“Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy?” Sharon, 72, said on the Wednesday, February 19, episode of “The Magnificent Others With Billy Corgan” podcast. “He got offered to go and read for Pirates of the Caribbean— and I’ve never said this to anyone.”
Host Billy Corgan replied, “And you said no?” Sharon confirmed, adding, “I said no. Now, wouldn’t he have been perfect?”
Corgan and Sharon began laughing at the idea of Ozzy being in the film. “Because when Johnny [Depp] … wanted Keith to be a pirate, you remember?” she asked, referring to Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who played Depp’s dad, Captain Teague.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was released in June 2003, chronicling Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) and young blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) who attempt to rescue Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) after she is kidnapped by Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). The film sparked four additional sequels: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), At World’s End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011) and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
Sharon, for her part, has been married to Ozzy since 1982 and shares daughters Aimee, 41, Kelly, 40, and son Jack, 39. (Ozzy is also the father of daughter Jessica, 51, and son Louis, 49, with ex-wife Thelma Riley.)
Sharon and Ozzy briefly split in 2016 after he reportedly had an affair with hairdresser Michelle Pugh. However, in July 2016, Sharon told The Talk viewers that she had forgiven Ozzy for his infidelity. (Sharon was a host on The Talk from 2010 to 2021.)
“I shouldn’t speak for him. I know he wants to come on this show anyway and talk for himself to you all,” she said at the time. “He feels that he owes everyone here an apology because he’s put us all through it. He’s very embarrassed and ashamed about his conduct.”
Years later, Ozzy called cheating on Sharon one of the most “outrageous” things he had done. “I regret cheating on my wife,” he told GQ in November 2020. “I don’t do it anymore.”
“I got my reality check and I’m lucky she didn’t leave me,” he continued. “I’m not proud of that. I was pissed off with myself. But I broke her heart.”
The pair have been candid about weathering the storms of their marriage. “He always, always had groupies and I was so used to that,” Sharon said during her January 2024 Sharon Osbourne: Cut The Crap stage show in London per the U.K.’s The Mirror. “But when he knows the name of the person, where they live and where they work … it is a whole different thing as you are emotionally invested. I took, I don’t know how many pills.”
Sharon believed that her children were “older” and could “take care of themselves” without her. “So I took an overdose and locked myself in the bedroom,” she continued. “The maid tried to come in to clean [the] room and saw me.”
“Rest in peace, Gangsta Granny 2.12.25,” Anderson, 26, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 22. “Seven years and a day after my sweet mom passed, it brings me comfort knowing you’re together again.”
She continued, “Thank you for raising my mom the best you could, for the memories with Papa Jack, and for my curls — I’ll wear them with pride, thinking of you and your free spirit. Love you always. .”
Alongside the message, Anderson shared several throwback pictures of her grandmother and a screenshot of a text message about the significance of the number seven.
“Kelsey that is so crazy!!! The number 7 I feel like is so significant and I can’t believe it was so close to your mom’s passing,” a text message read, alongside a screenshot of a google search explaining that the number is “often considered a symbol of ‘completeness’ or ‘perfection’ across many cultures.” Anderson replied, “Aweee omg that’s so special.”
Bachelor Nation met Anderson when she vied for the affections of Joey Graziadei on The Bachelor season 28 in 2024. While on a one-on-one date with Graziadei, 29, Anderson opened up about her late mom’s battle with breast cancer. While discussing her personal tragedy, Anderson said her dad had an encouraging message for her before leaving for the ABC reality show.
“On the way to the airport, I was on the phone with dad, and I was like, ‘What do you think mom would think about all of this?’ He was like, ‘You’re your mother’s child. You’re so brave.’ He was like, ‘That’s something your mom would do.’ He just felt like I was exuding my mom’s energy, I guess,” she said, to which Graziadei replied: “With how you’re describing her energy, 100%.”
Anderson ultimately accepted a proposal from Graziadei in the season finale. Now, as she and the season 33 Dancing With the Stars winner prepare for their upcoming nuptials, Anderson is making sure to pay tribute to her mom during the ceremony.
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“I think that maybe I would take, like, a piece of some type of clothing of hers that meant a lot and somehow incorporate it into something in our wedding,” Anderson said on the Friday, February 21, episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast. “I definitely want a piece of my mom in our wedding and I think that I’m a very sentimental person, so there’s a lot of ideas that I have [to incorporate] the people that went with us presently.”
Anderson noted that she and Graziadei are also planning to honor his late grandmother. “She was very, very special to him,” Anderson said. “I’m trying to think of ways that we can still honor them because they were big people in our lives.”
Jessica Alba is honoring late hairstylist Jesus Guerrero.
Alba reposted an Instagram Story on Sunday, February 23, of her, Guerrero and Daniel Martin posing for a selfie. “We love you @jesushair,” Martin wrote alongside a white heart and dove emojis.
News broke on Saturday, February 22, that Guerrero died at the age of 34 when sister Gris set up and shared a GoFundMe page. His cause of death was not shared via the page. With a goal of $80,000, the GoFundMe page reached over $77,000 at the time of publication.
“My name is Gris, Jesus’s younger sister,” she wrote in the description. “It is with a heavy heart that we let the world know that Jesus Guerrero has gone to heaven. He is a son, a brother, an uncle, an artist, a friend, and so much more.”
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“Born and raised in Houston, TX to immigrant parents, Jesus learned how to work hard and dreamt of taking his skills to the top. Unfortunately, his passing came very suddenly and unexpectedly,” she continued. “Currently, his family is taking care of his personal belongings and accommodations to bring him home to Houston. We hope that you find it in your heart to help in any way and/or share this GoFundMe.”
During his career, Guerrero’s Hollywood clients included Kylie Jenner, Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez and more. Following news of his death, fellow celebrity hair stylist Jen Atkin took to her Instagram Story to mourn the loss of Guerrero and shared a link to the GoFundMe page.
“Our hearts will never be the same. Such a loving light and talent we lost too soon,” Atkin wrote on Saturday. “Jesus gave his all to everything he did and he left such an impact on all that knew him. He showed up 10 years ago from Texas with all of this insane talent and warmth and an unforgettable SMILE. He was the first to come and bear hug you, play with your hair, and ask how you’re doing.”
She continued, “Once you met him all you could do was root for him and hope for the best for him. Truly. The whole Glam Fam all loved him. As I try to make sense of this all I can think to do is help his mothers grieving heart in this moment. I love you Jesus and I hope you’re witnessing all of the tears we’re all crying.”
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Chris Appleton shared a similar sentiment via his Instagram Story on Sunday while paying tribute to Guerrero. “Heartbroken to hear about the passing of @jesushair. His talent was undeniable, and his creativity was always ahead of its time,” Appleton wrote. “He had a way of making hair an art form, and his passion inspired so many. The industry has lost a true visionary, but his legacy will live on through his work and the people he touched. Rest in peace, Jesus.”
“Hello everyone, Jonathan here. I have some news to share. I’ve been waiting for the right moment to do this and I believe today is the day,” Rone, 62, said in a Saturday, February 22, video shared via Instagram. “I just want to share with everyone that I am no longer in a relationship. It was fun, it was fast and it just didn’t last.”
