According to the autopsy obtained by TMZ, Bryar’s body was allegedly found next to three large canisters of nitrous oxide. The outlet reported that the My Chemical Romance drummer, 44, also had antidepressants in his home at the time of his death in November 2024.
The Bedford County medical examiner in Tennessee ruled Bryar’s manner of death “best classified as undetermined” after suspecting “intentional or accidental overdose,” per the reported autopsy.
The medical examiner reportedly noted in the document that Bryar’s body was badly decomposed making it hard to determine the exact cause of death.
News broke in November 2024 that Bryar was found dead inside his home in Tennessee. He was reportedly last seen on November 4, 2024, and wasn’t discovered until November 26. TMZ reported at the time that medical professionals were investigating Bryar’s cause of death but didn’t expect foul play.
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My Chemical Romance mourned the loss of Bryar in a statement issued a few days later, writing via Instagram, “It is with heavy heart that we say goodbye to Bob Bryar, our former bandmate and an important part of the history of My Chemical Romance.”
The band noted in the December 2024 statement, “We send our deepest condolences to his friends and family at this time. May he rest in peace.”
Bryar joined My Chemical Romance in 2004, replacing the original drummer, Matt Pelissier. The group was formed in 2001, releasing its debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. Their second album, 2004’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, came out before Bryar was part of the band.
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Bryar worked alongside Gerard Way, Ray Toro, Mikey Way and Frank Iero through 2010 during which time they released their biggest album 2006’s The Black Parade.
“As of 4 weeks ago, My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted ways,” rhythm guitarist Iero, 43, said in a statement posted via the band’s website in March 2010. “This was a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same.”
The group dropped its fourth album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, in 2010 shortly after Bryar’s departure. However, the late drummer received credits for some of the songwriting on the record.
“I left a very good touring gig where I was tour managing and doing sound. I left that job to join a band that was filthy, had s—y gear, a smashed-up, smoking, death-trap van and was poor. They smelled bad too. I was so happy to receive the offer,” Bryar told Alternative Press in 2016, reflecting on his choice to join My Chemical Romance. “Long before we recorded Welcome to the Black Parade, I knew that [MCR] were special and I wanted in. I wanted to help evolve the band and be able to shred with them every night.”
Bryar went on to work on other musical projects after parting ways with My Chemical Romance before reportedly pivoting into real estate.
Emmy Sharrett and Will Kulp have been making headlines — and defending their relationship — since becoming reality stars.
The couple began dating one year before they made their reality TV debut in November 2022 on Southern Hospitality. At the time, Sharrett was a server at Leva Bonaparte’s Republic Garden & Lounge while Kulp worked as a bartender.
During season 2 of the Bravo series, Kulp was accused of cheating on Sharrett, which he denied. However, the accusations resurfaced during season 3, which premiered in January 2025. Still, Sharrett didn’t waver on her allegiance to Kulp.
“Will has 110 percent been faithful to me,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2025. “I do not believe Will cheated on me at all for one second.”
The pair began dating in fall 2021 but kept it quiet on social media for a few months.
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Sharrett went Instagram Official with Kulp in a post about a trip to New York City. The snap of the couple was buried amongst a carousel of photos of the Big Apple, showing them together after Kulp ran a marathon.
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“Happy birthday baby, I love you Wouldn’t want to share a birthday with anyone else,” Sharrett wrote via Instagram, making their relationship even more public.
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Fans were introduced to the couple when they made their reality TV debut on season 1 of Southern Hospitality, a Southern Charm spinoff.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to my favorite person,” Sharrett gushed via Instagram. “I love you and am so excited for what the future has in store for us.”
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Kulp documented his summer with Sharrett in a series of Instagram posts shared in September 2023. The photos included a beach getaway, going to a concert, hanging on a boat with their Bravo friends and more.
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Kulp celebrated the end of his first semester of law school with an Instagram photo dump, which showed Sharrett visiting him as well as the pair running a marathon together.
January 2024
During season 2 of Southern Hospitality, Oisin O’Neill accused Kulp of kissing a girl after going into the bathroom together. Kulp claimed that he was consoling the girl, who was allegedly “romantically involved” with his friend.
“It’s bulls—,” Kulp claimed during a January 2024 episode after being confronted by castmate Mia Alario about the infidelity rumors. “First of all, everyone was f—up in that apartment. I was consoling this girl. We were both crying. I’m sure that if you looked at it from a certain angle, you might be like, ‘They kissed.’ But I didn’t kiss this girl.”
He confessed, “It really feels like I’m getting attacked by all these people,” while Sharrett took Kulp’s side and chose to believe her boyfriend.
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“Happy birthday to my favorite person I wouldn’t want to share a birthday with anyone else!” Sharrett wrote in a birthday tribute to Kulp, with whom she shares the same birthday. “I love you more and more everyday .”
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Sharrett gave her followers a glimpse at her best moments from September to December 2024 via Instagram. Attending a football game with Kulp, enjoying family time with her boyfriend on hand and snuggling up with a few dogs were among the highlights.
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During the season 3 trailer, accusations of infidelity on Kulp’s part surfaced. However, Sharrett exclusively told Us that she believes Kulp hadn’t strayed. “I would dump Will in two seconds if he cheated on me, gone goodbye. I will not be disrespected,” she told Us. “Do it once, I will warn you. Do it again, I’ll break up with you and I won’t look back. And that’s how I’ve always been.”
Throughout the season, Kulp confessed to speaking negatively about Sharrett, but denied the cheating allegations. Sharrett, meanwhile, told Us that she “knew about what Will had done already” and they had a conversation about him being disrespectful toward her and her accomplishments.
Sharrett noted that despite their issues on camera, off camera she was focused on Kulp’s “three-year plan” which he put into place after starting law school. She revealed that “realistically this would be the year that he would propose” and that they could get married in 2026 after he graduated.
Chalamet, 29, and Depp, 25, were thrust back into the same room on Sunday, March 2, while attending the Oscars at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Chalamet arrived at the awards show in celebration of his nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for playing Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. The film is also nominated for the biggest award of the night: Best Picture.
Depp, meanwhile, was invited to Hollywood’s biggest night as a presenter. She wore a sheer black dress with lace detail while walking the red carpet prior to the event.
As Chalamet got cozy at his seat with girlfriend Kylie Jenner, Depp dazzled on stage as part of the presenting team for Best Costume Design. Depp was joined by Elle Fanning, who is one of Chalamet’s A Complete Unknown castmates, John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen and Bowen Yang to give Wicked the award.
Former spouses Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan were also spotted attending Hollywood’s biggest night. Quaid, 70, brought his wife, Laura Savoie, as his plus one, while Ryan, 63, walked the red carpet solo. (Quaid and Ryan divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage. They share son Jack Quaid.)
Emma Stone and ex-boyfriend Kieran Culkin were more evident about their Oscars reunion. In fact, an eyewitness told Us Weekly that Culkin, 42, and his wife, Jazz Charton, “came down and met Emma and gave her a huge hug and we’re so excited to see her.” The couple were spotted chatting with Stone — who produced A Real Pain, which earned Culkin his first Oscar win on Sunday — for a “few moments” before returning to their seats. (Stone, 36, and Culkin dated from 2010 to 2011.)
Stone — who married husband Dave McCary in 2020 — also might’ve run into ex Andrew Garfield (who was also on hand to present at the show). The Amazing Spider-Man costars she dated from 2011 to 2015.
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While Chalamet wasn’t seen publicly interacting with his ex at the awards show, fans still remember their whirlwind romance well. Us Weekly broke the news in October 2018 that the pair were dating after they were spotted kissing in New York City that same month.
The following year, the Call Me by Your Name actor and Depp made headlines once again after being photographed passionately kissing on a boat in Italy. The September 2019 makeout session went viral and haunted Chalamet for years.
“I went to bed that night thinking that was one of the best days of my life. I was on this boat all day with someone I really loved, and closing my eyes, I was like, indisputably, ‘That was great,’” Chalamet told GQ in his November 2020 cover story. “And then waking up to all these pictures, and feeling embarrassed, and looking like a real nob? All pale? And then people are like: ‘This is a P.R. stunt.’ A P.R. stunt? Do you think I’d want to look like that in front of all of you?!”
Chalamet and Depp’s Italian vacation was their last public outing before they called it quits. Us confirmed in April 2020 that they parted ways after more than one year together.
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Usconfirmed in April 2023 that Chalamet was seeing Jenner. “He’s very charming and he makes her laugh, and he’s easy to talk to,” an insider said at the time, adding, “He’s not like any of the other guys she’s dated before and although he may not seem like her type, they have really good chemistry.”
Lily-Rose, meanwhile, confirmed her romance with 070 Shake (real name Danielle Balbuena) in May 2023. The twosome initially sparked relationship speculation when they were spotted at Paris Fashion Week together that February.
Outside of running into his ex, the Oscars marked the end of a big awards season for Chalamet. The actor was previously nominated for his role in A Complete Unknown at the BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and many other smaller awards ceremonies.
He won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the iconic musician at the 2025 SAG Awards in February.
“I was not expecting this at all, truly. I know the classiest thing would be to downplay the effort that went into this role and how much this means to me, but the truth is this was five and a half years of my life,” Chalamet said during his February 23 acceptance speech. “I poured everything I had into playing this incomparable artist. Mr. Bob Dylan. A true American hero. It was the honor of a lifetime playing him.”
Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert captivated audiences with their chemistry well before they started dating.
Hough first connected with Erbert after she was cast as a dancers in his and sister Julianne Hough’s Move Live Tour in 2014. By July 2015, they were a couple.
