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Milan Fashion Week, 2023 (via Getty Images) When the conversation started getting louder and louder about Ozempic and who did or didn't, I wasn't very invested or interested; it felt like another tedious, fantastical answer as a pill or pure mindless hype to take advantage of people's deepest vulnerabilities. Besides, this isn't my fight, and I didn't want to be one of those people who chime into conversations about weight loss with unearned authority and a million "helpful" tips to police someone else's body. Mostly, I regard the nitty-gritty painful details of weight struggles to be best told by those authentic voices that are silenced and drowned out enough by concern trolls; they don't need someone to talk  for  them; they need to be heard and seen and not be made to feel invisible or unworthy of opinions surrounding the politics of body size and beauty.  Weight loss miracles and people claiming to have cracked the code aren't new; it is ol...

Once I made the decision to write for Peckerwood I promised myself I would try to be lighthearted about a lot of subjects, reveal some personal things relating to celebrities and use the inside stuff I learn from time to time to share with you. I thought it was the least I could offer our little corner of the world. Most of you I have known for 7 years, others less, and some are new, but one thing that holds true for me is how important certain stories are and how they can pull back the curtains on the world of entertainment where everything is not as it seems.  We see these people spit-shined and spun into cotton candy, but it is a world not built for the weak, sensitive, gullible, kind, trusting, very young, or those without street smarts. It can grind and chew people up and toss their mangled dreams and corpses into the gutters of LA and New York City, and the public forgets them as soon as their 10 minutes are up. 15 if they are lucky. I am one of those who learned the hard way...

When four of the most iconic late 80s and 90s supermodels reunited, it was like a blast from the past with a side of drama. Tension flared between Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista, sparking rumors of a feud between the two. Despite their past camaraderie and mutual support in the face of racism and other challenges in the fashion industry, their current relationship status is as clear as a muddy catwalk. The supermodels recently appeared together in the Apple TV+ docuseries "The Super Models," but it seems their Instagram relationship has taken a nosedive—they've unfollowed each other. Talk about a social media cold shoulder!  In the docuseries, Campbell gets candid about her past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction, which spiraled after the tragic death of her close friend, Gianni Versace. She confesses that her addiction nearly sent her to the great runway in the sky and that she turned to cocaine to cope with her grief. She also spoke about deep abandonment i...