Cancel Culture
The ongoing debate over public accountability versus mob silencing, especially for right-leaning figures.
Kathy Griffin says she hasn't been in the black for six years since the Trump head photo
On Club Random, Griffin makes the cancellation sound less like a scolding and more like a long, expensive layoff with lawyers.
Kevin Spacey says Netflix has shelved his completed Gore Vidal film and should give it to Paramount
On Club Random, Spacey made his cleanest case for a comeback by arguing that Netflix is punishing an entire finished movie over allegations against him.
Jack Whitehall says Channel 4 pulled his show at 11 p.m. because Michael Jackson died after it had a pedophile sketch about him
On Club Random, Whitehall described the sort of pre-smartphone comedy near-disaster that now sounds less like showbiz lore than a deleted scene from Broadcast Standards Hell.
Bill Maher says his high school talent show was canceled after he stole a risqué Johnny Carson joke
Maher’s first cancellation story is less a free-speech epic than a very on-brand origin myth: a teenage comic, a Carson bit, and a room full of parents who were not having it.
Kevin Spacey says he's been stopped 70 times a day in Europe by fans asking when he's going back to work
On Club Random, Spacey makes his case that nine years of industry exile is enough, and somehow the most revealing number he offers is 70.
Billy Bush Finally Gets to Tell His Side, and It's Messier and More Sympathetic Than You Remembered
Nine years after the Access Hollywood tape, Bush walks Adam Carolla through the betrayal, the breakdown, and why he still has one corner of his heart reserved for NBC News chairman Andy Lack.
Kelly Dodd Has Zero Regrets, Which Is Either Admirable or the Whole Problem
The Real Housewives of OC alum comes to Jamie Kennedy's podcast ready to relitigate everything, and she does not disappoint.