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| | Kylie Kelce doesn't like it when couples say 'we?re pregnant,' say 'we?re expecting' | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I really enjoy listening to Kylie Kelce?s podcast, Not Gonna Lie. It?s an entertaining 48-minute show by a strong woman who supports other women. For example, Maya Rudolph was this week?s guest. One of the first things that Kylie wanted to know was how Maya and her former female SNL castmates (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, and Rachel Dratch) always managed to be so consistently funny. Maya explained that rather than competing with each other, they just knew that they?d be funnier together. This is the exact energy that Kylie puts forth and promotes.
One of my favorite NGL segments is ?Doomscroll of the Week,? where Kylie talks about an online trend or topic that?s caught her attention. She generally gives an hilarious yet spot-on speech about the subject that makes me vigorously nod in solidarity. This week?s doomscroll came from a post in the r/pregnancy subreddit in which a woman was venting about how her husband keeps saying ?we?re pregnant.? And boy, did Kylie have some thoughts about this.
The 33-year-old mother of four weighed in on a recent online debate during the Oct. 16 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast. The topic came up when Kylie came upon a viral Reddit post about a pregnant woman who was upset that her husband repeatedly used the phrase ?we?re pregnant.?
Succinctly put, Kylie replied, ?Who the f is we??
?Men can be so annoying,? the wife of Jason Kelce quipped [CB ed note: this was in the original text from the OP, its not a quip from Kylie], before admitting, ?Now I do think Ive corrected myself a couple times on this show about me saying ?we were pregnant? or ?we got a positive pregnancy test.? ?
However, Kylie strongly
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| | Sunday Rose: People my age 'normally don't know anything about my life' | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Sunday Rose is the 17-year-old daughter of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban (her parents publicly split a few months after she gave this interview). She?s a model and she?s absolutely a nepo baby. I like to check in on this generation of nepo babies to see how well-adjusted they are and whether they have any sort of foundation or street smarts. Apple Martin seems like a chip off the ol? Goop block, but I?m not getting a bad read on Sunday Rose. She sounds more like a normal teenager, albeit one who has amazing access at every level. Sunday grew up in Nashville, which probably helps. Anyway, Sunday is Nylon?s ?It Girl? and they did a nice interview with her to highlight her modeling/ambassadorship with Miu Miu. Some highlights:
Why she?s pursuing modeling: ?Something I?ve always loved about fashion in general is that every brand is so different. Just watching the shows, you can see how each designer expresses themself in a different way through the collection. Growing up, I went to my mom?s photo shoots a lot and got to observe, which definitely led to my interest in exploring the modeling world.
Why Miu Miu: ?The best part about Miu Miu is Mrs. Prada. She?s been so supportive of me from the very beginning, and I couldn?t be more grateful to her for giving me my first opportunity to experience modeling.
Walking her first runway for Miu Miu: ?Honestly, the first show I had no idea what was happening. I really didn?t know what to expect at all, but the whole team at Miu Miu was so kind and excited to show the collection. Something I do is meditate because ? especially before the runway ? you definitely don?t want to be in your head too much while you?re walking?So at my first show, while I was walking, I was actually just thinking about the amount of schoolwork I was going to have to make up! I was really just hoping my teachers would let me have a couple days when I got back.
Her parents? ground rules for being in the public eye: ?There are two big rules. The first was that I couldn?t explore any kind of fashion work until I was 16, and the second is that school always has to come first, which at first I hated, but I am actually really glad that I have these rules in place because it keeps me in a good mindset.
Whether people have preconceptions of Sunday: ?When people my age meet me, they normally don?t know anything about my life, which is sort of wonderful because I am able to make a first impression based on who I am and not who my family is.
Growing up in Nashville: ?The city has changed so much over the years, but it?s been nice to grow up in more of a small town than a big city. I will have time to experience that in life, whether it?s during college or later, so I like that I?ve gotten to grow up in a city that has a bit of a slower pace. It also makes it really exciting to travel for work to places like Paris or New York.
What she borrows from her mom?s closet: ?Oh gosh, if I had to pick one it would be impossible. I take everything from my mom?s closet. I sometimes joke with her that it?s my favorite store.
