In the image, Harry, 40, pressed a kiss to Lilibet’s head, as the toddler sat in his lap. The pair were seated on a boat, with Lilibet, 3, turned away from the camera. (Harry and Meghan, 43, are also parents to son Archie, 5.)
Harry rocked a white T-shirt and blue-and-white striped shorts, a blue backwards baseball cap and a pair of black sunglasses. Lilibet wore a pink T-shirt and floral leggings with her hair styled in a half-up, half-down look.
“Happy International Women’s Day!” Meghan captioned a carousel of images via Instagram on Saturday, March 8. “Celebrating the strong women around us & the girls with dreams who will become women with vision. Also thanking those who uplift us every day.”
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In addition to the sweet image of the father-daughter duo, Meghan also shared an image of Harry embracing her from behind as the couple walked along the beach. In another pic, Meghan smiled for a selfie with her mom, Doria Ragland.
Meghan’s tribute comes less than a week after the launch of her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. In an interview with People published on Saturday, a crew member shared that Harry and their two children showed their support for Meghan on set during filming.
“Whenever Harry visited set, he was always super polite and friendly. But it was clear he wanted this to be Meghan’s moment to shine,” the crew member told the publication, adding that Meghan was “super attentive and doting” on their kids. “We would give them headphones so they could listen to audio.”
In the eight-episode series, Meghan shared numerous tips from cooking to hosting and received visits from various famous guests, including a brief cameo from Harry. After hugging a group at the brunch part, Harry embraced his wife with several kisses. “Well done! You did a great job,” Harry told Meghan. “I love it.”
While reflecting on her connection to Harry, Meghan gushed that the pair make an effort to keep their romance alive by showing up for each other “in the ways big and small.”
“Life is full of surprises. I did not expect to meet H and for this to be our love story. I’m very lucky,” Meghan said on the Thursday, March 6, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. “I’m married to the funniest, sweetest, most charming [man]. He’s all the things that you’re describing and he’s an amazing father. I count my blessings because I have him and also I have a partner who is so supportive of me.”
“I told him, I was like, ‘Look, here’s the problem that I have with this statement — not that I brought you on to this show and gave you a job, that’s not even the problem that I’m having here, but you should remind yourself of that — the problem I’m having is, I just became a mother and this is my job and I need to be a provider for my daughter,’” Hubbard, 38, said on the Thursday, March 6, episode of Betches’ “Mention It All” podcast.
She continued of her conversation with Wilson, “‘You going around being like, ‘There’s no way [she’s returning],’ is not really helpful, and is actually really hurtful. I thought we were friends and I’m trying to be financially independent and provide for my daughter. You saying, ‘There’s no way,’ is really f—ed up.’”
Wilson made headlines last month when he was asked on an episode of the “Trading Secrets” podcast whether he thought Hubbard would be on the Bravo show next season. “There’s no way, I don’t know. Unless they bring the baby,” Wilson said, before quipping, “I don’t think I can babysit. I don’t know how that works.”
In Hubbard’s mind, Wilson could have answered that question in a different way. “He could have also been like, ‘Oh, God, I really hope so.’ Or, ‘I’m here because of her, so I hope they figure out a way to include her despite the fact that she has a daughter.’ … Say anything besides, ‘There’s no way.’”
Hubbard said Wilson was “appreciative” that she “hashed it out” with him after his comments. “What is with these guys publicly doing things and then expecting people to not publicly respond? I’m like, ‘OK, then shut your f—ing mouth and I won’t f—ing say anything. But if you want to go, then let’s f—ing have a media war. I’m down. I’m so down for a media war with West Wilson,” she said.
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Hubbard quipped that Wilson is the “last on the list” when it comes to a babysitter for her daughter.
“West is lucky if he has a job in season 10. I told him that over summer, too,” Hubbard claimed. “I had many talks with him where I was just like, ‘You need to f—ing do something.’ Kyle [Cooke] got mad at him, too. You’re here to do something. If you don’t want to do something, stay at home. … And what did I do? More in my sleep.”
Hubbard clarified that she has “love” Wilson, who joined the show in 2024. “I give him s—t as, like, a big sister,” she said.
After splitting from Summer House costar Carl Radke, Hubbard moved on with Turner Kufe. Hubbard announced in July 2024 that she and Kufe were expecting their first baby. (Hubbard did not reveal Kufe’s identity at the time.)
“Trigger Warning: This post contains more fireworks than the 4th of July! WE’RE PREGNANT!!!!! ,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “I truly believe the universe has a bigger plan and this is it! The second I had a feeling, I took a @clearblue Early Digital Pregnancy Test and getting a clear result, in words, made the next steps sooo much easier. My boyfriend and I are beyond excited to welcome our little #HubbCub this Holiday season 2024!!”
The couple welcomed daughter Gemma in December 2024. “She’s here!! Gemma Britt Kufe ,” Hubbard wrote via Instagram at the time, sharing a snap of the pair holding on their newborn’s hands.
“At first hearing it was like, ‘OK, wow, she’s really moved on.’ Not that I was expecting the door to be kept open for me,” Radke explained. “You almost envision it’s going to be some time [before your ex moves on].”
Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
“All I ever wanted to be was a professional football player. The odds were not good. But I loved football,” Sutter, 50, wrote via Instagram on Friday, March 7. “I played from a pee wee through college and, yes, I made it to the NFL. Drafted by the Baltimore Ravens but ending up on the Carolina Panthers practice squad my goal was finally achieved on November 29th, 1998 when I was activated to play against the New York Jets.”
He continued, “I lined up for the opening kick off. The whistle blew. I ran down the field. By the time the next whistle blew, my career was over. 5 seconds had run off the clock. In an attempt to make the tackle, I blew up my shoulder. I never made it back.”
Sutter said his dream was “both realized and shattered” within five seconds. “20 years of effort culminated on that day, in that moment,” he said. “Then it was over. The game went on obviously. We lost. Life went on. I had to go on. But I didn’t know any other way.”
Sutter explained that he has “tried insatiably to live up to what should have been — to be the dream I dreamed I’d be” in the 26 years since that day. He has since become a firefighter, an Ironman, a Leadman and a Ninja Warrior.
“My life has been blessed. I have an unbelievable wife and family. I continue to work with talented, ambitious and inspiring people,” he continued. “Yet I still feel as though I’ve failed my potential — that I could have been more. That single failure has made every subsequent one more impactful.”
Now, Sutter said he’s “up at night replaying difficult calls at work in my mind, trying to find ways I could have done better.” Sutter, who shared a black-and-white image of himself seemingly at an at-home gym, shared he’s at “this gym religiously in an attempt to keep my aging and aching body capable of the demands I continue to put on it.”
