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| Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Ups and Downs Through the Years Posted: 06 Feb 2022 11:30 AM PST Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have experienced both highs and lows in their years-long relationship. Kardashian and West met in the early 2000s when he was recording a song with her pal Brandy, a singer who is also the older sister to Ray J — the KKW Beauty mogul's ex. The duo reconnected years later after her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries ended. At the time, Kardashian visited Paris to attend West's fashion show. "Right before I got married to Kris Humphries, [Kanye and I] were talking and I just went a different direction. I think I had to go through that to figure out what I wanted," she explained on the Keeping Up With the Kardashians 10th anniversary special in 2017. "After my breakup, I was feeling really low and down and he said, 'Just come to Paris and see my fashion show.'" The businesswoman added, "He jokes that he put on this whole fashion show just to get a date with me. So, I went there and I stayed with him, and that’s where we started dating. I swear from the moment I landed, I fell madly in love with him and I thought, 'Oh, my God. Why didn't I do this sooner?' Like, this is what real life is like — love and fun and real support." The twosome began dating in the spring of 2012 and Us Weekly confirmed that December that Kardashian was expecting the pair's first child, North. Four months after welcoming North, the "Gold Digger" rapper proposed to Kardashian. The couple wed in Italy in May 2014. As their marriage progressed, the pair encountered issues when trying to grow their family. Though Kardashian gave birth to son Saint in 2015, she would welcome daughter Chicago in 2018 and son Psalm in 2019 via surrogate. "You get your surrogate attorney, you get your surrogate broker and then the broker recommended that we use a therapist that would communicate with me first and then communicate with her and kind of be our liaison," she explained on Laura Wasser's "All's Fair" podcast in February 2020. "Toward the end, we got close enough where we could communicate really without that." The pair continued to encounter and overcome hardships over the years, including Kardashian being held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room in 2016. West abruptly ended his New York concert and rushed to his wife's side upon hearing of the scary incident. In July 2020, the Grammy winner announced his run for the U.S. presidency. During his campaign rally in South Carolina, he revealed a very personal tidbit about how he and Kardashian considered aborting their daughter North. He then proceeded to go on a Twitter rant, during which he claimed that Kardashian tried to get a "doctor to lock me up" after his behavior at the South Carolina event. After months of split rumors, Kardashian filed for divorce from West in February 2021. Scroll down to see Kardashian and West's ups and downs through the years.  The pair continued to remain in contact after initially meeting through Brandy in the early 2000s. Kardashian said she was talking to West ahead of her marriage to Humphries, but she ultimately reconnected with the Yeezy designer after the marriage ended in October 2011. The couple went public with their romance in April 2012. Shutterstock  Us confirmed in December 2012 that Kardashian was pregnant with the pair’s first child. They welcomed North in June 2013. Shutterstock  West planned the sweetest proposal to Kardashian in October 2013. At the time, he brought the reality star to the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium, AT&T Park. A sign at the stadium read, “PLEASE MARRY MEEE!!!” Kardashian’s family and close friends were all in attendance. Shutterstock  The couple tied the knot at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy, in May 2014. Kardashian wore a Givenchy dress worth nearly $500,000. The nuptials cost an estimated $12 million. Shutterstock  Kardashian faced major health issues while she was pregnant with North and Saint. She opened up to Allure in October 2017 about the possibility of carrying her third child, saying: “I would like to, but I’ve had lots and lots of complications. I had preeclampsia. And then I also had something called placenta accreta. We’ve explored surrogacy. We’re thinking about it.” Both Chicago and Psalm arrived via surrogate. Shutterstock  Despite interrupting her 2009 VMAs acceptance speech, West and Swift later appeared to be on good terms. The “Lover” singer even presented him with an award at the 2015 VMAs. However, they encountered issues when West made an offensive statement about Swift in his 2016 track “Famous.” After Swift spoke out against the derogatory remark, Kardashian leaked footage of Swift seemingly giving West permission to use the lyric. Swift would go on to address the feud through songs on her Reputation album in 2017. Cut to June 2019, Swift called out Kardashian in a Tumblr post for having “orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked.” In the year that followed, full footage from the frenemies’ call was leaked and Swift claimed in her Instagram Stories that she “was telling the truth the whole time.” Meanwhile, Kardashian tweeted in her husband’s defense and alleged that Swift was “actually lying.” Shutterstock (3)  Kardashian flew to France in October 2016 to attend Paris Fashion Week. She was alone in her hotel room one evening when she was robbed at gunpoint by men disguised as police officers. They tied her up and put her in the bathroom before leaving the scene. Upon hearing the news, West abruptly left his set at the Meadows Music & Arts Festival in New York. West told fans at the time, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Family emergency, I have to stop the show.” Kardashian would later recall the scary experience in a March 2017 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. “I saw two guys holding another guy down in police uniforms, right outside of my bedroom, five feet away,” she explained. “So I slid off my bed and picked up my phone, and I’m like, ‘I don’t know how to call 911 in a different country.’ So I called [my bodyguard] Pascal [Duvier] and then the guy came in, grabbed the phone from me, and threw me on the bed. I was like, ‘This is it.’” Shutterstock (2)  West was hospitalized for extreme exhaustion in November 2016 at the UCLA Medical Center. Just before his hospitalization, West ranted about Jay Z and Beyoncé at a concert in Sacramento, California. He also canceled the remaining dates on his Saint Pablo Tour. A source told Us that his workload, Kardashian’s Paris robbery and the anniversary of his late mother’s death contributed to his breakdown. “He’s been shaken up ever since the robbery in Paris,” the insider said. “It did a number on him as much as Kim. The mere thought that anything could happen to her sent him in a tailspin. He wasn’t sleeping, and he was having nightmares about it.” Shutterstock  West made headlines for his controversial support of President Donald Trump. In April 2018, the rapper even referred to Trump as his “brother” and said that they share “dragon energy.” Though Kardashian claimed that she would not vote for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, she ultimately visited the White House to work alongside the former reality TV star to improve prison reform. Shutterstock  West said on his 2018 album, Ye, that he suffers from bipolar disorder. He later opened up about his mental health struggles on David Letterman’s Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. “I wouldn’t be able to explain that as much just because, you know, I'm not a doctor,” he said in May 2019. “I can just tell you what I’m feeling at the time, and I feel a heightened connection with the universe when I’m ramping up. It is a health issue.” West added, “This — it’s like a sprained brain, like having a sprained ankle. And if someone has a sprained ankle, you’re not going to push on him more. With us, once our brain gets to a point of spraining, people do everything to make it worse.” Stephen Lovekin/WWD/Shutterstock  The “Stronger” rapper purchased a ranch in Wyoming in November 2019. The pair spent many occasions there with their children and invited their extended family to visit in June 2020. Courtesy Kim Kardashian/Instagram  After Kardashian sold a stake in her KKW Beauty brand to Coty in June, Forbes confirmed that her net worth had increased to $900 million. West congratulated her via Twitter by noting how “proud” he was of her becoming a billionaire. Before this, Kardashian raved about West’s Yeezy brand making a deal with Gap. “If anyone knows Kanye, they know how much the Gap and Yeezy means to him so this partnership is his dream come true,” she tweeted. “I am so proud of him.” Shutterstock  West announced his run for president in July 2020. Later that month, he made headlines for a series of outrageous statements he made during a campaign rally in South Carolina. At the political event, he claimed that Harriet Tubman “never actually freed the slaves” and “just had the slaves go work for other white people.” He also stated that he “almost killed” daughter North via abortion. A source told Us that Kardashian was “deeply upset with Kanye for talking about their personal life and for making matters that are very personal to them and their family public.” MEGA  After his South Carolina rally, West took to Twitter to post several rambling tweets. In one post, he claimed that Kardashian tried to get a doctor to “lock” him up after the comments he made at the political event. “She’s tried so hard to help him, but now Kim and her family feel as though he’s really crossed a line by talking negatively about them publicly and sharing private family matters with the public,” a source told Us. “She feels helpless at this point.” Shutterstock (2)  After West made more claims about Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, via Twitter in July 2020, the KKW Beauty CEO released a statement about the musician’s struggles with bipolar disorder. “I’ve never spoken publicly about how this has affected us at home because I am very protective of our children and Kanye’s right to privacy when it comes to his health. But today, I feel like I should comment on it because of the stigma and misconceptions about mental health,” she began via Instagram Stories. “Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor. People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.” Kardashian went on to call West “brilliant but complicated,” noting he is under a lot of pressure. She added: “Living with bipolar disorder does not diminish or invalidate his dreams and creative ideas, no matter how big or unobtainable they may feel to some. That is part of his genius and as we have all witnessed, many of his big dreams have come true.” After asking for “compassion and empathy,” the reality TV star signed her message, “Kim Kardashian West.” Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  After jetting off to the Dominican Republic together in August 2020, a source told Us that the pair are back on track. “Their vacation definitely helped put things at ease for the time being, but the issues they were dealing with go deeper than that and unfortunately won’t just be solved with a trip,” one source said. “Their marriage definitely faced some hardships and was just hanging on with Kanye not being able to fully be present for their family, but ultimately Kim wants to keep everyone together and work things out for their kids.” According to a second insider, Kardashian and West “agreed” to stop talking about politics while they work on their marriage. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; MEGA  In January 2021, multiple sources confirmed to Us that Kardashian and West were headed for a split. “They have both been living separate lives for many months now. Kim and Kanye haven’t been on the same page for a while now,” a source told Us at the time, noting that the makeup mogul was “done dealing with Kanye’s unpredictable behavior.” Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband of six years in February 2021, one month after Us reported that she was "done" with their marriage. Kristin Callahan/ACE Pictures/Shutterstock  Kardashian sought joint legal and physical custody of their four kids and asked a judge to enforce their prenup and terminate the court’s ability to award spousal support. West responded to the filing in April 2021, requesting the same conditions for custody and spousal support that his estranged wife put forth. MEGA  During a June 2021 episode of KUWTK, Kardashian shed some light on the state of her relationship with West after sister Khloé Kardashian noticed her "struggling privately behind [the] camera." After previously getting cagey about her marriage throughout the season, Kim broke her silence. "I just honestly can't do this anymore," she said. "Why am I still in this place where I'm stuck for years? Like, he goes and moves to a different state every year. I have to be, like, together so I can raise the kids. He's an amazing dad, he's done an amazing job. I just think he deserves someone who will support his every move and go follow him all over the place and move to Wyoming. I can't do that. ... I feel like a f–king failure. It's my third f–king marriage. Yeah, I feel like a f–king loser. But I can't even think about that. I want to be happy." E!  