Craig also said the relationship is “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
When asked why Collins wasn’t at the invitational tournament as well, Craig explained she wasn’t able to attend and go against him — yet. “We would love to,” he continued. “She would love to have been here, but the logistics just didn’t work out. So hopefully next time.”
Craig first appeared on the show in 2010. He set a single-day record of $77,000 on the second day of his running, besting Jenning’s own single-day record of $75,000. After seven days on the show he lost to Jelisa Castrodale, but ultimately earned $231,200.
Collins made her debut on Jeopardy! in 2014 and won over $400,000 during a 20-day run from April 21 to May 30 that year.
The headlines are definitely happier news for Jeopardy!. In November 2024, the show came under fire after contestant Heather Ryan answered a sexist clue. Ryan appeared on the October 28, 2024, episode of the show and was confronted with a clue in the “Complete the Rhyming Phrase…” category that read, “Men seldom make passes…”
Ryan completed the sentence, answering with “girls who wear glasses.”
Jennings immediately apologized to Ryan, who was wearing glasses. In an interview published in Binghamton University’s student newspaper on November 4, Ryan said the clue was “definitely an odd choice.”
“I think it made everybody in the audience and on stage, and Ken Jennings too, a little uncomfortable,” she said at the time. “It was like, ‘Oh, that was unexpected.’ Maybe we choose better rhyming phrases in 2024. Unfortunately, there are still girls who are [in] middle school and they don’t want to wear their glasses and they’re losing out on their education. So, I think it’s much better to be able to see than anything else.”
Ryan ultimately came in second during the game, losing by $1 to Ian Taylor, a food sales rep from Cleveland, Ohio. Despite the clue controversy, she assured the newspaper, “I had a great time. Everybody there was very welcoming.”
In a sweeping interview with Harper’s Bazaar published on Saturday, February 22, the singer and entrepreneur admitted that the “greatest thing” about her partner A$AP Rocky is “is seeing him be a dad.”
The pair’s sons, RZA, 2, and Riot Rose, 1, seem to agree. “I’m annoyed because my sons sometimes just live for him more than they live for me,” she continued. “And I’m like, ‘Did you know who cooked you? Do you know who pushed you out?’ And they love him, but when I see it, oh, it’s the best.”
The duo, who finally connected romantically in 2019 after years of friendship, go way back. The family of four lives in New York City — something they both appreciate.
“We like to eat with people. We like to shop with people. We like to walk the streets with people,” Rihanna, 37, explained to the outlet. “I don’t like a private room. I don’t have them shut down stores. I don’t like the Rapunzel life. It’s very isolating. It’s very lonely. And what am I protecting myself from? I’m actually allowing people to dictate the robbery of the life that I could actually be living.”
Rihanna also spoke about her other babies: her massively successful businesses, including Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty. She adds that she’s interested in expanding to home design and even wine at some point. (“We would want to have our own family vineyard.”) She said that part of her success is due to the fact that she’s “never underestimated my consumer.”
“I think a lot of people underestimate the consumer,” Rihanna added. “They think that they can maybe pull the wool over the consumer’s eyes and sell them what the ideal of beauty should be. And I don’t know if it’s the era of social media or just time, but people are not dumb.”
In the same interview, Rihanna also assured fans new music will be on the way… one day.
“There’s no genre now. That’s why I waited. Every time, I was just like, ‘No, it’s not me. It’s not right. It’s not matching my growth. It’s not matching my evolution. I can’t do this. I can’t stand by this. I can’t perform this for a year on tour,” she explained.
“After a while, I looked at it, and I was like, this much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count. It has to matter.”
“I have to show them the worth in the wait,” she added. “I cannot put up anything mediocre. After waiting eight years, you might as well just wait some more.”
He might be the object of many a heart’s desire (who could forget thatworkout photo?!), but Lenny Kravitz has been single for 10 years — and he’s happy that way.
“I’m good on my own. There’s nothing like a relationship with… You know,” Kravitz, 60, told The Times in an interview published Saturday, February 22. “But right now, I’m good where I am.”
Kravitz’s relationship history is a storied one — he was married to Lisa Bonet from 1987 to 1993, at which time the pair welcomed their daughter Zoe Kravitz in 1988. After the pair’s split, he went on to have a five-year relationship with Vanessa Paradis, and was at one point even engaged to Nicole Kidman.
In May 2024, Kravitz also said he’s chosen to remain celibate until he finds the right partner, something The Times noted he appeared to wave off in this interview.
He was much more willing to talk about daughter Zoe, 36, who hilariously noted that her father’s “relationship with the netted shirt is probably your longest one — and it works” when Kravitz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2024.
“So now people come up to me when I’m wearing [one]: ‘What did your daughter tell you?’ I’m like, ‘What?’ And I look down and I’m, like, ‘Oh my God. I’m a caricature of myself,’” he told the publication.
The singer and actor also shared where he likes to shop for furniture (Paris flea markets, something Paradis introduced him to in the 1990s) and clothes (“I have certain vintage dealers that I deal with. They curate things, they know what I like.”) before he revealed he has a fondness for the Netflix series Emily in Paris.
“I’ve seen the whole thing,” he said. “I love a bit of camp every now and again. I know the creator [Darren Star], who I met after I’d watched it. We were at a dinner in LA at a friend’s house. She said, ‘He does Emily in Paris.’ I was like ‘You do?’”
Though Kravitz might have been single for a decade, it doesn’t seem that it’s completely for lack of trying — but maybe for lack of following through. In November 2024, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, 57, claimed Kravitz asked for her number, but never actually called her.
“He was really nice,” she said on the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast at the time. “He didn’t use my damn number.”
Perhaps it was for the best, Bailey continued, because she “didn’t feel any sparks” either way.
Voletta Wallace, the mother of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., has died. She was 78.
TMZ was the first to break the news that Wallace passed away on Friday, February 21. Wallace was in hospice care at the time of her death and reportedly died of natural causes.
Wallace took on the role of protecting her son’s career and legacy after his untimely death in 1997 at the age of 24. Though she worked as a preschool teacher before her son was killed, she quickly shifted focus and became the person responsible for shaping conversations about her son for decades.
