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- Red Carpet Debut! Michelle Young, Fiance Nayte Olukoya Kiss at Fenty Party
- Champs! Every Olympic Medal Team USA Has Won During 2022 Olympics
- 'Very Special'! Ben Affleck Directs Romantic Remix of J. Lo's Music Video
- J.Lo: Ben Affleck's Valentine's Day Gift 'Seriously Melted My Heart'
- Duet Partners for Life! Blake and Gwen Sing Together at LA Concert
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| Red Carpet Debut! Michelle Young, Fiance Nayte Olukoya Kiss at Fenty Party Posted: 12 Feb 2022 02:25 PM PST From roses to happily ever after! As soon as Nayte Olukoya stepped out of the limo to vie for Michelle Young‘s heart, viewers could tell there was something special between him and the season 18 Bachelorette. Nayte received the first impression rose during the October 2021 premiere of the ABC show, and he later said he didn’t understand the significance of the gesture at the time. “Obviously, you can assume that it’s just who Michelle [Young] had a really good first impression of, right?” he said on an episode of the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast that same month. “But, like, the world of Bachelor Nation? I didn’t have a clue.” While sparks continued to fly between the pair, the Minnesota native found herself falling in love with runner-up Brandon Jones as well. After revealing in the December 2021 finale that she was “in love with them both,” the teacher was forced to face her feelings for her remaining two suitors. “They have given me everything that I’ve asked for and tomorrow is going to be the hardest decision I’ve ever made,” she explained during a confessional in the emotional episode. After Brandon and Nayte each chose Neil Lane engagement rings, the former Bachelor contestant turned down the Texas native’s proposal, noting, "It's not that I don't love you, because I do. It's just that my heart is pushing me in a different direction and I have to go with what I feel and it hurts so much because you are this unbelievable person.” Michelle later reflected on her instant connection with her now-fiancé after he got down on one knee. "This has not necessarily been a smooth ride, but I’m also not willing to face that fear of walking away from this without you," she shared. "Because I have never felt a love like this before. And I love you with my entire heart and don’t ever want to think about waking up next to anyone besides you and doing life with anyone besides you. And at the end, I wanted to be standing in front of my soulmate and he is definitely standing right in front of me." During the live After the Final Rose special, Michelle opened up about how much closer the couple became after they finished filming the reality series. "I think what’s so hard is that you go through this experience and you have these magical moments, and you leave, like, in love, but then you spend so much more time together. You get to text, FaceTime, talk to each other’s families come and get significantly closer," she said in December 2021. "I think the biggest thing is we communicate through everything. And it doesn’t always have to be this perfect communication but we both know we’re going to stick in it. We are going to not let go. We are going to hold on, and that is the biggest part. Because it is not easy. There’s going to be uncomfortable emotions, and we definitely had them." Nayte, for his part, candidly discussed his love for Michelle as fans got to see them take the next step in their relationship. “Michelle, ever since September 9th, 2021, when I got on one knee to ask you to spend the rest of our lives together, it has been an absolute dream come true,” he wrote in a lengthy Instagram post at the time. “There will inevitably be ups and downs, just like any other strong relationship. But I don't care if it's tomorrow, 5 years from now, or 50 years from now. I plan on always giving you my full effort and working through life with you.” Scroll down to relive Michelle and Nayte’s sweet romance:  The Canada native stood out from the start of Michelle's Bachelorette journey, receiving the first impression rose and the first kiss of the 18th season. During an interview on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast in October 2021, Nayte admitted that he didn't expect to reach both milestones, noting, "I'm not a smooth individual." Although the contestant wasn't "expecting" a kiss so soon, he said it was an "ever happy" moment for him. ABC/Craig Sjodin  Amid concerns that Nayte was not ready to get married, the account executive set the record straight on the “Click Bait” podcast in December 2021, saying, “When Michelle's asking me, like, ‘There’s one thing between being in love with somebody or falling in love with somebody, and then an engagement,' what I was trying to say in that moment was, ‘I don't have all the answers. I don't know what life is going to look if you and I [were] to leave this bubble.’” He added: "All I knew is that I trust myself, like, I trust that I'm falling in love with you, I'm trusting that I seriously want to be with you. And I don't have all the answers. … I’m not the perfect answer guy who's going to tell you everything you want to hear." Michelle, for her part, explained that there was more to Nayte than met viewers' eyes. “When Nayte just stepped out of the limo, he was just very confident — but he didn't have that overconfidence. He was still nervous,” she excluslveiy told Us Weekly while her season aired. “I was nervous as well. Through the season, [I've] always enjoyed peeling back different layers, and, at the moment in the season, I’m really, truly figuring out just how many layers he has.” ABC/Craig Sjodin  After sending Brandon packing, Michelle said yes to Nayte's proposal, calling him her “person.” Nayte, for his part, gushed: “Michelle, the very first night I met you, I knew right then and there that we had a connection that I wanted to hold on to. The second night that we were together, we talked about running away together. I’m standing in front of you right now and the feelings are the same. I want to run away with you. I want to run away to forever with a woman that I've come to love this amazingly, crazy, wow kind of love. And through this journey, you've shared a lot of vulnerable sides of your past and I know that you've felt unseen at times and I want to let you know that I am completely prepared, willing and ready to make sure that you are always chosen first, seen now, today, tomorrow and for the rest of our lives. I love you, Michelle.” ABC/Craig Sjodin  During the After the Final Rose special, Michelle’s mom, Lavonne Young, responded to the assumption that she favored Brandon over her future son-in-law. “We are in love with Nayte. Absolutely in love with Nayte,” she told host Kaitlyn Bristowe in December 2021. “You know, Michelle, I don't know if she's told you, but she shared one of the texts that you sent her, and I won't say — but it was beautiful. It was so heartwarming. It was so — it made me cry.” Nayte’s mother, also revealed that she and Lavonne were in contact "after each episode" aired. ABC/Craig Sjodin  Nayte took to social media to call out "the edit" that his relationship received throughout season 18 after viewers watched him pop the question on screen. "Thank you for seeing past what people have always seemed to get stuck on when it comes to me. My whole life people have taken one look at me and thought they had me all figured out," he captioned an Instagram post in December 2021. "Maybe it’s the tattoos and piercings. Maybe it’s the way I carry myself. Maybe it’s as silly as my height or as ignorant as the color of my skin. Maybe it’s how awful I am at expressing myself or how gosh darn awkward I almost always am." The Bachelorette contestant credited his fiancée for embracing his true identity, despite fans' opinions that he was a "walking red flag." He continued, "But you, Michelle, you saw me for me from the very first night, and I will always always always love and appreciate you for that." He concluded: "All in all, Michelle, you’re all I see, you’re all I’ve ever wanted, and you’re all I’ll ever want. Thank you for being you and thank you for being the one to unlock my hearts potential. I can’t get enough of living this dream come true with you." ABC/Craig Sjodin  Following the conclusion of her journey, Michelle addressed why her love story didn't need to be "perceived as perfect" to others. "As long as it’s perfect for you and me," she wrote in a lengthy tribute to her fiancé via Instagram in December 2021. "You’ve quickly become the pep in my step, The reason I smile through hard days. I love the way you love, You make me feel beautiful in so many ways." The reality star noted that although they have "no idea what’s in life’s plan," she was "incredibly at peace" having Nayte by her side. ABC/Craig Sjodin  Nayte stuck out his tongue for a silly selfie with his future wife in December 2021. Courtesy of Michelle Young/Instagram  "Santa brought my Christmas present a little early this year 😘 Although he may be regretting it after Nayte REQUESTED to sit on his lap 🎅🏼," the teacher joked via Instagram while celebrating her first Christmas season as a fiancée in December 2021. "Merry Christmas Y'all! 🎄." Courtesy of Michelle Young/Instagram  Michelle and Nayte kicked off the new year by sharing several silly snaps and revealing that they sometimes share a toothbrush. “For those asking … Definitely my toothbrush. Had to snap the milestone in our relationship,” he wrote via Instagram Stories alongside a snap of Michelle brushing her teeth. She subsequently took to Twitter and wrote: “If you see @kingbabatunde94 and I fighting in public it’s because he told the entire world that we occasionally share a toothbrush.” Courtesy of Nayte Olukoya/Instagram  "Strutting into 2022 after hitting the jackpot feels pretty good 🥰," the former Bachelorette gushed via Instagram in January 2022 alongside a photo dump of her favorite moments with her fiancé. Fellow season 25 Bachelor alum Chelsea Vaughn teased in the comments, "🥺 y'all got this on Amazon?!" Courtesy Michelle Young/Instagram  After the Texas resident tweeted, “I miss Michelle,” on January 8, his fiancee jokingly replied: “I miss Percy [Olukoya’s dog]. And his dad…A little bit little 🤏.” ABC/Christopher Willard  “There’s nothing better [than Tim Horton’s],” Olukoya told his fiancée via Instagram Story on January 15 upon her first trip to his home country. Courtesy of Michelle Young/Instagram (2) |
| Champs! Every Olympic Medal Team USA Has Won During 2022 Olympics Posted: 12 Feb 2022 02:20 PM 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:  Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner Gregory Bull/AP/Shutterstock  Nathan Chen Jae C Hong/AP/Shutterstock  Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock  Chloe Kim Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterstock  Ryan Cochran-Siegle Luca Bruno/AP/Shutterstock  Jessie Diggins Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterstock  Colby Stevenson CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock  Lindsey Jacobellis VASSIL DONEV/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  Julia Marino Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Shutterstock  Jaelin Kauf Gregory Bull/AP/Shutterstock |
| 'Very Special'! Ben Affleck Directs Romantic Remix of J. Lo's Music Video Posted: 12 Feb 2022 02:01 PM PST  An early Valentine's Day celebration! Ahead of the loved-up holiday, Jennifer Lopez shared the sweet, personal gift that boyfriend Ben Affleck made: a special remixed music video of her new single "On My Way." "I am going to share something very special and personal with you that normally that I would only share with my inner circle," Lopez, 52, wrote via her OnTheJLo newsletter on Friday, February 11, alongside a link to the video. "It's an early Valentine's Day present from Ben." The Hustlers star, who was previously engaged to Affleck from 2002 to 2004, continued in her note: "Watching it made me think about the journey of true love, it's unexpected twists and turns, and that when it's real, it actually can last forever. This seriously melted my heart." The video, directed by the 49-year-old Tender Bar star, featured throwback footage of the twosome (plus a brief cameo from his pal Matt Damon!) through the years before the New York native starts crooning her new song, which is included in her new movie, Marry Me. "My valentine," Affleck captioned the final slide of his film. In Marry Me, Lopez plays pop star Kat Valdez whose fiancé Bastian (Maluma) is caught cheating ahead of their planned nuptials. Trying to avoid potential embarrassment in front of concertgoers, she plucks single dad Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) from the crowd and proclaims that she will marry him instead. The movie, which was released on Friday, follows the unlikely duo's public relationship. Affleck's remixed version includes clips of Lopez from the original music video, directed by Santiago Salviche, which was released in December 2021. The Massachusetts native and the "Jenny From the Block" songstress — who were all smiles at the Marry Me red carpet premiere earlier this week — reconnected in May 2021 after her split from ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez. Their romance has continued to heat up as they've vacationed together and bonded with one another's children. (Affleck shares Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 9, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, while Lopez shares twins Max and Emme, both 13, with ex-husband Marc Anthony.) "You have to do what feels good to you all the time. But at the same time, you learn from the past, you do things better the second time," she told The New York Times in an interview published earlier this month. "There's a part of it that, yes, we're together. But there's a part of it that's not, you know, being so open the way we were when we were so young and in love many years ago." She added: "We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things. We’re so protective because it is such a beautiful time for all of us," she said. “I just feel very happy and lucky to be in a relationship that’s happy and loving, and I want to do everything I can to protect that and keep it safe. It deserves that, it really does. … We hold it sacred." Marry Me is currently in theaters and is available to stream on Peacock. |
| J.Lo: Ben Affleck's Valentine's Day Gift 'Seriously Melted My Heart' Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:55 PM PST The word "Bennifer" might include flashbacks to frosted lip gloss and butterfly clips, but everything comes back in style eventually. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are spending time together, nearly 20 years after their romance took the world by storm. Affleck has reportedly been getting picked up in a white SUV that takes him to Lopez's Los Angeles home. It's easy to understand why they'd keep their hangouts on the down-low when remembering their high-profile romance. The pair first connected in 2002 on the set of the ill-fated Gigli. The two played gangsters who fall in love while attempting to kidnap a neurodivergent man. The movie flopped at the box office and among critics, who claimed Affleck and Lopez didn't have much chemistry. It was a different story off-screen. Lopez filed for divorce from second husband Cris Judd in June 2002, and she went public with the Good Will Hunting star after. The "Waiting for Tonight" singer had another rock on her finger by November. Affleck proposed with a 6-carat pink diamond that had smaller white diamonds on the sides. The ring caught plenty of media attention as did J. Lo's "Jenny From the Block" music video. Paparazzi caught Bennifer filming in various cities throughout the fall before the clip was finally released in November. It included plenty of scenes of the couple showing their affection for each other. The duo even welcomed Dateline's Pat O'Brien into their Vancouver rental home to discuss their relationship, but they wouldn't say exactly when they fell in love. "You can't pinpoint it," Lopez said. "We became friends first. That is the honest to God truth." Their wedding was set for September 2003, and Lopez said she'd change her name to Jennifer Affleck after the wedding. However, they never made it to the altar, canceling just days before the ceremony due to "excessive media attention." They announced their official breakup in January 2004. Lopez would marry Marc Anthony in June 2004 while Affleck moved on with Jennifer Garner that year as well. Though it didn't work out, Affleck and Lopez have only been kind to each other in the press. "We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids, and it was like ‘Oh, my God.’ It was just a lot of pressure," she told PeopleTV's The Jess Cagle Interview in 2016. She continued, "I think different time, different thing, who knows what could’ve happened, but there was a genuine love there." Affleck, meanwhile, praised her in InStyle in April 2021 as "the hardest-working person I’ve come across in this business. She has great talent, but she has also worked very hard for her success, and I’m so happy for her that she seems, at long last, to be getting the credit she deserves."  