The couple performed together as part of Derek’s fall 2021 residency at the Venetian in Las Vegas, and Derek joked about getting married at one of the city’s famous little white wedding chapels during one of their first shows.
“Honestly all jokes aside, we’re just playing up here,” he explained after dropping to one knee in front of Erbert — to tie his shoe. “But it really is really special to be able to do something that you love on the stage with somebody that you love so much.”
The Kansas native was a troupe dancer on Dancing With the Stars for multiple seasons, beginning in 2016. She crossed paths with Derek on occasion and later returned to the show in October 2020 for a steamy paso doble with her love.
The pair rescued a kitten, which they later named Palo, on their way home from an Emmys pre-show party. “Definitely a turn of events but I truly believe we were meant to save his life,” Erbert wrote in a social media post at the time. “Even if that means in a sparkly dress and heels.”
“Happy Birthday to my love. You fill my heart with so much joy. I love our crazy adventures together or just sitting on the couch with our bodies entangled watching a movie,” the Utah native wrote via Instagram in honor of his girlfriend’s birthday. “I find myself smiling at you in random moments. Fully feeling the effect you’ve made in my life. This surprising journey fills my heart with so much gratitude. Today I celebrate and am truly thankful you were born.”
“Being cooped up with my girlfriend, it’s been great. It’s funny,” the former World of Dance judge exclusively told Us after being at home with Erbert for months amid the COVID-19 crisis. “[It] definitely brought us closer and it’s a beautiful thing.”
The two dancers teamed up for Disney’s Sing-a-Along special in April 2020 as Belle and the Beast. They also performed as Mary Poppins and Bert for the May 2020 TV event.
“Happy Birthday to my favorite person on this planet! No one can make me laugh harder, smile bigger, drive me crazier (in the best way), or love larger than you,” Erbert wrote via Instagram on Derek’s 36th birthday. “I love celebrating you, today and everyday. I am so excited to see what unfolds for you this next rotation around the sun! I love you, always in all ways ♥️♥️.”
“Haley’s taught me a lot about relaxing. About just sitting down and relaxing and enjoying the moment,” the DWTS judge exclusively told Us. “I’m always going to go, go, go, go, personally. Like, let’s do this. Let’s do that. Let’s do this, and I’m still like that. But, it’s a good balance. We have a great balance with that.”
During September 26’s Derek Hough: No Limit show, the choreographer playfully proposed to his longtime love on stage. The banter between the pair began after Erbert told Derek he made a “bad dad joke” and the two laughed about not having kids together yet.
“Want to change that?” Derek asked his girlfriend, to which she replied, “You gotta put a ring on it first!” The former pro cheekily continued, “We are in Las Vegas. Hold on, there's wedding chapels and you can get divorced in the same day. This is unbelievable information that we need to look into immediately!”
The Make Your Move actor then dropped down to one knee to tie his shoes as Erbert said, “Oh, babe!” to which he responded, “I’m just playing.”
The lovebirds stepped out for date night at the Mercedes-Benz Oscar Viewing Party. “Dressing up is such a blast for both of us, but I find myself always finding his approval. I'm like, 'Babe what dress would you like best?' and I send him like a thousand outfits,” Erbert exclusively told Us at the Hollywood bash. “But honestly the fitting is the best part because you just get loaded with all of these gorgeous gowns and it's really truly hard to like pick your final look.”
“Happy Birthday to the love of my life! 🥰I can’t imagine my life without you,” the Kansas native wrote via social media. “I am so grateful for your existence. Cheers to 37! I love you always, in ALL ways @derekhough ♥️.”
“Wow, incredible to experience @f1 Monaco Grand Prix for the first time,” Derek captioned a video montage from his and Erbert’s time in the French Riviera. “Even better getting to experience it with my love @hayley.erbert ❤️.”
“I just love calling her my fiancée,” the Make Your Move actor exclusively told Us of his love. “I think that word now feels right to the way I feel and to my commitment to her and to our love and story and life together. … Hayley is The One.”
Derek gushed over Erbert, explaining how excited he is for the couple’s future. “I know she’s just going to be an amazing mother and amazing wife and she’s so thoughtful so caring, so loving,” he revealed. “Just seeing the way she is with our animals, I mean if she’s even a quarter of the way she is with our animals how she is with our kids I just can’t wait to see her be a mom.”
Although the duo originally wanted to forgo doing a formal first dance at their wedding, they've since changed their tune.
"I think we need to. I think we have to. And it needs to be spectacular," Derek exclusively told Us, revealing that he already has the song picked out. "It needs to be special and [there] definitely [needs to be] fireworks."
The pair got married in California. Their wedding was held in the Redwood Forest in California.
The following month, the newlyweds shared glimpses of their romantic Italian honeymoon via Instagram, including eating pasta and gelato, going on boat and bike rides, jumping off a bridge, sightseeing and more.
Derek revealed via soical media that Erbert was in “stable condition” after she was taken to the hospital following a performance of his A Symphony of Dance tour in Washington, D.C. and have to undergo emergency surgery.
“She was diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy,” he wrote via Instagram. “I want to thank the first responders and medical personnel who have cared for and continue to care for her. I ask for your prayers and positivity during this time.”
“Congratulations to the love of my life for his 4th Emmy win! (Swipe to see him looking so handsome with his new, beautiful hardware 😍),” Erbert wrote via Instagram one month after her health scare. “What a way to be welcomed home after such an unfathomable month. @Derekhough, you continue to amaze me with your drive, brilliance and commitment to excellence.”
Erbert went on to say she loves Derek “more than anything” and is “so unbelievably proud of [him], today and always.”
Derek earned the Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming trophy for his work on Dancing With the Stars at the Creative Arts Emmys.
Erbert announced her return to the Symphony of Dance tour four months after her emergency craniectomy.
“What a blessing (and surprise) it is to be able to be back on stage dancing with my love after such a crazy past four months,” she wrote via Instagram alongside a video of her and Hough rehearsing with several other dancers. “My healing journey has been nothing short of extraordinary and being able to dance again is igniting my soul in all the ways; speeding up my recovery even more. … I cannot wait for you all to see this show! It was so meaningful when we opened last year and now, after everything that has happened, it is truly even more special. 🤍”
After celebrating their first wedding anniversary in August, the couple enjoyed a night out in Los Angeles in honor of the 2024 Emmy Awards. Hayley cozied up to her spouse before heading into the Walt Disney Company's Emmy Awards Celebration.
Later that month, Derek revealed he and Hayley are hoping to expand their brood one day.
“We definitely want to have a family eventually,” he told E! News. “We'll see what's in the cards, what's on the horizon. Little dancing children running around.”
Derek got choked up while discussing Erbert’s brain surgery.
“[We were] living out our dreams on stage and doing what we love with the person that we love, and then it just all came to a screeching halt in the most devastating way,” he said in a sneak peek at a clip from a package on Dancing With the Stars season 33’s Dedication Night.
Derek recalled Erbert “having full seizures and essentially dying” backstage at his Symphony of Dance Tour in December 2023.
“It’s really hard to even put into words other than just pure fear,” he said while tearing up. “The doctor said that, ‘She might not make it and even if she does make it, she won’t be the same person.’”
Goldie HawnandKurt Russellhave been going strong for decades, proving that Hollywood romances can last.
The duo met in 1966, but they didn’t start dating until they collaborated on 1983’s Swing Shift.
Prior to their romance, Russell was married to Season Hubley from 1979 to 1983 while Hawn went through two of her own divorces. First, she was married to Gus Trinkonis from 1969 to 1976 and then to Bill Hudson, with whom she shares children Oliver Hudsonand Kate Hudson, from 1976 to 1982.
Despite sharing decades together and welcoming son Wyatt Russell in 1986, the two have no plans to tie the knot after experiencing the difficulties of divorce.
“[Divorce is] always ugly,” she told CNN in July 2023. “I like the idea that I can wake up in the morning and make decisions every day if I want to be here. … I think ultimately staying independent with independent thinking is important, so you can hold on to yourself, and you can actually have that feeling.”
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Kurt and Hawn first met while filming The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1966. The Massachusetts native was 16, and Hawn was 21. "I thought he was adorable, but he was much too young,” the Snatched actress told BBC Radio 4 in 2012. “Then, years later, we met up again, and I remembered that I liked him very much when I first met him. We both said we would never go out with another actor so it just shows you never can tell."
It wasn’t until they were reunited on screen for 1983’s Swing Shift that the pair became an item. "It was the first time she brought him to the house, it wasn't the first date,” Kate recalled during a November 2019 episode of her “Sibling Revelry” podcast with brother Oliver about her mom’s early relationship with Kurt. "Mom said that's when she fell in love with Kurt — right away was because she brought him back to the house and we had already been asleep, and we shared a room, and he sat down next to each of us, he sat down next to you first and watched you sleep and then came by."
On July 10, 1986, the duo welcomed their only child, son Wyatt Russell, bringing their tally of children to four between them. Kurt shares son Boston with his ex-wife, Season Hubley, and Hawn shares Oliver and Kate with ex-husband Bill Hudson.
A year after becoming parents, the sweethearts returned to the big screen to play unlikely lovers Joanna and Dean in Overboard. In 2017, Hawn revealed that she and Kurt had watched the iconic movie for the first time in a while and it helped remind her about their beautiful romance. “You know how sometimes you forget why you fell in love? I remembered everything, and why I fell in love,” she said on The Late Late Show With James Corden at the time. “It was really something to be able to watch that."
