Dolly Parton is coping with the death of her husband, Carl Dean.
“This is a love note to family, friends and fans. Thank you or all the messages, cards and flowers that you’ve sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl,” Parton, 79, shared in an Instagram statement on Thursday, March 6. “I can’t reach out personally to each of you but just know it has meant the world to me. He is in God’s arms now and I am OK with that. I will always love you.”
The social media post comes days after Parton announced on Monday, March 3, that Dean had died at age 82 in Nashville. The family has asked for privacy as they navigate this “difficult time.”
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” she announced via Instagram at the time. “Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy.”
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A cause of death has not been revealed, but the statement declared that Dean would be “laid to rest in a private ceremony.” He is survived by Parton and his two siblings, Sandra and Donnie. (The Associated Press was the first to report the news.)
Parton married Dean in 1966, two years after they met outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat on the same day she moved to Nashville to begin her music career.
Throughout her years as a country star, Parton wrote several songs about Dean, including “Tomorrow is Forever.” The song was originally released in 1970 for a duet album with Porter Wagoner. She rerecorded the song in 2016 for her Pure & Simple album, focused primarily on love songs.
Parton also explained why she and Dean were “the perfect partners” during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly in January 2022.
“We both have a great sense of humor,” she said. “We’re able to solve any problem and any situation, making a joke about it and not letting it get too heavy, but we respect each other and we like each other. We lucked up, let’s put it that way.”
The singer added, “You know, most people can keep a marriage [going strong] if you make a little effort. Some people just get slouching and lazy and about stuff that ain’t important, like leaving the toilet seat up. And if that’s the worst thing you’ve to worry about, you’re already in trouble.”
“I remember losing,” Roberts, 68, told Us Weekly exclusively at the premiere of The Righteous Gemstones season 4 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 5. “It’s devastating because you don’t really want to win, because you don’t think your speech will ever hold up.”
Roberts was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category following his role as Buck McGeehy in Runaway Train. Fellow nominees included Don Ameche for Cocoon, Klaus Maria Brandauer for Out of Africa, William Hickey for Prizzi’s Honor and Robert Loggia for Jagged Edge.
Before Ameche took home the win, Roberts speculated that he or Brandauer would get the award.
“Probably [Brandauer] because his movie was a bigger hit,” Roberts told Us. “I thought, ‘Maybe I’m second and maybe I’ll get lucky.’ Then, I was wrong on all accounts.”
This was Roberts’ only Oscar nomination in his 40-plus years in Hollywood. However, the actor told Us on Wednesday that he has learned some lessons along the way throughout his career.
“I’ve learned one thing,” he stated. “Work, work, work. Smile, smile, smile.”
Eric Roberts in ‘Runaway Train’MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection
Roberts also dished on saying goodbye to The Righteous Gemstones. The actor played Glendon “Junior” Marsh Jr. in the HBO show’s second season, which aired in 2022.
“This is my favorite job I ever had in my life,” Roberts told Us. “Because I was playing with my family, who I know very well.”
He continued, “I got the part through an audition and then had the best day with John Goodman. Had the best day every day going to work. Every day was like a vacation for me. It was so much fun.”
The Righteous Gemstones stars Danny McBride, Adam DeVine and Goodman, among others. Roberts worked closely with Goodman on set, since their characters were old friends.
Roberts was told “less than nothing” about the project before nabbing the role, he recalled in a 2022 interview with Collider.
“When I got the part, they told me nothing. They just let me go,” he added.
According to Roberts, everyone on set was “very accessible, approachable and creative,” making for a “wonderful” working environment.
“I had it made because I have a character with lots of backstory, but it’s all backstory concerning John. We have a past history,” Roberts said. “So, I just got to follow John for the pacing, and I got to play this great character.”
The Righteous Gemstones season 4 premieres on HBO Sunday, March 9, at 10 p.m. ET.
“Interviewing Megan Thee Stallion was a dream of mine. I love her music and It’s my go to whenever I need to boost my confidence before a show,” Berner, 33, shared in an Instagram Story statement on Thursday, March 6. “Looking back. at the interview, I wish I used any other word except ‘fight’ to describe how her songs impact me.”
The Summer House alum continued, “It was a careless choice of words and though there was no ill intent, I recognize and acknowledge that what I said has a deeper meaning and I am so sorry to Megan. I appreciate everyone who brought this to my attention.”
Berner interviewed Megan, 30, alongside “Giggly Squad” podcast cohost and former Summer House costar Paige DeSorbo on the Vanity Fair Oscars red carpet on Sunday, March 2.
“I start my day with you and only you,” DeSorbo, 32, said. Berner added, “No, your music has literally — when I want to fight someone, I listen to your music.”
Megan responded, “Because you want to throw that fighting s— out the window and you want to get cute and be a bad bitch.”
“When people are talking s—, I go, ‘Turn on Megan Thee Stallion!’” Berner added, noting that she was a huge fan of Megan’s In Her Words documentary, which premiered via Prime Video in October 2024.
Fans were quick to criticize Berner’s choice of words on social media, with some Reddit users calling out the racist undertones in Berner’s comments.
“It’s just super disappointing and disrespectful to see the blatant racism in such public spaces,” one person wrote. “Especially by these influencers who just love to ignore any sort of criticism or refuse to take any level of accountability for their words.”
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Another added, ‘Megan has a lyric in one of her songs that quite literally says ‘bitch do it look like I fight?’. I remember seeing an interview where she said something along the lines of she’s too pretty to fight (which is correct).”
