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| | Jessie J on her pre-baby figure: 'I don't want to go back, that body is gone' | | Added 303 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Sofia Vergara is giving Joe Manganiello custody of her dog Bubbles, who hates her | | Added 304 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Before today, I never realized that Sofia Vergara is a dog-mom to a Chihuahua who hates her. Her Chihuahua is named Bubbles, and Sofia adopted Bubbles several years ago. Even though Bubbles was supposed to be Sofia?s dog, Bubbles fell instantly in love with Joe Manganiello. So much so that Sofia even complained about it in multiple interviews, how Bubbles is obsessed with Joe and how Bubbles always bites her. Well, now that Joe and Sofia are getting a divorce, Sofia is cutting her ties with the dog who hates her.
Sofia Vergara has reportedly handed her 10-year-old Chihuahua-Pomerainian mix, Bubbles, over to estranged husband Joe Manganiello without a fight.
?Not in a million years would Joe part ways with his dog Bubbles and Sofa is well aware of this,? a source told the Daily Mail on Tuesday. ?Neither one of them is bitter or out for revenge, and Sofa loves Bubbles and wants her to be happy which is precisely why she?s letting Joe have custody.?
The insider added that the ?Modern Family? alum was ?gracious? about Manganiello ? who filed for divorce from Vergara on July 19 ? keeping the pooch after their split.
?[Manganiello] said Sofa has the biggest heart and would never do anything to intentionally hurt him or Bubbles,? the source added.
Under California State law, pets are considered personal property when couples are dividing their assets. However, after a new law was passed in 2019, judges presiding over divorces can now take into consideration the best interest of the pet?s well-being and may establish shared custody agreements at their discretion. It appears that the former couple ? who shared no children together aside from their furry friend ? decided to keep Bubbles out of court.
Though Vergara was the one to adopt Bubbles two years ago, the ?Spider-Man? actor has seemingly bonded with the pooch the most. In 2021, Vergara, 51, joked on ?The Tonight Show? about how Bubbles chose the ?True Blood? alum over her. ?She hates me. She was supposed to be for me. She was supposed to be my dog. She arrived to the house and I don?t know, she thought she was for Joe and that?s all she wants to do.?
[From Page Six]
Sometimes that just happens with cats and dogs they choose their person and they choose who they irrationally hate as well. I?m the person who usually bonds with other people?s dogs and cats. People are always like ?oh no, don?t pet her, Bitsy is a holy terror, she hates other people? as Bitsy is rolling around, showing me her belly and begging for scritches. Anyway, it?s kind of funny that Sofia is cutting her ties with the dog who hates her. She?s right to do it too Bubbles will be much happier with Joe. In fact, this was probably Bubbles? plan all along.
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Photos courtesy of Sofia?s IG.
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| | Taylor Swift gave six-figure bonuses to her Eras tour crew, dancers & truck drivers | | Added 304 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Taylor Swift figured out a way to tour in what feels like a brand-new way. Most touring acts go on the road for months at a time and it?s a whole traveling circus 24-7 with the artists, dancers and crew. Not Taylor most of her concerts are scheduled Thursday through Saturday, and then she has the other half of the week ?off,? where she flies home to New York or Nashville and decompresses and checks in with her cats. Her tour equipment is moved by 18-wheeler trucks and she has the franchise on those truckers: they are solely employed by her for the length of her tour. She?s removed herself from the traveling-circus aspect of touring and the whole operation is a well-oiled machine at this point, because she?s done this for her last three or four tours. Well, now Taylor?s truckers are getting a nice bonus.
Taylor Swift is sharing the wealth from her wildly successful Eras Tour in the form of six-figure bonuses for the truckers hauling her equipment all around the country! Our Taylor sources tell us she gifted each trucker working her tour $100,000 handing out the bonus checks before her Saturday show in Santa Clara, CA.
Were told the folks getting the money are production truck drivers who have been hauling Taylors equipment for The Eras Tour there are around 50 truckers for her U.S. tour, which means Taylor just shelled out about $5 million.
Our sources say the checks were an end of the tour bonus remember, the United States leg is coming to a close next week when Taylor plays a series of gigs at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood before moving down to Mexico.
