatum: Queer Love. They yell about the engagement purses, which couple actually had a happy ending, and how the fashion on the show reveals the deeper politics of queer identity in reality shows. We're calling these shorter episodes: Glamorous Trash Talk, it’s where Chelsea takes a tangent on a topic that is both high and low, meaningful and fun, glamorous and trashy. There are so many things in this ...
Jun 13, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scandoval summer has come to a close! Chelsea brings on her friend Jo Feldman to discuss the highlights of season 10 of Vanderpump Rules and recap the saga of Sandoval, Schwartz, and Raquel — the throuple Raquel got, but not the one she was hoping for. They discuss the concept of radical honesty, how to come clean when you’ve hurt people, and how bringing your 6 friends to a break up showdown is the ultimate fantasy. We're calling these shorter episodes: Glamorous Trash Talk. There are so many t...
Jun 09, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made, Unspooled) get prolific for this wide-ranging episode that covers SIX MENSmoirs - Quentin Tarantino, Don Simpson, Matthew Perry, Kevin Pollak, Paul Newman, and Joan Didion’s husband John Gregory Dunne! From penile implants, to the Heidi Fleiss connection, to Quentin Tarantino’s problematic impressions, it’s a festival of fuckery. Plus, some last looks at Paris, Pam, and Minka, and discussions about how much therapy should be in your memoir. For mor...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Chris DeRosa (The Real Housewives of New York, My Unorthodox Life) get maternal for this doozy of a Momager’s Mothers’ Day episode! They pick through the wild pile of garbage inside the book: from being a “golf groupie” at 17, to her role in the OJ trial, to which kids she definitely loves more, one thing is clear… we need to check on Khloe. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! Thank you to...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and New Mexico bestie Molly Thornton journey through Minka Kelly’s brand-new memoir Tell Me Everything. From her remarkable survival growing up with her unstable single mom, to high school brawls, to reuniting with her Aerosmith guitarist father (and then getting kicked out of his house), Minka’s story is a stunning revelation. Tickets to the Live Glamorous Trash Party in LA (and streaming!) - https://new.hotelcafe.com/event/the-glamorous-trash-party-3/ To join the community and get acce...
May 05, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Danielle Robay (PrettySmart, E!’s While You Were Streaming) wade through Kelly Ripa’s 2022 memoir Live Wire. From Mark Consuelos love stories to cringy LLC names to some masterful Regis shade, Kelly doesn’t dish it all, but we have a good time anyway. LINKS: Tickets to the Live Glamorous Trash Party - https://new.hotelcafe.com/event/the-glamorous-trash-party-3/ Glamorous Trash Writer’s Pack Giveaway - https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/april-giveaway Sponsors: Tanteo Tequila -- @tan...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Season 4 of Love Is Blind just ended, and Chelsea’s got some yelling to do about Mean Girls and bullying! In this episode she catches everyone up on the most important moments of this delightfully trashy show, and what they reveal about our culture and discourse. We're calling these short episodes: Glamorous Trash Talk. There are so many things in this world that are Glamorous Trash: Going to the library to read People Magazine Sneaking a flask into the Oscars Publishing a podcast about celebrit...
Apr 15, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Kyle Ridley (Good Day DC) get obsessively metaphorical with the absolute poetry in Betty Gilpin’s 2022 memoir. From witchy moments to workouts for Nurse Jackie and Glowc to finding out she needed a woman named Cheryl to live in her head, Betty Gilpin has written…one of our favorite books of the year?? Glamorous Trash Writer’s Pack Giveaway - https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/april-giveaway For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a memb...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea believes The Bachelor franchise is a cultural clock on America telling us what time it is - and damn, it's always behind! In this episode she dishes her hot bachelor takes and what she thinks this season with boring-ass Zach can tell us about American politics. We're calling this short episode: Glamorous Trash Talk. There are so many things in this world that are Glamorous Trash: Going to the library to read People Magazine Sneaking a flask into the Oscars Publishing a podcast about cele...
Mar 28, 2023•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Clara Amfo (BBC’s Live Lounge Show, Future Sounds) get in an Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys’ 2020 memoir More Myself. From dad drama to Oprah to the least amount of tea possible on Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys gives us glimpses of a fascinating life and career. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Danny Pellegrino (Everything Iconic) DON'T keep it sweet with Heather Gay’s 2023 memoir Bad Mormon. From being a funny woman in an unfunny religion, to lip injections, to unexpected musical talent, to the black eye debacle, Heather tells the story of her journey to be fully herself. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon Lea...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Kenzie Elizabeth (Easy on Netflix, Bless This Mess) get vulnerable with Anne Heche’s 2001 memoir Call Me Crazy, and her posthumous memoir, published January 2023. They dive into Anne’s very quick rise to fame, the Ellen DeGeneres of it all, and the scourge of early aughts media calling women "crazy" in order to silence them. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Click here to subscribe to the Celebrity Book Club Patreon and get bonus episodes...
Feb 17, 2023•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chelsea and Lauren Lapkus (Newcomers, Threedom) kick Valentine’s Day off with Pamela Anderson’s 2023 memoir Love, Pamela. From getting discovered on a Jumbotron, to her love of weddings, to a story about Jack Nicholson at the Playboy Mansion that will give you the ‘ick’, Pamela sets the record straight on her own story. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celeb...
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