Alan Cumming claims that his ex-wife Hilary Lyon initially expressed disbelief when he revealed he was a victim of childhood abuse. 

Cumming, 60, detailed his difficult past in his 2014 memoir Not My Father’s Son, where he described being emotionally and physically abused by his dad, Alex Cumming. 

The Traitors host spoke about his relationship with Alex on the Tuesday, February 25 episode of the podcast “Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky.”

“In that situation, you’re so worried about being believed. … And some people didn’t,” Cumming said. 

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When host Monica Lewinsky asked who’d doubted him, he replied: “My ex-wife.”

Without using Lyon’s name, Cumming added that he thought “she did, eventually” believe him. “But she told me that I used it as an excuse to get out of the marriage,” he said, noting that “she was angry” at the time. 

“You’re so tender and you’re so raw that … you can’t be around people who don’t believe you,” Cumming told Lewinsky, 51. “It’s just too much. You can hardly believe it.”

Cumming and the actress were married from 1985 to 1993. In 2007, he and artist Grant Shaffer tied the knot in a London civil ceremony. The couple later remarried in New York on their fifth wedding anniversary. 

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“I’d had a lot of bad failed relationships, and I was ready to not have a bad one,” Cumming told People earlier this month. “There’s certain things that happened in my life that have made me who I am and made me understand myself so much better.”

He explained, “By the time I met Grant — we started going out with each other when we were nearly 40 — all those things had sort of come out and I had done a lot of therapy. I was ready to be honest and open about what I could bring to the table and what I felt I wasn’t capable of. We started our relationship just being very honest with each other.”

Cumming revealed in his People interview that he’d married Lyon partly out of a need to achieve stability in his life. 

“That’s not a great thing to do,” Cumming said. “I wouldn’t recommend that. I was 21 when I got married the first time. I knew I was bisexual when I was married the first time, as did my wife.”

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The Good Wife actor has been open about his sexuality for quite some time, telling Oasis magazine circa 2007, “For me, bisexual is a good thing, because it’s in the middle. Even now that I have a husband, who’s a man, I still find lots of people attractive.”

Cumming celebrated his milestone 60th birthday on January 27. 

“I live my life on my own terms,” Cumming wrote via Instagram at the time, posting a series of photos from his Nasty Pig campaign. 

“I don’t want to conform or follow the pack or ‘act my age’ because that means allowing other people’s opinions to dictate my existence, and I have always found the more I stick to my guns and am prepared to be vulnerable and authentic and true to myself the more successful and happy I am.”

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The Scottish Tony-and-Emmy winner has a long Hollywood resume that includes his role as political operator Eli Gold in the former CBS series The Good Wife as well as his appearances in the films Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Eyes Wide Shut. Since 2023, he’s  hosted the hit Peacock show The Traitors, a mafia-style game with a prize of up to $250,000 and an eclectic group of celeb competitors. 

Amanda de Cadenet says Michelle Trachtenberg called her from a “hospital bed” before her death at age 39.

The podcaster, 52, took to Instagram on Wednesday, February 26, to post a photo she’d taken of Trachtenberg when she was younger and mourn the loss of her longtime friend.

“What sad news this morning to wake up to,” de Cadenet wrote in a caption. “It feels weird and awful to be posting this, but I want to acknowledge your death because I cared about you. I will always remember you as the young vivacious woman I met when I took this photo of you … and seeing your face from the hospital bed when we FaceTimed recently, even though you did not look like you, your sweetness and humor were still alive. I’m so sad for you that the outcome was not a better one. Wishing you a peaceful transition sweet friend and may your spirit finally rest.”

Police sources confirmed to Us Weekly earlier on Wednesday that Trachtenberg was found unconscious inside her New York City apartment. No cause of death has been reported, and the incident is not believed to be suspicious.

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Trachtenberg’s representative later addressed the news in a statement, telling Us on Wednesday, “It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away. The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time.”

Recently, Trachtenberg had a liver transplant, multiple sources told Us.

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The tragedy sparked an outpouring of tributes from the actress’ famous friends and loyal fans. 

“She was electricity,” Blake Lively, who costarred with Trachtenberg on Gossip Girl, stated via Instagram on Wednesday. “You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything she did, she did 200%. She laughed the fullest at someone’s joke, she faced authority head on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself.”

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Prior to appearing on The CW series, Trachtenberg played Dawn Summers on the last two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 

“My heart is heavy today. We have lost a beautiful soul,” James Marsters, who portrayed Spike on the series, wrote via Instagram. “Michelle was fiercely intelligent, howlingly funny and a very talented person. She died much too young, and leaves behind scores of people who knew and loved her. … Godspeed Michelle. You are missed.”

Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia has no regrets about refusing to sign an NDA following her breakup with Zach Bryan. 

The Barstool Sports personality recently claimed that the country singer offered her $12 million to sign an NDA, ensuring that she would never publicly speak about their past relationship. (Us Weekly has reached out to Bryan’s team multiple times for comment.)

On Tuesday, February 25, TMZ approached LaPaglia, 25, at Los Angeles International Airport and asked whether she regretted not signing the document — and taking the money. 

“No, no, no, no,” she told the outlet. “That’s, like, devil’s money. I don’t want someone else’s money.”

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When a TMZ reporter said that $12 million was a lot of money, she replied, “Yeah, I know, but that’s OK. I’ll make my own money. Twelve million’s kind of excessive. What am I gonna do with that?”

LaPaglia was also asked about her current dating situation. 

“I don’t really have time for a boyfriend,” she said, noting that she’s “too busy” to date. 

She said she’d like to meet someone who’s “hardworking” and “just nice” — but he can’t be a musician, as she’ll “never” date another. When the TMZ reporter asked whether she’d consider “someone who works at Burger King,” she responded, “I’m not opposed to it. I’m not opposed to anybody at this point!”