Taylors nationwide tour has raked in $1 billion in sales and when the dust settles, she could end up having the highest-grossing tour of all time!!!
Truck drivers arent the only ones getting a slice of the pie in the form of bonuses. Our production sources tell us Taylor also bonused band members, dancers, lighting and sound technicians, caterers, and others. Its unclear how much the non-truckers received, but were told it was a very generous amount.
[From TMZ]
That?s genuinely nice! I would imagine the truckers, dancers and crew people already get paid well, but bonuses are always welcome and appreciated. It?s good for someone in Taylor?s position to not only give generously to the people she employs, but to be seen doing so, especially in an era when blue-collar work is not appreciated or properly compensated. The economics of Taylor Swift are always so fascinating to me, and Taylor is being partly credited with the economic revival in America. Taylor and Barbie the booming economics of ?making a product for girls and women.?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Sofia Vergara asks the court to uphold her prenup with Joe Manganiello | | Added 305 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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While Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello?s split was a surprise, it didn?t seem like their divorce would be all that scandalous. There was a minor briefing war for about a week between the two sides, with Joe?s people insisting that he was walking away from the marriage because he wants to be a father, and Sofia?s side saying Joe was an unsupportive, barely employed loser, basically. There?s probably some truth to both sides. In any case, Joe filed for divorce and I doubt the filing was a shock to Sofia. Her divorce lawyer has already gone to court to say that her prenup must be upheld:
Sofa Vergara is looking to uphold her prenup with Joe Manganiello as the two work to settle the terms of their divorce. According to new documents obtained by PEOPLE, Vergara responded to Manganiello?s divorce filing on July 26, also citing ?irreconcilable differences? as the reason for the dissolution of their marriage.
The actress asked the court to uphold their prenup, and also confirm that certain assets should remain hers, including jewelry, artwork and ?other personal effects.? Vergara also claimed her earnings from before and during their marriage as her assets.
Despite their shared mutual love and respect, a source previously told PEOPLE the Modern Familystar and the True Blood alum differ immensely in style and what they like to do, although during the marriage, each tried to put the other?s interests ahead of their own to make it work.? The couple had also been going through ups and downs for a long time, though they always put on a good front publicly.
On the same day that Vergara responded to Manganiellos divorce filing, a source told PEOPLE that the actress was doing excellent amid the divorce news.
She is sad that her marriage didn?t work out, but she feels very fortunate anyway, the source said. She has a great life that she loves. She is staying at her house for now. Joe is living elsewhere. The insider added that there is no drama between the former couple.
[From People]
I doubt there will be any reason for Joe to contest the prenup they were married for almost seven years, but they don?t have kids together and it feels like they always kept their assets separate, although the real estate issue might get a little bit dicey. They were living in a home Sofia paid for, but I think they also purchased a home together. If I was in Sofia?s place, I would offer a one-and-done divorce settlement to Joe and just walk away free and clear.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Ariana Grande & Ethan Slater haven't even seen each other in person in 'weeks' | | Added 307 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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To recap what we know thus far, Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande?s affair began several months ago on the set of Wicked. While I believe Ariana?s marriage to Dalton Gomez was pretty much over in all but name, Slater was very much with his wife, Lilly Jay, at the time. Lilly and Ethan welcomed their first child last year, and Lilly and the baby even visited the London set of Wicked. Reportedly, Lilly even spoke to Ariana, let Ari hold the baby and talked to Ari about how Ari wants a baby. Ari was even ?liking? Lilly?s Instagram posts at the same time Ari and Ethan were carrying on. Ethan reportedly only told Lilly about his affair just days before Ari?s team broke the news to People Mag. What followed that People Mag story has been non-stop drama, mostly because Lilly Jay is not going away quietly. Lilly spoke on the record to Page Six, saying that Ariana is ?not a girl?s girl? and that the real story is Ariana and Dalton?s split. Ethan and Ari then ran straight to TMZ to complain:
Ethan Slater may be done with his marriage, but he desperately wants to co-parent his nearly 1-year-old child with soon-to-be ex-wife Lilly Jay sources connected to Ethan tell TMZ. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, Ethan has been talking to Lilly daily, mostly about their little boy. Were told Ethan spent a lot of time with his son in London after he had split with Lilly, and is determined to have a major presence in the boys life.
