Pro tip: that blind item about the A-lister at Sundance was totally legit

I used to write off blind items as pure clickbait. Last month I was at a bar in Park City during the festival and overheard two publicists talking. They confirmed every detail of a blind item I had read three days earlier, down to the exact hotel floor where the argument happened. Now I actually track which blind item accounts have a solid track record. Has anyone else had a blind item verified by real life events?

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anthonynelson8d agoMost Upvoted

Well, I'll be. That reminds me of something that happened to my wife a few years back. She's not really into celebrity gossip at all, but she was at a nail salon in Beverly Hills and overheard two women talking about a certain famous singer having a secret second phone. She thought nothing of it until three weeks later when that same blind item showed up in a gossip column word for word. It made me realize just how much those little whispers get passed around behind the scenes before they ever hit the internet. Now I pay a lot more attention to what people say in passing, especially in places where folks in the industry hang out. You never know what's true until you stumble onto it yourself, I guess.

gavin_kim8d ago

Dude, that "never know what's true until you stumble onto it yourself" part is so real lol. I had a similar thing happen at a coffee shop in Silver Lake a couple years back. Overheard this guy talking on the phone about how a certain A-list actress was secretly shopping for a house in a totally different state than where everyone thought she lived. I figured it was just some random real estate agent exaggerating, but then like two months later she was photographed looking at properties in that exact area. Now I can't help but eavesdrop in any spot that feels like an industry hangout, nail salons, dry cleaners, whatever. It's wild how much stuff gets out way before any official announcement ever hits.

xena5828d ago

Ever catch yourself wondering how many of those "industry insiders" are actually just people eavesdropping in the right coffee shops? That's wild that your wife heard it weeks before it went public, makes you think half the gossip columns are written by manicurists and bartenders just listening in. Did she ever figure out which singer it was about, or is she still waiting for the other shoe to drop on that one?