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WASTED — From Spotlight to Scandal - Toxic Fame - PR Disasters - Meltdowns That Changed Culture

WASTED — From Spotlight to Scandal - Toxic Fame - PR Disasters - Meltdowns That Changed Culture

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 Episode 3 of Wasted explores toxic fame's most catastrophic PR disasters and legal nightmares. VV Steele dissects Mel Gibson's career-ending 2006 DUI arrest and anti-Semitic tirade revealing prejudice that alcohol unleashed, leading to Hollywood blacklist. Discover Tiger Woods' 2017 painkiller DUI—found unconscious in his car, mugshot becoming memes—exposing sports' opioid reliance and brutal pain culture. Learn how reality TV's meltdown industrial complex exploits addiction for ratings across Teen Mom, Jersey Shore, and Real Housewives franchises. VV examines how the internet turned Charlie Sheen's psychosis and Shia LaBeouf's breakdowns into viral entertainment, asking whether pop culture can ever handle addiction responsibly or just profits from pain.
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