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LaPaglia and Bryan dated for a little over a year before the “Pink Skies” singer announced in October 2024 that they had split. The podcaster has since spoken out against her ex, alleging that she was emotionally abused during their relationship. 

Last month, LaPaglia was hooked up to a lie detector test during an episode of her “BFFs” podcast when cohost Josh Richards questioned her about Bryan.

“Do you know if Zach’s exes signed NDAs?” Richards, 23, asked. LaPaglia replied, “Yes.”

Richards followed up by asking whether LaPaglia knew “which exes” signed the paperwork.

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“I know two exes signed NDAs,” she replied, ending the conversation without naming names. 

Prior to LaPaglia, Bryan was in two semi-public relationships. He married Rose Madden in 2020 but filed for divorce the following year. Bryan went public with Deb Peifer that same year. He announced their breakup in May 2023 and moved on with LaPaglia shortly afterward.

LaPaglia revealed in November 2024 that she and Madden had FaceTimed.

“I f—ing love her. I’ve never felt more seen and validated in my life,” LaPaglia said on the “BFFs” podcast at the time. “Oh, my gosh. She’s a great person.”

Millie Bobby Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi brought a dose of old-school glamour to the premiere of The Electric State in Los Angeles. 

The couple hit the black carpet on Monday, February 24, posing for photos outside The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood. Brown, 21, looked regal in a metallic gown that boasted delicate embroidery and dramatic draping, which she accessorized with a short jacket in matching fabric, a gold beaded choker necklace and diamond drop earrings. The actress’ golden blond hair was swept into an updo, and she flaunted a shimmery silver shadow on her eyelids. 

Brown stars alongside Chris Pratt and Stanley Tucci in Netflix’s The Electric State, a sci-fi film set to premiere March 14. 

Her dashing date, 22-year-old Bongiovi, sported a black-and-white tuxedo and a floppy hairstyle reminiscent of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Titanic ‘do at Monday’s premiere.

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The Stranger Things star and Bongiovi — a model, actor and son of musician Jon Bon Jovi — tied the knot in May 2024 after two years of dating and are now living on a farm in Georgia, a low-key lifestyle that she finds fulfilling.

“I’m not doing it for the aesthetic,” Brown told Vanity Fair in an interview published earlier this month. “I’m doing it because I love it.”

She said that she feels her happiest on the farm, regularly going off the grid by unplugging her phone and letting others handle her social media. And while she enjoys the rustic life, she does not subscribe to the “trad wife” trend. 

“There are maybe some trad wives out there doing it because it seems wholesome, but it is not,” Brown said. “If you’re not picking up horse s— or washing a cow with your bare hands, then that life is not made for you. At all.”

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Bongiovi is also enjoying a slower pace away from the spotlight. 

“We were pretty united going into it,” Brown said of her man. “We talked about our political views, what kind of family we want to build, the kind of home we want to live in, the kind of relationship we’re looking for, the kind of careers we want. It’s such an important decision, and we wanted to make sure we were making the right one. I knew I was. It always felt right with him.”

Brown previously opened up about how she and Bongiovi first met, revealing that they first connected on Instagram, instantly hitting it off from their initial conversation.

“I was curious about him and wanted to learn more,” she told The Sunday Times in August 2023. “From our very first chat, I knew he was going to play a significant role in my life. After we met, it was clear we never wanted to be apart.”

Patrick Mahomes took wife Brittany Mahomes — and his new haircut — out for date night at a college basketball game.

Patrick and Brittany, both 29, attended the Texas Tech vs. University of Houston game in Lubbock, Texas, on Monday, February 24. Patrick, who previously played football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, was caught on the Jumbotron sporting a huge grin, shorter hair and red-and-black merch from his alma mater. (Brittany wore the team’s colors too.)

Ultimately, Houston defeated Texas Tech with a close score of 69-61. 

It was the latest loss for a team near and dear to Patrick’s heart, but this time he wasn’t a participating athlete. Earlier this month, the star quarterback and his Kansas City Chiefs lost their Super Bowl battle to the Philadelphia Eagles 40-22. Patrick bid farewell to his iconic mohawk hairstyle and debuted a shorter cut several days after the defeat. 

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Not surprisingly, Patrick’s new look, first seen at a family event, sparked lots of conversation online.

“Mahomes finally got rid of the mohawk and that could only mean one thing!” one fan wrote via X on February 17. “MVP and SBMVP season loading…redemption season.”

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Patrick previously signaled that a hair change was in the works. While appearing in Netflix’s 2023 docuseries Quarterback, he admitted that he was considering changing up his signature curls. 

“Hair’s gone next year. Going with different hair next year,” he told his trainer, Bobby Stroupe. “I can’t have two kids and a Mohawk. ‘Cause I gotta be a dad at some point. … Imagine being 40 years old with this haircut.”

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In January, Patrick and Brittany welcomed their third child, daughter Golden Raye. The NFL power couple, who tied the knot in March 2022, are already parents of daughter Sterling and son Bronze, who arrived in February 2021 and November 2022, respectively.

Patrick is focused on family amid the offseason. On Saturday, February 23, he and his wife hosted a celebratory Bluey-themed gathering in honor of Sterling turning 4 years old.

“I think people don’t even realize how much she does,” Patrick said of Brittany during a May 2024 appearance on the “Impaulsive” podcast. “I mean, taking care of the day-to-day stuff and make it where I can focus on football and focus on my craft and everything like that. [She’s] a Hall of Fame mom and a Hall of Fame wife, [which] makes it a lot easier.”

He continued, “I mean, when you get to come home and your best friend’s there and you can just hang out, it makes you want to be there all the time and she pushes me to be great and she’s done a lot of great things herself.”

Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger had a sweet date night at the premiere of The Electric State in Los Angeles.

The couple hit the black carpet on Monday, February 24, posing for pics outside The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood. Both wore spring-like ensembles. Pratt, 45, sported a dusty lavender suit and white dress shoes, while Schwarzenegger, 35, looked chic in a strapless black top and black pants with white floral embroidery. She accessorized with white heels and minimal jewelry.

