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Hollywood Unfiltered is the podcast that cuts through the noise and delivers the real, raw, and unfiltered stories from the entertainment world. Hosted by Sloan Hooks, this show brings the best videos from his YouTube channel, tackling celebrity scandals, industry secrets, and everything in between.
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  • Yesterday · 38 min

    Exposing Ellen DeGeneres

    Discussion of Ellen DeGeneres and her problematic past. #EllenDeGeneres #TheEllenShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • October 4 · 37 min

    Inside George and Amal Clooney's Rumored Fight and French Montana's Royal Romance

    Let's get into George Clooney, Amal Clooney, and French Montana! Two very different relationship stories this episode. First, fresh rumors claim George and Amal had a massive blowout fight, the latest round in a years-long tabloid cycle that George himself has repeatedly laughed off in interviews, insisting they're still looking for something to argue about. Then there's French Montana, newly engaged to Sheikha Mahra, the princess of Dubai, whose own divorce announcement before they met was so unconventional it went viral on its own. One marriage people keep predicting will end, one engagement built on an already wild backstory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 23 min

    Inside the Messy VMAs: Ariana's Shade, Sabrina's Statement, and Mariah's Rocky Performance

    Let's get into Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Mariah Carey! This year's VMAs delivered plenty of chaos, and not all of it was on purpose. Ariana had a few visibly shady moments throughout the night that fans immediately clipped and picked apart. Sabrina used her performance slot to make a loud political statement, drawing both praise and backlash depending on who you ask. And Mariah, despite finally getting her flowers with a big career honor, turned in a performance that came off rougher than fans expected, mic issues and all. Add it all up and you get a show that trended for all the wrong reasons as much as the right ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 20 · 15 min

    Kylie Jenner Begs Timothée Chalamet to Move In and Settle Down

    Let's get into Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet! After weathering all the breakup rumors, the couple is back in the gossip cycle, this time over where the relationship is actually headed. Reports claim Kylie is ready to take things to the next level and has been nudging Timothée to move in, settle down, and trade the party circuit for something more serious. The framing paints her as the one pushing for a future while he keeps a foot in his jet-setting single-guy world. How much of it is real and how much is tabloid fan-fiction is anyone's guess, but the "will they, won't they get serious" question keeps this pairing in the headlines. #KylieJenner #TimothéeChalamet #CelebrityNews #CelebrityGossip #RelationshipDrama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 19 · 17 min

    Inside the Dan Schneider Allegations: What Drake Bell and Nickelodeon Kids Revealed

    Let's get into Drake Bell, Nickelodeon, and Dan Schneider! The docuseries Quiet on Set cracked open the network's golden era and revealed how ugly things reportedly got behind the scenes. Former child stars described a toxic, high-pressure set culture, and Drake Bell delivered the most devastating account of all when he came forward as the victim of abuse by a dialogue coach who was convicted. Much of the scrutiny has centered on showrunner Dan Schneider, accused for years of an inappropriate, controlling environment and of putting kids in bizarre, sexualized bits, claims he's disputed and apologized around in parts. This gets into what the stars actually said, what's been proven versus alleged, and the long reckoning Nickelodeon still hasn't fully answered for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 18 · 19 min

    Charlize Theron's Mother Shot Her Father to Protect Them

    Let's get into Charlize Theron! Behind the Oscar and the glamour is one of the most harrowing origin stories in Hollywood. Growing up on a farm in South Africa, Charlize lived with a father whose alcoholism turned violent, and one night in 1991 it came to a head when he came home drunk and threatening to hurt her and her mother. Her mom, Gerda, fired back to protect them both, killing him. It was ruled self-defense and she was never charged. Charlize has spoken with striking honesty about carrying that trauma and refusing to let it define her. This is the devastating true story behind one of the industry's toughest, most resilient stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 17 · 28 min

    Kim Kardashian Admits Her 2010 Justin Bieber Photoshoot Crossed a Line

    Let's get into Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber! A 2010 magazine shoot has come roaring back to bite Kim, and this time she brought it up herself. The Elle spread paired a then 29-year-old Kim with a 16-year-old Bieber in a setup styled after The Graduate, and revisiting it now, a lot of people find the whole concept deeply uncomfortable. Kim addressed it on Call Her Daddy, naming it as the thing she'd "get canceled" for and calling it inappropriate, while insisting nothing improper happened on set. That half-apology only reignited the debate about why an adult star was posed that way with a teenager in the first place, and who signed off on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 16 · 23 min