In July 2021, the estranged couple reunited with their kids in San Francisco for a private art showing at the Asian Art Museum. “They came in as a normal family who was there to have fun,” a source exclusively told Us at the time. “They had a really great time with the kids and everyone looked really happy and in a good mood. The kids were running around and laughing.” Courtesy of Kim Kardashian/Instagram  Kardashian attended West’s Donda release and listening party in Atlanta in July 2021. The reality star sat in the stadium with the pair’s four little ones and her sister Khloé Kardashian, sharing footage from the arena via social media. At the event, West stood silently as his music played throughout the stadium, including lyrics about his life as a newly single man and “losing my family.” One track featured his late mother’s voice saying, “No matter what, you never abandon your family.” MEGA; Courtesy of Khloe Kardashian/Instagram  Six months after Kardashian filed for divorce, she gushed over the lessons she learned from West throughout their nearly 10-year romance. "As long as he was true to himself, that taught me so much in the best way [about] just being me and living in the moment," she said on the "We Are Supported By" podcast in August 2021. "You don't have to please everyone. As long as I'm myself and as long as I'm doing it the way that I want to, like, you have one life and you're living it for you. That taught me to just be more confident in myself and truly not care as much of what other people thought." Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock  West didn't attend the 2021 Met Gala, but he did help his estranged wife choose the controversial Balenciaga look that she wore to the September event. After the big night, the rapper shared a series of photos of Kardashian via his Instagram account. His Yeezy company's official account responded by leaving a goat emoji in the comments of the post. Matt Baron/Shutterstock  When Kardashian made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut in October 2021, she used her monologue to get in a couple of jabs at her ex. "I married the best rapper of all time," she said. "Not only that, he’s the richest Black man in America: a talented, legit genius who gave me four incredible kids. So when I divorced him, you have to know it came down to just one thing: his personality.” She later poked fun at West's 2020 presidential bid in a joke that also targeted Caitlyn Jenner's gubernatorial run. “Now I know we’re divided as a country, but I’d love America to come together, which is I’m here to announce that I’m running for ... I’m just kidding, guys," she quipped. "I’m not running for president. We can’t have three failed politicians in one family.” Rosalind O'Connor/NBC  In October 2021, Kardashian paid West $23 million for his share of the Hidden Hills, California, home they purchased shortly after their wedding. “She has made her life there and it’s her kids’ main home,” an insider previously told Us of the house. “There was never a question — Kim was going to keep the home.” Broadimage/Shutterstock  Amid rumors that the Selfish author had moved on with Pete Davidson, West said that he wanted to get back together with Kardashian. “SNL making my wife say ‘I divorced him’ on TV because they just wanted to get that bar off and I never have seen the papers. We’re not even divorced,” he claimed during an interview with Revolt's "Drink Champs" in November 2021. “So how we — because [it’s] no joke to me, my kids want their parents to stay together. I want their parents — I want us to be together.” That same month, a source exclusively told Us that the Yeezy designer was "hurting" and "not happy" about Kardashian spending time with the comedian. Shutterstock (2)  Shortly after sharing a throwback PDA photo on social media, West made a public plea for his estranged wife to take him back while performing "Runaway" during a benefit concert in Los Angeles. "I need you to run right back to me," he sang. "More specifically, Kimberly." Evan Agostini/AP/Shutterstock  One day after West mentioned Kardashian during a performance, Us confirmed that the beauty mogul filed legal paperwork to be declared legally single and restore her original last name. Shutterstock (2)  In January 2022, West made headlines when he claimed that he wasn't invited to his daughter Chicago's 4th birthday party. “Y’all, I was just wishing my daughter a public happy birthday. I wasn’t allowed to know where her party was, there’s nothing legal that’s saying that this is the kind of game that’s being played,” the Yeezy designer claimed during an Instagram Live at the time, according to TMZ. “It’s the kind of thing that really has affected my health for the longest and I’m just not playing. I’m taking control of my narrative this year.” He added: “I’m being the best father — the Ye version of a father — and I’m not finna let this happen. ... Chicago, happy birthday. I love you and I’m just putting this online because I need y’all’s support.”Shortly after calling the alleged snub, West was spotted in several videos from the outdoor event. A source later told Us that Kardashian was shocked by her estranged husband's comments, noting, “There were always two parties planned for Chicago, which was Kanye’s idea. He was scheduled to celebrate with her at 4pm today." Shutterstock; Courtesy of Kim Kardashian/Instagram  West seemingly revealed his real feelings about Kardashian's whirlwind romance with Davidson in a leaked song titled "My Life Was Never Eazy."“God saved me from the crash just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass," he rapped in the January 2022 snippet, which was shared via Twitter. Shutterstock (3)  In February 2022, West slammed Kardashian for letting North use TikTok. The makeup mogul clapped back via Instagram Stories, accusing West’s “constant attacks” of making a “healthy and supportive coparenting relationship … impossible.” Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock; Zelig Shaul/Ace Pictures/Shutterstock  In February 2022, West claimed Kardashian accused him of drug abuse, theft and "putting a hit out on her" in a lengthy Instagram post. “YESTERDAY KIM ACCUSED ME OF PUTTING A HIT OUT ON HER,” West alleged, two days after slamming his estranged wife for allowing North to launch a TikTok account. “SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT I BEG TO GO TO MY DAUGHTERS PARTY AND IM ACCUSED OF BEING ON DRUGS THEN I GO PLAY WITH MY SON AND I TAKE MY AKIRA GRAPHIC NOVELS AND IM ACCUSED OF STEALING NOW IM BEING ACCUSED OF PUTTING A HIT ON HER THESE IDEAS CAN ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE LOCKED UP THEY PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BLACK MENS LIVES WEATHER ITS GETTING THEM FREE OR GETTING THEM LOCKED UP IM NOT PLAYING ABOUT MY BLACK CHILDREN ANYMORE.” APEX/MEGA; Shutterstock |
| Kanye West: Kim Kardashian Accused Me of 'Putting a Hit Out on Her' Posted: 06 Feb 2022 11:01 AM PST  The drama continues. Hours after Kanye West shared a series of scathing messages about his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, and their custody agreements, he has more to say on the matter. "YESTERDAY KIM ACCUSED ME OF PUTTING A HIT OUT ON HER," the Yeezy designer, 44, claimed via a Sunday, February 6, Instagram post, alongside an iPhone screenshot, in which he sent an unnamed recipient a message that read, "Send me Kim's number." The "Off the Grid" rapper — who tagged the 41-year-old Skims mogul in his post — further detailed the accusations that this estranged wife allegedly made against him. "SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT I BEG TO GO TO MY DAUGHTERS PARTY AND IM ACCUSED OF BEING ON DRUGS," West wrote, referring to his previous claims that he was barred from attending Chicago's birthday party last month until Travis Scott allegedly sent him the address for the celebration. "THEN I GO PLAY WITH MY SON AND I TAKE MY AKIRA GRAPHIC NOVELS AND IM ACCUSED OF STEALING. NOW IM BEING ACCUSED OF PUTTING A HIT ON HER." He continued: "THESE IDEAS CAN ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE LOCKED UP THEY PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BLACK MENS LIVES [whether] ITS GETTING THEM FREE OR GETTING THEM LOCKED UP.” West concluded, “IM NOT PLAYING ABOUT MY BLACK CHILDREN ANYMORE." One day earlier, the Grammy winner made headlines after accusing the KKW Beauty entrepreneur of barring him of bringing their four children — North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 — to his hometown of Chicago. "Kim is stopping that, how is this joint custody?" West wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 5. Kardashian — who filed for divorce from the rapper in February 2021 after six years of marriage — has yet to address the Illinois native's latest allegations. The former couple previously went back-and-forth earlier this weekly after West blamed the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum for allowing North to launch her own TikTok account "against my will." Kardashian, for her part, denied his claims via Instagram Story on Friday, February 4. "Kanye's constant attacks on me in interviews and on social media is actually more hurtful than any TikTok North might create," the reality TV star wrote at the time. "As the parent who is the main provider and caregiver for our children, I am doing my best to protect our daughter while also allowing her to express her creativity in the medium that she wishes with adult supervision — because it brings her happiness. Divorce is difficult enough on our children and Kanye's obsession with trying to control and manipulate our situation so negatively and publicly is only causing further pain for all." Us Weekly has reached out to Kardashian’s representative for comment.
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| This Is Us’ Mandy Moore and Husband Taylor Goldsmith Debut Joint Song Posted: 06 Feb 2022 10:50 AM PST True love! Mandy Moore and Taylor Goldsmith fell head over heels for each other when they first met, and their quiet love story slowly captured all of our hearts. The This Is Us star never stopped believing she deserved love after she went through a devastating split from her estranged husband, Ryan Adams. Moore and Adams called it quits in January 2015 following nearly six years of marriage. Though the pair stated things remained amicable and respectful at the time their separation was first announced, the A Walk to Remember star opened up about her "sad" and "lonely" marriage in early 2019, alleging that Adams was often emotionally and verbally abusive toward her. Adams, for his part, admitted in a statement to Us Weekly that he’s “not a perfect man” and has “made many mistakes” following the claims of abuse. After experiencing heartbreak, the “Candy” singer says life with Goldsmith "couldn't be more different. The newlyweds met through Instagram in May 2015. Moore outed herself as a big fan of Goldsmith's band, Dawes, posting the cover of one of their albums. “Real excited about this one. Have a feeling it’s going to be the soundtrack of my summer. #Dawes #rightontime," the Emmy nominee captioned the post. When the Dawes frontman noticed his famous new fan, the two began DMing, bonded over their shared love of music. The rest is history. The pair had been happily dating for two years when Us first reported that they were quietly engaged in September 2017, shortly before the couple made their official announcement. Since the lovebirds had kept their relationship relatively private, it was only fitting that Moore said they were planning a low-key wedding. "I don't think I'm going to have a big, old affair," the former popstar told Us in October 2017. "I think it will be small, and quiet, and private." Just over one year later, Moore finally married "the right person" in an intimate, romantic ceremony in Los Angeles. The two exchanged vows at sunset in the actress' backyard in front of friends and family on November 18, 2018. Moore's This Is Us costars Milo Ventimiglia, Chrissy Metz and Sterling K. Brown celebrated the special moment, as well as close friend Minka Kelly and the bride's ex, Wilmer Valderrama. Scroll to relive more of the happy couple's most romantic moments!  After nearly six years of marriage, the Golden Globe nominee filed for divorce from her estranged husband, Ryan Adams. Later that year, she met Taylor Goldsmith, lead singer of the band Dawes. “I was still dealing with the trauma of my divorce when we started dating,” Moore told Glamour in a 2018 profile. “Taylor was steadfast in his support — that was a huge sign for me.” Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock  The This Is Us star was spotted wearing what seemed to be an engagement ring at Caffe Luxxe in L.A.’s Brentwood neighborhood, igniting rumors that the Dawes singer had proposed. Shortly after Us first reported that the pair might be heading down the aisle soon, Moore and Goldsmith confirmed they would be taking the next step. Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  One month into their quiet engagement and the wedding planning was already off to a running start! Moore revealed to Us and other reporters at The Rape Foundation’s Annual Brunch in 2017 that she and her then-fiancé were hoping to host a small, private ceremony. “I’ve never dreamed about a wedding, or a dress, or any of those details,” the former popstar said. “No judgment on women that do. I get it!” Invision/AP/Shutterstock  At the same event, the Tangled star opened up about her plans for the future with her new love. Relating to her This Is Us character, Rebecca Pearson, Moore admitted that she and Goldsmith would both be open to adopting children one day. “It’s something my guy and I have talked a lot about,” she explained to Extra. “Perhaps that’s going to be a part of our life at some point.” Variety/Shutterstock  It was wedding bells for Moore and Goldsmith on November 18, 2018. The pair tied the knot in front of friends, family and Moore’s This Is Us costars at a romantic sunset ceremony. Just days before their wedding, the Princess Diaries actress got candid about how meaningful their special moment would be. “I’m with my person. I’m with the right person.” Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The newlyweds returned from their Chilean honeymoon at the end of 2018. The A Walk to Remember star shared a handful of her favorite moments from the trip on her Instagram Stories, writing at the time, “can’t wait for our next adventure.” Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  In a revealing New York Times profile, the Emmy nominee opened up about her failed marriage to singer Ryan Adams, claiming that he was verbally and emotionally abusive. “His controlling behavior essentially did block my ability to make new connections in the industry during a very pivotal and potentially lucrative time — my entire mid-to-late 20s,” she said at the time. After the allegations came to light, Adams told Us: “To anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally, I apologize deeply and unreservedly.” Shutterstock (2)  Despite the trauma she experienced in her previous marriage, Moore always knew she would find love again. “I knew that past situations didn’t define me and didn’t even define what love or marriage or relationships or any of that had to be,” the actress told Michigan Avenue Magazine in April. Frank Micelotta/Twentieth Century Fox Television/PictureGroup/Shutterstock  To celebrate his wife’s 35th birthday, the Dawes singer gushed over the “bravest, baddest, bestest wife a guy could ever dream of.” His adorable Instagram caption continued, “I’m so stoked I get to know you forever. Thanks for hanging out with me ❤️.” Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  One year down, forever to go! In honor of their first anniversary, Moore shared throwback photos of the couple’s special day. “A year ago I married my favorite person in the world and I still pinch myself over whatever magic brought us into each other’s lives,” the actress wrote on Instagram. “I am the luckiest for knowing, loving and being loved by you.” Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Moore gushed over her husband as he celebrated his 35th birthday on August 16. "I’m not sure what I did in a past life to deserve you but it must have been something big. You are undeniable," she captioned six photos on Instagram that showed them together as well as a couple of throwbacks of Goldsmith as a kid. "Your inherent light, humility, grace, humor, and compassion are contagious and I feel lucky to get the chance to bask in your goodness with outstretched arms. Thank you for trusting me with your heart. Thank you for being the best travel companion, crossword puzzler, songwriting partner, pet parent, and my favorite person. 2020 has certainly been a wild ride but I really can’t wait for what this next year will bring. Happy Birthday, T. I love you more than anything." Shutterstock  Moore debuted her baby bump via Instagram, writing that her and Goldsmith's "baby boy" is set to arrive in "early 2021." Courtesy Mandy Moore/Instagram  "2 years have flown by in the blink of an eye and I remain taken aback at my incredible fortune to spend the rest of my days by your side. I'm not sure any declaration of love (here or otherwise) could do justice for just how I feel about you, about us... for what I get to carry around in my heart," Moore gushed via Instagram as she marked her second year of marriage with the Dawes singer. "Thank you for your grace, patience, humor, understanding and so much more. There is no one better, Taylor. Oh and I can't wait to meet this baby boy of ours!! Happy Anniversary, my love." Earlier that month, the actress thanked her husband for his endless support as she accepted the Drama TV Star of 2020 trophy at the People's Choice Awards. "To the love of my life Taylor, I'm so excited to bring this baby boy into the world with you," she said during her speech. "This has been a challenging year for everybody so let's please keep each other safe." Courtesy Mandy Moore/Instagram  “Sending all the well wishes for a happy and healthy holiday to you and yours, no matter what our celebrations might look like this year. Personally, @taylordawesgoldsmith and I cancelled plans to see family and are hunkering down at home, staying safe/binging plenty of tv and eating lots of baked goods,” the actress wrote alongside a photo of the pair at the piano in December 2020 via Instagram. “The holidays are a tricky time, exacerbated all the more by this wild year … so I’m holding extra space for those who have lost a loved one or a job, those weathering this time solo or away from loved ones, those just overwhelmed by the magnitude of all this year has been … We got this, friends. As the inimitable @glennondoyle says: we can do hard things. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Xoxo.” Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  "We're both not big on Valentine's Day but I sure am the luckiest to have landed you, @taylordawesgoldsmith. Love you the most, T," the "Candy" songstress wrote in a sweet tribute to her husband on Valentine's Day in 2021. Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  The couple debuted their baby boy with a touching Instagram post. “Gus is here,” the new mom wrote. "Our sweet boy, August Harrison Goldsmith. He was punctual and arrived right on his due date, much to the delight of his parents. We were prepared to fall in love in all sorts of brand new ways, but it goes beyond anything we could have ever imagined." Courtesy Mandy Moore/Instagram  Moore gushed over the resemblance between Goldsmith and their son. “Twins,” she captioned an Instagram photo of the duo. Courtesy of Mandy Moore/Instagram  Nearly one month after the couple celebrated their three-year wedding anniversary, a source revealed that their marriage was stronger than ever. “Mandy is such a fan of Taylor in every way. He’s a genuinely sweet and nice guy and is so kind to Mandy,” the insider exclusively told Us. “They are always holding hands [and] cuddling and look so in love. Mandy has truly found her soulmate; after her abusive marriage, this is what she deserved. They both sing and play music for their son. It truly is her fairy-tale ending.” MEGA |
| Ben Platt and Noah Galvin’s Relationship Timeline Posted: 06 Feb 2022 10:10 AM PST It's only them! After years of friendship, Ben Platt and Noah Galvin's relationship turned romantic as they spent time together in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. "Ben and I are dating," the Good Doctor actor first revealed during a May 2020 appearance on Ilana Levine's "Little Known Things" podcast. “I asked him this morning. I was like, ‘Are we allowed to talk about this?’ And he's like, 'Don't go into our nitty-gritty, but yeah, people can know.' It's still relatively new." The duo — who have both portrayed the titular character in Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen — kept their romance relative private after confirming the news. However, they often can't resist gushing about one another. "Long story short, Ben made me a birthday video. Ben very sweetly for the past, like, probably three months, has been putting together this video for me," the Real O'Neals alum said during the podcast interview. "It's all my favorite drag queens from RuPaul's Drag Race and beyond and all of my friends in drag, wishing me a happy birthday." Shortly after the musical theatre stars quarantined together — and costarred in a series of "QuaranTunes Dance Parties" on Instagram — the pair grew even closer while staying at Platt's childhood home, eventually getting a labradoodle named George together. The budding romance has provided major creative inspiration for both of the actors. "The song ['Imagine'] came to me from Michael Pollack, who's a really brilliant songwriter [and is] my EP on my whole second album … It spoke to me immediately because I recently entered into a relationship this year with my boyfriend, Noah Galvin," the Politician star explained during a June 2021 interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show. "We've been together for about a year and a half now. It was really crazy, we've been friends for, like, five years and right before the pandemic, we finally decided to, like, really give it a shot." He told host Kelly Clarkson, "We've kind of skated around it for a long time and then it was, like, zero to 60, like we're living together with my parents in [my] childhood home and seeing each other all the time. But it ended up being a beautiful time." Since then, their relationship has continued to flourish as they've each shared sweet tributes via social media. "2021 often deeply sucked and yet he somehow made it mostly wonderful," the California native wrote via Instagram in December 2021 alongside a cozy selfie of the pair. Scroll below to relive Platt and Galvin's romance milestones:  Shortly before taking their love public, Galvin and Platt hosted a virtual “QuaranTunes Dance Party” via Instagram alongside You alum and mutual pal Kathryn Gallagher, urging followers to all "boogie to the same playlist from our respective quarantines and shake the nerves out together” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Noah Galvin/Instagram  The Booksmart actor confirmed the duo’s status during a podcast interview, revealing their romance was still “relatively new." Shutterstock (2)  “Me & my 2020 savior • wishing everyone a much happier 2021 ♥️,” the Tony winner gushed over his boyfriend alongside a hiking selfie. Courtesy of Ben Platt/Instagram  On Valentine’s Day, Galvin honored his beau, captioning an Instagram snap, “My whole gd ♥️.” Courtesy of Noah Galvin/Instagram  The “Grow As We Go” crooner opened up about the pair’s “beautiful time” quarantining with his parents, Marc and Julie Platt, during an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show. The Kelly Clarkson Show/YouTube  The duo held hands in a sweet Instagram pic, with the Netflix star captioning it, “Masc for masc." Courtesy of Ben Platt/Instagram  The pair made their official red carpet debut while celebrating the Grammy winner’s starring role in the Dear Evan Hansen film adaptation. Rob Latour/Shutterstock  The “Leave My Mind” performer kissed his boyfriend in a sweet Instagram snap before calling their romance the best part of the year. Courtesy of Ben Platt/Instagram  The couple enjoyed a range of water sports together, posing for candid Instagram Story snaps on a jet ski and a paddleboard. Courtesy of Noah Galvin/Instagram  “Happy 2 yr anniversary my king,” the “Temporary Love” performer gushed via Instagram, sharing footage of Galvin baking. “You’re the loml and you make every day special. I love you more than this tahdig & arroz con pollo hybrid you invented.” Courtesy of Ben Platt/Instagram  The duo dressed up in suits and posed together for a sweet Instagram Story snap on February 5. Courtesy of Ben Platt/Instagram |
| Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff: A Timeline of Their Relationship Posted: 06 Feb 2022 09:00 AM PST Meant to be. Sadie Robertson and Christian Huff fell hard and fast for one another, and they’re planning to make it work for the long haul. “My faith is the most important thing to me, his faith is the No. 1 most important thing to him, and that's what we talk about. That's what gets us excited and that's what we share a huge bond in,” the Duck Dynasty alum told Us Weekly in November 2019 while explaining why she and Huff work so well as a couple. “I think that's what makes it extra special. We celebrate each other's lives, and I think, for us, we truly love the other person.” The couple — who began quietly dating in September 2018 — have often talked about their friendship and how it has helped them develop a stronger romantic relationship. “Wanted to post a picture with my best friend and give some public praise for how amazing she is and all that she does that goes unnoticed,” the Florida native wrote on Instagram in January 2020, gushing over his wife. He continued: “Sadie, you are unlike any other and love so beautifully with no limits. … I love you more every day and am grateful for every moment with you. I will stand with you through anything and I know you'd do the same for me. Can't imagine this life without you standing by your side cheering you on.” Just under one year after their November 2020 wedding, Robertson announced that she and Huff were expecting their first child together. While they were thrilled with the news, the Dancing With the Stars alum confessed that they hadn’t planned to have children so soon. “I guess we shouldn't have been that surprised, but we were super surprised and so I didn't think I was pregnant at all,” Robertson said on a December 2020 episode of her “Whoa, That’s Good” podcast. “I was just overjoyed and I was just thanking God because Christian and I have said since we got married we kinda left it in God's hands. We want a baby when it's God's time for us to have a baby.” When their baby girl was born, the pair chose the name Honey, inspired by a Bible verse with significant meaning, Proverbs 16:24: “Gracious words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Both Robertson and Huff loved its sentiment. “On our first date we went to do pottery together and on my cup I simply wrote ‘honey’ because I called [Huff] the boy with the honey words,” the Who Are You Following shared on Instagram ahead of Honey’s birth. “Fast forward 2 and a half years later and we have a daughter on the way who we so proudly get to name after one of the loveliest words,” she added. Keep scrolling to see how Robertson and Huff’s relationship has unfolded over the years.  Robertson subtly confirmed that she was in a new relationship on Valentine's Day 2019, sharing a photo of Huff holding balloons and a giant teddy bear on Instagram. "Celebrating this kind of love everyday, but with a teddy bear and balloons today," the Louisiana native wrote. "Thank you for how you love and who you are!" Two days later, Huff shared his own tribute on social media, describing Robertson as "my butta half and my best friend." He continued, "Thank you for every moment and every memory, nothing you do goes unnoticed. There is nobody in the world like you." Courtesy of Christian Huff/Instagram  One month later, the couple celebrated their six-month anniversary, with Robertson writing on Instagram that Huff "brought so much life and freedom" into her life. "Today marks half a year of being your girl and it has been the sweetest and purest JOY! There’s no one that loves like you do," she wrote, concluding her post by adding that "I love you some kinda crazy." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  Huff popped the question on his 19th birthday and his new fiancé was so happy that she "screamed YES" in response. "I’m the happiest human in the world on June 9th, 2019 today and for the rest of my life," she continued. "I GET TO MARRY THIS MAN. God is faithful and so so good." The "4:8 Men" podcast host, for his part, described the proposal as the "best day of his life," and gushed about his new fiancée. "I love you more than words and I love getting to celebrate who God created you to be," he wrote on Instagram about Robertson. Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  Ahead of their wedding, the couple moved into a new house together. Robertson chronicled the day on social media, writing on Instagram that she had "all the feels" about this new chapter. Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  "I want him to succeed in all the things and he wants me to succeed in other things, and we enjoy doing it together because he’s my best friend and I think that those elements make it really special," the Finding Freedom author told Us exclusively, gushing about why Huff is her perfect partner. "I think a friendship is the most important thing in a relationship and ours is really strong." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  The couple tied the knot on Robertson's family's farm in West Monroe, Louisiana. The star-studded guest list included Candace Cameron Bure, Alfonso Ribeiro and her parents, Korie and Willie Robertson. "I know it’s only week 1 but marriage is awesome," the former reality star wrote on Instagram, sharing photos from their beachside honeymoon. Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  Nearly one year later, Robertson announced that she and Huff were expecting their first child by sharing a photo of them holding up the ultrasound pictures on Instagram. "We are thankful to be carrying a miracle into the world!" she wrote at the time. "Baby, you are already loved and already believed in. Can’t wait to welcome you into the world with all the joy, hope, and excitement you will bring into the life of so many by your miraculous incredible life." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  Robertson's sister Rebecca Robertson Loflin revealed that the couple were expecting a baby girl. Huff, meanwhile, took a joking approach to sharing the news, captioning a photo of him and the Sun, Sand and Romance star covered in pink paint with, "Sadie’s pregnant, I’m the father and the child is a girl." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  Ahead of the birth of their baby girl, the twosome took a moment to reflect on everything that they experienced in the year since their wedding. "We’ve had an incredible start, a crazy start," Robertson told Us at the time. "We feel like we’ve been married for a year. That actually should count as five years because COVID years are like dog years. So it’s been incredible. It really has. We were very grateful that we had each other through this year." The Life Just Got Real producer added that quarantine helped her and Huff realize "just how good of friends we have become and how good of friends we are to one another." She continued: "And I think that’s so huge. Like, you want a partner who’s a friend and who’s a good one. And so it’s really cool to look back at this year and see that light, man." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  After announcing that they had decided to name their daughter Honey, Robertson explained the sweet meaning it held for the couple. "When Christian and I started dating we went through the book of Proverbs together," she wrote on Instagram. "I remember getting to chapter 16 and as I read verse 24 I said to him, 'You have words like honey. They are so sweet and are healing places in my heart I didn't even know needed to be healed.'" Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  The duo welcomed baby Honey on May 11, 2021. "We saw a million little miracles yesterday – the best one being this girl right here… Honey,” she wrote on social media. Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  The new mom confessed to E! News that they were already thinking about giving Honey another sibling ... or three. "One day we’ll say [we want] four kids, one day we’ll say three," she said, adding that they have also talked about possibly adopting another child one day. "I've just seen the beauty of it, what a blended family can look like from adoption." Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  One month later, Robertson told her Instagram followers that she and Huff weren't in a rush to expand their family just yet. "Yes!" the Live on Purpose author wrote, when a fan asked if they wanted to have more kids. "But not anytime soon. Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram  "Christian and I have never felt closer as a couple just because went through the most vulnerable time ever together," she told Us, adding that her husband supported her through her experiences with postpartum depression and the early days of parenthood. "There were certainly days where, you know, it’s hard not to get frustrated at each other or whatever. But I will say, like, it did kinda help realizing that we’re both struggling." She added: "[We realized that] we're literally in this together. I’m about to lose my mind [and] you’re about to lose your mind. Like, 'OK, we’re a team here. … Let’s be in this together.'" Courtesy of Sadie Robertson/Instagram |
| Shaun White Confirms His Olympic Retirement After Beijing 2022 Games Posted: 06 Feb 2022 08:26 AM PST  Hanging up his board. Ahead of Shaun White's upcoming snowboarding events in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the athlete has confirmed his retirement. "You know, for me, this has all had this amazing glow to every single decision, every single competition because I have decided this will be my last Olympics and with that, I've given it my all," White, 35, told reporters during a Saturday, February 5, press conference. "There's been some ups and downs along the way to get here but through all of that, I feel like I've gotten stronger [and] gotten better — and now, I'm with these amazing teammates and I'm just so excited about everything." He added at the time: "[I'm] just enjoying everything single moment and, I don't know, I've done so much in the sport. … I'm always trying to push and progress and do the next biggest thing and try to pick up on what trends are happening within the sport and be ahead of the curve."  White noted that he believes his Beijing appearance will be his last competition, but that doesn't mean he's letting go of his board just yet. "I definitely don’t think I’ll be leaving the sport anytime soon,” the California native added. “I think the beautiful part about snowboarding is there’s still a life to be had within the sport outside of competition. … So, I'm excited for that next chapter." Before the Air + Style owner announced his competitive retirement, his girlfriend, Nina Dobrev, exclusively told Us Weekly how she would feel about her man stepping back from the Olympics after this year. “I support him in whatever decision he makes, always," the Vampire Diaries alum, 33, revealed to Us on Friday, February 4. "He's the only one who could make those decisions. [He's had] such an incredibly long and amazing, successful run of the sport. He knows when the time is to throw the hat in, and he's decided that it's now." While Dobrev is not able to support her love in person, whom she was first linked to in 2020, she's cheering him on from home. "We'll be anxiously watching from home and cheering him on," she added. "I'm very, very excited for him. I can't wait. I taped [his event], so it's at the house, and as soon as I get home, I'm gonna sit down with my girlfriends and we're gonna catch up and watch." While the Fresh Vine Wine founder is an avid supporter of her love's athletic prowess, White is equally enthusiastic when the pair can hit the slopes together. "What's been really great is she can snowboard really well because I'm not the best teacher," White previously told Us in October 2021. "For some reason, I can do it, but I just have a really hard time explaining it how. I remember our first riding day together, I was like, 'OK, I'm getting ready for her to be falling,' and I zipped down the mountain and I turned around. I was like, 'Oh gosh, I hope she's OK.' I'm sitting there for a minute and I was like, 'Uh-oh. Do I unstrap and walk up? Maybe she fell. I'm the horrible guy that just took off.' She had passed me during my run somehow. Going way faster than me. She was already waiting at the chairlifts." Throughout White's professional career, he has gone to the Olympics five times, taking home three medals and earning his first gold trophy at the Turin 2006 Winter Games.
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| Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's Relationship: A Timeline Posted: 06 Feb 2022 07:53 AM PST A storybook love. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are one of the country music’s most famous couples, but they’ve definitely had their ups and downs. "People thought, Well, two celebrities who are in the same business, they won't last,'” Yearwood shared with Us Weekly in 2018. "I'm invested in this family, this is what I want for myself and no offense to anything else in my past, but I get it, I get it now and this is what I want. So we just earn it. Day by day." She also added that in order to make their relationship work, they’re all about the scheduling. “We plan our days if we're gonna be apart so that we can get back together as soon as possible,” the “Walkaway Joe” singer said. The following year, the two-time Grammy Award winner said that he’s continuously learning more about his wife — something he can’t get enough of. "I think how she inspires me is she thinks differently than me. And so it forces you out of just what you think you know, into what don't you know, and to look over in there," he told Us ahead of their 14-year wedding anniversary. “We're kind of in that stage where we have discussions that are intense, a little more than usual.” "I think what he's saying is that he listens to me and I'm usually right," Yearwood responded. Over the years, the pair couldn’t help but compliment each other. “I just want to be wherever she's at. I love breathing the same air she's breathing,” the “Long Neck Bottle” crooner told Parade magazine in 2016. In that same interview, she revealed that it’s all about really knowing each other. “I just think we’re meant to be,” the three-time Grammy Award winner said. “We have a friendship that's a great base for all of it.” In 2019, Brooks took home the Entertainer of the Year Award at the American Music Awards. They shared a long kiss when he was announced as the winner and at the end of his speech, he couldn’t help but send love to his wife. “I love you Trisha Yearwood,” he yelled. Scroll through the gallery below for a timeline of their relationship:  Although they met in 1988, the pair were not single at the time. Yearwood was married to Christopher Latham from 1987 to 1991. Chris Gardner/AP/Shutterstock  Brooks was married to Sandy Mahl from 1986 to 2001. Together, they had three children: Taylor Mayne Pearl, born in 1992, August Anna, born in 1994, and Allie Colleen Brooks, born in 1996. Greg Mathieson/Shutterstock  "I had been married 13 months when I met her. When someone said, ‘What’d you think when I met her?’ I said, ‘I felt like I just met my wife,’ which is weird, right?" Brooks said ahead of his A&E documentary in November 2019. However, they were both married at that time. Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock  In 1985, Yearwood began interning for MTM Records while in college and recorded background vocals for artists. Three years later, one of the artists she worked with was Brooks. At the time, he promised her that if he was successful, he'd help her sign her own recording contract. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  In 1991, he introduced her to his producer and her career began growing. She sang on his second album, No Fences, and signed a contract. She opened for Brooks that year and her breakout hit, "She's in Love With the Boy," dropped in March 1991. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Yearwood was married to Bobby Reynolds from 1994 to 1999. Meanwhile, Brooks separated from Mahl in 1999; they officially divorced in 2001. He and Yearwood then began a relationship. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Despite his preference for privacy, Brooks popped the question on stage as he was being honored at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, California. "Garth proposed to me and I’m freaking out onstage in front of 7,000 people. But I did say yes," Yearwood told Us exclusively about the proposal in June 2021. "I was very surprised that’s what happened that night." Picture Perfect/Shutterstock  Brooks and Yearwood married on December 10, 2005. Matt Baron/Shutterstock  The pair have been inseparable since their marriage and love mixing work and home life. In October 2019, they worked together with Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, for Habitat and Humanity. "That tool belt, that hard hat, everything. She is gorgeous anyway — they call her the nail gun diva — but when she’s in her full sweat and everything and swinging that hammer, yes, she is more than sexy," he told Us. Mark Humphrey/AP/Shutterstock  The couple chose to use the coronavirus pandemic quarantine to strengthen their bond. “We decided to use quarantine as a time to face everything, ‘cause now you can’t leave, you can’t walk away,” Brooks said in a July 2020 press conference. “This is probably, you know, the blessing and the curse. This has probably been the most we’ve ever gone through as a couple, but what’s on the other side is so great especially when you are with the right one.” Courtesy of Garth Brooks/Twitter  Nearly 15 years after they tied the knot, Yearwood gushed about what makes her husband a great partner. "At the end of the day, even when I’m mad at him, [Garth] listens," the "How Do I Live" singer told Us. "Even when I think he’s not listening to me, he is. And he’s kind. He’s very generous and he’s very thoughtful." She added that Brooks still makes an effort to be a gentleman both on and off stage. "He does call me 'Miss Yearwood' at home. And I’m like, ‘Dude, like, we’ve been together for a long time. You can call me Trisha," Yearwood continued. "It’ll just be, like, ‘Miss Yearwood’ or ‘the queen.' And I never asked him to call me the queen. I never asked him to bow. I allow him to, but I don’t ask him. I don’t make him do that." Kevin Wolf/AP/Shutterstock |
| Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' Hot Romance Posted: 06 Feb 2022 07:53 AM PST Another TV couple turned offscreen duo! Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis made That '70s Show fans' dreams come true when they began dating in 2012. The costars appeared as Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart from 1998 to 2006. Kutcher married Demi Moore in September 2005, but their relationship ended six years later. They finalized their divorce in November 2013. After reconnecting, the Ranch star and Kunis shifted their friendship into a full-fledged romance in 2012. The twosome got engaged in February 2014 and tied the knot in July 2015. In the meantime, they welcomed daughter Wyatt in October 2014 and son Dimitri in November 2016. "I did a movie called Friends With Benefits. He did a movie that was very similar: No Strings Attached," the actress recalled on the "WTF" podcast in July 2018. "We lived our movies out, where we were like, 'Let's just hook up. Let's have fun. We're both single. We both trust each other. Everything's great.' None of us wanted tension. OK, great. We hooked up for three months. And just like our movies, one of us caught feelings." Kunis got jealous when Kutcher revealed he was dating someone else. After admitting her realization to him, he asked her to move in with him. She later pointed out that they forged ahead despite public perception and events from previous relationships. "We went into this relationship super transparent with one another, so we knew 100 percent each other's faults, we knew exactly who we were," she explained on the "Armchair Expert" podcast in July 2018. "And we were like, 'I accept you for who you are.'" The Bad Moms star noted in August 2018 that their onscreen collaborations were likely in the past. "Probably not going to happen," she confessed on Sunday TODAY With Willie Geist. "I can't look at him and not be like, 'What are you doing?' It's like a weird — no, no, it's weird." The pair don't deprive their supporters of cute moments, though. "Oh, Mila Kunis, I love you," Kutcher declared during a September 2019 episode of Hot Ones. "If I don't make it out of this, honey, take care of the children." Scroll down to revisit highlights from Kunis and Kutcher's relationship:  Kutcher and Kunis met on the set of the 1998 hit comedy series That '70s Show. The onscreen couple attended the 50th annual Primetime Emmy Awards with costars Wilmer Valderrama, Topher Grace, Laura Prepon and Danny Masterson at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage  In the Season 5 episode "Immigrant Song," Michel Kelso (Kutcher) tries to win back Jackie Burkhart (Kunis). The actress, who shared her first kiss with Kutcher on That '70s Show, confessed on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in June 2012 that she lied about her age to producers to get the part of Jackie. "Legally I was 14, but I told them I was a little bit older," she said. "I told them I was gonna be 18, which is not technically a lie, cause at one point . . . I was gonna be 18." FOX  Kutcher and Kunis shared a laugh during the FOX Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood. "People think Ashton has changed," Kunis told Parade magazine in October 2007. "He's still the same old goofball that he used to be." Kevin Winter/Getty Images)  After That '70s Show ended in 2006, the costars caught up at the 7th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball in L.A. Kutcher married Moore in 2005, and Kunis had been dating actor Macaulay Culkin since 2002. Eric Charbonneau/WireImage  After Kutcher separated from Moore in November 2011, rumors began swirling that Kutcher was dating Kunis. (She and Culkin split in January 2011). Kutcher and Kunis were photographed sharing a kiss at a party in L.A. in July 2012. But a source told Us Weekly at the time, "They're not exclusive. They are hanging out and seeing where it's going." Blanco/X17online.com  The twosome took their relationship public in August when they went on a romantic vacation together to Bali. The former costars even held hands as they walked through the airport. "Mila is throwing caution to the wind!" a source told Us. "She's having fun." MEDIA MODE  Kutcher took his romance with Kunis to the next level in September by telling her "I love her," a source told Us. The couple of six months had a romantic lunch date in NYC after enjoying a little PDA in Central Park. Tom Meinelt/Splash News  Adorable! The couple wore matching Chicago Bears shirts while going for a walk in NYC's West Village. "Ashton and Mila are totally together and loving it," a source told Us in September. "He always had a thing for her and he finally made it happen . . . It is real infatuation right now." PacificCoastNews.com  Getting even more comfortable around each other, Kutcher and Kunis kept it casual by grabbing a coffee together in sweatpants and sweatshirts. PacificCoastNews.com  Makeout session in Rome! The couple shared a passionate smooch in Italy, where Kunis was filming scenes for her new movie, The Third Person. In December 2012, Kutcher filed for divorce from Moore a year after their separation was announced. Moore suffered a breakdown and stayed in a rehab facility earlier that year. Splash News  After celebrating the holidays together in Kutcher's home state of Iowa, the couple was still going strong in January! The pair stepped out together for a coffee run in L.A.'s Studio City neighborhood. "Listen, in five years I do hope to have a family, and, you know, who knows?" Kunis told the August issue of Interview magazine. "I've always been a big proponent of not working for the sake of working, because I don't want to work for the rest of my life — I want to live." X17online.com  Taking their romance to the next level! The pair were joined by Kunis' parents Mark and Elvira while going for a stroll in London, where Kunis was filming Jupiter Ascending. INFphoto.com  No shame in PDA! The former costars shared a kiss while on vacation in Saint-Tropez, France with royal pal Princess Beatrice and her then-boyfriend, Dave Clark. BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM  Where it all began! Kutcher and Kunis got together with their former That '70s Show costars Valderrama, Grace, Prepon and Masterson for a sing-along reunion, seven years after the series finale. Masterson shared a snapshot of the happy reunion on Instagram for fans to enjoy. Courtesy Danny Masterson  Here comes the bridesmaid! Kunis brought Kutcher as her date to brother Michael Kunis' wedding to Alexandra Blacker in St. Petersburg, Florida. Patriot Pics/FAMEFLYNET  Sweet selfie! Kutcher posted an adorable and rare picture of himself and girlfriend Kunis kissing outside Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. courtesy of Ashton Kutcher  Caught by the Kiss Cam! The couple shared a smooch while sitting courtside at a Lakers game in L.A. Noel Vasquez/Getty Images  Mila's headed for mommyhood! One month after Us confirmed the couple got engaged, it was revealed that Kunis and Kutcher were expecting their first child together. "This is something they both wanted," an insider told Us. "They are both so happy." The pair attended an L.A. Clippers game together one day before news broke.  Jackie and Kelso, back together again! The future spouses (and parents!) reunited on the small screen when Kunis guest starred on Kutcher's CBS comedy Two and a Half Men. In the episode, Kunis played a free-spirited world traveler named Vivian who Walden (Kutcher) was instantly attracted to. Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty Images  Cheers! The soon-to-be first-time parents visited the Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana. The couple dressed casually and were photographed locking lips while sightseeing around town. "You never know who you'll run into at an Abita tour! #jackieandkelso #craftbeer," the company's official Twitter handle tweeted. Splash News  Round two! The couple slow-danced during their second day out at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California. "The best day of my life so far was the proposal. I cried. I was a mess," Kunis later said in the July 2014 issue of Marie Claire. "I love being pregnant," she added. "Two people are allowed in my delivery room. My doctor and my significant other." Jeff Serpa/Press Line Photos/Corbis  Gone country! Kunis flashed her bare baby bump while letting loose with Kutcher at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio. "I think they were meant to be," Kutcher's twin brother Michael told Us at the Harboring Hearts 2nd Annual Summer Soiree in NYC. "It'd be like Ross and Rachel getting married [from Friends]." Frazer Harrison/Getty Images  A treat for his sweet! Kunis and Kutcher exchanged a kiss while grabbing frozen yogurt at Menchie's in L.A. "I eat sauerkraut all day long," Kunis said of her pregnancy cravings to Ellen DeGeneres in May. "[Ashton] assumed that I was gonna have goofy cravings, so he stocked our secondary fridge with weird food — just, like, pickles and sauerkraut, or, like anchovies and ice creams." AKM-GSI  Rooting for the home team! Kunis dressed her baby bump in a Dodgers baseball jersey while attending a game with Kutcher. "I never wanted to get married — then things changed, I found the love of my life," the Jupiter Ascending actress said in W magazine's August issue. "We all get movie star crushes. I'm marrying mine." Splash News  The couple welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Wyatt Isabelle, in October 2014. A source told Us at the time, the new parents were “so happy!” Noel Vasquez/GC Images  Kutcher gushed over Kunis’ parenting skills during a December 2014 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “The most amazing thing about having a baby is my partner, Mila,” he raved. “She’s the greatest mom, I can’t even. I go to work every day and I come home and she’s, like, perfect. And it just seems like everything went amazing. And I know that something probably didn’t go amazing, but she never tells … it’s unbelievable. She’s incredible.” Noel Vasquez/GC Images  The duo made their first public appearance since the birth of their daughter at a Los Angeles Lakers game. They packed on the PDA, even kissing several times, in what would become some of the most iconic photos from their relationship. Noel Vasquez/GC Images  Rumors began swirling that Kutcher and Kunis had secretly tied the knot, but the actress was not ready to confirm or deny anything when she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in February 2015. Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images  The Two and a Half Men actor bragged about his sex life with Kunis while speaking at a tech conference: “Last week, I was walking with Mila … Kunis, who's my fiancée. I get to have sex with her. It's amazing!” Justin K. Aller/Getty Images  I do! The former costars tied the knot in a hush-hush ceremony at The Secret Garden at Parrish Ranch in Oak Glen, California, over the Fourth of July weekend. Us later revealed that the pair made things legal well before their secret nuptials. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images  The newlyweds hit the road in an RV while celebrating their honeymoon in Yosemite National Park and Napa Valley, among other locations. Daughter Wyatt accompanied them on their travels. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images  Baby number two! Kunis’ rep confirmed to Us in June 2016 that the pair were expecting their second child together. She concealed her baby bump during an ice cream outing with her husband days earlier. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images  The Bad Moms star revealed that her romance with Kutcher began with casual sex after she attended his housewarming party in 2011. "We, oddly, both did a movie called — I did Friends With Benefits, he did a movie called No Strings Attached," she told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show. "If we just paid attention to these movies, we should know that s–t like this does not work out in real life. Well, we clearly didn't pay attention. We shook hands, we're like, 'Let's just have fun!' I mean, literally, we lived out our movies. We literally just had a very open conversation." Noel Vasquez/GC Images Baby makes four! The happy couple welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Dimitri Portwood, in November 2016. The little fella weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces. Noel Vasquez/GC Images  Kutcher reminisced about his first That ‘70s Show kiss with his future wife during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show. “We’ve known each other for 20 years. I was 19, she was like 14. I did her chemistry homework for her,” he recalled at the time. “I think I was her first kiss, like, on the show. We have our first kiss memorialized on a TV show!” Fox  Kunis came clean about her husband’s lack of irritating habits. “I can give you an honest answer, and this is going to be the opposite of what you will want to hear, but my husband does not annoy me,” she told E! News. “He doesn’t. He really doesn’t. I don’t know if this happens later, we’ve only been married a handful of years, you know, it’s very much in the honeymoon phase. We still really love and like each other daily.” Noel Vasquez/GC Images  Their honeymoon wasn’t as picture perfect as it looked. The Spy Who Dumped Me star relived her disastrous RV trip with Kutcher and his parents while appearing on The Tonight Show. “Eight hours into our RV trip … our air conditioner breaks in Bakersfield in 110 degree weather,” she explained. “We almost died on the side of the road when Apple Maps took us on a road … It was a fire road on the side of a mountain. We all had to jump out of the vehicle and walk like, three miles while my father-in-law drove the van and Ashton navigated him over massive boulders because there had just been a massive flood. Guys, this was like, day two.” Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images  While the twosome have That ’70s Show to thank for meeting, Kunis revealed during an interview with on Sunday TODAY With Willie Geist that fans won’t be seeing them onscreen together again. “Probably not going to happen,” she dished. “I can’t look at him and not be like, ‘What are you doing?’ It’s like a weird — no, no, it’s weird.” Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images  Us exclusively confirmed that the couple attended Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner’s low-key wedding in upstate New York. Steve Granitz/WireImage  Kunis proved that love should be fun when she recalled a hilarious Valentine’s Day present gone wrong from her husband. “It’s the thought that counts, guys, and it was such a beautiful thought,” the Bad Moms actress told DeGeneres about Kutcher’s idea to get her two love birds as a pet for the holiday. “I guess [Ashton] called a Petco-like store, and they were like, ‘Yes, come in, we have lover birds,’ and so he walked in and they were like, ’These are love birds,’” Kunis explained, noting that it wasn’t until they went in to get the animal’s nails cut they were informed what type of bird they actually were. “So now we have really beautiful two little Parakeets and one is, like, teal and one is blue. But they’re not love birds.” Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Kershaw's Challenge  Kutcher gushed over Kunis again in September 2019 after ex-wife Moore made shocking revelations about him in her memoir, Inside Out. (In the book, the Ghost actress claimed that Kutcher persuaded her to have threesomes which he later blamed for his alleged infidelity.) “I was about to push the button on a really snarky tweet,” the Ranch star tweeted on September 24, the memoir’s release date. “Then I saw my son, daughter, and wife and I deleted it.” Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock  “We’re very goofy parents when it comes to our children, but that doesn’t [mean we] have skill,” Kunis said on the “Teach Me Something New” podcast. “I think that’s just [us] being idiots. We’re very comfortable with ourselves acting a fool at home, but maybe that comes from the idea of being comfortable in your own body, and in your own skin, and in your mind and not having a fear of making a fool of yourself.” YouTube  Kunis recalled Kutcher’s hilarious reaction after she brought up her interest in appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in the distant future. “I did ask my husband once. I was like, ‘Listen. Later, in like 20 years, 30 years, what do you think of me going on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?’” she said on the “Andrea Savage: A Grown-Up Woman” podcast. “I’m like, ‘Just for, like, a year.’ He was like, ‘I would kill you.’” Peter Barreras/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Kutcher joked about Kunis was “cheating” on him as she watched Netflix’s Bridgerton, a series that features very steamy sex scenes. “I stayed up until midnight. I was, like, what’s happening in the show?” she recalled on the Today show. “He’s dead asleep and wakes up in the peak of the fifth episode. He literally goes like this: ‘Are you watching a porno?’ He was so confused about what was happening.” The entrepreneur remembered being caught off guard, adding, “I didn’t know what was going on. I’m like, ‘Is there someone else in the bed?’ It was terrifying. You are cheating on me with this show.” NBC  The longtime couple starred in a hilarious Super Bowl LV ad together for Cheetos. YouTube  Kunis revealed that Kutcher asks her opinion on which companies he should invest in, but she has given him some bad advice in the past, including to not put their money in Bitcoin or Uber. “This happens nightly. The sad part is it happens probably too often,” she explained on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “The best part about him is he’s really smart about including me in everything and making sure I’m aware of everything that’s happening. He’s also really smart at knowing sometimes you shouldn’t listen to your wife.” Peter Barreras/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The couple showed off their Los Angeles farmhouse on the June 2021 cover of Architectural Digest. “We wanted a home, not an estate,” she said of their L.A. abode called KuKu Farms. “Building a house from the ground up is no small thing. This was either going to make us or break us.” Kunis, who was pregnant with Wyatt when they began the renovations, added, “When we’re in our home, the world just makes sense.” Douglas Friedman  Kutcher revealed that his wife convinced him to sell the ticket he had purchased for a trip to space aboard Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic aircraft. “When I got married and had kids, my wife encouraged that it was not a smart family decision to be heading into space when we have young children," he explained. “I was supposed to be on the next flight, but I will not be on the next flight. At some point, I’m going to space.” The actor bought the ticket in 2012, before either of his children were born. Michael Kovac/Getty Images  The couple inadvertently kicked off a summer-long debate about celebrity showering habits when Kunis revealed that they don't bathe their kids every day. “I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns — ever,” she said during an episode of Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast. “Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point.” Within days, celebrities including Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Bell, Jason Momoa and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson chimed in to share their own shower routines (or lack thereof). A few weeks later, the duo acknowledged what they started with an Instagram video that showed them bathing Wyatt and Dimitri. “Are you trying to injure them with water?” the Iowa native joked in the clip. “This is ridiculous. What is going on?” Courtesy of Ashton Kutcher/Instagram  The actor snooped on his wife as Dry January came to a close, catching her ending her month without alcohol a little ahead of schedule. "It's still Dry January, and Mila and I have been doing Dry January. And I think she's breaking Dry January right now," he teased in an Instagram video as he walked over to where Kunis was putting together a cocktail. The Black Swan star defended her drink, joking, "I work off of the lunar calendar, so it's Wet February for me right now. Don't worry about it." Courtesy of Ashton Kutcher/Instagram |
| Champs! Every Olympic Medal Team USA Has Won During 2022 Olympics Posted: 06 Feb 2022 07:27 AM PST Go team go! Team USA has a long history of winning at the Winter Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Games are no different. The athletes donning stars and stripes ended the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics with 23 total medals, including nine gold. The country's strong showing put Team USA in the No. 4 spot overall for the most medals at the games. With seven wins in the snowboarding events — four golds, two silver and one bronze — the U.S. athletes had a lot of hype around them coming into the 2022 competition. All four of the snowboarding gold medalists — Shaun White, Chloe Kim, Red Gerard and Jamie Anderson — made their way back to the slopes of the China-based Games in February and fans took notice. "To be going at my fifth time here is pretty spectacular," White, 35, told the Today show hosts after the February 4 opening ceremonies. "It's tough to say goodbye. I've had an amazing run. I'm so thankful for everything I've achieved and I'm ready to pass the torch to the next generation." The snowboarding legend couldn't wait to hit the slopes in his final Winter Games, saying, "I'm so thankful to be here, feeling healthy. Body's feeling great. I'm ready to put on a performance." Figure skater Nathan Chen was also prized to take home the gold in men's singles during his second Olympic appearance after landing just off the podium at the 2018 Games. "It's always been a dream of mine to be able to win a national title, to win a world title, to win an Olympic title," Chen, 22, said in January 2021 via USA Today. "Easier said than done. I thought that I had a chance in 2018 and that didn't happen and I'm able to live with that." The Yale University student revealed he would "love to be able to win the next Olympics," but wasn't putting too much pressure on taking home a medal. "If that doesn't happen, it's not like my legacy or who I am is ultimately diminished. I'm still happy with everything that I've done," he added. "I'm proud of everything that I've already accomplished in skating." Scroll down to see whether White, Chen or their many Team USA teammates took home a medal at the Beijing Olympics:  Julia Marino Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterstock  Jaelin Kauf Gregory Bull/AP/Shutterstock |
| Queen Elizabeth II Hopes Camilla Will Be Queen Consort Once Charles Is King Posted: 06 Feb 2022 07:22 AM PST What she wants. As Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years on the British throne —she opened up about her wishes for the future of the U.K. monarchy. "When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me," the sovereign, 95, wrote in a statement, released on Saturday, February 5. "And it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service." Prince Charles, 73, previously wed the Duchess of Cornwall, 74, in 2005 following his 1996 divorce from the late Princess Diana, with whom he shared sons Prince William and Prince Harry. As the twosome's bond continued to grow upon their nuptials, they remained gracious by the longtime monarch's recent public statement.  "On this historic day, my wife and I join you all in congratulating Her Majesty The Queen on the remarkable achievement of serving this nation, the Realms and Commonwealth for seventy years," Charles and Camilla wrote via a statement on Sunday, February 6. "The Queen's devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year." They added: "We are deeply conscious of the honor represented by my mother's wish. As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout." Buckingham Palace had previously never confirmed the official title that Camilla would receive as the eventual consort when her partner, the Prince of Wales, takes over as regent. (For his part, late Prince Philip was referred to as a prince consort throughout wife Elizabeth’s reign.) At the time of the duo's engagement, however, the palace noted that Camilla "should use" the titles of HRH The Princess Consort upon her spouse's accession. (Camilla has widely been referred to as the Duchess of Cornwall while Diana was known as the Princess of Wales following her July 1981 nuptials to Charles.) "I honestly don't know if Mum will be called queen," Camilla's son, Tom Parker-Bowles, previously told The Times in April 2021. "That hasn't been decided. There are a lot of interesting Sky documentaries about that I'm sure, but I honestly don't know if that's true." A source previously confirmed to Us Weekly in November 2020 that Elizabeth's heir intended to serve as king with Camilla by his side. "This is something he's dreamed about his entire life — he sees it as his birthright, and Her Majesty would find it extremely difficult to deprive him of that," the insider noted. Until then, the queen's Jubilee has been marked with a commemorative coin, a British baking competition and a four-day bank holiday in June. "This anniversary also affords me a time to reflect on the goodwill shown to me by people of all nationalities, faiths and ages in this country and around the world over these years. I would like to express my thanks to you all for your support," Elizabeth concluded her Accession Day message on Saturday. "I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me. And so as I look forward to continuing to serve you with all my heart, I hope this Jubilee will bring together families and friends, neighbors and communities – after some difficult times for so many of us – in order to enjoy the celebrations and to reflect on the positive developments in our day-to-day lives that have so happily coincided with my reign." |
