tell-all
Scandalous insider account
A tell-all is a book, interview, or article that reveals private or scandalous information, typically about celebrities, public figures, or insider experiences: Her tell-all about life in the White House.
As an adjective, it describes such revelations: a tell-all memoir, a tell-all interview.
The term implies disclosure of secrets the subject would prefer kept hidden.
Self-penned life narrative
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- revelationsSurprising facts made known
- accountRecord of dealings
narrative · chronicle · recollections · insider · behind-the-scenes · firsthand · celebrity · ghostwritten
Insider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- informantOne who provides intelligence
evidence · testimony · unveiling · accountability · corruption · insider · unmasking · investigation
Concealed information
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- candidHonest and direct
truth · unburdening · catharsis · redemption · vulnerability · admission · revelation · honesty
Sensationalist newspaper format
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- juicyFull of moisture
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
shocking · damning · affair · betrayal · infidelity · disgrace · downfall · controversy
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- confessionsActs of revealing guilt
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- revelationsSurprising facts made known
account · narrative · chronicle · recollections · insider · behind-the-scenes · firsthand · celebrity · ghostwritten · unauthorized
whistleblower
Insider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
informant · evidence · testimony · unveiling · accountability · corruption · insider · unmasking · investigation · secrets
secrets
Concealed information
candid · truth · unburdening · catharsis · redemption · vulnerability · admission · revelation · honesty · raw
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- juicyFull of moisture
explosive · shocking · damning · affair · betrayal · infidelity · disgrace · downfall · controversy · headline
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
buzz · dirt · innuendo · dish · spill · tea · blind item · source · anonymous · unnamed
- tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, People, Globe
- confessionsconfession, admission, true confession, deathbed confession, divulgence
- life writingmemoir, autobiography, biography, memoirs, memoir writing
- tabloid mediasensationalism, tabloids, yellow journalism, tabloidization, gossip columns
- truth revealersstraight shooter, straight talker, eyewitness, informant, whistleblower
- informationdata, facts, details, knowledge, intel
tell-allcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
whitewash · concealment · suppression · redacted · censored
tell-alldiscreet
Careful to avoid notice
tactful · circumspect · restrained · reserved · guarded
tell-allcover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
concealment · tight-lipped · secretive · hush-hush · classified
all, tell, telling, teller, retell, telltale, retelling, retells, tellers