In Bachelor Nation, you only get one chance to make a first impression. When The Bachelorette host Jesse Palmer teased that season 19 featured some incredibly outlandish limo entrances,...
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Jonathan Bailey is jumping from the Regency era to an American love story. The Bridgerton star and Matt Bomer will play lovers in Showtime's upcoming limited series Fellow Travelers,...Some sad news is coming out of the reality tv world. Dr. Paul Nassif was one of my favorite Real Housewives husbands. He was featured prominently on the early seasons of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with his then-wife, Adrienne Maloof. The couple bickered their way through the show and split in 2012. Despite their constant fighting, I really enjoyed Paul’s funny and sometimes bewildered commentary about their spats. And while the divorce was originally very contentious, Adrienne revealed back in 2020 that the two are now good friends.
Paul has since moved on in his personal and professional life, starring with Dr. Terry Dubrow on the hit show Botched. But his personal life has taken as sad turn. Page Six is reporting that Paul announced that his older brother, Chris Nassif, has passed away. He was 62. The cause of death has yet to be released.
Paul took to Instagram to share the tragic news with his 1.2 million followers. He posted a photo of Chris and started, “Yesterday I lost my big brother, unexpectedly. Words can’t begin to describe the loss that my family, his friends and I are feeling right now. Chris Nassif was, and always will be, a legend. Nowadays, our world is obsessed with super heroes, but growing up… he was mine.”
He went on to discuss Chris’ success running his own talent agency. Some of the stars he represented included Sofia Vergara and Ricky Martin. Paul added, “More recently, he became a successful producer, where he produced a variety of films and was still working on numerous promising projects in the film and television landscapes.”
The grief-stricken Paul continued, “When push comes to shove, there is no one on this planet that will have your back like your big brother. Please keep our family in your prayers during this unimaginably difficult time. Remember that you never know when you could lose someone who means everything to you, so never take a moment for granted.” He concluded, “I only had one brother, and he was the best brother I could’ve hoped for. He helped raise me. I know that I wouldn’t be the man I am today if it wasn’t for him. I love you always my brother @cnassif59.”
In addition to his work in Hollywood, Chris also worked in law enforcement. He served as a reserve deputy for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He was also on reserve status with the Inglewood Police Department. We are extended our condolences to Paul and his family while they mourn this tragic loss.
TELL US – DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF SUPPORT FOR PAUL AND HIS FAMILY AT THIS TIME?
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Love at last! The last season of Love Is Blind didn’t exactly produce the healthiest pairings. One of those being the mismatched Shaina Hurley and Kyle Abrams. While Shaina accepted Kyle’s marriage proposal, she dumped him before they even made it to the alter. But she quickly found happiness off screen.
TMZ is now reporting that Shaina got married. Held at a Chicago courthouse, Shaina tied the knot with fiance Christos Lardakis. the couple were joined by just Christos’ daughter and a close friend. Sources say that both sets of parents gave their blessing for the tiny affair. But the low-key wedding was so the two could make it legal to have a much larger blow-out in Greece. The newlyweds are allegedly planning and traditional Greek wedding later this month.
Shaina and Christos got engaged back in March. A source revealed at the time, “Shaina is engaged. She’s been dating Christos for almost a year and this is the happiest I’ve ever seen her. He has stood by her side through all of the Love Is Blind drama and has been her steady in the storm.” The unidentified source also added that Shaina is “such a sweetheart and has found a man who loves her and understands her.”
On an episode of the podcast, Viall Files, Shaina explained just how supportive Christos was while Love is Blind aired. She revealed, “I’m actually in a relationship. It’s pretty serious.” She added of Christos, “he’s been great throughout the whole situation. I’m happy,” and has shown her “nothing but support.”
Prior to her confirming the relationship, Shaina had posted a picture of them on her Instagram just a few days earlier. She shared a photo of the two in bathing suits while they vacationed in Greece. She told her 218K followers, “My ride or die forever.”
