Rebekah Brooks
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| Name | Rebekah Mary Brooks, née Wade (born 27 May, 1968) |
| Nicknames | The Slapper (Private Eye) |
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| Company | News International |
| Positions | • Editor of The Sun (January 2003 - September 2009) • Editor of the News of the World (2000 - January 2003) |
| Likes | Scandals, the tabloid press, suborning police officers |
| Dislikes | Pedophiles, the law |
| Friends | Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, David Cameron, Michael Gove, Tony Blair |
| Enemies | Chris Bryant, Tom Watson |
| Relationships | |
| Partners | Ross Kemp (June 2002 - March 2009) Charlie Brooks (June 2009 - present) |
| Children | None |
| Personal Attributes | |
| Nationality | English |
| Religion | ? |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Height | ? |
| Eye Colour | Green |
| Handedness | ? |
| Accent | ? |
That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets.~ Fandom at one point or another
Rebekah Brooks is a former News International executive known for persecuting pedophiles and for presiding over the News of the World while it was hiring private investigators to hack into murder victims' phones. She had close friendships with many of the British political elite, including current Prime Minister David Cameron. When the hacking scandal came to light she was forced to resign, and her many political friends are now pretending they've never seen her before in their lives.
Life and Career[edit | edit source]
Early Life[edit | edit source]
The daughter of either a deckhand or a gardener depending who you talk to, Rebekah went to a state comprehensive school and then sort of studied at university but never got a degree (and, unlike Sally Bercow, never claimed to). No one really knows what she was like at school or in her early years - or they aren't saying. Much of Rebekah Brooks' life and personality is clouded in mystery.
Career[edit | edit source]
Brooks decided she wanted to be a journalist at the age of just 14. After leaving school, Brooks working in Paris for a time and then moved back to the UK to further her journalistic career. When the paper she was working for went under, she moved to The News of the World.
News of the World[edit | edit source]
Brooks started her career at the papers as a secretary but she soon rose through the ranks eventually becoming editor, the youngest newspaper editor in the UK from 2000 - 2003. while at the paper she was keen to adopt a policy of "naming and shaming" people who committed sex crimes against children. This led to angry mobs who couldn't tell the difference between a "paedophile" and "paediatrician"[1].
The Sun[edit | edit source]
She was the first female editor of The Sun, serving in the post from 2003 to 2009.
During a March 2003 appearance before the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport as part of an inquiry into privacy issues, Brooks stated that her newspaper had paid police for information.[2]
News International[edit | edit source]
In June 2009 it was announced that Brooks was to become an executive at News International, the parent company of both The News of the World and The Sun. She resigned from her post in 2011 following the closure of the News of the World and the phone hacking scandal.
News UK[edit | edit source]
It was announced during the August bank holiday in 2015 that Brooks would be returning to the Murdoch media empire, this time as head of News UK - Murdoch's newspaper publishing company[3].
Personal Life[edit | edit source]
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Brooks' first marriage to Ross Kemp started in 2002 and ended in 2009. She later married the racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks.
She had a six-year long affair with Andy Coulson[4].
Friends in high places[edit | edit source]
Rebekah has many friends in politics, or at least she did before the phone hacking scandal stuff happened.
She once borrowed a horse from the Met Police and kept it at her country house where it was ridden by David Cameron.
Both David Cameron and Gordon Brown attended Brooks' wedding when she got married for the second time.
An hour before Brooks was to be arrested for alleged phone hacking, she had an hour long telephone call with Tony Blair who allegedly offered to be an "unofficial adviser" to her as well as the Murdochs.
Appearance[edit | edit source]
Portrayal[edit | edit source]
In the Media[edit | edit source]
Since News International owns half of the British media, coverage has generally been pretty positive... until the hacking scandal.
In Culture[edit | edit source]
Rebekah Brooks' hit song "Friday":
Allegedly, Bryant Fuller told actress Lara Jean Chorostecki that her character in NBC's Hannibal, Freddie Lounds, was based on Brooks[5].
In Fanon[edit | edit source]
Meme[edit | edit source]
Rebekah Brooks has been most commonly found assaulting people with tentacles, which may or may not be a metaphor.
