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Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez

90 Episodes

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13 minutes | Jan 27, 2023
RuPaul’s Memoir Lettin It All Hang Out (with Mano Agapion)
*Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser* To get access to all bonus episodes, become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon  Get out your press ons, Chelsea and Mano Agapion (Drag Her) sissy that talk through RuPaul’s OG 1995 memoir Lettin It All Hang Out. From Ru’s club kid days living unhoused in NYC, to their Saturn Return, to throwing allll the shade at Milton Berle and sticking with their ride or dies, they seek the answer to the ultimate question: was RuPaul just born enlightened? For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez
102 minutes | Jan 17, 2023
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 Complain, Never Explain”, and dissect the battle over Princess Kate’s lipgloss.   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon    Subscribe to Fixing Famous People here     Subscribe to The Nikki Glaser Podcast here 
75 minutes | Jan 7, 2023
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 Portland, learning to live with stillness, and a college party with Jack White.    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
62 minutes | Jan 1, 2023
Angela Lansbury’s Memoir Positive Moves (with Mattie Bayne)
As we close out 2022 we're greeting 2023 with this 1990 memoirish/lifestyle guide from Angela Lansbury. Chelsea and Mattie Bayne bathe in the lotion advice, abandoned children, Malibu fires, and borderline pornographic stretching. Together they try to answer the question - is this book a little bit feminist or completely terrible?   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
11 minutes | Dec 23, 2022
The Wedding Recap Bonus Episode
*Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser* To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon    We’re sending you off for the holiday with the most joyful topic we can imagine - Chelsea’s wedding! We did a wedding planning episode - now settle in with a ‘nog or a coquito for the wedding recap! From the hunt for the perfect dress to the traditions thrown out the door to the 12-piece gospel choir, hear how it all came together! And don’t worry - Chelsea drops the deets on their surprise Taco Bell Room.   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez
61 minutes | Dec 16, 2022
Billie Holiday’s Memoir Lady Sings The Blues (With Lynae Vanee)
Chelsea and Lynae (Parking Lot Pimpin’) celebrate the HOLIDAYS with a little... Billie HOLIDAY. They dive into her 1956 memoir Lady Sings the Blues which is filled with music, trauma, marriages, racism, prison, gardenias, heroin, and the infamous court case “The United States vs Billie Holiday."    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon     
85 minutes | Dec 2, 2022
The Judds' Memoirs (with Akilah Green and Erin Dewey Lennox)
Things got a little too wild for good audio recording at the live show, so here’s an all-new episode! Chelsea, Akilah, and Erin cover the memoirs of Naomi Judd, Wynona Judd, and Ashley Judd. This is truly a mother-daughter-daughter story for the ages. Join us as we honor the legacy of the late Naomi Judd.    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
13 minutes | Nov 25, 2022
Constance Wu’s Memoir Making A Scene (with Anna Hossnieh)
*Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser* To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon    Chelsea and Anna Hossnieh (Ethnically Ambiguous) get dramatic with Constance Wu’s brand-new 2022 memoir, Making a Scene. From petty friend fights in middle school, to dating in your 20s, to representation in Hollywood, Constance gives us an intimate look at her experience.    Tickets to the Glamorous Trash show & party  For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez
99 minutes | Nov 18, 2022
Matthew Perry’s Memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (with Ashley Nicole Black & Jenni Konner)
Chelsea brings back two CBC all-stars for a mens-moir too juicy to ignore! From an early tennis career to whiskey dick to fame and addiction and an exploding colon, Chelsea, Ashley, and Jenni try to get to the bottom of the burning question: WHERE WAS THE BOOK EDITOR??    Get your tickets to the Glamorous Trash Show & Party (in-person in LA & streaming) HERE - 12/1/22   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
58 minutes | Nov 4, 2022
Jenna Jameson’s Memoir How To Make Love Like a Porn Star (with Alexandra Corti)
Chelsea and Alexandra Corti travel back to 2004 to dissect Jenna Jameson’s memoir, How To Make Love Like a Porn Star. From “heartbreaker” butt tattoos to deep childhood trauma to early 2000s feminism and homophobia, Jenna Jameson’s story has layers upon layers!    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to all the bonus episodes, become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
70 minutes | Oct 28, 2022
The Planning a Wedding Episode! (w/ Caroline Crawford, Producer Kate, and cookie questions)
It's a wedding planning episode! First, Chelsea and wedding influencer Caroline Crawford Patterson get matrimonial as they dive into Vera Wang’s wedding guide and talk about their own experiences planning their Very Special Bridal Pageants. Then, Chelsea brings newly-married Producer Kate on the podcast to go over cookie wedding questions from Instagram! If you’ve been following the dress drama and the centerpiece saga on IG, this episode is for you!   For more wedding stuff, book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes like the upcoming Wedding Recap, become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon     
94 minutes | Oct 21, 2022
Jenny Jones’ Memoir My Story (with Yassir Lester)
It’s Wedding Month, cookies! Chelsea's guest this episode is her future husband Yassir Lester and they go on a 90s adventure, recapping talk-show star Jenny Jones’ 1997 memoir My Story. Chelsea and Yassir tell the long ass story of how they met and became a couple and then dive into the book, breaking down the wild and wonderful life Jenny lived before getting her talk show, plus all the drama of what became "The Jenny Jones Murder."    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
74 minutes | Oct 14, 2022
ALL THE SPICE GIRLS MEMOIRS (with Caroline Moss, Georgia Mischak, and Danielle Perez)
Sooooo tell me what you want, what you really really want - the details on how the Spice Girls fired their first managers and did a heist? A final answer on how posh Posh Spice really is? Breakdowns of the girls’ pranks on Seal and Courtney Love? We read every Spice Girl’s memoir and have all the tea in this 2-part episode!    Part Two of this episode is available for Patrons only, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon and listen to Part 2 (plus all our other bonus episodes!)   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez
15 minutes | Sep 23, 2022
Podcast Updates and Emmys Stories!