Rone noted that he’s “grateful for all of the experiences” that he shared with his ex, adding that he met her “amazing” friends and family.
“Nothing is wasted in the universe of time and so I think moving forward I only hope and wish the best for both of us,” he continued. “And so that being said, I’m just left with these feelings and these reflections of thinking. Why is it that my relationships always end in a way that I don’t see coming? Where do I fall short? Am I not enough? Am I not worthy enough? So those are silly things to think about because I know that I am.”
Rone recalled ex Joan Vassos giving him “some validation,” noting that it “meant a lot” to him. (Rone vied for the affections of Vassos, 62, on The Golden Bachelorette season 1, which aired in 2024. Vassos ended her season engaged to Chock Chapple.)
“So I know that I am worthy, I know that I have enough,” he said. “I have a big heart and I show up. I’m open. I’m loyal. I’m honest. I’m committed.”
Rone noted that “things will get better” in time. “If it’s meant to be I’ll find the right person who will truly see me for who I am and will value me and love me and not let go and not break my heart,” he said. “So that’s it. Kitten caboodle. Single as a dollar bill. So I wish you all the best today. Cheers.”
“With a heavy heart, I want to share that I’m no longer in a relationship ,” Rone captioned his post. “Thank you all for your support as I continue my journey toward happiness. I know my person is out there, and I’ll find them when the time is right. Thank you all for the love and support @joan_vassos.”
After not finding The One in Vassos, Rone revealed during the November 2024 Men Tell All episode that he had moved on with another woman.
“I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity,” Rone told Vassos in the episode. “I mean, I wouldn’t be here, I wouldn’t have started the journey if it wasn’t because of you. And so I just kind of wanted to give an update that on this journey that I have met someone and the most important thing about that is that I’m happy.”
Days later, Rone got candid about his connection with Zimmermann. “‘So I Dropped The Bomb’… I started my journey looking for love, a love that is a forever love. A love I thought I once had but this was my second chance! So, I went all in with no walls to protect my vulnerability! I had no other intentions than that!” he wrote via Instagram. “This journey can be full of expectations but the unexpected happened and ‘The Bomb’ is the second chance I’ve been looking for! I am so grateful for all of the support and kind words from all you in the Bachelor Nation! I’m happy to say that Michelle is truly ‘My Bomb.’”
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Jay Ellis and Toby Sandeman had their athletic backgrounds to thank while preparing for their roles in Running Point.
“It’s crazy that I got to bring this much of my personal life to a role every single day. It was kind of wild,” Ellis, 43, exclusively told Us Weekly at the recent Running Point premiere held at Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. “It definitely took me back to that time, which was a lot of fun obviously. It was great.”
Before transitioning to acting, Ellis played basketball at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, and was a public relations intern for the Portland Trail Blazers. While filming Netflix’s Running Point, Ellis had his teammates on his mind.
“I thought about injuries, like guys who had gotten hurt. I thought about my own selfishness or my ambition of wanting to be the best player on my team,” Ellis told Us. “I thought of all of those things and how that relates now that I’m a coach in a show, having to talk to these younger players. And I’m only also a year or two removed from playing myself [in the show]. It was an interesting experience.”
Running Point follows Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) who unexpectedly becomes in charge of her family’s professional basketball team. Ellis portrays Jay Brown, head coach of the fictional team the Los Angeles Waves, on the Netflix series, which premieres on February 27. Alongside Ellis and Hudson, the 10-episode comedy series also stars Scott Evans, Brenda Song, Drew Tarver, Scott MacArthur, Toby Sandeman, Chet Hanks and Max Greenfield.
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Sandeman, 36 — who stars as basketball player Marcus Winfield in Running Point — was also an athlete himself, winning two gold medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships.
“I think some of the insights that I had being an athlete [helped] — certainly knowing the business side of being an athlete and how much that can actually take away from the love,” Sandeman told Us. “I think Marcus Winfield is going through that in this season, but also being a competitor and that’s just in me. So even when we were on the court, even though it wasn’t real, sometimes it felt real.”
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Without giving away any spoilers, Sandeman teased his character’s athletic feat in the series. “I certainly dunked and pulled down the entire ring,” he told Us. “[The] Shaq attack came back.”
Dave Grohlhas made headlines for both his music career and his personal life through the years.
Grohl rose to fame when he joined the band Nirvana in 1990. Four years later, lead singer Kurt Cobain died by suicide. In the months that followed, Grohl founded Foo Fighters.
Off stage, the 19-time Grammy Award winner was married to his first wife, Jennifer Leigh Youngblood, from 1994 to 1997. He moved on with his second wife, Jordyn Blum, in 2003. The couple welcomed daughters Violet, Harper and Ophelia in 2006, 2009 and 2014, respectively.
In September 2024, Grohl revealed that he had welcomed another child outside of his marriage. “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage,” Grohl wrote via Instagram. “I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her. I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.”
He concluded, “We’re grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together.”
Scroll down for more of Grohl’s ups and downs through the years:
Grohl joined the band in 1990 when Cobain and Krist Novoselic were looking for a guitarist. The next year, Nirvana released their album Nevermind, which is considered to be one of the best records of all-time, featuring songs like “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The band released a second album, In Utero, in 1993. Cobain died by suicide the following year.
Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love, and Grohl began feuding in 1999 when he questioned her songwriting abilities during an interview with Howard Stern. The drama continued through the years, with a Foo Fighters song “Let It Die” seemingly featuring digs at Love and with Love accusing Grohl of hitting on her and Cobain’s daughter, Frances. (Grohl’s publicist called the accusations “absolutely untrue” at the time.)
Love and Grohl seemingly made amends at the 2014 Hall of Fame Ceremony. "It was a nice excuse to finally be friends," he told Us Weekly later that year. "It was one of the greatest nights of my life. Wish Kurt could've been there!"
Grohl dated Tina Basich for two years in the 1990s. After parting ways, Basich claimed that he was seeing another woman during their romance. In her 2003 memoir, Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer, Basich recalled Grohl being “busy.”
“I don’t know how anyone in his profession can have a normal relationship with a girlfriend … or two, as it turned out,” she wrote. “I found out secondhand, through the grapevine, when it seemed like everyone else in the world knew about it but me.”
When Basich tried to get details from Grohl, he told her “nothing” and ended their relationship. “All I got was a five-minute phone call from him, after five weeks of me calling and trying to get ahold of him because I just had to know if these rumors were true and had to hear it straight from the source,” she wrote.
Grohl tied the knot with Jennifer Leigh Youngblood in 1994 and the pair split three years later. In an interview with The Guardian in 2007, it was printed that Grohl “admitted [to] infidelities that led to his divorce from first wife.” Further details about his split from Youngblood were not released.
Grohl met his second wife, Blum, when he and his then-bandmate Taylor Hawkins were at the Sunset Marquis whiskey bar in 2001. When a woman came over to Taylor, she waved her friend to come join the group – who ended up being Blum.
“I was like, ‘Oh my, God. Not a chance!’ So I’m just having some drinks and acting like a jackass. And by the end of the night I was pissed and I’m staring at her going, ‘You’re my future ex-wife,’” he told Q Magazine in 2007. “So she gave me her number: ‘Jordyn, your future ex-wife.’”
