Those hoping to see Patrick Mahomes Sr. and John Rocker go head-to-head, prepare to be disappointed — the fight has officially been canceled, and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy claims Brittany Mahomes is partially to blame.
The initial plan was for the two former MLB relief pitchers to participate in one of Barstool’s Rough N’ Rowdy fights, scheduled for April 18. However, according to Portney, Brittany — wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II — quashed the idea.
“Mahomes’ agent, the football player, and Brittany — from what I am told — intervened and were like, ‘There’s no way this fight’s happening,'” Portnoy, 47, said during a Friday, February 21, appearance on “The Unnamed Show” podcast. “’We’re going to cut this guy off if he does it.’”
Mahomes Sr., 54, and Rocker, 50, made news in the hours after the Super Bowl in New Orleans, where the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Chiefs. The two were recorded having a heated argument on Bourbon Street, trading insults as a couple onlookers tried to separate them.
The elder Mahomes, who pitched 11 seasons in the Major Leagues, is currently on probation and told a court that the squabble was staged to boost publicity for the fight, according to TMZ. Had it been real, he would have been in violation of his probation.
The outlet also reported that Mahomes Sr. was due to make $85,000 in the fight, with the possibility of more based on pay-per-view numbers.
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After their tiff on Bourbon Street, Rocker and Mahomes continued their feud via X.
“You really haven’t changed one bit in the last 25 years,” Mahomes Sr. posted on February 11. “Keep my name out your loud mouth.”
“You wouldn’t have had the balls to say that to my face the other night. Lanky ass clown,” Rocker replied in a quote, adding in separate post, “Mahomes is lucky he got away. I would have Rocked him.”
While their fight in New Orleans was staged, the hate between the two is apparently real.
“They came to us to do this,” Portnoy said of the showdown. “How would we ever come up with this concept. Like, Oh, let’s put John Rocker vs. Pat Mahomes Sr. Like, who would ever think of that?”
He added, “They came to us and said they hated each other and wanted to fight.”
The rivalry between Mahomes Sr. and Rocker goes back decades. Mahomes Sr. pitched for the New York Mets in 1999 and 2000 while Rocker was with the Atlanta Braves. The Mets and Braves were heated rivals at the time, with Rocker going on an infamous racist and homophobic rant in a 2000 interview with Sports Illustrated about the people of New York.
Neither pitcher has publicly addressed the fight’s cancellation.
Arroyave, 47, explained his outlook via an Instagram Reel posted on Thursday, February 20, just over a week after Mellencamp’s surgery.
“So I wanted to share with you guys something that has always helped me through tough times and that’s just remembering that happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them,” he said. “And as simple as this is going to sound, my No. 1 secret to dealing with problems is just having faith.”
Arroyave presented it as a choice between positive and negative thinking.
“When you really think about faith, faith is just a projection of the most positive thing for the future, versus the opposite, is fear,” he explained. “Fear is the projection of the worst possible thing for the future.”
“So when you think about it, they both haven’t happened yet,” he continued. “It’s up to you if you’re going to choose to be positive or you’re going to choose to be negative. And it takes the same amount of mental energy to focus on failure than it does to focus on success. So I’ve always chosen faith no matter what I feel like, no matter what it looks like, I choose faith.”
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Arroyave’s video comes as he and the former couple’s three kids remain by Mellencamp’s side during her recovery. The two married in 2011 before Mellencamp filed for divorce last November. They share kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 4.(Mellencamp has also been a stepmother to Arroyave’s eldest daughter, Isabella, from a previous relationship.)
“So many people asking for updates. All I will say right now is surgery went well,” he wrote via his Instagram Story on February 13. “That said, I’ve never seen @teddimellencamp in so much pain. She’s finally getting some needed rest. I know she is so grateful for the outpouring of love.”
The surgery, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum explained, was to remove two tumors that doctors believe had been growing for “at least six months,” while the remaining, smaller tumors, would be dealt with via radiation later.
“I am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health,” she wrote via Instagram on February 12, before the surgery. “Thank you to everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.”
The actress and DJ unloaded her thoughts on SNL 50 on the Wednesday, February 19, episode of her “Your Favorite Thing” podcast, which she cohosts with Wells Adams, and she revealed the one question about the festivities that she still wants to ask her sister Miley Cyrus.
Miley performed at SNL 50 in front of the many celebrity guests — including Miley’s ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas.
“Part of me wants to be like, I know Nick Jonas was there, did you talk to Nick?” she said. “She probably didn’t.”
While Brandi, 37, said there’s no bad blood between Miley and Jonas, both 32, “they just dated when they were children, which is hilarious.”
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Miley and Jonas dated from June 2006 to December 2007 with Miley later referring to him as her “first love.” They briefly reconciled in 2009 but have since gone their separate ways.
Miley was married to Liam Hemsworth from 2018 to 2020 and is now dating drummer Maxx Morando. The two were first linked in late 2021 and have been living together since last February.
Jonas married Priyanka Chopra in 2018, and they welcomed their first child, a daughter, in 2022, whom they had via surrogate.
Though they’re no longer together, Jonas has long been complimentary about Miley’s music career. Jonas called her “a real singer” in a 2019 interview on Apple Music’s “Beats 1 Chart” radio show, adding that the Jonas Brothers’ song Before the Storm, which they recorded with Miley is “my favorite catalogue song of the Jonas Brothers.”
We don’t know if Miley and Jonas reunited at SNL 50, but fans did get to see some current celebrity couples together, including Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Brandi and Adams loved the segment where Reynolds indirectly referenced the ongoing lawsuit between his wife and Justin Baldoni during a faux Q&A with former Weekend Update anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
“Blake, I don’t know if she was acting or not, but she looked terrified,” Brandi said.
During the segment, Fey and Poehler called on Reynolds, 48, and asked him how he was doing.
“[I’m doing] great. Why, what have you heard?” he said
Adams, for his part, had an idea for how they could have punched up the sketch by “doubling down” on the controversy and referencing the allegation that Lively tried to assert her own creative control of It Ends With Us over Baldoni, who directed the film.
“You know what would have been really funny is if Blake jumped up in the middle of that and was like ‘wait wait wait guys, guys, guys, can I rewrite this scene? Because this is not funny,’” he suggested.
The only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne has played an active role in the British royal family for decades. Even as she gets older, the Princess Royal says she has no intention of slowing down.
“I don’t think there’s a retirement program on this particular life,” she told the Press Association in a January 2025 interview. “It really isn’t written in, no. It isn’t really an option, no, I don’t think so.”
Anne began her royal duties as a teenager and is now the patron of over 300 organizations. In addition to her work and passion for horses, Anne is also a mother and grandmother. She was married to gold medal–winning equestrian Mark Phillips from 1973 to 1992, and the couple share two kids, son Peter and daughter Zara.
She then married Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence the same year she split from Phillips, and the two remain together.
As the daughter of the late queen and brother to King Charles III, there’s not much room for mystery around Anne’s personal life. Keep scrolling to meet her entire family, from her royal parents to her five grandkids:
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Queen Elizabeth II
Anne’s mother, Elizabeth, ascended to the throne in 1953, when Anne was 3 years old. Elizabeth’s coronation made Anne a princess by default, but Elizabeth later designated her only daughter the Princess Royal in 1987. Anne is only the seventh woman ever to hold that title.
The two shared a close relationship, and when Elizabeth died in 2022, Anne was by her side.
“I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life,” she said in a statement at the time. “It has been an honor and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys. Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting.”
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Prince Phillip
Anne enjoyed a close relationship with her father, with some saying that she was Philip’s favorite child. Like Philip, Anne is known for her love of sports and her unshakable work ethic.
“[Philip] always had more fun with Anne. Charles is more like the Queen, while Anne is very like Prince Philip,” Eileen Parker, a friend of the royal family, told the Daily Mail in a 2017 story.
Anne reflected on Philip’s life after he died in 2021, saying, “My father has been my teacher, my supporter and my critic, but mostly it is his example of a life well lived and service freely given that I most wanted to emulate.”
She added, “His ability to treat every person as an individual in their own right with their own skills comes through all the organizations with which he was involved.”
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Mark Phillips
A captain in the British Army and an Olympic gold medalist, Mark met Anne, appropriately, at a horse riding event in Mexico City. They married in 1973, and the couple share Anne’s only two kids.
Though they didn’t announce their intentions to divorce until 1989, it is believed that their marriage was a tumultuous one, as both became subject to rumors of extramarital affairs. Mark even had a daughter with another woman, born in 1985.
Now a private citizen, Mark is still involved in equestrianism, working as a course designer for horseback riding events.
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Timothy Laurence
Anne and Timothy met in 1986 and were rumored to be romantically involved while she was still married to Mark. Speculation intensified in 1989 when personal letters from Anne to Timothy were stolen, seeming to point to their growing relationship. They married the same year that Anne and Mark divorced.
Like Anne’s ex-husband, Timothy is also a military veteran, having served in the Royal Navy. He was named the sovereign’s aide-de-camp in 2008 and became a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2011.
Though he has no royal title or responsibilities, the vice admiral is often seen accompanying his wife as she navigates her own busy schedule. He was also by her side in 2024 when a horse riding accident landed Anne in the hospital with a concussion, even bringing her “a few little treats from home.”
Though Peter is Anne’s son and the nephew of King Charles, he has no royal title — a decision Anne and Mark made for both of their kids.
“We were always brought up on the understanding that we were going to have to go to work,” Peter said in the 2020 documentary Anne: The Princess Royal at 70. “We were going to have to go out and … earn our living. Regardless of the fact of who our grandmother was or who our mother was.”
Peter and Zara live on Anne’s Gloucestershire estate, Gatcombe Park, allowing for frequent visits between Anne, her kids and her grandkids.
“She loves seeing them ride, she loves having them round for Sunday lunches and taking them for walks,” he added. “Doing all the things that we would do as kids.”
He and his wife, Autumn Kelly, share daughters Savannah and Isla.
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Zara Tindall
Like her mom, Zara is an avid equestrian, earning a silver medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Having seemingly inherited her mom’s work ethic, Zara is also involved in numerous charities and has her own equestrian-themed jewelry line, called Zara Phillips Collection.
Zara is married to rugby union player Mike Tindall, and they share three kids: daughters Mia and Lena and son Lucas.
Anne’s relationship with her older brother has only grown stronger as Charles ascended to the throne. Hello’s online royal correspondent Danielle Staceyobserved in August 2024 that Anne “has always been a dedicated and hardworking member of the British monarchy, but purely from an observer’s point of view, it seems like her relationship with the King has deepened.”
Charles was married to Princess Diana from 1981 to 1996, and they shared Prince William and Prince Harry. He married Queen Camilla in 2005.
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Prince Andrew
Anne’s younger brother, Prince Andrew, was born in 1960 and is currently on the outs with the rest of the royal family after enduring a series of controversies over the past decade. He was named in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and settled out of court with one of his alleged victims. Andrew has more recently been accused of financial wrongdoing and engaging with a Chinese spy.
In January 2025, Anne didn’t invite him to a royal dinner at Windsor Castle, despite Andrew living on the property, perhaps indicating a rift between the Duke of York and the rest of the royal family.
Andrew was married to Sarah Ferguson from 1986 to 1996. They share two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie.
The NFL’s AFC East division consists of the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins. But if you ask Hailee Steinfeld, it’s just the Bills, led by her fiancé, Josh Allen, and some also-rans.
Steinfeld, 28, played a game of Truth or Wear with celebrity style outlet Who What Wear, and in it, was dared to take their football IQ quiz.
One of the prompts: Name the four teams in the AFC East division.
“You’ve got the Buffalo Bills,” the Oscar-nominated actress began, “and the Bills’ three sons.”
Like all good burns, it’s based in truth. The Bills have won the last five AFC East division titles as the once-mighty Patriots have fallen on hard times in the post-Tom Brady era.
The Bills’ quarterback, Allen, has been the catalyst to the team’s run. Allen, 28, was the 2024 NFL MVP and has been an All-Pro player three of the last five years. In that time, the Bills have won eight playoff games despite not having won any from 1995 to 2019.
To Steinfeld’s credit, she also correctly answered how many yards a roughing the passer penalty is (15) and correctly named the Super Bowl trophy (the Vince Lombardi Trophy).
While the Bills have yet to hoist the Lombardi Trophy themselves, Steinfeld has been by Allen’s side for his last two division titles. She and Allen began dating in 2023 and the Edge of Seventeen star has been periodically spotted at Bills games ever since.
The pair got engaged in November 2024, announcing it in a joint Instagram post. The photo showed Allen on one knee in front of a flower arch with the ocean and sunset behind them.
Allen opened up about the proposal in the December 2024 edition of Steinfeld’s “Beau Society” newsletter.
“I said, ‘I couldn’t wait any longer.’ I said, ‘I can’t wait to start a family with you.’ I said your full name, and I asked you very nicely. I said ‘please,’” he wrote.
Earlier this month, Steinfeld and Allen made their red carpet debut together at the 2025 NFL Honors awards ceremony, where Allen was presented with his MVP award. Steinfeld’s sparkling diamond engagement ring was, of course, in full view.
“You’ve been my rock. You are my best friend [and] I would not be standing on this stage if it weren’t for you,” he said. “So, with that being said, be good, do good, God bless and Go Bills.”
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Chrishell Stausecan’t speak for everyone, but she insists that the sales you see her make on Netflix hit show Selling Sunset are real — and she keeps the entire commission.
Chrishell, 43, an agent on the show since season 1, appeared on “The Viall Files,” where she broke down how it works.
“I’ll give you a little nugget of information. They don’t get a cut of our commission when we sell houses,” she said. “It is amazing to be on a show about doing something where they can’t get a cut of our commissions.”
She added that fans ask her sometimes if the houses she sells on the show are real and explained that it wouldn’t make sense to use an opportunity to make money for any other purpose.
“So I’m saying why wouldn’t you want to really use it for that purpose?” she asked. “Why would you purposely not want to make the most money you could while you’re doing it?”
Chrishell Stause in ‘Selling Sunset.’Courtesy of Netflix
When host Nick Viall boldly asked how much money she makes, Chrishell didn’t give a direct answer. She did, however, tease, “I’m wearing better shoes than I was the first time I was in here doing your podcast,” flashing her black Louboutins with a smile.
Chrishell also touched on the current state of the market in Los Angeles, where she admits the recent wildfires have made an impact.
“It’s getting better,” she said. “The interest rates are high. It’s a weird time because of the fires and everything. I want to be positive about it, but I also have to be realistic. It’s getting [to] a better place.”
The fires forced Netflix to hit pause on filming for season 9 of Selling Sunset. Jason Oppenheim, whose agency, The Oppenheim Group, is the subject of the show, told Business Insider that he was unsure if and how the fires would be addressed on the show.
Jason Oppenheim, Brett Oppenheim, Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan in ‘Selling Sunset.’Courtesy of Netflix
In the meantime, The Oppenheim Group has started a donation drive, pledged donations to the Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments and promised to represent those who lost their homes for free. The brokerage also announced it would refund the commissions already received from fire victims.
Chrishell told Viall that Selling Sunset is filming again and the new season will release “later this year.”
When season 9 finally airs, don’t expect to see much of Chrishell’s nemesis, Nicole Young. Chrishell said that Nicole, 39, is on the season “a little bit.”
For her part, Nicole told Us Weekly that while she has not been fired, her filming schedule was paused amid her feud with Chrishell.
“I’m still debating whether or not I want to continue filming in this kind of environment, especially with so many infuriating double standards,” she said.
The Saturday Night Live tribute song that Adam Sandler performed on the show’s 50th anniversary special poked fun at a range of cast members, hosts and staffers over the show’s half-century run. One of them, former musical guest Kanye West, appreciated the shout-out, unflattering as it was.
In the song, which Sandler, 58, performed on the three-hour special that aired Sunday, February 16, the comedian listed everything fans and cast members have enjoyed over the past 50 years, including “50 years of finding out your favorite musician’s antisemitic.”
The line referenced the string of antisemitic comments that West, 47, has made over the past several years, including a social media rant earlier this month in which he praised Adolf Hitler, called himself a Nazi and called antisemitism “just some bulls— Jewish people made up.”
Around the same time, West also sold swastika T-shirts on his Yeezy website and promoted the site during a 30-second ad that aired during the Super Bowl. The shirts have since been removed from the marketplace, with Shopify, which supports the Yeezy store, citing a violation of the platform’s terms.
“Adam Sandler, Thank you for the love,” West posted via X on Wednesday, February 19.
Adam Sandler during the “Adam’s Song: 50 Years” sketchTheo Wargo/NBC
He followed that with another post that read, “After further reflection I’ve come to the realization that I’m not a Nazi.”
As of Thursday afternoon, Sandler has not responded to West’s posts.
Sandler’s song wasn’t the only time the controversial rapper was referenced on the special. In one segment, which featured former Weekend Update anchors Amy Poehler and Tina Fey taking questions from the celebrities in the audience, comedian Zach Galifianakis commented, “Please stop bothering me, I just want to relax and watch Kanye perform.”
West appeared on the last SNL anniversary special in 2015, celebrating 40 years of the NBC variety show. He appeared in a sketch and performed.
Three years later, he was the musical guest for the season 44 premiere, hosted by Adam Driver. In the show’s final moments, West, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, went off script with a speech in support of President Donald Trump.
He has not been invited back to the show since that incident, where he declared he wasn’t worried about racism in America and said he was bullied backstage for his political views.
“Follow your heart and stop following your mind. That’s how we’re controlled,” he said in his rant. “That’s how we’re programmed. If you want the world to move forward, try love.”
Graham Nation, the celebrity hairstylist known for his work with Serena Williams, Demi Moore and Catherine O’Hara, died suddenly on Friday, February 14, at a Los Angeles gym, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examine confirmed to People. He was 39.
The case is still pending additional investigation.
Nation, whose real name was Graham Cheek, shared 6-month-old son Romeo with partner Tonya Brewer. A GoFundMe has been set up to support them and has raised $140,263 as of Wednesday afternoon, thanks in part to an anonymous $50,000 donation. Vanessa Hudgens, Jen Atkin and Maeve Riley all appear to have donated.
He died just days after celebrating his first Super Bowl ad, a spot for Michelob Ultra, on February 9.
“My first ever Super Bowl commercial!” he shared via Instagram the following day, on February 10.. “What an absolute blast to work on, Thank you Cathrine O’Hara for having me apart of this epic commercial.”
Nation was also a brand ambassador for Fekkai, Hattori Hanzo Shears, Hairtalk Extensions and SexyHair, according to American Salon. He was also a real estate investor.
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Nation was represented by The Wall Group, which confirmed his death to industry outlet Behind the Chair.
“Graham was a one-of-a-kind soul who impacted every single person he met,” the agency shared in a statement. “We are honored to have been part of his journey and to have helped him share his artistry with the world. Our hearts are broken and we will miss him dearly.”
“Graham was one of the kindest, most gentle souls in this business! His talent was unmistakable, his ego was illegible and his time with us unforgettable,” Behind the Chair founder and creative director Mary Rector told People.
With a client roster that also included Alix Earle, Jared Leto and Emma Chamberlain, tributes to Nation have come pouring in since news of his death became public.
“I can not stop thinking about and missing @grahamnation,” actress Erin Foster wrote via her Instagram Story. “He left behind a 6 month old baby. We shared diapers and sleep training tips. “I can’t stop thinking about his partner Tonya and what she must be going through, losing her partner and now raising their son alone.”
Fellow hairstylist Divinity Ray shared her tribute under Nation’s final Instagram post, showing off his work with Marissa Bode.
“10 years of knowing you, from cutting hair in our hometown to witnessing you take LA by storm,” she wrote. “You were never too busy to be thoughtful. You were never too big to smile at everyone. You were the most incomprehensible artist. Enough talent to have the biggest ego but instead so humble and sweet. I always described you as an angel on earth. I just never thought you would leave this soon. Rest in Power, brother the world lost one of its brightest lights.”
Seychelle Cordero, Courtney “CK” Kim.Monty Brinton/NBC (2)
For as long as Seychelle Coredero was on Deal or No Deal Island, she was going to speak her mind. Now that she’s been eliminated, that hasn’t changed.
Courtney “CK” Kim eliminated Seychelle, 31, at the start of the episode that aired Tuesday, February 18, after making a good deal with the banker. CK, 36, found herself in the hot seat after she was caught cheating during a competition in the previous episode.
According to Seychelle, that incident revealed CK’s true colors.
“It really just speaks volumes on how much of a loser she is,” Seychelle told Us Weekly exclusively. “I just feel like, b—, you look f—ing doofy and everyone’s pointing and laughing.’”
Deal or No Deal Island fans already know that’s not the only time Seychelle has called out CK. Right after CK announced her decision to eliminate Seychelle, the outspoken player from Staten Island unloaded on her in front of the entire cast.
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“My love, you know that if you would have kept me here, I would have ate you up,” she said on the show, “Because at the end of the day, no matter what happens in this game, you’re a cheat with a flat a–, baby.”
With time to reflect on her experience on Deal or No Deal Island, Seychelle said she has no regrets with her outspoken, non-apologetic approach.
“I never thought I would do nothing like this, but the way that the opportunity presented itself to me and how effortlessly it came together, I really do believe that I really performed beautifully,” she said.
Though this was Seychelle’s first foray into reality TV as a player, she is a student of the genre. She said she specifically admires two-time Survivor winner Tony Vlachos, calling his ability to lie “such a superpower.” She added that she has also loved Tiffany Pollard since her Flavor of Love days.
“She’s so good in everything she does,” Seychelle said. “I’ve loved her from the moment I laid eyes on her when I was, like, nine years old when Flavor of Love came out.”
While Tony and Tiffany have both become mainstays in the reality TV scene, Seychelle said she would welcome the opportunity to play another competitive reality game. She also wouldn’t mind embracing the villain role.
“I don’t give a f—,” she declared. “Just put a camera in front of my face.”
Deal or No Deal Island airs on NBC on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. and is available to stream on Peacock the next day.
The Big Brother winner made it official after he was ousted from Deal or No Deal Island season 2 in the episode that aired Tuesday night, February 18.
“This is my official retirement from reality television,” he announced on the show after Survivor Australia legend David Genat eliminated him at the banker’s temple.
Dr. Will, 52, won Big Brother 2 and placed fourth on the first Big Brother All-Stars season in 2006. Though he continued to make guest appearances on Big Brother and even stopped by The Traitors to host a challenge in the second season of the Peacock hit, Deal or No Deal Island was Kirby’s first time competing in nearly 20 years.
Dr. Will placed eighth on Deal or No Deal Island, sowing chaos with his signature manipulative tactics and calculated gameplay from the moment he arrived in the season’s second episode. For him, that was enough.
Dr. Will” Kirby.Monty Brinton/NBC
“I mean it this time,” he told Entertainment Weekly in a story published Wednesday, February 19. “This is my last statement to the world. I’m the chief medical officer at Laser Away, the nation’s leading aesthetic dermatology group. I have a really healthy, normal family. I have some hobbies that I love, friends that I love, colleagues that I love and it’s time to pass the torch.”
Dr. Will has been a dermatologist since before his reality career began and even hired one of his Deal or No Deal Island enemies, Maria-Grace Cook, to work at his practice after the season wrapped.
His experience filming the NBC show introduced him to individuals he’d like to see represent the next era of great game players.
“I’m 51 years old, and you see people like [Alexis] Lete here,” he said. “You see people like Storm [Wilson]. There are people on the show who absolutely deserve to be the next generation of reality personalities.”
True to form, however, Dr. Will couldn’t help but take a shot at some of the other reality legends to play Deal or No Deal Island.
“While I respect Parvati [Shallow] immensely, and I respect Australian Dave, and I respect Boston Rob [Mariano], for me, personally, nothing is sadder than a reality person who doesn’t know when to hang it up,” he said.
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Dr. Will made a similar comment last February when fellow Big Brother legends Janelle Pierzina and Dan Gheeslingfell short on The Traitors.
“I think some Big Brother players went on The Traitors to show that they ‘still got it’ — only to realize that they actually ‘never had it,’” he told Entertainment Weekly. “It takes an extremely unique skill set to do well on these types of shows, and anyone can get lucky once, but it’s really hard to repeat that success, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t openly wonder if the Big Brother contestants who appeared have really hurt their reality television legacies because of their poor gameplay in this series.”
With his Deal or No Deal Island elimination, Dr. Will’s legacy is now cemented and open for critique.
Tennis star Emma Raducanu had to pause her match on Tuesday, February 18, after an unruly fan apparently caused her to break down in tears.
The incident happened at the Dubai Tennis Championships where Raducanu, 22, was competing in round two against Czech player Karolina Muchova. The man allegedly approached Raducanu in a public area before the match, then made his way to the first few rows as she was playing.
It’s not clear what he said, but the Women’s Tennis Association claimed in a statement that he was exhibiting “fixated” behavior toward her. The British pro broke down in tears near the start of the match before approaching the chair umpire to explain the situation. She appeared to hide behind the umpire’s chair as security removed the fan from the stadium.
“Player safety is our top priority, and tournaments are advised on security best practices for international sporting events,” the WTA’s statement read. “The WTA is actively working with Emma and her team to ensure her well-being and provide any necessary support.”
The WTA added that the man will be banned from all WTA events “pending a threat assessment.”
“We remain committed to collaborating with tournaments and their security teams worldwide to maintain a safe environment for all players,” the statement continued.
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Muchova, 28, ultimately won the match, 7-6(6), 6-4. Raducanu released a public comment afterward via her Instagram Story, addressing the incident and congratulating her opponent.
“Thank you for the messages of support,” she wrote. “Difficult experience yesterday but I’ll be okay and proud of how I came back and competed despite what happened at the start of the match. Thank you to Karoline for being a great sport and best of luck to her for the rest of the tournament.”
The Lawn Tennis Association, tennis’ governing body in the UK, said it is in contact with Raducanu and its “extensive security arrangements” are “under constant review.”
“This incident once again highlights issues around safety that all players, but female players in particular, can face,” a spokesperson said in a statement to NBC Sports. “We have support available for British players and have been in contact with Emma and her team following the events in Dubai.”
This isn’t Raducanu’s first run-in with an unruly fan — in 2022 a man showed up at her home three times, leaving unwanted gifts and flowers. He also allegedly sent her love letters and stole items from her property. The man was found guilty of stalking and received a five-year restraining order.
Zach Bryan got into a heated argument with a patron he believed was recording him at a New York City bar, according to video obtained by TMZ.
Bryan, 28, was out with some friends in the West Village on Monday night, February 17, when the alleged altercation took place. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was seen shooting some pool and, after losing three games, allegedly lost his temper with another guest.
The video was captured on a pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which the “Something in the Orange” singer even tried on himself at one point, saying, “You’re gonna see some terrible things tonight.”
Witnesses at the bar told TMZ that Bryan’s mood “changed on the drop of a dime” after his misfortune at the pool table. Though the video is missing some context, another patron can be heard telling Bryan, “I’m not trying to record your ass. I’m trying to record my s— with my friends, for memories, to have fun, and you’re just being a douche.”
“That’s the gayest thing I’ve ever heard,” Bryan responded.
Bryan, knowing the glasses were recording, appeared to make a fist and said, “I wanna rip them off your face so bad, cause we’re at a bar.”
Witnesses also reported that Bryan and his friends asked the group to stop recording them “more than half a dozen times,” only leading the group to try and do so in a more secretive way.
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Before the situation could escalate any further, Bryan’s friends acted quickly to pay the tab and leave the bar.
“All of you f—in weird couch warriors attacking and belittling my friends on the internet because you’re assuming I have a girlfriend are weird as hell and should be studied for science,” he wrote via his Instagram Story on January 9. “Everyone wonders why I quit touring and don’t want to be attached to music anymore, meanwhile you’re calling my friends ugly and harassing them?”
“Apparently I’ve [had] four different girlfriends in like two weeks, meanwhile my friends and me are just laughing and hanging out like we always have,” he continued. “I don’t have a girlfriend and don’t plan on having a girlfriend, however I do have normal friends that I love very much and would go to the ends of the earth for.”
With the 2024 NFL season officially over, a major decision looms for Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
As the future Hall of Famer mulls retirement, another NFL great weighed in with some advice for the three-time Super Bowl champion.
“I hope he takes some time and he doesn’t make a rushed decision,” legendary quarterback Peyton Manningtold E! News at the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday, February 16.
“So, the last thing you want to do is say, ‘OK, I’m going to make a decision now,'” he continued. “Take some time. Take a full month. Let some things digest and calm down. He can make a better decision then.”
Kelce, 35, has admitted he’s not sure if he’s going to play again next year. He has one year remaining on his contract with the Chiefs, who lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX earlier this month. Despite his team reaching the Super Bowl, it was arguably the worst statistical season of Kelce’s career, and as he gets older, it’s fair for him to consider hanging it up.
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The tight end recently indicated on his “New Heights” podcast that he plans to do exactly what Manning, 48, suggested and take his time with his decision.
“I know everybody wants to know whether or not I’m playing next year and right now I’m just kicking everything down the road,” he said on the Wednesday, February 12, episode. “I’m not making any crazy decisions but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding that a lot that goes into this thing.”
“I’m gonna take some time to figure it out,” he added. “I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, that it’s gonna be something that it’s a wholehearted decision … It’s just whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person, to take on all that responsibility.”
But while Kelce contemplates his future, it appears he has a deadline. The Athletic reported on Friday, February 14, that the Chiefs have given him one month to inform them of his decision.
For now, it appears Kelce has plenty of people rooting for his return, including girlfriend Taylor Swift.
“She’s fully encouraging me to enjoy playing this game,” Kelce told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith in January. “She loves coming to Arrowhead [Stadium] and coming to the games and cheering for me, so I got all the support in the world to keep chasing these dreams.”
Manning is also rooting for one more year from Kelce.
“I hope he comes back and plays,” he told E! on Sunday. “He’s fun to watch, but he’s got to do what’s best for him.”
Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover.Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/MEGA
Time has afforded Craig Conover the benefit of hindsight, and now, he can look back on his relationship and breakup with Paige DeSorbo with some perspective.
The Southern Charm star, 36, appeared on the Tamron Hall Show on Monday, February 17, where he reflected on his recent split.
“I would’ve ended up losing myself [in that relationship] because I would’ve given up everything to stay with her,” he said. “So the blessing is, as we’re a couple months out, I see that now. That’s why your mood changes throughout [a breakup], you have to go through those grieving processes … it’s perspective.”
Conover also touched on the public fallout from the breakup, which included an accusation from DeSorbo, 32, in a new Summer House teaser that he was texting other women while they were together.
“Any time your character is challenged, especially things that you’re proud of, it’s not great, but that’s the life we live on television,” he said. “Like I said, you can only control yourself. But I won’t date someone unless I can see myself marrying them, because there’s two outcomes if you date — you break up or you get married.”
To Conover, it appeared for a while that DeSorbo could actually be The One. They dated for three years before DeSorbo confirmed their split on a December 2024 episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast.
Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover.Steven Bergman/AFF-USA.COM/MEGA
“I don’t think you should settle,” Conover continued on Monday. “I don’t think you should date someone unless you don’t want to date anyone else. And when I met Paige, she was my One. I had everything that I wanted in that relationship.”
In addition to the accusation that Conover was texting other women, which he has denied, rumors have also swirled that DeSorbo cheated on him and had already moved on with comedian Marcello Hernandez or another mystery man. Conover pushed back against that rumor — which DeSorbo has also denied — after previously dodging the question in a February 6 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, where he said, “I don’t want to be involved.”
“It really wasn’t ugly or bad and there wasn’t infidelity, at the end of the day, we accomplished so much in three years,” he told Hall.
Conover has been candid about the breakup over the last two months. He first spoke about it via his Instagram Story on January 7, calling the breakup “very unexpected to say the least.”
“I guess I gotta start living again, whatever that looks like,” he noted in a video at the time. “Whatever my new normal looks like — I have to start. Gratitude will get you through this, with time comes clarity’ – all of the advice, I’m trying to listen to.”
“It takes two people to be in a relationship and you can’t control other people, you can only control how you react to it,” he continued, reminding fans to “remember to be kind to Paige and me and yourselves and all of that good stuff.”
Former SNL writer John Mulaney delivered a joke about the late football star in an appearance during Steve Martin’s monologue on Sunday, February 16. Mulaney, 42, used his time to weigh in on the legal track record of the shows’ hosts since SNL premiered in 1975.
“894 people have hosted Saturday Night Live, and it amazes me that only two of them have committed murder,” he said, referring to Simpson and Robert Blake.
Simpson, who died in 2024, hosted an episode of SNL in 1978 during the show’s third season. Blake, who died in 2023, hosted in 1982.
Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s longtime attorney and the executor of his estate, told TMZ that he thought Martin and Mulaney’s monologue was “great” and that Mulaney’s joke was “very funny.” He added that Mulaney’s delivery forced viewers to think for a second about the two former hosts, leading to laughter.
Simpson was found not guilty in his infamous criminal trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He was later found liable for their deaths in a civil suit.
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Blake was arrested in April 2002 for murdering his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, but was also acquitted. Similar to Simpson’s case, he was later found liable for her death in a civil suit.
“He knew his place in society and didn’t fight against it, good or bad,” LaVergne said of Simpson. “He just lived his life: golf, friends (rich ones or Joe Blue Collar), good food and hot young women. And then it was over. The end.”
The attorney said that if Simpson were alive to watch the special, he would have been “indifferent” about the joke. He added that viewers also shouldn’t forget about Alec Baldwin, who holds the record for most appearances on SNL as a host, having done so 17 times.
But while Simpson and Blake faced murder charges, Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter following the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his movie Rust. (Baldwin denied pulling the trigger on the prop gun.)
A judge dismissed the case against Baldwin in 2024, leading LaVergne to joke that anyone who hosts SNL can “get away with homicide.”
Though LaVergne had a sense of humor about the joke directed at his ex-client, he’s currently embroiled in a legal battle with Simpson’s son, Justin, who is living in his father’s old house. LaVergne is demanding Justin either leave the 2,900-square-foot property or sign it over to him.
“Either Justin writes me a check for what was put down for the property and the increase in the value, the equity of it, which is probably now roughly about a quarter of a million dollars,” LaVergne told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in January, “or he can title the property to me and let me figure out what to do with the property.”
Jonathan Jackson will be missing from General Hospital beginning on Tuesday, February 18, but fans have no reason to fear — Lucky Spencer will be back in Port Charles soon.
Jackson, 42, the actor who portrays Lucky, will miss a “handful” of episodes but is expected to return to General Hospital later this month, Soap Opera Digest reported. The outlet added that Jackson has already returned to filming and that no reason was given for his absence.
Guy Wilson, who portrayed Will Horton on Days of Our Lives from 2014 to 2015, will step in while Jackson is away. It will be the second stint for Wilson, 39, on General Hospital, having previously played a young version of Lucky’s late father, Luke, during a fantasy sequence in 2006.
In Wilson’s first episode, Lucky and ex-wife Elizabeth are set to meet their son Aiden’s love interest, Tobias, whom he has spoken about since coming out on the show in 2023. The actor portraying him has not been announced.
Guy Wilson and Max Martini in ‘Bosch: Legacy.’Tyler Golden/Amazon/Freevee / Courtesy Everett Collection
Lucky was first introduced as a character on General Hospital in 1993 when the five-time Emmy winner was only 10 years old. He portrayed Lucky until 1999, when he handed the character off to Jacob Young and later Greg Vaughan. He returned to the show in 2009 to play the character for two more years, before leaving again in 2011.
His 2024 return marked the end of a nine-year absence (Jackson made a guest appearance in 2015), and he signed a multi-year contract upon his return.
“I’m super excited and I can’t wait to dig in and see what’s going on in Port Charles,” he said via Instagram last June, shortly after the show announced his return. “I’m excited to see Genie Francis, obviously, and so many others. I just wanted to say thank you to all of the fans over the years. Your persistence and love has certainly played a part in all of this so I just wanted to say thank you.”
Outside of acting, Jackson has kept plenty busy. He’s the frontman of the rock band Enation, which he formed with fellow actor Richard Lee Jackson in 2003. He is also an author, releasing a poetry book in 2012 and The Mystery of Art in 2014, which examined the intersection of art and Christianity.
General Hospital airs weekdays on ABC with old episodes available to stream on Hulu.
Charity Lawson and Dotun Olubeko.Disney/John Fleenor
Dotun Olubeko and Charity Lawson appear to be living their best lives together after falling in love on The Bachelorette.
Dotun, 32, posted a carousel of photos and videos of the couple via his Instagram account on Monday, February 17, in a belated Valentine’s Day celebration.
“They say love is patient and kind, but true love is also surviving our stupid quirks, sharing the last slice of pizza (sometimes), and psychotically laughing at inside jokes no one else understands,” he wrote in the caption. “Charity, you make every day brighter, funnier, and full of love. To me, love is simply you. Happy V-Day to my babygirl Miss @charitylawson.”
Charity, 29, was, naturally, among the hundreds to comment on the post, which showed the two of them in Disney World, kissing on the beach and under a waterfall, riding horses and more.
“Omg this is a solid roundup – your words never fail me, the way you have completely stole my heart from me i love you beyond,” she wrote.
Charity made a similar post to her account on Valentine’s Day, showing many of the same moments and adding shots of them on the New York City subway and watching fireworks.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to my earthside angel,” she wrote. “The one who loves so hard, makes me laugh non stop (and vice versa), challenges me, inspires me, my biggest cheerleader, and is by my side with every adventure that we take. I often think to myself how I got a love like this and in this way, but then I’m forever reminded that a good thing will always just be a good thing, i LOVE you big head this life is beautiful and even better that I get to live it with you!”
Though their season of The Bachelorette wrapped in August 2023, Dotun and Charity are in no rush to make it down the aisle. They remain happily engaged, but as they told Us Weekly exclusively in September 2024, they’re taking their time planning the wedding.
“We’ve taken a pause on it and I’m totally fine announcing that. I feel like people ask all the time, ‘How’s wedding planning? Or where are we at?’” Charity said in an exclusive interview at the time. “For me, I got in this space where I just felt this constant pressure of, like, I need to check off something every month or every week. And it got to the point where I’m like, ‘I don’t wanna do that right now.’ I’m also still just easing into life and normalcy again. Obviously, we’re still getting married. We’re taking a moment, taking a beat.”
Appearing on CBS Mornings on Monday, February 17, Sklenar, 34, was asked if he was “Team Justin” or “Team Blake” as the two actors remain embroiled in a legal battle stemming from when they filmed the movie.
“I’m Team It Ends With Us,” Sklenar replied. “I just want people to remember why we made the movie in the first place and what it stands for, just keeping the focus on that. That movie meant so much to me.”
Sklenar’s comments came three days after the legal teams for Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, agreed to refuse court mediation for their legal dispute, now set for a March 2026 trial.
