Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Celebrity memoirs, pop culture, and books! Join us as we book club female celebrity memoirs through a thoughtful lens.

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261 episodes
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Jul 21, 2023 · 1 hr 5 min
Sarah Ferguson’s Memoir Finding Sarah (with Kristen Meinzer & Jolenta Greenberg)
Chelsea and fellow podcasters Kristen Meinzer & Jolenta Greenberg (How To Be Fine/By The Book) get royally screwed by Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s 2011 memoir Finding Sarah: A Duchess's Journey to Find Herself. From riding her pony to the...
Jul 14, 2023 · 42 min
Gina Yashere’s Cack-Handed (with Ali Lu)
Chelsea and comedy friend Ali Lu climb Mount Crushmore with Gina Yashere’s 2021 memoir, Cack-Handed. You may recognize Gina’s book from an earlier episode with Gina herself, but this time we go deeper, from Gina’s early career as an elevator...
Jul 7, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min
Kathie Lee Gifford (with Chris De Rosa)
Chelsea brings back official Monster Memoir Correspondent Chris De Rosa (Fixing Famous People) for two of Kathie Lee Gifford’s TEN books. From “stealing” Gloria Steinem’s boyfriend to punching a nurse to Kris Jenner Christianity, these...
Jun 30, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min
Caroline Calloway & Natalie Beach's Memoirs EXPLAINED
In this episode of Glamorous Trash Talk, Chelsea and Cookie Caitie recap and discuss Caroline Calloway's brand new memoir and Natalie Beach's new memoir-ish collection of essays, side by side. If you don't remember this friendship saga don't worry, we...
Jun 20, 2023 · 39 min
Nonfiction recommendations & the new Bachelorette (with Traci Thomas)
Chelsea and Traci Thomas (The Stacks) discuss three nonfiction books that Traci recommended and Chelsea read, and then get deep into their differing opinions on the upcoming season of the Bachelorette. From books discussing the murders that exposed...
Jun 16, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
“Video Vixen” Karrine Steffans’ Memoirs (with Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel)
Chelsea, Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel (2 Black Girls, 1 Rose) get salacious with Karrine Steffans’ memoirs Confessions of a Video Vixen, and The Vixen Diaries. From her relationships with Ja Rule, Bobby Brown, Vin Diesel, and Bill Maher...
Jun 13, 2023 · 55 min
The Ultimatum Queer Love (with Kenzie Elizabeth)
Chelsea and bestie Kenzie Elizabeth to discuss their favorite reality show of the year: The Ultimatum: Queer Love. They yell about the engagement purses, which couple actually had a happy ending, and how the fashion on the show reveals the deeper...
Jun 9, 2023 · 51 min
Scandoval & Radical Honesty (with Jo Feldman)
Scandoval summer has come to a close! Chelsea brings on her friend Jo Feldman to discuss the highlights of season 10 of Vanderpump Rules and recap the saga of Sandoval, Schwartz, and Raquel — the throuple Raquel got, but not the one she was hoping...
May 19, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
A Glamorous Trash Menagerie of MENSmoirs (with Paul Scheer)
Chelsea and Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made, Unspooled) get prolific for this wide-ranging episode that covers SIX MENSmoirs - Quentin Tarantino, Don Simpson, Matthew Perry, Kevin Pollak, Paul Newman, and Joan Didion’s husband John Gregory...
May 12, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min
Kris Jenner’s memoir And All Things Kardashian (with Chris DeRosa)
Chelsea and Chris DeRosa (The Real Housewives of New York, My Unorthodox Life) get maternal for this doozy of a Momager’s Mothers’ Day episode! They pick through the wild pile of garbage inside the book: from being a “golf groupie” at 17, to...
May 5, 2023 · 1 hr 30 min
Minka Kelly’s memoir Tell Me Everything (with Molly Thornton)
Chelsea and New Mexico bestie Molly Thornton journey through Minka Kelly’s brand-new memoir Tell Me Everything. From her remarkable survival growing up with her unstable single mom, to high school brawls, to reuniting with her Aerosmith guitarist...
Apr 15, 2023 · 39 min
Love Is Blind & the Mean Girl
Season 4 of Love Is Blind just ended, and Chelsea’s got some yelling to do about Mean Girls and bullying! In this episode she catches everyone up on the most important moments of this delightfully trashy show, and what they reveal about our culture...
Apr 11, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Betty Gilpin’s Memoir All The Women In My Brain (with Kyle Ridley)
Chelsea and Kyle Ridley (Good Day DC) get obsessively metaphorical with the absolute poetry in Betty Gilpin’s 2022 memoir. From witchy moments to workouts for Nurse Jackie and Glowc to finding out she needed a woman named Cheryl to live in her head,...
Mar 28, 2023 · 28 min
The Bachelor Finale & American Politics
Chelsea believes The Bachelor franchise is a cultural clock on America telling us what time it is - and damn, it's always behind! In this episode she dishes her hot bachelor takes and what she thinks this season with boring-ass Zach can tell us...
Mar 24, 2023 · 1 hr 13 min
Alicia Keys’ Memoir More Myself (with Clara Amfo)
Chelsea and Clara Amfo (BBC’s Live Lounge Show, Future Sounds) get in an Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys’ 2020 memoir More Myself. From dad drama to Oprah to the least amount of tea possible on Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys gives us glimpses of a fascinating life and career. For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 17, 2023 · 1 hr 45 min
Anne Heche’s Memoirs Call Me Crazy & Call Me Anne (with Kenzie Elizabeth)
Chelsea and Kenzie Elizabeth (Easy on Netflix, Bless This Mess) get vulnerable with Anne Heche’s 2001 memoir Call Me Crazy, and her posthumous memoir, published January 2023. They dive into Anne’s very quick rise to fame, the Ellen DeGeneres of it...
Feb 14, 2023 · 1 hr 36 min
Pamela Anderson’s Memoir Love, Pamela (with Lauren Lapkus)
Chelsea and Lauren Lapkus (Newcomers, Threedom) kick Valentine’s Day off with Pamela Anderson’s 2023 memoir Love, Pamela. From getting discovered on a Jumbotron, to her love of weddings, to a story about Jack Nicholson at the Playboy Mansion that...
Feb 3, 2023 · 57 min
Michelle Obama’s Memoir Becoming (with Sequoia Holmes)
Chelsea and Sequoia Homes (Black People Love Paramour, Glass House) discuss Michelle Obama’s 2018 memoir Becoming. From racist college roommates to mentoring Obama in law school to throwing shade from the high road, they seek the answer to the only...
Jan 17, 2023 · 1 hr 44 min
Prince Harry’s Memoir The Spare (with Nikki Glaser)
Just when we thought we were done with mensmoirs…. this one was too juicy not to cover! Chelsea and Nikki Glaser promenade through Prince Harry’s 2023 memoir The Spare, covering the famous frostbitten “todger”, the royal motto “Don’t...
Jan 7, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Carrie Brownstein’s Memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (with Debby Ryan)
We’re kicking off the new year with a doozy! Chelsea and Debby Ryan get grungy with Carrie Brownstein’s 2015 memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. We’ve got the power of creative soulmates, couples counseling with your bandmates, the power of...