Blum gave birth to her and Grohl’s first daughter, Violet, in 2006. They welcomed daughters Harper and Ophelia in 2009 and 2014, respectively.
Grohl has performed with their eldest daughter through the years, including at Lollapalooza in 2001. The next year, she sang a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Help Me” at a pre-Grammys bash.
The same year the Foo Fighters won Best Rock Song at the 2022 Grammys for “Waiting on a War,” band member Hawkins died at age 50. Months after Hawkins’ death, Grohl broke down in tears while playing “Times Like These” at the Taylor Hawkins’ Tribute concert.
Grohl seemingly threw shade at Taylor Swift while performing a Foo Fighters show in June 2024. Grohl joked that the band likes to refer to their concerts as “The Errors Tour” — a play on Swift’s Eras Tour — because they’ve “had more than a few eras and more than a few f–king errors as well.” Grohl noted that the band has errors “because [they] actually play live.”
The following night, Swift seemingly responded to the dig during one of her shows. “Every one of my band members, every single one of our crew, my band who’s gonna be playing live for you for 3.5 hours tonight, they deserve this so much,” she said on stage. “And so does every one of my fellow performers. And you just gave that to us so generously, we will never forget it.”
When TMZ asked Grohl about the incident in August 2024, he didn’t answer. “A lot of people online thought your statements on Taylor not playing live weren’t fair. Why do you think she doesn’t sing live?” a TMZ videographer asked while Grohl got into his car.
Grohl shared that he fathered a child outside of his marriage in September 2024. Page Six reported in February 2025 that the Los Angeles woman Grohl had the affair with was named Jennifer Young. Us reached out for comment at the time.
Carolina Quixano is continuing to ruffle feathers with her fellow contestants as they vie for the affections of Bachelor Grant Ellis.
In Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peak of the Monday, February 24, episode, Grant, 31, and five of his remaining suitors suit up — or kilt up — for a group date in Edinburgh, Scotland.
“Another exciting day in Edinburgh, Scotland,” Grant said in a confessional. “Kilt’s everywhere and this is the last group date before hometowns. So the stakes are high.”
While some women seemed to be enjoying themselves on the date — Sarafiena Watkins gushed that she was having “the best time” — Carolina appeared to be in a different headspace.
“It’s definitely hard to see other people’s connections with Grant right in my face,” Carolina said in a confessional. “I don’t want to be asking for validation, and, ‘Please tell me that you want me here.’”
Grant appeared to sense Carolina was struggling, walking over to her as she sat alone at a table while on the group date.
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“Carolina, like, could not show more disdain for being on this group date,” Dina Lupancu said in a confessional, while Grant asked Carolina, “What’s going on?”
As Carolina and Grant walked away from the group, Sarafiena told the cameras, “I’m definitely a little annoyed. To have someone that’s so negative still getting time is definitely hard.”
Zoe McGrady weighed in on the drama. “I’m not playing damsel in distress so it didn’t make sense for him to pull me aside, right?” Zoe said. “It’s the Carolina show, yet again.”
Carolina’s drama with the women came to a head on the Monday, February 17, episode of the ABC reality series when she was accused of seeming ungrateful for the one-on-one time she spent with Grant. (Carolina previously received the coveted date, while other remaining contestants had not.)
After Juliana Pasquarosapulled her aside to talk, Carolina was in tears and seemed to receive little support from her fellow contestants. The drama was unresolved at the cocktail party, where Carolina defended having doubts in her relationship with Grant — but Dina quickly stood up for her.
“You know what, I feel for Carolina. I think she’s misunderstood in a lot of ways. But at the end of the day, I think she wants to see and does see a future with Grant,” Dina explained in a confessional, before sharing her feelings to the group. “You were one of the early one-on-ones, as was Alexe Godin. And so you want to hold on to all of the moments. You want to hold onto the conversation and the connection that you think you had and you probably did have. And then it’s, like, taken away from you. So I feel you and I see you.”
While Carolina and Dina cried and hugged it out, the tides seemed to change heading into the next week. In a teaser for the February 24 episode, Dina appeared to confront Carolina over her behavior.
“You’re like, ‘I’m taking Grant and I’m gone,’” Dina said, to which Carolina replied, “But I did not take him.”
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As Carolina turned to walk away from the conversation, Dina said, “Are you gonna go talk to Grant? Because that would be crazy.” Carolina continued to walk up the stairs, holding out her hands as she said, “I guess I’m crazy and evil.”
The tensions have continued off-screen, with both women sharing TikToks back-and-forth with Dina claiming she got “played” — and Carolina hinting that she has proof of what happened between them.
“Seeing someone use this sound as if I don’t have screenshots of our conversation as evidence,” Carolina wrote alongside a clip of herself lip-syncing to an audio that said, “Because you know in a moment, it could all ‘boom.’”
Dina seemingly reacted to Carolina’s claims in a TikTok video of her own on Wednesday, February 19. “I tease next week’s preview and she responds with … a threat?” she captioned a video of herself blow-drying her hair. “Interesting tactic but on brand I guess.”
Sarafiena Watkins is expressing remorse for the comments she made about Zoe McGrady’s dress on The Bachelor.
“I hated that. Wasn’t my best moment,” Sarafiena, 29, said on the Thursday, February 20, episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast of her comment. “I was hard on myself for so long about it. But I’m also giving myself some grace with it because I’m human and we all say some things we don’t mean, or, we’re like, ‘That was s—– in the moment.’”
The drama between Zoe, 27, and the rest of the women came to a head during a group date cocktail party on the February 10 episode of The Bachelor when Sarafiena made a comment about her fellow contestant’s dress.
“That’s the shortest dress I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sarafiena said to a group of women on the couch, which Zoe overheard.
“I get up and grab a drink for, like, one second and I hear people talking and Sarafiena says that my dress is too short,” Zoe explained in a confessional. “Seriously? That’s not [a] girl’s girl, you know? I don’t get it. I wasn’t asking for a comment on my dress, and I wasn’t even talking to her.”
Zoe appeared emotional as she vented her frustrations to fellow contestantChloie Costello and ultimately brought up her concerns about people “who are being fake” to Grant Ellis.
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“It’s been a long day. It’s actually very stressful for me,” Zoe told Grant. “I think obviously, with the first group date, that was me in my element. Athletics. Obviously, you saw last week where there’s, like, the competitiveness and since then, there’s little jabs at me constantly. Some girl’s like, ‘Oh, your dress is so short.’”
Grant interjected to ask who made the comment, to which Zoe opted not to give him a name. “I don’t want to see people throwing jabs, I don’t want that. So I appreciate you coming to me and telling me. I see you trying and putting yourself out there, and I appreciate that,” Grant said. “But don’t stop being you, alright?”
Now, the moment is water under the bridge for Zoe and Sarafiena’s mended friendship. After the comment, the duo had a conversation — which led them to realize they shared similarities.
“In a weird way, it actually got Zoe and I to bond because we realized that we were feeling the same things, but we were just articulating it in different ways,” Sarafiena said on Thursday. “I was going through things at that time because it is such an emotional, rocky journey. We, sometimes as people, don’t know how to communicate well. I really do think, in a weird way, it got us to really see each other in a different light.”