As for her time on Love is Blind, Shaina is likely happy to put it in her past. She previously shared, “There’s some regrets. I just wish I was a little bit more forthright from the beginning [and] kind of prepared myself more, but can you prepare yourself? Besides that, no, it was an amazing experience.”
TELL US- WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT SHAINA DURING HER SEASON? DO YOU THINK SHE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT FINDING LOVE?
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Netflix’s docuseries Cheer debuted in January of 2020 and the show following the competitive world of cheerleading quickly became a hit. And no one was more beloved on the show than Jerry Harris. The always positive cheerleader was so popular, he nabbed a correspondent gig for the Oscars.
But by September of 2020, Jerry’s star was tarnished and he quickly fell from grace. Two teenage brothers sued Jerry, alleging that he solicited sex and nude photos from them. They were 13 years old at the time of the incident. Later that week, Jerry was arrested on suspicion of child pornography. Then three months later, a seven-count indictment was issued against him. The indictment accused Jerry of multiple sexual criminal acts across multiple states. They acts all involving minors. He pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Now People is reporting that Jerry was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. His sentence comes after changing his plea to guilty on 2 of the 7 counts. Jerry appeared in court for the sentencing and was joined by close family and friends. Once Jerry serves his 12 years, he is ordered to complete 8 years of court-supervised release.
Prosecutors wanted Jerry to serve 15 years, NBC News reported. They alleged that he used “his status as a competitive cheerleader, his social media persona, and eventually his celebrity and money” to convince minor boys to send him sexually inappropriate photos and messages. Prosecutors also argued that Jerry proclaimed himself to be “mentor who could be trusted.” And that he paid his victims for sexual conduct. If they declined, he allegedly “threatened to disseminate the videos they had sent if they refused to continue.”
Jerry’s legal team requested a more lenient sentence of 6 years. They pointed to the fact that Jerry suffered sexual abuse himself. They claim that he was also underage at the time of his abuse, which caused him to have a “skewed version of what he understood to be appropriate relationships.” Jerry’s lawyers have not yet responded for comment.
In accordance with the plea deal with prosecutors, the other 5 charges were dropped, The New York Times reported. Back when he changed his plea, Jerry defense team told People about his decision to plead guilty. They stated he did it “because he wishes to take responsibility for his actions and publicly convey his remorse for the harm he has caused the victims in this case.”
His team added, “Jerry is a 22-year-old young man whose story can only be understood through the lens of the extreme poverty, sexual abuse, and neglect of his childhood. Jerry was himself exploited, manipulated, and sexually abused as a child within the cheer community in a way that perversely made him believe that this sexual conduct was somehow normal when it was not.”
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We are only a few episodes into the second installment of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. Set at Dorinda Medley’s Blue Stone Manor, the women of RHUGT Ex-Wives Club have steadily delivered their own special brand of drama. While I didn’t originally enjoy it as much as RHUGT season 1, the last episode won me over. And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention one of the funniest moments across any franchise EVER.
When Phaedra Parks comforted an upset Brandi Glanville for fighting with Dorinda. Phaedra told Brandi that she shouldn’t be fighting with Dorinda because she’s old enough to be her “momma.” Brandi told her that Dorinda is only 5 years older, to which the two dissolved into giggles as a shocked Phaedra said “my bad.” Cut to the bartender serving them drinks barely containing his laughter. I haven’t laughed that hard at Housewives in forever.
Well, more is coming. Radar Online is reporting on the new rumored cast for season 3, which will supposedly be set in Thailand. You know Vicki Gunvalson has to be pissed that she got stuck at Blue Stone instead. I guess she should have held out a little longer.
Again, I’m going to emphasize that nothing has been confirmed and these are still rumors. But these are the ladies that have been circulating amongst sources. And we are sensing another theme here – franchise partners! I don’t know if I would go as far as saying franchise besties, but casting got pretty close.
