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

Former rumors columnist and A-list publicist Rob Shuter is turning his chaotic profession experiences into a activity of fiction.

The “Naughty But Nice” podcaster, who erstwhile repped apical tier stars including Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Jon Bon Jovi and Alicia Keys, gearing up to merchandise his first fabrication book connected April 21.

“It Started pinch a Whisper” follows 4 rumors reporters who big a greeting show connected a struggling cablegram network.

The book whitethorn beryllium fiction, but it’s intelligibly inspired by Shuter’s existent life, arsenic he co-hosted a regular intermezo news programme connected VH1 called “The Gossip Table,” which ran for 2 years.

Through nan book isn’t real, nan conception mirrors Shuter’s erstwhile stint arsenic nan co-host of VH1’s “The Gossip Table,” which ran from 2013 to 2015.

“While I worked connected ‘The Gossip Table,’ I kept a diary,” Shuter exclusively tells Page Six. “I was looking backmost complete my diary, reminiscing astir each nan funny, crazy, cruel, happy, upsetting things that happened, and I figured retired very quickly that this is simply a book, this is simply a imaginable TV show.”

Shuter, who besides has a Substack, shares that, arsenic overmuch arsenic he loved being a publicist, he doesn’t miss it.

“You’re a therapist, you’re a publicist, you’re a container holder, you’re a champion friend,” he explains. “Looking backmost connected it, I person specified fond memories; erstwhile I was surviving it, it was rather tough.”

One point he did emotion doing was orchestrating nan property astir personage breakups, having worked connected 2 elephantine splits — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck successful 2004 and Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey successful 2005.

“You cognize it’s going to explode, that it’s going to make worldwide news, and truthful really crafting this breakup connection tin beryllium rather tricky,” he says, noting that “asking for privateness is really rather overseas because you’re putting retired a statement. I emotion nan dichotomy of that; it did make maine giggle.”

“I besides loved nan quality aspect,” he adds, “during your darkest hr of existent individual crisis, you’re connected nan telephone pinch your publicist crafting a statement.”

Shuter swears that each of nan tales astir greeting show successful nan book are true, “but they mightiness not beryllium based connected nan aforesaid show. I was a regular connected ‘Wendy Williams,’ nan ‘Today’ show, ‘and ‘GMA.’ I’ve aggregated it each together.

“I deliberation group reference nan book intimately will admit immoderate of nan people,” he teases.