Christina Haack has vividly criticized a recent statement issued by a representative for Josh Hall.

Haack, 41, who split from Hall, 44, in July 2024, posted her thoughts on the statement — recently obtained from a representative for Hall and published by Us Weekly — via her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, January 14.

The statement, made in response to an interview Haack conducted for the January 9 episode of Radio Andy’s Jeff Lewis Live that mentioned the pair’s ongoing divorce, read, “It’s sad Christina must resort to low blows about her ex Josh to promote her new show. She should focus on her new boyfriend and stop talking about Josh. As the great Mariah Carey once sang, ‘Why are you so obsessed with me?’ We wish Christina the best.”

Haack’s Instagram Story regarding the statement read, “I just threw up in my mouth. Quoting a Mariah Carey song is a new low … even for you. Trust me idgaf about Josh’s life. I do however care about his bts tactics. Narcissism at its finest.”

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The post went live one day after Hall went Instagram official with his new girlfriend, Stephanie Gabrys. (Hall and Haack, meanwhile, continue to finalize their divorce after being married for two years.)

Haack has used the social media platform to reflect on her state of mind as her divorce proceedings continue. She posted a Story on Monday, January 13, detailing how she was focused on “energy cutting.” The HGTV star added peace sign emojis, in addition to a wolf and a moon, which seemingly referenced the full Wolf Moon in the skies that night.

Earlier that day, Hall posted his own Instagram Story which featured a photo of himself and Gabrys cuddling near a fire pit with mountains looming in the background. “Happy 35th to this real life [angel],” Hall captioned the photo, adding an angel emoji and tagging Gabrys in the post.

Haack and Hall both filed to divorce one another in July last year. According to court documents obtained by Us at the time, Haack — who hired divorce attorney Laura Wasser — requested that neither party receive spousal support and wanted Hall to pay her lawyer fees.

Hall, meanwhile, was seeking spousal support from Haack and asked her to pay his attorney fees.

“[The court hasn’t] ordered me yet but he’s been asking me [for money],” Haack, who is now reportedly dating businessman Christopher LaRocca, alleged in her Radio Andy interview. “I’ve already had to give a little something but then he bought a Bentley. I gave him money to live and he bought a Bentley but he also doesn’t have a job so.”

Haack was previously married to Tarek El Moussa from 2009 to 2018. They share Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9. Haack also shares Hudson, 5, with ex-husband Ant Anstead.

David Schwimmer has reflected on his unpleasant experience as a guest-host on Saturday Night Live.

During an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on Monday, January 13, Schwimmer, 58, recalled the time he was preparing for the 1995 gig amid the height of Friends’ success. (Schwimmer starred as Ross Geller in the comedy series, which launched in 1994.)

Schwimmer, who went to college with Colbert, 60, and studied alongside the TV host as a theatre student, said he made “one big mistake” as the first Friends cast member to be invited to host SNL at the time.

“It was a huge honor … I couldn’t be more excited,” Schwimmer explained. “Friends at that time was shooting on Tuesday nights and we were shooting until sometimes one in the morning, and so I’d fly from L.A. to New York on Wednesday to get there. I really didn’t get to arrive at SNL until Thursday, two days before the Saturday show.”

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Schwimmer, who currently appears in the Hulu/Disney+ series Goosebumps: The Vanishing, continued, “When I walked into the writers’ room, the entire writing staff looked at me as if I had just slept with their mom or something. They were not happy to see me and I had no idea [why].”

The actor detailed how he then “somehow got through” the following two days despite being “kind of traumatized” by his colleagues’ reception.

When asked by Colbert how the hosting appearance wound up going, Schwimmer noted, “I don’t remember how it went, to be honest.”

Schwimmer added that the mystifying writers’ reaction was crystalized “years later.” He explained how he “was talking to somebody else who had hosted the show and they said, no, no, no, you’re supposed to show up on a Monday.”

“No one told me and for years, I had no idea why,” he added.

Despite never resolving the mix-up, Schwimmer said he was recently invited to the show’s 50th anniversary event, to be staged next month.

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“It’s been 30 years and I’m thinking, well, maybe they forgot that they don’t like me? Or, it’s just some intern that’s tasked with emailing everyone that’s ever hosted, but I don’t know what to do,” Schwimmer said.

Colbert then urged his friend “to go” to the event, telling Schwimmer that he had “worked over there for a bit” and failed to receive an invitation of his own.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to be like Charlie Brown with the football, you know, you show up all eager again and, nope, we don’t want you here,” Schwimmer said. “You want to be my plus one?” (SNL is set to mark its 50th milestone on February 16 with a three-hour live primetime special featuring five decades’ worth of popular cast members and fan-favourite guest-hosts.)

A visibly amused Colbert then accepted Schwimmer’s invitation, cementing it with a firm handshake across his desk.

A French woman reportedly transferred more than $800,000 to scammers after being fooled into believing she was dating Brad Pitt.

Led to believe that Brad, 61, was in need of funds to pay for kidney treatment, the 53-year-old woman, identified as Anne, allegedly told French TV outlet TF1 about her ordeal. (The original interview was removed on Tuesday, January 14, due to the online harassment Anne received, however, French news outlets AFP and BFM TV reported on the scam, as well as the subsequent cyberbullying.)

According to BFM TV, interior designer Anne was recently interviewed on TF1’s Seven to Eight, where she explained that she was contacted in February 2023 by a person claiming to be Brad’s mother, Jane Pitt. Anne had been on a ski trip in Tignes, France, and posted photos from the trip via Instagram when she was contacted by so-called Jane.

The outlet reported that Anne discovered the following day that Jane’s account was “apparently linked to the actor,” and that scammers posing as Brad told Anne that his “mother has spoken … a lot about her.”

