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| Barney's music director had death threats emailed to him in the 90s | Added 2 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Im an Elder Millennial, and as such, I remember the kids? TV programs from the late 80s and early 90s. More specifically, I remember the theme songs and other music featured on them. You know, jingles like the Muppet Babies theme, ?The Song That Doesn?t End? from Lamb Chops Play-Along, and, of course, Barney & Friends? ?I Love You.? I was a tad too old to really watch Barney, but I had two younger sisters and there was only one TV, so?ya know, lol.
Barney is having a bit of a resurgence right now thanks to the new animated series, Barney?s World on Max. And like basically everything else, there?s now a Barney-centered podcast. On Tuesday, November 12, a brand new, seven-part pod dedicated to the original series made its debut. Hosted by Connecticut Public Radio?s Sabrina Herrera, Generation Barney is about both Barney and the ?music and love and backlash and toys and nostalgia.? Barney & Friends? musical director, Bob Singleton, is a guest on one of the episodes. During his appearance, he talks about his experience working on the show, as well as the scary downside to creating such catchy children?s songs.
One of the things kids loved ? and parents perhaps tolerated ? about Barney & Friends were the catchy tunes the purple dinosaur and his friends would sing. Believe it or not, the songs about friendship, community and love were tough for some who were hearing so much of them. Musical director Bob Singleton shares his experience on the new podcast Generation Barney, recalling getting flack when people would learn what he did for a living.
?When I was nominated for a Grammy, a local talk radio station said, Hey, this is great, Singleton recalls. Then someone called in and said, I wish I could get my hands around the neck of that guy. I would just, I would really like to take him out.
As Internet culture evolved and more people were getting together to discuss the show online, Singleton got troubling emails, too.
My email address was out there, and I was getting people sending me emails that [were] threatening me and my family with horrible, horrible death and dismemberment and terrible things, Singleton says in the narrative podcasts second episode.
It was frightening. I remember going to a luncheon once and theyve got us sat at a table. I said I had been the music director on Barney and this one guy ? and Im sure he was well-meaning ? said ?Wow, my kids loved you but I just wanted to kill you.
In that moment, I have to think, ?Okay, is this somebody that I need to watch for in the parking lot, you know? Or is he just, is that just his way of going ?My kids liked it, I didnt?. So it was awkward.
[From People]
Goodness, people are so unhinged. Imagine being so triggered by a song in a children?s television program that you go out of your way to send the show?s music director death threats. And the guy that told him that he didn?t like his work to his face while at a professional luncheon was so rude! I doubt my mother loved hearing these songs (and more) over and over again, but she certainly never complained about it in front of us or sent anyone threatening emails. And within the circle of life, those of us who are parents now have or are paying our penance by having to listen to annoying songs from shows like Cocomelon and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Thankfully, parents today have better methods to help tune it out. Although, I do still sometimes randomly burst into the theme song from Doc McStuffins because it?s so damn good.
You can check out Generation Barney here. The first episode features the two actors to have played Barney the longest, Bob West (voice) and David Joyner (body). It?s a pretty interesting conversation.
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| Vanity Fair released their Hollywood Issue already & it's really good this year' | Added 2 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Traditionally, Vanity Fair releases their annual ?Hollywood Issue? during the heat of the awards season, usually the February or March issue. But the award season has been all of out of whack for years now, and releasing the Hollywood Issue so late into the season decreased the issue?s cultural relevance. So what do you know, VF pushed it up so now we?re getting the Hollywood Issue just as the Oscar-bait films are being released. This year?s issue features a who?s who of almost exclusively ?on the come up? stars. The one exception is Nicole Kidman! The rest of the cover stars: Zendaya, Glen Powell, Zoe Saldaa, Dev Patel, Sydney Sweeney, Josh O?Connor, Danielle Deadwyler, Jonathan Bailey, Lisa, Ncuti Gatwa, and Bill Skarsgrd. Okay, I would argue that Dev and Zendaya have been around for years and are already established stars. But the rest of them? It?s a pretty good cross-section of the next ten years in film and television.