The couple that laughs together, stays together! When presenting at the 1989 Academy Awards, Hawn kicked things off by saying, “We fit in completely to the theme of the show. Because we’re costars, we’re compadres, we’re companions and we’re a couple.” The Tango & Cash actor responded, “There’s only one thing we’re not … married,” to which his partner asked, “Is that a proposal?” the Hateful Eight actor appeared as if he was going to pop the question before saying, “You’re putting me on the spot. I guess now’s as good a time as any to answer that — oh, they want us to speed things up, listen, we’ll talk about it later tonight.” Hawn made a face and the audience laughed.
“If you’re lucky enough to have someone like Goldie Hawn come along and feel the way she feels, you’re just lucky,” the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star said about his forever gal.
After going on a filming hiatus following 2002’s The Banger Sisters, Hawn didn’t skip a beat when supporting her man at all of his red-carpet premieres over the years including Miracle, Sky High, Furious 7 and Deepwater Horizon.
In 2003, the Washington D.C. native launched The Hawn Foundation, which focuses on providing kids with social and emotional learning programs to enable them to thrive as adults. Since its inception, the mother of three has hosted the annual Goldie’s Love In for Kids charity event and promoted its MindUP program.
“We have done just perfectly without marrying. I already feel devoted and isn't that what marriage is supposed to do? So as long as my emotional state is in a state of devotion, honesty, caring and loving, then we're fine,” the HouseSitter actress told Woman’s Day in 2007. “We both have independent finances, we're both independently well-off. We have raised our children brilliantly; they are beautiful people. We did a great job there and we didn't have to get married to do that. I like waking up every day and seeing that he is there and knowing that I have a choice. There is really no reason to marry.”
The Vanilla Sky actor launched his wine label, GoGi Wines, in 2008 and named it after one of his old nicknames as a child. He also opened the Wine Saloon in Los Alamos, California, as his wine tasting room. “I had no question about what I wanted to do. I think that’s one of the most important things in winemaking. It’s like filmmaking; you gotta know what you want to do. If you know what you want to do, then you can go about doing it,” the Tombstone star told Wine Enthusiast magazine in 2014 of the venture.
“A lasting relationship isn’t about marriage. It’s about compatibility and communication. And you both need to want it to work,” Hawn told Porter in 2015. “If one person does not want it to work, it isn’t going to work. Intention is the key. It’s also about not losing yourself in each other. Being together, two pillars holding up the house and the roof, and being different, not having to agree on everything, learning how to deal with not agreeing. Everything’s a choice.”
“I would be long divorced if I'd been married,” the Death Becomes Her actress told the hosts of Loose Women in 2016. “If you need to feel bound to someone, it's important to be married. I chose to stay. Kurt choses to stay, and we liked the choice. What is marriage going to do?”
The couple received side by side stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 4, 2017, further cementing their linked careers and life. “To you, I owe my wonderful life. Simply put, Goldie, I cherish you,” the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 actor said during the ceremony. “All of the stars in the sky or the boulevard couldn't hold a candle to that. There's no one else I'd rather be next to."
“Grandma and Grandpa duty...or should I say Mr and Mrs Claus 🤶🎅 #IKnewIt,” Kate wrote via Instagram in December 2018 on a sweet photo of the couple nurturing their granddaughter Rani, who was born on October 2, 2018.
The pair are also grandparents to Kate's two sons, Ryder and Bingham, Oliver's three kids, Wilder, Bodhi and Rio, and Wyatt's sons, Buddy and Boone, whom he shares with wife Meredith Hagner.
For the first time since 1987’s Overboard, the pair reunited on screen in 2018 for Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles as Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The couple are reprising their roles in the sequel, which is slated for a 2020 release.
The twosome teamed up again for The Christmas Chronicles 2, which hit Netflix in November 2020.
“It was actually a great break from everyday life and a new way of being together, which was great," she gushed to Fox News about filming the sequel. “[We] considered it almost like a honeymoon, to tell you the truth, and working together was really fun."
“❤️They real cute❤️,” Kate captioned an Instagram snap of the pair sharing a kiss while virtually watching the 2021 Golden Globes as a family in March. Kate was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and was surrounded by her entire family, including her mom and pa Kurt, her three kids and three brothers.
The Banger Sisters actress toasted Russell’s 70th birthday in March 2021 with a sweet Instagram tribute. “Happy birthday baby! What a wild ride,” she wrote alongside a clip of the duo joking about not being married at the 1989 Oscars. “No, we never got married but one thing that continues to grow is our love. You’re a wild one, brilliant, lovable, childlike, perfectly maddening, a father supreme and deeply funny! I can’t imagine my life without you at any age, Kurt Russell. You’re the catch. And you’re all mine❤️.”
“My parents are amazing grandparents,” Oliver exclusively told Us in March 2021 of his mom and stepdad. “We’re a very tight family. We all live very close to each other. … They’re amazing people, amazing grandparents, amazing parents.”
“How can I explain the gratitude and love I feel for the greatest father who has given us all so much in this life 💕💋,” Hawn wrote via Instagram in June 2022, paying tribute to Kurt on Father’s Day.
Hawn gave her partner a shout-out via Instagram in October 2022 after attending their granddaughter Rani’s princess-themed birthday bash. “Happy 4th birthday our precious Rani Rose🌹You are the real queen!” the Housesitter actress captioned a group snap. “I’ll take Lady in waiting everyday as long as the prince is always beside me! WE LOVE YOU!!! 💕💕💕💕🎂🎂🎂🎂.”
The Snatched actress gushed about her longtime partner in her Variety cover story, which was published in March 2023. “Kurt is extraordinarily brilliant and creative and collaborative — not in the kitchen,” Hawn told the outlet. “But really he’s just amazing. … Kurt and I are very similar. He doesn’t consider himself a movie star. Nor do I. Neither one of us walks around thinking about that stuff.”
Russell, for his part, echoed his love’s sentiments as he addressed longstanding pressure to get married.
“At that time, we constantly got asked, ‘When are you going to get married? Why aren’t you married?’” he recalled after they floated the idea at the Oscars in 1989, in which they presented the Best Director category together. "And we were like, ‘Why does anybody care about that?’ We’d asked our kids if they cared about it. They didn’t. We didn’t.”
“She is always my priority. We’re ‘of the moment’ people,” Kurt exclusively told Us in September 2024 of the couple’s secret to a long relationship. “We just kind of say, ‘What do you feel like? What do you want to do? Do you want to watch something?’”
He added, “Obviously, our lives revolve around our grandkids and our children, and their lives and what’s going on with them, and there’s a lot going on. We do have a lot of fun.”
Kurt’s daughter-in-law Hagner exclusively gushed to Us earlier that year about how wonderful he and Hawn are as grandparents. (Hagner shares two sons with husband Wyatt.)
“Oh, they’re the best. They’re just, like, the greatest people, greatest grandparents,” she said in August 2024. “They live down the road from us, so my [oldest] son is like — that’s their second home. They’ll have a cookie jar that’s always full, and my son knows where it is, and they have a toy box that is always brimming with toys.”
The 2025 Oscars is one of the hardest tickets to get in Hollywood — but it’s not the only way to watch the coveted awards show. The Vanity Fair Oscar Party has become the ultimate viewing bash and this year it was full of A-list couples.
The Running Point actor turned heads in a burgundy velvet suit jacket and black pants while attending the Beverly Hills party hosted by Radhika Jones on Sunday, March 2. Bloom, who has been engaged to Theroux since summer 2024, wore a sexy red fitted gown that sparkled from afar.
Bacon and Sedgwick, meanwhile, opted for more classic looks for their date night. The Footloose star wore an all-black suit, while his wife donned a gown with a white bodice and black skirt.
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney made it a date night, with Mulaney in a white tuxedo for the occasion and Munn rocking a black dress with a green skirt around the waist.
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The Mad Men alum grinned from ear to ear while escorting his wife along the red carpet. Osceola, meanwhile, turned heads in a silver gown that showed off her tanned physique.
The stars were out for the 2025 Oscars, many of whom made the evening the ultimate date night.
The 97th Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien and his wife, Liza Powel O’Brien, were among the first to arrive at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2, to celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night of the year.
Saldaña, who is nominated for her role in Emilia Pérez turned heads in a deep maroon tiered Saint Laurent gown designed by Anthony Vaccarello. The strass bodice brought some shimmer to the look as did her jewels. She topped off the look with La Scandale platform sandals.
Teller, who wore a black tux, velvet bow tie and black Santoni shoes, packed on the PDA with his wife while stepping out on Sunday. He gave Keleigh a kiss on the head as the cameras snapped before walking inside the venue. Keleigh, meanwhile, stunned with a dusty blue gown with floral embellishments.
Scroll down to see which of Hollywood’s hottest couples were in attendance — and walked the red carpet — at the 2025 Oscars:
The actor kept his shades on while posing alongside his spouse less than two months after they tragically lost their home in the Los Angeles wildfires.
The longtime couple made a splash as they attended the awards show together. Hawn gave off How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days vibes with her yellow gown, which her daughter, Kate Hudson, famously wore in the rom-com.
Goldblum, who starred in the Oscar-nominated Wicked, wore custom Prada alongside his wife, who was also dressed by the designer. The actor topped off his look with a live orchid boutonniere.
The Live With Kelly and Mark cohosts turned heads as they stepped out in Hollywood, especially Ripa who donned a deep orange gown that showed off her toned arms.
The Anora actor, who is nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, looked dapper in a tuxedo. His wife opted for a sleek cream gown with subtle shimmer.
“We keep it open. We are very careful with the story, and we want to make sure that it’s dealt with the right way, and that takes just a lot of thought and we’re still in the journey,” Hargitay exclusively Us Weekly of the will-they, won’t they couple in May 2024. “I don’t think of endgame yet.”
