The creator of Crazy Days And NightsВ believes blind items are popular because they're real dirt. Here, the question of why comes into play you'd think since we're already soВ embedded within the celebrity sphere, we would shy away from partaking in even moreВ gossip.Д«ut blind items aren't simply surface-level gossip. Somehow reading maybeВ true but definitely fascinating bits of gossip makes up for all the otherВ water cooler fodder we're otherwiseВ consuming daily.

'Blind items are my guilty pleasure,' a journalist in New York City, who prefers to remain anonymous, tells us.В They consider blind items to be 'the entertainment magazine for entertainment reporters' and 'a breath of juicy, fresh air we need between writing the same bullshit about the same celebrities all the time.'В If you've ever had to generate daily content about Jennifer Lawrence and all her cool girl ways during The Hunger Games, you know this journalist's pain. They generate long threads of comments beneath unrevealed blindsВ (the insider term for blind items), allВ trying to figure out who's who, and, oftentimes, referencing older blinds and other insider gossip. Regardless, blind item sites cull a rabid audience-one that's more in tune with the worshipful aspects of celebrity culture rather than the more exploitative nature of TMZ and grocery store tabloids. In addition to accurately reported information, certain situations, characters and events are portrayed in the blog are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.' Like Reddit's subreddit /r/nosleep, assume everything you read on a blind item site is true but know there's a good chance it's not. A disclaimer on Crazy Days And Nights says the content published on its pages is 'rumors, conjecture, and fiction. They cover everything from drinking habits, adultery, and antics on set to do-gooder things, like unreported community service or someoneВ paying for the funeral of a homeless man who used to sit outside a coffee shop.

Details of stories are shared, but the identities of those involved remain anonymous until a certain pointВ when the author reveals them-usually months after the original publishing date. The website Crazy Days And Nights,В one of the leading blind item publishers, alluded to trouble behind closed doors as far back as January.ДЄ blind item is essentially Hollywood gossip told through code. For those who follow blind items, however, it's been a long time coming. Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney's split came as a shock to many this week.