“I don’t know any other way…” he wrote. “But I’m going to have to learn. As disappointing as it is, I’m going to have to accept that my fizzled out football career rocketed me into a meaningful life. My broken dream lead to me accomplishing things I never dreamt of.”
He continued, “I am the person I am not in spite of my failures but because of them. I will never play football again. But I will continue to harness and apply the motivation and drive I gained in its pursuit to challenge myself. I will seek out and strive for opportunities to get better. I will fall and I will get back up. Because I don’t know any other way…”
Bachelor Nation met Ryan on season 1 of The Bachelorette, where he vied for the affections of his now-wife Trista Sutter. The pair tied the knot in December 2003 as part of a three-part special on ABC. Ryan and Trista, 52, welcomed son Maxwell and daughter Blakesley in July 2007 and April 2009, respectively.
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While celebrating their 21st wedding anniversary in December 2024, Ryan gushed over his connection with Trista.
“I struggle to find new words to describe how much I love you or new ways to express how much you mean to me,” Ryan wrote via Instagram, alongside a black-and-white selfie of the couple. “It’s difficult to explain but so easy to feel. You make it so easy to feel so good, so happy, so much joy and gratitude and peace within. Not much about life is easy anymore, not much except loving you…. And I do and I have and I will – for every second since I said I do…. #happyyanniversary mama. HIF. #love.”
In an interview with People published on Saturday, March 8, a crew member on With Love, Meghan reflected on Meghan’s husband, Prince Harry, and their two children showing up to support her during filming. (Meghan, 43, and Harry, 40, share son Archie, 5, and daughter Lilibet, 3.)
“Whenever Harry visited set, he was always super polite and friendly. But it was clear he wanted this to be Meghan’s moment to shine,” the crew member told the outlet, gushing that Meghan was “super attentive and doting” on their kids when they showed up behind the camera. “We would give them headphones so they could listen to audio.”
In With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex offered a look into her Montecito, California, life while sharing tips on baking, cooking, crafting and hosting. Meghan also received on-camera visits from several familiar faces, including a brief cameo from Harry.
The Duke of Sussex hugged a group at the brunch party, before embracing Meghan with several kisses. “Well done! You did a great job,” he told his wife of her onscreen efforts. “I love it.”
Meghan, for her part, was seen fangirling over several of her guests, including legendary farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. After the pair prepared quiches and a salad, Meghan became emotional as she thanked Waters. “I just respect you and appreciate you so much,” she said. “This has been a complete treat.”
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While reflecting on her experience filming with Meghan, Waters told the outlet on Saturday that the pair “really had a connection” and now text each other. Waters noted that she loved seeing how Meghan is raising her and Harry’s kids.
“She wants to connect her children with the gardens and the chickens,” Waters said. “I am so concerned about how our children are growing up right now and parents who just deeply connect with their kids around food, is very uplifting for me to experience.”
Less than one week after the eight-episode show dropped on Netflix, the streaming platform confirmed to Us Weekly that With Love, Meghan, will return for another season with director Michael Steed. Netflix noted that season 2 has already completed filming.
Meghan, for her part, gushed over the news via Instagram. “Oh, how I love ASMR!” she captioned clips from season 1. “If you’re loving Season 1, just wait until you see the fun we cooked up on Season 2! Thanks for joining the party, and an endless thanks to the amazing team and crew who helped bring it all to life! @netflix.”
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy has been arrested on charges of domestic violence.
Per Williams County, Texas, online records, Worthy was arrested on Friday, March 7, and charged with assault against a family or household member by impeding their breathing or circulation. The identity of the family or household member has not yet been publicly revealed.
TMZ reported that Worthy is being held without bail and will appear before a judge on Saturday, March 8.
“We are aware and gathering information,” the Chiefs organization said in a statement Saturday, March 7, per USA Today. Worthy has not publicly commented on the arrest or charges.
Worthy was selected as the No. 28 pick by the Chiefs in the 2024 NFL Draft after running a record breaking 40-yard dash in 4.21 seconds at the NFL combine that spring. After being drafted, Worthy’s now-fiancée, Tia Jones, celebrated his professional accomplishment.
“Welcome to the chiefs kingdom . #chiefs #nfldraft #worthy,” Jones captioned a series of Instagram photos with Worthy at the time.
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Worthy and Jones announced their engagement in July 2024. Worthy popped the question to Jones on the beach, getting down on one knee in front of a red flower arch with a “Marry Me” sign behind.
Two months later, Worthy made his regular season debut and scored two touchdowns. “First game, first touchdown, first win. Proud to be a Chief. Go Chiefs Kingdom!” he said in a Chiefs video on X, while Jones gushed via X, “Zays first real NFL touchdown First TD of the game! Left with 2 TD. Left with 68 yards on only 3 touches .”
As the couple prepares for their wedding day, Jones revealed how their relationship began during a November 2024 appearance on “The Pregame Podcast With Tokyo and Sydnee.” Jones shared that Worthy had messaged her before, but she “didn’t respond.”
“’Cause, you know, it’s Instagram. Swipe in, swipe out,” she added, noting that things changed when she moved to Texas, where he was living. “Time went by, I moved to Texas to train with my coach. He was going to UT [University of Texas] at the time, and we met at a restaurant. I saw him at a restaurant.”
When Jones was running “so late” to a friend’s dinner at a steakhouse, two cars sped up “cutting in front of” her — one of which turned out to be Worthy. Jones and Worthy arrived at the restaurant’s valet area at the time, initially planning to tell the driver “you need to slow down.” However, she saw Worthy and recognized him.
“[He gave me a look like], ‘I’ve been looking for you,’” Jones recalled, noting that Worthy was “just a gentleman” and asked her out on a date. “That’s why God had me late to that dinner. ‘Cause I met my man.”
“I love this character so much. It’s probably my favorite character I’ve ever been fortunate enough to play,” Lively, 37, said of her latest role while attending the SXSW premiere of Another Simple Favor on Friday, March 7, per Page Six. “So when Paul [Feig] asked us to come back, I was so excited.”
Lively noted that she was “really nervous” filming 2018’s A Simple Favor, because “we didn’t know if we were making a drama or a comedy.” Lively noted that they asked Feig, and he told them, “yes,” which she quipped was “not really an answer to the question.”
“But it worked out, so I was like, ‘OK, no nerves. I know what I’m doing this time,’” she continued. “Right before we started shooting he said, ‘I have, like, a little bit of a curveball idea.’ Which, I’m not going to say what it was, because, you know, we don’t want to give away anything. But it definitely, you know, upped the ante. It was very uncomfortable to watch in this theater with you all. … But yeah, it was fun, it’s always fun. Getting to work with Anna [Kendrick] again, obviously, and this incredible group of people, is amazing.”
Before hitting the stage on Friday, Kendrick, 39, dodged multiple questions about collaborating with Lively. When asked on the red carpet what it was like working with Lively again, Kendrick quipped to Entertainment Tonight, “Oh, you know.”
Lively, for her part, was asked a similar question about Kendrick and had a positive response. “Oh, it’s the best!” she gushed. “I’m so happy to be here.”
Kendrick was also asked by Variety about her thoughts on Another Simple Favor being “impacted” by what’s “going on in the world,” to which she deadpanned, “Why? What happened? I did ayahuasca and the last year of my life has been gone. But I hear the movie is amazing.”
Despite rumors that Kendrick and Lively did not get along while working together on the first movie, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that there “aren’t any issues” between the pair now. The insider noted that they both “really love” the sequel and planned to “be doing press together.” However, the source added that Lively and Kendrick were disappointed “to see all the hate online” after the movie’s poster was released, noting that the women “want fans to focus on the film and not any outside drama.”
The outing on Friday marked Lively’s second public appearance since filing a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar and director. Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds,walked the red carpet at the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary special in February — and made headlines after the Deadpool and Wolverine star, 48, referenced the legal battle during the show.
When Amy Poehler and Tina Fey asked how Reynolds was doing, he replied, “Great. Why, what have you heard?” Lively kept her face blank while sitting next to her husband.
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News broke in December 2024 that Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and allegedly launching a “social manipulation” campaign against her to destroy her reputation. Baldoni, who has denied the allegations, filed his own lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and her publicist in January, citing defamation among other claims. (The couple has denied the accusations.) The legal battle is ongoing and scheduled to go to trial in March 2026.
“Dad. Thank you for saying yes you believe in me and know I can do it,” Teddi, 43, wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, March 8. “Cried with happiness that I have your support.”
Teddi continued her post by thanking her fans for their support as Christina Aguilera’s “Fighter” played over her upload.
“I am feeling great and got approval from my doctors to ride today,” Teddi wrote, referring to her love of horseback riding. “This makes my heart and soul happy. If I see you at the show today and you have the urge to try to tell me not to I kindly ask you refrain. I unknowingly rode with huge tumors in my brain for 6 months and those big ones are gone now.”
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She continued, “When you are sick or have cancer your mental health is very important. I must keep going and give myself joy and goals. I am going to always fight to be my best and find ways to smile and enjoy my life. Thanks for coming along this journey with me. I am in no place for negativity or discouragement.”
Teddi announced her health battle last month, sharing that she had been experiencing “severe and debilitating headaches” for weeks — with the pain becoming “unbearable” and requiring hospitalization.
“After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months. Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today. The remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date,” Teddi wrote via Instagram at the time.
She continued, “I am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health. Thank you to everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.”
Following Teddi’s surgery, estranged husband Edwin Arroyaveshared an update on her health. (Teddi filed for divorce from Arroyave, 47, in November 2024. The pair share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, as well as son Cruz, 10.)
“So many people asking for updates. All I will say right now is surgery went well,” he wrote via his Instagram Story in February. “That said, I’ve never seen @teddimellencamp in so much pain. She’s finally getting some needed rest. I know she is so grateful for the outpouring of love.”
“I have multiple tumors in my brain that weren’t able to be removed via surgery. I also have 2 tumors in my lung. These are all metastases of my melanoma,” she wrote via Instagram on Thursday, March 6. “The doctors are hopeful that immunotherapy will effectively treat them. I am feeling positive — that I will win this battle, that I got this wig (I like the short hair, just not the bald spots), and that I can remember all of Angelina’s kids’ names.”
John, for his part, has been by his daughter’s side through her health battle — and after she confirmed her exit from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in September 2020. While reflecting on her decision to leave the Bravo show, John, 73, admitted that he was “terribly excited and happy.”
“I’ve never liked that you were on the Real Housewives,” the musician told Teddi on a November 2020 episode of her “Teddi Tea Pod” podcast, noting that he “tried to be supportive” and watched the show for his daughter. “But I can assure you, I don’t watch it anymore.”
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Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s causes of death have been revealed.
Hackman died due to hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributing factor, Dr. Heather Jarrell, Chief Medical Examiner for New Mexico at the office of the Medical Investigator, revealed at a Friday, March 7, press conference. Jarrell said authorities believe he died on February 18.
“The cause of death for Mrs. Hackman is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The cause of death is natural,” Dr. Jarrell said. Officials believe she died in the evening on February 11.
The family was informed of the autopsy findings before the press conference.
Us Weekly confirmed on Thursday, February 27, that the couple were found dead inside their New Mexico home one day prior.
“On February 26, 2025, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park where Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, and a dog were found deceased,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement shared with Us. “Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time, however, [the] exact cause of death has not been determined.”
After news broke of Hackman and Arakawa’s deaths, the pair were mourned by their loved ones in a statement to Us. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy,” noted Hackman’s daughters, Elizabeth and Leslie, and granddaughter Annie. “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.”
Elizabeth previously told TMZ that their family suspected Hackman and Arakawa died from carbon monoxide poisoning. (Hackman shared Elizabeth, Leslie and son Christopher with ex-wife Faye Maltese, who died in 2017. The Oscar winner tied the knot with Arakawa in 1991.)
Amid Elizabeth’s speculation, Santa Fe County sheriff Adan Mendoza released a statement that a “preliminary” investigation was underway and the department was “waiting on approval of a search warrant.” After obtaining a warrant on Thursday, authorities reportedly called the circumstances “suspicious,” in a copy obtained by TMZ.
A detective wrote in the affidavit: “The death of the two deceased individuals to be suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation because the reporting party found the front door of the residence unsecured and opened, deputies observed a healthy dog running loose on the property, another healthy dog near the deceased female, a deceased dog laying 10-15 feet from the deceased female in a closet of the bathroom, the heater being moved, the pill bottle being opened and pills scattered next to the female, the male decedent being located in a separate room of the residence, and no obvious signs of a gas leak.”
The docs reportedly indicated that Arakawa was found lying unconscious next to a space heater and was in an alleged “state of decomposition with bloating in her face and mummification in her hands and feet.” TMZ reported that Hackman was in a separate room, fully clothed with sunglasses next to him, with some suspicion that he fell.
Today coanchor Craig Melvin and Lindsay Czarniak turned their office romance into the real deal.
“We met on set at our TV station, WRC in Washington D.C., and I had just gotten back from Beijing and he was hired,” Czarniak explained during an episode of Today in November 2021. “I didn’t know him. He didn’t make the first move on the first day but I slid in and we met during a commercial break.”
One month after meeting in 2008, Czarniak hosted a charity gala and Melvin attended with some others from NBC, per The Washington Post. He gave her a ride home after, and the pair kissed in the kitchen of her apartment.