In a March 2020 interview Megan did with Genius, breaking down the lyrics to her song “B.I.T.C.H.,” she explained why she doesn’t believe in physical violence.
“Have I beat somebody’s ass for a man? No. Oh, my God let me tell you fighting is so ugly,” Megan said at the time. “Look, nails long. Girls is paying $80 to get their nails done. … Do you know nails just go up.”
She continued, “Bitch, you want to fight me with these expensive ass nails on? No.”
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There just might be more kids in Kate Hudson’s future.
“I could have so many kids. I mean, I even think about it right now. I’m like, ‘Am I totally done?’ Because I just can’t imagine being done,” Hudson, 45, said during a Thursday, March 6, appearance on the “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “It’s a weird thing to think like, ‘Oh no, I’m done having kids,’ when you love having kids.”
Hudson is a mother to three kids. She shares 21-year-old son Ryder with ex-husband Chris Robinson and coparents son Bingham, 13, with ex Matt Bellamy. Hudson and fiancéDanny Fujikawa welcomed daughter Rani in October 2018.
During Thursday’s podcast episode, Hudson explained the difference between having sons and daughters to host Kylie Kelce, who shares three girls — Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 2 — with husband Jason Kelce.
“Rani is different,” Hudson explained. “Rani and I are like Velcro. It’s just totally different.”
Kylie, 32, added, “I think it’s such a nice dynamic that you got a girl on your third and that there’s that age gap. It just feels like you got almost like a little built-in best friend. … But I’m biased because I don’t know what boys are.”
Hudson did admit that it’s “so fun” being a boy mom.
Kate Hudson and daughter Rani Rose.Courtesy of ate Hudson/Instagram
“We weren’t meant to have [boys],” Kylie, who’s currently expecting another baby girl, joked. Hudson replied, “Well, you might not be done yet. I don’t know. It looks like, honestly, sounds to me like you guys are going to keep having babies.”
Hudson quipped that Kylie and Jason, 37, could “end up with twin boys” next time around.
“That would be horrific,” Kylie said. “Because I’m already transitioning to a minivan. I would have to have like a full freaking 12 passenger.”
Kylie and Jason announced in November 2024 that they were expecting their fourth child. Kylie told Hudson during their podcast episode that she has considered naming their fourth daughter after the actress’ How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days character, Andie Anderson.
“Not gonna lie, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is one of my favorite movies of all time, but absolutely my favorite rom-com,” Kylie gushed. “We’ve even considered Andie as a name for our fourth girl.”
“Our first is Wyatt, our second is Elliotte and our third is Bennett and we were like, ‘Andie would fit in there and it would be so cool,’” Kylie told Hudson. “It’s funny, I actually met someone at a pool and we were talking about girl names and they said that they named their daughter Anderson as in ‘Andie Anderson’ and call her Andie.”
In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, Christina Haack’s new boyfriend, Christopher Larocca, made a surprise appearance on The Flip Off.
Eagle-eyed fans were quick to clock Larocca standing in the background of the HGTV show’s finale, which aired on Wednesday, March 5. The scene, which was set at Haack’s California home, revealed who won the show’s final challenge. (Guest judge Jeff Lewis ultimately crowned Haack’s ex-husband Tarek El Moussa and his new wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, as the winners.)
Larocca did not interact with his girlfriend during his brief guest appearance, but he stood in the crowd wearing a black button-down shirt and holding a glass of champagne.
Us Weekly confirmed in January that Haack is dating Larocca amid her ongoing divorce from Joshua Hall, who was initially set to star on The Flip Off with her. Hall, 44, was eventually cut from the show, with Haack telling Us in January that no one would “miss” him.
The former couple split in July 2024 after two years of marriage. Haack was previously married to Tarek, 43, from 2006 to 2016, and they share children Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9. Haack moved on with Ant Anstead, whom she was married to from 2018 to 2020. They share 5-year-old son Hudson.
Haack was first linked to Larocca in October 2024 when they were spotted on a trip to Italy, according to photos published by the Daily Mail at the time. The couple made their relationship Instagram official last month.
“Some plane flights must be hard posted,” Haack captioned the photo, which showed her and Larocca smiling as they held glasses of champagne and shared a seat.
The reality star said she needs to “be engaged for a minimum of, like, five years” first before considering another trip down the aisle — and even joked that she was “terrified of men” and “taking a break” from dating. She also spoke about coping with her tumultuous divorce from Hall.
“I’ve been very busy, which is probably a blessing,” she told Us. “It’s really been a big growth period.”
The late Gene Hackman’s deceased dog was apparently misidentified by members of the Santa Fe County Sheriff while they were investigating the actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa’s deaths.
“Our deputies, they don’t work with canines on a daily basis,” a spokesperson told the Associated Press on Tuesday, March 4. (USA Today was first to report the news.)
Initially, it was reported that a deceased German shepherd was found dead in the house Hackman, 95, shared with Arakawa, 64. However, Santa Fe Tails pet care facility owner Joey Padilla told AP that it was their kelpie mix, Zinna, that died.
Padilla is currently overseeing the care of the late Hackman and Arakawa’s surviving dogs, a German shepherd named Bear, and a second pup named Nikita. He told AP that the late dog, Zinna, “was always attached to Betsy at the hip and it was a beautiful relationship.”