First up are Real Housewives of Potomac stars Gizelle Bryant and Candiace Dillard-Bassett. With Gizelle’s heavy shade and Candiace’s no holds barred manner of fighting, they are sure to make RHUGT interesting. Then we have Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cousins, Heather Gay and Whitney Rose. While I do enjoy Heather, Whitney brings little to the table for me. She’s been fighting for scraps of just one argument on RHOSLC and never gets anywhere. Maybe she will have better luck in a different setting but I’m not hopeful. At least she will be fun, right?
Next up are the revived ladies of Real Housewives of Miami. Longtime besties Alexia Echevarria and Marysol Patton supposedly made the cut. I can’t stand Marysol but I would watch just about anything Alexia is in. Anything. Finally, looks like Real Housewives of New York stars will reunite in the form of Leah McSweeney and Tinsley Mortimer. While Leah is high drama for sure, I’m not sure how I feel about Tinsdale being thrown into this environment. She’s fresh off a broken engagement, so maybe she can work out her anger on the show. But I worry she will be bulldozed by the larger personalities and Leah isn’t exactly the best ally for anyone. Regardless, I do love my Tinsley!
Production is also rumored to be starting this month, possibly within the next week. I will be anxiously watching all the Housewives’ social medias to see if they tease a trip. No matter who is announced, I’m going to watch. Andy Cohen once famously said (and I’m paraphrasing) that doing Housewives All-Stars shows would be the death of Real Housewives. But to me, it’s bringing desperately needed new life (and drama) to a reality tv institution. Happy watching!
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RUMORED CAST? WHO ARE YOU MOST EXCITED TO SEE? WHAT ABOUT THE LEAST? NAME YOUR RHUGT DREAM TEAM IN THE COMMENTS!
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Come on now, please don’t say that Shereé Whitfield is facing even more fashion show problems.
I mean we cannot forget back in 2009 when Shereè of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, held the infamous “fashion show with no fashions.” The Cleveland-native-turned-Atlanta-get-it-girl debuted as one of the original cast members back at the inception of the show, and across the years the only thing that she has spent more time “being checked for” than her home Chateau Sheree’ is her fashion line- She By Sheree.
As shared by E! News, the Season 14 RHOA mid-season trailer has been released and from the looks of things, it does not disappoint. There’s some drama between Drew Sidora and Sanya Richards-Ross and more to the whole riff going on between Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, and Marlo Hampton. Drew is still tugging on Sheree’s joggers with the money stuff. But most importantly, in the trailer we can see it is finally showtime for the release of Sheree’s She By Sheree collection.
“He does not have the number of pieces he said he was gonna have,” someone reluctantly breaks it to Shereé at the very moment the fashions are being loaded into the event. Undoubtedly, Shereé is not having it at all. “Are you f*cking kidding me,” she unloads. “This cannot be another one of those f*cking times.”
The official bone-collector of RHOA pleads, “I got so much riding on this.” All while her co-stars throw all kinds of shade. First up, in comes Kenya, “all of Atlanta is waiting for this show…She By She better not disappoint.” Some shade from Drew, “She By She better have something to show for it.” Then Kandi chimes in with, “She By She better really do it this time.”
Aside from the fashion show fiasco, Shereé also finally sees her ex-boyfriend Tyrone Gilliams for the first time after he stood her up in Philadelphia. We see her confronting him with, “no nothing? …I was f*cking humiliated!” Shereé isn’t the only one catching it this season. We see Kandi and Marlo arguing multiple times. After Marlo insults Kandi’s husband Todd Tucker, Kandi snaps back with, “Get a husband and then you can tell me what to do with one.” Fast forwarding to another argument between the two, we see Kandi remind Marlo that “I’m not Michelle Obama. You go low, I go low with you.”
