{{Short description|American publicist and businesswoman}} '''Kelly Cutrone''' (born '''Kelly Blanding'''; {{Circa|1965}}) is an American publicist, television personality and author.
==Early life and career beginnings== Kelly Cutrone was born and raised in Camillus, New York. Cutrone graduated from Syracuse University in 1986, whereupon she moved to New York City. She originally worked for publicist Susan Blond for a year; she followed this with a position as director of communications at ''Spin'' for Bob Guccione.<ref name="Observer">{{cite web |last1=Bryan |first1=Meredith |title=Dark Angel of The Hills |url=https://observer.com/2008/06/dark-angel-of-the-hills/2/ |website=Observer |access-date=25 October 2018 |date=17 June 2008}}</ref> Less than a year later, Cutrone founded the PR firm Cutrone & Weinberg with former Susan Blond intern, Jason Weinberg. Their clients included Eartha Kitt and Mark Ronson.<ref name="Observer"/>
Cutrone has been married twice. At 21, she married artist Ronnie Cutrone, and at 28, actor Jeff Kober. Both marriages ended in a divorce.<ref name="nylonmag1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=401 |title=The Insider: Kelly Cutrone - Nylon Magazine |publisher=Nylonmag.com |access-date=2012-05-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528133230/http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=401 |archive-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref> Cutrone has a daughter.<ref>[http://www.popeater.com/2010/10/28/kelly-cutrone-reality-show-mtv-bravo/ "Kelly Cutrone Won't Get Married Just to Have a Reality Show"] Retrieved 20 July 2015</ref>
==People's Revolution== Having tired of the PR life{{huh|date=February 2026}}, Cutrone sold her half of Cutrone & Weinberg to her co-founder and spent a year and a half as a tarot card reader.<ref name="Observer"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/25/kelly-cutrone-the-hills-then-and-now-photos/ | title=Kelly Cutrone on 'The Hills' 'Memba Her?! | date=25 January 2022 }}</ref> Cutrone founded the fashion PR firm People's Revolution in 1996.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Booth |title=Feisty fashion publicist Kelly Cutrone gets real |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-24-la-ig-diary24-2010jan24-story.html |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 January 2010}}</ref>
On September 11, 2002, People's Revolution broke the record for the most shows produced in one day during New York Fashion Week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kelly-cutrone-fashion-weeks-scenes-superstar/story?id=9800632|last=Marikar|first=Sheila|date=February 15, 2010|title=Kelly Cutrone: Fashion Week's Behind the Scenes Superstar|website=abcNEWS|access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref>
==Television== Cutrone has appeared on three MTV shows: ''True Life''; ''The Hills'', on which she allowed Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad to film in her office; and ''The City'', where she served as the professional and personal mentor to and consulted on Port's clothing line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/03/the_hills_return_tonight_and_w.html |title='The Hills' Returns Tonight, and Fashion PR Is a New Star - The Cut |work=New York |date=24 March 2008 |access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref>
In February 2010, Cutrone executive produced Bravo's ''Kell on Earth'', an eight-episode reality TV show about Cutrone and People's Revolution. The series followed Cutrone as she balanced running her own company and producing Fashion Weeks in New York and London with being a single mother.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stanley|first=Alessandra|date=2010-01-31|title=Behind Every Diva, Another Diva (Published 2010)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/arts/television/01kell.html|access-date=2021-03-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In November 2010, Cutrone signed on as a contributor to the ''Dr. Phil Show''.<ref name="Dr Phil">{{Cite web |url=http://www.drphil.com/news/kelly-cutrone-joins-dr--phil-show-as-special-contributor |title="News Releases" |access-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519164904/http://drphil.com/news/kelly-cutrone-joins-dr--phil-show-as-special-contributor/ |archive-date=2011-05-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2011, she became a judge on ''America's Next Top Model'' for seasons 18 to 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/10/213703/kelly-cutrone-peoples-revolution-on-the-hills-interview|date=October 12, 2018|last=Peoples|first=Landon|title=It's Been 10 Years Since ''The Hills''. Kelly Cutrone Is Still Pissed Off|website=Refinery29|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
==Books and other media appearances== In February 2010, HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins, released Cutrone's memoir, ''If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/kelly-cutrone-deals-blunt_n_480522.html| title=Kelly Cutrone Deals Blunt Advice In 'If You Have To Cry, Go Outside'|first= Alicia | last=Rancilio|date=March 1, 2010|work=The Huffington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Odell|url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/kelly_cutrones_self-help_book.html|title=Kelly Cutrone's Self-Help Book Encourages Young Women to 'Celebrate the Magic Inside Themselves'|work=New York|date=January 5, 2010|access-date=March 3, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810153205/http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/01/kelly_cutrones_self-help_book.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The book is co-authored by Meredith Bryan, and is a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Cutrone's second book, ''Normal Gets You Nowhere'', was published on May 3, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/kelly-cutrone|title=Kelly Cutrone|website=Harper Collins|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
Cutrone appeared in Terrence Malick's film, ''Knight of Cups'', in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/movies/terrence-malicks-knight-of-cups-is-an-insiders-tale.html|date=March 3, 2016|last=Lee|first=Chris|title=Terrence Malick's 'Knight of Cups' Is an Insider's Tale|website=The New York Times|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
Cutrone has spoken at two TEDx events: at the University of Oxford's independent event, TEDxOxford, where she gave an 18-minute talk about her career; and at TEDxAmsterdamWomen, where she spoke about her journey as a woman in business.<ref>{{cite web|author= Danica Lo |url=http://racked.com/archives/2011/09/06/kelly-cutrone-heading-to-oxford-for-tedxoxford-september-26th.php |title=Kelly Cutrone Heading to Oxford for TedxOxford September 26th - Intelligence - Racked National |publisher=Racked.com |date= September 6, 2011|access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedxamsterdam.com/2011/tedxamswomen-did-it-again/ |title=TEDxAmsterdamWomen… Did it again… |publisher=TEDxAmsterdam |date=2011-12-03 |access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref>
==Published works== *''If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You'' (2010) *''Normal Gets You Nowhere'' (2011)
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=nm1116425|name=Kelly Cutrone}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cutrone, Kelly}} Category:1965 births Category:21st-century American businesspeople Category:American television personalities Category:American women writers Category:Living people Category:People from Camillus, New York Category:Writers from New York (state) Category:Syracuse University alumni Category:21st-century American women