They continued to see each other casually for six months until Melvin told her he wanted to take the next step — but Czarniak was hesitant about pursuing a relationship with a colleague. Ultimately, they went on a date and tied the knot in 2011. Melvin and Czarniak welcomed son Delano in 2014 and daughter Sybil in 2016.
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Melvin and Czarniak met on set while working at NBC4 in Washington D.C. After Czarniak hosted a charity gala, they shared a kiss in her apartment. The next morning she recalled wondering, “Oh, my God. What . . . did I just do?” Melvin and Czarniak continued to pursue a romance for the next six months, but did not define their relationship.
“I think for a long time the work factor was more of an issue for me than it should have been because A., I didn’t realize what the possibility [of the relationship] was, and B., I had not been in that position before,” Czarniak told The Washington Post in 2011. “I didn’t want to screw anything up.”
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Melvin called Czarniak in April 2009 and told her he wanted to pursue a relationship with her. “I made up my mind,” he recalled to The Washington Post in 2011. “And I said: ‘Listen, I want this to work. I don’t see why it shouldn’t work.’”
Czarniak added, “He basically was like, ‘Either you’re in or you’re out.’ And I was like, ‘Then I’m out — ’cause I can’t be in.’ ”
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After keeping their distance, Melvin asked Czarniak to meet her for a drink and she agreed. “That night when we met, there was something that clicked. And it wasn’t necessarily that I knew, ‘I have to be with this guy.’ But it was like, ‘I don’t want to be with anyone else that I’d hung out with,’ ” she told The Washington Post in 2011. “It felt like being with the person that really gets you and that you’ve known for a really, really long time.”
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Melvin asked Czarniak on a date and they began pursuing a romance — but kept it under wraps around their colleagues.
Melvin popped the question to Czarniak while the pair were on a sailboat in Miami.
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Melvin and Czarniak tied the knot in Washington D.C.
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Melvin and Czarniak welcomed their first child together, son Delano. Melvin shared a sweet selfie of him and his son via X, writing, “My son already looks at me like, ‘Really, dad. Really?’ Delano Joseph Melvin arrived this am at 6:36. Call him Del.”
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Melvin and Czarniak welcomed daughter Sybil. The couple explained in an interview with People at the time that they came up with the nickname “Sibby,” short for sibling, for Delano to call his sister while she was pregnant. But they wound up “falling in love with the name.”
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After news broke that Melvin was named the new coanchor of the first hour of Today, Czarniak gushed over her husband. “HUGE news. Just HUGE,” Czarniak wrote via her Instagram Story. “I’m so incredibly proud of you.”
Czarniak wrote that her heart was “bursting” about Melvin’s Today promotion in a lengthy Instagram post. “The opportunity to watch the person you love see their dream come true is such a gift,” she wrote. “I will never forget this day and the crowds’ excitement to share your good news.”
Sharing more kind words about Melvin, Czarniak continued, “I’m proud because the man so many Americans ‘wake up with’ in the mornings truly is the same person we see at home. Warm, caring, curious, smart, funny, snacking on all the food being prepared.”
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Melvin teared up on-air when he was surprised by Czarniak, their kids, his parents, Lawrence and Betty Jo, and his brother Ryan on Today for his first day as the show’s new coanchor. “When I left this morning, you guys were all in bed,” he joked, to which Czarniak replied, “We faked it.”
Czarniak went on to state that Melvin’s new Today role “symbolizes belief,” adding, “You dare to dream a dream, and then, to see it actually come true, it makes me think about a spouse making it to the Super Bowl or, like, the game-winning catch. That’s what this feels like. And what makes me so proud is just the person that Melvin is and understanding that it’s the kindness and it’s how genuine he is. And so, we’re just excited and pumped.”
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Al Roker joked that he was the “third wheel” when Czarniak joined him and Melvin on the third hour of Today. “It’s so great to be here,” she said while filling in for Dylan Dreyer, adding that Melvin was “very nervous about me taking things off the rails.”
She used her guest host gig to poke fun at the chilled face rollers Melvin and Roker use in the makeup room in the morning. “I’m still feeling it,” she said of using the tool.
For the episode, Czarniak dressed in head-to-toe blue in honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Melvin lost his older brother, Lawrence, to colon cancer in 2020.
In a Wednesday, March 5, Instagram Story Q&A, Ashley, 37, was asked, “How much do you really get paid when you go on reality TV?” The Bachelor Nation alum replied, “It depends on the reality show of course. I never negotiated for more. I’m just happy to be here!”
In her experience, Ashley claimed she “got paid $400 a day for Paradise each season. You don’t get paid as one of the girls on The Bachelor.”
Bachelor Nation met Ashley when she appeared on Chris Soules’ season 19 of The Bachelor. After Chris, now 43, sent her packing, Ashley appeared on The Bachelor Winter Games in 2018 and seasons 2 and 3 of Bachelor in Paradise.
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During her first stint on the beaches of Mexico, Ashley met Jared Haibon — but their romance didn’t pan out in season 2 or when they tried things again in season 3.
“I remember walking down the steps in Paradise and seeing him at the bar, and it was the weirdest feeling. I was just so gravitated and drawn to him. It was truly love at first sight,” she recalled in 2018 on “The Story of Us.”
In May 2018, the pair confirmed that they rekindled when they released their “Story of Us” video. Haibon, who “never felt like it was over” between him and Ashley after Bachelor in Paradise, gave her a love letter.
“I was scream-crying basically alone in my apartment reading that just sobbing and sobbing. He’s written me other letters and filled my apartment with flowers. He tells me every day that he’s the luckiest man alive,” she recalled in the video, to which Haibon added, “I’m living proof that you should listen to your gut, and that it’s not too late. The person I wanted to be with most was right in front of my eyes.”
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One month later, Jared popped the question to Ashley during a guest appearance on Bachelor in Paradise season 5.
“He did the best job. He sounded wonderful. Every girl is going to be like, ‘Wow, I want Jared even more,’” she gushed to Us Weekly about the moment. “We don’t even notice when cameras are there. The cameras are so far away. It did not feel like they were part of our engagement.”
Ashley and Jared, 36, tied the knot in 2019 and went on to welcome sons Dawson and Hayden in 2022 and 2024, respectively.
While celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary one month after welcoming Hayden, Ashley shared a sweet Instagram video from her and Jared’s wedding before cutting to them sitting on grass with their two kids. She wrote, “It was once a fairy tale and now it’s co-ed softball Sundays.”
Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry make time for one-on-one time every day to keep their romance alive.