So, thoughts? As I said, I think it?s an excellent cross-section. I don?t even mind Nicole?s inclusion while she?s a different generation than everyone else, Nicole works like crazy and she?s a Hollywood-godmother figure to a lot of younger actors. I love that Dev Patel was included in the first cover panel (the most important panel!) and I love that both Jonathan Bailey and Josh O?Connor were included too. I?m not even mad at the styling everyone looks great. I wish Josh wasn?t wearing those Robert Evans glasses, and that?s about my only nitpick.
We?ll cover some of the interviews separately, but I have to say, VF did a good job this year. Dev has never had a bad hair day in his life, right?
Dev Patel can do it all.
For #VFHollywood, he discusses making ?Monkey Man? for his younger self, the decade it took to get the film made, and the lasting reverence of ?Skins.?
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VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) November 13, 2024
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| Kevin Costner shades Josh Dutton's exit on Yellowstone (spoilers) | Added 2 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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No Yellowstone storyline has been more dramatic or enduring than star Kevin Costner walking away from his rumored $3 million an episode gig as Josh Dutton ? the frickin? lead! I?ll try to pare it down to the basics: the fifth season of Yellowstone was supposed to be the final of the series, and it was split into two parts. The last episode of the first part of Season 5 aired in January 2023. Then the Hollywood strikes happened, and Kevin hit the horizon to film his passion project. Last Sunday, the first episode of the second part of Season 5 aired, and right off the bat they dealt with the exit of Kevin?s character. A day later, Kevin appeared on The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM, and he was more than a bit shady with the way Taylor Sheridan & Co. wrote off Josh Dutton. Warning: Spoilers ahead!
?Sometimes I?m like just a passenger in my life, you know, there?s a lot going on,? he told host Michael Smerconish. ?So no, I found out about it this morning actually.?
He explained that he was not aware that the shocking death was in store for his character, though he suggested ?a couple? of ?possible endings? for John over the years.
?No, I didn?t see it. I heard it?s a suicide, so that doesn?t make me want to rush to go see it,? Costner said.
But he did defend the team behind Yellowstone despite the fan backlash to his character?s passing.
?Listen, they?re smart people. Whatever they?re doing, they?ll figure it out,? he said.
As Smerconish pressed Costner over whether or not he was ?displeased? with John?s fate, Costner simply said, ?Maybe it?s a red herring. Who knows? They?re very good. And they?ll figure that out.?
He later denied that he quit Yellowstone at all. He explained that he tried to stay on the show despite it undergoing several changes after Season 5, Part 1. But he said he eventually had to back out because he had his own ?obligations? to the crew of ?300 people? working on his passion project, Horizon: An American Saga.
?I didn?t really have to leave anything behind,? he said. ?There was room, but it was difficult for them to keep their schedule. It seemed to be, it was just too difficult for them to do it.?
?I didn?t leave. I didn?t quit the show,? he outrightly clarified at one point of the interview. He said he ?accommodated? them on the unspecified changes they wanted to make to the contracts, but, ?finally when they wanted to change it a third time, because I had my obligations to do, I had 300 people waiting for me, I couldn?t help them anymore. I just simply couldn?t help them. But I didn?t quit the show.?
[From Decider]
Full disclosure: I have never seen an episode of Yellowstone. I do, however, follow the dramatic plot points that have been playing out off screen by the show?s main characters. Like Taylor Sheridan suing Cole Hauser over similar coffee brand logos, or Forrie J. Smith (what a name!) getting himself kicked off a flight for refusing to sit next to a passenger wearing a mask. So all that plus Kevin Costner?s tense, drawn out exit, and oh my gosh these cowboys are such drama queens! On his character?s death: ?They?ll figure it out.? Dude, they killed off your character. What is there to figure out? And I can?t even get into that whole ?I?m just a passenger in my own life? malarkey. But I think my favorite moment is Kevin insisting that he did not quit the show, you guys! He simply decided to stop physically showing up and receive a paycheck for the series he was starring in ? see the difference?! Look, Kevin may be entirely right that they kept switching contracts and schedules so he decided to honor a prior commitment. But the actions he took are still the definition of quitting.