    Sabrina Carpenter Deep Dive: The Nepo-Baby Talk, Cult Rumors, Movie Controversy, and Her Grown-Up Image

    Let's get into Sabrina Carpenter! Pop's reigning it-girl has a backstory messier than the glossy image lets on. Critics have poked at the "nepo-baby" question and how her early Disney break actually came together, while corners of the internet have spun theories tying her or her orbit to a so-called cult. There's also the resurfaced movie role that drew accusations of racial insensitivity and fresh criticism years later. And running through all of it is the debate over her hard pivot from wholesome Disney kid to a deliberately provocative, hyper-sexualized adult brand, which some read as reclaiming her image and others find uncomfortable given where she started. This unpacks each thread and sorts the real from the reach. #SabrinaCarpenter #NepoBaby #Controversy #Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 15 · 15 min

    Michael Jackson Was Groomed By Diana Ross As A Child

    Let's get into Michael Jackson and Diana Ross! Their bond has always been one of the stranger threads in Motown history. Diana was the glamorous star who helped launch the Jackson 5, took a young Michael under her wing, and became someone he idolized, later even naming her as who he'd want to raise his kids. But some look back at how intense that closeness was when he was still a child and read something more uncomfortable into it, floating theories that the mentorship blurred lines it never should have. Others say it was pure admiration and nothing more. This digs into where the "grooming" talk comes from, what's actually known, and how much is just internet speculation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 14 · 16 min

    Why Aimee Osbourne Vanished: The Osbourne Family Fallout

    Let's get into the Osbournes! When the family became reality TV royalty, one Osbourne was pointedly absent, Aimee, the eldest daughter, who refused to take part and moved out as a teenager rather than live her life on camera. That choice quietly fractured things, reportedly straining her bond with Sharon and creating a lasting distance from Kelly and Jack, who embraced the fame she rejected. Aimee has since spoken about resenting being pushed toward a spotlight she never wanted and about nearly dying in a studio fire that barely made headlines. Her story is the quiet counterweight to the loud, chaotic Osbourne brand. This gets into the fallout, the feuds, and the daughter who chose to disappear on her own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 13 · 22 min

    Why the Internet Thinks Garth Brooks Is a Serial Killer (The Tour Map Theory)

    Let's get into Garth Brooks! One of the most beloved names in country music has somehow become the internet's favorite murder suspect, and the theory is as wild as it sounds. It started as a joke, comedian Tom Segura riffing that Garth had a "serial killer smile," and snowballed into a full crowdsourced rabbit hole where TikTok sleuths map his tour stops against missing-persons reports and swear the timing lines up. Add in a resurfaced old interview clip and his eerie Chris Gaines alter ego, and the meme took on a life of its own. To be clear, there's no evidence and no case, but this breaks down how a beloved icon became a viral true-crime punchline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 12 · 14 min

    Is Jennifer Lawrence a Home Wrecker? Inside the Affair Allegations

    Let's get into Jennifer Lawrence! The girl-next-door image took a hit as a pattern of rumors piled up around her love life. The loudest came from her Passengers press tour with Chris Pratt, when the timing of their closeness fed persistent talk that she'd played a role in the end of his marriage to Anna Faris, chatter she and Pratt both waved off. Add a few other reported flirtations and situationships with attached or newly single co-stars, and the internet built a "home wrecker" narrative she's never fully shaken. How much is real and how much is tabloid math is genuinely hard to say. This digs into where the reputation came from and why it stuck to her specifically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 11 · 25 min

    e.l.f. Cosmetics Under Fire: Hailey Bieber Tension, Bad PR, and Questionable Ingredients

    Let's get into e.l.f. Cosmetics and Hailey Bieber! The internet's favorite affordable makeup brand is suddenly fielding a lot of uncomfortable questions. There's chatter that the relationship between e.l.f. and Hailey soured behind the scenes, feeding speculation about tension between the brand and one of beauty's biggest names. Beyond the drama, critics have accused the company of platforming or partnering with the wrong people, and questions keep resurfacing about certain ingredients and how "clean" the products actually are versus how they're marketed. Whether it's genuine scandal or a pile-on fueled by internet momentum, the goodwill the brand built on being the affordable good guy is taking real hits. This breaks down each claim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 10 · 15 min

