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Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder is engaged! Schroeder, 31, shared the happy news on Instagram Wednesday by posting a sweet Instagram photo of herself and now fiance Beau Clark excitedly screaming. "OMG. I feel like Meghan Markle," Schroeder captioned the shot, which also features her massive engagement ring. The reality stars posed for their announcement photo inside the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetary as Schroeder is a big fan of murder and the macabre -- something which her beloved has helped her celebrate since they first started dating last year. Their first Valentine's Day together, Clark surprised his then-new girlfriend with a bloody murder-themed date night. Schroeder revealed she was in a relationship in February 2018 and the pair have fast become Bravo fan favorites on the show. Schroeder previously opened up about their romance telling PEOPLE in January, Clark is a "good one." "I don't feel badly about shouting it from the rooftops because y'all, I've been through like 15 years of s -- boyfriends, so now that I have a good one and I'm fine to brag about it!" Schroeder went on to reveal that she and Clark are not only a perfect match, but they also share beauty products. "We sometimes share moisturizer. He put one in my purse today because he has eczema and I have psoriasis, so that's something we bonded over," Schroeder said at the time. Schroeder also spoke on her relationship with Clark on Vanderpump Rules in January after celebrating her 30th birthday. "Honestly, I just feel really proud. I have a great relationship now, and I have all of these great friends," she said in a confessional. "Like, 23-year-old Stassi def wasn't grateful for anything. Now I just feel thankful." Before Clark, Schroeder dated her costar Jax Taylor. During an episode of Vanderpump Rules in April, a then-engaged Taylor, 40, confessed he still had feelings for Schroeder. "Actually, you know what? I do have something to tell you. Now is probably as good a time as any. I just want you to know I still have feelings for you," Taylor said on the cast's trip to Mexico. After a second of stunned silence, Stassi doesn't miss a beat. "You're so f -- ing lame," she says. "I know, I was -- I can't do it, I'm sorry," he says as they both burst out laughing. The two dated on and off during the first two seasons of Vanderpump Rules, and he cheated on her multiple times -- including with best friend Kristen Doute). The former couple now has a platonic friendship as he recently married costar Brittany Cartwright. (People)
Here's Why Pregnant Shay Mitchell Just Confessed to Wearing Diapers. They didn't say it was going to be easy -- or glamorous -- but they did say it would be worth it. On Wednesday morning, Shay Mitchell released a new episode from her YouTube series Almost Ready. And while participating in a round of fittings, the pregnant actress dropped a confession many moms-to-be can relate to. "You wanna see something? Honestly guys, I've never known that somebody could pee as much as you do when you're pregnant," Shay explained. "I swear to God, in a half an hour, I went to the bathroom probably about 22 times last night to the point where I was like I'm f--king wearing diapers." So, what is an expectant mom to do? For Shay, she's more than willing to put on a familiar item for kids. "I'm literally wearing a full-on f -- king diaper," she explained after pulling down her pants. "Because it gets to annoying going to the bathroom all the time ... This isn't even an ad for Depends." And although the mom-to-be has already had a few minor accidents, she's more than happy to share her tips and tricks for the world to see. "The set was way over here. The bathrooms were like way over there. I peed myself," Shay confessed. "I got a couple good times and then I had to throw it out. But I'm not doing it, you know? I'm having to pee way too much. I'm over it." Throughout her pregnancy journey, Shay has been open with fans about the biggest milestones. From a fabulous gender reveal to a babymoon vacation to Italy, the 32-year-old is enjoying her road to motherhood. "I'm still me and I'm gonna continue to live my life how I did before I was pregnant," she explained in her latest episode. "I worked before; I'm gonna work after and now I just need a different size pants. That's pretty much it." (Eonline)
Julianne Hough Reveals She's 'Not Straight'. "I [told him], 'You know I'm not straight, right?'" Julianne Hough recalls telling her husband Brooks Laich. It's been two years since Julianne Hough tied the knot with husband Brooks Laich, and in the time since, the America's Got Talent judge has been on a journey of self-discovery and personal exploration. Four months after the couple got married in July 2017, Hough, 31, began her "massive transformation," she tells Women's Health for its September cover. Baring all for the outlet's annual "Naked Strength" issue, Hough admits that as she was undergoing her personal evolution, she was fearful that Laich, an NHL player and entrepreneur, wouldn't understand. "I was connecting to the woman inside that doesn't need anything, versus the little girl that looked to him to protect me," she says. "I was like, 'Is he going to love this version of me?' But the more I dropped into my most authentic self, the more attracted he was to me." As a result, Hough says they now "have a more intimate relationship." Becoming more emotionally and physically intimate allowed Hough to be open with her husband about her sexuality -- and reveal that she isn't straight. "I [told him], 'You know I'm not straight, right?' And he was like, 'I'm sorry what?'" explains the pro dancer, who created a new dance concept called Kinrgy. "I was like, 'I'm not. But I choose to be with you.'" "I think there's a safety with my husband now that I'm unpacking all of this," continues Hough, "and there's no fear of voicing things that I've been afraid to admit or that I've had shame or guilt about because of what I've been told or how I was raised." Recently, Laich, 36, got vulnerable on an episode of his iHeartRadio