Content Consumed: June 1

Yesterday, I spelled Airbnb as AirBnb, as I always do. Because that’s how it should be! I won’t apologize!

Anyways, in today’s Content Consumed…

• Liam Payne loves talking shit about his former coworkers (Gawker). When I say I spent 17 minutes last night explaining to my fiancé the history of Liam Payne—how he’s the biggest dud to come out of One Direction (which, by the way, I famously had a successful fan blog from 2011–2014, so I know my stuff)—I am not exaggerating. While I tried not to give Logan Paul any extra clicks, I did indeed watch clips from his interview with Liam. Then I got mad. Ugh. Anyways, this piece from Gawker gives you all the details. Because you don’t need the 17-minute transcript of an explanation from me. An excerpt:

“One Direction’s most flop alum Liam Payne appeared on Logan Paul’s podcast “Impaulsive” to talk shit about his former bandmates in an attempt to distract from headlines about his cheating and subsequent split from fiancée Maya Henry.”

• Derek Jeter’s one of us, a social media cretin (Sports Illustrated). Sorry, not actually a cretin. He’s clearly barely going to use his accounts and just created them because of his Man in the Arena-esque documentary dropping this July. Because what is an athlete without social media to promote their projects? And I hate to admit it, but Tom Brady’s nailing it on TikTok. Maybe Jeter will get in too deep and go that route. Here’s hoping!
• Camera phones are killing Broadway’s nude scenes (New York Times). Perhaps you recall Jesse Williams’ name trending on Twitter last month after an audience member at his Broadway show snapped a pic of him performing nude for a scene. In a similar fashion, comedians’ bits have been taken out of context via a 30-second recording from a live show, then rapidly destroyed by Twitter-bourne self-declared critics. So how should show managers handle these issues? There are a few solutions, outlined in this piece.
• Reality TV star memoirs, a.k.a. merch drops (Bustle). Doesn’t it seem like every C-list reality TV star dropped a memoir last year? I swear, all I see on the Kindle Store or Hudson News’ bookshelves these days are Bachelor star faces staring back at me and begging me to find out how they overcame so much profound adversity. No, they don’t really write the memoirs themselves. Find out who does—and much juicier details—in this Bustle piece, featuring my fave, Claire Parker.
• Buzzfeed wants to rebrand as news for Gen Z (Gawker). Ah, yes, the famous site for taking dumb quizzes with your college roommates, faded at 1 a.m. on a Wednesday. Sure, Buzzfeed News has become a respectable, award-winning news outlet. So how will they make this pivot—if you could call it that? Eh, they’re not really sure. Right now it involves buyouts, layoffs, and stretching for greater profitability.

That’s all! Happy Wednesday.

Love,
Casey