Val Chmerkovskiy confessed that he used to get jealous of other men dancing with his wife, Jenna Johnson.

“I think it’s such a taboo thing and people catch feelings about it. So I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings because [of] that insecurity I feel, too,” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, said on the Monday, February 24 episode of the “Sibling Revelry With Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson” podcast. “I don’t feel it anymore, but I’ve had situations.”

While Chmerkovskiy has worked through his previous feelings, he confessed that sometimes the sensitivity comes back up, like when Johnson, 30, was partnered — and won — with Joey Graziadei last season.

“Even this season, my wife was partnered with Joey who is a previous Bachelor,” Chmerkovskiy recalled. “He had just got engaged and he has a beautiful fiancee and an amazing relationship. But he [was] a frontrunner on [the] season, he’s on fire on social media. He’s got incredible virality.”

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Chmerkovskiy explained that he wasn’t worried about Johnson and Graziadei’s partnership thanks to his practice of “self-discipline, trust and good communication.”

“From a human level it’s weird,” he admitted. “But from a professional dancer level, who has dedicated 30 years of his life to telling stories through this medium, I’m telling this grown ass man to [grope] my wife like a f—ing man.”

Chmerkovskiy added that for him, what’s most important is putting in the “work” to make a good dance, whether that’s for him and his dance partner or Johnson with hers.

“The most important thing is that I love dance. I can’t enjoy dance without you being a part of it … I have an intention, I need you,” he said. “I need you to be great. I need you to be happy, I need you to be in love because I want my dance to be what I know you can be. We need to be on the same page, we need to do all of that.”

As for Chmerkovskiy’s take on getting attached to his dance partner, he said he sees his fellow dancer like a team member.

“If I’m an honest husband, I’m not gonna catch feelings that are irresponsible,” he shared. “I’m gonna catch other feelings [like] chemistry [and] camaraderie. Chemistry is not always sexual. There’s chemistry between teammates, it’s camaraderie.”

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When Chmerkovskiy has a dance partner who isn’t single, he likes to incorporate double dates to strengthen their bond.

“If you got a significant other, we’re gonna go on a date,” he reflected. “I’m going to really clearly communicate to him or her that ‘Val loves dance and he wants his partner to execute it to the level I’m used to executing at.’”

Chmerkovskiy and Johnson met while working together on Dancing With the Stars and started dating in 2015. They tied the knot four years later. In January 2023, the couple welcomed their first child, son Rome.

Justin Bieber has been open when it comes to his struggles with past drug use.

In the January 2020 docuseries Justin Bieber: Seasons, the singer revealed that he began smoking marijuana when he was “12 or 13.” As Bieber grew up in the spotlight, he later turned to “pretty heavy drugs,” including lean (a mixture of codeine cough syrup, soda and hard candy), pills, MDMA, psychedelic mushrooms and more.

“I was young, like everybody in the industry and people in the world who experiment and do normal, growing-up things,” he reflected. “But my experience was in front of cameras and I had a different level of exposure. I had a lot of money and a lot of things.”

Bieber ultimately sought out therapy for his substance abuse and mental health struggles.

In February 2025, concern for Justin’s well-being sparked online after fans noticed he was seemingly no longer following his wife, Hailey Bieber, on Instagram. Justin later claimed his account was hacked.

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That same month, he was also photographed out and about while shirtless.

Rumors swirled that Justin was doing drugs again, but the musician’s rep slammed the “absolutely not true” speculation in a statement to TMZ. Per the rep, the discussion about Justin’s mental health “shows that despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”

Keep scrolling to see Justin’s honest quotes about his past drug use:

Taking Adderall

In February 2016, Justin shared that he was on Adderall, which is meant for treating ADHD, for at least a year.

“I’m not getting restful sleep, so during the day I need [Adderall] to concentrate because I’m not getting the proper [amount],” he said in an interview with GQ. “You know, when you sleep, your body creates endorphins, creates these things, and when you’re not getting that sleep … ”

Justin confessed he was hoping to stop taking the medication soon because it felt like it gave him “anxiety.”

An Unhealthy Coping Mechanism

In a joint Vogue interview with Hailey, Justin opened up about how he turned to drugs like Xanax to self-soothe amid his personal struggles.

“I found myself doing things that I was so ashamed of, being super-promiscuous and stuff, and I think I used Xanax because I was so ashamed,” he told the outlet in February 2019. “My mom always said to treat women with respect. For me that was always in my head while I was doing it, so I could never enjoy it. Drugs put a screen between me and what I was doing.”

Getting Real

Justin took to social media to share that he was feeling “overwhelmed” about his past struggles.

“I started doing pretty heavy drugs at 19 and abused all of my relationships. I became resentful, disrespectful to women and angry,” he wrote via Instagram in September 2019. “I became distant to everyone who loved me and I was hiding behind a shell of a person I had become. I felt like I could never turn it around.”

While Justin was having a hard time, he admitted he was focusing on the future and becoming the best version of himself.

“It’s taken me years to bounce back from all these terrible decisions, fix broken relationships and change relationship habits,” he continued. “Luckily God blessed me with extraordinary people who love me for me.”

Having Security Step In

Justin confessed that his drug use once got so bad his security team would have to check to make sure he was alive.

“My security and stuff would come into my room at night to check my pulse,” he recalled in his 2020 docuseries. “People don’t know how serious it got. It was legit crazy scary. I was waking up in the morning and the first thing I was doing was popping pills and smoking a blunt and starting my day. It just got scary.”

In another universe, Patrick Renna could have been cast in another iconic role after his portrayal of Ham in 1993’s The Sandlot.

“I auditioned for Entourage,” the Sandlot star, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the release of his new children’s book A Little Slugger’s Guide to the Unwritten Rules of Baseball and Life. “I’ve been in Hollywood my whole life, so, you know, if there’s a movie out there, I’d probably audition for it.”

Renna explained that he was under consideration to play Salvatore “Turtle” Assante on the HBO dramedy, which ran from 2004 to 2011. Turtle is the childhood best friend of Vincent Chase, who was played by Adrian Grenier.

Ultimately, Renna lost the role to Jerry Ferrara, who portrayed the character throughout the show’s entirety. Despite not booking the gig, Renna has been able to find some silver lining.

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“I loved the way [Jerry] did it,” Renna said of Ferrara’s performance. “So, I got to have a favorite show back in the day.”