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A relationship quickly developed and Anne, who was allegedly married at the time, then reportedly received, “poems and numerous declarations.” Anne reportedly told TF1, “There are so few men who write you this kind of thing. I liked the man I was talking to. He knew how to talk to women, it was always very well done.”

AI-generated videos, fake social media and WhatsApp accounts were utilised by the scammers to maintain the ploy, and alleged examples of these efforts were posted via X and included in BFM TV’s report.

According to BFM TV, Anne allegedly told TF1, “At first I said to myself that it was fake, that it’s ridiculous. But I’m not used to social media and I didn’t really understand what was happening to me.”

As Anne’s trust grew, she then sent almost €10,000 to the scammers after telling her that customs tariffs required payment to enable gifts to be sent to her.

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Anne then allegedly informed the criminals that she had divorced her husband and followed up her initial transfer with another totalling just under €775,000 — almost the entirety of her divorce settlement.

The second transfer allegedly occurred as a result of Anne being told that “Pitt” had kidney cancer and required financial assistance due to his accounts being locked while ongoing divorce proceedings with Pitt’s real-life ex Angelina Jolie took place.

U.K. newspaper The Times reported that TF1 removed the original news article to protect Anne from a “wave of harassment” received online after going public with her story.

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Anne has allegedly filed a lawsuit and a police investigation has been launched, according to multiple outlets.

This is not the first time Brad has been criminally impersonated online. The actor’s publicist Matthew Hiltzik told Us Weekly in a statement on September 25, 2024, that, “It’s awful that scammers take advantage of fans’ strong connection with celebrities,” after Spanish police arrested five people for allegedly acting as Brad.

The September ordeal saw two women scammed out of at least $350,000.

Sutton Stracke has rehashed rumors that Mauricio Umansky was unfaithful — and his estranged wife, Kyle Richards, is far from happy about it.

During the Tuesday, January 14, episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: After Show, Richards, 56, revealed that she had words with Stracke, 53, about resurfacing the rumors, as seen in Tuesday’s episode of the Bravo reality show.

Sitting down for a chat with her RHOBH costar Erika Jayne, Richards said Stracke tried to explain her actions once the cameras stopped rolling. “Later, she said to me, ‘I don’t know why I said that, I got so confused,’” Richards recalled to Jayne, 53, before adding, “Do I believe that was an actual accident? Absolutely not.”

During Tuesday’s RHOBH, Stracke claimed over dinner with fellow Housewives that Richards “had infidelity” in her marriage to Umansky, 54. (Richards and Umansky were married for 27 years before separating in July 2023 and denying any “wrongdoing” throughout their marriage despite cheating rumors that arose after the split.)

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At the dinner table, Stracke said, “Let’s not forget that part,” referring to the rumors, to which Richards responded, “What part? … Who did?” Stracke responded, “With Mau. You’ve talked about him,” referring to Richards’ breakdown in season 13 when she admitted to losing her “trust” in Umansky.

During Richards’ reflection on Stracke’s choice to resurface the rumors, she told Jayne on the After Show, “I thought that we were good friends and that we’d fixed things and now, I’m not feeling like I can really trust you at all. She already apologised to me profusely over the comments last year [in season 13] about the ring that I had bought myself.” (Richards purchased a ring which sparked questions from the RHOBH cast including Garcelle Beauvais who asked if it was a “make-up band” from Umansky.)

Richards added, “And she actually apologised to Mau and Alexia in New York City when she bumped into them and now she does it again. I’m like, we’re friends. Why are you doing that?”

Jayne was quick to offer her honest response to Richards’ question. “But are you? I think it’s a one-way friendship,” she told Richards, who then admitted that her friendship with Stracke has been affected by her most recent comments. “She put herself in that moment and … I won’t be sharing or trusting you like I thought I could and obviously a wall goes up for me.”

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Should RHOBH fans expect fireworks between the pair in any upcoming episodes? Not necessarily. Richards added, “Will I be nice with her and … get along? Yes, but I still think about it.”

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Many former Big Brother stars started families after leaving the CBS show.

Jessica Graf and Cody Nickson, who sparked a showmance in season 19, announced in September 2018 that they were expecting their first child together. (Nickson welcomed his daughter Paisley with a previous partner in 2012.)

Graf gave birth to their first daughter, Maverick, in March 2019. The couple have since welcomed three more daughters together: Carter in October 2020, Atlas in July 2022 and Gemma in December 2023.

Nickson and Graf aren’t the only Big Brother contestants to welcome children following their reality TV stints. Bayleigh Dayton and Chris “Swaggy C” Williams, who met in the Big Brother house during season 20, welcomed their first baby, daughter Alora, in August 2022. Nearly one year later, Dayton announced her second pregnancy.

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Big Brother alum Tyler Crispen is great at surprises — like revealing he just got engaged and welcomed his first baby!

“The best secret of all time,” Crispen, 29, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, January 14, alongside photos of his newborn daughter, Carter Rae Crispen, who was born on Sunday, January 12. “Your mama and I love you more than anything in this world.”

Crispen, who came in as runner up on season 20 of the CBS reality series, called his daughter “the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”  While he did not reveal the identity of the mother, he did surprise his followers further by referring to his partner as his “fiancée” while thanking his loved ones for their continued support. He also shared a small polaroid of the duo, labeling it, “Mom & Dad!”

“My fiance’ (oh yeah, double surprise) wanna thank all of our close friends & fam for helping us keep this little secret and showering her and us with all the love,” he continued. “I am the luckiest guy on the planet.”

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He added, “PS. Have you ever seen a harder launch?”

The reality star also added photos of Carter via his Instagram Stories, calling her as “My Everything,” and adding “Girl Dad” to his bio.

