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What a Creep: Mario Batali (Celebrity Chef & Major Creep)

Release Date: 06/19/2020

What a Creep: Hillsong's Carl Lentz (Former Bieber BFF & Creep)

What a Creep

Several scandals have been attached to Hillsong Church over the years, and it would take a multi-part episode to cover them all. In this ep, we get into the story of the founders and one pastor, Carl Lentz, who went from being their biggest star to another inflated person whose ego took over their instinct for being decent to the people who worked for them.

What a Creep: Imelda Marcos (Dictator & Creep)

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Known as the “Steel Butterfly” for her combination of fashion sense and political ambition, Imelda Marcos is the former first lady of the Philippines. Her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, was president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. During that time, the couple embezzled $10 BILLION from the government. In fact, Imelda and her husband hold the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Robbery of a Government. Oh, and they committed hundreds of human rights abuses during a brutal period of martial law.

What a Creep: H.H. Holmes (America's First Serial Killer)

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This week’s Creep is considered one of America’s first serial killers with anywhere from a couple of dozen to over 200 victims depending on your source. He was a thief, liar, schemer, forger, bigamist, and a killer of men, women, and children whose many deeds were described in the book The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. None other than Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are the producers of a HULU -TV production set to air sometime in 2022.

What a Creep: "Free Britney" Jamie Spears, John McAfee & Below Deck Yachting "JL is a CREEP!"

What a Creep

After listening to Britney Spears’s testimony to mark herself free of her father’s conservatorship, we had to drop our usual planned episode and talk about her, the death of past episode subject John McAfee, and some reality show Creeps in the news. A summer scorcher of Creepiness!

What a Creep: "The Tylenol Murders" (1982) Mystery Creep!

What a Creep

In September 1982, some creep put cyanide inside Tylenol capsules, put them back in the bottles, and randomly placed them on store shelves across the Chicago area.

What a Creep: Charles Lindbergh (Aviator Creep)

What a Creep

Margo & Sonia talk about Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo from NY to Paris, who set all kinds of aviation records and was one of the first inventors of the artificial heart. He also was a fan of eugenics and a full-on racist and supporter of the Nazis. What a Creep, indeed!

What a Creep; Rachel Hollis (Motivational Creep)

What a Creep

Margo & Sonia talk about one of the biggest publishing & speaking success stories of the last few years--Rachel Hollis. The author of "Girl, Wash Your Face: & her husband Dave ran a big motivational speaking empire that came down by a series of bab memes and a gross Tik Tok video. Will she find her path to redemption?

What a Creep: Kevin Spacey (Predator and Creep)

What a Creep

Kevin Spacey is probably in some of your favorite movies from the 1990s, including Swimming with Sharks, The Usual Suspects, Se7en, LA Confidential, A Time To Kill, and American Beauty. He’s won two Oscars, multiple Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild awards, and critic awards.

What a Creep: Eddie Mannix (MGM "Fixer" & Creep)

What a Creep

Margos & Sonia talk about an old-timey Hollywood Creep here--Eddie Mannix. Eddie's job was to be a "fixer" for MGM studios which meant lying, cheating, beating up, and making all of his enemies disappear. He was Louis B. Mayer's chief in command and he is a part of some big Hollywood homicides.

What a Creep: Blake Bailey, Josh Duggar & Scott Rudin (a trio of creeps!)

What a Creep

Margo & Sonia start their 11th season talking about a trio of Creeps in the news including author (& creepy teacher) Blake Bailey, Pervert Josh Duggar & the absolutely terrible producer Scott Rudin. Lots of creepiness here!

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Season 5, Episode 6

Mario Batali

Mario Batali is one of the most celebrated chefs of the 21st Century. During his career, he has hosted multiple television shows, authored several bestselling cookbooks, opened Michelin-rated restaurants, was friends with celebrities, was named as GQ Man of the Year in 1999, and won the James Beard Award.

He even made an appearance on The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horrors!”

Batali is also known as a world-class woman-abusing Creep who has been accused of multiple accounts of sexual assault and harassment. Here is his story.

Sources for this episode include:

Eater.com (Irene Plagianos)

NY Eater.com Dec 11, 2017 (Irene Plagianos)

Grub Street (Chris Crowley)

Time magazine (Jamie Duchmare)

Creep Sheet

Esquire 2010

Los Angeles Times (Samantha Masunaga, Jonathan Gold, Amy Scattergood)

CNBC.com (Amelia Lucas)

D-Listed (Alison)

New York Times May 2018 (Kim Severson)

Hollywood Reporter (Abid Raman)