Donna Kelce and Ed Kelce stepped out in support of a new docuseries featuring their son Travis Kelce.
Attending the Sunday, August 24, Kansas City red carpet premiere of ESPN’s six-part The Kingdom, Donna, 72, and ex-husband Ed, 74, individually stopped and spoke with reporters about their adoration for Travis, 35.
Travis, whose early days with girlfriend Taylor Swift is explored in the series, was also in attendance, posing for photos on his own in a tailored charcoal suit and dark sunglasses. He paired the sleek ensemble with his famous wide grin before flashing a peace sign at photographers.
Donna, who split from Ed after 25 years of marriage after Travis and older brother Jason Kelce graduated from college, said in a red carpet interview shared via YouTube’s “Sports Videos on SI” account on Sunday evening that she was proud of her two boys.
Ed Kelce/Instagram; Donna Kelce/Instagram Ed Kelce and Donna Kelce may no longer be married — but they still have a great friendship. The twosome met in the late ‘70s and welcomed son Jason Kelce in 1987 followed by son Travis Kelce two years later. After 25 years of marriage, the former couple called it quits […]
“I know my children and I know the people that surround them and they’re just two very special individuals,” Donna was seen telling a group of reporters in the video. “They just have a knack of being able to be relatable individuals. It’s been so much fun over the years just being able to do and see and be introduced to people I never thought that I’d meet.”
Donna also replied to a reporter who asked if she’d listened “to any good podcasts lately,” a question that cheekily referred to Travis and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast episode that saw guest star Swift, 35, unveil details into her forthcoming 12th studio album.
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“That was very enlightening … just a fun interaction between family … and I think when they [Travis and Jason] interview individuals they bring the best out of them and make them confident,” Donna said. “They [guest interviewees] feel safe. Individuals feel safe with them, that they’re not going to do something that they shouldn’t be doing or asking.”
For Ed’s part, he spoke to the same group of reporters separately, as captured via a YouTube clip posted by the same account on Sunday. In the video, Ed was seen telling the reporters that he is “just very happy for him [Travis].”
He also spoke directly about Travis’ relationship with Swift: “They are two people that truly deserve each other.”
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Ed also commented on the family’s newfound spotlight, noting that he wasn’t “quite as much … red carpet life” as “our mom is,” but he was glad to “just share my joy with these boys.”
Elsewhere on the evening’s red carpet, Travis’ Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes posed for photos alongside wife Brittany Mahomes. The pair were captured laughing with one another and gazing adoringly into each other’s eyes as they enjoyed a rare date night. (Patrick, 29, and Brittany, also 29, share three children: daughter Sterling, 4, son Bronze, 2, and another daughter, Golden, 7 months.)
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All six episodes of The Kingdom are now available on ESPN+.
When Cavallari and Cutler began dating in 2010, to many, Cutler was the bigger name because of his career as an NFL quarterback. Although Cavallari came from a reality TV background, Cutler was one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league during the 2014 season, one year after they tied the knot.
The pair, who share sons Camden and Jaxon and daughter Saylor, had a bit of a financial role reversal by 2017. That year, Cutler retired following the football season and Cavallari launched her own profitable company, Uncommon James, which soon made her the money-maker in their household.
Since getting divorced in 2020, Cavallari has claimed that Cutler didn’t give her any seed money for Uncommon James and further alleged that she got nothing after they separated.
Kristin Cavallari revealed she lost weight while filming Very Cavallari shortly before her marriage to Jay Cutler came to an end. During an episode of her “Let’s Be Honest With Kristin Cavallari” podcast earlier this month, Cavallari, 37, answered a question about filming the reality series and how it affected her. “I was very thin,” […]
“I would say that’s one of the bigger misconceptions I see about me,” Cavallari exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2025, referring to claims that Cutler helped her finance her brand. “I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished on my own.”
Scroll down to learn more about Cavallari and Cutler’s finances — including telling quotes about their money from over the years:
Breaking Down Jay’s NFL Contracts
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Cutler was drafted in 2006 by the Denver Broncos, signing a six-year, $48 million contract with an $11 million bonus. The quarterback asked for a trade in 2009, and after signing a two-year contract worth $30 million, his time with the Chicago Bears began.
Cutler signed a seven-year contract extension with the Bears in 2014. The $22.5 million salary going into the 2014-2015 season made him the highest-paid quarterback in the league. The team released Cutler in 2017 with a $2 million buyout clause, and he landed at the Miami Dolphins for one more season — at $10 million — before officially retiring.
It’s estimated that Cutler earned $54 million in total payments from the Bears, with around $120 million earned throughout his NFL career.
Kristin’s an Independent Woman
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During an August 2018 episode of the pair’s E! reality show Very Cavallari, the Laguna Beach alum made a remark about not needing Cutler’s approval to purchase her “pad in Nashville” so she could sleep closer to her Uncommon James offices.
“I can just buy it with my money,” Cavallari quipped. “Oh, you don’t like that, do you? Oh, a little independence.”
Cutler pointed out, “You have your money but then all of my money is our money.”
Cavallari agreed, explaining, “That’s how it should be. The girl should have her own stash. No girl should ever have to stay in a relationship because a guy is supporting her. I’m with you because I love you, not because I need you.”
Kristin’s Net Worth
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Cavallari’s net worth is an estimated $30 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Over the years, Cavallari’s past as a reality star — she starred on Laguna Beach, The Hills and Very Cavallari before returning to E! for Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour in 2025 — as well as her bestselling cookbooks, podcast ventures and Uncommon James business have all contributed to her wealth.
Jay’s Net Worth
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Cutler is worth an estimated $30 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The publication claimed that the former NFL player’s salary is $22.5 million.
Inside Kristin’s Uncommon James Empire
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Cavallari founded Uncommon James jewelry and now lifestyle brand in 2017 in Nashville. In addition to its flagship store in Music City, the business has expanded to stores in Charleston, South Carolina, Dallas and Chicago with hopes to open more locations. Fans of Cavallari can also purchase her designs online.
“We’ve become a lifestyle brand and I’m really proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish. I’ve never taken any outside funding,” Cavallari told Numero Netherlands in 2024. “I’m 100 percent owner and that’s what I’m most proud of with Uncommon James.”
She added, “I think even more so in the skincare world, because we’ve been able to create products that are effective and really clean too. I use them every day. And if I can help women have that little extra confidence, that’s what it’s all about.”
Jay Cutler is saying goodbye to the Nashville home he shared with ex-wife Kristin Cavallari. The former NFL player, 41, sold his house in an all-cash sale on Wednesday, July 31, for $7.9 million, according to a report from TMZ. Cutler previously listed the home for $11 million in 2023. Cutler and Cavallari’s former home […]
Cavallari once again brought up her choice to invest solely her own money into the company on a June 2025 episode of Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour.
“Let’s clear this up, OK. These f***ing football fans want to make s*** up and take this from me,” she said on the episode, denying that Cutler “funded” the creation of her brand.
Cavallari explained, “I wanted women to be able to afford great pieces that they could mix and match. We have just expanded tremendously. We have four stores, we’re looking to open up a lot more.”
She also declared, “Our revenue is close to $50 million a year,” and reiterated that she is “100 percent” owner of the company.
Who Profited From Their Divorce Settlement?
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The exes finalized their divorce in 2022, with Cutler telling his “Uncut” podcast listeners that June, “It worked out. It worked out for Kristin. It worked out for me. It is what it is.”
Cutler’s podcast guest Clay Travis joked, “I would guarantee that you are the first quarterback to get divorced and make money in the NFL off the divorce. Has anyone told you that before?”
The former Miami Dolphins quarterback played coy about the settlement numbers, saying, “I don’t know if I made money. Yes, it’s very funny.” (The official court documents with the numbers of who got what have not been made public.)
Cavallari, meanwhile, claimed during a June 2025 episode of Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour that she’s “never taken any outside funding” when it came to launching Uncommon James. She then alleged that she never took any money from Cutler following their divorce.
“I have never gotten a penny from my ex-husband,” she told the cameras. “I didn’t get any money from our divorce, so let’s just clear that up. Thank you.”
Cutler fired back at the claim in August 2025, saying on his “Take It Outside” podcast, “Let’s think about this logically. ‘Not a penny,’ OK. Married for, I don’t know, seven years or so, three kids.”
The retired athlete continued: “You can go and see how much I made in the NFL. It’s online. You can see the contract from year to year and the total amount at the end of 12 years. So, you go to divorce, and each side gets a lawyer and then you go to court and there’s a judge.”
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Cutler claimed it was “irresponsible” for Cavallari to say she didn’t get a “penny” in their divorce. He then quipped that she did get “a lot of bills” from the proceedings.
“I think it’s reckless. I think it’s borderline slander to insinuate that there was zero dollars split during the marriage that each side got,” he told his listeners. “It’s insanity. It’s completely false, completely untrue.”
Cutler claimed that “without a doubt” he left Cavallari with enough money for her to live comfortably on — and it was “definitely not zero.”
