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Uncensored will be an excellent fit: our viewers love straight talk, big opinions, and unapologetic personalities — and Piers delivers all three and then some.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Uncensored will be an excellent fit: our viewers love straight talk, big opinions, and unapologetic personalities—and Piers delivers all three and then some.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
And there is a real hunger for honesty, for politicians to just speak the truth, to just give us some straight talk.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 July 2025
The rotation of Sharks is still strong, with O’Leary’s ruthless insults, Robert Herjavec’s boyish enthusiasm and Corcoran’s brassy straight talk all balancing each other out nicely.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 May 2025
At this point in their lives, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance don’t know how to have a straight talk with someone like Mr. Zelensky without bullying.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Lay out the whole story, warts and all. Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is a model of straight talk in all his business dealings.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
With the number of people killed on U.S. roads topping 40,000 in 2023, according to federal data, straight talk would appear to be warranted.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
This interview with Wegz took place just before his album dropped, and what was expected to be a straight talk about music – collaborations, rivalries in Egypt’s rap scene, the making of the record and his shifts between genres – quickly turned into something else.
—Nour Ezzedine, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Uncensored will be an excellent fit: our viewers love straight talk, big opinions, and unapologetic personalities—and Piers delivers all three and then some.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
And there is a real hunger for honesty, for politicians to just speak the truth, to just give us some straight talk.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 July 2025
The rotation of Sharks is still strong, with O’Leary’s ruthless insults, Robert Herjavec’s boyish enthusiasm and Corcoran’s brassy straight talk all balancing each other out nicely.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 May 2025
At this point in their lives, Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance don’t know how to have a straight talk with someone like Mr. Zelensky without bullying.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
Lay out the whole story, warts and all. Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is a model of straight talk in all his business dealings.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
With the number of people killed on U.S. roads topping 40,000 in 2023, according to federal data, straight talk would appear to be warranted.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
This interview with Wegz took place just before his album dropped, and what was expected to be a straight talk about music – collaborations, rivalries in Egypt’s rap scene, the making of the record and his shifts between genres – quickly turned into something else.
—Nour Ezzedine, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Straight talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straight%20talk. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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