And of course, lest we forget, the passion project he left Yellowstone for was Horizon: An American Saga, eleventy hours of Civil War-era westward expansion. Boy, did Kevin show them. He had 300 people waiting on him to direct it; if only there had been 300 people who wanted to see it in theaters.
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| TMZ: Jessica Simpson's friends have reached out to divorce lawyers on her behalf | Added 14 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last year, Jessica Simpson gave an interview to Bustle which stressed me out. She was funny and real, as always, but she talked a lot about her business. She and her mom bought back Jessica?s eponymous fashion line, and they put their own money into it, to the point where Jessica was overextended and unable to pay for her lifestyle. She was also going back to country music, trying to settle down in Nashville, and recording another reality show about her life and musical comeback. Basically, it sounded like Jessica was being pulled in twenty directions and her professional life was the most chaotic it had ever been. In that interview, there was very little information about her marriage to Eric Johnson or their three kids. Then, in recent months, there?s been a steady stream of gossip muttering about how Jessica?s marriage is possibly on the rocks, and how Eric has basically disappeared from her social media. Now TMZ says that people close to Jessica have consulted divorce lawyers on her behalf?
Two people directly connected to Jessica Simpson have spoken with 2 divorce lawyers in the last 2 months specifically about Jessicas marriage to Eric Johnson TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ late last month someone close to Jessica went to a Los Angeles divorce attorney and said Jessica was unhappy in her marriage and wanted to arrange a meeting with the attorney and Simpson. We do not know if this was done at Jessicas behest, but were told the message to the lawyer was clear. Were also told up to this point Jessica has not made contact with the lawyer.
And, weve learned someone on Jessicas team made contact with another Los Angeles divorce lawyer regarding matters that were divorce-related. Again, so far were told there has been no follow-through.
Jessica and Eric have been married for 10 years and have 3 children. Jessica posted Monday, Interviews in my Nashville music room where I unearth my singular magic. This comeback is personal, its an apology to myself for putting up with everything I did not deserve. Its unclear what JS was referring to, but people online were buzzing about her marriage.
[From TMZ]
I actually believe that their marriage is on the rocks and probably has been for some time. While Eric was by her side when she went into recovery and got sober, it felt like both her alcoholism and her sobriety put strains on the marriage. In the years since, she?s remained sober, but her professional life has become shambolic. Maybe Eric and Jessica have just outgrown each other, or maybe Jessica like so many women these days is trying to get out while the getting is good, i.e. before Donald Trump and the Republicans take away no-fault divorces.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| Gavin Rossdale and his girlfriend Xhoana X walked the red carpet at the MTV EMAs | Added 14 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Earlier this year, 59-year-old Gavin Rossdale went Instagram official with his (then) new girlfriend, an Albanian pop singer named Xhoana Xheneti, whose stage name is simply ?Xhoana X.? The couple?s social media debut showed them celebrating Xhoana?s (pronounced Zo-ha-na) 35th birthday. At the time, everyone made a note of the physical similarities between Xhoana and Gavin?s ex-wife, Gwen Stefani. Both are bleach blondes with high cheekbones and an impeccable eyebrow game.
Since then, Gavin and Xhoana have flown fairly under the radar as a couple. While Gavin still pops up on her Insta page fairly regularly, hes been touring with Bush this year, so most of his social media posts are pictures and videos promoting the band. On Sunday night, however, they made a ?rare? appearance together on the red carpet for the 2024 MTV EMAs (European Music Awards), where Gavin served as a presenter. They even wore matching sheer black outfits.
Gavin Rossdale and his girlfriend, Xhoana Xheneti, made a rare public appearance at the 2024 MTV EMAs. The musicians ? who have been dating since 2023 ? walked the red carpet together in Manchester, England, on Sunday donning all-black ensembles.