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Us Weekly confirmed on February 27 that the actor and his wife were found dead in their Santa Fe home with one deceased dog. The other two animals were still alive on the property, at the time. (Hackman’s pacemaker showed his “last event” recorded on February 17.)
Hackman is survived by three adult children — Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie — whom he shared with late ex-wife Faye Maltese. A rep for the late actor released a statement on behalf of the family.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” the statement read. “He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.”
Foul play is not suspected in Hackman and Arakawa’s deaths. An investigation has since been launched, and no official cause of death has been determined yet.
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Authorities have stated that there was no sign of forced entry into their home. While carbon monoxide poisoning was speculated by Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth, the fire department found no sign of a leak on site. County Sheriff Adan Mendoza announced in a Friday, February 28, press conference that both of the deceased “tested negative for carbon monoxide” as well.
“I think I’m very anxious to find out what happened and I just don’t know how long they had been deceased,” Hackman’s daughter Leslie told Us Weekly exclusively following her father’s death. “[The authorities] don’t know yet either.”
Adidas offloaded its last pair of Yeezys just before the new year.
The sportswear company announced during a press conference on Wednesday, March 5, that the final pair of sneakers designed by Kanye West were sold in December 2024.
“There is not one Yeezy shoe left, it has all been sold and that episode is behind us,” Adidas Chief Financial Officer, Harm Ohlmeyer, said on Wednesday, according to multiple outlets. However, the company stated that sales in North America were down two percent in 2024 “solely due to significantly lower Yeezy sales.”
West, 47, partnered with Adidas in 2013 to create and sell items from his Yeezy line. The footwear company cut ties with the rapper in 2022 after West made a series of antisemitic remarks. (West initially apologized for the hateful speech but later took back the apology. He has since continued to make various public antisemitic remarks.)
Adidas was quick to address their partnership with West in October 2022. The brand noted that their values included “creativity, innovation and supporting athletes and artists to achieve their vision,” calling the Yeezy partnership “one of the most successful” in Adidas history.
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“We are proud of our team that has worked tirelessly throughout our collaboration with Ye and the iconic products that were born from it. We also recognize that all successful partnerships are rooted in mutual respect and shared values,” the statement continued. “After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period.”
West responded with ‘f— Adidas” in an Instagram post at the time. “ADIDAS RAPED AND STOLE MY DESIGNS,” the musician alleged.
“Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,” Adidas’ statement read at the time. “After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.”
Adidas started selling its remaining Yeezy stock in May 2023, donating a portion of the profits to organizations aimed at combating antisemitism.
“For those of you that are new, Erin’s working through some — an issue on her upper lip,” Thompson, 42, said during the Monday, March 3 episode of their “Calm Down” podcast. “But it’s not what you think it is.”
Thompson’s explanation came after she could be heard saying “don’t touch that” to Andrews, 46, during the podcast episode. “It is so crusty and it really hurts,” Andrews replied before sharing more details.
“It’s a pre-skin cancer situation,” Andrews said. “I did a cream for five days on it. …That’s also something we’ll get to in the big show, doing our own makeup and doing the appointments that you need to do.” (The “big show” is a reference to the longer weekly episode of “Calm Down” — set to be released on Thursday, March 6 — which is separate from Thompson and Andrews’ Q&A sessions.)
“I’m really healthy. I didn’t think I would be a candidate for [cervical cancer],” she said in a 2019 interview with Coping Mag. “I thought I was totally fine and just getting ready for Week 3 in the NFL, and I got a call that I wasn’t. And then I think you just go through panic.”
She added, “I remember I said to my gynecologist at the time, ‘What do I tell my parents? What do I tell my boyfriend!?’”
At the time, Andrews was dating now-husbandJarret Stoll, who was “amazing” during her health battle. (Andrews and Stoll welcomed son Mack via surrogate in 2023.)
Andrews underwent surgery to remove the cancer in October 2016. She went back to work before undergoing another surgery the following month. By November 2016, Andrews was in the clear. Andrews publicly revealed her health battle during a January 2017 interview with Sports Illustrated.
“It was picked up the next day by every media organization,” she recalled in the same 2019 interview. “I remember lying in bed because I knew once it came out people were going to focus on how I had just worked a whole football season, and no one knew I had cancer.”
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Country star Riley Green appears to be setting the record straight on his dating life.
“Single. That was an easy one,” Green, 36, confirmed while appearing on the “In the Blind” podcast on Sunday, March 2. When he was asked how single, Green was quick to reply with “pretty damn” single.
While he didn’t address any specific speculation, fans are convinced that Green was subtly shutting down rumors that he was romantically linked to fellow singer Megan Moroney. Some country music fans have been wondering for years whether Green and Moroney, 27, are more than friends. (Us Weekly has reached out to Green and Moroney’s teams for comment.)
In November 2023, a bearded man appeared in Moroney’s Instagram Stories and followers were quick to wonder whether it was Green. He soon shut down the speculation with a social media video of his own set to “It Ain’t Me Babe” by Johnny Cash.
Things escalated earlier this year when Moroney posted photos of herself on vacation in St. Bart’s with friends. TikTok sleuths were convinced that Green was on the same tropical getaway.
Green became a breakout star after releasing his “Don’t Mind If I Do” duet with Ella Langley last year. He tapped Moroney to fill in for Langley, 25, during a November 2024 live show.
Riley Green and Megan Moroney perform onstage on November 14, 2024 in Hollywood, Florida.Derek White/Getty Images for Audacy
He may not have addressed the Moroney rumors head-on, but Green did call her “talented” during Sunday’s podcast episode.
