The British Celebrity Boyfriend Crisis
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, show business is full of people who start out as one thing, but then take on some completely new role that completely eclipses it.
And before we get on to how Octopus Energy has done that, a few examples. There are people who start out, you know, in bands, as singers, as actors. A good example would be Victoria Beckham.
She started off in a band, Richard. She was in a band called The Spice Girls.
You're going to tell me next that David Beckham used to play football before he became an advertising guy.
They have earned far more from their second careers, these businesses they've built up, than they ever did in their first ones.
So the idea that she's a singer, that gets her through the door, gets her known, the culture knows who she is. She then thinks, I'm going to see if I can do something else. And she has the audience who, if she does it well, goes along with her. But do you know what it reminds me of a lot?
Tell me.
It reminds me of Octopus Energy because Octopus Energy has also outgrown its own introduction. It's the UK's largest energy supplier, but is now also one of the country's biggest installers of heat pumps, solar panels and batteries. The list even reaches the driveway with a major electric car leasing business as well.
Hello and welcome to this episode of the Rusters Entertainment Questions and Answers Edition. I'm Marina Hyde.
And I'm Richard Osman. Hello, Marina.
Hello, Richard. How are you?
I'm okay. Hello, listeners. How are you? Let's get straight on with the questions, shall we?
Just hit me with a question right now.
Yeah, we're going to go straight in with BTS.
Oh my God, I've got a lot to say about this. I know what the question will be about.
Let's start straight away. But I will say to people that we have Marina's update on the state of British celebrity boyfriends in the second half of this as well, which I'm very, very much looking forward to. Thank you for that. We've got a question here, which I think is perfect. But we'll start with Connor Little. Can you explain why BTS are boycotting the 2027 Grammys? Is this a problem for the Grammys?
Yeah, I do not blame BTS for this. Okay, we did it on the podcast. They're back. They back off their national service, the boys. And they have an album called Ararang. But the Grammys have bought in an Asian pop category to sort of ghettoise them into, I think. We know that there are the Latin Grammys. That's something totally separate. We're talking about the kind of primo main Grammys that is the OG Grammys. And they've put a Latin category in, an Asian category in. And as a result... have bts have decided have said we have decided not to enter the grammys this year i hope the music can be heard and loved for what it is rather than being divided by region or language now the grammys say they did it because this is their quote our music community sharing with us that they felt they needed to have more opportunities to celebrate different and new genres of music
They've also done Best Latin Song. Can I just say, how are Asian and Latin countries new? This is all a bit like Discover by Christopher Columbus, isn't it? You know they were there beforehand.
But the Grammys have had that for years. I mean, they have so many categories. They go like crazily deep.
I really don't think you can do this in this day and age because they would have been eligible. BTS, that album was so massive and you're in the general category. Your question is, is it a problem for the Grammys? Well, I think it is. First of all, just the idea that any of these things play into the idea of America as this kind of culture war country or this kind of, it's not helpful. Second of all, all of these kind of legacy award shows have a big problem in general anyway. You know, the Oscars, they used to tell you when you were going out, they used to be a screen at the back saying a billion people are watching. Okay, well, last year, 17.9 million American people were watching and not that many people are watching around the world.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:14
2
Why are BTS boycotting the 2027 Grammys and what does it mean for the awards show?
5:14–8:23
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How does the Grammys’ new Asian and Latin categories affect K‑pop and global music representation?
8:23–19:08
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What is Count Binface’s Clacton by‑election manifesto and should Richard be worried?
19:08–20:49
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Why does the manifesto’s “windfall tax on cosy crime novels” spark debate among authors?
20:49–23:38