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Chrissy Teigen Says Social Media Apps Should be 'Cut Off' Amid TikTok Drama
Chrissy Teigen has come up with a plan to change how we all interact with social media — herself included.
In a series of videos shared on Saturday, January 18, Teigen, 39, discussed the drama surrounding the recent TikTok ban.
“Let’s talk TikTok. Everyone is bummed. ‘OMG, it’s going to be shut down,’” the social media star said via Instagram. “It’s on a hiatus for now. It’s going to come back.”
In a following video, the model suggested that the government shut off social media from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day. “I come from the days where we had nothing and then we saw something,” she explained, referring to all social media apps in general.
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“Guys, life was great,” she continued. “Life was awesome before this. I know it’s hard to see it now, but it’s doable. It’s very doable. This doesn’t have to be our lives.”
“And I say this for myself as well because — obviously — I’m on here [social media] right now doing this,” she continued. “But it doesn’t have to define us or be our whole lives.”
Teigen’s videos were posted hours after TikTok “went dark” ahead of the nationwide ban set to begin Sunday, January 19. Users in the United States who attempted to open the app were met with a message that read, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.”
Service was restored in the U.S. on Sunday, January 19. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” TikTok explained in a statement shared via social media.
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“We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive,” the statement continued. “It’s a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States.”
The app stopped working for users in the United States a few hours before midnight on the following day. Prior to and in the few hours during the black out, numerous celebrities spoke out about the ban.
Singer Kesha jokingly reminded her followers that her hit 2010 single “Tik Tok” would always be available for them no matter what happened to the app by the same name. In a video shared via Instagram on Saturday, the singer wore a black hoodie and closed her eyes while part of her 2010 hit song played. Over the video, she wrote, “TikTok may be temporary, but TiK ToK is forever,” adding both a peace sign and black heart emoji. The song was an instant hit when it debuted, spending nine weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Henry Cavill and Girlfriend Natalie Viscuso’s Relationship Timeline
Henry Cavill and girlfriend Natalie Viscuso are still flying as fast as a speeding bullet.
The Superman star and the Vertigo Entertainment executive first made headlines with their relationship in 2021 and have been each other’s biggest supporters ever since. Soon after taking their romance public, Viscuso shared her support for Cavill.
“I am so, so proud of you, Henry. You truly are the greatest man I have ever known,” she wrote via Instagram in 2021. “The Hollywood Reporter did an incredible job with this cover story – it really is a great read. SO PROUD I’m literally crying. .”
Three years later, Cavill confirmed he and Viscuso are expecting their first baby. “I’m enjoying this stage of my life very much so,” he gushed to Entertainment Tonight in April 2024. “I’m turning 41 in May and I have a real sense of approaching everything with more — more direction now.”
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Keep scrolling to see Cavill and Viscuso’s complete relationship timeline:
April 2021
The couple were spotted holding hands in a London park in photos published by the Daily Mail. Days later, Cavill and Viscuso made their relationship public by posting an Instagram snap of themselves playing chess. “This is me looking quietly confident shortly before my beautiful and brilliant love Natalie, destroys me at chess,” Cavill captioned the photo.
Viscuso wrote in a post of her own, “Just teaching my dear Henry how to play some chess…or…maybe he let me win? .”
May 2021
Cavill clapped back at critics of his relationship. “I couldn’t help but notice that there has been some social animosity of late. It’s becoming increasingly prevalent on my feed,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “There has been lots of, let’s call it speculation for now, about my private life and professional partnerships.”
He went on to ask his followers to refrain from commenting on his personal life. “I know it can be fun to speculate, to gossip, and to dive into our own personal echo chambers on the internet, but your ‘passion’ is misplaced, and it causes harm to the people I care about most,” he added. “Even your most conservative of negative assumptions about both my personal and professional life just aren’t true.”
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October 2022
The couple made their red carpet debut at New York City’s Paris Theater for the premiere of the Netflix movie Enola Holmes 2.
December 2022
Cavill revealed that he and Viscuso had begun working together on an adaptation of the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000.
