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Elle King Reached Out to Ingrid Andress After Drunk National Anthem Mishap

6 March 2025 at 05:04
Elle King Reached Out to Ingrid Andress After Disastrous MLB Anthem
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Country singer Ingrid Andress felt the support of her community after sparking backlash with her drunk national anthem performance last summer.

Andress, 33, spoke for the first time about the now-viral mishap — which resulted in her checking into rehab — on the Thursday, March 6, episode of Nick Viall‘s “Viall Files” podcast. Andress said it was “really meaningful” that other musicians rallied around her in that moment.

“I was expecting no one to reach out, but there was just so much outpouring of love from female country artists in Nashville,” she said. “I actually felt, like, so loved and seen going into rehab.”

Andress named Elle King and Kelsea Ballerini as being among the artists who sent her support. “Elle King was like, ‘This is just all part of it, girl,'” Andress recalled. “She’s obviously been there before, too. … And that really meant a lot to me.”

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In June 2024, Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the MLB Home Run Derby in Arlington, Texas, and her rendition quickly made headlines. One day after the event, Andress announced she was seeking professional help.

“I’m not gonna bulls— y’all, I was drunk last night,” she wrote in an Instagram statement at the time. “I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need. That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition. I’ll let y’all know how rehab is I hear it’s super fun.”

As she reflected on the mishap on Thursday, Andress admitted that she “was really loving the numbing feeling” that she had after drinking. “It wasn’t until I woke up the next day where I was like, ‘OK, this is so unlike me.’ Like, ‘This is not OK.’ … Because I actually walked out [onto the field] and did not care. I was just like, ‘I don’t care how this goes,'” she said.

Andress was “so f—ed up” that she initially thought she “kind of nailed” her performance. “My best friend called me after I got off the field and I remember briefly talking to her. She’s like, ‘So how do you think that went?’ … She was very delicate,” Andress recalled.

The songwriter added that when she woke up the next morning, she didn’t have much recollection of the performance, which was “terrifying.” At that point, she made the decision to call her management and go to rehab.

“It only took, you know, global humiliation for me to be like, ‘This is a problem,'” she joked. (Andress recently performed the anthem again at a Colorado Avalanche hockey game, her first public event since the MLB incident.)

Elle King Feels Like a 'Different Person’ After Grand Ole Opry Drama

King, meanwhile, gave her own drunken performance at the Grand Ole Opry in January 2024 during a tribute to Dolly Parton. “I’ll tell you one thing more: ‘Hi, my name is Elle King [and] I’m f—ing hammered,'” she said in footage from the event shared online.

Several months later, King revealed on the “Dear Chelsea” podcast that she was going through something “very heavy and traumatic,” which led to her “big no-no” on stage. “I suffer from severe PTSD. That day, I hadn’t eaten, I hadn’t slept in days, and I was really overwhelmed. I was like a shell of myself,” she explained in May 2024. “I take one shot too many, and I’m just not there in my body, I’m not there. I don’t remember it. … I was mortified.”

King said she apologized to both the Opry and Parton, who told her, “Well, Dolly’s not mad at you, why should the world be?”

Jessie James Decker Likes How She Looks ‘Now’ Better Than When She Was 23

6 March 2025 at 05:00
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After welcoming her fourth child last year, Jessie James Decker was disappointed her body wasn’t bouncing back as quickly as she hoped.

“Even after I stopped nursing, I was like, ‘Wow, [the weight] is not coming off as fast as it did before. I’m going to have to really go for it this time,’” Decker, 36, exclusively shares in the latest issue of Us Weekly.

But for the Kittenish founder, who shares daughter Vivianne, 10, and sons Eric Jr., 9, Forrest, 6, and Denver, 12 months, with husband Eric Decker, getting into shape wasn’t about vanity:

“I wanted to feel strong,” she tells Us.

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True to her word, she did. With a goal in mind (“I wanted to be back to where I was before, or as close as I could [get] to it,” she explains), the singer leveled up her workout routine with cardio, F45 training and pickleball, and incorporated intermittent fasting into her diet. Now, the results speak for themselves — and the mom of four is feeling a type of confidence that only comes with age.

“As I’ve gotten older, I like the way I look now more than I did when I was 23,” she says.

Teaming up with Cupshe for a new swimsuit collection served as the perfect opportunity to show off her efforts. “I’m grateful for the timing,” she says, “because I worked hard to get to this place, to feel comfortable putting on a bikini and taking photos.”

Here, Jessie talks learning to love her figure in every shape and form.

Tell Us about the Cupshe x Jessie James Decker with Kittenish collection.

When you’re shopping for a swimsuit, you really have to think about your body and what works for you. What’s beautiful about this collection is that there’s something for every single body type.

What styles do you tend to find the most flattering?

I love ribbed material. I have a pretty intense C-section scar, so I’m always self-conscious choosing swimsuits that cover it, and we really did a great job selecting bottoms. There’s certain cuts that are sexy, but thick enough [that] you’re covered, [and] still showing a little something, something!

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Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images for Cupshe

You gave birth just a year ago. How was your experience modeling the bathing suits?