“I knew I was making the right decision,” LaPaglia, 25, shared in an Instagram Story on Thursday, November 7, after detailing alleged emotional abuse during her one-year romance with Bryan on the latest episode of Barstool Sports’ “BFFs” podcast.
“And I believe not going all out and not telling everything was the right decision too,” LaPaglia continued in her message to fans. “You get the picture. Your messages have made me sob. I can’t believe how many women and men have experienced the same abuse.”
LaPaglia went on, “You have me, I’ll be a voice for you all always. If I can stand up to someone in power you can stand up to the bum from your hometown. This is all two weeks out so I’m still processing everything I went through. I’ll continue to process and heal with you all!”
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“Morals > 12 million,” the podcaster concluded her post, referring to an alleged nondisclosure agreement she claimed Bryan asked her to sign.
On Thursday’s “BFFs” podcast, LaPaglia opened up to cohosts Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards about her surprise split from Bryan last month. The online personality accused the country singer of being emotionally abusive toward her during their relationship.
Getty Images (2) Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia were together for a little over a year before their relationship took a shocking turn. In October 2024, Bryan posted a statement on social media revealing that he and LaPaglia had split. (The pair went public with their relationship in July 2023.) “I respect and love […]
“It’s not just for me, it’s for anyone else who’s been emotionally abused, it’s for anyone right now that’s been emotionally abused,” LaPaglia said on the episode. “It’s for people that don’t have a support system like I was lucky enough to have [while] going through this.”
“The last year of my life has been the hardest year of my life, dealing with the abuse from this dude,” she added. “I’m still scared of him, my brain’s rewired. I’m scared to make him mad. Last week I didn’t want to talk about it because I was scared.”
LaPaglia also said she refused to sign an NDA that she claimed Bryan, 28, offered her money in exchange for.
More details are coming to light regarding Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia’s unexpected breakup. “[Brianna] was blindsided by Zach being on dating apps and dating around while they had been in a committed relationship,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Someone sent her Zach’s Raya profile and girls were reaching out about him dating […]
“I still said f— your money. You made the women before me believe they had no other choice,” she alleged. “And to take money from you, sign their experiences away, sign what they went through away, You get to go skip off and sing your little f—ing songs on stage like you’re a good dude.” (Us Weekly contacted Bryan’s representatives for comment on LaPaglia’s claims Thursday.)
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Bryan announced his split from LaPaglia via an Instagram Story statement on October 22. At the time, LaPaglia said she was “blindsided” by the separation.
Zach Bryan and Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia.Courtesy of Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia/Instagram
“Addressing something: Brianna and me have broken up with eachother [sic] and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart,” Bryan wrote. “She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her.”
He continued: “I’ve had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things. I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go out different ways. I am not perfect and never will be.”
The former couple — who share twins Moroccan and Monroe, 13 — were married from 2008 until they finalized their divorce in 2016 (though they separated in 2014), and according to Cannon, 44, he struggled to live in the shadow of Carey’s superstar fame.
“I didn’t actually really care what the world thought,” Cannon said of public perception of his marriage at the time during a recent appearance on the “Ray Daniels Presents” podcast. “But going to myself, that pressure of, ‘Who am I?’ I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world.”
Cannon continued, “My trajectory was [down] here and she’s already in a different stratosphere. I would lay up at night thinking, ‘Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is that what my life is supposed to be?’”
The Wild ‘n Out host said that he questioned whether he was really fulfilling his personal ambitions at the time, though he admitted that he “got really comfortable” with the lifestyle his marriage afforded him.
“She got islands and I was waking up at noon and people bringing me steaks on a platter. But I’m like, ‘This ain’t the hustle,’” Cannon explained. “And then when you have children … your manship is like, ‘Wait, I’m carrying a purse, the diaper bag, I’m standing on the corner.’ She’s rocking being all the alpha that she is.”
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Cannon said that he believes Carey, 55, “needs a dude like that” but noted “I’m just not that dude.”
The father of 12 said that he tried to be the supportive husband and father that he thought Carey needed at the time, but he felt he was a “participant” in her world. “I’m main character,” he shared. “I was getting mad at myself. It was like muscle atrophy. I had a gut. It was like, ‘I’m not being the dude God put me on this earth to be.’”
Crushing coparenting! Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have been amicably raising their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, since their 2014 split. The “We Belong Together” singer gave birth to the former couple’s little ones in April 2011, six months after Carey confirmed her pregnancy. “Yes, we are pregnant. It is true,” the New York native told […]
Cannon continued, “The love kept me there. I was like, ‘You need a support system. You need somebody that don’t want you for your money, that’s sincere, somebody that’s willing to build a family and raise some amazing kids together.’ That was my goal. But then there was something constantly in me.”
Though their marriage didn’t work out, the two stars remain amicable post-divorce.
″Honestly, I think Nick and I could have worked it out between the two of us, but egos and emotions got inflamed (which can translate into many billable lawyer hours, and ultimately it did),” Carey wrote in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. “It was tough. We both wanted to make sure everything was cool for our family. We will always be family, and we make it work.”
“I have no interest in getting back into the dating world right now. I also don’t know how much time I have for dating,” she noted. “When I was dating last fall, I was still doing split custody with my ex and I had every other week off from my kids and that’s changed.”
Cavallari, who shares kids Camden, 11, Jaxon, 10, and Saylor, 8, with Cutler, 41, didn’t clarify how their agreement has shifted.
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“So I’m really happy and really content having my life right now being about my kids and work,” she continued. “Happiness for me is peace and peace for me is making this home exactly how I want it. I’m a homebody — I really am. Being home and cooking and having friends over. Those things make me happy. Beyond that, I don’t really have a lot of time for anything else.”
The former reality star has offered glimpses into her dynamic with Cutler after their split. In April 2020, Cavallari announced her divorce from the former athlete after seven years of marriage.
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“We have nothing but love and respect for one another and are deeply grateful for the years shared, memories made, and the children we are so proud of,” the former couple wrote in a joint statement at the time. “This is just the situation of two people growing apart.”
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler have nothing but love for their trio despite parting ways romantically in 2020. The former couple wed in June 2013 and went on to welcome their eldest son, Camden, the following year. He became a big brother when Jaxon and Saylor arrived in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Cavallari and Cutler […]
Cutler later revealed how difficult the dating scene had become since he was last single. “The whole landscape has changed. There are apps, there’s Twitter, there’s Instagram, it’s a whole different ball game,” the athlete, who has since been linked to Samantha Robertson, detailed during an episode of his “Uncut With Jay Cutler” podcast in August 2021. “You’re not just walking into a restaurant or bar and talking to somebody. That doesn’t exist anymore.”
The Laguna Beach alum, meanwhile, stood by her decision to pull the plug on her marriage. (Cavallari cited “inappropriate marital conduct” and “irreconcilable differences” as the reasons for her divorce in April 2020 court documents.)
“The scariest thing that I’ve ever done is get a divorce. But it’s been the best thing that I’ve ever done and that has really jumpstarted my journey on self-love and figuring out who I am now,” Cavallari explained during an episode of “The School of Greatness” podcast in June 2022.
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She concluded: “My kids have inspired me to become the best version of myself,” she added. “I can only be as good to my kids as I am to myself. If I am empty, I have nothing to give them. Being able to be energized and love myself so I can love on my kids — and support them and encourage them — that’s the most important thing.”
“It’s hard because I broke up with Mark because I just know long-term it’s not right, and it’s not because of love lost or something bad happened,” she explained. “He’s been the best boyfriend I’ve ever had. I just know long-term he needs to experience life, he’s young. … I started to feel the age a little bit with life experience.”
Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay is still healing from the end of her relationship to Bryan Abasolo and isn’t really to dive back into the dating scene just yet.
“Honestly, it’s not a focus right now,” Lindsay, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly at Project Angel Food’s 35th Anniversary Angel Awards Gala on Saturday, September 29. “I’m just trying to get through it. Then, get at me.”
Lindsay and Abasolo, 44, were married for four years after initially meeting on season 13 of The Bachelorette. Abasolo filed for divorce in January and Lindsay has since been focused on her self-improvement.
“Friends [and] family keep me empowered,” she explained to Us on the red carpet in Los Angeles. “I saw this quote the other day about romanticizing life and it was just learning about loving the simple things, whether it’s going on a walk, whether it’s just being thankful for the air that we breathe [or] whether it’s just like laughing with a friend.”
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images; Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Cover Images Former Bachelor Nation couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo were initially keeping quiet about their decision to divorce but more messy details have since emerged. Us Weekly confirmed in January 2024 that Abasolo filed for divorce from Lindsay. Court documents obtained by Us at time revealed he […]
Lindsay added, “I’m really holding onto those moments, because they give me life.”
The reality TV star initially struggled to cope with her new reality as a singleton.
“I think I read this somewhere, I’m not sure, but by the time women decide they want a divorce, they’re done, [and] I was done,” Lindsay previously revealed in a July YouTube interview with Scott Evans. “Doesn’t mean it wasn’t hard or a re-adjustment. It’s still a struggle daily, but emotionally, I felt I was very sure this was what I wanted to do.”
