Edward af Sillén's Career Crisis: The Pernilla Wahlgren Controversy

Edward af Sillén's disparaging comments about Pernilla Wahlgren nearly cost him his career. The "SVT boss" shares his desperate attempts to salvage his reputation and his affection for Petra Mede on Sommar i P1.

Thanks to Claes and Judy af Sillén for excellent parenting. Thanks to boycrush Robert on the green line. Thanks to the wise Sissela Kyle. Without them, Edward af Sillén wouldn't be a national treasure.

Or can one say national gay?

He says it himself in a mocking tone: "Yes, I am homosexual, the first bomb dropped just four minutes into the program, securing four stars in Aftonbladet!"

His "87 self-centered minutes" are a delightful stand-up about how little Edward from Bromma became the king of Swedish entertainment.

It's name-dropping at the highest level: Carola Häggqvist, Christer Björkman, Petra Mede, Sissela Kyle, and the tabloid beef with Sweden's darling Pernilla Wahlgren. Juicy!

He talks about being the "SVT boss" in the headlines, getting fired for writing nasty things online about Wahlgren. "Suicidal" and desperate, he stands in the dark outside Göta Lejon's stage entrance, waiting for the star. What happens next?

Worth four bees, easily. And the headlines, of course.