Pratt stars alongside Millie Bobby Brown and Stanley Tucci in Netflix’s The Electric State, a sci-fi film set to premiere March 14. 

The event marked Pratt and Schwarzenegger’s first major outing since the birth of their son, Ford, in November 2024. The pair, who tied the knot in June 2019 after one year of dating, also share daughters Lyla, 4, and Eloise, 2. (Pratt is also the father of son Jack, 12, whom he shares with first wife Anna Faris. He and Faris, 48, were married from 2009 to 2018.)

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“I love the idea of having a lot of kids around and a big family,” Katherine, the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, told Us Weekly in 2022. “Whatever God has in his plan for us is what we’ll do.”

The self-help author added at the time that she often turns to Shriver, 69, for parenting advice. 

“I feel really lucky to be able to have obviously an amazing role model in my mom, and just being able to see how she balances it all,” she gushed. “Just learning from her, being able to bounce things off of her and, at the end of the day, just knowing that family time is the most important time.”

Both Schwarzenegger and Pratt routinely sing each other’s praises via social media.

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“I simply can’t imagine how lost I’d be without you,” Pratt wrote of his wife in 2021. “You’re beautiful, tough as nails, reasonable, deeply thoughtful, extraordinarily smart, you’re a complete boss, eternally driven and you communicate like no other.”

He thanked her “for being so instrumental in my growth over the past few years. We fit so perfectly into each other’s lives that our Union is a daily reminder that God is looking out for us. Navigating the odd circumstances of our world is a task I cannot handle alone. And I’m so grateful I don’t have to.”

As for Schwarzenegger, she paid tribute to her Marvel star husband on his 43rd birthday, writing via Instagram: “I feel like the luckiest in the world to live life with you. You’re the most loving father, the most supportive partner and you have the biggest heart and we are so blessed to feel and witness your love. Happy happy handsome.”

Eric Mabius has pleaded not guilty after being arrested for allegedly ripping a woman’s hair out.

Mabius, 53, submitted the plea through his attorney on Monday, February 24, in court in Nassau County, Florida. He also waived the right of appearance at pre-trial hearings in the case.

The actor, who’s best known for his leading role on ABC’s Ugly Betty, was arrested on Thursday, February 20, and booked into the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center, which released a mug shot in which Mabius is seen with a laceration next to his right eye. At the time, an arrest record explained that he was taken into custody for battery and resisting arrest without violence.

However, new details have emerged that give a fuller picture of the ordeal. According to a police report obtained by Us Weekly, Mabius was involved in a fight with two women, Jennifer Moreno and Amelia Bell, at a bar in Yulee, Florida, last Thursday. The altercation resulted in both Mabius and Moreno’s battery arrests. 

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After arriving on the scene, a police officer “observed a white male trying to help [Moreno] stand. They were both extremely intoxicated and kept trying to yell at everyone in the bar. I escorted them outside to try to separate everyone. [Moreno] just laid on the ground and refused to listen and or speak.” Meanwhile, Mabius “became more belligerent” and did not follow “simple commands to just sit on the bench.” At one point, he “tried to stand up and walk behind” the officer while he was investigating the incident. 

Bell told police that Moreno had been allegedly “disrespectful to everyone at the bar” and was repeatedly asked to leave. She claimed that Moreno “began to spit on several people and then looked at [Bell] as if she was going to spit on her.” Bell alleged that Moreno started to push her after she told her to exit the bar. Then Mabius got involved, Bell claimed, knocking both her and Moreno to the ground. 

Bell “said this only took a few seconds but while she was on the ground Eric got on top of her and was pulling her hair” and “ripping a handful of her hair from her scalp,” the report stated, citing Bell’s recollection.

A witness named Michael Webb told police that he had been spit on by Moreno and watched as Mabius “slung both girls to the ground.” Webb “grabbed Eric off” them while police were on the way to the bar. 

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The day of his arrest, Mabius was ordered by a court not to contact Bell or be within 500 feet of her home, vehicle or place of employment.

Mabius appeared on all four seasons of Ugly Betty as Daniel Meade, the editor-in-chief of Mode magazine. Mabius’ television credits also include Party of Five, The L Word and Popular. 

Most recently, Mabius appeared in a number of Hallmark Channel originals, including playing Oliver O’Toole in the Signed, Sealed & Delivered franchise. He also appeared in 2019’s It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, 2022’s Haul Out the Holly and 2023’s Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up, all Hallmark original films.

Danielle Fishel may have many fond memories of her time on Boy Meets World, but returning for the show’s spinoff, Girl Meets World, was an entirely different — and “difficult” — experience.

After portraying the role of Topanga for seven seasons on the ABC ‘90s hit, Fishel, 43, returned for the Disney Channel revival from 2014 to 2017.

“It was a very, very difficult set,” the actress recalled in the Monday, February 23 episode of her “Pod Meets World” podcast, which she cohosts alongside her former Boy Meets World costars Rider Strong and Will Friedle.

“Let’s put it this way: The memories we have of the fun set of Boy Meets World were not the memories [from the] set of Girl Meets World,” she continued. “It just wasn’t. And I went into it hoping it was going to be. I went into it expecting it to be. And it wasn’t. It was a rather tumultuous place. It was a place I felt very ostracized. I felt very criticized. I felt a lot of different things being on that set.”

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Fishel added: “That was not the set of Danielle being carefree and running around shaking hands and kissing babies.”

Girl Meets World offered a fresh, girl-centric update on the original series, centering on the life of 12-year-old Riley Matthews (Rowan Blanchard), the daughter of Topanga and lifetime love Cory (Ben Savage).

Fishel discussed her feelings about Girls Meets World during a heated argument with Maitland Ward — who portrayed Rachel on seasons 6 and 7 of BMW — and appeared as a guest on Monday’s “Pod Meets World.” Ward, 48, had previously accused Fishel of holding a grudge against her for years since the first series ended in 2000.