“I did the Brooks & Dunn [album] Reboot this time. I went to listen to it, and my favorite song on there is not mine. She did ‘[Ain’t] Nothing ‘Bout You.’ I forgot all about that song,” Green said. “I wish I would’ve done that, but it’s so hard to take something that was already right, and make it your own or try to make it better. That was one of those where it was almost kind of rock-feeling. A really cool version of it.”
Green speculated that it was “probably a little easier” for Moroney to cover the iconic song because she’s “a little more talented vocally” than he is. “But that’s a tough thing to go do,” he added.
Moroney has yet to comment about dating rumors but is no stranger to speculation about her love life. (She was previously linked to Morgan Wallen but revealed that they were never “exclusive.”)
“I write really personal songs, so I think it would be insane of me to tell people to stop wondering who my songs are about,” she told Us Weeklyexclusively in September 2024. “If I didn’t want people to wonder who my songs are about, I should stop writing such personal songs [that are] clearly about someone.”
She added, “There’s gonna be people that speculate and wonder who the song’s about. More than that, the songs are helping people get through their own lives and their own relationships — that’s why I write songs.”
Chrissy Teigen is leaving cigarette smoking in the past.
“I’m just furiously chewing nicotine gum tonight,” Teigen, 39, admitted while speaking to Access Hollywood at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2. “Don’t smoke, smoking is bad, stop now if you can.”
Teigen further explained that she’s been an “on and off smoker for too long” and is finally trying to kick the habit.
“I have stopped for the last time. I’m very proud of myself,” the model continued. “But I’m also extremely on edge.”
Teigen and husband John Legend joked during the same interview that they were thrilled to get a date night away from their kids. (Teigen and Legend share Luna, 8, Miles, 6, Esti, 2, and Wren, 20 months.)
“We’re OK, we’re all good,” Teigen joked when asked about leaving the kids at home.
Teigen’s outing with Legend, 46, came days after she broke down during the first episode of her “Self-Conscious With Chrissy Teigen” podcast about passing certain traits down to their children.
Author Mel Robbins, who was Teigen’s guest on Thursday, February 27, explained that the model is “never responsible for managing someone else’s emotions.” Teigen followed up with a recent “epiphany” she had.
“I’m not alone in this,” she said. “Sometimes it feels very isolating to feel this way, and the fact that other people feel imprisoned by this too, that helps a lot, because one of the worst parts about it is me feeling crazy or feeling that nobody else will understand this feeling. ‘Why am I like this?’ I’m really scared of passing this along to my kids.”
She added, “I think that is the big realization for me, is, I can’t do this to my kids. I don’t ever want them to feel like they have to perform for everybody and be good all the time, but I know that sometimes I probably am that way.”
Teigen explained that she never wants people to look at her and Legend’s children as “celebrity a—–e kids” and raises them to be “the most polite.”
“I might go harder in the other direction to make sure that they don’t come off that way,” she admitted. “And I really need to break that because I’m OK — another reason I’m in therapy — I’m OK with me getting the s— end of the stick on anything or living this life where I’m stressed and in pain, but I’m not OK with them [getting it].”
Bodybuilder Jodi Vance’s family and trainer are speaking out after she died at age 20.
“For those that haven’t heard yet, Jodi passed away yesterday afternoon. Her heart stopped due to complications of severe dehydration,” her family announced in a statement via Instagram on Friday, February 28. “Despite all efforts by the hospital, they were unable to revive her. She was a beautiful person inside and out and she will be missed every single day. This was sudden and unexpected.”
The statement concluded, “Please give her family time to process this loss in peace. If anyone takes anything from this, please put your heath first.”
Two days before her death, Vance uploaded a photo from The Pro’s Gym in Columbus, Ohio. She showed off her muscles, flexing her arm in the image ahead of the Arnold Sports Festival. According to TMZ, Vance was not competing at the event but was there as a coach to support athletes that she trained.
Justin Mihaly, Vance’s fitness coach, spoke out about her death on Saturday, March 1, in a five-minute Instagram video.
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“Now that the family and I have spoken, it’s the appropriate time to make a statement covering all aspects of what transpired the last few days that tragically took Jodi’s life far too soon,” Mihaly said, describing the grief he felt after Vance’s death.
While highlighting the best parts of her personality, Mihaly also said that Vance made a “significant error” in her training process.
“We want to make sure this never happens again,” he continued. “Jodi used two extremely hazardous substances to improve her physique — I assume just for the Arnold Expo — without my knowledge [or] my approval.”
Because she was not competing, Mihaly said there was “no reason” that Vance should have been dehydrated.
“Recently, [her] health had become quite concerning, and now we know why. Now we have the answers,” he continued. “Many people who loved Jodi, including myself, tried to get her to pull off the gas pedal. … Her work ethic was actually second to nobody. It was so hard getting her to pull back.”
Mihaly explained that Vance had “expressed interest” in using a certain drug before her death. He claimed that Vance had an “insanely high” potassium rating when she was taken to the hospital.
“I did not see it firsthand, this is what I was told. We do know that she had access to these things. We now know that it was being used,” he continued, explaining that Vance paired a diuretic with a fat-burning drug. “It had some poor downstream effects.”
Mihaly noted in his Instagram caption that his video was posted “with support and approval” from Vance’s mom. “Thank you for keeping Jodi first and to all who have shown an outpouring of love to Jodi and her family,” he added.