| Prince Harry’s Cutest Moments With the Queen Through the Years Posted: 06 Feb 2022 06:06 AM PST Prince Harry' bond with Queen Elizabeth II has remained strong through the years, despite his decision to step away from his senior position within the royal family along with his wife, Meghan Markle. Despite reports that Harry “blindsided” his grandmother, the prince turned that down during a March 2021 interview on CBS. “I have too much respect for her,” he shared at the time, noting that they discussed the exit three different times before it became public information. "I've spoken more to my grandmother in the last year than I have done for many, many years," he said during the interview, adding that they’ve Zoomed with her so she could see her grandson Archie. “My grandmother and I have a really good relationship and an understanding. And I have a deep respect for her. She's my Colonel-in-chief, right? She always will be.” Last year, Prince Charles' former butler, Grant Harrold, spoke about the queen's "very special relationship" with her grandson in a Quest Red royal documentary. Harrold said that the queen is able to "let her guard down a bit with" Harry. "Sometimes, I wonder if maybe he reminds the Queen a little bit of [her husband] Prince Philip," Harrold continued. "You know, with that wonderful, let's say, the kind of glint in his eye." Royal correspondent Katie Nicholl gave an inside look at Harry's relationship with Queen Elizabeth in her 2010 book, William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls. Nicholl revealed that the monarch has been "on the receiving end" of Harry's pranks. She was informed about a prank Harry pulled that involved changing her voicemail recording, giving the queen's private secretary Robin Janvrin the "shock of his life." Harry, who Nicholl described as "more troublesome" than his brother Prince William, said in the recorded voice message: "Hey, wassup? This is Liz! Sorry, I'm away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one, for Charles press two, for the corgis, press three." In the 2016 ITV documentary, Our Queen at Ninety, Harry praised the queen for her work over the years. "I look at the Commonwealth and think, 'Look how much it's achieved,'" he said at the time. "She should be incredibly proud of what she's led and what she's achieved and what she's created amongst a huge amount of people from different ethnic backgrounds, different skin colors, different experiences, different islands — whatever it be. Hats off to her, it’s incredible." The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced via Instagram on January 8, 2020, that they step down as senior members of the British royal family and "become financially independent." The parents of Archie revealed they have chosen to "carve out a progressive new role" for themselves after "many months of reflection and internal discussions." In the wake of the pair's joint statement, a source told Us Weekly exclusively that their announcement was made "without the official blessing" of the queen. "It's not that they didn't care — it was a miscommunication," the insider added. Still, Harry and his grandmother have had love and laughs over the years. Despite the family drama, Harry returned to the U.K. after Philip died in April 2021 and the prince spent time with his grandmother on at least two different occasions during the visit. While he left before her 95th birthday — which came days after the funeral — Elizabeth knew Harry was thinking of her. "Prince Harry got to say goodbye to the queen before her birthday and he left her a gift and card from him and Meghan," a source told Us at the time. Scroll down to see adorable moments of Harry and the queen together over the years!  Harry held onto his grandmother’s hand when they stepped out together for Easter service at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in 1989. Mike Forster/Daily Mail/Shutterstock  Harry was a proper gentleman as he held an umbrella over the queen and her mothers’ heads in March 1995 while heading into Christmas service. Shutterstock  The duo smiled from ear to ear at the Guards Polo Club in June 2003, in which Harry also competed. Tim Rooke/Shutterstock  While attending Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla’s wedding in April 2005, Harry made the queen laugh by making a funny face. Shutterstock  Harry gave his grandmother a sweet kiss on the cheek at Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly’s wedding in May 2008. Shutterstock  Harry was photographed showing Queen Elizabeth around at the RHS Chelsea Fowler show in London in May 2013. Geoff Pugh/Shutterstock  Harry and the queen worked together to inspect one of Team U.K.’s pulks at Buckingham Palace in November 2013. Shutterstock  Harry and the queen were photographed attending the RHS Chelsea Fowler show together again in May 2015. Telegraph/Shutterstock  Harry and Meghan posed with their bridal party, which included British royal family members Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince William, Duchess Kate, Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, on the couple’s wedding day in May 2018. Alexi Lubomirski/WPA-Pool  The queen was photographed beside Harry and Meghan at the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force in July 2018. David Fisher/Shutterstock  The duo were seen walking together at the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in May 2019. Shutterstock  Meghan and Harry posed for family photos with their son after his christening in July 2019. Chris Allerton/Sussex Royal/MEGA  After he and Meghan moved to California in the wake of their royal exit, Harry and his grandmother often spoke via video. "Both my grandparents do Zoom. They've seen Archie running around," he said of the queen and the late Prince Philip during an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden in February 2021. Shutterstock (2) |
| Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Family Tree Posted: 06 Feb 2022 06:06 AM PST Family first. Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip were the longest-married couple in the history of the British royal family before his April 2021 death, with many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren to show for it. The pair wed in 1947, five years before the queen ascended to the British throne. They welcomed their first child, Prince Charles, who is first in line for the throne, in 1948. Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh also share daughter Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. "He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family," Her Majesty said of her husband in November 1997 on the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. "This and many other countries, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim, or we shall ever know." As the duo grew in love, so did their family. All four of their children have two kids of their own, with Anne's son, Peter Phillips (born in 1977) and daughter Zara Tindall (1981) becoming the queen's first grandchildren. Charles then welcomed two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, with ex-wife Princess Diana. Andrew has two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. Edward and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex's kids are significantly younger than their cousins, with Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn being born in 2003 and 2007, respectively. The Queen has continued to cater toward her family while balancing her duties as Sovereign of the United Kingdom. She is especially close with her grandsons William and Harry and has a special bond with William's wife, Duchess Kate. "She's really taken Kate under her wing," a source told Us Weekly exclusively in April 2019. "The two of them will often spend hours discussing royal life and the future of the monarchy." A second source said that the Duchess of Cambridge and the queen sometimes "casually catch up over afternoon tea" while other meetings include "intense one-on-one training about taking on the crown." When Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020, she wore her grandmother's vintage gown and diamond fringe tiara. The tiara was previously worn by both Her Majesty and Princess Anne on their wedding days. Eugenie, on the other hand, named her firstborn son, August Philip Hawke, whom she shares with husband Jack Brooksbank, in honor of her grandfather in February 2021. Although Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped back from their roles as senior royals in January 2020, and have since relocated to California, Elizabeth and Philip tried to maintain their strong relationship with their grandson and his firstborn, Archie. "The last thing Elizabeth wants is for Harry to feel estranged from his family," a source told Us in March 2020. A second source added that Harry "feels terrible about hurting his grandmother, whom he adores" because of his family's decisions. A third source revealed in February 2021 that the queen FaceTimes with Archie and is "desperate" to give him a hug. In June 2021, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the arrival of their second child, daughter Lili, whose name is a nod to the queen. Scroll down for a look at four generations of Queen Elizabeth II's royal family tree.  Born April 21, 1926, to Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II was third in line to the throne, behind her uncle and her father. In 1947 she married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later the Duke of Edinburgh; together they had four children: Prince Charles (born 1948), Princess Anne (1950), Prince Andrew (1959) and Prince Edward (1963). In April 2021, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Philip "passed away peacefully" at the age of 99, one month after being discharged from his 28-day hospital stay. "The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss. Further announcements will be made in due course," the palace noted. Getty Images  Queen Elizabeth II's eldest child, Charles, Prince of Wales, was born November 14, 1948, and is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer, with whom he had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The couple divorced in 1996. The following year, Diana died. Charles wed Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images; WireImage.com; Samir Hussein/Getty Images  Born June 21, 1982, Prince William is the third-eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and the second in line to the throne. In April 2011, he married Kate Middleton. They are parents of Prince George (2013), Princess Charlotte (2015) and Prince Louis (2018). George Pimentel/WireImage  Born Prince Henry of Wales but commonly known as Prince Harry, Prince Charles and Princess Diana's younger son was welcomed into the world on September 15, 1984. He is Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's fourth grandchild, and the sixth in line for the throne. A former captain in the Blues and Royals of the British Army, Harry served twice on the front line in Afghanistan. Harry married former actress Meghan Markle in May 2018. The pair welcomed son Archie in May 2019 and announced in February 2021 that they were expecting their second child. Their daughter, Lili, arrived in June 2021. Neil Hall/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  Anne, Princess Royal, is Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's only daughter. At the time of her birth on August 15, 1950, she was third in line to the throne; as of 2021, however, she's 15th. From 1973 to 1992, she was married to Captain Mark Phillips, with whom she had two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips. Since 1992, she has been married to Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. Indigo/Getty Images  Peter Phillips, born November 15, 1977, is 16th in line to the throne but holds no royal title and carries out no royal duties. A graduate of the University of Exeter, Phillips married Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly in 2008. They gave the queen her first great-grandchild, a baby girl named Savannah Anne in 2010, and in 2012, Kelly gave birth to a second daughter, Isla Elizabeth. The pair announced their separation in February 2020, after 12 years of marriage. Chris Jackson/Getty Images  A respected British equestrian, Zara Phillips was born to Princess Anne and Mark Phillips on May 15, 1981. She is the second-eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II, and 19th in the line of succession to the throne, though as the daughter of the Princess Royal, she holds no royal or noble title. Married to rugby player Mike Tindall, Phillips is the mother of daughters Mia (born 2014) and Lena (born 2018). The queen’s eldest granddaughter announced in December 2020 that the couple were expecting their third child. Zara gave birth to son Lucas at her home in March 2021. Shutterstock  Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to Prince Andrew on Febuary 19, 1960, eight years into her reign. A commander and honorary rear admiral in the Royal Navy, he's currently eighth in line to the throne. In 1986, he married Sarah Ferguson, with whom he had two daughters, Beatrice (1988) and Eugenie (1990). Two years after Eugenie's birth, however, the Duke and Duchess of York announced their separation; they officially divorced four years later, in 1996. Tim Graham/Getty Images  Princess Beatrice is the firstborn daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. She was born on August 8, 1988, and is the queen’s fifth grandchild. The Goldsmiths, University of London graduate married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in July 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Beatrice wore a vintage dress by Norman Hartnell, which belongs to the queen and Her Majesty’s diamond fringe tiara, which she wore on her wedding day in 1947. Beatrice announced in May 2021 that she is expecting her first child. Daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi was born four months later. Richard Young/Shutterstock  Born March 23, 1990, Princess Eugenie is the second child of the Duke and Duchess of York, and the younger sister of Princess Beatrice. Eugenie is Her Majesty’s sixth grandchild and falls in line for the throne behind Beatrice. She married her longtime love, Jack Brooksbank, at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on October 12, 2018. The couple welcomed their first child, son August Philip Hawke, on February 9, 2021. WPA Pool/Shutterstock  The fourth child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Prince Edward was third in line to the throne at the time of his birth on March 10, 1964. He's currently 12th, behind his older brothers, their children and their grandchildren. Married since 1999 to Sophie Rhys-Jones, a former public relations executive, Edward, Earl of Wessex, has two children with his wife: Lady Louise Windsor (2003) and James, Viscount Severn (2007). Wolfgang Veerman/David Schwab/Getty Images  Born November 8, 2003, Lady Louise is the youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and 14th in the line of succession to the throne. In April 2011, she appeared as a bridesmaid at cousin Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton. Both she and her younger brother — James, Viscount Severn, born December 17, 2007 — have lakes named after them in Canada. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images; Danny Martindale/WireImage.com  William and Kate’s oldest son, George, was born on July 22, 2013. He is third in line to the throne. The Duchess of Cambridge/Shutterstock  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter, Charlotte, was born on May 2, 2015. She is fourth in line to the throne. The Duchess of Cambridge/WPA-Pool  Louis, who is fifth in line to the throne, was born on April 23, 2018. Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage  Harry and Meghan’s first child was born on May 6, 2019. While Archie does not have an official royal title, he is seventh in line to the throne. Shutterstock  Harry and Meghan's daughter was born on June 4, 2021, and was named after her great-grandmother Elizabeth. Her middle name is a tribute to Harry's late mother, Princess Diana. Shutterstock |