podcast, How Men Think, revealing that he and Hough began the IVF process shortly before she turned 30 last July. While the couple isn't pregnant yet, Laich told PEOPLE he's more appreciative than ever for Hough, who has been a "warrior" through the process. "Knowing she has endometriosis, it could potentially make things challenging in the future to conceive naturally," he said of their decision to start IVF. "That was just a looking at the big picture and what we want as a family." In addition to starting IVF, Hough also froze some of her eggs last year, and "the commitment that she made to us having a family is something I'll never forget," he added. Calling Hough a "champion," Laich said she had three shots a day for two weeks, and dealt with mood swings from the hormones. "As a husband, I just go into full support mode. Whatever my wife needs, whatever I can do, I'm fighting the smallest portion of the fight with her," he said. "There are certain things in my wife's life that I know she appreciates that help her feel calm and help her feel relaxed, so I double those efforts during that time just to show that I'm there with her and I support her." And as she continues to experience different seasons of life with her husband alongside her, Hough is prepared for further growth. "I'm going to shift for the rest of my life. I'm not like, 'Oh, I got it.' But I'm trusting myself now, and when I'm totally connected to me, I feel full," the former Dancing with the Stars pro tells Women's Health. "I want others to see that in themselves too." (People)
Jason Momoa stood tall, proud, intimidating and determined to NOT allow any construction to happen atop Hawaii's tallest mountain. The "Aquaman" star joined thousands Wednesday on their 17th day of blocking a road that leads construction crews to Mauna Kea's summit ... where crews plan to build a 30-meter telescope. Jason was flanked by his children ... son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, and daughter, Lola Momoa, both of whom were wrapped in native flags. Jason -- who was born in Hawaii -- wore a crown and green leaf lei around his neck. He told the crowd he was honored to be there and followed with, "We are not going anywhere," which drew a roaring ovation. As we reported ... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joined the group last week and said, "It's bigger than a telescope. It's humanity. It's culture." Native Hawaiian groups, of course, are worried the construction site will damage land they consider sacred. The astronomers behind the Thirty Meter Telescope want to put it on Mauna Kea's summit because it has the best conditions in the Northern Hemisphere. Damian Marley was also there over the weekend ... singing his famous dad's classics while reminding the masses they're doing important work. (TMZ)
Tristan Thompson is finally clearing the air about the circumstances under which he met Khloe Kardashian ... and he's also defending his other baby mama. Tristan on Wednesday debunked a report he had reunited with his first baby mama, Jordan Craig. There were reports Tristan, Jordan and their 2-year-old son, Prince, recently went on family vacay in Jamaica ... making it seem as if they were rekindling an old flame. Tristan says there's ZERO truth to that ... and adds he's spent the last few months preparing for the NBA season, and that's it -- zero summer vacations. As for how the story took off ... seems Tristan posting a picture of Prince on a yacht in Jamaica made some people think he was there, but he's adamant he was not. Then there's this ... in a second tweet, Tristan played a little belated defense, adamantly saying he met Khloe when he was single. As we reported ... there have been longtime allegations she cheated with Tristan at the expense of Jordan. At the time, Khloe's story was Tristan pleading with her that his relationship with Jordan was over long before they met. He's backing that up now, insisting he was absolutely a free agent. Tristan makes it crystal clear ... neither of his baby mamas deserve any heat for any preconceived notions. Then really tries to score points by closing with, "Both Khloe and Jordan have been nothing but great mothers to my kids." (TMZ)
Kurt Rappaport, who is one of the richest and most successful realtors in the United States, claims his Guess-model wife of 16 months has been extorting him with threats to ruin his life and that of his celebrity friends if he doesn't tear up their prenup and cough up millions. Rappaport filed for divorce from Sarah Mutch back in February. In a new civil lawsuit just filed, Rappaport says almost immediately after their lavish, $3 million wedding, Mutch began bitterly complaining about the terms of the prenup and demanded -- "violently at times" -- that he change the terms or "the marriage is over." His lawsuit goes on to say ... when he refused to tear up the prenup, she went wild with his credit card, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for various things. The suit claims Mutch threatened that if he didn't pay her bills, she would "release false information about [Rappaport] and his friends to the press and social media outlets." He says after he filed for divorce, she went on a rampage, demanding millions of dollars or she would "go to the press and f*** s*** up" by disseminating false information about him and his celebrity friends. Rappaport filed a police report in April, detailing some of the alleged threats. According to the report, obtained by TMZ, Rappaport says Mutch "threatened to fabricate a 'Me Too' sexual harassment report at the hands of his wealthy friends." He says she threatened to go to the media with the allegations if he didn't give her "millions and millions of dollars." He told cops she said, "If I don't get what I want, I'm going to drop a bomb and end your career in a week!" He says one of her demands was that he give her partial ownership of a $60 million property he owns. Rappaport says when he refused to put the property in her name or tear up the prenup during the marriage, she began berating him, calling him "selfish, cheap, greedy and disgusting." The $3 million wedding in September 2017, was crazy ... Christina Aguilera performed. The guest list included Diddy, Ryan Seacrest, DJ Khaled and Larry King. As for the prenup, it would give her $45,000 a month tax free for half the duration of the marriage. In this case, it lasted only 16 months. She's currently challenging the prenup in the divorce case. (TMZ)