“Life is full of surprises. I did not expect to meet H and for this to be our love story. I’m very lucky,” Meghan, 43, said on the Thursday, March 6, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. “I’m married to the funniest, sweetest, most charming [man]. He’s all the things that you’re describing and he’s an amazing father. I count my blessings because I have him and also I have a partner who is so supportive of me.”
Before Meghan tied the knot with Harry, 40, in 2018, she recalled receiving a piece of advice about her love life that stuck with her years later.
“I was a babysitter [and] nanny for two Irish-Catholic families when I was in college and one of the dads said to me, he’s like, ‘Meghan when you meet your person one day, I want him to say to you the same thing that I said to my wife when we got married which is, I vow to always date my wife,” she said. “And I told H that when we started dating and he goes, ‘I vow to always date you.’”
She continued, “We have this connection, I think, because we’re so committed to treating each other the same way you did before you had a ring on it, before it was locked down — when you’re just courting each other and you can see all the good and joy in that butterfly period. And that’s, I think, what keeps things really alive. I think it’s part of your love language. It’s how you communicate without saying a word. You just show up for each other in the ways big and small.”
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Meghan gushed that the couple — who are parents to son Archie, 5, and daughter Lilibet, 3 — “love doing school drop-off and pick up for the kids.”
“We make it a point — at least, I don’t know, during the week, our days are busy with meetings — but we have lunch together every day and have that middle of the day catch up of, ‘What’s been going on?’ [and] ‘How are your meetings?’ [And] ‘OK great, back to it,’” she said. “We just make it a point to date each other. It’s felt amazing, honestly. It’s felt just so amazing and fun, just showing up.”
The pair make it a priority to support each other, and their family while away — like Meghan is now, while promoting Netflix’s With Love, Meghan.
“I’ll always pack a really thin book and I’ll videotape myself reading it so that Papa can say, ‘Here’s Mama reading your bedtime story,’” she said. “You find ways to show up for each other. If that’s the one thing that I can convey through the show, or As Ever as a brand, I want people to know you can show up for each other because you know how good it feels when someone show up for you.”
“I’m single, and I’m not single because nobody wants me, I’m single because the one I want [doesn’t] want me,” Pascal, 69, explained on the Thursday, March 6, episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast.
Pascal, who explained that he met someone online a few months ago and invited her to Chicago, clarified previous comments he made about his age preference when it comes to dating. (Pascal told Us Weekly that if he were to be the next Golden Bachelor, he would want the age limit to be lowered. “Yes, I’m old, but I don’t go out with a 72-year-old woman,” he told Us in November 2024.)
“Absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong,” he said of the idea that he likes “much younger” women. “I think I made a comment. Sometimes the language barrier … and when I look back … I said, ‘I don’t go out with a 72-year-old woman.’ That’s not what I’m trying to say. I said, ‘I want to go out with an age-appropriate [woman].’ I don’t go out with anyone under 50, 55.”
Pascal noted that he receives social media messages from “young girls” but noted that his minimum age requirement for a partner is 55 to 65 years old.
“Depend[s] upon the person,” he said. “You could have a 65-year-old woman who know[s] how to take care of herself, who’s into health and fitness, who know[s] how to dress. … I have no problem with the age, but it has to be age-appropriate. So, again, [setting] the record straight. I do not go out with young women.”
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Bachelor Nation met Pascal when he vied for the affections of Joan, 62, on season 1 of The Golden Bachelorette in 2024. After Pascal self-eliminated from the ABC series, Joan accepted a proposal from Chock Chapple in the season finale.
Joan, for her part, recalled her time being courted by several suitors on The Golden Bachelorette — and shared her reflections on dating.
“Chock is very much like my late husband John [Vassos],” Joan said on the Wednesday, March 5, episode of the “I Do Part 2” podcast. “I think I’m a good picker, but I’m not sure. I’ve seen a lot of people who aren’t good pickers — particularly the people that like the bad boy and I feel like, ‘OK, that’s something great to do when you’re in high school in college, but when you’re looking for a relationship that’s a bad guy, that’s not the person you want.’ Or, they like a playboy. You know, Pascal is a bit of a playboy.”
She continued, “I wasn’t going to pick him because I knew that about him. He self-eliminated. That was all good. All of that worked out the way it was supposed to.”
Natalie “Nadya” Suleman retreated from the public eye in 2013, but now she’s back — and sharing her side of the story.
Suleman rose to fame in 2009 after getting pregnant with octuplets via IVF. That same year, she welcomed Noah, Maliyah, Isaiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Makai, Josiah and Jeremiah Suleman is also mom to six older children: Elijah (born in 2001), Amerah (born in 2002), Joshua (born in 2003), Aiden (born in 2005) and fraternal twins Calyssa and Caleb (born in 2006).
As she prepares for the release of her Lifetime film, I Was Octomom (Saturday, March 8), and docuseries, Confessions of Octomom (Monday, March 10), Suleman is reflecting on her life.
“I wasn’t happy as an only child, and clearly I projected my dream onto my kids and wanting a big, well, not this big of a family, but I did want seven kids,” she told People. “But it’s not enough to say I wanted a big family because I was lonely. There is an amalgamation of factors. I wanted kids to create maybe a safe and predictable little world that I lacked growing up. So then of course, I projected onto my future family.”
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Her 1 ‘Regret’
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Suleman had multiple back-to-back rounds of IVF administered by Dr. Michael Kamrava. While the recommended standard practice is to implant two embryos, Kamrava implanted her with 12.
Suleman, who wanted “just one more” baby, was told by Kamrava that he had only implanted six embryos. He later admitted to planting 12 and his professional medical license was revoked.
“I don’t think I’d do too much differently,” Suleman told People. “I do regret not suing the infertility doctor. I definitely regret that because his insurance would’ve been the one paying, and it would’ve been some millions, and it would’ve been helpful for my family.”
She continued, “I regret that I kind of threw myself under the bus to cover for him, and I shouldn’t have but I was grateful. I wouldn’t have had any of my kids if it weren’t for his innovative technique. No one else in the world did this type of procedure so I didn’t have it in my heart to sue him,” she said.
However, Suleman “did sue the hospital because they breached HIPAA,” claiming that hospital employees reportedly shared her information. “They’re the reason why I ended up in the public eye.”
Her Financial Status — And ‘Biggest Misconception’
Suleman is setting the record straight on her financial situation after rising to fame. “At the time, I was not unemployed. I was on disability,” she told People.
Despite being accused of receiving and using government assistance to conceive her children, Suleman said, “That was a lie.”
“I did not use taxpayers’ money. I’d saved so much money working as a psychiatric technician at a state psych hospital,” she said. “I saved well over a hundred thousand dollars. I used all of that money. Instead of buying a house I bought in vitros. I also had an inheritance close to $60,000 that paid for it too, which I’m not proud of. It should have gone for my older kids. I also got student loans, but I paid for everything, period.”
