Cooper Kupp’s wife, Anna Marie Kupp, had some sweet words for her husband following his official release from the Los Angeles Rams.
“Wherever we go, wherever we land, is going to be so f—ing lucky to have you in their building,” Anna Marie wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, March 12. “You have the ability to turn the tides of any organization you step into.”
Anna Marie’s post included an action shot of Cooper, 31, on the field for the Rams alongside a news alert of the team’s decision to let go of the wide receiver for next season. Anna Marie gushed about how Cooper has the ability to inspire those around him.
“The man that you are, the leader that you embody, the brother on and off the field,” she continued. “The standard you hold yourself to and bring others along in your pursuits. People want to be better because of who you are and how you conduct your business.”
She added that Cooper has a “joy and passion” for the sport that is “contagious.” While Cooper’s next steps are undetermined at this time, Anna Marie is fully confident in whatever he decides next as he tackles free agency.
“I am so excited for the impact you will have in these coming years. The relationships waiting for you. And for you to continue to tear apart your opponents,” she concluded. “To the moon, my King.”
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On Wednesday, the Rams announced they were parting ways with Cooper, who was the team’s Super Bowl MVP in 2021, after eight seasons. Last year, the team attempted to trade him but was unsuccessful. Following the news, Cooper shared a touching tribute for his time on the Rams and thanked fans for welcoming him with open arms.
“Eight years of incredible memories,” Cooper wrote via Instagram alongside a reel of his career highlights. “We talked often about the Rams being back in LA and how we would grow to be something special here. And there was frustration early on around getting the buy in from the people of LA.”
Cooper continued: “But we knew at the end of the day, it’s about providing moments. Shared experiences. The things that parents and their children will talk about and remember forever.”
The football player noted that while the ending of his chapter with the Rams was “so difficult,” he wouldn’t trade the memories for the world.
“It’s the ending of something we have enjoyed building with you. Thank you for these shared moments. Thank you LA for welcoming my family with open arms and allowing us to grow here,” he said. “Next chapter starts now. Best is yet to come.”
Anna Marie has been by Cooper’s side throughout his career. The couple began dating in high school and tied the knot in June 2015. They share three sons: Cooper Jameson, 6, Cyprus, 4, and Solas, 21 months.
I’m a trained massage therapist, ran a home-based massage business and worked at luxury spas in Southern California, so I have a unique perspective on how to create a perfect home spa. While my goal was to build a business out of my home, I took what I learned from Massage Envy, Burke Williams and other local spas to create a tranquil and luxurious environment for my clients. Now I’m sharing my professional secrets on how to transform your bathroom o(or any other space) into the perfect home spa experience.
1. Aromatherapy Candles. There’s hardly a better way to create relaxation in your home spa than through an aromatherapy candle. One of my favorite scents is lavender due to its calming effects. WarmEmbrace makes a great Lavender candle that will burn for forty hours.
4. Calm Within Relaxation Music. When you walk into a spa, one of the first things you’ll notice is relaxing music. This is up to your personal preference, but Laura Sullivan’s Calm Within perfectly sets the mood for a home spa experience. You can also check YouTube or Spotify for relaxing spa music if you go the streaming route.
5. Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker. While your phone may do the trick, a Bluetooth speaker is going to sound far better and can really help immerse you more into the spa experience. Anker offers a small, affordable option that is waterproof, wireless and lasts for twenty-four hours on one charge. One of our editors has one, and says it’s held up to more drops than he can count.
6. White Noise Sound Machine. Another White noise machines are great for both loud environments, and places where it’s too quiet — science says that dead quiet makes some people more anxious. Either way, you should add a more relaxation to your home spa with a white noise machine. Magicteam’s Sound Machine has twenty different sounds to choose from including white noise, rain, birds, bonfire and many others. You might fall asleep with this one, but that isn’t so bad!
7. Bath Bombs. Who doesn’t love a fancy bath bomb? I like Beauty by Earth’s Bath Bomb set , which has bombs made from high quality essential oils, shea and cocoa butter, and epsom salt that leave your skin feeling smooth and soft. Beauty by Earth uses all natural ingredients that will keep you (and your tub) very clean and refreshed.
8. Bath Scrubber Brush. While a bath bomb helps soak your entire body, there are still some troublesome spots to reach, especially on your back. A back scrubber brush like one from Metene has two types of bristles so you can use the stiff side for removing dead skin cells, or pamper yourself using the soft side.
9. Luxury Bathtub Caddy Tray. To complete the modern bathroom spa experience, a luxury caddy tray like this one from Sen Yi Bao is a perfect addition. If you’re anything like my wife, you’ll want to be able to watch Netflix on your iPad: have a glass of wine; and easy access to lotions and other toiletries.
Hair and Facial Masks for an Authentic Spa Experience
10. Overnight Face Mask. While there’s something special about getting a facial from an esthetician, using an overnight face mask is the next best thing. My wife loves these Biodance Overnight Hydrating Masks. In fact, she’s been using them for over five years and she doesn’t even have one wrinkle on her face at almost 40.