[From Nylon]
She also talks about possibly going to college, but I kind think that won?t happen. Or she?ll go for one year and drop out to work full-time as a model/actress/celebrity. Honestly, she sounds fine. I?m not going to make fun of her she?s super-young and she?s taking the opportunities available to her. I also think it?s kind of charming that she looks absolutely nothing like her mom. There?s a resemblance around the eyes, but if I was just seeing Sunday without knowing where she came from, I would never guess that she?s Nicole?s daughter.
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| | Kevin Federline: Britney called Justin Timberlake on the eve of our wedding | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In October 2023, Britney Spears? memoir came out. While she had a ghostwriter, you could feel Britney?s own words hopping out in many sections. There was A LOT about Justin Timberlake. Britney really let loose about how Justin broke her heart, dumped her via text, left her ?comatose? in Louisiana and then blamed the split on her even though he cheated too. Well, in Kevin Federline?s new memoir, he also has some Justin Timberlake stories, and as he promotes the book, Kevin is telling all. Apparently, on the eve of Kevin?s wedding to Britney, she called Justin.
Britney Spears allegedly gave her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake a ring the night before she married Kevin Federline, Federline claims in a new interview. The DJ and reality TV star, 47, told Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday, Oct. 14 that Spears, 43, called Timberlake, from whom she?d split two years earlier, just before they said ?I do? in September 2004 in order to leave that chapter of her life behind her.
?I was like, ?What?s wrong?? I thought she was talking to her mom on the phone or something, and maybe she was having doubts,? Federline recalled. ?And she told me she was on the phone with Justin.?
Federline said asked whether he?d heard his fiance correctly, while reassuring her that there was no pressure to tie the knot if she was having doubts.
?I just kind of stepped back like, ?Did I just hear you right? What the hell is going on?? And I immediately was, ?Okay, we don?t have to do this.? I didn?t care if we got married or not,? he said. ?And she told me no and really was like, ?I just wanted to make sure that everything is done. I want to make sure that I say my final piece.? I?m like, ?Damn. On the night before our wedding, this is what you decide to do???
Reps for Spears and Timberlake did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Federline said he ?took it with a grain of salt? at the time, and rationalized her explanation by telling himself that she was likely ?closing a chapter of her life.?
?I was super young. I was so madly in love at that moment,? he said. ?I couldn?t imagine what it was like to be her, I couldn?t imagine what it was like to be Justin in those moments, because they were super young. You?re talking teenagers that had to go through this globally, and I know that they really cared about each other back then.?
He added that he felt as though Spears was ?not over? her relationship with Timberlake at the time.
[From People]
At the moment when she married Kevin, no, I don?t think she was ?over? Justin. That was a formative relationship for her, that changed who she was and is. It wasn?t just about her image, although I?m sure that was part of it. But she really loved Justin and she was wrecked after they split, even by her own admission. Still? Kevin had every right to feel some kind of way about Britney calling Justin on the eve of their wedding. It sounds like he was ready to call the whole thing off too.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Duchess Meghan attended Emma Grede's 'A Seat at the Table' dinner in LA | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For centuries, men have kept ?the table? all to themselves. They make business deals with each other over business lunches and dinners, they make handshake deals over golf or cocktails, they use their fraternity networks to get jobs, opportunities and advancements. Well, Emma Grede has decided to host regular women-only dinners so that businesswomen, female founders and female executives can network and create their own opportunities. This week, Grede organized A Seat at the Table dinner in Los Angeles. The invitation list included the Duchess of Sussex (who brought the As Ever wine), Maria Sharapova, Jennifer Meyer, Rachel Zoe, Bozoma Saint John, Nicole Avant, Chriselle Lim, Danessa Myricks and many more. The dinner was held at Kelly Wearstler?s home. Meghan was seated in a place of honor beside Emma Grede. From Grede?s IG:
A Seat At The Table, Los Angeles
In a city built on big dreams and even bigger ambition, one truth remains, success is never built alone. For too long, we?ve watched how men in business have mastered this: making deals over dinner, sharing opportunities over a game, and opening doors for one another in rooms we can?t always see.
