Rachelle Hampton

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You can follow the show on Instagram and TikTok at normalgossip. You can follow me on all social media at heydenae, H-E-Y-Y-D-N-A-E. This podcast was produced by Sarah Spragley-Rix and Jay Tolviera. Thank you to Samantha Gacic, our audio engineer. And thank you to Danielle Hewitt for your additional production help this season.

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The co-creators and Dowager Queen's Phenomenal Gossip are Alex Dujong-Loughlin and Kelsey McKinney. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Jasper Wang and Sean Coon are Defector's business guys. Alex Dujang-Loughlin is Defector's supervising producer. Tom Leigh is our editor-in-chief. Dan McQuaid runs our merch store, which you can find at normalgossip.store.

Tara Jacoby designed our show art. Thank you to Catherine Chu, Brandi Jensen, Luis Pérez-Pumar, Chris Thompson, Jasper Wang, Sabrina Embler, Dave McKenna, Patrick Redford, and Ray Rado for all your help on this season. Thank you to the rest of the Defector staff. Defector Media is a collectively owned subscriber-based media company. Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

Tara Jacoby designed our show art. Thank you to Catherine Chu, Brandi Jensen, Luis Pérez-Pumar, Chris Thompson, Jasper Wang, Sabrina Embler, Dave McKenna, Patrick Redford, and Ray Rado for all your help on this season. Thank you to the rest of the Defector staff. Defector Media is a collectively owned subscriber-based media company. Normal Gossip is a proud member of Radiotopia.

I'm your host, Rachel Hampton. And remember, you didn't hear this from me.

I'm your host, Rachel Hampton. And remember, you didn't hear this from me.

Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton. And in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. Welcome to episode five of season eight, y'all. We are somehow halfway through the season. Can you believe it? I can't.

Hello and welcome to Normal Gossip. I'm your host, Rachel Hampton. And in each episode of this podcast, we're going to bring you an anonymous morsel of gossip from the real world. Welcome to episode five of season eight, y'all. We are somehow halfway through the season. Can you believe it? I can't.

I know that strikes fear into some of y'all's heart because it means the end of the season is approaching. But I've got some great news for those of you who want even more normal gossip, which I hope is all of you. This fall, Sierra and I are going on tour for the first time this September. We are bringing normal gossip to nine different cities. We are stopping in New York.

I know that strikes fear into some of y'all's heart because it means the end of the season is approaching. But I've got some great news for those of you who want even more normal gossip, which I hope is all of you. This fall, Sierra and I are going on tour for the first time this September. We are bringing normal gossip to nine different cities. We are stopping in New York.

Thank you so much for watching. You can buy your tickets right now in an exclusive 48-hour presale if you go to normalgossiplive.com and use the promo code Gossip25 before 10 a.m. local time on Friday, May 9th. I know I just tossed a lot of numbers at you, so let me say it again. If you happen to be listening to this episode before 10 a.m.

Thank you so much for watching. You can buy your tickets right now in an exclusive 48-hour presale if you go to normalgossiplive.com and use the promo code Gossip25 before 10 a.m. local time on Friday, May 9th. I know I just tossed a lot of numbers at you, so let me say it again. If you happen to be listening to this episode before 10 a.m.

on Friday, May 9th, and you want to guarantee you get a ticket, you can buy your tickets early in an exclusive presale if you go to normalgossiplive.com and use the promo code Gossip25. If you're listening after that, have no fear. Tickets are on sale to the public at normalgossiplive.com starting Friday, May 9th. This is my very first live tour.

on Friday, May 9th, and you want to guarantee you get a ticket, you can buy your tickets early in an exclusive presale if you go to normalgossiplive.com and use the promo code Gossip25. If you're listening after that, have no fear. Tickets are on sale to the public at normalgossiplive.com starting Friday, May 9th. This is my very first live tour.

It is a year first for me, and I am so, so excited to take this show on the road and meet some of y'all. That is all the housekeeping business I got for today's show. Now on to the main event today. I'm so, so excited to be joined by Rebecca Jennings. Rebecca is a features writer at New York Magazine, and she's got a book coming out on May 27th that is all about one of my favorite topics.

It is a year first for me, and I am so, so excited to take this show on the road and meet some of y'all. That is all the housekeeping business I got for today's show. Now on to the main event today. I'm so, so excited to be joined by Rebecca Jennings. Rebecca is a features writer at New York Magazine, and she's got a book coming out on May 27th that is all about one of my favorite topics.

Love Island. Rebecca's book is called Be the Bombshell, and it's a cheeky, laugh out loud playbook to navigating singlehood by embracing the absolute 10 out of 10, proper fit, total bombshell that you are.