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"Fame is a Bitch" with AJ Benza, deconstructs some of the biggest scandals and tragedies of our lifetime. These stories are about the powerful seduction and fateful grip of fame. Our tragic figures are those that couldn't fight off the influences, pressures, and distractions that worked like grease upon their grip. Benza brings an insiders perspective and his tough-guy demeanor, bold narratives and aggressive pursuit of the truth, distinguish him as an authentic and original voice. AJ knows as well as anyone that "Fame is a Bitch."

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    Latest episodes from AJ Benza: Fame is a Bitch

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Thirty Four: Shark Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 65:28


    The statue of liberty, Couple's Therapy, sexual confessions, man loves shark and the Polk County Sheriff.

    Jailhouse Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 40:20


    Is Harvey Weinstein writing a tell-all in prison?…Was R Kelly's overdose in prison an accident or a plan to kill him?…New Barbara Walters doc landing next week…The very different ways my father and I battled STDs in our youth. Don't forget AJ's exclusive deals...https://cozyearth.com/discount/FAMEhttps://ericjavits.com/discount/FAME

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Thirty Three: The Bromance Is Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 72:11


    The bromance between the most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world has come to an end but what can be salvaged from it, Simone vs Riley, the streets of LA, Tobasco Torture and the true love of a murderer

    If You Want To Stay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 52:12


    ABC News suspends loudmouth Terry Moran...An update on the L.A. riots...Memories of naming my cars...My thoughts on the importance and brilliance of Sly Stone.Don't forget AJ's exclusive deals with promo code FAME at...https://ericjavits.comhttps://cozyearth.com

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Thirty Two: The Omnia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 72:11


    Texas man on Mar-a-Lago grounds just wanted to marry Kai, young Gotti's protect their turf, goodbye Thibbs and another office prank from Mike

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Thirty Two: WAP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 71:22


    334 lb man sues Disney over "concealed trap" waterslide, Cardi B has a new man in Stefon Diggs and he ought to use that 4.4 speed to get the hell out of there and Kristin Cavallari cuts ties with her dad.

    Hit The Road Jack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 38:50


    A sex tape of Lori Harvey is apparently making the rounds...NFL teams, along with many U.S. corporations, are not promoting Pride Month...The death and pedophile lifestyle of "Bride Of Chucky's"  Eddie Gale...Why two listeners curiously decided to feel that the success of journalist's Maureen Callahan's podcast is upsetting me.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Thirty One: It's Not Shark Week

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 65:48


    Mike thought it was shark week and so we have a shark quiz, the horrible American Music Awards, the crazy french and Blue Oyster Cult at Hammerheads.

    Love Plus One

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 35:07


    Memories of the 1980's weddings, VHS rentals, porn stars, movies and music...Ray Milland's "Lost Weekend" performance in 1945 had quite an effect on me...The WORLD EXCLUSIVE on what happened behind the scenes on HBO's The White Lotus.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Thirty Two: Unoriginal Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 72:07


    The Hur tapes, the Tapper book and a cancer diagnosis, is racism a fact of WNBA life and the reality of New Orleans.

    I Saw The Light

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 47:08


    Joe Biden's awful diagnosis...The new Superman movie will not do well because the star is not who women long for...Who is the next James Bond?...My weekend with Tootsie and the unbelievable connection we have with our dogs.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Thirty One: The "Diner" Rule

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 91:01


    More problems at the Dr for Mike, get rid of the stars cosplaying as Knick fans, a battle over the "N" word, the Diddy trial and other stupidity. 

    You Get What You Give

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 38:09


    P Diddy's defense team has some awful ideas in court...Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed to appear in Blake Lively's case against Justin Baldoni. Will this tear apart the besties?

    Tag. You"re It.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 29:53


    As I get ready to fly back to Los Angeles, here are some random thoughts and stories I want to get off my back.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Eight: Sign Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 63:00


    Marriage is out and contracts are in, Shedeur's bad weekend and 44 years for Ringo and Barbara.

    Everything Is A Bitch episode Thirty: Man Vs Gorilla

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 63:03


    Can 100 unarmed men defeat 1 gorilla? The Kool-Aid Man Challenge, NBA trash talk, choosing a doctor and much more. 

    Shake A Leg

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 37:27


    Memories of many meals at Dan Tana's restaurant with Dubie and Mouse...Trump tee-shirt troubles continue...Did Bill Belichick use Jordon Hudson and other team cheerleaders to spy on opposing teams?...P Diddy is possibly going to plead insanity...The rapid descent of pop star Katy Perry.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Seven: To Tell The Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 70:50


    Joe Biden's speaking price tag, honesty in marriages, Liz Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus and John Cena.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Nine: Kissin Cousins

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 54:37


    Kanye and his cousin, black girls vs white girls, Hooters bankruptcy, did Shaq shat his pants, 50 cent's post, Shannon not so sharp and other nonsense.

    Psycho Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 36:55


    The Pope dies...Kanye West admits to getting sexy with his male cousin...Justin Bieber is a wreck at Coachella...Shannon Sharpe is accused of rape...Valerie Bertinelli's ex takes things public.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Eight: Butler Cabin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 71:20


    The good and the bad of the traditions at the Masters, those brave Asstronauts, another one of Mike's pranks, SNL does White Lotus and Stephen A for Prez.

    A Horse With No Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 39:42


    Tax Day blues...The clueless things Gen Z'ers do during job interviews...Instagram is getting too creepy...Walton Goggins approved of SNL mocking his White Lotus co star's buck teeth... Never been to Coachella, but I did have one crazy, unforgettable night leaving the Palm Springs desert.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Five: Donkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 70:35


    A University is challenging the treatment of donkeys in film, a murdering mom is declared crazy, Mercury is no longer in retrograde and the White Lotus finale.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Seven: Back In LA

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 75:19


    Breaking News at Kenny's company, Mike's trip back to LA, Trump tariffs and hometown stories.

