Our summer dockside trash magazines only dish so much when it comes to celeb dirt.
Last night, we decided to go straight to the source herself, Lainey Lui of the beloved LaineyGossip.com (and etalk correspondent/co-host of The Social), who was joined by entertainment reporter Teri Hart for a jam-packed gossip session.
In every straight single guy’s dream, the Evergreen Brickworks was filled with some of the city’s most fashionable females (all 1000 of them) for the ultimate girls night out courtesy of The Society Global. The event was complete with star treatment like Rimmel London manicure stations, a hair and travel bar by TreSemme, and a Blow Vapor Lounge that featured their new line of women’s e-cigs (Lainey got a customized one).
Over the pretty Grey Goose “The Lainey Signature” cocktail (made using flavoured vodka like La Poire, L’Orange and Cherry Noir and complete with a flower) and ample bottles of vitaminwater, guests hung on to her and Hart’s every word.
Noshing on a custom-created hot dog from the Let’s Be Frank food truck (dressed with champagne cream sauce, lobster, caviar and chive), Lainey held little back…
Here’s some of the dirt…
Naomi Campbell had something to do with Jay-Z and Solange Knowles’ recent elevator fight…
“So apparently Naomi Campbell was messing around, and we don’t have the exact details, but apparently she was more of the trash talking variety and not like she and Jay Z were f*cking in the back variety,” said Lainey.
Ben Affleck isn’t as squeaky clean as we would like to think…
“When I was in Hawaii, he was there swimming and there were rumours of him doing all these drugs,” said Lainey. “Before the press was even done doing the red carpet, Ben was being carried out by not one, but two security guards… like, he had no control of his limbs at all. The next day he had breakfast with the press and showed up looking his best, with his best shirt, best khakis…”
“What I can say is that he has repeatedly jeopardized his relationship with his wife. Gwenyth Paltrow once said about Ben Affleck, ‘he’s his worst enemy… he gets himself into trouble, and I think that when he’s up, he can’t help but go down. When he’s on his way down and then he bounces back up.’”
Bieber is growing on her…
“I feel like I used to not care about Justin Bieber but now I really care about him… because he’s getting in shit,” Lainey says.
Clooney has finally grown up….
“You want to talk theories about why George decided to get married? I don’t know, you all think he his going to run for office one day?” asked Lainey. “If he’s planning on running for office, he’s going to have to accept all those one-night stands resurfacing… a lawyer is not going to bury that for him.”
“I think he might actually be in love, what about that? That George Clooney may have actually fallen in love?” she continued. “So I don’t think he’s going to run for office… I think he’s happy having been famous all this time, so I personally will rule that theory out.”
“Two weeks after he got married, he texted pictures of the ring to his closest friends, like his posse, the ones who are not famous,” she adds.
Clooney’s also really good to his friends…
“About six months ago, George Clooney told these five or six of these guys that they have to come back to his house,” said Lainey. “They come over, he has dinner all ready for them, then he brings them into his smoking room, gives this long speech and says, ‘you guys have been with me through everything, when I wasn’t famous, when I became famous… I want you to know how much you mean to me, I want you to know that I would never have been able to do it without you. Time is short, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, so this is my gift to you.’ Every one of them opened up a briefcase and inside was $500,000 each. That was three months before he met Amal, and according to two of those guys, who told their close friends, he and Amal are legit.”
Zac Efron has a coke problem… and an entitlement one too.
“Zac Efron, he’s doing really well… he was the best part in Neighbours. But he has had three trips to rehab in the past three months. It’s cocaine,” Lainey confirmed. “Last year at TIFF I saw Zac Efron and he wasn’t even the biggest celebrity at the party, but he was the only one who required security to clear out the bathroom so that he could do whatever it was he was doing. Zac Efron should be able to go to the f*cking bathroom without throwing people out.”
Jennifer Lawrence really is that real and loveable…
“When I interviewed Jennifer Lawrence about Winter’s Bone and asking about how successful it was, she was saying how amazing everyone received it, but added, ‘Of course no one would say something shitty to my face,’” said Hart. “That was back in 2010 before she had experienced all the press… so yes, she is genuinely hilarious.”
Channing Tatum loves his booze (but it works for him)…
“The only Channing Tatum dish I haven’t shared yet, but think is self explanatory, is that he’s a functioning alcoholic. On the set of 22 Jump Street, he would regularly pass out, then wake up in time for his scene, and then continue drinking,” said Lainey. “But he said himself, ‘I’m a functioning alcoholic’. He wasn’t kidding, he drinks all the time… cheers!”
In what may come as good news for every gay man in the world, apparently Matt Damon (and Bradley Cooper) have been known to swing both ways…
“That’s a different question…” answered Lainey to a question of whether Damon was bi after telling the crowd that he wasn’t gay.
Fallon’s all about the fame…
“Jimmy Fallon isn’t that nice guy you see on TV,” said Lainey. “He seems to be nice to you when you’re famous, and not as much when you’re not.”
Selena’s just as bad as Justin…
“Last year Selena and Justin went to Mexico for the holidays, and they were so f*cked up that the cleaning service that had to clean their place said that it was the worst mess they have ever seen… and they had to clean frat parties.”
Finally, some Kardashian dirt (just not about Kim – don’t ask her about Kim)…
“The young Kardashians (Kylie and Kendall) were at the MMVAs a couple of weeks ago and wouldn’t stop talking about how much they make. They were up for an award, and were saying how if Selena wins, ‘that bitch will be all fake and we all know that she doesn’t give a shit about anyone, that she would probably accept it and then laugh at the people who voted for her.’ That’s what those two said about her… I don’t know if those two are reliable, but that’s some insight into what other people say about her.”
And that’s a wrap. For more celebrity dirt, check out Lainey Gossip for yourself.
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