“I had a mental breakdown on a yacht in Ibiza.” (Keltie Knight)

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Today's guest is Keltie Knight.

Actually, I'm not good enough, and for me, I have this beautifully toxic delusion that everyone's wrong.

[laughs] Like, I have my blinders on at all times, and I'm like, "No, you just don't see it," or, "You don't see it yet," or like, "You don't see it, but I'm gonna prove you wrong, and I can't wait till you eat crow later when you're wrong about me."

And you keep everyone posted every step of the way.

When there's a show that gets aired-

Canceled

... then a show that gets canceled.

Thanks for bringing it up.

[laughs]

Thanks for bringing him up.

Other than Dolly Parton, I really don't believe that anyone gets to the top of whatever business they're in by being well-liked by every single person in the room.

Are there gonna be some people that I went to high school with in a Facebook group chat that I am not aware of that are like, "Keltie is so full of herself.

This girl.

Why won't she shut up and go away?" Janet is probably complaining to you at Pilates, being like, "Oh my God, did you see Lucy started a Substack?" And then the other girl's like, "What is she even talking about on there? My God."

Okay.

Well, enjoy your Reformers, girls.

[gentle music] Hi.

Welcome back to The Real Stuff podcast.

If you're watching on YouTube or Spotify, you will notice we are back in The Real Stuff's original podcast studio.

Well, actually, it's not our original studio, but it's the best studio we've ever had.

And now that I'm back from living with family over the summer, we're back for the school year, we're getting settled, but I am so happy to be back here in the studio with Brian, the podcast tech.

Say hi.

Woo!

Woo! Today's guest is Keltie Knight, someone I've wanted to have on the show for such a long time because I have been following her for years.

We actually had one early guest on this show, Christina Perri, who is her best friend, tell a story that involved Keltie, and in today's episode, I ask Keltie to tell it from her point of view.

And we talked about that and a lot more.

She has a great new book out.

It's called The Fuck Them Theory.

Finally, I can curse on this podcast.

Michael told me I was cursing too much, but this is actually the title of her book, and we dive in to what her Fuck Them Theory actually is all about, and a lot of background about her life and career that led her to writing this book.

It's always great to talk to someone who has such an interesting, unique perspective, and being truly in the heart of Hollywood, and so surrounded by celebrity culture, Keltie has a very interesting outlook, and she has a lot of insights and information about this whole world that many of us look at from the outside but don't know much about.

And she is as real and as raw as it gets.

She does not hold back with what she's saying.

If you listen to her podcast, if you've listened to it for, what, 10 years she's had a podcast? You know this is her bread and butter, and she is so authentic and just such a pleasure to connect with.

She is fighting hard to be a New York Times Best Seller.

We get into that in this episode.

So if you wanna support her book, it's called The Fuck Them Theory, and I'm gonna put down in the description box below where you can go to pre-order it now.

And without further ado, let's dive in with Keltie Knight.