Lively is suing Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, alleging sexual harassment and emotional distress in a lawsuit she filed in December 2024. She has accused Baldoni of trying to destroy her reputation and of fostering a “hostile work environment” on the set of the film, which he directed.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends With Us.’Sony Pictures Releasing / courtesy Everett Collection
Baldoni has denied the allegations and is suing Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for defamation. The couple has denied those allegations as well. Baldoni is seeking $400 million in damages for civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and additional claims.
All the while, It Ends With Us was a box office success, earning $351 million despite mixed reviews. Sklenar prefers to keep the focus on the movie itself, which follows Lily (Lively) as she navigates a new relationship with abusive neurosurgeon Ryle (Baldoni) and reconnects with her high school boyfriend Atlas (Sklenar).
“I have someone very, very close to me in my life who’s gone through what Lily’s going through for a long time and I’ve been on the front lines helping her navigate that space, so that movie meant a lot to me and it means a lot to her, this person in my life,” Sklenar added on Monday. “Me doing that film gave her the strength to change her life. Yeah, it means a lot to me. It’s unfortunate that things get taken away from what the ethos of that thing is, it gets convoluted.”
Reynolds, 48, briefly touched on the controversy as well during his surprise appearance on the SNL 50 Anniversary Special on Sunday, February 16. In a Q&A session with former “Weekend Update” hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Reynolds had a cheeky reply when asked how he was doing.
“[I’m doing] great. Why, what have you heard?” he joked.
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The lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of rape has been officially dismissed.
According to docs obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, February 14, the lawsuit was “dismissed with prejudice.” The filing alleged that the rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, raped a 13-year-old girl along with Sean “Diddy” Combs at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in September 2000.
“The false case against Jay-Z, that never should have been brought, has been dismissed with prejudice,” Jay-Z’s attorney Alex Spiro said in a statement to Us on Friday. “By standing up in the face of heinous and false allegations, Jay has done what few can – he pushed back, he never settled, he never paid 1 red penny, he triumphed and cleared his name.”
Jay-Z, for his part, took to social media to release a statement via his company, Roc Nation.
“Today is a victory. The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed. This civil suit was without merit and never going anywhere,” Jay-Z shared via X on Friday. “The fictional tale they created was laughable, if not for the seriousness of the claims. I would not wish this experience on anyone. The trauma that my wife, my children, loved ones and I have endured can never be dismissed.”
While the musical mogul was happy justice was on his side, he expressed his sympathies for victims who have suffered from sexual assault and those who have been falsely accused.
“The court must protect victims, OF COURSE, while with the same ethical responsibility, the courts must protect the innocent from being accused without a shred of evidence,” he continued. “May the truth prevail for all victims and those falsely accused equally.”
Both stars have repeatedly denied the allegations. On January 2, JudgeAnalisa Torres of the Southern District of New York granted a request from Jay-Z’s lawyer to file to dismiss the case on procedural grounds.
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Spiro’s request came in a December 30 letter to Torres, which argued that Jay-Z could not be prosecuted under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act because it didn’t come into effect until after the alleged rape.
The law was not instated until December 2000, three months after that year’s VMAs. It was also amended in 2022 to allow a two-year window for people to come forward with historical claims that might have otherwise passed the statute of limitations.
Spiro argued that it didn’t matter.
“Plaintiff cannot recover for her sole claim under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act (the GMV Law), as a matter of law, because the statute does not have retroactive effect,” he wrote.
Tony Buzbee, an attorney for the victim, identified as Jane Doe, countered by saying Spiro’s argument goes against the law’s intention.
“Defendant’s argument as to the GMVA is unpersuasive, as it is contrary to the law’s primary intention: to make it easier for victims of gender-motivated violence to seek civil remedies in court—not, as Defendant would have it, make it harder,” he wrote, according to a court document obtained by legal affairs journalist Meghann M. Cuniff.
Meanwhile, Jay-Z is suing Buzbee, accusing him of extortion and defamation. Buzbee also filed a suit against Jay-Z and his company, Roc Nation, alleging that it bribed its clients to file suits against his firm, threatened former clients and impersonated state officials. Roc Nation called the allegation “baloney.”
The legal teams representing each actor filed a joint letter to New York federal judge Lewis J. Liman, saying that they “agreed that settlement discussions would be premature” during a conference on January 30, according to Page Six.
Both parties also agreed that mediation and discovery protocols would be “inappropriate for this case.” Discovery protocols are used in employment-related cases to make the exchange of information between both parties more efficient and relevant to the case.
The letter noted that Lively, 37, plans to file an “amended complaint imminently,” per the outlet, and that both sides plan to file motions requesting the judge dismiss the other side’s claims.
According to Page Six, Liman granted the motion for exemption from both mediation and discovery protocols on Thursday, and requested both sides prepare for trial to begin on March 9, 2026.
Their legal dispute stems from Lively and Baldoni’s 2024 romantic drama, It Ends With Us, which Baldoni also directed. Lively filed a lawsuit in December 2024 against Baldoni, 41, claiming sexual harassment emotional distress and more. Baldoni denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit for $400 million against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane.
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Earlier on Friday, Us Weekly confirmed that Lively’s team had subpoenaed the phone records of Baldoni as well as film producer Jamey Heath and Wayfarer Studios’ Steve Sarowitz in an attempt to find evidence of a smear campaign against the actress.
Baldoni’s lawyers have called Lively’s accusations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious.”
“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 Freedmansaid in a statement to Us.
Lively’s lawyers have also denied the claims against her, accusing Baldoni of taking from “another chapter of 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,” they told Us in a statement in January. “This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender.”
Lively’s team also accused Baldoni of using his lawsuit to deflect attention off of him and onto his costar.
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this life is beautiful and even better that I get to live it with you!”