The tense exchange kicked off when Fishel asked Ward, “Do you hate us?” Ward replied, “No, I do not hate you. I think that you hate me because you wouldn’t speak to me on Girl Meets World and that was hurtful.”

Ward’s claim seemingly took Fishel by surprise.

“I wouldn’t speak to you? I did talk to you,” she recalled to Ward, who claimed that Fishel “didn’t like the fact” that she was “getting a lot of attention at that time.”

Fishel appeared to cast off Ward’s recollection as a misunderstanding, especially given how Fishel was feeling at the time.

She said that “absolutely, in every experience we have had on the show, where people have finally talked about things that have never been talked about in the 20 or 30 years since they’ve happened. Or 10 or 20 years since they’ve happened. When it then comes up, every single time there’s a reveal, which is like, ‘Oh, you know what? I made this a personal thing.’”

She told Ward, “I’m sorry that you thought it was about you.”

Ward also claimed during the episode there is  a “divide” between those involved in the two shows because Fishel, along with Strong and Friedle, “hate Ben [Savage] and you guys hate [series creator] Michael [Jacobs].”

The hosts denied hating either, with Friedle — who played Savage’s brother, Eric — saying his onscreen sibling was “one of the most important people I’ve ever met in my life, and I can’t stand the fact that he won’t speak to us. And that’s what it is: He won’t speak to us.” Friedle alleged “in the middle of a conversation with Ben, he just bailed on me.”

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Fishel, meanwhile, defended stories she has previously said on the podcast that involve Jacobs as her boss, claiming they are not “negative’ but simply stories about her past experience.

“The same way you wrote your book about your experiences doesn’t mean that they’re negative. They’re just experiences,” Fishel told Ward. “So you don’t listen to the podcast regularly, but your overall opinion of it is that we are negative about Michael and Ben and the show.”

Strong, for his part, added, “If I’m talking about Michael yelling at me, that’s my experience. I was yelled at. I watched him do things. I can describe that, that’s the truth.”

Tamra Judge has a message for fans who want updates on Teddi Mellencamp’s health scare.

“You know, a lot of people are reaching out to me and they want me to get them an update,” the Real Housewife said through tears in the Wednesday, February 19 episode of iHeartRadio’s “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast, which Judge and Mellencamp cohost. Dolores Catania filled in for Mellencamp while she recovers from brain tumor surgery. 

“And because nobody’s saying anything, people are coming up with their own stories and things like that,” Judge, 57, continued. “It’s not my place. What do you guys want me to do? Do you want me to take pictures from the hospital and post them? I’m not doing that.”

Judge said that “some people are getting mean with me, going, ‘Why won’t you give us an update?’ And I just said, ‘I’m so sorry. I know you’re concerned, but it’s not my place. It’s not my place.’ All I can do is pray on her and love her like all of her friends are doing. And that’s it.”

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Judge said that Mellencamp’s “family, her friends, myself, everybody — we’re just trying to put one foot in front of the other right now.”

She did share that she spoke with Mellencamp, 43, “before her surgery and she really wants this podcast to continue. It’s her pride and joy, and she’s so good at it, and she wants the momentum to keep going. And she just wants everybody to know that when she can get back, she’ll be back.”

Judge cried while recalling that recent conversation, in which she told Mellencamp: “No one will ever take your place.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star announced on February 12 that she was going to have surgery to remove brain tumors.

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“For the last several weeks I’ve been dealing with severe debilitating headaches,” she said via Instagram at the time. “Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization.”

Mellencamp explained that a CT scan and MRI detected the tumors, which doctors “believe have been growing for at least 6 months.” She noted last Wednesday that two of those tumors would be taken out in surgery that day, while the other “small tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.”

Judge said on “Two Ts in a Pod” that she’s in a group text with other women and coordinating visitation schedules “because we don’t ever want her to be alone.” She noted that she’d spent eight hours visiting with Mellencamp, whose “sense of humor is poking through.”

Judge said of her friend, “I just don’t even know what I would do without her.”

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She also thanked her former Real Housewives of Orange County costar Vicki Gunvalson for sending well wishes to Mellencamp despite “all the bad blood between her and Teddi. I heard that she did go on her podcast and say, like, ‘Teddi doesn’t deserve this,’ and she’s praying for her and all the things that went down between them [don’t] matter when it comes to cancer and things — like, it doesn’t. We appreciate that. We really do.”

Kadance Fredericksen, a Miss Florida Teen USA contestant, died in a car crash just “three minutes from home,” says her mother, Lisa Fredericksen.

Lisa, 48, spoke with People for a story published on Wednesday, February 19, two days after Kadance’s death at the age of 18. The teen was driving in Santa Rosa County on Monday, February 17, when her car went over the center line and crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer. Kadance was pronounced dead at the scene. 

“She was literally three minutes from home,” Lisa told the outlet, adding, “I have no idea what happened.”

Neither did the Florida Highway Patrol when they filed their report on Monday’s crash, stating that Kadance’s vehicle had crossed into the opposite lane “for reasons unknown.” An investigation into the tragedy continues.

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Lisa adopted Kadance seven years ago; her daughter had been abused earlier in her childhood. In 2024, Kadance was a finalist for the Miss Florida Teen USA title and was also crowned Miss Okaloosa County Teen USA. 

“She came home one day and she said, ‘Mama, can I do a beauty pageant?’ “And I said, ‘Well, yeah, but if you do a beauty pageant, you have to talk in front of people,’ because she still didn’t talk a whole lot,” Lisa said in her People interview, adding, “And she did it. She bought the ugliest dress she could find because she just wanted to be like a princess. She didn’t win a thing. But she was hooked.”

Kadance had raised more than $25,000 for the Ronald McDonald House since volunteering at the charity starting in 2017. That year, she founded Kada’s Promise, which provides teddy bears and blankets to kids in foster care, homeless shelters, abuse shelters and hospitals. 