“I actually can’t believe how perfect it was. It was the best wedding I’ve ever been to,” Hoffman, 35, told Cosmopolitan in an interview published on Wednesday, March 5. “We got to spend our wedding truly together. We love to be together.”
Windey announced in August 2023 that she and Hoffman had been together for three months. Since then, the pair haven’t been shy about sharing their love with the world. When they evacuated from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in January because of the Pacific Palisades fires, the couple decided to get married — but kept it a secret.
“It was just us two. We did everything in two days,” Windey said. “We were just going to show up to a chapel, but then I said, ‘Oh, no. If it’s OK, I actually want you to ask me.’”
After that request, Hoffman started making moves on a proposal, and their wedding journey was officially underway. Keep scrolling for inside look at Windey and Hoffman’s Las Vegas nuptials:
The Engagement
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“I had a friend make a crossword. I gave him the clues and the answers, and I said it had to say, ‘WILL YOU MARRY ME, GABBY,’” Hoffman shared. Windey said that “nothing was clicking” when she was doing the crossword puzzle.
“She said yes! And we were engaged for a day,” Hoffman said. Windey added, “We had our engagement dinner at the Wynn buffet over crab legs.”
The Chapel
Hoffman admitted that she looked up the wedding chapels that “good couples” used in Las Vegas. (They tied the knot in the same chapel as Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, who got married in 2022.)
“We did some shopping around for chapels. Robby is really good at admin,” Widney told Cosmo. Hoffman added, “The chapel I found had longer-standing relationships.”
The Outfits
Initially, Windey had plans to channel her inner Kardashian with “casual leather and Prada sunglasses” — but she eventually found the perfect white dress.
“I went into department stores and the first dress I saw on the mannequin was off-white lace, and I was like, ‘This is gonna be it.’ It was the only one they had in stock,” she recalled. “It was a little tight and made my butt look huge, but it was perfect. Everything just fell into place so naturally. It felt so serendipitous and so precious and so meant to be.”
The Photos — And Walking Down the Aisle
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The couple spent maybe 15 minutes with their minister, Reverend Nature, who “wore red sneakers.” Windey and Hoffman then spent time with photographer Big Nate.
“Big Nate captured our essence. We walked down the aisle to ‘H-O-T T-O G-O,’ Chappell Roan. He was directing us the whole time,” Windey recalled. “He’d tell Robby, ‘My man, move an inch this way. Now hit a pose.’ But Robby, she always has so much swagger that he was like, ‘You do you.’”
Exchanging Their Vows
The couple didn’t want to make their wedding a “performance,” Windey explained.
“I feel like there can be so much pressure on whoever’s watching you at weddings,” she continued. “We were so nervous just having it be us, too. Even our vows, I’ve never heard you talk so fast.”
Hoffman admitted that they had to reread their vows. “We had no expectations. We just had love and openness,” she said.
The Price
“Our wedding was $799. That included the limousine That included the photos. That included the minister,” Hoffman shared, noting that they opted for “the most expensive wedding package they offered.”
The second episode of Denise Richards and Her Wild Things featured Denise, 54, meeting up with Tori, 51, for lunch. The pair caught up about life when Denise brought up her dad, Irv Richards, and how he was almost set up with Candy Spelling.
“You know that a hairdresser, a long time ago, wanted to set my dad up with your mom,” Denise said. Tori responded, “Nope, didn’t know that.”
Denise said that her dad was “so intimidated” by the possibility.
“I mean, they’d be cute together,” Tori said. Denise added, “How great would that be? We could have been stepsisters.”
Denise explained that her and Tori’s connection went way back — but they didn’t become friends until recent years.
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“The first time I met Tori was on Beverly Hills, 90210. Then, Tori and I, we would just see each other at different events or shoots that we had,” Denise shared in her confessional. “We actually got to know each other, I would say in the last 15 years.”
“So, you’re single now?” Do you have a date?” Denise asked. “I think your divorce came at such a great time.”
Tori noted that it came at the “right time.” (The actress filed for divorce from Dean, 58, in March 2024. She listed their date of separation in June 2023.)
“Do you ever miss him there?” Denise asked. Tori replied, “I really miss someone fixing s— around the house.”
Denise said that her current husband, Aaron Phypers, is the “only” man she’s been with who can change a lightbulb.
“I can’t imagine [Denise’s ex-husband] Charlie [Sheen] screwing in a lightbulb,” Tori joked. “How many hookers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?”
Denise added, “I think I was a little more handy than he was. I grew up with my father who could build houses.”
The pair also talked about their mutual ex-boyfriend, actor Patrick Muldoon — and called him on the phone. (Denise said in her confessional that she and Patrick were together for “almost” five years when they broke up.)
“He said he was dating you and could not see you,” Denise recalled. “And I was very jealous.”
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The first episode of Denise’s highly anticipated Bravo reality show, which aired on Tuesday, March 4, featured her hosting a picnic in Malibu with family and friends. Brooke, 47, attended with 15-year-old son Bob.
“I wanted to include Brooke, Charlie’s other ex-wife,” Denise, 54, said in her confessional. “There’s a lot of history there. Her sons are my daughters’ brothers. We are a big, blended family.”
Richards shares daughters Sami, 20, and Lola, 19, with Sheen, 59, whom she was married to from 2002 to 2006. Brooke welcomed twins Bob and Max, 15, during her marriage to Sheen from 2008 to 2011.