Queer Eye's Karamo Brown Calls Out Mario Lopez Over Comments About Transgender Kids. Karamo Brown is ready to talk when Mario Lopez is. The Extra co-host has recently made headlines for comments he made in a June interview on PragerU's The Candace Owens Show. During their conversation, Owens raised the topic of children telling their celebrity parents how they identify. "A lot of weird trends come out of Hollywood... and one of the weirder ones, for me at least to try to process, is this new trend where celebrities are coming out -- and I know Charlize Theron did this a few weeks ago -- and saying that their child is picking their gender. And this is strange to me... and they say, 'Oh, I looked at my child, my child was swimming in a bathtub and looked up and said, 'Mommy, I'm a boy,'" Owens told Lopez. Theron reportedly told The Daily Mail, 'Yes, I thought [Jackson] was a boy, too...until she looked at me when she was three years old and said: 'I am not a boy.'" The veracity of the Daily Mail article has not been confirmed. Owens continued to explain that in her experience as a nanny, kids tended to do and say all kinds of things, including believing they could fly. "I'm trying to understand this new Hollywood mentality where they just think that their children now have the mental authority," she continued. "I am trying to understand it myself, and please don't lump me into that whole [group]," the soon-to-be father of three answered. "I'm kind of blown away too. Look, I'm never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids obviously ... I would say if you come from a place of love, you really can't go wrong, but at the same time, my God, if you're 3 years old and you're saying you're feeling a certain way or you think you're a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be, I just think it's dangerous as a parent to make that determination then, Ok, well then you're going to be a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be and it's sort of alarming and my gosh, I just think about the repercussions later on." The TV personality added, "When you're a kid...you don't know anything about sexuality yet. You're just a kid." Owens later said the situation seemed like "narcissism" to her. "You just want to say, 'I'm so tolerant and I'm so accepting that whatever my kid wants to do, they can do,'" she said. "I think as parents need to allow their kids to be kids, but at the same time, you gotta be the adult in the situation. Pause with that and -- I think the formative years is when you start having those discussions and really start making these declarations," Lopez said, finishing with air quotes. "I just personally think it's just way too young to start making these [declarations]." However, when Owens brought up other less common ways celebrities parent to Lopez, he acknowledged parenting can be a contentious topic. "I worry about what goes on at Casa Lopez, focus on me and mine and everybody else, God bless them," he said. The interview has since gotten the attention of the Internet with Queer Eye's Brown responding on Twitter late Tuesday. "I'm disappointed to read @MarioLopezExtra comments about parent's who support their child's openness [sic] about their gender identity. As a social worker I am trained to identify abuse or neglect of a child. Healthy & safe dialogue w/ kids is neither abusive, neglectful or 'dangerous,'" he tweeted. However, he issued a second tweet to temper the backlash. "I don't think @MarioLopezExtra should be 'canceled.' But I do believe he should be given the opportunity to learn why his comments are harmful to trans youth and their parents," Brown wrote. "Mario, I'm ready to talk when you are." Lopez has since issued an apology. "The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now have a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were," he said in a statement to E! News. "I have been and always will be an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and I am going to use this opportunity to better educate myself. Moving forward I will be more informed and thoughtful." (Eonline)
Grant Thompson, creator of YouTube's popular "King of Random" series, died doing an extreme sport he loved and mastered -- based on a video -- even though he'd just picked it up a few months ago. TMZ's learned Grant Thompson was paramotoring -- it's also called powered paragliding -- when he died Monday night in Utah. In this video shot in March ... Thompson's seen handily operating a paramotor to fly all around and high above an open field. At one point he pulled off a maneuver his friend calls "so risky" as he recorded the flight. Law enforcement confirmed a paramotor was involved in Grant's accident. His brother, Mark, tells us Grant took up the sport about 5 months ago and says it was his new obsession. We're told the footage seen here was taken at the same spot near his home where he was supposed to land ... had he made it back from the flight that killed him. We broke the story ... authorities found Grant's body Tuesday. The Washington County Sheriff's Office got a call about an overdue paraglider who'd gone off radar near a state park, and they quickly launched a massive search. Along with Grant's paramotoring gear, a video recording device was found at the crash site and is being reviewed to determine the cause of the accident. Grant started his YouTube channel in 2010 and amassed more than 11 million subscribers while documenting experiments, life hacks and random weekend projects. He was 38. (TMZ)
