About this episode

Emily Jashinsky and Maureen Callahan discuss Dolly Parton's legacy, royal family dynamics, and recent legal developments involving Blake Lively.

Emily Jashinsky is joined by Maureen Callahan, host of “The Nerve with Maureen Callahan,” to reflect on the death and extraordinary legacy of Dolly Parton. Emily and Maureen discuss how Parton’s privacy, stoicism, generosity, and refusal to be dragged into partisan politics made her increasingly rare in modern celebrity culture. They revisit Parton’s infamous interview with Barbara Walters and explain how Dolly managed to completely outclass an interviewer seemingly determined to humiliate her. The conversation then turns to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s planned return to Britain, including Maureen’s theory that the move could be a soft launch for a divorce and what their return could mean for Prince William and the larger royal family. Emily and Maureen also react to the latest development in the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal battle after a judge dramatically reduced Lively’s request for roughly $8 million in legal fees to about $400,000. Finally, Emily breaks down Meta’s massive settlement over social media addiction claims and explains why the billions of dollars and new child-safety measures still amount to little more than tinkering around the edges of a much bigger…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Jashinsky

Guest: Maureen Callahan

Topics covered

• Dolly Parton
• celebrity culture
• royal family
• divorce rumors
• legal battles
• social media addiction

Keywords

• Dolly Parton
• Meghan Markle
• Prince Harry
• Blake Lively
• legal fees
• Meta settlement
• celebrity privacy

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta

Books & works: The Nerve with Maureen Callahan, Dolly Parton’s infamous interview with Barbara Walters

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