“He was very well dressed, very shy,” the “Rocketman” crooner told Paradein early 2010 of their first meeting in 1993. “We fell in love very quickly. He was independent. I didn’t need to take care of him. I thought, ‘God, this is new territory for me — someone wants to be with me just because he likes me.’”
John — who publicly came out as gay in 1996 — opened up about his journey and meeting the “love of [his] life” in an open letter to Zachary and Elijah.
“Looking back over the past 75 years, there is so much I am proud of, so much I have learned. As you are the two most precious parts of my life, I want to share some of those lessons with you,” the songwriter penned in a Timemagazine essay in March 2022. “Being true to myself is what gave me my voice and helped me face my greatest fears. I’ve forged deep friendships, found the love of my life and became your Daddy. Whoever you grow up to be, just be you — fully and completely you.”
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Not every former Bachelorette found The One on the ABC series — but they’ve all captivated audiences with their search for love.
The Bachelor spinoff started off strong with Trista and Ryan Sutter, who got engaged during the first season of The Bachelorette in 2003. The couple, who have been married since December of that year, have since welcomed two children.
“I do not [regret it],” Trista exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2021 of her nuptials. “It was the best day ever. A close second to my children’s births. … But no, I don’t regret it at all. It was a beautiful day and I feel very lucky to have had the experience.”
While everlasting love has been the end result for some of the Bachelorettes, others haven’t been as lucky.
Scroll down to see which Bachelorettes maintained their relationships after the final rose — and which ones found love outside the show:
Fans grow to know and love reality TV stars as real people, not as characters — which makes the loss hit even harder.
In recent years, stars from The Deadliest Catch, The Real World, Survivor, The Real Housewives, Buckwild, and The Bachelorette have died suddenly and tragically.
In some cases, the production of the show is massively impacted. In April 2013, MTV hit pause on the production of Buckwild, a reality series that followed nine young adults in West Virginia, after the death of star Shain Gandee.
The reality star, along with his uncle and friend, were found dead after an off-roading accident. Gandee was 21 years old. According to the West Virginia Sheriff’s Department, the group died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the vehicle got stuck in the mud.
The show was canceled one week following the death, and the first part of season 2 was never aired.
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Throughout Dancing With the Stars’ history, pros have struck up romances with their partners, other contestants and fellow pros — and while some showmances didn’t stick, others are still going strong.
Gleb Savchenko and Keo Motsepe made headlines in fall of 2020 after they were both linked to season 29 contestant Chrishell Stause. Savchenko was accused of being more than friends with his partner in November 2020, after his wife of 13 years, Elena Samodanova, announced their separation.
Savchenko and the Selling Sunset star denied the allegations, and Stause went Instagram official with Motsepe one month later. Us Weekly confirmed in February 2021 that the pair had split after a whirlwind romance.
Actor Daniel Durant and his season 31 partner, Britt Stewart, got together after they danced together on the ABC series in 2022. They confirmed their romance in February 2023 and announced their engagement that December.
Scroll down to find out which DWTS relationships were short-lived, and which ones lasted:
After initially keeping their romance under wraps, Katie HolmesandJamie Foxx put their love on display after going public in 2015.
Holmes began her relationship with Foxx one year after finalizing her divorce from Tom Cruise in 2012. (Holmes and Cruise, who share a daughter, wed in 2006, two years after she called off her engagement to Chris Klein.)
Since becoming a global superstar, Taylor Swift has amassed quite the crew of celebrity friends.
The Grammy winner aligned herself with the likes of Cara Delevingne, Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss in the early 2010s. That exclusive squad eventually evolved to a smaller, tight-knit group.
“In my 20s I found myself surrounded by girls who wanted to be my friend,” Swift wrote in a May 2019 Elle essay. “So I shouted it from the rooftops, posted pictures and celebrated my newfound acceptance into a sisterhood, without realizing that other people might still feel the way I did when I felt so alone.”
Swift noted the importance of “learning the difference between lifelong friendships” and “situationships,” explaining, “It’s sad but sometimes when you grow, you outgrow relationships.”
She realized true friends were “the ones who stuck around” through highs and lows. “I have friends and fans in my life who don’t care if I’m #canceled,” she wrote. “They were there in the worst times and they’re here now.”
Scroll down to see Swift’s A-list BFFs through the years!
“I had to convince him that I was slightly more responsible and well-spoken and had other things to bring to the table besides being 18,” she later told Elle magazine.
The pair first got engaged in November 2006 but called off the wedding in February 2009. By 2010, however, they were back on, and in June of that year, they tied the knot in a ceremony at the Four Seasons on Hawaii’s Big Island.
They welcomed their first child, Noah, in September 2012 and their second child, Bodhi, in February 2014. Just over one year later, however,they announced their separation. Fox filed for divorce in August 2015, citing irreconcilable differences.