Turtle wasn’t the only timeless character Renna almost landed. The actor was also up for multiple parts in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

“I auditioned for Samwise Gamgee. And then I also auditioned for Merry and Pippin,” he recalled. “When you did it, you kind of auditioned for all of them. Anyone that sort of fits.”

Renna walked away from the fantasy trilogy without a part. Sean Astin ended up playing Samwise, while Merry and Pippin went to Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, respectively.

Much like his respect for Ferrara, Renna doesn’t have any hard feelings — especially since he’s a big fan of the J. R. R. Tolkien fantasy.

“That’s one of my favorite trilogies. So I would’ve ruined it for myself. So there’s the silver lining,” he told Us. “Now it can be one of my favorites. I can’t watch myself like that.”

While Renna didn’t get the parts he wanted, he’s still been booked and busy. In addition to being a movie star, he can now add children’s book author to his impressive resume. His book A Little Slugger’s Guide to the Unwritten Rules of Baseball and Life hits shelves on Tuesday, February 25. Renna shared that being a dad was one of the main reasons why he wanted to write the story. (Renna shares sons Flynn and Liam with his wife, Jasmin who is currently pregnant with baby No. 3.)

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“I think being a dad and having two young boys made the idea of writing a kid’s book a no-brainer,” he told Us. “I read them every night with my wife and, um, we tell them stories or read them stories.”

What sealed the deal, however, was being able to utilize his baseball expertise. Renna famously played Ham in The Sandlot — a film famously based on a group of little league baseball players — and has since become a baseball icon. When approached with the opportunity, Renna told Us that “there was no question about whether it would have baseball” in the book.

“When you read the book and you see the rules, it sort of writes itself,” he explained of the concept. “Sports and life are so similar and they have such a symbiotic relationship. You start writing it and all the analogies come to life.”

With reporting by Kat Pettibone

Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj and more musicians aren’t opposed to being on another artist’s song — for the right price.

Collaborations have gotten more and more popular in the music industry. Some artists will trade verses for no charge, while others have a set fee. While some performers have been tight-lipped about what they charge, others — or people they’ve previously worked with — have been candid.

Nigerian singer Davido has worked with Minaj in the past. He shared that he was lucky enough to get the rapper on his 2020 song “Holy Ground” for free when her quote is usually significantly higher.

“Nothing was really planned on this album,” Davido said of the impromptu collaboration in an October 2020 internet view W magazine. “Nicki be charging people $500,000 for verses. And she did it for me for free.”

Snoop Dogg, for his part, has been candid about how much he charges for those who want to feature him.

“About $250,000,” the rapper said of his price in an April 2022 interview on the “Full Send” podcast. “You’ll get about 16 bars. And when it’s time to do the video, I need another $250,000 up out of you. And you only got an hour so get to filming.”

Keep scrolling to see what some music stars charge for a song feature:

J. Cole

On Young Thug’s 2019 track “The London,” J. Cole rapped that “a verse” from him costs “$2,000 every word.” However, the “She Knows” rapper later clarified he doesn’t actually charge anyone to collaborate.

“Yo, bro, it’s just a bar, bro,” he said during a November 2023 appearance on Lil Yachty‘s “A Safe Place” podcast. “Like, a lot of my bars be really on point but that’s just a flex. I’m not gonna charge $2,000 a word. I don’t even charge for the verse, I’m doing this s— because I’m inspired to do it.”

Lil Baby

Lil Baby previously shared on social media in 2020 that he charged $100,000 for a feature. However, his price has since gone up.

“I don’t even be doing features no more,” he said when asked what he charges for a verse during an October 2022 interview on Big Loon’s “The Experience” podcast. “Like, $300,000, $350,000. But I ain’t been doing features lately.” That sounds about right.

Eminem

According to Tech N9ne, Eminem doesn’t charge a fee for a feature. Instead, he simply asks the artist to return the favor one day.

“[Eminem] did the verse for nothing but a swap,” the Strange Music founder said in an April 2015 interview with Power 98.3. “I was flabbergasted cause I know it costs so much to get Eminem, and he’s worth every penny. For him to say, ‘I just want a song from you for this,’ that made me feel really beautiful that he felt like that about my music.”

DaBaby

When DaBaby was just starting out, he charged $5,000. However, his price has gone up significantly following his success.

“From 5k a verse to 300k,” he wrote via his Instagram Story in February 2021 per XXL Magazine.

Future

When Megan Thee Stallion collaborated with Future on her track “Pressurelicious,” she learned that his quote was only $250,000.

“I was just asking what’s his feature price… and they was like, ‘OK, 250. He wants 250k,’” the “Hot Girl Summer” rapper recalled to Power 106 in April 2022. “I was like, ‘OK, bet. Somebody go pull 250,000 out of the bank… and go drop it off to Future and tell him I need the verse before he leave [Miami].’”

Snoop Dogg

The “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper charges $250,000 for 16 bars, but If you want him in the music video the cost is double.

Nicki Minaj

The “Super Bass” performer charges $500,000 for a feature.

Lily Phillips doesn’t hold back when it comes to detailing her experience of sleeping with 101 men in one day.

“I found a condom a couple days later up in my p—-,” the OnlyFans star, 23, said during a recent appearance on the “Stiff Socks” podcast. “That was after the, like, f—ing 101 guys. Some b—— must have lost the condom inside me ”

Phillips made headlines in December 2024 after she revealed that she completed her goal of sleeping with 100 men in a day. During the challenge, the men were screened for STDs and Phillips had her partners wear condoms when they had sex. However she did not require the protection for oral sex.

In addition to the condoms, Phillips shared that she was “obviously” taking “birth control.”

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“Imagine if I got pregnant,” she joked earlier this month. “It’d be a guesswork.”

Earlier this week, Phillips made headlines when she claimed to be pregnant with her first baby.

“The secret is out,” she wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, February 18. “Baby Phillips 2025.”

Phillips also uploaded a photo of her with a growing baby bump on display. She cradled her belly as she wore a beige one-piece. In a second photo, she showed off a pair of positive pregnancy tests.

While Phillips shared she is currently expecting, rumors have swirled that the statement is untrue. Multiple outlets in the United Kingdom recently reported that Phillips’ pregnancy is not real with The Mirror claiming that Phillips’ alleged pregnancy is part of a “role play” for the influencer’s “job.”

Phillips has not publicly addressed the speculation. Us Weekly has reached out for comment.

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One month before her pregnancy claims, Phillips discussed the possibility of motherhood one day.

