Tales from the Celebrity Trenches
A podcast that explores the bizarre and fascinating world of celebrity culture, hosted by Jamie East, founder of the notorious UK entertainment site Holy Moly. Each episode features breakdowns of pop culture events and interviews with entertainment figures, offering insider stories and sharp commentary on the absurdities of fame.
Episodes
Is Taylor Swift good at being rich?
Jamie East and Alice Brine are back with another Weekly Dispatch, diving headfirst into the weirdest corners of celebrity culture.This week we unpack the New York Knicks' NBA win - with the real action taking place courtside, on celeb row, where Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet, Sydney Sweeney and a host of A-listers turned basketball into the hottest ticket in town. Jamie wonders which British spo
Dua Lipa's party bag!
Jamie East & comedian Alice Brine are back with another Weekly Dispatch, serving up their hot takes on the strangest stories in showbiz this week.Katie Price once again proves she’s the greatest tabloid character Britain has ever produced. The pair unpack her latest Lee-in-prison saga, a Pride crowd being asked whether she should dump him, and why Pricey may actually be a marketing genius play
GK Barry is in the Trenches
This week GK Barry joins Jamie East for a completely chaotic episode and within minutes they’re discussing UFO pranks, ghost encounters, conspiracy theories and whether Britain’s Got Talent is secretly a money laundering operation.GK spills on the reality of internet fame, the accidental TikTok that changed her life, and why Loose Women is even more unhinged behind the scenes than viewers imagine.
Susan Boyle you crushed our dreams!
Another week, another trip into the Celebrity Trenches.Jamie & Alice start by discussing Susan Boyle’s much-teased comeback which turned out to be less chart domination and more ice cream advert.We celebrate Jane McDonald’s Mighty Hoopla triumph and ask the important question, why isn’t she headlining Glastonbury by now?There’s an update on Katie Price’s elusive billionaire boyfriend, who seem
Is it too late now to say sorry? the BEST celeb apologies EVER!
This week in the Celebrity Trenches, Alice & Jamie dive headfirst into the wild world of celebrity apology videos. The strange ones, the surprising ones!Alice breaks down the Ariana Grande donut licking moment, the apology video vibes, and introduces Jamie to her theory of “llama humour”.The pair unpack why celebrity apologies became such a thing & is “I’m sorry if you were offended” the o
Big Brother Fight Night Part 2: Big Brother’s Most Explosive Night Ever
This week it’s a HUGE Celebrity Trenches special as Jamie is joined by Big Brother 5 winner Nadia Almada, Fight Night icon Victor Ebuwa, legendary narrator Marcus Bentley and former Big Brother director Ben Hardy to unpack the most chaotic era in reality TV history.Victor reveals producers gave the housemates an “apocalyptic amount of booze” before the infamous Fight Night kicked off. Jamie also p
Big Brother Fight Night Part 1: The dark truth about reality TV
This week on Celebrity Trenches we dive headfirst into the absolute madness of 2000s reality TV with comedian and presenter Matt Richardson, broadcaster and reality TV expert Jamie East and consultant psychiatrist Dr Gareth Smith.From contestants being kept awake for seven days in Shattered, to Space Cadets convincing people they’d gone to space from an airbase in Suffolk, we revisit the era when
Pricey…Where the HELL is your husband?
Another big week in the Celebrity Trenches! Jamie & Alice unpack the Eurovision aftermath, from Australia somehow still competing to the UK coming last AGAIN. Nul, indeed, points.We delve into the internet-breaking wedding of Tyson Fury’s daughter Venezuela Fury: 18 bridesmaids, Biggie Smalls down the aisle, Peter Andre performing, and a 16-year-old bride casually carrying her phone at th
What going to the BAFTAs is *really* like…!
Jamie East & comedian Alice Brine bring you their razor-sharp hot takes on the last seven days in showbiz in our new pod, ‘Celebrity Trenches: Weekly Dispatch’.It’s a bumper week to unpack: Jamie went to the BAFTAs & has the BTS goss about what it’s *really like* to be there. It was long, he got hungry, but he DID see celebs behaving badly with their (packets of) nuts. Jamie spoke to a Cel
Simon Cowell is in the Trenches
Simon Cowell welcomes Jamie East into his home to launch 'Tales from the Celebrity Trenches'! It's his most honest, entertaining & revealing interview in years.Expect all sorts - the inside scoop on what it was *really like* backstage at X-Factor. Including the time Jamie hung out in Simon’s dressing room & Simon couldn’t get YouTube to work on his new laptop - you HOWL when you hear the r
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Coming Soon...Got a tale from the trenches? Get in touch! Either leave a comment, drop an email to hello@celebritytrenches.com or WhatsApp us on: +44 7796 65712 starting with the word CELEB.Follow us on socials @celebritytrenchesA Seriously Popular production.Host and Producer: Jamie EastCo-Hosts: Alice Brine, Matt RichardsonProducer: Phil StockerAssistant Producer: Tippi WillardAdditional researc