The two met on the set of Gigli, which sank at the box office while their relationship sizzled. Lopez was married to her second husband, Cris Judd, but Lopez filed for divorce in June 2002 and it was finalized the following year. Ralph Nelson/Columbia/Revolution/Kobal/Shutterstock  Lopez and Affleck were engaged by November 2002. Affleck proposed with a 6-carat pink diamond ring. Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock  After weeks of paparazzi photos from the set, the "Jenny from the Block" music video premiered on TRL. Affleck costarred and engaged in some heavy PDA with J. Lo. RAMEY PHOTO/MEGA  Lopez and Affleck filmed their second movie together, Jersey Girl. It's another box office bomb. Moviestore/Shutterstock  Just days before they were set to say "I do," Bennifer called off the wedding. They cited "excessive media attention" but remained together. Richard Young/Shutterstock  Lopez and Affleck announced their breakup. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock  Lopez believed tabloid attention majorly impacted the relationship. "I think different time, different thing, who knows what could've happened, but there was a genuine love there," she told Jess Cagle. Cj Gunther/EPA/Shutterstock  Affleck said Lopez should have received an Oscar nod for her work in Hustlers. "She should have been nominated. She's the real thing,"he told New York Times reporter Brooks Barnes. "I keep in touch periodically with her and have a lot of respect for her. How awesome is it that she had her biggest hit movie at 50? That's f--king baller." Broadimage/Shutterstock  Affleck was spotted in a white SUV, supposedly to visit Lopez. Shutterstock  Less than two weeks after Us confirmed that the former couple had been spending time together again, the duo were spotted vacationing in Big Sky, Montana. "They looked very happy together," an insider told Us of the trip. “It was just the two of them on vacation together. Big Sky is a special place to Ben.” Shutterstock (2)  After sparking romance speculation in April 2021, a source exclusively told Us in May that the exes have “always loved each other” and Lopez’s friends “won’t be surprised if they end up together.” A second source added that the duo had a “heart-to-heart” following their respective splits from Ana de Armas and Alex Rodriguez in 2021, which “reignited a spark between them.” Global Citizen/Shutterstock; Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock  Days after Us confirmed that Lopez was in California to visit Affleck, the Massachusetts native and the Grammy nominee were spotted hanging out together in Miami. The director was seen walking behind Lopez as the musician smiled during their Florida outing in photos obtained by the Daily Mail in May 2021. “Jen and Ben are both very happy with each [other] and are excited to see where the relationship goes,” an insider told Us following the duo's Miami getaway. “They are full-on dating and very happy together.” Shutterstock (2)  The couple were spotted cuddling and holding hands in West Hollywood as they headed to a dinner date in photos posted by Page Six. BauerGriffin/INSTARimages.com; Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The lovebirds were making out in Malibu when they attended a birthday dinner for Lopez’s sister at Nobu. In photos obtained by Page Six, the two packed on the PDA as they locked lips and stayed close throughout the night. Shutterstock (2)  The Gigli costars got cozy in the Hamptons while celebrating 4th of July shortly after taking their kids on a fun-filled trip to Universal Studios in Hollywood. Days later, Lopez gushed that she's "never been better" during an interview on Zane Lowe's Apple Music radio show. "It's the best time of my life," she said. Broadimage/Shutterstock  As the duo's relationship continued to heat up, a source told Us that the pair were "fully committed" to starting a future together — and planned "on moving in together very soon." The same month, a second source revealed Affleck and Lopez had been house hunting in Beverly Hills and Bel Air. A Ware/Shutterstock; Lionel Hahn/Shutterstock  "There's been so many times in my life where I have not felt happy, just like anybody else. And I think I'm good at hiding that from the public because I don't feel like that's their burden to carry. I don't put that on them," Lopez said while promoting her single "Cambia El Paso" on Apple Music, adding that she'd felt "really, really good" in recent months. "Everything is just amazing. And I feel great. Everything is beautiful." Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/Shutterstock  The pair were spotted house-hunting in the chic Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the homes they looked at was listed at $65 million and included a bowling alley, movie theater, gym and wine cellar. In video footage obtained by TMZ, the duo packed on the PDA while looking at real estate. Shutterstock (2)  The "Dance Again" singer playfully dodged a question about whether she looks "happier" during an interview with Hoda Kotb. She replied she is "always happy when you see me" after the Today host commented on her appearance. When Kotb asked point-blank if she was "happier," Lopez turned the discussion back to her new song with Lin-Manuel Miranda. "The song is out, five years since we’ve done it,” she said on the Today show appearance. “And I believe that that message of loving one another and coming together and love, is never more relevant than it is right now.” Shutterstock (2)  The couple made their subtle debut on Instagram in a video posted by Leah Remini. In the montage, Lopez and Affleck got cozy in a black-and-white photo booth snap. Shutterstock (2)  To celebrate Lopez’s 52nd birthday, the two went to France. They arrived in Nice on a private airplane and headed straight for the sea. They spent time snuggling and kissing on a yacht off the coast of Monaco. The singer even shared a photo of her and Affleck kissing via Instagram. KCS Presse/MEGA  After Lopez's daughter joined the couple for dinner at Craig's in Los Angeles, Affleck was spotted supporting his girlfriend on the set of a new project. Shutterstock (2)  Lopez and her teenage twins were joined by Affleck's daughters at Hollywood's Pantages Theater for a performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. @CelebCandidly/MEGA  The duo attended the Venice International Film Festival premiere of Affleck's movie The Last Duel, marking their first red carpet appearance since rekindling their romance earlier in the year. Prior to the event, their last red carpet outing together was for the August 2003 premiere of Gigli. David Fisher/Shutterstock  The duo did some family bonding when took Affleck's daughters, Seraphina and Violet, as well as Lopez's twins, Max and Emme, to an outdoor movie in Los Angeles. P&P/MEGA  Affleck gushed over his "strong" girlfriend as she was named Adweek's 2021 Brand Visionary. "I am in awe of what Jennifer's effect on the world is. At most, as an artist, I can make movies that move people. Jennifer has inspired a massive group of people to feel they have a seat at the table in this country. That is an effect few people throughout history have had, one I will never know and one I can only stand by and admire with respect," he noted at the time. Matt Baron/Shutterstock; Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Affleck and Lopez posed on the red carpet for the New York premiere of The Last Duel at the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios  The couple masked up as they headed to the movies with their children in Los Angeles on December 4. Bellocqimages/Bauergriffin.com/MEGA  The couple spent a romantic night together at a Los Angeles Lakers game, sitting courtside and sharing a few kisses between plays. When the Jumbotron broadcast a video of the happy pair engaged in some light PDA, the crowd cheered. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/Shutterstock  “This is adorable from The Tender Bar,” the “On My Way” songstress gushed while opening a PR box from the Prime Video movie via Instagram Story. “There’s a great scene in a bowling alley with Ben and the little boy. Ben plays his uncle [and] they’re both amazing in the movie if you haven’t seen it, you should. This is awesome.” Courtesy of Jennifer Lopez/Instagram (2)  "We were just on the boat! There was no recreation!" Lopez told People. "I was lying down. ... It was a trip I like to take for my birthday, but no, we were not intentionally recreating it. I didn't know there were paparazzi out in the middle of the ocean either!" BauerGriffin/INSTARimages.com  The Marry Me star said she and Affleck are trying to keep their relationship private because they remember the publicity circus of their early '00s romance. "I think what we learned from the last time is that love, when you are lucky enough to find it, is so sacred and special and you have to hold a little bit of that privately and that's what we've learned," Lopez said during an appearance on Today. "But we're very happy, if that's what you wondering about." Matt Baron/Shutterstock  Affleck walked the red carpet alongside his girlfriend at the Los Angeles premiere of her romantic comedy Marry Me. Lopez told Entertainment Tonight that the red carpet was a night of work and fun for her. "It's a great date night. We're super happy," the singer said. "What can I tell you? We're just having a good time." John Salangsang/Shutterstock |
| Duet Partners for Life! Blake and Gwen Sing Together at LA Concert Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:30 PM PST Opposites attract! Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton might seem as different as can be — but they make a perfect match. The musical duo met while working on The Voice in 2015 and quickly fell for each other in the wake of their divorces from Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert. After five years together, Shelton finally popped the question in October 2020. “Hey @gwenstefani thanks for saving my 2020… And the rest of my life.. I love you. I heard a YES!” the country crooner gushed via Instagram alongside a sweet PDA pic from his proposal. Stefani, for her part, teased that her answer was an obvious one. “Yes please! Two years earlier, the Oklahoma native revealed that his budding relationship with Stefani helped him get back from “rock bottom” after the end of his four-year marriage. “It’s a miracle that I met somebody that was going through the same exact thing that I was at the same exact moment in time,” Shelton told Willie Geist during a June 2018 episode of Sunday Today. “I think if Gwen and I were being honest right now talking about this, I think in the back of our minds, we both kind of thought this is a rebound deal. … But now here we are three years later, and every day that goes by just feels like a stronger bond between the two of us, and it constantly feels like it’s going to the next level.” Stefani split from Rossdale in August 2015, and the exes share three sons: Kingston, Zuma and Apollo. While the “Hollaback Girl” singer and Shelton hunkered down together amid the coronavirus pandemic, an insider told Us Weekly exclusively that Stefani’s kids have a soft spot for Shelton. “Those boys look up to Blake in a big way,” the source said in August 2020. “He’s earned their respect as a father figure. He’s gone from being their friend to being a serious parental influence.” Scroll down to take a look back at all of Stefani and Shelton’s sweetest moments together.  Stefani and Shelton split from their respective spouses, Gavin Rossdale and Miranda Lambert, within two weeks of each other in July and August 2015. The country singer and Lambert shockingly announced July 20 that they were splitting after four years of marriage. On August 3, Stefani and Bush rocker Rossdale surprised everyone when they said they were divorcing after 13 years of marriage. Kevin Mazur/WireImage (2)  Something was brewing! Stefani and Shelton hilariously performed Drake's "Hotline Bling" on The Tonight Show on October 26. The friendship — and the chemistry between the two — was clearly palpable. "They're a real thing," one insider close to Shelton told Us Weekly. NBC  Shelton and Stefani hit fellow Voice coach Adam Levine's 2015 Halloween bash together, and partygoers told Us Weekly that the pair were together the whole night. A stealthy photo taken by one attendee showed Shelton with his arms wrapped around Stefani on the dance floor. Days after the snap was taken, her rep confirmed to Us that they were an item. Courtesy of Prinsloo/Instagram  Making it official! After months of concealing their flirtation, Stefani — via her rep — exclusively confirmed to Us on November 4 that she and Shelton were in fact dating. "Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating," the No Doubt singer's rep told Us. A few days later, Stefani couldn't help but praise her new man. "He’s a pretty rad guy," she said during a radio interview. "I have to say that." Trae Patton/NBC/Getty  So adorbs. The day after Thanksgiving, Stefani and Shelton were caught FaceTiming (by an eagle-eyed fan) while she was exploring Disneyland with her three young sons. "These people — they get these pictures!" Shelton later joked to Access Hollywood about getting caught. "What I think was like, 'Hey! Look at this cool stuff at Disneyland!' And the next thing I see is a picture of Gwen holding my face up at Disneyland." Splash News  Right before the 2015 holidays, the couple jetted out of L.A. together to attend the engagement party of former Voice contestant RaeLynn Woodward. Snaps from the bash showed ugly sweater–clad Stefani and Shelton (who mentored the bride-to-be) having a blast in a photo booth with guests. Courtesy of RaeLynn/Twitter  Her little pony! Shelton got Stefani a horse for her birthday in January, which he confirmed in an interview months later. "I got her a horse and I got myself a horse at the same time," Shelton told Entertainment Tonight. "Gwen, she loves riding and she loves horses. It's actually so funny that people are so shocked by that, but if you can name me one girl on the planet that doesn't love horses or just think that they are beautiful." Courtesy of Stefani/Instagram  Here comes the bride? Stefani attended the Nashville wedding of Shelton's hair stylist Amanda Craig in January — and she even nabbed the bouquet. “Gwen and Blake were dancing most of the night,” an eyewitness told Us of the couple at the nuptials. “They were slow-dancing and kissing, as well as fast-dancing. The band was a Motown band, and they danced to songs like ‘Can’t Help Myself,’ ‘Get Ready’ and ‘My Girl.’” Splash News  Back to Nashville again! In late February, the duo returned to the southern city for RaeLynn Woodward's wedding to Josh Davis. Former Voice contestant Woodward posted a photo with the couple from her big day and wrote: "What a beautiful day with such beautiful people. I am so thankful for everyone in my life and for my amazing Husband. #destinedtobeadavis." Courtesy of RaeLynn/Instagram  Love was definitely in the air. Stefani and Shelton made their red carpet debut at the Vanity Fair 2016 Oscars afterparty, where the No Doubt singer performed. Inside the bash, a source told Us that the PDA was prevalent between the pair. "They made out,” an observer told Us — and it continued at another party that night. "They were dancing together and kissing against a wall," another partygoer told Us. "They’re completely infatuated." Kevin Mazur/Wireimage  He hopes they're "Happy!" The stars' fellow Voice coach Pharrell Williams opened up about watching their romance unfold in a March Today show appearance. "It's poppin' off!" the “Happy” singer said of the duo. "It's so beautiful, because being there, I watched both of them go through a lot, you know. You hate to see your friends go through something so heavy, and it's kind of like a miracle, man — just watching that." Trae Patton/NBC/Getty  The couple that wears matching robes together, stays together! Stefani and Shelton rocked loungewear emblazoned with their names while in Vegas for the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards. Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  During Shelton’s performance at the ACM’s, the “Underneath It All” crooner, who went as his date, was caught on camera singing along to his hit “I Lived It.” Jeff Kravitz/ACMA2018/FilmMagic for ACM  The Voice judge wasn’t shy about proclaiming his affection for his girlfriend on Twitter during a visit she made to his home state of Oklahoma. “Hey @gwenstefani it’s official… with your arrowhead finding eye you are now an adopted Okie!!!” he wrote. “Side note: I love you pretty girl… #truth.” Kevin Mazur/WireImage  The “Baby Don’t Lie” crooner shared a series of post-concert photos on Instagram that showed her smooching her man while locked in a passionate embrace in her dressing room. Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Glamour  Stefani serenaded Shelton with a sweet birthday song on June 16. “Happy Birthday, dear Blakey,” she could be heard crooning in a video she posted on Instagram. John Shearer/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp  Shelton was his significant other’s number one fan at the debut of her Just a Girl residency in Las Vegas on June 27, holding her youngest son, Apollo, on his lap. “It was the sweetest thing ever,” an onlooker told Us. “[Blake] looked like a total father figure to him. He is so smitten with Apollo, and Apollo seemed just obsessed with him. They all seem very much like a family. … [Apollo] was taking some of his snacks and feeding Blake. It was adorable.” Ethan Miller/Getty Images  The duo cuddled up again one month later while vacationing in Shelton’s native Oklahoma with Stefani’s brood. The pair, who also vacationed in Antigua earlier in 2018 according to a source, were all smiles while snuggling on a boat during the trip. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The former Voice costars dressed up together for a Halloween-themed bash with Stefani’s three kids on October 20. The three-time Grammy winner dressed up as Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas and the “God Gave Me You” singer was in a sailor costume. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  Stefani and Shelton were so lovey dovey at the 2018 People’s Choice Awards, that Voice host Carson Daly told the crowd the twosome were going to “get a room.” Alberto Rodriguez/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  The No Doubt singer posted a Photoshopped throwback of herself with the country crooner to Instagram in March 2019 that showed the Voice judge smiling with his arm around a young Stefani. Shelton liked the picture so much, he made it his Instagram profile. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The duo took their love to a Luke Bryan concert, where they packed on the PDA and documented the night on their Instagram Stories. Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram  After Ellen DeGeneres gifted Shelton a proposal clock and told him it would be OK if Stefani were the one to propose, the Oklahoma native shared her response: “She goes, ‘You know this is not how this is gonna work.’” Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.  The twosome brought their love story to life in the swoon-worthy music video for their duet, "Nobody But You." The video included never-before-seen home movies as it also followed Stefani and Shelton around on dreamy fictional date nights. YouTube  The "Hillbilly Bone" singer appeared at Stefani's concert in Las Vegas for a surprise performance of their duet "Nobody But You." The "Cool" songstress couldn't contain her excitement when she straddled Shelton on stage at the end of the song. Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The couple took the stage at the 2020 Grammy Awards to deliver the first-ever performance of their song "Nobody But You." Stefani and Shelton sang the romantic duet while they gazed into each other's eyes before they hugged at the end of the performance. Rob Latour/Shutterstock  Stefani attempted to give her boyfriend a haircut amid the coronavirus quarantine on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The songstress tried to shave host Jimmy Fallon's initials into Shelton's head, but the letters were almost impossible to see. Courtesy Blake Shelton/Twitter  The "Rich Girl" singer made her Grand Ole Opry debut alongside Shelton during a performance of their duet "Nobody But You," which was live-streamed from the country singer's ranch in Oklahoma. Circle All Access  A source told Us that Stefani and Shelton are excited to walk down the aisle after the coronavirus pandemic ends. "COVID-19 has turned their world upside down, as it has with so many families,” the insider said at the time. “Gwen knows she is blessed and wants to have the wedding as soon as social distancing guidelines are lifted.” ROMA/MEGA  “Happy birthday @blakeshelton thank u for being my best friend 🥳:birthday:gx #luckyme #june18th,” the Trolls actress wrote via Instagram to celebrate Shelton’s 44th birthday. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  A source told Us exclusively that the couple officially moved into their joint L.A. mansion after spending a few months in Oklahoma earlier in the summer amid the coronavirus pandemic. “They are very happy to be settled at last in their family home,” a source exclusively tells Us. “Gwen wanted to be moved in for the start of the school year, even though the kids are doing school at home because of COVID-19. They are truly happy as a family and it’s the new beginning Gwen needed.” Matt Baron/Shutterstock  The couple performed their duet "Happy Anywhere" at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards. Stefani and Shelton sang together in a studio with a green screen that placed them in Nashville's Bluebird Cafe. CBS  The No Doubt frontwoman celebrated her 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards performance with Shelton by photoshopping her beau into an old picture of herself with Rossdale. "#datenight @acmawards w my boo @blakeshelton gx,” she captioned the post via Instagram. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock; Sara De Boer/startraksphoto.com  Shelton posted a sweet birthday message to Stefani as she celebrated her 51st birthday on October 3. "It’s a special day for a special lady in my life," he captioned a photo of the pair in a cornfield as they filmed the music video for their new duet, "Happy Anywhere." "Happy birthday @gwenstefani, I’d write a song for you every single day if I could..." Matt Baron/Shutterstock  "Hey @gwenstefani thanks for saving my 2020... And the rest of my life.. I love you. I heard a YES!" the country crooner gushed via Instagram in October 2020 after confirming his engagement to his fellow The Voice coach. Stefani posted a playful announcement of her own, writing via Instagram, "Yes please! 💍🙏🏻." A source later confirmed to Us that Shelton proposed in Oklahoma days before the pair's announcement. Xavier Collin/Picturegroup/Shutterstock  The “Honey Bee” crooner revealed that Stefani was wearing her engagement ring during an October appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, which could have blown their announcement the following day. “She kept, like, doing this with her hand,” the Oklahoma native said, while talking with Seth Meyers in December 2020, raising his left hand up to his face. “And You know, [she was] wondering if people would figure out that she was wearing an engagement ring.” The “Some Beach” singer continued: “I told her, I said, ‘You know you wear more jewelry than Mr. T. so I don’t think anybody is gonna pick up on that, Gwen.’ And they didn’t. You could’ve figure it out. She was giving you hints!” NBC (2)  The “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” singer gushed about her fiancé during a December 2020 episode of Zane Lowe’s “At Home With Apple Music,” revealing “it’s hard not to like almost everything about Blake Shelton.” Stefani noted that the country crooner is her “best friend,” but that’s just part of her attraction to him. “We tell each other everything. I don't want to do anything without him. He's my homie,” she explained. “And he's just a very generous, generous guy. He's full of love and generosity. And like you said, he's a smart, smart guy as well. So you feel safe, you could lean on him and trust him.” The California native also opened up about Shelton being a true “artist” and revealed that he has “a lot of different sides to him. She noted: “His true love is just of nature and of just being at that ranch. And he loves animals and he knows every single name of every salamander and every tree and every bush and snake. He's just always been the same. He's the same guy no matter where he goes, you know what I'm saying? And there's some things just so cool about that. And there's just something great about someone that's so genuine and then super talented, because then you watch him sing and you're just like, ‘My God, your voice.’ He's really good.” Trae Patton/NBC  The Oklahoma native dished on the details of his proposal to Stefani two months after popping the question — and revealed that things could have taken a wrong turn. "To be honest with you — and this is scary — I had the ring in the compartment on my door of my truck for about a week," Shelton said during a December 2020 interview on The Bobby Bones Show. "I don't know about you, but stuff falls out of that damn thing on my truck all the time. ... I kept thinking, 'Man, somebody's gonna hit the jackpot whenever I drop this thing out of my truck.' I wanted to keep it there all the time because I didn't know when I would have the exact, right moment. But thank God, I didn't lose the ring." YouTube; Shutterstock (inset)  Stefani appeared on DJ Khaled's "The First One" podcast in March 2021, where she opened up about her relationship with Shelton and how he factors into her career, revealing that she bounces ideas off him, just like she used to do with her No Doubt bandmates. "When you're on your own [but used to collaborating] and writing with a bunch of different people, you kind of feel like you need someone to do that with," she said during the podcast episode. "Yesterday, Blake and I sat down and listened to, like, every song — which is a lot of songs — and just put our favorite stars by which ones. We definitely bounce off each other." AFF-USA/Shutterstock  The “Wind It Up” singer revealed in March 2021 that her beauty and anti-aging secret involves her country crooner fiancé. "Blake is the greatest guy. I look back over the past few years and look at pictures of when I first started kissing Blake,” she recalled during an interview with The Daily Telegraph’s Stellar. “And I look the best I've ever looked in my life in those photos. Love must look good on me. I feel like that does show through – it really does." Broadimage/Shutterstock  Shelton appeared as the guest host on Today with Hoda & Jenna in March 2021 and revealed that he and Stefani would “hopefully” tie the knot that summer. The country crooner added: “I'm afraid if she and I wait until next November, then I'm right back into The Voice cycle again. And I really want to be able to have plenty of time before and after.” Mjt/Admedia/Sipa/Shutterstock  During a special for the 10th anniversary of The Voice, the country star said one of the best bonuses he got out of his participation in the TV show was his future wife. "People ask me all the time, 'What's the greatest thing that has happened for you since you've been on The Voice?'" he shared. "That's a no-brainer, right? I met my fiancée here. It's hard to resist Gwen Stefani. You know, here's this iconic rock star coming to be a coach on The Voice in a black minivan. That was cool to me." He added that their relationship made filming the reality series more fun because she inspires his competitive instincts. "I love it when she's here," he said, noting that he "would have laughed you out of the room" if you told him "back in 1996" that the No Doubt frontwoman would become his girlfriend. "She brings a very complicated element of competition, for me in particular. But I love that. I love the challenge. Just knowing that she's there, and she has my back, is pretty cool." Rob Latour/Shutterstock  While fans eagerly wait for the musicians to tie the knot, Shelton gave away a major secret about the wedding reception, telling Jimmy Fallon in May 2021 that he and Stefani plan to have their first dance to "If You Leave" from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. "We've talked about this, we both love the song. We're both fans of the '80s, why not, why not?" Shelton said at the time. Courtesy The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube  Shelton still gets excited when it comes to working with Stefani. "I still have those moments when we get into work mode, I know that it should be super, like, emotional and personal and this, because we haven't done that many, we've done four songs together, and I'm still more in blown away fan shocked mode when I actually work with her," Shelton said during an interview on Apple Music 1 in June 2021. He even loves bringing Stefani out as a surprise guest at his concerts. "And there's been times where she comes out on stage, we'll have a plan if she's at one of my concerts and we always try to keep it on the down-low, and then we'll start 'Nobody But You' or 'Go Ahead And Break My Heart,' and then I'll be singing it," Shelton explained. "And here I am dying from the time I stand on stage, walk out on stage, until that moment hits, because I know on that set list people are going to [flip] in their seats when Gwen Stefani walks out here. It's like I'm a kid on Christmas morning." Rob Latour/Shutterstock  The L.A.M.B. designer attended her bridal shower on June 10, sharing snaps from the festive day via her Instagram Stories. “SHE’S GETTING MARRIIIEEEEED,” she captioned one photo, which showed her enjoying a glass of white wine and holding a wrapped gift. A few days later, though, fans began wondering whether she and Shelton had already tied the knot after Stefani was photographed wearing what appeared to be a wedding band alongside her engagement ring. Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The "Bubble Pop Electric" singer threw a surprise party for Shelton's 45th birthday on June 18. "Celebrating my besties b day today love u," she wrote via Instagram, captioning a video of the country star walking outside to see friends and family waiting for him. In another video, party attendees serenaded Shelton, who gamely wore a gold birthday crown. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The couple got their marriage license from the Johnston County District Court Clerk in Oklahoma at the end of June, giving them 10 days to make their marriage official in accordance with state law. Trae Patton/NBC  Us confirmed on July 5 that the couple tied the knot during an intimate ceremony on Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch two days prior. ROMA/MEGA  Daly, who officiated the couple's wedding ceremony on July 3, shared some details about the big day during an episode of the Today show. “They're an unlikely pair,” he explained. “They're like if you pair delicious fried chicken with a glass of champagne. On paper and on the menu it doesn't seem to work, but it works. It's comfort food with class. And everybody roots for that.” The TRL alum said he encouraged the duo to write their own vows and Shelton chose to present his in the form of a song. "Blake starts by saying, 'Gwen's always giving me a hard time about not writing enough songs so I wrote a song,'" Daly recalled. "He wrote her a song, and he sings her song while he's crying that he wrote specifically for her — 'Reach the Star,' I think it was called. And not a dry eye in the house. And that was really a highlight." A source told Us that Stefani's father walked her down the aisle, adding that her sons were also part of the ceremony. "They were recognized as being a family of five,” the insider said. “Blake and Gwen both were emotional. Blake had tears in his eyes reciting his vows to Gwen and upon seeing her in the chapel he built for their love.” Trae Patton/NBC  "Happy 2 week anniversary," Stefani shared via Instagram on July 18, posting a new photo from their wedding. Angela Myers Photography, courtesy of Ole Red Tishomingo  Stefani called her wedding to the country crooner "one of the greatest moments of my life" while reflecting on her walk down the aisle nearly one month later. "It was beyond what I thought it was gonna be," she gushed on the "Tell Me About It With Jade Iovine" podcast, adding that she's been consumed by "total honeymoon vibes" since the big day. "I just feel so lucky. One of those things you think about a lot in your life is you don't know the future and you don't know what's gonna happen, but I feel like my spiritual journey has really guided me towards this place and this place of peace," she continued. "Now I need to figure out how to do the rest of my life. ... [Blake] is the same guy you see, no matter who he's with, what he's doing. I look at him sleeping, and he's the same guy. And he's very real and consistent and genuine. It's what is so attractive and why people love him so much." Anthony Djuren/RMV/Shutterstock  Before performing their duet "Happy Anywhere" in front of a sold-out crowd at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, the country crooner playfully corrected his prior mistake when introducing his wife, welcoming "Gwen Stefani-Shelton" to stage. Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram  Shelton opened up about his “surprise” wedding song, which was written for Stefani on their special day, during an episode of the Storme Warren Show on SiriusXM’s The HighwayCause. He noted that he planned to release the song at some point because of how much it means to him. “I think it's something I want to share because I'm really proud of it. To me, a marriage, a ceremony, is — you're not keeping [it] private. When you get married to somebody, you're announcing to the world, ‘Hey, this is my wife, just so everybody knows,’” he said. “That's why we wear these rings. We're together now.” Rob Latour/Shutterstock  One month after their wedding, Stefani accompanied her new husband on his concert tour. "#honeymoon 🌙 tour w my @blakeshelton," she wrote via Instagram, alongside a carousel of photos and videos from the journey. She added the hashtags, "#ohio #happyanywhere #nobodybutyou." Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram(2)  Two months after their wedding, a source told Us that the couple were settling happily into married life. "Their lives haven't changed, but there is a permanence in knowing that they are married," the insider explained. "Blake is thrilled to be married again. He is a simple guy that just wanted to marry Gwen. He isn't the type to play the field or date. He knew Gwen was his soulmate and his friends know he is the happiest he has ever been." According to the source, the pair made a pact to never spend more than two weeks apart. "It was something Blake insisted on," the insider added. "They also deal with problems as soon as they surface. Nothing lingers." David Fisher/Shutterstock  Shelton brought tissues for fellow coach Ariana Grande on the October 11 episode of The Voice. "I've been thinkin' about you," the country crooner told his colleague. "After this season you won't ever need these again. You'll get over it. You'll become callous like us three." Grande appreciated the gesture and Kelly Clarkson and John Legend remarked that it was very kind. Shelton quipped that marriage has changed him. "Look, I'm married now. I'm soft,” he said. “I'm getting softer." Broadimage/Shutterstock  One year after Shelton proposed, the “Cool” singer shared never-before-seen footage of their October 17th engagement via Instagram. In one video, Shelton is dancing around to Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” as she tries to film the moments after she said yes. “Look, we just got engaged,” Stefani excitedly tells the camera as the country singer steals a kiss. Courtesy of Gwen Stefani/Instagram  The country crooner released his single “We Can Reach the Stars,” which paid tribute to the former No Doubt performer. “I’m really proud of #WeCanReachTheStars and I’m really honored to be with @gwenstefani,” Shelton captioned an Instagram snippet of the song. “That’s why we got married in the first place. That’s why we wear rings… because we want everyone to know. I’m thrilled to share this song with the world.” Anthony Djuren/RMV/Shutterstock  "Sooooo much to be thankful for @blakeshelton #iloveu #firstmarriedthanksgiving gx #onelove #family #beliver," Stefani gushed via Instagram alongside snaps of her family's Thanksgiving dinner table and a childhood photo of her husband. Courtesy Gwen Stefani/Instagram; Matt Baron/Shutterstock  The newlyweds co-headlined the second night the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest in Los Angeles with Mickey Guyton. Stefani and Shelton joined forces on stage to perform “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere." London Entertainment/Shutterstock |
