frankie Magazine

in defence of gossip

Last week a friend told me a story. A long, juicy story about two media folk I do not know of who had a huge fight. It was a wild ride: twists and turns, secret nepotism, betrayal and importantly… DRAMA. I loved every minute of it, soaking up the details like a lizard in the sun. In doing so, I noticed how far I’ve come in my relationship with gossip.

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