Being in large crowds often made Lindsay feel “uncomfortable” and anxious.
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“I thought, ‘What was wrong with me?’ My safety net is done [and] I don’t have my ring on, I don’t have a husband. I’m out here,” she said at the time. “I felt so exposed and vulnerable that I really didn’t go out for days.”
The former attorney added, “Slowly but surely, I started to gain my confidence back. I started skiing — I’ve never been skiing in my life — but I, weirdly, was good at it. … People say it’s harder to learn as an adult [but] I wasn’t afraid ‘cause I was in a place where I felt cold. I was like, ‘Oh, you want me to lean into this mountain like I’m falling over? [OK.]’”
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With Lindsay’s confidence back in full force, she is also prioritizing what matters most, including volunteer endeavors.
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“When I first got to L.A., one of the first things I learned about was Project Angel Food through friends that I had for a while. Immediately knowing what their mission was, I wanted to be involved,” Lindsay told Us on Saturday. “Whether it’s working the phones at the telethon, making phone calls to different clients or customers, attending an event like this to show my support and use my platform to raise awareness for what they’re doing, or just serving meals like I do, I just love what they stand for.”
She continued, “I love that, no matter what, the odds are never against them. When COVID [happened], they never stopped. They even doubled what they were giving and they continue to do that. I’m just happy to be here to celebrate them and the work that [CEO] Richard [Ayoub] does.”
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Amid her breakup from Justin Glaze, Susie Evans is recalling her first public split, seemingly with Clayton Echard.
“I have regrets from how the last one went to be honest, even though I feel like I was mostly private about that too,” Evans, 31, said on the Friday, August 30, episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast.
She continued, “Even the little bit that you give to people — like the way people recap it or put their own twists on it, or make assumptions — it can just be perceived just in a way that you don’t want it to be.”
Evans vied for the affections of Echard, 31, on season 16 of The Bachelor in 2022. After he ended their relationship on the show, the pair reconnected but ultimately parted ways in 2022.
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Following her split from Echard, Evans struck up a friendship with Glaze, 30. Fans were quick to suspect that there was something more to their relationship, but it wasn’t until January that the twosome took their romance public. “Justin is my boyfriend,” Evans told E! News at the time. “We’re dating.”
After months of Evans and Glaze sharing their relationship online, fans noticed that the duo stopped offering details earlier this summer. In August, Glaze exclusively told Us Weekly at The Famously Average Golf Tournament that he and Evans were taking things “day by day.”
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Later that month, Glaze confirmed their separation. “Susie and I, we’re not together,” Glaze said on the “Almost Famous” podcast. “We are doing our best to — kind of, like I said —- protect each other, keep things private as we try to navigate what this looks like for us.”
Evans, for her part, noted that the breakup has been “painful” for both her and Glaze. “We’re both trying to navigate it and love each other through it,” she said on Friday. “We’re on great terms.”
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When asked by cohost Ben Higgins whether she thought it was “worth it” to pursue a relationship with a friend, Evans got emotional.
“I think my honest truth on that is like absolutely, it’s worth it,” she said. “Justin and I’s friendship would have had to have changed regardless, like we were way too close for that to be normal if any of us started dating somebody else.”
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Evans noted that the twosome was “basically dating but just not kissing” while they were friends.
“I think if you feel love for somebody and you think there might be more there, absolutely try for it,” she said. “Because what we did have in our relationship was so freaking fun, and like, it really was the best thing. I’ve never had somebody that’s been such a best friend that’s also become like a partner. It is really special, and I do think it can work with the right person and with the right tools and the right headspace and all that stuff.”
She continued, “So if it’s a special person to you, it’s totally worth it. And even if it’s just for a season of life, like, you might get the most wonderful season of your life.”
Jenn Tran’s ex-boyfriend Matt Rossi made a splash when he showed up to fight for another chance with the Bachelorette.
During a July episode of season 21 of the ABC series, Matt hopped a plane to see Jenn while she was in New Zealand with her suitors.
“For him to come here is just a big shock,” Jenn said. “We recently reconnected in the past few months as friends — or so I thought as friends.”
Matt, who dated Jenn on and off after their initial relationship began in 2020, asked to join the journey. “You could’ve said this before I left,” she said, to which he replied, “I did say it but I didn’t say it as grandly as this I guess.”
After much back-and-forth, Jenn walked away from the interaction to collect her thoughts, leaving the episode on a cliffhanger. In the teaser for the following episode, Matt is seen suiting up to seemingly join the fellow contestants at a cocktail party.
Keep scrolling for everything to know about Jenn’s ex Matt:
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He Has a Weiner Dog — And a Nickname
Matt is the proud owner of a weiner dog named Kirkland, who he frequently posts on social media. (Kirland, who’s named after Costco hotdogs, also has his own Instagram.)
Months before Jenn began filming The Bachelorette, she took to TikTok to share a story about her ex, whom she referred to as “weiner boy.”
Jenn and Her Ex Matt Met on Hinge
Two months later, Matt confirmed he was, in fact, “weiner boy” in a TikTok of his own. In the February video, Matt had his pooch help him share the story of how he met Jenn on Hinge.
“He found this really cute, sweet girl named Jenn, totally out of his league,” Matt explained from the perspective of his dog. “Somehow she gave him a chance, they hit it off and they started dating. Things started getting pretty serious and Jenn was ready to settle down but my dad just wasn’t there yet.”
Matt, who referred to himself as a “f–k boy,” noted that he and Jenn were still friends. “Give me another shot,” he said at the end of the clip.
He Sells Beer in Boston
During his appearance on The Bachelorette, Matt was labeled as a 27-year-old insurance executive from Atlanta, Georgia. After the episode aired, Matt clarified his occupation — as well as his residence and age.
“Insurance executive from Atlanta is wild when I sell beer in Boston,” Matt wrote via his Instagram Story in July, adding that he’s 28 years old.
In another Instagram upload, Matt shared a picture of himself from the episode and wrote, “Anyone need insurance?”
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He’s Not Jenn’s ‘Toxic Ex’
During the season, Jenn has spoken about a “toxic” former boyfriend who affected her views on love. After Matt showed up, she clarified in the episode that Matt was not the ex-boyfriend she has frequently referred to as “toxic.”
“We dated three years ago,” she said in the episode of The Bachelorette in July. “Matt is not the toxic ex I’m referring to [when I talk about an ex on the show]. He’s not the one who messed me up a little bit.”
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He Has a Following on Social Media
Matt has more than 50,000 followers on both TikTok and Instagram as of July.
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“To describe myself, I am a guy that lives in Boston that has a wiener dog,” he said during an episode of the “Nickel Up” podcast in February. “My content is about lifestyle and entertainment. It’s there to give you a look at lifestyle, but have a laugh along the way. But that’s something that took me probably nine months to actually figure out and start executing.”
While some roses stand the test of time, others wilt before the Neil Lane engagement ring can be resized. The Bachelor premiered on ABC in March 2002 with Alex Michel dubbed the world’s most eligible Bachelor. More than 20 women competed for his heart and one of the most successful reality TV franchises was born. […]
He’s a Runner
Matt has shown off his passion for running on his social media. “FILR (f–k I love running),” he captioned an Instagram post in July, alongside a series of photos from his workout.
In another Instagram upload in June, he explained that he thought it would be “funny to sign up for the New York City marathon” and now he’s “committed to the bit.”
The former U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) player, 38, opened up about “one of the hardest seasons” of her life in a new interview with Women’s Health published on Wednesday, July 17.
“I’m navigating a divorce that’s been really hard,” Harris told the outlet. “I’m just riding the waves and realizing I can only control what’s in my controllables. I can’t control everyone else’s reaction. I can’t control everyone else’s opinions of me. I have to own myself and my body and be present and be human.”
Noting that she is trying to maintain a sense of normalcy for her and Krieger’s two children – daughter Sloane, 3, and son Ocean, 2 – Harris told the outlet that her “storm doesn’t haven’t to be theirs.”
Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris’ friendship turned romantic on the heels of their respective divorces from Grant Hughes and Ali Krieger, and they’ve been quietly building their relationship. A source exclusively told Us Weekly Bush and Harris “bonded over their breakups and having to start over” in October 2023, one month after they began dating. […]
She continued, “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to go through — dealing with a divorce with two very young children and not letting them see or feel my storm and rain. It’s a really big test.”
The duo first met in 2010 while competing on the USWNT, got engaged in 2019 and married that same year. Harris filed for divorce from the two-time World Cup champ in September 2023, and Krieger submitted her own filing in December that year.
In November 2023, Harris felt compelled to speak out about the online hate she was receiving after her and Krieger’s split. At the time, rumors of a romance with Bush, 42, were prevalent, but both parties have maintained that they were out of their respective relationships before getting together romantically. (Bush split from ex Grant Hughes after a little more than one year of marriage. The former spouses wed in June 2022 and went their separate ways in August 2023.)