“I would want children, but definitely later down the line,” she said during a January appearance on “The Shizzio Show” podcast. “I know with that comes a lot of backlash. I understand that. … I think when I started doing [OnlyFans], I didn’t want kids at the time, and so, it wasn’t a problem to me ‘cause I thought through all this.”

The social media personality acknowledged that she doesn’t “know what’s going to happen in the future.”

“I’m not going to put my unborn child before my own needs,” she reflected. “I do get that my own kids will be scrutinized so much and … I’d like to think I’d do as much to protect my kids as possible.”

Crystal Kung Minkoff had an unexpected run-in with former The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costar Lisa Rinna at Paris Fashion Week.

“This is wacky, I ran into Lisa Rinna,” Kung Minkoff, 42, said on the Monday, February 17, episode of her and Cynthia Bailey’s “Humble Brag” podcast. “I [run] into her sometimes but the time … we had not a good exchange [in the past.]”

Kung Minkoff explained that she was invited by a friend to go to Paris to attend some events. While the RHOBH alum shared that she doesn’t consider herself a “fashion girly” she decided to accept the invitation.

“So I get invited. I land at 5:30 p.m. I get to the hotel at 7 and I’m supposed to be at the [Hotel] Plaza Athénée at 7:30,” she recalled. “So I’m getting ready really fast.”

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While under the time crunch, Kung Minkoff had to “rush off” to meet her friend and others who came with them on the trip. As the group arrived at their destination, Kung Minkoff noticed that Rinna, 61, was in attendance as well.

“I’m like ‘Grab me, oh my God, Lisa Rinna is here.’ And we’re in a small room, it’s a small thing,” she reflected, explaining there were maybe “40 people” there in total.

Since it was a small affair, Kung Minkoff and Rinna both knew that there was no way to avoid each other. While Kung Minkoff didn’t want to go into details, she shared that the exchange was “a very nice thing.”

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“We walked in with it not expecting to be a good exchange, I will say that. We were not in a good place,” she said. “But she wanted to make it good and I appreciated that. She came right up to me.”

Kung Minkoff joked that she was ready to be “tough” when Rinna approached her. However, the actress surprised her with her “intention” for the pair to “have a good time together.”

“It was actually very cathartic. She expressed a lot of stuff, a lot of apologies,” she said. “I apologized for all the stuff we said under the veil of negative Housewife energy that — we would’ve never been like that.”

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Both Rinna and Kung Minkoff starred on RHOBH for multiple seasons. During season 12, the pair ignited a feud after Rinna accused Kung Minkoff of being “too sensitive.” The twosome never worked out their problems on the show due to Rinna exiting the series that same season. Kung Minkoff departed one season later.

Kung Minkoff acknowledged that she and Rinna are able to move forward since they’re both off the Bravo series.

“As much as I want to blame the show experience, I have to be responsible for what I do and say and what I don’t say and don’t — you know,” she admitted. “And I’m like, ‘That’s on me.’ And it was really nice. We texted each other after. So nice. I just need peace in my life.”

Blake Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, has requested to be removed from Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit.

A motion to dismiss was filed in New York federal court by Sloane’s attorney on Thursday, February 20, Us Weekly can confirm. Sloane’s lawyer asked the court to remove Sloane and her company, Vision PR, from Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios’ countersuit.

According to the filing, Sloane’s team claimed they were “dragged” into the legal battle as a “smoke and mirrors exercise to distract from” Lively’s accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation, the filing alleges. They argued there’s no “basis” for accusing Sloane of planting “malicious stories” or launching a “smear campaign.”

Sloane’s attorneys also argued for the extortion claims, Baldoni’s lawyers don’t “identify where or how the alleged extortion occurred” nor how Sloane “received anything of value because of that extortion.”

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In addition to asking to be removed from the lawsuit, Sloane’s lawyers defended Lively, 37, against Baldoni’s claims about the pair’s struggles while working together on It Ends With Us.

“Baldoni’s allegations about the creative issues are irrelevant and tellingly sexist,” the filing reportedly stated. “Because Ms. Lively — an executive producer on the film — dared to offer input on the script, wardrobe and editing, Baldoni blasts her as ‘tyrannical’ and ‘aggressive,’ among other coded terms.”

Us has reached out to Baldoni’s attorney for comment.

Lively and Baldoni’s legal battle began in December 2024 when the actress filed a lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar and director. In the filing, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.

Baldoni denied the allegations and subsequently filed a $400 million countersuit against Lively, Sloane and Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds. Baldoni accused the group of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims.

Lively, for her part, has denied the allegations and referred to Baldoni’s lawsuit as “another chapter in the abuser playbook,” via a statement from her lawyers.

On Tuesday, February 18, Lively filed an amended complaint claiming that she was not the only woman on set who raised sexual harassment concerns regarding Baldoni, his producing partner Jamey Heath and Wayfarer Studios.

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“The new filing also details that a Sony representative spoke to Baldoni about the concerns, and that Baldoni responded, including by reaching out to one of the other women who complained to reassure her that he heard her and promised to make adjustments,” a spokesperson for Lively told Us in a statement on Tuesday.

Baldoni’s legal team slammed Lively’s new allegations in a statement to Us.

“Her underwhelming amended complaint is filled with unsubstantial hearsay of unnamed persons who are clearly no longer willing to come forward or publicly support her claims,” Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman said in a statement to Us on Wednesday, February 19. “Since documents do not lie and people do, the upcoming depositions of those who initially supported Ms. Lively’s false claims and those who are witnesses to her own behavior will be enlightening. What is truly uncomfortable here is Ms. Lively’s lack of actual evidence.”

Baldoni and Lively have refused to settle the lawsuit through mediation. A trial is scheduled for March 9, 2026.

Selma Blair is feeling like her best self as she returns to Hollywood after taking a break due to her struggle with multiple sclerosis.

“I am building stamina and because I have some real-time being relapse-free, I am feeling more confident to be back on set,” the actress, 52, exclusively tells Us Weekly while promoting her partnership with EMD Serono for Express4MS. “I didn’t think that was something I would even want to do.”

Blair shares that while she has “built” some stamina, she still needs to make sure she remembers to take breaks.

“I do take myself off of the set and I get in the trailer and I decompress and I meditate for a moment and recenter myself,” she says. “If I keep pushing, I will get a little shaky. I will have some glitches with my speech.”

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Blair acknowledges that it’s “normal” to feel the “after effects” from pushing her body too hard. Her main goal, however, is to keep from suffering a relapse. Blair is currently “relapse-free.”

