During college Benza began writing for Newsday and was soon hired full-time as a gossip columnist for that paper and eventually for the New York Daily News.
It was on this show that Benza popularized the catchphrase "Fame, ain't it a bitch," which later became the title of his autobiography.
Melendez then made a prank call making fun of the failure of After Hours, provoking Benza further.
The incident resulted in a temporary ban for Benza from Stern's show direct from WXRK general manager Tom Chiusano.
[citation needed] He appeared as a co-host on the first five seasons of High Stakes Poker (along with Gabe Kaplan) on the GSN.
[6] He wrote an open letter expressing his discontent with network executives at GSN in a post on his blog titled "Flop, A Turn, and a River of Shit".
[7] In 2020, PokerGO relaunched High Stakes Poker and paired Kaplan and Benza in the commentary booth for the first time since Season 5.
That same year he struck a deal with ReelzChannel to host Demons in the City of Angels and Case Closed with A.J.
His daily podcast, Fame Is A Bitch—a mix of Hollywood gossip and personal stories, airs on PodcastOne.
Upon discovering this information, Benza offered to provide Weinstein with gossip that would draw attention away from his affair.