Former Sex/Life costars Adam Demosand Sarah Shahi have reportedly called it quits after five years of dating.
Demos, 39, and Shahi, 45, pulled the plug on their romance recently, according to Page Six. The alleged split comes two months after Shahi gave a rare update about her relationship with Demos. During a February interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Shahi explained why she would want to work with Demos again after Sex/Life.
“We’re open. We’ve definitely looked at other projects. Nothing has felt right so far, but what’s great about that is that we met as actors. So we have a really great working relationship with each other,” she noted at the time. “Obviously, we have great chemistry. And because we are in a relationship, it’s impossible to lie. I can’t look at him and fake a line. He can’t look at me and do the same.”
Shahi continued: “There’s no tolerance for any sort of bulls***. So I think we do work well with each other, and I would love to find something that he and I could do together.”
The former couple originally met on the set of Sex/Life in August 2020. At the time, Shahi was separated from then-husband Steve Howey, whom she was married to for 11 years. Shahi and Howey, 47, who share three kids together, ultimately finalized their divorce in 2021.
“From the time that our first child was born, our relationship suffered and it was hard to get back on track,” Shahi said of Howey during an April 2023 episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “We were together for a very long time. We were together for 18 years. That’s not a failure. That was a long time. But the last 10 years we really did struggle.”
Shahi recalled their dynamic changing after they expanded their family, adding, “Any flaws you have in the relationship before you have kids, if you don’t settle those things — that was my experience of, ‘It gets worse.’ It only gets worse. You have less time for each other, you have less patience, you have less desire because you’re just so damn tired.”
After joining Sex/Life, which was canceled in 2023, Shahi realized she needed to make a change. “I was going through a time where I was really sort of living in a state of unhappiness,” she recalled. “I was just questioning everything. As a wife and as a mom, you get told, ‘Well, but you have it good. You have it good.’ I just felt so unseen. … It gave me the courage to say, ‘I’m not happy. And I feel like we should as individuals have the right to be happy.'”
Shahi clarified that she didn’t start dating Demos immediately after they played love interests.
“We met each other and it was not instant,” she explained. “It was over time, it was getting to know him as a person and seeing how aligned our values were. … I also really respected how he talked about his mom and how he talked about women. There was just so much that I started seeing over time that made me go, ‘Oh, you’re kind of everything I’ve ever wanted.’ And that’s when we started being together.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Demos and Shahi for comment.
Ever since it catapulted into popularity in 2020, the nap dress has been an iconic fashion staple in the closets of it-girls and everyday fashionistas alike. The feminine frock is one of those rare pieces that marries vintage style with modern sensibilities. Shoppers are downright obsessed with its relaxed fit, flowy silhouette and effortless elegance that looks great no matter how you style it.
While the relaxed-and-regal garment was popularized by Hill House Home, the current nap dress style has found a home with other beloved designers and brands, including affordable-luxury atelier, Quince. The luxe-for-less brand has several nap dress-inspired pieces, but we’re rather obsessed with the smocked square neck midi dress.
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Her top-ranked LSU Tigers finished third at the 2025 NCAA Championship Semifinals on Thursday, April 17, behind Utah and UCLA, officially ending their season. Dunne, 22, was a fifth-year senior for LSU. She took to X after the event to say goodbye to her sport and school as she begins her next chapter.
“ out gymnastics it’s bean real… and of course forever LSU! ,” she wrote.
While her competitive career has come to an end, Dunne has plenty going on as one of the most popular college athletes in the country. She is also a model, influencer and social media personality.
Dunne also endeared herself to a new audience, baseball fans, last year when her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now that Dunne won’t be spending her summer training for the next season, she said she’s looking forward to watching Skenes, 22, and the Pirates in action.
“I’m super excited to be able to spend time with Paul,” she told People in a story published April 8. “I’ve always had to train during my summers and stuff… So to be able to not have to do gymnastics training and be able to spend more time in Pittsburgh with Paul enjoying the baseball season, I’m looking forward to that.”
While Skenes is off to another electric start, his team hasn’t fared as well. The Pirates are just 8-12, sitting in last place in the National League Central. But as Dunne noted, there’s plenty of time for the team to turn things around.
“And hopefully the Pirates can turn things around,” she said. “They did not have the best series against the Marlins, but I’m excited to see what Paul can do and how his mindset and his leadership role can help the Pirates win.”
Dunne and Skenes met through mutual friends in 2023 while Skenes was a member of the LSU baseball team. They began dating that August.
The gymnast shared in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly last July that the two have had to work to keep their relationship strong.
“We’re always in different states,” Dunne said. “We try to see each other as much as possible, especially while it’s my offseason during the summer. When it’s his offseason, he’ll come to LSU and visit me.”
She added that they have had to figure out how to navigate their relationship amid the publicity they both command.
“Just being in the public eye, trying to keep things private,” she said. “That’s definitely a little bit difficult.”
During the Friday, April 18, episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast, Scheana, 39, and her guest host, husband Brock Davies, recalled their weekend at Coachella, which included a run-in with Roberts, 34.
“I also met Emma Roberts, which was iconic. I was afraid to go up to her,” Scheana admitted. “Because like, ‘I know you watch the show, but I don’t know if you’re a fan.'”
Brock noted that “there’s fans” ofVanderpump Rules that “aren’t Scheana fans,” adding, “They have boundaries.” His wife agreed about being careful when it came to introducing herself to celebrities who love the hit Bravo series.
“I’m not going to go up to her. If I saw Selena Gomez, I’m not just going to go up to her. I know you watch the show but I don’t know if you like me,” she said. “So I had our friend go up to [Emma] and she’s friends with her. So she was like, ‘Scheana is here.’ Emma looks over and she goes, ‘You’re not going to say hi to me?'”
Scheana was relieved that Roberts wanted to meet her. “I was like, ‘Hi, I was afraid. I’m sorry.’ And she’s like, ‘What? I love you,'” she recalled. “Right then we were getting a video and you see her say ‘I love you’ in the video.”
Brock urged Scheana to use the experience as a lesson, saying, “You know what that teaches you, honey? Just approach people like they are people. Lead with good intentions and the rest will follow.”
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Scheana rose to stardom after being an OG Vanderpump Rules cast member. In fact, Scheana was featured in the iconic transition from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the series premiere of Vanderpump Rules in 2013.
Over the years, viewers have seen Scheana get married (twice), get into countless feuds and weather the most surprising personal storms. Her time on the show has since come to an end after Bravo confirmed in November 2024 that season 12 will feature an entirely new cast.
“We all were kind of in a place where we’re like, ‘OK, if it continues, great.’ I did think there was more story to tell. We’ll just be telling that somewhere else now,” Scheana said during a December 2023 episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast. But I think the women were kind of ready to move on to another platform to tell our stories.”
Scheana explained that she isn’t worried about what comes next, adding, “I’m not distraught. I wasn’t shocked at all. I think the men — minus Brock — from what I’ve heard, took it the hardest. Definitely not the women.”
“Any sad feelings that I have about not returning for season 12 are mostly not being able to work with that crew anymore. I loved the crew that we’ve had and hopefully, we’ll be able to work together on other projects because we became like a family,” she continued. “So that was definitely the hardest part. And the whole thing was bittersweet. It’s sad to say goodbye, but excited for the new servers and the next chapter of their lives.”
She concluded: “I am excited for new opportunities ahead outside of Vanderpump Rules, but I’m also a nostalgic person and it’s never easy to say goodbye. “Lala [Kent] and I had a good cry about it on the podcast, something that was such a big part of my life for so long. But also I think it was time. Honestly, it all feels right. It’s still all happening. It’s just happening a little differently.”
“I had horrible postpartum depression, but I didn’t know it,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 61, said during the Friday, April 18, episode of her “Let’s Not Talk About the Husband” podcast. “I didn’t know what it was. When you have your first baby, you don’t know. You just don’t know.”
Rinna noted that she struggled with the mental health condition for 15 months after welcoming Delilah, now 26, in 1998. After she gave birth the second time and the depression returned, her husband, Harry Hamlin, became alarmed.
“You said, ‘I’m gonna kill you,’” Hamlin, 73, recalled of the period after Amelia, 23, was born in 2001. “And I said, ‘You better call [your OB-GYN] right now.’ You said, ‘You better watch out. I feel like killing you.’ You said, ‘Keep the knives in the drawer.’”
Rinna didn’t remember threatening to kill her spouse, but she did remember having violent “visions” at the time.