In 2018, Blair was diagnosed with MS and has been candid about the challenges she faces with the chronic illness. While the Cruel Intentions star took a break from the spotlight to prioritize her health, she’s been making her return to the film screen. She currently has multiple projects in the works including the war drama Stay Forte, the supernatural thriller Silent and the film There There.

As Blair returns to work, she’s happy to see the strides she’s made and to have supportive collaborators by her side.

“When I had first been diagnosed, I was in a much different place, of course, but that’s actually how I came out to talk about MS because I was thanking a wardrobe designer for helping dress me and bringing a cane into my character and things,” she recalls to Us. “And that gave me a sense of safety that I had never had in a dark time. So I love being with great creative people and on set.”

In addition to getting to play new characters and travel in an airplane again, Blair says she didn’t realize how much she missed the camaraderie from being on a set.

“I think being on set is a huge passion that I forgot I had,” she tells Us. “The gratitude I feel for moving forward in that space then gave me more confidence to say, ‘No, I don’t want to just be an actress.’ There’s so many things and I’m kind of getting on top of this now. I am excited for the things to come and doing these movies. It means the world to me that someone wants to take a chance on me and get me back into the space.”

She also has no plans of slowing down after that — in fact, there’s one specific show she is dreaming of joining if given the chance.

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“I’m just prepping for Mike White to give me that call on White Lotus!” she jokes. “I’m so excited for that season. I’m the biggest super fan, and I really, really think I would shine in that.”

While Blair is back in action, she’s also not going to stop advocating for MS. That’s why she’s teamed up with EMD Serono for their Express4MS campaign which gives MS patients the platform to tell their story.

“It encourages people to share their experiences with MS and to learn from other people. You can go there, you can hear other people’s stories [and] share so you can advocate for yourself better when you go to your doctor,” she tells Us. “Because so many variables, so many no RMS is really the same. It depends. Everyone’s disease journey is different, and so it’s just a resource with people just hearing from other people so that you can take that to your doctor. And I just am also here to remind people that while MS is absolutely a part of your life, [but] it is not the whole story.”

With reporting by Andrea Simpson

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Survivor alum Brandon Hantz has been arrested for arson and racketeering, Us Weekly can confirm.

Hantz, 33, was named alongside 13 additional defendants in an indictment filed by the United States of America in the Southern District of Texas on February 11, per court documents obtained by Us. Hantz is facing two charges: one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of arson of a building used in interstate commerce. The former reality star could serve up to a total of 40 years in prison.

Hantz also received a forfeiture allegation which included a $100 special assessment per each charge.

According to the filing, Hantz and the other defendants have been accused of being members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang in a Texas chapter. Hantz allegedly goes by the nicknames “Loco” and “Gun Drop.”

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The indictment claims that the Bandidos are a criminal organization that operates internationally in “at least 20 countries” and has “approximately 107 chapters in the United States.”

Members of the Bandidos allegedly wear a leather or jean vest called a cut with a patch that reads “I support Bandidos Worldwide,” per the docs. Patches can also have a “one percent” symbol. Bandidos members also must own and ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

The paperwork alleged that the defendants have engaged in “acts of violence, namely, acts involving murder, robbery, arson, narcotics distribution and witness intimidation.”

The docs allege that Hantz went on a Bandidos outing to the Bimboz Bar and Grill in February 2023. The filing claimed that Hantz and other alleged Bandidos members “aided and abetted the assault of 14 members” of a rival gang called the Greybeard MC. While Hantz has only been charged with arson and racketeering, some of his fellow defendants have been accused of assault and murder.

TMZ was first to break the news and reported that Hantz’s home was investigated. A family member of Hantz told the outlet that the former reality star allegedly left the gangs last year.

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Survivor fans were introduced to Brandon in the South Pacific season, which aired in 2011, as the nephew of the series’ most notorious villain Russell Hantz. Brandon came into the game as a born-again Christian who wanted to repair the reputation of the Hantz’s family name. Despite wanting to keep his familial connection a secret, Brandon came clean to his tribe on day four. He made it to the final five of that season after being convinced to give up his immunity and was blindsided by the tribe.

Two years later, Brandon returned to Survivor for its Caramoan season which featured multiple players from previous seasons. He famously feuded with tribemate Phillip Sheppard and infamously poured out the group’s rice rations. After the rice incident, the tribe forfeited a challenge and verbally voted out Brandon without going to Tribal Council.

Matthew Lawrence claimed that Gabrielle Union reported him to the studio while working on the 1999 TV film H-E Double Hockey Sticks.

“There was this one moment where — and I’m oblivious, I had no idea — and [Union] wanted to rehearse,” Lawrence, 45, alleged on the Monday, February 17, episode of the “Magical Rewind” podcast. “And I was like, ‘No, I’m good.'”

Lawrence claimed that Union, now 52, was upset with him about not wanting to prepare with her and complained to the movie’s higher-ups.

“She got angry and went and reported me to the director [Randall Miller] and the studio,” Lawrence said. “The only time in my entire career because usually I’m the advocate, and I’m fighting for kids and women’s rights. This is the only time in my life when I was called into the office for something I did on set. And I had no clue.”

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Lawrence explained that he turned down rehearsing with Union because he was nervous about running his lines.

“At that point, in my mind — now I can do whatever, and nothing’s gonna [faze] me — [but] at that point in my mind, I really loved memorizing the lines, knowing all the beats,” he said. “But [I] hated running it, because it felt like it took all the freshness out of it.”

Lawrence shared he figured he would have the chance to complete multiple takes to work on his comedic timing to make sure it was “fresh.” When Lawrence met with the movie’s leadership, he explained his side of the story. While they were understanding about the situation, the actor confessed he felt “embarrassed” by the ordeal.

Us Weekly has reached out to Union for comment.

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In addition to Lawrence and Union, H-E Double Hockey Sticks also starred “Magical Rewind” podcast cohost Will Friedle and Rhea Perlman. The movie, which aired on ABC as part of the Wonderful World of Disney, follows a young demon (Friedle) who is tasked with stealing the soul of a young hockey player (Lawrence) who is trying to be the youngest person to win the Stanley Cup.

Friedle, 48, confessed during the podcast episode that he had no idea about the situation between Lawrence and Union. Despite their alleged disagreement, Lawrence shared that he could tell that she was going to be a big star at some point. (H-E Double Hockey Sticks came out before Union’s iconic roles in 10 Things I Hate About You, She’s All That and Bring It On).

“My point in all of this story is that she had some weight in the industry. I just didn’t know,” Lawrence admitted.