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“During many dark times in my early childhood, the only thing that I could call my own or that made me feel safe was a single teddy bear that I received as a gift,” Kadance explained in a message on the organization’s website. “I carried him with me from house to house, couch to couch and clutched him tightly in the scariest times. It is from these memories that Kada’s Promise was born.”

According to Lisa, Kadance was the “most kindhearted” person and “only wanted everybody to be happy.” Her goal was to become a veterinarian. The day before she died, she had been awarded a full-ride scholarship at Mississippi State University, one of nine colleges that had accepted her as a student. 

“Our pageant community has lost a beautiful soul — one who was a true light in this world,” Kadance’s Miss Florida and Teen Florida USA Family said in a statement Tuesday.

“She was ambitious, driven, kind, and a leader among her pageant sisters,” they continued. “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and all who are mourning this devastating loss. May we honor her memory by carrying forward the light she so effortlessly shared with the world and our Florida pageant community.”

ASAP Rocky and Rihanna have allegedly made a big promise to lawyer Joe Tacopina after the rapper was found not guilty following a 2021 shooting incident.

Tacopina, who represented Rocky in court, claimed that the couple promised to name their next baby after him during an interview with Extra published Wednesday, February 19. 

“They grabbed me and they said, ‘Listen, our next baby A$AP Joe,’” Tacopina told the outlet. “I said, ‘I’m gonna hold you to that!’”

The lawyer added that Rocky “told me he loved me and we’re family.”

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The Los Angeles court’s verdict was delivered on Tuesday, February 18, after which the rapper could be seen leaping into Rihanna’s arms. (The power couple, both 36, began dating in the summer of 2020 and share two young sons together, RZA, 2, and Riot, 18 months.)

“He didn’t know if he was going to go home and see his two babies that night or start a decade-long prison sentence literally that day,” Tacopina told Extra. “He grabbed me and he said, ‘Joe, I want you to know, I know how hard you fought here. I know everything you’ve done, and I just appreciate you so much.’”

He continued: “It’s obviously a very serious moment for him, and he has the wherewithal and the thought to think, ‘Let me thank this guy.’ It was special that he did that.”

Rocky had been charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon. Tacopina got worried when the first count was read and Rocky immediately ran toward Rihanna. 

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“I told my partner, ‘Get him back here, we have another count,’” he said. “I’m thinking, ‘My God, if the second count doesn’t go well, this is gonna be embarrassing.’ But of course it did, and I was confident it was going to.’”

Rihanna took to social media on Tuesday to break her silence on Rocky’s verdict, writing via her Instagram Story, “The glory belongs to God and God alone! Thankful, humbled by his mercy!” The “We Found Love” singer added a prayer hands emoji to the post.

While she didn’t testify during the trial, she showed her support by appearing in the courtroom on multiple occasions. Prior to her Instagram Story, Rihanna had not publicly commented on the trial or Rocky’s stance.

Five witnesses had testified for the prosecution over eight days about the case in which Rocky was accused of firing four or five shots at childhood friend-turned-enemy ASAP Relli (born Terell Ephron) on a Hollywood street in 2021. Relli took the stand during the trial, testifying that his knuckles were grazed during the confrontation, but he was otherwise not hurt.

NBA star Duncan Robinson and girlfriend Caroline Nava are engaged, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Robinson, the Miami Heat forward who famously signed a $90 million, 5-year contract with the team, and Nava, a real estate agent, celebrated the happy news during a romantic getaway in the Bahamas.

Nava, 26, took to Instagram on Wednesday, February 19, to share photos of their island vacation, which included a snap of the pair hugging by the beach. “Bahamas film ft. my fiance ,” she captioned the post. 

Nava’s friends congratulated her in the comment section. “CONGRATS YOU TWO!! ,” wrote one friend, while another gushed, “I am so happy for you beautiful girl.”

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One day prior, Nava posted an Instagram Reel that featured more footage from the trip, including glimpses of Robinson and Nava sipping tropical drinks and sitting on swings in the ocean. 

“A weekend full of endless surprises,” Nava wrote in a caption. “I wish I could re-live it over and over again.” Tagging Robinson, 30, she wrote, “Love you forever.”

Us Weekly has reached out to Robinson’s rep for comment. 

In August 2021, Robinson joined the Heat after signing the largest contract in NBA history for an undrafted player. He’s been dating Nava, who reportedly grew up in Miami, for several years but keeps his Instagram account focused on work rather than his personal life. 

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However, the athlete is a consistent presence on Nava’s social media. Over the holidays, she shared her love for Robinson via Instagram, posting a photo of the pair and writing, “To wake up every morning is a gift – one that is only possible because of our one true gift. Merry Christmas Eve ”

Robinson and Nava aren’t the only NBA duo to get engaged in the New Year. In January, Us confirmed that former pro baller Blake Griffin had proposed to swimwear designer Francesca Aiello. Griffin, like Robinson, prefers to keep a low profile, but Aiello, 29, couldn’t resist hinting at the news via Instagram on January 22, flaunting a giant, mysterious ring on her left hand. 

Griffin, 35, and Aiello, the founder of Frankies Bikinis, first started dating in June 2018 before breaking things off. They reconnected in August 2023 and have been together since. 

The power forward, who retired from the NBA in April 2024 after a 14-season career, was previously engaged to Brynn Cameron, with whom he shares two children: son Ford, 11, and daughter Finley, 8. The couple split in the summer of 2017.

“I never envisioned myself as the guy who would have a ‘letter to basketball’ retirement announcement … and I’m still not going to be that guy,” Griffin wrote via Instagram last year. “But as I reflected on my career, the one feeling I kept coming back to and the one thing I wanted to express was thankfulness.”

Meghan Markle is renaming her lifestyle brand from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever.

Markle, 43, announced the news via Instagram on Monday, February 17, posting a video recorded by her husband, Prince Harry, in an outdoor garden. 

