Jennifer Lopez’s former publicist turns juicy gossip career into a work of fiction

Former gossip columnist and A-list publicist Rob Shuter is turning his wild career experiences into a work of fiction. The “Naughty But Nice” podcaster, who once repped top tier stars including Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys, is gearing up to release his first fiction book, It Started with a Whisper, on April 21.

The novel follows four gossip reporters who host a morning show on a struggling cable network. The book may be fiction, but it’s clearly inspired by Shuter’s real life: he co-hosted a daily entertainment news program on VH1 called The Gossip Table, which ran from 2013 to 2015.

“While I worked on ‘The Gossip Table,’ I kept a diary,” Shuter said. “I was looking back over my diary, reminiscing about all the funny, crazy, cruel, happy, upsetting things that happened, and I figured out very quickly that this is a book, this is a potential TV show.” Shuter says he doesn’t miss being a publicist.

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