“I was having horrible hallucinations of killing people and I needed to take the knives out of the house. And I also had horrible visions of driving the car into a brick wall,” the former soap star explained. “I did not have horrible visions about hurting the baby in any way, shape or form. It wasn’t about that. It was about hopelessness, darkest depression and these horrible visions, hallucinations. And it was the knives and it was driving the car into a brick wall.”
“[The first time] I was just hopeless. That’s the word,” she explained. “I was just absolutely hopeless. Like a huge dark cloud all over me. I don’t know how to describe it, because mine didn’t manifest itself toward the baby at all — it was toward me. I would say, looking back, I was completely psychotic.”
The former Bravo star concluded the discussion by noting the importance of speaking openly about postpartum depression, as so many people face it without support.
“Listen, I don’t think any woman should suffer or have to suffer going through postpartum depression,” she said. “And I know a lot do, and I know a lot do in silence.”
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
Peter Krausesaid goodbye to9-1-1with his character Bobby Nash’s shocking death, but fans of the long-running series still have questions about what went down — and what is coming next.
The second half of the ABC series’ epic two-part “Contagion” event, which aired on Thursday, April 17, saw Chimney (Kenneth Choi) continuing to deteriorate after contracting a rare and deadly virus following a massive lab explosion. While Buck (Oliver Stark) and Athena (Angela Bassett) tracked down the one dose of anecdote that exists to save him, it was revealed during the episode’s final moments that Captain Bobby Nash’s suit had been compromised, causing him to contract the virus as well.
After confessing that he hid the truth in order to save his team, Bobby had a tearful goodbye with Buck and his wife, Athena, before succumbing to his illness. The death came as a devastating shock and loss to fans, as Krause has been a leader of the series since it premiered in 2018.
“I had been toying with the idea for a couple of seasons, actually, maybe even longer, feeling like at some point I’m going to have to do this,” showrunner Tim Minear told Deadlineof killing off a major character in an interview published on Thursday, April 17. “And then once I came up with this idea for the lab leak episode, that’s when it solidified for me that it was time to do it, it felt like a real opportunity to give somebody an epic Wrath of Khan-like death.”
He continued, “When it came down to deciding who should that be, I wanted it to be a character that affected all the characters’ stories in a very specific and yet different ways. There was only one man for the job, and it was Bobby.”
Minear admitted that losing Bobby — and Krause — was a “wrenching decision.”
“I adore Peter, and he’s so great on the show, really the backbone of the show in so many ways, which is why it was both a terrifying decision but also, creatively, I just knew that it would be so meaningful and have such repercussions and give me so much story for the show,” he said. “Once I had made that choice, suddenly the world of the show seems so much more real to me, just feeling the grief of the characters and feeling just how that nuclear bomb going off in the center of that universe affected everything. Suddenly, everything just felt weirdly more alive to me.”
Despite Minear feeling strongly about Bobby’s death, many fans have had different feelings about the decision. Keep scrolling for their biggest burning questions after “Contagion”:
Why Did Bobby Die So Quickly?
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Although the twist of Bobby also being infected with the virus and choosing not to reveal his symptoms in order to save Chimney’s life was an effective twist — and a heroic move for the captain — fans are curious as to why Bobby died so quickly while Chimney held on for two entire episodes before taking the vaccine.
Yes, Bobby’s breathing tube was compromised with a hole, but that likely would let less toxins into his otherwise secure mask, while Chimney was fully breathing in the contaminated air for hours. Had the show let Bobby die slightly more slowly, he would have been able to say goodbye to the rest of the 118, instead of just Buck and Athena.
Why Didn’t the Rest of the 118 Get to Say Goodbye?
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Yes, Chimney and Hen (Aisha Hinds) were injured, but they were still in the vicinity of the lab when it was revealed that Bobby would not survive, leading to viewer confusion over why they didn’t have a chance to say goodbye. Ravi (Anirudh Pisharody) was also there, as was Karen (Traci Thoms). It’s also surprising that Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) did not make her way down to the lab for Chimney and instead stayed at the 9-1-1 call center.
While someone getting to say farewell to their loved one before their death isn’t exactly how real life works, it is how 9-1-1 works. Bobby has been the heart of the 118 since 9-1-1 premiered in 2018, and the crew’s found family dynamic is one of the most alluring parts of the series. Everyone getting a chance to part ways with their beloved captain would have been just as, if not more, devastating for many viewers.
The good news? It seems like Bobby will be making his way back — in some form — to the show before season 8 ends, according to Minear. “I will say that episode 15 is not Peter Krause’s final appearance this season,” Minear told Variety in a April 17 interview. (Krause was also recently spotted on set in various social media posts from his costars.)
Now That Bobby Is Dead, Where Does Athena Go From Here?
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Longtime fans of the series will know that Athena was married before to ex-husband Michael Grant (Rockmond Dunbar) and they share two children. However, it was revealed during the season 3 episode “Athena Begins” that she also lost her fiancé, Emmett (Jeff PIerre), earlier in life when he died during a grocery store robbery.
This means Bobby is the second significant other Athena has lost. The pair were also building a new home for themselves after a fire burned down their old one. Bassett, for her part, previously said that Athena without Bobby on 9-1-1 was something she couldn’t picture.
“I don’t even know what the show would be like without them together,” she told People in a March interview. “It’s hard to imagine.”
Athena is a strong woman, but will she be able to move forward from this? Will Bassett want to remain on the series without her counterpart? And how will this bring her kids, May (Corinne Massiah) and Harry (Elijah M. Cooper), back as series regulars?
Will This Signal Eddie’s Return? And Oh Yeah, Where Was He?
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Eddie (Ryan Guzman) has been in Texas dealing with repairing his relationship with son Christopher (Gavin McHugh) for the past handful of episodes, which means he wasn’t on site for Bobby’s death. He also wasn’t given a phone call or heads up — at least, not that the audience witnessed.
While it’s difficult enough to see a beloved member of the 118 so far away from the rest of his crew, leaving him out of Bobby’s death felt off for many fans. At least Hen, Chimney and Ravi were all shown reacting to the devastating news. Eddie is a core member of the 118 — in Texas or otherwise — and his absence caused some viewers to feel slighted by not getting to witness his reaction. (A phone call from his best friend Buck would have even sufficed.)
According to Minear, Eddie not being present for the devastation will play a part in his upcoming story line.
“Eddie experienced it in a different way. He wasn’t there,” Minear told The Hollywood Reporter. “He got a phone call. So in a way, I think what Eddie’s feeling is, “Would it have been different if I had been there?” So that’s not going to be easy for him, but we’re going to see all that in these last three episodes.”
So Eddie will eventually learn of the news (off screen) and a promo for episode 16 has revealed he will be back for Bobby’s funeral. The question is — will he stay? Christopher is back under Eddie’s roof full time, so will the pair relocate back to Los Angeles to be there for the 118 in this time of need? Because if Bobby’s death won’t bring him back, what will?
Who Will Be the New Captain of the 118?
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It’s hard to even process now, but it’s an unavoidable plot point that will have to be addressed. Bobby’s death is not the first time we’ve seen the 118 without him — season 7 followed the crew as they were forced to work with the station’s former captain Vincent Gerard (Brian Thompson), a notably problematic man, after Bobby briefly resigned. Although Gerard eventually moved on to consult for the firefighter procedural series Hotshots, fan videos circulating online have shown Thompson on set attending emergencies with the main cast.
It could be Gerard (but please, let that not be the case), or Hen could take the spot after previously filling in during Bobby’s absences. There’s also a possibility of Chimney stepping up after Bobby sacrificed himself, or a brand new captain may be introduced. Chris O’Donnell, who is set to lead the new 9-1-1: Nashville spinoff, could also make a temporary appearance to kick off his new show.
What will happen remains to be seen, but for many fans, none of the options feel quite right.
How Will Chimney Cope With Bobby Sacrificing Himself?
There is about a zero percent chance anyone in the 118 takes the news of Bobby’s death well in the remaining episodes of season 8, but chances are Chimney is going to handle things worst of all. He is, after all, the person Bobby sacrificed himself for.
In the promo for season 8, episode 16, Chimney can be seen sitting on a rooftop ledge. When Buck tells him, “Nobody blames you,” Chimney replies in anger, “I blame him. He gave his life so I could live.”
Chimney has been historically known to be one of the most balanced, well-tempered firefighters on the show, keeping his cool through even the most stressful, heartbreaking situations — but will Bobby’s death change him forever?