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“The online hate that has happened since has been one of the most personally devastating experiences of my life,” Harris wrote in part via Instagram. “Words matter. The cheering on abuse, the people clamoring to encourage me to commit suicide, and the cruel words spoken about my children, and who I am as a mother? Those words matter.”
“As I came into myself, I already felt it was my home. I think I’ve always known that my sexuality exists on a spectrum,” she wrote in the magazine’s cover story. “Right now I think the word that best defines it is queer. I can’t say it without smiling, actually. And that feels pretty great.”
After a social media user claimed that Fox, 38, “never defends” Marcil, 55, and was “clearly a catalyst in your son’s broken relationship with his father,” the General Hospital star was quick to clear the air.
“Not true babe. [Megan Fox] was 17 … and still has taken responsibility for her actions,” Marcil alleged in an Instagram post earlier this month, in which she slammed some women for tearing other women down. “She has apologized to both me and our child. She stated she is ‘disgusted’ by her behavior. However, it wasn’t her job to keep a grown man/biological parent in his son’s life.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Green, Fox and Marcil for comment.
Marcil and Green, 50, met on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210 in the late ’90s and dated for several years. They welcomed son Kassius, now 22, in March 2002 but split the following year.
Brian Austin Green and Vanessa Marcil’s journey from costars to coparents has been anything but easy. Green and Marcil met on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210 when she joined the show during season 9. While the twosome dated for several years, Marcil claimed in 2020 that she was “never” in love with Green. “[I […]
Green later moved on with Fox, whom he began dating in 2004, got engaged in 2006 but called it off in 2009. They later reconciled and got engaged again in June 2010, tying the knot in Hawaii that same month. Fox filed for divorce in 2020 after a decade of marriage, and their divorce was finalized in February 2022. Together they share three children: Noah, 11, Bodhi, 10 and Journey, 7. Green has since sparked a romance with Dancing With the Stars pro Sharna Burgess, with whom he shares son Zane, 2, while Fox has been with Machine Gun Kelly since meeting on the set of Midnight in the Switchgrass in 2020.
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Marcil’s comment about Fox came more than five years after she spoke out about her and Green’s custody battle for the first time, in which she alleged that the actor and Fox “completely cut” Kassius “out of their lives and his younger brothers’ lives.”
“12 years ago I was served legal papers and then spent 8+ years defending myself and my son in custody court in response to his father & his stepmother trying to get full custody (that means I would have seen my son four days a month) and then asking me to pay them child support,” she wrote in a lengthy caption via Instagram in November 2018.
She added, “They lost that case & a civil case asking me for $200,000. I never spoke publicly in order to protect my then-young son from hearing anything negative about his father and from paparazzi that used to follow him & terrify him. I had also never asked for child support of any kind and had never tried to take time away from Kass’ dad seeing him. Ever.”
Though Green didn’t comment on Marcil’s custody allegations at the time, he hit back at his ex’s claims via an Instagram Story in October 2022.
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“I just heard that my ex was claiming I spent years taking her to court and asking for child support,” he wrote alongside a screenshot of court papers that seemed to show Marcil listed as the petitioner and Green as the respondent. “How was I the Respondent then??? #factsisfacts #thetruthshallsetyoufree.”
Somewhat of a pattern. Brian Austin Green has a tendency to fall for his costars, as evidenced by his relationships with several of his Beverly Hills, 90210 castmates and Megan Fox. The actor got romantic with Tori Spelling, Tiffani Thiessen and Vanessa Marcil while starring on the teen drama from 1990 to 2000. He later moved on […]
In February of the following year, the Anger Management alum vented about “how frustrating it is to read continued lies from a 50+-year-old woman on social media like she is still in high school” via his Instagram Story. His comments accompanied a screenshot of one of Marcil’s Stories, in which she claimed she and Green “didn’t and don’t” coparent and that she “raised my son alone.”
Referring to his and Fox’s former marriage and how they coparent, he claimed, “Megan and I bust our asses to give Kass a well-rounded childhood since his mom was rarely there. I’m assuming that’s why she posts so much of him now. When will she just GO AWAY.”
Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée, Maya Henry, has pulled from her real life to write her debut novel, Looking Forward.
“Obviously the book is fiction, [but it’s] definitely inspired by true events.” Henry, 23, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, May 15. “[The main character] Mallory is very similar to me, and that’s why it was very easy for me to write her character and put the emotion in there. I’m just grateful that I have this opportunity and platform to really help be a voice for women.”
Looking Forward, which came out on Tuesday, May 14, follows protagonist Mallory Hunt, who grew up in an exclusive Tennessee neighborhood but doesn’t quite fit in with the crowd of blonde debutantes. Instead, Mallory and her best friend, Luna, bond over boy band 5Forward and dream of glamorous futures far away from their hometown.
Years later, Mallory is “suddenly thrust” into the world of high-fashion modeling, per a book summary. As she becomes a fashion It Girl, she meets Oliver Smith, who used to be a member of 5Forward.
Liam Payne has been learning to navigate his personal ups and downs since rising to fame as a member of One Direction in 2010. Payne’s boy band success and later solo stardom has made finding love somewhat difficult. After an on-off romance with X-Factor dancer Danielle Peazer, Payne was linked to childhood flame Sophia Smith […]
“From Dubai to Paris, London to Coachella, Mallory finds herself desperately in love with the former boy-bander despite fame, attention, and personal demons that threaten them both,” the book summary continues. “As their fantasy love affair goes from private intimacy to public meltdown, Mallory learns the pain and heartache when your love goes from girlhood fantasy to real-life drama.”
Henry has not publicly addressed her literary muse — though Mallory and Oliver have apparent parallels to her life with Payne, 30.
Henry grew up in Texas, the daughter of a high-profile attorney. In 2019, Henry started dating One Direction singer Payne when she was 18 and he was 26. Payne, who shares 6-year-old son Bear with ex Cheryl Cole, proposed to Henry in 2020. The couple were together on-and-off until they split for good in 2022. Payne has since moved on with Kate Cassidy.
One Direction may have hit pause on their music together, but band members Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have continued to hit play when it comes to romance. Malik’s relationship with fellow English singer Perrie Edwards was a fan-favorite as the couple started dating in 2011 and got engaged […]
In an excerpt of Looking Forward published by Cosmopolitan earlier this month, it is revealed that Mallory is also the daughter of an attorney and flees London when she and Oliver break up and end their own engagement. (Henry had similarly lived in the U.K. with Payne, who grew up in Wolverhampton but moved to London during One Direction’s heyday.)
“I am still young. I’ve got my whole life ahead of me. When I first left London, I was in a pretty bad state,” a passage shared with Cosmopolitan reads. “I told myself the best way to move on was to forget. Just let them float from my mind, all the bad things that happened. Forget everything, especially the end. Forget Oliver. I didn’t forget, though. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t. I was so traumatized. In the end, I realized that forgetting wouldn’t help anything.”
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At one point, Oliver even gives Mallory an ultimatum to either get an abortion or “lose [him]” in the middle of a physical fight. The scene was loosely based on Henry’s real life, but it is unknown if she actually had a D&C or if it occurred during her relationship with Payne. (The singer has also not publicly addressed the speculation.)
“I drew inspiration [from my real life], and I wanted to include a scene like that in the book because while not everyone dates a pop star, I feel like everyone dates someone like Oliver,” Henry told People. “I feel like it was just important for women to be seen in that way, and can relate and not feel like they’re alone in whatever they’re going through.”
Khloé Kardashian took her kids, daughter True and son Tatum, to watch their father, Tristan Thompson, play in the NBA semifinals.
Kardashian, 39, sporting a black coat and black leather pants, showed up in style to Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Monday, May 13, for the kids’ first outing to see their dad on a professional basketball court. True, 6, wore a pink T-shirt and boots for the occasion while Tatum, who turns 2 in July, was seen toddling into the stadium.
Saint West, the 8-year-old son of Khloé’s sister Kim Kardashian, also joined the group for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ big game against the Boston Celtics. Thompson — a former L.A. Laker — signed a one-season contract with the Cavs last fall.
Khloé and Thompson might not be together romantically, but they are committed coparents. The 39-year-old reality star split from the athlete, 33, in April 2018 after he was caught cheating with multiple women. The couple tried to weather the scandal but called it quits for good when Maralee Nichols sued Thompson for child support after giving birth to son Theo in December 2021. Thompson confirmed his paternity one month later. (The athlete also has a 7-year-old son, Prince, with ex Jordan Craig.)
Tristan Thompson’s life in the limelight has been filled with controversy — from cheating scandals and paternity claims to high-profile breakups. Thompson joined the NBA in 2011, but it wasn’t until he started seeing Khloé Kardashian in August 2016 that his personal life became so public. Thompson’s past relationship with Jordan Craig became a hot […]
Shortly after news of Thompson’s affair with Nichols broke, Khloé and Thompson revealed they were expecting their second child together via surrogate.