It was Wallace who accepted the MTV Video Music Award for Biggie’s album Life After Death just six months after he died. Wallace also stood on stage with Afeni Shakur, the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, two years later — at the time, both women asked for fans to unite in honor of their sons, who were once friends but ultimately became enemies before they were both shot to death in separate incidents.
Wallace also founded the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, through which she worked with other mothers who lost their children at early ages.
She was also part of the team that brought the 2021 film City of Lies to the big screen, which examined the alleged police cover-ups related to Biggie’s death. In an interview for the film, Wallace spoke to Screen Rant about where her son might be if he were still alive.
“I try not to think about it, because sometimes, it could be depressing. I always wonder, if my son was here, what would he be doing?” she told the publication at the time. “I told somebody that maybe he would be in jail by now, but I know he would be a successful human being because he spoke about it and it was something that he believed in.”
“He influenced a lot of young individuals, because I see kids who weren’t even born yet when he died and still they’re saying how much they love my son’s music,” she added. “These are people who weren’t even born yet when he died, so what would happen? What would have happened to him? Oh, Lord, I don’t even want to fathom that thought.”
One of her last public statements was against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in the wake of his legal issues stemming from numerous allegations of sexual assault, among other crimes. Diddy worked with and performed alongside Biggie before and up to the time of his death. (Combs denies all allegations against him and currently awaiting trial.)
“I hope that I see Sean one day, and the only thing I want to do is slap the daylights out of him. And you can quote me on that,” she told Rolling Stone in May 2024. “Because I liked him. I didn’t want to believe all the awful things, but I’m so ashamed and embarrassed.”
Prince HarryEric Charbonneau/Invictus Games Foundation via Getty Images
It’s been over a decade since Prince Harry first launched the Invictus Games— and he’s a huge part of the reason why the event is still going strong.
Since the first Invictus Games in March 2014, the celebration involving wounded military service members has only continued to grow. This year, 550 people from more than 20 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to participate in sport and enjoy each other’s company from February 8 to 16.
While Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have put in plenty of work speaking about and promoting the Games, something that can easily get lost is how dedicated the pair really are to each year’s event. Us Weekly spoke to several of the 2025 participants about their experiences meeting Harry and Meghan, and it’s clear that the duke’s passion is a big part of what makes the Invictus Games so special.
Keep reading for exclusive quotes from Invictus Games athletes and more about working alongside Prince Harry.
Dominic Reed
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Reed, who serves as the CEO of the Invictus Games, has worked with Harry for over a decade. “I’ve worked with the duke for nearly 12 years now. And what I was saying to people who ask, because people obviously do ask, [is that] his commitment is unparalleled,” he told Us. “I think what people need to understand is that it was his vision. He does drive that vision. I can’t remember how many board meetings I’ve been to, not only through the 2014 delivery process, but since then, I can think of one or two that he’s missed. He’s always been there.”
These days, Harry might attend more of those meetings by way of video, but that hasn’t changed his determination and his dedication to the event. “He once described [The Invictus Games] to being his second child,” Reed added. “This was before [his daughter] Lilibet was born, and then he quickly corrected himself, ‘my first child.’ It’s a very important thing to him.”
“I think we’re all in this together,” Reed said. “You know, I made some remarks about my journey, and I wasn’t injured. I wasn’t deployed in combat, but this has been extraordinary for all of us. So, you know, he’s 100 percent committed. And he’s very good at work.”
Joshua Shannon
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Shannon has participated in several Invictus Games sports including snowboarding, seated volleyball, wheelchair basketball, rowing and swimming, and described his experience meeting Harry and Meghan Markle as “humbling.”
“He’s a very kind gentleman,” said Shannon, a former member of the US Air Force. “[Harry] took a lot of time out of his life to come and spend a lot of time with us. I sat with them yesterday at the swimming pool.”
The royal couple “came and took some pictures with us [and] asked us how we’re doing,” Shannon told Us. “We had a meeting here at the DCC where he sat down with us, him and Meghan … It was nice. It was nice, you know, he was humbling.”
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The UK military member, who participated in indoor rowing, alpine skier, novice skeleton and wheelchair basketball at the Games, gushed over the “fantastic” event. He added that Harry’s ability to bring “nations together” and allow people to “put politics aside for 10 days” is “just a fantastic, fantastic opportunity.”
British Royal Legion member Wren, who suffers from PTSD after a training exercise went wrong in 2020 and he was dragged underneath a warship, added that “anyone who’s a wounded, injured, sick veteran or serving needs to get on this to aid their recovery.”
Before connecting with Harry at the 2025 Games in Canada, Wren met with the prince at the 2023 event in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Mike Murphy
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Murphy’s fiancée was recording him snowboarding and “we were on the side of the mountain, and somebody comes up, there’s a bunch of people pull over, ‘Hey, you guys OK?’” he recalled. “And we were just like, ‘Yeah, we’re focusing on our video, trying to get it fine-tuned.’ And then we almost blew this person off, and then I can’t see, so they kind of tapped me and whispered. They said, ‘Hey, it’s Prince Harry.’”
“And the cool part about the interactions is, he’s not just here for publicity,” Murphy continued. “He’s a down-to-earth, genuine person. So he’s sitting there making jokes [like], ‘You know why blind people don’t snowboard, right? It’s super difficult and terrifying.’ I was like, ‘Well, I’m here to break barriers, sir.’ So we kind of went back and forth, talked a little bit with him and his crew, went down the mountain, and then a couple runs later, right before I ended up going up to race, he came up behind me. He said, ‘Wow, you really do know how to snowboard. That was impressive. It was good to watch you.’”
Murphy also appreciated that Harry has plenty of military experience. “I think personally, from the military aspect of what makes me feel the most normal is people talking crap to you back and forth, just getting that friendship and having him share that moment to where he’s just one of the guys, it was super cool,” he added. “And then just having him out there, it was kind of just … that was definitely the highlight I’m getting out there. Snowboarding was cool. But having them, knowing the power that he has on everybody here is just huge.”
James Phelps
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A first-time Invictus Games participant, Phelps met Harry when they were both deployed in 2012, according to his wife, Cynthia. “James and him have deployed together before, and their base was attacked while they were both there and so we have a high regard for him. I know James does, because there were two Marines that were killed in action at that attack and so knowing that shortly afterwards, the Invictus Foundation — it was, like, two years after that attack that the Invictus Games were founded — that doesn’t fall by the wayside,” Cynthia said.