The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray had some prior experience with action heists from his 2003 remake of The Italian Job. Mark Wahlberg stars as Charlie Croker, one of the surviving members of the crew led by John Bridger (Donald Sutherland). During the team’s last heist, Steve Frazelli (Ed Norton) turned on his friends, murdered John and stole their misappropriated gold out from under them.
To avenge their leader, Charlie recruits John’s daughter, Stella Bridger (Charlize Theron), to help them trick Steve and reclaim their stolen gold. Unfortunately for the team, Steve isn’t an easy mark and he’s already looking over his shoulder for a double-cross. For Charlie and his ragtag crew, finishing this job is going to take a little finesse and a lot of luck.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer standout Emma Caulfield takes the lead in Timer, a romantic comedy with a slight sci-fi twist. In this world, science can accurately predict when two soulmates will meet if they’re both equipped with a TiMER in their bodies. As Oona O’Leary (Caufield) discovers, her TiMER is useless because her would-be partner has never purchased one.
Without the benefit of a TiMER telling her who she should be with, Oona develops feelings for two guys: Mikey Evers (John Patrick Amedori) and Dan (Desmond Harrington). Just as Oona gets used to working things out for herself, her TiMER finally activates.
If your idea of a great Easter weekend involves Idris Elba fighting a man-eating lion to the death, then you’re in luck. Beast casts Elba as Dr. Nate Samuels, a man who is attempting to emotionally reconnect with his daughters, Meredith (Iyana Halley) and Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries), following the death of their mother.
It turns out that trying to survive a killer lion is a great bonding experience, if everyone survives. This vacation to a South African jungle preserve goes sideways pretty quickly, leaving Nate and his daughters trapped with his badly wounded friend, Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley), as the king of the jungle follows their every move.
Ransom Canyon has several love triangles to root for — but there’s something about Lucas, Lauren and Reid that has Us obsessed.
The Netflix series, which premiered on Thursday, April 17, is based on Jodi Thomas‘ book series about a town that is full of drama, romance and hope in Texas Hill Country. In one corner of Ransom Canyon, high school students Lucas (Garrett Wareing) and Reid (Andrew Liner) vying for Lauren’s (Lizzy Greene) heart. (The season started with Lauren secretly dating Lucas after breaking up with Reid.)
“We get thrown into it immediately in this show,” Wareing, 23, told Us Weekly during a joint interview with Greene, 21, and Liner, 24. “I remember receiving the scripts and being like, ‘Who are all these people?’ There were so many names and different story lines that are being introduced. It was really just about focusing up on what each of our characters are doing.”
Liner called it “fun” to just jump in, adding, “Usually where we start is more of a climax moment for a different version of this show. We had a whole bunch of layers that we got to play with going into the world.”
Speaking of moments that weren’t actually on screen, how much Lucas, Lauren and Reid content didn’t make the cut? Liner confirmed there were unaired scenes between him and Niko Guardado in addition to more moments that “really developed” the Reid and Lauren relationship.
“It established the relationship between us, which I think they made the right call [not including all of it],” Liner admitted. “They didn’t really need that much more focus. I think what was on the screen was a lot more interesting.”
“There was a lot of stuff with my parents specifically that ended up getting cut for time, which just more explored my mom’s alcoholism in the show,” the actress noted. “I understand why they didn’t do it. Some stuff can just be kind of explained through the subtext.”
As for Wareing? He recalled “some sex scenes” that will ultimately not see the light of day. Ransom Canyon fans don’t have to worry too much though since season 1 is full of romantic moments between a multitude of characters — including Wareing’s Lucas and Greene’s Lauren.
Following a few obstacles during the first half of the season, Lauren and Lucas became an official couple — but not before Lucas bonded with Reid after they developed a genuine friendship.
“I have to say that during the mud fight [between Reid and Lucas], why is there so much tension here?” Greene quipped. “But also that’s how they shot our show. Every way they shot our show was in a very intimate and romantic way.”
Wareing couldn’t help but agree before pointing out the “very charged scene” where Lucas and his brother Kit are both in their underwear as the older Russell sibling gets arrested. Meanwhile, Liner was just thrilled that Ransom Canyon took the time to explore the friendship between Lucas and Reid.
“There is something to say about male friendships in general. It feels like it is a deep love,” the actor explained to Us. “So I think that having that you see them come together as friends — because they’re not from jump — is a version of its own love story. But maybe it’s not as romantic.”
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When asked about the potential for a love triangle turned throuple, Wareing and Liner were very enthusiastic, saying, “[We’re] not denying the poly[amorous] potential. We are opening the door [and] opening the relationship.”
“Things are set up where everyone is in a love triangle in season 1 because it opens the door for the audience to say what they like,” she shared. “Then also hopefully we get another season. It gives our writers and everyone an opportunity to see what people like and then lean into it more season 2.”
That means that the love triangle might not be settled despite Lucas and Lauren ending the season together.
“Depending on what the audience likes more of, who knows what they do with that next season,” Greene teased while Liner recalled his character’s final line, “He said, ‘The battle is lost but the war has just begun.'”
“There is still a lot of love there and a lot of care for each other. That is kind of where everyone sits [because] there’s no animosity toward anybody. Everyone loves and cares about everyone,” she shared. “That’s why it ends up so well is because while they are butting heads in the beginning, they both really admire each other.”
Wareing, for his part, was much more clear that he sees Lucas and Lauren as the “endgame” relationship on the show, telling Us, “We saw Lucas and Lauren very happy in season 1. What does it look like when we don’t see them happy and when we are facing real world hardship? And what does it look like to feel that pull and come back together?”
He continued: “Lucas is looking to explore [life outside of Ransom Canyon] but is it worth exploring without the love of his life? That’s a question that we’re going to have to answer in season 2 — if we’re lucky. Lucas loves Lauren so much that his dream wouldn’t be complete without her.”
But what about each character outside of their individual romantic entanglements? Liner told Us he can’t wait for season 2 to dive into his family’s history more while offering quite a hot take on Reid’s decisions so far.
“He should have never gone against his family. He was trying to do the right thing and he’s figuring out what is right for him. He’s constantly in this battle of what is good,” he explained, referring to Reid going against his dad. “I think that the most interesting stuff is going to be with his dad, with his mom and figuring out that world. Because we don’t get to see much of it in season 1 — even though it’s discussed a lot and we get to see glimpses. I am very fascinated with that.”
Greene is on board with more of Lauren’s “family life” being explored. “What she sees with her parents greatly affects how she goes about her relationships. She doesn’t have a great model when it comes to her mom and dad so that’s also what fuels her to maybe make some of the decisions she does,” she added. “I’d love to see that get explored more. I told our showrunner that I just want to struggle. Give me some [issues], She was head cheerleader. She got everything she wanted. I was like, I think next season we should see her trip and stumble a little bit.” (Greene may be forgetting Lauren blowing her UT cheerleading tryout but we are always in for even more drama!)
It comes as no surprise that Wareing is in the same boat about Lucas’ loved ones. He specifically pointed out that we have yet to meet Lucas’ dad who abandoned him — and Wareing already has some ideas.
“I would love Josh Lucas to join our cast,” Wareing mentioned before signing off on Us‘ pitch for James Brolin‘s son, Josh Brolin, to play the Russell patriarch. “Honestly, I love that idea and I’ll take it.”
The other stories the cast wants to see more of are very simple: more football and more horses.
Ransom Canyon starts streaming on Netflix Thursday, April 17.
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm didn’t appreciate the calls from home plate umpire John Bacon on Thursday night, April 17, and he let the world know about it.
Chisholm, 27, was ejected from the Yankees’ 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays after arguing a called third strike with Bacon, 41, in the seventh inning. The second-year Yankee then unloaded on Bacon via X from the clubhouse.
“Not even … close!!!!!” he wrote in the since-deleted post.
Chisholm’s post seemed to violate two Major League Baseball rules. One prohibits players from using electronic devices during games. The other prohibits them from “displaying or transmitting content that questions the impartiality of or otherwise denigrates a major league umpire.”
Chisholm spoke with the media after the game where he addressed his ejection and appeared to allude to his social media post.
“I didn’t think before I had anything that I said was ejectable but after probably,” he said. “I’m a competitor, so when I go out there and I feel like I’m right and you’re saying something to me that I think doesn’t make sense, I’m going to get fired up and be upset.”
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“I lost my emotions. I lost my cool,” he continued. “I got to be better than that. … I’m definitely mad at myself for losing my cool.”
