LaineyGossip
LaineyGossip is a celebrity gossip and pop culture analysis website founded by Canadian entertainment reporter Elaine “Lainey” Lui; it began in 2003 as an email to friends and grew into an independent site with podcasts and a paid community.
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Key facts
2003Begins as an Email
LaineyGossip began in 2003 as an email to a small group of friends and colleagues and later became the springboard for Lui’s career as an entertainment reporter with etalk.[1]
March 2013Described by CTV as Enormously Successful
When CTV announced Lui as a co-host of The Social, it called LaineyGossip.com an “enormously successful website” and noted her large Twitter following.[2]
2017Weekly Podcast Show Your Work
In 2017, the site was releasing the podcast Show Your Work every week on iTunes and Google PlayGoogle PlayGoogle Play is a digital content distribution service operated by Google, centered on the Google Play Store, the app store for Android devices. Its predecessor, Android Market, launched in October 2008 alongside the first Android phone, and in March 2012 it merged with Google Music and the Google eBookstore and was renamed Google Play. As the main distribution channel for Android apps, its commissions, billing rules, and review practices have drawn controversy, including the Epic Games antitrust lawsuit in the United States and penalties under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.Open the full entry.[3]
The podcast is hosted by Lui and the site’s writer Duana Taha.[4]
2020Apologises for Past Posts
Starting in October 2020, the site apologised for past offensive content and removed or edited the most offensive words in older posts.[1]
That year, Lui said her husband, Jacek Szenowicz, is the director of LaineyGossip.[5]
2023Lui Leaves The Social to Focus on the Site
In 2023, Lui left the CTV talk show The Social to focus full time on the gossip blog and etalk.[6]
As of October 2026: The Site and Its Sister Community The Squawk
The site’s copyright holder is Lainey Gossip Entertainment Inc.; its tagline is “Celebrity gossip and advanced pop culture, film, and TV analysis”, and it offers paid ad-free options.[7]
Its sister community The Squawk is hosted on Substack and named after the nickname Lui’s mother received as a young girl; free subscribers get a weekly mailbag email, while paid subscribers also get archives, comments and chat forums.[8]
Lui has said the site aims to be entertaining and tries to avoid “the grody stuff”; she considers that “gossip is a form of communication”.[9]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
LaineyGossip: Official website: https://www.laineygossip.com/ (opens in a new window)[7]
The Squawk: Official website: https://thesquawk.substack.com/ (opens in a new window)[7]
Sources
- About (opens in a new window)
- CTV Orders New Canadian Daytime Talk Series THE SOCIAL for Fall 2013 (opens in a new window)
- Show Your Work: Angelina Jolie and the child star “momager” (opens in a new window)
- Episode 113: Comfort in Pop Culture with Lainey Lui and Duana Taha (opens in a new window)
- The Social co-host Lainey Lui on finding love on the West Coast (opens in a new window)
- Andrea Bain named new co-host of ‘The Social’ as Elaine Lui prepares to depart (opens in a new window)
- Celebrity Gossip, News, Rumours, and Photos, and Advanced Pop Culture Analysis | LaineyGossip (opens in a new window)
- About - The Squawk (opens in a new window)
- Life Lessons With Lainey Lui (opens in a new window)