11. Facial Peel. For a more exfoliating spa experience, an Ordinary-brand Peeling Solution is the way to go. It can help clear pores, exfoliate multiple skin layers and even improve uneven skin tone.
12. Mielle Organic Hair Masque. To complete this part of the spa experience, we can’t forget about your hair. Mielle Organics Hair Masque uses rosemary essential oil to help repair dry, damaged and frizzy hair. While this is not essential, it’s a nice finishing touch to part of the home spa experience.
13. Manicure/Pedicure Grooming Kit. To take care of your hands and nails, a proper grooming kit is essential. While there are countless options , we recommend a good stainless steel set because it’s both affordable and has all the tools you need to maintain clean and healthy nails.
14. Gel Nail Polish Kit. While getting your nails colored professionally is relatively affordable, you can save time and a little money and by doing it at home. Jodsone’s gel nail polish kit has a UV lamp and a 36-piece set so you can get a professional nail job from the comfort of your home spa, and it’s a great thing to do with friends.
15. Mrs. Meyer’s Hand Lotion. After doing your own nails, the classic Mrs. Meyer’s hand lotion can help keep your hands moisturized and soft. It also uses shea butter and almond oil, so it can double as a body lotion if you’d like!
16. Heat and Massage Pad. As a former massage therapist, I’ll always recommend a person doing the therapy over a pad. However, not everyone has access to or can afford to a therapist, so the next best thing is a heat and massage pad like this one from Snailax. Plus, a therapist needs to be paid for every massage, while a pad is a one-time cost.
17. Massage Therapy Gun. If you’re a bit of a gym rat or just have a lot of tension in your next and shoulders, a massage therapy gun like one from Toloco can help target pain points. It’s a great way to get loosened up before soaking in a bath or using aromatherapy steamers in the shower. If you want to step up, an entry-level TheraGun may cost less than you’d think.
18. Homedics Foot Bath Massager. If you don’t want to fill a tub to just soak your feet, a foot bath massager is heavenly. I like the Homedics brand foot bath massager, which is especially great if you’ve worked a long day on your feet!
19. Turkish Linen Bath Robe. No true home spa experience is complete without a thick Turkish Linen bath robe. It’s a must have! While white is the typical spa color, the Turkish Linen brand also offers over 20 colors and a personalized embroidery option.
20. Turkish Linen Bath Towel. After working for spas in my 20s, I just couldn’t go back to using rough (and frankly, tiny) bath towels. A small investment into a high quality large Turkish Linen towel like one from Chakir can make a big difference in your comfort when getting out of the bathtub or shower!
21. Turkish Linen Hand and Face Towels. To complete the set, high quality Turkish Linen hand and face towels are essential. Why skimp out on these when you’re already going luxurious with a robe and body towel? Chakir brand towels come in a pack of four and fourteen colors to choose from.
“I was told by the people at the Masked Singer stage that they were never ever able to clear a Taylor Swift song,” the rapper, 65, exclusively told Us Weekly after his elimination on the Wednesday, March 13, episode of the Fox singing competition show. “So I just want to give a big shout-out and thanks to Taylor Swift and her crew for clearing that song for me to do. … They cleared it because of me. And honestly, I doubt if they’ll clear another one, you know what I’m saying? Not unless I come back!”
Flav didn’t get to pick which Swift song he performed, but as it happens, “Bad Blood” is actually his favorite tune by his favorite artist. (Dressed as Space Ranger, he sang the 1989 track during the March 5 episode.)
“The reason why is because that’s the first song that really allowed me to identify who Taylor Swift is,” the Public Enemy cofounder explained. “That girl is amazing. When she writes, she writes about her experiences that she goes through in life, and the experiences that she goes through in life are identifiable to millions of people like myself. So that’s why I support her and I go so hard for her. And I’m honored and proud to say that, yes, I am a big Taylor Swift fan, and she’s one of the most important artists of our decade.”
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He added, “I don’t know any other artist that is able to throw a concert and it hits the Richter scale. Taylor Swift did that in Seattle, Washington. Her concert was so strong, it caused an earthquake, you know what I’m saying? Come on! Who else can do that? That’s why she’s one of the most important artists of our time and our decade, and I’m very proud of her, so proud of her. And I’m so proud to be connected and to be called King Swiftie. And I didn’t get the name from Taylor. I got that name from the Swifties. ‘Cause the Swifties, they’re large, No. 1, and No. 2, they see how hard that I go in for Taylor.”
Flav hasn’t yet heard from Swift, 35, about his performance, but he feels certain that she’ll only have positive feedback for him.
“I can’t wait to see what she has to say about it,” he told Us. “I think she’s gonna have something good to say about it though, ’cause I don’t think I did a bad job with the song. And you know what? The reason why I had to do a good job with that song is because I wouldn’t ever, ever, ever in this lifetime make my girl look bad. Never. As much as I love her and how much I’m proud of her. Come on. I gotta represent the best. She’s the best, man.”
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Flav brought an infectious energy to The Masked Singer — which is an exceptionally joyful show on its own — but he says that leading with positivity is the way he approaches everything in life.