“The baby was conceived via surrogate before it was revealed to Khloé and the public that Tristan was having a baby with someone else in December,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. Tatum arrived in July 2022.
During a Tuesday, May 7, appearance on the “SHE MD” podcast, Khloé acknowledged that Thompson “did make mistakes” during their relationship, but she has no interest in “bashing” the NBA player.
“He’s the nicest guy and we get along so well now. We’re not meant to be together, but he was meant to be the father of these kids,” she said. “And we do get along so well, and I’m really grateful for that because my parents [Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian] got along so well.”
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True, their eldest, celebrated her sixth birthday in April.
“I cannot handle True turning 6 tomorrow,” Khloé wrote via Instagram at the time. “What’s wrong with me? What is this liquid falling from my eyes?”
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Khloé’s mom, Kris, also gushed over her “beautiful granddaughter,” writing via social media, “You are the most amazing daughter, sister, granddaughter, cousin and friend and you have the best dance moves! You are kind, sweet, thoughtful, funny, your energy and love for life is so infectious and you spread so much love and happiness wherever you go,” she noted. “Happy birthday, our precious True! May your day be filled with love, laughter, and all the dancing your heart desires. I love you to the moon and back!”
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Creed frontman Scott Stappwas married to Jaclyn Stapp for 18 years.
“She’s been through a lot and her friends are relieved she took initiative to finally file for divorce for good, giving her the ability to build a more stable life for her and her children,” a friend of Jaclyn’s exclusively tells Us Weekly.
The couple, who wed in February 2006, went on to welcome three children: Milan, now 17, Daniel, now 13, and Anthony, now 9. Jaclyn eventually legally adopted Scott’s eldest son, Jagger, 25, whom he welcomed with ex-wife Hillaree Burns.
“I wouldn’t even be here without this woman,” Scott, 50, previously told BreatheCast in June 2014. “I just thank God every day for putting her in my life. I think for all wives out there, you can be such a divine instrument for God in your husband’s lives, and that’s such a pivotal role.”
After nearly two decades of marriage, Jaclyn, 43, filed for divorce in 2022 and 2023. She eventually called off her petition before Scott filed his own motion that May. Us Weekly confirmed their separation one year later.
Some celebrity couples have gone the distance, but others haven’t been as lucky. 2024 kicked off with a handful of Hollywood duos calling it quits. Fans were shocked when The Bachelorette couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo split after four years of marriage. Us Weekly confirmed on January 2 that the chiropractor filed for divorce […]
“After much prayer and consideration, Jaclyn has chosen to end her 18-year marriage with Scott,” a rep for Jaclyn told Us in a May statement. “It’s been a long battle and while this isn’t the future she envisioned, she wishes him the best. The welfare of their children will always be her utmost concern and kindly asks for privacy during this personal time.”
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A separate spokesperson for Scott also noted to Us that the singer plans to “navigate this difficult time privately.”
Keep scrolling to learn more about Jaclyn:
What Does Jaclyn Stapp Do for a Living?
She is currently the state director of the Miss Florida USA and Miss Florida Teen USA pageants. (Jaclyn previously was the Miss Florida USA runner-up, representing her home state.)
“Participating in Miss FL Teen USA holds a special place in my heart, and being able to elevate this amazing organization is very exciting,” she said in a February statement. “Competing in Miss USA gave me the access, visibility, and experience to launch a career in entertainment and reach my business and philanthropic goals. I’m excited to bring that expertise back to my home state of Florida, to produce a modern, fresh event, and to forever change the lives of the lucky ladies who walk away with the crown.”
Jaclyn had previously won Miss New York USA in 2004 and Mrs. Florida America in 2008.
Jaclyn Stapp Is a Proponent of Philanthropy
Not only did Jaclyn meet Scott at a Muscular Dystrophy Association gala, she also runs a nonprofit called CHARM (Children Are Magical), which she founded and has served as CEO of for nearly two decades. Her father died when she was 8, so she and her four siblings were raised by a single mother, and the struggle inspired Jaclyn to start CHARM.
Additionally, the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) honored her with the Catalyst for Change award in 2016 for her mental health and addiction recovery advocacy. She is an ambassador for Child Fund International, providing housing, education, and feeding children in need. She is also a spokesperson for National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE), which works to prevent adolescent bullying, violence and suicide through proactive involvement.
Many celebrity splits have rocked Hollywood over the years, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin as well as Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Tatum and Dewan’s love story began on the set of 2006’s Step Up, where they costarred as onscreen love interests. The duo tied the knot in 2009 and welcomed daughter Everly in 2013. […]
Jaclyn Stapp Has Written Her Own Children’s Book
Jaclyn published Wacky Jacky in 2010, loosely inspired by her real life.
“When I overheard my children talk about experiences in school, I was inspired to share my own story to make them and others aware of the issue of bullying and how to deal with it,” she later told The Nashville Edit. “So, I told my personal story of being bullied as a child because I was different. I was called a boy with knobby knees, made fun of for my unruly thick hair, and for my Middle Eastern culture. The moral of my story became a big success as I am invited to many schools to read to the children and let them know that it’s okay to be different because that’s what makes us special.”
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Jaclyn Stapp Believes in Clean Beauty Values
“Hydration is important for the body, and especially the face,” she told The Nashville Edit. “I’m a big believer in beauty sleep, cleanse your face each night, avoid the sun, wear sunblock and be happy!”
Jaclyn, who is a certified yoga instructor, further noted that she loves lip balm and primers and also swore by hydrafacials and microneedling after having children.
Jaclyn Stapp Is Relying on Her Faith Amid the Divorce
“Through every trial & tribulation, I’ve learned the power of standing firm in my truth. I discovered the unwavering strength of my own voice,” she wrote via X on Friday, May 10, after the breakup news made headlines. “In uncertainty, my faith in God remains unshakable, & a light that leads my the path. Through every storm, my faith remains unshaken.”
Bryan Abasolo has filed a new motion in his ongoing divorce from Rachel Lindsay, requesting emergency spousal support.
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly, Abasolo, 44, claimed that Lindsay, 39, is still using their marital finances and has not shared access. The docs also reveal that the exes are still living together amid their breakup.
Abasolo and Lindsay met on season 13 of The Bachelorette, getting married two years later in 2019. The couple were married for four years, relocating from Miami to Los Angeles together. Abasolo filed for divorce in January.
In his new court documents, Abasolo claimed living together is “awkward and strained” since they don’t communicate and “avoid” one another. According to the chiropractor, he wants to vacate the property but needs money in order to put a deposit down on a new residence.
Former Bachelorette couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo may have shocked Bachelor Nation with their divorce, but the former couple have been candid about their struggles for years. Us Weekly confirmed on Tuesday, January 2, that Abasolo, 43, filed to end his marriage to Lindsay, 38, after four years. In court docs obtained by Us, […]
“I want to move out of our Family Residence as soon as possible, but maintaining our standard of living is not financially feasible at this time,” he claimed in his motion. “I placed my career as a chiropractor on hold to move twice for Rachel’s career. These moves were detrimental to my chiropractic business, while Rachel’s income and success as a media personality skyrocketed.”
Lindsay worked as an attorney in Dallas when she went on The Bachelorette. Since the show wrapped, she put her legal practice on hold to pursue a career as a TV host and podcaster. Lindsay has also authored a memoir, Miss Me With That, and a fiction novel, Real Love.
Abasolo and Lindsay currently share a house in North Hollywood after previously renting a luxury condominium in the city.
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According to Abasolo, his estranged wife has “been using” their community property funds to pay her divorce lawyer’s fees and a forensic account. He also alleged that Lindsay refuses to “give [him] access to any of [their] community property funds” to cover his personal expenses and legal bills.
Lindsay has not responded to any of Abasolo’s recent claims. Us has reached out for comment.
In addition to his request for spousal support, Abasolo is petitioning the judge to order Lindsay to pay $75,000 for his fees. According to Abasolo, he makes $1,300 per month and that amounts to less than his rent, dining and miscellaneous costs. A hearing is scheduled for July 10.
Abasolo further claimed that one of the “main contested issues” in their divorce is their shared L.A. home.
“Rachel is claiming that our Family Residence is her sole and separate property, even though I believe that the majority, if not all, of the $466,000 down payment on our Family Residence came from community property earned during our marriage,” Abasolo’s court docs read. “I require attorney’s fees and forensic accountant’s fees to compete with Rachel’s litigation team and secure my entitlement to one-half of our community property.”
“I didn’t think I would get emotional. … First off I just want to say thank you for people who reached out. I’m still trying to reply to people,” she said during an episode of her “Higher Learning” podcast. “You just never know how great your circle is until you see all the people that reach out and love you. Obviously it’s a difficult time, if you’ve read the headlines, and you’re probably wondering why I would even work. But to be honest with you I need to distract myself from myself and the best way to do that is to do something that I love and I love ‘Higher Learning.’”
Lindsay further noted that she was not ready to discuss the breakup in depth and was “trying to take it day by day.”