Even if they’ve yet to consummate their love, Benson and Stabler are one of the greatest crime couples of all time.
Scroll down for Us Weekly’s (unofficial) ranking of the best TV crime solving duos — most of which became an item:
For three seasons — well, two and a half, technically — fans rooted for the somewhat taboo romance between Fly Team leader Scott Forrester (Luke Kleintank) and his No. 2 in command special agent Jamie Kellett (Heida Reed) on FBI: International. Not only was the sexual tension between these two visible from a mile away, but for a long time Jamie was the only person Scott truly trusted. When Jamie left the Fly Team at the start of season 3, fans were crushed. Scott, however, exited the team himself at the end of the season.
FBI: International’s fourth season premiered on CBS in 2024.
FBI special agents Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym) and Omar Adom “OA” Zidan (Zeeko Zaki) have been the go-to pair on FBI since season 1 premiered in 2018. While they have been strictly platonic for seven seasons, there has always been a touch of sexual chemistry. Sure, they will most likely never cross those lines, but they do have each other’s backs. Whether it’s breaking a window to escape being blown up by a bomb or staying by each other’s bedside after near-death experiences, these two are the definition of “partners in crime.”
FBI began season 7 on CBS in fall 2024.
Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin’s chemistry was electric from the start on Miss Scarlet and The Duke as private investigator Eliza Scarlet and Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington. Despite his reluctance to help Eliza with her P.I. business — which was scandalous in Victorian London circa 1882— William always protected her, even when it got him into trouble with Scotland Yard. Throughout the first four seasons, Eliza remained adamant that she didn’t need a man to survive, but it was clear she’d always loved William since childhood.
During season 4, William finally told her he loved her, and they shared a kiss. Their bliss was short-lived as William revealed he took a job in New York so they could have time apart to think about their future. When season 5 began in 2025, there was a new inspector in England and Eliza was spiraling after realizing William was her true love and he was never coming back. Fans were outraged by Eliza and William’s missed connection — and witty banter — calling for his return, but it didn’t change the outcome.
Miss Scarlet was renamed ahead of season 5 which premiered on PBS Masterpiece in January 2025.
Unlike many partners on this list, Shawn Spencer (James Roday Rodriguez) and Juliet O’Hara (Maggie Lawson) started out as somewhat green in their professions. Shawn, a psychic detective, was trying to make a name for himself when he met Jules, a detective new to the Santa Barbara Police Department. They bonded over Shawn’s humor and Jules soon fell for his sweet gestures — and frequently risked her own career over his hunches. Their working relationship eventually turned romantic, and it was just as sweet as you’d imagine.
Psych ran for eight seasons on USA Network from 2006 to 2014.
Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) was known for his intense training tactics on The Rookie before meeting trainee Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil). While training Chen, Bradford began to soften and slowly fall for his subordinate — after dating her friend. During season 5, the officers became a couple after playing one during an undercover operation one season prior. However, Braford broke up with Chen during season 6 after he risked her career by getting her involved in a case about his past. Throughout season 7, fans have been dying for them to rekindle their romance — especially since their work partnership is still solid.
The Rookie season 7 premiered on ABC in January 2025.
Talk about opposites attract. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) could not have been more different. Brennan, the top anthropologist at the Jeffersonian, ruled her world by scientific facts and rarely let people in. Booth, an FBI special agent who worked with Brennan’s team, was by the book to a degree, but didn’t take things as literally as his partner. Their differences ultimately made them the perfect crime-fighting duo — and eventually married couple. Their TV wedding was in the rose garden outside the Jeffersonian and it was magic.
Bones ran for 12 seasons on Fox from 2005 to 2017.
Who says your best friend can’t be your soulmate? Both Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and Moira Isles (Sasha Alexander) find love on and off throughout Rizzoli & Isles, but these BFFs don’t need a man to solve crimes in Boston. Jane is a rough and tough detective who loves sports and only wears pants, while Moira is buttoned up and rarely takes off her high heels. Together they are one of the greatest TV crime solvers of all time. (The series finale even ended with them choosing to travel to Paris together before going their separate ways.)
Rizzoli & Isles ran for seven seasons on TNT from 2010 to 2016.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were a dynamic duo from 1993 to 2002 and again from 2016 to 2018, playing Special Agent Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully. Their romantic feelings were kept at bay for nine seasons, but it was their oppositional attract personalities that had fans tuning in each week. Scully was a science-based woman, while Mulder believed in the supernatural and their differing opinions made for witty banter fans still talk about. As they battled the paranormal, the bizarre cases brought them closer and ultimately resulted in the birth of their son.
The X-Files aired for nine seasons on Fox before returning to the network for seasons 10 and 11 in 2016 and 2018.
Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) was the exact right amount of sass and spice for special agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly). When Ziva joined the NCIS team during season 3 in 2005, Tony was Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ (Mark Harmon) right hand agent. However, Ziva soon earned her stripes and eventually fell in love with Tony.
At one point, fans thought Ziva died when her father’s farmhouse was destroyed. Tony was devastated by the reported loss but had to switch into dad mode when he learned Ziva secretly welcomed their daughter, Tali, while out of the country. Tony and Ziva, who had in fact not died, eventually reunited and started living as a family in Paris. Their next chapter will be documented in the spinoff, NCIS: Tony & Ziva.
NCIS season 22 premiered on NBC in October 2024. NCIS: Tony & Ziva’s premiere date has not been announced.
Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and Adam Ruzek (Patrick Flueger) a.k.a. Burzek had fans rooting for them from the start, especially after Burgess hilariously showed Ruzek during season 1 how to direct traffic. After two broken engagements, Ruzek proposed for a third time during season 11 of Chicago P.D. and it stuck. While fans tune into the police drama to see the Intelligence Unit put away bad guys, it’s the connection between Burgess and Ruzek that keeps them coming back for more. (They have literally saved each other’s lives on more than one occasion.)
Chicago P.D. entered season 12 on NBC in fall 2024.
Sure, Shawn Spencer (Roday Rodriguez) had a great romantic partner in Juliet (Lawson), but let’s be real, Shawn and Burton “Gus” Guster (Dulé Hill) were the real power couple on Psych. Not only had they been BFFs since they were kids, but they drove around in a car called the “blueberry” and Shawn had hilarious nicknames for his bestie depending on the case. Shawn calling Gus “Chocolate Columbo,” “Peter Panic” and “MC ClapYoHandz” are among the most memorable. Even with no detective experience between the two of them, Shawn and Gus helped SBPD put away multiple serial killers, keep the city safe and brought laughs to the whole department.
Psych ran for eight seasons on USA Network from 2006 to 2014.
Nathan Fillion’s Rick Castle was the bane of detective Kate Beckett’s (Stana Katic) existence when they first met on Castle. Despite her reservations, the NYPD let novelist Castle assist on a case that kickstarted their partnership. As the seasons went on, Castle helped Beckett and her team solve murders and got inspiration for his hit book series. Castle, who was both charming and a player, also eventually broke through Beckett’s walls and the two started dating. Their romantic relationship was full of drama and hardships, ending in one of the most intense series finales ever, where both were shot by an assailant. The final scene showed the pair — in what appeared to be a dream or future premonition — alive and running around the house with a child of their own.
Castle ran for eight seasons on ABC from 2009 to 2016.
For 12 seasons, viewers tuned into Law & Order: Special Victims Unit partly because of the crime fighting — but mostly because of detectives Elliot Stabler (Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Hargitay). You could cut their sexual tension with a knife. The chemistry between the detectives was palpable, but they were also the epitome of a team. No matter what the jam, viewers were certain Benson and Stabler would never leave the other one hanging.
While Meloni left the series in 2011 at the end of season 12, fans didn’t stop rooting for Stabler and Benson to get together. When Meloni reprised his role in the spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime in 2021 it came with a reunion between Benson and Stabler. The chemistry was still there — but the will-they, won’t-they story line remains.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26 premiered on NBC in October 2024. Organized Crime will move to Peacock for season 5 in April 2025.
After revealing on Today With Jenna & Friends that she thought Willie, 49, was “handsome,” McMahan, 37, had a run-in with him in her dressing room while cohosting with Jenna Bush Hager.
“You look so good in blue. I don’t even have my[self and] everything ready,” McMahan told Willie in an Instagram video posted Thursday, February 27. “Oh, my God. I’m wearing my slippers, stop.”
Willie teased, “Are we an item?” to which McMahan replied, “Yeah, we kinda are.”
Bush Hager, 43, was seated next to her current cohost and couldn’t stop laughing at the adorable exchange. “By the way, to be clear, I heard from his wife, she’s OK,” Bush Hager said of Christina, claiming she was fine with McMahan’s infatuation with her husband.
Willie verified Bush Hager’s intel, saying his wife “loves” McMahan. “Christina was, like, on board,” he said.
Bush Hager teased, “She’s like, ‘As long as I can go to the Beacon Theatre.’ I’m like, ‘I got you tickets.’” McMahan added that she’d get Christina “backstage.”
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“I was surprised by the lack of resistance I got from my wife,” Willie confessed. “She was like, ‘Great, she’s awesome.’”
McMahan, who is married to Jeff Daniels, noted that her spouse was “OK with it too.” She explained, “He was like, ‘If anybody, it’s Willie.’”
Today With Jenna & Friends posted the video via its official account on Thursday, captioning it, “Fancy meeting you here, @williegeist @heatherkmcmahan caught up with her work crush this morning before #JennaandFriends.”
Willie’s wife, whom he married in 2003, was quick to comment on the video. “HA! Love you, @heatherkmcmahan!” she replied. “I’m confident our marriages can survive this!”