“I’m gonna summarize it up like this. Just like Nike says, just do it,” he explained. “I do have my days. Everybody’s got their days. And when I’m having one of those bad days, what I do is when I see people, I gotta shut that bad day off for a minute, give that fan what they want, and then after that, go back to having a bad day. Because you never want to give people a bad taste in their mouth. You want to give ’em good memories to take to the grave about you, not bad memories. I always want people to think the best of me, so that’s why I shut it off and I give them what they want. And then after that, I go back to feeling the way that I’m feeling until it changes.”
The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the next day on Hulu.
Some people are afraid of using face oils, and to be honest, it makes sense — no one wants to slather on a product that could turn their skin greasy or cause a horrific breakout. But Kyle Richards is not one of those people.
“I like the heaviest moisturizers, and if I can have an oil under my products, I love that,” she shared during an Amazon Live stream on Tuesday. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star is clearly onto something because fans constantly rave about her glowing complexion. One person even asked the 56-year-old, “Do you use any face oils? And if so, do you have a favorite?”
As it turns out, Richards’ go-to is the Sunday Riley C.E.O. Glow Vitamin C + Turmeric Face Oil. “I put that on after I cleanse my face and my toner, and then I put on my other products. It’s great,” she answered. Luckily, you can snag the same product for 20% off at Dermstore when you enter code REFRESH at checkout — but hurry, the deal ends tomorrow!
If you’re worried about breakouts, Kyle totally gets it. “I know some people think, ‘Oh, they could break out,’ but for whatever reason, it doesn’t do that,” she explained. That’s because this oil is packed with ingredients that actually help balance the skin. The combo of THD Ascorbate (a super-stable form of vitamin C) and golden turmeric works to brighten, even out skin tone and fight free radicals — without clogging pores. Plus, it’s lightweight, absorbs quickly and leaves skin looking fresh, not greasy.
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Teddi Mellencamp appeared on her and Tamra Judge’s “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast for the first time since undergoing brain tumor surgery in February.
Mellencamp, 43, made her return during the Thursday, March 13, episode of the iHeart Radio podcast. “I can say I’ve had some of my darkest, saddest days since … when this happened,” she said. “But leading up to it, it’s so wild what kind of transpired to kind of get us here.”
Mellencamp recalled being at a horse show and telling her friend that she was having “the worst migraine” of her life, after she had recorded a podcast with Judge and couldn’t “remember how to say certain words.” Mellencamp went on to consume migraine medication from her friend and was “shaking really bad” and didn’t know where she was at the horse race.
The next day, Mellencamp went to New Orleans and had an argument with Judge. Mellencamp recalled being in “such extreme pain” to the point where she “could barely walk” — which led Judge to think that something wasn’t “right.”
Days after New Orleans, Mellencamp began crying during a podcast recording and Judge encouraged her to go to a hospital. Mellencamp recalled calling a friend and begging her to take her.
“I started, like, sobbing to her and I’m like, ‘I need you to take me to the hospital right now. I think I’m dying. I can’t see, I can’t walk, I can’t even get out of bed,’” Mellencamp said, adding that the friend wasn’t able to take her so she called estranged husband Edwin Arroyave.
Mellencamp admitted that her head had been hurting for six months, but she “didn’t want to face any of it” and wanted to move forward. Mellencamp had recently gone for her check-up, so she didn’t think anything was medically wrong. “It was the first time in three years that I didn’t have any skin melanoma,” Mellencamp said.
After undergoing a CT scan at the hospital, Mellencamp was told she had “over seven tumors” and texted her friends — including Judge.
“You said to me, ‘You all thought I was mental, but actually I’m on my death bed.’ I texted you back and, said, ‘No you’re not because if you’re on yours, then I’m on mine, because I can’t live without you,’” Judge recalled, while Mellencamp said she felt like that was “it.”
Mellencamp explained that she had a craniotomy with tumor resection, where they removed four tumors from her brain.
“The hardest part is that nobody wanted to tell me what was really happening because they were scared, and so I didn’t know what was happening,” Mellencamp said through tears. “I thought I was fine, Like, I thought I could go home the next day, and, like, once the tumors are out, I thought I would be done. I can’t even tell you guys, like, I really didn’t understand anything and it was such a bummer.”
After Mellencamp’s surgery, Judge recalled hearing a story from her pal’s sister who asked, “Can you see me?” to which Mellencamp opened her eyes and replied, “Unfortunately.” Mellencamp, for her part, recalled telling everyone that Heath Ledger was “stalking” her. While recalling her recovery, Mellencamp said the only date she remembered was daughter Dove’s birthday. (Mellencamp later noted that where the tumors are in her brain can temporarily lead to a lack of memory.)
Mellencamp recalled there being a “big hole” from one of her surgeries, which she kept trying to touch — but was given hand restraints.
“I know that I make everything seem pretty good and peachy, but it was a bad 17 days for everyone in my life,” she said. “And the fact that my my dad helped me and that he’s still helping me, yeah, has really been a game changer.”
Mellencamp explained that she was told she had two tumors in her lungs and three more in her brain that were “too risky to remove” so she underwent immunotherapy — which she said made her feel “absolutely terrible.”