“I wish you were still at that unit, because I rented three there,” Denise could be heard saying to Brooke at one point, referring to the three condos that she’s currently renting. (It was revealed earlier in the episode that her husband, Aaron Phypers’ family is living in their home. She has three condos — a home, a studio and an office.)
The show’s premiere also introduced viewers to the feud between Sami and Lola, who aren’t speaking because of a boy. Apparently, Sami dated and subsequently broke up with one of Lola’s friends. Lola has not stopped talking to the boy, which upsets Sami. (The girls told Us Weekly exclusively late last month that they blocked each other on social media for a year over the fight.)
“The reason why I wanted to do a family environment is because Sam and Lola have not spoken for a long time,” Denise told Brooke at one point. “They’ve always been really close.”
Brooke replied, “I don’t know what it is about siblings sometimes just being complete opposites. Bob is more of an introvert like Charlie and Max needs a playmate, wants to do something.”
“Bob looks like Charlie and Sami looks like Charlie,” she added before an aside about squirrels. Denise then noted that Sami and Lola were sitting at the same table and asked Brooke to go with her.
Eventually, Denise sits with Sami and Lola alone — but their feud is anything but solved.
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
The decision to remove the title of “wife” from her Instagram bio wasn’t an easy one for Kyle Richards.
“Do you know what I do need to do? I’m going to do it right now,” Kyle, 56, said during the Tuesday, March 4, episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills while talking to sister Kathy Hilton. “I am not going to be sitting here, having ‘wife’ on my Instagram bio with him running around with people. Why would I?”
“In the past, it’s been hard for me to think about taking ‘wife’ off my bio or my married last name, but the picture changed that for me,” Kyle said during her confessional.
She told Kathy that Mauricio had previously removed “husband and father” from his own Instagram bio at some time following their separation.
“Why am I still going to have [‘wife’] on there after seeing that? I feel stupid to have that on there,” Kyle added. “He clearly did not know that his photo was being taken but it looked like someone was taking that photo intentionally.”
Elsewhere in the scene, Kyle speculated that Mauricio is “freaking out” over the photo being published online.
“I would think that he would text and say something though, I don’t know why,” she added. Kathy responded, “When people are quiet, that tells you a lot.”
Mauricio Umansky.Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
For years prior to their separation, there were widespread rumors that Mauricio had cheated on Kyle — all of which they both denied.
“We’ve heard all those rumors about him. It’s embarrassing, it’s humiliating, but really, we’ve never seen a picture,” Kathy said in her confessional. “Nobody’s ever comes out. He’s not in a position financially to pay anybody off.”
Kyle also noted to Kathy that she doesn’t want to “dig” into the mystery woman’s identity.
“I don’t care who she is. That doesn’t matter,” she continued. “I need to move on. I don’t want to keep talking about her so much. Who cares? It doesn’t even matter.”
Kyle added, “It could be somebody else next week. … I have to move forward.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.
Bergmann set the record straight on his now-viral comments on Tuesday, March 4. “Omg y’all I’m so sorry and confused,” he wrote via X. “Everything being reported on is none of my business. My contribution to this was taken out of context and said in what I thought was relative obscurity, but it obviously wasn’t.”
Travis and Taylor were public for months before the NFL player moved into Bergmann’s neighborhood. “He moved in November, that’s all I know,” Bergmann continued. “I told Michele, who is a giant fan, hey this is serious. She didn’t believe me for six months. That was the intention of the comment. Again it was taken out of context but I shouldn’t be talking about it anyway. So consider this the last time I do.”
“He’s an enigma — on one hand, he’s, like, this big, tough football player,” Bergmann, 41, explained during a recent appearance on “The Social Game” podcast. “On the other, he’s going to have about 12 Taylor Swift songs written about him.”
The MTV alum called himself the “first person” to know about Kelce, 35, and Swift’s romance. Bergmann claimed that he “tried to tell” Survivor alum Michele Fitzgerald — who hosts the podcast alongside Kellie Nalbandian — about the courtship but she “didn’t believe it.”
Kelce and Swift, 35, took their relationship public in September 2023 when she attended one of his football games, but Bergmann had the inside scoop months prior.
“I beat the validating of her showing up to games and stuff by, like, six months,” Bergmann continued. “To me, he’s the boy next door.”
Bergmann’s connection to Kelce goes far beyond where they live. The former Challenge winner was once mistaken for the Kansas City Chiefs tight end after photos were snapped by their respective homes.
“We live inside a gated community, and I was exiting the gated community in my brand new beautiful truck recently,” Bergmann said during a “Rob Has a Podcast” appearance in February 2024. “And the paparazzi snapped me, and they thought I was Travis Kelce.”
He continued, “So they published a picture of me in my car and they said something along the lines of ‘Travis Kelce doesn’t love Taylor Swift as much as Taylor Swift loves Travis Kelce.’ So I am apparently his doppelgänger.”
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Bergmann noted that he’s been “rooting for” Kelce for a long time. “It is now mainstream cool,” he added at the time. (Kelce, however, has said on his “New Heights” podcast that he isn’t watching season 3 of The Traitors. Sorry, Wes!)
Bergmann hasn’t offered more details about the origin of Swift and Kelce’s romance, but the singer actually has. Swift told Time Magazine in December 2023 that they had privately dated before she made the decision to attend one of his games.
“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” she said at the time, referring to a July 2023 episode of “New Heights” in which Kelce talked about wanting to give Swift a friendship bracelet. She said that they “started hanging out right after that.”
