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| | Tom Brady & Gisele put more than $84 million into FTX cryptocurrency?? | | Added 672 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last November, a number of celebrities became entangled in the imploding cryptocurrency debacle. Crypto markets crashed, and celebrity endorsers of various cryptocurrencies, like FTX, are being sued. FTX was one of the biggest implosions and it had tons of celebrity endorsers, including Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. Coincidentally, as soon as the crypto market began to falter, suddenly Tom and Gisele had a quickie divorce and Gisele started taking a lot of vacations to Costa Rica. TikToks were made to explain that specific issue, with a catch-all conspiracy that Tom and Gisele were actually hiding and protecting their assets rather than divorcing because of Tom?s football career. I still don?t know, but I suspect that Tom and Gisele had many problems and FTX was one of them. Speaking of, reportedly Tom dumped $84 million into FTX. Yiiiikes.
Advisors to Tom Brady and Gisele Bndchen werent able to spot any issues with FTXs underlying financials before the celebrity couple piled cash into the now-bankrupt crypto exchange, the Financial Times has reported. The then-couple spent over $84 million buying 1.8 million shares in Sam Bankman-Frieds crypto empire after their team found no issues with its financial documentation, according to the report Tuesday.
Brady and Bndchens team were extremely diligent and saw what they believed were legit financials, an unidentified former FTX employee told the FT.
People wanted shares. There was some FOMO, but people always saw financials, the source said.
Owners of FTX shares, including NFL star Brady and international supermodel Bndchen, lost all their investment due to the bankruptcy proceedings. That led to potential major losses for both NFL star Brady and international supermodel Bndchen. The former couple, who divorced in October after 13 years of marriage, both promoted the crypto group.
Brady owned 1.1 million shares in his own name and was a high-profile brand ambassador, even appearing in three commercials for FTX. Bndchen held another 700,000 shares, appeared in one of those ads, and promoted the exchange in an April 2022 edition of Vogue where she discussed Crypto, Collaboration, And Helping FTX Donate Billions.
The true extent of the couples losses is unknown because FTX was a private company, but Forbes previously estimated that Bradys stake was worth as much as $45 million.
[From Yahoo]
No, but do you really think that Tom put $84 million into FTX, and Gisele put? what? Something in the vicinity of $50-60 million? And they both lost all of that investment? Here?s the thing? I think different parts of the ?Tom and Gisele divorced to protect their assets from the FTX debacle? conspiracy make sense, but not all together. I?m starting to think that FTX was a major factor in the divorce, but it was the straw that broke the camel?s back. Do I believe that Tom and Gisele quietly got some or all of their money out before the FTX implosion though? Eh. That?s where the conspiracy theory kind of loses me. But Jesus, I really did not know that Tom and Gisele had thrown so much money into FTX. How stupid. Their advisors are idiots too.
Photos courtesy of Instagram, Backgrid, Avalon Red.
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| | Rihanna didn't get paid for the Halftime Show, but her streams are spiking | | Added 672 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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We go through this every year, and every year, I guess people are hearing it for the first time. The NFL doesn?t pay their Halftime performers. All of those times Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl, she didn?t get paid. Maroon 5 didn?t get paid. Coldplay didn?t get paid. Rihanna didn?t get paid for performing this year. The NFL will pick up expenses, especially for the staging, the pyrotechnics and the dancers. But Rihanna didn?t pick up a fat check from the NFL for her Halftime performance:
Rihanna may have put in the work, work, work, work, work at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show, but, as is customary for the mid-game spectacle, she did so for free. Though the famed halftime show often attracts the biggest names in music (everyone from Beyonc to Bruce Springsteen has graced the stage), theres actually no paycheck involved for the headlining act.
We do not pay the artists, an NFL spokesperson told Forbes in 2016. We cover expenses and production costs.
Brian McCarthy, the NFLs vice president of communications, confirmed to Newsweek that the league does cover all costs associated with the show ? and while artists dont receive an appearance fee, they are paid union scale, which is a minimum wage guaranteed by a union contract.
