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Today β€” 29 May 2025Entertainment News

Jill Duggar Reunites With Her Mom and Sister Jessa for β€˜Birthday Time’

29 May 2025 at 09:16

Jill Duggar’s birthday celebrations are turning into a month-long affair.

Nearly two weeks after officially turning 34, the former 19 Kids and Counting star enjoyed a family day with her mom Michelle Duggar and several siblings, including Jessa and Joy Duggar.

β€œThanks to some of my sisters & my mama for a wonderful b’day time!” Jill wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, May 28. β€œNails, coffee & Thai Food. Missed you @JingerVuoolo & @JanaMDuggar.”

During the day, Jill was able to enjoy some of her favorite things such as 7 Brew Coffee and Tropical Smoothies before returning home to enjoy the great outdoors at her home located on the border of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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β€œβ˜€Birthday time with mama and some of my sistas + gardening + free @tropicalsmoothies πŸ’—,” she shared via Instagram with more highlights from the day.

Jill’s latest family outing comes after the former Counting Onstar shared an update on her relationship with her parents.

When asked about her bond with both Michelle, 58, and Jim Bob Duggar by a follower in November 2024, Jill said it was β€œcomplicated.”

Jill Duggar Reunites With Her Mom Michelle and Sister Jessa for a Wonderful Birthday Time
Jill Duggar, Michelle Duggar, Jessa Duggar Courtesy of Jill Duggar / Instagram

β€œI feel like we are in a rebuilding phase now with healthy boundaries still in place,” she wrote via her Instagram Story. β€œWe try to hang out whenever it works well and we have the bandwidth to navigate.”

Family dynamics aside, Jill appeared to celebrate her actual birthday on May 17 away from social media when she enjoyed a family vacation with her husband Derick Dillard and their sons Israel, 9, Samuel, 7, and Frederick, 2.

β€œHey yall. I’m takin’ a little break from social media for a few days for my b’day & Mother’s Day! Be back soon ✌🏻,” Jill wrote via Instagram on May 10 before returning nearly two weeks later.

β€œI had a great Mother’s Day & birthday…& we took an RV road trip during my hiatus from social media & it was so great!!” she added on May 22. β€œMore to come.”

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Since stepping away from reality TV, both Jill and her husband have tried to keep fans updated on their lives via social media and their family blog.

Although the cameras have gone away, their love for family hasn’t changed as they raise a new generation of kids.

β€œYou may know us from our time on the TLC reality series, 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, or from our New York Times bestselling book, Counting The Cost,” the blog stated. β€œWe love raising our three active boys and spending time together as a family.”

Β© Courtesy of Jill Duggar / Instagram

Jenna Bush Hager Says People Discussing Kris Jenner's New Look is 'Odd'

29 May 2025 at 09:05

Jenna Bush Hager is sharing her thoughts on how people are reacting to Kris Jenner’s viral new look.

β€œI think Kris looks gorgeous,” Bush Hager, 43, shared on the Thursday, May 29, episode of Today With Jenna & Friends. β€œI also think everybody’s talking about it, which is sort of odd that in this day and age we talk about women’s looks [in] such a way.”

Thursday’s guest cohost, Justin Sylvester, agreed. β€œWhen someone looks a little different, people want to know, they want to know and celebrities get pressured to say what they want to do,” he said. β€œBut I gotta tell everybody, they don’t have to tell you. It’s not their job to tell you what’s going on. … Stop asking celebrities what they’ve done. But girl, can you tell me because you do look fierce.”

Bush Hager noted that several of her Today guests over the years have β€œtalked about all [the] different stages” of aging and whether they have chosen to undergo cosmetic procedures. When it comes to her own family, Bush Hager said her mother, former first lady Laura Bush, has done β€œvery little” in terms of skincare over the years.

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β€œShe also was, like, a drug store purchaser. Eckerds was where she got her makeup,” Bush Hager explained. β€œShe upgraded a little bit. She doesn’t wear very much makeup, and my grandmother was that way, too.”