| Royal Family's Most Heartwarming Quotes About Queen Elizabeth II Posted: 06 Feb 2022 06:03 AM PST One of a kind! Queen Elizabeth II has been the head of the British royal family since 1952 — and her devotion to her country has become an inspiration for her loved ones through the years. After her father, King George VI, died in 1952, a then-25-year-old Elizabeth inherited his place on the throne. Her coronation occurred the following year. As one of the longest-reigning royals in history, the queen became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee, which she celebrated in 2017 after 65 years as the leader of the Commonwealth. Through several decades of her reign, Elizabeth had her husband, Prince Philip, by her side. The duo exchanged vows in November 1947 and went on to become the longest-married royal couple until the Duke of Edinburgh’s death in April 2021. Elizabeth and her husband shared four children — Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Princess Anne — along with eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Charles’ sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, have always been fond of their grandmother, as has Andrew’s youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie. Following Philip’s death, Eugenie promised to “look after” her beloved “Granny” in a heartfelt tribute to her late grandfather. In March 2020, Harry stepped away from his senior royal duties and moved to California with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their son, Archie, who was born in May 2019. The move came as a shock to plenty inside the palace, but the couple did their best to remain on good terms with the monarch. “They have kept a great relationship with Philip and the queen,” royal expert Omid Scobie told Entertainment Tonight in March 2021 as the Sussexes prepared for their CBS tell-all. When the sit-down interview aired, Harry reiterated that he’ll “always” love his grandmother no matter how many miles are between them. “I’ve spoken more to my grandmother in the last year than I have done for many, many years,” he said at the time, adding that he and Elizabeth have been able to reach “an understanding” since his royal exit. Since Harry and Meghan decided to depart from their palace roles, the queen has had many a “heart-to-heart” with her grandson. “The last thing Elizabeth wants is for Harry to feel estranged from his family,” a source previously told Us Weekly exclusively. Keep scrolling for a look back at some of the royal family’s sweetest quotes about their matriarch:  Harry and William gave rare insight into what it's like to be raised in the royal family during a 2012 interview with Katie Couric. "Behind closed doors, she's our grandmother, it's as simple as that," Harry said, while his older brother teased, "As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother." Shutterstock  Charles famously joked of his introduction to official royal life, "I learned the way a monkey learns: by watching its parents." Shutterstock  Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's youngest daughter has a close bond with her dear "Granny," who she frequently visits at the royal family's Balmoral estate in Scotland. "I think Granny is the most happy there, I think she really, really loves the Highlands," Eugenie said in ITV's 2016 documentary, Our Queen at 90. The queen was also "one of the very few people" who were the first to learn of Eugenie's engagement to her now-husband, Jack Brooksbank, and is a fashion inspiration for the princess. "Lots of my friends say, 'Oh, she's just the best style person there is, you know she looks great in her clothes,'" she previously told Tatler. "The style is something that is very unique to her." Shutterstock  Zara Tindall said her grandmother was never stern with her. "I always get the good look," she joked during an episode of husband Mike Tindall's "House of Rugby" podcast in 2019. Shutterstock  Though he stepped back from his senior royal duties in March 2020, the Duke of Sussex has never stopped holding his grandmother in high regard. "Being able to serve Queen and Country is something we all are rightly proud of, and it never leaves us," he said in one of his final 2020 engagements at the Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House in London. "Once served, always serving." Insiders have previously told Us that Harry "adores" the queen. During his tell-all interview with his wife in March 2021, the former military pilot asserted that he will always have "deep respect" for the matriarch. "I've spoken more to my grandmother in the last year than I have done for many, many years," he said at the time. "My grandmother and I have a really good relationship and an understanding. ... She's my Colonel-in-chief, right? She always will be." Shutterstock (2)  "The queen, for example, has always been wonderful to me," Meghan told CBS in March 2021 while reflecting on her time as a senior royal. "I mean, we had one of our first joint engagements together. She asked me to join her, and I went on the train. And we had breakfast together that morning and she gave me a beautiful gift and I just really loved being in her company." The Suits alum recalled being given "some beautiful pearl earrings and a matching necklace" from her grandmother-in-law. "We were in the car going between engagements," she added. "And she has a blanket that sits across her, her knees, for warmth and it was chilly and she was like, 'Meghan, come on,' and put it over my knees as well." Shutterstock  Sarah Ferguson praised her ex mother-in-law in August 2021 for always being her “greatest mentor” even after she split from Prince Andrew in 1996. "I think to myself that honestly, my mother-in-law has been more of a mother to me than my mother," she said during an episode of the “Tea With Twiggy” podcast. "I absolutely admire the incredible way Her Majesty is so modern. And how flexible, and how understanding, and how forgiving and how generous. I absolutely think there is no greater mentor. The consistency of Her Majesty has been a great honor. A huge honor. Makes me want to cry.” Shutterstock (2) |
| How Queen Elizabeth Is Celebrating 70 Years on the Throne: She's 'Exhilarated' Posted: 06 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST God save the queen! Queen Elizabeth II is "exhilarated" as she marks her 70th year on the throne, royal expert Stewart Pearce exclusively tells Us Weekly. The monarch, 95, succeeded to the British crown on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI. Seventy years later, Elizabeth is having a bittersweet celebration of her Platinum Jubilee on Sunday, February 6, per Pearce. "This is an unusual time for her because she is about to remember [and] commemorate 70 years of her father’s departure. And she had a very, very close connection, a very close relationship with her father," the Diana the Voice of Change author explains, noting that the queen will take in the occasion at Sandringham surrounded by loved ones. "It will be a time of great memory for her." Her majesty is "gathered by the younger members of the family, particularly of course, [Duchess] Kate and [Prince] William‘s children, whom she loves," Pearce adds. The monumental day will include "quiet time on Sunday, but at the same time, she'll be celebrating in memory of her late father and Prince Philip," the inspirational speaker tells Us, pointing out that the queen's late husband Philip was an "extraordinary stalwart in her life." Happiness will also be in high supply as she kicks off her Platinum Jubilee year, according to Pearce, who notes that the "whole family" will most likely not be in attendance, but William, 39, and Kate, 40, who live "very close by" should be on site to toast the monarch. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to join the queen alongside their three children, Prince George, 8, Princess Charlotte, 6, and Prince Louis, 3. Her majesty "loves being with the innocent ones. She loves being with the children. It reminds her of those powerful motors that work through her, you know, the whole idea of heritage tradition and legacy," Pearce tells Us. Ultimately, Elizabeth is "very exhilarated by the extraordinary nature of the fact that this is the 70th year of her monarchy, of her reign," he adds. The queen is the longest reigning monarch in the world, which is why her Platinum Celebration will last more than one day. In January, Buckingham Palace announced a nation-wide cooking competition to create a Jubilee Pudding in honor of the occasion, which kicked off the official festivities. Come June, there will be a four-day weekend packed with activities to officially mark the queen's long reign. The annual Trooping the Colour parade on June 2 will start the bank holiday weekend. The event will end with a special Royal Air Force flyby that the royal family will watch from the balcony of Buckingham Palace — and that's just day one of the celebration. With reporting by Christina Garibaldi |
| OITNB’s Jackie Cruz: A Day in My Life Posted: 06 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST Her next big role is as a mom! Jackie Cruz exclusively invited Us Weekly to experience a day in her life while soaking up the sun in Mexico during her pregnancy. The actress — who fans might recognize as Flaca from Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black — announced in December 2021 that she is expecting twins with her husband, musician Fernando Garcia. The pair said “I do” at their Mexico wedding in August 2020. The couple, who live in Los Angeles, like to vacation south of the border on a regular basis. The 35-year-old New York native — who starred opposite Megan Fox in the 2021 movie Midnight in the Switchgrass — needs to get the rest in while she can with the twins’ due date quickly approaching. Last month, the star revealed that she started having false labor pains. “In the middle of Braxton Hicks contractions,” Cruz told followers in a Monday, January 31, Instagram video that showed her dancing through the pain. “First false alarm. Babies coming soon.” Before the discomfort started, the mom- and dad-to-be enjoyed some bonding time in Garcia’s native country. They made sure to start their day with some positive affirmations and had plenty of delicious snacks to satisfy Cruz’s fruit cravings. The “Be Bad” songstress also showed Us her favorite all-natural way to exfoliate her baby bump — which is perfect for any beach lover. Scroll down to take a look at a day in Cruz’s life:  The I Love Us actress usually gets up at the break of dawn! “I love to catch the sun coming up each morning,” the former model revealed. “I say my daily affirmations and get the day started.” Courtesy of Jackie Cruz  “One of my first stops is getting a juice,” the Queens native noted. “I’m such a huge fruit person. Getting my daily dose in is so important!” Courtesy of Jackie Cruz  Cruz stopped by a local market. "Seeing these little floaties makes me picture my babies running around on a beach," she said. Courtesy of Jackie Cruz  The actress took an afternoon break for some sun, sand — and snacks! “We ordered guacamole, salsa pico de gallo and frituras to eat,” she told Us of enjoying a seaside picnic with Garcia. Courtesy of Jackie Cruz  "I love a good skincare moment, and the more natural, the better!” she said of rubbing mud on her baby bump. “I actually think it’s a great exfoliant and it keeps my skin smooth." Courtesy of Jackie Cruz  “My husband and I watch the sun set on another beautiful day,” Cruz gushed, sharing a smooch with Garcia. “We’re so thankful that we’re another day closer to meeting our twins!” Courtesy of Jackie Cruz |
| Buzzzz-o-Meter: Stars Are Buzzing About This Luxury Makeup Brand Posted: 06 Feb 2022 05:00 AM PST Hollywood can’t stop buzzing about these products! To kick off Black History Month, A-listers are supporting some amazing Black-owned brands. Rosario Dawson cofounded Studio 189, a company that employs women in Ghana and creates both sustainable jobs and fashion. The clothes aren’t just something to feel good about purchasing — you’ll also feel like a star while wearing them. Meanwhile, Pat McGrath spent 25 years building her reputation as one of Hollywood’s best makeup artists, so it’s no surprise that everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Nicki Minaj loves the U.K. native’s cosmetics. In 2021, Queen Elizabeth II even awarded McGrath a D.B.E. Dame of the British Empire for services to the Fashion and Beauty industry and Diversity. If the real-life queen doesn’t leave you impressed, perhaps your favorite Netflix royals will. McGrath’s new Bridgerton collection is perfect for a promenade around the ton with a chaperone or boozy brunch with the girls. If makeup and fashion isn’t your jam, Us Weekly has plenty of other options below, from powerful memoirs to a Beyoncé-approved wine shop. Find out what celebrities are buzzing about this week by scrolling through the photos!  Lizzo and Issa Rae are fans of this brand that partners with artisans in Africa to produce high-quality clothing and create sustainable jobs. (Alicia skirt, $625, studiooneeightynine.com) Courtesy Studio 189  Kerry Washington recommends this memoir by trans trailblazer Janet Mock, who writes about searching for her purpose while in her 20s. ($16.99, booksellers everywhere) Courtesy Amazon  Gabrielle Union loves that these eco-conscious kicks aren’t made with leather. Plus, they’re not produced until ordered to reduce waste. ($160, lociwear.com) Courtesy Loci Vegan Sneakers  Queen Bey supports this Atlanta wine store that hosts regular tastings and carries a diverse selection of beloved brands, like top seller Gulp Hablo. (3parkswine.com) Courtesy 3Parks Wine Shop |
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