While many celebrities have gotten criticism for asking for donations after wildfire destruction, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are telling Us why they aren’t bothered by the “backlash.”

“We’re very used to negative things, so it’s pretty standard,” Pratt, 41, 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 added, “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.”

Pratt and Montag, 38, lost their Los Angeles home in the ongoing wildfires that have devastated Southern California earlier this month. The natural disaster engulfed thousands of acres and led to at least 25 deaths. Many residents, including The Hills alums, evacuated the city limits following governmental orders.

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Pratt and Montag left the area with their sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 2, with only a few personal effects. After losing most of their belongings, a pair of TikTok followers created a GoFundMe campaign on Pratt and Montag’s behalf.

“When this first happened, that first day, they created a GoFundMe on their own and it just kept on doing great and so amazing,” Pratt recalled. “And then they transferred it over to us. We’re so thankful for them doing that and they set up the Amazon wishlist.”

Montag further stressed that neither she nor Pratt wanted to ask for contributions.

“Then our friends Brandon and Courtney [from TikTok] were like, ‘We don’t care what you say. We know people who want to donate money to you and even if it’s one donation that’s going to help you,’” she told Us. “So, we had no expectation of anyone donating. I haven’t posted it, but we’ve had so many people wanting to give $5.”

According to the GoFundMe, the Pratts have raised over $134,000 so far and some of the generosity is as small as $5, but it’s not the amount that matters — the gift itself means so much more.

“People are like, ‘Oh, they’re asking for money,’ That’s a coffee for somebody, so somebody bought us a coffee,” he explained. “It’s just in volume, so it may look like all it’s money, but scroll [through and see] it’s just people sending you a latte.”

“There’s some people that it’s a bigger number and I thanked every single person.”

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Pratt further theorized that the supposed backlash came from those who falsely believe that celebrities are all extremely wealthy.

“Nobody thought we were rich celebrities until three days ago and it’s getting frustrating. Like if you Google ‘Spencer,’ it literally [says] ‘Broke, no net worth,’” Pratt said on Wednesday. “My net worth on that site that you search for the last 15 years … has been $1,000. So now our house burns down, my parents’ house burns down [and] now we’re rich celebrities, which is infuriating because the media, respectfully, has never called us celebrities [and] never called us rich.”

He added, “It’s this weird disconnect that we’re getting grouped in with actual rich celebrities, which it’s great if we were … but we’re not, people know that.”

According to Pratt, it is “just haters” who are calling him and Montag out.

“There’s nobody with a brain [who] thinks we’re rich celebrities. It’s like these are just hater people trolling,” he said. “The people [who] are supporting us and have been following our lifestyle on social media, they see we’re not rich celebrities. They see what we do every day. We have been posting our life on Snapchat for the last 11 years, all day long. Our audience knows we’re not rich celebrities, they know we just eat Mexican food and we get organic eggs and they know we do it. We film everything.”

In addition to GoFundMe and Amazon Wishlist donations, Pratt and Montag also have funds coming in from their respective business ventures and social media uploads. Many fans have purchased crystals from his Pratt Daddy Crystals shop as well as frequently streaming Montag’s past music and buying her accompanying merch. (They are also members of the TikTok Creator Fund, where the app pays influencers for each popular video that gains authentic engagement, as well as a similar program on Snapchat.)

“Heidi’s No. 1 in 13 countries, I didn’t know people in Oman were going to support Heidi, Netherlands, Philippines, Saudi, I mean all these countries that I hope, God willing, and she becomes a global superstar,” Pratt gushed. “We could go visit and hug these people that were there for us when we needed it the most.”

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Their former MTV costars Kristin Cavallari, Audrina Patridge and Lo Bosworth have also filmed themselves dancing to tracks from Montag’s 2010 Superficial in respective videos.

“The overwhelming support of these people using their platforms to help us when they know how influential their platforms are, and how important every single post is to them and their brands and to ask the people who follow them to rally behind us and to help us — it’s amazing,”  Montag gushed. “We’ve never experienced that kind of support or kindness or acknowledgment even and for something that’s so important has just been really heartwarming.”

Pratt, who noted they are planning to rebuild their family home, has recently been candid about their financial situation in recent social media videos.

“We put all of our money into our house and our life to build something for our kids to put in their name and every detail we just kept on every year for the last eight years,” he told Us. “Our house was 3,000 square feet. It is not a mansion in the Palisades. Everything was perfect from the stoves to the washing machines. That’s all we put our money into — and then we go and eat nice groceries at Erewhon. But our life was like, ‘Put our money into our house, eat clean groceries and that’s it.’ We go on one trip a year to see Heidi’s parents in Colorado.”

Pratt continued, “Any money we make from any TV opportunities or social media opportunities is just check to check. So the whole like, ‘Oh, Heidi and Spencer [are] these rich celebrities ask for money.’ I wish I was a rich celebrity, I keep saying I’d be in Cabo right now eating tacos.”

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.

With reporting by Andrea Simpson

Many stars have golden relationships that have lasted at least 50 years.

For instance, Dolly Parton has been married to Carl Dean since 1966 and they still remain blissfully in love.

“We’re the perfect partners,” Parton exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2022. “We both have a great sense of humor. … We’re able to solve any problems and any situation, making a joke about it and not letting it get too heavy, but we respect each other and we like each other. We lucked up, let’s put it that way.”

Parton also revealed the “little ways” that the pair keep their spark alive.

“Last year on his birthday, I dressed up in my Playboy bunny suit, made him breakfast and [ran] around in that for a little while,” she quipped to Us. “You know, most people can keep a marriage [going strong] if you make a little effort. Some people just get slouching and lazy and about stuff that ain’t important, like leaving the toilet seat up. And if that’s the worst thing you’ve to worry about, you’re already in trouble.”

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Former President Barack Obama made sure his wife, Michelle Obama, was celebrated with great fanfare on her 61st birthday.

“Happy birthday to the love of my life, @MichelleObama,” Barack, 63, wrote via X on Friday, January 17. “You fill every room with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace — and you look good doing it. I’m so lucky to be able to take on life’s adventures with you. Love you!”

Barack also uploaded an image of the couple holding hands from across the table while at a private dinner.

Michelle, for her part, reposted her spouse’s note, captioning it, “Love you, honey!”

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Barack and Michelle have been married since 1992 after meeting a decade earlier during their early legal careers in Chicago. They went on to welcome daughters Malia and Sasha in 1998 and 2001, respectively. (Sasha completed the family seven years before Barack was elected president of the United States for his first of two consecutive terms.)