Christina, who shares two children with the journalist, joked, “It’s not the first time I’ve witnessed the WG phenomenon ! I get it, girl. Have fun. You’re doing great this week!”
The playful dressing room encounter came one day after McMahan revealed on national television that she was crushing on Willie. (McMahan was Bush Hager’s cohost all week.)
“I have such a work crush, Willie Geist,” McMahan said during the Wednesday, February 26, broadcast before a photo of the anchor came on screen. “Y’all look how handsome. My king.”
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The comedian explained that during the Tuesday, February 25, morning meeting she crossed paths with Willie and got flustered.
“He just slid in the chair next to us and he’s like, ‘How are you doing, Heather?’ I melted. I got nervous. I turned red,” McMahan revealed, and Bush Hager confirmed it happened.
McMahan noted she meant “no disrespect” to Willie’s spouse, calling Christina “fantastic” and a “fan” of her comedy.
“Honey, oh, he’s just the best. He’s just tall and handsome and so charismatic,” McMahan gushed when asked what she liked about Willie. “When you see newscasters out and about and they still have a full face of makeup, on sometimes it can be jarring. Willie, you wear a great face. You look fantastic.”
She noted, “I also have a crush on Al [Roker], but everybody has a crush on Al and the women are, like, fighting me for him so I said, ‘I’ll take Willie.’”
Today With Jenna & Friends airs on NBC weekdays at 10 a.m. ET.
“I need your help talking to Shep,” Craig Conover told his then-girlfriend, Paige, during the Thursday, February 27, episode of the Bravo series while chatting with her over FaceTime. (Paige, 32, and Craig, 36, split in November 2024 after three years of dating.)
Craig told the cameras that after trying to tell Shep, 42, that Sienna, 26, was not into him, he realized maybe “he needs to hear a girl translate the message to him.” Craig employed Paige to do the job and she didn’t mince words.
“The only thing I will say is, especially with long distance, if it’s already a little shaky it only gets shakier,” Paige told Shep over the phone while the Southern Charm squad was in the Bahamas.
Shep noted that he “said everything I need[ed] to say” and “laid it all out on the line” and she was still not responding in a way he liked. (During the group’s Bahamas trip, Shep reunited with Sienna after a month and a half apart. Shep proceeded to profess his love for her, but she didn’t express the same feelings.)
“Good. Then it literally is all on her,” Paige explained, noting, “If she doesn’t give you the same energy back, then let her go.”
Craig pointed out that Shep was “hung up” on the fact Sienna allegedly told him she “loved” him three weeks prior to the trip and was then acting so distant. (Sienna missed multiple group outings, including a boat day following Shep and Paige’s call.)
“Things change,” Paige said, pointing out, “If she’s not texting you back. If she’s not trying to sleep in your room every night, if she’s not trying to hang out, if she’s not trying to introduce you to her family, she does not like you.”
Shep revealed that he did meet her family while visiting Sienna in the Bahamas months prior, but Paige noted that times have changed.
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“Yes, but she wasn’t talking to you before you got there [this time] and she’s not going to talk to you after you leave,” she said.
Paige then gave Shep advice that she learned from her mother. “They don’t like you! If they liked you, you would know it,” the Summer House star bluntly told him. “She doesn’t like you. So you gotta let her go.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Craig told Shep that “whatever this is isn’t healthy,” reminding him that Sienna wasn’t making an effort despite Shep’s continued attempts to see her while in town.
Shep tried to give Sienna the benefit of the doubt, telling Craig and the rest of his friends that she was going to join them on a boat adventure that afternoon. However, when she texted to say she was “running late” and to go without her, it became even more clear to the group that they weren’t on the same page.
“Look at that dejected walk. He’s Charlie Browning right now,” Austen Kroll said when he saw Shep walking to the boat, hunched over with his head down. “That’s not good.”
When Madison LeCroy asked, “Did she break up with you,” Shep replied, “Not really.”
Once on Rose Island in the Bahamas, Madison, 34, had a heart-to-heart with Shep, asking, “Do you feel like you’re not rich enough for her?”
Shep confessed, “Maybe, yeah, I do. Maybe I don’t even deserve [her]. Who am I? I’m a wild son of a bitch. Sort of disaster zone. How am I a good idea for anybody?”
Madison tried to brighten his spirits, saying, “You deserve to be loved as much as you’re giving.”
Shep confirmed in November 2024 that he was single after a whirlwind romance with Sienna earlier that year.
Southern Charm airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
The beloved 2002 romance film is getting a reboot, Deadline reported on Thursday, February 27, after Monarch Media secured the rights to the story. The company reportedly plans to develop a new version of the movie with the original producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, per the outlet. (Us Weekly has reached out for comment.)
Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel from Monarch Media will also serve producers on the project. Di Novi and Margaret French-Isaac will represent Di Novi Pictures as producers, while Lowry and Patty Reed are joining the project on behalf of Roserock Films.
“A Walk to Remember has endured as a beloved coming-of-age drama, captivating audiences with its heartfelt story of young love, personal growth and the power of faith for decades,” Barnett, who worked for Di Novi during the original movie, told Deadline. “We could not be more excited to bring a new version of Nicholas Sparks’ timeless story to audiences and are particularly thrilled to work alongside the original film’s producers, Denise and Hunt.”
Di Novi said she’s equally as excited about the reboot, telling the outlet, “I am so grateful to Steve and Monarch Media for giving all of us the opportunity to bring this enduring and inspirational story of faith, hope and love to a new generation, all qualities we need now more than ever.”
Lowry said he’s “delighted” to be “bringing this timeless story to a new generation of moviegoers” and to reunite with Di Novi after working together more than two decades ago.
A Walk to Remember tells the love story between ultra religious teen Jamie Sullivan and bad boy Landon Carter. In the 2002 film, Moore played the quiet Jamie, while West played the rebellious Landon who falls for her before finding out she’s battling leukemia.
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“I had such a visceral reaction to it that I remember not being able to read because I was almost hyperventilating while I was crying,” Moore, 40, told the Los Angeles Times in 2010 about getting the role. “It was my first movie and I know people say it may be cliché and it’s a tearjerker or it’s cheesy, but for me, it’s the thing I’m most proud of.”
Eight years later, Moore exclusively told Us how “bananas” it is to see A Walk to Remember still resonating with fans.
“It [makes] me feel really old! It’s crazy. It feels like another lifetime ago,” the actress said in January 2018. “But I’m so happy to celebrate it and so happy that people still — it’s relevant and still means something to people. That means a lot.”
For Sparks, the story is even more important and deeply personal because he based Jamie on his sister Danielle Sparks Lewis who died in June 2000 at the age of 33.
“Like Jamie, my sister got cancer. Like Jamie, my sister met someone. And like Landon, there was a long period of time when this fellow couldn’t imagine himself marrying a girl like her,” the author wrote on his official website. “And yet, in the end, he couldn’t help himself. Even when he knew she was sick, even when he knew that she might not make it, this man asked my sister to marry him.”
Sparks recalled, “It was just about the sweetest thing that’s ever been done for anyone, and I suppose I wrote this novel not only so that you could get to know my sister, but so that you would know what a wonderful thing it was that her husband once did for her.”
“I had a conversation with Austen in the Bahamas that was not filmed, and he just kind of told me that they definitely got handsy with each other,” Salley, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, February 24, while promoting season 10. “And more happened than a makeout, but not sex.”
She alleged that Austen, 37, told her “the only reason that they didn’t go all the way” was because he was “too intoxicated.” Salley claimed Austen’s “equipment wasn’t working” at the time.
Austen and Taylor, 30, made headlines during season 9 of Southern Charm when rumors surfaced that they had a “sleepover” shortly after Taylor and Shep Rose split. (Us confirmed in July 2022 that Taylor and Shep, 42, broke up after two years of dating.)
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Austen and Taylor denied for weeks that they did anything romantic. “There are friends in my life where I could share a bed with, and things don’t happen. And I kind of feel that way about Taylor,” Austen claimed during a September 2023 episode.
Craig Conover revealed at the time that he wasn’t convinced Austen and Taylor didn’t at least kiss. “He looked down and to the left when he said that,” Craig told Shep during the 2023 episode of Austen’s actions. Craig later told the cameras, “You only have to watch a handful of spy movies to know if you look down and to the left that means you’re lying.”
Shep initially believed Austen, but throughout the episode he too began to question his friend’s loyalty. “I go 50/50 on if something’s happened between them,” Shep confessed at the time. “I would not be surprised if they both looked at each other [and say], ‘Let’s just go for it and no one will ever know.’ I think it’s f—d up.”
During an October 2023 episode, Austen finally confessed to kissing Taylor while he was still talking to Olivia Flowers, who was close friends with Taylor. (Austen and Olivia dated for a year before calling it quits in September 2022.)
“I was pretty disappointed,” Taylor exclusively told Us while discussing the October 2023 episode in which Austen exposed their kissing secret. She confessed that she felt “a little bit” betrayed that Austen didn’t give her a heads up that he was going to tell the truth — especially because she had lied to Olivia.
Austen later revealed more details about his and Taylor’s alleged hookup during a November 2023 episode of the Bravo show. “It takes two to tango,” he said, claiming that Taylor “kinda made a move on me, if I’m being honest.”
He was adamant that they didn’t have sex, but confessed, “I felt not bad about it” since the kiss marked a “brief f—ing moment with someone that I’m close with.”
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“I’ll never forget that the next day, when she called me, I was like, ‘Taylor, thank God, we didn’t sleep together,’” Austen alleged.
Craig, however, was confused by the series of events, saying, “What do you mean, she left your room after you kissed?” Austen replied, “It wasn’t in my room. … It was in my kitchen.”