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Sarah Ferguson’s Memoir Finding Sarah (with Kristen Meinzer & Jolenta Greenberg)

Gina Yashere’s Cack-Handed (with Ali Lu)

Kathie Lee Gifford (with Chris De Rosa)

Caroline Calloway & Natalie Beach's Memoirs EXPLAINED

Nonfiction recommendations & the new Bachelorette (with Traci Thomas)

“Video Vixen” Karrine Steffans’ Memoirs (with Justine Kay and Natasha Scott-Reichel)

The Ultimatum Queer Love (with Kenzie Elizabeth)

Scandoval & Radical Honesty (with Jo Feldman)

A Glamorous Trash Menagerie of MENSmoirs (with Paul Scheer)

Kris Jenner’s memoir And All Things Kardashian (with Chris DeRosa)

Minka Kelly’s memoir Tell Me Everything (with Molly Thornton)

Love Is Blind & the Mean Girl

Betty Gilpin’s Memoir All The Women In My Brain (with Kyle Ridley)

The Bachelor Finale & American Politics

Alicia Keys’ Memoir More Myself (with Clara Amfo)

Anne Heche’s Memoirs Call Me Crazy & Call Me Anne (with Kenzie Elizabeth)

Pamela Anderson’s Memoir Love, Pamela (with Lauren Lapkus)

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Becoming (with Sequoia Holmes)

Prince Harry’s Memoir The Spare (with Nikki Glaser)

Carrie Brownstein’s Memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (with Debby Ryan)