Selma Blair Bites Again, Katie Zacharia Never Passed the Bar & Collin Gosselin Exposes Jon & Kate ft. Fortesa Latifi
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Selma Blair has been charged with federal assault after allegedly punching and biting two Delta flight attendants on a flight to New York, and now the FBI is involved. Her lawyer is blaming a missed MS medication dose, but this isn’t her first time biting people. Katie Zacharia lasted less than a week as White House press secretary before being pushed out, and it’s not hard to see why. It emerged she sat for the California Bar, never passed, and has no law license anywhere in the US, despite calling herself an attorney for over a decade. The office is in crisis after it emerged she sat for the California Bar, never passed, and has no law license anywhere in the US, despite calling herself an attorney for over a decade.
Collin Gosselin’s memoir, In The Shadow Of Eight, about growing up on Jon & Kate Plus 8 is shocking readers with allegations of abuse, being restrained in a basement room, and forced medication during a 21-month stay at a mental health facility. Journalist and author Fortesa Latifi joins to unpack the overlap between reality TV kids and influencer kids, what legal protections actually exist, and what the Gosselin story reveals about who really pays the price when family becomes content.
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00:00 The Moment LIVE: Selma Blair Bites, Kate Zacharia Never Passed the Bar & Collin Gosselin Exposes Jon & Kate ft. Fortesa Latifi
01:15 Selma Blair’s Assault Charges: Punching and Biting Delta Flight Attendants
02:18 Is MS Really to Blame? What Doctors Actually Say About Biting and Aggression
04:20 Selma Blair’s Problematic History and the Pattern of Blaming Her Diagnosis
08:52 Katie Zacharia’s Bar Exam Scandal: No License, No Problem in the Trump White House
14:05 The Sexist Question Katie Zacharia Got That Male Press Secretaries Never Do
20:50 Collin Gosselin’s Memoir with Fortesa Latifi: Abuse, a Basement Room, and 21 Months in a Facility
25:53 Reality TV Kids vs. Influencer Kids: Who Has More Legal Protection?
27:25 Why Collin’s Siblings Don’t Remember It the Same Way
29:56 Child Labor Laws, Missing Money, and the Gosselin College Fund
33:34 Why Reality TV Is the Launchpad for the Influencer Pipeline Now
37:46 What’s Next for Kate Gosselin After the Memoir Drops
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