This dinner series is about making that energy ours. About women coming together to share openly, trade resources, and help each other get shit done. Because when women choose to collaborate, to champion each other, and to speak honestly about the highs and the hard parts, we don?t just change our own stories. We change what?s possible for every woman who follows.
Here?s to more seats, more voices, and more women leading, building, and owning their power.
A heartfelt thank you to @kellywearstler for opening up her stunning home and hosting us. The setting made the night feel even more special. Thank you @shorton007 + @shopwithgoogle for bringing this night to life, and to everyone who made it magic:
Plant-based dinner by @camilla.marcus
Wine by @aseverofficial @meghan
Styling @stylememaeve
Glam @beautybychrisc @lorenzocalderonhair
Look by @newbottega + @ysl
[From Emma?s IG]
This is so cool, and I love that Meghan went to the dinner. I hate what Meghan wore though! A boxy, oversized beige pantsuit with the sleeves rolled up? Come on, this was a miss. Still, I bet the networking was ELITE. And I bet all of those women were pleased to meet Meghan. Meg would probably be able to get total financing for any of her upcoming projects just from the connections she made at that dinner.
?They not like us?
Meghan and Emma looking absolutely gorgeous. #MeghanSussex
Emma Grede pic.twitter.com/pWNPhPzm4S
ChrisBaronSmith (@ChrisBaronSmit1) October 16, 2025
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| | Republic wants a full disclosure of Prince William & Kate's meager schedule | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Republic, the anti-monarchy group in the UK, is having a hell of a week. Republic?s chief executive Graham Smith has been all over the Prince Andrew stories, making some excellent points about how the Windsors are treating Andrew like a family problem to be buried. As opposed to treating Andrew like a rapist criminal who should be investigated by British and American authorities. Well, Republic is also making another big move. They?re calling for a full disclosure of the Windsors? bare-bones work schedules. Republic wants a full accounting of how few events the ?working royals? actually do, especially the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Campaigners have called for a full disclosure of ?just how little the royals do? following media coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton?s visit to Northern Ireland. Despite media outlets reporting his visit to Northern Ireland this week, anti-monarchy group Republic has shared records showing Prince William has a ?work-shy? schedule. Data taken from the court circular ? the official record of past royal engagements ? shows William only has only had engagements on 13 days in the space of two and a half months between August 1 and October 15 and several of these are described as ?brief?. Republic says it suggests he engaged in ?the full-time equivalent of three to four days of engagements? during the period.
Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic, said the royal family give a ?false impression? of being busy and has called for more honesty.
?The palace likes to paint a picture of busy royals supporting good causes. The reality is a workshy family who occasional patronise charities ? usually a short drive from Windsor ? to give an entirely false impression. William and Kate are particularly lazy, putting in just a few weeks full-time equivalent of engagements, while the public pay William a private income of more than 23 million a year. We need full and honest disclosure about just how little the royals do and negligible impact they have on public life.?
August was completely blank in William?s calendar before a ?brief visit? to the Natural History Museum in London appears on September 4. He then went to a rugby match on September 6 before visiting Ascot and going to a couple of Homewards engagements ? a programme he launched to tackle homelessness ? the following week. The only other engagements he had in September were brief visits to Cardiff and Southport, private meetings, a charity dinner, investiture, and a video call with organisation Earthshot.
An investiture ceremony is a formal event where someone receives an official title, rank, or award. He has only had five days in October so far with engagements scheduled so far including a brief meeting with the Estonian president and a charity launch event. During their first visit to Northern Ireland for three years, William and Kate met recently-qualified firefighters and visited farms.
A 27-page report from Republic last year laid out how the royal household now costs the taxpayer 500m a year. The estimated price tag of 510m included hundreds of millions of pounds not accounted for by the Sovereign Grant ? a payment that is made annually to the monarch to help fund their official duties. Republic said the bill for the royals included lost income from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, as well as an estimated 150m security bill, costs to struggling local councils and lost revenue from state buildings used exclusively by the royals. It was confirmed in July that soaring profits from the Crown Estate to 1.1 billion mean the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant will increase from 86.3m in 2024/2025 to 132m in 2025/2026.
