Addiction
Addiction surfaces across the site as something guests narrate rather than confess. A comedian retells his intervention and rehab as material without sanding off the danger, a reality star arrives on a podcast a day after her life imploded, and a news host turns a red-carpet clip into an argument about what the celebrity press refuses to see.
Jennifer Michele Helm says she found out she was federally indicted by email after smoking a joint in Laguna Beach
The former luxury interior designer describes federal fraud charges arriving not as a dramatic knock at the door, but as an email interrupting a very California morning.
Billy Strings says he found his mom’s meth stash after her fatal overdose and wanted to save some for a rainy day
On This Past Weekend, the bluegrass star gave one of the rawest descriptions of addiction you’ll hear from a famous musician, because he refused to make himself the hero of it.
Hunter Biden says the White House cocaine wasn't his because he hadn't been there for weeks and was being drug-tested
On Modern Wisdom, Biden gave his most sitcom-floor-plan defense yet of the 2023 White House cocaine story.
Meg Josephson says you cannot make kids reconcile with an alcoholic father on Father’s Day
The psychotherapist’s advice was simple and bracing: the holiday does not outrank the wound.
Jeff Bridges says a Big Lebowski fan theory claims Donnie never existed, and he thinks they might be right
The Dude himself has been sitting with a theory that would rewrite everything you thought you knew about bowling night.
Megyn Kelly says Natasha Lyonne will die if she doesn't get treatment immediately after Tribeca meltdown
Kelly pulls no punches on the Russian Doll star's onstage appearance, calling it a failure of everyone in her orbit and drawing a direct line to Carrie Fisher and James Gandolfini.
Lisa Kudrow says Sam Kinison was shooting heroin on set while they filmed a sitcom together
The Friends icon drops a genuinely startling piece of TV history buried inside a very pleasant chat about mushrooms and Spartacus.
Sheryl Crow says a songwriter paid $5 to clone John Mayer's voice and she couldn't tell the difference
Crow heard a demo, assumed it was her friend, and only then learned any amateur can now buy a convincing replica of a working musician's voice for the price of a coffee.
Braunwyn Windham-Burke Came on This Podcast 24 Hours After Her Life Imploded
Real Housewives of OC's most publicly sober cast member shows up raw, shaking, and still not drinking.
Megyn Kelly on Anna Faris: What Entertainment Tonight Refused to Say
Maureen goes after the celebrity press for treating a visibly alarming red carpet appearance like a routine junket moment.
John Mulaney on Arenas, Addiction, and the SNL Writer Who Thought He Could Dress Himself
Mulaney joins Dana Carvey and David Spade to talk sobriety, Madison Square Garden, and why Mickey Rooney wanted to shoot a serial killer.
John Mulaney Tells Theo Von About the Gorilla in His Head
Two comedians who have spent serious time in the wreckage compare notes on cocaine, sobriety, and chasing the version of yourself that existed before things got dark.
John Mulaney Ate Hot Wings at 11 a.m. and Told the Truth About Rehab
Baby J is Mulaney's best special, he says, and on Hot Ones he gave you the receipts between tears and fish-food flavors.
Martin Mallaloy Flew to Austin from Cleveland and Stole Kill Tony's Entire Episode
A 60-year-old schizophrenic comedian with an enlarged prostate, a frog-killing past, and a Opie & Anthony legacy walks into the Comedy Mothership and leaves with a golden ticket.