Throughout Barack’s political career, fans have frequently praised his seemingly perfect marriage.

Happy birthday to the love of my life, @MichelleObama. You fill every room with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace – and you look good doing it. I’m so lucky to be able to take on life’s adventures with you. Love you! pic.twitter.com/WTrvxlNVa4

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 17, 2025

“I don’t want people looking at me and Barack like hashtag couple goals and not know that no, no, there are some broken things that happen even in the best of marriages,” Michelle said during an episode of the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast in January 2024. “After 31 years, yeah, we still do [cross the line], but you know it quicker. And then you apologize. You learn how to say my bad, right? That takes a second, right?”

She added, “I talk about marriage because I just think that No. 1, most people don’t talk about it. What happens is that by not knowing, you hit, in your relationship, some natural, like, understandable rough patches, and you want to quit. And it’s like, ‘Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That’s not quit-worthy. That’s just the nature of things.’ That’s why I joked, it’s like, ‘Oh, you’re mad at your partner, you’re mad for a year and you think the marriage is over.’”

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For Michelle, she and Barack have been able to “learn from” the hardships instead of giving up.

“Of course, it’s going to be hard, you know, but I wouldn’t trade in my marriage for anything in the world with all the ups and downs, with all the running for president stuff,” Michelle added at the time. “And if we hadn’t hung in there, we would have missed all the good.”

The Obamas are now empty nesters as both Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, have each graduated from college and moved out of the family home. The sisters are still roommates, frequently inviting their parents over for drinks.

“We were going to take them to dinner, and they said, ‘Why don’t you come over to our spot for cocktails?’” Michelle recalled on the Today show in 2022. “We were like, ‘OK, let’s see what this is going to be like.’ Well, [first], the martinis were a little weak. I don’t think they really knew what it was.”

Music’s biggest names are joining forces for a pair of FireAid benefit concerts to support those displaced by the recent and ongoing wildfires.

Katy Perry, John Mayer, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish and Gwen Stefani were among the A-Listers tapped to perform at the two upcoming shows, according to a press release. Other included artists will be Dave Matthews, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gracie Abrams, Green Day, Jelly Roll, Joni Mitchell, Tate McRae, Rod Stewart, Sting and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The concerts will even be the first time that Mayer, 47, and Matthews, 58, have ever performed together.

The benefit shows will be held at California’s own Intuit Dome and Kia Forum venues on Thursday, January 30. The show will also be broadcast by select AMC Theaters and online via Apple Music, Max, Netflix, YouTube and more streaming platforms.

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The one-night-only event will raise funds to help rebuild communities that were devastated in the natural disaster and help prevent similar incidents in the future.

“Contributions made to FireAid will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation, for short-term relief efforts and long-term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters,” a press release reads. “The Annenberg Foundation, with decades of philanthropic leadership in our community, including rapid response, will help coordinate a team to direct funds for the greatest impact. All proceeds from the FireAid benefit concert at Intuit Dome and Kia Forum will go directly to the event’s designated beneficiaries, as the LA Clippers will be covering the millions in expenses associated with the event.”

A string of wildfires broke out in Los Angeles earlier this month, rapidly ravaging thousands of acres of property and killing over 25 individuals. In addition, thousands of celebrities left the city limits under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders.

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“This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time,” Mayer wrote via Instagram on January 9. “These are the ‘documents’ you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it. Those who say they’ll be OK still have their folders and their albums. Those who are inconsolable have lost them. Just behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of the proof of life.”

He added, “I don’t practice prayer but tonight I will say one for everyone who no longer has these items. It’s not about the art and the collectibles. It’s the photos, the letters, the class rings, the eyeglasses and the things we keep to remind us that those we loved were here. May those who have lost so much find some semblance of hope and support from their family and friends. Stay safe, look out for yourself and for one another, and trust that humanity and all it entails, though sometimes hard to see, is alive and well. This is truly devastating.”

In regards to the benefit concert, Mayer wrote in an Instagram note that it was “an honor” to be included in the performance lineup.

“It’s an honor to be in a position to help a cause as important as rebuilding lives and communities that were devastated by wildfires,” he wrote on Thursday.

The FireAid Benefit Concert kicks off Thursday, January 30, at 6 p.m. PT and will air concurrently on multiple streaming platforms. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, January 22, at 12 p.m. ET via Ticketmaster.

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.

The government’s proposed TikTok ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court, essentially banning the app in the United States.

SCOTUS confirmed its unanimous ruling on Friday, January 17, voting to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that was introduced last year.

“I join all but Part II.A of the Court’s per curiam opinion. I see no reason to assume without deciding that the Act implicates the First Amendment because our precedent leaves no doubt that it does,” Justice Sonia Sotomayer wrote in her concurring judgment. “TikTok engages in expressive activity by ‘compiling and curating’ material on its platform.”

She added, “Laws that ‘impose a disproportionate burden’ upon those engaged in expressive activity are subject to heightened scrutiny under the First Amendment. The challenged Act plainly imposes such a burden: It bars any entity from distributing TikTok’s speech in the United States unless TikTok undergoes a qualified divestiture. The Act, moreover, effectively prohibits TikTok from collaborating with certain entities regarding its ‘content recommendation algorithm’ even following a qualified divestiture.”

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The bill was initially proposed after Congress shared concerns about the possibility of espionage since TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese parent company.

Despite ByteDance challenging the act’s First Amendment protections, the ruling means that the app will likely shut down by Sunday, January 19, unless the president intervenes or ByteDance sells off the social media platform. (Despite Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary’s own bid to purchase TikTok, ByteDance has asserted there are no divesting plans.)

Without further intervention, TikTok will be removed from smartphone app stores on Sunday. It is also a possibility that ByteDance will cease operating abilities for U.S. users who’ve already downloaded the app.

The now-confirmed ban has caused confusion for many influencers — who make a living sharing videos on the platform — and celebrities.

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“Can someone tell me where all the cool people are going now that TikTok is getting banned?” singer Bebe Rexha said in a TikTok video earlier this week. “I’m just asking for a friend.”

In the comments section, Rexha’s followers suggested fledgling apps BlueSky and RedNote.

Other social media stars had specific thoughts about losing a potential revenue stream.

“I think everyone loses,” Marc D’Amelio said in ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline” special that aired in May 2024. “I think small business loses. I think the politicians lose also.”