Our sources say Lilly told Ethan repeatedly she was down with co-parenting. Ethan, were told, asked Lilly about issuing a joint statement saying they were committed to co-parenting their son, but Lilly wanted to defer releasing the statement, at least for now.
Were also told Lilly had assured Ethan she didnt know where various media leaks were emanating from, so he was more than surprised to read Thursday that Lilly spoke with Page Six, calling Ariana Grande not a girls girl, adding her family was collateral damage.
Sources tell us Lilly told Ethan she did not understand what it meant that she was on the record when she made the comments. Its unclear what Lillys position is regarding co-parenting, but Ethan adamantly wants to raise his son.
TMZ broke the story Ethan filed for divorce on Wednesday. If theyre at odds on who raises the child, ultimately a judge will decide.
[From TMZ]
This is the dumbest, most obvious deflection from Ethan Slater, a man who cheated on his recently postpartum wife with Ariana Grande. ?Let?s talk about co-parenting!? No, let?s talk about how you?re carrying on with Ariana Grande behind your wife?s back and you?ve been lying about it and publicly gaslighting your wife about when your marriage fell apart. Meanwhile, Ariana wants everyone to know that she?s not even hanging out with Ethan at the moment:
Ariana Grande hasnt seen her boyfriend Ethan Slater in person for awhile because hes preoccupied with his estranged wife and their divorce, and shes giving him space to work things out.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ Ariana and her Wicked costar havent been in the same city for several weeks. Ethans currently in New York, trying to navigate the end of his marriage with estranged wife, Lilly Jay.
Our sources say Ariana is coming to Los Angeles this weekend. Were told she and Ethan want to see each other, but thats not in the cards for the immediate future.
While Ariana and Ethan havent spent time in person for a minute now, our sources say they are 100% still dating.
[From TMZ]
This story came out about a day after the Daily Mail published exclusive photos of Ethan and Ariana walking arm-in-arm together in the UK, at the Soho Farmhouse. Those photos are from three weeks before Ari?s people revealed her relationship/affair with Ethan. So? Ari has been alone in London this week, furiously briefing the media about her dramatic affair, all while Ethan has been in New York, and he?s also furiously briefing the media. Meanwhile, Lilly has been telling her story far and wide to ensure that Ari?s narrative isn?t the only one out there. Such chaos? Ari definitely isn?t bored. Yet. That?s the thing, though while I?m 100% behind Lilly doing and saying whatever she wants, the minute that she stops engaging with Ariana and ignores the whole situation is when Ariana will get bored and dump Ethan.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Kylie Jenner wishes she had never gotten breast implants when she was a teenager | | Added 309 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Every single one of the Kardashian-Jenner women has gone through cosmetic surgery or cosmetic enhancement at various points of their lives. It?s just a matter of degrees. Kourtney is arguably the most natural one, and she has breast implants and she?s done injectibles. On the other side, I would argue that Kim, Khloe and Kylie are most ?fake,? the most worked on, the most surgically enhanced. They always deny it, or they?ll do selective admissions just a little Botox, or just a few lip injections. Kylie has always had a difficult relationship with the truth about how much plastic surgery she got when she was just a teenager. Well, on the most recent episode of The Kardashians, Kylie finally ?admitted? to getting a boob job as a teen.
Kylie Jenner isnt too proud to admit her regrets. On Thursday?s finale of The Kardashians, the Kylie Cosmetics mogul, 25, reveals a more emotional side of herself while expressing her regret over past surgeries. Speaking with close friend Stassie Karanikolaou, Jenner opens up about her history of cosmetic surgery. Jenner gave birth to Stormi, 5, when she was 20 years old. Jenner recently revealed that before she got pregnant, she got her breasts done. Speaking with Karanikolaou, she details her remorse over the surgery.
?I wish I never got them done to begin with,? Jenner emotionally states. ?[I] recommend anyone thinking about it to wait after children.?
Having recently given birth to her second child Aire, 1, big themes of childhood and maturity seem to be dawning on Jenner. Reflecting on her kids brings greater self-reflection for Jenner?s surgery. In an emotionally climactic moment, Jenner reveals that she would be ?heartbroken? if Stormi wanted to get cosmetic surgeries when she was 19, like her mom did.