Crispen’s fellow Big Brother alums quickly took to his comments section to congratulate him on his array of exciting news. Season 21 runner-up Holly Allen wrote, “This is the way to launch That smile on the last pic is too cute. Congrats!!!” while Dana Briones added, “Tyler! Congratulations. Girls are the besssstt. So happy for you three!! .”

Earlier this month, Crispen spoke briefly about his new romance while appearing on the “The Exclusive With Sharon Tharp” podcast, sharing what went behind the decision to keep his relationship out of the spotlight.

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“It’s just something we spoke about early on. If anything it just strengthens the connection because it can be hard for someone that is in the public eye to be with someone that’s not,” he explained. “And I remember how difficult it was for me to be thrust into that at first. It’s crazy to go from hearing opinions about yourself from your friends and family to going on the show, you come out, and you hear opinions being thrown at you 24/7 on a large scale. It’s not easy to deal with.”

Crispen was previously engaged to his Big Brother costar Angela Rummans. The pair sparked a showmance in 2018 and eventually bought a home together in South Carolina. In January 2021, Crispen proposed  during a beach getaway.

“You make every day seem like a dream come true and I am now officially the luckiest person on the face of the Earth,” he wrote on Instagram at the time. “I’ll love you to infinity and beyond.”

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The duo eventually called it quits after four years together in December 2022. Crispen later addressed the split, telling Us Weekly exclusively that the exes would always be “friends.”

“I am not a big believer in burning bridges because she was such a big part of my life and I don’t want to have to look back on those memories and have a sour taste in my mouth,” he explained. “She’ll always have a special place with me, and I think she knows that. I think maintaining a friendship with his exes is OK, everybody. It can work out.”

Taylor Swift’s Holiday House sits quietly on the beach — but now the singer is planning a lavish remodel of the seaside Rhode Island mansion.

According to a building permit and zoning certificate obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 14, Swift, 35, will expand the Westerly estate, located in the exclusive enclave of Watch Hill, by 400-square-feet.

The singer’s building plans, which will cost her $1.7 million to complete, include turning one of the 11.000-square-foot property’s current bedrooms into an “enlarged bedroom suite” and lounge.

Additionally, Swift, who purchased the estate in 2013 for $17.75 million according to The Providence Journal, is planning to add a new bedroom to the house which is known locally as either “High Watch” or “Holiday House.” The kitchen will also be remodelled.

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Although it is unclear when construction on the estate will commence, the building documents were created on November 25, 2024, and December 4, 2024, with a noted expiry date of December 4, 2025. The work will be done by local contractors, led by David W. Shafovaloff, who is based in Hope Valley and is regarded as a “high-end builder serving Rhode Island’s southern coast,” per the builder review site BuildZoom.com.

Set on more than five acres filled with pristine gardens, a wide patio, a swimming pool with a pool house, Swift’s Rhode Island escape “offers 700 feet of private beachfront,” per Newsweek, and features eight bedrooms and ten bathrooms. There are also eight fireplaces on-site, according to the outlet.

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The property has evolved into a character of its own during Swift’s time in the spotlight, playing host to many of her star-studded Fourth of July parties and inspiring the track “The Last Great American Dynasty” off her 2020 album Folklore, which seemingly charts the life of American socialite Rebakah Harkness who previously owned the house.

Swift spent time on the property as recently as August 2024, when she hosted a close-knit group of friends including Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively, who celebrated her 37th birthday while in town.

The group also included Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, whom she was seen enjoying quality time with outside on the patio at one stage, per photos obtained by TMZ at the time.

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Additional photos obtained by the Daily Mail revealed that Travis’ teammate Patrick Mahomes and his family, as well as Travis’ brother and sister-in-law, Jason and Kylie Kelce, also joined the August festivities, which took place during the final months of Swift’s 18-month-long Eras Tour.

An insider told Us at the end of August that Swift adores the Rhode Island retreat. “Taylor has been on tour and working nonstop and she loves the Rhode Island house and wanted to spend some time there while the weather is still good and she can enjoy it,” the source said. “It has felt wonderful to be grounded back home again. It’s been grounding to see friends and family and spend quality time with everyone, chat and get downloaded on everyone’s worlds because she has been so busy and disconnected.”

Kyle Richards’ text messages with PK Kemsley didn’t start her feud with Dorit Kemsley, but it’s not helping the women mend fences.

The January 7 episode of RHOBH ended with the two women screaming at each other after it was revealed that Kyle had texted with PK following his separation from Dorit. The fight bled into the beginning of the Tuesday, January 14 episode, with Kyle addressing her texts PK multiple times — but never to Dorit directly.

At one point during Tuesday’s episode, Kyle read Erika Jayne, Sutton Stracke and Garcelle Beauvais the exact text she sent PK after his separation statement went public.

“I know you have a lot of friends but I am also one and here if you need me. I’ve never repeated anything you have ever shared with me and never would. (Meaning you can trust me always),” the text read. “Will keep sending memes and won’t forget laughing emojis.”

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The other woman weighed during their respective confessionals.

“Wait a minute, this is not just about memes and jokes. This is serious talk,” Sutton said.

“So they have shared things about Dorit or relationship[s] or whatever that no one else knows about,” Garcelle added. “All this time, Kyle is really defending that it’s just memes. It’s not all true.”

Garcelle eventually paraphrased Kyle’s text to newcomer Bozeman St. John and the preview for next week’s episode showed Bozeman asking Kyle to “please” read the text she sent to PK.

“And that is all I f—ing said. Now I am done. I’m not going to be made to feel like I’ve done something wrong,” Kyle said through tears in the clip, before speaking to Dorit directly. “I’ve loved you and your family. F— everybody, I’m done with this s—. I’m not doing this anymore.”

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Kyle previously told Us Weekly exclusively in November 2024 about walking off the RHOBH set — which was teased in the season 14 trailer.