[From The National]
I didnt realize that this week was Will & Kates first time in Northern Ireland in three years!! I knew it had been a while for Kate, but I thought William had traveled there more recently. Guess not. Thats crazy. ?Despite media outlets reporting his visit to Northern Ireland this week?? That was just one day. The National is like ?but we saw him working this week!? Because I keep track of these things for this job, William and Kate had one day of real work in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, where they jammed in several events over the course of several hours (Kate even had a costume change). On Wednesday, Will and Kate did a ?greeting? with Jordan?s Crown Prince Hussein and his wife. William and Hussein then did a second event at an RAF base while Kate? went home and sulked, apparently. I guess my point is that yes, William and Kate are extremely lazy. William actually works more than Kate, but people don?t realize it because William?s solo events get so little attention. Even for William and Kate?s regular, decades-long laziness, they?ve been exceptionally lazy this year. They skipped the BAFTAs because they went on vacation. They had a long summer holiday. Theyve gone on at least three ski holidays this year. The only reason why we saw them at all in September is because Prince Harry visited the UK. ?Competing with the Sussexes? explains more than half of their events this year.
EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have called for a full disclosure of 'just how little the royals do' following media coverage of Prince William and Kate Middleton?s visit to Northern Ireland
Data shows William only has only had engagements on 13 days in the space of two and a half months pic.twitter.com/AbdUahRkCn
The National (@ScotNational) October 15, 2025
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| | Kevin Federline: Britney Spears used cocaine while she was still nursing our sons | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Many disagree, but I don?t blame Kevin Federline for writing a book and telling his side of the story right now. He waited until Sean and Jayden were legal adults, he waited until Britney Spears? conservatorship was removed, and yes, he waited until Britney was no longer paying child support. About that? it?s bizarre that child support is used against Kevin, in a way it would never be used against a woman? Kevin received child support because he was the primary caregiver to their sons. Kevin and his lawyers worked within the system, they worked everything out with the court, with Britney, with Jamie Spears and the conservatorship. It was abundantly clear that Britney was incapable of caring for her sons full-time or even part-time. Speaking of, in another excerpt from K-Fed?s memoir, he discussed the breaking point in his marriage to Britney. It was when she used cocaine when she was still breastfeeding, and she got angry at Kevin when he asked her not to breastfeed after she snorted lines.
Britney Spears drank alcohol while pregnant with her two sons, and once did cocaine before trying to breastfeed the children, her ex-husband Kevin Federline claims in his new memoir. Federline, 47, reflects on his three-year marriage to Spears, 43, in the new book You Thought You Knew, which chronicles their time together and life after their split as they fought over custody of sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19. In the book, Federline says a ?silent alarm? in his head was tripped for the first time when Spears started drinking while pregnant and on medication.
?That mix was? dangerous. Fed up, honestly,? he writes. ?You?re not supposed to drink when you?re on meds like that. A couple of glasses of wine for her would hit like a whole bottle because of the medication.?
Federline writes that he tried to make excuses for his then-wife, acknowledging just how difficult and how much pressure life in the spotlight brought, and accepting that alcohol and medication were her coping mechanisms.
Still, things reached a head at his album release party in October 2006 when, he claims, Spears ? who?d said she would stay home to watch the boys, including a 6-week-old Jayden ? showed up unannounced and started doing coke with an actress friend. Federline writes that he was ?stunned? by the whole ordeal, and while he wasn?t judgmental of the decision to take drugs, he was concerned because both Preston and Jayden were nursing at the time.
?I had seen it before, her drinking and breastfeeding, and it was really upsetting because of the danger to the kids,? he writes, adding, ?She could have pumped milk for Jayden so her mom had that ready.?
Federline writes that he eventually asked the pop star not to go home and nurse the boys, and she reacted angrily, throwing a drink straight into his face. He calls the incident ?the proverbial final straw? Her reaction. That?s what ended us.?
In her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, Spears writes that she ?never? had a drinking problem, and that the only drug she ever took was Adderall. ?I have never had any interest in hard drugs,? she wrote.