Tyrone, Apollo Nida, Peter Thomas, Bob Whitfield and the guest of honor- Dwight Eubanks! Shereé is really bringing everyone out the woodwork for this fashion show. We can see Lisa Wu, and did we see Deshawn Snow too? This is indeed a dramatic culmination of Sheree’s entire She by Sheree legacy- and I’m here for it. I mean, this trailer is giving all kinds of peach realness!
Check out the mid-season super trailer for yourself to see all that is to come on Season 14. The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays on Bravo.
The #RHOA Midseason trailer is here! pic.twitter.com/ku03XoXxKW
— Queens of Bravo (@queensofbravo) July 7, 2022
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TRAILER? DO YOU THINK THAT SHEREE WILL FINALLY PULL OFF THE RELEASE OF SHE BY SHEREE? DO YOU THINK THAT MARLO HAS EARNED HER PEACH THIS SEASON? ARE YOU TEAM SHEREE OR TEAM DREW? WHO IS BEING THE MESSIEST THIS SEASON?
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It’s Kourtney Kardashian against the paparazzi. The super-famous family have had a long standing, love/hate symbiotic relationship with photographers. But after the recent hospitalization of her husband Travis Barker, Kourtney is slamming them for selling misleading pictures of her.
As reported by Entertainment Online, The Kardashians star took to her Instagram Stories to express her anger. Kourtney wrote, “And to the paparazzi who sold pictures of me ‘out and about’ while my husband was in the hospital fighting for his life…these photos were actually taken weeks ago, (I can’t even remember the last time I wore that sweatsuit in the photos)….I didn’t forget about you.” She concluded, “A new level of low, monetizing off our of our nightmare. Really savagely uncool when I actually didn’t leave his side…shame you.”
That same day, she opened up about Travis’ medical scare and her appreciation for their well-wishers. She wrote in her Stories, “Oh what a scary and emotional week it has been. Our health is everything and sometimes we take for granted how quickly it can change. Travis and I went in for a routine endoscopy together and he ended up with severe, life-threatening pancreatitis.” Kourtney added, “I am so grateful to God for healing my husband, for all of your prayers for him and for us, for the overwhelming outpouring of love and support. I am so touched and appreciative.”
Travis also shared details about his ordeal. He explained in his Stories, “I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great. But After dinner, I developed excruciating pain and I have been hospitalized ever since. During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in the very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube. This resulted in severe life threatening pancreatitis.”
Photos of the newlyweds arriving at West Hills hospital surfaced on June 28th. He was later transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by ambulance. A source shared, “Travis was sick and had intense pain in his abdomen and it really concerned him and Kourtney. They called 911 and he was rushed to the hospital. After speaking with Travis and running several tests, doctors said Travis is suffering from pancreatitis.”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK THE PAPS ARE WRONG? WHAT WELL WISHES DO YOU HAVE FOR KOURTNEY AND TRAVIS AS HE RECOVERS?
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Last night’s episode of 90 Day Fiance was full of surprises. It’s crazy how so many of these couples every season just ignore all the red flags. Despite all of the entertainment and drama it provides, I actually feel a little sorry for them. It has to be extremely hard to leave everything and everyone you know and only have a short time to get married and assimilate to a new life. But that is not to say some of the responsibility isn’t on them. It doesn’t seem like most of these couples actually discussed and agreed on some of the most important things before they applied for their K-1 Visa.
Emily takes a pregnancy test. Patrick demands that Thais tell her dad the truth. Guillermo gets cold feet. Shaeeda questions Bilal‘s motives behind asking for a prenup. Mohamed issues an ultimatum to Yvette. Miona tells Jibri‘s mom they are eloping. Let’s get straight to the recap.
Thais meets with friends she met at the housewarming party to vent about her relationship with Patrick. She is struggling with whether or not she made the right decision to get married/She feels like because he is the breadwinner, he thinks nothing of making decisions without her. Her friends encourage her to be direct with him in order to have a say in their future plans. Despite them being on her side initially, they are shocked to hear Thais still hasn’t told her father she is getting married.