“That scene in particular, walking off. I just don’t feel like I was myself, and I don’t feel like I was strong enough,” she shared. “Honestly, to be shooting the show at that time, I just really needed the woman to kind of be there for me and support me. And obviously I didn’t feel that at all, so it just magnified my situation.”

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Tuesday, Kyle further explained her regrets about that moment.

“I regretted how I handled it, but not leaving. I just didn’t have it in me anymore. I was at a point where I was so depressed, frankly. I’m not someone who gets depressed,” Kyle explained. “I’ve had anxiety my entire life but never depression, and I really felt like I was struggling with depression and I expressed that. And I just felt like I could not go into scenarios all the time and just have everyone coming at me.”

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Mayim Bialik‘s guest spot on Melissa Rauch‘s Night Court featured a very major nod to their time on The Big Bang Theory.

“It wasn’t in the first draft of the script but it was in the second draft. I just thought it was a really cute nod,” Bialik, 49, exclusively told Us Weekly about how Night Court found a way for her and Rauch, 44, to mention The Big Bang Theory.

During the Tuesday, January 14, episode of the NBC series, Bialik played an exaggerated version of herself and mentioned her past sitcom roles in a conversation with Rauch’s character, Abby.

“You know, I have actually done a lot of things besides Blossom. Call Me Kat and The Big Bang Theory,” Bialik said.

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Rauch replied, “You were in that? I only remember the girl with the high voice. She was great.”

Bialik was thrilled at the cheeky approach to her onscreen reunion with Rauch. “That’s part of hopefully the fun of comedy and the fun of being in that space where anything goes,” she added. “That is the fun of sitcoms.”

The duo shared the screen on Night Court after originally being costars on The Big Bang Theory. The CBS sitcom, which aired from 2007 to 2019, starred Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Bialik and Rauch as a group of friends made up of scientists and their significant others.

After The Big Bang Theory came to an end, Bialik reunited with Parsons, 51, on an episode of Young Sheldon and has now done the same with Rauch.

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“When I think of how long it’s been since The Big Bang Theory ended, this was a case of it felt like it hasn’t been long at all. Because we worked together for almost a decade, and you learn a lot of the person’s rhythms and a lot of their tendencies as a comedian,” the actress told Us. “So I know how her brain works and she knows how my brain works. We got to create fun and have reaction shots that maybe weren’t written into the script. That’s stuff that she and I are used to doing together. It’s being playful in that way.”

Bialik continued: “I know that acting is a job, but it’s also a craft. Like when you think about what it’s like to be in a school play, it’s kind of like that. It’s just, like, there’s a lot of cameras. So you do have that sense of play and creativity that happens. we definitely have an ease of that because we did it together for so long.”

Night Court also reunited Bialik with John Larroquette after they were costars on The John Larroquette Show in the ’90s.

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“It was really wonderful to get to work with John again. But there’s also a certain amount of — I don’t wanna say pressure — but I put pressure on myself because I want to be professional. I worked on Call Me Kat for three years but I’ve not been working on a regular sitcom right now,” she noted. “It’s a little bit of wanting to be on my best behavior as a comedian and making sure that I don’t forget my lines.”

Bialik said there was “definitely a fear” going into the show, noting, “If I mess up my line, I don’t want John to think I’m unprofessional, which he probably wouldn’t. There’s definitely a bit of that. … It was just a great ensemble to be a part of, and that’s what I have missed about being part of a group of people making comedy that way.”

New episodes of Night Court air on NBC Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET and are available to stream on Peacock the next day.

Justin Verlander found himself in the hot seat after using his wife Kate Upton’s Zoom account for a recent press conference.

During a virtual press event on Monday, January 13, an NBC Sports reporter named Taylor Wirth had a hot mic moment that involved Verlander, 41 — but the MLB player didn’t mind.

As San Francisco Giants president of operations Buster Posey was speaking to the reporters, Wirth accidentally interrupted saying, “Look at Justin’s name!”

Wirth didn’t appear to know he was unmuted when he pointed out that Verlander’s Zoom moniker was his wife’s name.

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After the Giants’ vice president of media relationship Matt Chisholm reminded the reporters to stay muted unless they are asking a question, Verlander poked fun at his own mishap.

“I’ll change it, alright? I’ll change it,” Verlander quipped, referring to his Zoom name.

The pitcher made good on his promise, changing his moniker to “JUSTIN VERLANDER (not Kate)” for the remainder of the press conference.

Wirth, meanwhile, poked fun at his hot mic blunder by reposting a clip from the Zoom via X. He then shared a meme of a college guy pointing at himself while holding a beer, confirming he was the one who called out Verlander.

Verlander met Upton, 32, in 2012 while shooting a commercial for the Major League Baseball 2K12 video game. They went public with their romance in January 2013. After briefly splitting later that year, they reunited in January 2014.

After the former Houston Astros pitcher won the 2017 World Series with his team, he and Upton jetted off to Italy to get married.

The pair celebrated their one-year anniversary in November 2018 days before welcoming their daughter, Genevieve. The following year, Verlander reflected on the past decade and all of his life changes.

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“It’s been such an incredible decade! Meeting my best friend, getting married and starting a family has been the most amazing gift ever!!! Nothing tops that,” he wrote via Instagram in December 2019. “On the field … winning a championship, throwing a couple no hitters and winning a few awards along the way has been an incredible journey. The friendships that have grown or began this past decade will continue on for decades to come. Truly blessed . Now bring on the next decade!!”

Since entering the 2020s, Verlander’s baseball trajectory has changed more than once. In December 2022 he said goodbye to the Astros after six years with the ball club. That same month he confirmed he was joining the New York Mets for the 2023 season, but by August of that year he was back with the Astros.