James told Us he appreciates how Harry “truly understands” what his fellow veterans have experienced. “He’s been through situations like most of us here have, so just the genuine nature of him putting this together for people who have been through similar things is [special],” he explained.
Cynthia added, “We know he was putting this together, right, but he is the front man on this and every time that he and Meghan, both, like, have come together, I mean, they are hand in hand, like, you know, cheek to cheek, just telling us how much it means to them and like, I know that they weren’t, you know, the people that fully put this together, that there’s a huge team behind them as well, but just every time we’ve had any contact with them, it is so genuine.”
The athlete, who competed in the biathlon, wheelchair rugby and swimming, said he was part of a group who had breakfast with both Harry and Meghan. “And it was absolutely incredible,” he told Us. “He was incredibly funny and down to earth and very articulate, and Meghan was extremely polite, and they asked us what sports we were doing. They talked to us.”
Harry popped up again while Neczypor was competing in the wheelchair rugby event. “He gave us all high fives, congratulations, hugs. And he remembered us. And, ‘Oh, great job. I knew you were worried about this. Congrats on the bronze. You did such an amazing job. I loved this play that you did.’ It was real personal,” he added.
Harry was also “out there cheering just as hard for every single country, and that’s what makes this special. Prince Harry is an astounding figure for not only serving in the military, but after his experience, he took what he saw and made these Games,” Neczypor explained. “He’s a singular figure in that way, no one else. There’s a lot of people who serve in the military, a lot of people who have the opportunities to do amazing things, but without him this wouldn’t exist.”
“They have taken the time on multiple occasions to visit with us and come out and see us compete, and every time, they’ve been very approachable and just warming, you know, it just feels like they are also part of that family,” Christman said. “And he has a history of service as well, which is what inspired him to hold true to his brothers and sisters in arms with this organization and this opportunity with the Invictus Games, and it still feels like he is just one of my brothers, brothers in arms.”
Former BacheloretteKatie Thurston is “going to kick cancer’s ass,” according to her friend Jess Ambrose.
Days after Thurston, 34, shared her diagnosis with breast cancer, Ambrose said on the Monday, February 17, episode of the “Your Mom & Dad” podcast that her friend is “simultaneously the kindest and strongest person I know.”
“And when I say kind, I’m talking about the type of kind where, you know, after barely knowing you for a little bit, she hears you once mentioned that you and your family love going to the beach together, and so then the next time she comes and visits, she’s bought beach chairs and towels and says, ‘I thought you would enjoy these,’” Ambrose continued.
Thurston “just thinks about people and loves people harder than anyone I have ever met,” Ambrose gushed. “And the people who are close to her see this on the regular, and I just have to say that because, you know, a lot of people don’t even know to what extent she’s constantly helping people because she doesn’t talk about it.”
Ambrose got emotional as she reflected on feeling “heartbroken” and “f—ing enraged” for her friend before sending a message to listeners. “We have such an incredible, incredible community here … and I would love and encourage you all to just flood Katie’s DMs with love and encouragement,” she continued. “And I’m not just talking about right now … Words mean so much, so if we can just flood those DMs.”
Thurston announced her diagnosis via Instagram on Saturday, February 15, writing, “Life update: I have breast cancer. Yesterday I saw all the couples post their Valentine’s Day celebrations. I felt envious if I’m being honest. [My fiancé] Jeff [Arcuri] took me to Hawaii and after, we were going to travel the world before planting roots together in NYC finally. But instead, my Vday was spent coordinating a place to live as I have to go back to LA for more testing and treatment.”
She added, “I used my morning to figure out insurance for NYC and laws on preexisting conditions. I scheduled appointments for another biopsy, fertility, mental health, surgery, as well as meeting with my team to discuss the overall treatment plan, which will include chemo.”
Thurston and Arcuri, who got engaged in 2024, are currently in the middle of moving from California to New York.
“To my extraordinary husband-to-be @jarcuri,” she continued. “I don’t know how I’d do this without you. The selfless love that you smother me in is beyond anything I imagined I’d be blessed with. I love you to the fullest in this lifetime and the next.”
Along with Ambrose, Thurston’s friends from Bachelor Nation sent their love and support following her reveal, from Kaitlyn Bristowe and Clare Crawley to Thomas Jacobs and Andrew Spencer.
Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, has a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks — including the impending birth of her first baby with fiancé Wayne Deuce.
Broadus spoke about her pregnancy to Us Weekly exclusively at the Choc Factory Cosmetics Launch Event on Saturday, February 15, at Lucid Studios in Beverly Hills. “I’m at a point in my pregnancy where everything I do, I’m out of breath. I can walk from here to the bathroom and I’m about to pass out,” she said.
“So I’m like, super winded right now, but everything else is great. She’s very active in there. I haven’t felt her kick yet. I just feel like little flutters. Other than that, she’s doing her mama great, and I’m excited to meet her,” Broadus added.
The musician and entrepreneur, who announced her pregnancy in December 2024 and is preparing to launch her own cosmetics line, added that while pregnancy “has its ups and downs,” she’s “had a great support system to make sure that I’m comfortable and to let me know that this is normal during pregnancy” — and that support system includes Deuce.
“I think he’ll be a great dad because we actually raised three kids that weren’t ours for almost a year, and just seeing how he acts. It’s a list of things, but I’m glad God chose him to be my baby daddy,” Broadus explained.
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She also cited her parents as a major part of her support system. Snoop Dogg and his wife, Shante Broadus, have been married for 27 years.
“Oh, they’re amazing, like, amazing. I couldn’t have asked for better parents,” she explained. “What I love the most is they let us do our thing. They’re not, ‘You need to do this. You need to do that.’ They watch from afar and they support, give their feedback here and there, but for the most part, they let us be who we genuinely are.”
Shante also spoke to Us at the event and echoed her daughter’s perspective. “[I told them] to just hold each other down. That’s what it’s all about,” she said. “Just stick it out and be there together. You may have ups and downs, but we gotta stick it through. We family, you know?”