Joshua Bassett may be having some major deja vu with his new song, “The Golden Years.”
The singer, 23, took to social media on Thursday, May 2, to share a snippet of the track via TikTok. In the video, Bassett could be seen singing on the beach by the Santa Monica pier.
“Four years gone by in a blink of an eye / We were young ‘till we weren’t / It was fun ‘till I hurt,” he crooned while staring into the camera.
After posting the clip, fans quickly took to the comments section to question the song’s inspiration. Many pondered if Bassett was singing about his ex Olivia Rodrigo, whom he dated four years ago in 2020 while filming High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
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“Hey siri play stranger by olivia rodrigo 😬,” one person wrote. “I feel like you could’ve easily changed the lyrics to say 2 years or like 7 just to avoid all the drama lol,” another joked.
Others pointed out that Bassett’s shirt featured the numbers 17 and 21, which mark the ages of Rodrigo when she wrote her song “Driver’s License” — largely rumored to be about Bassett — and the age she is now.
“GUYS HIS SHIRT. There’s number 17, that was the age of Olivia in 2020, and 4 years later she is 21.!!!!!,” one person said. A second added: “Olivia wrote drivers license when she was 17 and now she’s 21 the numbers on his shirt🤔.”
Bassett then posted a second clip of the track on Friday, May 3, alongside various photos from his time filming HSMTMTS. The lyrics remained the same with the exception of one added line: “Now I’m terrified that I’ll never find love like yours.” The pictures, meanwhile, included Rodrigo, as well as Bassett’s other costars Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Julia Lester, Frankie A. Rodriguez and Larry Saperstein.
Because one photo largely focused on Bassett’s character, Ricky, and Rodrigo’s character, Nini — who also dated on and off on the show — smiling at one another, some users felt the post was another hint that the “Deja Vu” singer could be the song’s subject.
“Josh was like ‘in case y’all couldn’t figure out who I was singing about in the last post’ 😝,” one fan quipped. A third commented: “Did he just confirm that this is abt olivia!?”
Some, however, speculated that the song could just be about Bassett’s time on the DIsney+ series, which ran for four seasons from 2019 to 2023. “I feel like some of yall are taking this too far bc Olivia was a main cast member in the first season so ofc she’s in the pic 😭,” one fan declared.
Though Bassett and Rodrigo never officially confirmed they were dating, the two sparked romance speculation in 2019 after being cast as leads in HSMTMTS. Rumors swirled further after the twosome wrote a song together for their characters.
“I think we understood each other. It was really neat … how well we really did work creatively together,” Bassett told the L.A. Times in a January 2020 interview when asked about his creative process with Rodrigo.
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Rodrigo, meanwhile, shared that working with Bassett felt natural. She recalled an instance in which he improvised with her while filming season 1, which caused her to get emotional.
“He said, ‘Remember that one time that we wrote a song, and we didn’t know if anybody would like it?’ That one made me cry because I just remembered sharing those memories with him,” she told the outlet. “I love him so much. He’s my best friend … It was like I wasn’t acting.”
In August 2020, Rodrigo seemingly confirmed the two had calle dit quits when she opened up about a “failed relationship” via TikTok. After her debut album, Sour, dropped less than a year later, fans speculated that the record was about her romance and subsequent breakup with Bassett.
Bassett and Rodrigo made headlines again when speculation sparked that a potential love triangle was brewing between the duo and Sabrina Carpenter. Bassett later addressed the rumors during a December 2021 interview with GQ.
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“[Everyone] is asking me about Sabrina and Olivia,” he said. “Why don’t we focus on these women for who they are? Let’s focus on the art that they’re making and how great they are instead of their relationship to a boy.”
He added that at the time, Rodrigo hadn’t “spoken to me since ‘Driver’s License’ came out.” However, the duo reunited at the season 3 premiere of HSMTMTS in August 2023, even posing for photos together on the red carpet.
Since their split, Rodrigo dated Adam Faze and Zack Bia before moving on with current boyfriend Louis Partridge. Bassett and Carpenter, meanwhile, called it quits sometime in 2021. Carpenter is currently linked to Saltburn star Barry Keoghan.
Ryan Scott Anderson is speaking out for the first time since he and estranged wife Gypsy Rose Blanchard split.
“I’m not doing well with it,” Anderson, 37, opened up to the Daily Mail on Friday, April 6. “For me, it just came out of the blue.”
Anderson went on to explain that he was shocked Blanchard, 32, was spotted in Louisiana with her ex-fiancé, Ken Urker, to whom she was engaged in 2018 before calling things off in 2019.
“I had no idea she still had such strong feelings for him,” he told the publication.
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Anderson’s reaction comes a week after news broke on March 29 that the couple was splitting up after less than two years of marriage.
According to People, Blanchard shared the relationship update on her private Facebook account in a statement.
“People have been asking what is going on in my life. Unfortunately, my husband and I are going through a separation, and I moved in with my parents’ home down the bayou,” she wrote. “I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now, I need time to let myself find … who I am.”
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The breakup announcement was posted three months after Blanchard was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri after she had served seven years in prison for plotting the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, in 2015 with her then boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.
Following Dee Dee’s death, Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was granted parole in September 2023, which allowed her to be released the following December.
While she was behind bars, Gypsy and Dee Dee’s story caught the attention of Hollywood and was documented via various TV shows and movies, including HBO’s 2017 documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest and the scripted 2019 Hulu miniseries The Act, which starred actress Joey King.
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Anderson and Gypsy first connected in 2020 when Anderson sent her a letter in prison. Two years later, they made things official and said “I do” in a jailhouse ceremony in July 2022.
Before Gypsy was released, she told People that the couple were planning to have a more public wedding ceremony.
“We do plan on having a reception/redo wedding with all of our family and our friends and the dress and the cake and everything because we deserve that. I deserve that. He deserves that,” she said. “Our prison wedding was just something to where we can make our vows to each other. It was something that meant something to us. And I think the party is kind of for everybody else and us, but mostly for everybody else.”
Law & Crime/YouTube Gypsy Rose Blanchard has made headlines for more than just murder. Gypsy was released from prison in December 2023 after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence. She was granted parole in September of that year. Gypsy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016, the year after her allegedly abusive mother, Clauddine […]
However, things changed once the couple moved in together, with Gypsy’s friend Nadiya Vizier alleging that a fearful fight may have led to the breakup.
“He got in her face and screamed,” Vizier alleged of the altercation in a new interview with People published on Friday, April 5. She also claimed that after Gypsy locked herself in a bathroom, Anderson screamed, “‘Let me in! Let me in!” before she called a relative to pick her up.
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“Gypsy said that she was afraid he was going to hit her,” Vizier told the publication. “He didn’t — but that happened in the past with her mother. So, her first instinct was to tighten up and be prepared. But she got to safety and called her lawyer, too. Ryan is a big guy, and she told me it was really scary.”
Gypsy reportedly took her belongings and traveled to her father’s house in Cut Off, Louisiana, after the alleged incident.
Us Weekly has reached out to Anderson and Gypsy’s lawyer for comment
Brad Pitt is looking ahead as he and Angelina Jolie take the legal steps to finalize their lengthy divorce.
“They’re navigating the last of the red tape, which is a huge relief and morale boost,” a source exclusively reveals in the newest issue of Us Weekly, noting that Pitt, 60, and Jolie, 48, are close to wrapping up their seven-year legal battle.
According to the insider, Pitt isn’t thrilled about how the end of their marriage affected their family, noting, “It saddens him that he’s not on better terms with some of his kids, and he regrets that things got so acrimonious with Angelina, but the days of looking back in anger are behind him.”
The former couple called it quits in 2016 after more than a decade together. Shortly before their split, Pitt and Jolie made headlines when Pitt was the subject of a child abuse investigation due to an alleged incident on the family’s jet. Pitt was later cleared by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been locked in a messy court battle ever since she filed for divorce in September 2016, but the pair were not always at odds. The Oscar winners fell for each other while filming the 2005 action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The origination of their relationship instantly caused controversy since […]
“Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one — unlike the other side — but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do,” Pitt’s lawyer Anne Kiley told Us in an October 2022 statement. “He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
While Pitt and Jolie were declared legally single in 2019, the duo have spent years wrapped up in legal disputes over their French vineyard and custody of their minor children. (The pair share six kids: Maddox, 22, Pax, 19, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15.)
Brad Pitt and Angelina, 2012.Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
Jolie recently opened up about her close-knit connection with her kids, telling WSJ. Magazine in December 2023, “They are the closest people to me and my life, and they’re my close friends. We’re seven very different people, which is our strength.”
“I don’t really have … a social life. I realized my closest friends are refugees. Maybe four out of six of the women that I am close to are from war and conflict,” she explained before discussing her plans to stay at her home in Cambodia more often. “It’s part of what happened after my divorce. I lost the ability to live and travel as freely. I will move when I can.”
“He’s embracing growing older and the experiences and wisdom it brings,” a second source tells Us, adding that Pitt is “very content with life” right now.