| So Cute! Andy Cohen, Son Ben Meet Anderson Cooper's 2nd Child Sebastian Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:15 PM PST Two peas in a pod! Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper share everything from identical initials to similar professions, which makes it easy to see why the twosome are best friend goals. The Watch What Happens Live host and Cooper first met in the early ’90s when they were almost set up on a blind date. However, the pair’s dynamic never became romantic because Cohen broke the CNN news anchor’s “cardinal rule” of dating — mentioning his socialite mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. "Andy and I were first set up on a blind date, which never happened because we had a phone call and after two minutes I said, 'I'm not dating this guy,’" Cooper recalled on Watch What Happens Live in December 2016. "He broke my cardinal rule … he mentioned my mom within the first four sentences of meeting me." Although the duo never went on a date, they forged a friendship that developed into an equally strong working relationship. Cohen and Cooper have hit the road together every year since 2016 for their conversational stage tour, "AC2: An Intimate Evening with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.” The Radio Andy host has also joined Cooper to cohost CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live since 2017. Cohen and the Nothing Left Said author not only support each other professionally but have leaned on each other through the ups and downs of their personal lives. The Bravo exec shared a touching tribute in honor of Cooper’s mother, Gloria, when she died in June 2019. "Gloria Vanderbilt was an amazing woman who lived a life filled with incredible peaks and impossible obstacles," Cohen wrote at the time via Instagram. "Through it all she remained eternally optimistic with a wicked sense of humor. In fact, Anderson's iconic and infectious giggle comes from his mom. Sending Anderson all my love, and may she Rest In Peace." Cooper was also by Cohen’s side — while still respecting social distancing guidelines — as the Bravo host recovered from coronavirus in April 2020. Cohen shared a photo of his pal riding by his New York City apartment via Instagram. “This is about as close as I'll be getting to @andersoncooper for a while…. (on 10x zoom lens btw!)” Cohen captioned the blurry photo. The BFFs have also both achieved a major milestone —becoming parents. Cohen welcomed his son, Benjamin, via surrogate in February 2019. Cooper, for his part, announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, via surrogate in April 2020. Cohen revealed via Instagram in May 2020 that he hopes their sons will “be best friends” when they get older — just like their dads. Scroll down to see Cohen and Cooper’s sweetest BFF moments.  “Today we met our new pal Sebastian Maisani-Cooper! He’s a peaceful beauty,” the Real Housewives producer wrote via Instagram on February 12. “Ben calls him ‘Wheels’! Mazel to Anderson & Benjamin ♥️.” Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  “It’s not what our relationship is based on. We’re just friends. That’s not a part of it,” Cohen explained of their bond during a January 2022 interview on the Howard Stern Show. “At this point, we know each other too well. We’re not attracted to each other in that way. … He’s a handsome guy. We’re not in that place.” Andrew Walker/Shutterstock  "Gemini Twins: ACTIVATE!" Cohen captioned a sweet video of the besties blowing out candles on a birthday cake in June 2021 via Instagram. "Happy Birthday to my friend, AC2 partner, and brilliant Daddy. Our lives are all better with you in them, Anderson. (Thanks to the Consuelos' for the cakes; and to SJ, Liza, & Bruce for the surprise party!)" The duo's birthdays are separated by just one day. "Happy Birthday @bravoandy! So proud of all you've done, the person you are, and the dad you’ve become!" Cooper wrote in an Instagram tribute that month. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  Cohen matched Cooper’s son while celebrating the little one’s 1st birthday in April 2021. “I love twinning with you,” he captioned the Instagram photo. “XO Uncle Andy." Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  Cooper described one of their kids' playdates, telling Jimmy Kimmel in April 2021 that Benjamin put Wyatt’s teddy bear in the microwave and turned it on. “I mean, he baked the bear,” the New York native said. “It was in there for, like, 10 seconds. And literally, there was smoke coming out. Kids do the darnedest things.” Courtesy Anderson Cooper/Instagram  “Turns out, this is all the entertainment I ever needed!” Cohen captioned a March 2021 Instagram video of Cooper chasing Benjamin in circles. Courtesy Andy Cohen/Instagram  Cooper and Cohen called John Mayer on New Year’s Day. The Bravo personality captioned the January 2021 screenshot: “Lots of gratitude this morning and hope that we can reset into 2021.” Courtesy Andy Cohen/Instagram  Anderson, Cohen and the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen host's son, Ben, spent some time together ahead of their New Year's Eve hosting gig in early December 2020. An Instagram video from their bonding moment showed the CNN correspondent mimicking a clapping stuffed monkey while his BFF's baby boy looked on in amazement. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  The coronavirus pandemic didn't stop Anderson and Cohen from getting together outside with sons Wyatt and Ben on the playground in October 2020. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  Although COVID-19 canceled Cohen's usual summer travel plans, the TV personality still took a stroll down memory lane in September 2020. He shared a few throwback Instagram pics of his best pal Cooper sans a shirt. "If it were a normal year, I'd be on vacation with my pal...threatening to post shirtless pics of him. Well, it's 2020 and I'm sitting on my deck so I figured I'd just post without asking and piss him off!" Cohen's caption read. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  Cohen and Cooper looked identical in matching black suits and bowties. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  The besties have been coheadlining their conversational stage tour — where they share anecdotes of their personal lives and careers — since 2016. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Cohen revealed on Watch What Happens Live in 2018 that he and Cooper are "eskimo brothers," a slang term that refers to two people who have been intimate with the same person. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! @bravoandy. So proud of all you’ve done, and for you and Baby Benjamin, it’s just the beginning," Cooper captioned a photo of himself holding Cohen's son, Benjamin. Courtesy of Anderson Cooper/Instagram  The duo stopped to snap a selfie with a forest background. Courtesy of Anderson Cooper/Instagram  Cooper and Cohen enjoyed the sunset together while they both were wearing white outfits. Courtesy of Anderson Cooper/Instagram  The friends were all smiles as they relaxed on a boat in Tahiti in July 2017. Courtesy of Anderson Cooper/Instagram  The pair snapped a photo in the ocean while vacationing in Bora Bora in July 2017. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram  Cooper gave Cohen a playful kiss as they hosted CNN's New Year's Eve special in January 2020. Courtesy of Andy Cohen/Instagram |
| How BiP’s Hannah Godwin, Fiance Dylan Barbour Plan to Celebrate Valentine’s Day Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:10 PM PST Another Bachelor Nation success story! Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour went searching for love on Bachelor in Paradise, but the real paradise began when they found each other. Godwin joined season 6 of the ABC reality show in the summer of 2019 after striking out on Colton Underwood‘s season of The Bachelor. Barbour, for his part, previously competed for the affections of Hannah Brown on season 15 of The Bachelorette. The couple’s relationship had a rocky start with Godwin first showing interest in Blake Horstmann, who even flew to her hometown to see her a week before Paradise began filming. Godwin later sparked a connection with Barbour but ended up kissing Horstmann multiple times in front of him. Eventually, Godwin chose Barbour and the twosome got engaged at the end of the season. At first, the couple had a long-distance relationship between Godwin’s house in Los Angeles and Barbour’s home in San Diego. However, they found themselves unexpectedly living together amid the coronavirus quarantine. "Luckily, we're both easygoing so being trapped together in sweats all day with my BFF isn't a bad day," the Bachelor alum told Us Weekly in March 2020. Barbour added, "It makes us want to live together and puppy fever is through the roof." The pair’s time in self-isolation also helped them discover new things about each other. "I've learned that Dylan has zero fear when it comes to expiration dates on food," Godwin said at the time. "Pretty sure we used two-year-old mustard the other day. Honestly, not too bad!" Barbour, meanwhile, stumbled upon the social media influencer’s favorite food. "I didn't know Han liked banana pancakes till I made them the other morning," he said. "Now, they're on my regular breakfast menu." Four months later, Godwin shared that she wasn’t sure if they would have issues living together, but the former beauty pageant contestant was pleasantly surprised. "Although we have a good balance in our relationship, you never know what type of roommate someone will be until you actually live with them for a long period of time," she said in July 2020. "Luckily, Dylan has been an awesome roommate and we really balance chores out well. We're also good at giving each other personal space when we need it, too!" Scroll down to see their relationship timeline. Hear the Us Weekly editors break down the most surprising celebrity births during the pandemic in under 2 minutes!  The duo met on Bachelor in Paradise season 6 but started out on the wrong foot while Godwin was also interested in Horstmann. ABC  Barbour popped the question to Godwin on a beach in Sayulita, Mexico, during the show's season finale. ABC/John Fleenor  The pair celebrated their engagement five months later with their fellow Bachelor Nation stars including Hannah Brown, Jed Wyatt, Katie Morton, Demi Burnett and Mike Johnson along with NFL stars Bruce Treggs and DeShone Kizer. Courtesy Hannah Godwin/Instagram  The couple told Us that they were enjoying self-isolating together amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s rare in our hectic lives to have so much of time together, so it’s nice to focus on each other right now,” Godwin said, to which Barbour added, “This time has shown me that we’re excited to take the next step, and that we need a puppy!” Courtesy Hannah Godwin/Instagram  The twosome celebrated their one-year engagement anniversary with tribute posts to each other. “What a whirlwind,” Godwin wrote via Instagram. “Thanks for the most epic year of my life @dylanbarbour. I never knew I could be so happy, to many more!” Barbour, for his part, wrote, “Happy 1 year anniversary to me telling you how f’d you are for agreeing to marry me.” Courtesy Hannah Godwin/Instagram  Godwin told Us that the coronavirus quarantine made her want to move in with Barbour as soon as possible. "Getting to spend more time in San Diego has definitely made me realize how much I love it and getting to spend more time with Dylan makes me realize how much I love coffee in bed every morning,” the reality star said at the time. “We are definitely on the hunt for a bigger San Diego place that we can both call home!” Marion Curtis/StarPix for Kensie/Shutterstock  Godwin told Us that they aren't "rushing" their wedding plans because of the coronavirus pandemic. "So, the wedding planning journey I put to a little bit of a pause just with COVID and everything," the Alabama native said at the time. "And we're trying to wait to see what the state of the world is going to be in the next year or two. So, for now, I'm Pinterest boarding it and saving photos and we're talking about it and getting excited about it. But, I think that'll just make it even more special when we're able to actually have our big fun day." Shutterstock  Barbour and Godwin officially moved in together in San Diego. “Forever roomie,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Moved into our new zip code today, more decor content coming soooon :) thanks for all the positive vibes.” Courtesy of Hannah Godwin/Instagram  The TV personalities celebrated the holidays together in Wisconsin. “The Godwin’s wishing u a merry Christmas and a happy holidays,” she captioned an Instagram pic of the duo in a hot tub. Courtesy of Hannah Godwin/Instagram  "People get so, like, angry," the model joked in an interview with E! News, explaining why she and her fiancé haven't yet tied the knot. "They're like, ‘When's the wedding already? What's taking you forever?' ... We're chillin’. I think why we've been kind of cool with just chillin’ is because, like, we have a mortgage together. It's funny how people get so angry. One day we'll give it to them and they'll be really excited, hopefully." Barbour chimed in, revealing the pair were eyeing a spring 2023 wedding date. "It takes 12 months to plan a wedding, but we're not gonna get married in the winter," he said. "We did look at venues. We have a planner." Marion Curtis/StarPix for Kensie/Shutterstock  “You’re the most loving, caring and selfless woman I’ve ever met,” Barbour gushed via Instagram on Godwin’s 27th birthday. “You focus your energy on anyone and everyone you come across, and you know how to light up a room with your wit and humor. From launching your website and app (and it literally being on the top trending charts) to walking in NYFW, it’s been a privilege to watch you accomplish your goals, and I know you’re just getting started. I love you and happy birthday. Like this photo if we should have 5 kids, comment for 6.” Courtesy of Dylan Barbour/Instagram |
| So Sweet! Drew Barrymore Finds ‘Happiness’ Cuddling 2 Puppies Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:05 PM PST A human’s best friend! Many celebs have offered fans a look at their most adorable moments with their pets. Justin Theroux, who adopted his dog, Kuma, proudly celebrated the third anniversary of her gotcha day. “I know you can't read Kuma, but thank you for being so open, making me laugh, sleeping in later than me, going everywhere by my side, reminding me to stay in the present, to let things roll off me, to have gratitude and joy for everything, even just waking up,” the Wanderlust actor wrote via Instagram in June 2021. “Reminding me to be playful. For showing patience.” The actor has enjoyed showing off his new best friend and Kuma was even included in his April/May 2021 cover of Esquire magazine. Theroux continued his post by thanking his dog for “showing kindness first.” “For being an exceptional (but not uncommon) Pitbull ambassador. For helping save other Pittbulls like yourself by letting me tell people your story… For being loyal. For being my gray shadow … And above all, for guarding the bathroom door literally every time i take a piss like my life depended on it,” he concluded the post. James Van Deer Beek and his family also shared their excitement about bringing a new dog home. “We have been incredibly blessed to welcome Theo into our home. His foster parents @haileysani and @tabv saved his life and gave him so much love and we are so very grateful!” Kimberly Van Der Beek captioned a series of photos and videos of her husband spending time with the new family pet in March 2021. “And now having @thezendogla here to help us ease into this new union makes it all feel blessed and real.” Kimberly continued: “It’s a process that involves patience and love, and we’re here for it! To all the dog lovers out there please watch Dog: Impossible on Disney Jr. Its a game changer and @thezendogla helps you meet your dog where they’re at so that you can learn and grow together.” James, for his part, thanked the rescue center that allowed him and his family to learn more about adopting animals. “Thank you to incredible humans @haileysani and @tabv who rescued him from a kill shelter in LA on what would have been his last day on Earth, fostering him, and then driving him halfway across the country… and thank you @thezendogla for helping us deepen our understanding of what it means to live in harmony with these sentient four-legged beings who are so wise… but speak a little different language than we do,” he wrote via Instagram in March 2021. Scroll down to see more celebs and their furry friends:  The former Bachelor and his wife cuddled up with their puppy Waylon in a January 2022 Instagram snap. Courtesy of Ben Higgins/Instagram  The Bachelorette alum revealed she is "officially a dog mom" in January 2022 via Instagram. She introduced her pup as Wally. Hannah Brown/Instagram  The “Wrecking Ball” songstress cuddled her four-legged companion in a series of January 2022 Instagram Story snaps. Courtesy of Miley Cyrus/Instagram  The This Is Us actress shared several snaps of her beloved dog, Ava, in January 2022 via Instagram. Courtesy of Jennifer Morrison/Instagram  “Another night, another heart melting moment,” the Emily in Paris star captioned a January 2022 Instagram Story snap with her dog, Redford. Courtesy of Lily Collins/Instagram  "ONEITA my new baby girl," the rapper wrote via Instagram in November 2021, introducing her newest puppy to her fans. "(I was calling her oneita before I even saw her so it was only right I named her that) let's see how @frenchie4oe feels abt her 😭😂." Courtesy of Megan Thee Stallion/Instagram; Shutterstock  "You’re only as good as the company you keep.. this is what 43 looks like for me 🐐," the performer wrote alongside Instagram photos of him going for a run with two baby goats in October 2021. Courtesy of Usher/Instagram  "I bring her everywhere," Theroux told Entertainment Tonight in October 2019 after bringing Kuma to the red carpet premiere of the Lady and the Tramp. "When people tell me I can't bring her in, then I apologize and leave." Courtesy of Justin Theroux/Instagram  "You remember a little while back when @vanderkimberly posted about a white Siberian husky, trying to get him adopted? Well... we have a husky now. Because five kids and FOUR dogs would’ve been too easy," the Dawson's Creek alum captioned a compilation of his pets via Instagram in March 2021. Courtesy of James Van Deer Beek/Instagram  The “I Hope You’re Happy Now” singer brought her adopted pup, June, named after country legend June Carter, as her date to the 2021 CMT Music Awards in June. Pearce’s dog’s pink bowtie on her collar matched the pops of pink on the singer’s floral-embellished crop top and shorts ensemble. John Amis/AP/Shutterstock  The Friends alum showed off his new golden doodle puppy, Alfred, via Instagram in December 2020, sharing a video of the pooch eating out of a Chandler Bing mug. The following month, Alfred got his own Instagram account and was formally introduced by the actor. “This is me and @alfreddoodleperry. Who's cuter?” Perry wrote in January 2021 alongside a photo of the dog sitting on his lap. “Don't answer that.” Courtesy of Matthew Perry/Instagram  The Dancing With the Stars pro revealed the newest member of his family in November 2020. "I grew up with a German shepherd as a kid in Australia, and to be honest he was my best friend if not only friend, I always told myself that when I grow up and own my own house I would find the right one again. Well ladies and gentlemen meet Grinchy," he captioned a photo of his new dog alongside his much-smaller pup, Ruby, as well as some throwback photos of his childhood pet. Farber also shared videos of his wife, Emma Slater, walking Grinchy and the laid-back dog snuggling with him. "I love this guy," he captioned a video of the snoozing pup. Courtesy Sasha Farber/Instagram  "'I think if we get people to vote, Mom may bring us home this special ball — I guess it's better than a tennis ball...so here goes nothing!'" Tartick captioned a sweet Instagram snap of his and Bristowe's two dogs, Pinot and Ramen, urging fans to vote for the former Bachelorette on season 29 of DWTS in November 2020. Courtesy of Jason Tartick/Instagram  In November 2020, the Legally Blonde actress introduced her family's newest member, Minnie Pearl. The black-and-white French bulldog puppy found her way to Witherspoon's heart one month after beloved family dog Pepper died. Courtesy of Reese Witherspoon/Instagram  The Cravings cookbook author and husband John Legend run a full house with plenty of pooches to keep them company, including bulldog Pablo, who joined the family shortly before the loss of the couple's first pet, Puddy, in March 2018. The duo also share two French bulldogs, Penny and Pippa, and adopted a poodle named Petey in January 2020. Courtesy of Chrissy Teigen/Instagram  Shortly after the pair tied the knot in September 2018, they added an adorable dog named Oscar to their brood. Months later, they welcomed two kittens into their home, Sushi and Tuna. Courtesy of Justin Bieber/Instagram; Inset: Shutterstock  The Greatest Showman actor adopted a gorgeous dog in April 2018. “Hey planet, this is MACA,” he captioned an Instagram picture at the time, adding the hashtag “#adoptdontshop.” Courtesy of Zac Efron/Instagram  The talk show host and her wife, Portia de Rossi, rescued an adorable brown poodle in September 2019, and couldn’t help but gush over the animal during an episode of her show. “I can’t even tell you how excited I am,” she told her audience. “I want to tell you something exciting. So, we rescued a puppy. She’s brand new — that’s what puppy means — so we got her from a rescue place called Wagmor. She’s tiny. Her name is Mrs. Wallis Browning … she’s very adorable and pretty and precious.” Courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres/Instagram; Inset: Shutterstock  There’s no denying the Lizzie McGuire actress is an animal lover. Duff is the proud pet parent of two dogs whom she rescued from Love Leo Rescue. Courtesy of Hilary Duff/Instagram  The Olympic gymnast has two cute canines — a French Bulldog named Lilo and Golden Retriever named Kea. Courtesy of Simone Biles/Instagram  The reality star asked fans for help naming her two new furry friends in September 2019. “Meet our new babies! We just need names! North came up with names that go with our other Pomeranian Sushi. She wants white baby girl to be named Saké and the black baby boy either Soba (Noodle) or Soy Sauce,” she captioned an Instagram pic. “Please comment below any ideas you have!!!!” Courtesy of Kim Kardashian/Instagram  Horses and dogs and more! The Big Bang Theory alum has a house — and stable — full of animals who were included in her wedding day in July 2018 when she tied the knot with equestrian Karl Cook. Courtesy of Kaley Cuoco/Instagram  The actress dressed up her little pup Chaplin as a shiny shark for Halloween in 2016. Courtesy of Jessica Chastain/Instagram  Pretty little pup! The actress snuggled up with her dog Elvis, who she called her "little muffin." Courtesy of Lucy Hale/Instagram  The comedian snapped a selfie with his black Chihuahua-Daschund mix, Walter, and his white mixed breed pooch, Bernie. "F—k, I love my dogs," he captioned the pic. Courtesy of Steve-O/Instagram  The Good Place star cuddled up to the adorable mutt for a selfie. “Reading a script outdoors and snuggling our new foster pup Muppet- captain of the scaredy cats,” she wrote. “I'm enjoying the read and the fresh California breeze while Muppet keeps a close eye on a Lemon tree she feels has nefarious intentions.” Courtesy of Kristen Bell/Instagram  The Frozen star got a kiss from his beloved pup on April 11, 2017. “I just told her it was #nationalpetsday,” he captioned the sweet snap. Courtesy of Josh Gad/Instagram  “My heart belongs to my red-nosed pit bull, Isaboo,” says celebrity chef Ray, who also owned a pit bull named Boo for 13 years before welcoming Isaboo into her family. Courtesy of Nutrish  The actress brought Esmeralda to the set of her comedy flick The Intern in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in September 2014. Alessio Botticelli/GC Images  Have kitten, will travel! In September 2014, a newly blonde Kesha toted her pet through LAX. INFphoto.com  "Look at me, mom!" Williams' Yorkie, Chip, kept her company on the NYC tennis courts in August 2014. Splash News  Hard at work! Rossum joked that studying Shameless lines with pups Cinnamon and Sugar in July 2014 was "grown-up study hall." Courtesy of Emmy Rossum  Conrad adopted Chloe in 2008, and Fitz, short for F. Scott Fitzgerald, in 2012. "I've found that the best animals come from these places and it is also very satisfying to know that I have in essence saved a little life from being taken too soon," she wrote on her blog in November 2012. Cousart/JFXIMAGES.com  "I saw this big, dumb-looking retriever staring up at me. I whispered to him, 'Hey, let's get the hell out of here.' And he jumped up, like he spoke English fluently," Blake Lively's husband told ABC of the visit to a Houston animal shelter that led him to adopt Baxter. "He came with me, he jumped in the car, and we've been best buddies ever since." Joey Andrew/startraksphoto.com  "It was surprising, at first, that Finn was so eager to jump aboard. Now, I can't enjoy paddling without him. The same can be said of my life," the Ted 2 actress captioned this Instagram snapshot of her and Finn in June 2014. Courtesy of Amanda Seyfried  "George is way more interesting than I am. I'd much rather talk about him," The Place Beyond the Pines actor once said of his beloved cross-breed pup during an interview with the U.K.'s Independent. RAMEY PHOTO  Three months after her beloved Alaska Klee Kai Floyd's death in April 2014, Cyrus and her friends were inked with matching tattoos featuring an image of Floyd and a speech bubble that read: "With a little help from my fwends." courtesy of Miley Cyrus  Jackman's French bulldog, Dali, was named in honor of surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The Wolverine actor's family chose the name because of the way their dog's mouth curls in resemblance to the mustachioed painter. JDH Imagez / Splash News  After first appearing on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2010, audiences instantly fell in love with Vanderpump's furry sidekick, Giggy (Gigolo), whom she dresses in clothing to alleviate symptoms from his chronic alopecia. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic  Bullock rescued dogs Ruby, who has two legs, and Poppy, who has three, with her ex-husband Jesse James. "Any dog that is missing something is welcome in our house," she has said. "If we can't handle them, we find them a home. But they seem to find us." Daniel/INFphoto.com  "I can't pick a favorite pet, that is like picking a favorite child. They are my pride and joy, each of them for a different reason," Hilton — who built a mini version of her manse for her pets in her backyard — has said. Fern / Splash News  The "Shake It Off" singer is a known cat lover and often shows her social media followers the daily antics of her three feline friends: Meredith (named after the Grey's Anatomy character), Olivia (in honor of the Law & Order: SVU character) and Benjamin Button. courtesy of Taylor Swift  The actress (walking her dogs in NYC in 2013) and her husband, Justin Timberlake, are the proud owners of three canines: pit bull Tina and boxers Buckley and Brennan. Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic  The Glee star adopted a pomeranian named Pearl in October 2013, three months after the tragic death of her longtime boyfriend and Glee costar Cory Monteith. The actress also has two cats, Sheila and Claude, whom she rescued from the Paramount Studios lot. courtesy of Lea Michele  The twin juggled her sweater-clad Dachshund pup and a coffee cup during a New York City Starbucks run in 2013. Teach/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES  Shortly before her 18th birthday in 2013, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians costar was given a Great Dane as a present from her brother, Rob Kardashian. Jenner later debuted the dog's first photo on Instagram, declaring Blue "my new little princess." CPR/FAMEFLYNET PICTURES  She may have played an Orange County princess on The O.C., but Mischa Barton has no problem walking her beloved dog Ziggy. Splash News  Sandler sure loves his bulldogs! Choosing Meatball to be the best man at his 2003 wedding, the actor has also owned bulldogs named Matzoball (pictured) and Babu. David Dunleavy / Splash News  The "Roar" singer loves her feline counterpart, Kitty Purry. courtesy of Katy Perry  Though Purrfect is technically a rental cat for the "Crazy" singer, she helped Papa CeeLo coach hopefuls during the second season of The Voice. Fern / Splash News  The comedienne adopted German shepherd-Chow mix Chunk from a high-kill shelter in 2009, and launched a Twitter account for him in 2010 that has over 131,000 followers. courtesy of Chelsea Handler |
| Vanessa Bryant Mourns the Death of ‘Sweet’ Dog Crucio Posted: 12 Feb 2022 12:22 PM PST  A pawsome member of the Bryant family forever. Vanessa Bryant, the wife of late basketball player Kobe Bryant, is mourning the death of her family's dog. "We love you, Crucio. Thank you for everything sweet boy," Vanessa, 39, wrote via Instagram on Friday, February 11. "Thank you for watching over us. We're going to miss you. #GoodBoy #RestEasy The former model shared a slideshow of photos of the black lab through the years, including a snap where two of her daughters — she shared Natalia, 19, Gianna, Bianka, 5, and Capri, 2 with Kobe — cuddled the pup.  "So sorry Vanessa Emily in Paris star Lily Collins, for her part, wrote, "We're sending you so so much love Natalia also shared an emotional tribute to the longtime family pet, writing via Instagram on Friday: "I truly have no words except for the fact that Crucio was the best dog I could have ever asked for. To the most handsome, loving, selfless and brave dog- you will forever be missed. Several of the University of Southern California college student's famous friends also offered their condolences after the dog's death. "I'm so sorry my love, he loved you the most possible I know One month earlier, Vanessa noted how Crucio — who's named after a Harry Potter spell — helped her get through difficult times. " Crucio's death comes nearly two years after the basketball legend and daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash in January 2020. A statue of the father-daughter pair was erected at the Calabasas, California, site by sculptor Dan Medina in their honor, which was dedicated last month. The brass monument pictured Kobe wearing his Lakers jersey as he smiled down at this young daughter, his arm wrapped around her. A plaque at the base was inscribed with the seven other crash victims’ names and the phrase, "Heroes come and go, but legends are forever." Since Kobe's death, Vanessa — who wed the athlete in 2001 — has been outspoken about her loss and grieving process. "Happy Anniversary, baby. I love you. 20 years. |
| Supportive Ex! Chrishell and Jason Reunite at Book Signing Post-Split Posted: 12 Feb 2022 12:15 PM PST From coworkers to costars to friends to dating to exes! Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim had serious history before taking their relationship to the next level in 2021. The soap star met Jason and his twin brother, Brett Oppenheim, when she started working for The Oppenheim Group in 2018. During her first year at the agency, the group, which also includes Christine Quinn, Heather Rae Young, Maya Vander and Mary Fitzgerald, started filming the Netflix reality show Selling Sunset. When the pair met, Stause had recently married Justin Hartley. The actress and the This Is Us star split in November 2019 while she was filming season 3, with Stause alleging she found out about the divorce petition via text message. "Because of the crazy way in which this went down, people want answers, and I f—king want answers," she told Fitzgerald on the 2020 season of the show. "I know people are saying we were only married two years, but it's like, we were together for six years. … In a fight, that's his go-to, you know? Like, 'I'm out, I'm out.' I hate that kind of impulsive stuff, but I always just thought, you know, that's just an issue that we work through it." Following the divorce, Stause competed on Dancing With the Stars and was dragged into partner Gleb Savchenko's messy split from his now-ex Elena Samodanova in November 2020. Both Stause and Savchenko denied that their relationship was anything but professional at the time. The real estate agent did, however, briefly date fellow professional dancer Keo Motsepe. They split in February 2021 after a few months of dating. "Keo was caught in a web of lies," a source told Us at the time. "He's not denying the fact that he lied to her and is truly ashamed about something he did. … He genuinely loved her but made a big mistake. I don't see them getting back together." Although he didn't directly address the split, Motsepe told Entertainment Tonight in May 2021, “Everything that happens in life, people deal with things differently, and I deal with things differently. So I think for me personally, with everything in my life, I [turn to] music or dance, it just depends on the feeling at the moment." Fast-forward to the summer of 2021 — while the cast was seemingly taking a break from filming seasons 4 and 5 — Stause and Jason announced they are dating. "Chrishell and I became close friends and it has developed into an amazing relationship," he told Us Weekly in July 2021 statement when he confirmed they were dating. "I care about her deeply and we're very happy together." In November 2021, Jason explained that their friendship provided the perfect base for an open and honest relationship. "There was definitely a transition," Jason told Us exclusively at the time. "We had been so open about what we were looking for with each other because we had become close friends. She knew my dating life, and we would almost joke about our each other's dating lives and what we were looking for and things like that." He gushed, "I love her.” Less than a month later, a source confirmed to Us Weekly that the Selling Sunset stars split before Christmas. Scroll through for a timeline of Stause and Jason's relationship and see the way they were:  Stause joined The Oppenheim Group in 2018 years after she got her real estate license. Rob Latour/Shutterstock  Selling Sunset started streaming on Netflix in March 2019. During season 1, Stause was still with Hartley, who never appeared on screen, and fans learned about Jason’s past with Fitzgerald. “I don’t give her special treatment,” he told Good Housekeeping about his working relationship with Fitzgerald after their split. “I understand that there can be frustrations from other agents because they see that Mary is being involved in and brought on to many of my listings. While I don’t share the financials with everyone because that’s confidential, I think that everyone would admit based on just the obvious work that she’s done, that she’s bringing more money into this brokerage and selling more properties than anyone else.” Netflix  After dating Fitzgerald prior to Selling Sunset, Jason told Page Six in May 2021 that dating another costar “probably wouldn’t be an epic idea.” He added, “It’s not that I’ve taken a step back from dating — it’s not on my priority list to be honest. And no, that wouldn’t be a priority for me. I think that would be complicated.” ITV/Shutterstock  Stause and Jason went public with their romance in July 2021 during a group trip to Italy with Fitzgerald and her husband, Romain Bonnet, and Jason’s brother, Brett, and his girlfriend, Tina Louise. “Nothing makes me more excited than to see two of my closest friends together and making each other so happy!” Fitzgerald commented via Instagram. Bonnet added, “So happy for you guys! Finally people will stop with Jason and Mary hopefully.” Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  After making her relationship with Oppenheim public, Stause revealed that he was the person who sent her a lavish display of flowers and balloons for her 41st birthday earlier in the month. "Annnnd now that you guys know … thank you SO much @jasonoppenheim 🥰🥰🥰," she wrote via Instagram, editing the caption on a photo that showed her posing with the brightly colored flowers. Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  After visiting Italy, the pair spent one night in London and enjoyed a romantic dinner. Courtesy Chrishell Stause/Instagram  In August 2021, the duo made their red carpet debut, posing for photos at the Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings premiere in Los Angeles. Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The couple enjoyed their first New York Fashion Week together at the Bronx and Banco runway show on September 8. Shutterstock; Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  "So proud of you!!" Stause gushed in an Instagram Story as her beau took the stage at The Hollywood Reporter's Power Brokers event. Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  The realtors were all glammed up for a formal date night on September 29 with several of their Netflix costars. Stause shared snaps from the evening via Instagram, including one of her beau nuzzling her neck. Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  Stause shared a throwback photo of herself and her boyfriend taken during their summer trip to Italy. "I like my snacks with a little salt and pepper on them 😜😜," she captioned the sweet selfie. "#TBT #ItalyThrowback #HeightAintNothingButaNumber." Courtesy of Chrishell Stause/Instagram  Ahead of Selling Sunset's return to Netflix, Chrishell confirmed to Cosmopolitan UK that her romance with Jason wouldn't be highlighted on season 4 because they went public months after filming started. That same month, Fitzgerald opened up about when she first learned about her costars' relationship. "We were out together and I noticed the way he was looking at her was different, so when she went to the bathroom I confronted him," Fitzgerald told Cosmopolitan UK in November 2021. "When she came back Jason said, ‘Sorry Chrishell, Mary knows.'" Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  During an exclusive interview with Us, Jason opened up about how the couple went from friends and colleagues to more. “There was definitely a transition. We had been so open about what we were looking for with each other because we had become close friends," he shared with Us. "She knew my dating life, and we would almost joke about each other’s dating lives and what we were looking for and things like that." He also shared that Chrishell wanted to keep the relationship private for as long as possible. "I think that we were both more comfortable with that approach, and I liked that. I followed her lead on things, and I respected her decision-making on that,” he explained. “I think that that’s the right approach for anyone." JENNIFER GRAYLOCK/INSTARimages.com  The cast of Selling Sunset has been completely supportive of the couple. Maya Vander admitted that "it doesn’t hurt to [date the boss]," but reiterated that the actress wasn't getting special treatment. "At the end of the day, she does have good clients now that she built on her own. So whatever Jason decides to help here and then it’s his call, it’s his brokerage," she told Us. Mary Fitzgerald later told Us at the People's Choice Awrads: "I was surprised but they started off as friends and they're very good for each other. I'm waiting to see what happens but they are two of my very, very best friends and I want nothing more than for both of them to be happy and right now, they make each other happy." MEGA  It's over. A source confirmed to Us Weekly that Jason and Stause broke up before Christmas. Rob Latour/Shutterstock |
| Erika Jayne: My Ongoing Legal Woes Is the ‘Darkest Part of My Life’ Posted: 12 Feb 2022 11:29 AM PST  Speaking out. Amid Erika Jayne's ongoing legal battle, she got candid about how she's dealt with the fallout from the drama. "This has been the darkest part of my life,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 50, said on the Friday, February 11 episode of E!'s Daily Pop. "Just the most desperate, most afraid I’ve ever been in my life. Most unsure, most volatile." She continued: "I've been angry, I’ve been sad, I’ve been happy, I’ve been everything. And it’s really challenged me to my core." The Pretty Mess author's legal drama first made headlines after she filed for divorce from Tom Girardi in November 2020 after 21 years of marriage. Less than one month later, the estranged spouses were named in a fraud lawsuit, accusing them of embezzling $2 million in settlement funds from the families of the Lion Air Flight 610 crash victims. In the suit, the 82-year-old former attorney was also accused of mishandling the money of several of his clients. The trustee had named the "Roller Coaster" performer in the case, claiming she had prior knowledge that the Colorado native's law firm had covered her expenses for nearly 12 years. (The reality TV star, for her part, has continually denied the allegations.) "You know, when they can’t get to that man, then they turn to his partner. And that’s what I think has happened," the Bravo star told the outlet on Friday. "I think that I have taken a lot of the attention that should be for other people. … I’ve been the whipping girl for a lot of people, and I’ve taken the beating in the public when others should be. I think it would be a bad legal story and I think it would have gone away, [but] I do think that because I am on a reality TV show, it is magnified. I think that because of what I’ve done professionally, it is magnified." Us Weekly previously confirmed in January that the complaints against Erika were dismissed in Illinois as the court docs found that the allegations against her were "dismissed without prejudice and without cause." The Dancing With the Stars alum has since returned to filming for RHOBH season 12 in better spirits. "I think she is in a better place," costar Dorit Kemsley exclusively told Us last month. "She went through a lot, and I think she's coming out the other side and she's feeling better and feeling stronger. I think it's still, you know, a battle and it's not over, but I think that she is doing better and better." |
| MGK and Megan Fox Are 'Great Together,' According to Steve-O Posted: 12 Feb 2022 11:00 AM PST No pranks here. Steve-O revealed his true thoughts about his friend Machine Gun Kelly's relationship with Megan Fox — and it’s safe to say he ships the pair. "Of course, they’re great together," the Jackass Forever star, 47, exclusively tells Us Weekly on Friday, February 11, about the newly engaged couple. "I'm a big fan of being in a committed relationship." MGK, 31, is a very game victim of one of the many pranks in the latest Jackass film. (At one point, he gets slapped by a giant hand with such force that he flies backward into the pool behind him.) While shooting the movie, the "My Ex's Best Friend" singer and Transformers star, 35, were "together on set," Steve-O tells Us. While the stuntman and the rocker have been friends for "a decade," the former MTV star wasn't sure if the twosome are “close enough [for MGK] to have me at [his] wedding [to Fox]," he tells Us. (Steve-O will eventually be walking down the aisle himself when he marries his fiancée, Lux Wright.) When speaking of his relationship with Kelly, the prankster revealed that the two have shared some pretty unique moments together — including when the Dirt actor name-dropped him on his 2012 hit "Wild Boy" and the unforgettable moment he tattooed the Jackass lead's butt. "I've known him for years," the TV personality tells Us about his friendship with the "Bloody Valentine" artist, praising the track that seemed to help introduce them. "The chorus of ['Wild Boy'], it said, 'Yeah, bitch, yeah, bitch, call me Steve-O,'" the actor noted, explaining that he uses the song as his walk-out music for his Bucket List comedy tour. "I love it." As for how the rapper managed to infamously ink Steve-O, the actor set the scene for Us. "I asked him to give me a smiley face tattoo on my butt cheek with a high-powered BB gun," he tells Us, explaining that he told MGK to "just put the BBs [in] and draw the smiley face," and after, the stuntman would "smear [ink] all over it" to turn it into a tattoo. In 2015, Steve-O shared an NSFW video of the whole (dangerous) process via Facebook. (He also showed Us the finished product, as well.) Underneath all of their outrageous stunts, however, is a relationship filled with respect. After first meeting Kelly in 2012, Steve-O tells Us he was "just really, really impressed by how thoughtful he was. … And I just thought, 'Man, there’s a lot more to this kid than what there appears to be." Jackass Forever was released February 4. With reporting by Mandie DeCamp |
| Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun's Relationship Timeline Posted: 12 Feb 2022 09:00 AM PST Finding love in the studio! After Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun collaborated on a single, fans quickly picked up on the chemistry between the musicians. In December 2020, Lavigne teased that she was working on a new album that would include Mod Sun, Travis Barker and more. One month later, Lavigne and Mod Sun released the song “Flames,” which appeared on the rapper’s album Internet Killed the Rockstar. At the time, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the pair were “seeing each other” after forming a connection through music. Mod Sun later revealed that they were introduced through their mutual friend Machine Gun Kelly. "We linked up through just talking about music," the Minnesota native told Metro in February 2021, noting how starstruck he was when the Grammy Award nominee showed interest in his work. "It's hard to even say because it's f–king Avril Lavigne but she was like, 'I really like your song, I really like your music,' and she was like, 'Send me some other stuff that you're working on,’" Although Mod Sun was initially nervous to ask Lavigne to work with him, the “Complicated” performer ended up as the only collaboration on the album. “All of a sudden she comes through and I understood the song better after she sang it. I understood why this is a great song. Sometimes as an artist you don't really know,” Mod Sun added. “It's really hard to be, like, ‘This is the song that's gonna make it, or this is the song that's gonna blow up,’ You might think in your head that you have the idea of what's gonna work every time, but most of the time you have no idea what you're making when you're making it.” The Canada native, for her part, admitted that she tried to resist her connection with Mod Sun when they first met because of her past relationships. Lavigne was previously married to Deryck Whibley from 2006 to 2010. She was also married to Chad Kroeger from 2013 to 2015. “Honestly, I really believed in love. And then I went through the wringer with it,” she told Nylon in December 2021. “Then I finally got back up on my feet and had a relationship just to get f–ked over again. I was just like, ‘I can’t believe that I’ve been hurt or mistreated by this many people. I need a break from relationships.” Lavigne wasn’t looking for love when she started to grow closer to her now-boyfriend. “I feel like I’ve had the wind knocked out of me over and over. I’m f–king sick of it. I need to take care of me right now.’ So I bought a house, and I wasn’t waiting for a guy to start a future with. I was like, ‘I’m doing this for me now. I’m the only person, I’m the only one I can rely on,'” she added, noting that she originally put in the “most” effort to not act on her feelings for Mod Sun. Scroll on to relive the romance between Lavigne and Mod Sun:  The twosome cowrote the single "Flames" and appeared in a music video for the song together. Courtesy MODSUN/YouTube  Mod Sun recalled having to "build" up the courage to ask the "Sk8er Boi" singer to work together. "I actually sent her Flames, I want to say maybe two months ago at the most. That’s how this all happened, was that quickly," he told Metro in February 2021. "I sent it to her and she was like 'Wow, I really love this song.' and I didn’t have the guts immediately to be like 'So, you wanna sing on it?'" He continued: "I finally got the guts to ask her, and I was like 'Yo, there’s no one else on my album — I want so badly for you to be on my album as the only person that appears besides myself on it, and you said you really liked that Flames song.'" That same month, Mod Sun got Lavigne's name tattooed on his neck. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock  The couple were spotted out on a double date with Kelly and his now-fiancée, Megan Fox. iamKevinWong.com/MEGA; MEGA  "I’m so lucky, I love this girl so much😍 internet killed the rockstar tour starts today! come see me + my band," Mod Sun captioned a sweet Instagram post with pics of the pair. "I love my life + I’m so grateful to have all of you on this journey with me. I’m literally living my dreams." Courtesy Mod Sun/Instagram  "Happy birthday to my soulmate, the love of my life, my favorite person in the world…..my angel. To the most radiant + graceful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on, you have made my dreams come true in so many ways," Mod Sun gushed about his girlfriend in a birthday tribute via Instagram. "You are my calm in the chaos + my shelter from the storm. You are elegance + rock n roll wrapped up in one body. I was born without you, dying to find you, I’ll always remind you….I love you with all my heart @avrillavigne + the best is yet to come. Happy birthday my little icon 💚." Courtesy Mod Sun/Instagram  The pop punk songstress opened up about how "hilarious" it was that she found love while working on music inspired by past heartbreak, telling Nylon, "It was like, 'OK, don't tell me you love me unless you mean it. Because I don't want to get f--ked up again.'" MediaPunch/Shutterstock |