As shared on the brand’s Instagram account, Broadus’ Choc Factory Cosmetics is described as “an empowering self-care brand created to celebrate authenticity, self-love, and individuality” and “promises to reshape the beauty conversation with products designed to highlight natural beauty for all skin tones, all while prioritizing clean, ethical practice.”
David Harbour made his recent red carpet appearance sans a wedding ring amid rumors he and wife Lily Allen have split.
Harbour, 49, attended SNL’s 50th anniversary special solo, despite having been spotted with a 27-year-old model earlier in the week. According to photos obtained by Deux Moi and shared via their Instagram on Saturday, February 15, the actor spent time with Ellie Beers Fallon in Georgia.
After the pair were spotted in public, The Daily Mail reported on Sunday, February 16 that Harbour and Fallon allegedly met in Atlanta, where the actor had been spending his time while filming the final season of Stranger Things.
According to the same report, Fallon and Harbour allegedly took a New Year trip to India together.
Harbour’s SNL 50 red carpet appearance and alleged hangout with Fallon comes amid a flurry of rumors Harbour and his wife, Lily Allen, have called it quits after four years of marriage. In December 2024, the Daily Mail reported that the Stranger Things actor was spotted on the celebrity dating app Raya.
Months later, Harbour fueled rumors he and Allen had called it quits after he attended the 2025 Critics Choice Awards sans his wedding ring – just like he did on Sunday.
Harbour and Allen have both stayed quiet on the split rumors. On Thursday, February 13, Allen told listeners of her “Miss Me?” podcast that she’d recently left a multi-week treatment program.
“I just feel very grateful to have been given the time and the space that I needed,” Allen said while returning from an on-air hiatus. “I went into a sort of treatment center for a few weeks, which was great. I did a lot of group therapy and some individual therapy and I needed some time and space away from everything.”
She also said she is working on her “inner child,” adding: “It’s a lifelong journey of healing. It’s not a quick fix, but I’ve started meditating. I meditate two or three times a day [and] that’s really helping me.”
Harbour and Allen went public with their romance in September 2019. Us Weekly confirmed one year later that the couple exchanged vows after obtaining a marriage license in Las Vegas.
Harbour later said he was riding bikes with Allen’s daughters when questions came up about his role in their life. “I was like, ‘I need to marry this woman,’” he quipped.
Ashley St. Clair claims Elon Musk told her to keep their alleged child’s existence a secret — potentially forever.
In an interview with the New York Post published on Saturday, February 15, St. Clair, 26, alleged she “was told to keep it secret.”
“I was being asked to keep it a secret forever,” she told the outlet.
The author also claimed that after she found out she was pregnant, Musk allegedly paid for her a massive apartment in the Financial District and for security, but added that the pair allegedly did not pursue a romantic relationship.
“I was completely isolated during my pregnancy. Every part of my career and everything I used to do I couldn’t do anymore. I was told not to tell anybody,” she alleged. St. Clair claimed she even disconnected from social media and didn’t post on Instagram until President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025.
The outlet also reviewed texts between St. Clair and Musk’s money manager, Jared Birchall, in which the author appeared to agree to leave Musk’s name off her baby’s birth certificate.
Things took a turn after some Musk supporters began to allegedly harass St. Clair and her toddler son, who she had via a previous relationship. “There was a cohort of very violent stalkers who started threatening my toddler, they would send me photos of him with blood and that I would witness his blood splattering death and saying I was Elon’s whore,” she claimed.
St. Clair repeated her claim that she was fine staying quiet until a tabloid reporter began looking into the story. She then decided to take to social media to announce the birth of her and Musk’s alleged child.
“It is very hard to understate how much I am processing right now. I am sad that my hand was forced by the media to do this now. But there is also a sense of relief because I have been forced to live in secrecy for almost a year of my life,” St. Clair claimed. “I cannot explain the kind of primary pain you feel as a mother and you’re talking to people and they ask you about the one kid, and you have to lie and carry this burden and secret. You have to lie to people you love.”
On Saturday, February 15, a representative for St. Clair claimed she and Musk are working on establishing an alleged parenting agreement. “Ashley & Elon have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising their child for some time,” Brian Glicklich, a representative for St. Clair, 26, said in a statement shared via X.
“It is disappointing that a tabloid reporter, who repeatedly ambushed Ashley and her family, made it impossible to complete that process confidentially,” the statement continued. “We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share.”
Musk has not publicly commented on St. Clair’s claims.
Rapper Meek Mill has seemingly weighed in on the news Elon Musk now has an alleged 13th child.
After author Ashley St. Claire claimed she gave birth to the Tesla owner’s child five months ago, Mill, 37, made a joke of sorts, comparing the number of women the two men have had children with.
“It’s no way I’m letting Elon Musk have more baby mothers than me lol,” the rapper said via X on February 16.
Mill has three children with two women — he shares Rihmeek and Murad with ex Fahimah Raheem, and Czar with ex Milan Rouge.
Musk and his first ex-wife Justine Wilsonhad six children together: their infant Nevada died of SIDS at 10 weeks old, and the two went on to welcome twins Vivian and Griffin as well as triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian. He also has three children with pop singer Grimes: X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl and Techno Mechanicus. The Tesla CEO has three more children with Shivon Zilis: twins Strider and Azure and a third child whose name the pair have not shared.
Mill wasn’t the only person who had something to say about news of Musk’s alleged child. (He has yet to publicly comment or confirm his alleged parental role). Nick Cannon, who has 12 children with six different women, tweeted, “Yo @elonmusk got me out here looking for my Super Suit again! LOL Congratulations my brother!”
A representative for St. Clair claimed that she and Musk are still working out a parenting agreement for the newborn.
“Ashley & Elon have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising their child for some time,” Brian Glicklich, a representative for St. Clair, 26, said in a statement shared via X on Saturday, February 15.
“It is disappointing that a tabloid reporter, who repeatedly ambushed Ashley and her family, made it impossible to complete that process confidentially,” the statement continued. “We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share.”
On Sunday, February 16, Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilsonshared a TikTok in which she revealed she found out about her alleged new sibling on Reddit.
“Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half-siblings through Reddit, I’d have two nickels … which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right,” she said in the clip. Wilson legally changed her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson in June 2022. “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” she told a judge in Los Angeles, who granted the request.
Taylor Haag understands why viewers thought she and Daniel Hastings were the perfect couple on season 8 of Love Is Blind — after all, she did, too. At first.
This post contains spoilers from Love Is Blind season 8.
In an interview with Glamour published on Sunday, February 16, two days after the season debuted on Netflix, Haag, 32, addressed what went wrong between the two amid their onscreen social media drama.
During episode 4, Haag asked Hastings if he had ever followed her on Instagram during the pair’s fourth date, something he denied. “I can’t imagine that I do,” he said. “I have a weird memory when it comes to Instagram handles. And I can see the person’s profile picture in my head…I would recognize your Instagram handle and I don’t.”
But something still felt off with his answer. After the two said “yes” to getting engaged sight unseen and finally met in person, Haag started to doubt his reply.
“The primary concern was that he knew what I looked like during the experiment,” she told Glamour. “I’m guilty, too, of judging people off their looks and I’m sure that’s been done to me. I wanted that to be completely removed from this entire situation … So the thought of that very premise being compromised was terrifying to me.”
She asked Hastings again, and he again denied knowing her social media handle. The show’s producers ended the sixth episode right there — with fans clamoring for more and wanting to know: did Hastings actually see Haag online before filming the show?
Of course, Haag didn’t divulge what comes next, but she did speak on the experience and the social media plotline. “I’ve had a lot of anxiety about this bit of the story that happened because I thought it was going to be made into a bigger thing than it really was at the time,” she told the outlet. “It was in the teaser. It was in the trailer. I knew it was going to be a part of the storyline for me, but I just feel like it’s a lot more hype than it needs to be.”
She also explained that the idea Hastings might have followed her “scared me.”
“We’re operating on very limited information at the time,” she explained. “We don’t have our devices, we don’t have our people to talk to and bounce ideas off of. We’re running on minimal sleep and we’re running on adrenaline.”
Valentine’s Day 2025 was also the five-year anniversary of the first season of the popular Netflix reality series. Season 8 is set in Minnesota and was filmed in March 2024.
The first six episodes of Love Is Blind are streaming on Netflix. Episodes 7-9 will be available on February 21, and episodes 10-11 will debut on February 28.
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson is breaking her silence after the Tesla founder allegedly fathered his 13th child with author Ashley St. Clair.
In a post shared via TikTok on Saturday, February 15, Wilson, 21, claimed she found out that the children’s book author had allegedly given birth to her apparent sibling on Reddit. Musk has yet to publicly confirm the news himself.
“Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half-siblings through Reddit, I’d have two nickels … which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice, right,” she said in the clip.
Wilson legally changed her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson in June 2022. “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” she told a judge in Los Angeles, who granted the request.
St. Clair claimed via X on Saturday, February 14, that she gave birth to Musk’s 13th child five months ago. “Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father,” she wrote. “I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child’s privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause.”
“I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment. For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy, and refrain from invasive reporting,” St. Clair added.
Musk is already a father to 12 children with three different women. He and his first wife Justine Wilson, who were married from 2000 to 2008, have five children together. (Musk and Wilson, 51, also shared a son Nevada, who died of sudden infant death syndrome when he was 10 weeks old.) Musk and pop star Grimes have three, and he also recently welcomed this third child with Neurolink executive Shivon Zillis.
On Sunday, February 15, St. Clair issued another statement about her alleged parenting plans with Musk. “Ashley & Elon have been privately working towards the creation of an agreement about raising their child for some time,” her rep Brian Glicklich shared via X.
“It is disappointing that a tabloid reporter, who repeatedly ambushed Ashley and her family, made it impossible to complete that process confidentially,” Glicklich continued. “We are waiting for Elon to publicly acknowledge his parental role with Ashley, to end unwarranted speculation, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to finish their agreement quickly, in the best interests of the wellbeing and security of the child they share.”
Kevyn Major Howard, best known for his role as Rafterman in Full Metal Jacket, has died. He was 69.
Howard passed away in Las Vegas on Friday, February 14. His death was confirmed to TMZ by his family on Saturday, February 15. According to the outlet, Howard had been hospitalized with a respiratory illness for several weeks before his death.
The actor was born January 27, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec. His additional film credits included Sudden Impact with Clint Eastwood and Death Wish II with Charles Bronson.
But it was Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war saga that would go on to become Major’s largest and most impactful role. In a 2007 interview with Monsters and Critics, he explained that the role gave him insight into what it was like to fight in a war.
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“Although I haven’t been in a war, I have a much clearer understanding of patriotism, and the pride and courage it takes to serve your country,” Howard told the outlet at the time. “Many of the Marines that I have met have seen ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and I believe that although I have never been to war, my work on this film continues to serve as a bridge that allows them to come face to face with the personal sacrifices they have made. It also allows me to stand in silence beside them and bear witness to their own personal tribute to their fallen comrades.”
The cinematic classic is based on the 1979 novel The Short-Timers and stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Emery, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood and Arliss Howard. The movie and book center around a group of Marines completing boot camp in South Carolina before they are deployed to Vietnam.
Howard starred as a soldier nicknamed “Rafterman” because of his role as the platoon’s photographer. The actor also told Monsters and Critics how he put the character together.
“Through conversations with Mathew Modine I realized that Stanley selected his cast through a ‘type casting of sort,’” Howard explained. “He knew how he felt he wanted his characters actualized and I believe that I recognized Stanley’s need for why I was chosen to play Rafterman. In my world I don’t seem to naturally fit in with the norm. Rafterman had that quality being examined constantly as the new guy.”
“He was sort of the odd man out always trying to prove himself,” he continued. “That seemed to be in my nature as well. Always wanting to be a part of the in crowd but just never fit in. Rafterman always seemed determined. Rafterman always wanted to be recognized and so I chose to stick close to home in portraying these facets of Rafterman.”
Howard is survived by his wife Tiffanie, stepdaughter Kayla, sister Kim and his brother Kelsey.
Former Love Island UK host Laura Whitmore is looking back on her friendship with Caroline Flack with fondness.