One month after they were first linked, Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon were already celebrating milestones together. The Oscar winner and de Ramon were spotted hanging out on Pitt’s 59th birthday in December 2022, just weeks after the pair were seen attending a Bono concert with famous pals including Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and […]
The insider says Pitt has a “deep bond” with de Ramon, 30, after more than one year of dating, noting, “He couldn’t be more excited or thankful.”
For more on Pitt’s new chapter, watch the video above and pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.
In an except from his upcoming book, Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress — in Real Estate, Business and Life, El Moussa wrote that after he “went out to our backyard in Yorba Linda and hopped over the fence” after a heated argument with Hall, 40, in 2016.
El Moussa brought his licensed .38-caliber pistol with him as he went for a run due to the mountain lions and bobcats in the neighboring Chino Hills State Park.
“A police officer leaning out of the helicopter pointed a rifle at me. Dust swirled around me from the spin of the blades, and a loudspeaker crackled, ‘Get your hands in the air!’” he wrote in his book, per People. “I heard an officer shout, ‘Tarek?’ I screamed back, ‘Yes! I’m the guy from TV! What are you guys doing?’”
Talk about a roller-coaster! Christina Hall (née Haack) and Tarek El Moussa‘s ups and downs started well before they called it quits in 2016. The reality stars tied the knot in May 2009, four years before their HGTV series catapulted them into the spotlight. Things took a turn when El Moussa was diagnosed with two […]
El Moussa continued: “For the next several hours, I sat on a cooler on my driveway, handcuffed. That was the very last time we were together as a family: with Christina walking down the driveway, crying, and me sitting there in handcuffs, asking myself, What in the world is going on?”
Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall.Greg Doherty/Getty Images
An eyewitness told police at the time that Hall was “crying and shaking,” while El Moussa told the deputies that he “had no intention of hurting himself.” He agreed to “voluntarily relinquish all of his firearms” after the incident.
El Moussa referred to the weeks after their breakup as “physical and emotional hell,” telling People on Wednesday, January 31, “Everybody gave up on me: the magazines, the outlets, the network, nobody believed in me.”
While HGTV is known for making feel-good content, sometimes drama goes on behind the scenes with the network’s personalities. Exes Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa used to host Flip or Flop together in 2013 while they were still married. After announcing their separation in 2016, the pair continued to work together on their series. […]
Despite their ups and downs, El Moussa and Hall, who officially announced their split via a joint statement in December 2016, have since gotten to a better place as they continue to coparent daughter Taylor, 13, and son Brayden, 8.
“I hold nothing against Christina. I understand why she did what she did. We had a lot of hard years through my sicknesses and my mental health struggles from the testosterone,” he revealed on Wednesday. “I’ve never said any of this, ever.”
Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa.Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Hall moved on with Ant Anstead after her split from El Moussa. Hall and Anstead, 44, got married in December 2018 and revealed three months later that they were expecting their first child together. One year after welcoming son Hudson, Hall announced she and Anstead called it quits.
“[Meeting Heather in 2019 was] my breakthrough moment. Ever since that day, I just haven’t looked back and I’m just so happy and excited about the family I have today,” El Moussa added to People on Wednesday. “I never gave up. Through a lot of hard work, pain and just dreaming, I was able to get to where I am today.”
Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress — in Real Estate, Business and Life hits bookshelves on February 6.
Britney Spears’ ex Sam Asghari appears to be living his best life since his split from the superstar. On January 8, he posed for red carpet photos at the Young Hollywood & the Breakout Stars of 2023 event in L.A., and three days later, the US Sun reported he’d name-dropped Spears to score a photo with Brad Pitt at a Beverly Hills gallery exhibition.
The “Toxic” singer isn’t exactly thrilled Asghari is still using his connection to her to secure invites to industry events and rub shoulders with Hollywood’s elite. “She feels Sam is playing the ‘Mr. Britney Spears’ card for everything it’s worth,” says a source, “and she finds it kind of pathetic.”
It’s been especially hard on Spears, 42, as she and Asghari are currently clashing over the details of their divorce. The former trainer, 29, filed for divorce in August 2023 after 14 months of marriage. As Us previously reported, Spears and Asghari signed an ironclad prenup before they tied the knot in June 2022, but now sources claim Asghari wants more money.
“Sam feels he should be compensated properly for everything he went through with Britney,” says one source, referring to the erratic behavior and mood swings Asghari witnessed while married to the pop star. “The exact amount he wants is being kept confidential, but he’s not happy with what Britney and her team have proposed.” Adds a second source: “Sam is going for everything under the sun.” Representatives for Spears declined to comment on the divorce proceedings. A representative for Asghari did not respond to a request for comment.
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A source told Us in July 2022 that, per the terms of their prenup, Asghari would get $1 million for every two years of marriage to Spears, while waiving his rights to the Grammy winner’s music catalog and signing an NDA. (She’s worth an estimated $60 million.) But the settlement is “stuck in limbo,” says the first source. “There’s a lot of wrangling back and forth. Things have become a lot more complicated than both of them had hoped it would be.”
While Spears had reportedly been paying for Asghari’s luxury apartment rental following their split, a third source tells Us that’s no longer the case. “Britney is in no mood to be pushed around or rushed into signing over another huge check to Sam,” says the first source, noting that so far, she isn’t budging when it comes to the terms of their prenup. “She wants to stick to the letter of the paperwork and feels that’s all he’s entitled to, period.”
It was love at first sight when Britney Spears and Sam Asghari met in October 2016 on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video, but the fairy-tale does not have a happy ending. Spears was charmed when chatting with Asghari and the pair exchanged phone numbers and continued to get to know each other. […]
It’s a sore subject for the star. In 2022, Spears’ legal team claimed her father, Jamie, paid himself at least $6 million while acting as her conservator and spent more than $30 million of her earnings on legal fees associated with the 13-year conservatorship. “Britney is still deeply resentful over how much money certain family members have managed to mooch off of her through the years,” says the first source. After her 2007 divorce from Kevin Federline, Spears reportedly paid the former backup dancer $1.3 million, and he receives $40,000 a month from her in child support for their two sons, Sean, 18, and Jayden, 17, who live with him in Hawaii.
“Sam wishes Britney well but wants what’s fair,” a source says of Asghari pushing for more money.MEGA
Now Asghari believes he’s entitled to more than he agreed to initially. “Sam isn’t hurting for cash, but he’s willing to dig in and fight for the extra money he feels he deserves,” says the first source. An insider told Us in January 2023 that Spears was “emotionally abusive” and could be “cruel” toward Asghari, often taking her stress out on him. The insider said she also blamed Asghari for their May 2022 miscarriage, telling him that she “lost the baby because he is never home.”
Things seemed amicable enough when Spears and Asghari announced their split in August. “We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the best always,” he wrote in an Instagram statement. Spears confirmed the breakup a few days later, telling fans via social media that she was “a little shocked” but doing “pretty damn good.” She added, “I’m not here to explain why because it’s honestly nobody’s business.”
Britney Spears’ career and personal life have faced a series of ups and downs over the years. Spears first showed off her vocal skills on the singing competition Star Search at 10 years old in 1992. Following a stint on The Mickey Mouse Club, she signed a record deal with Jive Records in 1997 and […]
At the time, rumors circulated Spears had been unfaithful with a member of her staff, but an insider told Us Spears’ inner circle “would be really surprised if she cheated,” adding, “Britney and Sam wanted different things and couldn’t agree on several issues such as having children.” In 2022, a source told Us the pair had “skipped the honeymoon phase” of their marriage and were “constantly fighting,” particularly over Spears’ lack of focus and built-up anger from her conservatorship.
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Asghari shared a photo with Brad Pitt from the January 8 exhibition on Instagram.Courtesy of Sam Asghari/Instagram
As of now, Spears and Asghari aren’t speaking. “They’ve exchanged pleasantries, but generally they don’t talk,” says the first source. “It’s difficult with this situation being unresolved, plus both of them are keen to put the marriage behind them and move on with their lives.” During a January 7 interview with Life & Style, Asghari said he was focused on his acting career and added that he was “not looking for a partner.”
This past year had Us questioning whether love is even real after a months-long onslaught of celebrity breakups. One of the first shocking splits that took the world by storm in 2023 was Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix. Us Weekly confirmed in March that the Vanderpump Rules stars broke up after nearly a decade of […]
Spears would like to settle down again eventually, but the first source says she’s not in a rush. In late January, she shared photos of herself enjoying some beach time in French Polynesia. “Britney’s just cutting loose, flirting with cute guys and looking to have fun,” says the source. “She’s not up for anything serious.”
During her Wednesday, January 10, appearance on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast, Moakler, 48, revealed that she and Barker, also 48, were “working” on their relationship when she was sent text messages between him and Kardashian, 43, from an anonymous source.
“They were trying to meet up at her sister’s house to f–k,” Moakler said of the alleged exchanges, claiming that when she showed the texts to Barker he “deleted them.” She also claimed that she called Kardashian, who denied the affair and said, “I don’t like white guys.”
