Struck a nerve, did I? I never said the actual plots in that particular show are real. I said, that THEY said, that this is the type of sordid, salacious stuff that happens. The type of stuff that has happened for years, social media just makes them have to respond faster. But the speed of social media also helps publicists shift the narrative faster. In the Guilty Pleasure book, they showed very similar tactics, and the authors ( one tabloid writer and one Hollywood publicist) said it was all true except they changed minor things or combined situations so that people couldn’t figure out who the celebrities were.
Remember when Cait was doing promo for Money Monster? She played a publicist. And one interview they asked her if she could ever be a publicist and she said no, because I’m a terrible liar. Not no, because the hours are terrible and it’s very stressful. Her association with being a publicist was having to lie for a living.
Wake up. Much of what you see or read about celebrities isn’t the truth. It’s what they want you to think the truth is. Some cases it’s because they can’t say the truth. In other cases it’s because they just want privacy.
Tori