I had [difficult] moments, I’ll be honest. I remember putting on a bikini and walking down the steps [to] the grass, and [thinking], “Oh my God, this is so uncomfortable.” But as soon as they started taking pictures and they turned the monitor around to show me, I [thought], “I don’t look so bad!” I felt confident, ready and strong. It felt really good to put it all out there.

Did you have a goal weight?

I knew what I weighed before and around that ballpark felt good to me. I love where I’m at [now] because I put in the time building the muscle. I like being toned, muscular and really strong.

What worked for you this time around?

I like to intermittent fast and I don’t eat first thing in the morning. I wake up, have coffee, drink water and go to the gym. Maybe a couple hours later, I’ll have a chicken salad with rice. I eat what I want at dinner because I’m on the lighter side throughout the day. Cutting out alcohol and trying not to eat past 6 p.m. is a game changer. If you’re going to have alcohol, [drink] Prosecco. There’s not that many calories and sugar.

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You tapped Eric to appear with you in the swim campaign. How has he been supportive in other ways?

Eric could not work out for six months and have a bag of donuts every day, and [he’d still] look like a Greek god. We can definitely be that fitness couple. I don’t love working out with him though, because he gets bossy. [But] he’s so supportive. He thinks I’m pretty no matter what, even when I’m having a hard day or after I’ve had a baby [and] I’m not feeling like myself. I look for it in his face and he never flinches. He tells me I look pretty the way that I am.

How’s life with your family of six? Any plans to expand your brood in the future?

Well, [Eric] is snipped, so if I were to get knocked up again, it’s because of that two percent chance! Denver’s starting to walk, which is cool. We’re obviously not sleeping very much, [but] it’s amazing to be able to do it all over again. It’s fun that the kids are older and getting to do this with us, watching their little baby brother grow up. Eric and I look at each other and we’re like, how did we get here? It’s been really special for our family.

For more on Jessie, pick up the latest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.

Where Meghan and Royals Get Their Last Names From

6 March 2025 at 04:41
Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Princess Kate Middleton
Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Princess Kate Middleton Paul Grover- WPA Pool/Getty Images

The name Meghan Markle has officially been retired.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, spoke to Mindy Kaling about why she prefers the last name Sussex in her new Netflix docuseries, With Love, Meghan.

“It’s so funny you keep saying Markle,” Meghan said. “You know it’s Sussex now. You have kids and you go, I share my name with my children. I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to go, this is our family name. Our little family now.”

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The conversation led to public curiosity over the royal family’s last names and where they come from. Below, Us Weekly breaks down why Meghan’s name is Sussex and other royal last names.

The Royals Have 2 Last Names

Before 1917, the royal family technically didn’t have last names and therefore individual royals used their royal title or “house” as a substitute. This changed when King George V started using the name of his royal house, Windsor, as a last name.

When Prince Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, married Prince Philip in 1947, they combined their last names to be Mountbatten-Windsor.

Meghan Markle
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This name is usually given to royals without HRH (His or Her Royal Highness) or prince/princess titles who wouldn’t already have a royal house to use as a substitute for a last name.

As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, didn’t have titles at the time of their respective births, they were given the last name Mountbatten-Windsor.

The children were made a prince and a princess respectively after their grandfather, King Charles III, took the throne on September 8, 2022. Archie and Lilibet’s royal “house” subsequently became Sussex to reflect the Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles held by Harry and Meghan since their wedding in 2018.

It is not known whether the children’s names have been legally changed to reflect the title change, though it’s worth noting the royal website refers to them as “Prince Archie of Sussex” and “Princess Lilibet of Sussex.”

“It’s our shared name as a family, and I guess I hadn’t recognized how meaningful that would be to me until we had children,” Meghan said in an interview with People on Monday, March 3. “I love that that is something that Archie, Lili, H and I all have together. It means a lot to me.”

This practice is not uncommon among the royal family. For example, when Prince Charles was named the Prince of Wales in 1958, Wales became his royal house. This was also inherited by Princess Diana, Harry and Prince William, who used Wales as a last name while growing up.

A Guide to Royal Titles and How They Change With Ascensions

The brothers also used the name Wales while serving in the U.K. military.

Similarly, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, previously used the last name York to honor their parents’ titles Duke and Duchess of York.

However, Beatrice and Eugenie’s last names have since been changed to their husband’s names. For example, Beatrice’s name is styled on the royal website as “Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi,” while Eugenie’s is styled as “Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank.”

Titles are usually only used as last names in situations when a last name is officially or legally required. Princess Kate Middleton, for example, has never publicly asked to be called “Kate Wales,” and instead uses her formal title, the Princess of Wales.

Abby Lee Miller talks new season of ‘Mad House’ while reliving some ‘Dance Moms’ drama

6 March 2025 at 11:00
Abby Lee Miller stopped by “Virtual Reali-Tea” and talked about… everyone and everything?! We had the best time unpacking the viral moments from “Dance Moms” while she also dished to us about her new show, “Mad House.” Of course, we had to ask her about the TikTok detectives realizing that Tate McRae was in the...

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