Despite Austen and Taylor’s claims about their romantic past, most of their castmates still believe they had sex.
During a February episode of the Southern Charm: After Show, the cast played a game explaining how “everyone has had sex with everyone.” They drew lines between cast photos connecting people who’ve kissed, had sex or sexted.
“We don’t know about these two, right?” Leva Bonaparte asked Venita Aspen, who replied, “Who are these two?”
Leva, 45, said she was referring to Taylor and Austen going all the way. “They won’t admit it,” Molly O’Connell said while speaking about the same pairing. Salley also hinted that sex was on the table but since Austen’s “equipment wasn’t working” it didn’t occur.
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Looking back on Austen and Taylor’s scandalous hookup, Salley told Us that she’s not surprised Shep chose to forgive them both.
“Shep is a very neutral person. I feel like he’s kind of, ‘You only have one life. Why would you spend it getting mad at your friends or waste your time being upset with someone?’” she revealed. “He’s always been that way.”
Since their alleged hookup, Taylor has moved on with boyfriend Gaston Rojas, whom she began dating in October 2023. Austen has been dating girlfriend Audrey Pratt since December 2023.
Shep, meanwhile, had a whirlwind romance with Sienna Evans in 2024 but they split by November of that year. Olivia, who didn’t return for season 10, announced her engagement to Alex Williams in October 2024.
Southern Charm airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
Kansas City Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt reflected on her highs and lows of February following the team’s 2025 Super Bowl loss.
“The February Files,” Hunt, 25, captioned a series of Instagram photos on Thursday, February 27, including several red carpet moments and behind-the-scenes snaps from Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
Along with her photo dump, Hunt shared a somewhat telling message about the month she’s had since the Chiefs were ultimately defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles. “Feeling thankful for every moment that shapes life’s beautiful mosaic — the tough, the painful, the joyful, and everything in between,” she wrote.
The heiress added: “Most of all, I’m grateful for the incredible people who make it all worthwhile. .”
Hunt’s post featured a glimpse into her life, including a gym selfie, her office desk layout and a casual solo shot of her wearing all pink.
Gracie’s sister, Ava Hunt, and their mom, Tavia Hunt, were featured in a few snapshots as well. The trio appeared to enjoy a night out in Texas with friends in one picture, while Gracie rocked a country-chic ensemble and stood by a saddle in another. (Ava, 19, is a cheerleader at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.)
She shared a video up on stage with Loud Luxury as the musical duo DJ’d at the Fanatics Super Bowl bash. Gracie also posted a video singing to Shaboozy with a friend dressed in red in honor of the NFL team.
Gracie documented her family’s ride into the big game as well, revealing that they drove up in a golf cart.
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In addition to the Hunt ladies, Gracie’s dad, Chiefs CEO and billionaire Clark Hunt, and brother, Knobel Hunt, were on the cart. “Happy Super Bowl,” she said as they all smiled for the camera.
“Praise Him when you win. Praise Him when you lose. It wasn’t the result we were hoping for, but so proud of this team’s heart and the incredible season we had,” Gracie wrote via Instagram on February 10, sharing a photo with her whole family at the event. “Thank you to our sweet friends and family who came to support this weekend and stayed through the post game reception.”
She added: “Thank you to every person in the Chiefs organization for going above and beyond in all you do—we love you like family. Thank you to the incredible fans who bleed red with us. You all are the heartbeat of Chiefs Kingdom and are truly the best fans in the NFL. We’ll be back Chiefs Kingdom.”
Carl, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly on Monday, February 24, that he felt his and Lindsay’s chapter was “100 percent” closed after he learned she was pregnant. Lindsay, 38, announced her pregnancy in July 2024, which was the weekend she and Carl reunited in the Hamptons to film the new season of Summer House.
“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,” Carl explained, noting he learned about the pregnancy one day before he arrived at the shared house. “You almost envision it’s going to be some time [before your ex moves on].”
Carl recalled calling his friend after hearing the news and he told him, “‘This is some of the best information you could have. It’s really good closure, be happy for her,’ which I was.”
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In that moment, Carl said he had to “recognize that this is the reality, and you can now really move on and then you don’t have to worry [about] choosing someone else. And that’s what it is.”
Carl and Lindsay met in 2016 while filming season 1 of Summer House. They dated for a year before he proposed in August 2022. Carl broke off their engagement in August 2023, just a few months before they were set to get married. Lindsay moved on with Turner Kufe in early 2024 and they welcomed their baby girl that December.
During the season 9 premiere, which aired on February 12, Lindsay told the whole house about her pregnancy, but Carl wasn’t there. When he arrived in episode 2, which was filmed the next day, the exes had an awkward talk in the kitchen where he congratulated her on the news.
“There was a lot of nerves. I care about her. I wanted nothing but the best for her, but I didn’t know how to say it,” Carl told Us of the moment. “I also knew that I was the elephant in the room about to walk in the house.”
Once he did get the words out, Carl said he was “proud” that they were mature and got it out of the way.
“I am glad I actually had that closure because it actually allowed, I think, both of us to move on,” he recalled. “If anything after that kind of awkwardness in the kitchen, we were just cool and cordial.”
Carl teased that there will be “another pretty epic moment” between him and Lindsay that isn’t so cordial, but it doesn’t taint the whole season.
“For the most part it was two former friends who just get along just because it’s easier,” he added.
Carl shared that his longtime BFF Kyle Cooke, who is also close to Lindsay, thinks that the former couple “might be friends down the line at some point.”
While the non-alcoholic Soft Bar + Café owner doesn’t have any “prediction” of what’s to come he noted “there’s so much history between us” that a friendship could happen again.
“There’s no playbook for how to do it. And it’s unusual to have to be in the same circle,” Carl confessed. “But I’m sure we’re not the only people in the world that have had a breakup and still have some mutual friends. And you navigate that.”
Since filming wrapped, Lindsay has welcomed her daughter, Gemma. However, Carl is still on the outside looking in and hasn’t spoken to her much.
“I’m blocked on social media, so I’ve kind of taken that as understood,” Carl told Us. [I’ve been] blocked since the breakup.”
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He explained that Kyle, 42, will “let me know” what’s going on in Lindsay’s world and other people send him things about her.
Carl noted that with the social media block he “didn’t get a chance” to send her congratulations through that channel.
“I said congratulations to her, but just in person,” he shared. “And then I saw her at the premiere party two weeks ago, and we just said ‘hello’ and it was very casual and nice.”
He revealed, “I know she’s going to make an amazing mom, and it makes me happy seeing her happy. It really does.”
Carl added that he is still “trying to move on” and said fans will see him do that with a few “cringey” and “embarrassing” romantic moments.
Throughout the summer, Carl said he was just focused on his healing and is grateful he got “closer” with both Ciara Miller and Paige DeSorbo. “It was nice to get back to some places that I had been in the past with people,” he said.
Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
The couple — who were found dead inside their home on Wednesday, February 26 — were last photographed together in March 2024.
Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, had a rare date at Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen in New Mexico, on March 28, 2024, according to a photo obtained by Us Weekly. At the time, Hackman was seen walking with a cane and holding onto his spouse with his left hand.
He wore cargo pants, a plaid shirt and grey vest with a baseball cap and sunglasses on the brim. Arakawa was also casual, wearing jeans, boots and a paisley-printed long-sleeved shirt.
The pair’s outing came nearly one year before they died in Santa Fe. Us confirmed their deaths on Thursday, February 27, after the actor and his partner were found dead inside their residence following a wellness check.
“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 to Us.
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Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth told TMZ on Thursday that their family suspected he and Arakawa died from carbon monoxide poisoning. However, the fire department did not find any signs of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning when they searched the residence, according to an affidavit obtained by the outlet.
Once the sheriff’s department obtained a search warrant, they reportedly called the deaths “suspicious.” A detective explained 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.”
Hackman found love with Arakawa following his divorce from first wife Faye Maltese, who died in 2017. The Replacements actor and Maltese were married from 1956 to 1986 and welcomed three children, Christopher, Elizabeth and Leslie, before calling it quits.
Following his death, Hackman’s daughters and granddaughter Annie issued a statement to Us via his rep. “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.”
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The Oscar winner met Arakawa when she was working part-time in a California fitness center, according to The New York Times. They lived together for a few years before tying the knot in 1991.
Hackman and the classical pianist lived in Santa Fe for over 30 years before their deaths. Following the actor’s retirement — his last movie was 2004’s Welcome to Mooseport — Hackman and Arakawa opted for nights in rather than being in the spotlight.
Hackman told Empire in January 2020 that he enjoyed watching “DVDs that my wife rents” during the week, revealing, “We like simple stories that some of the little low-budget films manage to produce.”
He noted that their Friday nights usually featured a Comedy Channel marathon. Hackman added that during his acting break, he remained busy writing.
“It’s very relaxing for me,” Hackman said of becoming an author. “I don’t picture myself as a great writer, but I really enjoy the process.” (Hackman penned five books, which he told the outlet his wife typed up for him.)
“Now I’ve gotten to the point where you f—d with my best friend. Now you’re f—ing with my boyfriend [Craig],” Paige, 32, said about Kyle, 42, during the Wednesday, February 26, episode of the Bravo series. “You disrespect me. Think you can text me anything you want. F— you!”
Paige’s comments came after she revealed earlier in the episode that she received a “bit of rage texting” from Kyle that week about her “best friend” Hannah Berner and her then-boyfriend Craig Conover. (Paige and Craig, 36, called it quits in November 2024 after three years.)
Paige told the cameras that the text allegedly attacked Craig because Kyle was “mad because [Craig] signed a deal to do some ad with another drink company.”