    I Feel Pretty

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 38:33


    MeAgain Markle disappoints fans again...Was Jean Claude Van Damme offered five Romanian women for sex?...Jessica Alba has lost her sex appeal.

    Relationships is A Bitch Episode Twenty Four: Space Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 72:52


    Did the astronauts get horney in space and is there sex in zero gravity, incest is best on White Lotus and Morgan Wallen's quick SNL exit.

    War Pigs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 32:52


    England's immigration problem is now an invasion problem...Gucci hires the creep responsible for creating a pedophilia-themed ad for Balenciage...Oprah Winfrey has been pulled into a rape case and it's high time she be put on the spot.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Six: Rope A Dope

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 70:36


    Snow White, comparing injuries, the life of George Foreman and the fight to pardon Derek Chauvin

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Three: Bada Bing!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 62:08


    The Godfather, AJ and NYC strip clubs, Ago's accident on the Bada Bing! March Sadness and RIP George Foreman

    Big Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 41:44


    Reese WItherspoon still looks like her daughter...Meghan Trainor lost a ton of weight...Channing Tatum says he won't play "fat roles" anymore...Ryan Reynolds writes his own dialogue...Monjauro and Ozempic are replacing gym memberships in Hollywood...Long ago tales of my family spending weekends in "The Country."...The two sides of my father.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Two: 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 60:12


    Biden's autopen, coach Belichick and the cheerleader and Canada's doomsday strategy against the US.

    Peace, Love and Understanding

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 37:41


    Aaron Taylor-Johnson's workout before starring in Kraven The Hunter...The reality shows starring Meghan Markle and Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are starting to show the cracks in their relationships...Michelle Obama's latest podcast is another dud where she shits on her husband.

    Born To Run

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 44:21


    A special free listen to today's Patreon episode.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty One: My Name Is Sussex

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 64:03


    Does Meghan "Sussex" new show really come with love and couples using ChatGPT to referee their marital disputes.

    My Old Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 53:18


    David Hasselhoff's ex-wife, Pamela Bach, kills herself...Ione Skye's book includes her empty, emotionless, sober sex with Matthew Perry...My father, the great Al Benza, died 40 years ago today.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Twenty: Avatar Vs Chatbot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 59:12


    A Fox News story attacking the use of chatbots in therapy sets off a firestorm and the gang differentiates what Iryna has created in the GeminiNearMe app from the bots. The Oval Office version of the UFC leads to a discussion about the need for a good interpreter and AJ talks Oscars.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Five: Harry Zimm Is Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 67:57


    The life, career and death of Gene Hackman plus a bunch of other stuff.

    Help Me Rhonda

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 34:44


    Tough men create tough kids...Jimmy Breslin's brilliant characters he created in his newspaper columns...Memories of working as a camp counselor in 1981.

    Politics Is A Bitch: The President's March

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 37:58


    We all need to let the man we elected take care of all the nonsense that we've been dealt. Time to go back to our old way of doing things as America enters a new era.

    People Are Strange

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 31:06


    Jillian Barberie gets very honest...Paris Hilton is selling her designer clothes to help LA's fire victims...Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds keep burying themselves deeper...Vincent Gallo remains an artist no matter what Hollywood says.

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Nineteen: Oh Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 60:40


    The 51st state boos our anthem so we kick their asses, literally. SNL at 50. 

    Hey Mickey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 34:17


    Game night hijinx...Asteroid headed to Earth...The new Captain America: Brave New World is said to be God-awful...Chelsea Handler

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Five: The Co-President

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 64:08


    AJ and Mike are back with lots of post Super Bowl, USAID and vagina stories. 

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Eighteen: Boo Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 75:47


    Trump is greeted w applause while Talor Swift beings out the boo birds in New Orleans. What does it all mean? Kanye goes on antisemitic rant and gets booted off X. 

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Seventeen: New Bromance In LA?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 74:37


    AJ, Iryna and Mike are together again talking about the relationships you have with sports heroes. Mike's heart was broken by Saquon and now he has to watch him in a Super Bowl with the dreaded Eagles and Dallas' sports fans hearts are broken when the team sends Luka Doncic to the Lakers. 

    Love To Love You Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 43:06


    Quick review of the man-hating, Netflix flick, "Kinda Pregnant"...Christie Brinkley can't climax, and I'll tell you how I know...Funny sex stories...New methods for women to enlarge breasts and enhance their vaginas.

    Everything Is A Bitch Episode Twenty Four: Reunited With Tootsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 74:35


    AJ is reunited with Tootsie in Vegas and Mike & AJ catch up on the happenings of a crazy and tragic week. 

    Shut Up And Drive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 32:45


    Me, trying to find peace and calm...Anthony Mackie's quotes about being the new Captain America get misconstrued...More insight into the battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds...Cameron Diaz is being tempted to call off her retirement from acting.Anthony Mackie Blake Lively Cameron Diaz Chris Evans Jamie Foxx Justin Baldoni 

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Sixteen: Sieg Heil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 54:42


    Donald Trump is off to a fast start and the left-wing media are beside themselves. An awkward moment for Elon Musk is turned into a Nazi Salute.

    Todd's Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 36:36


    An interview with Chris Todd. Topics include Diddy, O.J., Jon Benet Ramsey, Kurt Cobain...

    Relationships Is A Bitch Episode Fifteen: I Have A Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 77:13


    Iryna, AJ and Mike are back talking about Inaugeration day and the MLK holiday.

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