| Dating Again? Why Blake Moynes Is ‘Very Picky’ After Katie Thurston Split Posted: 12 Feb 2022 08:04 AM PST  Knowing what he wants! Blake Moynes has moved on from his broken engagement with Katie Thurston — and has a list of what he's looking for in a potential partner. "I think, in some weird way, [my breakup] hurt me in a sense where I'm finding the more that I fail, the more things that I find that I know I don't want in a relationship," the Canada native, 31, exclusively told Us Weekly at the h.wood Group and Revolve's Homecoming Weekend party in Los Angeles on Friday, February 11. "I think I have more understanding of exactly what I want [and] I think [that] has made me more picky, but the right person will come along and I'll know what it is because I've failed so many times now." While Moynes, who competed on both season 16 and season 17 of The Bachelorette, admitted he had a "long list" of qualities for a future girlfriend, he's "very happy on [his] own" at the moment. "So, it would take a lot for someone to come in and be able to raise that bar," the wildlife manager told Us. "I'm so happy where I am that I just feel, like, I don't want somebody who could possibly take that down." Moynes revealed he's been on a "few" dates since his breakup from the 31-year-old former bank marketing manager but has not taken it too seriously. "I'm trickling in, I'm not diving in the deep end,” he joked. Moynes first appeared on Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams' shared season of the ABC reality TV series in October 2020 before returning the following year to romance Thurston. After his late arrival, he proposed during the August 2021 finale. They eventually called off their engagement three months later. "It is with mutual love and respect that we have decided to go our separate ways. We are so grateful for the moments we shared together and the entire journey that has unfolded this year, but we ultimately have concluded that we are not compatible as life partners, and it is the most caring choice for both of us to move forward independently," the exes wrote via a joint Instagram statement in October 2021. "We ask for kindness and privacy as we both navigate this transition. Both of us will forever want the best for one another and ask you to please support us in our decision." While the Mowgli Moynes Fund founder has slowly returned to the dating scene, Thurston has moved on with John Hersey. Thurston confirmed her new romance with the bartender, 28, who also appeared on season 17 of The Bachelorette, in November 2021. With reporting by Hannah Kahn |
| Celebrities' Most Empowering Quotes About Being Single Posted: 12 Feb 2022 06:04 AM PST Flying solo! Celebrities are known for making headlines for their romances, but the single life can be just as fulfilling as being part of a twosome. Jennifer Aniston has enjoyed her fair share of high-profile relationships including marriages to Brad Pitt from 2000 to 2005 and Justin Theroux from 2015 to 2017. The Friends alum explained to Elle in December 2018 that her marriage to Theroux ended because she chose to put her happiness before the fear of not being in a relationship. "Sure, there were bumps, and not every moment felt fantastic, obviously, but at the end of it, this is our one life and I would not stay in a situation out of fear,” Aniston said at the time. “Fear of being alone. Fear of not being able to survive. To stay in a marriage based on fear feels like you're doing your one life a disservice.” As for Pitt, the Horrible Bosses star sent fans into a frenzy when he and Aniston were spotted chatting backstage at the 2020 SAG Awards in January 2020. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star even paused backstage to listen to Aniston give her acceptance speech for her role in The Morning Show. However, a source told Us Weekly in February 2020 that the pair’s relationship is strictly platonic despite the speculation. "There's nothing romantic going on between Brad and Jen and they actually think it's hysterical that fans are so obsessed with them getting back together," the insider explained. Taylor Swift is also known for her many famous exes including John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Harry Styles and Calvin Harris. Although the “Lover” songstress has finally settled down with her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, her dating history led her to learn a few lessons about being single. “[Guys] can be a part of your life but never let the guy be your life,” Swift told Katie Couric in October 2012. “They can live in your world, but never make the guy your world. Knowing who you are and being independent and strong will be attractive to the right guy.” Scroll down to read some of the most empowering quotes from celebrities about being single.  The Black-ish star is "open to a relationship," but loves to spend time alone focusing on the things she enjoys. "I am happily single," Ross told Shape in October 2020. "In my wonderful and robust experience of being single, I have learned to have a productive relationship with loneliness and an intensely juicy relationship with my joyful solitude — I really enjoy my company." Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock  "I’m a very, very single bitch," the "Good As Hell" singer told People in July 2019, explaining that she is fiercely independent. "Even if I were in a relationship, I’m a single-minded individual, and I really like my freedom. I think there’s a lot of people that need to be in relationships and need to be in love. I want it sometimes, but I don’t need it." Jordan Strauss/AP/Shutterstock  "I’ve been super, super single for two years,” Gomez, whose on-off romance with Justin Bieber ended for good in 2018, shared on The Zach Sang Show in October 2020. “I’ve been having way too much fun being on my own. It sucked for the first year, I was like, ‘I just want to cuddle. I just want to watch something and be adored.’ But now it feels good, it feels awesome." Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock  "I really am at this time in my life getting to know who I am and what I want," the Mom alum said on The Drew Barrymore Show in April 2021. "So I'd love to eventually find someone to share my life with, but if it doesn't happen, I think I'll be just fine." David Fisher/Shutterstock  After previously raising eyebrows with her presence on the Bumble dating app, Stone told Drew Barrymore in October 2020, "I'm done dating, I've had it with dating. I just find people to be insincere and not worth my time. I enjoy my alone time and time with my kids and my friends more." Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  "I remember, when I was young, I honestly believed in some ridiculous way that you would find someone who would be the person you lived with until you died," the Annie Hall star previously told Wenn. "I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage." NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  "When we were really young, it was a lot easier. Because we were crazy. I'm not crazy now. We moved fast and furiously in those days, and I had lots of boyfriends and lots of amazing relationships and lots and lots of fun. I had enough fun and enough relationships to last me for the rest of my life, really," the Fleetwood Mac singer — who famously dated bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood in the past — told Vulture in 2013. "If that special man walked into my life, I'm the first one to say I would probably pack my bags and go with him. But it’s a very elusive thing. ... Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone. I feel very sparkly and excited about everything." PA Images/INSTARimages.com  The Mad Men alum welcomed son Xander in 2011 and while she's kept the identity of his father under wraps, she's totally conquered single motherhood. "Xander has a lot of bro time with the neighbor dads and my dad, who is super young. It's good to have strong women around a man to teach him to respect women," Jones told Red magazine in 2017. "He doesn't have a male person saying, 'Don't cry' or 'You throw like a girl.' All those s--tty things that dads accidentally do. ... I just don't feel I need a partner. Do I want one? Maybe. But I don't feel unhappy or lonely." Rob Latour/Shutterstock  "The best part about being single is knowing that my happiness is coming from no other person than myself," the "I Love Me" singer wrote in an Instagram Story in December 2020, three months after calling off their engagement to Max Ehrich. Lovato's honest social media upload came shortly after they discussed their "roller-coaster" of a year. "I think the most important thing that I've learned is how much I am OK with myself and loving myself. It wasn't until this year that I really started exploring the things that bring joy to my life in little ways," they said on Today With Hoda & Jenna in November 2020. The following year, the Disney alum publicly discussed their non-binary identity. Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment  In Shape’s November 2020 cover story, the Black-ish star spoke about how she enjoys being single. “I am happily single, though that doesn’t mean I am not open to and don’t want a relationship,” she said. “But in my wonderful and robust experience of being single, I have learned to have a productive relationship with loneliness and an intensely juicy relationship with my joyful solitude— I really enjoy my company.” Shutterstock  “When I was younger, I was constantly wanting to be with or date someone because I was so deathly afraid of being single or by myself,” the Pretty Little Liars alum told Cosmopolitan in its March 2020 cover story. “Now, I’m at the point where if I meet someone, they better really elevate my life, because I love being single.” Matt Baron/Shutterstock  "If you have not built a home, if you do not have a husband, if you do not have a baby, and you are turning 30, and you're not in some incredibly secure, stable place in your career, or you're still figuring things out ... There's just this incredible amount of anxiety," the Harry Potter star told British Vogue in November 2019. "It took me a long time, but I'm very happy [being single]. I call it being self-partnered." Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  "Guys need attention," the "Needed Me" songstress told the New York Times in 2015. "They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work — but I will not give it to a man right now.’’ David Fisher/Shutterstock  "Sexual love is secondary to me right now," the Charlie's Angels star told Parade magazine in 2014. "I’ve spent a lot of time in my life dedicating myself to love or the pursuit of love or the understanding of love. But for the last few years, my life just hasn’t been about that for me. It’s just not about the mother baggage. It’s not about the boy. It’s about something completely different, and it’s very refreshing. I’m trying to understand it and relish it." Broadimage/Shutterstock  "In my 20s, I was not only boy crazy, but marriage and relationship crazy," the Mindy Project star recalled to Flare magazine in 2014. "Now it's almost the opposite. My work is so rewarding and I'm so self-centered about it that I'm kind of excited about not having to go home and ask someone about their day." Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock  "I think being single is really healthy for people," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star said while hosting a party at 1OAK Nightclub in 2014. "I think people who go from one relationship to another, I don’t know if they have a healing process or know what went wrong or how to better themselves." Larry Marano/Shutterstock  "So I'm really happy about the fact that being single doesn't feel like being alone," the "Blank Space" singer told E! News in 2014. "I have love in my life, I just don't have a relationship, and that feels really natural right now." NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  "I’ve learned I’m in a very modern fairytale, but I also know I don’t need the Prince Charming to have a happy ending," the "Wide Awake" singer told Daily Record in 2012. "I can make the happy ending myself." AFF-USA/Shutterstock  "Women are realizing it more and more knowing that they don't have to settle with a man just to have that child," the Morning Show star said during a press conference in 2010. "Times have changed and that is also what is amazing is that we do have so many options these days." AFF-USA/Shutterstock |
| Female Stars Who Proposed to Their Significant Others Posted: 12 Feb 2022 06:03 AM PST Shutting down the patriarchy! A man doesn't have to be the one who pops the question — and there are many female stars who have taken control and proposed to their significant others. Dax Shepard originally proposed to Kristen Bell in 2009, but the pair chose to wait on getting married until marriage equality existed in the U.S. When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in June 2013, the Good Place alum asked the former Parenthood star to marry her via Twitter. ".@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove," she tweeted at the time, to which he responded, "@IMKristenBell F—k Yes!!!!!!!!!!!" The longtime pair tied the knot in a Beverly Hills courthouse room later that year. The Chips costars welcomed daughters Lincoln in 2013 and Delta in 2014. In the fourth episode of Britney Spears' 2005 series, Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, the pop star revealed that she popped the question to Kevin Federline when they were on a flight to New York City to film her "Outrageous" music video. The dancer said that he "didn't expect it" even though he had an idea of where their relationship was heading. "I was like, 'No, no. It's not supposed to be that way. I'm supposed to propose and do the whole, get on one knee and beg and plead,'" he recalled. "So, she was like, 'Alright, you gotta ask me then.'" Spears added, "He did, right then and there." The twosome tied the knot in 2004 and welcomed two sons: Sean Preston in 2005 and Jayden in 2006. They divorced in 2007. After P.K. Subban proposed to Lindsey Vonn in August 2019, she decided to return the favorite months later. "I was like, 'Well, I have an engagement ring, but you don’t. So, not everybody knows we’re engaged.' And I think it should be like, really equal," she recalled while cohosting Entertainment Tonight in December 2020. "We were going to give each other rings, so I just kind of made a thing about it." The former alpine ski racer added, "But I never knew it was going to be that big of a deal … I just wanted to do something that was for us, and special for us." The athletes ultimately pumped the brakes on their romance later that month, splitting after three years together. Back in 2019, Haley Lu Richardson opened up about her unrehearsed proposal to Brett Dier in a mall food court while eating pizza. "I didn't prepare at all. I had no idea when I woke up that morning that I was going to ask someone to marry me that day," she told Cosmopolitan at the time. "I was totally in the moment and this gut feeling came up and coerced me to ask him to marry me and I did. And he said yes. I feel like the trick to that was just not thinking about it at all before it happened. I just kind of did it." Scroll down to see all the badass female stars who chose to ask their male partners to marry them.  The Succession star secretly married “one of her best mates” amid the coronavirus pandemic. She revealed in an October 2021 interview with Vogue Australia that she was the one who asked the big question. “We’ve been friends since 2014, lived together, traveled together, always excited to see each other, but totally platonic,” the Australian actress told the magazine of her new comedian husband who is also an Aussie. “We’ve just never been single at the same time.” She continued, “I proposed and we got married in February in my backyard." Her Succession costar — and fellow countryman — Ash Zukerman acted as a witness to the Brooklyn ceremony. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  "She asked me, yeah! On New Year's Eve. We were in Nicaragua. It was very beautiful, incredibly romantic. We were walking down the beach, and she asked me to marry her," Jackson revealed during a July 2021 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "There was, like, a preamble. There was a lead-up to it. ... I did not know [it was coming], but she was quite adamant, and she was right. This is the best choice I ever made." Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  Though they split after two years of marriage, the “Toxic” singer was the one who initially asked the question while they were on a flight to New York City. Federline said no before asking her to marry him minutes later. The pair finalized their divorce in 2007. Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock  While the WWE wrestler proposed to Hudson on her birthday in 2009, the Cats star returned the favor five months later on his birthday. The twosome, who welcomed son David Jr. the same year they got engaged, called it quits in 2017. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock  The Veronica Mars alum proposed to the “Armchair Expert” podcaster in 2013 after he initially popped the question in 2009. Same-sex marriage was made legal across the U.S., and the twosome celebrated the milestone by tying the knot in a courthouse. Jim Smeal/Shutterstock  The Edge of Seventeen star asked the Jane the Virgin actor to marry her while they were eating pizza at the mall. They marked the sweet moment by giving each other rings they made out of twigs from a nearby bush. “We were like, ‘We’re gonna have to do something about it,’ because we didn’t have any rings,” the Five Feet Apart actress recalled to Cosmopolitan in 2019. “So, we went over to this bush and got these twigs and each knelt down one at a time and tied these twigs around our ring fingers. We have them saved in a little baggie.” Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The former first daughter proposed to the businessman five years before he went on to pop the question in 2007. “He said no,” she said on Today with Hoda & Jenna in February 2020. “After three months of dating — I might’ve had a Christmas cocktail — and we were dancing, and I said, ‘This is it, I know it, let’s just get married, what are we waiting for?’ He smiled and was like, ‘I’m crazy about you, but you’re young.’” Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock  The “So What” singer popped the question to her love in 2005 as he competed in the Pro 250 class finals in Mammoth, California. She held up a sign during the third lap that read, “Will you marry me? I’m serious!” They tied the knot the following year and went on to welcome two kids: daughter Willow in 2011 and son Jameson in 2016. Broadimage/Shutterstock  The Judge Judy star opened up about her proposal to her husband Jerry, who she wed in 1991 for the second time after they were married from 1977 to 1990. “I did propose to him. I said to him, ‘Where is this relationship going?’ And he tried to weasel out of it, with his, ‘Well, you know, why do we have to get married?’ Whatever,” she told DuJour in 2013. “He finally capitulated. I told him to pick a date. He picked Flag Day.” Greg Allen/Shutterstock  The fashion designer rejected several proposals from the Fox Broadcasting Company founder, but she eventually chose to pop the question herself. They have been married since 2001. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The Minnesota native proposed to the ice hockey star in December 2019, just months after his original proposal. They called it quits in December 2020. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock  The Real Housewives of Orange County alum asked Smiley to marry her during a 2013 episode of the Bravo hit. While they have yet to walk down the aisle, the couple welcomed a child together in 2019 and celebrated their 11th anniversary in 2020. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock  The Cleopatra actress had been married eight times before passing away in 2011 at 79 years old. Out of her many marriages, she only proposed once during her courtship to the Stage Fright actor. The pair, who share sons Michael Jr. and Christopher, wed in 1952 and divorced in 1957. Nat Dallinger/Kobal/Shutterstock |
| Celebrities Who Had Horrible First Kisses: Jennifer Garner, More Posted: 12 Feb 2022 06:02 AM PST Mwah! Puckering up on camera is a major part of many celebrities' careers — and some stars were fortunate enough to have good kisses from the start. Taylor Swift, for example, ended up in a relationship with the boy who smooched her for the first time. “I was one of the last of my friends to ever kiss a guy. It wasn’t a bad kiss," the "Look What You Made Me Do" singer told Tiger Beat in 2013. "I think it was cute. We ended up dating for a year!" Similarly, Milo Ventimiglia said his first kiss, which happened when he was a freshman in high school, was scary, but very sweet. "I was shocked and terrified and in love and feeling something I'd never really felt before," he told W magazine in June 2017. "And it was amazing and I wanted it again." Khloé Kardashian, on the other hand, remembers the circumstances surrounding her first kiss, but can't recall details of the person she shared it with. "It was on a family vacation in Hawaii when I was 12 or 13," she wrote in a blog post on her website in April 2016. "The teenagers were allowed to be out until 10 p.m. and we were in an arcade where the hotel kids hung out. I remember I kissed some guy there and I thought I was so cool and so grown. I don't remember the boy and I can't tell you anything else about the experience." However, some stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Kristen Stewart, Selena Gomez and Shailene Woodley didn't get as lucky in the kissing department, and have horrible memories of the first time they puckered up. After the Wizards of Waverly Place alum opened up in March 2020 about her awkward smooch with Dylan Sprouse while filming The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, the actor's twin brother, Cole Sprouse, poked fun at him. Gomez called the moment "one of the worst days of my life" on The Kelly Clarkson Show, leading the Riverdale star to quip via Instagram, "@dylansprouse I can safely say I've never had a girl say this about me." Making matters a bit more complicated was Gomez's crush on Cole. "I was obsessed with that show, and I thought we were going to be together one day," she recalled on the talk show. Keep scrolling to get all the cringeworthy details of celebs' awkward first kisses!  The Mary Poppins star opened up about her disastrous first kiss while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in May 2021. “We played spin the bottle and it was my first kiss,” Blunt recalled of her 13th birthday party. “It was a horror show. I was just horrified by the whole thing. I just remember surreptitiously wiping my mouth afterwards. It was horrible.” The English actress said the young man was “attractive” and had great hair, but he went in for the kiss with way too much tongue. “Massively! Not ‘slipped,’ that sounds kind of delicate,” she added. Magnus Sundholm/Shutterstock  The Arrow star recalls his first lip-lock as an unpleasant mess. “My first kiss was in the fifth grade, and I was a really big nerd and didn't know how to kiss,” he once told Seventeen. “I think we were playing Truth or Dare, and it was the worst, sloppiest kiss, because we were in fifth grade. There were just too many tongues and it was disgusting." Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images  Unlike most people, the “Fetish” singer had her first kiss while cameras were rolling. Gomez opened up about the smooch, which happened with Dylan on an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, with Tiger Beat magazine in 2009. “I actually leaned in to kiss him and I had my eyes closed a little too early and I ended up missing like half of his lip,” she cringed. “So it ended up being the most awkward kiss in the world. But I was 12 so it was okay and it was good.” Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images  The “All About That Bass” songstress had a disgusting reaction to her first kiss. She noted on a January 2016 episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden: “He backed me up to my wall and he was like, ‘Can I kiss you,’ and … I was like, ‘Yeah, hold that thought,’ and then I ran to my bathroom and threw up — not because I was grossed out, because I had the flu and it hit me at that moment in time.” Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  Woodley’s first lip-lock was slightly unbalanced. “My first kiss was just awkward as hell," she told Yahoo in August 2013. "I had no idea what I was doing and he knew exactly what he was doing, so it was awkward for me. You have to nurture your inner child and forgive yourself when you think back on things like that because it's OK!" Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images  The Biebs told ET Canada in February 2011 that kissing a girl for the first time was “kind of awkward.” He explained, “I was, like, 11 or 12. And I was on a snow hill and it was late and we were all cold and I was, like, with this girl and we were together and then I kissed her. It was really awkward.” Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images  How was the “Diamonds” singer’s first-kiss experience? Traumatic! “My first kiss was in high school and it was the worst thing ever,” she told Rolling Stone in 2011. “He pretty much dumped his entire saliva glands into my mouth. It traumatized me. I didn’t kiss for, like, ever.” Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage  The British crooner was inspired by a popular action film, but it didn’t go quite as he planned. “My first kiss with tongues was probably like everyone's first kiss with tongue,” Sheeran told andPOP in 2012. “I think the first kiss I saw on TV was in a James Bond movie where Pierce Brosnan just goes in with tongue, so yeah, it was one of them! Very awkward and wet." Patrick Aventurier/WireImage  Yuck! The Oscar winner called his first smooch “the most disgusting thing in my life.” He explained to Movieline in 1995, “The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away, I had to spit it all out. It was awful." Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images  Liu had a crush on the boy who gave her her first kiss, but she still found it quite gross. “This guy that I had a huge crush on invited me to see Return of the Jedi. I was, like, 15, and very awkward,” she told Entertainment Weekly in March 2010. “He walked me home and then he kissed me. I didn’t know what French kissing was. I remember [thinking], ‘Oh, my God! It’s so disgusting!”’ Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic  The “Chained to the Rhythm” singer’s first kiss came during a game of Spin the Bottle when she was in sixth grade. “I spun the bottle and, all of a sudden, I felt like there was a wet fish in my mouth,” Perry said in the September 2017 issue of W magazine. “That was my first kiss. When you're in sixth grade, there's no art to French kissing. There's no cadence, no beautiful up and down, no waves. Instead, it just feels like your mouth is getting invaded by a slug." Donato Sardella/Getty Images for UGG  The Twilight alum vividly remembers her first kiss being “horrible.” She told The Daily Beast in September 2015, "It was f—king repulsive. I was 14 and it was gross. It was not good." Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic |
| Cheer’s Monica Aldama: A Day in My Life Posted: 12 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST Working hard! Monica Aldama exclusively invited Us Weekly to experience a day in her life as the coach of the cheerleading team at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. Aldama, 50, who has been featured in Netflix’s docuseries Cheer since its debut in 2020, recently reflected on her career in a new memoir. “27 years of coaching has taught me many lessons in all areas of life. From parenting, coaching, to relationships, to gaining more confidence – I'm happy to finally share my stories with you in my book, Full Out,” Aldama wrote via Instagram before showing a photo of the dedication page in January. The note read, “Dedicated to everyone who stays after practice to clean up.” The Dancing With the Stars alum told Us last month that she hoped that readers are able to form a connection with various portions of the book, which hit shelves before season 2 of the sports series dropped on Netflix. "I definitely think that if you ask different people, the most important chapter is based on what they’re going through in their own personal life," Aldama explained at the time. "There is that whole chapter about positive self-talk. You have to believe in yourself. People love to see other people fail. This past year was really, really tough. There were a lot of times that I just talked to myself and just encouraged myself because I was going through a hard time. It’s very important. You're going to believe everything you tell yourself, so you definitely need to be careful what you say." Scroll down to take a look at a day in Aldama’s life:  Navarro College's head cheerleading coach, gives her goldendoodle, Mila, a squeeze before leaving for work, noting, "It's my favorite way to start the day." Courtesy Monica Aldama  "When I get to my office, I go over my schedule for the day. I've always used a planner — it's a lifesaver!" says the Corsicana, Texas, native, who released the book Full Out: Lessons in Life and Leadership from America's Favorite Coach. Courtesy Monica Aldama  Aldama stays in touch with as many former athletes as she can, noting, "Morgan Simianer recently moved to Dallas, which is about an hour from Corsicana, so we met for lunch. I'm glad she's still close!" Courtesy Monica Aldama  Time to cheer! "During the months leading up to the national championships in Daytona, [Florida] we practice seven times a week," Aldama says of her dedicated athletes. "This week it was mat tryouts, which are always exciting." Courtesy Monica Aldama  They may win championships, but the squad still has a job to do! "Tonight we cheered on the Navarro basketball team at home," Aldama says. "It was close, but we took home the win!" Courtesy Monica Aldama |
| Rick Astley: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me! Posted: 12 Feb 2022 05:00 AM PST  Never going to give up! Rick Astley gained popularity with his 1987 smash hit single: "Never Gonna Give You Up,” and he's kept busy ever since. The 56-year-old has released an impressive collection of albums through the years amid raising his family. Now, he's sharing 25 fun facts about himself exclusively with Us Weekly. Scroll down to learn more about Astley: 1. I think [the prank] Rick Rolling is amazing. For older artists to be on the radar of 11-year-olds is an incredible thing, so I'm all for it. 2. My favorite song I ever recorded is called "Cry for Help." There's a gospel choir, and they went out into the garden of the studio and sang and prayed for a man who was living on the street. I can never get that image out of my mind and how powerful it was. 3. I like social media. Sometimes I've been brought to tears when I read things that people have posted about something they want to change. 4. When my daughter was young, she got two kittens, and they were with us for 21 years. I became a cat person in a massive way. 5. I like to spend weekends with my family. 6. I don't love flying. If I'm in Europe, I tend to drive, even up to Scandinavia or down to Spain. 7. I'm good at building sheds. I built one last summer, and man, it is rocking. You could put an elephant on its roof. It's, like, super strong. 8. Sardinia, Italy, is my favorite place in the world. 9. Covid has been scary. It's taken a word that we all thought was something and moved it into a different place. 10. I once drove from New York to L.A. just for fun. I also once did a concert in Budapest and drove home [to the U.K.] alone the next morning. 11. I love chocolate. Sometimes even just a square of dark chocolate will do! 12. My dad had a garden center when I was growing up. 13. Working at my dad's garden center was my worst-ever job! Well, it was fun and not fun at the same time. 14. My wife and I have been talking about going to Patagonia. I've been to Chile and Argentina, but we've never been down to the bottom. 15. I don't really love to go to awards shows. Most people's dream is to walk down the red carpet, but I'm like, if there's any way I can sneak in the back door, I'm doing that! 16. I love when I'm home alone for a few days. I'm the youngest of four, so maybe that's where it comes from. 17. My favorite meal is spaghetti alle vongole. 18. My most used emoji is the thumbs up! 19. I make a thing called "football pasta," which is basically mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil. When a game is coming on in 10 minutes, you can make dinner for a bunch of people and still watch the game. 20. I live for my girls — my wife, Lene, and daughter, Emilie. 21. When we decorate the Christmas tree each year, we always play Motown. 22. When I'm not touring, I like to wake up early. 23. I'm also a night owl! When you play a show until 11 p.m., you're just not going straight to bed after being on stage for two hours. 24. I love walking and listening to podcasts. Before I even have my first coffee, I usually go for a walk. 25. I'd love to be involved in race cars in some way. But I couldn't be a driver. I'm too old. |
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