Eight months later, Us Weekly confirmed that the New Girl alum was pregnant with her third child. Journey arrived in August 2016, three years before Fox filed to dismiss their divorce case. Less than one year later in May 2020, Green confirmed they split again.
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From her signature red hair circa Mean Girls to her short-lived stint as a platinum blonde, Lindsay Lohan has had quite the hair evolution.
A natural born redhead, there’s no question that the actress always goes back to her rust-colored roots, which she has said makes her feel “spunkier.”
That said, Lohan is known for experimenting with her locks. She’ll switch up her cut, color and length on the regular. And to be quite honest, her hair transformations are nothing short of amazing.
In her younger years, she was au natural, rocking her brilliant beyond brilliant red hair in movies like Parent Trap and Freaky Friday. But as she rose to stardom, the Lindsay Lohan’s Mykonos Beach Club star started to switch things up.
She tried out chunky blonde highlights around 2002 and then gave face-framing fringe a try in 2003.After that, the star kept going brighter and blonder. She went from honey hues and bright bobs to a caramel color in 2005.
While she went on to swap between light and dark tones in the following years, she eventually returned to her natural color in 2012.
In 2024, Lohan proved to have a glow up with her warm blonde highlights, which she debuted at the Our Little Secret premiere in New York City. For the soirée, she pulled back her crown into a half-up coif and wore the rest of her mane in loose curls. She donned a full beat with her elegant updo, including long lashes, blushed cheeks, and glossy lips.
Keep scrolling to see Lohan’s marvelous mane evolution through the years:
Beyoncé went near naked in October 2024 while dressing up as Michael Jackson for Halloween. In one shot she shared via Instagram, the singer ditched her costume and held her breasts while rocking purple gloves. She teamed her daring look with diamond jewelry and black underwear.
Ratajkowski also went topless while giving fans a glimpse at “divorce rings” — and her chest — in March 2024, which she got after her split with ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. At the time, she flaunted her diamond rings while laying topless in bed.
Kourtney Kardashian also shared a snap of Travis Barker holding her bust before they welcomed son Rocky in November 2023.
Keep scrolling to see the sexiest moments stars have posed au naturel:
Some of the most iconic roles in film and TV could have looked very different had they gone to the original casting choices.
Before Billy Crudupbrought Stillwater singer Russell Hammond to life in the 2000 music drama, director Cameron Crowe had his eye on Brad Pitt, who was “just starting out” in his now-legendary career. “He just really had something,” Crowe gushed during the premiere episode of the “Origins: Almost Famous Turns Twenty” podcast in July 2020.
While Pitt nailed his audition — and had Crowe “rolling on the floor” in laughter — it just wasn’t the perfect fit for that moment. Crowe even admitted that he “wept” when the Fight Club star pulled out of the project.
“But I think in the back of my brain, I knew that he had never fully fallen in love with the character,” Crowe said. “He had fallen in love with the idea of the character. But, maybe there just wasn’t enough on the page.”
Scroll down to find out which stars almost played some of the most iconic roles in film and TV!
Celebrities are just as obsessed with Disney World and Disneyland as anyone else — and these photos prove it.
When Hollywood’s A-listers wish upon a star, they just might end up at one of Mickey Mouse’s theme parks. However, some celebs started making trips to Cinderella’s castle long before they were well known.
“I grew up in Orange County, so I grew up going to Disneyland all the time,” Milo Ventimiglia explained during a February 2018 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, noting that he spent an eventful 12th birthday at the California park. “Growing up at Disneyland, I mean, it was one of those places that you’d go and you’d fall in love, but you’d also, like, go and, like, get in real trouble.”
Ryan Gosling had a similar experience growing up on the Mickey Mouse Club Florida set. “That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day. … Backstage at Disney World, there are stories,” he told Esquire in August 2011. “Mickey Mouse with his head off, drinking coffee on break. Pirates on the phone. Ghosts in line for food. It just made me see things.”
Keep scrolling to see celebs visiting Disney Parks through the years:
Since 2005, celebrities have battled it out in the ballroom for a chance at glory on Dancing With the Stars.
Celebs including Kim Kardashian, Kelly Osbourne and Kirstie Alley have waltzed, tangoed and cha-cha-cha’d their hearts out, only to come up short against the competition.
With the help of professional dancers — including Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, Mark Ballas and brothers Maksim and Val Chmerkovskiy — some stars have earned the coveted title of America’s best dancer.
Derek, for his part, took home six trophies — with partners Brooke Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler, Amber Riley and Bindi Irwin — before becoming a judge in 2020.
“When Tom Brady won a seventh Super Bowl, I was like, ‘Oh no, do I need to go for seven here?’” he exclusively joked to Us Weekly in May 2021. “No, I think — who knows? I never say never, but for right now, I’m looking forward to going back as a judge.”
Take a look back at the stars whose fancy footwork earned them a spot on the elite list of DWTS winners below: