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And unlike most puffy celebrity books, Palmer actually names names — sharing her unvarnished opinions on such industry figures as Ryan Murphy, Trey Songz and Tyler Perry.

Stromer-Galley said there is no question Trump has been a torrent of unvarnished — and sometimes “gobsmacking” — commentary for years.

But it was Verse’s unvarnished exchanges with Vikings players that stood out.

It is rare to get to see legal advice; it usually remains private for the simple reason that lawyers are less likely to give frank, unvarnished analysis if they think it is going to end up in the newspapers.

But demonstrating that overtly, especially to folks who don’t know you well, sometimes requires sticking your own unvarnished truth in their faces.