Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell insisted his “conscience is clear” over his bandleader Tom Petty‘s 2017 death from an accidental drug overdose.

“I don’t torture myself [over Petty’s death],” Campbell, 75, told Guitar Player in an interview published on Tuesday, March 11.

Petty’s death at age 66 sent shockwaves through the rock community, especially after a coroner’s report determined that a mix of opioids — including fentanyl and oxycodone — in his system contributed to a fatal “mixed drug toxicity.” The rock legend had gone through periods of drug use throughout his life, but famously got clean in 1999 when his future wife, Dana York, convinced him to go to rehab.

Campbell explained in his new interview that while he recognized Petty was no longer sober near the end of his life, he felt it was impossible to get through to his longtime bandmate.

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“With Tom it was like, ‘Your private life is yours, and mine is mine. I can see what you’re doing, but out of respect for you, I’ll trust you’ll do the right thing. If you need me, call me,'” he recalled. “I could have gone to him and said, ‘Hey, you’ve got to cut this s— out,’ which I kind of did once to the manager. But the thing with Tom was, you could say that and he would just look at you like, ‘But I’m Tom Petty. I’m going to do whatever I f—ing want. Get out of my face.’”

Campbell suggested that “the sides of [Petty’s] personality” always made it challenging to get close to the musician he worked with for more than 40 years.

“He was intimidating, but there was love there. I think one reason we stayed together is because we kept our private lives separate. We didn’t socialize that much off tour,” he insisted.

The last time the pair worked together was only a week before Petty’s death, when they concluded their 40th Anniversary Tour at the Hollywood Bowl in September 2017.

When Campbell was pressed on why he didn’t “get in [Petty’s] face” about his noticeable decline, the musician replied: “I don’t torture myself. My conscious is clear because Tom knew that I knew, and Tom knew that I wasn’t forcing him and getting in his face about it.”

The guitarist added that there was “an invisible understanding” between himself and Petty about their personal lives.

“I didn’t have to confront him, for him to know how I felt about it,” Campbell said. “Like I said, there was no second thoughts or reservations about going out on tour. In fact, the last conversation I had with Tom about it, I said, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? Are you up to it?’ He said, ‘I’m not staying home. I’m going out. I want to do it. If I have to be in a wheelchair, I’m going to do it.’ I said, ‘OK, then what?’ He said, ‘Well, when the tour’s over, I’m going to go get my [hip] surgery. We’ll write some more songs, make another record.’ That was the plan.”

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Campbell continued: “It was kind of business as usual. I know that Tony [Dimitriades], our manager, spoke to him and gave him options like, ‘We can postpone this. You can get your surgery now.’ Tom said, ‘I need to be out there. I want to play with the band, and we’re going to do it. I’ll be OK.’ So I have no second thoughts about it. I don’t beat myself up like that. I miss them — same with [Howie Epstein, the Heartbreakers’ bassist, who died at 47 in 2003] — but I did all I could.”

Since Petty’s death in 2017, Campbell and Crowded House’s Neil Finn have joined Fleetwood Mac as replacements for Lindsey Buckingham following the latter guitarist’s acrimonious departure from the group. Campbell has written a memoir about his career with Petty called Heartbreaker, out on Tuesday, March 18.

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Jamie Foxx’s daughters, Corinne and Anelise Foxx, were his rock at his Netflix special.

“Shout-out to my daughter Corinne Marie Foxx, who took care of me and made sure I was protected,” Jamie, 57, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 12, at the premiere of Apple TV+’s Number One on the Call Sheet. “She wouldn’t let anybody see me, and then shout-out to my youngest daughter who was courageous in front of that crowd.”

Jamie’s Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was, dropped in December 2024 and pulled back the curtain on his health scare from the year prior. In the show, Jamie welcomed Anelise onto the stage for a performance. (Jamie shares Corinne, 31, with ex Connie Kline and Anelise, 16, with ex Kristin Grannis.)

“You got to understand, we didn’t get a chance to practice that show. We just went up. Really, those people were in there for the first time. It was the first time I said anything to them,” he told Us at TCL Chinese Theatre. “For my daughter to walk out and play that guitar, the way she played, it was so amazing.”

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Jamie explained that Anelise asked him for an Instagram account to help with her music, but he told her that they could see “what happens” when the special was released — and she got her flowers after her performance.

“I’m probably being not the most-liked dad by saying you can’t have Instagram, [but] a lady runs up on her with tears in her eyes and said, ‘Man, what you did!’ I said, ‘Your art is what’s going to be your social media, your art,’” he recalled. “She did a fantastic job. And to everybody that prayed and to everybody that made sure I was here, thank you.”

Jamie shared that he will be shooting another special in July at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, adding, “We going to turn up.”

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“I just don’t want to get canceled. But we got some jokes that I held back on purpose because I didn’t want to bend and get us away from the story,” he said. “But yeah, this summer we going to get fly. So make sure you check it out back on my funny ish and come check me out.”