[From People]
It?s more than likely that Britney was abusing drugs and alcohol in the pre-conservatorship days as a way of self-medication. The youths don?t remember, but Britney really was in bad shape back then. Maybe she wasn?t using hard drugs regularly, but Kevin is right, whatever she drank or snorted or smoked affected her differently because of the medication interactions. I can totally see how this was the breaking point. Still, Kevin wasn?t the one who filed for divorce after this moment it was Britney filed soon after. Kevin told the Hollywood Reporter that Britney really blindsided him, because despite the cocaine incident, he felt like they could still work on their marriage.
Britney has been tweeting through Kevin?s book promotion. While her fans are cheering her on, I don?t think she?s doing herself any favors. While I?ve always been sympathetic to Britney, Sean and Jayden have every right to make decisions for themselves about what kind of relationship they want (or don?t want) with her.
The constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys. Relationships with teenage boys is complex. I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to?
Britney Spears (@britneyspears) October 16, 2025
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| | Prince Andrew has given up his royal titles & honors, but he's keeping Royal Lodge | | Added 22 hours ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I swear, the Windsors really have to stop with these late Friday news dumps. When I left my house this afternoon, there were several increasingly urgent stories about Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. Last weekend, Andrew?s 2011 email to Jeffrey Epstein was published by the Daily Mail that email proved that Andrew lied about when he broke off contact with Epstein, and the email also suggested that Andrew and Epstein planned to continue seeing each other and abusing women and girls together. Throughout the past week, the fallout has been limited to palace sources openly dithering about what to do next, all while emphasizing that they believed dealing with Prince Harry was a ?greater priority? for the Firm. Well, I was wrong I thought nothing would come out of this latest round of dithering about Andrew. But something happened. Andrew is now giving up all of his titles and honors.
Prince Andrew is discontinuing the use of his royal titles and honors.
In a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Friday, Oct. 17, Prince Andrew said he will no longer use his title or honors as it distracts from the work of King Charles and the royal family.
Andrew, 65, said in the statement, In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life.
With His Majesty?s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me, he continued. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.
To officially strip Prince Andrews titles, it would require an act of parliament.
Andrew?s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will no longer use her Duchess of York title. She has long gone by Sarah Ferguson professionally and will now use that name in all areas of her life, PEOPLE understands. The former couple will also continue to reside at their residence, Royal Lodge, on the Windsor Castle estate, as Andrew has a private tenancy agreement with The Crown Estate, which is unaffected by issues relating to his titles.
PEOPLE also understands that Andrew will not attend any of the royal familys Christmas celebrations.
The former couple?s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, will not have their titles affected by this decision.
Prince Andrew has been styled as His Royal Highness since birth. Upon his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in 1986, his mother, Queen Elizabeth, gave him the titles of Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh. The Duke of York is the traditional title for the sovereigns second son, and the elite peerage has a rich royal history. According to British etiquette expert Debretts, the dukedom has been traditionally conferred upon the second son of the monarch since Edward IV in 1474. Queen Elizabeths father, King George VI, was also known as the Duke of York prior to the shocking abdication of his elder brother, King Edward VIII, in 1936.
[From People]
The Royal Lodge thing is interesting, almost as if that was part of the agreement Andrew gave up his titles and honors, in exchange for keeping his lease on Royal Lodge. I?ve got to wonder if Charles threw in a few more perks to sweeten the deal, like Andrew will still be allowed to host shooting parties on privately-owned royal property (Windsor, Sandringham, Balmoral). It?s also interesting that Sarah is officially giving up her Duchess of York title too, although people already went back to using her maiden name anyway. Whew? well, it had to be done. And a lot more should be done as well, including Andrew agreeing to be interviewed in the long-running criminal investigations in the UK and America. Also: should we call him Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor now?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Tom Cruise & Ana de Armas have apparently broken up after nine months | | Added 2 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Tom Cruise and Ana De Armas started hanging out constantly at the start of the year. They were papped a lot in London, and at first we were told that Tom and Ana are merely working together and they were just spending time together as friends and colleagues. Months went by and they continued to pop up everywhere together. Ana even took Tom to her Vermont estate, which seemed to be the larger signal that they were really dating. As this gossip storyline went along, I actually got the sense that Ana was pursuing Tom, that she was trying to make this happen. I wondered how Tom would react to that longterm, because he hasn?t wanted to get involved with a big, public romance since Katie Holmes divorced him. All of his relationships post-Katie have been significantly quieter and less pap-friendly. Well, now they?re saying that Ana and Tom are done. Interesting.
