I'm Katie Hind, the Mail's Consultant Editor for Showbusiness. Each week in the revamped Spotlight newsletter, I will be pulling back the curtain to tell you what is really going on in the world of celebrity. Unlike many of my rivals, I write the unvarnished truth and refuse to listen to PR nonsense and spin. After two decades as a showbiz journalist, I have learned there is one question everyone always wants to ask: 'Ooh, what are they really like?'
The truth is, they are often lovely. But with some stars, if you could see behind the glitzy showbiz mask, you would likely be shocked. Like the star who threatened to slap me, the footballer who sent me vile sexual texts, and the male celebrity who called me a c*** w****.
When you sign up to the newsletter, I will send you an email straight away with my article naming names and exposing the 20 most obnoxious celebrities I have ever met, with all the details of their bad behaviour. We will also send UK readers a link to claim three months of completely free access to our subscription service, DailyMail+. Why? So you can explore the incredible work all of our showbiz team does, bringing you daily exclusives, celebrity interviews, the truth about your favourite stars and so much more.
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In my two decades of reporting on celebrities, I have knocked back prosecco with Meghan Markle as she confessed that love rat footballer Ashley Cole had been begging her for a date. I have been bombarded with eye-wateringly explicit text messages from a certain male star (yes, I will name names in the newsletter). Pop star Cheryl Tweedy once whipped her top up to flash her cleavage at me to prove she had not had a boob job, in case you were wondering.
I have partied in Ibiza with Kylie Minogue and the former Kate Middleton, peeled Lindsay Lohan off the stairs of a Hollywood nightclub, and even once swiped Pete Doherty's car keys from him so he could not drive after a heavy night out. I have revealed a string of exclusives about the Beckham family, from Posh and Becks' feud with Brooklyn to Victoria using the furlough scheme during Covid and David's controversial mega-deal to be the face of the Qatar World Cup.
I also exposed Phillip Schofield's affair with his much younger colleague. In an explosive mea culpa to me personally, the former This Morning presenter confessed he had cheated on his wife and lied about it. It ended his 35-year broadcasting career.
When the stars want to talk, they come to me. Giovanni Pernice insisted he did his only interview with me after he was accused of bullying his Strictly partner Amanda Abbington. When Victoria Beckham wanted to share her fears for her daughter Harper, she spoke to me.
Never before have stars tried so hard and used so many dirty tricks to control the narrative. But in the Spotlight, I will cut through the noise and bring you the latest on what stars really get up to, along with the brilliant showbusiness team here at the Daily Mail. Each week I will send you the juiciest gossip from behind the scenes, inside the parties, and everything the stars do not want you to know.
Plus, my brilliant Daily Mail colleagues will share exclusive insights, gossip and scoops so you never miss a story. Ready to start reading? Get the newsletter HERE.
