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Penelope, in particular, has some unfinished business, as she was revealed as scandal sheet author Lady Whistledown at the end of last season.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Vincente Minelli’s melodrama about the movie industry followed Sunset Boulevard by only two years, but if the latter was a noirish slice of roman à clef, then the former was an entire scandal sheet of Hollywood egomaniacs and narcissists.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Coughlan followed it up with Netflix phenomenon Bridgerton, stealing the show as Penelope Featherington, a Regency-era wallflower who is secretly Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author of a notorious scandal sheet.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
What makes this revelation worse is that Pen, on multiple occasions, has used the scandal sheet and its influence to manipulate society’s opinion about both of their families.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
The scandal sheet this season is a reflection of Penelope’s journey and growth as a character.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
Vincente Minelli’s melodrama about the movie industry followed Sunset Boulevard by only two years, but if the latter was a noirish slice of roman à clef, then the former was an entire scandal sheet of Hollywood egomaniacs and narcissists.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Coughlan followed it up with Netflix phenomenon Bridgerton, stealing the show as Penelope Featherington, a Regency-era wallflower who is secretly Lady Whistledown, the anonymous author of a notorious scandal sheet.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
What makes this revelation worse is that Pen, on multiple occasions, has used the scandal sheet and its influence to manipulate society’s opinion about both of their families.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
The scandal sheet this season is a reflection of Penelope’s journey and growth as a character.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2024
But the most shameless is Informer, a scandal sheet that features hatchet jobs and images of buxom women.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
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“Scandal sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scandal%20sheet. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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