Influencers often earned revenue through the TikTok Creator Fund if a video receives at least 100,000 authentic views in a 30-day period. Funds are calculated by the amount and authenticity of said views, as well as the level of follower engagement. Monetary stipends vary daily and there isn’t a fixed maxim of how much can be earned.

TikTokers have also been able to earn stipends from brand sponsorships, selling merch on the TikTok Shop, collecting tips from followers, going live and other affiliate partnerships.

In a handful of TikTok videos from other creators, they reminded followers to keep up with them on other platforms.

“I just want to let you guys know that there will be a place for us to go and talk about all things Clique, all things original series [and] all things new book very, very soon,” The Clique star Ellen Marlow, who is cowriting a sequel with OG author Lisi Harrison, said in a video on her page. “We’re working so hard on it without revealing too much because it’s not quite ready yet. There’s going to be a larger place for us all to connect.”

Justin Baldoni is leaning on his loved ones amid his ongoing legal battle against Blake Lively.

“We’re grateful to be with the family, man,” Baldoni, 40, told photographers on Friday, January 17, at Los Angeles International Airport in a video obtained by TMZ. “We have amazing friends and family and faith.”

Baldoni shares daughter Maiya, 9, and son Maxwell, 7, with his wife, Emily. According to photos published by TMZ, Baldoni was joined by his brood on Friday.

One day prior, news broke that Baldoni named Lively, 37, in a $400 million lawsuit. In the filing, obtained by Us, Baldoni’s legal team claimed that Lively was “determined to make Baldoni the real-life villain in her story” to mask her alleged “tone-deaf” promotion of the film.

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Baldoni directed and starred in 2024’s It Ends With Us, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel about an abusive relationship. Lively also starred in the film, portraying protagonist Lily Bloom, and served as an executive producer. (Baldoni played Lily’s husband, Ryle Kincaid.)

Months after the movie’s August 2024 premiere, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and fostering a “hostile work environment.” She also claimed in her December 2024 lawsuit that Baldoni attempted to coordinate a concentrated campaign to ruin her reputation.

“This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement to Us on Thursday, January 16. “It is clear based on our own all out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.”

Freedman continued, “Ms. Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment solely for her personal reputation gain at the expense of those without power. Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action.  We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie.”

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Lively, through a spokesperson, denied the accusations in a statement.

“This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its associates is another chapter in the abuser playbook. This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim,” Lively’s lawyers told Us in a statement. “This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. Wayfarer has opted to use the resources of its billionaire co-founder to issue media statements, launch meritless lawsuits, and threaten litigation to overwhelm the public’s ability to understand that what they are doing is retaliation against sexual harassment allegations.”

Lively’s attorneys further claimed that Baldwin’s camp was “trying to shift the narrative” by falsely claiming she took over production and alienated the It Ends With Us cast from Baldoni.

“The evidence will show that the cast and others had their own negative experiences with Mr. Baldoni and Wayfarer,” Lively’s statement continued. “The evidence will also show that Sony asked Ms. Lively to oversee Sony’s cut of the film, which they then selected for distribution and was a resounding success. Their response to sexual harassment allegations: she wanted it, it’s her fault. Their justification for why this happened to her: look what she was wearing.  In short, while the victim focuses on the abuse, the abuser focuses on the victim. The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”

Baldoni’s team has not responded to Lively’s response. Us has reached out for comment.

Drew Barrymore has a sense of humor about her past addiction struggles.

During Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek of the Sunday, January 19, episode of Hollywood Squares, Barrymore, 49, was asked who Tom Conti played in 2023’s Oppenheimer.

“Punky Brewster,” she quipped. “By the way, I was on the set of that show, of course. Oh, yeah, me and Soleil Moon Frye used to kick it!”

Barrymore’s fellow panelist Whitney Cummings then asked if the Punky Brewster set visit was during her “cocaine days.” (The four-season sitcom aired between 1984 and 1988.)

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“Actually, it was just before,” Barrymore explained. “I was with Punky and then I got spunky.”

Barrymore, the iconic Center Square on the rebooted game show, has been a Hollywood mainstay since childhood following a scene-stealing turn in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. By age 13, Barrymore entered rehab for the first time after experimenting with drugs and alcohol. She has been sober since 2019.

“I’ve had a ‘bad girl’ narrative on my back my whole life. I thought I deserved bad things. Now I’m raising two daughters. I can’t do that to myself anymore,” Barrymore exclusively told Us Weekly in February 2024. “Kind of like the drinking — I’m picking off things one at a time, going, ‘I can’t carry you anymore. You aren’t good for me.’”

Barrymore shares daughters Olive, 12, and Frankie, 10, with ex-husband Will Kopelman and has since been candid about how motherhood shifted her overall perspective.

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“The personal part of me has been the ultimate work in progress. The professional in me feels really brave and never entitled. Always so privileged and grateful,” she revealed to Us last year. “I’ve lost everything. I’ve got it back. I’ve lost it again. Got it back. So I don’t assume anything stays. I know not to take anything for granted. Whatever difficult times I’ve gone through professionally, I believed I could rewrite things. Then in my personal life, I was a failure and a broken person. I can’t f—ing believe I’m alive sometimes. And it’s the first time in my life, going on 49, that [the personal and professional] are complementing each other. Time is the greatest asset we have — it allows things to get better, to shift, to have light come into a dark space.”

Presently, Barrymore appears on Hollywood Squares and her eponymous The Drew Barrymore Show, respectively.

A special episode of Hollywood Squares airs on CBS Sunday, January 19, after the AFC primetime football game. Later episodes will be broadcast Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp wasn’t always firm on her decision to divorce Edwin Arroyave.

“We went to this whole couple’s therapy thing and it announced me as an introvert, and it was shocking information for everybody, even though I’ve been saying this my entire life,” Mellencamp, 43, said during the Thursday, January 16, episode of her “Diamonds in the Rough” podcast. “I am naturally an introvert, so I enjoy my alone time [and] I need to recharge.”

Despite finding solace in the quiet moments, she wasn’t ready for the heightened solitude of getting divorced. (Mellencamp separated from Arroyave, 47, in fall 2024 and filed for divorce that November.)

“There’s moments that I’m feeling now, where I feel really lonely and I don’t know if those loneliness feelings mean that I’ve made a mistake or this is just something I have to get used to and this is the new change in my life,” Mellencamp questioned, trying to hold back tears. “Oh my gosh, I’m so embarrassed I’m getting emotional, but that it is such a confusing part of all of this.”