“Something a lot of people have been confused by when they hear like brain tumors or lung tumors or anything like that, is they’re thinking it’s something other than melanoma,” she said. “But what can actually happen is melanoma can metastasize and the organs to your other organs, and that’s what happened to me. So all of my tumors and whatnot are melanoma.”
Mellencamp explained that she’s feeling “really positive” and is starting radiation on Monday, March 17, for a week and will continue immunotherapy every three weeks.
“I wish the second that I felt those headaches, I wish the second that I started not feeling like myself, I would have gone to the doctor and gotten checked,” she said. “If I had waited any longer, God knows what would have happened.”
Mellencamp said that she’s doing “significantly better” mentally. “When I didn’t have like my wits about me, and I felt lost, I felt so alone and so sad, and like I had moments of being like, ‘I don’t know that anyone’s like given me like a real hug. I was really really sad. But I feel like right now I’m starting to see the light and I’m starting to think about the future, and I feel like for the first time, I’m able to like set goals,” adding that her health battle has been a “wake-up call” and that she’s “grateful” for Arroyave.
On February 12, Mellencamp revealed via Instagram that she was hospitalized after “dealing with severe and debilitating headaches” for several weeks, which culminated in “unbearable” pain the previous day.
“After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least six months,” she wrote at the time. “Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today — the remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.”
“I am so grateful for the incredible surgeons, doctor and nurses who made my surgery a success and my recovery process comfortable,” she shared via Instagram on February 26. “In full transparency, more tumors were removed than expected: four in total. This fight is not over, but that round has been won.”
She continued: “The laughter, support and patience of my kids, my family and my closest friends is one gift with which words cannot properly express my gratitude. As I move on to the next steps in my treatment, I just wanted to say thank you to everybody for the outpouring of love and prayers. I see them, and they’re definitely helping me stay strong.”
“Update from my scans today: I have multiple tumors in my brain that weren’t able to be removed via surgery. I also have two tumors in my lungs. These are all metastases of my melanoma,” she captioned a Thursday, March 6, Instagram post, referring to the stage II melanoma cancer diagnosis she announced in October 2022.
“The doctors are hopeful that immunotherapy will effectively treat them. I am feeling positive — that I will win this battle, that I got this wig (I like the short hair, just not the bald spots) and that I can remember all of [Angelina Jolie’s] kids’ names,” she continued. “Now, as [Andy Cohen] would say: with all due… f— off, cancer!”
After former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson revealed that she has been living in her car for the past three years, her ex-husband Andre Allen has offered to help.
Allen, 49, and Robinson, 58, were married from 2003 to 2010. In an interview with TMZ published on Thursday, March 13, he revealed that he has a job waiting for his ex at Hilton, telling the outlet that Robinson’s “charisma and personality” would serve her well in the company’s sales department.
Allen, who is also a songwriter and recording artist, worked for Hilton as a frontline sales executive from 2014 to 2016, according to his LinkedIn page. His profile shows that he has worked for Holiday Inn Club Vacations since 2017, also in a sales position.
It’s a dramatic departure from his past life, where Allen sold more than half a million albums with his pop and R&B group, IV Xample, in the 1990s. But, as Allen told TMZ, leaving the music industry saved his life and finances.
He’s not the only one who has shown concern for the En Vogue alum. Belle Johnson, Robinson’s friend and also a music artist, told Us Weekly exclusively, “I’m sending love to Dawn during this challenging time. My heart goes out to anyone facing struggles.”
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“I hope Dawn feels the love and support she needs right now!” she added.
Renay Matthews, an additional friend of Robinson, is also voicing her support for the singer.
“Becoming awake means seeing our confusion clearly,” Matthews told Us. “Dawn is clearly on a path to her sunrise and should be supported accordingly.”
Robinson explained her situation in a video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, March 11.
“For the past three — almost three years, I have been living in my car,” she said. “I said it. Oh my God.”
She went on to add that while she was living with her mother in 2020, tensions between the two caused her to move out.
“I can’t deal with this. I respect her too much. I didn’t understand it. I still don’t and it hurt me,” she said. “I was just trying to figure it out but I couldn’t … you can’t read someone else’s mind and you can’t figure them out.”
She began sleeping in her car shortly after that, but soon moved in with her former manager, who offered a helping hand. That didn’t last after both realized the unit was too small for them and each of their dogs, so the manager arranged for her to stay in a hotel, which she did for about eight months.
When that stretch came to an end and she couldn’t find a suitable place of her own, she looked to people already living in their cars or RVs as an example.
“There’s a whole community of people who live in their cars and a whole community of people who live in their RVs and a whole community of people who live in their vans,” she said. “And I loved what I was seeing. I just thought, ‘Wow, these people. I could do this, I think.’”
“I felt free,” she shared. “That was a sense of freedom that I had. I was so free.”
Bethenny Frankel is back on the market, but she’s doing the dating thing differently this time around.
“I am dating,” Frankel, 54, said during a Thursday, March 13, appearance on Alix Earle’s “Hot Mess” podcast. “I have always, sort of, wanted to know exactly what everything is, and I’m trying to let the wine breathe more vs. need to know what it is.”