For many, the exposure and the chance to perform before increasingly large crowds is well worth the journey; last years Super Bowl was watched by 112.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen and streaming data from NBC, and this years match-up was poised to pull in even higher ratings, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Artists often see a boost in sales immediately after the show, as well as the chance to increase their social media followings. In a moment thats since gone viral, Rihanna also touched up her makeup using a compact from her Fenty Beauty brand. She also topped off her beauty look with a new liquid lipstick, called the MVP, that launched online during halftime.
[From People]
Yeah, the exposure is a big deal, even for already well-established artists. This year, Apple Music was the main sponsor of the Halftime show, and sales of Rihanna?s (old) hits have gone though the roof. She?s also getting a huge spike in streams on Spotify. AND her Fenty beauty line has seen an immediate spike in sales too. According to Variety, Rihanna?s Spotify streams spiked 640% in the US, and Apple Music reports a 331% spike in listeners.
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| | Olivia Wilde was creepy about ASAP Rocky 'respecting' Rihanna at the Super Bowl | | Added 672 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Remember last year, when Olivia Wilde?s drama-queen persona became mainstream public knowledge? Perhaps many people knew for years that Wilde is a lying ahole (I certainly did), but the chaos of the ?Miss Flo? situation unfolding at the Venice Film Festival really took Olivia?s problematic nature mainstream. You would think someone would tell Olivia to just lay low and don?t cause any drama for, like, a year. Hope that people forget and move on. Well, she can?t do that. It?s not in her nature. Her nature is to center herself at all times, in every situation, even the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
So, Olivia watched the Halftime Show and she saw a visibly pregnant Rihanna perform her hits on a thin sheet of plexiglass up in the air. Olivia saw all that and decided to praise? ASAP Rocky, Rihanna?s partner. Don?t you understand, Olivia thought Rocky needed to be singled out and praised for ?supporting? Rihanna. Here?s her creepy post on Instagram:
?If I thought he was hot before, this really put me over the edge,? she wrote, tagging Rihanna and ASAP Rocky. She deleted it a few hours later, then replaced it with this message: ?For anyone who got it twisted? it?s hot to respect your partner, especially when your partner just did thaaaat.? I?m reminded of the time when she effusively praised Harry Styles for showing up to work Olivia lavishes praise on men for doing the bare minimum, and she thinks nothing of tagging ASAP Rocky for merely? taking a photo of the mother of his child?? The bar is in hell.
Photos courtesy of Olivia?s IG and Backgrid.
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| | Megan Fox 'won't speak' to Machine Gun Kelly, she took off her engagement ring | | Added 672 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Saturday night, Megan Fox posted some photos on her Instagram with the Beyonce-lyric message: ?You can taste the dishonesty/ its all over your breath.? She also included a video of an envelope burning, and some suggested that she was burning some of Machine Gun Kelly?s love letters. The rumor-mongering was steady all day Sunday and Monday, something about how Megan and MGK had some kind of falling out and they broke off their engagement and possibly broke up. What?s weird is that they were just together on Friday night at Drake?s Super Bowl party. They looked affectionate inside the event, but as they were leaving, Megan did look upset. I?m including those photos MGK looks like he?s trying to comfort her or keep hold of her as they leave the party, and I think she might have even brushed away a few tears. According to People?s sources, Megan and MGK had a huge fight at some point this weekend:
Megan Fox is very upset with Machine Gun Kelly after a fight over the weekend, a source tells PEOPLE.
A source says the actress, 36, is not on speaking terms at the moment with her musician fianc, 32, following a dispute during Super Bowl weekend. Megan is very upset. They had a fight over the weekend and Megan wont speak to him, says the source.
They havent officially called off the engagement, but Megan took her ring off, the source adds, noting that while the couple have had issues in the past, things seem pretty serious this time.
[From People Magazine]
I wonder what he did? The Instagram which she later deleted kind of suggested that he cheated. Did she just find out about his infidelity when they were out at the Super Bowl party? Hm. I do hope Megan is done with him, but? she?s always been chaotic in love. She fell hard and fast for MGK and they got very wrapped up in each other very quickly. It?s going to take a minute to unwind that, I think. Also: Fans think MGK is banging his guitarist Sophie Lloyd. Eh.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images, Megan?s deleted IG.