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She continued, “Are you supposed to power through or are you supposed to give it [time]?”

Mellencamp’s podcast cohost, Erika Jayne — whose own personal life hit headlines in 2020 following her split from now-disbarred lawyer Thomas Girardi — chimed in to share her support.

“She’s in the thick of it right now, and it’s very fresh and very hard,” Jayne, 53, said on the Thursday episode. “I feel for her because none of this is easy and to pick yourself up and even be on a podcast today and talk about it. You know, Teddi, you need to cut yourself a break. If you didn’t say you felt lonely, I would be worried that you were.”

For Mellencamp, it feels like she has a “constant ache” that she’s “trying to fake [her] way through” each day.

“I have talked about this in therapy, but it’s almost, like, I’m attracted to another chaotic situation,” Mellencamp explained. “I don’t want to give too much away about my parents or anything like that, but clearly my dad [John Mellencamp] was a rock star. He met some girl at the Rainbow Room and it was my mom and they had babies [while] he was married already. Like, everything was a s— show.”

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Teddi continued, “There’s been a lot of ups and downs in my life, and my only goal has ever been … to give my kids stability. I don’t know if it’s loneliness or I feel scared, [but] I also don’t feel like I’m enough, like, all those things.”

Teddi and Arroyave share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, as well as son Cruz, 10. (Arroyave is also father to daughter Isabella, 15, from a past relationship.)

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It is the end of an era for TikTok users in the United States, as the app will officially be banned later this month.

The Supreme Court of the United States voted in a unanimous decision on Friday, January 17,  to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a law effectively banning the app in the country, per CBS News. TikTok will need to be removed from smartphone app stores when the law goes into effect on Sunday, January 19.

Congress passed the law last year, which makes it unlawful for providers (like Google or Apple) to “distribute, maintain or update” an app controlled by a foreign adversary (China, Russia, North Korea or Iran). Government officials were wary about ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, having access to U.S. citizens’ data out of fear of espionage. ByteDance, meanwhile, claimed the ban was a violation of First Amendment protections regarding free speech.

TikTok could remain available if it separates from ByteDance, and a 90-day extension can be granted by the president if a sale is underway.

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With the Supreme Court voting to uphold the law, a whole slate of social media stars, celebrities and other users will have to leave the platform for good.

“I think everyone loses,” Marc D’Amelio said in ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline” special from May 2024. “I think small business loses. I think the politicians lose also.”

Marc and his wife, Heidi D’Amelio, are the parents to social media mavens Dixie and Charli, whose online dances went viral in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We didn’t call ourselves the first family of TikTok,” Marc, 56, added in the ABC News special. “It’s hard to believe that many people sat and watched a video. I think the ability to turn someone who’s obscure into an overnight, famous person, I don’t think there’s any other platform like that.”

There is also the possibility that an American owner could buy the app from ByteDance — and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary has already put in an unofficial offer.

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“We want to make it clear … that we are a buyer,” O’Leary, 70, told Yahoo! Finance on Friday, January 10. “We’ve got a valid syndicate. We’re prepared to put up as much as $20 billion, and we don’t need the algorithm. We don’t want the algorithm.”

O’Leary formed a consortium with other entrepreneurs, including billionaire Frank McCourt Jr., to purchase the app for $20 billion.

“You should make the assumption that in order for them to know there was an offer, we found a way to get it to them,” he told the outlet, referring to ByteDance’s hesitance to accept the offer. “I know all the shareholders. So does Frank. We know who they are. We’ve known that for two years. I know them personally.”

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Cameron Diaz is back in action on the big screen — and her husband, Benji Madden, is her No. 1 fan.

“This is my QUEEN I celebrate this BADASS WOMAN. Wife, mommy, friend, partner, boss and lover,” Madden, 45, wrote via Instagram on Friday, January 17. “We just hit 10 YEARS married on January 5th and every year only gets more fulfilling. It’s special. Never perfect — always real [and] always reliable.”

He added, “Every day getting to have my best friend with me ride or die. What a beautiful life — I am GRATEFUL!!! and ANOTHER MiLESTONE happening TOMORROW!!! We are SO happy to see you…. BACK IN ACTION!! … Congrats baby!!.”

Madden further encouraged his social media followers to “go watch” Back in Action on Netflix, which stars 52-year-old Diaz and Jamie Foxx, who previously shared the screen in 2014’s Annie.

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Madden also uploaded a sweet pic of the couple posing on a beach. In the fresh-faced selfie, Diaz wrapped her arm around the Good Charlotte rocker while he snapped the photo.

Back in Action is Diaz’s first acting role in a decade. She previously took a step back from Hollywood in 2018 to focus on her family. Diaz and Madden, who got married in 2015, welcomed daughter Raddix in 2019. Son Cardinal followed in 2024.

“Being a wife and a mother has been the most … fulfilling part of my life so far,” Diaz said during a February 2021 appearance on SiriusXM’s Quarantined With Bruce show. “I waited for this … so I didn’t have any distractions. Like, I can’t imagine [working now]. As a mother with my child, to have to be on a movie set that takes 14 hours, 16 hours, of my time away from her — I just couldn’t.”

She continued at the time, “I personally feel like I wouldn’t be the mom that I am now had I chosen to do that at any other time in my life.”

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During her film hiatus, Diaz felt like she was “trying to stay alive just like every other mother.”

“I’m just trying to keep it going,” Diaz explained in an Instagram video shared via Netflix’s account on Wednesday, January 15.

A source exclusively told Us Weekly earlier this month that Madden “cheered her on every step of the way” when she decided to star in Back in Action.

“They’re a team,” a second insider told Us. “They’re always lifting each other up and prioritizing each other’s happiness. Benji’s a very hands-on dad and extremely helpful.”

Back in Action is now streaming on Netflix.

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Ali Fedotowsky left Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test season 3 training early after an unforeseen finger injury.

“My injury just ended up being a bad sprain, but I understand why the medic made the call he made even though it still all feels very unfair,” Fedotowsky, 40, wrote in a Wednesday, January 15, Instagram post. “I never actually went to the medic. He came to our barracks to check on some people with hypothermia and I asked him for some tape and ibuprofen and that’s when he looked at my hand and told me to come to his office. I just wanted Advil!”