Frankel explained what she meant, adding: “Like, what the label is or that [if] I’m getting married.”
“I’ve been dating,” Frankel added during Thursday’s podcast. “I don’t know what it was like when you started dating and you were public. People think because you’re photographed with one person that you’re all of a sudden married again or engaged again.”
The former Bravo star said she’s been trying to keep her love life on the down-low lately. She also explained why the dating scene is difficult as a successful entrepreneur.
“What I run into is extremely successful men that by anybody’s standards are very wealthy, very successful, very smart. Then they meet someone like me, but they start to question their own business. How successful they are,” Frankel said. “No matter what, it will be intimidating. It just will on some level.”
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She added, “I’ve had several men say to me, ‘Wow, you’re doing all this stuff. I feel like I’m not doing anything.’”
Frankel said that she’s guilty of “dumbing [herself] down” in certain situations.
“I don’t want to make them feel bad. I’m telling them how their thing is the same thing as my thing,” she continued. “So, it’s nice to be with someone who’s not in even the same business. So, it doesn’t feel adjacent or competitive.”
She also offered advice to Earle, 24, about getting married young. (Earle has been in a relationship with Braxton Berrios since late 2023.)
“I got married at 26. And I really, really thought that I wanted everything to be figured out at your age,” she said. “You’re in your own body, you’re in your own brain, you don’t know. You can’t see the road ahead of you. You can’t see the road ahead of you. So, it’s impossible to ever describe to someone young what it’s going to look like now.”
Frankel noted that sometimes she’s even “shocked” that she still goes out and has fun.
“It’s shocking at this age,” she admitted. “There’s not as much time to do all the things that you guys are doing now as there is to be married. Once you’re married, you have all of these years ahead of you.”
Liev Schreiber has no time to think about critics believing his 16-year-old child, Kai, only got a gig in Valentino’s latest catwalk show because of nepotism.
“I don’t really have many thoughts for the haters,” Schreiber, 57, told TMZ on Wednesday, March 12. “I’m going to put it like this: What if you were a professional actor and your child decided they wanted to do something in this world? Did they have a choice of what you did?”
The Ray Donovan alum added, “It doesn’t matter, like, that’s her life. She does what she wants with her life and I’m super proud of her. I thought she did an amazing job in the show.”
Kai made their professional modeling debut at Valentino’s presentation during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, March 9. Kai strutted down the catwalk in a knit snakeskin dress that featured a multicolored feathered neckline. Kai’s ensemble was completed by blue-tinted sunglasses, lace stockings and a floral headwrap.
Schreiber shares Kai with ex Naomi Watts, who watched a livestream of the fashion show via her computer.
“That’s my @maisonvalentino baby!” Watts, 56, gushed via Instagram earlier this week. “I’m squealing with pride. Ilysm @kaischreiberrr .”
Schreiber also celebrated Kai’s PFW debut via social media.
“Ladies and gentlemen the one, the only, the indomitable @kaischreiberr,” Schreiber wrote on Monday, March 10.
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In addition to Kai, Schreiber and Watts share 17-year-old son Sasha. The two actors were together from 2005 until their 2016 breakup.
“Over the past few months, we’ve come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple. It is with great love, respect and friendship in our hearts that we look forward to raising our children together and exploring this new phase of our relationship,” Schreiber and Watts told Us Weekly in a joint statement at the time. “While we appreciate your curiosity and support, we ask the press to be mindful of our children and respect their right to privacy.”
Since then, Schreiber and Watts have remained committed to coparenting Sasha and Kai.
“It’s always hard, you know? You build a life with someone and things change. And I think the way that we’ve looked at it is that we’ll always be partners and that’s what kind of keeps us together and keeps us amicable,” Schreiber said on Sunday Today With Willie Geist in January 2018. “But I think we’re more than that, I think we also genuinely really care about each other.”
He added at the time: “It’s important to support each other, you know? It’s really important. I was making some jokes this morning at breakfast about Mommy with the [kids], and their eyes light up when I talk about her. You can see how important it is to them that their parents care about each other and that no matter what happens, you continue to try and do that.”
Schreiber and Watts have each moved on with spouses Taylor Neisen and Billy Crudup, respectively.
Jennifer Garner and boyfriend John Miller are “solid” as she continues to coparent with ex-husband Ben Affleck. A source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that Miller, 47, “doesn’t get jealous” of Affleck, 52, and “understands” Garner’s position as a mom. “There are no whispers of a status change in their relationship,” the insider added. Garner, 52, and Affleck have worked hard to remain cordial for the sake of their three children — Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13 — after finalizing their divorce in 2018. The actress moved on with Miller that same year, briefly splitting before reconciling in 2021. Affleck, for his part, was married to Jennifer Lopez for two years before their 2024 split. The exes finalized their divorce earlier this year. While Affleck and Garner have been spending more time together after his breakup, a second source told Us there’s no chance of a rekindled romance, insisting the pair are just “good friends.” For more top stories, keep reading below:
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Long before Eiza González became a household name in Hollywood, she was a child actor on Mexico’s version of Sesame Street.