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| | Bethenny Frankel: Rihanna is a 'much less inspired' performer than Pink | | Added 672 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I wish I could find that white lady TikToker who broke down Bethenny Frankel?s whole energy and vibe, which the TikToker described as ?it?s giving Bitter Hag.? I think about that every time I write about Bethenny these days, and by that I mean, Bethenny knows she?s going to get attention every time she brings her bitter energy towards successful Black women. Recently, Bethenny has spent a lot of time talking about how much she hates the Duchess of Sussex. But did you also know that Bethanny Frankel has sh-t to say about Rihanna?
Bethenny Frankel wasn?t wowed by Rihanna?s Super Bowl 2023 halftime show. The ?Real Housewives of New York City? alum found the 34-year-old?s performance ?good not great,? she admitted in an Instagram video Monday. The former reality star recalled once attending a Rihanna concert the same month she saw Pink live, calling the ?Umbrella? singer a ?much less inspired? performer than the 43-year-old rocker.
?It wasn?t even comparable,? Frankel, 52, said. ?Pink was just so incredibly passionate.?
As for Sunday?s show, the ex Bravolebrity noted that taking the stage while pregnant with baby No. 2 ?could not have been easy? for Rihanna.
Despite her lukewarm reaction to the gig, Frankel clarified that she considers Rihanna a ?winner? whether her ?performance was amazing or not? because her makeup company, Fenty Beauty, ?won the Super Bowl in the beauty category?Rihanna was touching up with her makeup, and her whole entire makeup brand flew and paid for all these influencers to go to the Super Bowl. They?re going to do hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.?
[From Page Six]
Does Bethenny understand that no one needs her input? I get that she?s trying to style herself as a social media influencer even though she?s regularly dragged on all platforms but every time she?s getting attention, it?s because she doesn?t have the good sense god gave a goose. Can I just say? Bethenny has consistently tried to ?analyze? women of color from a ?businesswoman? perspective, but she always gets fundamental things wrong about business. Rihanna is a billionaire already with successful clothing, intimates and beauty lines, in addition to her wildly successful music career. Bethenny is just some Real Housewife wannabe influencer trying to market her own body dysmorphia, bigotry and self-hatred to a larger audience.
comparing her to ?p!nk?? she has officially lost me pic.twitter.com/3tuqEqXEpo
Edna Del Lastrassi (@goIdicocks) February 13, 2023
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| | Blake Lively quietly welcomed her fourth child at some point & didn't announce it | | Added 673 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Princess Kate has 'got this big new title, and she's dressing for that job' | | Added 673 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Every few months, there are stories about the Princess of Wales?s newfound keenness and her promise to do more at some point in the future. That?s been the pattern for more than a decade. Alongside the ?promises to be keen? stories, we?re gifted with ?Kate?s updated style? stories every six months or so. It?s like they can?t admit that Kate?s always had terrible style and she?s constantly copying other women?s style (badly). It?s always ?Kate is finally dressing for her new keen vibe!? These stories are the same kind of treading-water go-nowhere busywork of Kate?s Early Years campaign. Besides, I don?t think anyone should be in the business of pointing out how drastically Kate?s style changed the second Harry married Meghan. But here we are.
Kate Middleton is shaking things up when it comes to her style. I think this is her power moment ? shes easing into the Princess of Wales role and that promotion that shes had in such a beautiful way, Bethan Holt, fashion director at the Daily Telegraph tells PEOPLE, adding: Shes got this big new title, and shes dressing for that job.
Not only did Kate, 41, move up the family hierarchy by becoming the Princess of Wales after Queen Elizabeth died in September, but last month saw the royal mom launch her Shaping Us initiative, an awareness campaign on the importance of early childhood, which resulted in a flurry of fashion-forward outfits in quick succession. The most glamorous ensemble was a scarlet red Alexander McQueen pantsuit that Kate wore to a pre-campaign launch event at BAFTA headquarters in London on Jan. 30.