Replay showed that the pitch that ultimately resulted in Chisholm’s ejection was, in fact, a missed call. It should have been ball four, which would have sent Chisholm to first base.
Chisholm came to the Yankees during the 2024 season via a trade with the Miami Marlins. He gave the veteran team a youthful jolt down the stretch, helping New York reach the World Series for the first time since 2009. (The Yankees eventually lost the series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.)
Now in his second season in pinstripes, he’s one of the most popular players on the team. He’s also been an active member of the New York sports community, repping fellow Bahamian and New York Liberty star Jonquel Jones by wearing her jersey during the Liberty’s run to the WNBA Championship last season.
Jones, who was named MVP of the 2024 WNBA Finals, returned the favor by wearing Chisholm’s jersey in the tunnel before games down the stretch.
“I was kind of scared when he got to the Yankees, because I’m like, ‘I don’t know if they’re gonna try to take his swag away — but you can’t take Jazz’s swag away,” Jones said in a story for Complex last October. “I’m happy that he’s there, and I’m happy that we get to support each other in that way.”
If you’re anything like Us, you probably have a Nordstrom Rack tab open at all times — just in case. The retailer is known for dropping serious discounts on brands we actually love and has become our go-to for seasonal must-haves. Right now, the retailer’s sandal selection is overflowing with spring- and summer-ready styles, and the best part? So many are under $50.
Whether you’re hunting for something chic to slide into on beach days, a comfortable pair to run errands in or just want to give your warm-weather wardrobe a little refresh, Nordstrom Rack sells something for every vibe. Think strappy flats, beachy espadrilles, sleek slides and even crystal-embellished options that can hold their own at a summer wedding. Basically, it’s the easiest way to channel your inner rich mom without blowing your budget.
The Cutest Spring Sandals Under $50 at Nordstrom Rack
1. Boho Pick: With woven straps and a jute-wrapped platform, these espadrilles bring major vacation energy — even if you’re just brunching by the boardwalk.
2. Strappy Statement Sandal: Equal parts gladiator and glam, Sam Edelman’s Zariah Sandal wraps your ankle with intention. The quilted footbed is a cozy bonus, but that markdown (from $130 to $40) is the real showstopper.
3. Water Park-Ready: Perfect for beach days, water park runs or just chasing kids through the splash pad. The fruity scent (yes, scent!) and velcro straps make these Melissa sandals feel like summer fun in shoe form.
4. Crochet Cool: If “crochet but make it luxe” were a shoe, the Open Edit Gisella Platform would be it. The raffia texture and cushy platform feel like a resort vacation with every step.
5. Our Favorite Wraparound: A soft toe-loop, wrap-around ties and a cushioned insole mean these sandals feel just as dreamy as they look. Throw them on with a breezy midi dress and call it a day.
Former Below Deck guest Anthony Drewitt-Barlow’s house has been raided by federal agents.
Drewitt-Barlow, who appeared on one episode of the hit Bravo series in 2021, had his home raided by Homeland Security agents in Tampa, Florida earlier this week,according to TMZ.
“Homeland Security Investigations Tampa did execute a federal search warrant at that location,” a spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations Tampa told the outlet earlier this week. “As it is part of an ongoing investigation, we don’t have any additional information to release at this time.”
The outlet noted that the spokesperson added an additional statement, saying, “Anyone with knowledge of a potential victim of sex trafficking, or have been a witness to sex trafficking, in this case, should call the tip line at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE.”
Drewitt-Barlow has not been arrested or charged with any crime in connection with the raid. He has also not addressed the raid after it made headlines. Us Weekly has reached out to Drewitt-Barlow for comment.
Before appearing on Below Deck as a guest, Anthony and his ex-husband, Barrie Drewett-Barlow, became the first gay couple to have a child via surrogacy in the U.K. They later became the first gay couple to be listed as parents on a birth certificate.
The former couple, who split in 2019, appeared on Below Deck together while coparenting their five kids. Barrie proposed to his partner Scott Drewett-Barlow — who used to date Barrie’s daughter Saffron — during the charter.
This isn’t the first time Below Deck guests have made headlines after their time on the show. During an August 2024 episode of Below Deck Mediterranean, Neysla Paltsev and several friends shocked viewers when they called Chef Johnathan Shillingford down to question his choice of caviar before making a dig about chief stew Aesha Scott‘s dinner service.
Captain Sandy Yawn ultimately intervened and subtly defended her staff to the guests during the charter. Paltsev, for her part, took to social media after receiving backlash to issue an apology.
“The dinner was definitely not my best moment and I should not have handled it the way I did,” she said via her Instagram Story at the time. “I was emotional and I couldn’t reel it back in. It wasn’t nice at all and for that I am really sorry about that.”
After watching the episode, Neysla walked some of those comments back, saying, “The confusion with the knives was silly. But the way I handled it was not OK. For that, I am truly sorry. Although getting knives confused is not a crime, neither is being rude. But I should not have been [that rude].”
Shillingford broke his silence about the drama as well. “I think their apology was great for sure [where they were] taking responsibility for some of their snarky comments,” he exclusively told Us. “While that’s not OK, some people may have a bad day. The fact that they took responsibility for it was a great move on their part.”
The chef noted that the show didn’t give the guests a bad edit, adding, “In any show, there are things that are cut [or] things that maybe were dramatized because the camera does that anyways. Regardless of all of that, they did say things that were offensive.”
Johnathan also expressed his gratitude to Captain Sandy.
“We all kind of learned from it. As a crew, it was great that Captain Sandy had our backs,” he continued. “I think it’s great that in retrospect — or in seeing themselves — these guests maybe took responsibility for how rude or snarky they were.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs will not have more time to prepare for his upcoming trial.
During a hearing on Friday, April 18, Judge Arun Subramanian ruled against the defense team’s request to push back the trial’s start date by two months. Following that decision, the trial will begin as planned on Monday, May 5, which is coincidentally the same day as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Gala fundraiser. (Jury selection is expected to begin on May 5, with opening statements expect on Monday, May 12.)
In September 2024, Diddy, 55, was arrested in New York after a grand jury indicted him on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution, to which he pleaded not guilty.
At the time, Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement to Us Weekly that his client was “an imperfect person” but “not a criminal.”
“Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts,” Agnifilo added. “These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
The following month, a judge ruled that Diddy’s trial would begin on May 5, 2025. Earlier this week, his attorneys filed a motion to delay the trial by two months. USA Today reported that the documents claimed the pause would allow Diddy the “necessary time to prepare his defense” after a third revised indictment was filed.
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Diddy’s legal team claimed there was “substantially new conduct” alleged in the latest indictment, which the attorneys claimed prosecutors had evidence of before the initial indictment came down. The defense also alleged that prosecutors were still producing evidence for one of the counts in the indictment.
“Under these circumstances … we cannot, in good conscience, go to trial on the scheduled date,” Diddy’s lawyers said in the filing. “This is a problem that the government has created, yet it opposes our reasonable request.”
Following the third revised indictment, Diddy’s team told USA Today in a statement, “These are not new allegations or new accusers. These are the same individuals, former long-term girlfriends, who were involved in consensual relationships. This was their private sex life, defined by consent, not coercion.”
Diddy has been behind bars since his arrest, with his multiple attempts at bail being denied. He was ordered to remain in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, until his trial.
In recent months, Diddy has appeared in court but remained out of the public eye since cameras were not allowed inside the hearings. However, a source told Us in December 2024 that he was “fit, healthy and fully focused on his defense,” adding that he “has been very active [and] remains in good spirits.”
WWE star Seth Rollins went scorched Earth in his criticism over the behavior and legacy of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.
“I’m not stupid,” Rollins, 38, said on the Wednesday, April 16, episode of the “Outta Pocket” podcast. “I see everything that’s out there. He’s someone who is, I think, a victim of his own ego a little bit. He just doesn’t understand how what he does affects people around him. I think he just lives in this space that he’s created for himself. He’s shaped his worldview, and this is how he’s gonna see things.”
Rollins continued, “I think if you’re going to be like that, people are gonna treat you accordingly. I don’t know what to tell you.”
Scandal, lawsuits and controversy have followed Hogan, 71, for years. In July 2015, Hogan was caught repeatedly using a racial slur on a leaked sex tape recording from 2007. In the video, Hogan admitted to being “a racist, to a point.” In a statement to People in 2015, Hogan said his language was “unacceptable.”
“It’s just like any other relationship,” Rollins said. “Dude, if you are not a good person, and it’s in your moral ethic to not treat everyone with the same respect, regardless of what they do, or where they come from, or the color of their skin, I got no time for you.”