“The cat’s out of the bag,” said Markle, sporting jeans and a breezy white button-down. “I’m shocked we’ve kept this a secret for so long. In two weeks my show is coming out, which I’m so excited for. And also my business, which I think there has been a lot of curiosity about.”

The Duchess of Sussex, whose Netflix series With Love, Meghan debuts March 4, explained: “Last year, I had thought, ‘American Riviera, that sounds like such a great name.’ It’s my neighborhood; it’s a nickname for Santa Barbara, but it limited me to things that were just manufactured and grown in this area.”

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Markle said she decided to change the name when “Netflix came on, not just as my partner in the show, but as my partner in my business. which was huge. So I thought about it, and I’ve been waiting for a moment to share a name that I had secured in 2022, and this is the moment, and it’s called As Ever.” 

Explaining its significance, she continued, “As Ever essentially means ‘as it’s always been,’ and if you’ve followed me since 2014 with The Tig [her former lifestyle blog], you know I’ve always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do. And I haven’t been able to share it with you in the same way for the past few years, but now I can, so as things are starting to trickle out there, I wanted you to hear it from me first.”

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Last year, Markle debuted the first product — strawberry jam — from the company formerly known as American Riviera Orchard.

“Of course, there will be fruit preserves,” Markle told her followers on Monday. “I think we’re all clear at this point that jam is my jam. But there are so many more products that I just love, and now it’s time to share them with you. So I just can’t wait for you to see it. Thanks guys!” 

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Markle also wrote a caption for her video post, stating: “I’m thrilled to introduce you to As Ever — a brand that I created and have poured my heart into. … This new chapter is an extension of what has always been my love language, beautifully weaving together everything I cherish — food, gardening, entertaining, thoughtful living, and finding joy in the everyday. I will keep sharing behind the scenes tidbits with you here as we ramp up to launch, and I can’t wait for you to get your hands on everything we’ve been creating.”

Markle’s announcement coincided with the debut of the new As Ever website, which features an image of Markle and her 3-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, walking in an idyllic coastal setting.

Meryl Streep and Jason Momoa partied it up after Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special.

Momoa, 45, took to Instagram on Monday, February 17, and shared two photos of himself with Streep, 75, at an SNL50 soiree the night before. In one pic, the actors posed with their heads close together and smiled for the camera, and in the second snap, Momoa and Streep struck dance poses, playfully pointing toward the photographer behind the lens (who might have been Momoa’s girlfriend, Adria Arjona).

The Aquaman star and Arjona, 32, made their official red-carpet debut as a couple on Friday, February 14, when they celebrated Valentine’s Day by attending SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. 

Momoa gave Arjona first priority in the photo dump he posted Monday that documented highlights from the weekend’s festivities. Those included: The twosome happily posing with their VIP tickets to Sunday’s special and smiling alongside SNL crew member Donna Richards, who dresses the celebrity hosts and revealed on the air that Momoa was her favorite to dress. Besides the aforementioned dual Streep shots, he also featured pics with Kristen Wiig, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Murray and Chevy Chase in the carousel.

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“I AM SO GRATEFUL,” Momoa captioned his post. “Congratulations @nbcsnl OHANA. SNL50 what a magical 3 days. GREATEST SHOW OF ALL TIME My mind is blown.”

Referencing Arjona, Momoa added: “Off to the next journey with mi amor.”

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Meanwhile, Streep was in good spirits following her hilarious SNL50 cameo, where she got into character as the quirky, oversharing mother of Kate McKinnon’s Miss Rafferty. The Oscar winner watched the rest of the special in the audience with Martin Short, whom she’s rumored to be dating. The duo also attended the Radio City event two days prior.

“There’s really no one funnier to sit next to than Marty Short, who I got to sit next to at the homecoming concert the other night,” Amy Schumer told People on Sunday. “I think that the tea is, I think Marty might be off the market. That’s what I’m seeing. I don’t know.”

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While Schumer did not name the object of Short’s affection, she teased: “Maybe just like the greatest actor of our time, I don’t know.”

Speculation that Streep and Short are more than friends began swirling in December 2023 when Time Out New York theater critic Adam Feldman teased via social media that there was a “surprising” celebrity couple keeping their romance under wraps. The replies hinted at Streep and Short.

Rumors were fueled the following month when Streep and Short were spotted sitting next to each other at the 2024 Golden Globes. At the time, a rep for Short insisted that the duo “are just very good friends, nothing more.”

That summer, they made more headlines when they were spotted holding hands at a season 4 premiere party for Only Murders in the Building, in which Streep and Short costar. Several days later, Short gushed over Streep in an interview with Extra, saying, “I think it’s been a friendship that always grows if you work with someone and love that person.”

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet is opening up about the realities of life as a celebrated filmmaker.

Corbet, 36, revealed in the Monday, February 17, episode of the “WTF with Marc Maron Podcast” that he’s made “zero income” from the film, which has earned 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Corbet, who cowrote The Brutalist with wife Mona Fastvold, also scored a directing prize at the Golden Globe Awards in January.

“I just directed three advertisements in Portugal,” Corbet told host Marc Maron. “It’s the first time that I had made any money in years.” 

He noted that he and Fastvold, 38, “made zero dollars on the last two films that we made.”

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When Maron, 61, reacted with surprise, Corbet confirmed: “Yes. Actually, zero. We had to just sort of live off of a paycheck from three years ago.”

The Brutalist stars Adrien Brody as the fictional László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrated to America following World War II. Felicity Jones plays Tóth’s wife. So far, Brody, 51, has won a Golden Globe, a Critics Choice Award and a BAFTA Award for the role; an Academy Award could be next, if the actor triumphs at the March 2 ceremony in Los Angeles.

In his “WTF” interview, Corbet said that he isn’t being paid to promote the film — a heavy time commitment, especially during awards season. 