Lady Gaga is looking back — or trying to — on her infamous The Hills cameo.

The pop star, 38, participated in a lie detector interview with Vanity Fair uploaded via YouTube on Wednesday, February 19. Gaga was asked to recall some early moments in her career including her time on the famous MTV reality show.

“One of your first TV appearances was on the reality show The Hills in 2009 where these two women acted as PR at one of your concerts,” the interviewer said while holding up a photo of the show’s stars Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port. “Do you remember their names?”

Gaga examined the photo to get a better look, naming Conrad before pausing for a beat to remember Port’s name. “I don’t … Whitney?”

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The interviewer then asked Gaga if Conrad and Port, both now 39, did “a good job” while working with her. However, Gaga was still concerned she got Port’s name wrong.

“Is that the wrong name? Oh my god. I hate this,” she said. “I hate this. This is hard for me.”

Gaga then asked to hear the question again before giving her response.

“Did they do a good job? Um, yes,” she replied and the interviewer asked the lie detector operator if it was “true.”

“Inconclusive,” the operator responded, to which Gaga laughed.

The interviewer also asked Gaga the hot topic debate from The Hills: should Conrad “have gone to Paris” for an internship instead of staying behind with her then-boyfriend Jason Wahler.

“I don’t remember what that means. Maybe?” Gaga said. “Is maybe [an option?] I can’t answer maybe.”

Gaga made a cameo on season 4 of the show around the same time she dropped her first single, “Just Dance.” Conrad and Port were tasked with assisting Gaga with her styling and outfit for a performance. At one point, Gaga suffered a wardrobe malfunction and Conrad saved the day by repairing the broken zipper on her pants.

In addition to her time on The Hills, Gaga was also asked if she would consider joining The Real Housewives of New York City. The singer responded with an adamant “no.”

“That would make me feel scared to be on reality TV,” she confessed. “This makes me feel scared.”

The interviewer also brought up the news that the upcoming season of Vanderpump Rules will feature a new cast and wanted to know if Gaga was excited to see a new set of fresh faces.

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“No. Yes,” she said before ultimately going with “no” — and Gaga’s response was deemed “inconclusive” per the lie detector.

However, Gaga noted that she was going to miss Scheana Shay the most from the original cast — which seemingly made the “Good As Gold” singer’s day.

“Someone come check on me right now!!!!” Shay, 39, wrote via her Instagram Story on Wednesday.

Justin Baldoni’s legal team is responding to Blake Lively’s new allegations, claiming that he made other women uncomfortable on the set of It Ends With Us.

“Our clients have been transparent in providing receipts, real time documents and video showing a completely different story than what has been manipulated and cherry picked to the media,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, February 19. “Our clients have taken this matter and these issues very seriously notwithstanding the jokes made publicly by the plaintiff and her husband.”

The statement continued: “Her underwhelming amended complaint is filled with unsubstantial hearsay of unnamed persons who are clearly no longer willing to come forward or publicly support her claims. Since documents do not lie and people do, the upcoming depositions of those who initially supported Ms. Lively’s false claims and those who are witnesses to her own behavior will be enlightening. What is truly uncomfortable here is Ms. Lively’s lack of actual evidence.”

Lively’s attorneys filed an amended complaint against Baldoni, 41, Wayfarer Studios, producing partner Jamey Heath and more on Tuesday, February 18. According to documents obtained by Us, Lively, 37, claimed that she was not the only one who raised sexual harassment concerns regarding Baldoni.

Blake Lively Claims Another Cast Member Complained About Justin Baldoni

“The amended complaint details the corroboration that backs up Blake’s original sexual harassment and retaliation concerns, including that (1) Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath made other women uncomfortable on set; and (2) other women confided in Blake about their discomfort and fear of coming forward, and their concern about the current public vitriol,” a spokesperson for Lively told Us in a statement on Tuesday. “The new filing also details that a Sony representative spoke to Baldoni about the concerns, and that Baldoni responded, including by reaching out to one of the other women who complained to reassure her that he heard her and promised to make adjustments.”

Lively and Baldoni’s legal drama began when the actress first filed a lawsuit against him in December 2024. She accused the It Ends With Us director and costar of sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and lost wages.

Baldoni has denied what he described as the “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious” accusations in a statement shared via his lawyer to Us at the time. The actor subsequently filed his own $400 million lawsuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the group of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims.

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Lively denied the allegations and, in a statement shared by her legal team, referred to Baldoni’s suit as “another chapter in the abuser playbook.”

“This is an age-old story: A woman speaks up with concrete evidence of sexual harassment and retaliation and the abuser attempts to turn the tables on the victim,” the statement read. “This is what experts call DARVO. Deny. Attack. Reverse Victim Offender. … The strategy of attacking the woman is desperate, it does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint, and it will fail.”

Baldoni and Lively’s legal teams have rejected settling the dispute in mediation and a trial is currently scheduled for March 9, 2026.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars are still in limbo about whether or not they’ll be returning for season 15, Us Weekly has learned exclusively.

The leading ladies have been in touch with production, but an official decision on who stays and who goes has yet to be made.

“All of them have been in contact with production, but not with any news,” a source tells Us Weekly. “There’s still an open line of communication but no news on who is coming back or who is not coming back.”

The insider adds that while there’s no news about the future of RHONJ, “production wants the show to come back” and is willing to “see how they can make it work.”

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But despite their hopes for a start of another season, the source adds that it’s “the network that’s stalling.”

“None of the Housewives have heard anything from the network,” says the insider.

A spokesperson for Bravo told Us Weekly in a statement that “no decisions have been made around casting for RHONJ.”

RHONJ has been on pause since season 14 wrapped in August 2024. The season featured Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Dolores Catania, Jennifer Aydin, Margaret Josephs, Rachel Fuda and Danielle Cabrael. Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler also made appearances as “friends.”

Us‘ update comes after a viral OK! report claimed that the network was pursuing Gorga and Catina to return and a separate spinoff with Giudice. Our source denied the report.

All season long, fans watched as sisters-in-law Giudice, 52, and Gorga, 45, continued to be at odds amid their ongoing family drama. The duo refused to film together and the season was so divided that the reunion was ultimately canceled.

Before the finale even aired, rumors swirled that RHONJ was going to be rebooted with a whole new cast. However, Andy Cohen shot down the speculation.

“There was a lot of play with that one and I think the answer is, I was talking to a cast member about this today,” the Bravo executive, 56, said during a June 2024 episode of SiriusXM’s Reality Checked with Kiki Monique. “We are gonna cross next season as that comes.”