Earlier this month, Verlander entered another new phase of his MLB career as a pitcher for the Giants. He signed a one-year contract with the team on January 11 for $15 million.

Jessica Alba was out and about for the first time since news broke of her split from husband Cash Warren.

The actress, 43, was spotted in Los Angeles, according to photos obtained by Page Six on Tuesday, January 14. In the snaps, Alba was seen at the grocery store Erewhon grabbing a bite to eat.

Alba was all smiles as she walked in the parking lot. She rocked a cozy oversized brown sweater that she paired with a light blue jacket, baggy blue jeans and white sneakers. Alba opted to run errands with her hair down while wearing sunglasses on the bright California day. She completed the look with gold hoop earrings and a tan Chanel crossbody purse.

Alba did not appear to be wearing a wedding ring on her ring finger.

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The outlet also reported that Alba later spent the day with her son Hayes, 7, and one of his friends. The trio enjoyed a picnic at a park in Hollywood.

This is the first time Alba has been seen in public since TMZ first reported that she and Warren, 46, had separated after 16 years of marriage. Neither Alba nor Warren have publicly addressed the breakup.

Alba and Warren met in 2004 while they were working together on the set of Fantastic Four. Alba starred in the superhero blockbuster as Storm, while Warren worked behind the scenes as a production assistant.

In May 2008, the pair tied the knot. At the time of their nuptials, Alba was nine months pregnant with their first child Honor, now 16, whom they welcomed the following month. Alba and Warren expanded their family in August 2011 with daughter Haven, followed by Hayes in December 2017.

Six months before calling it quits, Warren opened up to Us Weekly about his relationship with Alba and how much effort they’ve devoted to their romance over the years.

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“I think, ultimately, the friendship and support and just knowing that your partner has your back means everything to us,” Warren exclusively told Us in July 2024. “I think that would be the secret, is just having each other’s back. It’s hard work, but we roll up our sleeves and we do it. It’s wild. It’s the longest relationship I could have ever imagined.”

Three months prior, Alba got candid about her and Warren’s marriage in a conversation with Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt.

“It’s all rosy for 2 ½ years, but then after that you become roommates,” Alba revealed on Schwarzenegger’s “BDA Baby” podcast. “And it’s just, like, you’re roommates. You’re just going through the motion. It’s the responsibility. It’s a lot of, like, checking the boxes.”

Justin Baldoni and his legal team are asking Marvel and Disney to “preserve evidence” relevant to anticipated claims against Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and other parties.

According to a litigation hold letter obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 14, The Walt Disney Company’s Bob Iger and Marvel Studio’s Kevin Feige received a request from Baldoni’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, to “preserve all existing documents and data relevant to the Anticipated Claims.”

This information includes, but is not limited to, any and all documents and communications involving Reynolds’ conduct in connection with any film in the Deadpool franchise.

It also includes any and all documents “relating to or reflecting a deliberate attempt to mock, harass, ridicule, intimate or bully Baldoni through the character of ‘Nicepool.’”

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“It is important that Marvel take every reasonable step to preserve this information until further notice,” Freedman wrote.

The move comes as Baldoni, 40, finds himself in a legal battle with Lively, 37, who costarred alongside the director in the 2024 Sony movie It Ends With Us.

While It Ends With Us is not affiliated with Disney, Baldoni’s attorney previously alleged that Reynolds, 48, may have mocked Baldoni in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which was released by Disney in July.

According to Freedman, Reynolds’ character ‘Nicepool’ — who is a man bun-sporting version of Deadpool — says such lines as, “Where in God’s name is the intimacy coordinator?!” and compliments Ladypool (voiced by Lively) for “snapping back” into shape after giving birth.

When Deadpool points out Nicepool’s misogyny in the scene, the latter replies, “It’s OK, I identify as a feminist.” (Baldoni has previously sported a man bun and has been vocal about his avid feminism. In December 2024, Baldoni received a Voices of Solidarity Award from Vital Voices for his support of women. The reward was rescinded days later amid allegations of sexual harassment.)

Us has reached out to Baldoni’s team, Marvel, Disney and an attorney for Lively and Reynolds for comment.

In December 2024, Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleged that there was a meeting conducted to address Lively’s claims that there was a “hostile work environment” on the set of It Ends With Us.

She also accused the actor of allegedly launching a “social manipulation” campaign against her to “destroy” her reputation.

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Baldoni’s lawyer called Lively’s accusations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” in a statement to Us, claiming that Lively filed the lawsuit to allegedly “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” about the movie’s production.

Baldoni also responded with his own lawsuit, where he was listed as one of 10 plaintiffs suing The New York Times for $250 million after its reporting on Lively’s legal filing. Baldoni’s lawsuit alleged that Lively pursued a “strategic and manipulative” smear campaign against him and that the Times “cherry picked” communications while leaving out key details in their reporting.

A spokesperson for The New York Times said that the publication is standing by the story and plans to “vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

Alan Rickman died on January 14, 2016, but just seven months before his death, he opened up about seeing his young Harry Potter costars thrive as adults.

“I think it’s a relief as much as anything else,” Rickman said of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint‘s success in a June 2015 episode of Josh Horowitz‘s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “You watch that situation and as much as I was only doing it for seven weeks, they were doing it for 52 weeks. This was their life from 12 to 22. And you would watch it from the sidelines at times and throw the odd lifeline in because there was so little time for that.”

Rickman, who died of pancreatic cancer at age 69, played Severus Snape in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, and he kept in touch with Radcliffe after filming concluded.

“It’s only in recent years that, for example, I’ve managed to sit down in a cafe in New York with Daniel,” Rickman continued in the interview. “At one point, he was down the road at one theater and I was up the road in another. Huge pride to go to see him in the musical [How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]. How dare he be dancing as well as the New York dancers? Because he worked at it.”