Months before releasing the special, Jamie celebrated Corinne’s nuptials with husband Joe Hooten. (Corinne shared her engagement news in December 2023.)

As for how it felt walking Corinne down the aisle, Jamie gushed to Us, “Come on, man. Amazing!”

With reporting by Mariel Turner

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Luann de Lesseps was rooting for her former The Real Housewives of New York City costar Dorinda Medley on The Traitors — and wanted to cheer her on in person.

“I loved D on Traitors. We spoke while she was there,” de Lesseps, 59, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 11, at the grand opening of Planet Hollywood in New York City. “You know why [I called her]? Because I was with Tilda Swinton on a train going to Scotland.”

Medley, 60, chimed in, telling Us, “She wanted me to come visit. I’m like, ‘It’s not that sort of situation.’”

Medley participated in season 3 of the Peacock competition show, which was filmed at a Scottish castle and aired earlier this month. (Four Faithfuls — Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania and Ivar Mountbatten — ultimately won and split the cash prize.)

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De Lesseps’ hopeful plans, however, were thwarted.

“Well, you didn’t even answer because your phone was confiscated,” de Lesseps recalled. “So Tilda Swinton goes, ‘How’s Dorinda, darling? I heard she’s doing Traitors.’ We tried to call you from the train.”

De Lesseps met Swinton, 64, after one of her Marry, F, Kill cabaret shows across the pond when the acclaimed actress invited her to spend the night at her residence in Scotland.

“She came to my show at the Coco Club. It’s a pretty swanky club in London,” de Lesseps previously told Us in October 2024. “She came to me and she said, ‘Oh, my darling, you spread so much joy, I love to watch you perform, but you must be exhausted after six shows in a row. And you know, I would love for you to come and have a visit. I’d like to take care of you and cook for you and welcome you to my humble abode.’”

The Bravo alum, of course, accepted the invitation and set off to spend a night at Swinton’s property.

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“She’s the most eccentric person I’ve met,” de Lesseps said at the time. “[I have] a lot of eccentric people in my life, you know, living in Europe for so long, but [she’s] the most eccentric woman I’ve ever met. The family actually dates back to 800. And the humble abode is a castle on 300 acres.”

Medley, meanwhile, was the first contestant “murdered” on The Traitors season 3.

“Traitors was fast and furious for me. I made my impact,” Medley quipped on Tuesday. “[I was] heartbroken because, first of all, I had the most iconic outfits that I planned for months. You know, I love my outfits, and I had studied every strategy known to man. I just was excited. You have to get prepared mentally to do it. So, you block out that time and you go in there not knowing what to expect but hoping [to make it far].”

Since de Lesseps returned stateside, she was finally able to catch up with Medley after all sorts of global travels and cabaret concerts. Together, the two RHONY alums hit up the grand opening of Planet Hollywood’s new location in Times Square.

“This is going to be fun,” de Lesseps gushed to Us of the party.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi

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When Megan Moroney was in fifth grade, she broke up with her “sweet boyfriend” to date the bad boy eighth grader. Now 27 years old, Moroney says not much has changed.

The country star opened up to Rolling Stone about her love life — or lack thereof — in a story published Wednesday, March 12, where she derided her own taste in men.

“I feel like I’ve always had bad taste in men,” she said. “I don’t know if this song will make my next album, but an opening line is, ‘I know how to pick them. Copy, paste.’”

It’s not just the eight grade bad boy. Moroney previously took to TikTok to reveal a statement an ex once made that caused her to want to send him “to the moon.”

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“Once upon a time I dated a guy that said he didn’t need to know my songs [because] I didn’t know that much about his finance job,” she said.

Moroney told Rolling Stone that she has been single since breaking up with her last boyfriend early last year. He was “a regular finance dude,” though it’s unknown if it’s the same guy she was talking about on TikTok.

Regardless, Moroney is thankful to be single now. She released her second album, Am I Okay?, in July 2024, where there is notably a song called “Man on the Moon.” She’s now working on her next album.

“I could not imagine going through the past year if I was upset and crying over a dude,” she said, adding, “I really don’t have time for it right now. I tried dating for a second and then I quickly realized that now is not the time. I think in the album you get that vibe. The love songs were very short-lived!”

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She continued, “Unfortunately a lot of my personal life revolves around my work life, so that’s why dating right now is just not something that’s in the front of my mind. I don’t really worry about it too much.”

Moroney was briefly linked to fellow country singer Riley Green after both were spotted vacationing in St. Barts at the same time. She insists it was merely a coincidence.

“It’s one of those things where if you know someone on a small island, you’re like, ‘Oh, s—, you’re here too.’ So it was fun,” she said. “Are you dating? Just because we’re hanging out doesn’t mean we’re romantically dating. You know what I mean?”

She was also linked to Morgan Wallen, though she said that while they saw each other briefly, they were never exclusive.

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