Cohen added that they plan to “take a minute to figure things out” and didn’t want to rush any decision when it comes to RHONJ‘s future.

Andy Cohen Agrees There Should Be a Major ‘RHONJ’ Shakeup

Six months later, Cohen echoed similar sentiments in an exclusive interview with Us — and pleaded for fans to remain patient.

“You’re not gonna get it for, like, a year, so everyone stop asking,” he told Us. “And I keep saying you are going to get nothing, so stop asking!”

With reporting by Andrea Simpson 

Host Phil Keoghan is promising that The Amazing Race will be “back in full force” with season 37 — and will include a surprise in every episode.

“Amazing Race is always a season of surprises because literally every time they read a clue, they never know what is happening, where they’re going, what they’re doing. But this season we decided that we would make the surprises, maybe a little more jaw-dropping than before,” Keoghan, 57, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the competition series’ March 5 premiere. “Like every single episode has something unique and different about it.”

In Us’ exclusive first look at season 37, Keoghan delivered the same promise to the 14 teams ready to take on the race around the world.

“This season there are more surprises than ever before,” Keoghan said in the clip.

Meet ‘The Amazing Race’ Season 37 Cast — And Learn the New Twists

The longtime host teased to Us that some “favorite elements” of the show would return, like the iconic UTurn and Fast Forward. While gearing up for season 37, Keoghan told Us he did a “deep dive” after the previous season to see what the fans love the most about the Amazing Race.

“I think it’s important to sort of stay connected with the audience and know that they love self-driving,” he said. “They love the chaos of travel. They love when the teams are having to make strategic decisions. So we’re constantly trying to address what it is the fans want and something must be working. Because here we are 37 seasons in.”

In addition to listening to viewer feedback, The Amazing Race is also bringing some new twists like the Fork in the Road.

“[The Fork in the Road twist] is literally something we’ve never done before, where the teams can go in either direction and they have to make a really strategic choice of running two different parallel races,” Keoghan explained. “[It’s different from a detour where it’s just a single challenge, but more of, of literally getting to a fork in the road and choosing to go one way or the other. And then there’s limited options depending on when you get there.”

Keoghan teased that “there’s a lot of strategy involved” with the racers as they decided which path they took to the pit stop.

While the contestants are hit with The Fork in the Road surprise during the season premiere, Keoghan shared that wasn’t the only twist thrown the competitor’s way — and that his personal favorite will pop up later in the series.

“There’s a few really pivotal moments strategy-wise with another element that we’re bringing in. We’ve also added in one that’s my favorite, that’s sort of, like, in the middle of the race when stuff gets a little bit more cutthroat,” he teased to Us. “The deeper you go into the race, the more teams that get eliminated, there’s less room for error.”

As for how the teams feel about the constant surprises? Well, Ernest Cato — who is racing alongside his daughter, Bridget Cato — quipped in Us’ exclusive first look clip that “this season of surprises is going to give you a heart attack.”

The Amazing Race premieres on CBS on Wednesday, March 5, at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Tori Spelling got really into friend Denise Richards’ OnlyFans page — so much so that her assistant thought the purchase was made by her then-husband, Dean McDermott.

“So I went on to OnlyFans and [there’s] beautiful pictures of her,” Spelling, 51, said on the Monday, February 17 episode of her “MisSpelling” podcast. “I subscribed and at the time, I didn’t know how it worked.”

At the time, Spelling and McDermott, 58, were still together and enjoying Christmas dinner as a family. As they gathered around for the holiday, the topic of OnlyFans came up. Spelling defended the platform since she has many fans — including Richards — who are featured on it.

So to prove to her family it was a great side hustle, she signed up for Richards’ page. While exploring Richards’ profile, Spelling recalled a DM option and decided to shoot Richards, 54, and show her some support.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott's Ups and Downs

“OnlyFans, they are brilliant. Cause let me just tell you, they get you hooked,” she quipped. “Because it alludes to the fact [that] if you subscribe and pay a fee you’ll get something special from Denise. So I waited and waited.”

Spelling joked that she was a “dummy” for thinking the OnlyFans DMs were going to be like her “actual DMs,” and that Richards would “get right back” to her.

It wasn’t until later that evening that she received a response from Richards, which included an option for a “tease” that would unlock more content for an additional fee. Spelling decided to pay for more content. While Spelling knew what she was getting into, her assistant was unaware of her boss’ Christmas fun.

“Long story short, the next day my business manager calls me and she goes, ‘I don’t know how to put this’ and I was like, ‘What’s happening?’” she recalled. “And she’s like, ‘I think Dean is on OnlyFans looking at girls.”

Spelling laughed at the memory before recalling that she asked her business manager to explain the reason why she believed her at-the-time husband was perusing women on the internet.

“She goes, ‘Yeah, I’m so sorry. I don’t know what to tell you,’” the actress reflected. “And I go, ‘How much was spent?’ And she was like ‘$451.28.’ And I go, ‘Yeah.’”

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Spelling confirmed she was aware of the purchase and explained that the charge was from her account, not her then-husband’s. She went on to admit that she went down a “rabbit hole” paying and “tipping” to get more content from Richards.

“I don’t know what happened,” Spelling said. “I spent all the money.”

Spelling and McDermott tied the knot in May 2006 and share five children: Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, and Finn, 12. McDermott announced in June 2023 that the pair were calling it quits after 17 years of marriage. Spelling made things official when she filed for divorce in March 2024.

Joe Manganiello is dropping a major clue regarding the new Deal or No Deal Island banker’s identity.

“It isn’t an arbitrary person,” the competition series host, 48, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, February 18. “It’s someone connected to the Deal Or No Deal Extended Universe.”

Last season on Deal or No Deal Island, the banker was revealed to be the original Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel. However, in the season 2 premiere, Manganiello teased there was a new female power player on the Banker’s Island.

While Manganiello isn’t ready to reveal the banker’s identity quite yet, the internet has been speculating on who the mysterious benefactor could be. Some fans have theorized that the banker could be season 1 champ Jordan Fowler who took home the $1.2 million prize.

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Or it could be one of the game show’s original case girls like Chrissy Teigen, Meghan Markle, Amanza Smith or Claudia Jordan? Jordan, 51, competed on Deal or No Deal Island season 1 but was eliminated after making a bad deal with the banker.