Rossdale, 59, rocked a sheer T-shirt, sparkly jeans and sneakers with a white sole, while Xheneti, 35, opted for a scantily clad look comprised of a barely-there cutout dress, leather gloves and platform booties.
While the Bush frontman wore his shaggy dark hair slicked back, the Albanian singer ? who bears an uncanny resemblance to Rossdale?s ex-wife, Gwen Stefani ? wore her bleached tresses down and straight.
She also sported exaggerated makeup featuring a silver smokey eye and a bold red lip.
Rossdale and Xheneti posed for pictures together, taking turns looking lovingly at each other, before they made their way into the event, where the rocker presented an award.
The couple made their relationship public in March ? when Rossdale posted a photo of Xheneti on Instagram in honor of her birthday.
?Hey finally got to have a birthday dinner with my girl @xhoana_x here?s to a year filled with magic for you ,? he captioned a selfie from their celebratory dinner date.
The pair went on to make their red carpet debut at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards the following month. For the outing, Rossdale paired black pants with a matching jacket, which he wore atop a bright yellow T-shirt, while Xheneti dazzled in a light blue wrap-around gown.
?Fun night in hollywood for the @iheartradio awards!,? he captioned a series of snaps from the evening. ?Saw some good friends. Watched some Excellent Performances. Lots of good music. @justintimberlake!!! Go @greenday.?
The father of four ? who became a first-time grandfather last year ? and his leading lady were photographed packing on the PDA while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in May.
[From Page Six]
Okay, we need to talk about Xhoana?s outfit and overall look of their matching sheer clothing. Something nice: they both look like they?re in great shape. Gavin, who was one of my middle school celeb crushes, doesn?t look a day over 49, and Xhoana?s body is bangin?. If she wants to flaunt it, then have at it. I get that they?re going for that rock ?n roll look, but I?m kinda over the cut-out dresses like this. Is this trend going to end anytime soon? I love a good red lipstick look but I?m not sure how I feel about it as a part of this overall ensemble.
Oh, and for the record, when they went IG official back in March and everyone was pointing out how much Xhoana looked like Gwen, I was under the impression that she looked more like a young Angelina Jolie. After seeing these pictures of Gavin and Xhoana on the red carpet, I maintain that she is definitely embracing more of the Angie resemblance than the Gwen one. Just saying.
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| They?re once again claiming that Prince William is the 'sexiest bald man' | Added 14 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the third time in four years, people are trying to say that Prince William ?won? a sexiest bald man competition. The first time was in 2021, and it was based on Google searches and sponsored by a cosmetic surgery group. The second time Huevo was named the sexiest bald man, it was last year and it was also based on flawed methodology, as they tried to argue that people were constantly google-searching ?William bald sexy shirtless handsome.? While I don?t doubt that William employs a full-time intern (perhaps some wiglet-wearing gopher???) to spend eight hours a day rigging the Google results, I still fail to understand how Mark Strong, Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson aren?t winning every sexy bald man contest out there.
Prince William has been named the worlds sexiest bald man for two consecutive years, after the royal recently debuted a more rugged look that left fans gushing over his facial hair. A new study placed the Prince of Wales, 42, ahead of contenders such as Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Stanley Tucci, Thierry Henry, and Vin Diesel ? as the future King of Britain retained his crown as the hottest man without hair in 2024.
The study ranked some of the worlds most famous bald men based on different factors including how shiny their heads are, their facial golden ratio, height, and smile and William earned a near-perfect score.
The research compiled by PR agency Reboot Online also tracked media perception and sexy global search interest, with Williams recent appearances in South Africa for the Earthshot initiative likely to have sent fan queries about him soaring.
This isnt Williams first time being recognised as the worlds dishiest bald man; after securing the top spot in 2021, he slipped to second place in 2022, before reclaiming his title in 2023. This year, he scored an impressive 9.9 out of a possible total of 10 points based on the shininess of his scalp, his smile and facial proportions.
