Elaine Lui

Elaine “Lainey” Lui is a prominent Canadian journalist, television personality, and author who has deeply shaped modern pop culture commentary. Best known as the voice behind the widely read celebrity-news website LaineyGossip, she broke traditional media boundaries by bringing sharp, analytical insights to entertainment reporting. Beyond her digital platform, she spent nearly two decades engaging audiences as a senior reporter for CTV’s Etalk and a longtime co-host on the daytime talk show The Social. In 2014, she added bestselling author to her credits with her candid maternal memoir, Listen to the Squawking Chicken, cementing her status as one of Canada's most recognizable and influential figures in entertainment media.