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It wasn’t until recently that Radcliffe heard Rickman’s words. Horowitz played the clip at an April 2024 “Happy Sad Confused” recording with Radcliffe in support of Merrily We Roll Along (for which Radcliffe won his first Tony Award).

“I was so intimidated by Alan Rickman. How can you not be by that voice?” Radcliffe, now 35, said after watching the clip of his late costar. “Even hearing that voice you forget quite how low it was until it echoes through you. I was so intimidated by him for the first three movies. I was terrified by him and was like, ‘This guy hates me.’ Somewhere along the line, he saw that I really wanted to do this and work at it.”

He added that Rickman was particularly supportive of his theater career on both Broadway and London’s West End. “He cut short a vacation in Canada to come and see me in Equus,” Radcliffe said. “He saw every piece of stage work I did when he was alive. He would take me out afterwards and we would talk about it. He was one of the first people to say, like, ‘You should look at voice coaching and Alexander technique and all this stuff.’ He was like, ‘You’re probably not going to get this otherwise, so you should just investigate all this stuff.’ I am so lucky. To hear him say that is really lovely. Thank you for showing me that.”

While Rickman called Radcliffe a “phenomenal” performer in the 2015 podcast, that wasn’t always how he felt. In his personal journals, published in 2022’s Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, he recalled seeing Radcliffe become more professional during Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

“He’s so concentrated now. Serious and focused — but with a sense of fun,” Rickman’s May 2003 entry reads of the third movie. “I still don’t think he’s really an actor but he will undoubtedly direct/produce. And he has such quiet, dignified support from his parents. Nothing is pushed.”

Obviously, that changed — Radcliffe has said on several occasions that he didn’t determine he wanted to be an actor post-Potter until the fifth film — and the younger actor didn’t mind hearing the bad along with the good. He even appreciated Rickman’s suggestion.

“I would love to [try] definitely directing,” Radcliffe said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in November 2022. “Producing seems like all the hard parts of the industry without any of the fun, so I don’t really have interest in doing that.”

Radcliffe added, “All the stuff Alan wrote was very lovely and nostalgic reading. Like, from his comments about us, being like, ‘These kids need to learn their lines. That’s kind of a nightmare right now.’ All of that stuff through to us meeting when I was over here [in NYC] when I was doing a play. It was very, very sweet to read all that.”

Rickman is survived by wife Rima Horton.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson recalled having to choose between working on his craft or taking unemployment so he could eat during the beginning of his career.

“I started out in theater. I got my equity card pretty easily [when] I did Shakespeare in the Park,” Ferguson, 49, told Kathy Bates during the Tuesday, January 14, episode of his “Dinner’s on Me” podcast, which was taped before the Los Angeles wildfires broke out last week.

He noted that when the show moved to Broadway it “only lasted a few months” and his career stalled. To make ends meet he worked a few odd jobs.

“I worked at a gift shop. I worked at coffee shops,” Ferguson remembered.

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While he still dabbled in theater during that time frame the money was minimal. “I would do off Broadway things. But there [were] times when the paychecks that you would make doing these off-Broadway shows were not as good as the unemployment,” he explained, adding, “I would really have to think, like, ‘Do I want to eat, or do I want to grow my artistic self and take these great parts?’ And there [were] times when I was really nervous about it.”

He pointed out that “taking work would actually mean a pay cut because my unemployment was more.”

Ferguson made his Broadway debut in 1998’s On the Town. He later starred in the original cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which started in 2006. His Shakespeare in the Park gigs include 2007’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2010’s A Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice and 2015’s The Tempest.

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His small screen career took off in 2006 when he began playing Richie Velch on The Class before landing his biggest TV role to date playing Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family in 2009. The sitcom lasted 11 seasons, ending in 2020. (He was nominated for five Emmys during the show’s run.)

In 2022, Ferguson made a splash on Broadway once again with Take Me Out. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Mason Marzac. He returned to the big screen in 2023 for Cocaine Bear and followed it up with All That We Love in 2024. Ferguson also had a guest starring role on Elsbeth last year.

Outside of acting, Ferguson hosts his podcast and raises his two children with husband Justin Mikita. (The couple welcomed sons Beckett and Sullivan via surrogates in 2020 and 2022, respectively.)

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“We’re a little overbearing at times, and we want to hug them and snuggle them,” Ferguson exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2024 of his parenting style.

“Collectively, they’re both like, ‘OK, enough, back up and together we’re deciding that you guys are a little overwhelming,’” he teased. “I love that they’re kind of already, like, drawing a line in the sand together about us.”

Ferguson noted that he’s OK with his kids uniting against their parents, telling Us, “That’s really sweet. I love that they’re gonna have each other for their whole lives.”

In our minds, celebrities lead idyllic existences — but in reality, they struggle with all the same natural (and normal) issues we grapple with. As we grow and age, cellulite becomes more present on our skin. According to Healthline, 85% of women aged 21 years and older have cellulite (especially on the thigh area), but it’s not as normalized as it should be. While some of Us are able to fully embrace the skin texture, others may not love it as much — especially when we see our favorite stars looking flawless on the red carpet.

One of America’s most-discussed A-listers, however, opened up about her cellulite journey and even shared her go-to product to get rid of the stubborn dimples. According to a slew of sources, Kim Kardashian praised the Seaweed Bath Co.’s Firming Body Cream on her Snapchat story a few years back. The life-changing product isn’t only approved by the Kardashians star, it’s also affordable to boot.

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Blue Ivy Carter has a Beyhive all her own.

Members include Jenna Bush Hager and Taraji P. Henson, who defended the gold strapless gown the 13-year-old wore to the Mufasa: The Lion King premiere in Los Angeles after internet trolls questioned if the look was “age appropriate.”