“Glad to see Dorit [Kemsley] and Kyle [Richards] finally bonding through common challenges,” Stiller, 59, wrote via X on Thursday, February 20.
After previous tension, Kemsley, 48, and Richards, 56, decided to put their drama aside and start “fresh and clean” with their friendship on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of the Bravo series — and also confided in each other about their respective splits. (Dorit and PK Kemsleyannounced their split in May 2024, while Us confirmed in October 2023 that Richards and Mauricio Umansky separated after 27 years of marriage.)
“It feels like old times. We’re leaning on one another. I kind of missed it,” Dorit said in a confessional on Tuesday of her mended friendship with Richards.
Stiller, for his part, briefly separated from wife Christine Taylor in 2017, but the pair found their way back to each other during the Covid pandemic. (Stiller and Taylor, 53, share daughter Ella, 22, and son Quinlin, 19.)
“I think we both wanted it,” Stiller said of his reconciliation with Taylor during a January appearance on The View. “In a relationship — we’ve been married for 25 years — you have to work at it. Covid happened and we all got in a house together with our family. I’m grateful. I’m so grateful we’re back together.”
While admitting that some exes shouldn’t rekindle because it’s “not the right thing,” Stiller said that “it was the right thing” for him and Taylor. “Now, every day that we’re together, we do not take for granted. I know I don’t,” he added. “Because you know it could go away. That, to me, is the gift [of] our relationship is that we have that every day. I’m so happy that we’re [back together].”
Dorit and Richards have navigated similar situations of their own, and Dorit exclusively told Us in November 2024 that she believed the challenges would bring her and Richards closer. However, she said that things “got to a point where it was more strange.”
“It felt more personal than it was, what she was going through,” Dorit noted. “It felt like I was on the outside and not in her inner circle, whereas I was that person at one point, and I don’t know what had happened, she didn’t share with me what had happened to sort of put me on the outside.”
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As for navigating their splits, Dorit noted that Richards is a “little bit ahead” of her. “She’s been going through things for a while and it’s always difficult,” Dorit added. “I would have loved to have been there for her from the beginning. I was. I tried. I certainly am and would be. I do think in a real friendship you need to be able to feel like you’re getting the same that you’re putting in.”
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When asked in a Wednesday, February 19, Instagram Q&A whether the couple was “done having babies,” Roper, 38, replied, “We are done.”
“I still get baby fever all the time and probably will forever, but I don’t envision us having one more,” she continued. “Time for Tanner to get the snip!”
Roper and Tolbert, 37, met on Bachelor in Paradise season 2 in 2015. The couple went on to tie the knot the following year and have since welcomed daughter Emmy and sons Brooks and Reed in 2017, 2019 and 2020, respectively.
The Bachelor Nation alum revealed in August 2020 that she had suffered a miscarriage before conceiving Emmy and had a chemical pregnancy before Brooks. In 2023, Roper suffered a missed miscarriage with a son the pair planned to name Beau.
“Our sweet Beau was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, so we think his tiny heart wasn’t strong enough,” she explained via an Instagram Story Q&A in November 2023. “A lot of DS diagnoses are accompanied with congenital heart conditions.”
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While mourning the loss of Beau, the former Bachelor contestant shared on Wednesday that she went to a medium to connect with her unborn son.
“I did! It was way more of a controversial topic amongst my followers than I anticipated. A lot of really harsh comments came my way, so I decided to not share how meeting with the medium went. I will say, to me, it was really beautiful … It was overwhelming for me at times, but overall I really enjoyed it and it did give me some peaceful thoughts about Beau and my miscarriage.”
While Roper and Tolbert navigate parenthood, she explained how they balance the needs of each of their children — and admitted she still worries if they all “feel loved enough/feel time is equally spent with each kid.”
“I read once, just 15 minutes a day of true quality one-on-one connection with your child creates the security and bond a child needs to feel safe and connected to their parent/caretaker,” she wrote via her Instagram Story in November, replying to a question about focusing on each child. “So creating a routine or ritual of that 15 minutes of quality time they can look forward to is key, I feel. Simple as reading books at bedtime and snuggling and talking about the day.”
Tom Schwartz is remaining tight-lipped about his romantic life.
“Honestly, I am not formally dating anyone, I am just hanging out,” Schwartz, 42, exclusively told Us Weekly at the L.A. Art Show Opening Night on Wednesday, February 19. “So there is not much to say about my love life.”
Schwartz said he did “nothing” for Valentine’s Day. “I was in Minnesota!” he told Us at the event held at the L.A. Convention Center. “With one of my first loves, the great state of Minnesota.”
Schwartz’s update on his dating life comes one month after he shared on the “Lady Gang” podcast that he has someone he “really” enjoys “hanging out with.” However, Schwartz said at the time that “dating is, like, the last thing on my mind.”
Nearly one year prior, Schwartz sparked romance rumors with Sophia Skoro. During a February 2024 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Schwartz hinted that he was — sort of — in a relationship.
“I would say I am not, not dating. I’m hanging out,” he said at the time, noting that the special someone wanted to remain private. “I think she would prefer that I didn’t say, but I’m hanging out.”
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Schwartz and Skoro, 24, went public with their romance later that year. “I just want to be in the most perfect place,” Skoro shared when appearing alongside Schwartz on “The Viall Files” podcast in April 2024. “I like to be very, at ease.”
Schwartz, for his part, explained that he didn’t want to “put pressure” on Skoro and noted that the pair “enjoy our time together.”
“We actually met on a whim at TomTom,” Schwartz shared. “It’s funny, ironically, around that moment, I made a pledge, not only to myself, but to the universe, that I will not hang out or date. I’m just going to be single and work for the next two years. … Then I bumped into her.”
Schwartz and Skoro made their last public appearance in December 2024 when she supported the Vanderpump Rules alum on the last day of his bar Schwartz and Sandy’s before it closed.
Before Schwartz was romantically linked to Skoro, he was previously married to former Vanderpump Rules costar Katie Maloney. The pair tied the knot in 2016 and were married for six years before their divorce in 2022.
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The Bravo personality has since hooked up with former costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, who later revealed she was involved in an affair with costar Tom Sandoval amid his relationship with Ariana Madix. Schwartz was also briefly linked to Below Deck Mediterranean’s Katie Flood and had a casual relationship with Jo Wenberg.
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Jenna Dewan has “everything” left to plan for her wedding with fiancé Steve Kazee.
“Lets just say, last on the list ever for me, would be a planner of any sorts because I am so go with the flow,” Dewan, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly at the L.A. Art Show Opening Night on Wednesday, February 19. “I would not be surprised if we just shot gunned it, too. It’s just the way I am, we will see at this point.”
While at the event, which was held at the L.A. Convention Center, Dewan explained to Us that there are “so many people, schedules, location, timing, and the right weather,” noting that “there are so many moving parts to it.” She added, “We are getting closer and closer and closer.”
When it comes to wedding dresses, Dewan teased that she will “definitely” have two.
“You want to be comfortable afterwards to dance and have fun,” Dewan said. “I mean I am getting lots of inspiration. That’s what I am really good at, I have a lot of dress inspiration. I would have three if you include rehearsal dinner night.”