Suleman’s financial situation became more dire after welcoming her octuplets, leading her to participate in paid interviews, photo opportunities and a solo adult film.
“I’ve never wanted fame,” she said. “That’s a No. 1 biggest misconception ever. I sued the hospital because they were the reason I ended up in the public eye.” She added, “I did whatever I needed to do to make ends meet. And that was shaming myself, sacrificing my integrity. The life I was leading was not only destructive, it was dark. It was the antithesis of who I am as a person.”
In 2013, the year she left the spotlight, Suleman said the family was struggling financially “more than ever.” Suleman went back into her “old profession as a therapist working 40 hours a week.”
She added, “I used my education. For years I was typecast as the welfare recipient, unemployed mother, all of which is wrong.”
Five years later, Suleman left her job when son Aidan’s “needs were becoming overwhelming.”
“I’ve always been his only provider, but I never got paid,” she said of her son, who is autistic. “So in 2018, that’s when I started to get actually paid. It’s decent money, but it’s still nothing compared to what we need to make to be comfortable in life.”
Now, Suleman and 11 of her 14 kids live in a three-bedroom townhouse apartment in Orange County, California. The family receives support from members of the community, including one couple who “offered us to live here half the rent just because they’re good Christian people. People at church have made a positive difference.”
Her Love Life — And Being Celibate
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Before welcoming her octuplets, Suleman was married to Marcos Gutierrez. The pair separated in 2000 and officially divorced six years later. Looking back, Suleman told People that it “wasn’t a real marriage.”
“I was married, but on paper. He was just a donor and I only tried to pacify my very, very old-fashioned Middle Eastern family on my dad’s side, where some of the marriages are still pre-arranged,” she said.
Her first six children were conceived from a “platonic friend donor,” while the octuplets “have a frozen anonymous donor.” Suleman always knew she wanted a family, but without a partner.
“I’ve never really dated,” she said. “I had one relationship and I was very up front with him and said, ‘I’m really only interested in having a child. Wonderful guy, very nice, funny, great guy. And he had feelings, but I didn’t really reciprocate them. But I was open with him. I was never hiding the fact that I just wanted a child and he tried to help me, but it didn’t work out.”
Suleman revealed that she has been celibate for 25 years. “That’s actually something I’m really proud of,” she said. “And for me, being a romantic asexual person, it just fits perfectly. I’m never going to change that. It’s who I am as a person, down to the fabric of my soul.”
When Suleman participated in an adult film, she was alone. “I knew I could not touch another human being physically,” she said. “That’s where I drew the line.”
In the trailer for Suleman’s upcoming Lifetime series, one of her daughters claimed to the cameras that, “At the time my mom was getting a lot of death threats.”
One of Suleman’s sons also sat down with producers, sharing his experience of having people approach him to ask about his mom’s past. (Aside from her adult film, she previously worked as a stripper in men’s clubs.)
“When someone comes up to you at school and asks you, ‘Is your mom a stripper?’ You don’t know what to say,” the son said.
Suleman’s Lifetime film I Was Octomom and docuseries Confessions of Octomom premieres on Saturday, March 8, and Monday, March 10.
Kim Kardashian and Damon Thomas’ whirlwind romance came to an end three years after they exchanged vows.
Kardashian and Thomas tied the knot in 2000 when she was 19 years old. “I used to be so dependent on the guys I was in a relationship with,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in 2011 of her first wedding. “I don’t know why, because I wasn’t raised that way. If I looked at myself at 19, I would shake myself and be like, ‘Wake up; you are way too smart for this.’”
She continued, “We went to Vegas, he said, ‘Let’s get married!’ and I said, ‘OK.’”
The pair, who have a 10-year age-gap, were married for three years before calling it quits in 2003. The Kardashians star moved on with Kris Humphries, with whom she was infamously married to for 72 days in 2011. The twosome officially split in April 2023 following a messy court battle.
The next year, Kardashian began dating longtime friend Kanye West. The pair said “I do” in 2014, one year after they welcomed daughter North. Kardashian and West are also parents to sons Saint and Psalm and daughter Chicago, born in 2015, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Us Weekly confirmed in 2021 that Kardashian filed for divorce after six years of marriage.
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Kardashian and Thomas tied the knot.
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The pair split after three years of marriage.
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Years later, Kardashian claimed that she was on ecstasy when they eloped. “I got married on ecstasy. … The first time,” Kardashian said on a 2018 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. “I did ecstasy once and I got married. I did it again, I made a sex tape. Like, everything bad would happen [when I was on drugs].”
Thomas, for his part, claimed to not “remember that at all” about Kardashian being on ecstasy during their wedding. “I think it’s unfair to make those kind of blanket statements because we have kids now, you know? I have children,” he said during an interview with VladTV in 2022. “My kid goes to the same school her kid goes to. So imagine him when he has to deal with that at school.”
Thomas explained he was upset that his ex-wife wanted to blame their marriage on her alleged intoxication and impaired judgement. “Because it happened in the past, you can try to sweep it under the rug, but you don’t stay married to somebody or be with somebody for four to five years and it’s just based off you getting high off of ecstasy, you know what I mean?” he said. “That doesn’t make any sense at all.”
He added, “I’ve been very responsible in not talking about what that marriage was or what it meant to me.”
Kardashian made a rare comment about her relationship with Thomas, and subsequent split, during a 2025 episode of The Kardashians.
“When Khloé [Kardashian] was maybe 4 or 5 years old, she got this piggy bank in the shape of a Coca-Cola bottle. We would put so much money in it,” she recalled. “When I was getting my first divorce, I moved out and had no money. I was like 21 and she gave me her Coke bottle.”
Kim, who relocated to a new place, added, “We were up all night counting it and it was $6,000, and it was enough for me to get a downpayment on my apartment. She gave me her life savings at age 21.”
In a separate confessional, Khloé, who is four years younger than Kim, explained her decision to give her sister the money. “She was crying in my room and I was just like, ‘I have this so let’s take what is in here and go to the bank to cash it. Let’s use this money for your divorce,’” she shared. “I gave her all that I got and hopefully helped her.”
David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff has died at age 62.
Bach-Hasselhoff died by suicide, according to the L.A. County Medical Examiner. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that paramedics were called to Bach-Hasselhoff’s house in response to a report of an unconscious female after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5. (TMZ was the first to break the news.)
The outlet noted that family had not heard from her and wanted to check in on her. She was pronounced dead at the scene. There was reportedly no note.
Hasselhoff mourned the loss of his ex-wife in a statement to TMZ. “Our family is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Pamela Hasselhoff,” he said. “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support during this difficult time but we kindly request privacy as we grieve and navigate through this challenging time.”