Christian Siriano — who designed the metallic stunner for Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s eldest daughter — appeared alongside Bush Hager and Henson on the Monday, January 14, episode of Today with Jenna & Friends who praised the Project Runway alum for the “gorgeous” gown.

“It’s so beautiful,” Henson, 54, gushed. “I thought she was age appropriate. She looked like a princess!”

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Bush Hager, 43, “totally” agreed with her temporary co-host and added, “For anybody that says differently, we say bye bye.”
“People need to shut up!” Henson quipped. “It was very classy.”

Siriano and his team had a mere 48 hours to make the dress, and they wanted to focus on ensuring the teen looked like Hollywood royalty.
“What girl doesn’t want to have a princess moment?” Siriano, 39, asked hypothetically. “And when your parents are Beyoncé and Jay-Z what are you supposed to wear? A doily? Like, you’re not going to wear a tutu. You want to look like a star, come on.”

Henson was quick to point out that Blue Ivy is still just “a child” and urged everyone to keep “our opinions to ourselves.”

“Kindness really matters, and it’s not as easy to do,” she continued. “You can sit on your phone and Twitter your thumbs all you want to, but let’s see you get on the red carpet and pull off a look.”

Bush Hager also gave Siriano props for how the dress’ golden finish resembled the color scheme of the film she starred in, so it was “what she should be wearing.” (Beyoncé, 43, voiced Queen Nala in the Disney live action prequel, while Blue Ivy voiced her daughter Kiara.)

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Blue Ivy initially faced some criticism from trolls who deemed the dress “inappropriate,” to which Henson (a regular on the red-carpet best-dressed list) clapped back: “It was very appropriate,”

Several other celebrities — including Sherri Shepherd and Christina Milian — have also joined the conversation to voice their support for Blue Ivy’s show-stopping style.

For her part, Beyoncé hasn’t dignified the naysayers with a response and has yet to acknowledge the mixed reviews. Instead, she proudly joined her daughter at the premiere with her husband, Jay-Z, 55, — in a coordinated black-and-gold Balmain dress from the label’s limited-edition Disney x Balmain: The Lion King collection.

Designed by Creative Director Olivier Rousteing, the strapless column was adorned with gold polka dots made from metal leaves that, while on-theme, didn’t steal the spotlight from Blue Ivy.

After the red carpet was rolled up, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer praised her mini-me in a heartfelt Instagram shoutout on December 9. “My gorgeous baby girl,” she captioned the post featuring photos of her daughter posing for photographers. “This is your night. You worked hard and you did such a beautiful job as the voice of Kiara. Your family could not be prouder. Keep shining.”

After all, Blue Ivy is a rising fashion star in the making — and according to Beyoncé’s stylist Shiona Turini, Blue Ivy “makes the final choice” when it comes to her stage looks.

Case in point? The all-white wardrobe Beyoncé recently donned for her much-talked-about halftime performance during the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens Christmas Day game. (The 13-minute performance, dubbed the “Beyoncé Bowl,” aired live on Netflix and is now streaming on the platform.)

For the set, the Grammy winner sang tracks from her Grammy-nominated country album Cowboy Carter. Flanked by a massive ensemble on the field — which included Blue Ivy — they all fittingly wore Western-inspired white costumes, with Beyoncé in a custom Roberto Cavalli feather coat and more than 350 carats of diamond Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.

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Meanwhile, Blue Ivy dressed like a mini “Cowboy Carter” in a crystal-covered corset and wide-leg pants from Ukrainian designer Frolov that were festooned with fringe. They both topped things off with a Stetson hat.

“When Bey said she wanted everyone in white, I knew we had to look at different textures, different patterns, different accents — whether it was fringe, suede, crystals, American flags,” Turini said in a December interview with Harper’s Bazaar. “You really have to lean into the elements that are going to make each section feel different so it doesn’t feel repetitive.”

Turini continued: “But for Blue, you can play around with her options because she will be different from anyone else, no matter what.” Standout style, indeed.

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O-Town is making it clear that they have no connection to Sean “Diddy” Combs.

“Of all the bands in Making the Band, we’re the only one not tied to him,” original member Jacob Underwood said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, January 14.“The more people confuse us with a Diddy band and post our pictures with his story, the more it goes against us. We make a living touring and can’t afford to have [bookers] Googling us to find the latest Diddy clickbait.”

Underwood, 44, pointed out that he has never even met the 55-year-old rapper.

O-Town was formed during the inaugural season of Making the Band, which aired in 2000 on ABC. During season 1, Lou Pearlman — who was the infamous mastermind behind the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync — was on the hunt for the next great boyband. Underwood, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Ashley Parker Angel and Ikaika Kahoano were selected at first. However, Kahoano departed the group and current member Dan Miller was brought in as a replacement. (Angel later exited the group for good in 2003.)

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After season 1 ended, O’Town was signed to a record label. Following O-Town’s success a new season of Making the Band was in the works. However, the show left ABC and was then broadcast on MTV. The MTV version brought in Diddy to scout the talent where he formed the musical acts Danity Kane, Da Band, Day26 and solo artist Donnie Klang.

While O-Town was not involved in Diddy’s version of the singing competition series, the group has claimed to suffer from fallout amid the rapper’s current legal situation. Diddy remains behind bars awaiting trial after being indicted on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering last year. Diddy has denied all the allegations and has pleaded not guilty.

“We already inherited our own infamous producer/manager from our version of Making the Band and now another version and its mogul is affecting us.”For our livelihood to be impacted this many years after the brand was moved to him is so unfortunate, ” Estrada, 45, said to The Hollywood Reporter, referring to Pearlman’s legal scandals. In 2008, Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and making false statements during a bankruptcy proceeding. He died of cardiac arrest in 2016 at age 62 while in prison.