“For 30 years I have dreamt of seeing a Warhammer universe in live action,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “Now, after 22 years of experience in this industry, I finally feel that I have the skill set and experience to guide a Warhammer Cinematic Universe into life. Partnering with Natalie Viscuso at Vertigo has been a blessing beyond words, without her we might not have found the perfect home at Amazon. And having a home like Amazon will give us the freedom to be true to the massive scope of Warhammer.”
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June 2023
“Back in April, our French Bulldog, Meat, died,” he wrote via Instagram while introducing the pair’s new dog, Baggins. “There is no replacing Meatboi, but Natalie and I have opened a new chapter in our lives, in a few ways, and this little chap is one of them!”
April 2024
While celebrating the premiere of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Cavill confirmed that he and Viscuso were expecting their first baby. “I’m very excited about it,” he told Access Hollywood. “Natalie and I are both very excited. I’m sure you’ll see much more of that.”
January 2025
A source confirmed to People that Cavill and Viscuso welcomed their first baby after photos published by The Daily Mail in January 2025 showed the couple pushing a stroller in Australia. Us reached out for comment at the time.
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Glenn Close Says One Movie Made Audiences Realize She 'Could Be Sexy'
Glenn Close has pinpointed the movie that she believes made audiences finally realize she could be more than Cruella de Vil — her 1978 film Fatal Attraction.
“I think it was the first time people realized I could be sexy,” Close, 77, said during an interview with Today’s Willie Geist on the Sunday, January 19 episode of Sunday Sitdown.
The movie stars Close as Alex Forrest, a woman who starts an affair with Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas). She becomes steadily more and more mentally unstable as it becomes clear he’s trying to end the relationship, ultimately to her demise.
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The film began as the short Diversion before it was developed into a feature-length production by writer-director James Dearden. It spent eight weeks at No. 1 in the box office and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1987, falling short of Three Men and a Baby. Fatal Attraction earned more than $157 million domestically and earned six Academy Award nominations, including for Close.
In addition to reminiscing on her storied Hollywood career, Close has recently opened up about her personal life. While appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Monday, January 13, the actress was asked if she’s dated since her 2015 divorce from David Shaw. (The pair were married for nine years.) Close revealed that not only has she been single the entire time, she is “very happy right now.”
After host Drew Barrymore asked if Close has tried any dating apps, she replied, “Are you crazy?” before she added, “No, I’m too shy to do that.”
Close also said she’s not especially interested in finding a relationship. “I’m not searching,” she added. “Because I’m actually, I’m not a hugely, comfortably, social person, so I don’t leap to go to a party.”
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Prior to her marriage to Shaw, Close was married to James Marlas from 1984 to 1987 and Cabot Wade from 1969 to 1971. She also shares daughter, Annie Starke Albu, with ex-boyfriend John Starke.
The actress went on to star in several critically acclaimed films following Fatal Attraction, including Dangerous Liaisons, The Wife, Hillbilly Elegy, Air Force One and 101 Dalmations. She also earned an Emmy Award for the 1995 TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.
Close has yet to win an Academy Award for acting, despite having been nominated eight times throughout her career. In 2021, she told Variety that she’s not too upset about having lost out. “It’s beyond me. I don’t know what to say about that,” she explained. I just have to keep doing what’s good. You’re fulfilled by your work, and that’s the process to me. It’s what feeds my soul, but it really is nice when other people like it. It might be cool to never get one.”
Kevin Costner Marks 70th Birthday by Remembering Late Whitney Houston
While turning 70, Kevin Costner is remembering the late Whitney Houston.
Costner marked his 70th trip around the sun on Saturday, January 18, sharing a throwback photo via Instagram Story of himself and the late singer while on the set of 1992’s Bodyguard. The pair both starred in the romantic thriller, which earned two 1993 Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.
“This photo reminds me of how lucky I am to be getting another birthday,” the Yellowstone star wrote. “We lost such a light when we lost Whitney.”
The photo was originally shared via Houston’s Instagram, now managed by her estate, to honor Costner’s milestone birthday. “Happy birthday to Kevin Costner!” the caption read. “A behind the scenes photo from The Bodyguard with Kevin, Whitney and Ellin La Var, Whitney’s hair stylist for the film.”