On Friday, February 14, Whitmore wrote a lengthy post via Instagram that featured photos of herself and Flack, who died in February 2020 at age 40. Her post also included screenshots of text messages shared between the two women.
“I got a new phone this month,” Whitmore, 39, wrote, explaining that as she attempted to download WhatsApp messages from her iCloud, a lot of older messages popped up instead.
Whitmore shared that the messages between herself and Flack “show a side to Caroline which is nice to remember.”
“She wasn’t perfect and I didn’t know her as well as others but I knew she had her demons,” the Love Island UK host continued. “I met Caroline in 2011 when I took over from her hosting I’m a celebrity get me out of here now. She was as supportive of me doing that role back then as she was when she supported me doing Love Island in 2020.”
Flack began hosting Love Island on ITV2 in 2015. “Both were great shows,” Whitmore added, “with hundreds of people working on them and relying on the show going ahead. I will always be so thankful of the last messages between me and Caroline.”
Whitmore wrote she “never asked [Flack] about the court case — it wasn’t my business,” noting, “I didn’t know her partner at the time and I still don’t. Every time I’ve been asked to speak about the situation or be part of a documentary I decline.”
Flack was found dead in her East London home on February 15, 2020, and it was later confirmed she had died by suicide. In the weeks leading up to her death, Flack had allegedly been involved in a physical altercation with her boyfriend Lewis Burton and authorities were moving forward with an assault charge, per The Guardian.
Flack’s family shared an unpublished Instagram message from the former host the day she was found dead. In the message, which was published by the New York Times, Flack “took responsibility for what happened” the night she was arrested and insisted she “was NOT a domestic abuser.”
“I’ve already said all I can say on the tragedy and don’t want words to be misconstrued and need to look after my own mental health. This was the last correspondence I ever had with her. I really did hope she was somewhere lovely,” Whitmore’s Friday caption continued. “I never knew the extent of her struggles or what was to come. The last message from her to me were love hearts. I’d like to think wherever she is now, she’s at peace and somewhere lovely like I hoped.”
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A 28-year-old man is in police custody after two people were shot at the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade.
CBS News reported Brandon Ramos was arrested after firing a gun and injuring two women on Friday, February 14, on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. One of the women had reportedly cut in line at a restroom before Ramos pulled the trigger. Ramos was charged with aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
Both women were transferred to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and are currently stable.
The shooting happened as the Eagles and fans in the city celebrated the team’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9. The Chiefs had previously announced they would not hold a public celebration if they won the game. In 2024, one person was killed and 24 were injured after a mass shooting near the Chiefs’ parade route following their win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Philadelphia schools were closed on Friday so children and their families could attend the parade. Per a video taken by 94WIP host Eliot Shorr-Parks, the parade officially began at 11 a.m. ET, though fans had fully crowded the parade route before 7 a.m. Before things kicked off some fans roasted a pig meant to resemble Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was among the first to show up for the Valentine’s Day parade, joined by his fiancée Bry Burrows and wearing a shirt that read, “Love, Hurts.”
Meanwhile, Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnsonsurprised fans with his own sweatshirt, which read “Swifties Can LIX My Balls” — a reference to Super Bowl LIX as well as Taylor Swift, who is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Plenty of people had something to say in response to Gardner-Johnson’s shirt on social media. One person wrote, “Imagine reaching the pinnacle of your career, winning the Super Bowl, and instead of acting like a champ, you’re out here fixated on Kelce’s ex and now Swift. Pathetic. You’ve got a ring, but clearly no dignity. Stay bitter, I guess.”
Gardner-Johnson sparked a war with Swift’s fans soon after the Super Bowl when he shared a photo of himself taunting Kelce on social media. “Should’ve Stayed with that thick s—,” Gardner-Johnson wrote, apparently referencing Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole, who broke up with the tight end in 2022 — at least one year before he and Swift began dating.
“I didn’t say that I didn’t want them to win. I have the Chiefs winning. They’re going to win. It’s going to be a three-peat. Patrick Mahomes is going to get the job done. I never, never bet against Patty Mahomes, period,” Nicole exclusively told Us Weekly before the Super Bowl on February 6.
“I remember specifically when the Patriots were winning year after year, I said the same thing,” she said at the time. “When the Celtics were doing it. Said the same thing. It just happens. I’m ready to see history be made.”
Little House on the Prairie debuted on NBC just over 40 years ago in September 1974 — and the beloved series often feels as relevant as ever today.
The show is based on the series of books by the same name penned by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Following the adventures of the Ingalls family in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, the series ran for nine seasons.
In addition to its main cast, Little House also launched the careers of Jason Bateman, who played James Cooper Ingalls, and reality star Kyle Richards, who starred as Alicia Sanderson Edwards.
Unfortunately, not all of the original cast is still with us. Michael Landon, who starred as Charles “Pa” Ingalls, died of pancreatic cancer on July 1, 1991, at the age of 54. Richard Bull, who played Nels Olsen for all nine seasons of the show, died in 2014 at the age of 89, and Kevin Hagen, who played Dr. Hiram “Doc” Baker, died of esophageal cancer in 2004.
The surviving cast of the series still hosts events around the United States in honor of the show and its cultural impact. Here’s where the cast of Little House on the Prairie is now.
Michael Landon starred on Little House as the show’s heart and moral compass, Charles “Pa” Ingalls. Though he was already well known at the time of the show’s debut, the role truly made Landon a household name.
Landon found more success on TV after the conclusion of Little House with Highway to Heaven, the NBC series he directed, created and starred in.
The actor, who also produced and directed episodes of Little House, died on July 1, 2001, of pancreatic cancer. Landon was only 54 at the time of his death.
Melissa Gilbert, who was a well-known child actor when she was cast on Little House, truly grew up on the series, which she acted on from age 9 to 18. Her additional roles also included The Miracle Worker, Babylon 5 and Batman: The Animated Series.
The actress is married to Timothy Busfield and is the proud mom of two children, , Dakota and Michael.. In 2009 she released her memoir Prairie Tale about her time on the show.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gilbert spoke about the way NBC ended the series, and what a shock it was to Landon. “I knew that [Landon] wanted to demolish everything because he was so angry that NBC never called him to tell him the show was officially canceled,” she said.