“I was on Sesame Street for a blink of an eye because I got kicked out,” González, 35, said on the Tuesday, March 11, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. “It was my first ‘getting fired’ moment.”
While speaking with guest host Brooke Shields, González revealed the probable reason that she was dismissed from Plaza Sésamo.
“I was a hyperactive child and I also liked to rile up people. Like, I was a complete menace,” González quipped. “I made sure to rile up the entire kid team of children. I convinced them to break into the office and they had a mock-up of the entire set, and we were jumping on it and we broke it.”
She continued, “It was me and I got completely fired from my first job because I was a complete menace. My mom said, ‘You can’t do this for a living. You are just so naughty.’”
As González grew up, she “somehow” found her way back to acting.
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“I wiggled my way in,” she joked.
Later on in her career, González’s looks would often impact her chances at booking roles.
“I remember being [told for] so many projects, ‘She’s too pretty for the role. She’s too hot for the role,’” she told InStyle in March 2024. “Then I’d just be like, ‘What is Margot Robbie? She’s the hottest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life!’ … I was like, ‘Do I shave my head? Do I make myself less attractive? Do I make myself more attractive? Do I not dress super-hot or do I dress super-hot or do I cover myself all the time?’”
González further noted that she faced “a lot of” similar struggles growing up.
“I went through a lot of trouble with my body, with my curves, with my look,” González admitted at the time. “It was really tough.”
González has since been able to overcome the naysayers, recently landing the role of astronaut Ria in the upcoming horror movieAsh.
“It’s a psychological thriller [and] it’s a really fun movie,” she said on Tuesday. “I’m in it with Aaron Paul, who’s incredible and so talented in this movie. I’m so honored to be sharing this movie with him. It’s an independent film, guys. It means a lot if people can go support it. It’s a little movie that we did in a back lot in a warehouse in New Zealand from no money with a lot of love and a lot of passion.”
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.
“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.
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“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.”
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.
Jamie Foxx’s daughters, Corinne and AneliseFoxx, 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.”
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.”
“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.)
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As for how it felt walking Corinne down the aisle, Jamie gushed to Us, “Come on, man. Amazing!”
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.)
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.
“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.”
“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.
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.”
“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!”
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.
Kristen Kish may be a pro chef, but she’s now feeling like a pro host heading into Top Chef season 22.
“I probably just internally [was] more confident and sure of myself,” Kish, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 12, about her sophomore season as host of the Bravo cooking competition series. “I think going from the first time to the second time, there’s going to be a jump in confidence and I certainly felt that.”
Kish noted that she’s excited to once again dive into “the heart and the soul” of the show, which is the chefs and their “storytelling” through food. “It also really kind of takes me aback every single time I do it, from the first time to our last finale,” she told Us. “We just kind of sit back and you’re like, ‘Oh, my God, we just got to experience that.’”
Before taking on her hosting role, Kish famously competed on season 10 of Top Chef in 2012, becoming the second female winner in the show’s history. One month after longtime host Padma Lakshmiannounced her exit from the series after 17 years, Kish was announced as her replacement in July 2023. Kish officially made her Top Chef hosting debut when season 21 premiered last March.
The show’s latest season — which premieres on Thursday, March 13 — will see Kish and fellow judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons travel to Canada to watch 15 chefs compete in a high-stakes culinary battle.
“Everything’s new. The landscape is different. The challenges are different. The food that they’re cooking is different,” Kish teased of what’s to come. “And I think that is the beauty of Top Chef is that they have been to many locations, introduced so many chefs around the world, and every single plate of food is different and every location and challenge is tailor-made for that location. It’s really amazing.”
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Having been on the show since its 2006 premiere, Colicchio, 62, told Us he “giggled” at the realization of the show’s nearly 20-year-long run. “It’s just been a great run,” he added.
Fellow OG judge Simmons, 48, said she was “really excited” to bring the show to her home country. “I just think it feels different than any season we’ve ever done before,” she added. “Our kitchen — and I’m trying not to be biased — but the Top Chef kitchen was so beautiful this season.”
Despite starring on a cooking show, the Top Chef judges told Us that their TV series of choice are not other shows in the genre. “The only cooking competition show I watch is the Great British Bake Off because it’s sweet and they’re home bakers,” Kish said, while Simmons noted she prefers to watch “travel vlogs” in her free time.
Colicchio, for his part, stated, “I’ve been cooking for over 40 years and I’ve been doing Top Chef for almost 20 years. And the last thing I want to do when I’m not doing either one of those is watch food TV. Anything but food TV. “
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Top Chef season 22 premieres on Bravo Thursday, March 13, at 9 p.m. ET.
Kylie Kelce is still all-in on her quest to add a pet cat to her and husband Jason Kelce’s family.
“I am in a great debate with my husband about getting a cat,” Kylie, 32, told guest Kat Dennings on the Thursday, March 13, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “Our oldest daughter, just the other day, told Dad, ‘We’re going to buy a cat.’ He was like, ‘Kylie, did you tell her we’re going to buy a cat?’ I was like, ‘I swear, I did not. It wasn’t me.’”