Costner has previously been open about the love he still has for Houston, who died in 2012 at the age of 48. “I loved her — it’s not like this giant mystery — so I knew that she should be the one,” he said on a June 2024 episode of “Armchair Expert” podcast.
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At the time, Costner, who also produced the film, recalled that Bodyguard director Mick Jackson was “afraid” of Houston, so the actor “started to guide her” on set. The actor said he had to advise the singer “not to bring an entourage” during the film’s production.
“And I wasn’t trying to usurp my director, but I had made a promise to her, not to f—ing him,” Costner continued, noting he had promised Houston the film would perform well in theaters despite poor reception during test screenings.
“I was always gonna keep my promise to her,” he said. “[I said], ‘I’m gonna take care of you if there’s a person important to you’ — turned out to be Robyn Crawford — I said, ‘Let’s have Robyn with you.’ And that’s how we started.”
He added, “I don’t know what it was, but we had a moment, and I realized that the world had a higher idea of who we were, so I basically embraced it. I was her imaginary bodyguard.”
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Since her death, the Dances with Wolves alum has spoken candidly about her legacy, and was among many friends and loved ones who spoke in her honor at her funeral service in 2012.
“Whitney returns home today to the place where it all began,” he told mourners at the time. “And I urge us all, inside and outside, across the nation and around the world to dry our tears, suspend our sorrow — and perhaps our anger — just long enough, just long enough to remember the sweet miracle of Whitney.”
“Off you go, Whitney, off you go,” he continued. “Escorted by an army of angels to your heavenly father, and when you sing before him, don’t worry … you’ll be good enough.”
Dolly Parton’s Generosity Knows No Bounds: Most Charitable Moments
Dolly Parton must work longer than 9 to 5 to balance her music and impressive charitable efforts.
In 2022, Parton was honored with the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy for her decades of good deeds and gushed over how “proud” she was to receive the recognition. Her acts of kindness include the creation of The Dollywood Foundation and donating funds to vaccine research after the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in 2020.
“What an honor it is just to be here. I really am just honored and proud to be amongst these great people and doing all these great things to help the world, as they say,” Parton said in October 2022 while accepting the medal. “I just give from my heart. I never know what I’m going to do or why I’m going to do it. I just see a need and if I can fill it then I will.”
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The Grammy winner continued: “If I can just do my small part in this world then that’s all that I ask in this world. I am very proud of the Imagination Library, so that is very dear to me. I just hope that I can continue to do good things.”
Scroll down to see some of Parton’s most charitable moments:
1988
Parton launched her non-profit organization The Dollywood Foundation in April 1988 in Sevierville, Tennessee. The goal was to increase the number of local high school graduates and decrease the dropout rate.
The “Jolene” singer also created the Buddy Program, which gave $500 to every seventh and eighth grader in the area who finished high school. The initiation was successful with the dropout rate going from 35 percent to only 6 percent, according to the foundation’s website.
1991
As part of her successful theme park, Dollywood, Parton opened the Eagle Mountain Sanctuary. The space spans 30,000 square feet and is managed by the American Eagle Foundations shelters to help ensure the safety of the bald eagles.
1995
The musician expanded The Dollywood Foundation with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The program gifts children under five a book monthly to help with literacy and further learning in all areas of the country — and internationally. In 2018, Parton reached a milestone as the Imagination Library sent out its 100 millionth book.
2000
The foundation began five scholarships of $15,000, dubbed the Dolly Parton Scholarship, to Sevier County’s high school seniors to help students continue their studies at an accredited university. “The scholarships are for students who have a dream they wish to pursue and who can successfully communicate their plan and commitment to realize their dreams,” the website reads.
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2007
Parton once again gave back to her community by helping raise $500,000 for the Sevier County Hospital by putting on a benefit concert. Dollywood and Parton’s Dixie Stampede dinner theater each pledged $250,000, totalling $1 million for the fundraiser. The funds were used to open the LeConte Medical Center, which is a hospital and cancer center, in 2010.