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has split from his actress girlfriend Ana De Armas after less than nine months together. The Mission: Impossible actor, 63, was first linked to the Cuban-born beauty, 37, in February and they went public with their romance in the spring. But The Sun can exclusively reveal they recently decided to call time on their relationship, after realising they are better off as friends.
A source close to the pair said: ?Tom and Ana had a good time together but their time as a couple has run its course. They are going to remain good friends but they aren?t dating anymore. They just realised they weren?t going to go the distance and that they are better off as mates. The spark had gone between them but they still love each other?s company and they?ve both been really adult about it. She?s already been cast in his next film, so they will continue to work together.?
They are due to star together in supernatural thriller Deeper, and were seen in London rehearsing for their roles. But the film has reportedly been put on hold. The Sun told earlier this year how they are also planning on working with each other on a movie with the working title Pressure.
[From The Sun]
My controversial take is that Ana needs to stop dating costars or potential costars! She should have learned that lesson with Ben Affleck! God that was a mess. This thing with Tom would have been even messier because of Scientology and she should count her blessings that she got out when she did. Again, though, I feel like Ana was the one pushing to date Tom, and I get the sense that Tom is the one saying ?actually, I can?t do this.?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Virginia Guiffre: Prince Andrew 'believed having sex with me was his birthright' | | Added 2 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Virginia Giuffre?s book, Nobody?s Girl, is now being widely excerpted in British and American media outlets. I was worried that powerful people would be able to bury Virginia?s posthumously-published memoir, but it?s really going out into the world. The Times of London ran an excerpt of what Virginia wrote specifically about Prince Andrew. Virginia met him and was trafficked to him when she was 17 years old. Something I forgot or didn?t know? The infamous photo of Virginia, Andrew and Ghislaine (seen above) was taken BY Jeffrey Epstein. And the photo was requested by Virginia, and it was taken on her camera. Here?s more of what Virginia wrote about Andrew:
Giuffre recalls how excited she had been when Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed for trafficking young girls to Jeffrey Epstein, told her she would be dining that evening with Andrew. She describes feeling ?like Cinderella? about to meet a ?handsome prince?.
When Andrew arrived at Maxwell?s London townhouse they played ?a game? that Maxwell enjoyed, Giuffre claimed; asking guests to guess Giuffre?s age. Giuffre alleged that Andrew ?guessed correctly? and remarked: ?My daughters [Eugenie and Beatrice] are just a little younger than you.? She claimed she slept with the duke that night, which he has denied.
Reflecting on the encounter, Giuffre wrote: ?In the years since, I?ve thought a lot about how he behaved. He was friendly enough, but still entitled ? as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright.? She said she was paid $15,000 by Epstein for ?servicing the man the tabloids called ?Randy Andy??.
In the book, Giuffre described the first time she said she was introduced to Andrew. On March 10, 2001, she had been staying at Maxwell?s pied--terre ? a white mews house a short walk from Hyde Park. ?Maxwell woke me up that morning by announcing in a singsongy voice: ?Get out of bed, sleepyhead!?? Giuffre wrote. ?It was going to be ?a special day?.?
Giuffre was told she needed to dress smartly. She wrote that Maxwell had picked out an outfit for the evening, a ?sophisticated dress? and a Burberry bag. But Giuffre decided to wear ?a Pink V-necked, sleeveless mini-T-shirt and a sparkly, multicoloured pair of jeans embroidered with a pattern of interlocking horses?, she wrote. ?Maxwell wasn?t thrilled, but like most teenage girls then, I idolised Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, and the third outfit was something I imagined the two of them might wear.?
Andrew was 41 at the time and separated for some years from his wife, Sarah Ferguson, who was last month stripped of her charity positions after damaging emails to Epstein came to light. ?In contrast to his appearance today ? stout, white-haired, and jowly ? Prince Andrew then was still relatively fit, with short-cropped brown hair and youthful eyes,? Giuffre wrote.