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Rollins, who is married to WWE star Becky Lynch, expressed gratitude to Hogan for “everything he’s done for my business,” but the buck stopped there.
“Whether he hasn’t changed his personal beliefs, or he hasn’t taken the time to honestly make amends for some of the things he’s said and done, I don’t know which one it is. Maybe it’s both,” Rollins suggested. “Maybe it’s one more than the other. I don’t know. But you put those two things together, you kind of have dug your own grave, man. If you don’t feel like you want to make that progress in your life with the people around you, then that’s just not the kind of person I want to associate with. So, that’s how it is.”
Many WWE fans share Rollins’ viewpoint, as evidenced by Hogan’s appearance on WWE Raw’s debut on Netflix in January, at which Hogan was loudly booed by the sold-out crowd at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
Hogan has not been seen on live WWE programming since.
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Rollins gave leniency to a path forward for Hogan, but he said it’s going to take some real soul searching.
“First of all, you’ve gotta change the way you think,” Rollins posed. “You used the kind of language that he used, in the way he used it, it’s just not acceptable. That to me is your mind, that’s the way you think. So first of all, you need to look at yourself in the mirror, and you need to realize that that’s not OK.”
He continued, “And you need to realize that you need to think differently, and how do you get yourself there? What process do you need to take to get yourself there? What am I doing? Why am I acting this way? Why am I thinking this way? Is this learned behavior? Likely it is. Why did I learn this? I need to unlearn this. Why do people think that I feel this way? If I’m saying that I don’t, why do people think that I am this person?”
“I think if he just approached it that way, it might go a long way in helping him kind of build relationships with people like me, who are like, ‘I ain’t got time for you right now,’” Rollins concluded.
Summer House costars Lexi Wood and Jesse Solomon wasted no time getting hot and heavy while filming season 9, but where do they stand now?
In a new interview with Glamour published Friday, April 18, Lexi, 27, revealed she hasn’t spoken to Jesse, 31, since the current season of Bravo’s hit reality series premiered in February — confirming speculation that the twosome certainly aren’t dating post-show. Several of their other costars, however, have reached out.
“West [Wilson] has checked in on me. Carl [Radke] checked in on me. Lindsay [Hubbard]’s checked in on me. Gabby [Prescod]’s checked in on me, and Imrul [Hassan]’s checked in on me,” Lexi told the outlet.
While she’s seemingly kept her distance from Jesse so far, Lexi said she’s “really looking forward” to filming the season 9 reunion “to hash some things out” with her ex.
“I think somebody that can blatantly lie when they’re being filmed is a very scary person and I’m not necessarily interested in anything with him,” she continued.
The question of whether she’ll return for another season was “hard” to answer. “I think the exes at the end of the day that are in the house also respect each other,” she said of former couples like Lindsay and Carl, whose broken engagement was captured last summer. “And as much as it didn’t work out, they don’t want to necessarily be best friends, they can also respect that they live on the same roof.”
Adjusting to the Bravo spotlight hasn’t been easy, but Lexi noted that she’s “grateful” that Summer House fans are “taking me under their wing so much.” Despite being embraced by the audience, she admitted to feeling a “disconnect” with some of the other girls in the house.
“I definitely felt alone all summer, and I was very isolated,” she told Glamour. “But I think now watching back, I totally understand that they were being fed so many different stories, that of course they were also going to be hesitant toward me. I really hope that now that seeing and watching that they can see where I was coming from and that I actually had no idea. And hopefully those relationships … can move on to me having deeper, more solid friendships.”
Lexi joked that “a lot happened” between her and Jesse in a short amount of time, calling their whirlwind romance “the worst relationship I’ve ever been in.” She also noted that it’s been “disappointing” to finally be seeing some of what Jesse said about their connection on camera without her around — especially about the now-infamous “ToeGate” scandal. (During a weekend when Lexi was out of town, Jesse got his toe sucked by a woman Imrul brought home for a threesome after a night out.)
“Watching back, I wish there was more honesty because I would have made different decisions and choices. … I think in front of my face, Jesse was very different. Behind my back, he had a lot of things that he did not communicate to me,” Lexi claimed.
Jesse, meanwhile, told Glamour that he wishes Lexi “nothing but the best” and expressed his gratitude for their time together. “As far as being called dishonest, I really do try to be transparent. I think there were just some miscommunications and heightened emotions, which is understandable given the environment,” he continued.
In a recent appearance on the “Chicks in the Office” podcast, Jesse reacted to fans calling him out for love-bombing Lexi throughout the season.
“I came on strong, but I think Lexi matched my energy,” he said on Friday. “And when you’re going for a girl who’s dated Drake, you’re not gonna, like, get her by playing it cool. My style is aggressive and I’m not gonna be anybody but myself.”
Jesse admitted that he could see where the critiques are coming from after watching the season back. “I’m learning about love-bombing now,” he joked. “I’m trying to be better the next time around.”
Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
One of the show’s longest-running relationships is between police officer Athena (Angela Bassett) and firefighter Bobby (Peter Krause), who started dating at the end of season 1 and tied the knot in season 2. They’re essentially the mom and dad of the 9-1-1 crew, but even they’ve had their ups and downs.
“Both of them were somewhat lost, in terms of their romantic lives,” Krause told Entertainment Tonight of his onscreen partner in May 2021. “Bobby in particular, because of his past, was deeply wounded. What we’ve gotten to see over the seasons is that he’s really healed because [of his] loving relationship with Athena. There’s a lot more joy that Bobby takes in life.”
Athena and Bobby’s romance came to an emotional end in season 8, as the latter sacrificed himself to save Chimney (Kenneth Choi) from a deadly virus during the 9-1-1: Contagion two-part event in April 2025.
The Fox series is also famous for a relationship that’s so far remained platonic, much to the annoyance of some viewers: the bromance between Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman). Their bond is so strong that in the season 4 finale, Eddie decided to change his will to give custody of his son Christopher (Gavin McHugh) to Buck in the event of his death.
“I know that there’s a contingent of fans that would like a certain outcome and the [relationship] has a life of its own in fandom in that respect,” showrunner Tim Minear told the Observer in May 2021. “But I do think that, look, at the very least, these are two guys who have a deep spiritual bond with each other.”
Keep scrolling for a look at the 9-1-1 cast’s real-life dating histories:
The American Horror Story alum has been married to fellow actor Courtney B. Vance since 1997. The couple share twins Slater and Bronwyn, who were born in January 2006.
The Emmy nominee began a relationship with Lauren Graham in 2010. Us confirmed in June 2022 that the Parenthood costars had called it quits one year prior. Krause previously dated Christine King. The former pair share son Roman, born in 2001.
In 2009, the Heartbreakers actress briefly dated Jamie Kennedy. She dedicated her book, The Day I Shot Cupid, to him, but they split in 2010. She began dating her Ghost Whisperer costar Ross McCall in 2005 and got engaged to him in 2007, but they called it quits in 2008. After inspiring the band's song "Girl on TV," Hewitt dated the late LFO singer Rich Cronin from 1999 to 2000. In 1997, she dated Carson Daly, who got her named tattooed on his leg. They split after one year together.
Hewitt has also been linked to Will Estes, John Mayer, Kip Pardue, Patrick Wilson, Enrique Iglesias, Wilmer Valderrama, Andrew Keegan and Will Friedle.
The former Party of Five star has been married to Brian Hallisay since 2013. The duo share daughter Autumn (born November 2013) and son Atticus (born June 2015). They welcomed a third child, Aidan, in September 2021. The couple have shared the screen in 9-1-1, as Hallisay guest starred in season 2 as the abusive ex of Hewitt’s character, Maddie.
The Godzilla: King of the Monsters star got engaged to longtime boyfriend Silky Valente in November 2020. “He completely surprised me," she told Essence in February 2021. "He did it on my birthday. Because of 2020, I had no plans to have a plan." The pair tied the knot in May 2022.
The American Crime Story alum, who plays Howard "Chimney" Han on 9-1-1, keeps his personal life close to the vest. On the show, however, his love life is settled: Chimney is in a relationship with Maddie, who gave birth to the couple's first child in season 4. The TV couple revealed in season 8 that they are expecting their second child, a baby boy.
The Pretty Little Liars alum shares two kids — son Mateo and daughter Genevieve — with Brazilian actress Chrysti Ane, whom he was in a relationship with from 2018 to 2023. He previously dated model Melanie Iglesias.