2016
Following devastating wildfires in Tennessee that tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, Parton created the My People Fund under her Dollywood Foundation umbrella. The fund distributed $1,000 per month for six months to families who lost their main residence. The foundation revealed in 2017 that more than $12 million was raised and distributed to those in need during that past year.
2017
After releasing her children’s album, I Believe in You, Patron donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. The donation was made in honor of Parton’s niece who was treated for leukemia at the hospital.
2020
In spring of 2020, Parton was one of many celebrities who designed a spatula for Williams-Sonoma’s collection of charitable kitchenware. Parton’s design helped earn money for the company’s annual Cook for a Cause campaign.
That same year, the actress made headlines for donating money to coronavirus vaccine research following the worldwide pandemic spike. Parton gave $1 million to assist Moderna’s vaccine research, which was reported to be 94.5 percent effective against the virus.
“I’m just happy that anything I do can help somebody else,” Parton told Today at the time. “When I donated the money to the COVID fund, I just wanted it to do good. Evidently, it is. Let’s just hope we find a cure real soon.”
2021
When Tennessee’s Humphreys County experienced unprecedented flooding and damage, Parton stepped up and raised $700,000 to get people back on their feet. Parton’s Dollywood and Pigeon Forge dinner show properties gifted a portion of the ticket sales during two October 2021 dates to benefit the United Way of Humphreys County.
Parton’s late friend Loretta Lynn was responsible for the choice in charity. “After the Sevier County wildfires in 2016, Loretta was one of the first who reached out to offer anything she could,” Parton said in a statement. “It meant so much to me that Loretta — and so many folks — were ready to give in any way they could. This was just one small way I could help Loretta’s people for all they did to help my people.”
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Earlier that year, Parton revealed that she used some of the royalties from Whitney Houston’s cover of her song “I Will Always Love You” to give back to a Black neighborhood in Nashville. “It was mostly just Black families and people that lived around there,” Parton said during an August 2021 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, sharing that she invested in an office complex in the area. “It was a whole strip mall. And I thought, ‘This is the perfect place for me to be, considering it was Whitney.’”
She continued: “I just thought, ‘This was great. I’m going to be down here with her people, who are my people as well.’ And so I just love the fact that I spent that money on a complex. And I think, ‘This is the house that Whitney built.’”
2022
Parton announced in February 2022 that Dollywood — through its operating partner Herschend Enterprises — would start covering 100 percent of tuition, fees and book costs for any employee who is going to college to further their education.
Four months later, the “Here You Come Again” singer donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to help the hospital’s pediatric infectious disease research.
2024
Parton personally pledged a million dollars to the Mountain Ways Foundation, which helped East Tennessee communities that were impacted by Hurricane Helene. Her donation would be matched by her companies, which included the Dollywood Foundation and Dollywood Parks and Resorts. The East Tennessee native shared that she would be making the donations in partnership with Walmart.
How 'Superstitious' Kylie Kelce Watches Eagles Playoff Games
Kylie Kelce has bled Philadelphia green long before she fell in love with now-retired Eagles center Jason Kelce.
“You might have heard a few stories about my intense fandom on [Jason’s ‘New Heights’] podcast, but I figured the playoffs is the perfect time to share with you all of the things that happen while watching an Eagles game in my house,” Kylie, 32, said during the Thursday, January 16, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “Before I say anything, note I have a piece of wood to knock on throughout this segment — because that’s how superstitious I am.”
She added, “I can’t help but feel responsible if I say something that maybe can be considered a jinx [and so] when you hear knocking it’s because I have to.”
Kylie was born and raised in Philadelphia, eventually connecting with 37-year-old Jason on the dating app Tinder during her final year of college. She later said that she had no idea that he played for the Eagles when she swiped right. After getting married in 2018, they went on to welcome three daughters.
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Before Jason retired in 2024, Kylie would attend every home game at “the Linc” — also known as the Lincoln Financial Field.
“We usually would not bring the girls [and] would usually keep them home, except for one game a year,” Kylie, who is currently pregnant with baby No. 4, continued. “They’re not really into it, so it didn’t make sense to drag them down there, have them in a place that was loud and overstimulating. We made that decision a while ago.”
