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If you could read a ‘tell-all’ by anyone, whose would you choose?

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JMSA · 30/07/2026 20:39

It’s just for fun. It’s not meant to be intrusive, unkind or creepy!
I would love to read a tell-all book by Graham Norton, based on the many interviews he has had with celebrities. I’d be interested to find out about awkward moments, diva demands, famous people who stand out for their friendliness, that sort of thing.
What about you?

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VideoVox · 31/07/2026 09:19

Jesus. The reality of what happened in his life.

ThatIsABigSon · 31/07/2026 03:40

sweetpickle2 · 30/07/2026 21:28

This exists!

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I'm just nosey and would like to sit down with her and ask all of the questions that aren't talked about at all or thoroughly enough in The Woman in Me.

Pollyanna87 · 30/07/2026 22:23

FourSevenFour · 30/07/2026 21:57

Someone rather bad but influential. Hitler, DJT, ... unpolished version. How far do they believe to what they are saying, how much are they influenced and by who...

There’s an excellent autobiography written by Rudolf Hoss (not Hess!) called ‘The Commandant of Auschwitz’. He wrote it while awaiting execution.

Lifelover16 · 30/07/2026 22:13

Jeffrey Epstein

FourSevenFour · 30/07/2026 21:57

Someone rather bad but influential. Hitler, DJT, ... unpolished version. How far do they believe to what they are saying, how much are they influenced and by who...

LittleRobins · 30/07/2026 21:54

I used to work with a security guard. He was previously hired to work with all the big celebrities, politicians etc at events, interviews, meetings etc. He had to sign NDA’s for all of them but he said you wouldn’t believe the stuff he saw and what he knows. I want to read all about it!

AImportantMermaid · 30/07/2026 21:51

I’d love a tell all written by an insider at No. 10 during the Boris Johnson years. I’d love to know about what really happened during COVID, how all the dodgy contracts were awarded, how the decision was made to prorogue parliament, and what the other ‘regular’ Conservatives really thought of him and his cabal.

canuckup · 30/07/2026 21:51

Another one for the Queen

Diana would be interesting too

FleshLiabilities · 30/07/2026 21:45

JFK and Reagan

Comtesse · 30/07/2026 21:45

Nell Gwyn would be cool!

Heyhelga · 30/07/2026 21:44

On the basis they have to disclose the full honest truth in the tell-all, then probably the McCann's. Did they do it.

SingForYourDinner · 30/07/2026 21:43

A tell-all account by Sally Walker, aka ‘Raynor Winn’ of how she embezzled large sums from her employer, elderly mother and PILs, and wrote a bestseller pretending that she and her supposedly dying husband had blamelessly been made homeless and decided to walk the South West Coastal Path with a tent.

I mean, it’ll never happen.

Flamingojune · 30/07/2026 21:42

Ghislaine maxwell

InveterateWineDrinker · 30/07/2026 21:42

Jared Kushner
Melania

BlueDillieDillie · 30/07/2026 21:40

Richard III, did he murder the Princes or did Josephine Tey work it out correctly?

ScottBakula · 30/07/2026 21:35

I have read quite a few autobiographies of people I really like and there is some stuff I wish I didn't know. Its changed my opinion, some in a good way some in a bad way.
So you'd have to take the rough with the smooth .

Videos · 30/07/2026 21:34

sweetpickle2 · 30/07/2026 21:31

Dolly Parton has written a few memoirs/autobiographical books.

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Yes I've read them all and I would recommend them. She was still very guarded about many parts though, understandably. She's truly a fascinating women I would love to know more.

sweetpickle2 · 30/07/2026 21:31

Videos · 30/07/2026 21:30

Queen Elizabeth II would be my first choice too.

The only other one I would love to read is Dolly Parton. She's had such a rollercoaster of a life and whilst she is very open about much of it I would love to know more especially about her marriage and late husband.

Dolly Parton has written a few memoirs/autobiographical books.

BeardySchnauzer · 30/07/2026 21:30

BirdLandedonmyHead · 30/07/2026 21:29

Larry the Cat.

The things he nust have heard.

Beat me to it. Imagine all the meetings he listened in on

Videos · 30/07/2026 21:30

Queen Elizabeth II would be my first choice too.

The only other one I would love to read is Dolly Parton. She's had such a rollercoaster of a life and whilst she is very open about much of it I would love to know more especially about her marriage and late husband.

BirdLandedonmyHead · 30/07/2026 21:29

Larry the Cat.

The things he nust have heard.

sweetpickle2 · 30/07/2026 21:28

ThatIsABigSon · 30/07/2026 20:42

Britney Spears

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Ilovecheeseyah · 30/07/2026 21:27

Stephen Hawkins’s family

SpottyAlpaca · 30/07/2026 21:25

Another vote for Queen Elizabeth II. it can’t be anyone else really, can it?

Angela Metkel’s would also be interesting. She played such an important role in managing Europe’s relationship with Russia & Putin.

Backawayfromthesausage · 30/07/2026 21:13

Marilyn Monroe.