Swift noted that there was “a significant amount of time” that they spent together before taking things to the next level.
“We got to get to know each other,” she shared. “By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
The actress first offered fans insight into her life when appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for two seasons from 2019 to 2020. Five years later, in 2025, she peeled back the curtain once again via her own Bravo reality series, Denis Richards & Her Wild Things.
“After Housewives, [producer] Alex Baskin approached me and asked if I would want to do a family reality show,” Denise told Us Weekly exclusively in February 2025. “Obviously, I wanted the girls to really want to do it and I think it’s also a great time for them. They’ve always lived, basically, in the shadows of their parents where they’re the daughters of, and it’s a nice time for them to be able to be themselves and shine.”
While the girls had differing views about starring in a reality show — Sami was immediately on board, while Lola had her reservations — they both agreed to appear. Denise told Us that she really wanted the series to showcase her family for who and how they are.
“I wanted us to just live our life,” she continued. “One of the biggest things I wanted the girls to do is to just be their true, authentic self. I don’t want anything inauthentic. … I think that there’s a lot of things that a lot of people can relate to.”
Keep scrolling for a breakdown of Denise’s family:
Joni and Irv Richards
Denise’s parents, Joni and Irv Richards, raised her in Illinois. Her mother died in November 2007 following a cancer battle.
Michelle Richards
Michelle is Denise’s sole younger sister. In 2015, Denise posted via Instagram that Michelle, along with her family, moved to Montana.
Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Denise was married to Charlie from 2002 to 2006. While she was pregnant with their second daughter in 2005, Denise filed for divorce. The former couple’s messy split played out in the headlines until their divorce was finalized in November 2006.
Sami Sheen
Denise Richards and Sami Sheen.Courtesy of Sami Sheen/Instagram
Denise and Charlie welcomed their first daughter, Sami, in March 2004. She has made a career as a model and content creator on OnlyFans.
Denise welcomed her second daughter, Lola, in June 2005. She is the host of the “Heavenly Bonded” podcast.
Eloise Richards
Eloise Joni Richards and Denise Richards.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Associated Television International
Denise adopted Eloise after her May 2011 birth. Eloise has a rare chromosomal disorder — Chromosome 8, Monosomy 8p — in which she has speech and development delays. Denise has spoken in the past about her husband, Phypers, going through the process to formally adopt Eloise.
Aaron Phypers
Aaron Phypers and Denise Richards.Robin L Marshall/Getty Images
The couple were first spotted out together in September 2017. They tied the knot in September 2018, with a source telling Us Weekly that Phypers had proposed in January of that year.
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things premieres with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on Tuesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Some stars in the Bravo universe have spoken candidly about their past drug use — on and off camera.
Vanderpump Rules alum Jax Taylor addressed his cocaine addiction for the first time in a tell-all interview released in March 2024. The reality star shared that he was newly sober, cutting out alcohol in an effort to keep his substance abuse struggles at bay.
“I have substance issues — primarily with cocaine. It’s hard to say out loud,” Taylor said on Bravo’s “Hot Mic” podcast. “I’ve been dealing with this on and off since I was 23 and now, I’m 45. There was times where I would stop doing it but then there were times where I’d go heavy on it.”
He added, “I don’t necessarily think I have an alcohol problem but the two go hand in hand. I can’t do cocaine without drinking. So, I just gave up both. I’m proud to say I’m 83 days sober right now, which is the longest I’ve ever gone in my life without either.”
This isn’t the first time the topic of cocaine has come up in the Vanderpump Rules universe. Taylor’s former costar James Kennedy — who has spoken publicly about his past alcohol struggles — denied doing cocaine in 2019.
At the time, a video went viral of someone who looked like Kennedy allegedly snorting the drug. “THIS IS NOT ME,” he commented on the post.
Keep scrolling to see other Bravolebrities who have publicly discussed past drug use:
Jax Taylor
Jax Taylor.Charles Sykes/Bravo
“I just want to let people know this is a really, really tough disease and it’s a really tough sickness,” Taylor said in March 2025. “I’ve never said this in my life. So to come out and say that I have an addiction [and] that I have a sickness that I have to work on the rest of my life is a really big deal for me. Obviously, it’s a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.”
Carl Radke
The Summer House star has spoken at length about his past addiction struggles before getting sober in January 2021.
“I don’t think I realized I had a problem with drugs and alcohol until the early seasons of Summer House, just watching myself back,” he wrote in an April 2024 essay published on Today.com. Radke’s sobriety journey started months after his brother Curtis died from a heroin overdose in September 2020.
“My brother suffered from mental illness and addiction issues that crafted a huge rift in our family,” he wrote. “At the same time, I was also struggling privately. I went back to old Carl — drinking and using a lot of cocaine, which led to spiraling out of control. I continued down the spiral until I had what I would describe as my rock-bottom moment.”
“In those early seasons, I often blamed my internal demons on the outside pressures I was facing,” Conover wrote. “The need to finish my work caused me to take Adderall. The anxiety of needing to ‘be on’ when I went out to the bars caused me to take more Adderall. And so on.”
After filming season 6 in 2018, he quit taking Adderall.
Austen Kroll
Austen Kroll.Charles Sykes/Bravo
Kroll recalled “tripping” on Ambien while filming Winter House season 2, which aired in late 2022.