Us confirmed Dewan’s relationship with Kazee, 49, in October 2018, months after she and ex-husband Channing Tatum announced their split. (Dewan and Tatum were previously married for nine years and share 11-year-old daughter Everly. The duo settled their divorce in 2024.)
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After nearly one year of dating, Dewan and Kazee revealed they were expecting their first baby. The pair welcomed son Callum in March 2020, one month after Kazee proposed. Dewan and Kazee have since welcomed daughter Rhiannon in June 2024.
“Rhiannon Lee Kathryn Kazee,” the couple wrote via Instagram. “From the moment you arrived, you have brought immense joy and love into our lives… your gentle grace, sweetness, and beauty have captivated our entire family. Our hearts are overflowing with love, and we are truly blessed by your presence. Welcome to our world baby girl .”
In a statement to Us, a rep for Dewan added, “The entire family is thrilled and healthy.”
Dewan previously told Us that she and Kazee were taking wedding planning one day at a time. “My family’s like, ‘When guys, when?’ We’ll get there. I promise, we’re getting there,” she exclusively told Us in June 2023. “We at least have the location, so we’ve gotten [a] step further. But it’s just been so busy, honestly. Life has been so busy, and work’s been busy.”
Former Bachelor Ben Higgins and his wife, Jessica Clarke, are recalling a scary experience shortly before the birth of their daughter.
“Her blood pressure dropped and so we lost her heartbeat for, like, 10 minutes,” Clarke, 29, said on the Thursday, February 20, episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast. “They flipped me on all fours, so I’m on all fours in my hospital gown and like ten doctors come rushing in. It turns out this is, like, very common and not, like, as big of an emergency as we thought it was. But it was scary.”
Clarke explained that the doctors were gearing up to perform a C-section. Higgins, 35, recalled their daughter’s heart rate dropping, noting, “They could still find it but it was, like, severely low.”
While Higgins wanted to be “present,” he didn’t want to be “hovering” over his wife — so he walked back to his sofa bed and tried to watch Indiana University basketball, but things took a turn.
“I look up and all of a sudden, like there’s 10 doctors in the room. I remember just looking around like, ‘I don’t understand what’s happening.’ And a nurse comes over and sits by me and she’s like, ‘This is very normal, but like you should prepare to get rolled back into like the OR.’ I’m like, ‘What do you mean? Like this is normal and we’re going to the OR,’” Higgins said. “So by the time it happened and it was done, I was just kind of like not processing it. That was kind of a theme for me. I think for those two days is, like, I was slow to process exactly what was happening when it was happening.”
After Clarke “changed positions,” she explained that their daughter was “fine.” Higgins shared the news on February 12 that the couple, who tied the knot in November 2021, welcomed their daughter.
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“Update and more to come but baby girl Higgins has entered the world. She is healthy. @jessclarke_ is doing so well,” he shared via Instagram at the time, while sharing a photo of him and Jessica, with their daughter on her chest. “I don’t yet have words for what just happened but the update right now is we have a daughter and Jess is recovering so well. The nurses and doctors who cared for us should be lifted high. Also I am biased but God spent a little more time on our baby girl because she’s real beautiful! This beauty will be revealed soon but first she needs a bath.”
The next day, the former reality star shared the name of their daughter alongside several snaps of the newborn.
“First, I did not realize I could be more in love and more impressed with @jessclarke_ but after the last 48 hours my heart has exploded for her and our new baby girl,” he wrote via Instagram. “Winona (Winnie for short if she’s ok with it) Elane Higgins was born at 2:53 am on 2/12. Words still are hard for me, I won’t accurately articulate what just happened.”
He continued, “But for the last 2 mornings I wake up feeling like it was a dream, reminding myself of the blessings of Jesus, then looking over to see Jessica and Winona and being mentally reunited with the truth that I am a dad and a husband and that we are a family. Life starts again for us, a new chapter we enter into, and so many moments of lacking the words but feeling God inspired love.”
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Star Jones is reflecting on her “no joke” open-heart surgery 14 years later.
“They opened up my chest, cracked it and disconnected my heart for 22 minutes,” Jones, 62, said on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of the Tamron Hall Show. “But as you know I say, ‘They put it back in so don’t trip.’”
“Heart disease is still the number one killer of women. It’s still the number one killer of Americans, still the number one killer of African Americans. Beats all forms of cancer combined,” she continued. “And this is my mission in life, you know? This is why I wake up in the morning: to say to women, ‘Take care of yourself. Put yourself on the front burner. It is important for you.’”
When host Tamron Hall noted that Jones previously “ignored” her body, she replied, “100 percent.”
“I was morbidly obese and obese for the vast majority of my adult life. So when I was short of breath or my legs hurt or I would get dizzy, I attributed that to the weight,” she said. “So then, after having weight loss surgery, after having done therapy, after having changed my eating habits, started exercising, I should have felt better. But I didn’t feel better.”
The former View cohost said she avoided “dealing with it” and thought it was “residual weight” until receiving her heart disease diagnosis. Now, Jones is raising awareness.
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“If I’m the one who brings the news to people and I didn’t know, this is my job to tell everybody else,” she said.
While reflecting on her health journey, Jones recalled what the most surprising response has been from women. “The same thing that I said: ‘I should’ve known,’” Jones told Hall, 54. “I mean literally, those are the words that I say and I continue to say them every day. We should know when our body is not feeling right.”
When asked by Hall why people “trick” themselves into “denying” it, Jones replied, “Because you a mama, you a wife, you a sister. You worry about everybody else.” While noting that she’s aware of her husband and son’s health appointments, Jones said, “women don’t do that for ourselves.”
“We will literally be lying on the floor … about to have a heart attack, and we will say, ‘You can’t come into my house Mr. 911 because it’s not clean and I haven’t done the dishes,’” Jones said. “So we do need to start to focus on our own health and stop just putting other people first when it comes to your health. That’s my message.”
UPDATE 2/20/25 at 2:00 p.m. ET — The Bachelor’s Carolina Quixano has some thoughts about Dina Lupancu’s recent social media allegations against her.
In response to Dina claiming Carolina “played” her in the show’s upcoming Monday, February 24, episode, Carolina took to TikTok. “Imagine trying to start drama with me when this is the only activity im [sic] interested in participating in,” she captioned a funny video of herself dancing to Grant Ellis’ new single “Party girl” on Wednesday, February 20.
In a follow-up post, Carolina claimed she has proof of what really happened between her and Dina on the show. “Seeing someone use this sound as if I don’t have screenshots of our conversation as evidence,” she wrote alongside a clip of herself lip-syncing to an audio that said, “Because you know in a moment, it could all ‘boom.’”
Dina, for her part, reacted to Carolina’s claims in a Wednesday TikTok video of her own. “I tease next week’s preview and she responds with … a threat?” she captioned a video of herself blow-drying her hair. “Interesting tactic but on brand I guess.”
In the video’s caption, Dina quoted lyrics from Taylor Swift’s song “Exile,” writing, “I think I’ve seen this film before.”
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The Bachelor season 29 contestant Dina Lupancu teased that her days standing up for Carolina Quixano may not last too long.