Sylvester, 38, thought it was β€œgreat” that Bush Hager got to β€œgrow up with people who just wanted to age gracefully.” Bush Hager replied that β€œaging gracefully can look like a lot of different things.”

Jenna Bush Hager Says People Discussing Kris Jenner New Look is Odd 3
Kris Jenner leaving her hotel on May 14, 2025 in Paris, France. Spread Pictures / MEGA

Sylvester also opened up about his own experiences with Botox. β€œI want people to have the right direction,” he said of being candid about what work he gets done via social media. β€œI’m not a gatekeeper.”

Bush Hager, meanwhile, said her guide to maintaining good skin includes washing her face and using lots of moisturizer and sunscreen. β€œI probably get a facial once every two-and-a-half years, three years,” she said before telling Sylvester, β€œYou have a better routine than I do.”

Earlier this month, Jenner, 69, went viral for sporting a youthful glow while stepping out with daughter Kim Kardashian in Paris. While details about her specific procedures remain under wraps, Us Weekly confirmed New York-based plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Levine is behind her new look.

Per his website, Dr. Levine specializes in using β€œthe latest techniques to provide the most natural-looking results possible.” His list of offered procedures includes chin augmentations, facelifts, blepharoplasties (a.k.a. eyelid lifts), neck lifts and rhinoplasties.

Jenner has previously been open about other procedures she’s had done, including documenting her earlobe reduction on Keeping Up With the Kardashians in 2018. The following year, she gifted Botox gift cards to her friends and family members.

β€œFor me, [Botox has] been really great,” she told People in December 2019. β€œIf you’re responsible, and you talk to your doctor, I think it works. It’s something that I’ve been using for a long time.”

Β© Getty Images; MEGA

Why 'Mormon Wives' Couldn't Avoid Onscreen Feuds Over Contract Negotiations

29 May 2025 at 09:00

Reality TV shows don’t usually include scenes where the cast breaks the fourth wall by feuding over brand deals and contract negotiations β€” but it was unavoidable on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Executive producer Lisa Filipelli spoke out about the situation during an interview for Like & Subscribe on Wednesday, May 28, about the drama, saying, β€œThat’s what was actually happening and playing out in real time.”

Filipelli noted it would have been impossible to film around it.

β€œWe couldn’t not talk about it. That was what was happening within the friend group,” she added. β€œThat’s what was happening in their real lives.”

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When Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu in September 2024, influencers Jen Affleck, Demi Engemann, Whitney Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Taylor Frankie Paul and Layla Taylor often spoke about the money they were bringing in from TikTok videos and brand deals.

Season 2, pushed the unspoken role to not address that the cast is filming a show when Demi, 30, and Jessi, 32, fought about the contract negotiations that took place behind the scenes.

Why Mormon Wives Couldn't Avoid Onscreen Feuds Over Contract Negotiations
Natalie Cass / Β©Hulu/Disney/ Courtesy Everett Collection

β€œWe had had, like, a mutual understanding that we were gonna come in fighting for everything as a united front,” Demi claimed in season 2, which premiered in May, about a joint phone call with network executives. β€œThen, [my husband, Bret Engemann, and I] felt like she dogged us and went around us, like, β€˜I’m gonna get whatever I want.’ So, we were like, β€˜Well, f*** it, then we’re gonna do the same thing.’”

She added, β€œIt’s not a shock that I’m a fan-favorite [after the first season]. I feel, like, I’m an asset [and] I should fight for more.”

Jessi clarified offscreen on β€œThe Viall Files” podcast that she felt Demi was trying to kick her off the show.

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β€œShe basically threw me under the bus because I didn’t care to fight for more money, and she wanted an absurd amount of money,” Jessi, who said she was late to the call and missed a memo about what the group planned to say, claimed. β€œI was just like β€˜I’m not doing this pattern where I have to beg for your love if I’m not doing exactly what you want.'”