The Never Have I Ever alum, a.k.a. firefighter Ravi Panikkar on 9-1-1, married his college sweetheart Jill V. Dae in November 2023. Pisharody told Vogue India at the time that the two met in the parking lot of their college’s grocery store in 2014, though Dae said she didn’t remember the interaction. They began dating in 2015 and navigated a long-distance relationship before Pisharody popped the question in 2019.
The former Nashville star — who appeared on season 1 of 9-1-1 and a few episodes of season 3 — was married to investment banker John Britton from 1991 to 1995. In November 2011, she adopted her son, Yoby, from Ethiopia.
The White Lotus actress has been linked to This Is Us writer and producer David E. Windsor since 2021. In January 2023, Britton confirmed that the two began dating in November 2019.
Dunbar, who played Michael Grant from 2018 to 2021, was married to Ivy Holmes from 2003 to 2006. He and Maya Gilbert tied the knot in 2013. The couple share daughter Berkeley, who was born the same year they wed.
More than three decades after we first met the sitcom family, The Conners is coming to an end — and the cast is getting ready for their final goodbye.
In Us Weekly‘s exclusive look at a behind-the-scenes retrospective, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Emma Kenney and Jay R. Fergusonsat down at the legendary dinner table to reflect on the show.
“We always knew this would come to an end, but somehow it felt like it would be forever,” Gilbert, who plays Darlene, said. “The best thing television can do is make people feel connected.”
The patriarch of the family, played by Goodman, shared what he hopes fans took away from the show.
“I would hope that the legacy of this show would be that people saw a little of themselves in us,” Goodman noted. “Humor has always been the thing that has pulled this family through. I am going to miss it very, very much. Above all, we had fun.”
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Goranson, meanwhile, recalled how the characters felt like “real people,” adding, “There wasn’t a day that I was not excited to come here to work.”
Her costar Kenney, who brought the role of Harris to life in the spinoff, couldn’t agree more: “I remember growing up and seeing all of these faces on my TV. Doing this show is something I am so grateful for.”
Elsewhere in the exclusive video, Metcalf applauded the ABC sitcom for being able “to take heavy issues and pull out humor around it.”
Roseanne introduced Us to the Conner family when it originally aired from 1988 to 1997. After being briefly revived in 2018, the story transformed into The Conners. After becoming a staple in everyone’s home, The Conners is wrapping up with a one-hour series finale on Wednesday, April 23.
Sara Gilbert, Jane Lynch, Laurie Metcalf, Emma Kenney, and John Goodman.Disney/Eric McCandless
According to the official synopsis, the first episode is set “ahead of the deposition” as “Dan gets support from Jackie, Becky and Darlene. Mark is presented with an opportunity which leads to a major life decision. Meanwhile, Becky and Tyler consider the next step in their relationship — joint finances.”
The series finale follows Jackie as she “prepares for a series of physical tests in an effort to rejoin the police force. Darlene confronts the insecurities in her marriage with Ben. Dan’s deposition stirs up feelings, and final farewells are made in true Conner family fashion.”
“I think one of the things that I was hoping that did happen [when wrapping up The Conners] was knowing that they were going on with their lives. So it wasn’t like, ‘Oh, my gosh, there’s a lightning bolt and there go the Connors,'” she quipped to Us in March. “I hope that it would give you an imagination of Becky — who’s been through so much — that you knew that there was some hope in her future. Not hoping to win the lottery but hopefully finishing her degree and having her romance and having her daughter in a good place and her relationship.”
Sean Astin, Nat Faxon, Katey Sagal, Jay R Ferguson, Emma Kenney, Lecy Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, and John Goodman.Disney/Christopher Willard
Goranson continued: “Becky has been through so much. When I see people who watch the show, they say, ‘Oh, my God, we’re rooting for Becky.’ It’s really nice to feel that investment and I’m also rooting for her.”
The actress expressed support for the possibility of returning to the role.
“I don’t want a break. I would love a spinoff. I imagine that might be complicated but I would love that. I love my colleagues so much and the crew,” Goranson shared. “We have a really, really long history. When you are around people every day like that, it’s very much like family. It sounds stereotypical, but it does feel that way. I set up a happy hour meeting for the crew and we’re always saying, ‘How do we get together again? What’s our next project together?’ It’s very sincere. We all feel this way.”
Emilio Estevez looked back on his father Martin Sheen’s experience on the set of 1976’s Apocalypse Now.
“In the documentary Hearts of Darkness, they collapsed time and portrayed his breakdown, sort of, toward the end of the schedule, when in fact it was early in the schedule when my dad was celebrating his birthday in August,” Estevez, 62, said during a recent taping of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “So, it was August 3, and we had come. I had gotten there in July, so … he has this meltdown on set because he was celebrating his birthday and he was drinking.”
According to Estevez, his father, now 84, had been “isolated in his room” between takes.
“I was there. I watched it happen, and I was there when they carted him out,” Estevez said. “He was ranting and raging and screaming. They were shooting in a courthouse … in a building that was used for Night Court. It was upstairs, where the apartment or the hotel room [was] where they found him and carried him out. Well, they actually did that. We carried him out that night.”
“And certainly not this publicly,” Estevez quipped. “He demanded to go into the courtroom [and] says, ‘If I don’t go in there.’ He’s screaming at my mom, ‘I need to go into that courtroom because if I don’t go in there, some poor son of a bitch is gonna go to jail for masturbating in front of a pig.’”
Martin Sheen as Captain Willard in ‘Apocalypse Now.’United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection
He continued, “And Francis [Ford Coppola, the director] was like, ‘Martin, Martin, no.’ It was hilarious.”
Estevez and his mother, Janet Sheen, were eventually able to corral Martin into a waiting car. (Martin and Janet also share son Charlie Sheen.)
“We started driving, God knows where, somewhere away where we could get him calm down,” Estevez said. “He announced to everyone in the car that he had to pee, so we pull over to the side of the road and he got out and ran naked into the jungle and kept going.”
Janet ended up chasing Martin down, urging him to return to the vehicle. The acclaimed actor then asked to stop for another restroom break, some “10 minutes later.”
“My mom says, ‘Martin, you have cried wolf too many times. You can piss all over yourself,’” Estevez remembered. “I’m sure they’re going to be horrified I told that story, but it happened. Those are the stories that I don’t think anyone has ever heard.”
Kelsea Ballerini had all of Us fooled with her Live on Tour wig.
Ballerini, 31, took to TikTok on Thursday, April 17, to share that her flowing blonde locks that she rocks on stage is actually a wig. In the clip, her hairstylist, Brittany Leslie, ran a Q-tip along her hairline to loosen the glue and tugged on the mane after she performed.
Once the wig was removed from Ballerini’s head, fans caught a glimpse of her cap, which was pinned over French plaits. Leslie then unbraided Ballerini’s hair and cleaned the rest of the glue off her face. The duo hugged each other before the singer went in with makeup remover wipes and took off her glam, which included blue eyeshadow, long lashes, foundation, rose-colored cheeks and pink lips.
Ballerini concluded the video by blowing the camera a kiss.
“Protected my hair, felt like Hannah Montana, and got the after-show nickname Rufus,” she captioned the post, referencing Miley Cyrus’ Disney character, who also wore a wig, as Hannah Montana’s “This Is The Life” played in the background. “Last night of tour shed .”
Fans shared their surprised reactions to Ballerini’s flawless faux coif in the comments section. “The hairstylist who installed this KILLED it. It was unclockable,” one wrote. A second added, “IT WAS A WIG??? GURRLLL IT LOOKED SO REAL.” A third praised Leslie’s talent, writing, “Your hairdresser needs a raise, this is fantastic work.”
This isn’t the first time Ballerini has made headlines for her tour as of late. Earlier this month, she accepted a custom pair of bedazzled boots from a front-row fan and put them on as she sang her hit “Penthouse.”
The shoes were adorned with Ballerini’s first and last name, as well as her song titles, along with colorful crystals, making the cowgirl boot details stand out that much more.
Teddi Mellencamp‘s kids are still making sense of her cancer battle — especially her 10-year-old son, Cruz.
“I think the girls are OK because they just are so chatty. They ask everything,” Mellencamp, 43, told Extra on Thursday, April 17. “Cruz, he is a little bit confused because he’s not asking questions.”
Along with Cruz, Mellencamp shares daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave. She recalled recent examples of her son’s struggle to understand what she’s going through.