“When you defend the one person nobody else would … just to get played the next week,” Dina, 31, wrote over a Tuesday, February 18, TikTok.
In the video, Dina lip-synced to the viral audio, “Because you know in a moment, it could all boom.” Dina captioned the clip, “Your Honor I’d like to withdraw as counsel.”
Carolina, 29, has found herself in the middle of drama on Grant Ellis’ season 29 of The Bachelor. The issue came to a head on the Monday, February 17, episode when she was accused of seeming ungrateful for the time she spent with the lead. (Carolina had previously received a one-on-one date, while other remaining contestants have not yet received the coveted time with Grant, 31.)
After an exchange with Juliana Pasquarosa on the episode, Carolina was in tears — and seemed to receive little support from the other women. The drama carried over to the cocktail party, where Carolina defended having doubts in their relationship while talking with Grant. When Carolina returned to the group after her talk with Grant, Dina was the first one to stand up for her.
“You know what, I feel for Carolina. I think she’s misunderstood in a lot of ways. But at the end of the day, I think she wants to see and does see a future with Grant,” Dina explained in a confessional, before expressing her feelings to the group. “You were one of the early one-on-ones, as was Alexe Godin. And so you want to hold on to all of the moments. You want to hold onto the conversation and the connection that you think you had and you probably did have. And then it’s, like, taken away from you. So I feel you and I see you.”
Carolina appeared emotional at the exchange, grabbing Dina’s hand and replying, “I love you. And thank you for … I don’t think that a lot of people would … Oh, my God, I’m going to cry. I love you. … I really respect you and love you for that and thank you for seeing me.”
Dina wiped tears from her eyes as she replied, “I do see you. I see a lot of myself in you.”
Dina and Carolina’s friendship, however, appeared to end quickly. In a teaser for the Monday, February 24, episode, Dina appeared to vent her frustrations over Carolina in a confessional.
“Carolina is giving damsel in distress energy,” Dina said as a clip of Carolina sitting alone on a group date played. “She takes him away and they’re gone for the rest of the day.”
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After the date, Dina seemed to confront Carolina over her actions. “Today when you decided to monopolize Grant’s time,” Dina said, to which Carolina replied, “I can’t account for the weather Gods.”
The twosome continued to hash out the drama. “You’re like, ‘I’m taking Grant and I’m gone,’” Dina said, to which Carolina replied, “But I did not take him.”
Carolina turned and walked away from the conversation, to which Dina said, “Are you gonna go talk to Grant? Because that would be crazy.” Carolina continued to walk up the stairs, holding out her hands as she said, “I guess I’m crazy and evil.”
Ahead of the episode airing, Carolina defended feeling unsure about Grant while reposting a video from the show where she was confronted by her fellow contestants. She wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, “God forbid you’re not sure about a man you’ve been on one date with.”
“We’re really blessed to have a bunch of people here with me tonight,” Wade, 30, said in the middle of her Tuesday, February 18, concert. “If you don’t mind, tonight when you leave here, say a prayer for my good friend Teddi Mellencamp. I went to visit her a little bit ago.”
In the video shared via Kyle Richards’ Instagram Story, Wade explained that Mellencamp, 43, had to have “emergency surgery on her brain to remove some tumors” about a week ago.
“She would be here tonight,” Wade said.
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Mellencamp shared the news on February 12 that she had been experiencing “severe and debilitating headaches” for weeks — and the pain became “unbearable,” requiring hospitalization.
“After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months. Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today. The remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date,” Mellencamp wrote via Instagram at the time. “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. Thank you to everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.”
Hours later, Mellencamp shared a video via her Instagram Story of her friend shaving off her hair. “I’m gonna have this look on my bucket list,” Mellencamp quipped. “My best look. I hate to break it to my brother but once I’m allowed to wash my hair and it’s not all spiky, I think I’ve taken you for a run for your money, Hud. I’ll see you tomorrow and we’ll see who wore it best.”
In another Instagram Story, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum also revealed that Richards, 56, and Wade were present as she prepared for the operation — as was her estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave. (Mellencamp filed for divorce from Arroyave — with whom she shares daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, and son Cruz, 10 — in November 2024.)
Arroyave, for his part, has shared several updates on Mellencamp’s health after news broke of her battle.
“Our family is thankful to everybody for your continued prayers and well wishes,” Arroyave, 47, wrote via Instagram on Monday, February 17. “Teddi is beyond grateful for the outpouring of love while she continues to recover.”
The Golden Bachelorette alum Charles Ling may not be off the market just yet — but he has received plenty of messages from women.
When asked by cohost Kathy Swarts on the Wednesday, February 19, episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast if women were sliding into his DMs, Charles, 66, replied, “Yes. There are [a] lot.”
Kathy, 71, appeared shocked that Charles hadn’t acted on any of the correspondences. “I have not started it yet,” Charles said of communicating with the women.
“Well, what are you waiting for? The July 4th fireworks? I mean, let’s go!” Kathy quipped, to which Charles replied, “Actually, I was chatting with Chock [Chapple]. I’m pretty, kind of, slow in that aspect. For whatever reason. … Maybe I’m waiting for that right lady.”
Charles suggested that Kathy and her cohost, Susan Noles, should “coach” him on “how to move forward” — which the Golden Bachelor alums were enthusiastic about. (Kathy and Susan, 67, both vied for the affections of Gerry Turner on season 1 of the Bachelor spinoff, but he ended the show engaged to Theresa Nist. After a few months of marriage, Gerry, 72, and Theresa, 71, announced they were getting a divorce in 2024.)
“Our first advice to you is, are you on dating sites?” Kathy asked, to which Charles replied, “No.” Susan, for her part, quipped, “He doesn’t even answer the DMs, we expect him to be on the dating sites?”
While Charles may not be utilizing dating apps to find The One, he said his friends are hoping to set him up on a blind date — but he hasn’t taken them up on their offer yet. “It’s been holidays, Christmas, New Year’s, I was traveling [to] New York,” Charles explained.
When asked whether he would be interested in a Golden spinoff of Bachelor in Paradise, Charles shared that his ideal world would involve a meet-cute with a woman while on a trip.
“I would love to bump into [a] nice lady or a girl [on] a cruise,” Charles said, adding that it’s his “personal dream.”
Bachelor Nation met Charles when he vied for the affections of Joan Vassos on The Golden Bachelorette season 1. While Joan ended the season accepting a proposal from Chock, 61, Charles will always look back on his experience with the ABC reality dating show fondly.
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Charles shared on an October 2024 episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast that he credited the show and his cast members for helping him get candid about his “sorrows.”
“[They] say, ‘Charles, it’s OK, we know it’s sad. But it’s also OK to move on, when opportunity knocks on my door,’” Charles said.
Charles gushed that he also has gratitude for his friendship with Joan, 62. “We like each other, but as you know, like each other is one thing. To love each other is another thing,” he said. “I’m happy for Joan. She continues her journey to find the best one she really loves.”
Back in 2013, Richards, 54, took in Bob and Max, now 15, when Mueller lost custody due to substance abuse issues. “I’m grateful we were able to help them during that time,” Richards told People in an interview published Wednesday, February 19.
