Podcasts have become Hollywood’s safest press stop. (Photo illustration by Changyu Zou 2026)
KRIS JENNER WAS DUMBFOUNDED. There she was, on the red carpet at last month’s Vanity Fair Oscar Party, being interviewed not by a veteran Hollywood journalist but a duo of Gen Z social media influencers.
“How did you get this gig?” she asked upon greeting Jake Shane and Quenlin Blackwell, who had been tapped as the magazine’s official carpet hosts alongside Brittany Broski. Shane, who hosts a podcast called Therapuss, clocked Jenner’s polite-but-incredulous tone and burst into laughter.
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