“The other day I was taking a sip of something and he goes, ‘Can I have a sip?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And he goes, ‘Never mind, actually you’re contagious.’ I’m like, ‘I’m actually not contagious, bud,’” she said. “He’ll come in in the middle of the night and check that I’m breathing.”
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who was initially diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, announced earlier this year that she required surgery after doctors found multiple malignant tumors on her brain. She has since needed additional treatment to manage the tumors that were not able to be surgically removed.
“Today is a good day. I think what I’ve learned through all of this is some days, I’m gonna feel great. Some days, I’m not. Everybody’s journey’s different,” Mellencamp told the outlet. “I would say a big thing has been all of the people messaging me saying, ‘I went and got checked because of you.’ Or ‘My doctor only had me get this checked, and then I said, ‘No, you should also do this.’”
“What we have to remember is that my cancer was skin cancer. The last time we spoke here, I had skin cancer — melanoma — on my back. This metastasized, which is still a form of melanoma, but into my brain, into my lungs,” she explained. “Before I had them removed, I had four plum-sized melanomas in my brain, and I hadn’t gotten a CAT scan. But I had gone and gotten my skin checked every three months.”
Mellencamp has another important appointment coming later this month, adding, “Wednesday, I go in and get my next CAT scan, where they’ll find out if these recent tumors are getting smaller, and then I also get my third round of immunotherapy. I always thought radiation was the one that was going to kick my butt, but it’s been immunotherapy.”
Despite announcing her split from Arroyave in November 2024, Mellencamp confirmed they are still living under the same roof.
“We’re not together, but we put all the divorce stuff on hold because getting divorced is very stressful,” she noted. “It’s called nesting, but most of the time now since I’ve had these surgeries, he’ll stay at the house and then we kind of rotate around. But we’re separate bedroom-ing.”
She added: “He’s a good guy, and we’re having a friendship, which is what we liked about each other in the first place. We are making each other laugh and all of those types of things so I think it’s been really nice. We call it the divorce chronicles, where we just tease each other.”
Whether it’s drama, comedy or something in between, TV show writers have never been afraid to surprise audiences with a memorable character death.
Back in March 1975, M*A*S*H became a TV death pioneer when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) died in the season 3 finale. The character was headed home after being honorably discharged from the army, but before he could make it, he was killed by enemy fire.
Some 21st-century shows, however, make M*A*S*H‘s surprise death look tame.
Lost, which ran from 2004 to 2010, became known for its shocking twists before the first season was even finished. In the April 2005 episode “Do No Harm,” viewers were devastated when Boone (Ian Somerhalder) died after a plane fell on him in the jungle, and his passing was just the beginning.
Manifest, You, Game of Thrones and more hit series have also thrown fans for a loop by killing off fan favorites.
Scroll down for a look back at some of the most shocking deaths in TV history — and remember, spoilers ahead!
Weeks before the season 8 finale, fans were left reeling when the beloved fire captain (played by Krause) died from exposure to a deadly and accelerated virus during a two-part thriller.
“I’ve heard that many fans are upset by this loss and they have a right to be. It is a loss. That said, it was more than a bold creative choice on a bold show,” Krause said in a statement in April 2025. “Bobby Nash was written in sacrifice and he was built for this. First responders risk their lives on the job so that others can see another day. His story arc honors them. We at 9-1-1 salute all the incredible men and women who do these dangerous jobs and strive to keep us safe.”
Rick (Walton Goggins) got his girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) killed during the season 3 finale of The White Lotus. He ended up shot as well while trying to get her help.
After finding out that Chandler Groff was his biological father, JJ (Rudy Pankow) went on a whirlwind adventure during season 4 of Outer Banks. The major highs and lows seemed to be leading up to JJ realising that his life was full thanks to his girlfriend Kiara (Madison Bailey) and the rest of the Pogues. Instead, JJ was stabbed to death in the fourth season and didn't live long enough to wrap up the show with season 5. To make matters worse, Outer Banks put JJ and Kiara on the backburner before his controversial death.
After keeping a big secret from Osha (Amandla Stenberg) throughout the first season, Sol finally admitted to it during the season finale. Osha, however, didn't take kindly to finding out that her mentor was responsible for her mother's death and killed him using the Force. The heartbreaking death hit even harder after Sol was blamed for all the other murders that took place throughout the season.
Sheldon Cooper’s beloved father, George Cooper Sr., died of an offscreen heart attack during the final season of Young Sheldon. His sudden death was revealed in the final moments of May 9’s episode, which premiered one week before the two-part finale is set to air on May 16.
Fans of The Big Bang Theory, which Young Sheldon serves as a prequel, will remember adult Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) referencing his father dying from a heart attack when he was 14 and growing up in East Texas.
During season 2, episode 5, Cara gets into an ambulance accident during a fire tornado. When the vehicle crashes, she suffers brain damage. Without access to the hospital, she dies but not before Bode (Max Thieriot) agrees to stay on the straight and narrow for her daughter, Genevieve. (Bode could be Gen’s biological father.)
Jake (Jordan Calloway), meanwhile, can’t get to Cara in time to propose to her as planned, leaving another character heartbroken.
During the season 2 finale, Natalie sacrifices herself to save Lisa after Misty charges at her with phenobarbital. Natalie's death is ultimately ruled an overdose as her group of friends grieve her passing.
The patriarch of the Roy family passed away during season 4 after boarding a flight on his private jet. His children ultimately said goodbye to him over the phone — but not every sibling managed to say something to their dad before he died.
After helping wife Michaela Stone (Melissa Roxbourgh) assist her fellow 828 passengers on Netflix’s Manifest, Zeke ultimately sacrificed himself during the 10th episode of season 4. As an empath, Zeke channeled nephew Cal Stone’s (Ty Doran) renewed cancer pain into himself, saving Cal's future. It is his understanding that Cal would likely be more integral to saving the fate of humanity during the rest of the season.
During season 4, viewers met Eddie when he found himself at the center of a murder investigation. The leader of the Hellfire Club teamed up with Dustin and his friends to help them defeat Vecna — and clear his name. In Volume 2, however, Eddie comes full circle when he decides to stay behind in the Upside Down as a distraction instead of running away from danger. Eddie gets Dustin to safety but ends up losing too much blood himself. When Dustin returns for Eddie, he dies in his arms as a hero.
Saving the world sometimes means losing a hero. In order to save Caitlin (Panabaker) from the villainous Deathstorm (Robbie Amell) in the middle of season 8, Team Flash asked Frost (also Panabaker) to level up her powers. The process resulted in Frost's death, leaving a devastated Caitlin without her sister figure. "I loved getting to play her and all the different variations of her, the evil version, and then particularly these last couple of seasons, getting to see her really come into her own and have experiences and grow up and mature and take responsibility for her actions, I've enjoyed that immensely," Panabaker told EW about the shocking death. "So obviously it's a loss, but it did make for some great storytelling."
There were many deaths throughout Ozark’s four seasons, but the one that shocked fans the most was when Ruth was killed in an act of retaliation. During the second half of the final season, which aired in April 2022, Ruth murdered Javi (Alfonso Herrera) after she learned he was responsible for the death of her cousin Wyatt (Charlie Tahan). Her revenge plan led to a startling twist when Javi’s mom followed her home in the series finale and shot her.
Fans were shocked when Eve and Villanelle finally gave into their feelings during the series finale — only to have the assassin killed at the very last moment.
Executive producer Sally Woodward revealed that Villanelle’s death was planned "quite early on" in the writing process. "We were open to something else sort of declaring itself, but it never really changed," she told Deadline in April 2022, shortly after the season 4 finale premiered. "We also didn’t want to do anything horrible to her. I mean, pretty horrible. We didn’t want to do anything gruesome to her. We didn’t want to sort of go, here, 'See how you like it.' And we wanted it to be epic as well. She was surrounded by a sort of celestial light because she’s a special being."
Although all signs pointed to Fez (Angus Cloud) being killed off, it was actually his little brother who died protecting him. After killing Custer (Tyler Chase), the young boy refuses to let Fez take the blame for his actions and locks himself in the bathroom with a gun.
He ends up shooting Fez by accident through the door before the police kill Ash.
When Jane Villaneuva's (Gina Rodriguez) husband died suddenly in season 3, tears were heard all across the CW-viewing universe. It was later revealed that Michael survived — this was a telenovela, after all — but the devastating moment when Jane found out about her first love's "death" remains seared in fans' brains.