Since Jason’s retirement, Kylie has primarily watched the Eagles via the TV in their living room.
“I am a ‘yell at the TV’ type,” she quipped. “The other day I got in a lot of trouble with [my second daughter] Ellie because I was yelling while the game was on. … The girls do usually hang out in the same room but don’t necessarily watch with me when I watch football.”
Kylie’s fandom reaches new heights whenever the Eagles are in the playoffs. (The team played a divisional round against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, January 19, vying for a slot in the NFC Championship later this month against the Washington Commanders.)
“Playoff Kylie is different from Regular Season Kylie because the superstitions take over the whole day,” the pregnant mother-of-three added. “From the start of the day to when the game is on, I will not check Twitter [and] I will avoid most social media. I will not post on a game day — and that [started] when Jason was still playing — and still now.”
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According to Kylie, she “has to focus” and can’t even hold a conversation that doesn’t revolve around the game.
“We have a job to do and that job is to lock in and send as much power and energy,” Kylie explained. “I’m not going to change my ways, so if you do it with conviction. … Go Birds!”
Spencer Pratt Says Family Made Over $20,000 on TikTok After L.A Wildfires
Spencer Pratt is reflecting on his and Heidi Montag’s efforts to generate income after losing their home in the Los Angeles wildfires.
“I made, like, $4,000 on TikTok this week, but on TikTok Live, where people can just give to me direct, I think maybe $20,000. So that’s phenomenal, and life-changing. That’s the power of individual supporters, people just backing you and getting behind you,” Pratt, 41, told Variety in an interview published on Friday, January 17. “And that’s the most powerful when you don’t have to rely on ads or AI and algorithms when just actual human beings just want to give. It’s unbelievable and incredible.”
When their home burned down earlier this month after the couple was forced to evacuate, Pratt began encouraging his followers on social media to stream Montag’s music. By January 12, Montag’s 2010 album Superficial was No. 1 on the iTunes U.S. album chart and the titular song ranked ahead of Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” on the iTunes U.S. singles chart.
Despite their success, Pratt said had “no idea” how much money he and Montag, 38, made from the music.
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“I don’t know if it comes in checks or when, but everybody keeps telling me, ‘Don’t expect any money.’ I’m more excited about the energy and opportunities that come from it. I don’t think these streams and all these charts [make money],” Pratt said. “Based on what people are telling me, the music business is about touring, it’s about merchandise, it’s about all the things that come with it; that’s how the artists make money unless you’re doing billions of streams, which I’m still energetically [pushing]. It’s not happening yet! I’m being optimistic because truly, it’s the only way to get through all this.”
After Pratt, Montag and their sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 2, left the area, a pair of TikTok followers created a GoFundMe campaign on the family’s behalf. The followers have since transferred the campaign to Pratt and Montag, who stressed that they did not want to ask for contributions. Per the GoFundMe, the family has raised over $138,000 so far.
While many fans are supportive, some have criticized the couple for the campaign. Pratt and Montag, however, are not fazed by the “backlash.”
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“We’re very used to negative things, so it’s pretty standard,” Pratt exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 15. “If people want to send their own money to whoever they want, it’s the equivalent to buying a celebrity’s merch, buying their movie tickets. People can do whatever they want with their own money and, thank God, there’s people who want to support and send us whatever.”
He continued, “Nobody’s required to, and it’s not a tax. People can say whatever they want and they’re entitled to their opinion. But, all the people that are messaging, they’re asking to send money, they’re asking to do the Amazon wishlist. … These are their choices.”
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Melissa Rivers is reflecting on what she lost in the Los Angeles wildfires — none of which was her late mom Joan Rivers’ heirlooms.
“The jokes and the major archival pieces, fortunately, about two and a half, three months ago were picked up for a national comedy center,” Melissa, 56, told People in an interview published on Sunday, January 19.
Melissa noted that the filing cabinet featured over 65,000 of Joan’s original jokes from the beginning of her career in 1950 until her death in 2014. (Joan died at age 81 after experiencing complications during an outpatient throat surgery.)
