PR expert Mark Borkowski told the Mirror: “Claudia’s next act writes itself. She’s already colonised the national psyche as the high-priestess of irony and comfort – a woman who can juggle tension and silliness with surgical precision.”The Traitors has cemented her as the face of ‘controlled chaos,’ the calm within the storm of reality TV deceit. From […]
Speaking of what the future might hold for Tess, a PR expert said her career can now be a “blank canvas”. Mark Borkowski told the Mirror: “Tess has the advantage of a blank canvas.”Her exit timing feels deliberate – just when Strictly starts to show its age. If she plays it right, this is her Madonna reinvention […]
Speaking of his presenting duties previously in the States, Vernon discussed his ABC and NBC roles. “They lasted a series,” he said.”If you want a laugh, go on YouTube and watch a game show I hosted called the Million Dollar Mind Game. It’s basically me doing an impression of Roger Moore.”Speaking of what the future […]
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman quitting Strictly isn’t just TV fluff it’s a masterclass in the politics of timing. Cynics will suspect a hidden narrative beneath the sequins, but taken at face value, this headline is a meditation on the art of departure.Most people in our business cling on long after the sparkle’s gone, clutching […]
Mark Borkowski, the highly seasoned showbusiness PR, doubts it. “I haven’t heard anything scandalous,” he says. “Tess and Claudia probably thought, ‘21 years, and it’s not so much fun any more.’ You know, it’s about jumping the lily pad in time. It’s not about hanging on. I think that they could have easily stayed with […]
And a PR expert feels that fans could be witnessing the “slow death” of the long-running series that first aired in 2004. PR guru Mark Borkowski told the publication: “This is the slow death of Strictly.”ITV can hear the death rattle. Stars are wary after all the recent headlines. People have seen the writing on the […]
The Sussexes previously described their latest deal with Netflix, which is also a partner in As Ever, as “extending their creative partnership”.But PR and crisis expert Mark Borkowski has called it a “downgrade,” and suggested Netflix had “done a very neat job of pivoting away from two very expensive people who didn’t deliver”.With Love, Meghan […]
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, has just launched her second podcast series last week, named Confessions of a Female Founder.It follows Meghan talking to her friends who have started their own companies and brands.The first episode aired on April 8 with an interview of the founder of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd.Critics widely panned the first […]
In November, the wealth gap between the girls once again came into the spotlight when Geri derailed a potentially lucrative TV show.It would have been a dramatised version of the girls’ path to stardom, and they would all net the huge sum for essentially doing nothing.PR guru Mark Borkowski said at the time: “What it […]
“Cruise isn’t a celebrity in the modern sense,” says Mark Borkowski, a PR guru who specialises in crisis management. “While the rest of Hollywood overshares, he glides above it all with that fixed, high-beam smile and an off-switch for shame. People forget that he’s the final relic of the studio-era illusion, and that he demands […]