Plastic surgery has been a contentious issue on this season of The Kardashians. On last week?s episode, Jenner denied any claims that she had gotten surgery done on her ?whole face.?
?I always remember being the most confident kid in the room,? Jenner said. ?I always loved myself ? I still love myself ? and one of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I was this insecure child and I got so much surgery to change my whole face, which is false, I?ve only gotten fillers.? She adds: ?I feel like I don?t want that to be a part of my story.?
[From People]
Kylie was not the most confident kid in the room she had huge insecurities about her lips, her face, her body. She reportedly begged Kris to let her get plastic surgery and Kris allowed it and here we are. Kylie had more than ?fillers? in her face and she?s done more than just get a boob job (lipo, BBL, nose job, chin and eye work). She never needed any of it and she got it because her family has like a dozen plastic surgeons on speed dial. The thing Kylie is saying now, that she worries about what she?ll say or do if her kids want surgery at that age? I?ve always wondered if Kim?s kids will want to mimic their mom in that regard too.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Instagram, Cover Images, Avalon Red.
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| | Blake Lively crossed a barrier to fix the display of her gown at Kensington Palace | | Added 310 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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While I find most of Blake Livelys red carpet looks goofy, she usually does a good job at the Met Gala. To me, the Met Gala isnt a costume ball, to borrow from red carpet bloggers Tom and Lorenzo. The theme should influence how people look but it shouldnt always be super literal (except the one year when the theme was camp). You know, when Jared Leto showed up this year wearing a whole ass cat mascot costume, dressed as a six foot tall Choupette, I rolled my eyes so hard I almost gave myself an ocular migraine. I like that Blakes looks reference the themes and are still dramatic without being completely costume-y. Her preferred aesthetic is also a bit trophy wife but if I looked like that I too would show off my hotness. Her 2022 look, which referenced the Statue of Liberty, featured a dramatic reveal on the stairs where the skirt got changed around. Now that gown is in an exhibit at Kensington Palace called Crown to Couture. Its supposedly about how contemporary red carpet looks reference the 18th century Georgian period, an era between 1714 roughly 1830. I dont know that much about Georgian fashion so Ill have to take their word for it, but it features dresses worn by everybody from Audrey Hepburn to Beyonce to Lizzo, so its probably worth seeing if youre in London. When Blake visited the exhibit, she apparently thought the curators had made a mistake with how they displayed the dress. So she jumped over the rope and adjusted it herself!
On Tuesday, the Gossip Girl alum posted an Instagram story of her jumping over the ropes at the Crown to Couture exhibit in Londons Kensington Palace to quickly alter the display of her famous gown.
?When you?re the clown who hops over the rope at the museum to fix the exhibit,? Lively, 35, captioned over her video. ?Happy almost Virgo season folx.?
?So that you see what the transformation was,? the actress added, while crouched down, before turning the inside of the dress to face outwards on its center part with some assistance from jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz.
Livelys dress appears alongside 200 other pieces at the exhibit inside Princess Dianas former home, including Lizzo?s 2022 Met Gala Thom Browne look and Lady Gaga?s 2020 MTV Awards dress by Christopher John Rogers.
The exhibition also features a number of historic gowns as it tells the story of how rock and red carpet fashion has been influenced by the royals of the Georgian era in the 18th century.
The mom-of-four also took time to admire the crown Schwartz created for her to wear with the dress at the 2022 Met Gala.
?This was absolutely surreal. Seeing this crown that we made in Kensington Palace, Lively captioned a follow-up post of her smiling beside a display cabinet. I still feel like a kid playing dress up every time I get to wear a gown and borrowed jewels out. To see it memorialized like this? just. Wow. Something I?ll never forget.?
[From People]
There isnt context in the clip from Instagram and its not on her stories anymore so Im guessing she asked the exhibit staff for permission before she did this? The dress was custom-made for Blake and its not like she messed with one of the gowns from the 18th century. But still, it comes off a little bit rude to me. Im sure whoever dressed that mannequin did it with great care. People who work as museum curators or conservationists typically have the most incredible attention to detail. They probably looked at dozens of reference photos and arranged the dress in a certain way on purpose. Plus, the exhibit space is different from the Met Museum steps, so it wont look exactly like it did in that moment when the skirt changed around. I guess it is a Virgo-like thing to do. One of my friends is a Virgo and I lovingly refer to her as an Australian shepherd because she is always herding people and attempting to organize things according to her extremely high standards. But calling it almost Virgo season when its Leo season until the 23rd of August iswell, kind of something Id expect from a fire sign like myself. We cant stand not being in the spotlight.