Right behind William, Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson climbed to the second spot after being placed seventh on 2023s list, with a score of 8.9 out of 10. American basketball star Shaquille ONeal broke into the top three, after he was ranked as the ninth best-looking bald man in 2023. Professional surfer Kelly Slater, who was recently spotted catching waves with Prince Harry in California, came in at the fourth position earning high scores for his golden ratio, the sheen of his scalp, and smile. Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews and 79-year-old Taxi star Danny DeVito ranked fifth and sixth respectively, with Samuel L Jackson, former Arsenal superstar Henry, and The Hunger Games actor Tucci rounding out the list. Vin Diesel dropped to the last place, after earning the top spot in 2022 notably beating William that year.
[From The Daily Mail]
Rigged! Jason Statham didn?t even make the top ten?? Ridiculous. Anyway, my annual reminder I have nothing against bald men, bald men can be great-looking. But William looks like the wrath of god. Especially this year he looks like he crawled out of a bottle, and his facial hair has given him a scuzzy, druggy look. Also: it?s hilarious that the Mail released this rigged survey just hours before People Magazine announced their Sexiest Man Alive.
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| John Krasinski named People Mag's Sexiest Man Alive 2024: good or bad choice' | Added 14 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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People Magazine has been teasing their Sexist Man Alive 2024 cover for weeks. They began releasing photos of the other guys who made the list (Benny Blanco??) and most people were thinking about which (white) guys were having ?the best year? and/or had a big film to promote. It felt like the list narrowed to Glen Powell (great year), Jonathan Bailey (he?s in Wicked) or Paul Mescal (Gladiator II & Irish heartthrob for Gen Z). I?m not sure anyone expected who it actually turned out to be. Behold, your SMA 2024: John Krasinski??? Some highlights from John?s SMA profile:
What he thinks of the honor: ?Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts. Other than maybe Im being punked. Thats not how I wake up, thinking, ?Is this the day that Ill be asked to be Sexiest Man Alive?? And yet it was the day you guys did it. You guys have really raised the bar for me.?
Family life with Emily Blunt: Now living in Brooklyn with his wife of 14 years, actress Emily Blunt, 41, and their daughters Hazel, 10, and Violet, 8, Krasinski says Blunt was ?very excited? when she heard the big news: ?There was a lot of joy involved in me telling her.? The actress has even joked that she would wallpaper their house with the cover if her husband received the crown. Do we have that on camera? Because that?s like a binding contract, I think, he says. My children will love that, it won?t be weird at all.
What is he promoting?? With this year?s movie IF, which he also starred in, wrote, produced and directed, the actor solidified his status as one of Hollywood?s top filmmakers. Still, the transition took a little finessing. ?I had to pitch the studio like 54 times [for AQP] before they said yes,? jokes Krasinski, who next stars with Natalie Portman in the action heist film Fountain of Youth. ?I?m pretty sure someone said, ?Sorry, is Jim from The Office going to direct this?? And I went, ?Oh, it?s John, but we?ll get there.? ?
He?s built a life with Emily Blunt: ?It?s that beautiful thing where when you?re married to someone, you?re constantly learning and changing and evolving. And I?m so lucky to go through all that with her.? Not that his new title will change anything: ?I think its going to make me do more household chores. After this comes out, she?ll be like, ?All right, that means you?re going to really earn it here at home.? ?
[From People]
So, I actually forgot that he?s doing so much behind the camera these days. Not just IF, but he made A Quiet Place into a franchise, and he?s executive producer on Jack Ryan too. While I acknowledge that Krasinski is still relevant and still well-known, it does feel like People Mag got cold feet about naming an SMA who was buzzier/younger, right? Wouldn?t be the first time.
