“Real life horrors are on your phone instantly”

Brendan O'Connor by RTÉ

Aug 9, 20260:09:23News & Politics

After the hospitalisation of blogger Perez Hilton this week, Dave Hanratty of the No Encore podcast talks to Brendan about Hilton’s rise, the darkness of the celebrity internet culture of the 2000s and the disturbing voy...

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