“I legitimately thought that I was taking a sleeping pill, but apparently if you fight off the sleep on Ambien, you like trip and wander around like ghosts and talk to people,” Kroll shared during an October 2022 interview with Page Six. “I was trying to be good! I was like, ‘Austen, go to bed and this Ambien will help you go to bed.’ And in fact, it did the opposite.”
“I’ve stopped taking it,” she said. Schroeder later spoke about quitting Xanax when she found out she was pregnant with her first child.
Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi
Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi.Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Durkin Entertainment
The Shahs of Sunset star admitted to having a “massive drug past” during an appearance on E!’s Just the Sip in November 2018.
“I started when I was 11 years old,” she shared. “It was quite some time; it was almost 14 years I was using.”
Gharachedaghi went to rehab in 2005 and has stayed clean.
“I haven’t gone back to those hard drugs that I did do. I don’t want to scare anyone — I didn’t do heroin or crack. I was born and raised in L.A., babe,” she added. “You know, it’s cocaine and weed. That was the way it went.”
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star admitted to drug use during a 2015 interview on the Dr. Phil Show. The tumultuous interview showed Richards discussing her sobriety, and at one point she even walked off stage. Cameras then caught Richards having a discussion with son Chad about her drug use. (Richards is a mother to Chad, along with daughters Brooke and Kimberly.)
“You haven’t been sober,” Chad said. Richards responded, saying, “Yeah, but Chad. I’m not drinking every day.”
He continued: “I live with you. I’m not saying you’re drinking, but you’re taking pills. You do this every once in a while, you smoke pot.”
She admitted to doing it “every once in a while” and went to rehab that same year.
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“[It was] probably one of the most glamorous moments of my life,” Kaling, 45, said about receiving a jar of the strawberry preserves in April 2024. Markle’s As Ever brand (previously named American Riviera Orchard) sent out personalized jars of jam to 50 of her famous friends, and each jar was numbered.
“As a very hierarchical person, I was like, who are these people?” Kaling, who received jar number 19 of 50, wondered during her With Love, Meghan appearance. “Does having a lower number make me more special?”
Markle, 43, made it clear that it was not “a ranking” of her celebrity friends.
“It was just, ‘Let me share them.’ And then people started to take it very personally,” Markle said, noting that her mother, Doria Ragland, was one of the recipients. Kaling was quick to quip that she was someone who took it personally.
“Anyone who got one of those 50 jars that I was making on my stove in my actual kitchen at my house, I hope they all thought like, ‘I wanna share this with you,’” Markle added.
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Other notable names like Abigail Spencer, Tracee Ellis Ross, Chrissy Teigen, Kris Jenner and RHOBH star Garcelle Beauvais also received the jar of jam — all with a different number affixed.
Markle used her calligraphy skills to write out the brand’s name on each jar, adding a personal touch to the gift. Each label also featured Montecito, which is where she and Prince Harry live. (With Love, Meghan was shot in the same area, but not at the royal couple’s actual home.) The jars of jam were delivered in a basket full of lemons, marking her official foray into the lifestyle space.
While the jam made major headlines at the time, further details about Markle’s brand were kept under wraps. She offered an update on the launch last month, revealing that the brand’s name had been changed from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever.
“Last year, I had thought, ‘American Riviera, that sounds like such a great name.’ It’s my neighborhood; it’s a nickname for Santa Barbara, but it limited me to things that were just manufactured and grown in this area,” she explained in a video posted to Instagram on February 17, noting that the jam will be available to purchase once As Ever launches.
“Of course, there will be fruit preserves,” Markle said in the same video. “I think we’re all clear at this point that jam is my jam. But there are so many more products that I just love, and now it’s time to share them with you. So, I just can’t wait for you to see it.”
All episodes of With Love, Meghan are available to stream via Netflix on Tuesday, March 4.
Sorry, Peaky Blinders fans, it looks like Finn Cole will not be reprising his role as Michael Gray in the upcoming movie.
“I’m so excited to watch it. I’m so proud of that show and all the people involved,” Cole, 29, told Us Weekly exclusively late last month at the NYC premiere of his latest film Last Breath. “They’re absolutely awesome and I can’t wait for the movie. It’s going to be amazing.”
Cole made his Peaky Blinders debut during the show’s second season in 2014 as the seemingly unassuming son of Polly Gray (played by the late Helen McRory). However, as the series goes on, he constantly butts heads with Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy). When Polly is killed by the IRA, Michael promises to exact revenge against Tommy. In the series finale, which aired in April 2022, the two men come face to face and Tommy shoots Michael, killing him.
While it seems obvious that Cole would not be appearing in the film because of his character’s death, nothing is certain in Birmingham. Cole, unfortunately, did tell Us at the Last Breath premiere that he was unable to pay a visit to the film’s set.
“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” the actor shared in a statement at the time. “It is very gratifying to be collaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”
Original cast member Sophie Rundle is also set to return, reprising her role as Ada Shelby. Newcomers include Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Stephen Graham, Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck, Jay Lycurgo and Barry Keoghan.
Plot details have yet to be revealed but Knight, the show’s creator, told fans that it will be set during World War II. Production officially began in September 2024, with Netflix already sharing photos from set.
Knight told BBC Breakfast last month that the movie looks “fantastic” and will be “a very fitting way to end this part of the Peaky story.”
Yes, that is a major teaser.
“It’s not over, let’s just put it like that,” he added. “I’m not allowed to announce it, but I’m just saying that the world of Peaky will continue.”