Us Weekly reached out to Hasselhoff’s rep and LAPD for comment.
After Hasselhoff and Bach-Hasselhoff met on the set of Knight Rider when she was a guest star, the pair tied the knot in 1989 before splitting in 2006. The exes share daughters Taylor, 34, and Hayley, 32.
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After their divorce was finalized, Bach-Hasselhoff told The Associated Press, “I’ve always loved him and always will, and have love and compassion for him. It’s a very, very sad day, but a day to move on.”
Hasselhoff was previously married to actress Catherine Hickland from 1984 to 1989. He is currently married to model Hayley Roberts, whom he wed in 2018. “I told my girls what I was going to do and they were both really supportive,” Hasselhoff told Hello! magazine in 2016 after proposing to Roberts. “It’s tough. No one wants to see their parents split up. But they love Hayley and they’re just happy for me.”
In Bach-Hasselhoff’s most recent Instagram post, she gushed over her new granddaughter — and her hope for 2025.
“Happy New Year, everyone! As we step into 2025, my heart is full of gratitude, especially for my precious grandbaby, London,” she wrote via Instagram. “Watching her grow and seeing her smile light up my world is truly the greatest blessing. My wish for all of you this year is health, happiness, and an abundance of love. May 2025 be filled with beautiful moments, laughter, and all the blessings your hearts can hold. Here’s to a year of making cherished memories, spreading joy, and embracing every precious moment!”
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UPDATE 3/7/25, 1:18 p.m. ET — Bachelor Nation alum Kendall Long shared her daughter’s name days after giving birth.
“Welcoming our sweet baby GIRL to the world!! Elise Patrice Sagely ,” Long wrote in an Instagram post on Friday, March 7, sharing photos from the hospital. “I can’t even begin to tell you how enamored we were as we witnessed her first breath. Love is truly an understatement for the emotions of the past few days.”
Her caption continued, “Through all the congratulations to the both of us, Mitch would say, ‘She was the baker, I just threw in a few ingredients’ and tho I feel like that’s somewhat hilariously on point, I couldn’t have imagined going through labor without my husband by my side, encouraging me and kissing my forehead through every push.”
Long gushed that she and her husband “are forever blissfully changed” after welcoming their daughter, adding, “Witnessing the magic of a life beginning is something truly special to behold .”
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Kendall Long has welcomed her first baby with husband Mitchell Sagely.
“Hearts are SO full! Just enjoying our first few days as a family with the new BABE!” Long, 33, wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, March 5. “Will share more soon.”
Long shared an image of her newborn swaddled in a blanket, placing a heart over the baby’s face.
The couple revealed in September 2024 that they were expecting. “We have had quite the escapade these past few years but our most exciting adventure is yet to come ,” Long and Sagely wrote in a joint Instagram post. “Baby Sagely due February 2025!!”
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One month before sharing their pregnancy news, Long revealed that the couple secretly eloped in Santa Barbara, California, days before they moved to Germany in 2022.
“It was such a special day surrounded by love with only our immediate family attending,” she recalled via Instagram. “It’s been incredibly hard for me to keep our secret and at times I’ve just wanted to shout to the world that I’m Mrs. Sagely!! So finally getting to tell you all is so freeing!”
Long gushed that being married to Sagely has been an “unforgettable adventure together,” adding, “We’ve traveled to some incredible places around the world and we have also [grown] closer from the struggles and small victories of adjusting to a life abroad. It’s truly bonkers to me that we’ve already been married for nearly two years!”
She continued, “Starting our life together abroad has made me so grateful for my husband and every day I wake up incredibly proud of the life we are building together .”
Long noted that the pair plans to have a larger celebration with family and friends in the U.S., but they “couldn’t wait to start [their] lives together.”
Bachelor Nation met Long when appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s season 22 of The Bachelor in 2018. Following her stint on the show, Long headed to the beaches of Mexico and formed a relationship with Joe Amabile on Bachelor in Paradise season 5. While Long and Amabile, 38, didn’t leave the show together, they rekindled their romance offscreen and moved in together in Los Angeles. The pair announced in 2020 that they called it quits.
“If anyone knows me, I’m not the person that plans my wedding and I was literally doing that with Joe,” she said on her “Down to Date” podcast one month after they split. “But something weird about ending something with some that you thought you were going to marry [is] you almost feel like you have such a better idea of what you’re looking for.”
Long and Amabile both returned for BiP season 7, but she exited the show after he formed a connection with Serena Pitt. After Amabile popped the question to Pitt, 27, in the season finale, the couple exchanged vows in 2022.
Shania Twain initially penned one track from her discography with Celine Dion in mind — but never told her.
“‘From This Moment On’ is the one I least expected to be so big and so timeless because I really didn’t want to record the song myself. I wrote it because I wanted Celine Dion to sing it,” Twain, 59, confessed in the latest Us Weekly cover story, while discussing the final dates of her Queen of Me Tour. (The Live Nation tour begins in Buffalo, New York, on July 19 and concludes August 1 in Hollywood, Florida.)
Twain explained that she “didn’t have access” to Dion, 56, at the time, noting, “She probably didn’t even know who I was.” Instead, Twain’s producer insisted that the tune should go on her record.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, brother.’ I wrote the wrong song for my voice because I was thinking about Celine Dion. I was really thinking about it being this pop power ballad, but it worked for me,” Twain told Us. “It’s really a big, big ballad for me.”
Twain “never did mention” her intention to Dion. “I figure that’s too late now. It’s already my hit. She can’t have it now,” Twain joked with a laugh.
While taking a trip down memory lane with her several hits, Twain recalled calling outBrad Pitt in her late ‘90s anthem “That Don’t Impress Me Much.” In the tune, Twin sings, “You think you’re something else / OK, so you’re Brad Pitt.”
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To this day, Twain claimed Pitt, 61, has “never reached out to say, ‘Please, would you take my name out of this song?’ or anything like that. Hopefully he finds it funny.”
With a career spanning several decades and more than 100 million records sold worldwide (she’s the best-selling female country artist of all time!), Twain told Us that she doesn’t “have anything left to prove.”
“Even thinking about age, I don’t feel like I need to prove to anyone that I look younger than I am. I’d rather focus more on the things that I can change or contribute to — I can create magic through music, and I have a lot I want to achieve and have fun with, whether it’s music or film. I’d like to write and produce another artist’s album,” she told Us. “There’s just so many things. I keep saying I’m going to have to live to be 120!”