Kylie then joked that she subsequently asked 5-year-old Wyatt if she “wanted to go to the ASPCA” to rescue a kitten. (In addition to Wyatt, Kylie and Jason, 37, share daughters Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 2, and are currently expecting another little girl.)
“That’s where we always got our cats from [growing up],” Kylie said. “My husband has told our daughters that cats are poisonous. He is desperate to not have a cat, which is hilarious … [because] he grew up with a cat, Flash, who he was forever impressed by [when] she would catch birds mid-air in the backyard and it blew his mind.”
Kylie has been vocal about her desire to adopt a cat — she and Jason already share a dog named Baloo — since 2023. At the time, she asked her brother-in-law, Travis Kelce, on the sibling’s “New Heights” podcast for help since he “might like cats now.” (Travis, 35, is dating Taylor Swift, who is famously a cat lover and has three pet felines of her own.)
Dennings, who has her own squad of pet cats, further offered Kylie some advice to get the retired NFL center to change his mind.
“Everyone wants a kitten; they’re so cute,” Dennings, 38, said. “They’re only kittens for a very short time and then they’re cats. So, you might be better off with your husband [if] you take him in to maybe meet a cat who’s a little older, who’s already feisty and he might toss a couple things, watch that cat fly for it and he’ll fall in love.”
Dennings’ advice was “very helpful” to Kylie, who also has a backup plan in mind.
“One day I’m just going to take our kids to the local rescue and I’m going to pick out a cat and then I’m going to bring the cat home,” the pregnant podcaster teased. “I’m gonna full-commit [and adopt], then I’m going to make sure it’s a day or two where he’s not home, traveling.”
Kylie added, “At that point, the girls will be like, ‘This is the best thing ever, [and] they’ll get to bond with the cat, they’ll get to experience all the love and all of it — or just watch the cat if the cat is not a cuddly cat. By the time he returns, you can’t be the worst person ever and send the cat back.”
According to Kylie, if Jason tries to return the pet, he’ll “have four little girls looking at him like, ‘Dad, it’s our cat.’”
“I feel like this makes a lot of sense,” Kylie concluded. “[Kat,] I really appreciate your support through this.”
A judge has ruled whether to grant Blake Livelya stronger protective order amid her lawsuit against It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni.
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, March 13, Judge Lewis Liman approved Lively’s protective order in part, rejecting some of Wayfarer’s requests.
“Today, the Court rejected the Wayfarer Parties’ objections and entered the protections needed to ensure the free flow of discovery material without any risk of witness intimidation or harm to any individual’s security,” a spokesperson for Lively told Us in a statement. “With this order in place, Ms. Lively will move forward in the discovery process to obtain even more of the evidence that will prove her claims in Court.”
The court chose to “enter a protective order with a modified Attorneys’ Eyes Only provision,” meaning that certain documents would only be allowed to go between the clients’ attorneys and not be seen my said client unless ruled upon by a judge.
Baldoni’s attorneys also responded to the latest ruling. “We are fully in agreement with the Court’s decision to provide a narrow scope of protections to categories such as private mental health records and personal security measures that have never been of interest to us,” lawyer Bryan Freedman told Us in a statement on Thursday. “As opposed to Ms. Lively’s exceedingly over broad demand for documents for a 2 [and a half] year period of time which the court rightly quashed.”
That statement continued: “We remain focused on the necessary communications that will directly contradict Ms. Lively’s unfounded accusations. We will oppose any efforts by Ms. Lively and her team to hamper our clients’ ability to defend against her attacks by incorrectly categorizing important information as ‘trade secrets,’ especially considering there were no issues in providing these communications willingly to The New York Times.”
News broke last month that Lively, 37, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, sought a stronger protective order than the standard one they were initially granted when she and Baldoni, 41, each first filed their respective lawsuits.
“As detailed in Ms. Lively’s Amended Complaint, Ms. Lively, her family, other members of the cast, various fact witnesses, and individuals that have spoken out publicly in support of Ms. Lively have received violent, profane, sexist, and threatening communications,” a February letter from Lively and Reynolds, 48, read, noting Lively was seeking “additional protections.”
Lively had named Baldoni in a December 2024 lawsuit, alleging that he sexually harassed her and fostered a “hostile work environment” on the set of that year’s It Ends With Us. Lively amended her complaint in February, detailing the alleged “emotional impact” she faced including the multiple, violent social media messages she received.
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Baldoni vehemently and frequently denied Lively’s claims, also filing a $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds. The married couple, meanwhile, denounced his accusations.
Lively and Baldoni’s legal teams both met with the judge on March 6 to discuss the proposed protective order.
We want to stop the public publication of this information, in the case, during discovery. The rules try and prevent the burden to be on the third parties,” the actress’ lawyer said during Thursday’s hearing. “We should not make the dozens of third parties run to the court for protection. We are supposed to reduce the burden on third parties. He should drop the third-party subpoena against the security firm that protects Lively and Reynolds.”
The lawyer further made a case for protecting Lively’s private correspondence with other “high-profile individuals.”
