Anthony Liccione

badmouth blacken-someone-s-name bring-down cast-aspersions-on defame dis disparage envy famous gossip humiliate media name paparazzi public-s-eye reputation ruin run-down shame speak-ill-of spread-scandal taint tarnish tell-lies-about traduce trash

Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name.