Olympic Skater Ashley Wagner Claims John Coughlin Sexually Assaulted Her at 17. Figure skating champion Ashley Wagner is sharing allegations of sexual assault against John Coughlin. In a piece for USA Today, published on Thursday, the Olympic athlete details the 2008 incident allegedly involving her fellow skater, who died by suicide in January. In her story, Wagner states that she was just 17 at the time, while Coughlin was 22. "I was attending a figure skating camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and some of the local athletes were having people over at a house," she writes. "I had always been hyper-focused on skating, so I had never been to a party before. I knew everyone there, so it felt like it was okay to have a little fun. I also had never had anything to drink before, but all of my friends were having some and I was curious. I wanted to fit in." "As the party wound down, no one could drive me back to the hotel where I was staying, so a few other girls and I had to spend the night," Wagner continues. "It felt safe. My friends were there. I was offered up a bed and didn't think twice about taking it, and soon drifted off to sleep." She then shares that, during the middle of the night, she felt Coughlin "crawl into my bed." "I had been sleeping and didn't move because I didn't understand what it meant," Wagner writes. "I thought he just wanted a place to sleep. But then he started kissing my neck. I pretended to be deep asleep, hoping he would stop. He didn't. When his hands started to wander, when he started touching me, groping my body, I tried to shift around so that he would think I was waking up and would stop. He didn't." "When he continued to wander further over my body, I started to get scared because he was so much bigger than I was, and I didn't know if I could push him off," she shares. "I just continued to lie there pretending to be asleep, hoping that he would get bored and go somewhere else. He didn't." Wagner says that she felt herself starting to cry and knew she had to "make a choice." "I opened my eyes and pulled away from him as he kissed my neck," she recalls. "I grabbed his invading hand, and I told him to stop. And he did. He looked at me for a few seconds, quietly got up and left the room. All of this happened over the period of about five minutes. That is such a small amount of time, but it's haunted me ever since." Wagner notes that she "wrestled" with the idea of using Coughlin's name before coming forward with her story. "He was a prominent figure skater who died by suicide in January, and so I fully understand the issues with naming him," she writes. "But a name can shape so much of how my story is perceived. Without it, I know people will question my credibility." "I do not see myself as a victim, and I never want anyone else to think of me that way," Wagner states. "After that awful night in 2008, I moved on with my life, but I was always confused about what to think of him. He never apologized, and I never asked for an apology. We both moved forward, never acknowledging what he did to me." On Jan. 17, shortly before his passing, U.S. Figure Skating officials announced that Coughlin, 33, had been temporarily suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. At the time, further details on the reason for the temporary suspension were not shared. (Eonline)
A$AP Rocky testifies at assault trial that he was 'scared' and attempted to 'de-escalate' situation. A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court Thursday he was "scared" and desperately tried to avoid a fight last month in the capital of Stockholm. The Harlem-born rapper is standing trial for allegedly beating 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari on a city street on June 30. Two other suspects are also charged. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, testified for the first time on the second day of the proceedings in Stockholm District Court, saying that Jafari and a pal refused to leave his entourage alone, and that he believed the pair were "under the influence of some kind of drug." The rapper said his crew was approached as he was trying to download an app to use an electric scooter. "Things got a little weird. We thought that the behavior of these guys was strange, it got a bit scary," Rocky, wearing an all-green inmate's outfit, testified in the packed court, according to CNN. Rocky continued: "After a while, my security guard started pushing him away, begging him to leave, go from there," according to the Associated Press. The 30-year-old, two-time Grammy-nominated artist said he and his crew just wanted to "de-escalate" the situation. "Me and my crew told them that, 'Listen, don't go where we are going, go the other way, we don't want any trouble,'" said Rocky. "I assumed that these guys were under the influence of some kind of drug," he said. Rocky said he and his entourage were followed by the alleged victim and his friend. "At this point we are really scared. I saw my security guard being cut, bleeding. We didn't know what to expect with these strangers -- I'm not from Sweden, so it was really scary," the rapper testified, according to CNN. "I wanted to go straight to the hotel for safety. I didn't want this to happen," Rocky said, according to the news outlet. "We had no clue where we were, we just knew we weren't close to the hotel." Soon after, a full-on street brawl broke out, and prosecutors charge that Rocky -- along with two other men charged in the incident, Bladimir Emilio Corniel and David Tyrone Rispers -- beat Jafari and hit him with parts of or a whole bottle. Rocky, who has been held by police since July 3, has insisted he acted in self-defense. If convicted, Rocky could be sentenced to up to two years in prison. (PageSix)
Pro golfer Thorbjorn Olesen was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London on Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman mid-flight ... and then PEEING in the aisle. Officials say 29-year-old Olesen -- who placed 6th at the 2013 Masters -- was a drunken menace on his flight from Nashville to London ... screaming at passengers and acting like a moron. The most serious allegation is the alleged molestation of a female passenger. The details surrounding that particular incident is unclear. During the hellish flight, a witness told The Sun ... Olesen began urinating right in the aisle of the 1st class cabin. Olesen was traveling with fellow PGA star Ian Poulter -- the two had competed in the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis over the weekend. Poulter reportedly tried to diffuse the situation during the flight ... and when he felt Olesen was under control, he decided to take a nap. But, when he woke up, Poulter's rep says the golfer learned about the wild allegations against his fellow golf pro. In other words, Poulter feels he doesn't deserve a single ounce of blame. The Met. Police Dept. (the agency which took Olesen into custody in London) tells TMZ Sports Olesen was booked on several charges including "suspicion of sexual assault, being drunk on board an aircraft and failing to comply with the orders of cabin crew." We also reached out to British Airways, which said, "Our customers and crews deserve to enjoy their flights, and not to suffer any form of abuse." "This sort of behaviour (they used the "u") will not be tolerated, and the appropriate action will always be taken." Olesen was eventually released from custody and the incident is currently under investigation. For what it's worth ... Olesen finished 27th in the tournament over the weekend and tweeted, "Not much to say, other than I'm pretty disappointed with today's performance!" "Now for some time off and practice to get things right." Ironically ... he ended the tweet with a plane emoji. (TMZ)
Here's Why Pregnant Shay Mitchell Just Confessed to Wearing Diapers. They didn't say it was going to be easy -- or glamorous -- but they did say it would be worth it. On Wednesday morning, Shay Mitchell released a new episode from her YouTube series Almost Ready. And while participating in a round of fittings, the pregnant actress dropped a confession many moms-to-be can relate to. "You wanna see something? Honestly guys, I've never known that somebody could pee as much as you do when you're pregnant," Shay explained. "I swear to God, in a half an hour, I went to the bathroom probably about 22 times last night to the point where I was like I'm f--king wearing diapers." So, what is an expectant mom to do? For Shay, she's more than willing to put on a familiar item for kids. "I'm literally wearing a full-on f -- king diaper," she explained after pulling down her pants. "Because it gets to annoying going to the bathroom all the time ... This isn't even an ad for Depends." And although the mom-to-be has already had a few minor accidents, she's more than happy to share her tips and tricks for the world to see. "The set was way over here. The bathrooms were like way over there. I peed myself," Shay confessed. "I got a couple good times and then I had to throw it out. But I'm not doing it, you know? I'm having to pee way too much. I'm over it." Throughout her pregnancy journey, Shay has been open with fans about the biggest milestones. From a fabulous gender reveal to a babymoon vacation to Italy, the 32-year-old is enjoying her road to motherhood. "I'm still me and I'm gonna continue to live my life how I did before I was pregnant," she explained in her latest episode. "I worked before; I'm gonna work after and now I just need a different size pants. That's pretty much it." (Eonline)
Julianne Hough Reveals She's 'Not Straight'. "I [told him], 'You know I'm not straight, right?'" Julianne Hough recalls telling her husband Brooks Laich. It's been two years since Julianne Hough tied the knot with husband Brooks Laich, and in the time since, the America's Got Talent judge has been on a journey of self-discovery and personal exploration. Four months after the couple got married in July 2017, Hough, 31, began her "massive transformation," she tells Women's Health for its September cover. Baring all for the outlet's annual "Naked Strength" issue, Hough admits that as she was undergoing her personal evolution, she was fearful that Laich, an NHL player and entrepreneur, wouldn't understand. "I was connecting to the woman inside that doesn't need anything, versus the little girl that looked to him to protect me," she says. "I was like, 'Is he going to love this version of me?' But the more I dropped into my most authentic self, the more attracted he was to me." As a result, Hough says they now "have a more intimate relationship." Becoming more emotionally and physically intimate allowed Hough to be open with her husband about her sexuality -- and reveal that she isn't straight. "I [told him], 'You know I'm not straight, right?' And he was like, 'I'm sorry what?'" explains the pro dancer, who created a new dance concept called Kinrgy. "I was like, 'I'm not. But I choose to be with you.'" "I think there's a safety with my husband now that I'm unpacking all of this," continues Hough, "and there's no fear of voicing things that I've been afraid to admit or that I've had shame or guilt about because of what I've been told or how I was raised." Recently, Laich, 36, got vulnerable on an episode of his iHeartRadio podcast, How Men Think, revealing that he and Hough began the IVF process shortly before she turned 30 last July. While the couple isn't pregnant yet, Laich told PEOPLE he's more appreciative than ever for Hough, who has been a "warrior" through the process. "Knowing she has endometriosis, it could potentially make things challenging in the future to conceive naturally," he said of their decision to start IVF. "That was just a looking at the big picture and what we want as a family." In addition to starting IVF, Hough also froze some of her eggs last year, and "the commitment that she made to us having a family is something I'll never forget," he added. Calling Hough a "champion," Laich said she had three shots a day for two weeks, and dealt with mood swings from the hormones. "As a husband, I just go into full support mode. Whatever my wife needs, whatever I can do, I'm fighting the smallest portion of the fight with her," he said. "There are certain things in my wife's life that I know she appreciates that help her feel calm and help her feel relaxed, so I double those efforts during that time just to show that I'm there with her and I support her." And as she continues to experience different seasons of life with her husband alongside her, Hough is prepared for further growth. "I'm going to shift for the rest of my life. I'm not like, 'Oh, I got it.' But I'm trusting myself now, and when I'm totally connected to me, I feel full," the former Dancing with the Stars pro tells Women's Health. "I want others to see that in themselves too." (People)