Melissa added that Joan’s “good stuff,” meaning her jewelry, was in a security deposit box in a bank vault. Joan’s wardrobe has been auctioned off for charity.
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Melissa, who was one of the tens of thousands of locals forced to evacuate Los Angeles due to the ongoing wildfires, told CNN on January 8 that she grabbed Joan’s Emmy and a picture of her dad, Edgar Rosenberg, before leaving her home.
“That is the end of everything that belonged to my family and the history of it,” Melissa told the news organization at the time. “I grabbed my mom’s Emmy, a photo of my dad and a drawing my mother had done of me and my son. … I went for a drawing of hers, rather than a photo. I know I can find the photos, but a drawing I can’t replace.”
Besides the items she took before leaving her home, Melissa lost her other memories of her parents.
“I had her bathrobe and my dad’s bathrobe,” she told People. “Everybody is like, ‘What about her wardrobe?’ But I’m like, I lost the only three things of theirs that I kept in my house because they reminded me so much of them.”
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Melissa explained that she and her fiancé, Steve Mitchel, lost “everything,” adding, “When we say we lost everything, well you can’t get it until you see the video. It’s not just my life, but my son Cooper’s life too. We were both only children, and just all of it is gone.”
Melissa, who welcomed son Cooper, 24, with John Endicott in 2000, said her life is inside three L.L. Bean boat totes. Melissa noted that she and her family are doing “as well as can be expected.”
“We’re all doing the best we can,” she said. “Cooper’s made of the same tough stuff I am. And we are all leaning on each other and coping.”
Now, Melissa has found temporary housing and is embracing her inherited sense of humor while she and her family navigate what’s next. “It’s my superpower,” she said of laughing during the worst times, like Joan. “I am my parents’ daughter.”
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Rams Tight End Tyler Higbee and Pregnant Wife Malea's Relationship Timeline
Los Angeles Rams star Tyler Higbee has the sweetest sideline support in wife Malea Higbee.
“What a wild couple months it’s been. Watching this love of mine put so much work in and grow into someone better and stronger is special to me,” Malea wrote via Instagram in December 2024 as he recovered from a chest injury. “It’s been a process, but I respect and admire everything about him and his mental strength. Multiple surgeries (mcl acl meniscus AND played with a torn labrum all last year) at year 9 is a hard pill to swallow.”
She added, “I’m so incredibly proud of how he handled pressure with humility, while still championing those around him. Equal parts mentally tough as physically; and that is what makes him an incredible husband and dada first and foremost, a leader, resilient, humble, disciplined, a great teammate, a mf dawg and ‘the greatest tight end in horns history.’”
At the time, Malea also gushed that Tyler is “everything.”
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“I am forever in your corner today, tomorrow and always my 89,” she concluded.
Keep scrolling to revisit Tyler and Malea’s love story:
April 2021
Malea posted her first photo with Tyler on April 19, sharing a snap of the twosome cuddled up on a date night. She captioned the upload with a black heart.
February 2022
The next year, Malea celebrated Tyler and the Rams winning the Super Bowl in a 23-20 defeat over the Cincinnati Bengals.
“My World Champion ,” she captioned game day selfies on the field.
April 2022
Malea announced that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.
“A new world before us,” she wrote via Instagram, sharing maternity photos at the beach. “We’re so excited to hold our little love .”
October 2022
Daughter Iyla Ty arrived in the fall.
“Incomparable love that we’re so obsessed with already,” Malea wrote via Instagram on October 28. “And if I wasn’t already the luckiest woman with you, you solidified that and more @higbeedoe. Loving our little family for a lifetime and after .”
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February 2024
Tyler referred to Malea and Iyla as his “forever Valentines” in a social media tribute.
December 2024
At the end of Tyler’s regular NFL season, Malea revealed that she is expecting again.
“Family of four! Hearts are so full,” she wrote via Instagram, sharing photos of Iyla next to her baby bump.
January 2024
As Tyler returned from injured reserve in time for the playoffs, Malea was a fixture at the games.
“Proud of my guy, proud of LA and thankful for his health and a team that went above and beyond for him, and all of our safety this past week,” she wrote via Instagram on January 14.