She continued, “Even though the DS and the producers wanted me to have the choice to keep going, once the medic makes the call nobody can go against it. I’m disappointed. I wanted the experience so badly. Maybe I’ll have another chance one day! But regardless, I’m still so incredibly grateful for the experience. It’s changed the way I feel about pushing myself in my body to its limits and change the way I think about strength and health.”

Fedotowsky was one of the recruits on season 3 of the reality TV competition, which is currently airing on Fox.

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“So, I just got medically withdrawn. It was my finger,” Fedotowsky said in a video taken after her departure. “I don’t know if it’s broken or not. I feel like when I was there, I had so much adrenaline that I felt like 100 percent wasn’t but now that I’m letting my body come down, I’m thinking it might be. I’m super disappointed and bummed and mad and all the things.”

A local doctor in Wales believed Fedotowsky had “the tendon ripped off her finger.” She ultimately got an MRI when she arrived back home in the United States, which confirmed that the injury was a sprain.

“[The hand surgeon] said I could have stayed,” Fedotowsky said in a follow-up video filmed earlier this month. “I still understand why the medic made the decision he made in the moment.”

Fedotowsky, who explained that Special Forces was “so much harder than it looks,” left early on the third day.

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Despite her show exit, Fedotowsky still learned a lot from the overall experience.

“I wanted to prove I was a badass. I’m like, ‘I want to prove myself physically. I want to train as hard as I can, make it to the end. There was no quitting in my mind,’” she exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the premiere. “My girlfriend made me a ring and the inside said, ‘Keep beeping going,’ and she’s like, ‘No matter what.’ I couldn’t wear the ring on the show ’cause you can’t wear jewelry, but I kept thinking about it. ‘Keep going, keep going. Just keep beeping going.’”

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

Rachael Kirkconnell subtly reacted to speculation surrounding her recent split from Matt James.

In the comments of her last December 2024 Instagram post, one social media user theorized Kirkconnell’s reaction to James’ faith-driven breakup statement.

“The more I’m thinking about it, the more I think he completely blindsided her with this,” the fan wrote on Thursday, January 16. “Give her some grace and let her respond in her own time.”

Kirkconnell, 28, subtly dropped a “like” on the message but has not offered further comment. A source now tells Us Weekly that Kirkconnell wasn’t blindsided by the split itself but rather James’ statement and post.

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Several hours earlier, James, 33, confirmed the pair ended their relationship.

“Father God, give Rachael and I strength to mend our broken hearts,” James captioned an Instagram pic from their time on The Bachelor. “Give us a peace [sic] about this decision to end our relationship that transcends worldly understanding. Shower our friends and family with kindness and love to comfort us. And remind us that our Joy comes from you, Lord .”

James did not elaborate on what led to the breakup but turned off his social media comments on the upload. Days earlier, he and Kirkconnell were on a joint trip to London and uploaded content from their culinary adventures.

Kirkconnell was James’ final pick on The Bachelor season 25, which was filmed in 2020. They briefly broke up after the finale when Kirkconnell’s past racially insensitive social media posts resurfaced online only to reconcile one month after taping the live After the Final Rose special.

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James and Kirkconnell continued to go the distance for three more years, often getting candid about their hesitancy to get engaged.

“I feel like when you feel pressure, it’s when you don’t wanna do something,” James exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2024. “So I’ve never really felt pressure [to get engaged] because it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do. It’s something that we’re gonna do at some point. That’s why we’re together and what we’re working toward. I’m excited about our future.”

Four months later, James hinted that a proposal was “the next step” once Kirkconnell picked out an engagement ring she liked best.

“I feel that’s definitely something we want. I’m on his time,” Kirkconnell said during a joint appearance on the “De-Influenced” podcast in October 2024. “My problem is I definitely need to go find a ring I like and everything, but that’s on him at that point. … That’s a problem, I don’t even know what I want.”

Love Is Blind alum Kwame Appiah overhauled his diet after an ulcerative colitis diagnosis.

“In November [2024], I got just a little bit sick. I felt just a little bit off, but I didn’t take it too seriously — and then next thing you know, we’re about a month in,” Appiah, 34, said in a Thursday, January 17, Instagram video. “By the time I got to the doctor’s in December, I was having fevers for about three weeks, I had lost 20 pounds. Based on those symptoms, the doctors discovered it could be an array of things.”

While Appiah’s physicians were initially worried he had cancer, it was eventually determined that the reality TV alum was battling ulcerative colitis. According to the Mayo Clinic, ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes sores in part of the digestive tract.

In his Instagram caption, Appiah called his diagnosis “very scary,” and detailed how he plans to manage his symptoms moving forward.

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“This experience changed the way I think about it,” he wrote. “As someone who’s never experienced health-related issues, I’m now forced to change my diet and lifestyle to accommodate my health. Happily accepting that responsibility, and encouraging everyone to stay ahead, so you don’t get too far behind.”

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Appiah has also learned several lessons from the health scare.

“Quick reminder that life is incredibly precious,” the Netflix star said in his social media video. “I didn’t realize how important the normal things I did in my day were for me until I couldn’t do them anymore.”

Appiah continued, “Lesson No. 2: Small things can lead to big problems if we ignore them, so don’t. Lesson No. 3: Information is everything. You have to know what it is, if you are going to fight it.”

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By the time the video was uploaded, Appiah was on the mend.

“I’m going to end this with a lot of gratitude for the fact that I feel like myself again [and] for all the people who sent out love and support, gratitude for Chelsea [Griffin], who helped me and was there for me all the way through this,” Appiah said, referring to his wife. “It’s a new year, it’s a new opportunity for us to stay ahead of our health, so I’m wishing you all health, wealth and success. Hope you all have a great year.”

Appiah met Griffin, 33, during season 4 of Love Is Blind when the Netflix pods arrived in Seattle. After navigating love triangles and getting engaged sight unseen, Appiah and Griffin wed in the season finale.

Griffin also shared her support in the comments of Appiah’s upload.

“I love you, baby! To have you feeling better and on your way to remission is such a blessing,” the speech pathologist replied. “Proud of you for your message, your openness and advocacy. It’s not easy talking about such personal matters and you did so beautifully.”

Taylor Swift has donated to multiple causes helping individuals displaced by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

“The fires in California have devastated so many families and it’s been heartbreaking to see these stories unfold,” Swift, 35, wrote via Instagram Stories on Thursday, January 16. “So much suffering, loss and destruction. As so many people embark on some of the most challenging times of their lives, there are also many amazing organizations and groups banding together to help these communities rebuild.”