“We just weren’t on the fall schedule after not just 10 years of Little House, but years of Bonanza. It was just such a disrespectful thing to do to him,” she continued. “I do remember reading the script and going, ‘Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho, OK. Wow!’ For me personally, that whole experience from reading the script until the last day was the longest funeral I’d ever attended.”
Karen Grassle starred as Ingalls family matriarch Caroline Ingalls for eight seasons of the show.
Grassle also wrote her own memoir about her time on Little House. She released Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House’s Ma and dove into her experiences with alcoholism and her own mental health.
Last year Grassle joined surviving members of the Little House cast to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary.
Anderson, who was already a child actor when she took on the role of Mary Ingalls at age 11, won an Emmy for her portrayal of the oldest of the Ingalls children. Her post-Little House credits include roles in The Equalizer as well as on Murder She Wrote.
Anderson has two children, daughter Piper and son Griffin, and has been married to Michael Sloan since 1990. Her most recent acting credit is a small role in 2018’s The Con is On.
In 2011 Anderson released her own memoir about her time on Little House, Way I See It: A Look Back on My Life On Little House.
Arngrim starred on Little House as the truly unforgettable Nellie Oleson, the ultimate frenemy of Laura Ingalls. Arngrim was so convincing in the role that many of the show’s fans were unable to distinguish reality from fiction, something she touched on in her book Confessions of Prairie Bitch.
Arngrim was frank about her experience on the series in interviews while promoting her memoir. In response to comments from Melissa Sue Anderson, who said she “took acting more seriously” than other children on the series, Arngrim told Smashing Interviews, “I told my husband that I sometimes get the feeling that she just thought Melissa (Gilbert) and I were juvenile delinquents. My husband said, ‘You were juvenile delinquents. That may have something to do with it.’”
Arngrim is still an actor and is also a stand-up comedian. Her additional credits include roles on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. She also hosts the podcast The Alison Arngrim Show.
Twin sisters Sidney and Lindsay Greenbrush shared the role of Carrie Ingalls, the youngest daughter of the family. The two were only 3 when they began acting on the series, and neither Greenbrush twin acts now.
In 2016 Lindsay starred in The Vagina Monologues, but for the most part the twins have not continued to act as adults
Twin sisters Sidney and Lindsay Greenbrush shared the role of Carrie Ingalls, the youngest daughter of the family. The two were only 3 when they began acting on the series, and neither Greenbrush twin acts now.
In 2016 Lindsay starred in The Vagina Monologues, but for the most part the twins have not continued to act as adults
Butler joined the cast as Alamanzo Wilder, sister to the town’s teacher and eventual husband of Laura Ingalls. The actor continued to act after the show’s end, and had roles on Murder She Wrote and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Butler also maintained a relationship with NBC, and even worked behind the camera for the network during the 2018 Winter Olympics. He also penned his own memoir, Prairie Man, My Little House Life and Beyond.
As Harrit Oleson, MacGregor brought a hot-tempered, gossipy vibe to the series. The actress enjoyed a successful theater career before joining the show’s cast and returned to the stage after the show’s end. She also appeared in several TV shows. MacGregor died in 2018 at the age of 93.
Like MacGregor, Bull was already a well-established actor when he secured the role of Oleson family patriarch Nels Oleson. He continued acting after the show’s end, and even had a role on Landon’s Highway to Heaven.
Bull died in 89 after a bout of pneumonia.
Jonathan Gilbert, the younger brother of Little House co-star Melissa and the older brother of Roseanne star Sara Gilbert, joined the show as Nellie Oleson’s younger brother, Willie. He moved on from acting after the show concluded and became a stockbroker. In her autobiography, Melissa claimed Jonathan ended his relationship with their family, but by 2023 it appeared the two had reunited after Melissa wished him happy birthday on Instagram.
Though Labyorteaux’s character Albert was invented for the show, the actor had actually appeared as a young Charles Ingalls before he was brought on as a member of the cast.
After the end of the series, Labyorteaux had a few small roles on The Love Boat and Night Court. He has been working as a voice actor since the 1990s.
As Doc Baker, Hagen was the hero of Walnut Grove and the person to turn to in medical emergencies. After the series finished, Hagen went on to act on TV on General Hospital, where he played Toughie Richards. Hagen died of cancer on July 9, 2005.
Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Tommy Doyle is walking away from professional football.
Doyle, 26, made the decision to medically retire from the sport after four years in the league, the team announced Friday, February 14. The offensive lineman suffered a leg injury in August 2023 that caused nerve damage. “At this point, with the calendar and the healing process, it looks as though it’s permanent,” Doyle said in a statement published by the team on Friday. “I’m just unable to play football at a high level, and it’s time. When you know you know.”
The lineman also tore his ACL at the beginning of the 2022 season, and the combination of the two injuries has proven to be too much to overcome.
“I was really battling and competing and working to come back from that (ACL) injury, only to be kind of struck with an even more disastrous injury,” Doyle explained. “But at the end of the day, there was a lot of negative emotions and anger…doing a lot of reflecting lately and looking back on it, I’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons from it.”
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Doyle, who was drafted by the Bills in fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and went on to play 11 games in his rookie year.
Doyle isn’t the only member of the team who has had his career derailed by unexpected injuries and medical events. In September 2024, teammate Damar Hamlin returned to the Bills’ starting roster less than two years after he collapsed on the field during a Monday Night Football game due to cardiac arrest.
“It’s been such a long journey and a long process,” Hamlin told Us exclusively at the time. “It took me taking it one day at a time. I won’t ever lose sight of that. That’s my approach to the rest of this life journey that I’m on.”
Hamlin also said the entire team was focused. “I think keeping the focus internal and keeping the focus on the process is the main thing,” he added. “Your process will take you as far as you trust it. I’m just deeply embedded in my process one day at a time. I’m committed to it.”
The team made a playoff run this year that ended in a 32-29 defeat at the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs in January, and a number of changes could be in the Bill’s future following that loss. Hamlin and teammate Amari Cooper will head into the 2025-26 season as free agents, and James Cookhas indicated he will be asking for a contract extension of $15 million before the season begins.