    Mean Girls Made Lindsay Lohan a Star, Then Hollywood Abandoned Her

    Let's get into Lindsay Lohan! Mean Girls turned her into the it-girl of a generation, and then the same machine that built her seemed to chew her up and walk away. At her peak she was the most bankable young star in Hollywood, but the relentless schedule, the tabloid pile-ons, and a famously chaotic support system around her created the perfect storm for a very public unraveling. The industry that cashed in on her image was quick to brand her a liability the moment she stumbled, offering scorn instead of help. Looking back, her story reads less like a cautionary tale about one wild starlet and more like an indictment of how Hollywood treats the young women it profits from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 9 · 12 min

    Ariana Grande Opens Up About Her Traumatic Time at Nickelodeon Under Dan Schneider (This Is Sad)

    Let's get into Ariana Grande, Dan Schneider, and Nickelodeon! Years after playing Cat on Sam & Cat and Victorious, Ariana has spoken about how uncomfortable parts of that child-star experience really were, and it hits differently after everything that's come out about the network. Following the Quiet on Set revelations, fans revisited old clips of Ariana in bizarre, arguably inappropriate bits and asked how any adult let them happen to a teenager. She's described feeling that the environment normalized things it never should have, and that the industry asks kids to hand over far too much before they can understand the cost. This gets into what she's shared, the wider Nickelodeon reckoning, and why so many of those child stars came out hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 8 · 14 min

    The D4vd Murder Case: What Prosecutors Say Happened to Celeste Rivas Hernandez

    Let's get into the D4vd case. What began as a missing-persons mystery has become one of the most disturbing cases in music. Rising singer D4vd, real name David Burke, has been ordered to stand trial after prosecutors laid out their allegations at a preliminary hearing, and a judge found enough evidence to proceed. The charges are grave: prosecutors allege he was involved in a sexual relationship with 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and killed her to keep it from surfacing, then concealed her remains, which were later found in his impounded car. He has pleaded not guilty. This walks through what the hearing revealed, what's alleged versus proven, and what comes next as the case moves toward trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 7 · 20 min

    Chris Pratt and Anna Faris' Messy Divorce: The Cheating Rumors and Custody Fallout

    Let's get into Chris Pratt, Anna Faris, and Jennifer Lawrence! Their split blindsided fans who saw them as one of Hollywood's most genuine couples, and the fallout kept the rumor mill busy for years. The timing of Chris getting close to his Passengers co-star Jennifer Lawrence fueled persistent cheating whispers around the breakup, though nothing was ever confirmed. Then came the harder chapter, a tense custody arrangement over their young son and criticism aimed at how present Chris stayed once he remarried and started a new family. Anna has spoken candidly about how much the divorce hurt. This gets into what reportedly cracked the marriage and why the internet never fully forgave him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 6 · 25 min

    Inside Bunnie Xo's Painful Past and Her Toxic Marriage To Jelly Roll

    Let's get into Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll! The podcaster and influencer built a bold, unfiltered brand, but the story behind it is a lot heavier than the confidence suggests. Bunnie has been open about a rough childhood, a family life she's described as toxic, and the years she spent in sex work before she found fame, experiences that shaped the armor she wears now. Her marriage to Jelly Roll gets held up as a redemption love story, though the two have never hidden that their road has had real struggles, from his past to the pressures of sudden success. This digs into where she came from, what she's survived, and why the "sad life" framing only tells half of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 5 · 15 min

    Kim Kardashian Slammed for Poor Parenting Amid North West Backlash

    Let's get into Kim Kardashian and North West! Every time North makes headlines for attitude or "bad behavior," the internet's real target ends up being Kim, and the poor-parenting accusations keep stacking up. Critics point to the tantrums caught on camera, the grown-up privileges, and the sense that boundaries are thin in a household run like a brand, arguing that a 12-year-old acting out is a reflection of the adults around her. Defenders say she's just a kid being a kid under an impossible microscope, which is its own indictment of raising children this publicly. This gets into the moments that sparked the backlash and the bigger debate about parenting in the full glare of fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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