Swift further provided a list of the nonprofits she sent donations to including 211 LA, the California Community Foundation Fund, Direct Relief, Habitat for Humanity, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, MusicCares and more.

Swift concluded, “If you feel compelled or able to donate, please do.”

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A string of wildfires broke out in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of L.A. on January 7, quickly spreading to other surrounding areas. The fires have ravaged thousands of acres of property, including many owned by celebrities and other residents. In addition, many individuals fled their homes under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. According to NBC News, there has been 25 deaths at the time of publication.

It is not known whether Swift specifically was affected though she does have a Southern California residence, in addition to homes in New York City, Watch Hill, Rhode Island and Nashville. The Grammy winner also spends time in Kansas City, which is where boyfriend Travis Kelce lives and plays for the Chiefs professional football team.

 

Throughout her years in the spotlight, Swift has been known to give back and support those in need. While on her Eras Tour, she also donated funds to local food banks in multiple cities where she performed.

“This will provide the weight equivalent to feeding 1,200 people three meals a day, for three days – or 10,800 meals. This will be 2.5 weeks of what we typically distribute,” Cardiff Foodbank executive Rachel Biggs told The Guardian in June 2024. “The breathing space Taylor’s donation has given us will enable us to lift our heads and shift our focus from the food bank to the creation of a sustainable operation supporting people who currently need our help with support to address the root cause of poverty and financial support to set them on the path to not needing our aid anymore.”

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At the end of her Eras run, Swift also handed out $197 million in bonuses to members of her crew throughout the past two years. (She wrapped her record-breaking tour in December 2024.)

Check the LAFD website for local wildfire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.

Christina Haack will be required to pay estranged husband Joshua Hall part of the earnings from the sale of their $4.5 million residence in Nashville.

Haack, 41, was ordered to pay Hall, 44, a sum of $150,000, according to new court documents obtained by the Daily Mail.

“No later than five days after the close of the escrow, [Christina] is ordered to deposit $150,000 from the sale of the home into [Josh’s] counsel-client trust that is interest-bearing with restricted access,” the filing reads.

According to the Daily Mail, a judge issued the order in October 2024. The documents were filed earlier this month when Haack retained new legal representation.

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Haack and Hall had been married for two years, each filing for divorce in July 2024. Earlier this month, the Christina on the Coast star confirmed the divorce isn’t settled yet.

“[We’re] not even close,” she said on Jeff Lewis Live on January 9. “We’re going to be going to trial, I hear. It’s going to be fun. Can’t wait.”

According to Haack, her estranged spouse “doesn’t want to do mediation” to settle the proceedings.

“[The court hasn’t] ordered me yet but he’s been asking me [for money],” Haack claimed to radio host Jeff Lewis. “I’ve already had to give a little something, but then he bought a Bentley. I gave him money to live and he bought a Bentley, but he also doesn’t have a job.”

Hall has not publicly addressed Haack’s recent accusations.

“Hall is not available for comment, as he’s continuing to live his life in the present and celebrating his beautiful new girlfriend’s birthday,” his spokesperson told Us, referring to Nashville-based model Stephanie Gabrys. “With that said, it’s sad Christina must resort to low blows about her ex Josh to promote her new show. She should focus on her new boyfriend and stop talking about Josh. As the great Mariah Carey once sang, ‘Why you so obsessed with me?’ We wish Christina the best.”

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Us confirmed earlier in January that Hall has been seeing Gabrys since splitting from Haack. The HGTV star, for her part, has also reportedly moved on with CEO Christopher LaRocca.

This was Haack’s third marriage. She was previously married to Tarek El Moussa and Ant Anstead, respectively. Haack and El Moussa, 43, share daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9, while she coparents son Hudson, 4, with Anstead, 45.

As for Haack, she hasn’t ruled out potentially getting married again down the line.

“I’ll always love love,” Haack told Us in a January cover story. “I probably will [get married again] eventually. But, not anytime soon.”

According to Haack, she would need to “be engaged for a minimum of, like, five years” first.

Among the many claims in his $400 million lawsuit, Justin Baldoni went after the allegedly “harmful and irresponsible” way that Blake Lively promoted It Ends With Us.

In court documents obtained by Us Weekly, Baldoni 40, claimed that Lively, 37, named a drink at the premiere afterparty “Ryle Can Wait.” (Baldoni played Ryle in the film, who abused Lively’s character, Lily.)

“Lively’s disastrous marketing efforts and tone-deaf press interviews and appearances backfired and led to widespread criticism of Lively’s promotional approach to the Film’s highly sensitive focus on domestic violence,” the docs state. “Past videos of Lively resurfaced online — videos that appeared to solidify public perception that Lively was an insensitive ‘mean girl’ who cared more about peddling her products than acknowledging the domestic violence survivor community. Social media commenters quickly pointed out that her tie-in of her alcohol beverages was in particularly poor taste, given the World Health Organization estimates that 55 percent of domestic violence incidents are linked to alcohol. Unbelievably, Lively made this harmful and irresponsible message worse by naming a drink at her premiere afterparty ‘Ryle You Wait.’”

“The suggestion that Wayfarer caused the online backlash against her is absurd given the evidence of her own insensitivity,” the court documents continued, denying Lively’s own claims that Baldoni and his production company attempted to tarnish her reputation.

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In addition to acting in It Ends With Us, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, Lively also served as an executive producer. Baldoni, meanwhile, was the movie’s director.

In the suit, Baldoni also repeats claims that he was uninvited to the It Ends With Us afterparty and he organized a separate bash for his team in the basement of the movie theater.

“The Wayfarer afterparty, held separately from the celebrity event and attended by crew, family, and other Wayfarer friends, was a ‘dry’ gathering, in part to acknowledge the known negative relationship between alcohol and domestic violence,” the court filing reads. “It was attended by the entire Wayfarer team from Los Angeles and their friends and family. The atmosphere and tone of the Wayfarer afterparty were aligned with Baldoni’s vision for the Film, focusing on celebration and gratitude, despite being humiliated.”

The lawsuit featured images from the gathering, in which Baldoni, wife Emily and other colleagues were posed with their to-go drink cups of nonalcoholic beverages.

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News broke in December 2024 that Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment and fostering a hostile work environment on the film set, in addition to attempting to besmirch her reputation. He vehemently denied the allegations.

In his recent court documents, Baldoni further refuted Lively’s allegations by citing their different perspectives to promote the film.