Moakler and Barker tied the knot in 2004 and welcomed their kids, son Landon and daughter Alabama, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. They first called it quits in 2006 but continued with an on-off relationship for two years before finalizing their divorce in 2008.
Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler’s relationship has been plagued with custody battles, cheating accusations and more. The former spouses originally called it quits in 2006 after two years of marriage and the arrival of son Landon and daughter Alabama. For the next two years, however, they continued an on-and-off relationship before finalizing their divorce in […]
While opening up about pulling the plug on her romance with Barker, Moakler noted that she and the drummer “never recovered” from the drama with Kardashian, which contributed to their split.
Barker, for his part, has denied that anything physical happened between him and Kim — “We went to dinner, we went to lunch,” he wrote in his 2015 memoir, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums. Barker is now married to Kim’s sister, Kourtney Kardashian. The twosome wed in May 2022.
Keep scrolling for more revelations from Moakler’s “Dumb Blonde” podcast appearance:
On Travis Barker and Kim Kardashian
Moakler claimed that she and Barker were “working on things” in their relationship when someone “anonymously texted” her the rocker’s alleged conversations with Kim. “They were trying to meet up at her sister’s house to f–k,” she said. Moakler claimed the pair connected when Kim was shooting for Barker’s clothing brand.
“I wanted this relationship to work. I was so in love with him,” she said, claiming she showed Barker the messages and he “deleted” them. “[He] said, ‘I don’t see anything.’”
She also allegedly called Kim. “She just said to me, ‘I don’t like white guys,’” Moakler recalled. “I was like, ‘You’ll f–k anyone to be famous.’ … Travis and I never really recovered from that. I felt stupid.”
Moakler also claimed she “caught” Barker with Lindsay Lohan. “He was living the rockstar life,” she explained. “We always came back to each other.”
Despite their issues, Moakler shared that she wanted to make it work for the family. “I was so in love with him,” she said. “I wanted my children to see their mother and father in love.”
On the Kardashian Family
Moakler made headlines in 2021 when Alabama and Landon took to social media to share that Moakler wasn’t currently in their lives. While recalling their estrangement, Moakler said she felt like “parental alienation” began with Landon and Alabama when Barker started dating Kourtney.
“That shit was all getting played out in the press,” she explained, noting that the Kardashian family is a “media machine.”
“I just got f—king hammered. And bullied,” she continued. “And over my f–king kids. Who does that to someone with their own children? F–k you, that family.”
Moakler called the famous brood “disgusting,” noting that she would “never want to know them.”
“I’m tired of people shitting on me. I don’t have to like that f–king family,” she said. “I’m not afraid of them and I don’t like them. I removed myself. I took a step back.”
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On Travis Barker’s Plane Crash
After Barker was involved in a September 2008 plane crash that killed four people and left him with third-degree burns on 65 percent of his body, Moakler claimed she was trying to connect the musician with his children when she discovered emails of Barker bashing her parenting style.
“We got his computer … We were hoping him seeing the kids would give him the strength to keep fighting,” she explained. “When I was setting up his computer … I looked in his email and I saw all the emails from the women. That didn’t bother me, but I saw all these comments in these emails about what a shitty mother I was. I couldn’t f–king believe that he was the one behind some of those comments. I went home and cried in my mother’s arms for hours.”
Moakler noted that “looking back now, I probably should’ve licked my wounds until he recovered.”
On Gerard Butler Rumors
Moakler shared that a misunderstanding between her and Barker over Moakler’s friendship with Gerard Butler also played a part in their divorce.
“I was going out, getting drunk. I was friends with Gerard Butler,” she said. “I saw him at the club and the paparazzi took pictures of us and made it seem like I was kissing him. I wasn’t. Travis saw it … and we never recovered.”
Moakler said that after the incident, Barker was “convinced” she had cheated on him but the pair ended up “living together” for the benefit of their kids. “We were coparents,” she explained. “We wanted to be there for our kids. Until like almost 2014.”
The twosome continued to share a home until Moakler met now-ex Brian Sollima. The duo got “serious” so she told Barker, “I can’t be living with you anymore.”
“I stopped talking to [Travis] around 2014,” she continued. “We started following each other right before [Kourtney]. We still coparent. My oldest daughter is 24. My son is 20 years old. He’s living with his girlfriend [Charli D’Amelio]. They’re all talented.”
On Why Her Marriage With Travis Barker Broke Down
“He didn’t want to be known as a couple or a reality star,” she said, referring to the exes MTV show, Meet the Barkers. “He wanted to be known as a musician. He was so punk rock. He put an end to it [the show]. I think for him, he was the star. When it became about us as a couple, I wanted to be a power couple, he didn’t want that.”
On Travis Barker and Paris Hilton
Moakler claimed that after she and Barker first separated, she and Paris Hilton had a verbal altercation at Hyde nightclub in Los Angeles. (Moakler alleged that Barker had an affair with Hilton during their marriage.)
“That was sort of the end of it all. He went to Paris,” she said. “At the time I guess he was talking to Kim too.”
Despite their problems, Moakler claimed she still helped Barker get sober after he had issues on tour. “It was like some Johnny Cash type shit,” she said. “Everyone wanted to be a rockstar. They needed him to go party and drink and meet bitches and feel cool. He had a family. We got back together and we were trying to heal over that.”
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On Falling for Oscar De La Hoya
“We just looked into each other’s eyes and it was just, like, ding. That was it. We had quite a whirlwind there,” she said of her romance with Oscar La Hoya, whom she began dating in 1997. She noted that while the boxer “does drink a lot,” he’s also a “very fun” person.” (La Hoya eventually popped the question but the pair called off their engagement in 2000.)
“He loves to sing. He’s very social,” she said. “He was 25 when I met him. We were like babies.”
Moakler shared that she got pregnant with their daughter, Atiana, six months after meeting La Hoya, 50, and the twosome moved in together.
“We were madly in love,” she said. “I think our first date, like, I went to Big Bear and we took a private jet to Vegas. I remember people being like, ‘Champ, champ!’ I didn’t really know anything about the boxing world or him really. He’s very romantic. We just fell in love.”
On the Breakup With Oscar De La Hoya
Moakler claimed La Hoya did her “pretty dirty” with alleged infidelity after the birth of their daughter.
“[Atiana] was about 1 and a half, two years old. There were all these third parties,” she claimed. “He just lost his first fight. … I met him at Universal, and said, ‘Do you want this anymore?”
Moakler said that La Hoya told her they’d reset their romance after he got back from shooting Late Night With David Letterman. “It was everything I wanted to hear in that moment,” she added.
According to Moakler, La Hoya then attended the Latin Grammy Awards in Los Angeles with Mille Corretjer without giving her a heads-up.
“There he is holding hands with his now ex-wife. I just remember I lost my breath,” she recalled. “There was no backlash [publicly]. I didn’t stand a chance. The next day they had a lawyer come to the house and say, you and the baby need to move out. It just became just a shitshow whirlwind. He never called me again. He had his assistant [tell me we were done]. I really thought in that moment that my life was over.”
Moakler also claimed that she “quit everything” for La Hoya because he “did not want me working.”
On Claims Daughter Atiana Didn’t See Oscar De La Hoya Until She Was ‘About 16’
Moakler recalled an alleged conversation about child support after her split from La Hoya.
“He said, I won’t see you or the baby until she’s 16 [if she sued him for palimony],” she claimed. “He got out of the car, I’ll never forget this, and he goes, I have more money than God. Don’t be too hard on me. And he left. I cried. I sued him for palimony, and I won. I really didn’t have a choice.”
She added, “He didn’t see the baby and I until she was about 16. She didn’t know her father growing up. They’ve made amends. He’s made amends with me. He’s apologized.”
Feuding family. Shanna Moakler and her two children with ex Travis Barker are no strangers to butting heads on social media. The former pageant queen gave birth to son Landon and daughter Alabama in 2003 and 2005, respectively. She and the Blink 182 rocker went on to briefly split in 2006 after two years of […]
On Her Relationship With Her Children
“I have a great relationship with my kids,” she said. “Parental alienation is a real thing. I raised all my kids and I did a good job. My kids and I never had any bumps in the road until my ex-husband [Travis] started dating a Kardashian crew. I’m very confident in who I am as a mother. I’m very close with my kids.”
On Travis Barker Being the Love of Her Life Over Oscar De La Hoya
Moakler recalled first meeting Barker while at the Standard in L.A.
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“I didn’t know who Blink-182 was,” she explained. “He was in the middle of a divorce [from first wife Melissa Kennedy]. I was like, ‘I don’t want to deal with a guy going through a divorce,” she recalled. “Then the next week [I went back]. Travis was there again. This time, he came up to me, and I said, ‘What’s your sign’ or something like that. We went back to his hotel, listening to music.”
Moakler shared that when the pair kissed, she thought, “Holy shit, I just met the love of my life” and she got pregnant six months later. “Travis is definitely more the love of my life in more ways than Oscar,” she shared.