The band’s agent Matt Rafal added that O-Town has had offers “pulled due to the perception of the group being attached to Diddy” despite making it clear there was no connection between them and Diddy.

“I can’t play victim because there are people who have experienced atrocities from this person and are scarred for life,” Estrada said to the outlet. “We have financial and booking stress, but they have emotional stress. We just have to take this on the chin and keep going.”

Before appearing on season 3 of Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Marion Jones had waged plenty of battles in the court of public opinion. 

Jones, 49, won five medals — three gold and two bronze — at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of the medals after admitting to lying about taking performance-enhancing drugs. 

In addition to giving her medals back, Jones was sentenced to six months in prison in 2008 for her role in the scandal. 

During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly before the Special Forces premiere, Jones said the show gave her the chance to “revisit the intensity level” of her Olympic past. 

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“I think the general public sees us excel in a small window, but you don’t know that from the time that we were 3, 4, 5 years old until whenever our sport ended, we’ve been at that level,” Jones said of her and her Special Forces castmates. “And when you’re removed from it, for whatever reason, and you start life there’s always something, at least for me, like, ‘Ah, there’s something more. I need to be challenged somehow.’”

She added, “No doubt this experience satisfied that for me.”

Special Forces soldier Rudy Reyes exclusively told Us Weekly that he looked at Jones’ appearance on the show as an attempt to rewrite her public narrative. 

“She was the fastest woman on the planet,” Reyes said. “I really, really admired the work and her speed and her training. She had many world records. And then she got hit with the charges for doping, and she really became a scapegoat and a sacrificial lamb and ultimately went to prison.”

Reyes added, “I just love a comeback story. That’s really quintessentially American. We always give someone another chance. And it was really wonderful to see her out there.”

For everything to know about Marion Jones, keep reading. 

Marion Jones Was A Dual Sport Athlete in College

During her time at the University of North Carolina, Jones was also a member of the women’s basketball team in addition to her starring role on the track and field team. 

Jones was on the roster of the Tar Heel team that won the 1994 national title, and was a two-time All-ACC selection and the Most Valuable Player of the 1997 ACC Tournament.

Following her track and field career, Jones played two seasons in the WNBA with the Tulsa Shock from 2010-2011. 

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In December 2004, Victor Conte, the founder of a company called BALCO, said he had given Jones four different illegal performance-enhancing drugs before, during, and after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games during an interview on ABC’s 20/20. 

Jones denied the allegations for years, before ultimately admitting to lying to federal agents under oath in October 2007. 

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In a press conference, Jones issued a mea culpa to the American public. 

“It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust and you have the right to be angry with me,” Jones said. “I have let them down. I have let my country down. And I have let myself down.”

In July 2006, Jones was also linked to a check-counterfeiting scheme in which documents showed a $25,000 check had been deposited into Jones’ bank account. Jones eventually pleaded guilty to her knowledge of the scheme.

Jones was sentenced to six months in jail in 2008 for her involvement in the check fraud case and her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Marion Jones Has Been Married Twice

Jones got married to shot putter C.J. Hunter in 1998 after the pair met while Jones was a student-athlete and Hunter was a coach at North Carolina. 

At the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Hunter abruptly withdrew from the shot put competition, citing a knee injury. However, the International Olympic Committee announced shortly after that Hunter had failed four pre-Olympic drug tests.

The couple divorced in 2002. After their split, Hunter gave testimony to a grand jury in 2004 saying Jones’ steroid use started well before the Sydney Games. 

Jones would not publicly admit to the drug use until years later. 

Hunter died in 2021 at the age of 52. 

In February 2007, Jones married Barbadian Olympian Obadele Thompson. Jones and Thompson had two children together before the couple divorced in 2017.

Jones also gave birth to a son with ex-boyfriend, Tim Montgomery Jr., in June 2003. 

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In 2024, Jones helped launch Driven Performance, which is “dedicated to helping you achieve your potential, and exceed what you thought possible by developing the discipline and mindset to start winning at every area of your life.”

During an interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts in July 2024, Jones said she wants people to look at her life and “ultimately come to the conclusion that failure isn’t forever.”

“I would hope that when people see my story ultimately they say, ‘You know what? Yeah, she went through some stuff,’” Jones said. “Lot of it [is] because of her own choices. But she didn’t stay there, and she didn’t allow it all to ultimately consume her.”

After announcing the birth of their third child, star quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes shared some insight into how he passed the time at the hospital.

Just after the start of the new year, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes welcomed their second daughter, Golden Raye, into the world on Sunday, January 12.

According to Sports Illustrated, Patrick revealed during a press conference that he managed to sneak in some playoff prep as Brittany prepared for birth.

“I’m just supporting, you know. Brittany crushed it. It’s been cool to welcome another baby girl in our family and see how my other kids react to her,” Patrick said.

“It was cool that football was on TV when I was in the hospital, so I got to watch a little bit,” he revealed.

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“Brittany was kind enough to let us watch football as she was getting ready to give birth to our second daughter.”

Patrick and Brittany are also parents to 3-year-old Sterling Skye and 2-year-old Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III.

Patrick was able to be present for the birth of this third child after the Chiefs clinched the top seed in the AFC, giving them a bye the first round of the playoffs.

“It was cool that we got the bye,” he told reporters, according to KSBY, “just cause you can kind of really focus in on just being at the hospital and being in the moment.”

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“It’s a special moment that a lot of dads and moms have experienced, and you don’t forget about that stuff. So I was glad I was able to be there and support in the best way I can.”

After Chiefs head coach Andy Reid joked that “once you have three, four and five are easy,” Patrick, who Reid described as a “great” father, said he is “good with three for right now.”