Jason Momoa stood tall, proud, intimidating and determined to NOT allow any construction to happen atop Hawaii's tallest mountain. The "Aquaman" star joined thousands Wednesday on their 17th day of blocking a road that leads construction crews to Mauna Kea's summit ... where crews plan to build a 30-meter telescope. Jason was flanked by his children ... son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, and daughter, Lola Momoa, both of whom were wrapped in native flags. Jason -- who was born in Hawaii -- wore a crown and green leaf lei around his neck. He told the crowd he was honored to be there and followed with, "We are not going anywhere," which drew a roaring ovation. As we reported ... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joined the group last week and said, "It's bigger than a telescope. It's humanity. It's culture." Native Hawaiian groups, of course, are worried the construction site will damage land they consider sacred. The astronomers behind the Thirty Meter Telescope want to put it on Mauna Kea's summit because it has the best conditions in the Northern Hemisphere. Damian Marley was also there over the weekend ... singing his famous dad's classics while reminding the masses they're doing important work. (TMZ)
Tristan Thompson is finally clearing the air about the circumstances under which he met Khloe Kardashian ... and he's also defending his other baby mama. Tristan on Wednesday debunked a report he had reunited with his first baby mama, Jordan Craig. There were reports Tristan, Jordan and their 2-year-old son, Prince, recently went on family vacay in Jamaica ... making it seem as if they were rekindling an old flame. Tristan says there's ZERO truth to that ... and adds he's spent the last few months preparing for the NBA season, and that's it -- zero summer vacations. As for how the story took off ... seems Tristan posting a picture of Prince on a yacht in Jamaica made some people think he was there, but he's adamant he was not. Then there's this ... in a second tweet, Tristan played a little belated defense, adamantly saying he met Khloe when he was single. As we reported ... there have been longtime allegations she cheated with Tristan at the expense of Jordan. At the time, Khloe's story was Tristan pleading with her that his relationship with Jordan was over long before they met. He's backing that up now, insisting he was absolutely a free agent. Tristan makes it crystal clear ... neither of his baby mamas deserve any heat for any preconceived notions. Then really tries to score points by closing with, "Both Khloe and Jordan have been nothing but great mothers to my kids." (TMZ)
Kurt Rappaport, who is one of the richest and most successful realtors in the United States, claims his Guess-model wife of 16 months has been extorting him with threats to ruin his life and that of his celebrity friends if he doesn't tear up their prenup and cough up millions. Rappaport filed for divorce from Sarah Mutch back in February. In a new civil lawsuit just filed, Rappaport says almost immediately after their lavish, $3 million wedding, Mutch began bitterly complaining about the terms of the prenup and demanded -- "violently at times" -- that he change the terms or "the marriage is over." His lawsuit goes on to say ... when he refused to tear up the prenup, she went wild with his credit card, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for various things. The suit claims Mutch threatened that if he didn't pay her bills, she would "release false information about [Rappaport] and his friends to the press and social media outlets." He says after he filed for divorce, she went on a rampage, demanding millions of dollars or she would "go to the press and f*** s*** up" by disseminating false information about him and his celebrity friends. Rappaport filed a police report in April, detailing some of the alleged threats. According to the report, obtained by TMZ, Rappaport says Mutch "threatened to fabricate a 'Me Too' sexual harassment report at the hands of his wealthy friends." He says she threatened to go to the media with the allegations if he didn't give her "millions and millions of dollars." He told cops she said, "If I don't get what I want, I'm going to drop a bomb and end your career in a week!" He says one of her demands was that he give her partial ownership of a $60 million property he owns. Rappaport says when he refused to put the property in her name or tear up the prenup during the marriage, she began berating him, calling him "selfish, cheap, greedy and disgusting." The $3 million wedding in September 2017, was crazy ... Christina Aguilera performed. The guest list included Diddy, Ryan Seacrest, DJ Khaled and Larry King. As for the prenup, it would give her $45,000 a month tax free for half the duration of the marriage. In this case, it lasted only 16 months. She's currently challenging the prenup in the divorce case. (TMZ)
Queer Eye's Karamo Brown Calls Out Mario Lopez Over Comments About Transgender Kids. Karamo Brown is ready to talk when Mario Lopez is. The Extra co-host has recently made headlines for comments he made in a June interview on PragerU's The Candace Owens Show. During their conversation, Owens raised the topic of children telling their celebrity parents how they identify. "A lot of weird trends come out of Hollywood... and one of the weirder ones, for me at least to try to process, is this new trend where celebrities are coming out -- and I know Charlize Theron did this a few weeks ago -- and saying that their child is picking their gender. And this is strange to me... and they say, 'Oh, I looked at my child, my child was swimming in a bathtub and looked up and said, 'Mommy, I'm a boy,'" Owens told Lopez. Theron reportedly told The Daily Mail, 'Yes, I thought [Jackson] was a boy, too...until she looked at me when she was three years old and said: 'I am not a boy.'" The veracity of