“There is a significant chance of irreparable harm if marginal conversations with high-profile individuals with no relevance to the case were to fall into the wrong hands,” Lively’s attorney claimed.
Freedman, a lawyer for Baldoni, denied the allegations in his own statement before the judge.
“These are matters of ‘for attorney’s eyes only’ restrictions,” he said on March 6. “This is a case where no one has any intention of harming Ms. Lively in any way. She detailed the sexual harassment claims and put that out there. My clients have been adjudicated as guilty right when this was filed. My client has a right to fight back and to defend himself. We want to agree to the protective order and place the burden on the party, who wants greater protection, to go to court and be transparent.”
I won’t lie: I reach for leggings nine times out of ten throughout the week. I can’t help that they’re comfier than 90% of my wardrobe! As a shopping writer and self-proclaimed leggings expert, I know a good pair when I see one. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on leggings, but I just grabbed this $15 pair in every color from Walmart!
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Justin Bieber is getting real about how he thinks of himself while living in the public eye.
“People told me my whole life, ‘Wow Justin, u deserve that’ and I personally have always felt unworthy,” Bieber, 31, wrote via his Instagram Story on Thursday, March 13. “Like I was a fraud.”
The Grammy winner continued, “Like when people told me I deserve something, it made me feel sneaky, like, damn if they only knew my thoughts. How judgmental I am, how selfish I really am. They wouldn’t be saying this.”
As Gold Tiger’s “Sneaky Sneaky” played in the background of the post, Bieber reminded his followers that if they aren’t feeling their absolute best, they are not alone.
“I say all this to say if you feel sneaky, welcome to the club,” he concluded. “I definitely feel unequipped and unqualified most days.”
Bieber’s candid social media post comes as the “Baby” singer continues to face public scrutiny for his behavior.
In February, Bieber’s rep told TMZ that rumors about Bieber using hard drugs were “absolutely not true,” calling the speculation “exhausting and pitiful.” Per the rep, the chatter about Bieber’s mental health “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
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Bieber’s rep added that the past year has been “very transformative” for the singer, who “ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him.”
One person who appears to be in Justin’s corner is his wife, Hailey Bieber. As the couple continues to raise their 6-month-old son, Jack, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the Rhode founder, 28, remains a positive force in Justin’s life.
“Hailey is trying to be as supportive as possible,” the insider explained to Us. “It can be hard for Hailey, but she’s always there for him and is understanding.”
Through it all, Justin continues to give fans hope that he will return to music sooner rather than later. Earlier in the week, he shared a photo of himself playing the piano in a makeshift studio. In a separate post, he posed next to a guitar as he seemingly worked on new tracks.
“Justin is a happy camper right now,” a source told Us in February, adding that “he’s happier than he’s been in a long time.”
The insider added that “there’s no breakdown” and Bieber “just really doesn’t care what people think.”
Billy Flynn is saying goodbye to Days of Our Lives, but he’s not leaving the world of soaps just yet.
“I love acting, and I love stories, and I never imagined I would just tell one story for the rest of my life,” Flynn, 39, said of his time on Days in a Thursday, March 13, interview with Variety. “The fact that I’ve been here 10 years and it’s gone by in the blink of an eye is amazing to me. I wasn’t a baby when I started here; I was 30. I didn’t start acting until I was 26. So it’s gone by really fast.”
After playing Chad DiMera for the past decade, Flynn has decided to say goodbye and take on a new role on a different soap opera: The Young the Restless.
“I think with this character, I’ve done everything I can with it,” he reflected of his role as DiMera. “I’m looking forward to doing something new. I’m about to start a new journey and tell another story. It really is just that simple.”
In addition to a new change of scenery, Flynn is looking forward to a new workflow structure that differs from the one he was accustomed to.
“We do the best work we can despite the obstacles that we’ve faced as a show. Part of that move I’m excited about is [that] they move slower and there’s more time to do stuff. But I was trained like a warrior here,” he told the outlet. “There’s a different pace [here], but it’s made me the actor and the person I am today.”
While Flynn is excited about the new opportunity, he confessed it is “bittersweet” to say goodbye to Days of Our Lives and its loyal fans.
“The outpouring of well wishes and love since this came out has been humbling,” he shared. “It’s been incredibly moving to me, and I’m gonna take that with me. I hope [fans] continue to watch Days and support Days and support whoever might come in and play Chad, if there ever is that case. I hope they do that and give somebody the same love they gave me. And I hope that they come with me on this journey that I’m on and support me doing that too.”
Due to the Days of Our Lives filming schedule, Flynn will remain on the soap opera until 2026 while working on The Young and the Restless simultaneously.
Details of Flynn’s Young and the Restless character remain under wraps. Young and the Restless head writer Josh Griffith, who previously worked alongside Flynn on Days of Our Lives, shared a statement to Variety welcoming Flynn to the cast.
“On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we look forward to welcoming Billy to the show,” the statement read. “He will be a wonderful addition to Y&R’s stellar cast.”
Flynn made his Days of Our Lives debut in 2014. While on the series, he received three Daytime Emmy nominations.
