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Sep 2022
39m 53s

Breaking Down the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ ...

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Juliet Litman is joined by Matt Belloni, founder of Puck News and host of The Ringer’s Hollywood happenings podcast ‘The Town,’ to discuss the drama swirling around the press tour of ‘Don’t Worry Darling.’ They get into the conflict between Olivia Wilde and Shia LaBeouf over how and why he left the production, reports that Florence Pugh was unhappy with the relationship between Wilde and costar Harry Styles, and, of course, the romance between Wilde and Styles.

Host: Juliet Litman

Guest: Matt Belloni

Producer: Sasha Ashall

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