Richards — who shares daughters Sami, 20, and Lola, 19, with Sheen, 59 — noted that she welcomes her ex’s kids with open arms. (Richards is also mom to Eloise, 13, whom she adopted in 2011.)
“Charlie is always invited to holiday dinners,” Richards said. “There’s always an open door and that goes for Brooke and the boys as well. I’m always the more the merrier. I want everyone to get along and everyone to be peaceful.”
Richards and Sheen, who wed in 2002, finalized their divorce in 2006. Richards has since moved on with Aaron Phypers, whom she exchanged vows with in 2018.
Following his relationship with Richards, Sheen tied the knot with Mueller in 2008. The pair split in 2010 and finalized their divorce one year later. In 2014, Sheen got engaged to Brett Rossi but split from her later that year.
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum is now sharing a glimpse of her coparenting relationship with Sheen in her new reality show, Denise Richards and Her Wild Things, which also follows her life with Phypers.
“Nobody has ever seen Charlie and I after our divorce sitting in a room talking,” Richards revealed on the Tuesday, February 18, episode of Bravo’s “Hot Mic” podcast. “I think that’s one of the things that I love that we were able to capture was us having that moment of sharing that.”
Richards noted that she and Sheen “still joke around with each other” and “can have a sense of humor about all the s— we went through.” She added, “It’s so bad that we have to laugh.”
“The thing is people have seen in the tabloids over the years obviously all the turmoil and then people would hear we went on vacation with the girls together or we were having dinner or stuff like that,” Richards explained. “It was always to keep a family unit when we could for the girls.”
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As for her new reality show, Richards previously explained that she had conversations with her older daughters about putting their lives on display because she “wanted to make sure that that was something that they wanted to do because they didn’t have to be part of it.”
“It was a process, but they were on board,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in December 2024. “I’m not perfect and they will see I make mistakes. Our family is not perfect by any means, but hopefully they can relate to some things that our family goes through too.”
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things premieres on Bravo Tuesday, March 4, following a new episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Chelsea Handler has been working her entire life. Her first gig, at age 10, was running a lemonade stand — she spiked her product, and the business did gangbusters. Then she moved on to childcare, babysitting a boy four years older than she was. As an adult, her tenacity and quest for financial independence brought an onslaught of jobs, including shows from the 2002–04 hidden-camera blast Girls Behaving Badly to the 2007–14 talker Chelsea Lately; six New York Times bestsellers; a podcast; and multiple standup specials. She never stops hustling. And for the past decade, she’s been just as diligent in her private life, working hard on herself.
Handler’s comedy has given her a reputation: brash, direct, sometimes maybe even obnoxious. But her seventh collection of essays, I’ll Have What She’s Having — which arrives on her 50th birthday, February 25 — reveals that the newest, truest version of Handler is kind, generous and seeking.
“You want to get rid of the bad behavior that’s hurtful to others or hurtful to yourself, and also adopt this new version of you,” she exclusively tells Us Weekly of her evolution. “I don’t want to lose all the edge I was naturally born with — that’s who I am — so it’s a bit of Whack-a-Mole. You’re like, OK, I’m auditioning different versions of myself, seeing which ones make the most sense for this improved version of me.”
She talks to Us about becoming the best Chelsea she can be — and having all the fun doing it.
JOHN RUSSO
You recently said you’re tired of people asking how it feels to be turning 50. It’s like they expect you to be depressed, because they think being a woman of a certain age — especially one who’s single and child-free — is the ultimate disaster.
The narrative has to change. When I was in my 20s, I was trying so hard, with every eating disorder you could imagine, to have this body that I have when I’m about to turn 50. I look better. I’m smarter than I ever thought I’d be. I’m interested in all the right things. In my own judgment, I’m not shallow. I don’t sit around and watch stupid reality shows. I educate myself. When I have a chance to read a book, I pick it up. I’m proud, and I’m only getting better. This idea that women lose their value at this age — look at Pamela Anderson and the year she had. Demi Moore. Nicole Kidman. Hollywood is a representation of what’s to come. Women are unstoppable, and there’s nothing anyone can do to shut us up.
That’s an amazing perspective.
The good thing about aging is that you start to care less about the past and the future and you are able to be more present. Being present is the best supplier of good times. I was reading an article the other day that said if you can get through the next 10 to 12 years, there will be scientific innovation that will allow you to stay alive and remain healthy until you’re, like, 120 years old. And I thought, Who the f— wants to live until they’re 120? First of all, I can’t afford to live that long. Second, am I going to be doing standup at 120? I have no desire to see what this world is coming to. I’ve seen enough, it’s a wrap. I’m not scared to die; I am pretty scared not to live.
What’s the best way to do that?
One thing you can do is just provide more love, more joy, more comfort to all those people you love and care about — to really, really double down on your kindness and compassion. You can make a difference in someone’s life, and if we choose to do that, then you are bringing the vibe higher. Even if it’s only one or two people you come into contact with in a week, it doesn’t matter: There’s a domino effect that’s powerful. People think that’s just woo-woo talk, [but] it’s pretty concrete.
In the book, you call yourself an interloper. You take control of situations and actively try to make them better. There’s a great example of you writing a letter to your nieces and nephew about their “shortfall of manners” while traveling with the family.
Nine times out of 10, it ends in a positive way, and people are grateful. And then there are situations where it does not work out, where the person cannot hear you [or does] not want to hear you. I’m not out to hurt anybody — I want everyone to succeed. So if you’re going to tell someone with love that there’s a situation, I think that’s sisterhood. And I always want to be a sister.
Your 2019 book, Life Will Be the Death of Me, delved into your brother Chet’s death when you were 9 and your experience with therapy. This title picks up after that process, when you’re applying everything you learned, which sounds very hard.
It’s kind of a trial-and-error thing. I am so many things to so many people, but who am I to myself and what are the most important traits I have that I don’t want to let go of? And which are the ones I want to be better at?
What did you come up with?
I wanted to be more patient. If I talk to a moron, it’s clear by the look on my face 30 seconds into the conversation what I’m thinking. I don’t have a poker face. I don’t have time for people I don’t think are intelligent, and that’s a pretty narrow way of looking at the world. You have to figure out a way to have more room for patience, more room to change your opinion… and to be really careful of other people who might be more fragile or sensitive. That’s been a big lesson for me because I’m not those things. I just assume other people will know where I’m coming from, and that’s a misstep. Even though I’m going to be 50, I still want to grow up. I’m always going to be an asshole, but I want to be a grown-up asshole.
What do you think people’s biggest misconception is about you?
God, I wouldn’t even know. I don’t know what people think about me anymore. That’s how disinterested I am.
JOHN RUSSO
Twenty years ago, would you have thought you’d get to that place?
When I was in my 20s, I don’t think I really cared either, but it was a different kind of not caring. It was more arrogant. Now I’m softer, but I also realize how silly it is to worry too much. I mean, of course I care what people think about me, but I don’t let that run me. I’m too solid of a person to be worried about stuff like that. I have bigger fish to fry.