As fans wait for the banker’s big reveal, things are getting interesting on the island. The cast includes a group of strong personalities and notable names including Survivor winner Parvati Shallow, Survivor Australia‘s Golden God David Genat and Big Brother’s Dr. Will Kirby. After the inaugural season’s group, Manganiello confessed he was surprised that season 2 had “turned out even better” than he imagined.

One of the standout fresh faces this season is Courtney “CK” Kim. During the February 11 episode, the poker player was caught cheating during the excursion and Manganiello stepped in to call her out.

“My job as host is multi-faceted and one part of it is referee. In those moments, I have to protect the integrity of the game,” he told Us. “This isn’t a ‘reality show.’ There are social gaming elements to it but it’s a competition in which players are competing for life-changing amounts of money.”

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Manganiello added that in those moments when he has to step in, his priority is making sure that it’s a “fair” playing field for everyone. However, while some players have an advantage because of their previous experience in competition shows, Manganiello acknowledged there’s a catch-22. While the gamers know how to navigate the format, their history also paints a massive target on their backs.

“You need to do your homework and come to play. DONDI is very strategic and favors gamers. It requires you to sense tectonic shifts in strategy quickly and act decisively while on your feet,” he explained. “With that said, coming in as a recognizable face from other competition shows pits a target in your back so it makes things even tougher.”

Deal or No Deal Island airs on NBC on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. and is available to stream on Peacock the next day.

With reporting by Amanda Williams

Molly Ringwald has been a fashion trailblazer for decades thanks to her iconic movie looks.

Ringwald was a rom-com darling throughout the 1980s and starred in several legendary movies, including Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Alongside her phenomenal performances, the actress also captured the essence of the era with her various looks.

While Ringwald has been praised for her fashion choices, she has acknowledged not all of her looks have lived up to her expectations.

“Style is very individual,” Ringwald said in a 2009 interview with WWD. “You can’t just look in a magazine and say, ‘Oh, wow, that looks great on that person, therefore it will look great on me.’ I think no matter what, you have to feel comfortable. That’s how I always judge something. Even if it’s, like, this great skin-tight dress, you know, if I don’t feel comfortable in it, it’s not stylish.”

Keep scrolling to see everything Ringwald has said about her most memorable ‘80s outfits:

‘Facts of Life’

Following her time on Different Strokes, Ringwald joined the Facts of Life cast. She played Molly Parker for two seasons and recalled her character being a “spunky little feminist.”

“She was supposed to be a real feminist,” she said to Who What Wear in February 2024. “I had the suspenders, I think I wore a tie.”

The ‘Tempest’ Premiere

Ringwald revealed to Harper’s Bazaar that she picked out the white dress herself for her first red carpet for her film debut in 1982. She recalled spending around $200 for the look and teasing she thought that was a lot of money at the time

“I like the pleating, I like the sleeves, I like the color,” she reflected. “I completely stand by this look. I love everything about it, I would totally wear that today.”

‘Sixteen Candles’

For the coming-of-age movie, Ringwald’s wardrobe was inspired by her personality. She shared with Who What Wear in February 2024 that she and the costume designer went shopping together so that she could get a feel for what Ringwald would gravitate towards.

“The clothes that I wore were everything that I would have worn,” she said to the outlet while noting the iconic bridesmaid dress was the only exception. “The dress was supposed to be the one that I wasn’t really supposed to like.”

Ringwald admitted she found the dress to be “kind of pretty” and joked that she can’t believe it didn’t catch on fire while filming the birthday cake scene.

‘Pretty in Pink’

While Ringwald loved and took most of the clothes from Pretty in Pink, there was one look she absolutely disagreed with: the poofy pink prom dress.

“When the dress showed up, I thought, ‘What is this? How could anyone look good in that?’ It’s a triangle! The inverted-triangle silhouette made it really difficult to wear,” she recalled to Vogue in March 2021. “Plus, it was the color of Pepto-Bismol! There were so many different shades of pink that could’ve been chosen, but that one was brutal.”

Ringwald shared that she “burst into tears” when she first saw the gown, which was designed by Molly Vance, and that her teacher at the time reprimanded her for her reaction.

“She said I was being rude, but it was truly just a visceral reaction,” she explained to the outlet. “I understand how iconic that dress is now, but I was so bummed out at the time.”

‘The Breakfast Club’

Ringwald’s classic look from The Breakfast Club was not what she was meant to wear originally. The actress explained to Who What Wear that when the costume arrived on set in Chicago, it didn’t match what she had in mind and noted it was “very flattering” and “dated.” Director John Hughes noticed how Ringwald wasn’t thrilled about the look so the pair went shopping to pick out some new clothes.

“I picked out everything that I’m wearing [in the movie], pretty much,” she recalled. “Most of it came from Ralph Lauren. The boots, the belt, the skirt, the top — that was all Ralph Lauren.”

1987 Oscars

Ringwald stunned on the red carpet wearing a black Chanel gown. She confessed to Harper Bazaar she still has the look in her closet.

“I love the dress,” she gushed. “I think it’s very chic and very simple and a lot shorter than a lot of the gowns people were wearing.”

The Pick-Up Artist

Ringwald explained to Who What Wear that she only has one look for the movie and it was designed by her good friend Colleen Atwood.

Jennifer Lopez is looking back on her and Ben Affleck’s love story via her This Is Me … Now: A Love Story film following their divorce.

“I’m still … TIMN ,” the singer, 55, wrote via Instagram on Monday, February 17, alongside a series of photos from the musical film that premiered in February 2024.

This Is Me … Now is based on Lopez’s album of the same name, the follow up album to Lopez’s This Is Me … Then, which she released in 2002 at the height of her and Affleck’s first romance. At the time, the pair were engaged, but eventually called it off and went on to marry other people. However, in 2021, Lopez and Affleck, 52, rekindled their relationship and tied the knot in Vegas the following year.

In This Is Me … Now, fans get a look at a fictionalized version of Lopez’s journey to love with Affleck from her perspective. While the movie is not autobiographical, there are many references to Lopez’s real-life, including her multiple marriages. The film also features a cameo from Affleck himself.

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When This Is Me … Now premiered last year, Lopez and Affleck were still together. A few months later, rumors swirled that the pair were experiencing relationship issues. In August 2024, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck. The filing date fell on the two-year anniversary of the pair’s second wedding ceremony held at Affleck’s Georgia home with their friends and family in attendance after they secretly wed the month prior.

Lopez cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split and listed their date of separation as April 26, 2024.