According to a screenshot of the exchange, Kyle wrote he was “beyond discouraged” with Craig, claiming that the Southern Charm star’s choice to partner with Spritz Society in spring 2024 didn’t sit well with him. (Kyle owns the alcohol company Loverboy, which he claimed Craig knew had a spritz collection but still invested in the rival company.)
“This wouldn’t be a topic today if it wasn’t for him and about a dozen lies,” Kyle allegedly texted Paige regarding Craig.
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Paige then noted that Kyle’s negative remarks about Hannah, who he feuded with for years before her Summer House exit, were “because she was on a podcast just being Hannah.” (Hannah, 33, claimed on a 2024 podcast that Kyle attributed to her getting fired from the Bravo show.)
Paige was taken aback by the whole ordeal, saying, “I’m just getting yelled at.” She then shared the text thread with pal Ciara Miller and started to fume while reliving it.
“What the f—? You have both of their numbers,” Paige said of Kyle, telling Ciara, 29, that he should “be an adult” and text the person he is actually mad at.
Paige explained that Kyle “trying to put me in the middle of it” is “absolutely insane.” Ciara was firmly team Paige, telling her, “The other thing that’s annoying to me is Kyle’s thinking that everyone has to have this allegiance to him.”
Paige then went off about Kyle, claiming that he has never “supported a single thing” that she’s done, while she has been very loyal to him.
“I’ve drank your drink for seven f—ing years. I’ve come to your dumbass f—ing events,” Paige quipped. “The only reason I came here tonight is so that someone kept his wife company while he pretends to be Diplo, like, please.” (Kyle is married to Amanda Batula.)
When Paige and Ciara reunited in the Hamptons for another weekend, Paige said that Kyle did text her about his rage message. “He just goes, ‘Sorry about all those texts earlier.’ I was just like, ‘Alright,’” Paige alleged.
Paige then confessed that Craig did “not want” to be Kyle’s friend amid his accusations. “He feels uncomfortable even coming to the house,” Paige said of her then-boyfriend.
“You crossed a f—ing line,” she said of Kyle, noting he shouldn’t have called her to “vent” about Amanda, 33, and then “three weeks later think you can text me whatever the f— you want.”
Paige later compared Kyle to a “dad” who was reprimanding his daughter for the sins of her friends.
“[He was] like, ‘If those are your friends and they’re doing bad things then so are you.’ And it’s like, ‘Dad, I don’t smoke weed. I didn’t do it,’” she said in confessional, pointing out, “I didn’t go on a podcast and talk about you. I didn’t join a spritz company and post about it.”
Paige questioned, “Why and I getting yelled at on a Thursday morning at 9:30 [a.m.]? I already don’t want to be awake.”
She told Ciara that Kyle is “lucky he’s married to the woman he’s married to,” adding that her friendship with Amanda is the “only reason I don’t go up one f—ing side of him and down the other.”
Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
During season 3 of Netflix’s Full Swing, which premiered on Tuesday, February 25, McIlroy, 35, spoke with Martin Kaymer after competing in the 2024 U.S. Open. At the time, McIlroy said that Stoll, 37, wasn’t a fan of the Florida heat after living there as part of his golf training.
“If it was up to her, she wouldn’t move to England straightaway, but she definitely wants to spend more time there,” McIlroy said on the show.
McIlroy’s comments about a possible relocation came shortly after he and Stoll called off their divorce. (The U.S. Open was the first tournament he played in after they got back together.)
Us Weekly confirmed in May 2024 that the Irish golfer filed for divorce from Stoll after seven years of marriage.
“Rory McIlroy’s communications team confirmed today that a divorce has been filed,” a spokeswoman for McIlroy told the Irish Star that same month. “They stressed Rory’s desire to ensure this difficult time is as respectful and amicable as possible. He will not be making any further comment.”
A source exclusively told Usat the time that Stoll was “lonely in their marriage,” claiming, “Rory was a hard person to be married to.”
The insider explained in May 2024 that after Stoll and McIlroy welcomed their daughter, Poppy, in August 2020, she no longer wanted to be consistently on the road for his career. “Erica was usually absent for most of his tournaments and was really focused on Poppy” prior to their split, the source added.
Despite their marriage troubles, McIlroy and Stoll rekindled their romance in June 2024. The athlete negated their divorce proceedings by filing a notice of voluntary dismissal and told The Guardian that same month, “We have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.”
Stoll and McIlroy put on a united front for the remainder of the 2024 golf season. Stoll was spotted at several tournaments before the end of the year, including the Race to Dubai tournament in November 2024, which she attended with their daughter.
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Earlier this month, McIlroy’s marital problems were thrust back into the spotlight when the Full Swing season 3 trailer dropped.
“I’ve struggled with trying to be the best golfer, the best husband, the best dad,” McIlroy confessed in the trailer. “Sometimes I get overwhelmed and it can be a little too much for me.”
Elsewhere in the video, reporters were captured learning about his divorce sending everyone into a frenzy.
Throughout the season, which was filmed before and after the couple’s reunion, McIlroy continued to talk about his relationship.
“There’s parts of my life that I like to keep as private as possible. Unfortunately, in this line of work, that isn’t always possible,” McIlroy told the cameras during one episode. “I’ve always tried to be protective of my loved ones from people that have ill intentions.”
He reflected on making headlines for his breakup, saying, “I think it was a wake-up call for me to say, ‘Let’s just focus on the golf for a little bit.’”
“I don’t burn people unless I’m hired to do it,” Glaser, 40, explained during the Monday, February 24, episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “Even the Golden Globes wasn’t, like, a burn fest.”
The comedian, who hosted the January awards show noted, “Those people weren’t signing up for a roast. So, it was very gentle.”
Glaser confessed that the “worst thing” she said was to Blanco, 36, revealing, “But, I got his permission.” (Blanco was in attendance on January 5 to support Gomez, 32, who was nominated for two categories.)
During her opening monologue, Glaser said, “Selena Gomez is here with Benny Blanco, her new fiancé, and Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.” She proceeded to call Blanco a “lucky guy.”
Glaser explained on Monday that she was a little nervous about how the quip would be received so she reached out to Eric Andre, who “put us on a text chat together.”
She recalled sending Blanco a “voice memo of the joke” to make sure he was on board. According to Glaser, the music producer said he was “cool with it,” but wanted to “run it by Selena” first. (Gomez and Blanco announced their engagement in December 2024 after dating more than one year.)
“So I got permission. I would have never had done that joke [otherwise],” Glaser shared, noting that Jimmy Kimmel was the one who gave her that advice.
She remembered Kimmel — who has hosted both the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards — telling her, “‘Hey, reach out to people if you have a joke that you’re a little bit worried about.’ Because I just wouldn’t have done it otherwise.”
Blanco and Gomez weren’t the only ones who had a positive reaction to Glaser’s Golden Globes jokes. Glen Powell revealed he was cool with being sexualized for the awards show one day after she made a joke about him.
“Glen Powell, what a year you’ve had. Oh my God. Glen, you were in everything,” Glaser said during her speech. “Twisters, Hitman, my head when I’m having sex with my boyfriend. Thank you so much for the assist. I’ll see you tonight.”
Powell, 36, was spotted smiling in the audience and later gave Glaser his stamp of approval via his Instagram Story. “@nikkiglaser CRUSHED,” he captioned a screenshot on January 6 of him laughing, adding a laughing face, flexed biceps and eggplant emoji.
Glaser later revealed that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a point to stop by her dressing room to congratulate her on the show.
“I hugged him before [my monologue] and then after [the show] — which he did not need to do,” Glaser shared during the January 7 episode of her “The Nikki Glaser” podcast. “[He] came by after everyone was in the room. We were all kind of celebrating. It was probably, like, 10 minutes after the end of the show, and he came back.”
Being a Real Housewife can be messy, including on camera screaming matches, legal woes and event arrests. However, there are only a few franchise stars who have actually gone to jail for their scandals.
Scroll down to see which Real Housewives women have been behind bars:
Teresa Giudice
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Teresa and her then-husband, Joe, pleaded guilty in 2014 to 41 counts of fraud, including mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud. She served 11 months in prison for her involvement after being sentenced to 15 months. Joe, meanwhile, was sentenced to 41 months in jail. (Joe also admitted that he did not pay approximately $200,000 in taxes.)
After Joe completed his sentence, he was taken into ICE custody in March 2019 and was deported back to his native Italy that October. He has since moved to the Bahamas.
Four months later, Kim was arrested for shoplifting from a Target store in San Fernando Valley, California. She was suspected of leaving the store with items costing $600. She spent one night in jail and was charged with a misdemeanor. Kim pleaded no contest for petty theft and no contest to resisting arrest. After being released on bail, Kim was hospitalized and later entered rehab in 2016.
Us confirmed in December 2017 that Kim would avoid jail time after completing her required community service for her April 2015 arrest. She was on probation until September 2018.
Tinsley Mortimer
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Tinsley was arrested in April 2016 prior to starring on The Real Housewives of New York City. She was charged in Palm Beach, Florida, with trespassing at the home of her ex-boyfriend Nico Fanjul, whom she previously alleged had been abusive during their relationship.
Tinsley explained in April 2017 that she was arrested after trying to retrieve her purse from Nico’s home. According to the reality star, she and Nico fought, and the police were called to the premises. While the charges were later dropped, Tinsley did spend a few hours in jail.
“I feel like after something like getting a mugshot and having it plastered all over every paper and all over the Internet, I felt like I hit rock bottom a little bit,” Tinsley told Bravo’s Daily Dish in April 2017. “So I just felt like there was no hesitation to join the show. I was like, ‘What can go wrong at this point in my life?’ I’ve been arrested. I was in jail for three hours, I think now this is fine. I think I can handle the Real Housewives.”