?My mom would never forgive me if I met someone as famous as Prince Andrew and didn?t pose for a picture. I ran to get a Kodak FunSaver from my room, then returned and handed it to Epstein. I remember the prince putting his arm around my waist as Maxwell grinned beside me. Epstein snapped the photo.? The resulting photograph of Giuffre standing in between Maxwell and the duke ? his hand clutching Virginia?s bare midriff ? is now infamous.
After dinner, she, Maxwell, Epstein, and Andrew went on to the nightclub Tramp. Giuffre described Andrew as ?a bumbling dancer? ? ?I remember he sweated profusely,? she wrote. ?On the way back, Maxwell told me, ?When we get home, you are to do for him what you do for Jeffrey?,? Giuffre wrote.
She took the duke upstairs and ran a bath. ?We disrobed and got in the tub, but didn?t stay there long because the prince was eager to get to the bed. He was particularly attentive to my feet, caressing my toes and licking my arches, ? she alleged in the book.
Giuffre?s second meeting with Andrew was at Epstein?s Manhattan mansion. She wrote in her memoir that Epstein and Maxwell presented Andrew with a caricature puppet of himself from the satirical Eighties? television show Spitting Image and that he used the puppet to touch her and another woman ? Johanna Sjoberg ? inappropriately.
The third incident took place on Epstein?s private island Little Saint James. She does not go into much detail beyond what she testified to in a sworn deposition as part of a civil suit in 2015.
?Epstein, Andy, and approximately eight other young girls, and I had sex together,? she wrote. ?The other girls all appeared to be under the age of 18 and didn?t really speak English. Epstein laughed about how they couldn?t really communicate, saying they are the easiest girls to get along with.?
She alleged she was trafficked to ?more men than I can put into words?, yet very few have faced any consequences. ?The way [Epstein] viewed women and girls ? as playthings to be used and discarded ? is not uncommon among certain powerful men who believe they are above the law. And many of those men are still going about their daily lives, enjoying the benefits of their power.?
[From The Times]
My stomach turned at ?My daughters [Eugenie and Beatrice] are just a little younger than you.? He knew how young Virginia was and he still wanted this trafficked 17-year-old. What?s also striking to me is that Maxwell and Epstein had such a well-oiled trafficking machine. We knew that, of course, but Virginia?s personal story shows how often Maxwell and Epstein did this, often enough to set a pattern, often enough to know what ?worked? to convince teenage girls to let down their guard.
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| | The palace thinks Prince Harry is 'a greater priority' than punishing Prince Andrew | | Added 2 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Since 2019, whenever there are particularly awful stories about Prince Andrew in the news, the British press and the palace all deflect to attacking the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. That?s one of the reasons why the British press has been churning through so many negative and false stories about the Sussexes this month Andrew and Fergie have been in the news for their lies about cutting off contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Last weekend, we learned that Andrew sent this message to Epstein in February 2011: ?I?m just as concerned for you! Don?t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we?ll play some more soon!!!!? This has not only inspired another round of palace-sanctioned Sussex attacks, it?s inspired another round of palace dithering about ?what to do about Andrew.? Palace sources swear up and down that they?ve punished Andrew thoroughly and there?s nothing else they can take away from him. Well, the Times of London has a lengthy piece in which ?palace sources? are still dithering and throwing out ideas for what they could possibly do about Andrew. Buried in the piece is a bizarre mention of Prince Harry. That?s being done on purpose, to act as if Harry and Andrew are equal. Some highlights:
Andrew?s 2011 email to Epstein: For the Palace there is no mistaking the fact that the email represents a seismic shift, one which moves the dial from Andrew?s long-held position of deniability, however implausible, to apparent evidence of a lie. Because it proves that, contrary to his previous protestations, he was still in touch with Epstein after he apparently broke off their friendship. Without action, doesn?t the Palace risk being seen to simply grin and bear it? ?We?re certainly not grinning and we?re not bearing it,? says a Palace source. ?We?re taking the fundamental issues extremely seriously. It is very much not the case that the Palace is turning a blind eye or a deaf ear to it all. We are taking every fresh allegation extremely seriously and reviewing the potential options for further censure, while being aware that significant steps that can be taken have largely been enacted.?