the Daily Mail article has not been confirmed. Owens continued to explain that in her experience as a nanny, kids tended to do and say all kinds of things, including believing they could fly. "I'm trying to understand this new Hollywood mentality where they just think that their children now have the mental authority," she continued. "I am trying to understand it myself, and please don't lump me into that whole [group]," the soon-to-be father of three answered. "I'm kind of blown away too. Look, I'm never one to tell anyone how to parent their kids obviously ... I would say if you come from a place of love, you really can't go wrong, but at the same time, my God, if you're 3 years old and you're saying you're feeling a certain way or you think you're a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be, I just think it's dangerous as a parent to make that determination then, Ok, well then you're going to be a boy or a girl, whatever the case may be and it's sort of alarming and my gosh, I just think about the repercussions later on." The TV personality added, "When you're a kid...you don't know anything about sexuality yet. You're just a kid." Owens later said the situation seemed like "narcissism" to her. "You just want to say, 'I'm so tolerant and I'm so accepting that whatever my kid wants to do, they can do,'" she said. "I think as parents need to allow their kids to be kids, but at the same time, you gotta be the adult in the situation. Pause with that and -- I think the formative years is when you start having those discussions and really start making these declarations," Lopez said, finishing with air quotes. "I just personally think it's just way too young to start making these [declarations]." However, when Owens brought up other less common ways celebrities parent to Lopez, he acknowledged parenting can be a contentious topic. "I worry about what goes on at Casa Lopez, focus on me and mine and everybody else, God bless them," he said. The interview has since gotten the attention of the Internet with Queer Eye's Brown responding on Twitter late Tuesday. "I'm disappointed to read @MarioLopezExtra comments about parent's who support their child's openness [sic] about their gender identity. As a social worker I am trained to identify abuse or neglect of a child. Healthy & safe dialogue w/ kids is neither abusive, neglectful or 'dangerous,'" he tweeted. However, he issued a second tweet to temper the backlash. "I don't think @MarioLopezExtra should be 'canceled.' But I do believe he should be given the opportunity to learn why his comments are harmful to trans youth and their parents," Brown wrote. "Mario, I'm ready to talk when you are." Lopez has since issued an apology. "The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now have a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were," he said in a statement to E! News. "I have been and always will be an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and I am going to use this opportunity to better educate myself. Moving forward I will be more informed and thoughtful." (Eonline)
Grant Thompson, creator of YouTube's popular "King of Random" series, died doing an extreme sport he loved and mastered -- based on a video -- even though he'd just picked it up a few months ago. TMZ's learned Grant Thompson was paramotoring -- it's also called powered paragliding -- when he died Monday night in Utah. In this video shot in March ... Thompson's seen handily operating a paramotor to fly all around and high above an open field. At one point he pulled off a maneuver his friend calls "so risky" as he recorded the flight. Law enforcement confirmed a paramotor was involved in Grant's accident. His brother, Mark, tells us Grant took up the sport about 5 months ago and says it was his new obsession. We're told the footage seen here was taken at the same spot near his home where he was supposed to land ... had he made it back from the flight that killed him. We broke the story ... authorities found Grant's body Tuesday. The Washington County Sheriff's Office got a call about an overdue paraglider who'd gone off radar near a state park, and they quickly launched a massive search. Along with Grant's paramotoring gear, a video recording device was found at the crash site and is being reviewed to determine the cause of the accident. Grant started his YouTube channel in 2010 and amassed more than 11 million subscribers while documenting experiments, life hacks and random weekend projects. He was 38. (TMZ)
Olympic Skater Ashley Wagner Claims John Coughlin Sexually Assaulted Her at 17. Figure skating champion Ashley Wagner is sharing allegations of sexual assault against John Coughlin. In a piece for USA Today, published on Thursday, the Olympic athlete details the 2008 incident allegedly involving her fellow skater, who died by suicide in January. In her story, Wagner states that she was just 17 at the time, while Coughlin was 22. "I was attending a figure skating camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and some of the local athletes were having people over at a house," she writes. "I had always been hyper-focused on skating, so I had never been to a party before. I knew everyone there, so it felt like it was okay to have a little fun. I also had never had anything to drink before, but all of my friends were having some and I was curious. I wanted to fit in." "As the party wound down, no one could drive me back to the hotel where I was staying, so a few other girls and I had to spend the night," Wagner continues. "It felt safe. My friends were there. I was offered up a bed and didn't think twice about taking it, and soon drifted off to sleep." She then shares that, during the middle of the night, she felt Coughlin "crawl into my bed." "I had been sleeping and didn't move because I didn't understand what it meant," Wagner writes. "I thought he just wanted a place to sleep. But then he started kissing my neck. I pretended to be deep asleep, hoping he would stop. He didn't. When his hands started to wander, when he started touching me, groping my body, I tried to shift around so that he would think I was waking up and would