“I mean, our film premiered in September,” he said. “So I’ve been doing this for six months. And had zero income because I don’t have any time to go to work.”

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Corbet compared promoting The Brutalist to “a six-month interrogation,” with “boundless” media interviews. “It’s constant travel, and you’re also working Saturdays and Sundays,” he said. “I haven’t had a day off since the Christmas break.”

The writer-director added that he’s not alone in his financial struggle.

“I’ve spoken to many filmmakers that have the films that are nominated this year that can’t pay their rent,” he said. “I mean, that’s a real thing.”

It took Corbet eight years to get The Brutalist from page to screen, and he made his passion project for less than $10 million. Since hitting theaters in December 2024, it has collected $31 million at the worldwide box office. 

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“I am very grateful,” Brody told Us Weekly and other reporters in the Beverly Hilton Press Room following his Golden Globe win last month. “I’ve had a very blessed career, but as you can see, it’s still a challenge to find work that is as meaningful as this.”

“That you can have a triumph in your life again is incredibly healing and rewarding,” Brody said, noting that the movie “speaks to my family’s struggles and the hardships that they’ve faced.”

Edwin Arroyave says his ex-wife Teddi Mellencamp is “beyond grateful” after undergoing brain tumor surgery.

“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.”

He also took to his Instagram Stories to post a photo of himself with their daughter Slate, 12, as well as teenage Bella, his daughter from a previous marriage. (Teddi, 43, filed for divorce from Arroyave in November 2024. The exes also share son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, 4.) 

“On our way to visit Mom,” Arroyave captioned the snapshot, tagging Slate and Bella.

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The update comes nearly a week after Teddi publicly revealed her health battle, informing her Instagram followers that she was about to have surgery to remove multiple tumors on her brain.

“For the last several weeks I’ve been dealing with severe debilitating headaches,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star stated on Wednesday, February 12. “Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization.”

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Teddi explained that a CT scan and MRI detected the tumors, which doctors “believe have been growing for at least 6 months.” She noted last Wednesday that two of those tumors would be taken out in surgery that day, while the other “small tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.”

She said that she was “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.” Ahead of her operation, she also shared an Instagram Story video of a friend shaving off her hair. “I’m gonna have this look on my bucket list. My best look,” Teddi quipped at the time.

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Meanwhile, Arroyave was by her side along with pal Kyle Richards and country singer Morgan Wade. 

On Thursday, February 13, Arroyave posted an update via Instagram Stories, revealing that the surgery “went well.” However, he added that he’d never seen his ex “in so much pain. She’s finally getting some needed rest.”

Several days later, Teddi’s sister, Justice Mellencamp, released a statement via her own Instagram Story. 

“Watching a loved one suffer is horrific,” she wrote on Sunday, February 16. “I’ve tried to get back to everyone who has reached out & I know Teddi will share her journey when she is ready. She is by far the strongest person I know.”

Alongside that message, Justice, 40, shared a snap of her beside Teddi’s hospital bed where she appeared to be sleeping.

“So many emotions as I travel home today but her village is the best one I’ve ever seen and I’m so grateful for them!” Justice added.

Blake Lively is seeking Justin Baldoni’s phone records to uncover further evidence of his alleged smear campaign against her.

Lively’s lawyers sent subpoenas to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, requesting records for Baldoni, 41, as well as film producer Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, the cofounder of Baldoni’s production company Wayfarer Studios, Us Weekly confirms. 

The actress’ legal team also seeks the records of Baldoni’s publicists Jennifer Abel and Melissa Nathan.

“Phone records belonging to all of the individual defendants will expose the full web of individuals who were involved in the smear campaign against Ms. Lively,” a Lively representative noted in a statement to Us. “Such records will provide critical and irrefutable evidence not only about who, but also about when, where, and how their retaliation plan came together and operated.”

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In response, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told Us that “subpoenas are an ordinary part of the litigation.”

“What is extraordinary is what the Lively Parties are seeking. They are asking for every single call, text, data log, and even real-time location information for the past 2.5 years, regardless of the sender, recipient, or subject matter,” he continued in a statement. “This massive fishing expedition demonstrates that they are desperately seeking any factual basis for their provably false claims. They will find none.”

Lively’s public battle with Baldoni — who starred alongside her in the film It Ends With Us and served as director — began in December 2024 when she sued him for sexual harassment on the set. The actress subpoenaed thousands of pages of texts, emails and documents, which were posted by The New York Times in its blockbuster coverage of Lively’s complaint. She also accused Baldoni and his crisis management team of orchestrating a scheme to sabotage her reputation in an effort to bury her harassment claims.

Baldoni denied the allegations and countersued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist, Leslie Sloane, seeking $400 million in damages. (Lively’s legal team slammed Baldoni’s “desperate” strategy in a statement at the time, claiming the lawsuit is an attempt to “shift the narrative” onto her and “does not refute the evidence in Ms. Lively’s complaint.”)

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Lively’s lawyers sent additional subpoenas to the internet providers AOL and Cloudflare, as well as crisis consultant Jed Wallace, whom Lively accused of participating in efforts to take her down. (Wallace sued Lively earlier this month, denying the allegations.)

“Ms. Lively has initiated discovery that will expose the people, tactics and methods that have worked to ‘destroy’ and ‘bury’ her reputation and family over the past year,” her lawyers, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, said in a statement to Us. 

Regarding Wallace, a spokesperson for Lively added, “In their internal private messages that Baldoni’s team never expected anyone would see, they bragged that thanks to Jed’s work they saw a shift in the narrative to putting a spotlight on Blake and laughed at how sad it was that people so easily want to hate on a woman. We look forward to investigating more about Jed Wallace’s entire business model and what else he was doing to distract from the very real sexual harassment and retaliation claims made by Ms. Lively. We are delighted to be able to start discovery on it.”

As for Cloudfare, Inc. and AOL, the spokesperson claimed, “Internet records will show the involvement of different persons who might be playing key roles in digital retaliation.”