While everyone from the cast β€” including newbie Miranda McWhorter β€” returned for season 3, it remains unclear whether the tension over money will cause permanent rifts. Whitney recently told Business Insider that the cast is currently paid equally for starring in the show but teased more conversations β€œdown the line.”

β€œIt is equal and I think, maybe, more seasons down the line, we’ll have more conversations about it,” she noted earlier this month. β€œBecause I think just naturally more people are being filmed more than others.”

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is currently streaming on Hulu.

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Kylie Kelce Shares the β€˜Bad Idea’ Moms of Multiple Kids Should Avoid

29 May 2025 at 08:59

As a new mother of four, Kylie Kelce has some advice for fellow moms of multiple children.

β€œIt’s almost as bad as Googling on your fourth kid when you start scrolling back in your camera roll to see what your other children were doing at this age,” Kylie said on the Thursday, May 29, episode of her β€œNot Gonna Lie” podcast β€” her first since maternity leave. β€œIt’s a bad idea. It’s not a good idea. And I would like to stop doing it, but I can’t.”

She added: β€œIn case you are wondering, I am still Googling things β€˜cause that doesn’t stop either. It’s similar to when people say to me, β€˜Well, you have four kids, what’s your advice?’ No. I don’t have any advice. I actually still have no idea what I’m doing.”

Kylie, 33, welcomed her fourth daughter, Finnley β€œFinn,” with husband Jason Kelce in March. The couple also shares Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 4, Bennett, 2. Although Kylie said she’s trying her best β€œto soak in all of the baby,” it hasn’t been easy adjusting to life with four kids under 5. But, she added, it also hasn’t been terrible.

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β€œIf I had to describe the change going from three kids to four kids in two words or less? β€˜Holy s***,’” she joked before adding, β€œIt’s not terrible. Let’s go with, β€˜Not terrible.’ That sounds better. β€˜Not terrible,’ those are my two words. If you ask me on a day when [Finn] does a two-hour stretch night, I could do it in one word and that word would be, β€˜F***.’ We’re winging it.”

Kylie said Finn is a contact sleeper, meaning she spends β€œthree to five hours of the day” carrying the newborn or holding her in a baby wrap.

β€œFirst of all, I just want to get ahead of something β€” maternity leave is not a break or vacation,” she said at the top of the episode. β€œThat is a crazy concept. Do you think I was just kicking up my feet and laying out by the pool and chilling? You’d be wrong. I birthed a child who prefers contact naps. That’s right, I got another Wyatt sleeper.”

As for how Wyatt and her sisters have been adjusting to the new baby, Kylie said her eldest daughters have been β€œsuper helpful.”

β€œThey will go and get me diapers. They wanna talk to her. She very much locks in on their faces and is distracted from an upset moment by their voices and by how close they get, which is, I mean, one of the cutest things you’ve ever seen in your whole life,” Kylie said of Wyatt and Ellie.

Bennett, however, isn’t as enthralled by her baby sister since she’s no longer the youngest in the Kelce household.

β€œBenny is the only one who’s not interested in what she’s doing and likes to pretend like she’s not there,” Kylie shared of her third child. β€œI put Finn down on the floor to change her diaper. And for some reason, Benny stood up and ran straight at me full speed, and I had to put my hand out. Of course, I was ready for it. We’ve done this a couple times now.”

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Of Finn, Kylie said she’s deep in the β€œeat, sleep, poop, cry” phase of life and her looks are changing every day.

β€œI can’t necessarily say she still looks as aggressively like Jason but the Kelce genes are strong, guys. I made Kelce women,” she joked. β€œThere’s very little McDevitt gene coming through, and that’s OK because it turns out my husband makes very cute girls. But I would like a little … just a little credit when you look at β€˜em. Like, β€˜Mmm, maybe? Maybe she did build them.’”

Β© (Photo by Michael Simon/Getty Images for HP Inc.)

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