Jennifer Lopez’s former publicist and Hollywood insider Rob Shuter has written about his experience working with big stars in his upcoming book, It all started with a whisper.
The journalist has previously worked with Jessica Simpson, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys, and will release his first fiction book on April 21, and although it is fiction, it is based on his own experiences.
The fictional account is based on the lives of four gossip reporters who host a morning show together, taking inspiration from his previous show. The Gossip Table which ran for two years on VH1.
Working closely with big names in Hollywood, Shuter witnessed Lopez and Ben Affleck’s historic on-and-off relationship, as well as other scandals.
“While I was working on The gossip tableI kept a journal. “I was looking at my diary, remembering all the funny, crazy, cruel, happy and upsetting things that had happened, and I realized very quickly that this was a book, this was a potential TV show,” Shuter said. Page six.
Shuter shared that despite his fond memories, he doesn’t miss being a publicist. “You’re a therapist, you’re a publicist, you carry bags, you’re a best friend. Looking back, I have such great memories; when I was going through it, it was pretty tough,” he said.
The author teased, “You know it’s going to blow up, it’s going to be worldwide news, and so writing that breakup statement can be quite tricky,” adding that “asking for privacy is actually quite strange because you’re putting out a statement. I love the dichotomy of that; it made me laugh.”
Shuter told the outlet that while he didn’t name names, readers will recognize the real people behind the characters.