Camilla is worried: The palace source added, ?It is a source of immense frustration and concern that there continue to be holes picked in the duke?s story. And there is understandable anxiety that it will impact on the royal family?s wider reputation and public work, not least, of course, the Queen?s notable leadership in campaigning against all forms of sexual abuse.?
Andrew?s titles: So what?s to be done? Today Andrew retains his title of Duke of York and that of prince. Both are difficult to remove given that to do so would require intervention from parliament. Some commentators have described it as a real crisis for the monarchy, while for others it merely confirms their already rock-bottom opinion of the duke. A YouGov poll over the summer, before the latest revelations, showed that 67 per cent of the public would back the idea of removing Andrew?s dukedom. While it has been done before, notably in the First World War to sanction titled aristocrats fighting for the German army, extinguishing a dukedom would require a legal mechanism. ?And even if you did strip Andrew of being a duke,? notes a well-placed source, ?he?d still be known as a prince, which sounds better anyway.?
Counsellor of state: Yet Andrew does still hold one constitutional role: that of counsellor of state. These are members of the royal family who might be called upon to deputise for the King if he is overseas or unwell by carrying out his official duties. Two are required to act in consort in the monarch?s absence. Typically these are the monarch?s consort and the next four in line to the throne over the age of 21. That includes the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, Andrew and Princess Beatrice. ?In a sense the opportunity was missed in the 2022 amendment to remove the Duke of York,? says Craig Prescott, a constitutional law specialist. ?What they did instead was to all intents and purposes make it a legal dead letter by saying that he and Harry would never be called upon to act.?
Andrew?s money: A source said: ?For Andrew the punishment seems to be the life he?s living as he has had everything apart from Royal Lodge taken away from him.? Even the money: Andrew?s private allowance from the King was removed last year when Charles pulled the plug. And he hasn?t received any public money since he ceased his official duties six years ago. How he is funding his lifestyle at Royal Lodge, a year on, is said to be a mystery to Charles. Andrew has given verbal assurances to the Keeper of the Privy Purse that he can afford the upkeep but it?s unclear quite how. Any suggestion, I?m told, that Andrew still has a treasure trove left over from the last Queen and the Queen Mother is ?wide of the mark?.
The Harry Problem: There is also the Harry problem, the second ?Duke of Hazard?, as he is known in Palace circles. A source said: ?Harry is a greater priority. The whole thing feels off.? Any afterglow from a recent reunion between father and son was quickly scuppered by briefings from Montecito, Harry?s new home in California, saying that the ?men in grey suits? at the Palace were trying to ?sabotage? his relationship with his father by leaking details of the meeting. Harry has written to the new home secretary to ask for a risk assessment as he keeps his battle for UK security alive. In other words, it rumbles on. The Andrew problem is closer to home and more pressing. One source familiar with his situation described him as a ?narcissist? who ?cleaves? to Royal Lodge, the last sign of his royal status. A decision to remain at the 42-room palatial home is, they say, ?illogical? and ?financially ruinous? as the long-term lease with the Crown Estate requires him to maintain upkeep on the property.
[From The Times]
The thing is, I actually agree that the Sussexes are doing more ?damage? to the monarchy than Prince Andrew. As much as palace sources want to make it sound like Andrew and Harry are in similar predicaments, the larger issue is that Andrew is for all intents and purposes a family member in ?good standing.? He?s still being protected, coddled and cared for by the institution, and they?re bending over backwards to ensure that he?s not punished any further. Compare that to how the Sussexes have been treated for merely moving out of the UK, buying a home in California and developing their own above-board income streams. The Sussexit did more damage to the monarchy?s image than Andrew has done, and that?s because of the palace courtiers and the monarch. Over the past six years, there?s a stark difference in how Andrew is coddled versus the sadistic punishments doled out to the Sussexes. People can see it for themselves, and the British public should wonder why the palace can?t stop tripping over their dks when it comes to Andrew.
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