“Lively’s disastrous marketing efforts and tone-deaf press interviews and appearances backfired and led to widespread criticism of Lively’s promotional approach to the Film’s highly sensitive focus on domestic violence,” the filing reads. “Past videos of Lively resurfaced online — videos that appeared to solidify public perception that Lively was an insensitive ‘mean girl’ who cared more about peddling her products than acknowledging the domestic violence survivor community. Social media commenters quickly pointed out that her tie-in of her [Betty Booze] alcohol beverages was in particularly poor taste, given the World Health Organization estimates that 55% of domestic violence incidents are linked to alcohol.”

According to Baldoni, the criticism “could have been avoided” had Lively agreed to meet with the movie’s domestic violence partner organization, nomore.org. He allegedly offered Lively the option, but she refused.

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In Lively’s filing last month, she claimed that promoted the film as agreed upon.

“Ms. Lively and other cast members were under a contractual obligation to render promotional services in accordance with the Marketing Plan,” her filing reads. “The Marketing Plan directed the cast to ‘focus more on Lily’s strength and resilience as opposed to describing the film as a story about domestic violence’ and to ‘avoid talking about this film that makes it feel sad or heavy [sic] — it’s a story of hope.’”

Lively later shared a list of resources on her social media pages after the film was released in August 2024.

The publicists named in Lively’s suit and Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman released separate statements on Thursday, January 16.

“This lawsuit is a legal action based on an overwhelming amount of untampered evidence detailing Blake Lively and her team’s duplicitous attempt to destroy Justin Baldoni, his team and their respective companies by disseminating grossly edited, unsubstantiated, new and doctored information to the media,” Freedman said in the statement. “It is clear based on our own all-out willingness to provide all complete text messages, emails, video footage and other documentary evidence that was shared between the parties in real-time, that this is a battle she will not win and will certainly regret. Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.”

He continued, “Ms. Lively will never again be allowed to continue to exploit actual victims of real harassment solely for her personal reputation gain at the expense of those without power. Let’s not forget, Ms. Lively and her team attempted to bulldoze reputations and livelihoods for heinously selfish reasons through their own dangerous manipulation of the media before even taking any actual legal action.  We know the truth, and now the public does too. Justin and his team have nothing to hide, documents do not lie.”

The publicists, meanwhile, noted in part: “It is devastating that we are forced to answer this viciously selfish ongoing litigation littered with documented and provable lies in the midst of the tragedy impacting California where we reside. “Five months ago, Ms. Lively chose to promote a film about domestic violence in a way that caused instant negative and organic backlash due to her own highly publicized actions. Instead of accepting responsibility, she decided to cruelly blame us. This malicious attack on private individuals by Ms. Lively and her team in which they chose to spoon-feed The New York Times with doctored, out of context and edited text messages in an effort to paint herself as a victim set off a chain of events that has been harmful beyond measure.”

Lively has not publicly addressed Baldoni’s latest claims but previously denounced similar accusations.

Kylie Kelce, just like Us, isn’t quite ready to give up TikTok in light of the potential governmental ban.

“There’s something that’s been weighing on me heavily over the past few days,” Kelce, 32, said on the Thursday, January 16, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “It looks like my favorite app, TikTok, might actually be going away for good. Hopefully, it doesn’t, and I can doom-scroll until the end of time. But, just in case, I want to properly pour one out for TikTok.”

Congress enacted the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act last year, which bans providers from “distributing, maintaining or updating” an app controlled by a foreign adversary. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company, and the U.S. government has been wary of potential espionage. (ByteDance claimed the proposed ban was a violation of First Amendment protections regarding free speech.)

The act was then taken to the Supreme Court, which has yet to formally rule on upholding the ban. If it indeed passes, then TikTok will need to be removed from smartphone app stores by Sunday, January 19.

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While users like Us wait on SCOTUS’ ruling, Kelce is sharing her best memories of the app.

“I was a little late to the TikTok game. I joined sometime during the pandemic because I was sick of being sent TikToks by friends and not being able to watch them easily through the app,” Kylie, who is married to retired NFL star Jason Kelce, recalled. “Since then, almost three kids later, I’ve spent countless post-bedtime hours doom-scrolling. … Now, I have to ask myself, ‘What am I going to fill that time with?’”

Kylie further wondered if she should replace her TikTok time with reading … or watching Reels on Instagram.

“I’m not going back to Facebook. I refuse; that is a bottomless pit,” she quipped. “Do we bring back Vine? I did love the six seconds [and] it really caters to the ADHD in me. Do I let my own thoughts run wild? Definitely not.”

According to Kylie, she will also have a “newborn soon as a distraction.” (She and Jason, 37, are expecting their fourth baby in 2025.)

“But, then, what do I do while the newborn’s eating?” Kylie added. “During this time of grave uncertainty, I’ll try to remember the good times like when I first heard @AshleyKnock say, ‘Hey f—ers.’ It was a beautiful moment. Or when I first saw Jeremy Scheck followed me. His food truly got my mom and I through the pandemic.”

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Kylie also remembered her own posts, including one of 5-year-old daughter Wyatt enthusiastically pointing out AJ Brown’s pink cleats during a Philadelphia Eagles game and other footage of Jason sleeping while she gave birth to Bennett.

“Goodbye TikTok, hopefully, we’ll meet again on the other side of a sale,” Kylie concluded.

Jessica Alba has addressed her recent decision to separate from husband Cash Warren after 16 years of marriage.

“I’ve been on a journey of self-realization and transformation for years — both as an individual and in partnership with Cash,” Alba, 43, wrote in a Thursday, January 16, Instagram statement. “I’m proud of how we’ve grown in our marriage over the last 20 years and it’s now time for us to embark on a new chapter of growth and evolution as individuals.”

She added, “We are moving forward with love, kindness and respect for each other and will forever be family. Our children remain our highest priority and we request privacy ay this time.”

Alba and Warren, 45, share three children: Honor, 16, Haven, 13, and Hayes, 6.

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News broke on January 8, that Alba and Warren were preparing to file for divorce. A source later told Us Weekly that Alba and Warren faced “trust issues” and “many ups and downs.”

“They have tried therapy and have worked out past issues over the years,” the insider told Us. “There were trust issues in the past which led to many arguments. … The marriage ran its course. Their communication hadn’t been great.”

A second source, meanwhile, told Us that Alba and Warren planned to formally file for divorce “soon.”