Luann de Lesseps
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Luann was arrested in December 2017 and charged with battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Palm Beach, Florida. She spent one night in jail — infamously telling the Bravo cameras, “I’ve been traveling, I’ve been to prison” — before her release. The Real Housewives of New York City alum accepted a plea deal in August 2018 after completing two rehab treatments.
Us confirmed in May 2019 that Luann confessed to drinking after her second rehab stint after an alcohol test was conducted in April 2019 by a New York probation officer. When Luann declined the “opportunity to immediately enroll in outpatient treatment” because her relapse happened amid her Countess and Friends cabaret tour, a judge ordered her back to jail for violating her probation.
Luann agreed to a plea deal hours later, which included weekly phone sessions with her treating psychiatrist as well as monthly in-person sessions and keeping a “breathalyzer monitoring device” with her. After accepting the new probation terms — which included taking an alcoholism medication prescribed by doctors — she was released from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.
Porsha Williams
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta star was arrested in July 2020 alongside 86 others after protesting Breonna Taylor’s death in Louisville. (Taylor was fatally shot earlier that year after police came into her home with a no-knock warrant and had the wrong address. She was 26.)
Williams was booked and held in jail with no bond. Williams was charged with felony intimidating a participant in a legal process, disorderly conduct in the second degree and criminal trespassing. The felony charge was later dropped and Williams didn’t serve jail time.
Williams was previously arrested in April 2014 when she turned herself in to the Fulton County Sheriff. At the time, she was booked and released on a simple battery misdemeanor charge after getting into a fight with Kenya Moore during season 6 of RHOA. She paid $2,000 bail in cash.
Jen Shah
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Jen was arrested in March 2021 along with her assistant Stuart Smith for their alleged role in a nationwide telemarketing scheme. Jen and Stuart were booked on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star changed her plea in July 2022 from not guilty to guilty, which cut 20 years off of her maximum prison sentence. She was sentenced in January 2023 to six and half years in prison and five years of supervised release.
Jen’s prison sentence was reduced for a second time in January 2025. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records, she is scheduled to be released in November 2026.
Karen Huger
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Karen was involved in a March 2024 car accident that led to her being charged with a DUI and DWI negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle. She was found guilty in December 2024 on all the charges except for reckless driving.
In February 2025, she was sentenced to one year in jail after initially facing two years behind bars since it wasn’t her first DUI offense. Karen’s official sentence is two years in jail with one year suspended, meaning she only has to serve one year.
Trachtenberg played villainous Georgina on Gossip Girl from 2008 to 2012, making her first appearance in the second half of season 1. She was the mysterious frenemy of Serena Van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), who was always down for revenge. Throughout her appearances over the years, Georgina claimed that her baby was Dan Humphry’s (Penn Badgley) child, and she nearly ruined Blair Waldorf’s (Leighton Meester) life when she released a tape of Blair professing her love for Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) when Blair was supposed to marry someone else.
Despite wreaking havoc on screen, Trachtenberg had friendships with many of her Gossip Girl costars before her untimely death in February 2025. Us Weekly confirmed that the actress was found dead in her New York City apartment at the age of 39. (The cause of death has not been released.)
Scroll down to take a look back at Trachtenberg’s history with the Gossip Girl universe and cast:
In on the Secret?
Throughout her time on Gossip Girl, Trachtenberg played coy about whether her character was the scribe behind the Upper East Side gossip blog. During the 100th episode of the show, which aired in 2012, Trachtenberg’s Georgina was supposedly revealed as Gossip Girl.
“I knew about the last scene in November, a few days before we were filming it,” Trachtenberg exclusively told Us at the time. (During the cliffhanger, Georgina ruined Blair Waldorf’s royal wedding by exposing her love for Chuck Bass in a taped video confession. She was then seen typing away at the Gossip Girl blog, which had been out of commission for several months.)
“I was very shocked with the cliffhanger,” she said. “I knew the 100th episode would end with a bang, but definitely didn’t expect that!”
Trachtenberg teased that her costars Meester, Lively, Badgley and Westwick were not privies to the information before it aired. “On the ‘big secret episodes,’ only the people involved in the last scene get the script pages,” she told Us. “I was the only one in the scene!”
It was later revealed that Georgina briefly stole power from the blogger, but fans learned in the series finale that it was run by Dan Humphrey.
Oscar-Worthy
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Trachtenberg’s bond with her costars was strong three years after the series ended. She joined Kelly Rutherford (who played Lily Van Der Woodsen), Jessica Szohr (who played Vanessa Abrams) and Chace Crawford (who played Nate Archibald) for a post-Oscars party in February 2015.
“So happy to see these beautiful people (inside and out) last night,” Rutherford captioned the Instagram post. “Chase, Michelle and Jessica #GG #PostOscars .”
Shutting Down Rumors
Trachtenberg shut down rumors in 2017 that lead actresses Lively and Meester were at odds during the show’s tenure. “It’s funny because when we were filming, there was, ‘Leighton hates Blake, Blake hates Leighton, everyone hates Blake, everyone hates Leighton, everyone hates Chace,’ and blah, blah, blah,’” Trachtenberg recalled to Vanity Fair. “It really wasn’t. We were all chill. It was cool.”
Hanging in the City
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Crawford and Trachtenberg were all smiles during a February 2019 outing. “Oh how I adore this man #nightbefore party … spotted xoxo ,” Trachtenberg wrote via Instagram, giving a nod to their time on Gossip Girl.
Bachelorette Reunions
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While Trachtenberg and Meester’s characters were rivals on The CW series, outside the show, they were friends. The twosome proved that in March 2019 when they reunited at a mutual friend’s bachelorette party.
“Spotted. Ms. Waldorf and Ms. Sparks. In the ballroom. With secrets. I’ll never tell. Xoxo ,” Trachtenberg wrote via Instagram, sharing a photo of the pair dressed in costume.
She also shared a photo via her Instagram Story, showing off the ladies’ gloves for the occasion. “Ms. Peacock in the dining room with the knife,” she captioned the post, hinting that the event was a murder mystery party like Clue.
Singing Their Praises
Penn Badgley and Michelle Trachtenberg on the set of “Gossip Girl.”James Devaney/WireImage/Getty Images
Trachtenberg gushed about her Gossip Girl family in February 2020, exclusively telling Us, “Leighton and I actually had dinner not too long ago, and she’s also a mother.” She revealed, “I think it’s just amazing what they’ve all accomplished.”
The actress confessed she hadn’t watched former costar Badgley’s hit TV show You, but she was aware there was a Georgina-centric meme about the Netflix series. “[It] says that I would be the one to take him down, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what this means,’” Trachtenberg said with a laugh. “And then my friends were like, ‘Well…’ I go to all of my friends for the content to understand what’s cool with the kids these days.”
‘Gossip Girl’ Comeback
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Trachtenberg reprised her role as Georgina Sparks during season 2 of the rebooted Gossip Girl on Max. During the December 2022 episode, Georgina held the modern-day Gossip Girl, Kate Keller, (Tavi Gevinson) hostage in Dan and Serena’s apartment.
Showrunner Joshua Safran revealed that it was always part of the plan to get Trachtenberg back on screen. “I always knew I wanted Michelle to come back, and Michelle and I stayed in touch over the years,” Safran told Popsugar in December 2022. “When season 1 was announced, she’s like, ‘OK, when am I coming?’ I was like, ‘OK, you’re coming, but I want the table to be fully set and loaded so you can pull the tablecloth out and destroy everything.’”
Safran continued, “We waited until season 2 so by the time she arrives, everybody is at the highest place for themselves to fall, and all she cares about is anarchy and destroying people she doesn’t even know. That’s a game to her, so the idea that she can destroy everybody is where we find her, and I think it’s a lot of fun to watch.”
Bonding With the Next Generation
“She’s an icon,” Zión Moreno, who played Luna La on the reboot, said of Trachtenberg’s Georgina in December 2022. “I loved her in the OG series, and it was an honor to get to work with her.”
Moreno told Popsugar, “She’s a hoot for sure, and there’s never a dull moment around her. It was a little nerve-racking because you want to make her proud, but she was just really, really nice and wonderful.”
Savannah Lee Smith, who played Monet de Haan, told the outlet she wanted more scenes with Trachtenberg. “I didn’t get to have as many scenes as I wished with her, but I had one good one where it was all of us together,” she recalled. “She’s just a really fun person to be around on set. It was a little intimidating, [but] I think we did OK.”
Staying Quiet on Blake Lively Drama
Trachtenberg posted a cryptic Instagram message in January 2025 amid Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal battle over alleged sexual misconduct on the set of It End With Us. “It takes a lot of strength to see through all the bulls—. And some dark sunglasses,” Trachtenberg captioned a photo of herself in dark sunglasses.
After seeing the post, a fan asked Trachtenberg to “release a statement on the Blake drama” and asked, “Idk if this is a direct statement?”
She then replied, “Gosh. I’m busy worrying about real world news and families who have no home anymore from the LA fires. But you do you.”
Trachtenberg’s comment referred to the wildfires that took over Los Angeles in January 2025 and left thousands displaced. Her remark also appeared to be a slight dig about the issues between Lively and Baldoni, who have filed lawsuits against each other for their alleged actions on their movie set. (The two are set to go to trial later this year.)
In Loving Memory
“So sad to hear of the passing of @michelletrachtenberg. Sending prayers,” Westwick wrote via his Instagram Story in February 2025, paying tribute to his former costar.