Jo Koy, whom you dated from 2020 to 2021, is a big presence in the book. Your relationship was so out in the open, and you write about how important that was to him: “Jo lit up anytime I spoke about him publicly, so I did it any chance I got.” Was there a part of you that wrote about him for him?
When I got this book deal, the editor and I were in conversation about me falling in love in such a public way and how well that was received by everybody. We had so many cheerleaders. I guess people were surprised to see me in that state. I wouldn’t say I did it for him; I would say he loved that aspect of it, so I served that up. We did have a long, funny history. I had known him years ago on Chelsea Lately. I used to bury him on the roundtable. The fact that I was now having sex with this person needed some explaining because I was just as surprised as anyone. And I had fallen in love with him — I was like, Oh, my God, how did this happen?
What’s your current dating life like?
Dating is wonderful. I understand now what kind of dater I am, and this is what I am: I want lovers all around the world. I’m not a liar. I will be very honest and upfront with anyone I’m dating that you may not be the only one, and if you need to know, I’ll let you know, but hopefully you don’t need to ask any further questions.
I’m not the marrying kind. I am not looking for children. I just want to have lots of love stories. I feel like that’s the most romantic way to look at love. And I’m glad I know that about myself because I think so many women are starting to be more open about [the fact that] this Prince Charming nonsense we’re sold is so silly.
I’m just recovering from shoulder surgery. I’m seeing someone, and he’s like, “Let me know when you want me to fly down.” I’m vulnerable, I’m in pain, I have to get antibiotics intravenously every 24 hours. I’m like, “No, no, I need to be alone during this time.” I’m an independent woman. I don’t thrive with dependency. I’d rather wallow in my own misery alone and watch 40 hours of television on Vicodin than have someone I’m not paying take care of me. Do you understand?
Absolutely.
Women are really actualizing this now: “Wait a second, I have value that doesn’t involve a child [or] a man. And I don’t need any of that to succeed, to be happy, to have freedom,” which is something we don’t talk about enough until [that freedom is] threatened.
But that’s the way I’ve felt ever since I was a little girl. I just wanted to grow up and be free to express myself. I haven’t had a boss in 10 or 15 years, and I’m managing to do just great. I have three houses [in L.A.; Whistler, British Columbia; and Mallorca, Spain]. I have a wonderful dog [her chow chow, Doug]. My life is filled with dogs, with friends and with family. I want everyone to know their value. Find out your purpose and go after it. This is the only chance you have.
It seems like women also sometime dim their own light so other people don’t feel diminished.
I hate when people are self-conscious. I hate that for them. I wish I had an Ozempic needle filled with self-confidence that I could just go around stabbing everybody with, because if everyone were self-secure, it would be so much easier. I have a lot of needles, but I don’t have that.
JOHN RUSSO
Speaking of needles… or at least drugs: You talk a lot about psychedelics and the positive impact they’ve had on your life.
They’re just a great provider of joy. They’re mind- and heart-openers. And I think especially when you’re in a loving group of friends and you microdose, whether it’s mushrooms or LSD, you can have really meaningful, even more powerful experiences. If the setting is right, there’s only one way those experiences go, and that’s up. [In Mallorca], the setting is beautiful. There’s not a bad vibe that could happen because you’re in such a magical place and we’re on vacation. It’s almost risk-free. When I ski a lot, I’ll microdose because it just makes you appreciate nature even more. It makes everything glisten.
And again, it’s microdosing, so it’s not like you’re off your rocker [or] you’re just sitting down staring at a leaf for 20 hours. You’re actually going through the day [with] a little pep in your step. Everything’s a bit more magical.
You’re clearly a very secure person, but do you have any insecurities?
I have this little bunionette growing out on the side of my foot. I’m insecure about that.
I’m calling it a bunionette because that sounds more petite. I’m wearing toe spacers right now. I’m also insecure about my dancing. I can’t dance.
Right, you say that in the book.
I can’t dance. I promise you it’s true. I can’t.
Do you enjoy it?
No, I don’t like it. I have no rhythm. It’s embarrassing. I did Jennifer Hudson’s show the other day, with the spirit tunnel. I was walking so fast through that thing before I had to do a dance move. But as I turn 50, I’m like, This is the one thing I’m insecure about, and I’m going to start dancing whether I look like an asshole or not. Who gives a s—? I can’t be good at everything.
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Kaity Biggar set the record straight on whether the group threw shade at Jason Tartick.
In the comments section of Kaity’s TikTok post, a user commented, “So confused. Do people hate Jason Tartick?” Kaity replied, “No no !!! Love him he’s the best!!! This is a trending audio.”
Gabi Elnicki also commented on Us Weekly’s Instagram, “Has no one heard of a trending audio before .”
A TikTok uploaded by Kaity Biggar on Monday, February 17, began with Gabi Elnicki lipsyncing, “Pause, Jason just liked my selfie?” In response, Kylee Russell mouthed, “What a creep.”
The clip cut to former Bachelorette Charity Lawson, who lipsynched, “Is that guy sleeping over there?” before Kaity, Jess Girod, Mercedes Northup, Litia Garr and Ariel Frenkel made cameos. (Aside from 31-year-old Litia, all of the women appeared on Zach Shallcross’ season 27 of The Bachelor in 2023. Litia is a contestant on Grant Ellis’ season 29 of The Bachelor, which is currently airing.)
The upload quickly received comments from social media users wondering who they were referring to. “Which Jason?” one user wrote, to which Kaity replied, “Obvi Jason Tartic [sic].”
Bachelor Nation met Jason, 36, when he vied for the affections of Becca Kufrin on season 14 of The Bachelorette in 2018. (Becca, 34, ultimately ended her season engaged to Garrett Yrigoyen, but the pair split after two years together. She has since tied the knot with fellow Bachelor in Paradise season 7 contestant Thomas Jacobs, with whom she shares 16-month-old son Benny.)
After not finding The One in Becca, Jason began pursuing a romance with former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe. Jason popped the question to Kaitlyn, 39, in 2021 but the pair confirmed their split in 2023. Less than one year later, Jason hard launched his relationship with influencer Kat Stickler but the twosome split in 2024.
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“Everyone goes through breakups,” Tartick said on a January episode of his “Trading Secrets” podcast. “It is what it is and breakups happen. This is why you date. If you have a sudden change of heart, she’s not to blame for that. That’s OK.”
Tartick continued, “It’s really no one’s business what happened, but I will say, I’ve just seen every rumor out there and none of them are accurate. You put a gun to my head and I would never, ever be disloyal to her. I have a ton of respect and care for her.”
Jason, who’s been candid about his hopes to find The One, revealed in January that he’s slowly dipping his toe back into the dating pool. When asked whether he’s going on dates, Jason replied, “yeah,” but added that he’s “not on dating apps or anything.”
After cohost David Arduin asked, “What would be the one thing that you would give up in your career or in your lifestyle to find your wife and settle down?” Jason laughed. “Everything,” he replied. “I would give it all up. I would leave it all. If you told me I had my family tomorrow, I’m done, I’m good.”
2.12.25,” Anderson, 26, wrote via 
,” Rone captioned his post. “Thank you all for your support as I continue my journey toward happiness. I know my person is out there, and I’ll find them when the time is right. Thank you all for the love and support @joan_vassos.”
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