Weve seen her do tailoring before but what I really loved about the red suit was that she was wearing it to an evening event, says Holt. I loved seeing that kind of spicy experimentation, it almost had a slight Studio 54 vibe to it. She was wearing that suit for the launch of an initiative that is her passion project ? red is the color of passion, it was a big moment on her CV.?
It was all about her, and I think thats such a telling gesture from William that he was happy for her to take center stage and share the limelight with her, rather than the other way round, says Holt.
Tailored pants have been a go-to for Kate in recent months, a departure from the fit-and-flare feminine dresses the royal was once so closely associated with. Its a shift that fashion insiders have noted and applauded.
I think whats really interesting is how its taken quite a serious slant. Theres a lot of very polished tailoring, and its a very sleek silhouette ? I really think it marks a new era in her royal life, says Holt. While the style shift may be subtle, the messages behind her new look couldnt be stronger.
She might not be able to say to us, Look, my life is now completely different ? my husband and I are one step closer to the biggest job of our lives, but she is saying all of that through her fashion choices, says Holt. Kate has this platform, and she is out there on her own, nailing it.
[From People]
Jesus, what is this woman smoking? ?She is out there on her own, nailing it.? Ah, yes Kate is on her own, with only a humble closet full of wigs, button-slathered ensembles, ruffled Alessandra Rich monstrosities, a full glam squad and a Meghan mood-board. While I acknowledge that Kate?s style silhouette has changed a lot over the past five years, it?s glaringly and creepily obvious that Kate has found a crazy amount of inspiration from the sister-in-law she considers her nemesis.
?Tailored pants have been a go-to for Kate in recent months, a departure from the fit-and-flare feminine dresses the royal was once so closely associated with?? Kate?s fashion history is a lot more tortured than they?re describing Kate used to copykeen QEII, she used to copykeen Jecca Craig, and as always, she was obsessed with copying Diana?s old looks too. There is so much Diana-inspo ?80s style stuff in her closet. Then she went through a childish ruffles/Mary Quant phase, and who can forget her Sister Wife prairie dress phase? These days, it?s all about the Meghan mood-board though.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Sarah Ferguson will answer questions about the Duke & Duchess of Sussex in NYC | | Added 673 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sarah Ferguson has always made a lot of money in America. Once she and Prince Andrew divorced, she became a spokesperson for Weight Watchers and got a publishing contract for her line of children?s books. She honestly made enough to pay off all of her debts and live quite comfortably for years? except that Fergie is terrible with money and she?s always working a million different scams. All of which to say, she?s made and lost several fortunes already, and she?s currently rebuilding her finances yet again with a brand new book contract and a promotional book tour. Fergie is coming to New York in early March and the press release about her appearance is getting a lot of attention:
The Duchess of York will speak about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during an appearance in New York City while she will be promoting her romance novel, A Most Intriguing Lady.
Sarah Fergie Ferguson, 62, will be appearing at the cultural center 92nd Street Y on March 6. According to the press release, the duchess will also be talking about her relationship with the Queen and answer a few questions about Harry and Meghan.
The press release describes Fergies novel as drawing upon historical characters and biographical elements from the Duchess royal life and family lineage.
The release also refers Fergie as the former sister-in-law to King Charles. Between 1986 and 1996, the duchess was married to the kings younger brother, Prince Andrew, who has been widely criticized in recent years for his close relationship with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
[From The Daily Mail]
I mean? this isn?t some new thing. Whenever she gives interviews, she talks about her ex-husband?s family and her ex-husband. She still lives at Royal Lodge with Prince Andrew, and once Prince Philip passed away, Fergie has even been included in tons of family events. Do I think it?s tacky AF that Fergie?s team put Harry and Meghan?s names in the press release? Yes. It is, just as it?s tacky to put QEII?s name in there too. This is the kind of tackiness the Windsors were expecting from the Sussexes, by the way. They thought Harry & Meghan would be desperate and grasping for any connection with royalty.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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