Anstead, 45, shared an Instagram post in which he celebrated his girlfriend Renee Zellweger’s latest film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy on February 13, Haack, 41, was among those who liked the post on the platform.
“This is not a drill….. TODAY IS THE DAY!,” Anstead wrote about the movie. “If you are in the head over to @peacock and watch the latest (and utterly brilliant) Bridget Jones. It’s incredibly moving and will touch the hearts of Bridget fans deeply! I am in awe of Ren and how she gives herself fully. Sit back and enjoy…… x.”
In January Haack told Us she and Anstead worked on repairing their relationship after she and ex-husband Josh Hall separated. “When Josh [Hall] and I split up, I hadn’t really talked to Ant in years,” she explained. “The whole time I was with Josh, I would worry [thinking about how] Hudson’s sports [games] are coming up, we’re going to have to be on the field together, how’s Josh going to handle it?”
Haack and Anstead broke up in September 2020. Haack married Hall two years later.
“[After we broke up] I was dropping Hudson off at Ant’s house, and he gave me a big hug and was like, ‘I’m here for you and I’m so sorry you’re going through this,” she continued. “He said, ‘I feel like Josh is the source of the problem [and why] I couldn’t communicate.’ Now we’re back on track.”
Haack also opened up about her romantic future. “I’ll always love love,” she said. “I probably will [get married again] eventually. But, not anytime soon.” Haack added that she would want to be engaged for “a minimum of, like, five years.”
The reality star is still very much in the process of divorcing her third husband, Josh Hall. The duo were meant to star alongside Haack’s first ex-husband, Tarek El Moussa, and his wife Heather El Moussa in HGTV’s The Flip Off. Hall and Haack’s marriage came to an end during the series premiere of the show, which was filled with plenty of red flags that indicated the pair weren’t in a great place.
“This is a competition and we have to pull out all the stops. Whatever it takes to win, we do it! Halls rule. You are supposed to say it with me or repeat it or something that shows that you are with me,” Hall told Haack in one scene. “Don’t get confused in this competition about what your last name is.”
In another, Haack advised Hall that they should “start from scratch” on their project before she told the cameras, “Josh doesn’t like to be wrong so I try to tiptoe around it but ultimately I am thinking like a house flipper and not a designer with an unlimited budget. I am in this competition to win it and I feel like he has to have a little more respect for the fact that I know what I am talking about.”
Things have certainly changed since her split with Hall — which isn’t a bad thing, Haack added.
“This isn’t Josh’s show. No one’s going to miss that he’s not in it,” Haack said. “Josh is not a TV host, he’s not a house flipper, he’s not a designer. He was just my husband in it. With Tarek, we built everything together, and I still have respect for him. I have no respect for Josh.”
It’s the end of an era: Kris Jenner is selling the iconic Keeping Up With the Kardashians home in Calabasas, California.
The reality TV mom and Kardashian-Jenner matriarch is putting the house on the market for a whopping $13.5 million (and an extra $400,000 if you want to buy it furnished). “I’ve shared so many unforgettable memories in this incredible home with my family, and I’m excited to see it start a new chapter with its next owners,” she said in a statement to the New York Times on Friday, February 7.
Jenner bought the 8,800-square-foot, six-bedroom mansion in 2010 with her ex, Caitlyn Jenner. The home would serve as the family’s base for their hit reality series, KeepingUp With the Kardshians, which launched in October 2007. During the show’s tenure on E!, the family built a veritable empire that has spawned countless spin-off series and businesses.
Cameras followed the combined Kardashian-Jenner family members through relationships, divorces, childbirth and more, until the show ended in June 2021. The family’s newest series, The Kardashians, premiered on Hulu the following year.
The listing allows fans to see the home in ways that we never have before: totally empty. The stunning living room features beautiful oval windows that offer glimpses of the gorgeous foliage outside.
Lisa Lisa has been through a lot in her life, including surviving breast cancer when she was only 21 years old, and she has one person to thank: her mother.
“Remembering everything that my mother went through” gave her the strength to battle the disease, Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Velez) exclusively told Us Weekly at Lifetime’s “Voices of a Lifetime” event, where Whoopi (Whoopi Goldberg’s new line of Prosecco) was the exclusive drink of the night. “She had to raise 10 kids on her own, and I saw her fight. I wanted to fight for her.”
Fighting cancer “made me stronger,” the “Head to Toe” singer, now 58, added. “It made me want more, and it gave me my voice to speak up for myself.”
The singer, who helped popularize freestyle dance music in the mid to late-80s, is celebrating the February 1 premiere of her biopic Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story on Lifetime. She said the release of the movie feels “surreal,” especially since it puts her in the company of fellow music heavyweight Mary J. Blige, whose own Lifetime biopic premiered on the network in late January.
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“It’s nuts. I didn’t know anybody wanted to know anything about me, but I was convinced to do it and I’m here,” she said. Of Blige, Velez added, “It’s an honor to be on this lineup with such talented women, icons. I’m so happy to be here today.”
The “All Cried Out” chanteuse also named Bad Bunny as an artist she would love to collaborate with before the conversation turned more personal. While reflecting on happiness, Velez said, “Happiness comes from within. You got to find it within.”
“You got to love what you do and love who you are, and I really, really do,” she added. “I fought so hard to get to where I am today. I’m still not done. There’s so much more I want to do and I find a lot of happiness through my creation, my music, and my children, my boys, my world.”
As for bringing that energy out on the road for fans, Velez pointed out that she hasn’t “stopped touring in 40 years — and I will continue to do it.” In fact, she can next be seen in Inglewood, California, on March 1.
In between tour dates, there’s nothing Velez loves more than “hanging with my kids.” Velez and her husband Antonimar Mello have two children together. If she has to pick something else, she’s also a fan of watching “Friends” reruns and new releases.
“I still watch [Friends] over and over and over again, but right now I just finished watching Emilia Perez,” she explained. “It’s like a roller coaster of emotion with that movie and I love it. Zoe [Saldaña] did a crazy job on this. Kill it, girl!”
head over to @peacock and watch the latest (and utterly brilliant) Bridget Jones. It’s incredibly moving and will touch the hearts of Bridget fans deeply! I am in awe of Ren and how she gives herself fully. Sit back and enjoy…… x.”