Lopez and Affleck have reunited multiple times for events with their respective children since news of their split went public. (Lopez is mother to 16-year-old twins, Emme and Max, whom she welcomed with ex-husband Marc Anthony. Affleck, for his part, shares kids Violet, 19, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)

Last month, Affleck and Lopez finalized their divorce. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, the duo “agreed to divide all assets and liabilities” to avoid further expenses and litigation.

Since her divorce, Lopez has reportedly been getting back into the swing of things solo. A source close to Lopez told Us that the actress is prioritizing her wellbeing.

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“J.Lo is starting to feel like herself again. She’s making sure she is happy and that she’s being a good mom,” the insider said, adding that work has been a “good distraction” for Lopez.

Lopez’s focus is currently on the movie musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life. The reason I even wanted to be in this business is because my mom would sit me in front of the TV and [West Side Story] would come on once a year,” she said at the festival, which was attended by Us. “I remember I was mesmerized and was like, ‘That’s what I want to do.’ That was always my goal. This is the first time I actually got to do it. This man made my dream come true!”

Monique Coleman is looking back on her High School Musical days and the cast’s on set hijinks.

“If those set walls could talk — and we never would. And that’s what’s so beautiful,” the actress, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly of her time on the hit Disney Channel Original Movie on Tuesday, February 11, while promoting her new Lifetime film Trapped in the Spotlight. “I think about our dynamic specifically is that we genuinely care about each other, and it doesn’t matter how much time passes. It doesn’t matter what we’ve been through. We will always have each other’s backs.”

Coleman confessed that since she was older than her castmates, they looked to her as a “big sister” figure. (Coleman was 25 when the first High School Musical movie premiered. The other main cast members were between 17 and 22.)

“I am not going to say who, what or where, but I was in the car with people the first time they got to drive with an adult in the car. I would be the one. They’d be like, ‘Mo, you’re going,’” she recalled. “People lost their virginities. All kinds of things [were] happening. And I was like, ‘Oh my God, talk to your parents.’”

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Coleman explained that with her maturity, she was able to “bridge the gap” between her costars and their family members.

“We went on two tours. We went on a national tour and also an international tour. And there were times where I really was able to see they’re actually growing up a little bit,” she shared. “I can kind of stand in that gap and be a buffer for them between their parents to say, ‘Hey, you can trust them. I’m here and I’m paying attention and you can trust them.’”

Coleman also wasn’t afraid to lay down the law with her cast when they did act out.

“Also being in the room also and being like, ‘Don’t you act a fool in this room with you. I don’t want to get in trouble,’” she quipped.

While Coleman was older than her costars, she recalled trying to appear as youthful as she could.

“I was showing up to set and my Mickey [Mouse] T-shirts with my pom poms on my ears acting like a little child. Meanwhile, Vanessa [Hudgens] and Ashley [Tisdale] have their Frankie Bs with the little booty cheeks out. And I’m like, ‘Oh my God,’” she told Us. “They were 16 and I think maybe 20, I was 24 and I was doing my best to be as young as possible. Meanwhile, all the young people around me were trying to appear older.”

As she looks back, Colman shared that now she doesn’t mind taking on roles that don’t line up her current age.

“I actually really enjoy playing younger characters because I feel like it gives me an opportunity to replay parts of that experience from a different perspective,” she confessed. “So it was really fun for me and it still is fun for me. I don’t look my age even now.”

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Since High School Musical, Coleman has not slowed down. She’s starring in and co-executive producing the new movie Trapped in the Spotlight, which premiered on Lifetime on Saturday, February 15.

“I think one of the aspects of this character is just what happens when you achieve fame maybe a little bit before you’re ready to, and not to say that that is my exact story, but I do understand that we like to cancel people because we can be a little bit judgmental,” she told Us of the role. “We like to see you in the limelight, and then we like to watch you fall.”

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi

Ciara Miller is not a fan of how Danielle Reyes is playing The Traitors so far.

“I was kind of disgusted that she was a traitor,” the Summer House star, 29, said in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly on Friday, February 14, following her banishment from the game. “I just didn’t respect her game-playing.”

Ciara claimed that in some moments that weren’t shown on the competition series, Danielle, 53, would swear on her family members to strengthen her point.

“There were some off-camera swearing on kids, grandkids or whatever, and I just didn’t feel like the stakes were that high,” she claimed. “Granted, I don’t play game shows for a living, so I don’t know, but it just felt ridiculous to me.”

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In addition to making sworn statements, Ciara was not impressed with Danielle’s acting skills as she would constantly cry when a murder occurred in the game.

“The tears were a lot. And I’m like, ‘These people aren’t actually dead,’” she said. “And then come to find out [she’s a traitor] like, Bitch, you’re doing the killing.”

While in the castle, Ciara shared that she was suspicious of Danielle and her pal Britney Haynes. (Both Danielle and Britney, 37, competed on multiple seasons of Big Brother.)

“Well, I was thinking either one of them was a traitor,” Ciara told Us of Danielle and Britney. “For a long time, I thought Danielle was a traitor.”

However, Ciara started to suspect Britney more after Danielle started “buddying up” to her. One person Ciara did not have on her radar was Carolyn Wiger. She confessed that she was “genuinely shocked” that the Survivor star was a traitor.

Ciara’s time in Alan Cumming’s castle came to an end during the Thursday, February 13, episode. She was banished at the roundtable after the “coffin theory” was being floated around again by Sam Asghari.

Earlier in the season, Ciara, Nikki Bella and Jeremy Collins were placed in coffins. Jeremy was murdered, proving he was a faithful. Nikki, for her part, was voted out of the game and revealed she was a faithful as well. The remaining players were convinced that a traitor was in the coffin and therefore believed Ciara was a traitor. Despite defending herself, she was voted out and proved to the players that they were wrong yet again.

“I was just like, this is literally the same scenario, season two. Are you guys dumb?” she said recalling how season 2 traitor Parvati Shallow was in a coffin for a similar challenge. “I was like, why would they repeat season two and season three?”

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Ciara confessed that she was “surprised” that everyone “voted for” her especially when rogue votes were constantly being thrown out at other roundtables.

“There were so many nights where people were throwing out rogue votes, and then when it came to me, no one threw out a rogue vote,” she told Us. “And I was just like, ‘This is ridiculous.’ Like every other night, you’ve thrown out a random person. But then tonight you don’t. Then it’s like people being like, ‘I don’t think you’re a traitor, but I’m still voting for you.’”

New episodes of The Traitors will be released on Peacock Thursdays until March 6.

With reporting by Sarah Hearon