CAN YOU BELIEVE it's been two years of Celebrity Book Club??  We are about to take our first ever short break, and all it took was Chelsea and Producer Kate both getting married within 30 days of each other.  Plus, an update to the Jennette McCurdy episode, and some Emmys stories!  See you in a couple weeks with more juicy episodes!    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
79 minutes | Sep 16, 2022
Jennette McCurdy’s Memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died (with Marcella Arguello)
Chelsea and Marcella Arguello (Woke Bully, 2 Dope Queens) are blown away by Jennette McCurdy’s brand-new best-selling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died. This once-in-a-generation memoir tracks Jennette’s experience with her deeply abusive mother —from her childhood in a Mormon hoarder home, to her starring role on iCarly. They discuss best friends, blowjob queens, and finally going to therapy. Don’t miss this episode and definitely don’t miss this book!   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
67 minutes | Sep 2, 2022
Priscilla Presley’s Memoir Elvis and Me (with Alison Rosen)
Chelsea and Alison Rosen (Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend, Upworthy Weekly) get raw with Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me. This episode addresses many important questions, like: How much karate is too much karate? Does Elvis go down? Is it weird if your fiancé’s ex throws you a bridal shower? Why did Elvis want Nixon to give him a federal narcotics badge? Elvis… is a chode?    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
13 minutes | Aug 26, 2022
Minnie Driver’s Memoir Managing Expectations (with Elizabeth Laime)
*Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser* To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon    Chelsea and Elizabeth Laime (A Million Little Things, I’m Sorry) get deep with Minnie Driver’s brand new 2022 memoir, Managing Expectations. Is Minnie Driver secretly the poet of our generation?? Listen in to hear the prose of the century discussing whether you should wear a hat to auditions, whether or not Matt Damon was clear about breaking up, and how to save your house from a fire.     For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez
82 minutes | Aug 19, 2022
Tori Spelling’s Memoir sTORI Telling (with June Diane Raphael)
Chelsea and June Diane Raphael (How Did This Get Made, Grace & Frankie) get nosy with the noTORIous Tori Spelling’s 2009 memoir. This book has everything you want, and a few things don’t: mother-daughter trauma, bird bite nose jobs, nepotism, relationships with ghosts, and whether having sex on your wedding night is a thing anymore.    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
85 minutes | Aug 16, 2022
Celebrity Abortion Stories (with Alison Leiby)
In a Very Special Episode, Chelsea and Alison Leiby (Oh God, a Show About Abortion) recap EVERY ABORTION STORY ever featured on Celebrity Book Club, plus a bunch of never heard before tales. With the repeal of Roe v Wade, shame around abortion is being weaponized once again, and the best way we can combat that is to talk about abortion openly. Tune in to hear stories from Gabrielle Union, Uma Thurman, Whoopie Goldberg, Chelsea Handler, Sally Field, Stevie Nicks, Viola Davis, and many more.   For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, subscribe to Celebrity Book Club on Patreon 
74 minutes | Aug 5, 2022
Tunde Oyeneyin’s Memoir SPEAK (with Amy Aniobi & Grace Edwards)
Amy Aniobi and Grace Edwards (The Antidote) introduce Chelsea to the inspiring world of Tunde Oyeneyin - Peloton’s star instructor -and her 2022 memoir SPEAK. They dive into almost having multiple reality shows, dealing with professional rejection, surviving overwhelming grief, and making huge life changes. Plus, some dish on a hall of fame bad ex boyfriend!    For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez   To join the community and get access to bonus episodes, click here to become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon 
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