Lively and Baldoni are set to go to trial in March 2026, though when their attorneys attended a court hearing on February 3, federal judge Lewis J. Liman stated that the actors’ trial date could be moved up if their legal drama continues to be “litigated in the press.” 

Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges are engaged!

Wilson, 32, announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday, February 12, posting a series of photos of Hodges’ proposal and her engagement ring. “4x4xU forever,” she wrote in a caption, adding a red heart emoji.

Wilson was apparently caught off guard when Hodges, 28, popped the question on the porch of a stately home where he’d made a shrine to their love with photo albums, candles and long stem red roses. She said “yes,” of course, with the camera snapping a candid of the country singer covering her face in shock as Hodges laughed with delight. The two kissed for the photographer and Wilson flashed her gorgeous ring, which has a flower-like shape.

Wilson and Hodges, a former NFL player-turned-real estate agent, began dating in 2021 and made their red-carpet debut at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2023.

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“I’ll tell you, he is good as gold,” Wilson said of Hodges in June 2023. “Supports me, would never come in between anything that I’m trying to do. He’s like, ‘Go get it, girl.’ And I made him wait for a while. I mean … it’s been a little over two years now.”

She also revealed that Hodges is tight with her pals.  “It’s so great. I mean, he’s buddies with all my buddies,” she shared at the time. “He’ll FaceTime me and he’ll be with Hardy or he’ll be with Cole Swindell and all of them. I’m like, ‘Can you please stop taking my friends?’”

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That November, Hodges joined Wilson and her family at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. After Wilson won five awards, including Entertainer of the Year, her boyfriend sang her praises on social media.

“She already heard what I’m fixing to say, but I just want y’all to hear it once. This girl is the most hard-working person I know,” Hodges wrote via Instagram, sharing photos from the awards. “Her work ethic and her desire to be the best person she can be is contagious. I’m so happy that all the hard work continues to pay off. Congrats on all the awards last night and especially the BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT! ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR!”

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Wilson dedicated her song “4x4xU”  to her biggest cheerleader in October 2024, sharing an Instagram Reel of her and Hodges riding in a car with the tune playing. “Ain’t nowhere I’d rather be #4x4xu @devlinhodges,” Wilson gushed at the time.

It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover has returned to Instagram after deactivating her account amid the ongoing legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Hoover, 45, left the social media platform in late January. Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 41, first clashed on the set of the film adaptation of Hoover’s bestselling novel and are currently engaged in a hostile — and highly public — legal battle. 

But on Wednesday, February 12, the writer’s account resurfaced — without photos of Lively and Baldoni, and no mention of the It Ends With Us promotional tour last summer, which were previously showcased on her account. 

The hit movie, which was released in August 2024, follows Lily Bloom (Lively) as her relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincard (Baldoni) becomes abusive. She eventually finds an ally in her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar). Baldoni — who directed the film and optioned the rights to Hoover’s novel — and Lively were not seen promoting the film together.

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Following speculation about tension between the costars, Lively filed paperwork in December 2024 accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment, creating a “hostile work environment” and causing her “severe emotional distress” while working together. 

After The New York Times broke the news of Lively’s allegations against Baldoni, Hoover showed support for Lively, writing via her Instagram Story, “Blake Lively you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met. Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.”

Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman called Lively’s claims “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious,” alleging in a statement to Us Weekly that Lively filed the lawsuit to “fix her negative reputation” and “rehash a narrative” regarding the production of It Ends With Us. (Lively served as a producer on the movie.) Baldoni also fired his own $400 million lawsuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and other claims.

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

Christine Brown, who stars on TLC’s Sister Wives, is responding to rumors that she and husband David Woolley have called it quits. 

Brown, 52, and Woolley, 61, tied the knot in October of 2023. The reality star took to social media on Wednesday, February 12, alluding to speculation of trouble in paradise.

“I’m always surprised with what I read about myself! Don’t you worry, we couldn’t be happier,” Brown captioned an Instagram Reel of happy moments with Woolley. 

Christine and Woolley got together after her 2021 split from Kody Brown, the patriarch of a polygamist family. Sister Wives documented her unconventional relationship with Kody, 56, with whom she shares six kids.

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Following her separation from Kody, Christine debuted her romance with Woolley in February 2023. He popped the question two months later, and the pair exchanged vows in Utah that fall. “I’m happier than I’ve ever been,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in October 2024, saying that she’d fully embraced monogamy. “I was made for it.”

Christine said she appreciates that she and Woolley are in “totally a partnership,” noting at the time that “there’s no keeping score” in their union. “I’m very grateful for everything that happened to lead me here.” she said. “I love where I’m at.”

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Fans of Sister Wives have remained invested in Christine’s life, post-Kody, and she still appears on the series — with Woolley by her side. At first he was camera-shy, but his wife considers him a “totally refreshing” addition to the cast. 

“We’ve gone through a lot of hard times and I think having David in our lives and having him with me gives a whole new experience for all of us when we watch the episodes,” she told Us. “I don’t dread it. I love watching when we’re in it and it’s been a really nice reprieve.”

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Christine revealed that she’d been anxious about how Woolley and her ex would get along. “I dreaded it, probably way more than David,” she said, acknowledging that the two men were “a little bit awkward” around each other initially. “But when it came down to it, we just realized everyone’s just gonna do the best they can and we’re just gonna be in the same space with each other for the rest of our lives, and we just need to be adults about it. … They were just gentlemen.”

Meanwhile, Christine was enjoying having Woolley all to herself, especially in the mundane moments of marriage. 

“The thing that we do the most that I love is just our morning coffee together,” she said. “Or when it comes home from work, we sit and we chill in the kitchen while I’m making dinner and we just sit and talk about our days.”

She added: “I just love all the simple things that we do more than anything. It’s just so much security and it’s so much simplicity. I just don’t know our favorite date. We’ve just had a lot of amazing times.”