Sex and the City fans were devastated in December 2021 when Carrie's husband, John James Preston (a.k.a. Mr. Big), died in the first episode of revival series, And Just Like That. The financier, who experienced heart problems during season 6 of SATC's original run, had a heart attack after a particularly invigorating session on his Peloton bike.
After the episode debuted, Peloton issued a statement noting that Mr. Big's death couldn't only be attributed to his exercise. "Mr. Big lived what many would call an extravagant lifestyle — including cocktails, cigars, and big steaks — and was at serious risk as he had a previous cardiac event in season 6,” the company told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “These lifestyle choices and perhaps even his family history, which often is a significant factor, were the likely cause of his death. Riding his Peloton bike may have even helped delay his cardiac event.”
Breaking Bad had plenty of violent deaths throughout its five seasons, but few hurt as much as Jane's did in season 2. After Jane overdosed on heroin, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) allowed her to choke on her own vomit rather than help her. The tragedy was one of the first times audiences got a hint of how dangerous Walter would eventually become.
After Love's murderous tendencies got out of control during You season 3, which premiered in October 2021, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before Joe (Penn Badgley) would do something about it. Still, it was shocking when he killed her and framed her for all their previous crimes, then fled to Paris in pursuit of a new life.
Like Lost before it, The Walking Dead was known for killing off beloved characters, but arguably no death was as upsetting as that of Glenn Rhee's (Steven Yeun) in season 7. Comic book readers assumed the death was coming given its occurrence in the source material, but the moment came as a shock to fans who hadn't read the series — and most viewers agreed that it was surprisingly graphic, even for a zombie apocalypse show.
In the season 5 premiere of Chicago Med, Ava Bekker finally admitted that she murdered Conner's dad; moments later, she slit her own throat and died by suicide.
During the season 8 premiere, Otis was killed in a basement fire and was found by his best friend, Joe Cruz (Joe Minoso). Before taking his last breath in a hospital bed, he muttered to Cruz, "Brother, I will be with you, always," in Russian.
On the series finale of Game of Thrones, the Queen of Dragons was murdered by Jon Snow (Kit Harington), after she murdered an entire city and planned to kill his close friend, Tyrion (Peter Dinklage). During the May 2019 episode, he told her, “You are my queen, now and always,” before kissing her and stabbing her.
Following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet in May 2018, the revival Roseanne was canceled by ABC. In June, the network announced they’d be bringing back The Conners, a sitcom that would follow the family without its lead character. On the series premiere of The Conners, the family found out Roseanne had died due to an overdose on opioids, which made sense since the character had struggled with a pill addiction in the past. Following the October premiere, Barr said in a statement that the death “lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show."
Oh no, they didn’t! In the season 5 finale of the HBO drama, Jon Snow (Harington) is tricked into coming outside before being stabbed by fellow members of the Night’s Watch in front of a sign that read “traitor.” When he’s finally stabbed in the heart by little Olly (Brenock O’Connor), he dropped to the ground as a pool of blood circled around him. Though the Song of Ice and Fire books remained vague about Snow’s fate, episode director David Nutter confirmed, “Jon Snow is dead.” As fans predicted, however, Jon later came back to life thanks to some fire magic from Melisandre (Carice van Houten).
Showtime shocked audiences by killing off one if its lead characters during season 4 of The Affair. Not only was Alison’s death – first ruled a suicide but cause is still up in the air – surprising, the timing was also strange, as it happened during episode eight of the penultimate season. “Ruth wanted to leave the show. That was a request, so that was decided basically before we started writing. It wasn't a discovery of any kind. That was very deliberate,” cocreator and showrunner Sarah Treem told The Hollywood Reporter. “And actually, we shot all of her work first. Her whole story line was shot before we shot anything else.”
During the season 5 finale of NBC’s Chicago P.D., Alvin Olinsky’s (Elias Koteas) fate was revealed: the longtime detective died after being stabbed in prison. He was serving time for a murder he did not commit, but didn’t want to turn in his best friend. Ultimately, his loyalty cost him his life.
Not cool, GoT! Fans of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series watched in horror in season 5 as Melisandre convinced Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) to burn his young daughter alive at the stake as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light.
In the winter finale of Revenge's fourth season, Daniel Grayson (Josh Bowman) took several bullets from an assassin while saving the life of his ex Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp). He died in Em's arms, and Bowman later said, "By having him save Emily and sacrifice himself, it was the perfect, fitting end for the character."
In the penultimate episode to the FX show’s series finale, lead Jax (Charlie Hunnam) confronts his mother Gemma (Katey Sagal) after learning she was responsible for the brutal murder of his wife, Tara (Maggie Siff). Gemma asks Jax to kill her, and he shoots her out in the garden.
The second season of House of Cards started off with a bang when Zoe Barnes (played by Kate Mara) was killed when Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) pushes her in front of a subway train.
Though Grey's Anatomy is known for its twists and turns, three of the most shocking deaths on the medical drama involved main characters. At the end of the fifth season, a seriously injured, unrecognizable man comes into the hospital after jumping in front of a bus to save a woman's life. The doctors later realize it's George O'Malley (T.R. Knight), and he later dies in the sixth season premiere. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) both died because of a shocking plane crash.
After appearing in more than 50 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kristine Sutherland took her last breath on the beloved show as Joyce Summers. In "The Body," perhaps the most critically acclaimed episode in the entire cult series, Buffy Summers' mother passed away of natural causes near the end of the fifth season of the show, as she is found by her vampire-fighting daughter in her home.
Known for its bloody and gruesome moments, Game of Thrones shocked fans when Ned Stark (Sean Bean) was killed off at the end of the first season. The House Stark leader was beheaded by the order of the maniacal King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). Later, in the third season, Catelynn Stark, Robb Stark and Talisa Stark died at the Red Wedding — in which Walder Frey double-crosses House Stark and, avenging a past slight, massacres Catelynn, her son Robb and his pregnant wife, among many others.
In a series finale twist, it was revealed that Roseanne's husband, Dan Conner (John Goodman), died of a heart attack. While it appeared he had survived the health scare, the final episode showed that the plot was a story that Roseanne had written and altered.
Gorgeous, damaged popular girl Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) left the world of The O.C. in the finale of the show's third season. In a famous shot of Ryan Atwood (Benjamin McKenzie) carrying her in his arms, Marissa succumbed to injuries from a car crash and died.
In a heartbreaking loss, West Wing fans said goodbye to Delores Landingham (Kathryn Joosten), when she died in a car crash at the end of the second season, when President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) was coming to grips with his multiple sclerosis.
In season five of The Wire, fan favorite Omar Little was killed off of the show. In a shocking scene, charismatic hustler Omar (Michael K. Williams) is checking out at a convenience store when he is shot and killed.
The celebrated nighttime soap opera Dallas played host to one of the most famous murder-mystery plotlines in television history in the show's third season. Main character J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) was shot by an unknown assailant, spawning the catchphrase, "Who shot J.R.?"
In what was one of the more random — and perhaps hilarious — TV deaths, Susan Biddle Ross (Heidi Swedberg) passed away on Seinfeld after being poisoned by the glue on the envelopes to her wedding invitations.
One of the more moral characters on The Sopranos, Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo) was killed in the fifth season of the HBO show. After agreeing to inform the FBI, Christopher Moltisanti's (Michael Imperioli) love is killed — brutally, of course — by mobster Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt).
In a show full of deaths, the loss of John Locke (Terry O'Quinn) was one of the most dramatic on Lost. After getting seemingly murdered and later reappearing, Locke's death was confirmed when it was revealed that the Smoke Monster had been taking on his form.
Teri Bauer (Leslie Hope) made it through season 1 of 24 before dying in the 24th episode and finale. Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) wife is killed by the traitor Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke) after she finds out incriminating information about her.
In the second season finale, Boardwalk Empire fans said goodbye to Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt). As Darmody's life crumbled around him he was shot by his former mentor, Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi).
After fighting the good fight for three seasons, Nick Brody (Damian Lewis) lost his life in the third season finale. The war vet — who had complicated alliances with both terrorist organizations and the U.S. — became a fugitive and evaded death time and time again, but was finally captured and hanged by the Iranian military.
Will Gardner (Josh Charles) was killed off midway through the fifth season of The Good Wife. In an unexpected moment, Alicia Florrick's (Julianna Margulies) colleague, friend, and on-and-off lover is shot and killed in a courtroom by his mentally ill client.
After welcoming his newborn baby George with Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), an emphatically happy Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) dies in a tragic car accident on his way back from meeting his son at the end of the third season. Stevens asked to be written off of the series in order to pursue other opportunities.