As an aside, because this story involves Kensington Palace: I lived across the street from Kensington Palace when I studied abroad. We had a few sightings of the princes and Kate. One day my American classmate came home from the high street overjoyed because shed just seen Prince Harry with his protection officer in TK Maxx buying underwear and socks. That was over ten years ago, so when he talked about shopping at TK Maxx in his book, I knew he was telling the truth, however implausible it seemed! (He preferred boxers, in case anyone wondered.)
photos credit: Backgrid and Instar
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| | Britney Spears' memoir could be delayed because of Justin Timberlake & Colin Farrell | | Added 311 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A few weeks ago, Britney Spears announced that her memoir would be released on October 24. The memoir is called The Woman in Me, which seems like a joke from Arrested Development (iykyk). There was a bidding war for the memoir, with Simon & Schuster?s Gallery Books winning the publishing rights. While the cover doesn?t reveal the names of any co-authors or ghostwriters, I would assume that Britney got some help. It?s nothing to be ashamed of Prince Harry had a ghost, and Jessica Simpson had a co-writer. In any case, it looks like the publication date may be moved back a bit because two of Britney?s former lovers are threatening to sue. One of the names is, um, unexpected??
Millions of fans will be desperate to grab a copy of Britney Spears?s memoir when it comes out in October. But Justin Timberlake and Colin Farrell won?t be among them after contesting vast swathes of her book.
I?ve learned that Cry Me A River singer Justin and The Batman actor Colin, both romantically linked to Britney in the early Noughties, caused a four-month delay to the publication over tales she wanted to be included.
Lawyers acting for the pair threatened to sue if Toxic singer Britney didn?t remove intimate details of their clients? lives.
Justin dated Britney from 1999 to 2002, having met her on the set of TV?s The Mickey Mouse Club in 1992. It was claimed in 2003 that Colin and Britney were dating after they were seen out together, but he has denied they were a couple.
A source said: ?Lawyers demanded to see her book in advance and were adamant that some of the revelations were removed. There are still plenty of gobsmacking tales but Justin and Colin were conscious about what could be said about them. The legal process meant the publication was held up by four months as discussions went back and forth about what could be included. But that has finally now been settled and her autobiography is all ready to go.?
[From The Sun]
Wait, so? Justin and Colin both threatened to sue if certain stories were not removed, and so Gallery Books? editors removed those stories and that was it? Or are they still fighting about it? I?m not surprised at all about Timberlake?s tantrums for as much well-deserved sh-t Justin gets for how he treated Janet Jackson, he should get ten times the sh-t for how he treated Britney. As far as I know, Britney and Colin Farrell only had a brief fling/friendship, but it was back when Colin was drinking so? maybe he doesn?t want some of that stuff out there. Anyway, this is actually the best hype for the book: Britney?s exes are salty about it.
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| | Kristen Bell's kids order non-alcoholic beers at restaurants: 'judge me if you want' | | Added 311 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It is still so funny to me that Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard make this big deal about ?protecting their children from being photographed,? yet they are constantly telling their kids? business to everyone. While I have no idea what Delta and Lincoln Shepard look like, I already know way too much about them, including how infrequently they bathe, and how they don?t shower until they ?stink.? Well, for years, Kristen has been telling everyone that her kids drink non-alcoholic beers. She told the story again this week while appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, and Kristen added a new twist. Her daughters (aged 8 and 9 years old) actually order non-alcoholic beer in restaurants now.
Kristen Bells kids have very mature taste. While appearing on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Good Place actress, 43, chatted with host Kelly Clarkson, 41, about letting her two daughters ? Delta, 8, and Lincoln, 9 ? drink non-alcoholic beers.
Although she admitted that it sounds insane, Bell said that context is important, since her 48-year-old husband Dax Shepard is a recovering addict.