2025 Tour Dates
Saturday, July 19 — Buffalo, New York — Darien Lake Amphitheater
Sunday, July 20 — Saratoga Springs, New York — Broadview Stage at SPAC
Tuesday, July 22 — Bangor, Maine — Maine Savings Amphitheater
Thursday, July 24 — Gilford, New Hampshire — BankNH Pavilion
Saturday, July 26 — Hershey, Pennsylvania — Hersheypark Stadium
Tuesday, July 29 — Jacksonville, Florida — Daily’s Place
Friday, August 1 — Hollywood, Florida — Hard Rock Live
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The Real Housewives of New York City star Erin Lichy’s kids are “so excited” for her and husband Abe Lichy to welcome baby No. 4 into their family.
“I know my daughter’s going to be a little helper,” Erin, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing Mezcalum’s partnership with Bartesian. “She talks about it every single day. She’s like, ‘This is my baby.’ So it’s going to be fun. It’s going to be great.”
Erin — who shares sons Levi, 10, and Elijah, 4, as well as daughter Layla, 7 with Abe, 41 — noted that their eldest will be “helpful,” but said “he’s just into his own life.” Layla, meanwhile, will be her go-to. “I’m going to lean on Layla a lot,” Erin said.
Erin and Abe, who know the sex of their baby but are keeping it under wraps, feel like their family is complete with their fourth child on the way.
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“We are done. I feel like the family is complete,” she said. “I mean, it’s kind of disjointed in a way because I had the other three much closer together. This is a five-year gap. I didn’t remember half the things that I went through with pregnancy because it was just quite frankly, so long ago.”
With her fourth pregnancy, Erin has felt a closer connection to Abe. “We’ve been in a much better groove and just in a good place. And it’s probably because we’re f—ing old now,” she said. “We’re just in a different age. I was 27 when I had my first kid. I was just a different human.”
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Part of being older? Erin said that she hasn’t done “anything” to prepare. “Maybe it’s like the nesting instinct coming in and the hormones — I’m like, ‘I need to start preparing, getting the room ready, getting the wipes out,’” Erin said. “I have not even really thought about it. Is that crazy?”
Erin, who noted that she got less and less baby supplies with the arrival of each child, says she now has “nothing” for baby No. 4. “This baby will just be free loading off whatever is existing in our apartment,” she quipped. “I know that I have such a great group of friends and family around me that I know people are going to bring stuff. And what do I really need in the beginning, you know?”
As Erin begins preparing for the arrival of her fourth child, the Bravo personality “can’t wait” until she can have a cocktail — specifically “something similar” to Bartesian’s Mezacalita’s capsule.
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“We made a really amazing pod that tastes like our signature cocktail. It’s really fresh. It’s so delicious. I can’t even believe how good it is,” Erin told Us. “Bartesian is amazing because it’s like a Keurig for cocktails and the fact that everybody gets a taste of Mezcalum in their homes and so easily is just very exciting to us, so we jumped at the opportunity to work with them.”
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Lala Kent is turning the page on a new chapter after settling her custody battle with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett.
“The custody battle is over. It’s officially ended,” Kent, 34, said during a Tuesday, March 4, Amazon Live. “We’re done with it, so there’s my tea for the day.”
The former Vanderpump Rules star and Emmett, 53, met in December 2015, taking their relationship public three years later. In 2018, Emmett proposed to Kent and the pair welcomed daughter Ocean in 2021. Us Weekly confirmed their split the following November.
“After over three years, we have signed an agreement that is best for our daughter, Ocean. So I’m very, very happy about that,” she said on Tuesday, adding that the custody battle “has weighed on [her] heart and soul” for a while. “I’m sure it’s been the same for my ex, and I’m just so happy that we were able to get to a good place for the well-being of our kid.”
Kent did not share the details of her agreement with Emmett.
After calling it quits with Emmett, Kent has accused her ex of cheating on her with multiple women, which he has never confirmed.
“Randall did not want to split but it was Lala’s decision. The trust is gone. He’s been trying to win her back,” an insider exclusively revealed to Us at the time of the breakup. “He’s constantly posting about Ocean in hopes of getting Lala’s attention and putting on the ‘I’m a good father’ act.”
As the pair navigate a life post-split, Kent shared on a November 2024 episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that she and Emmett have found a commonality.
“We have come to a place where, it’s like, we have one thing in common and that is this child and what is best for her and you have productive conversations,” Kent told Cohen, 56, on the show. “It’s not always golden. I’m, like, a really fun ride, you know, I’ll take you on a rollercoaster. One day we’re good and then the next day he pisses me off. And It’s all good. We always come back to Ocean and her wellbeing.”
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The Bravo personality welcomed her second child, daughter Sosa, via intrauterine insemination (IUI) in September 2024.
“My little dream baby entered the world. I am completely in love with her — We all are,” Kent wrote via Instagram at the time. “Sosa, you have no idea what you have brought into my life. I am blessed to call myself your mama. Welcome to our crazy world, boo boo. We are so happy you’re here .”
Brittany Mahomes has no intention of showing her newborn’s face to the public — for now.
While working out with trainer Betina Gozo Shimonek (and a flock of chickens), Brittany, 29, brought her and husband Patrick Mahomes’ youngest daughter to the gym set-up. Golden, who was positioned in a stroller, was not visible in a video Shimonek shared via her Instagram.
In the clip, Shimonek joked that she was on “triple duty” — babysitting Golden, watching over her own daughter and training Brittany — and shared a glimpse of a newborn. Brittany, who reposted the video, later set the record straight that her daughter’s face was not on camera.
“I think I need to clarify, Golden is in the stroller you can’t see her and won’t for a while ,” she wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, March 4. “That is Makoa in the bouncer .” (Makoa is Shimenok’s son.)
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Brittany and Patrick, who tied the knot in 2022, welcomed daughter Golden in January. “•Golden Raye Mahomes• 1/12/25,” the pair captioned a joint Instagram post of her foot. (The pair previously welcomed daughter Sterling in 2021 and son Bronze in 2022.)
Days after Golden’s arrival, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was asked about the possibility of welcoming another child into their family. “[I’m] good with three [kids] for right now,” he said during a January press conference. “My goal was always three, so we’ve had three. We’ll stick there for a while and see if we need to come back and get another one later on.”
Patrick, however, didn’t share that the couple was officially done having kids and hinted that it was “maybe” an option in the future.
The NFL player previously said in July 2024 that his family was complete after welcoming baby No. 3. “I said three and I’m done,” he told reporters at the Chiefs training camp press conference at the time. “I always wanted to have kids young. I got to grow up in a locker room, and it made such an impact in my life. We’re on our third kid now. … Brittany does a great job of doing that and we still go out and enjoy our life.”
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Patrick and Brittany have continued to sing each other’s praises as they navigate parenthood. After Patrick and the Chiefs lost in the 2025 Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles, Brittany reposted a message by the family’s infant sleep coach. “Crying ,” Brittany wrote alongside the note.
