#140 | Chris Delhomme | Storytelling at Paramount

Chris Delhomme on growing up in New Orleans and leading West Coast PR for Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios. Hailing from New Orleans, a city known best for music, celebration, and community, he found his voice. He draws upon this rich foundation as an executive leader in public relations and communications. Most recently, as a VP of Communications for Paramount Global, Chris headed up the West Coast PR strategy for Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios. In this role, he was the voice behind storytelling that was a key ingredient in brand growth and transformation. Always staying true to his New Orleans heritage, he embraces service and social impact as extensions of his professional and personal life. To learn more about Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdelhomme Chapters 0:00 Welcome Chris Delhomme 2:37 Growing up outside New Orleans 5:00 New Orleans beyond the party 7:36 Loving New Orleans 10:02 Summers in Santa Monica and the LA light 12:33 A first role at ten 15:02 A favourite film about a son and his dad 17:35 Let people talk about themselves 20:03 Summer stock in Vermont 22:34 The NBC page programme at 30 Rock 25:01 The Carrot Top story 27:37 Auditions while working long hours 30:02 Staying in entertainment 32:35 Loving independent production 35:04 What network publicity actually does 37:31 Cutting out the trades 40:02 Entertainment Tonight, around the clock 42:30 Inside the Playboy Mansion and celebrity reality 45:05 The LA guy and VH1 47:33 A sad story 50:01 Selling a show before social media 52:31 Tentpoles, the VMAs and MTV 55:11 The end goal 57:34 Learning scripted television 1:00:05 Work-life balance back in New Orleans 1:02:34 Landman 1:05:05 Leave a meeting that is not useful 1:07:37 A division built around music 1:10:06 Work that takes him home 1:12:36 The Paramount high-rise at Sunset and Gower 1:15:05 Lockdown days 1:17:36 Off-camera days 1:20:01 The Paramount Skydance deal 1:22:35 Big life changes 1:25:07 Delhomme Communications 1:27:32 A star who keeps his privacy 1:30:06 Taking digs at everyone 1:32:34 Going to events in LA 1:35:03 Stories that do not always get told 1:37:31 Generic work that all feels the same 1:40:05 Two hundred people making the same thing 1:42:36 Phones, tablets and short-form content 1:45:06 Forty years in the old town The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com