Hes a recovering addict, Bell said of Shepard, but he likes non-alcoholic beer, so hed pop one open, hed have [our oldest daughter] on his chest, and wed walk and look at the sunset, she told Clarkson. As a baby, she was pawing at it, and sometimes shed suck the rim of it. So I think it feels to her like something special, something daddy, something family.
Bell went on to say that the drinks contain zero percent alcohol and that since establishing this routine, her kids have asked for non-alcoholic beer at restaurants.
Weve been at restaurants where shes said, Do you have any non-alcoholic beer? And Im like, maybe we just keep that for home time, said the actress.
But then Im sort of like, you can judge me if you want, Im not doing anything wrong, added Bell. Thats your problem.
[From People]
Kids that age just want to feel like grownups and they copy their parents? behavior too. I loved ordering Shirley Temples when I was a kid because it felt like I was ordering a cocktail, like I was a grownup. I?ve seen teenagers order virgin pina coladas too, because it feels like a thrill, like they?re doing something naughty. Technically, Kristen is right it?s not like she?s doing anything wrong. I mean, except for telling her daughters? business to everyone. She and Dax should introduce their kids to Shirley Temples.
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| | Low: Princess Kate is a lot tougher than her 'slightly bland' public persona | | Added 312 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Valentine Low?s Courtiers is coming out in paperback, which is why the Times ran an exclusive several weeks ago with excerpts from some new chapters. Low?s sources insist that the now-Princess of Wales was particularly upset after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?s 2021 Oprah interview. Low claims that Kate insisted that QEII?s statement post-interview include the phrase ?recollections may vary.? Kate insisted on that because Kate had spent the better part of three years telling everyone in the family and everyone in the media that Meghan had made her cry, when really, Wedding Karen Kate had made Meghan cry. Well, Low is still shilling this book and he?s trying to promote it by saying that Kate is ?steely? and yet she might also be very bland and an instigator. Of course, Low can?t come right out and say that, so here you go:
Kate Middleton is one tough cookie. Royal expert Valentine Low exclusively told Page Six in a recent interview that the royal, 41, is ?tougher? than she lets on.
?Interestingly, behind the scenes, she?s a lot more steely, a lot tougher than we give her credit,? he said. ?She?s this nice-looking woman, dresses nicely, smiles nicely, adopts sort of fairly uncontroversial charities. You know, they think she?s slightly bland.?
Low said one example of the Princess of Wales? steeliness occurred after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in March 2021.
The Palace waited until the interview aired in the UK to issue a response and Low says in a new chapter for the paperback edition of his book ?Courtiers,? that there the royal family split on how to respond.
?The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning,? the statement from Queen Elizabeth II read at the time. ?While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.?
Low said that Jean-Christophe Gray, Prince William?s newly appointed private secretary, came up with the memorable line, ?recollections may vary? in the statement, implying that the Palace disagreed about what had happened.
?There were some people in other [royal] households, who felt it would antagonize Harry and Meghan and would go down badly and just keep the whole unpleasantness going,? Low explained. ?But it was Kate who really strongly made the argument,? he noted, adding that the mom of three wanted that line to stay in the statement so that Markle and Harry?s version of events wouldn?t be accepted as truth.
Low told us that Middleton is acutely aware that ?she?s one day going to be Queen? and ?thinks very carefully about the long-term security and strength and stability of the royal family as an institution.? He added, ?She?s good. She has a good eye on the big picture, the long game.?
[From Page Six]
?They think she?s slightly bland.? I swear, Kate really is that bland. You can argue that she?s aiming for ?uncontroversial? and I think that?s true but mostly, she really is that bland, that uninspired, that intellectually lazy. Of course Kate didn?t want the Sussexes? version of events to be ?accepted? because even though Meghan took pains to go gently on Kate in particular, Kate came across like a huge ahole. Even moreso in Prince Harry?s memoir. Kate was probably thrilled at the idea that recollections may vary would antagonize the Sussexes, because that seems to be her thing too.
Honestly though, one of the most surprising aspects of Low?s new chapters and these talking points about who came up with what line in the statement is that we?re definitely left with the impression, over and over again, that these people were issuing all kinds of statements in Queen Elizabeth II?s name and QEII had very little say in any of it. But tell me again that QEII ?wanted? Camilla to be called ?queen.?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instar.
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