stop. He didn't." "When he continued to wander further over my body, I started to get scared because he was so much bigger than I was, and I didn't know if I could push him off," she shares. "I just continued to lie there pretending to be asleep, hoping that he would get bored and go somewhere else. He didn't." Wagner says that she felt herself starting to cry and knew she had to "make a choice." "I opened my eyes and pulled away from him as he kissed my neck," she recalls. "I grabbed his invading hand, and I told him to stop. And he did. He looked at me for a few seconds, quietly got up and left the room. All of this happened over the period of about five minutes. That is such a small amount of time, but it's haunted me ever since." Wagner notes that she "wrestled" with the idea of using Coughlin's name before coming forward with her story. "He was a prominent figure skater who died by suicide in January, and so I fully understand the issues with naming him," she writes. "But a name can shape so much of how my story is perceived. Without it, I know people will question my credibility." "I do not see myself as a victim, and I never want anyone else to think of me that way," Wagner states. "After that awful night in 2008, I moved on with my life, but I was always confused about what to think of him. He never apologized, and I never asked for an apology. We both moved forward, never acknowledging what he did to me." On Jan. 17, shortly before his passing, U.S. Figure Skating officials announced that Coughlin, 33, had been temporarily suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. At the time, further details on the reason for the temporary suspension were not shared. (Eonline)
A$AP Rocky testifies at assault trial that he was 'scared' and attempted to 'de-escalate' situation. A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court Thursday he was "scared" and desperately tried to avoid a fight last month in the capital of Stockholm. The Harlem-born rapper is standing trial for allegedly beating 19-year-old Mustafa Jafari on a city street on June 30. Two other suspects are also charged. Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, testified for the first time on the second day of the proceedings in Stockholm District Court, saying that Jafari and a pal refused to leave his entourage alone, and that he believed the pair were "under the influence of some kind of drug." The rapper said his crew was approached as he was trying to download an app to use an electric scooter. "Things got a little weird. We thought that the behavior of these guys was strange, it got a bit scary," Rocky, wearing an all-green inmate's outfit, testified in the packed court, according to CNN. Rocky continued: "After a while, my security guard started pushing him away, begging him to leave, go from there," according to the Associated Press. The 30-year-old, two-time Grammy-nominated artist said he and his crew just wanted to "de-escalate" the situation. "Me and my crew told them that, 'Listen, don't go where we are going, go the other way, we don't want any trouble,'" said Rocky. "I assumed that these guys were under the influence of some kind of drug," he said. Rocky said he and his entourage were followed by the alleged victim and his friend. "At this point we are really scared. I saw my security guard being cut, bleeding. We didn't know what to expect with these strangers -- I'm not from Sweden, so it was really scary," the rapper testified, according to CNN. "I wanted to go straight to the hotel for safety. I didn't want this to happen," Rocky said, according to the news outlet. "We had no clue where we were, we just knew we weren't close to the hotel." Soon after, a full-on street brawl broke out, and prosecutors charge that Rocky -- along with two other men charged in the incident, Bladimir Emilio Corniel and David Tyrone Rispers -- beat Jafari and hit him with parts of or a whole bottle. Rocky, who has been held by police since July 3, has insisted he acted in self-defense. If convicted, Rocky could be sentenced to up to two years in prison. (PageSix)
Pro golfer Thorbjorn Olesen was arrested at Heathrow Airport in London on Monday after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman mid-flight ... and then PEEING in the aisle. Officials say 29-year-old Olesen -- who placed 6th at the 2013 Masters -- was a drunken menace on his flight from Nashville to London ... screaming at passengers and acting like a moron. The most serious allegation is the alleged molestation of a female passenger. The details surrounding that particular incident is unclear. During the hellish flight, a witness told The Sun ... Olesen began urinating right in the aisle of the 1st class cabin. Olesen was traveling with fellow PGA star Ian Poulter -- the two had competed in the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis over the weekend. Poulter reportedly tried to diffuse the situation during the flight ... and when he felt Olesen was under control, he decided to take a nap. But, when he woke up, Poulter's rep says the golfer learned about the wild allegations against his fellow golf pro. In other words, Poulter feels he doesn't deserve a single ounce of blame. The Met. Police Dept. (the agency which took Olesen into custody in London) tells TMZ Sports Olesen was booked on several charges including "suspicion of sexual assault, being drunk on board an aircraft and failing to comply with the orders of cabin crew." We also reached out to British Airways, which said, "Our customers and crews deserve to enjoy their flights, and not to suffer any form of abuse." "This sort of behaviour (they used the "u") will not be tolerated, and the appropriate action will always be taken." Olesen was eventually released from custody and the incident is currently under investigation. For what it's worth ... Olesen finished 27th in the tournament over the weekend and tweeted, "Not much to say, other than I'm pretty disappointed with today's performance!" "Now for some time off and practice to get things right." Ironically ... he ended the tweet with a plane emoji. (TMZ)
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