Rob Shuter
Celebrity gossip reporter and founder of the Naughty But Nice newsletter, known for sourcing inside celebrity PR strategy.
Circuit updated September 9, 2026
- Maureen Callahan says Jason Sudeikis is a mean guy and a piece of hot garbage
“We'd heard the rumors, we'd heard that he was difficult, but when she said in an interview with Variety, this was not a really hard interview. It's kind of a soft cover story for her to volunteer that they had a love-hate relationship, that he was difficult, was a bombshell.” 0:56
- Rob Shuter says Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 2005 Maddox beach photos were staged, not paparazzi
“I can absolutely confirm those pictures were staged. Those pictures were not bidding war pictures.” 4:43
- Rob Shuter says mainstream outlets refused Justin Baldoni interviews because they feared upsetting Blake Lively
“I can't name specific outlets, but I know from friends and so sources close to Justin that the mainstream media didn't want Justin cuz they're still frightened of upsetting Blake.” 4:32
- Rob Shuter says Today made him call gossip 'celebrity buzz' before its tabloid makeover
“When I when I used to go on Today show once a month, once every two weeks, I was told I went on to do gossip. I went on to do celebrity gossip. But the rule was I couldn't say the word gossip. I had to call it celebrity buzz, buzz.” 0:34
- Rob Shuter says Goop has never made a profit
“Goop, her business has never made a profit. She's she's out there talking about it. We talk about Goop as if it is um a household brand, and it's not. It's It's never ever made a profit.” 5:54
- Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden wedding rumor is a decoy
“I spoke to three people who know Taylor really well. The three of them are going to the wedding. They don't know where it is, but they said they would be shocked if she gets married at Madison Square Garden.” 2:10
- Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden wedding rumor is probably a decoy
“I spoke to three people who know Taylor really well. The three of them are going to the wedding. They don't know where it is, but they said they would be shocked if she gets married at Madison Square Garden.” 0:12
- Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift rejected Anna Wintour’s wedding gown help and has six dresses in the running
“Taylor Swift doesn't need Vogue. She doesn't need Anna. And so what makes me laugh here is that Anna needs Taylor way more than Taylor needs Anna.” 1:15
- Rob Shuter says Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will stage a public outing on Taylor Swift's wedding day to steal headlines
“They don't want to talk. They won't sit down and do a big interview with Oprah Winfrey. What they're going to use is their extreme good looks. The two of them are gorgeous.” 1:14
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“We'd heard the rumors, we'd heard that he was difficult, but when she said in an interview with Variety, this was not a really hard interview. It's kind of a soft cover story for her to volunteer that they had a love-hate relationship, that he was difficult, was a bombshell.”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show -
“They didn't sit down with you or me or Diane Sawyer. They didn't get asked any questions. Celebrities, you know, do this now. If you don't want a real journalist asking you questions, even even soft journalists like the Today show, you just make your own video.”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show -
“Don't pretend you are high and mighty when we're all shoveling the same sand product. And this product is delicious. I'm proud to hold my hand up like I'm in AA and say, 'I love celebrity gossip. My name is Rob Shuter and I'm a gossip columnist.'”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show -
“When I when I used to go on Today show once a month, once every two weeks, I was told I went on to do gossip. I went on to do celebrity gossip. But the rule was I couldn't say the word gossip. I had to call it celebrity buzz, buzz.”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show -
“Anna has done this quite a lot of Melania. She she consulted with Anna before she picked her wedding dress and then appeared in Vogue. Lauren Sanchez is probably the best example recently of somebody who who consulted with Anna”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show -
“I spoke to three people who know Taylor really well. The three of them are going to the wedding. They don't know where it is, but they said they would be shocked if she gets married at Madison Square Garden.”
Rob Shuter · The Megyn Kelly Show
Maureen Callahan says Jason Sudeikis is a mean guy and a piece of hot garbage
The celebrity nice-guy brand takes another dent as Callahan and Rob Shuter argue that the Ted Lasso star’s image is starting to crack.
Rob Shuter says Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's 2005 Maddox beach photos were staged, not paparazzi
The celebrity journalist says the early Brangelina family image was not discovered in the wild, it was packaged.
Rob Shuter says mainstream outlets refused Justin Baldoni interviews because they feared upsetting Blake Lively
Shuter’s claim turns Baldoni’s kitchen-table video from a celebrity pity post into an indictment of entertainment media cowardice, though the unnamed-outlet caveat matters.
Rob Shuter says Today made him call gossip 'celebrity buzz' before its tabloid makeover
The gossip columnist argues NBC's morning flagship isn't newly tabloid, it just stopped pretending the towels were the classy part.
Rob Shuter says Goop has never made a profit
The gossip columnist’s sharpest claim on The Megyn Kelly Show was not that Paltrow is tone-deaf, it was that her famous wellness company has never actually made money.
Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden wedding rumor is a decoy
The gossip veteran’s bet is that MSG is the meeting point, not the altar, and that the real wedding happens somewhere else while cameras camp out in Midtown.
Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden wedding rumor is probably a decoy
The celebrity journalist argues the Madison Square Garden chatter feels too Kardashian, too public, and too convenient to be the real Taylor Swift wedding plan.
Rob Shuter says Taylor Swift rejected Anna Wintour’s wedding gown help and has six dresses in the running
The celebrity columnist’s read is brutal and very Vogue funeral-coded: Anna Wintour’s old trade, access for influence, no longer works on Taylor Swift.
Rob Shuter says Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will stage a public outing on Taylor Swift's wedding day to steal headlines
Gossip reporter Rob Shuter tells Megyn Kelly his sources say the couple's image rehab strategy involves a very petty, very public stunt timed to the biggest celebrity wedding of the decade.