Thais confronts Patrick on making all the decisions for their wedding. He reassures her he isn’t trying to do everything; in fact it is beginning to take a toll on him. He claims he has only made the calls to vendors because of her English. He also questions if she even cares about a ceremony since she still refuses to inform her father of it. This seems like it can be easily fixed. When Patrick makes calls, he can include her and translate if necessary. Thais, can stop being passive aggressive and attempt to act like an adult and tell her dad the truth.
Emily shocks Kobe when she tells him that she is late on her period. They make a mad dash to a pharmacy for a test, only to find out that she is indeed pregnant. Obviously the timing isn’t the best considering they are still trying to get on their feet. Also, Emily’s parents requested that this was the one thing they don’t do when Kobe first came to America. Sigh! Emily’s solution is to hide her pregnancy from everyone, until they are forced to reveal it. When Kobe doesn’t immediately appear happy, she is annoyed. It’s clear; he is stressed out because he knows her family will blame him for their predicament. They also aren’t financially able to raise another child without the help of her family.
Kara is in wedding overload now that she and Guillermo have decided to have a larger ceremony. She feels like most of the tasks are falling on her because her fiancé is foreign to the country. Guillermo is willing to help, but the controlling side of Kara has reared its head again. Guillermo’s discussion with his hair stylist only makes him more nervous about Kara’s behavior. He wanted to believe things would change once they were married, but he is now realizing that may not be the case.
Guillermo and Kara go out to dinner where he confronts her on some of their issues. When he asks her if she is willing to change some of the things that he doesn’t like, she is infuriated. She seems more upset that he is bringing this up 2 days before the wedding, than the fact that they even have these problems. Instead of using this as an opportunity to work on things, she just goes off and displays more red flags. Good luck Guillermo!
Shaeeda confronts Bilal on his ex-wife’s behavior when they last met. She felt bullied and harassed in her own home. Unfortunately, Bilal doesn’t seem shocked or upset by the conversation. However, he does admit that their prenuptial agreement shouldn’t be discussed outside of them. Naturally, Shaeeda is annoyed that he didn’t say anything to reassure her that his ex-wouldn’t overstep again.
Bilal presents Shaeeda with a copy of the preup and she can’t hide that she is hurt. She feels like it represents how hard she will have to work in America to have anything. If they get divorced, she wouldn’t have anything to show for her time with him. She decides to have a lawyer look over the agreement before she signs anything.
Jibri’s mom and Miona have a conversation in hopes of resolving some of their issues. Miona wants to compromise without allowing everyone else’s wishes to dictate her plans. She has agreed to wait a year before having a nice wedding. But she still plans to go out of state to take pictures and elope. After their conversation, Jibri’s mom fills her husband in on the plans and he is disappointed. It seems they didn’t think that Jibri and Miona would still opt to get married. At this point, I think they need to allow their son to grow up and make his own decisions.
Yvette and Mohamed clash on their plans for their wedding. He wants to get married sooner in a mosque, while Yvette is holding out for the perfect venue. He is in a rush to get married so that he can finally have the freedoms his green card will provide. But she isn’t concerned about them having to wait just a little while longer, if it will result in them having a beautiful wedding.
The next morning, Mohamed issues an ultimatum. He wants her to agree to quickie weddings so that he can get his paperwork done. He threatens to find another sponsor, if she is unable to meet his demands. Yvette is shocked and begins to wonder does Mohamed even truly love her. Honestly, I don’t think these two should be married. There are way too many red flags for them to just expect them to go away once they are married. Is a month delay really going to make that big of a difference in him being able to work in 6 months?
TELL US: IS MOHAMED JUST OUT FOR A GREEN CARD OR DOES HE JUST WANT TO WORK? SHOULD YVETTE GIVE IN TO HIS ULTIMATUM? ARE JIBRI’S PARENTS TOO INVOLVED? IS PATRICK CONTROLLING OR JUST TRYING TO HELP?
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