“Cash has been slowly moving things out of their house but since the fires, they have been spending more time under one roof as a family,” the second insider added. “They are being there for each other right now as it is a very stressful time.”

Alba and Warren had been together for over two decades, meeting on the set of The Fantastic Four in 2004. They wed four years later amid Alba’s pregnancy with eldest daughter Honor.

“Whenever I doubt myself for a second, he’s the first one to come up and say, ‘You can do this, I believe in you,’” Alba later told Us in 2011. “I don’t know what I’d do without him there. And he’s so good with the kids. We’re really happy.”

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Over the years, however, Alba and Warren faced their ups and downs as a couple.

“It’s all rosy for two and a half years. But then after that, you become roommates,” Alba said with a laugh during a July 2021 appearance on Katherine Schwarzenegger’s “Before, During and After Baby” social media show. “You’re just going through the motions. You have the responsibilities; it’s a lot of, like, checking the boxes, right?”

She added, “We have, like, obviously the friendship, the comfort of, like, ‘You’re not going anywhere,’ and so sometimes you don’t treat those people the best, right?’ You don’t consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people’s feelings. So that is something that I think is a constant one to work on.”

At the time, Alba admitted that Warren sometimes received “the short end of the stick” when it came to her time, which they were trying to circumvent.

“The second one of you is checked out then it’s a one-sided relationship,” Alba said. “Because you’re not always gonna be on the same page, and you’re not always gonna grow at the same pace.”

Last year, Warren offered Us insight into their relationship.

“Unplugging is big. We love taking walks. We love chatting. We love eating good food together. We have so many of the same interests that we enjoy,” he told Us exclusively in July 2024. “We’re also still willing to participate. Jessica is on an awesome spiritual journey right now. I’ll do sound baths with her. I’ll learn about crystals. I’ll get my charts read. I’ll learn about it alongside her and she’s always opening me up to new things.”

Nearly three months after Liam Payne’s death, his friend Roger Nores has reportedly named the singer’s father in a defamation lawsuit.

In a court filing obtained by TMZ on Thursday, January 16, Nores refuted Geoff Payne’s previous claim that Nores had “full responsibility for Liam’s care” ahead of his death. While Nores acknowledged that he was a friend to Liam, he said that he “never agreed to be and was never the caretaker of Liam.” Nores is now accusing Geoff of tarnishing his reputation with his alleged account.

Liam, who was best known for his time in the British boy band One Direction, suffered a fatal fall from a third-story balcony in Argentina in October 2024. He was 31. An autopsy later revealed that Liam had multiple drugs in his system, and Nores has since been accused of abandoning Liam ahead of his death. (Nores previously denied his involvement via multiple public statements.)

In his latest court declaration, Nores also claimed that Geoff failed to share email correspondence about Liam. He further alleged that he invited Geoff to visit Liam at his Florida home in September 2024, but Geoff never accepted.

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According to Nores, Geoff had entrusted one of Liam’s security guards to serve as a caretaker before the singer fired him. The court documents claim Geoff “self-declared” as Liam’s caretaker because Liam never rehired a bodyguard.

Nores also claimed that he would donate any money awarded from the suit to Liam’s son, Bear. (Liam shared his 7-year-old child with ex Cheryl Cole.)

Geoff has not publicly addressed Nores’ accusations. He previously traveled from England to Argentina in order to identify Liam’s body, later accompanying it back to the U.K. following an investigation.

Along with Bear, Liam is survived by his parents, Geoff and Karen, and two older sisters. His relatives joined his One Direction bandmates, girlfriend Kate Cassidy and other friends to mourn his death in an intimate funeral in November 2024.

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“We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul,” Liam’s family said in a statement one month prior. “We are supporting each other the best we can as a family and ask for privacy and space at this awful time.”

Nores has also said that he was “heartbroken” over Liam’s death.

“I never abandoned Liam. I went to his hotel 3 times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened,” Nores told the Daily Mail in November 2024. “There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left. I could have never imagined something like this would happen.”

He added, “I wasn’t Liam’s manager; he was just my very dear friend … I’m really heartbroken with this tragedy, and I’ve been missing my friend every day.”

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Southern Charm newcomer Molly O’Connell has history with costar Craig Conover, but she’s kept her distance after his recent breakup from Paige DeSorbo.

“I have not [reached out]. I have sent him a meme or something,” O’Connell, 37, said during the Thursday, January 16, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “I don’t remember what it was. Nothing crazy or flirty or anything. [It was about] a waterslide.”

She added, “I have not checked in on him. I feel like I’m gonna let him [be].”

O’Connell explained that she “would assume” that other cast members have reached out to Conover, 35.

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“I saw the video that he posted, kind of addressing what had happened,” O’Connell recalled. “He was smiling, but it looked like a pained smile. It was very depressing, so I’m not trying to jump on someone who’s [healing] — and we haven’t been like that in years.”

O’Connell, who has been friendly with costars Whitney Sudler-Smith and Madison LeCroy for years, made her Bravo debut when Southern Charm season 10 premiered last month. In the trailer, fans learned about her steamy past with Conover.

“Craig and I, we used to sext each other,” O’Connell told LeCroy, 34.

When the season was filmed, Conover and DeSorbo, 32, were still together. The Summer House star announced their breakup in December 2024 after three years of dating.

“I love him, I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. No one did anything. It wasn’t a bad thing,” DeSorbo said on her “Giggly Squad” podcast. “I think we both were just being really mature and saying what we want and what we didn’t want, and I think that’s extremely powerful to be able to voice how you’re feeling in real-time and what you want for your future.”

Southern Charm’s Madison Reveals What She Told Craig After Paige Breakup

Weeks later, Conover revealed that the split was “very unexpected.”

“I guess I gotta start living again, whatever that looks like. Whatever my new normal looks like — I have to start,” he said in a January 7 social media video. “‘Gratitude will get you through this, with time comes clarity’ – all of the advice, I’m trying to listen to. But, yeah. [It happened] right before the holidays. I was very shocked. And it’s OK.”

Conover added, “You can’t control other people, you can only control how you react to it. Remember to be kind to Paige and me and yourselves and all of that good stuff. … [It’s] a three-year relationship, it’s your best friend who you talk to all day every day, and then they’re just gone.”

Conover and DeSorbo met in 2021 while filming season 1 of Winter House, making their public debut as a couple at her costars Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula’s wedding that fall. Throughout their long-distance relationship, Conover and DeSorbo also appeared on one another’s reality TV shows.