"What's the difference between gossip and scandal?" So glad you asked, "USESForever". Anyone can commit a minor indiscretion and generate a day's worth of buzz. But in order to birth a true scandal. it requires the right person to be in the wrong place. Take one It Girl on a pedestal. Add a crowd eager to see her fall. And give them the means to knock her down. And for a scandal to really blow up, all it needs is an unexpected turn.