If this is a dream don?t wake us up. #JohnKrasinski is our 2024 #SexiestManAlive. https://t.co/H792MltVUC pic.twitter.com/RqvLoKTEZG
People (@people) November 13, 2024
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| Royalist: The report on Princess Kate's 'pre-cancerous cells' has been corrected | Added 14 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I love it when you guys theorize that royal reporters are secretly Prince William and Kate?s biggest opps. I?ve long believed that royal rota reporters see themselves more as gatekeepers to the Waleses in particular, and that there?s a lot of ?common knowledge? among the rota, stuff which is barely ever reported but is often hinted at within various stories. What?s gone down this year has broken a lot of codes and agreements though, and we could see that with our own eyes as the rota tried to contain the five-alarm PR fire that happened in the first three months of the year. Lies, manipulated photos, secrets, a missing princess, day-drinking, it was all pretty bizarre. Months later, people are still trying to work out exactly what happened and whether the stories we were fed were all lies. Which is why it caught on when Rhiannon Mills at Sky News seemingly let the cat out of the bag when she emphasized that the Princess of Wales had ?pre-cancerous cells,? implying that was all it was. As of Monday, the palace had not responded and Mills? reporting had not been corrected. Then something shifted on Tuesday. Tom Sykes at the Daily Beast sounds pissed off at this utter clownshow:
The extraordinary rumor that Kate Middleton never had cancer, which went viral over the weekend after an old report resurfaced saying the princess had been afflicted by ?pre-cancerous cells?, can arguably be traced back to a deliberately opaque communications policy by her and her office.
The half-transparent/half-secretive approach to Kate?s health crisis this year also resulted in one of the most disastrous episodes of news management ever seen in the royal family, when Kate disappeared from view for weeks on end, triggering a tsunami of speculation about her health and her marriage, before she reappeared in a photo that turned out to be doctored. Kensington Palace never produced the original. Many still darkly mutter that rather than being subject to some light editing by Kate sitting up in bed with her laptop as the palace subsequently suggested, the Mother?s Day picture was in fact an out and out forgery stitched together from a selection of old photos.
After an outcry from global picture and news agencies which declared William and Kate?s office to no longer be a credible news source, Kate then appeared to be bounced into revealing that she had cancer in the first of two momentous videos. But, astonishingly, that story is now being called into question after the Sky News report which said that Kate had actually been treated for ?pre-cancerous cells.? The report originally dated from September but resurfaced online this weekend. It was authored by Rhiannon Mills, senior royal editor for Sky News.
Mills and Sky are members of the so-called royal rota, a quasi-official group of royal journalists working for the British media who?while maintaining their editorial independence and frequently writing critical stories about the royals?cooperate with the palace, especially on logistics, in a broad sense. Palace staffers are often able to get simple errors made by rota journalists easily corrected.
The Daily Beast understands that reputable journalists contacted Kensington Palace last week to ask them about the Sky News report but it went unchanged until Tuesday, when it was finally amended by Sky to remove the reference to ?pre-cancerous cells.? Mills has not responded to requests for comment and the palace has told The Daily Beast that it won?t be commenting, with sources saying the phrase ?pre-cancerous cells? was never used by them.
The specific formulation of the words went largely unnoticed at the time amid relief at Kate?s announcement that she was ?cancer-free.? Intriguingly, her office said at the time that the press shouldn?t use the phrase ?cancer-free? although Kate did, suggesting another significant disconnect between the press office and its principal figures.
[From The Daily Beast]
?Her office said at the time that the press shouldn?t use the phrase ?cancer-free? although Kate did?? This is true. The rota gossiped about that too, that the palace issued talking points and guidance and Kensington Palace said that no one should actually quote Kate. It was in that stupid ?romping in the meadow and fondling a butterfly? video where Kate said, in her voiceover, that her goal was remaining ?cancer-free.? As for Mills, I have no idea if she simply made a mistake or if she was making a choice to spill some tea or whatever. I think it?s interesting that Sky News just edited the report and Mills hasn?t said anything on the record. God, so much weird-ass sh-t has gone down with these people this year.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images, Kensington Palace.
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